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Good morning gals.

Joanne - so glad that it all ended well for your hubby. Hope he will continue to get better. The colonoscopy will be a real treat for him lol. You MUST be freezing. It's 10F here, and snowing. It snowed all day yesterday. Haven't had this much snow in 14 yrs. I guess we are having a good old Canadian Winter once again. The past few years we have hardly had any snow and only a short cold snap. Bundle up and stay warm.

Now I am on this new thread, and I can't remember what anybody said :lol: I have most of the gifts wrapped, just a couple more to go. Ran out of paper yesterday, so we went to Costco last night and I bought some more. Now I can finish that little job. Next is making sugar cookies - todays job. I work tomorrow, and Thursday we leave for Edmonton, so not a whole lot of time. I also want to get the floors scrubbed.

I hope you all have a most wonderful Christmas and wishing you all the best in the New Year.

Forget the floors, Anne. they will be there when you come back. Have a great time.
Joanne, glad he is out. They always want to do the colonoscopy. I have had 3 in 5 years-always ok
Art this am-finished my painting-rather the Art teacher did.
We are picking up Evan to stay overnight and going to see the lights in our neighbor's golf cart.
Hope it warms up for you Tammy.
Going to get my shot. Mima

Anne, thanks for starting us off on the new one! Wow to having lots of snow for the first time in 14 years! Be careful and have a wonderful time on your trip!!!

Joanne, glad to hear about your hubby. Both of you take care of yourselves!

Bob's son, daughter-in-law, and their 2 sons were here tonight. It was great to see them. Maurice loved the attention that he was getting.

Tomorrow night we are getting together with my brothers and their families, well, part of their families. A niece and her husband won't be here till Thursday, and a nephew and his girlfriend won't make it till Friday. For the rest of us, Wed. night worked. Tim and I leave early Saturday morning.

Joanne, glad your husband is home for the holidays. Hope he continues to do well. No one likes to be sick on Christmas.

Anne and Tammy, have a good trip and lots of fun. Hope you don't get snowed in. My cousin is only 3 1/2 hrs. from here and they got 15 inches last weekend. We only got enough to say it snowed and it's supposed to rain here Christmas day. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!

Hope everyone else is well.

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I brought the hubby home last evening . He seems better. He is being difficult..I will go get his medication soon.
I have so much to do before Christmas. I know I won't get my house cleaned good. So what! I do the best I can..
All you guys have a Wonderful Christmas...Joanne

Meme, glad we haven't had 15 inches of snow. We have some snow, enough for snowmen to be built.

Joanne, your house will be fine!

Merry Christmas to everyone!!

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Hi. Joanne, take it easy. The house will be fine.

Tammy, have a good trip.

Well, we sure have snow, AND cold weather to go along with it. It's almost 30 below zero out there tonight, but going to start to warm up tomorrow. Should be 34F by the weekend.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. We are leaving tomorrow for my daughter's and won't be back until Sunday night.

I don't mind the snow too bad, especially if I can stay inside, but I hate the cold. What I really can't stand is for it to be cold and rain and that is what we're supposed to have for the next couple of days! It's supposed to start tomorrow and I'm already hurting. Much rather have nice fluffy snow!

Well, there is no snow here. And it's going to be warm.
Evan was here overnight-he wet the bed but I was remiss in making him go to the bathroom. We had fun-played UNO. Wemt to look at the lghts on the golf cart.
Baking a pie, making a trifle , a dip, and bringing squares to Mike's /
Hope you have a safe trip Tammy and Anne.
We have new neighbors-someone said they bought the place for 2,500 off Craig's list. Beats paying 659 a month rent until it's sold.
Our service is at 4-then we are going to Perkins. with our neighbors.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. Mima

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About all that is going to get done is the rug vacuumed,dust and go to grocery store. I went yesterday but didn't get all I needed. It has been a rough week for me.I just was not thinking straight. And I should have made a list. STUPID!
My left knee decided to say hello and that is not helping..
Love you guys,. Have a wonderful weekend.
Joanne

Our folks all coming tomorrow so I still have today to catch up. Almost done myself in yesterday & now my back is feeling 'twingy'. Probably from giving the dog a bah & vacuuming the whole basement. Still have the upstairs to finish cleaning and pies, cheesecakes and strawberry salad to make and the turkey to stuff tonight. Dinner is at 1 tomorrow so we'll have to have it ready to go in the oven before we go to bed and hubby will have to get up at 6 and put it in. Better get at it. It's not going to get done by itself. My French maid done left me and went back to France!!! Darn!

hahahahahahahahaha ... first time my dog ever had a BAH ... wonder how she liked it!!! :p sorry, left the t out of bath. I'M SOOOO TIRED!

