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Good morning. We went a bit over in the last ch. So I figured I would open the next one all fresh and new.
School is out tomorrow for MLK Jr day. Today I plan on getting some laundry done and clean bedding all around. I will put something in the crockpot for dinner. Not too sure what else yet.

Yipee, a new CH---

So far today I have gone to church, visited my MIL, gone out to eat & washed dishes & straightened up the kitchen. When I am done here, I plan on beginning the quilt--

Frozen Pizza is on the menu for supper tonight..But then that should not surprise anyone.

I went to church
ate lunch
an slept till 3 pm..

no menu

sounds good to me Barb. If it were up to me, I would not have a menu either. I would probably have something in the house that I could "heat & eat" when the mood struck me, OR I would have a pot soup sitting at the ready in the refrigerator.

Trying to make myself begin the embroidery work here....but I am nsot in the mood...

And that is why I do slightly larger dinners in the crockpot. I have meals for about 3 days; some dinner, some lunch. I can begin with a roast as sliced roast with vegetables the first night. Put it back alone in the crock for shredded bbq sandwiches on eve two. Then soup it with the veggies or something similar for another meal. It really is lazy cooking.
I also cook for the freezer. If I am going to cook something like pancakes, I make more than I need at that meal. The rest goes into the freezer. I love having it in there for quick heat and eat stuff. I also love knowing what is inside it all. I can pronounce all of the ingredients when it isn't prepackaged. And regulate the salt and types of fats better.
Lazy and picky too.
That being said, I think I will nap while that crock is doing all of the work.

sounds good, Tina !!

Enjoy your nap!!!!

That nap was hours ago. I have completed the laundry and other fun stuff since then. Dinner was easy and good. Looking forward to eating again tomorrow.
I am still running scan stuff on my computer. I just think it is old and obese (no remaining room to maneuver). I think I will add more memory. See if that helps. Then an additional hard drive. A friend has been giving me lessons online.

dodge, sometimes I take a nap after church. Sleeping on Sunday seems so much better.

Junie, if I make a pot of vegetable soup we will eat it for at least 2 days. Johnny is such a big eater that sometimes it won't last more than 2 meals. My staple is peanut butter. I eat it all the time.

well as far as soup goes, Rod will eat it for one meal if he must--but under no circumstances will he eat it for 2 meals in a row, so usually I just forget soup when I am figuring out meals....., that or I make it & eat it for my lunches..I LOVE any type of soup---I could live on them.

My DD eats a lot of peanut better as well...but then she does not eat much red meat--she said it tastes & smells funny.. ---BUT if she is over to eat & I make say pork steaks for a meal, she will eat them....so not an actual vegetarian, just anti the taste...

I am soon off to bed everyone--sweet dreams.

Sweet dreams all. I am heading to bed as well.

G'nite Tina--Sweet Dreams

Good morning. Happy Monday. I really have no major plans for today. We go back to school tomorrow. So will be snipping and clipping and shaving my kid.

Good morning !!

Today I am going to put supper in the crock pot and then go to my MIL's to finish up her bookwork & talk to the Administrator there....It is always something, isnt it ???

Safe Travels, Carol. A New cold front is moving your way. Another vortex thing.

OMGoodness--NO !!! Although the waitress did say yesterday more snow was coming this week.---great, just great.
I do appreciate the heads up though. Perhaps I should check my stores today. Again Thanks.

Today is ok though--high of 43*F I'll take it while I can get it..

And while you are doing your cold thing, we will be getting into the 80's this week. I am not unhappy. It is saving me on heating costs. But I would so love to see some rain.

the 80's ?? WOW !!!

I would like to think this counrty could split the difference & say have all of us have weather in say the 40's ??..that would sound like a good winter to me..

I would like to trade some warmth for some rain, please.

Junie, what bookwork? I spent the day at my mothers and came home and made a chocolate cake with my new mixer. Getting ready to make icing. Yum.

Sheri: I am incharge of making sure all of my MIL's bills get paid and that her accounts are balanced. I make all of her Drs appointments, & take her to them. I order all of her medicines & fill her pill case every week. And that is just some of the stuff I do for her. It keeps me hopping for sure.

You do keep busy with that, Carol. It is kind of you to do it. I used to do similar for John's aunt.

Well then Tina, you know just where I am. I do not mind it one bit. BUT I do so wish it did not always take me so long. What I assume should take me say an hour always takes me like 3 or 4...But oh well.....I too will get old one day.

Sweet dreams all. I hope you get to ceramics tomorrow, Carol. I know it does good things for your inner self.

