Like everybody else I have been really busy.. Daughter coming in tonight with her daughter and hubby.. Son and his wife tomorrow. I hope you all will pray for me tomorrow.. Son and daughter haven't seen ot talked for almost 2 years..I hope they will resolve what is between them..They were best friends and so close before he got married..
I have a couple pies to make and my dressing for turkey today.. I will run the vacumn again and do all the daily chores as usual.. Ofcourse Christie is added to the list..I need a helper but that is not likely to happen..
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!

Joanne

I'm sorry. I forgot about it being Thanksgiving. Of course, you are all busy. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving.

Meme - GO TO THE DR!!! It probably just won't go away. I know you are busy, but you want to keep that way, and not end up having to stay off your leg. A month ago, when we were staying at my daughters, Ashley came and got in bed with me in the morning. I asked her what she had learned at school (she usually says "nothing"), and she says, all the Continents, Oceans, the Great Lakes and the Provinces and Territories of Canada. Then she proceeded to rattle them off. She knew them all. She is now in grade 3 and moving right along. She is like her Mom, and has a memory like an elephant.

Tammy - sorry to hear you have been down. Not a nice place to be. I am very fortunate that I have never had a problem with depression. I pray that it continues. Just feel better.

Joanne - prayers for your kids. Perhaps it will be a Thanksgiving, truly, and they will let it go, whatever it is that has happened between them. Life is short, way to short, to go on like that.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF YOU.

Hi y'all. I have been here since Sunday night but we didn't get the cable on til 1 today-even though they were supposed to do it last Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And our phone batteries are dead so we have to get a new phone. Batteries seem to cost as much as the phone.
Mr Evan is here-we had to go to Walmart and buy more track for his trains-I figured that was wotrh the almost 20$ that it
cost.
We are going to his oth
er grandma's for Thanksgiving. We are bringing squash and turnip and a bouquet of flowers.
Wow-we were so tired when we got here but we are ok now, Brad has his whole train room apart-again and he is moving my washer and dryer -again!
Gotta get into an exercise routine! warm here-in the 80's.
Tampa is about 2 hours north of here.
The wedding plans are about the same.Bobby is going to Suzanne's future in-laws for Thanksgiving.They have gotten close. She says he has a gf but doesn't know the details. I want to know the details!!!!!
Bye for now-Mima

Joanne, when I was reading your message, I remembered that your kids hadn't gotten along for a while. I'll be keeping all of you in my prayers that this will be the year that they reconnect. Life is too short to hold grudges about things. Let us know how it goes. I have everything finished to take tonight except the green bean casserole. I figured they wanted it to be hot, right?? lol Tell Christie that I said to behave!!

Anne, that is great about Ashley knowing all of that! I know I taught that in 2nd grade (not about Canada of course), and there were very few who caught on to all of it. My depression issues started after my mother passed away 10 years ago. My father had a stroke 4 months later, so that kind of did me in for a while. I think after the holidays I'll be fine. I hope!

Mima, glad to hear you are in Florida safe and sound! Evan has to be growing like a weed!! Do you drive to Florida straight through or do you stop along the way? We usually stay overnight one night when we go to Jekyll Island, but I think this year we may stay two nights. I'll be doing most of the driving unless Bob really gets lots of strength back before the end of January. You are 2 hours from Tampa, huh? That could almost be doable to get together!

It started raining a while ago. Took me by surprise! I had no idea it was supposed to rain. It's about 60 degrees, so it has been a nice couple of days. Tomorrow it will be in the 30's.

Friday night Tim and I are going to a dinner theater to see White Christmas! I can't wait!!! The 3 of us went last year to see It's a Wonderful Life. Bob just isn't up to going and sitting for that long. Tim said if it doesn't sound like Bing Crosby singing White Christmas, he's walking out! Ha!!