Merry Christmas all.

Anne, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr to 30 below! I hope you enjoyed your time with your family.

Meme, I'm with you on wanting nice fluffy snow instead of cold rain. Wish your French maid would have come here to help me get ready to leave tomorrow. LOL to the dog's bath. I guess I should give Maurice one today.

Mima, I can't remember the last time I played UNO. We used to play that all the time.

Joanne, I make lists for the store, and then 1/2 the time I forget to take the list with me. Hope your knee feels better soon.

Christmas Eve services were wonderful. Last year was my first year attending this church, and we were in Georgia. Last night we were heading toward the church, and we could see luminaries up ahead. They were out at the crossroads where we turn. The luminaries then lit the road leading to the church quite a distance on both sides from both directions. Absolutely beautiful with the snow that was there.

I didn't mess up my part in lighting the candle, so I was happy. lol

Our snow is gone this morning! It is up in the 40's and raining. It is also very windy. When Tim gets here, we need to go out back and pick up the grill. It blew over during the night. I need to get laundry finished and pack to leave in the morning, so I don't know if I'll get back on here or not today. Merry Christmas to everyone!

Hi all-great Christmas at my son's house. I was his secret santa and we fooled him because we left his big present in the car-he kept looking!
I already spent my penney's gift cert but got 10 off. Nice Alfred Dunner outfit. My son Bob was my secret Santa. Course pam helped.
Next is the wedding!!!Feb 5th.
Have a safe trip tammy. Mima

That's funny, I just made out a list last night and walked right off and left it.

I've never known of Santa leaving a gift in the car ... that's dirty pool!

Never did see that French Maid again. Hope she had a good Christmas. And as for the dog, I was the one saying BAH ... Jenna helped with the bath and got more water on her than she did the dog. ha

My computers have both been down. Son and SIL both worked on them Christmas Day and thought they got them working but as soon as they left, we were off-line again. Called Charter Tech Support today and got the Desktop back on but the notebook is still down. I think I'm going to have to have it wiped clean and start all over again.

Everything went smooth as silk here Christmas Day. We had 12 and a wonderful, calm, peaceful dinner with no arguments or bickering. One of the grandkids started to get loud and obnoxious but I took them all in the kitchen and explained that Mamaw and Papaw were 88 and 91 and could not take any loud noises or arguing so they had to tone everything down and get in one place and stay there while we opened gifts and then go to another part of the house. They did well after that. I think kids appreciate being told what is expected of them and the reason behind it and respect you more when you tell them than when their parents just yell at them to sit down and shut up ... like some do! Plus, you have the added bonus of not having a big scene.

Yeah, Meme. I like your style.
I have been eating the wrong things-gotta be careful.
Had a message on Heaven yesterday.Then they showed the names of all the members that died. Went to lunch with our friends. Nice.
Weigh in this morning. The scale hasn't moved lately.
Up too early. mima

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Hello Everybody.. I hope your Christmas was better than mine. I got up Christmas eve and couldn't put any weight on my left leg. The knee gave up . I was in E R yesterday. The pain was too bad to stand. I will see a orthopedic as soon as I can get an appointment.. They told me at the er that it was just bone on bone.. Nice way to start a New Year ,Huh!
Joanne

