Hi Jean,
It's me Mare! (Mary) Just thought I would drop in and say hello to everyone, but I see you were the only one that posted today. May be I got the wrong thread # .
Oh well - I hope all is well with you. I'm fine and doing ok!

Love to you and the rest of the SM.
Mare

Good...<checking the time>...afternoon! Its Monday and I've been...<whispering>...working.

Mary! How ya doin'?! Its been a looooong time! Come back and tell us what you've been up to.

Jean, ohmygosh...work has been so busy. Then I didn't feel well last Thursday and stayed home. My parents came up for a visit on Friday and left on Sunday. We did soooo much shopping while they were up here. Mom and I and the girls (including the grandbabies) shopped till we literally dropped on Saturday. Mom and Dad left early yesterday morning but it took me all day to rest up!! Mom phoned me last night and told me her feet were sore from all the walking we did...and she's in great shape!

Well magnolias, I think I've signed up for all the knitting classes available in November, December, and January! Plus, I just ordered a knitting dvd and since I could buy extras at half price I bought two more to give as Christmas presents. I am almost through with Christmas shopping and am determined to finish by Thanksgiving. This will be a first!

Afternoon ladies! Sorry I have been absent, but was in Nashville Thur and Fri and then trying to get everything back to normal over the weekend. You know husband's tend to bach it big time when you are not around to keep at them! DH made the bed on Friday when my dd called to say I had left her off at her house and was on my way home! I had laundry up the wazoo between his stuff and mine and was pooped as I did all the driving. We had a great time though. I got almost all my shopping done, just have most of T's stuff to do and a couple for sil. Jack and I don't exchange gifts, we just get what we want every year! I also have 3 birthday's between now and Christmas I had to get gifts for and our anniversary is the 18th.

I will peek back in tomorrow and do much better I promise. I am trying to finish cleaning the upstairs before Jack gets home and I need to start dinner.

Faye

Morning ladies!

Jean: I have never really shopped like this. I usually start picking up stuff early fall and I usually do a lot of stuff online, but this year went the mall route and got great sales. I still have to get my sil the "dance pad" for his video game and something else and then 2 video games, a Nintendo game cube, a lava lamp, a dvd for Thomas then Jack's dvd recorder. I'll do all that in December because we are going to Indiana in a couple weeks for Thanksgiving and out the window all that money goes! As for your co-worker, I am afraid I would have confronted her. If she does as you say, then she needs to be told off. I know it is tough when you are constantly having to work together, but where does she get off getting on you when you did nothing wrong? I used to take a lot of crap at work and I finally got fed up with it and when I stood up for myself, I always felt better.

Maggie: Hope you can get in here soon!

Mary: It is nice to meet you!

Gail: Are you taking or teaching knitting classes?

Well, I have to get out and get a good walk in today and clean the downstairs.

Faye

Good afternoon! It is sooo cold outside! I walked across campus to have a multi-screening of cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes done. My blood pressure was normal, no worries about diabetes--no where near that, and my cholesterol can be brought down through diet exercise.

Tonight is my first project class at the new yarn shop in town. I am so excited to get started!

Faye, I wish I were that good--to give lessons...but no...I'm taking lessons.

Jean and Faye, I can't believe that I'm doing this well with Christmas shopping--I bought two more presents yesterday. I really believe I'm going to be done before Thanksgiving.

.....oops gotta go...brb

Happy Wednesday!

Jean, the tea is Lipton's Cinnamon Apple. Its caffeine-free. Makes me think of Christmas! I hope you slept better last night. Ohmygosh...I forgot Christmas cards!

Afternoon ladies!

Jean: Sheesh, no wonder no one wants to teach school anymore! I truly deeply wanted to be a school teacher, but got married instead and would have gone to school earlier than I did. The reason I was a psych major instead of school teaching is I would have had to do my student teaching here in Memphis and there was no way I was doing that! Hope things start to even out for you. It is cool here today, but not cold. It has rained all day though. We are supposed to start dipping into the 50's for daytime highs so I guess we can see winter coming.

Gail: I did alll the wrapping today so I am caught up on everything until I get out and get the babies stuff. I guess I shouldn't call him a baby, but my kids are my babies even though they are 27 and 31 so I guess I can call my grandson, who is 4 my baby too. I just don't do it in front of him. I usually ask him how is my favorite boy when I see him.

I am hoping I am back on the road to recovery so to speak. I feel better than I have in several days. My hormone level is bottomed out pretty much and I am so exhausted, depressed and basically could care less what I eat so of course have gained quite a bit. I am back on track today and hopefully can stay there even through the holidays. Unfortunately, I have my pain in the behind brother, his wife and their 3 brat kids coming here a week from Sunday. He is the Archie Bunker type, his wife is this religious nut who belongs to some group that is a combination of Evangelical Christianity and Judaism (this started 2 years ago and out of the blue told the kids no more Chistmas and that includes gifts, tree, decoration, Santa visits etc) and the kids have turned into monsters. They are 9 year old twins and an 11 year old and I haven't seen them in 2 years so I hope they are a little more disciplined. They bring their dog with them everywhere and I told them in no uncertain terms the dog cannot come to the house. We don't have sleeping quarters for them so they have to stay at a hotel, thank goodness, but I don't want them bringing that dog here with my own dog and the cat.

I guess I have griped enough. I need to get going. I am waiting for the UPS guy to show up and deliver my pink shoes! I ordered a pair and they came and didn't fit correctly, so I ordered a different type from a different place and hopefully they will be ok. They are for my Thanksgiving outfit, which is a white bolero jacket, navy sleeveless sweater and navy dress slacks, pink and silver jewelry and a pink handbag that I got at Nine West in Nashville for $20 clearance!!!! I think it was $75 originally. guess most people don't want pink, huh?????

Faye