Whew what a night....Had a pork loin roast in the crocker. Made mashed tatos for those who could eat them also broccoli/cauliflower mix. Leftover salad. Roast was fantabolous. Helped C work on his truck for a bit. Unloaded, reloaded dinner dishes, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher. Folded laundry. Made coffee for today. Sat in the garage and watched it rain for a bit. My pitiful mind was thinking...Yeah, I am a crappy wife so crap on me. Had to get that out of my head real quick.

Cs parents have a winter home in FLA. Bout halfway down the state, hours drive from the ocean. Thinking they should be ok. At least they are themselves are ok, they are here in Indiana for the warm months. Yikes. Also have a friend who is here in Indy now that has a winter home in Ft. Meyers. Hope all goes ok for them. Especially since they are not there to prepare there home for the hurricane.

Hope I am strong enough to make it through Cs bipolar stuff. Lordie. Or even want to.

HAPPY...you MUST slow down and quit being so assessable to others. Cept me! lol. Boo on the furnace. Always something. Sure hope you are not starting the next trend of fate for us. :)

LAURA...I dread work dinners, especially since I don't drink. Funny to watch the crazies tho when they do drink. Some things that come out of their mouths. Yikes.

SUSIE...I heart you sister.

CEEG...how is the keyboard playing coming along?

Hey SHADDIE...come up for air.

Hugs all.

Morning all. Not ready for another day of work, but here I am. Bleh.

Annie – Dinner sounded delicious. I highly doubt you come anywhere near being a crappy wife, so yeh, keep that though out of your head. :yes: == I hope C’s parents’ and your friend’s houses in FL makes it through Irma without damage. I have a friend in Miami and she is preparing the house & hunkering down – storm shutters, etc. Also told her if there's an evacuation that she should come up here…will be praying for her and all of Florida, this one sounds super scary. == The work dinner was fine, not a lot of drinking. I had a sangria, but didn’t want a second. Others had a couple drinks, wasn’t paying attention to the other end of the table. Some things come out of people’s mouths without consumption of any drinks at all, lol.

Hellos to the rest of you! Hope you’re all doing alright or better. :)

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Work dinner was fine. Our host gave the impression that it was a small plates kind of place, but it really wasn’t. He just liked the idea of ordering a bunch of appetizer type stuff and everyone sharing. Which was fine, though once I thought about it, everything had some type of bread associated with it. Separate round brioche buns served with prosciutto & cheese, crusty toasted slices of bread with burrata cheese & jam, a giant meatball with more crusty bread (wish I’d skipped the bread on that one), and then rustic pizzas. Dessert was a homemade sugared donut with your choice of sauce to top it with. Yup, all bread-y stuff. (Sorry for the food porn, lol.) It was all tasty, but I was really full after that. :moo:

I took the 8:30 train home, and had to ride my bike home in the dark. I wanted bf to pick me up, but he’d run out to exchange a faucet he and my mom bought when they went shopping for her sink/faucet/countertop in the late afternoon. He said he accidentally took the wrong one off the shelf – brushed finish vs. shiny. He reported that the shopping trip went well and didn’t go overly long. His strategy was to start later in the day. When the sink and counter are ready, he will be removing the existing counter. The store will install the new counter, and then bf will install the sink and faucet himself.

That’s about it for me. Looking forward to going straight home after work tonight. :cloud9:

Annie
I'm still practicing the keyboard. Just disappointed in myself for letting my talent go all these years. And the arthritis in my hands and fingers don't help any. It does help to practice and settle my nerves.

Happy
If it's not one thing it's the other. Ouch on the lady that broke a rib. Hope those fires don' come by your state and home.

Laura
Glad you got home safely in the dark last night. I don't like to drive at night any more.

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My neice from Maryland is in Missouri. She will be at my house by around 1.30. She's going to be tired. She flew into to Kansas City, MO and my BIL has picked her up and bringing her to my house. tomorrow we will be going to Branson. I need to get some more things done.

Decided on PTO tomorrow. May not post till Monday. Just letting you know.