Well, good morning everyone and a belated Merry Christmas to all ! Not sure what is going on but I had to re-do all my passwords and user IDs to three of my web forums. I hope this isn't a result of the new virus/malware protection I put in! I forgot to write down the info for this forum so it was a hit/miss log on!
Joanne, sorry to hear about the knee! Hubby has bone on bone in both of his and he isn't exercising because of the pain he is always in. He needs to lose weight too so he is trying to do it with diet alone so he can get both his knees done next Christmas....he's off for 2 weeks every year at that time so we want to plan ahead and incorporate it into that time frame. I wish you well with the orthopedic. And glad to hear your hubby is okay....
Tammy called me this morning and we will be getting together tomorrow! I'm going to meet her son Tim too! I gave her directions to my home so we could just relax and be comfortable....I'm excited!
Very cold here right now. It was in the 30's this morning and our high today will only be in the 60's. We're suppose to warm up again but have rain over New Years eve/day. I'm doing a prime rib dinner and having a neighborhood couple I walk with over for a feast New years eve. Hubby goes back to work next Monday....that will be a good thing!
Got all my Christmas stuff put away and I will be working on my office files next week. Time to get ready for a New Year!!!! And I certainly hope it is a better one for everybody!! I gained 2 pounds this past month....not good! Need to watch my carb intake very closely now......
Happy New Year everyone!!
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Hello Everybody.. I have an appointment tomorrow with Orthopedic Dr.At this point I don't care what he does as long as I can get out of pain. I have a feeling he will say surgery. Over the years this knee has been injected many times. I have lost count how many.. Pain pills are not helping and they don't solve the problem anyhow..
I am always thankful for the rain.
Christie is not a happy camper. We are trying to get her to use fenced in area in back yard. She wants her walks. I am just not able to do them now.. The family tells me to just put her in there and she will have to go eventually. She is very stubborn. She just sits at the gate and waits for me to get her. My son says to just stand out there till she gets the idea. Well, my knee hurts too bad to do that.I ended up limping down a couple blocks today. I don't have the patience I guess.It is 45 minutes or more or nothing or go down the block for 10 minutes. Pain or no Pain.. I am not a happy camper right now.. Sorry..
I hope EVERYBODY HAS A WONDERFUL NEW YEARS EVE AND DAY...
Joanne

Joanne, I feel for you. My knees have been bone on bone for some time now. They have been going out of place since I was 9. I've had reconstruction surgery on the left and arthroscopic surgery on the right. They won't do the knee replacement surgery yet. Keep telling me I'm to young because the replacements won't last, etc. Drives me crazy. One of my best friends is 6 yrs. older than me and is supposed to have one done next month so maybe there is hope for me in a few more years. I have to use a cane when I first get up every morning just to get to the bathroom and if I sit and watch TV for several hours I can't walk when I first get up. When I sit in church I have to keep bending my right knee and putting pressure on my foot and ankle. If I don't, when the pastor is finished with his sermon, I won't be able to get back up on the stage and lead the closing hymn. I keep praying that a young man who knows music, can sing and is qualified to lead worship will come along soon ... I'm getting too old for this! (I've tried to tell God that but He must not be thinking like me!) :p

That's terrible. Joanne. Now your decision is made-you can't live like this.
I was just saying to Brad that I am blessed that I don't have problems with my knees.
Oh, nice to be with tammy and Tim, Kate !!! tell us all about it.
Doc's today-thyroid blood test is low. You didn't have to tell me-I am cold all the time etc.
But the North is colder.
Bye Mima

Happy New Year everybody. Hope you have a great year!

On the road again. My son landed in the hospital on Monday, and they will be doing surgery perhaps tomorrow to remove the gall bladder. May have to do it the old fashioned way, because it is inflamed along with the pancreas. So we will head up and see how we can be useful!

Joanne - good luck. Hope they can do this for you soon.

Tammy and Kate - enjoy your visit.

Meme - Happy New Year. Glad Christmas was good for you.

Mima - stop eating all those things that irritate you!! lol I know it's easier said than done.

Talk to you Next Year.

Mimi, I like the idea of leaving the gift in the car! Great idea!!

Meme, the way you handled that with the kids was a good thought! Way to go!!

Joanne, sorry to hear about the ER trip! I found out this morning at Kate's house. I hadn't been on here for a while, so I didn't know. You take care of yourself, you hear me?? Sorry that Christie is being a stinker.

Kate, what do I call you now?? lol Loved meeting you and your hubby this morning! Oh, Queenie too! I know that Tim felt very comfortable, and we both loved the muffins!

Anne, let us know how things go with your son and his gallbladder.

Took Tim to the airport earlier, and he is on his way back to Ohio. He isn't looking forward to cleaning his car off at the airport when he gets to Dayton. I pick up Maurice in the morning, and then we head to Jekyll Island, GA, for a week.

