A good Friday to everyone!

SunnyD, I was disappointed to see that CSI was an old one (another maggot extravaganza). Tonight's the new mystery on Hallmark--gotta tape it again. Ah, the poor kitties! We took our cats' favorite place away, too, but the box lid we left on the floor seems to be a hit. One of my cats must be feeling a bit unsettled by all the packing and cleaning. Yesterday he was bugging my DH all day to sit in his lap. Usually he sits in my DH's lap after dinner, but he was almost frantic to get in his lap. Needs to feel a bit more secure, I think. Look at all those angels--how cool! Oh, and I think we're a great group of people!

Charlotte, that's pretty funny about the people at work and their Christmas tree. Wonder how often they have to dust it, though?? My DH has always wanted two dishwashers--one for the clean dishes and one for the dirty dishes. Would save on cupboard space. So when is your appointment? How is your thumb doing? Telephone, Texas? Would love to know the story behind that one!

Today we had our fireplace painted. It looks great--should have had it done a long time ago. Also had the door painted on our master bathroom (it's only a 1/2 bath). We'd taken it off when we moved in because we had two dressers that wouldn't fit if the door was on. My DH had put it in the storage area and put stuff on top of it, and it got pretty beaten up. We also took some food to the food bank, and they were really grateful. I guess donations are down this time of year. I was a little astonished because the stuff we gave them was kind of weird (like pepper jelly, hot sauce, Sudden Salad, risotto), except for the Campbell's soup.

My son just sent me an e-mail, and he made the Dean's List last semester. He works full time, goes to school full time, and has joint custody of his daughter so making the Dean's List is even more impressive. We're really proud of him.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Bluet, have a relaxing weekend, okay?

Did everyone have a good weekend? Guess what I did? You guessed it--it involved packing and cleaning. Well, I also attended a memorial service and did some shopping, too.

The memorial service made me realize how much I didn't know my BIL and how much I don't know my sister. Do you guys think it would be weird if I wrote to her when I move? I'm thinking about going to visit her before we leave. I don't like the fact that she's family and I don't really know her. She had two of her four siblings from her Mom's side there (she grew up with them), and I remembered their names from when I was little. I had a really good time talking to her only brother. In fact, I feel I know more about him than I do about her. I learned a lot about my BIL at the service. Just wish it had come earlier.

We bought some flowers to plant in pots to spruce up the front of the house. Tomorrow I'll buy some fresh flowers for the inside. The broker's open house is Tuesday. We're going to be eating microwave meals from now until the house sells or until we move, whichever comes first. I don't want to have to keep cleaning the kitchen. We decided today that we're going to move over the three-day weekend. I don't want my DH to have to take vacation because we're saving vacation for next year's trip to Hawaii and, hopefully, Alaska.

Hope you all have a great Monday (if that's possible)! Will you kill me if I tell you that I have crocus blooming?

Hello, ladies!

Where are you all? I refuse to let anyone else leave so you all just better get back here.

This morning I typed a post while sitting at a Starbucks down on Alki Beach, looking at the beautiful blue Sound under a hazy blue sky, with the cityscape in the background. Quite lovely. But I lost the darn post. I'm using a laptop (right now I'm typing this while lying on my bed) and I'm not that experienced with the keys. We had to be out of our house from 8:30 to 2:00 so we were gone most of the day.

Tonight we had to leave about 5:30 pm because our realtor was showing the house. The wife wanted to make an offer tonight, but the husband wanted to see it during the day, which I think is reasonable. We must have had 75 realtors leave their cards during the broker's open house. Not much inventory, I guess. So we'll see what happens tomorrow.

When I went to give my Dad his mail, he asked if we were leaving soon. I asked if he was trying to get rid of us, and he said he thought we wanted to get rid of me. I mentioned something about him not wanting to come with us, and he said, "You never asked." So I asked, and it turns out if we could find an assisted living place in Corvallis, he'd move. I couldn't believe it. I asked him three times if he was serious. That would solve everything if he'd move. I'm so excited! Cross your fingers he remembers our discussion!

Charlotte, I'm so sorry about all the pain you're experiencing. I wish you didn't have to endure a single moment of this. It must be awfully scary to read all that stuff on the internet. Hopefully you're checking out the best case scenarios, too! I'm glad that you have your faith to see you through these hard times. And you have us to help you through, too. Know that I'm praying hard for you.

