Daily Ooo's: February 3-4: Weekend Edition

[faerywings]

Happy Saturday, my dears. How are you today? I am COLD. Cannot get warm at all. I think after Cait and I get home from the food pantry, I am going to bundle up in sweats and a hat and a bunch of blankets. Good plan, right?

Both kids got to school fine, they said roads had some ice on them but nothing crazy. My driveway and lawn, however, were so icy that the dogs were sliding on the grass. It was deceptive that it didn't look at that slippery and they would run, and next thing you know, they are slipping around. W has a new favorite cold weather "snack" -- frozen leaves. The ice coated the leaves and made them very crunchy. At one point, she had some in her mouth when she came inside and once they were "defrosted" she spit them out onto the floor. That dog is weird!

Cait and I spent our time waiting in the Dr's office looking at silly animal pictures on her phone. I *really* want a hedgehog. She says that they are pretty difficult to care for so it is a good thing for that because I would have a whole bunch otherwise. They are so freaking adorable. The appt went well, she was able to get her concerns all taken care of an that will be good to have crossed off of the list.

We finished watching Godless last night- thank you so much for the recommendation again, Trudy. I really liked it. I was so impressed at how complex the characters were and loved seeing the backstories. The only thing I think that I missed was why Alice was bad luck. Maybe it was addressed and I wasn't paying attention.

We are going to start Carbon something or other on Netflix tonight- a sci-fi series that is getting good reviews.

I have to get rolling-- my day is calling me to get started.

 

[faerywings]

I am all showered and stalling on getting laundry and cleaning started so I am going to personals here instead. Good deal? I think so.

Nancy- It is so funny to read your take on the Flyers. Back when I was a huge hockey fan, the Flyers were *that* team- very aggressive/fighters and all that. Cracks me up that nothing has changed in decades. Hope that you had a great time at the rookies event.
I wouldn't watch This Is Life either. I have a hard enough time not crying when animals die in tv shows/movies. However, I don't usually cry when people die. Maybe I would be OK then.

Rae- yikes about all of that rain- although I would take rain in a heartbeat over this cold weather. I need it to be warm again!
Loved hearing your thoughts on Year One. I used to really love NRs books but then they ended up being variations on the same theme. I will read them when I need something that I don't have to think about.
Sorry to hear that B is not coming home this weekend but much better for her to be in that safe/supportive environment. I remember sometimes when I would come home from the rehab for eating disorders I would be a wreck. Dredging stuff up especially after hiding git from yourself for so long is really rough. And I was only going 3 days a week. Sending hugs and strength to all of you!

Sharon- ITA with yo- your MIl needs some space! I guess it is hard for her to speak up and tell the SIl to stay home?
You have needed stitches from a cat scrath?Oh wow, that must have bee bad!

Trudy- Miscommunication is the story of my life hahaha! Nice that you got to spend the day with DH and I love the remote storage gift to you both. So sorry to hear about Jonah's grandfather. Did he live near the kids?

Jean- I am off to look at your LO as soon as I am done here. Hope you are having a great time at the meeting today!

Felis- Maybe b/c my cats have all been inside only, they need their nails clipped- just the tips or they will hurt when they jump on us. Floyd has a tendency to forget that they retract and will knead on with the nails out. That hurts. :hurt:
Oh no, I am so sad to hear that you are feeling blue. It is hard to feel like you don't have a purpose. But you do, a huge one. Your friends, family, your fur-babies all need you. I know, it doesn't seem like a lot on occasion- been there, done that. I also understand how hard it is when you have to watch where every penny goes and having to make choices about what you can -- and can't afford.
I have no advice except this- My kife is not what I expected it to be. 15 years ago, I was a stay at home mom, Gary had a great job, we went on vacations, had friends, didn't had debt. The whole nice deal.
Then when he got sick it all changed. We lost so much of what we had been working for. A therapist that I had been seeing asked me if I ever let myself grieve for the life that I lost. I thought that was crazy. But even though I haven't let myself grieve, I understand better that I can't ignore that it is a loss. That what I imagined where I would be at this point in my life will never happen.

I can't tell how to grieve and accept that since I still struggle with it. But I can tell you that I understand. That you can always share here with us how you are feeling. I hope that might help even just a tiny bit. ::grouphug

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning everyone! It is actually NOT raining this morning!! :bliss: We had a nice supper last night at the Rock Cod Cafe, I did order the Shrimp and Halibut battered, should not have as my stomach complained about it all night long! That's what I get for cheating on my Keto Diet!! Oh well I really enjoyed it while I was eating it!! :becky: DH is actually sleeping in this morning and I am up and have had coffee already. Not very often that he stays in bed longer than I do. So today is more grocery shopping and running a few errands, our typical Saturday. We got out for a nice walk in the sunshine yesterday afternoon and even had a coffee and snack when we got back home, outside on the front porch. It was very nice weather and quite mild temps! Hoping for another day like it today, I am very tired of the :rain: !!