Hi kids,

Well I was sitting here this morning and I realized that all this year I have been thinking I'm 62 and actually I'm 63. I'm halfway through 63 actually. I keep forgetting how old I am - actually it sort of catches me by surprise because I don't feel my age. Except for when I wake up and every muscle and tendon and joint in my body screams in pain and stiffness. I am back to pain waking me up again somewhere between 5 and 6am. Thank you arthritis. :(

I am flitting all over - trying to look up stuff to see at our trip next week - we will just be about an hour from the Canadian border - gotta make sure we don't cross it accidentally as we don't have our papers yet. I am also pulling together a list of foods that I have clipped over the years to help fight arthritis, inflammation, etc. It's simple fresh foods - I should be easily able to make an eating plan and menus from that. I did pick up some corn on the cob on the way home yesterday - that should be the last of the season :( And then corn is on the starchy, sugary, do not eat or very sparingly menu. There are other things like make a list of things to not forget before I go, make a list of things I need to remember to get done, all those things and thoughts all over the place. :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

And remember to post here. :D I have cousins in Florida - they left for Georgia who will still get hit by the hurricane but not as badly as where they live in Florida. I am glad they heeded the warning even if it will hit the east side instead of the Gulf side where they live. My brother has a kid who I have no interest in whatsoever because she is the most selfish, controlling, despicable person I have ever known in my life. She had a good husband and kids and dumped them to run around with all kinds of guys. She is really messed up in the head. She just married a guy who is 10 years older than her teenaged son. :rolleyes: If my brother was still alive, he'd be livid and angry and embarassed at her trampy behavior. But my Mom (who is easily influenced) said they are just so happy together ** birds flying around with banners and flowers in the air *** tweet, tweet. :rolleyes: Oh that reminds me I was also going to check on airfare to perhaps make a short visit for my Mom's next birthday...

Ceejay - have fun with your niece. Your comment about music reminds me of what my DH said - wished he had taken up the guitar when he was younger and it came more easily. Still I'm sure practicing the piano will help keep your fingers a bit more flexible. Arthritis is such a limiter...

Laura - when you start to look at alot of restaurant food, you are right - it sure is carby!!! Yikes on having to bike home late at night. I did notice yesterday (perhaps as you are peddling) that it is getting dark at 8pm now. Too bad they switched down (I guess you'd say MBFFL). I hate it when they jump the shark and ruin a good show. I was watching the last 3 episodes of Season 1 of This is Us in preparation for the new season. I think I figured out how the dad died. Funny how you miss little clues the first time you watch something...

Annie - I took your "bad wife" comment and went outside and threw it on the driveway and schmushed it into powder and ground it into the rocks and blew it to the 4 winds. Enough of that, ok? You are a good person who makes particularly good food - wish I could come over for leftovers. I hope the family members in Florida will be ok. That is mega scary. How is Jacob liking school?

Hello Shad and Susie :wave:

DH just went to the store - he has a taste for and is going to make spaghetti and meatballs. I tried to get him to defer that to tomorrow but no dice. Pasta always puts me in a coma - I don't really want to eat it right before I have to go to bingo for 5 hours and stay alert tonight. But you know how boys are - feelings so easily upset.

Annie - there is always texting if you need a fix!

Sorry. Done it again. Don't know where the time goes. It's just that everything seems to be piling up and I make a schedule for the week/day and something else hits with a sledgehammer. Spring has come in with a vengeance and the temps are climbing and I think I must be getting old.

Annie - do not think about being a bad wife ever!!!!!!!!!! You are NOT. Bi Polar is not an easy fix - indeed if it is fixable at all. It often seems that the poor sufferer gets on the meds and makes a remarkable recovery. Because he/she is feeling better he/she does not take the meds, and the cycle returns. And it seems you can't convince them to stay on the meds. IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. And I know you are a very loving wife and mother, but sometimes it is hard to take the blows when they turn up un-expectantly.

Hello's to everyone else. Sorry I can't get around to personals today. I have to rush off to the shower shortly and go and get my friend who has a aneurysm and is not allowed to drive and to take her to the doctor and the heart centre - right in the middle of peak hour traffic. Grrrrrr. Seems the only emergency type appointments you can get around here are peak hour ones. After that I have to go over to the neighbours place - she is suffering from a deep depression and the medics have changed her meds and it no longer appears to be working. Tears and fears. Once I have sorted her and organised her day for her - yes she is/was normally a very independent person but now needs guidance to get her through the day. Hope that can all be sorted out soon. Over the weekend, I am taking her to the PA Hospital for her yearly head check. She has a shunt in her head because it doesn't drain fluid normally. Her little dog hasn't been well either so it is a double whammy for her.

I still have some painting to do in the bathroom and I am waiting for the tiler to come and do the floor in the laundry. Then I can get on with painting and furnishing new cupboards etc in there. The hall is nearly ready for painting. The builder will be back to finish off the trims in the laundry and hall when the tiler has done his bit. And the DS2 (Electrician) will be back to finish his bit as well. I'm also still working on the 3rd bedroom, after which I will rest up for a bit with the renovations, before I move onto the next stage in the main bedroom.

