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For those who don't know I am the one in red.. I will have to get that picture from Eleni..
Mima- Are there any punk trees near you?Oak ,Pine and punk trees are one of the culprits that cause allergy. Ofcourse down here it could be any number of things that bloom.Your hubby have you on the payroll?
Meme- I get those sleepness nights too. Usually because my hubby snores and talks in his sleep.Some nights worse than others. I told him he is going to run one of us out of the bed and it wasn't going to be me.
Tammy- It is supposed to warm up today. This flip flop weather goes on till spring. I wear pretty much the same clothes year round.
Hello Happy,Candice,, Get some exercise everybody..Joanne

We have a file box with a receipt file in it ... just a matter of getting them all out and getting it on paper. Plus all the invoices where we bought the trailers and then I match everything up to where I wrote out the checks to make sure it all comes out right. I always copy my checkbook and keep a record of that in the back of the bookkeeping book. Some great financial whiz said to write checks for everything and keep a copy of your checkbook and that was all the 'books' you would ever need if you ever got audited. Hope he is right!!! (I figure it won't hurt to have the second set ... just in case ... so I still write it all in another book! Better safe than sorry!) :p

Well, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to Wally World we go.

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I should have said Eleni was the one in the middle and Mary was on her left. Mary wears glasses too ,she won't take a picture with them on.:D . Walked 30 minutes today and worked on a quilt for my daughter. This one is taking a long time...Joanne

Good evening.

Hey, Joanne, nice picture. Thank your sister for posting it.

Mima - are you talking about Cockroaches when you say roaches?? I have NEVER seen one, and I don't care to - I really dislike bugs, except Ladybugs. Ants are just a big nusiance. I hope you can find out what is causing the problem.

We need some 30 below weather here to kill of the bacteria. It has been to warm and so many are sick.

Meme - Taxes - well, I don't worry about them until April. That is soon enough. Hope you get your trailer rented out soon.

Tammy - so you are back home again tonight? Are you selling or have your sold your old house?

Candice - hope things are going ok for you.

Well, I have a sinus infection and am on antibiotics. Hope it goes away soon. Had a miserable couple of days at work, with a sinus headache.

Hope you all have a nice evening.

They came and sprayed for the ants but they haven't left yet!!!! Yes, cockroaches-they love it down here. Never saw on til I moved here.
Meme, I use the Dome book and I put the receipts and income every week and keep writing it in the columns provided so I have a running total of everything. All the figures are totalled when it comes to taxes. I actually don't do it every week but often-I sit on the couch while I am doing this. Works for me.
The tree pollen is high here. What is a punk tree? Alison and i watched the movie What about Bob? She had never seen it. But they didn't get home til 9:30 so I went to bed late They had to be at school for 5:30 am and go to Northport for the day. Something to do with the drama class. I gor up late for a change. Have a good weekend. Mima

Joanne, I'm hoping to be wearing flip flops when I retire and we come south in the winter. Is the quilt you are working on larger than others? Or are you busier so it is taking longer? I love quilts.

Anne, my roommate and I had cockroaches in our apartment when we were in college. We lived above a pizza place. Scary, isn't it?

I stayed in the new house the past 2 nights. Couldn't log on to internet last night. Bummer. Ended up sitting and watching the movie Drumline with Bob. Tim was at a basketball game. He cracked up when he found out what movie we watched. Tonight I'll be at the old house. Early church tomorrow, so that way I can sleep a little later in the morning. lol I love sleep!!

We haven't officially put the old house on the market yet. A woman called me at school the other day asking about it. She was interested until she found out that we are in the city limits. Boo! I told her that it would probably be on the market in March or April, so if she talked to anyone looking for a house to let them know. Still need to decide on a price. There are 2 homes for sale very close to ours. One is for sale for $205,000, the other one is for sale for $285,000. We won't be asking that much.

Anne, sinus headaches are awful! I've had a couple of them recently, and it hurts to even move. Take care and get better.

Mima, What about Bob? is so funny!!! I should buy it for my husband (Bob). He likes it too. I slept in this morning. Bob got up and went to the Y. He told me to just be lazy and enjoy it. I took him up on it. I slept till 10!

When Tim got up here this morning, he and I went to the Y. I did things in the Cardio room. Haven't had instructions on the machines, so I only did the ones that I was sure how to do from years ago. Rode the bike, and then walked the track. I'm pooped. I need a shower, but I'm waiting until after we eat. Tim went to get a pizza. Nutritious, right?

Have a great day!!

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Tammy- What part of Florida do you think you want to come to when you retire?I live on the west central coast.
I usually make gween size quilts. My daughter has a king size bed. I have made a couple of them.Bedspread size. I also have made a few small for a couch.I make them entirely by hand and design my own. That is one reason they take longer.
Mima- I think the traps are better in the long run. The ants take the poisin to the nests.A punk tree is just that a punk tree. Ask your neighbors. I bet you have some around.I usually get up around 8-9 a.m.
Happy- You wouldn't like lady bugs down here. They can be a pain when they decide to take over your house.It depends where you are.
hope you feel better soon.
Meme- H and R block takes care of all that for us. Ofcourse we don't have too much. We ar retired but we still always have to pay.
Have a nice weekend everybody...Joanne

Joanne, I think we'll be in southern Georgia in the winter months. Might hit Florida too sometime. We have friends who live near Orlando, and I know they'd love for us to be close to them. Bob's brother lives in Tampa. Not sure how close I want to be to him. lol

A king size quilt would definitely take longer. We have a kind bed too. I bought a bedspread size quilt from JCPenney when we moved. The other quilt was still ok, but we decided the colors wouldn't go in this bedroom.