Chris - Ugh on the cold temps for you, but funny that W likes to chomp on frozen leaves!! Glad that the kids made it to their destination safely! Always a worry when the roads are icy! Yes Jonah's grandparents live pretty close by the kids, about a 20 minute drive away. Jonah was pretty close with his grandpa, but he is taking the loss fairly well and is comforted by the knowledge that he is no longer in any pain. ITA with you I love those cute little Hedgehogs too!! Too bad that they are difficult to care for, we might all have a few of them if they weren't LOL. I had a few unanswered questions about "Godless" also, but perhaps they will do another mini series and answer these for us??? Your advice to Felis is spot on Chris, I think that I had to go through a grieving process too when Heather got so sick and my life totally changed. I no longer had a career, could not go anywhere on vacation my life was not what I had wanted it to be anymore, all my time was spent caring for her. I would never had guessed that my life would have taken that turn. It took me years to get over the loss of that life. Although times are so much better now, it is still not the life I had envisioned for us.

Jean - So impressed by your creative skills both in your layout and your book!! hope your meeting went well today and that you get to have nice weather for your weekend!

Feels - So sorry that you are feeling blue! It is hard to see others have a life that we had envisioned for ourselves! I hope that you will get all the good things that you so deserve out of this life! Perhaps it is time to think about taking some kind of a course so that you can get a new job that might pay a better salary? Is there something that you have always wanted to do? Is there any help out there with getting a grant or something for further education? Just a suggestion. We are here for you and are always happy to be a shoulder to lean on in troubled times!

Ok I better hit the shower and get started on my day. Have a lovely Saturday everyone! :wave:

 

[nancyr]

good morning - well I wimped out on the Devils event. It was cold and my DIL got sick with a fever and I just did not want to go alone. But today I have my son going with me to see the Devils play the Penguins. The Penguins are hot right now and last night they defeated the Capitals 7-4 so maybe they scored all their goals yesterday. LOL and it looks like perhaps you can score on their goalie. My DIL has a section party to which I and my son can attend. Free food is always a great sell for my son. I did make a great dinner last night. Spicy tilapia and garlic jasmine rice. Yummy! And I don't like fish but his is a white fish and you make a lime butter sauce with pepitas (roasted pumpkin seeds). That sauce was all gone. But I am lucky as hockey starts early and I have my choice of games at 1pm. I will watch the Ducks. It is very very cold. But the boys were good and took Luther to a park and they met other dogs and had a great time running. And Luther is getting better at come so that is really good.

Chris yes you should spend much of the day in blankets. It is really cold. Your dog is really funny! That Carbon show sounds very interesting.

Rae that is too much rain for Taz. Hope it clears soon. Good that Bailey is staying the weekend if she needs it and so glad that Jen can go and visit. Good luck with the paper work. And that is awesome you are taking more clothes for exchange.

Trudy that is pretty funny about the miscommunication. It happens to us all. But you had a great time celebrating his birthday so that is what matters. Love the gift. I need that for the TV room. My son has so many new gadgets out there that each have their own controller. Of course by the end of the weekend they never can be found.

Jean Yea baseball spring training is coming! That is so awesome that your paper carries the truck leaving for the training. Have fun at your genealogy meeting.

Sharon everyone needs space. Hope the scrapping comes back.

Felis sorry you are blue. Hope the sun shines and makes you happier.

Have a great day all!

 

[nancyr]

Hi Trudy we cross posted as I am very late this Sat.

 

[felis]

Hello dears,
it's a lovely Spring day here. The whole homeless pack was at the dog park and instead to to expel them as the other people do, we decided to go elsewhere. They are here and they enjoy the afternoon, because animals never sorry for their previous life or worried for the future. I have a rule never be sad more than a day for something less than death or injustice, because this will be disrespectful to my real pain. So it's a pretty good day today!

And not only for us. We just was started to throw one sacked with junk from the garden with my mom. And the neighboring cat came to boast of us, bringing little mouse in her mouth. Pretty little baby mouse. So I start to scream immediately, I totally freaks out when I see corpses. This shocked the cat and she just dropped her trophy, which instantly start to run around. So strange, because she was bring it through the street and it's looks completely immobile. But in the moment when we see that the little buddy still have chance, I start to chase the cat and caught her and my mom was start to clatter with legs and pointing poor mouse back through the door. Hooray!!! It was the lucky day for the little guy, because he escape. I get the cat inside and givet her to eat with mine. Such a good luck that this wasn't Hunter, because she is such a good, hmm ... hunter! But the neighbor's cat is young and unworkmanlike. So we had a happy end!