So have a good day all. Enjoy what is left of your summer and autumn. Winter will be here before you know it and then dang it all Christmas. Where the heck has the year gone.

Hi ladies this week has been crazy with work even though it was a short week I worked over Tuesday and Wednesday and today I went into the office which it's my normal work from home day but we had a meeting and I needed to be there and if you minutes I'll be going to Tops so it's run run run run.

I will try to do personals from what I remember reading,

Anne: look here sister friend don't you dare say that you are not a good wife you are a good all-around person and an exceptional life do not take on others problems and don't take on blame that is not yours

I was sorry to hear that you're cancelling got delayed and I'm praying that the time will go by quickly or they can get you in sooner

Happy: your post made me laugh as I was reading it because I could feel your mind just going on every other place you would say a word and it would remind you of something else you say sentence you remember something else I know it's not funny when it's happening to you but it was funny to read so thank you for the smile in my day.

Ceejay: I can't believe it's been a year since you retired look at all the busy things you have done since then and it seems like you're really enjoying your life now it's good that you continue to practice your music and we can't go back and make up for past time or last time all we can do is go forward and you're doing that be proud of that.

Enjoy your visit with I think it is your niece who is coming?

Laura: I think you are a very brave girl to ride a bicycle home from the train station at night I wouldn't even ride a bicycle down my street at night. It sounds like your boyfriend is getting things taken care of with the bathroom remodel hopefully that will all be done soon and you can start enjoying it,

We are supposed to close on the refinance of our home and home equity loan in a week or two once we started talking the home equity loan we wanted to take out to get things done and pay for the air conditioner and all the other little upgrade projects they asked us if they could take a look at our mortgage and see about refinancing that so they given us a great rate and it knocks off 8 years on our current mortgage and only raises the payment by $50 a month so we decided to go with that. I'll be glad when all about is over so I can get these projects done I've got my contractor on standby.

Shad: with all that you've got going on with the house Remodel and you're in busy life it is very nice of you to help the neighbor like you are you have a good soul,

How is Sunday the cat doing?

That is all for now I'll try to post tomorrow if I lost or gained at tops tonight I think I'm going to show a loss and hopefully it covers all that I gained last week and then some I worked hard for it this week not missing my workouts and being very very careful with my food and staying away from ice cream

Hi chickies,

Just a quick post for me this morning. Bingo was uneventful for the most part although we all started off scatter brained and had to guide one another through the parts others were forgetting or messing up. :dizzy: :dizzy: I am short about 24 dollars - the other fill in guy was having a hard time with taking money for the books while I was eating. And I am going to the shelter in a few minutes. I found out that the cat manager has 70 cats and no one but her to do the kennel cleaning today. We lost 2 regulars to injuries & surgery and the other helper went back to high school. You can't clean that much by yourself so even though my stomach is not ready for cat doo doo this early, I feel compelled to help out. I have to gulp my coffee and leave in 8 minutes so no time to post right now, be back later.

Hope you have a loss at Tops today Susie :crossed: Hello the the rest...

Morning all. TGIF. Very fall-like today, though it’s a bit warmer than yesterday.

Ceejay – Try not to have regrets over what you cannot change (the past). Easy to say, hard to do. Just enjoy playing keyboard/organ and the benefits you get out of it. I’m sure it’s really good for your brain! == I hope you enjoy the visit with your niece from Maryland. Is that one of the relatives you visited the spring?

Annie – Hope your PTO day goes well! Enjoy your weekend too.

Happy – LOL you’re a year off in age – see how it’s really all in your head? == You don’t have your papers?! I thought everyone would have gotten a passport or passport card when you-know-who took office, hahaha. Just curious, have you ever travelled outside the US? == Glad your cousins in FL got out of the state. == Yep, getting dark quite early now. I’ll need to carry my front and rear lights for the bike with me to have for the short pedal home from the train station. I know where the front one is…need to dig up the rear one. == How was the spaghetti & meatballs? == You’re a good person to give the HS a hand with the cats. That’s a lot of cats!

Shad – You’re a great friend to help your peeps get to their appointments and keep them on track. All the while busy as heck with the bathroom reno, which sounds like bathroom, hall, laundry room, and a bedroom too?? :faint:

Susie – How did TOPS go last night? == Yeh, the short weeks sometimes end up not really feeling so short! == Re the ride home at night – thank goodness it was short, and I'm lucky the leaves haven’t fallen and been piled on the street along the curb for sweeping. I’d have been on the sidewalk all the way home!! == Unfortunately, the work bf is doing is for my mom’s place, LOL. I need to nag him about a few things that need doing around OUR house, hehe. == Wow, a lot of financial stuff going on – great to refi your mortgage and shorten the term!!

