Flowers-nice!!
Wonderful job, Tammy-perfect for you. Way less stress.
I heard the Gulf wasn't as warm as last year. Joanne. We don't need that.
Very bad yard sale-Suzanne made 6$ but I didn't advertise and there was something going on downtown. Rest of the stuff will go to consignment and the flea market at my church.
Nice gathering last night for my bd, except Brad didn't feel well. Hope it's not a contagious bug cuz everyone was here. Suzanne and Angela are bonding over the pregnacy and not being married. I told my middle son it was up to him to do it the other way. Such a great kid-no girlfriend.
Debbie and Keith are going to be dedicated at church today.
The ingrown toenail is so bad-I may have to have it removed. Mima

Mima- Have you seen the latest weather report on Ernesto? I live about in the middle of that cone where it is slated to come in..Ofcourse that is a few days away and things can change..Like I said ,I like the rain not so much the wind...
Tammy- I think the assistant princple will take over as well as her other duties.. I say that school needs a lot of prayers..The teachers too...It has not been easy there for a few years.
Hello Everybody...Joanne

Mima, sorry the yard sale didn't do well. Hope Brad is feeling better, and no one else comes down with it. Ouch to the toenail! I had one years ago, and I still remember the pain.

Joanne, I've been keeping my eye on the weather reports! You are right there and Bob has family in Tampa. I can understand not liking that wind. I agree about the school needing prayers. I'll be keeping them in mine.

Today at church Rev. Tim did a blessing of the backpacks. First he had all of the preschool - 5th graders come up, then the middle school - high school and college, then the teachers, custodians, secretaries, etc. He did an individual blessing for each one. Took a while, but I think we all look forward to it each year.

Tammy, that prayer sounds like it would encourage the kids and school workers, too. Our pastor had a heart for kids like you wouldn't believe. We were all so sad to see him leave today. All the youth were crying. It was a really hard day. We didn't get out of there until nearly 4 P.M. I came home and crashed. Went to bed at 4:30 and didn't get up until 10:30. I only meant to lay down for a couple of hr. and get up and clean up my nasty kitchen, but it didn't happen. I'll be up a while now before I can go back to sleep. Yesterday, we went over to our pastor's house at 8 A.M. - they were having an open auction on a lot of their things. They are moving to Mississippi. They bought a fifth-wheel and are going to be living in that for a couple of years, parking it in his brother's back lot and hooking it up there ... I think I told you our pastor has Parkinson's. His wife already has a job in one of the schools there. They had to be out of their house last night. She still had stuff in the drawers of pieces she was auctioning off, she still had clothes, shoes, things in the cabinets, bathrooms, medicine, food, the whole refrigerator and freezer were full, all the beds to strip, towels etc.etc.etc. Pictures and mirrors on the walls, flowers & outside things a whole basement full of stuff ... I was totally dismayed when I walked in. I said at 8 that we'd be there until midnight. I only missed it by an hr. She laughed when I said that because she had no idea that I meant to stick by her. I was the only one who stayed with her all day (my best frined who just had surgery stayed most of the day) ... and we were new-comers to the church. She cried several times during the day, wrapped her arms around me and told me how much she loved and appreciated me. There is no way in the world she could have done all that alone. We had to take things and put them IN their camper home and put them away as we were packing them up , made three trips over there - it's still at the dealers! What we didn't take there was going in a trailer for their son to take ... he had come from out of town to take some of their stuff and put in storage. When it comes to packing and moving, I'm an expert! Hubby and I moved 18 times in our marriage. He says if you want it packed in record time and put in a small space, call me. Plus, I can do the work of 4 people in less time when it comes to packing - experience. No way she could have done all that ... she'd still be there. I felt so sorry for her. PLUS ... we had to clean the whole house before we left and they had a three bedroom, big livingroom, kitchen, diningroom 3 bathrooms, and full finished basement. Then I had to be at church at 8:30 this morning to get things ready for the dinner today and had to get my food ready before I went. Then had to help serve after the service. But ... after the last couple of days, I had to crash. I'm glad we didn't have service tonight. A customer called while we were at church today and hubby started to set up an appointment for me for tomorrow morning but I told him I didn't want to see or talk to anyone until after 12 on Monday! I've decided, after seeing all the unnecessary things they had, I'm going to get rid of everything we don't need so if something happens to us our kids don't have to go through all that when we die. That was such a mess yesterday. We did about a month worth of sorting and throwing away in 15 hours. I'm starting on mine ... Tuesday!

