Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!:

Good morning to you all! Hope your Thanksgiving was enjoyable. We have a nice time. Everyone got along, we played Pictionary Jr and had a blast with it. Just because you are an adult, doesn't mean you can draw! lol Lots of food and my fridge is stuffed with leftovers. Everyone will be here today for brunch, then we will probaby go out tonight so Jay can experience another bbq restaurant then they head home tomorrow. Jack and I were totally miffed though. I sat for about an hour after everyone had eaten then got up and started clearing the food table. Jack started to help me (thinking everyone would pitch in when they saw we were putting food away.) Well, the girls sat and gabbed and Jay and Thomas and Tom played Monopoly on the computer and Jack and I packed up all the food and loaded and washed all the dishes by ourselves. We put everything back by ourselves and I was washing the last pan and my dd says, "Mom, do you need some help?" I said, "It's all done now," and that was it. When they all left about half an hour later, Jay kisses me and says, "You know mom, you shouldn't have worked so hard. You should have waited and let us help clean up." I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Yeah and I would still be waiting!" It was the only glitch of the whole evening, but I guess you have to have at least one! I b*^ched to Jack about stuff when we were alone for about an hour then we went upstairs! lol

I was looking around on the online websites to see if they had any good sales and JCP had the needlepoint Christmas stockings that are monogrammed on clearance sale so I dove in and bought one for each kid and grandkid. I bought matching Christmas trees for Jay and Alicia with their names, matching Santas with Tom and Kelly's names, then 2 Christmas bears with Jackson and Thomas's names and saved 65%!!!! I also found a bunch of clothes for Jackson so will order them from Macy's some time today more than likely.

Everyone have a nice day and the rest of the weekend!
Faye

Good morning gals! The kids got here at 10 am and all of them stayed all day. We went out for bbq at lunch and it was horrible and then to PF Changs for dinner, which was really good. I have tons of food in my fridge and Jack and I won't eat all of it. Kelly took some home, but all in all I
imagine stuff will end up getting thrown out eventually. We are doing leftovers today that is for sure.

Jay and Alicia will come by early this morning as they are heading home. They decided not to stay until tomorrow as Jay has to be back in Chicago on Monday morning and Alicia has to work early on Monday so has to take the baby to day care. We enjoyed seeing them and we will see them again in a month.

Here is a pic of the two kids and Jack. Thomas loves that baby and Jackson likes him too. Jackson is a really sweet tempered baby and even when he gets fussy isn't an all out screamer, though Alicia says he can get that way. It was fun having him here. We enjoyed having Thomas too as we don't see him a lot either.

All in all the holiday was very enjoyable, but as with holidays there is always the clean up part! lol

Have a nice weekend.
Faye

Good morning all! Hope your weekend has gone well so far.

Jean: Long day sounds like. Glad your mom is doing well. I know you had to be worried about her. At least you got some shopping done for Christmas. I still have Jackson's stuff to get. Thomas's 5 books should be here next week sometime than I have all his stuff and just need to wrap it.

We did absolutely nothing yesterday except laze around. I have to get some stuff done today and get the "company" stuff put away like the high chair they never used! I want to get the paper plates and such put away and all that. We just didn't do anything yesterday at all.

It sounds like it is raining outside, but maybe I am imagining it. I haven't let Fortune out yet as he is still eating so I don't know. It was sure cold here yesterday and will probably be quite chilly today. I sometimes feel like I am in a cocoon since I don't leave the house much.

Well, I best get going. I have to get on top of things this morning!

THIRTY DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS!!!
Faye

Good morning all! Well, another beginning to the week. Jack will be off tomorrow as he has a doctor appt and he has to go out to Millington to get more barrier rings for my bags as I am out and it is the only thing that works.

Well, Memphis is again the fattest city in the country. Big surprise considering the food here. I hope that this next year I may be one of those that is no longer one of the fatties.