Happy New Year everyone!!

Thanks Anne. Tammy, hope you have a safe trip home.

My dog walked on my computer (which I left open on the couch) and broke the "p" off. She must have eaten it because I can't find it and now I have to stop every time I need to type a P and find the little thing down in there to hit. So annoying. Bad dog!

Ho e you all have a Ha y New Year!!! (It's just easier to NOT use the " "! :p

I wonder if you can buy a p.
Went to the doc;s and I am fasting right now to get more blood work done. No coffee. But lab opens at 7.
I lookes at another blood test I had done and it looks like I have a deficiency of B 12 and folate. I should have looked it up before. That was a month and a half ago.
Happy new Year-nice about your visit Tammy and Kate!!! Mima

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!
Here I am with a fuzzy head from the pain Medication. Surgery January 18th. If I repeat myself Just say "you already told us this.HA!"
Joanne

And how do you expect us to remember if you repeat yourself? :dizzy:

Meme, sorry, but I am cracking up about the dog and the p!

Mima, I think you can only buy vowels!! lol

Joanne, I'm fuzzy all the time too! We must be related.

Maurice and I are in Jekyll Island. The traffic was heavy at times, but not really bad at all. The people at the front desk at this hotel remembered us! Oh my! One of them even asked if my son was with us.

Happy New Year everyone! I think I will probably sleep through it.

happy new Year!!! Went to movies and dinner!
Glad you made it safely, Tammy.
Hi everyone-hope you don't worry about the surgery, Joanne,
Mima

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HAPPY NEW YEAR ,EVERYBODY..
I am not worried about the surgery, just how I am going to get through the next 18 days. Pray for me.
Love to you guys, Joanne

Joanne, will definitely keep praying! Sure wish I would have thought more clearly when I was planning this trip. I would have come to visit you!

I redid my tracker AGAIN! I am down 36 pounds from 5 years ago. I want to lose 20 pounds by Tim's wedding in May. I know how I am about losing, so if I lose any I should be happy. Before I left, I went to the Y for a weigh in and measurements for the Inch by Inch/Pound by Pound program. The aerobics class is called Chisel. It starts Monday. I won't be there, so I have to keep getting out and doing things while I am here. I have to decide if I am going to change my tracker according to my scales or the ones at the Y when we weigh in.

Maurice is afraid of waves and seagulls.

I forgot. When I did the measurements, I compared them to what my measurements had been last January, and there were inches lost all over the place. I guess I knew that since I was buying smaller clothes, but it felt good to see it on paper.

Bedtime!

We went to dinner and a movie last night, too. Saw ' Did You Hear What Happened To The Morgans'. Very funny.

Joanne, that time will pass before you know it. You're in my prayers, though. Hope the puppy & the weather stays good for you.

Tammy, congratulations on the inches lost. I was going to start a weight loss plan of some kind today. Did real good until dinner. We went to town and wound up getting pizza. Then came home and here comes hubby with the last 2 pieces of strawberry cheesecake from a party we had last week and said, help me get rid of this stuff. I just couldn't help myself! The devil made me do it. :devil:

The dog is out of the dog house. Hubby found the P today and I got it back on! I can no longer say, "The dog ate my P." :p (Sorry, just had to.)

Good, Meme.
Bought a little fireplace stove at Lowe's. Trying it out because it's coooold!!!
Art meeting this morning and the we are going to Whole Foods. It's 30 minutes aay and they have lots of gluten free products although they are not so cheap.
Way to go Tammy. Weddings are always good motivation. Bobby's is in a month and I haven't found a dress-needs to be casual and Hawaian. You would thimk here it would be easy.
Bye for now. Mima

Meme, I haven't heard of that movie, but I rarely know of movies that are out. I live in my own little world I guess. I had a slice of pizza for lunch yesterday, and then I ate a reuben last night for dinner. Today I'll try to go for healthier options. Breakfast was an apple and a cup of yogurt. I wouldn't have passed on the cheesecake either! I am sooooooooo glad that you found your P!!!

Mima, let us know how the stove works. I've seen those different places at home. Enjoy the art meeting. The wedding should be good motivation for me. Lauren's mom is thinking the same thing. Hope you find the right dress.