Thanks Tina--and I will not get to go to ceramics. first we will have some snow--but then the forcast says will also be bitter cold with the wind chills of between -5 & -10 & gusting winds up to 45 mph. So I will stay home.
Which is good b/c my niece is in the hospital with a blood clot in her lungs & I have offered to be a back up baby sitter for her 2 daughters incase my sister & my BIL want to go to the hospital to be with her. The hospital she is in is saying it is no big deal & they can take care of it there, so she is not being flown out to a larger hospital---but I said I would be back up for in case.

for now though I am going to bed. nite nite

Oh, dear! Prayers for your niece, Carol.
Good morning. Up before my alarm. I am ready to go back to school. .

Thanks Tina:

My niece posted on FB this morning, so at least she is not sedated or anything. BUT they could well be keeping her for the week.

As predicted, we have snow & cold cold winds today. I am SO ready for spring to be here---I promise to "try" to not complain about the rainy weather come spring.

Keep yourself warm and safe, Carol. Did you resupply your cupboards? No starvation?
I got Ted to school and stopped to pick up a few items we needed. Fresh bananas and his yogurts, etc. Then went to a drive thru just to check out the prices. Ted is going walking with his class there tomorrow and I wanted to know exactly how much to send with him. He will enjoy that. But he won't enjoy change jangling in his pocket afterwards.
Came home and got my groceries put away. I need to bone some chicken again for a crockpot casserole.

yes I am nice & warm Tina, thanks.

I got a few groceries yesterday--Milk, potatoes, & some food for my DH's work lunches mainly. But I am good, as I have meat in the freezer & canned goods in the pantry.

Sounds like Ted will have a good time tomorrow--that is great

Sweet dreams all. I hope you are not buried in frozen snowdrifts in the morning.

And good morning. I am waking to 62* today. I do wish I could share. Or trade for some rain.

nope not frozen in---it is 14 right now---and is supposed to get up to between 20 & 30 today. Snow flurries at some point also but they may not even reach the ground (?).
Gusts of winds today and significant wind chillls tonight.

I think I will be staying indoors today.

as an update:
My niece is home form the hospital and is on blood thinners. She will have tests down the road to determine why this happened but for now the Drs want to let the blood thinners work.

:ding:
Happy for the neice.. GOd bless her heart.
Next week my Great nephew..2 years old.
Will have brain surgery. Not sure of the word for it , but the 4 sections of the brain where it is to divide ..(Have not divided ) they will operate to release it.
poor fellow is so active an happy.. Just loves Papap..My brother that is. Sad but god willing he will be fine.. Prayers needed.

dodge. :ding:

Prayers for your Great Nephew, Dodge. Do let us know how the surgery goes.

I just tried to put too many potato peelings down my garbage disposal & it is clogged---AND I have no idea what Rod did with the plunger.
NOTE: This is a construction grade disposal & one cannot put much at all down it or this happens. When I get it unclogged, I think I may well stop using it.
After all I did not have one for 25 years & I got by.

More to compost that way, Carol.
Prayers for your little nephew, Dodge.
I got Ted to school and stopped to pick up the things I forgot yesterday. Plus a few things. Realized as I was putting that away That I need bread as well. (sigh). It is OK really because there will be more trips out this week.

Carol, Tina's right, you should try composting those vegetable peels.

dodge, I'll be praying for your grand nephew. His condition might be called holoprosencephaly.

Thanks ladies. I think you are right, I should compost.

You know Tina--it seems that no matter how much a person buys there is always something else they forgot or need.

Thank you every one for the prayers.. Week away, an were scared for sure.

Thanks Sheri I shall look it up an see what it says.
Hate to say things I aren't sure of.
Thanks for listening.

dodge

dodge, I think he'll come through the surgery just fine. Don't be scared. Pray instead. :ding:

I don't know about your doctors office but Johnny's wants everything to be one online - everything from making an appointment to looking at procedure results. When you call the office number now you're put on hold forever with a recording that says over and over "visit our website at.....". Very aggravating, especially when you're calling from your car.

Last time Johnny saw his doc he told him to make an appointment for March 3rd to review some tests results that should all be back by then and because this particular doc would definitely be in the office that day. A few minutes ago I went online and scheduled an appointment for 3/3/14 at 9:45. When I checked back it said "You have an appointment 2/27/14 at 10:00." I cancelled it and redid it for 3/3/14 at 9:45. When I checked back it said "You have an appointment 2/27/14 at 10:30." (time had changed) So I called and talked to the appointment person. She said it's showing in her system as 3/3/14 at 9:45 and she guesses it's just a glitch in this system since it's new and not to worry. So what are we supposed to do? If I use this system again because I don't want to hang on hold all day, how do I know I have the correct appointment?

Thanks Sheri,
Been praying for 2 years for the fellow, cause the first doctor gave a horrible report an we didn't know who to believe.

So far so goo.

His granny is pushy in making him do stuff.LOL
That's good.
b

Sweet dreams all. I hope everyone is keeping warm and safe.

