Bluet, I about choked when I read your comment on my DH and the cat. I had to show him, and he laughed, too. I tell you, the cat is so happy that his Dad is home again. I'm pretty darn happy, too! :)

Luckily, I could tell what was coming in that gross vomit scene so I closed my eyes. Whew! What did you think about that one father's weird beard? I've never seen anything like that. I wonder if he did that for the role (I don't know why, though) or if it's the way he always looks. So strange. . .

Okay, you've got to explain the Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving--please!

I'm tired today--no energy. Walked a little, stretched a little, and called it good. I did lose a pound last week, though, and now weigh less than my driver's license. Only 10 more pounds until I reach WW goal. Don't think I'll be doing that by the end of the year, however.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! Hope the weather cooperates for everyone's plans.

Hello,

Man alive, I just couldn't resist Sheila, and what is so fantastic is that you have such a beautiful sense of humor. :) DH too. I am so thankful I met you on this forum, you make me smile. The Thanksgiving story is not much, DD from Stevens Point called me at work one day and said that her church only baptises the fourth Saturday/Sunday of the month. She thought she would like to have Adam baptised on a Saturday evening. Since it was only one week to the fourth Saturday in October, we decided to have the baptism on the fourth Saturday in November, which just happens to be the same week as Thanksgiving. I told her we could all just celebrate Thanksgiving and the baptism on Saturday at her house. DD thought about it and said it sounded like a good idea, and she would let me know. I mentioned to all the kids that we would celebrate Thanksgiving on Saturday this year, so they made other plans to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday. DD procrastinated for a couple of weeks, and then finally called me and said, that she felt it would be too overwhelming for her to have so many people at her house with a big meal and SIL's family too. I agreed and we talked it through again and I said I would have the Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday at my house and then she could just have the grandparents and the sponsors on Sunday with a little brunch after church. That made more sense, but then I missed the door of opportunity to have Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving. That's my story Sheila. Holidays, always seem to become so complex and involved for me, because I want to please all the kids and I have yet to figure out that, that is an impossible task.

The Dad's beard on CSI, what a hoot. I was really trying to concentrate on whether the middle line was really exactly in the middle of his chin, and I don't think it was. He looked like a professional westler. I thought his beard completely strange, but then I come from a small town in mid America, and don't have an opportunity to see bazzar stuff like that too often, some people up here still listen to Polka music on the radio after church on Sunday. ;) I really don't care for those two CSI characters they are bringing into the show, I think there are enough characters to try to follow right now.

Sunny, yes you are right about Chris on Survivor, I don't think it is going to work for him though. Of course I could be wrong, but I don't see the women aligning with Chris and Chad. I had more respect for Scout, I thought she got along with everyone, obviously she doesn't. Yes, this group is really ruthless and mean spirited compared to prior Survivor Groups. Having the guys pick the chicken bones, was really so high school.

Charlotte, how did your day at the station go? Hope you had a fun time. Must be getting close to time for your treatment again. I hope you don't get too tired and can stay with us.

Hope your weekend is a really good one everybody. Talk to you all later.
Good Night. :)

Bluet

Good morning!

Charlotte, I hope your treatment went okay, and that you'll be able to post and let us know how you are doing. Your poor granddaughter who didn't make the cheerleading squad when her two sisters did--that must have really made her feel bad. Hopefully she found something else that she's good at. Okay, so are you still celebrating Christmas on the 23rd this year with everyone around, or are you going to celebrate it on the 25th? Will your mom and stepdad be coming to your house, or is it to hard on your mom to leave her routine?

You know, my son's ex is doing the same sort of thing as your soon-to-be-ex DIL. She calls him all the time and flirts with him. Luckily, he isn't having any of it, and told her to quit calling him unless it's about their daughter. He was helping her with stuff, but he saw where that was leading and decided to stop.

I hope everyone had a good weekend, and that everyone who had come down with the creeping crud is feeling better. On Saturday, we went to a consignment shop because I decided that might be a cheap place to buy jeans that hopefully I'll only be able to wear for a couple of months. I was rather nervous about doing that because I kept thinking that I might not fit into a sz. 12 in any other brand of jeans. So I took a sz. 12 and a sz. 14 in the dressing room with me. Then I had a horrifying thought that my weightloss has all been a cosmic joke, and I might not even be able to fit into a sz. 16. Was I relieved when I put on the sz. 12 pair and they fit perfectly. I didn't even try the sz. 14 on. Then I got brave and found a three-piece outfit (jacket, long skirt, and pants) in a burgundy color suede-like fabric and tried that on. It, too, was a sz. 12 and fit perfectly. Whew! We then went to a children's educational toy store and picked up something for our new stepgrandson who probably has no idea who we are.