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Nothing much to report. No exercise again last night, and we went out for half-price burgers to boot. I’ll work out this weekend for sure.

My friend B cancelled on our plans to get together tomorrow. We were either going cycling or canoeing. Oh well, another time. Maybe I’ll go for a cycle by myself. I’ve only been out a couple times this summer.

On Sunday my SIL is hosting a gathering for the Bears game. Also happens to be the date that she and my brother would have celebrated 40 years of marriage. But he’s been gone since 2008, so it’s a bit sad. Anyway, I’ll be going to that. BF doesn’t like my SIL, or my sister’s husband, so he isn’t going. Sigh. I don’t see myself staying for the entire game. We’ll see.

As for things to look forward to…. The boss and 2nd will be out for three days next week starting Wednesday. :carrot: I’ll have to plan something fun for myself because if that’s all I’m looking forward to these days, it’s sort of pathetic, LOL.

Okay, enough rambling and back to work. Hope the boss stays in his office today. Yesterday he was in the cube next to mine, rummaging through some boxes we’d called back from offsite storage, and then he was rummaging through file drawers. This was easily something he could have delegated, but did he?? Nope. And I can’t say I’m sorry he didn’t. This ancient history we deal with is never going to die. Anyway, he’s probably trying to see if he can run the department singlehandedly and kick the rest of us to the curb…

Okay, NOW I’m signing off. Have a good weekend! TTFN.

Good morning all,

Trying to do a reboot starting today to get myself back on track again in many aspects of my life. The shelter demands are just becoming too many. I can't do everything, need to focus on what's most important starting with my needs.

Watching the hurricane approach - I hope and pray those people got out and to those who stayed, God help them. They showed a thing on the news with a guy by a wind machine. He could barely stay upright in Category 2 winds - much less a strong 4 or weak 5. I don't think people realize that the frame and stucco type homes in that region - that kind of wind and rain will literally rip their homes apart and there are many who live in trailer parks. And then the rain - DH was talking to someone up here who said they'd ride it out - he said WHAT do you think it would be like here if we got 20 to 30 inches of rain all at once??? AND we have the drainage for it - eventually. Scary Mary.

Anyway I am going to try and focus as much as I can with things I need to do this weekend and to get ready for our trip next week. I will try to keep my detours minimal.

Laura - I liked the spaghetti sauce DH made but he made the meatballs with ground veal (which I don't like to eat for ethical reasons). The meatballs were too mushy for my tastes - DH agreed. They had a whole bunch of kittens yesterday - I was cleaning the kitten room. It was really funny - adorable. Like the babies of all the cats we have ever had. :D Have a great time at work for Boss No Be Here Day :rofl: I know the excitement that can bring to oneself. :D :D :D Can't stop smiling, almost as good a feeling as early dismissal but not quite that good. Sounds like great weather to go out on the bicycle - I hope you can get a ride in over the weekend. Always nice to be in the woods on the trails in autumn.

Ceejay - hope you have a nice weekend with the family members.

Susie - good luck with the home projects. It's nice to make plans to get some of that big stuff done. Nice that you can cut down the duration of your payments too. How did you do at TOPS?

Shad - welcome to "retirement" :lol: Sounds like your social calendar is filling quickly. So nice of you to help out others in need. You are a good friend and neighbor. Is it a blessing or a curse that you are now home and have plenty of time to work on the renovations? No shortage of things to do - you will find your days filling quickly.

Annie - hope you are doing well yourself :hug:

I have to go count money and get to the bank to make the bingo deposit. Take care everyone - have a good weekend.

Evening all,
Happy, I need a reboot too. All that weight I lost before Easter seems to have come back. More discipline required.

Quiet day today. Been baking and repotting and poisoning some of the stumps. My trip to the Doctor with Chris turned into an all day affair at the hospital. Finally got home around 5pm instead of the anticipated 10am. Another dizzy attack. So I didn't get to see much of my neighbour. However we went out to a discussion on ponds in the garden on Saturday and had lunch together and then went to a nursery and got some cheap plants. My neighbour was due to go to the hospital today and she decided I didn't need to go with her. However I don't think the appointment went very well since she was pretty down when I checked up on her. Apparently couldn't finish the MRI before claustrophobia hit. I'll get over there tomorrow after walking the dog.

Been watching the progress of IRMA. She seems to be a real *****. Hurricane season seems to be progressing fast up your way. When I checked the radar for IRMA it seems it will spread into Ceejay territory. Stay safe Ceejay.

