the very BEST of luck, Ellen.

whoops. i missed stopping by yesterday, didn't i? i was baking and making sauerkraut soup for Christmas Eve and wasn't very "Internetty" yesterday. Chris, sounds like you've got things well in hand! i love that you included that note about the frame coming later. those sorts of things are...

Chris, you Actual Real-Life Crazy Lady!! as i've often said, your life reads like a movie some days. :scared: i am really sorry that all this stuff is happening. it seems like things like these appear in a new-and-improved CONDENSED form around holidays. i feel like i'm ducking out of the way...

yeah, Chris. that's it. the one i had was taller than that one. but from what you said above, are you having the kind of op where they pull it out from below and don't make an incision? if so, maybe you wouldn't need the binder! i don't know much about that kind of hysterec. my sister had that...

Trudy, i just saw the pix of your jars! so fantastic! i was up at 4:07 a.m., so if misery loves company...:faint2: no, that's not me (i hope) being in bed, post -op next month. that's Chris i was talking about!! i used to make a bumch of cookies, but it gets less and less every year. today i...

Chris, thanks for the earring picture! now i can see how it's done. i just couldn't figure out how someone would do it! sounds like you're accomplishing a lot this week. i can't say the same for me, unfortunately.... BTW, "when i am stuck in bed next month"---- you won't be in bed after the...

Nancy, that is such a tragedy! how difficult it must be for the whole family, but especially for the parents of that little one.

this one always makes me laugh. the lyrics and the way Louis A. performs this just cracks me up: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KQQU2ykEQqo

:love:CAT PEOPLE!! another reason to love you ladies!! Trudy,i haven't heard about the non-fasting test thing. i DO know, that if i can eat something when i get up, then have my bloodwork done a few hours later, my glucose reading is LOWER than it is when i fast. i have this thing called "Dawn...

Chris!! :rofl: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hU6WXCvNGms i know there are lovely people out there. many more than unlovely ones. but i seem to attract the unlovlies. and you know, believing that makes it SO!! so i limit my exposure! too true. are you asking for HELP? please, do that. i am in...

Chris, talk about overwhelmed! i just spent the last few hours wading through all these websites, trying to get my family's search results OFF of them. probably a waste of time, but i will do anything to minimize my info online. this time-waster was all because of this article...

Trudy!!, WOW!! that calendar page is extraordinary!! it must be so much fun for them to get your calendars. you can't stop!! i never got into calendar-making when i was still actually MAKING pages. maybe i should think about it. you are just SO artistic! so. are you ready for a yacht full of...

maybe we can all rent a yacht!! :rofl:

i can NOT stick to my paper pile clean-up job!!! i keep getting distracted. i was in the process of picking up and filing piles in the library and i picked up the pile that is my printout of my DNA study done by the Genographic Project. i still had some maps to print out, so i sat down at the...

Chris, here's something for Cait about the Washington rainforest. we went there a while ago. be warned: once Cait sees the Olympic Peninsula, she may never want to come back home! http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/visiting-the-hoh.htm hope you succeed in getting to feel more organized, what...

Weather Bitch of the West here. Chris, hope you survive this hideous morning. WHy aren't the schools delayed?? is your district predominantly from down the mountain? i DO NOTwant any of that weather happening here, but i guess it's just a matter of time. i thought that that storm had moved out...

CHRIS!!! YAAAAAY!!! keep that up on the fridge for a LOOOOONG time. it can serve as evidence of the positive to you and evidence of what YOU have had to deal with to anyone in the fam who happens to look fridge-ward. :cheer2: is your crappy weather done yet? it looks like it was going northward...

hahaaa! loved that! Chris, maybe we could share a room after we're committed. perhaps the little guy banging his head against the wall could be called "Bonkers." that covers both the insanity and the head-banging. tell your family that you love them, you appreciate their concern, but to...

Faery, your posts are something else, even when disaster strikes! :frusty: one of my faves, too!! although, if i am being true to myself, THIS is more like me --- :rant: re: you cookie failure mysteries. i swear that no one can make an oven these days that does the ONE simple thing you want an...

Howdy. And Happy Saturday. Chris, sounds like a great day for you so far! Glad you're getting some new "kit." That always makes the day seem better. Nancy, Hubby chops all the wood. We have trees on our property, and e.g., he's going out today to pick up some wood from a friend who had some...