Holy Toledo!!! What a job ! I am constantly trying to get rid of stuff but....I'm not finished with the attic because of the asthma. Meme-your help was so much appreciated.
I love churches that love kids. They are the future of the church, They prayed at church for all the kids and the ones going away to college-that's a sad time, Right tammy.
Joanne-here we go!! If we lose our house, we are going to rent. But I don't want Brad to lose his trains. I have been praying for anyone in the way of that storm.
I told my SIL about Suzanne-she is so supportive. Brad can't understand how I can tell some people-it's a girl thing-we need support.
Brad is better-the kids were dedicated yesterday, Such a blessing to have them in church.
I have to finish my crafts!!! Bought some material at Walmart for 5o cents a yard to make Debbie's quilt-whole thing $6. Al's was 100-still need batting. A FL project!!! For Christmas. I am going to have to make gifts-it's getting that we ahave so many in family!!
Mima
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Mima- It looks like Ernesto is going to E/coast. We probably won't even get any rain. We will be on dry side of storm.Good for us though.
Up at 6.15 this morning to go get Bloodwork. Hubby is a pain on these days. We were 1/2 hour early and had to stand in hall till they decided to open door.My head is foggy. I hate getting up early..I spent most of my life getting up at 4.30 in the morning and going to work. I said when I retired I never wanted to get up again before 8 in the morning.
Meme- I will need to call you if I ever decide to move.. There is 46 years of junk in this house..I need to start throwing/giving away.
Hello Everybody.. monday morning and I better get busy...Joanne

Meme, you have to be exhausted after all of that, but I know you were glad to do it.

Mima, I have lots of friends who have been making gifts for their families for a long time. Much appreciated.

Joanne, I don't like getting up early but for some reason I'm the only one that the dog goes to see in the mornings when he needs to go out.

First day of school. Pouring down rain when the students arrived. What a mess!! Overall, it really did go well. I spent most of the day working with the 5th grade teachers on a schedule. I was pretty tired by 3:30 though. I plan to be in bed by 10:00 tonight.

I was exhausted today. I finally went back to bed about 2 A.M. and slept through until nearly 9 this morning but you have to understand that I only had about 5 hrs. sleep both Fri. night and Sat. night. I was so tired. Still not over it all. I have to get up early tomorrow morning ... customer coming to get some trailers. I have to teach all afternoon then we have to dress up and go to the church and have our pictures made for the directory.

I have so much stuff piled in my basement I can't even walk down there. I went down today to get some cokes and I was horrified. I bought several things at the auction Saturday and they just piled it all in the "wreck" room downstairs. It will take me forever to get everything in this house all sorted out. Every closet is stuffed with junk. I don't even know where to begin. I sat my dear, uncaring husband down tonight and told him I don't want us to get in the shape our pastor and his wife were in. If something were to happen to one of us it would be too hard on the one left behind to have to sort everything out. He sort of ... half way ... agreed with me. (He doesn't take life as seriously as I do.) So he said to just start small with one drawer or one closet at a time and not to stress out over it and it will get done eventually. I know he's right but I'm not like that. I WANT IT ALL DONE NOW! I told hubby I wanted to just make a clean sweep of the house. You've probably seen that TV program 'Clean Sweep' where they take everything out and throw out most of it then put back only what they use. He said, "Look now, you can't get rid of everything you own just because you THINK you might die some day." I almost got tickled at him!

How about Mission Organization on HGTV? Love that show but it doesn't get me to move off the couch/ Hubby is right-one drawer at a time. Right now I want to clean my jewelry box and put the earrings together and throw out the junk.
Didn't feel well yesterday-I had to cancel my hair appt and I am supposed to get a manicure and pedicure this am. She was going to help me with my ingrown toenail.
Tammy, that scheduling is so difficult-I remeber waking up early one Sat and finally getting it together-it had worked its way through in the night.
Hope your tests are ok, Joanne. And you get some rain.
Hi Anne!
PS-I have been cleaning out Brad's deceased wife's stuff-You are correct about that Meme. And I am 68 -I think that I should label my nice stuff-I've heard of that-or make a list/ Bye Mima

Ladies, go through things now!! Don't put it off. One drawer at a time. I had to go through all of my parents' things, and it was awful. My mom was a saver. We couldn't believe the things she kept. When we moved last winter, we decided to do the "get rid of things" plan. For the most part, it worked. Otherwise, we wouldn't fit in this place. lol

Mima, I'm like you with the jewelry box. I need to sort some things. When I wear something, I usually just toss it back in there. Not good.

I guess I need to get ready for school. Have a great day!

Hello Ladies!

Is there a specific introduction for the fibromyalgia people or is this the right place?

I have recently been consumed with a flare up of fibromyalgia and it sure has sucked the life out of me and it seems this thread is the right place for me.

Welcome Yogini!!! Fibromyalgia isn't fun when it is flaring, that's for sure. I was diagnosed about 2 years ago. Have tried different medicines overtime, and I still don't know if what I'm taking is the best. I still have aches and pains, but I sometimes think it's my age and not the fibro!!

2nd day of school was interesting. One of the teachers had to leave after receiving a phone call to go to the hospital because her mother was being taken there. Usually the first week of school we kind of "wing it" with our lesson plans, so she didn't have plans completely ready for today. The other intervention teacher and I started getting things together and took over the class for the day. I did lots of beginning of the year paperwork for the woman who had to leave. She and I taught 2nd grade together for years, and she was one of Tim's bosses before he left for college. Her mother has cancer, but they aren't sure that is what caused the problem this morning. Lots of tests, and day by day.