On Sunday, we decided to go to lunch downtown at one of the fancy restaurants participating in a special fixed price lunch. For $12.50, you get an appetizer, entree, and dessert. It's a really good deal, and I would never eat at these places if it weren't for this promotional thing. After lunch, we went to Pike Place Market, which is a popular spot downtown where there are fish markets, produce markets, and vendors selling all kinds of stuff. My DH has been taking cherry juice daily, which helps with his aches and pains. It's only sold at the Pike Place Market. Decided to do some holiday shopping while we were there, too. Then we went to Petco so that we wouldn't have a pet revolt at our house because we'd run out of cat and dog food. I'm sure they would go after us with claws and teeth if we failed to feed them! After all that running around, we stopped at Starbucks (easy to find a Starbuck's anywhere in Seattle) for coffee and gingerbread for me, and hot chocolate and a pecan square for my DH. So, too much eating for me over the weekend, although I did exercise for an hour each day.

We're having a rather rainy Monday. A great day to start cleaning up my junky office. I keep putting it off because it hasn't been nasty enough to stay inside all day. Hope you're all having a good one!

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Just taking it easy today! Treatment went ok....other than taking over 3 1/2 hrs this time! A lot went on. My nurse didn't want to start treatment meds after inserting IV, until Dr saw my thumb. Trying to not whine......I have a very bad thumb on my right hand. (yes, I'm right-handed) About 3 weeks ago, I thought I had something in it....maybe a tiny sliver of glass. But, about a week later, 2 more little raised spots appears (making 4) and my thumb is dark red, twice the size of the other, & VERY touchy. (Bluet, I didn't say touchous. :lol: ) Now, there are several little spots! Dr says he thinks it's circulation problem, & that my thumb is dying! I'm on Prednisone for a week, but have to call him Thursday to report how it's doing. This has really scared me. After we get it taken care of, Dr wants to run tests to see what's causing it. He said it would be very rare for RA to be the cause of it, although it doesn't help that I have RA. My legs & feet are very easy to cramp, & my feet stay cold. If I'm in a cool place, my feet turn dark blue! Of course this has me concern...but, I'm really concerned with the fact that it could happen to my organs...lungs, kidneys, heart, etc. Dr said it was like having frostbite. Well, frostbite is when blood vessels form crystals, etc. I had a friend at the TV Station a few yrs ago with Lupus. She had crystals to form in her lungs & died. Just be patient with me, & let me rave a little, until I know more. I don't want to in front of anyone living around me.
My poor (just can't understand) DH. When I told him....the first thing he said...."Those Drs are going to kill you". He blames drs for everything. I suppose I wouldn't have RA, if it wasn't for them. :^: Yes, we've had some bad dealings with some Drs, but they're not all bad.

Hi Sheila....We celebrate Christmas on the 23rd at our house with our children & grandchildren. Since we married, we went to my mother's on that morning to see her & step-dad. They didn't want to come here. We exchanged gifts & had snacks. Then would go home & start cooking for that night. Now, mother, & step-dad are both in the nursing home. Mother doesn't even know she's in the world. I'll do as last year. Go to the nursing home that morning with my gifts, & stay awhile with them.
We then, go to my MIL's on Christmas Eve night, for my DH's family (very large). It's one large, noisy, chaos!! Our children and grands are also there. (except for Paula, from out of town....they go home that morning, to get ready for Christmas morning) Then, on Christmas Day, DH & I rest!!!!!! If anyone comes over, there's plenty of left-overs. Usually, though, we get phone calls from all the kids & grands telling us what they got. :) It's worked every year for a long time, now. I was a little concerned, because of my son't divorce & the girls. It's their mom's week to have them. But, she said we could have them a few hours on the 23rd, as she knows the routine.
I'm glad your son is standing his ground with his ex. My son has me worried. He does remind her in every conversation of the bad things....but, she turns the water works on & that's bothering him. Well, it's like this.....she sleeps with a guy every night that's living with them! I just don't have any sympathy for her at this moment! I figure he's not keeping up her "habit" for her, as she needs.
Hurray for the size 12!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doesn't it feel so good!! I'm proud of you for hanging in there as you have. It's not easy to do.
I had a little weight gain...but, Dr said I had a lot of fluid retention, & my blood pressure was 150/100 with me on blood pressure meds, so it's possible.

