[cathyxxx]

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Have a great day!

hugs, Cathy

[liz321]

Having one of those days where I feel....
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There is nothing I can do about it!

I need to ride it out!

Hope you are all having a great holiday there in the US of A
Hope everybody checks in....I will be better later and will check back!
Eliz

[SweetPeaOK]

Hello ladies....
We are not celebrating Thanksgiving today...the kids won't be in til tomorrow or Saturday. Today I finish cleaning the house and doing up what foods I can do early. Thinking about stirring up a frog-eye salad. Not sure if I have all the ingredients or not. The washer and dryer are going, the dishes are soaking. The bed is looking better every minute.

Liz I hope you feel better. What's got you down girl?

Dad is in a grrr mood. The holidays tear him apart w/o Mother. Don't think it ever gets any better. You just miss them more and more...or I do.

Hope everyone has a great day. Whether it is turkey day for you or not, we all have things to be thankful for.

Later.......

Denise

[Darling_Peaches]

Liz, I heard Jamie Lee Curtis talking about self esteem on the radio today. Maybe that's what we need? What I need anyway. Take care.

[april99]

Hello all,

I am sorry that you are feeling down today. I have been feeling down on & off for the last week.

I suppose there are a few things that could be contriuting to it. My baby...well he is 27....he moved out at the end of October. MY DSister was diagnosed with breast cancer at the beginning of the month. It's the fast growing kind. She had surgery..partial mastectomy & lymph nodes removed. Then she found out It hadn't spread beyond the area....thank goodness!!!! She will have radiation.

Since I came back from my trip to see my 5 sisters & 1 brother....about 1 week after I got back....I started feeling sad about not having family here except DH & DS. After my trip last year...I got depressed. As I get older it really bothers me that we just can't go visit family....like drop over for coffee. You just can't do that with friends.
This year has been quite a year with my birth family. One sister had multiply myeloma & had a stem cell transplant in June. She is doing good now. Another sister had a heart attack in the summer. Now these sisters are all younger than me. Then one brother in law....who was in remission...from non hodgkins lymphoma....it is out of remission now & he is having chemo...well...he had a heart attack in the spring.

Then my sister with the breast cancer now

Maybe I am rambling. Happy Thanksgiving all you Americans.

April

[liz321]

April...that sure rocked my world....goes to show I have nothing to complain about. I am sorry that you are feeling lonely...I have lots of family close by but we do not have a close realtionship. Hugs to you!



Peaches Self Esteem is something we all need for sure...what was Jamie Lee suggesting? How are you doing with that?

SP there doesn't have to be any reason that I am down ...it is just something that happens to me...anyhow I talked to hubby a bit about feeling rotten...listed the things I was feeling bad about and he did his usual...what ya gonna do about it? and I got my hiney in gear and did a few things that made me feel more in control...I went over dd10's report card and got my ideas down on paper to share with the teacher tonight, I sent out some e-mails to family asking for something I need and want to work on a project for my father, I had a shower and made myself as gorg as I can and decided I will do more fun things with my dd4 so I don't feel like such a horrible mother....when I get in this mood everything seems so black and I have to work at getting my perspective back.

Gonna start decorating today after a bit of a tidy but first I am gonna go watch dd10 sing with her choir. That should cheer me up.

SP don't go to bed.....keep working at it and you will have a fun party on the weekend...you can collapse after that...I laughed when I read the part about the bed...cause mine is always calling me!

Bye gang!

Elizabeth

[Tippy]

I ate entirely too much! I feel like a bloated toad! R and I went out for Thanksgiving with our SIL and the two grandchildren. Zookeeper couldn't join us as she has some health problems. In other words, she is sick as a pig! Am going to do some laundry and maybe do some sewing.

Bye now!

[SweetPeaOK]

Liz you sound lots better than you did earlier. Don't make us have to come to Canada to whoop your butt.

I have worked all day. The ham and turkey is sliced, dressing is ready to pop in the oven, pumpkin pie and cheesecake are in the fridge, kitchen sparkling, found the table (Dad will crap cause he won't be able to find his stuff ), house vacuumed and dusted. Now I lack cleaning the bathroom..putting that off as long as I can. Now when the kids arrive tomorrow I will be able to visit and not spend my time in the kitchen.

Have my alarm set for 5:20 in the morning. How stupid am I??? Hey, that needs no response!!! A friend and I are heading to WalMart when it opens at 6 to grab some specials. I want to get Chris a crockpot for $5. And I need some flannel pj's, pineapple for my frog-eye salad, and some milk. Probably should grab some toothpicks to keep my eyes open the rest of the day.

Tippy thanks for the stuffing recipe. Appreciate it.

Bet we don't hear from Meggers for a while...she will be hurting from all the food she ate. I don't care how she planned to eat OP, she won't. Not with that list of foods. ink:

I am wanting soooo bad to cut the cheesecake. Maybe I could eat the whole thing and tell everyone I didn't make one after all. I will be good but it's gonna be hard. Thank God it's in the main house and I am in the apartment with Chris.

See you all tomorrow.......

[meg 1+2]

Ohhhhhh Sweet, you are soooooo wrong!!!! Stayed on program!!!!! Lots and lots of food, but I drank 1 whole gallon on water while everyone stuffed their faces. I did have a small piece of turkey, half of a sweet potato, salad (without dressing) and a bite of corn bread. Got through it and had a wonderful day with family.

So sweet, I hope your weekend goes well with your family.

Liz, hang in there! Let those little ones just give you hugs and kisses...that always makes me feel better.


April, I can't say I could blame you for being down...your family has had and is going through some tough times. Prayers are with you all.

Hello to everyone else, hope your day was glorious!

Going shopping tomorrow...must be nuts!!

Meg

[Leenie]

Girls I hope your all feeling better.

Smile God Does Love You !!!!!!!!!

Things will be better, hang ten and ride that wave out.

Love You All !!