Well, I'm exhausted. Keeping the house clean, and being unable to lie down during the day has taken it's toll. We have to be out of here by 7:20 am tomorrow. Have a good Wednesday and think sunny thoughts. Spring is almost here (actually it's pretty much here where I live)!

Good Evening Ladies,

I haven't been here since last Thursday, shame on me. :-( Really having a problem shaking the gloomies. Sorry, girls and thank you for your patience with me.

DH's company is in Appleton about an hours drive from here, but he works the Lakeshore area where we live. The country club where the banquet was held was beautiful, the food was excellent. I turned down a good white or red wine and dessert. Dessert was a chocolate swirl on a dessert plate with a chocolate mousse in a flaky pie crust with whipped cream placed on top. The main course was salmon and a small piece of beef that was absolutely delicious, green beans and a rice dish that had cherries in it. I can't tell you the last time I had such a good tasting meal. DH did not take any accolades this year (which by the way is just fine with him, he says) (he is rather shy when it comes to special attention). He was happy to see his friends and co-workers take honors. We had a nice time and we were home by 11:30 p.m. but for some reason I did not go to bed until 1:00 a.m. I couldn't believe I did that, especially since I had to work the next day.

Well, Sheila the move seems to be going along quite smoothly. Good for you !! and good for you for calling in extra help If I were you Shiela, I would spend some time getting to know your sister more. Life is so short and, if I could do things over Shiela, one of the things I would make sure I did better is to get along with my siblings and DH's siblings better than when I was younger. I don't know why we wait until we are so old to discover how much we need one another. Well, we aren't soooo old, but I think you know what I mean. There you go again talking about that darn cat wanting to sit on your DH's lap, well you know what I told you last time. How wonderful for your son and how proud you must be for your son making the Dean's list.

Charlotte, I am so sorry that you don't feel well. I just wish there was some way we could fix this for you. I pray for you a lot Charlotte. I try to be a good grandmother Charlotte, but I get tired easier than I used to. They think we can just keep up at their pace all the time, bless their hearts. Did that ice storm have much impact on Alabama Charlotte? Ice storms are the worse, even worse than snow storms. Most of our snow has melted again, the temps have been in the mid 30 range so far this week. I think we are experiencing our January thaw in February. We are going to get too spoiled with the mild temps and then all of a sudden it will get cold again.

Sunny, we don't talk diet and have little plans for weight loss, and motivators for excercise, and things like that, I think that is what Gloria was looking for. We are good people, just not as exciting as some other forums. I hope Gloria is really happy at her new thread. We are good supportive friends though and that is what is important to me. I did watch the Mystery Movie Friday night and it was pretty good. It is on at the same time as Numbers, so I didn't get to watch Numbers. I missed watching Idol tonight. I went after work to get a hair cut and then did a little shopping and got home too late to see more than just the very end. Don't tell Sheila and Charlotte shhhhh, but I don't undecorate my two little trees every year either, I just put them in the storage room until the following Christmas. The only time I undecorate them is if I change their theme. :-) Bet you never thought you would get a confession like that out of me huh? Now that Charlotte and I are back, we are wondering "where is Sunny?" oh where oh where can she be?

Diane, hope you and family are feeling better, and that we hear from you soon.

P.S. Sheila, yes I probably would kill you if you told us the crocus are blooming, but then on the other hand I like you way too much to cause you any harm. But, can you imagine how long it will be before a crocus blooms in Wisconsin this spring.

Have a good Wednesday everyone, half the week is almost over again.

Bluet

Hi, all!

Do you think you have SAD because of all the winter weather, Bluet? Do you take vitamin D? It's supposed to help with that, along with special lights. We sent my cousin one of those lights because her therapist recommended it. You are so incredibly commited to no sugar or booze--you're my hero! I really need to require more of myself and just say no. You are one party animal, Bluet. On a work night, no less.

Aha! Now we all know Bluet's dirty little secret. Maybe we should have a true confessions day. Let's see, well, sometimes I brush my teeth while going to the bathroom. I believe in multi-tasking, you know. Okay, so I won't mention the crocus or any of the other lovely flowers starting to bloom here in the 60 degree weather under blue skies. Don't worry, though, we're going to get our share of rain and gloomy days soon enough.

