I have been so far behind! Ive been trying to catch up on this thread for the last two days!
Alison - When does the cat nazi visit? Will you know whether you have that cat or not?
Turns out now he has a cold, so Im still waiting to hear from her, probably a week or two until we get him now.
Can I come to your house for Christmas dinner?
It sounds wonderful!
Thanks for the warm welcome!
: I'm Emily and my husband Ryan and I got married back in April of this year. Its been a whirlwind 8 months, but we couldn't be happier!
It is unseasonably cool here! I drove to work today (early) with the heater on and that rarely happens. I treated myself to a skinny peppermint mocha from starbucks...yum yum!
But we take it when we can because before long it'll be back to 115 again.
Welcome! So where are you located where it is so unseasonably cool?
I live in Long Beach, CA with my partner of almost 15 years now and our kitties. We love to play music, do all things Disney and enjoy good food! She is disabled so we take a lot of time for her to rest, and I spend all my time on the computer!!
I am home from work again today. I figure better safe than sorry. My Mom came over yesterday and listened to my lungs and said they were clear, which is what I thought, so I am pretty sure it is just a bad cold. I feel bad for saying John had the mold last week, because this is a bad one!
I know Im way behind, but I hope that you feel better now!
Good morning my friends,
Thanks so much for the welcome to Liam. He is just precious. The news just keeps getting better and better. He is completely off of oxygen and breathing on his own. They also have taken out his port in his belly button. So Elizabeth and Jay got to hold him last night. Elizabeth said it felt like a little piece of heaven. Bless her heart!! It has had to be so hard not to hold him. I know I can't wait!! She should be getting out of the hospital today but will stay in town to be close. Liam will stay in the NICU until he is sucking good. So far he hasn't caught on. But he will. Again thanks for all the prayers and welcomes.
I hope that Liam is doing well and coming along nicely as well as Elizabeth too!
I am down to just 1 person that is leaving me stumped for a gift for christmas. It is Mr A's step brother he is 9.
Thats great! I am still awaiting Christmas lists from my family
I have been thinking about Christmas and am up in the air about dinner. I don't know if I shared that we are having a conflict about Christmas Eve. Well, we are not.............my SIS Il is. Every year we would go to Meme's for Christmas eve but this year will be going to my sister's. I used to always go there when she divorced because the kids were with her on CE and their Dad on Christmas Day. It got to be too much so after the kids were grown and she married Mike I just went to Meme's.
Anyway, I had promised Buddy that after meme was gone we would stay home, these are my first husbands family and he has gone there every year but really does not like to. They all would come to my home on Christmas Day so we were together both days. Well, Gail lost Mike in January and she wants to have the family together on CE and so Buddy and I are going. No question. My SIS IL is furious! She and her DH will still be here on Christmas Day and they are welcomed at Gails but they are not happy. No compassion for gail what so ever
and I am not happy. Not only that but for the first time ever Jeff's father and all of his siblings will be together on a Holiday, Christmas Eve. Marisa has put her foot down and stated that they will be with Jeff's family but my SIS IL cannot even be happy for him. She thinks we all should go to her house to continue the Christmas Eve tradition that everyone all did for Meme.
She has decided to host a pre Christmas dinner DEC 17th and we will be there, (Buddy has not agreed yet, he is mad she is giving us all a hard time) but this Holiday promises to be strained more than it should be. I plan on drinking.
Im sorry youre having to deal with a situation like that. Its too bad that some people dont realize that the world does not revolve around them.
Yes, it has been one of my favorite gifts!
I will cherish it forever.
Things are ok on my end. I found out this morning I need a root canal. The office isn't open on fridays
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WFD: Black bean soup (from Trader Joes), Corn muffins and a green salad.
Ugh, I hope everything goes well for you!
We have some things to take care of this weekend...so it's not going to be the relaxing weekend I had hoped, but only one more week until Christmas break!
Dont run yourself too ragged! You dont want to be sick on your Christmas vacation!
Popping in to say howdy. The Christmas party went well yesterday. I had really stressed out about it though. I do that when I have to sing more than one song. Anyway, it's over and I can relax now
Scott is off today and we are going to our class Christmas party tonight, so no cooking for me.
Have a great time at your party!
Morning, all! We had a really fun night, last night! After Alan got home from work, we took the kids to a local place called Thanksgiving Point, for the evening. They were having an ice sculpture contest, visits with Santa, a petting zoo with Santa's reindeer, and live musical entertainment! The kids had a ball with the whole thing. Katie was fascinated by the ice sculpture, and the rest of the kids loved the reindeer! We capped it all off by going to the ice cream parlor, and having a treat. Very fun!
