Good Afternoon! It is COLD in my corner of the world today! -13 at 6am warming up to -6 right now. The sun is shining and a breeze is blowing. The furnace is running nonstop which is good. We had 70 people in church this morning; some of the rural churches canceled their services. We went out for breakfast after church and now are home until we go play cards at 6. Other than reading the papers, scooping litter boxes, and putting away the island clutter, I have nothing else planned for today.

Susan, 59 degrees sounds like "shorts" weather right now! I think the older I get the more I notice the cold. I hope we hear from the generator man this week although I sure don't blame them for not wanting to work outside in this weather. He said the power would be off for 2-3 hours and I don't want to be without the furnace that long either.

Hope you are toasty warm wherever you are, and enjoying the rest of your day!

Hey gals. Short and sweet as I am not feeling up to par. They had to repair a colon perforation with my hysterectomy which of course worries me. I came home and felt pretty good until Sat afternoon then started having problems. I wasn't passing gas nor having bowel movements and it kept getting worse. Since the surgeon who did colon repair just dropped me on my gynos lap and the office is closed on the weekend I had Jack go to the pharmacy and talk to her about it all. She recommended the gas x stuff so i took it 2-3 times but my bowels still weren't moving and stool softeners weren't working. Long story short took some gentle laxative and finally did something this morning. I am hoping it will continue to work. On top of that, I have had bad nasal congestion. It is so bad i cannot breathe through my nose. Lots of dried blood up in there. Finally got relief using simply saline a few times and opened up passages when i blew out a large bloody mucous. So having a rough time but wanted you to know the surgery itself went fine and was done lapro.

Good Afternoon! It's a cloudy cold day in my corner of the world, but just a bit warmer than yesterday at 14 degrees. With the breeze it has that damp cold feeling, feels like -4 according to the Weather Bug. Counting went fast this morning since there wasn't much money and the regular gal is back. I was a happy camper!!!! The gift shop has had all Christmas items on sale since the week before Christmas so the deposits have been better there. I had checks to write so returned those to the hospital after lunch. Bob has practice tonight so supper will later. Supper (for me) is blueberry pie from the coffee shop. Bob gets leftovers along with his pie! Last night I won high at the card party. They have "high" prizes for men and women; I got a new deck of cards and a $10 gift card to the coffee shop downtown. I beat Bob by 10 points which is unusual, he is lucky at cards.

Maggie, I'm so sorry about the water pipes freezing! I hope Will can figure something out to fix it. Good luck at WW tomorrow night!

"Gma," it's nice to see you peeking in today. I hope you feel better each day!

I have towels that should be dry and another load in the washer. I'm trying to make myself walk on the dreadmill when I go downstairs for laundry duty. Enjoy the rest of a marvelous Monday!

Good morning, ladies! 36 degrees this morning which is a big improvement over the previous 3 days when it stayed in the 20s.

I have my knitting bee this afternoon. Yesterday I finally went and got a pair of Alegria shoes. They are a bit pricey but oh so much more comfortable and they will go with my jeans which I wqear 90% of the time. I never knew uniform stores had such pretty shoes. I'm going back to get a pair of dress shoes and a pair of sandals.

Donna, I'm so glad you are starting to feel better. Take it easy! Think about how good you are going to feel on your next cruise. Is your son still thinking about moving to NC?

Jean, just standing up and walking in place during tv commercials can add up to 1 mile in an hour. What an easy way to exercise. You can keep the cold. I don't think I could stand it. I always feel like hibernating in winter.
I don't like pie crust and now that I can't eat it I make the filling and eat that. I make a meringue crust for lemon pie and put whipped cream on top. My favorite Italian restaurant just added gluten free pizza to its menu so I will be going soon to get a slice of white pizza.

Have a wonderful day.

Good Morning! The sun is shining and it's 30 degrees outside! Crafty Club is today but I decided I needed to stay home and get a few things done around here. I'm making a WM list so hopefully will only have to make one trip there next week.

"Gma," I'm glad you are feeling better! Getting back into your normal routine will help too. Do as much as you feel like and then relax. Hope it works out for you to see Jay when he is there.