I'm not sure who we're going to have do our taxes this year. With the house purchase and other things that happened in 2005, I don't want to do them myself. I usually do.

Doing laundry. When that is done, I'm heading for Wal Mart, and then to the other house. I'm sure Kramer is waiting patiently for me.

WHEW ... that was a lot of groceries Fri. $382 worth and I still have a few fresh veggies I'll need about the middle of the week. But I didn't go last weekend so that's actually 2 week's worth. Thought I'd never get out of Wal Marts. I pretty much stayed in the bed yesterday. Thunderstorms all day and it has rained pretty much all day today, too. I went to church and out to eat with friends (lots and lots of friends ... took forever) then came home and went back to bed until church time tonight. I'm just really 'under' the weather. It's supposed to clear off after tomorrow. Maybe if the sun ever comes out I'll feel a little better! Not holding my breath on that one, though!

Wow-that's a lot of groceries. Walmart came out number 2 for least problems on Dateline last night. Good to hear that. Tammy-the West coast is really nice. Then we could have 3 people at the lunch when we meet. I may not even be going to tampa, Joanne, Someone might be interested to go with Brad. That would be good. Gotta go to Art lessons. Mima

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Tammy- My daughter lives 30 miles from Valdosta ,Ga.It is still cold up there in the winter time. We are close to 80 today here.
Mima- Maybe one of these years we can get together again. Traffic is really awful this time of the year.
Meme- I spend a lot a grocery stores too. It seems we would spend less when the kids are out of the house...
Hello Everybody Joanne

Yeah!!! I don't have to got to the train show-I was going to keep Brad company but someone else who likes trains is going. That's the way it should be. If Brad likes the train store, we may be going there another time. Joanne, these are whitefooted ant5s and they don't bring the poison back to their nest-they don't share. So you only kill the ones that you see. So far they are not leaving. He said it takes two weeks. We are going to see The End of the Spear today. My DIL is having a Baby shower with the theme of Patriots, Red Sox, and Celtics. After the weddding planning, I feel fortunate that I am here where I can work on my presents. Actually, on Sat I will start the quilt. Mima ps -we also spend a fortune on food-diabetic foods are expensive and so are wheat free.

I haven't logged on in about two weeks because I've been feeling really bad, and then my laptop died for part of the time. Then I log on and see how all of you are feeling! Being in Arizona, I didn't think that weather could impact how I feel. I stopped taking the doxepin the doctor gave me in December, and I could barely move the next three days. I'm having to force myself to get dressed and get out of the house now and then. Of course, inactivity is not too great for weight loss. I have an incisional hernia surgery next week so am probably using that as an excuse not to exercise, since I won't be able to do much for six weeks after that. I don't know how y'all can take all that pain all the time! At least kidney transplants are a lot of pain for a short period - but not chronic like this is. I certainly respect you for being so active and working your way through it, plus trying to lose weight or maintain weight loss on top of that.

My friend's wife who is on the oxycodone doesn't believe anything she reads. She's convinced since her doctor told her to take 80 mg twice a day that that's what she should be on. What a shame - because she used to be very active and won't do anything now. Her husband wants to be active, and I think it's his 5th marriage, so it wouldn't surprise me if he starts looking again sometime. I guess God helps those who help themselves, which appears to be true in all the posts I read here.

Do any of you have jobs that you do from home? Like sell your quilts, etc.? I'd like to do something to keep busy but am not very creative. Looking at selling something on EBAY but not sure what. I've sold some timeshare rental weeks and concert tickets I couldn't use, but that's about it.

Meme, I always spend too much when I'm at Wal Mart. I think of things that we can't live without. Hope you are feeling better than you were on Sunday. This is the first I've been on here since Sat. because I've been at the other house.

Mima, that would be neat if we could get together for lunch sometime in the future. Who's buying? lol

Joanne, I don't know where Valdosta is. Need to get a map out and check. Jekyll Island was nice over Christmas. It was cool at night, but the days were nice. It's about 30 today. From 3:00 on, we've had rain, sleet, hail, snow, and lightning and thunder. What a day!

I want to see The End of the Spear.

Motherof 3- Can't remember names!! One of my good friends lives in Sierra Vista, Arizona. She has fibro. Moved out there from Ohio years ago because of allergy problems and lots of other things. She does better there than she does when she comes to Ohio. I have never done anything with Ebay. My SIL does things on there all the time.

Well, I have a meeting to go to in 20 minutes, so I need to get moving. Hate to go out in this icky weather. Brrrrr.

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Tammy- My brother lives in Sierra Vista Az. I have been there a couple times. I love the area. He loves Florida. His wife won't live in Florida. She hates the humidity. They come for a couple months in the early fall. Valdosta ,ga.is 30 miles north of Florida. Close enought for my daughter to go shopping about every Sat. Her daughter and son are in college there. If you and Mima come to Tarpon Springs I will buy lunch.
Motherofthree- I used to have a dressmaking business from my home when my kids were at home and in school. After they were gone I went back to nursing. Hope you feel better soon.Your friends wife should know that doctors are not always right. I have always felt there were other answers.
Mima- I never made a study of ants. I see them I put out the traps. They don't last long here.
Hello Meme-I spent a pile of the hubby's money today between W/M ,Sams and Publix. took up my whole morning. That was the part I hate. I could have found better things to do. I am not a happy shopper unless it is for fun things.
Hello Happy and Candice....Joanne