I thought it was time for a new thread.

Mima - Planning a wedding is exciting. Just know that the bride can get a bit "testy" as it gets closer Boy, that was one fast trip to Ontario. Time will go fast and then you will be on your way.

Tammy - glad you had yourself a great weekend. It must have been nice for you, to let some of the stress go! Bob did fine on his own, didn't he? We are ALL such worry warts.

Joanne - Hello. Hope you can still have your windows opened. I close mine at night now, just because it gets below freezing and I don't need the water pipes to freeze. I keep them opened a bit during the day, still.

We are supposed to have either freezing rain or snow this afternoon. I am praying for snow. Hate the freezing rain.

I am off to work. Last day this week. Everybody have a great day.

Happy- Thanks for new thread.. My windows are closed right now.. It is 60% and that is cool for me..Trying not to turn on heat.. Hubby would have a fit!
Tops tonight and as careful as I have been this week ,I am still over the top.. When you get my age ,I guess I am just lucky not to gain too much..
I try my best to stay under 150..
Mima- Nothing like planning a wedding.. I have done that and will not get to do that again.. I hope...I thought you were heading down?
Tammy- I bet you did have a good time last weekend.. You needed the break I bet..
Now we all have to start thinking of the holidays.. As usual I would like to get them over and done with.. The planning and work isn't that much fun for me..I am looking for a small christmas tree that I can put on a stand.. Christy will just pull down anything she can reach...I sure wish this dog was less active sometimes.I hear hubby tring to get her out of something,,Got to go..
Joanne

Mima, my wedding was very small, so I've never been in on the planning for a big wedding. My niece will have a large wedding in June, and I know she and my SIL have been busy over the phone making decisions. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA. The wedding will be about an hour south of us where she and her sweetie went to college (I went there too!).

Anne, I don't like the freezing rain either! Give me snow any day. Much easier to drive on. Hope you had a good day at work.

Joanne, it seems that no matter how careful I am, I still am not losing any more weight. I have such a long way to go, so it is getting very discouraging. When Tim comes home for Thanksgiving, we'll get the trees up and decorated. Kramer never bothers any of the decorations.

If you want to see some great photography and listen to some good music, go here

http://www.greatdanepro.com/Chiquitita/index.htm

Good morning-the plans are coming. I know mydaughter and have had her etsty for a lot less than a wedding-she has been great and so has Jim. I think they will have the inportant things in place by this weekend like the place, caterer and the church.And perhaps the guest list. We haven't met his parents but I will probably call her from FL.
She is so much younger than I am.
Josh had to go to Ontario because they wouldn't let his furniture cross the border without him in person!!!!!! I guess it pays to be careful.
We have most things settled with him-receipts for everything. And copies.
Got a gorgeous playpen for Jessica, Winnie the Pooh. She still has college money.
Gotta paint today. Just a little. Mima

Anne, I couldn't get the link to work. I'll try again later. Our computer has been having some issues lately. I couldn't even get on this site yesterday.

Mima, sounds like things are rolling right along for the wedding! That's great!! I was surprised by why Josh had to go to Ontario, but I agree that it does pay to be careful. I love Winnie the Pooh!!

Going to our church bazaar this morning, then headed toward the mall where my nephew works for Dell. We are going to get a laptop so we'll have a computer for when we go to Georgia in February. I'm glad that he knows how I am because he'll fix me up with one that will be relatively simple!! lol

I used to use only a laptop=now I have 2 but the laptop is newer-I will take it to FL-I bring it home because if a hurricane hits, I will have it here-ha!!
They are supposed to look into halls today and Jim contacted the church. What I would absolutely love is that they find a church they like and attend it, Heaven knows when he is in Kuwait, they will need all the support they can get .
I didn't feel well yesterday-slept most of the day. I had eaten pea soup and the peas were not mushy-so I think the shells gave me a tummy ache. I don't digest skins. I think I needed the sleep.
Brad went to a wonderful talk at church about persecuted Christians in foreign ;lands-imagine getting persecuted for your belief-we are so fortunate,
Bye for now-have fun at the bazaar and picking out a laptop. They keep improving them. Mima

I'll be a Dell laptop owner when it arrives in a week or so. My nephew will come to the house and show me how to use it and to put some programs on it for me. I know I'll like it when we are in Georgia. I also bought a thing that we will plug the internet thing into, and then we can use the laptop anywhere in the house. I like that idea. I can be using the laptop, and Bob can be doing games on the desktop here.

It would be wonderful if they could find a church that they like, especially with him leaving for Kuwait.

Hope you are feeling better today Mima. I haven't eaten pea soup in ages.

I didn't buy too much at the bazaar. mainly foods: Cookies to take to Tim on Tuesday when we go for the football game. I put them in the freezer. Buckeye candies for Bob. Muffins for Bob and me for breakfast. They are large ones, so they should last several days. Also bought a bag of caramel corn. They used the puffed popcorn so we don't have to deal with the hulls! Smart idea!!! I bought an ornament to give to Tim's new girlfriend if I need a gift at Christmas.

