I've got to stop going to Wal Mart! I had 3 weeks this month that I spent over $300 there and I forgot to enter one of them in the checkbook ... hubby wasn't a happy camper!!! :p Going to Crossville to the outlet mall with my daughter and kids shopping tomorrow. I don't need anything so guess I'll just 'babysit'! ;) Actually, Her hubby got all his upper teeth pulled today and I think she just wants to run away from home tomorrow! :eek: It's supposed to rain here for days and days ... I'm already in major pain ... can't wait! We watched "The Terminal" with Tom Hanks last night ... excellent movie.

Good morning. Walmart!!! WE live next door -we go every other day but I know we save a lot on food, Bought a bunch of furniture yesterday including a recliner for $ 50 frome someone here. Rats-am I achy-virus like. Too much stress!!! Also got a microwave with gift money. Furniture coming tomorrow!!! One room is flowery Florida and other is taupe. Trouble is they are next to each other. Stomache is better now. How are you doing Candice. And how is your sister , Joanne? 2 boys left yesterday but [plane was 0ne and a half hours late. Oh well!! Got a new mouse. It's awesome! Didn't realize how bad my old one was. Mima

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I have to say this has not been a good Christmas.. The son and daughter were at odds with each other and the stress was awful.. I went to my sister(Eleni;s) sunday and we all me,hubby, daughter ,SIL , Eleni and several of her family came down with intestinal flu. I haven't eat anything but one piece of toast and one cup of chicken soup since monday.We all have spent most of the time in B/R either throwing up or sitting on the john.One bonus!! I lost 5 lbs!!No fun..Along with a bad cold at the same time this has laided me low..
Candice- I am sorry about your mom.. Just stay realistic..
Tammy and everyone.. Here's hoping the new year will bring better health for all of us..
I can surely understand funding the various things our kids need to get started in life.. My hubby and I were doing that up till we were forced to retire,for health reasons.We still helped as much as we were able.Thank God they are on their way to being stable.
I guess next to everything else that is going on in the world right now we are pretty lucky..
Bye..Joanne

We are all very Blessed! I thank God every day of my life for all the blessings He has given me! (Even the money to spend at Wal Mart!) ;) I was raised behind a bar in the middle of Detroit and once seriously dated a drunk who gambled all his money away, so when I think where I COULD be and where I am ...

Since all of you got sick at the same time, do you think maybe you all might have food poisoning instead of a virus? Did you eat any of the same foods?

Mima ... I'm really good at decorating (and shopping!!!) AND it's supposed to rain here the rest of the week ... can I come down and HELP you??? :lol:

Hi Everybody. Haven't had much time since we got home on Tuesday. Had to go a funeral Tuesday afternoon, and then I have Ashley with me this week, so I am kept busy by a 6 yr. old.

Candice - I am glad your Mom had a good day while you were there. I hope it all ends for her soon. They don't seem to be suffering, but who the heck knows for sure. Hope you feel better.

Mima - so glad you got into your new home. That must be nice. Now decorating it will be fun for you. I hope you feel better soon as well.

Meme - seems you are as busy as ever.

Joanne - gosh, I think food poisoning as well!!!! right along with that cold. Well, you DID want to lose those 5 pounds :lol: Drastic measures for sure!

Tammy and Anagram - hope your Christmas went well and that you start the New Year off right.

Well, I am glad I live in good old cold and DRY Canada. At least I am not hurting so much. It is the humidity that kills me. It is heading to 30 below for New Years Eve and New Years Day. We will go out to the lake tomorrow and watch the fireworks display. It is on for 1/2 hour and it is a great show. They have it early for the kids, so it will be at 7:00 p.m., then home and tucked into my nice warm house. New Years Day, we will go back to Edmonton and take Ashley home, and visit with both our kids. My daughter is cooking dinner, so that will be nice. Then home and I plan to stay here for a good long while. It seems like we have had something to do every single weekend for months!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU. Wishing you the best for next year.

Anagram, sounds like a wonderful Christmas!! A massage sounds great. I still need to get serious about that.

Candice, thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

I spend quite a bit of time and money at Wal-Mart too. We definitely save money there. My hubby works there, so we get a 10% discount on all taxable items.

Joanne, so sorry that things weren't the best for you and the family at Christmas. I can just imagine the stress level and what it is doing to you. Like you said, compared to other things in the world, even with all of our aches and pains, we are truly blessed.

Happy, enjoy your time with Ashley!!!

Happy New Year to all of you!!!

