Are you kidding Sheila? Your daughter and son in law are going to the inauguration? WOW! Thats great. You know Sheila, i was just saying to hubby the other day, "I wonder where our invitation is for inauguration ball is? I just bought a bran new pair of overalls for that special ocashion and am dying to wear them. Invite must have gotten lost in the mail.
I am so confused.:shrug: You said your father wouldn't move, so you and hubby moved there. Now from your last message, your father is moving into a assisted living home. What is this packing and moving everyone is talking about?
I would love to make a quilt from one of Carl's cross stitch pictures but am not that talented and would need some kind of pattern to follow. Counted cross stitch is very small X's of different colors put togather, plus there are half stitchs (Half an X) that i would not be able to do in a quilt. Hubby talkes to his sister about counted cross stitching and they use turms like, 14 count and 24 count. This is how many stitches are in an inch, I think. If i were to follow that pattern, useing an inch for every X, the quilt would stretch from here to Texas.

Speaking of Texas, Candelady, do you have snow there? The pic. you sent of Bradley there was snow on the ground. Am i the only one that doesn't get snow? I guess i shouldn't complain, I opened up my windows around 1 o'clock yesterday because the sun was shining and a warm/cool breeze was blowing. The nights are cold here and i had to put two blankets on my bed last night. The colder temps also gives hubby and i a good excuse to cuddle.
If I'm not being to nosey, how did you come to settle in Texas? I find it interasting how people settle in one place verses another. I also don't remember if you said you were married. If so, how lone?
Carl and i were living in Va. where he was in the Navy. That is where my kids were born and it cost us all of 12 dollers each kid because they were bone in a military hospital. When Carl got out of the Navy, it was spin the globe and pick a place to live. Carl's mom and dad were already living down here in Florida, and the goverment back then were helping young couples buy a home, so we found that Florida was the one place we could afford. Lots 25 years ago were going for about 2 thousand dollars and a three bedroom/two bath home was around 40 thousand. Now, the same lot can go for a much as 80 thousand and houses around here start at 120 thousand and up. So that is how we came to be in Spring Hill, Florida.

How was your running around yesterday angle? Do you enjoy driving? I hate it! I put off and put off just going to the store because of the traffic, noise and confusion. Hay, I am a very sensitive kind of person. Plus, if there is no food in the house, Carl might take me out. NOT!!
Do you like to cook? Or should i say DID you like to cook when you had a kitchen? I also hate that to. I cook because i have to, not because i want to.
I do have some good news for all of you. Talked to Jamie (Daughter) last night. I called her. She is starting school again and she sounds like she is getting back to her old self again. We talked for an hour about nothing. Someone told me once that you can tell if a person is a friend or not by the way you talk on the phone. If you talk for a long time and cant really say what you talked about later, then you have a friend.

Sunny and Bluet, where are you? As my mom used to say "Don't make me come over there." I know in your last post Sunny, you said you wern't feeling well. Are you O.K? Bluet, have we lost you for good? Sure would like to get to know you.

Must get going now.
Kiss, Kiss,
Gloria

Did you know......
 

Did you know that rye bread burns very fast in a fraying pan? Was making hubby's lunch today (He comes home for lunch) and decided to make grilled ham and cheese on rye. Had sandwich made and in the pan when i had to go to the bathroom. (When you have to go, you just have to go) When i came out, I smelled something burning. It was Carl's lunch. Quickly turned off the heat under fraying pan and ran water in it. Did you know that hot frying pans and water don't like each other? Big gobs of smoke filled the kitchen, so i opened the windows and doors and preceded to fan the kitchen with a dish towl to get the smoke out. Just then, hubby walks in, "Dear, what are you doing? Of course my only reply could be, "Making your lunch. You always said you liked your food extra crispy!!! Break out the bologna.
Later.
Gloria

Hi, ladies!

Charlotte, isn't it weird that we can't sleep after exhausting days? What's up with that? You'd think it would be the opposite. Hopefully your new dentures don't make you smile like that big smile emoticon. Whoa! That's so funny that you could put a dog, cat and a bird in the same cage. I can imagine that got a lot of attention. Hey, can you get one of the drug discount cards, or do you already have one? Loved the story of how you met your DH--you were so bad! I like hearing about these young marriages because it gives me hope that my daughter's will last.

5 Dogs, you're too funny! Love the "extra crispy" story. Hey, no, you don't make a quilt from his cross stitch pattern, you make a quilt from the squares that he cross stitches! When I lived in Colorado, a coworker was having a baby, and a lot of the women made a cross stitch picture (like a duck or teddy bear or other baby thing) on the square cross stitch cloth and then they got a quilter to piece the squares together, put on a backing and a border, and quilt it. It was absolutely beautiful!