I too have faith that the little guy will be fine. But, in the mean time I will pray for him and the whole family. Prayer is always a good thing anyway, right ???/

Tomorow my BIL is going to come & get me & take me to visit my Niece. So, I will make some donut muffins to her as a breakfast treat...No school tomorrow, so my great nieces should be there as well. It should be a good time!!!

G'nite everyone, Sweet Dreams.

Thanks Carol
Wee you get a ride today........ :ding:

Good morning. Up over an hour before my alarm. I will be napping later for sure. There is a cold snap here. We will only get up to about 70* today.

Only 70 cold snap.......
Try 5º

Yep, "only 70" she says..
It is 1 here. I do not want to even think what the wind chill is.

I am going to go make breakfast muffins now to take to my nieces. See you all later.

As Tina says, keep warm.

I know, I was bragging a bit. But when my house burns down in a wildfire or shakes to pieces in a quake, you can get your revenge. Really, everyplace has its ups and downs. I hope this winter eases up on you all back there.

Dodge is exactly correct. I hope that you nevr have such mayhem fall upon you. We would certainly NOT be happy if it were to happen.

Change of plans today. My BIL can't come & get me. I guess he forgot he had to go sit with his dad at the prescribed time so his Mom could go to an appointment. That is ok--I got my kitchen in order and a dozen breakfast Muffins baked in the time I would still be drinking coffee.

and speaking of coffee, I need to go get some.

No. I don't grow grass. I would be mowing all year long. I do have a few grass clumps that I allow to grow so my dog has something to chew on if he gets an upset stomach. As my older perennials, in my beds, die off from drought stress, I am trying to replace with food plants. Going more self sufficient and organic as possible. Makes for an interesting mix so far.

Good Morning,

I am praying for your nephew Barb., he will come thru fine... for family too....candles are lit..


Tina we do not wish bad things to happen to you and yours though I admit I am jealous of 70* this morning- it is 9 and the high will be 27*... I finally can go out again and if I wanted to I would have to shovel the drive and then drive in ice and snow- we have about 6 inches of snow so far... its finally stopping and sun is out so now... yesterday it was so warm we went out without coats... it's no wonder everyone is sick!

I got my stitches out yesterday... face feels a lot better now- doesn't look as bad- just still bruised... have an apt in 4 months for checkup... make sure nothing else shows up... they still say I shouldn't bend so can't so a lot of housework... but I will do some today- after a week of hubby's doing the minimum it needs some cleaning- grandson is here so he can help do the stuff I can't yet... he showed me the ring he got for his girlfriend last night- he is going to get engaged when she gets back from school in Florida.. then they will move in together ... seems like he was just a baby but he turned 22 on New Years Eve... sure goes by fast..

Well off to get busy... have a good day all!
Nana

tHANKS SO MUCH NANA..
Prayers for you also.. Don't bend , sit on you butt an reach up.. Or use your computer chair to roll around.. My sis does that .

Tina .. you must be a born genius .. All the stuff you can do.

Nana sounds as if things are going well for you. I am so happy to hear that. Dodge has some good ideas, please do not over-do. Let people "do" for you for once. I am usre what your DH has done will get yoiu buy awhile longer. Or you could hire it done just this once. Please take care of you.

Dodge, you have a good point. Tina is sure resourceful. We should all take classes from her.

I am currently seperately soaking my dk colors of Embroidery floss in Vinegar & water--7 colors at a time--This is after I washed each one seperately in hot soapy water.

I will be searching out another brand of crib cover the next time I do one of these.

No, I know no one wishes such disasters on me or most anyone else. I was more pointing out that there are downsides to most places in the world we can choose to live.
The funny thing about our warm weather is we don't build for cold weather. When it does get cold, it makes life very interesting here. My home is so far from weatherproof.
I am glad you are on the mend, Nana. Congrats to your grandson.

Okay I will take it easy- no bending ... will just supervise... hubby called and told me not to shovel- didn't intend to but said I wouldn't.. I find my face hurts if I move very much so here I sit again... Barb can't roll around on chair cause I have stairs all over house... and I use my laptop mostly and sit in my recliner... use my office desktop for bills mostly which I should be doing now but that room gets really cold so had to turn on heater in there to warm it up first...


We should all do as Tina does too I am thinking about getting a dehydrator and doing some of the dried meals in jars.. would come in handy in snowed in times... or taking to B and B for fast meals up there... may be my goal for this spring summer...

Well off to go do bills... hopefully will have a few dollars left over ....LOL!
Nana

Reminds me of the time we went to Iowa
Hubby was speaking to a fellow who left Iowa n moved to California.
What he said was, So we have tornadoes in Iowa an in California Earthquakes.. All in a days work.
He seem confident.

Glad that you are taking it easy, Nana.

Yes it is always something, no matter where one lives.

At least we have each other.