Happy New Year-we got all our stuff a day early-only our bedroom needs to be bought. And it all looks good together. I am feeling a bit better. Only I think the dining room set has a bit of mold even though it doesn't smell. I will put the chairs out this pm-they are fabric. I did spray them. We have to go back to the camper and get more stuff and our mail-almost done, I bet it was food poisoning, Joanne. All at the same time usually is that. Hope you are better. Anne, you have been busy-have fun with Ashley. Tammy, your time off will go fast. Oh yeah, I went back to Walmart-bought a beautiful comforter set for the spare bedroom. And other stuff. What is the name of that stuff you use to clean a cooktop stove. The ceramic one. One of you must have one!!! This one came with the place. Mima

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Mima- Cerama Bryte.. I can't find it at Walmart but I can at Home Depot... There sometimes is a pad and scrapper with it if you are lucky..It sounds like you are getting your place in good order..I know you must be having fun.
I really think we all had stomach flu. One of Eleni's daughter family was just getting over it. I thought at first it was food poisin but only a few of us got sick and we all ate the same food.There was about 25-30 people there.I lost count.
After this Christmas, I told my hubby, I am thinking of backing out of trying to have the family all here. I will be 72 in March and I am beginning to think it is time for someone else to have the work.He said well you have a year to think about it...WOW
Happy New Year
I hope this year will be a healthy and Happy Year for all of us...
Joanne

Candice - sorry about your Mom. Joanne - sorry about the stomach flu putting a damper on your holiday spirit.

Mima - your new place sounds like you'll enjoy it so much - convenient to WalMart and warm weather finally. What more could you want?

That diso**** sounds great, Tammy. I know I loved it when my son worked as a bag boy at a supermarket in high school and we got a discount. Helps w/the growing boy appetite thing.

This season has been so great for me this year - and it's not over yet. Having pork & sauer kraut at sister's tomorrow w/her gang and my other sister and brother who still live in PA. Tough call as were invited to DS for an open house but decided to stay closer to home. Going to church this evening and coming home to hot turkey sandwiches and tv until I fall asleep waiting for the big moment. We're high on the excitement scale here.

Meme. They did blood work on dh and his iron supplements weren't keeping up w/the procrit so they've doubled them. Hope it helps. He's been down to about 9.2 plus had the flu. He hasn't had much fun (nor has he been much either). Hope you're feeling more chipper.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL!

Well ... what ever it was, Joanne, hope you're feeling better now.

Candice, I know you're worried about your Mom and I would be, too, if I were you. Here's sending prayers your way, and her way, too!

Anagram, hope your hubby gets his blood back up, it's no fun when you're tired all the time. I've been like that all my life ... ever since I was 5 years old my hematicrit level hasn't been much above 10.

I know Anne will have a good weekend with her granddaughter and kids. And I hope you do, too Tammy. And, Mima ... just keep Wal Mart in business!!! :lol:

If I've missed anyone ... well ... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


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Happy New Year-in bed at 9 last night. But I did feel better and we went to the camper and got most of stuff out.Please remind me it's only been a week. And I did not go to Walmart yesterday. Only need a few more things. Anagram, I am glad you are having a god time. Are you coming to Fl this year? I thought you were . Auntie has been sick-bronchitis. Plus she has asthma so it's hard for her to breathe. Anymore on your mom, Candice.? Joanne, it was fun having the kids down here but a bit stressful. And in the middle of moving but they helped. Next year, we may go back up north. One year at a time. Church today-Brad's church tomorrow. Bye for now. Mima

Hope all you sickies are doing better! My fever finaly broke so I am feeling a bit better. they moved my mom from the hospital back to the nursing home Friday, don't know much more yet. I hate being this far away...if I Dh and I had not gotton sick I would have stayed abit longer. Got DS off too........he is up in Minniapolis for a formal New Years wedding of one the med students.

Joanne, my brothers whole family had the stomach flu and they all came to Christmas, we were all so mad!!!!!!!!!!! But so far none of us have the up chuck kind!

Meme....I do hope they can do something for you...you poor thing, you sure DH is not a vampire and sucking the blood out of you;) How long did your mom live after her stroke? Hope you don't mind me asking......

Did get my bathroom and kitchen disinfected and more laundry done, but that is about it! I'm not putting Christmas away just yet..it will keep and I like looking at it, now when I start getting anxious about putting it away then it's time! Still gotta strip DS's bed too. Did finish unpacking but want to wash more stuff up.

Happy humidity gets to me too....it was below 0 last week and 60 today ...I can't tolorate the big change much. Now it is back to 30........no snow here either.

Mima..sounds like you are ready for company! My son loves Walmart....It is so big I do not go there much.