I'm ready to shower and head out for the day. Going to do some exploring of little shops in the area that I always hit when I'm here. Maurice will be staying here in the room in his kennel. He won't like it, but I think he'd rather be here than in the crate in the van. Plan to do some laundry sometime this weekend. From the looks of the temperatures, I think I'll be wearing longer pants from now on.

Have a great day ladies!

Good morning everyone! Tammy, loved getting together with you and Tim....we did have a good visit! Which name you think suits me better???Just call me Kate....it is my forum name for both areas I visit...here and a Great Pyrenees website. Glad to hear you made it to your destination without any problems. That is definitely a sign of "good business" when places like that remember their client's names! It will probably always be a place you will return to and feel comfortable, right? What better advertisement than word-of-mouth??
Joanne, sorry to hear of the knee problems. Is this Jan 18th surgery for your knee replacement? Keep us posted on the progress, okay? Hubby has told his doctor he wants to do his at the end of this year.
Anne, gallbladder surgery was a part of eveyone in my family's life! My nephew and I are the only 2 in the whole family that were blessed with not having that problem. My sister and brother suffered terribly with it. My brother was actually air-lifted off his commercial fishing vessel with a severe attack and ultimately had surgery....and my sister had it removed when she was three months pregnant only to go back 3 months later to remove several gall stones they had left behind. This was during her first pregnancy! Like I said....I was definitely blessed to not have that to deal with. I think the procedures are much more advanced today so hopefully, all will go well.
I've been having some problems with Queenie past 4-5 days. It appears she ate something that has caused some distress and she has had diarrhea for the past few days. I've been cleaning her "britches" and getting up at all hours of the night to let her out. That's one of the reasons I have been too busy for the computer lately. Also, hubby goes back to work tomorrow (thank-you! There is a God!!) so I've been trying to get all those little things finished that only he can do before he is too busy again. It was great having him home for a couple weeks but I will also be happy to have some "quiet" time again too!
Happy New Year to all and Tammy, do keep in touch! I hope you enjoy the rest of your vacation and have a safe trip back home. Keep us posted, okay?? Hope everyone is doing well and enjoys the rest of the day! Weather is cold here right now...I had to actually break down and put the heat on! Bye for now.

Kate, at church this morning I met several people from Ohio and Indiana. They are all staying at another place here, and they told me to check it out. I went there after church, was able to see a room, and I have a price list. I think if I do come back, I might stay there instead of here. This place is nice, but it's more like a hotel room with a sofa. The place I saw today had a full kitchen, living room, seperate bedroom. It was more like a home. I was thinking that if I do come back, I will stay here longer than a week. Tim said we will talk about everything when I get home.

Yes, we had a wonderful visit! I wish I had one of your muffins right now! Yum!! I'm glad your hubby wasn't working because we got to meet him too!!

Good morning all and good Lord, is it ever cold here right now! Wind chill here makes it about 31 degrees....way too cold for me. Had a hard time getting through a few blocks walking Queenie this morning. She got me up once during the night but hardly pooped at all. Her tummy was making some weird noises this morning too but not sure if that means she is on the mend or not. She didn't seem too interested in her food yet she certainly enjoyed being out in the cold air....she was "bouncy" on her walk! I sure hope this cold front goes away soon!
Hubby back to work this morning....it sure is quiet around here! Tammy, that sounds like a great place that was recommended....definitely would be worth it to relocate to a bigger, better equipped place if you plan to extend your time there. Nothing like having your own "kitchen" to make life more comfortable! Good luck and be sure to make your reservations early.
Not sure what is planned for today yet. It's too cold to be outside but I need to keep an eye on the princess to see how this diarrhea issue is going. Hopefully we will have her back to normal very soon! I didn't get any sleep again last night.....hard to sleep with one eye and my ears open! I will probably need a power nap this afternoon. Hope everyone enjoys the day....and stays warm!

Only got in the 20s today and the teens tonight. Baby it's cold outside! Not supposed to get above freezing until next week and snow Thursday. It's too cold to snow! :p Hubby asked me if I was going anywhere so he could take my van to work ... it stays in the garage & is warm in the mornings. Takes his truck forever to warm up - it's diesel. I said you kidding. Too cold for me to go anywhere unless I just have to.