Hi ladies,
Mel - good to hear from you - glad you have heat and power. I know you haven't gotten much snow this year but for crying out loud, you don't need to get it all in one single storm! Watch out for yourself and the kids and go hide in your apartment if necessary. Hope everyone will be ok, sending warm thoughts.
Ceejay - I can't remember right now what foods are natural expectorants but use Mucinex or something to break up the crud. Don't forget to up your water dose too which helps trememdously.
Annie - happy printer shopping. Thank goodness it's not a big expense item like the computer itself and nowadays all you pretty much have to do is plug them in and they run. Gone are the days for finding the right printer drivers.
Glad you finally got a headache free day - hope it continues that way day after day after day. Just relax and have a glass of wine, close your eyes and let C massage your head.
Yesterday we went over to do some kitty cuddling at the Humane Society. They need someone to come and clean kennels on Thursday morning. She was pushing but not hitting me over the head with a
I said I need to spend some time socializing to see if the cats bothered me (I am allergic to cats - mostly the long hair ones - but that will never make me avoid kitties because I love them too much). Sure enough after about 30 minutes in the room I started sneezing and got congested. Biggest problem is that thanks to the
meth heads - the best allergy medicine makes the best meth apparently and the over the counter stuff doesn't work nearly as good as my Actifed once did. I like something I can take as I need it because my allergies only bother me once in a while. We both had a nice time with the cats, came home without any although I think we are just on the cusp of adopting one or two. As we were leaving we passed by Momma cat and her 7 babies who were in one of those carpeted tree type stands. 4 kittens were just peeking over the edge looking at us. They could not have been more adorable if they tried.
Even I will say that 8 cats is too much in one house. And how can you separate Momma from her kids???
After that we stopped at the library - I got some 80's music CDs to listen to and DH got 2 more books to read. We showered and got dressed (if you can call jeans and a clean sweater dressed
) for dinner. Went to our favorite Steak place where DH had his ahi tuna and I had crab stuffed walleye. Yes, we are fish people, even at a steak place. Actually I usually get the same thing and I decided that I'm going to sample different stuff there.
We then went to the casino where I proceeded to lose my allotment. I was getting pretty bummed as everyone around me and I mean everyone was winning. I played my last 20 dollars and finally hit on a machine that was paying off. I was able to make back all the money I had lost during the evening. Decided to quit while I was even and went to the craps table to find DH who was not having much luck either. He cashed in his chips and I told him to play 20 on my lucky machine. He started winning after about 5 hits. He got up to 50 dollars and then he got down to $37 and was debating about quitting while he was still ahead. I said to be patient because the machine ran in short cycles. He kept on playing. Didn't take much longer and he hit the bonus games - where you make the real money. He walked away with $160 on his 20 dollar investment.
I told him that sometimes it pays off not to quit while you're ahead
When he went to cash his ticket, I put $20 in and got $50 in 10 minutes of playing so I walked out of the casino 30 dollars ahead. Not bad fo 3 hours of play. Got home around 11pm and I was awake so I listened to music until 2:30am. DH got up, was cold so I gave him another blanket and went to bed myself.
Today there are motorcycle races on the frozen lake about a half mile from here. We can hear the engines from inside the house here. The poor turkeys are freaking out at the scary strange noises in their little forest. DH was going to go watch the races but I said I was not interested - too cold to sit outside for me. He said he wasn't sure if he was going to go even tho he was interested in them up to this point. He was sort of onery this morning. I think some of this medicine does this to him although he will vehemently deny it (see onery). Anyway I have the place to myself and I'm going to make the most of it. We are supposed to get some crappy weather tomorrow - one to five inches of snow, ice and sleet - glad I can hunker down and we don't have to go anywhere. I am set for groceries and outside of gassing up the car which I hope DH does while he is out today, nothing outside of the house that needs doing. So I guess I'd better get off the computer and get busy. Have a good weekend ladies - stay warm and comfy and enjoy your warm weekend too Shad.
to keep you safe, and 
When we moved up here DH was going back and forth between a plow for the ATV or a snowblower attachment for the tractor lawnmower. He was leaning towards the snowblower but in the end, went with the plow. Now he wishes he had gotten the snowblower. (In all actuality you probably need both to cover all snow conditions) However, even if he got the snowblower attachment, we'd still need something smaller to clean off the wide aprons of the garage and mancave. He finally ordered a snowblower from Home Depot yesterday but it looks like that will take about 2 weeks or so to ship 
And it looks like we are going to get whacked with another storm on Sunday. We called around to a few stores but all they carry are the big $1500 blowers and that's more than we want or need right now. Bad enough we are spending close to a thousand dollars for the one we ordered. He fusses about spending so much money but to me, some things are an investment we just have to make. And we don't have alot of shopping options up this way either. Anyway - I hope your performance review came out favorable enough to merit a big fat raise and bonus 
Holy cow. That's a cluster of grapes there! I'm sure that will mean more frequent check ups although I'm glad it was not cancer. Hope something comes about on the job front although I would not be chomping at the bit for the big mine one. I think you've been there before on the "why did I agree to this" kinds of contracts 
But I guess they can't all be fun - although are any of them fun? Guess it depends on the people involved. 
that we reschedule. He's taking a nap now so I had better get off the computer and get a few things done around the house. I also need to get serious about monitoring the diet plan. Gained a couple of pounds since I've been home - mostly because I was barely eating when I was working - afraid of loo issues and while I am not overeating by any means, I am eating more than just barely. Don't want to regain what I lost over the last couple of months. Got a new yoga video this week too - good opportunity to try it out. Anyway - on with the day. Be good chicks and be careful with the weather out there.
Have a great weekend trip with your friend. Hopefully the weather won't affect you. And yes, we got a really good base of snow for the weekend warriors and this next storm on Sunday will be the answer no doubt to the ski race people's prayers. The bad news is that our peaceful little plot of land is now noisy with snowmobiliers which also scares away our animals.