Anna...pork and kraut..love the stuff but it does not like me! :D I usally do it int he crock pot.

Tam.....What does DH do at Walmart?

I actually made it until 12:05 last night! Hubby did too. We were very proud of ourselves. Of course, we both had taken naps earlier in the evening. lol Our son was at his girlfriend's house, and he came in about 12:30. bob works in the seafood/meat dept. at Wal-Mart. He brought home a bag of shrimp last night, so that was our snack for the evening.

Mima, that is so great that you are getting things together! I'm sure Wal-Mart is happy for you too. lol

Joanne, hope you are all back to good health for the new year. Being sick is no fun at all!!!!! Anagram, hope your hubby is doing better.

Meme, thanks for the fireworks!! Cool!!

Candice, I have only put away a few of the Christmas things. I know I need to get started since there is so much, and it's back to school on Monday. (boo hiss)

Candice, Mom had her first stroke in May ... as a matter of fact they moved her to a Rehab center on my BD (May 20) because she was paralyzed on the right side. She stayed in there for almost 2 weeks and then came to live with me for awhile. She had been back home less than a week when she had her 2nd stroke July 1st. She was in the hospital for 2 weeks after that before she died - on July 14th. But she had 2 strokes. And she may have had a different kind of stroke than your mother had. The tiny blood vessels in her brain kept rupturing and flooding the brain tissue with blood. The Dr. explained to us that there were several different kinds of strokes. The second one Mom had paralyzed her on both sides and she couldn't talk much either. Then she refused any means of life support, food or fluid so she actually starved to death in the end because she couldn't swallow. Human Resourses came by after the first week and said she had to be moved to a Nursing Home. I called my daughter (she works in Administration at the Hospital ... pretty high up the ladder) She went to the Human Resourse Office and straightened them out! She told them her grandmother was dying and her mother promised her she would not have to go to a nursing home and she was staying at the hospital until she died, end of story! So she stayed the whole 2 weeks at the hospital. I don't know how they cleared it with the insurance but I never did get a bill.

Mom's sister, on the other hand, had a stroke and was put in a nursing home with a feeding tube and lived for about 7 years. She didn't know anyone, though, not even her own son. She was also partially paralyzed and couldn't talk. That was what Mom was afraid of, she didn't want to do that. It was hard to watch her die like that, but that's what she wanted.

Joanne - I'm with you. It does get a bit much I think but then if there's tension between the kids, it's probably only going to work at your place. No, Mima, we're not heading south this year. DH would give you many reasons why but I think the real reason is he's not up to it and just can't say that. His health is really too tenuous right now to do much of anything. His "cold" of the last two weeks, which had seemed to be getting better is much worse again. I also noticed swelling in his hands and feet again so I suspect I'll be calling a doctor again soon - big question always is "which one". So while I know I'll miss the pleasant days and pleasant weather we've enjoyed in the past, I think right now I feel more comfortable being near all his doctors and the hospital where they've treated him successfully before.

And, knock on wood, it's been good weatherwise here so far this year. We've had no measurable snow yet! Usually about 11 inches by now. And today they set a new record high of about 69 or so (or maybe 64 - whatever - warm).

The sauer kraut doesn't always agree w/me anymore either, Candice but I ate that and most of the dinner very moderately. Then came the cookies and I didn't know the meaning of the word moderate. Dh was not doing well enough to go to sister's w/me so I had to eat his share ;) And I also seem to be stealing your Night Owl patterns and I really don't want to do that. Did get in a nap this evening so not feeling quite so bad and think I'll try to make a NY resolution to go to bed early whether I want to or not because I've just not been able to go back to sleep when I wake up at 4:00 or so. If I wake up at 2 to go to bathroom I can usually sleep afterwards. And I'm really in need of more sleep right now and NOT to fall asleep right after dinner

Tammy, I'm going to leave my stuff up for maybe a week yet. Of course, I'm not going back to work or anything. The last few years I've had to rush it down so this year, since I'm staying home, I'm going to really take it easy about it. And be nice and organized in my packing ;).

Well now ... that's a new excuse for putting away the Christmas decorations late ... "I'm being 'organized' about putting them away so I'm taking it nice and slow this year!" :lol: I'll have to remember that one for next year!!! :D

Any excuse will do! When I played golf, I considered writing a book of excuses because I had so many for my bad shots.

