Tranquil Thursday ~~ Good Morning

Today is going to be a calm one for me. I need to relax before I go to the doctor this afternoon. I don't want my blood pressure to be high while I'm there. I got a call from a friend, Jane, last night. She and her husband are having some problems.

Cassiebabe_Calif has left Kitchen Chat for awhile to care for her husband. He has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. This is one of the hardest cancers to treat. I'm sure she would appreciate a kind word on her post. Thanks!

I'll catch you all later.  

Good morning everyone.  Jenni started the day again!  That means she is up way too late!!  I slept til 5:30 this morning.  I even stayed up until 10:30 last night.  I went riding so I didn't get home until about 9:30.  Long day.  Went to my parents.  Dad is mad at me because I am working on Thanksgiving.  He said he would understand if I had a "real" job.  So not sure what I do, but it's not real. LOL. Of course, he was right in that I volunteered to work so that I wouldn't have to deal with any family hassles of choosing where to go, etc.  It's always so stressful that it takes away from the holiday, ya know?  Kallee, I think you asked about my Carpal Tunnel.  It has been getting better, slowly, but still.  I have a tiny bit of numbness left, but nothing like before.  I haven't been doing any braiding of manes, and stopped knitting and all that stuff.  So hopefully it will continue to get better.  Hope everyone has a great day.  I am off today and going to the dentist again! I am having an issue with the last tooth he removed, so they are going to look.  Then I am going riding again.  I need to get back to riding more than once a week.  I feel so much better when I do.  TTYL.

Oldest DD is sick again with the ear sinus issues, I wish the insurance would stop dragging their heels and approve the surgery she needs so she could feel good again.

It is supposed to be nice this weekend so we will hopefully get 1 more weekend of riding in before we put the bikes away for the winter.

Not much going on here today just work then I need to do laundry. It was on the list last night but oldest came home and wanted to do hers here since she did not feel well and did not want to sit in the laundrymat at her apartment complex. I don't mind but it put mine off for another night. Not that we are running out of clothes at all.

Awe Leora, sorry DD is still not feeling well.  I had hoped she had had the surgery done.  Dang insurance companies.  Thank god for them sometimes, because no one could afford medical care otherwise, but they really hold you over a barrel.  Hope it gets resolved soon.

Good Morning!

Still the same here....

Going to work then leaving out of town tomorrow morning. IF I dont get on..you all stay well and be good!

HUGS!!!!!

Have a blast Cheryl!!

Things are better here, not good but better.  I really think I need some meds and some good counseling.  I still haven't delt with a lot of stuff and I really need too.  Just wish we had the money, but as soon as Allen gets back to work and we have insurance, I'm determined to go.  I also need to be away from my parents when I do too.  It will help a great deal!

Allens invention thing is going good, but I'm nervous that he's getting scammed.  But I guess that's his thing, I'll let him deal with it.  He said he did research on this company that is putting it together and they are a good company but still just worried for him,

It's parent teacher conferences the next to days but I haven't reseved anything about a time and day.  So I need to call and see whats going on.  DS is doing well though, his grades show it! 

Today I really need to do the dishes!  I haven't done them in three days!  lol  I've been slackin!

Well I guess I'm gonna go, not that I want to but I just can't think of things to say! lol  I'm all blah!

hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Good morning everyone.  I finally got some sleep last night but not enough.  Again.  This is crazy!  I may end up back in the doctor's office again.  At least my sinus infection is etting better, although my allergies are driving me nuts, but that's par for the course here at this time of the year.  The cedar trees are doing their thing, and I'm quite allergic to cedar, which makes me pretty miserable.  Oh well.  There are worse things in the world.

I had to kick one of my cats out of my computer chair this morning.  She sleeps there at night and doesn't like to get out in the morning.  Stinking cat.

I've got a case of vertigo, so I'm going to have to leave.  I'll post again tomorrow.  TTYL.

No major plans for the day.  Need to get a shower taken then get laundry started.  While I am off I am working on major cleaning but just doing bit at a time.  To day is the linen closet.  I don't know the last time everything was taken out of it and re organized.  May be amazing on what all I find in there.

I signed up for a class at the library for tonight.  Trying to get myself out of the house and interacting with people some.  Free classes seems like good way to do it.

J to Rockford to the dog park this morning so he will get some running in and not be a pest looking for pets today.  Dog park is closed for the weekend because of hunting.

Everyone have a good day.

It's such a beautiful morning here!  The wind that we had yesterday has died down and the sun is shining like it's springtime here!  Just wish that it was as ward as the sun!  I woke up to 22 degrees this morning.  Good day to get out and about.

I was so depressed last night and lonely.  I try not to feel that way, it doesn't help.  Wish that I had some close friends here to invite for coffee.  I had made one friend, but she turned out to be just casual.  I met here at church and thought that we were in the same circumstance and had a lot in common.  But I guess that I was wrong.  I did the same thing I usually do to try and make friends (give them some of my homemade foods and extra food that I had).  This is one of my downfalls.  I do too much, too soon.  I only saw her at church after that.  I even paid her a visit at her home and wasn't even asked in.  Even though she had been in our home several times.

I lost a great friend a few months ago.  He was the first friend we had made when we moved to MN.  He really cared about us.  I called him "Cowboy Dell" because he had spent so many years being a real cowboy.  Boy, did he have some great stories to tell.  He died of cancer and we miss him greatly.

I don't think I'll ever find another friend like him.

Well, here's my verse for the day:

When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day's pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or high achievements, that is an award. But when a person is not capable of earning a wage, can win no prize, and deserves no award - yet receives such a gift anyway - that is a good picture of God's unmerited favour. This is what we mean when we talk about the grace of God.

Have a wonderful and blessed day!
God Bless!

wow- what a bunch of earlybirds here!  Makes me feel like I missed the boat out here on the west coast.

Kelly- hope you can find a resolution to the Thanksgiving issue with your dad.  I don't know your family, and family can really put you over the edge at times- but after parents get to a certain age, you cherish the good days they have, because they get fewer and fewer over time.  My dad is 84- and I hope he lives to 124- I will never have enough days with him.  My moms emotional health is declining rapidly- so I count the good days we can spend together as a blessing.

Jenn- go to the parent teacher meeting- I bet they will have wonderful things to say about your kids- and that will make you so proud.

BC- the class at the library is an outstanding idea!!! Kudos to you.  I think volunteering once in a while is a great mood booster also.  What kind of class is it?

Susan- wish you were down here- we could have our own Koffee Klatch.  Keep your eyes and heart open, and I am praying that God sends you a special friend your way soon.

Cheryl- have fun in the trip- hope you get some relief very soon- as a last resort get thee into a closet and have a primordial scream....that should give a couple min relief, and I bet it would make you giggle at yourself.

Leora- I can't believe that you DD is still waiting on insurance- that has been over 6mos now?  She needs an advocate to call and kick bu tt!  With winter bugs around the corner- she needs a solution.

Jenni- hope the afternoon apt went well.  Are you a vegetarian?  I noticed that you fix yourself something else to eat when Bubba has meat for dinner- just curious, I have a few great veg. recipes.

Going to see Lion King tonight- I am really looking forward to it.  Took DD#3 to Kohls last night as I had a voucher for $40 that was expiring.  She picked out some birthday things- went to ring it up- and she had left the voucher at home.....hmmmmm,  such is life- guess I need to go back before it expires and get something I don't need.