Well, gotta go.......Hope all of you have a good day. I need to sleep awhile & get over the treatment. Maybe I won't whine so much when I post next time.. :^:

Hi Sheila and Charlotte,

I am in a really blue funk. I am feeling really out of sorts. Don't have a good reason. Well, I didn't until I read Charlotte's post. :(

I have to come back later and post this evening. I have been racing around this morning like a bandit trying to get work done that I am behind in. I have to run home during my lunch break, because I have to get some sweats, that I forgot to take along this morning. I am having a bone density test done this afternoon at 4:00 and the tech told me to wear slacks with elastic waist, of course I have none, so sweats will have to do.

Charlotte, I am so sorry to hear about your thumb and your anxiety. I am praying for you. talk to you all later.

Bluet

Hello,

Sorry I didn't post last night. Like I said I was in such a blue mood, I went to bed at 8:30 p.m. and got up this morning at 6:00 a.m. I did sleep most of the night, but I was dreaming all night, some really weird stuff about work and I had a dream the kids were little again. I don't know where any of this was coming from.

I had been to the doctor for my routine 6 months check up, and he mentioned he wanted me to have a bone density test, to see how I am doing in the osteoporosis area. The tech said my doctor would call me in a week or so with the results, so we will see. That machine made me a little nervous going back and forth over me, but I survived. At least it was painless.

Charlotte, your thumb sounds definately touchous to me. Of course I am very concerned about your hand, I am praying very hard that it will heal itself and it will all come to nothing. I throughly understand DH's concern, he is just really worried for you I am sure. I am glad your treatment went well, and with some rest you will be feel like yourself again. Just in time for Thanksgiving. That's what we are here for Charlotte, to give each other support through the good and the bad, continue to vent all you want, we won't abandon you. :)

Sheila, aren't you just the cat's meow, fitting into a size 12 jeans. :D I like living in a small town, but sometimes feel as though I am missing out on the opportunites large cities have to offer. It sounds like you went to some pretty interesting place last weekend. I took care of grands for 10 hours on Saturday, went to church on Sunday, went to Country Kitchens for breakfast :lol: and then went to work in the afternoon to get ready for the accountant. Some glamorous life I lead. :^: This weekend though there is going to be a Christmas Parade of Homes, I would really like to go, but have no one to go with. Sheila, I suppose you could fly in and go with me :) wouldn't that be fun. I guess I will stay at home and finally get to clean house. All the kids have promised I will have no grandchildren this weekend. I don't really mind, I miss them when I don't see them, but then I complain because I can't get anything done when I have them every weekend. Go figure.

Well, I guess I'll wander downstairs and see what DH is up to, he likes to watch NYPD Blue on Tuesday nights, he has been watching it since it first came on way back when. I don't think I'll stay up that late to watch it with him.

Have a good Wednesday Charlotte and Sheila. Sunny, if you are checking in hope you are fine and enjoying yourself whether you are in Ohio or Maine.

Bluet

Well, Charlotte, that was a pretty awful doctor's visit, I must say! I hope your doctor can get to the bottom of what's causing the problem, and then fix it. I know there's a disorder called Reynaud's that causes your hands and feet to get really cold. Have you heard of that? No, doctors aren't all bad, but I'm a firm believer in being proactive with healthcare and reading up on stuff because sometimes doctors are just too busy to take the time to diagnose correctly. I diagnosed myself after reading stuff on the internet, brought the info to my doctor, and then had her refer me to a neuro who then confirmed my suspicions. I got a little upset with my DH yesterday whose doctor told him to take an aspirin a day and some over-the-counter anti-inflammatory stuff. My DH didn't even tell the doctor that aspirin makes his nose bleed, and that his father died from bleeding caused by anti-inflammatories.

Your poor DH is just worried about you, and doesn't know how to express it, I'm betting. Most men don't. And they hate that they can't fix the problem. Am I right? Hey, you can whine, rant, rave, or do whatever you want--we're here for you! And I'm especially praying that this health scare is over soon.

Okay, now I totally understand the Christmas thing. It sounds hectic, but wonderful, and I like that you get to rest on Christmas day. That way you can go to church (or do you go the day before?) and have a nice leisurely day. Oh, and my ex-DIL turns on the waterworks for my son, too. It's been a year now, though, and he's getting really tough about it. I'm hoping your son does, too. I had a long talk with my son about how lonely he'd be, and how tempted he'd be to get back with her based on that loneliness, but that wasn't the basis for a good relationship. He said that really helped. I don't know if he was placating me, or if he meant it, but I'm glad he set down some groundrules.

Bluet, I would fly there if I could! I love those home tours. In a couple of weeks, there's a nice neighborhood in Seattle that's having a Christmas tour. The tickets are always so expensive (everything is expensive here!), but those tours are pretty much the only thing we spend entertainment money on. As long as you don't count the monthly cable bill, of course.