Annie - hope things are improving for you and the family.

Laura - hows the foot going? I thought you were all over that.

Susie - How did you go at TOPS? I'm going to have to reboot with Happy. How come weight goes on quicker than it goes off?

Anyway, it's time for my shower and an early bed. Ruger will arrive at around 6.00am tomorrow and he will be ready for the day. Hopefully so will I.

Morning all. Another lovely day here. Such a contrast to the news reports about H. Irma. Awful.

Happy - Yes, take care of your needs first. What good will you be to the HS or the senior center if you don't take care of yourself?? == Are you prepared for your getaway yet? == Yup, I did get out for a bike ride yesterday. :)

Shad - Wow that was a long day with Chris at the doctor. :faint: == Are you thinking about a pond in your garden? = Re the foot - I've had a few times over the past few months that I thought I was finally turning the corner, but i guess i was premature. Right now is another time that I'm cautiously optimistic. :crossed:

Hellos to the rest of you. Hope you're all having a good weekend.
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Yesterday I did a couple Body Electric workouts in the morning. Went out to lunch at the middle eastern place. Late in the afternoon, I got the bike rack on the car and the bike on the rack and went off to a local bike trail for a ride. Made the loop and the map said it was 7.3 miles. Lovely day for it and ended up not needing my windbreaker. I hope to get out several more times this fall to ride on a couple different trails, since I've ridden this one twice so far. And maybe by the 2nd or 3rd time going I'll finally have the way to put the rack on the car trunk and the bike on the rack firmly entrenched in my brain! :D

Today I'm going to watch the Bears season opener at my SIL'S place. One of my nephews is up from TX (Dallas area), so it will be nice to see him. Bf was at home Depot yesterday, close to Costco, so he picked up a couple appetizers for me to bring. I wanted to bake some cookies to bring, but thought better of it as they just don't go well with beer, lol.

I better sign off and get myself ready to go. :wave:

It was an emotional roller coaster weekend to say the least.

The kid's babysitter from 6 weeks of life to kindergarten at 6 years old passed away from 7 years of suffering alzheimers. Samantha and I cried over that a couple of times. Then we cried over Michael a couple of times (cleaning out a closet and finding pics). Then Chris told us that Ainsley is moving to Colorado with her mother in December. So Sam cried over that because the boy's will be devastated, they love their sissy so much. And Sam loves that little girl like her own. Life is just stinking right now.

I know get out of my own head. Look at the devastation in FL. Praying for my friends who live there. We still have not heard how Cs parents winter place held up. Granted it is about an hour or so from the closest coast. However the dang hurricane did not leave anyone out. Praying for so many things and people it is hard to do anything else.

We cleaned out the dvd/toy/Bruno room. Got 4 bags of huge 33 gallon bags of trash out. C painted the room a lovely blue for the boys. I will say C did a fabulous job as he is an awesome painter. He spackled, trimmed out and painted the room in about a total of 5 hours over Saturday and Sunday. The boys are so excited to be getting their own room. Looks like Sam and the boys are here to stay. Why would I think differently? June was a year. Anyway we ended up having 16 file boxes of dvds alone. We are chancing it by storing them in the attic. Frankly I don't give a hoot if they melt or break. We kept out all the kid movies and the Christmas (sorry for using the C word) movies. Probably about 100-150 total. We either need to paint the ceiling fan panels or get a new one. It has pastel pink, blue and yellow panels with little flowers. It was a babies room prior to me living there. I am sure the boys could give a hoot at this time. My friend Leanne gave us a free full size bed as they sold their huge home and downsized to a 2 bedroom condo. So we have enough beds to go around.

I did manage to make a Keto meatloaf, keto pork loin and then had pork loin manhattens from the leftover pork. I only ate the meat as the potatos and bread are not keto.

Posting this now as I need to do a couple of things. I will try to get back in a few for personals.

Back for a minute...

HAPPY...hope you impending trip with DH goes well. Get some rest for me too. My mind is on overload. How did Bingo go? Take care of you first before all the volunteer stuff lady. That is an order.

SHADDIE...that was a long day with your neighbor at the doc. You are a good soul and friend.

LAURA...It is certainly tough when a S.O. does not like our family. Or even tougher when the family does not like S.O. as in first marriage once they found out what an idiot he was. Life struggles. Your bike ride sounded lovely.

SUSIE...How did TOPS go? Hope all went well on your refinance.

CEEG....pounding away at the keyboards?

Sorry this is so short, lots on my plate here at work and at home.

Hugs ladies.