And we have had tornadoes in California. Not nearly as large as the ones in the midwest but they have come.
I am glad Joe is taking care of you, Sherri.

Yes Sheri, it is good that Joe is taking such good care of you.

My DD, the one with the little boy called me tonight. She has found a good used baby bed for me. (YAY). it is just like hers but it is Espresso. Well, I love that color. BUT good thing I didn't say anything as She said she may keep it and give me hers. (hers is Blond) Best part is it will cost me half of waht a new one does. I know 2 different places that I can get hardly used at all mattresses so I am set--YAY

(now to get rid of a lot of stuff in this room)
Apparently my Grandchildren are supposed to have a nice room at "Grandma's".

G'nite everyone, sweet dreams.

Sweet dreams all. A bed for visits will be nice, Carol. I used to nap in my grandparents bed when I was over there.

Good morning. I have been up since 3 am for some reason. It is going to be a long day.

Going to be a long day here as well. I got up early yesterday & felt great---today up a bit early & I do not feel so great. Hoping a shower helps me get rid of said feeling.
If not, I am soon off to my 4 month check-up, so I will be going to the right place.

Don't we hate doc appointments?
How is your bp doing now?

Wish for warm weather an may heal us all.

Well, cant say I hate the Drs appts. BUT I do wish they were NOT in Winter.

My BP--I guess it is ok---WE will find out today.
I do take a medication for it. Was given to me after my heart attack.

OK
MY sis is on med.. does it calm down a person?
She never seems to get upset when something scarey happens.

no it does not calm one down--but mine makes me more sleepy & less active. I bet that is waht is having a calming affect on her.

Just back from the Drs. My BP was VERY good, Dodge. BUt sadly I gained 5 pounds over the holidays. So that & a lot more will have to come off. back to being hungry all the time I guess.

I dont get upset either but then I never did.

OH Gracious---throwing away things like a crazy person. I may get the Crib tomorrow. !! Chris is picking it up as we speak.

I am glad your BP is good, Carol. That is a great part of the battle these days.
I am in for the day. Although I may still go out and check my mail. I do need to decide about dinner. Or pull something out of the freezer or something. I am running on low energy today.

Good for you Carol.

Glad bp is ok.. My sis is very large lady. AN wont diet.
That isn't bad 5 only.
Gives you a good reason for spring.. Jog....

well I cant jog--thin bones you know, but I can walk fast--and walk I shall do when it is warm enough for me to get out.

I guess it is supposed to be colder tonight than last for you folks?

No warmer ......it is 30º right now at 8:30.........not been that all week.
However is to drop Monday ,tue, wed.. -10 -10 -5..
then back to our normal schedule..............Wont be too soon.. Drinking my Oil like a fish right now in the tanks.....at 0.

We shall survive.....Brings us all together.

nope warmer tonight for me--well if you call 32 in St. Louis & 30 here warmer. But at least it is not 0 and below. I think we are going to have to take a loan out for our gas & electric bill this month.

supposed to be nicer tomorrow & may get up to 48 on Sunday. Then back to being colder next week---Goody, not.....

OK--so my DD called---it seems they are NOT busy in the morning after all, so, they will be here at 9 AM. great.

I am so beat & had a headache (sinuses) but I worked anyway....and will work a bit more. Then DD will just have to help me as she said she would.

I'll catch everyone tomorrow as I can.

Sweet Dreams

Sweet dreams, Carol. And sweet dreams all.

Good morning. I plan on getting finished with yesterday's list and maybe more. Trying to catch up here.

I really dislike getting older. The person that said life begins at 40 and coined the term "The Golden Years" was just plain wrong !!

The reason for my rant---waking in the morning before I have to (like Tina does).

But moving on, Getting up early afforded me the time to prepare a place downstairts for the bed we are removing form in here, so as to have room for the crib. I have also gotten a sweet bread from the freezer for my kids for breakfast and started some laundry. I guess getting up early is not all bad.

Busy day here----getting in some coffee right now to prepare for it.

I do like early mornings. It is when I have the most energy and can get things done. I dislike not getting enough sleep, however. This morning I took my coffee and my dog outside as the sun rose. It was very pleasant.
I have laundry going and am kind of marking time until one late opening business opens to go out. Then hopefully, I can go there and the others I need to stop at before I come home and collapse into a nap. Or putting something into the crock and then collapsing.
I am glad you were productive this morning, Carol. I hope you get a nap as well. Are you getting the blonde bed or the other?

I love it. Jonni's tax forms came in the mail today. I picked them up after 11 am and finished filing for her before 1 pm. Last year I kept putting off the filing until into April. Now when my forms come in, I can get down to it. I'm a little more afraid of mine this year.

Sure Obama wants his money ..

I go to an accountant, let him answer my mistakes.. In case of an audit.LOL