Okay, here's the deal with my Dad. Almost three years ago I get a call from a guy who was working on estate planning for my Dad. The man said that my Dad was having a hard time living alone, and that the house was a mess, etc., etc. We went to check it out, and it was horrible--nobody should live like that. We tried to convince him to go into assisted living, but he had a cat and he didn't want to uproot the cat. His cat died shortly thereafter, and he agreed to go into assisted living. I didn't want him to be here alone, and he didn't know what to do with the house so we moved here and lived in his house (after remodeling). Then about 10 months into assisted living, he decides he hates it and he was complaining all the time. I had the idea of adding on to the house so we did that and he moved in. All was pretty good for about six months, then he occasionally started acting strangely (paranoid, etc.). Last June I arranged for him to see a neurologist who diagnosed senile dementia associated with early Alzheimer's. He's gone downhill since then, and he's become really awful to my DH. I can't subject my DH to this any longer, and my Dad can't live alone so he's going into assisted living. If the house is no longer available to him, then he can't come back again so we're selling the house. So I'm packing Dad's stuff to move tomorrow, and also our stuff so we can move when the house is sold.

Sounds like a nice relaxing day, SunnyD. Wish you could have gotten out more with your friend. Snow--hate the stuff! Think spring! It was 60 degrees here today. Still riding that pineapple express. Did laundry today, too. I'm not a fan of doing laundry either, but I'll take laundry over cooking any day.

Have to run to Target tonight to get a birthday present for my step-grandson. I'm sure he doesn't remember us at all, but he's still our grandson. Haven't talked to my daughter today so I'm not sure if she's already left for D.C., or if they just get up early tomorrow and take the bus up. I'm betting it's the latter. Hope they let her take photos!

I Found My Poem!
 

Good Evening,

Ok, Sheila, I'll bite, what is a pineapple express? Is it anything like an Alberta Clipper? We had one of those last night. It was cold and snowing and the wind was howling around this old house. Winter, snow, ice, below zero temps Ugh. Anybody wants it, I'll give it away. The roads were so slippery this morning, it was dangerous driving to work.

Well, Sheila tomorrow is Dad's big moving day. Sure hope everything goes well, and the weather cooperates. It is a shame you have to sell after all the hard work you put into the house and the garden. But, it will be an adventure to move on and so much better for your DH. It is so exciting that your DD and SIL get to go to the inauguration. It would be grand if she had been able to wear a ball gown to the ball though. Gee, I wonder what Laura will be wearing?

Sunny, I watched America Idol last night and tonight. My DD and SIL got me hooked on it last year. Oh, those poor people that are convinced they have talent and don't. How devastating to have Paula and Simon and that other guy laughing uncontrollably after their performances. That has to be absolutely heartbreaking. That little blonde that sang country that was on tonight was my favorite. She really has a voice. Someone told me today there are going to be more men than women on this year. I don't know if that is true or not. Well, I guess we all failed to watch Mystery Movie last Friday. I fell asleep on the couch again, intending for it to be a small nap and slept right through Mystery Movie. Hopefully Hallmark with replay it again this weekend. At this rate, none of us will come close to winning 10,000.00. ;)

Charlotte, what a cute poem. You may think you want snow, but trust me you really don't want any Charlotte. Your house is not insulated in some places and you would be so cold, which is not good for your RA. What are you going to do for a diet Charlotte? Just cut back again or try one of the new fangled diets out there? Whatever it is, I know you can do it, because you have tremendous will power and you are one smart lady. Good luck adjusting to your new dentures.

Diane, yes, your grandson is just adorable. I can see he is the apple of Grandma's eye. I have to give you a lot of credit, I am always so tired after the grandkids have come and gone which isn't everyday, but you do your babysitting on a daily basis. But, it is just a delight to have them around and to watch their antics though.

Gloria, those are some really interesting stories, that you have been telling us. I can tell you and DH are having a really good time down there is South Florida. In the 25 years that you have lived there has it ever snowed? I'll bet not.

Well gotta go guys, way past my bedtime...........

Bluet

Good Morning,


I kind of guessed it was something coming across the ocean from Hawaii, but I had never heard that term before. Perhaps it is something an imaginative weather person made up, Pineapple Express. At least it sounds like warmer temperatures than an Alberta Clipper. We have snow today and suppose to have it all day. Large fluffy snow flakes are falling and falling and falling outside and not suppose to stop until Saturday and begin again on Sunday. At least we are having a heat wave today of 18+ degrees outside.

Sunny, sorry about you Dad. Infections are very serious for Diabetics, they have to be so careful of their feet. My Mom has Diabetes, she is very careful about her blood sugar and feet. My brother also developed it last year and Mom is always scolding him about his sugar intake.

Diane, sorry to hear your family is struggling with the flu. There is a lot of that stuff going around in my neck of the woods too. Take care that you don't end up with too. I usually pick up something or other from the Grandkids when they are over. :) All part of it I guess.

Sheila, Charlotte and Gloria enjoy your day. Sheila, hope you are not too tired to post tonight, so we have an idea how your day went. :)

Bluet

I LOVE your pome Angle! Did you wright the pome yourself? I wish i knew how to put little pictures like that in my post but because i am computer stupid, still have not figured out how.
Wow, new teeth. I would say that is going to extremes in loosing weight. You did say they were smaller didn't you?
So you have sunshine also. I love the winters we have here in Florida. I just wish they weren't so strange. I turn on my heat one day and the next I put on my air. There is one nice thing about living in sunday, I can hang my clothes on the line to dry. There is nothing like the smell of fresh sheets that have been drying outside. Plus, it keeps our electric bill under a hundred dollars each month.

