Thought I should check in. We are re tiling & re cement flooring our basement, What a project for do it yourself!!!!!.had to take washer/dryer, extra stove,fuel barrell for furnace,& freezer out, then break out along the edge of basement floor to break out old cement to lay new drain tile, 5 gallon bucketeverthig.WORK WORK WORK.It would cost over $5000.for a contracter to do. At least we are paying family to do it.So glad to have it done as our basement was extremely wet .come to find out the original tile was installed wrong.
Other than that back breaking work as is well.
How are all of you gals.Got down to 40* last nite,We have no furnace until basement is poured & dried, next week. BYE BYE Bonnie2

Just a little check in from me too to let you know all is well and hoping the same for all of you. I'm so sorry I haven't been in lately just very busy with the kids.

I am leaving this Sat. for Maine for ten days so will check back when I get home, I am looking so forward to this vacation.

Hugs to all, Diane

Hello Everyone,

Yeah, it's me! Had a long work filled summer. Sure can tell winter is coming in our neck of the woods. We have needed a furnace all week. Trouble is we have none. We are installing that outside wood burner that I talked about last year. I really did not expect that to happen for a couple of years, but all of a sudden it was decided to purchase one for this fall and it has been a domino effect all summer, with one project after another.

Sorry about not posting, I hope you all can forgive me. I will understand if you don't. I hope you are well and had a good summer. Take care. Love you all.

Bluet

Good Evening,

Just a short note to say hello again. Cut lawn after work until it was too dark to see, will have to finish up tomorrow. Watched the Hallmark Movie this evening, a little syrupy, but fun to watch.

Have a good weekend. Enjoy. Wisconsin is showing all it's fall colors this weekend. Priceless.

Love...Bluet

Hello everyone,

Bluet...so good to hear from you. Get that yard taken care of? Talking about the weather...these days we don't know from day to day what to expect. It was in the 40's a few days ago, & back to the 80's this week. We just have to keep the heater & fans ready.......

Well, I finally decided to try to do something about my weight, so it's back to salads for me.

My head was hurting continually & my vision blurred quite often. The Dr says it's my blood pressure. I'm not a lot over weight, but with all this mess going on with my health, it effects my blood pressure, so I'm trying. I've lost 4 lbs this week. I suppose that's a start. My son & granddaughters moved out, so I've stopped junk food in the house, & that's helping. DH's been griping about his weight, so we're snacking on celery & carrots. You should hear the crunching. And I thought it would be quieter with the girls & son gone!

I've moved into my music/computer room now & I really like it. I fixed it up really nice. My daughter, Paula, is bringing me a very nice computer desk she has the next trip home. I brought all of my angels in here with me, which are a lot....but, they'll be scattered more throughout the house later. I've got a TV & wicker love seat, etc. Most of all...a door with a lock!! That's something I haven't had since the fire! It's been a quiet, stress free week. I think it's going to help me a lot. DH is working on the garage for us to move into. Taking a little while, because he's been working. (thankfully) Everyone, keep praying. So far, he's gotten jobs on his own. Customers calling him. Maybe it'll get us through until he gets settled at a floor store somewhere.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Sheila...hope you enjoyed your trip. Let us know all about it. SunnyD...let us know about your vacation. Diane...Let us know about your vacation. (wow...I'm jealous of all of you!) Bonnie-2...don't work so hard!
Love you all.....Charlotte

Hi, all--

Bonnie2, my goodness, what a lot of work! Just reading about all the stuff you had to move made my back ache. How's the project going?

Diane, hope you had a wonderful time in Maine. Please tell us all about it!

Oh, my, is it? Yes, it is! Welcome back, Bluet! How is your furnace working? Pellet stoves are the big thing around here because of the low cost of the pellets and the clean burning. I'm on equal payments for natural gas, and after hearing that the price is going up, I've added an extra 50% to my normal equal pay so I don't get hit at the end of the year with a "catch-up" bill.

Charlotte, Good for you for getting back to losing weight, even if it means disturbing your peace and quiet. I've heard even a small drop in weight can positively affect your blood pressure. Although I never had high blood pressure, mine went from high normal (120/80) to darn low (90/60 at my last dr. visit) after losing weight. I'm glad your DH is getting some jobs, and I'm praying that he gets on with a company so you can feel more secure. So when do you plan to start living in the garage? Sounds like you've carved out a nice peaceful place to hang out with all your angels.

Last Sunday we moved my Dad down to an assisted living place about a 5 min. walk from my house. He's settled in pretty well, although the room is smaller. He's going to have to give up his double bed if he wants a bit more room to walk around or have a guest over. Poor guy has another ulcer on his foot that's infected with the antibiotic resistant strain of staph. I have to take him in for a CAT scan tomorrow to see if the infection is in the bone, and then he sees an infectious disease specialist on Wednesday.

Weight loss has stopped (not by choice--it is what it is, I guess), but I've upped my exercise routine and my pants feel loose. Guess I'm losing fat and gaining muscle. Still, I do wish I'd see a loss at the scale.

Is everyone loving the fall color? The trees in our neighborhood are gorgeous.

Good Evening,

I can hear the combines combining corn in the distance even though it is 10:00 in the evening here. It is suppose to get colder with some more rain, so I guess they are in a hurry to get done. Weather people are talking about snow in the upper penisula, which is actually Michigan. Here we go again another winter.