Susan, I will take a look at Alegria shoes since I've never seen any around here. The local shoe store is expensive but doesn't have a large selection. What project are you knitting on now? Have fun this afternoon.

Not much newsy from here today, and I need to get busy. Hope you all enjoy a terrific Thursday!

Good Morning! We are back in the deep freeze this morning; heading down to single digits tonight. The wind is blowing which makes the cold feel even colder. The sun is shining and it has changed position enough I can see the dust on my curio glass shelves. I braved the grocery store this morning and stopped by the church to pick up my updated 80+ birthday list. I'm staying home and inside for the rest of the day! I need to get back to my list making and work on the clothes pile.

Maggie, I have several nonWW friends who have Fitbits and really like them. I personally don't want another challenging technology gadget that I have to learn how to use. Have fun using your's.

"Gma," does your new dishwasher have the tray where you individually place the silverware in slots? I'm not sure of the brand but have seen pictures in magazines and thought the concept was interesting. I assumed all dishwashers heated water during the cycle and that's not so. It really bugs me when my time flashes 90 minutes even though I know it only runs for an hour because I don't use heat to dry. This time of year I open the door to let the steam out. I'm sorry you had to cancel your cruise since I know how much you both enjoy that.

Hope you all enjoy a fantastic Friday; do something nice for yourself this weekend!

Good Afternoon! It's a cold windy day in my neighborhood; 3 degrees when I got up this morning. We had a snow shower of huge lazy flakes for a couple hours and now the sun has come out of hiding. I haven't accomplished much this morning. I got lazy and didn't clean my steam iron often enough, so now it hardly steams at all. I'm thinking a new iron is on my WM list. I baked some frozen cookie dough cookies this morning and they turned out good. I think they were a Zowie fund raiser. Girl Scout cookie sales will be going on while we are gone, but Maddy has already asked for my order. There are two boxes of Thin Mints in the freezer from last year.

Maggie, I'm glad Will is doing well with his new medication. Naps aren't all bad. Scalloped potatoes and ham sounds really good. I haven't fixed that in a long time.

"Gma," I hope you enjoyed your lunch with Jay. Does your new dishwasher have two separate compartments? A friend bought one of those because one drawer was smaller for just the two of them. I don't blame you for passing on the commissary shopping.

I have sheets ready for the dryer and another load for the washer so better keep moving. Tomorrow is church and I doubt many will be there with the minus temperatures. We have several elderly widows who are so faithful about coming, and I worry about them when the weather is bad.

Enjoy the rest of your day and keep warm!

Good morning, ladies! We've already had our high of 40 degrees today and it is now 36 and falling. We are having sleety rain and it's supposed to become snow. A good day to stay inside but I did go to Mass.

Not much going on. Since the Harry Potter books are now available on Audible, my plan was to get one a month. I forgot how good they are so this month I got 3. Of course, that means I have to spend time quilting so I can listen. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Boston Butt was on sale for $1.29 a pound this week so that will be in my crockpot with garlic, salt, pepper, and onion powder for the next 16 hours. Half way through I pour off the juices that have accumulated and its like it was roasted. I got the recipe on Nom Nom Paleo. My other crockpot has beef stew in it.

Faye, I'd love a dishwasher that does half loads. As it is, I only run mine once or twice a week, but I do run a rinse and hold every other day. I'm sorry your recovery is going slower than you hoped. Bummer about the cruise.

Jean, you are always such a sharing and caring person but you really could have kept you snow and cold.

Maggie, there is a class action suit against FitBit because they are so inaccurate. I have one and never use it. A man's doctor told him to never let his heart rate rise over 160 while exercising. His FitBit HRM gave him 82 and if it hadn't have been for his trainer, telling him it was 160, he could have had real problems. He started the class action suit about a month ago. I wear a VivoFit by Garmin because its waterproof and I can wear it during water aerobics. The reading always closely match the readings on the machine at they gym. Mine uses a 2032 battery and downloads by wifi to my computer and smartphone. I love it.

Have a wonderful day.