Now i understand Sheila about the quilting, cross stitching thing. I have never seen that. It takes Carl over a year to finish one cross stitch picture and i dont think he would let me make it into a quilt. I wonder how you would wash it without it falling agart?
I must tell you Sheila that i think you are amazing! There must have been a lot of tension in you house with your dad and hubby and you caught in the middle. I dont think i could have stood it for any lenghth of time. My dad was VERY controlling, and when he didn't get his way, it came out later as verbal abuse, so i know what you mean about walking on egg shells. I lived like that my whold child hood and thought it was normal. It wasn't till i was a grown woman that i relized that this is NOT the way parents should treat there kids. There was NOT a lot of love going on in my house when i was a kid.
So today is moving day for you. Did you find a place to live yet? I hope you will still be able to post.

Hi Sunny, glad you could do lunch with your friend. Dont you just love the sound of that "Let's do lunch".
I would love to send some sunshine out your way and you could send some dirt out here. We have sugar fine sand here that gets into EVERYTHING. Carl and i had to replace our carpets with hard wood floors because the sand had done so much damage to the carpet and it always looked dirty. Even after we cleaned it. When i started growing tomatoes and herbs, i had to put them in large pots with potting soil. Hubby still kidds me about buying dirt. He says nobody should have to buy dirt. I say we buy water, why not dirt. Whats next, air.
I to am thankful i have a home and electricity. Because of the five hurricanes we had down here this past summer, some people had to go months with no electricity. We went a couple of days without it because of down power lines, and that was bad enough. We also had no damage to our house with falling trees, but our street looked like a war zone. Big huge trees bent like tooth picks. Amazing!

You are not going to beleve this Bluet, but 15 years ago we did have snow here. I was working a grave yard shift job back then so i had to leave the house around 10 P.M. One night when i was going to work, it started snowing. Very, very small flakes, but it was snow. In upper Florida they got a lot more snow then we did, and in the paper the next day there were pictures of kids who have never seen snow playing in it.
I'm glad you like my stories. Hubby says i have an interasting way of looking at life. My since of humor has gotten me through a lot of hard times.

Hay Candlelady, How are the grandkids doing. Its been a couple of days since we have heard form you. Hope everthing is fine and dandy in your neck of the woods.

Brother (Larry) just called and said they will be here tomorrow around 4 P.M. Larry told me they got some great rates on hotel rooms. Just 35 dollars a night. Wow, that's pretty good for down here. I wonder if the reason why its so cheep is because it doesn't have a bed. Great view, no bed. Ok, I'm strang.

Have a good one.
Gloria

Update on my father...
 

Hi,

SunnyD, I was so sorry to read about your Dad's problem. I hope that the tests show everything is okay. Pretty scary stuff.

I'm kind of exhausted so I'm not going to stay on long. Dad got all moved in. He wasn't feeling well today so I drove him around running errands, and then to his new place. We got everything moved (he'd hired movers to load and unload--I packed), and then I put everything away. As my DH and I were leaving, the woman, who had white hair and a walker, in the next apartment was opening her door. She asked us if we were her new neighbors. Yikes! I've got to get my hair dyed again!

Have a great Friday everyone!

Good Evening Everyone,

Shiela, change is hard isn't it? Everything will be o.k. You are such a good daughter to your Dad. Get some rest, the Mystery Movie is on tomorrow nite and I already received two clues. Hopefully we don't mess up our VCR's or fall asleep and miss the show again. CSI was a rerun, I miss Survivor. I need to be entertained, winter is getting long.............. Tonight I stopped at the drug store and picked up a jig-saw puzzle. I love jig-saw puzzles, DH doesn't like them, or understand the concept. Grandson from next door was here and help me pick out all the border pieces and spent an hour and a half working together to get the border done. He is only 8 and he stayed right with it until it was time for him to go home.

Sunny, I hope everything will work out ok with your Dad. Thank you for sharing with us so we can be here for you and help you pray for your Dad. hopefully Joe is still taking off tomorrow and will get you out of the house for awhile, so your mind is not constantly worrying about your Dad. We are suppose to get 7 to 9 inches of snow before it is all over with. DH decided to wait until morning to plow out the drive way again. It is suppose to get colder too because the snow will bring the temps down. Well tomorrow is Friday, the week of working with the OB is almost over. :D

Charlotte, Diane and Gloria good night to you and have a wonderful Friday.

Bluet

Good Morning
 

I think we all posted at the same time yesterday. Its kinda cool just thinking we were all at the computer at the same time. I cant stay long because i still have some house cleaning to do before my brother and his wife get here. They will be spending a couple of days with us, then i will drive them to Orlando where they get a hotel room. They want to go to Disney and Epcot and its about an hours drive from here to there so they are getting a hotle room there.

I hope your dad wont have to have surgery Sunny. I will keep him in my prayers.

Have lots to do today so best get going. Just wanted to say hello and hope you have a great weekend.
Gloria