Well, on the market yesterday and sold today. We accepted a full-price offer on the house this afternoon. And I asked my Dad today if he was really serious because I got on the phone and talked with facilities in Corvallis. He said semi-serious so I said either you're serious or you're not. He said serious (as long as the price is right, of course!) so I'm going to look at places while I'm there this weekend.

I've caught the Thursday bug from you, Bluet. I kept thinking, oh, boy, CSI is on tonight and ER, but then I remember it's only Wednesday.

Hope everyone (where is everyone?) has a wonderful Thursday!

Hello--

Glad you're doing okay, SunnyD. What's going on with you this week? I'll have to go back and see if I missed something. Writing is relaxing for me. I used to work as a writer (ha--you wouldn't know it with all my typos and bad grammar!), and I wrote for newspapers, brochures, and stuff like that, so writing is an outlet for me.

Charlotte, I meant to add that I'm happy your son is doing so well. I bet you and your DH are very proud of him. Does he have plans to get his own place soon? That would probably be a mixed blessing. Nice to get your place back to yourselves, yet I bet it's fun having the girls every other week.

So we were home today when my DH spotted a woman in the backyard wandering around. Then she walked through the side yard and met what we assume was her husband in the front yard. We're pretty sure it was the parents of one of the homebuyers (the wife is Korean, and the couple in our yard were older Koreans). We were a bit creeped out by the whole thing and called our realtor. If they would like to stop by, they can call first, or wait until we're not here or something. But to just wander around, looking in our windows, well, it was a bit much. When I lived in Boise, our crazy neighbor almost didn't sell her house because the buyers drove by her house slowly the day before closing. The crazy neighbor was livid, and almost called off the sale. Can you imagine if the buyers' relatives wandered around her yard? She would have called the police or worse.

Yeah, Thursday! Don't fall asleep early tonight, SunnyD. Have a great Friday, everyone!

Good Evening,

Sheila how cool that Dad is going to move to Covallis too. He needs to have you near by as much as you need to have him near by. At least for your sanity's sake. Hey Sheila when you move to Corvallis are your taking us with you too? I certainly hope so. Goodness your house sold really fast, houses stay on the market a long time around here. You couldn't resist, could you? You had to be smucky about your wonderful blue sky and your lovely spring flowers all in bloom and your 60 degree temps didn't you? Well, that's ok, because I am not one bit jealous, I simply love our cloudy days and our 30 degree temps and our dirty snow piles, just couldn't live without them. I had to miss the beginning of CSI tonight and the end. So I don't know why the ladies were buried in tar and how they were found in the first place, and I didn't find out who dunnit either. I was kinda hoping the husband was the quilty one. He came off as a real sleeze. I am concerned for Jorja Fox, did she get fired or not tonight? I really should get a sun box. They aren't as expensive as they used to be when they first came on the market. I take vitamins, but perhaps I dont take enough of vitamin D.

Charlotte, tomorrows your station day, hope you feel well enough to go.
Have a good weekend.

Sunny whatever you are doing, don't work too hard. Take time to smell the roses babe. I am not telling you anymore secrets, Sheila and Charlotte listen in.

Yea FRIDAY!!!

Bluet

1. In a beautiful victorian on Cape Cod.

2. Soft jeans and a sweatshirt

3. Willie Nelson

4. 6:00 a.m.

5. Ice Crusher on my refrigerator

6. Violin

7. Pastel blue

8. Car

9. Yes.

10.I don't remember the name of the book, but I read one book to my kids all the time about a little girl who had a smooth stone and used the stone to make friends

11. Early summer, June is my favorite month.

12. To protect all children of the world and to make it a peaceful world to live in.

13. No.......Say What? :-(

14. No

15. I would like to meet my grandfather, my Mother's Dad.

16. Friday

17. Extra winter boots, gloves, hat, first aid kit, fire extinquisher and jumper cables.

18. I would never ever eat Sushi (yuck) the right answer is hamburger.

19. 1950

20. Easter it lasts ONE DAY and it is close to summer.

21. Next to Charlie, my children are my favorite people.

22. rose

23. A good chicken casserole or chicken and dumplings.

There you go Sunny. Hey, the sun is out here today and the temps are in the 40's, how's that for being hopeful?

Bluet

Hi,

Uuggh, by dose is all tuffed ub! Just got on to say I'll post later when I feel better. I can't remember when I last had a cold. It's yucky. . .