Today is bowling!!! Hooray!!! After that, I'll come home, and do laundry until everyone gets home. Boo!!! Tonight we are driving to a small town nearby that does an incredible Christmas light display. We do this every year, and it really sets the mood for the rest of the season! We'll have dinner before we go, then bundle everyone up for the trip.
Dinner tonight is one I found on pinterest. Lasagna soup. Hope it's yummy! It sure sounded and looked good on the site!
Sounds like you are all having a great time and enjoying the Christmas Season!
morning everyone, I am off from work today, I have the pre-op appointment with my surgeon today..
I feel green already...
I hope everything goes well for you. I know it probably makes you pretty queasy, but at least you are taking care of it and at the Jamborini meet you will feel much better.
It hasn't yet. I've had an infection in my teeth before and I have a gland in my chin that gets puffy when that happens and it is fine. I am hoping to make it to January when my new FAS kicks in, I am already paid out for this year.
The funny thing is I had been having problems for a long time with pain in the tooth under it, cold stuff would kill me and eating on it was absolutely out.
Then I had horrible pain starting on a Friday, didn't sleep at all the first night, Ibuprofen and Aleve didn't work, got to the point that I couldn't even touch my teeth together. I was using ora-gel which did help but it was horrible.
At one point on Saturday I felt this sharp edge and thought it was broken, it wasn't. Sitting on the couch on Sunday evening and felt something on my tongue, it was a small piece of popcorn kernal, which I had not had any of in several weeks.
The pain started abating and was gone by the next morning and since then it's been great which means that kernal was in there for a very long time and the bad pain was it working it's way out.
I had been really good about flossing and use a water flosser as well so that thing must have been stuck pretty far down that all that would not bring it out.
So sorry about that, nothing is worse that tooth pain, It can really put a damper on your mood.
WFD - Going out for some seafood, been craving oysters!
Oooooh I want some oysters too! I might have to wait until our trip to Las Vegas.
I survived the wisdom teeth removal! I had it done at my dentist; all mine were "up" but all had broken off in pieces. One was actually completely flat with the gum
I just took a sedative at home beforehand, which made me loopy and sleepy, and he shot each tooth with tons of local. I didn't feel anything but pressure!
Took a few hours to get all 4 out but it's done. Yesterday I slept almost the entire day and ate very little. Today I'm feeling more normal. Doesn't seem to be much swelling that I have noticed
So glad that you survived the wisdom teeth surgery. I had mine done when I was in High School and Im so glad that I dont have to deal with it as an adult.
I am trying so hard to come up with a menu for the week, I need to go grocery shopping this evening, but for the life of me I am stuck....
Friday - Steak, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts
Saturday - Lunch - BLTs DH is craving... Dinner - Christmas Party...
Sunday - Winery for lunch then Jen's smothered Pork Chops for dinner
Monday - Grilled Salmon and a salad
Tuesday - Jambalaya (Jen's also???)
Wednesday - Taco Pizza
Thursday - ????
Friday - ????
Saturday - Christmas Party
I have a butternut squash, I need to roast also...
HELP PLEASE...
Do you have any of that venison left in your freezer? What about something with some chicken? I always keep boneless breasts in my freezer individually frozen, they thaw quickly and you can make tons with them, Chicken stir fry, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Florentine, Parmigiana
the list goes on.
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Whew! What a week! Every day Ive had one of my cleaning people here. The cleaning lady and I have been digging the house out since Saturday when we found out the cat nazi would be coming to do an inspection. We only have 2 areas of the house left to go. We had one bedroom that was one of those rooms, you know the one that you put everything in when you dont know what to do with it. I cant believe how much stoopid stuff that we had in that room.
Now the bed is completely clear, most of the floor is visible and I came home from dropping off the cleaning lady to find two cats asleep on the newly unearthed bed!
We also got Fran signed up for Medicare today. She applied for disability at the beginning of this year and got accepted in April so her Medicare kicks in in January. I cant BELIEVE how much money we are going to save! Probably $25,000 on medication and $400 a month on insurance premiums!
That medicine I was talking about which is over $1K per dose is only $300 with Medicare!
I was going to get KFC for dinner, but I decided I dont know want to go back out tonight, so instead Im going to cheat and have some premade Chicken Cordon Bleu, packaged noodles and sauce and frozen green beans. I know not very creative, but after cleaning the house up all week, Im tired!
I had to be put out for mine, no way I could have made it through that! I ate a lot of mashed potatoes and even tried to "puree" spaghetti, turned back into dough. 
The weather people said we should see the 50's later this week 
I know it's scary, but I know you'll be ok. I haven't been put under in a long time, but I can remember having nutty dreams while being anesthetized. 