When I was there with my nephew, I realized how much I have missed him! He and Tim are a year apart, and they spent quite a bit of time together at our house over the years. He gave me a big hug when I got there, and he gave me another one when I was leaving. Nice boy. (man? he's 21)

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

That is so nice, Tammy! Sounds like you had a good time. Smart idea to buy something to give just in case.
Jim's uncle's friend owns a banquet facility-it's beautiful but looks pricey!!!The guest list is 130 now-that's better than 175,
Then some people may not come.
I got a lot of stuff done yesterday. Then Brad had a service call at 9 pm. And not close by-I went to sleep.
very busy today-Sunday school, church, out to eat with friends, Drive to RI, visit Jessica, and stop at Brad's sister's on the way home. They are talking about her coming home-with a trach! That's scary.
Bye for now Mima

I have a Dell computer.. We got it a couple years ago. I hope it lasts.. I am not sure hubby would agree to get me another if this one goes..
Planning a wedding is so much work. I think saving the money and getting something needed is better.. The service has support groups that keep families informed. My daughter was real happy with the navy ones . Her son was on the Truman and she was given reports all the time.. He spent 5 years on it.. He was in Irag 2 times.. On ship ofcourse but still not the safest place to be..
Nice pictures Happy.. The music was nice even if there was a pause between each picture..My computer may be slowing down.. My dil said maybe it needed a cleanup. I don't know how to do that. She can do it when she comes around.. No telling when that will be..They are so busy that I see them very seldom. Usually when we meet a t some place to eat.
I just may not put up a tree this year..I have a small one to put on the piano.. It lights up. A family member of a patient gave it to me years ago.It is ceramic..White with red lights.My daughter said that is good enough.. I can put lights outside and around bookcase..Christie would tear up anything she could get in her mouth.. She tore up her pillow in her crate last night.. Now she had a old sheet in there.. Good enough.She is still a puppy and I have at least another year before she settles down..At least she is house broke.. I take her out 4 tines a day. Now if I could just train her to not pull me down.. She had me on my butt the other day.. Alot of traffic passing by. You would have thought someone would have stopped and inquired.. NOOOO.. I wasn't hurt just got sore..Thank God I fell in the grass again..
Hope everyone is having a good weekend...Joanne

Mima, you are always so busy!! I would be nervous about her coming home with a trach! Let us know.

Joanne, just tell hubby that we said you have to have a new one if that computer goes out. I'm sure he would listen to us, right?? We had a very small wedding. My dress, Bob's suit, and paying the minister cost less than my SIL's dress when Bob's brother and her got married 3 months after us. It's funny because they haven't been happy all these years. (26 years!!)

I wish I wouldn't have bought a new tree last year. I should have just stuck with the small ones instead. Tim will help put it up over Thanksgiving. It isn't as big as the ones we had before we moved though. I do kind of miss having room for all the trees and the decorations, but I don't miss all the work that was involved.

I am so sorry that no one stopped to help you! I can't imagine that happening around here. I think I like small town living.

Chiro in the morning, meeting the teachers after school for supper, and then water aerobics tomorrow night. I guess I'm busy too! lol

Hope you are all doing well!!

You wonder what you did before you retired. We were gone til almost 8 last night. Caleb is so.......cute!! I held him for a long time. They think the heat should be 75 for him-not good. I swear he almost smiles.
The wedding-they go round and round!!! More people-different place!!! talk of an open bar-I not only refuse to pay for it-I don't want to be around it!!!!
I will tell Jim how I feel. Now Jim will have the minister he knows marry them at the reception place. I will go along with that although it shatters my dream of a church wedding -but that's my dream. Not theirs. It will also sve money.
We are suposed to leave Thurs am but Friday would be better-I ahve so much to do and I am going to Aunties tomorrow-that's important.
My niece wants to go to this bridal shop where they sell dresses on consignment-her dress cost thousands of dolllars and she got it for much much less.
She had her wedding at an inn in VT-3 day affair. It cost me a lot of money between the rooms and the clothes-my kids were in schoool. But it ws awesome.
I am glad it will be warmer this week.
Bye-Mima

Mima, I love babies!! I agree about the 75 degrees! Not good. It's hard to believe that it's time for you to head south again. Time flies, doesn't it? I am so forgetful. Where do you go in Florida? I can't remember if you will be close to Joanne or not. I'm looking forward to my niece's wedding in June. She'll be a beautiful bride. I just wish we knew her hubby to be! I've been around him a couple of times, but he is pretty quiet.

It really is amazing how busy I stay now that I've retired. I'm glad I have time to actually do things that I want to do!

Fort Myers-it's quite far from Joanne but I would love to see Tarpon Springs sometime-heard it's nice.
The wedding is back in the church??? and one of the places we were interested in didn't have that date open/ Don't know about the other-they were closed.
Going to have lunch with Auntie and then to chiro. I did so much packing yesterday!!!That's a good thing. Brad has one more job this afternoon. He had to go out again last night to fix something.
Oil burner keeps going off but Marty is coming today and it's 20 degrees warmer.
I forgot to put 5,000 in the business acct!! But at least it was in the bank-I didn't lose it!!
Bye for now-Mima
I think I found the money for the wedding!! In the bank-

Mima- Let me know when you want to come to Tarpon Springs. I'll show you around..We do have a few nice places here..
Tammy- The only person my hubby listens to is himself.. He is Greek..They think they have to be ruler. Yeah!.. I just let him think it and go on and do my thing..
Today is going to be busy..There is never enough time for me to do everything I want to.. I need to clean my carpet and get ready for Thanksgiving.. Every year I say I am not going to have everyone here. Lots of work..I will try to get them all to bring something. The problem is they all work and have very little time to spare.
I am always trying to make things easy for them..
Joanne