Sheila, sorry to hear about your Dad, sounds really, really serious this time. It is so good he is near to you now. Walking distance is better than a several hour drive. Where did you go and what did you do when you were on vacation. Or was it a trip to get your Dad closer to you? We sure have a mess around here with all the digging for electrical and water pipes to put in the ground. We still don't have the heat to the house hooked up. We are waiting for the electrical people to hook everything up. The electrical people are blaming the Public Service people for the hold up and the WPS is blaming the Electrical Contractor. Go figure.

Had a touch of the flu today. Picked it up from one of the grandkids last weekend. Ate a little supper tonight, so I guess I am feeling better. That time of year again. With all this work all summer, I had lost 4 pounds, but have put two back on since it got cold and gets darker earlier, and I am not able to be outside as much anymore. I still have not indulged in sugar, white flour, or alcohol, hope it lasts.

Well, I am getting pretty tired, so I will say good night for now. Hope you are all well, SunnyD, Charlotte, Diane and Bonnie2. Take good care of yourselves talk to you soon

Bluet

It is a cool morning as have the last couple around 40*, The up, upper penisula,Mi. is our state.We also don't have our furnace hooked up yet since our basement was redone. Better be by the weekend as we will have our granddaughter from Fri. afternoon till Sunday a.m. The heating man is hard to get going & he just lives down the road.Get someone else if we have to.
still busy with jazz. the garden is done, got frost the other morning.
i turned 55 the other day too, feel younger SOME DAYS.
Well I better get ready to feed calves there milk & get to work. talk later all.
I read the news, not good about responding.Forgetful i guess. Bonnie2

Bonnie2, happy belated birthday!! How was it? Now you can get those great discounts at restaurants and other places. I was at GNC (the nutrition center) the other day buying some vitamins and the clerk asked if I was 55 because I could have gotten 10% off. Hope you got your furnace hooked up, or, if not, maybe the weather turned a bit warmer.

Bluet, looks like lack of heating is a theme here! Hope you got your heating problems worked out and are staying warm and toasty.

Diane, poor Bradley! Is he feeling better? Did you or your granddaughter come down with it? Hope not. I'm glad you had a great time in Maine. I'd heard about the leaf "problem" they were having up there. Kind of messed up the tourist season a bit. Hope you got to eat some incredible seafood, too.

Charlotte, what's happening on the job and house front? Have you moved into the garage yet? I'm wondering if you got any after effects from the latest hurricane.

I went hiking with my sister last Thursday, which is something I haven't done since I got sick. We had a great time, although I paid for it by having lots of pain that evening. No pain, no gain, right? My new mantra. My DH and I went down to Eugene to do some shopping (it's a much bigger town and has a Trader Joe's), and asked my sister and her DH if they'd like to go to dinner. It's so nice to live near them and be able to see them more often. I've seen my sister more in the past six months than I have in many, many years. It helps that she's retired now.

My Dad's foot appears to be doing better. No bone infection. He's having other problems, though. I found out that he'd missed two appointments to get shots for his prostate cancer so it will be almost a year by the time I can get him into a urologist. Not good.

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying fall. No Halloween candy, right?

Good morning everyone,

Here I am an early riser again. For several days now, I'm up at 2am to 3am. Makes me drag through the days. Dr increased my treatment dosage this time & making my next one at 5 weeks, instead of 6. He says I'm not doing so well........which I had already figured out for myself.

I'm cold, too!!! No, we're not in the garage yet. DH has felt bad the last few days, so I didn't push him. Now, he has a job for a couple of days. We'll get there eventually. Meanwhile, my music/computer room is easy to heat with just a small heater. For the rest of the house, we carry a heater from room to room. We'll make it ok, until we're in the garage. We ARE glad our son & granddaughters are in their own house with heat. Makes it a lot easier. Keep praying for work for DH. I believe that's what keeps us going. He still has no steady job, just when someone calls him. So far, it's kept the bills paid. He has a burden on him, though, not having a sure place. He told me to help him pray....he's got some decisions to make. I didn't question him...just praying. Christmas is going to be very slim around here, I'm afraid.

Enough about that........I'm working on a new cd/tape. I'm having trouble with my voice. (more than usual. ) It's sounds too weak. I didn't realize how I was sounding, until I listened to myself. DH has been commenting on it being weak, but I didn't realize it was that bad. I'm going to go ahead with it, though....if it's this mess with my health causing it, there may not be any more chances to make one. I've got everything set up at home to do my own recording, now & that's cool! At least, I can redo my songs a few times if I need to.

Sheila...I'm so glad you're enjoying being with your sister. The Lord has blessed you. I hardly ever see my older sister, but my younger sister & I are very close. (We married brothers!) I consider her one of my best friends. She really knows how to encourage me when I'm down. A year to see the urologist??? Looks like with prostate cancer, they'd work him in. So sorry.

Diane...hope Bradly is better, and all are well.

Bonnie-2....take care & keep warm.

Bluet...don't work too hard. So good to hear from you.

Sunnyd...where are you????

hi
Sorry your voice is weaker right now, you can overcome it I'm sure angel lover. hope you soon get in the garage,We got the furnace hooked up last Fri. Been cold since. looks great in the basement now. Bought a 5 shelf plastic unit to put things on that i got on sale with birthday money from dear mil.
Been getting the field corn off the field, ready for the change in clocks this weekend, also granddaughter is coming then as she was sick last weekend.
anyone have many trick-treaters come?
take it easy all. Bonnie2