I don't even count my strokes, I am so bad!!!Still feeling better and I bought an air cleaner yesterday-at Walmart!!!!! Now I need some material to make curtains but then I will be saving money-2 small windows and I want checked. Been getting up early but I go to bed early. DH is still sleeping but he gets up for a while at night-been doing that for a while. I'm sorry your husband is not well enough to go to Fl, Anagram. You and he are really troupers!!!!I have no decorations to put away!!!!Next year or we may go north for Christmas since we are coming In October!!!!!!!I think that's a good plan. Brad is really getting into his train room-first time he has ever had the time and place to do it. And no one calling him to do a job. Now we just have to get the money that people owe us. LOL-especially one wo keeps saying the check is in the mail. Church today. And then.......? Everyone get better. Hey Mem, we are going to a Gaither's concert on the 27th and bringing Alison. We can take the handicap van and strap her in in her wheelchair-no lifting! Mima

I'm always organized..that is why it takes me so long to get stuff done...in order to store everything it has to be packed in tightly! I would like a big walk in storage room;)

Meme..thanks for filling me in on your mom....They do not know what kind mom had because we did not ask them to run any tests, although they think it was a clot. We are not asking for any means of life support either, mom did not want that. She is swallowing a few bites but not much. She was in congestive heart failure due to the IV fluid when we first saw her so they gave her a water pill but she is not on them anymore....her legs and ankles were really swollen the past few weeks and the cr. would not do anything.

Raining here.........and for a few more days......

No measurable snow yet? And we had 24 inches in 2 days last week. There is a problem somewhere here! lol We're in the 50's and 60's the past couple of days, so most of the white stuff is gone. Now lots of flooding of fields, roads, and some in our basement. Ick.

Anagram, I can't imagine being nice and organized in my packing! It seems like things always just get thrown in boxes to get things put away.

Candice, we'll be having rain for the next few days also. We'll really have a mess with all of the snow melting.

Good afternoon. No rain here that is for sure ;) It is -23C or about 10belowF. No wind, so the day is nice and sunny. I am having an FM day. The Semi came along hit me, and kept backing up. Every darn muscle and joint is hurting. Also, got that darn cold thing back again, during the night, so was awake from 3:00 a.m. until I finally got up at 8:00 a.m. Just huddeling under blankets trying to stay a little warm.

I have to get the Christmas stuff down. Like Anagram and Candice, I am pretty organized with where it goes. I have a cage in the undergound parking where it all resides :lol:

Mima and Meme - I think you are Walmart shoppers for sure. I can't find much to buy there, so I don't go that often. We have two HUGE stores here, with the food depts. Our own Canadian Super Store is better as far as I am concerned. My daughter would disagree, as she LOVES Walmart.

Hope you are all having a good day.

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Tammy- I went to Kmart and Walmart and got 3 plastic containers. One larger than the others. I packed all my Christmas stuff in them Tree in the larger one.I got rid of all the boxes.. We have squirrels and field mice who would love to make a nest in the boxes. I have just been lucky in the past that they didn't find them.Now I can have all that stuff in the carport room.
Happy- It is 76 degrees here. The warm weather may last another week.We could use some rain..I made a promise to myself to try and live healthy this year.. I, so far, have not made such a good start..I hurt all over right now...
Candice- Stay healthy as you can.. Try not to dwell on how many days your mother may have. Just pray that she remains pain free.. It is amazing,but, I have seen patients live for sometimes years after a stroke,when they have constant care in a nursing home..This time of her life is really harder on the family than it is her.Be realistic..That is what I used to tell the families when I was nursing..Anytime you need to vent ,we are always here as much as we can be on the net..
Mima- You must be having the time of your life. Right next to a Walmart!!I would just spend,spend, spend..Super Walmart is trying to come to Tarpon.. Some of the small business is trying to keep them out.. I love W/W.. That is the way of this town.. In the last 60+ years they have fought everything that tried to come in.. What is strange is they are the ones you see drive 15 miles to the nearest Super W/M..I hope W/M gets in..All of our downtown has become antique stores because the people have had to leave town to shop all these years..
Meme-I just want to crawl in bed and stay for a week.. All my Christmas is put away..I am tired..
Anagram- I can see your point..Stay close to the Dr.'s that know your hubby.. I hope he snaps out of whatever he has soon.. It is no fun going away when our health is uncertain...
I am not sure what is going on with my kids.. They have never been like this.. They were raised close. I think religion has played a part.. My son's girlfriend is deep into her bible.. She does have some different ideas..I think she thinks she is going to save us all..I am glad she got my son to go to church, but, Not to cause a problem in the family.I worry how this is going to turn out. I am glad that they aren't rushing to get married..Christmas at my house was very tense.
Bye for now...Joanne

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