Hello Yogini and welcome. No specific introduction. Just jump in whenever you feel the need or want to talk. I started getting osteo arthritis in my knees when I was 9, was diagnosed with rheumatoid in my 20s then with fibro in my 30s ... I'll be 60 next year ... and yes ... it sucks. It sucks the life out of you and it just plain sucks! But you can't give in to it or you may as well just sit down and die. There are worse things. I just lost a pastor ... he resigned and moved to another state. Didn't want the younger generation of the church to see him deteriorate ... they were so attached and dedicated to him, and he was going downhill fast. He has Parkinson's. That is so much worse than Fibro. Aids ... much worse than Fibro, so is cancer. So many, many things are worse than Fibro. I don't mean to diminish our pain, Lord knows there are some days I don't even want to see the light of day. But I'm just saying, you can't give in to it. I just try to remember ... it could be so much worse than it is! And then I give Him thanks! Seems to put things in perspective for me.

Got the picture taking over with. He wore a black suit, white shirt and red tie with scripture on it and I wore a black suit trimmed in red with a red silk top underneath. Wasn't as bad as I feared (hardly ever is!). I think they actually turned out quite well. We bought several. The one they used for the church directory was pretty good, too. We got one of those free, then we got another 8X10, got the kids each one to put back for Christmas and got them one of each of us alone. I didn't really like the one of me alone ... but then I never like any picture of me. I hate getting my picture made.

Mima ... I'm just too tired to clean out stuff this week ... think I'm going to have to wait another week to start. But you're doing good. Keep it up and you can come down and help me when you're done!

Tammy ... what's wrong with 'winging it'? That's what I've been doing my whole life!

I did clean out my jewelry drawer and am giving some to the church flea market. I had 7 watches!!!!
Yogini, I am 68 and have had fibro since I was in my late 20's. The good news is that it's not debilitating like rheumo-poor meme. But you can't give into it. Meds, massage, stretching, swimming-all help. Going to chiro today and have him work on my shoulders. Mine shows up in different places/ Am feeling better-had to change mt appts. I think the Advair is not letting me sleep at night.
Hope you get some rain, Joanne, Mike called last night and said they were ready but it wasn't even raining. Any news about your tests.
Brad and I went from talking about selling the FL house and going back to our RV for 3 months. It's the money and the fact that Suzanne will have a baby here. Of course it's one day at a time. When we rent the apt , it will only cost 166 a month for Fl . But we will have spent 11,000 to build that apt. Brad came home from prayer and said maybe we should move downstairs to save on heat. And maybe he won't finish the apt this year. His brain works overtime. I need things organized and predictable. I don't care if we don't leave til after Thanksgiving, I don't want that appt left undone!!!
Hi Anne. I remember having to help out that first week-it was fun. You can only do one job at a time. I always told myself that I was getting paid so I just needed to work at whatever place they needed me. I could make 90 a day substituting in town!!!! Hmmm.
Bye for now-mim I talked to Evan last night but he didn't talk to me -said bye Mima and went back to the piano-he is copying his sister.

Good morning ladies.

Yogini, welcome to our group. Life Meme says, just start in posting. I have OA and FM and neither one is fun. Pain is pain no matter how you look at it. You do have to keep going (I just pack my buddies along with me and go, because it doesn't matter if I am home or away); however, the darn fatigue is a whole other matter. When that strikes, I feel the need to stay home and not drive my car.

Mima - I would also want the mess gone and things finished. Men!!!! I don't know much about Florida, other than it is hot, but I would imagine having two homes to maintain could be expensive. I guess you will do what you have to do.

Meme - You are so busy, but I guess you are as busy as you want to be or you could say NO!!! As for clutter, I don't have much. I never did, so when we downsized it was a breeze. I can't STAND clutter! Just start in one room at a time. It is so overwhelming for so many people, that it has become a real problem for them. I also watch clean sweep and I CRINGE at the mess in some of those homes. I can't imagine ANYBODY living like that.

Tammy - so back to school you went! It sounds like your new job may be a good way to end your career. I hope you don't have too much pain, as it takes everything to get up and go in the morning.

Joanne - I have never been an early riser. If I had a choice I would sleep until 8:00 a.m. everyday. However, jobs dictate that you start earlier than that Now, I am in the groove and woke up at 6:15 a.m. today, so now it is almost 8:30 a.m. and I am ready to go back to bed! We have a huge lineup every morning at work. All the fasting people want their blood work done. We open at 7:30 a.m. It stays pretty busy until after 11:00 a.m. and then dies down some.

Well, I hope you all have a good day. I am off to the chiro and going to lunch with my daughter and her family. They are passing through here on their way home from a holiday. It is a rainy, cold day. We went from 90 above to a high of 50 in two days!!!! Fall has arrived in all it's glory. The leaves have started to change and the air is nice and mellow. My favorite time of year!