I am going to try and get the downstairs cleaned today. It is such a mess and or at least I think so, Ruthie says my house is really clean as she put it. It is driving me nuts so I am going to get have get it done today and Tuesday. Tomorrow I am taking her for her haircut and that will shoot the day for cleaning and such.
Kelly went through her closet and got rid of a bunch of stuff and let Ruthie try on what she liked and told her she could have what she wanted so she feels like she just hit the lotto. She got a ton of "new" clothes and Kelly's stuff is always nice so I am sure it is in great shape for her. Her sister got the new IPOD and I don't think they bought her anything since they let her come down here so Kelly tried to make up for it. She has so much we have to ship it to her. Her mom is so conservative that I imagine it might be a fight or two about it.
Oh my gosh, Jack and I went to see "It's Complicated" yesterday and laughed til our sides hurt. This was a hilarious movie and though aimed at the 50+ crowd, was a real belly laugh for any adult, especially couples. The theater was filled to capacity with mostly over 50 folks and it was a continuous laugh riot through the whole movie. I would gladly see this one again and will definitely buy it when it comes out on dvd.
Maggie: Sorry about the headache. Kelly gets them really badly and suffers greatly so I know what discomfort you must have been in. Sounds like you had a wonderful time with your friends and a birthday party to boot. My bil's birthday was Christmas Eve so we got to have a mini party for him too.
Jean: These airlines really get my goat. They are now building their new planes to add more seats to planes that are the same size as they are now to make more money. They know they have you captive so they gouge you big time when you fly anymore. Jack and I are avoiding flying at all costs if we can. We are going to dry to Florida next year and Vegas in the future rather than fly. My sister and bil drove straight through from Phoenix and then left Saturday and drove straight back. That I won't do. I am too old to drive 1400 miles straight. Of course, they had 4 drivers then could trade off, but Larry wouldn't rest when anyone else was driving except Neita so she had to drive a big chunk of it.
Susan: The weather is going to be nuts again this year I am afraid. It was cold and windy here yesterday and who knows what it will be this week. I just take it as it comes I guess. Congrats on the hold in WW
I know I have gained with all the fatty foods, but I am gearing up to get us back on track and on the straight and narrow back to eating without all the junk and sweets.Well gals, I want to get started on the cleaning. Have a good one today! Faye
The snow is level with the top of our mailbox, partly from the snow plow going by and the rest from the drift across our front yard. I have lots I could do today but so far have just read the paper and had coffee.
I've seen the movie advertised on TV and definitely want to see it. It's Complicated is my kind of movie! 
Bob isn't good at relaxing when someone else is driving either. He's more apt to stop and walk around a bit or get coffee, then keep on going. After a couple hours I have to get out and walk around because I get so stiff from sitting. 
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I know that writing down everything I eat makes a big difference for me. I need to make it through our family Christmas next weekend; I'm determined to get back on track! 
Good luck with your doctor's appt. tomorrow.
I see that yours came through this morning although I haven't had time to read them.
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I used to do that all the time and just got out of that habit quickly and picked up old habits that weren’t friendly ones. I got my monthly hair trim yesterday and it looks so much better now. We had scheduled the rug cleaners to come tomorrow so it would be nice and clean for our party the 31st. While we were out of town we got a call from the rug folks and they were at our front door knocking and no one was home. Well, Will informed them that our appointment was tomorrow. He had especially requested them to come in the am on Wednesday for we have mid week meeting in the evening. They were here today and we weren’t and now they are full tomorrow so we don’t get it cleaned before our party, Just as well for someone always does have an accident and spills their plate or drink or both at these get to-gathers. I think we should just wait now until the bad weather subsides and get it done in the Spring. It isn’t really that bad ~ just wanted it freshly cleaned for the party. We don’t have the equipment to do it our self or we could just do it or if we lived closer to Donna Fay maybe we could talk her into doing it for us.
I wanted to run some errands that I didn't finish yesterday, but our streets still have snow ruts where the plows didn't go back and finish what they started. Now they will be an even bigger mess. I have one lonely deer snuggled in under our evergreen tree. They have dug down in the snow around the tree, and Bob said there were four there last night when he came to bed. I guess it must be warmer for them that way. Last night a buck was up on the deck and stood facing the door. I never thought about them charging through the glass until he showed up; he was big! The others usually point the other direction . . . I'm out of their sight out of mind kind of thing. The neighbor across the street is a deer hunter and I've been concerned he might do something 'stupid' if he sees them in our back yard. He is an EMT at the hospital, but also the police medic so doubt if there would be any legal repercussion against him.
This morning I had three returned emails I sent to you yesterday. 
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if he happens to come home when it's on. The travel channel and the food channel are my other favorites, but they don't always have interesting programs either. Do you like the LC dinners better than WW? Our stores rarely run specials on anything that is diet related; I guess because there really is no competition in town. We didn't have any deer last night, that we saw, but the water level is way down this morning. Since we've been bringing the food in an night there isn't much for them to clean up and they've eaten off the lower branches of the pine tree.
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) and she is probably with her dad as the bus should have pulled in around 7 am. I haven't heard from them that she got in ok. The bus was loaded to the max, poor thing and the first stop the bus made was her stop so she had to ride that way. She had a grand time and couldn't stop talking about it. I did forget to take a picture of her, darn! Everything was so nuts with Jack and all. I have to say I like the solitude again though I loved having her visit.