Jean: Sometimes we just need the extra sleep. Jack and I sat and watched a couple of back to back Christmas movies that were really cute then I crashed and fell asleep only I tossed and turned all night long so I am kind of tired this morning. It is really hard for me to sleep on my back and I can't sleep any other way until after the surgery again. Sleeping on my side or tummy will pull at the bag and cause it to come loose. Sometimes I sleep fine on my back, but a lot of times it causes me to have sleep apnea and "snort" a bit.

It poured down rain all day yesterday. We went out to eat for lunch and the minute we left it started to pour so of course we got wet before getting into the restaurant. It was a pleasant lunch, but I only eat about half what I have now.

I guess I better get going and start getting some small chores done. They don't do themselves!

Have a great start to the week!
Faye

Good morning, ladies! We seem to be having some crazy weather - 78 degrees on Thanksgiving, Friday is was 47 degrees, right now it's 62. We had a bit of rain on Friday evening.

Jean, I listen to books on tape while I walk - keeps me entertained and I often walk even more because I allow myself to listen to the tape only while walking. Got to have the carrot to keep me on track.

We had a great visit with out friends. She wanted to go shopping on Friday - of course, Stan's dialysis provided me with a great out. So her husband went with her. They left at 10 pm on Thanksgiving night to go to Prime Outlets which opened at midnight - and got back at 4 pm on Friday! Ate some turkey sandwiches and went to bed and slept until Saturday morning. I hate to shop at any time and you cannot pay me to go anywhere near the stores on Black Friday ... I set the alarm so I could be at Walmart by 7 am yesterday because I needed some medical supplies for Stan and groceries.

Faye, you need to be like me - if no one volunteers to help clean up, I assign chores and dare them to say no. Usually when it's time to get up from the table I say something like "okay, let's get the food put away and clean up and then we can sit and enjoy the rest of the day." I can't believe they left you to clean up after you have been so sick.

We have enough turkey left for one more meal, a few cranberries and that's it - I try not to cook too much anymore because Stan is iffy on eating. Some days he eats all that isn't nailed down, others the best he'll do is an Ensure.

Have a good day!

Good morning to you all! It is nice and sunny today, but a bit chilly. Of course it IS almost December!

Susan: I like listening to books on tape or CD when I walked too. It takes up the time and if you don't allow yourself to listen to it at home only when you walk and you get a book you really want to "read" you get out and do your walk and then some. It is a great way to get in your exercise everyday. I have still not progressed to walking a lot outside, but I really do miss it. I just have to get myself into a routine.

Jean: Deers are so unpredictable. I know, as I hit one two years ago and tore up the whole front of my car! He came out of nowhere and boom. Luckily, he didn't get hurt even though he tore up my car. We have a couple more meals than the rest of the food goes out. Jack takes it for lunch, but I haven't eaten it much. My dd took a lot with her so we don't have tons of waste.

Jack has a dr appt this afternoon so he is home today. I am going to go with him so I can find out about my meds. I got an email from my mail order prescription plan and they are sending my prescriptions back to me because they could never get the dr to provide the extra info. I am now about out of meds and the dr can't even find time to make a phone call and give them a # they need. It irks me so I am going in with him and find out what the heck is going on!!!!!

Jack and I were going to go out and get Jackson's toys this weekend, but we may just order them online and have them shipped directly to their house. We have to take Kelly's gifts for him and I don't know how big the boxes will be and we have to take the rocker and all our bags etc. We have lots to get done before then so we have to figure it all out.

Well this isn't getting morning chores done so I better get to it.

Have a good Tuesday!
Faye

Good morning ladies!

Speaking of deer, we are inundated with them here. A couple of years ago, my boss was riding his bicycle along Colonial Parkway and a deer ran out and hit him! Deer was fine. Boss ended up in the hospital with internal bleeding and needed surgery for that an on his rotor cuff. Local paper ran a story about the man who was run over by a deer.

Another nice day today - nearing 70 degrees. I have more buds on my rose bushes. Guess Al Gore would say it's due to global warming!

Faye, we finally rented "Ratatouille". It was really cute.