Wow-I would love to see that-I will have to check on what's around. Other grandma, Jill and Alison go to a lot of theater and there is lots of it around here.
Couldn't stay up past 8-I sure wish I could get back on a normal schedule.
We had to get a new phone. Ours bit the dust.
I think we need to take it back and forth so it won't lose it's charge.
I think I will go swimming and in the hot tub. We are not going to dinner til 5.Brad has to cut the hubbard squash and turnip.
Happy thanksgiving everyone. Mima
ps-it takes 3 overnights to get here!!!

Ok, how many people got up at the crack of dawn or before to go shopping this morning???? Not me! I think I'll spend most of the day recuperating from all the fun from my aunt's house yesterday. We always play games in the afternoon/evening. We played dominoes, and then we broke out the Trivial Pursuit. FUN! Tim was impressed that I knew as many answers as I did. I was a bit surprised myself because usually I get confused and can't remember things. My cousin (a nurse) told me that it might be good for me to do things like that more often to keep my brain awake. She might be right!

Mima, the hot tub sounds great! We usually make it to South Carolina before we stop on out way to Jekyll Island, but I think it will be sooner than that this year.

Good morning-I did go to Walmart early yesterday and there were so few people there. On Thurs-the toilet overflowed into the shower and tub and the floor in my bathroom-HUGE YUK!!!! We had to wait til FRiday for the plumber-the pipes had disconnected under the mobilehome-it was worth 122$ for Brad not to go under there. So I was at 2ally worls getting disinfectant-worked on the 2 bathrooms quite a while=much longer than it took to fix.
Sure glad I wasn't having dinner-we had a nice time at Jill's mom's house. Excellent food. We still don't have a regular phone-no voice-too weird.
We are taking Evan to a train show. We are also taking Brad. Ha!!!
He has taken the lanai apart-moved the washer and dryer which is tricky because they are not hooked up and I have TONS of laundry. Well, life with Brad is always exciting!!!!You never can get used to things being in one place-we have owned this for 4 years and this is the third time they have been moved-but it's closer to the door. He wants to make his layout bigger-I shouldn't complain-he works so hard when he is home.
Yikes-I almost lost my post. My computer starts acting starnge but I just found out that if I refresh it-it straightens out. Hi all you missing-Mima

Mima, too bad about the toilet problem! I agree that it was better to have someone else to it. It does sound like like with Brad would be exciting!!

The dinner theater was nice last night. The voices were beautiful! I do believe that I like the movie, White Christmas, better. This was pretty different in spots, but I guess you have to expect that on stage. Food was yummy! Tim and I sat at a table for 4 with a couple celebrating their 62nd wedding anniversary. We had so much fun with them.

Today Bob's son and his family were here for a while. We all had a nice visit.

Sounds like a good time, Tammy. Hubby asked me tonight if I wanted to go to a movie but I knew he just asked because he felt guilty. He left at 3:30 yesterday morning and didn't get back until midnight last night. I stay alone every night all week long and I thought we were finally going to have a long weekend ... then he goes and breaks it up by making a trip to get trailers on Fri. night. Some friends asked us to go to Nashville with them over the weekend ... shopping, shows, etc. We couldn't go because of his trip. I sat here alone all day and night yesterday and I just told him I wasn't in the mood to do anything tonight. He asked me today if I wanted to put up some Christmas decorations ... I told him I didn't have any Christmas spirit today. He asked me if I wanted to go out and eat with a couple (friends) that he had PROMISED last week that we'd get together with this weekend. The man had surgery recently and then threatened to kill himself because he was depressed. His wife is having to have someone stay with him all the time while she works. He told her we'd go eat with them and try to "cheer him up." I told him, I'm sorry but I just didn't really feel like cheering someone else up right now. That's something I've done all my life. Pretended to feel good when I don't to make someone else feel better. Silly isn't it? I always have just "gone along" with whatever anyone wanted to do and smiled. I finally said NO. I'm tired of smiling when I don't feel like smiling. It's going to rain and it's cold. I hurt and I don't feel like smiling.