Hey, your life sounds a lot more fun than mine. I'd love to have more family around (but not living with me--had enough of that!), and I'd love more grandchildren, too. But I wouldn't want to work on Sunday. Hope all that went okay for you.

Drove the hour across town (see, that's one of the bad things about living in the city--traffic is terrible) to get to the chiro for my massage and some testing. My DH took his new cell phone so I could call him on mine when I was done. That way I wouldn't have to stand there waiting for him. I called him while I was on my way out, but got his voice mail. Then I called two more times during the 10 minutes I stood and waited in the cold wind for him. Turns out his phone wasn't working correctly (he had to reboot his cellphone--what's with all this electronic stuff that has to be rebooted??) so it never rang. Oh, well, a good idea gone bad.

I've watched most of the NYPD Blue shows, too. It's getting a bit stale, however, so it's time for it to say adieu. And I should say goodbye, too. Hope everyone has a great evening!

Hi, all!

Well, I'd much rather have that bone density test, which does sound weird and the position is kind of uncomfortable, than have my boobs handled by a technician and then squished into the mammography machine. When are they going to come up with something better for that? I mean, really, if men had to have their testicles squished each year, I'm betting they'd invent a better machine pretty darn fast. Where are all our women inventors? I am happy to hear that researchers have come up with a male birth control pill. Let men have the weight gain, risks, and other side effects for once!

Charlotte, did you finally get some sleep? Did you have to go into the station today?

There's an awful lot of stuff out on the internet, which can be a good thing. I'm able to check on a lot of diabetes stuff for my Dad, and I can ask intelligent questions about his condition, which the doctor seems to appreciate. My stepdaughter's mother is a nurse, and the way she overprotected that kid was kind of funny (and kind of not--they bought a house together and my SD is 28). When my SD was at our house on a summer visit about 15 years ago, she broke one of her smaller toes, and so I taped it to the other toe, and made her put her feet up and put ice on the toe. Well, she got home, and her mother immediately took her to the doctor who told her to tape them together, put her feet up, and put ice on her toe.

That's too bad about your church. Are there very many young people who go there? My grandmother's church had a hard time continuing because the average age was quite high and there weren't a lot of kids who stayed around the area and went to church, I guess.

So I'd really love to live in a smaller town where I don't have to see police officers with prisoners handcuffed and face down on the sidewalk. This isn't the first time I've seen this either. And the newscasts are always so dreadful. When I first moved here, there were two shootings in a neighborhood retail area fairly close to my house that I used to frequent when I was a kid (I seldom go there now because of the problems), and it freaked me out. Once my dad is gone, I'm out of here--he's the only reason we came here.

Hope everyone had a good day! We're expecting high winds, which I hope won't knock the power out. We're getting all the flashlights and candles ready just in case. This house is so drafty, though, that I bet the candles will blow out all by themselves!

Hello,

A couple of times today, I thought it was Thursday again, but then I caught myself in time. Tonight I watched a movie on Lifetime. Sometimes those movies are so darn corny, it is hard not to laugh. I started to watch a movie on Hallmark, but then decided I was all movied out and changed my mind, besides my butt was getting tired of sitting so long. :) I was sitting in the kitchen on a hard kitchen chair, because I was too tired to move.

The guys won't be building their road this weekend, because the men in orange (hunters) will be in the woods this weekend on through Thanksgiving weekend, looking for the almighty doe or 12 pointer buck to shoot at. DH and DS have never shown an interest in hunting, but two of my SIL's are big hunters. I personally, don't believe in hunting or guns. I am absolutely terrified of guns. And the deer I could do without too, because we have to be afraid they are going to run out in front of our cars at night. Right now it is still light when I go to work, but it is dark when I drive home at night, and I have to drive at least 8 miles on country roads. My eyes aren't as good as they once were and it is getting harder for me to see driving at night.

Charlotte, hope you can get some rest tonight, those sleepless nights get pretty long. How are those meds working for that thumb? Can you tell if it is helping? That is really a baffling situation. Charlote, I have sent Puss a couple of ecards and it has just occurred to me tonight, that she has not picked them up. You know how you always get an email from
the card place that says "your ecard was just picked up, and then it says the email address of the person that picked up the card", well I have not received any of those notices indicating that Puss has picked up her mail. :?:

Sheila, yes living in a small town has more postives to it than living in a large city. Traffic and crime would be my two biggest complaints. I am not a patient person and if it takes me longer than ten, fifteen minutes to get where I need to go, I usually have a hissy fit. so obviously I would never make it in Seattle. I can't imagine taking an hour to go across town. :( Of course when you move, you will let us know where you are, right!!! This tour of homes, is for the Symphony and the tickets are $10.00 a piece. There are five homes that are decorated for Christmas by local florists. If I go I will probably come home and sit down and bawl for awhile, knowing in my wildest dreams, I could never get my house to look like the houses in the tour. One year I went and it had snowed the night before, sloppy wet snow, what a mess. Of course one wears those little surgical booties over their shoes, but they were looking pretty dirty and wet at the last couple of houses I visited. Hope you didn't lose power tonight, Sheila, but on second thought better tonight than tomorrow night. Goodness, what would we do with out Survivor and CSI. You can count on us to keep you up-to-date Charlotte. ;) Silly TV shows, aren't we a hoot?

Take care Sheila and Charlotte. Love you guys. Have a good THURSDAY.
Sunny, hope you are enjoying Maine. It actually got up to 60 degrees here today. That is Unimaginable :lol:

Bye for now.

Bluet

Bluet, you just love Thursday so much that you want every day to be Thursday! I like Thursday, too, partly because of must-see TV, and partly because Thursday leads to Friday, and I just love Friday. Hey, I know what you mean about those Lifetime movies. I started to "watch" one during commercials last night. They're like mini soap operas--actors emoting right and left. Definitely not worth spending time in the hard kitchen chair. You must really have been tired!

While I'm not opposed to hunting, I could never shoot an animal, and I dislike deer meat. When I was with my sons' father, we went hunting several times, and I was so thankful we never saw a deer. What I really enjoyed was wandering through the woods on great fall days.

You'd definitely never make it in Seattle, Bluet. The traffic jams are legendary. We time all our trips to take place when there's the least amount of traffic, and we have to have three different routes to take at all times. We also look on the internet to see the traffic cams and reports. So it's quite the big deal to go anywhere around here. Speaking of going, you should go to the home thing. Just go with the idea that you're going to look at how pretty stuff is, but you're not going to be jealous. Okay, that's easier said than done, isn't it? *Sigh*

Charlotte, that's so funny about your son getting so excited about the deer that he couldn't get off a good shot. Sounds like the deer even made it easy for him.

I'm glad your thumb seems to be better. It's a great idea to have a complete physical to see what's going on. You'll feel better once you know it's nothing major (and it's not!!).

So I'm wondering if Fatpuss is having more computer trouble, and her DS hasn't been around to fix it, or it was something so major that they need to get a new computer. Remember how she had computer trouble a couple of times?? I'd prefer that explanation to something else. :(

Well, my dislike of answering the phone got me into trouble. My oldest son called while my DH (who does answer the phone) was gone so it went to voice mail. He said that he was able to get a few days off at Christmas, although I don't think he'll get off Christmas day. He neglected to tell us which days, though, and it's getting hard to get an airplane reservation. He works at night and goes to school during the day so it's hard to reach him. My DH finally reached his oldest daughter, and she is going to Mexico the week before Christmas to build houses with her church group. She does this every couple of years, but it means that she won't be here to see her sister and meet her sister's husband. Oh, well.

So, it's CSI's 100th episode. Will it be maggots, vomit or both?? Inquiring minds want to know! :lol:

Hello,

Yes CSI's 100th episode, and it was blood, plenty of blood, too much blood, and too much violence. I have a few observations, but I don't think they are allowed on this forum. I might get booted off, so I'll just end it there. I can say this though, can CSI get any more bazaar? Survivor was pretty uneventful tonight, I will have to wait until Sunny comes back to discuss the theories behind those people.

You know Sheila, I never thought of that, about Fatpuss, it could be that she does not have a computer at the moment and can't receive her e-mail. Perhaps we will hear from her eventually anyway. :)

Charlotte, it is good that your thumb is improving and it is a good idea to have a complete check up when you see the doctor. My bone density is normal in the hip for someone my age and above normal in the spine. I really got lucky didn't I? I inherited good bones from my parents.

Sheila, I hate chatting on the phone too, I kind of let out a little moan when the phone rings, and usually let the machine pick up. The kids absolutely hate that. DH is worse than I am. He will not under most circumstance answer the phone, unless I am not here.

Yea, tomorrow is Friday, I am always happier on Friday, because I think 2 whole days of not having to go to work. Well, most weekends I don't have to go to work. But then the weekend absolutely flies by.

Well, I am going to say good night for now. Sweet dreams Sheila and Charlotte........Charlotte 5:00 a.m.is not a good bedtime dear.

Sunny, hope you are fine and enjoying your Thanksgiving vacation or preparing for it. Fatpuss, hope you come back to us soon.

Bluet