Sorry ... didn't mean to vent on you all. The Holidays make me grumpy sometimes, too. I love the Holidays most of the time but ... for some reason, this year I don't feel so good.

Sorry about that, Meme. I think men don't realize how we feel about certain things unless we tell them directly-they get in their own world. And sometimes you have to tell them of your expectations. I keep trying to make Brad neat-He just wants to forge ahead on projects-that really has nothing to do with your situation.
I got my icky wash done-bleached all the stuff that mopped up the floor-then I saw that there was water in the vent-another YUK!!!
Finally got the phone fixed,-When we go to Sunday School-I need to ask them about going to Jamaica-we should have 10 but not sure -nice thing is that Isaac said we would stay where we were last year-nice place-woke up at 2:30. Hope I can get a nap before church, Mima-yeah for dinner theaters!

Meme, that is too bad you couldn't go to Nashville with your friends. I'm sure it would have been a good time. I think you and I are alot alike. I have also done the "put on a smile and forget I feel bad" around others. It finally takes it's toll. I have been in pain the past few days, and I know with the cold it will only get worse. I'm supposed to have water aerobics tonight, but the water in the pool has been so cold lately that I don't even want to go. Even after the hour workout, I am still cold when I'm there.

Mima, when will you be going to Jamaica?

I met some retired teacher friends for lunch today. It's always good to see them. Meeting some other friends tomorrow, plus chiropractor.

I didn't mean to gripe so much ... it's just that I stay home alone all the time and I've said that over and over. Hubby went to sit with the man who is home alone all morning this morning ... yet he left me home alone again to do it. He came back at noon, just in time to eat and leave for work, and said, well he seems to be in a good mood today and feeling really good. I said well good for him.

It's dark outside and raining cats and dogs, can't even take the puppy out to go potty. Pain level is really bad today. Guess I'll camp on the couch all day and night again!

Good thing is ... I have TV, books, computer and puppy (and pain pills). Plus, I can always SLEEP!!!

Meme- I am about where you are right now..My hubby sits and watches tv all day. eats and sleeps.. I thought when I retired things would be a little better... Now I spend all my time taking care of him ,the house and the dog..
I haven't started Christmas shopping yet.. Our son sent his step son over here to help us with the yard. Ofcourse we pay him. He really needs the money.. He has moved back in with our son and his mother. I don't know how long that is going to last..He better find a job.. The son won't put up with him laying around the house..He did as much work as 2 men could do in 2 days.. He will be back tomorrow to do some more..Maybe!My yard already looks better than it has in a long time.. Now he can put it all on a trailer and haul it all off.
Thanksgiving went really well.. I was real worried how the daughter and son would get along.. It seemed as if the both of them were trying to be at least cordial. Our DIL went shopping the next day with us and we had a really nice time. Didn't buy much. There really were not that many bargains.
Tammy- It is always nice to meet up with friends. I stopped going to the spa for water exercise because the pool was so cold.
Mima- Men have no clue sometimes how we feel about things. I think they have a one tract mind sometimes and only see what they want to see.
Hello Happy... Joanne

Good morning-uzanne called me 3 times yesterday worrying about the guest list-it is 16 people over what we planned but there will be that many not coming.I'm sure.
I saw beautiful wedding gowns at Goodwill for 69.99. Not what she wants but I will keep looking. Just for fun.
Evan was here while Jill took a test to be a baggage scanner at the airport.
I slept horribly last night-woke up when he got up and then he tossed and turned for at least an hour, Going into the other bedroom tonight-gotta break that pattern.
I can't shop til after the 8th-We have too much on our card now. We try not to carry a balance.
We are going to Jamaica in Jan or Feb. Got to get some stuff together-air fare is 79 each way form Ft Lauderdale. That's good.
Meme-Brad goes out and fixes things for everybody else and we have so much at home that needs to be done. Of course, he gets paid. I could pay him out of the business acct and then take the money back!!
Hopefully,I can get the car serviced tday.

Bye Mima

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