Chris, thank you so much for the nice words! You are so right, my whole family is in good health, so I don't have right to complain. You are my hero, hope you know it! I have a hedgehog! Or if I have to be correct one hedgehog comes at my garden to eat, because they are just mad for dry cat food. I don't think he could be pet, because no one deserve to live in captivity. But it have one decorative kind maybe you mean them. I'm surprised Cait still don't have a mini pig.

Trudy so great that you had nice weather for the H birthday! My day for grocery shopping is tomorrow. This thread is such a big support for me, I'm so grateful to all of you!

Nancy, sorry to hear for your DIL's ill, hope get better soon! Such a nice son to get out when is cold, so you can stay warm! Have a fun with today games!

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning, ladies. I've had a quiet morning, reading "Year One". I love how Nora Roberts is so good at character development. Reading her books are so fast and easy. I'm halfway thru this one already. Later I'll get tax papers and desk work done, will get groceries and do laundry. If I have time later this afternoon I'd like to get a bar recipe baked and/or make some muffins. I'm really trying to stay away from any chocolate bars (even the dark choc ones as they still have sugar in them). I am eating small amounts of the Lara bars instead (which still have a bit of sugar in the choc ones but less than the other choc bars and have fruit in them). I told D this morning that I'm going to put my SF bottles of syrups on FB bidding wars as I'm not ever going to use them again. I know for sure that was the cause of my headaches b/c I've not gotten even one headache since stopping (I think it's been around 10-12 days since stopping). Since I never went one day without the dull headache for yrs, I know the Splenda in the syrups must be the culprit. Thank goodness for stevia as that doesn't bother me. I thought D would give me flack about having stocked up so much on products that now I can't use but I guess he's used to it LOL. Plus he sees how healthy I am now b/c of all this. I'm just a few lbs shy of 70 lbs gone and I haven't been this weight since I was in my teens and early 20's.

Tonight I hope to scrap as we watch a few shows. I'm happy to be home this wkend. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with everything lately and really need some quiet time. I still have lots to do this wkend but I will make time also for relaxation.

Chris - hedgehogs are cute, aren't they? I had to laugh at W loving the frosty leaves. Sandy (our retriever) had been like that. She would spend forever, sniffing and prodding a frosted leaves, choosing just the right one to scoop up and bring into the house to chew on. Hope you warm up. I think b/c of all the rain we've been getting, I've been feeling chilled a lot too. I find my hoodies are keeping me warmer than the sweaters I normally wear indoors. So my go-to outfit these days is sweat pants/jeans, a tshirt and hoodie.

Nancy - that recipes sounds so good. I haven't prepared many fish recipes and when I do, I want to keep it simple b/c I'm the only one who will eat it. That's why I love to order fish dishes in restaurants so I have more complex dishes to enjoy that are too much work at home for just me.

Trudy - glad you had a good time for G's birthday dinner. I get it about the meal LOL I've done that a few times too and although at the moment it is so good, later it's not. I find it is a good way to reinforce the lifestyle and remind ourselves that for the most part, sticking to our diet is a good thing.

I'm hopping in the shower now and need to get going with my day. I've enjoyed my lazy morning. Have a wonderful day everyone.

 

[bcgal00]

Felis - good morning, looks like we cross-posted. Glad you are feeling better today. That is adorable that you have a hedgehog come to visit your yard. How wonderful to have saved the little mouse. I understand the circle of life in animals but I am like you, I find it distressing when it is right in front of me. The few times Taz has brought a bird into the house freaked me out. I know its in his DNA, is instinctual with him, but its so hard to deal with. So....yay...you saved the mouse. I am happy for it.

 

[scrap-genie]

Meeting was good and I stayed for the class as well with one of my favorite local speakers. Some of us talked a long time after too.

Chris, hope you got and stayed warm!

Trudy, how nice to have good weather and time to enjoy it like yesterday.

Nancy, thinking winning thoughts for your Devils tonight. I thought it was good the Pens kept the Caps from a win, but then saw that put them both ahead of the Devils. Nice to have others walk Luther in the cold!

Felis, so sorry you are having such blue feelings. Guess if Chris needs to take your good advice, the reverse is true too. Good you followed with some better things including saving that mouse.

Rae, hope you enjoy the evening time and lose some of that stress.

Wishing you all a good weekend!

 

[faerywings]

I slept late today!!!
The dogs let me sleep and it is cloudy and dark. I was able to stay in bed until 7!!!! That is bonkers! Go me!!!

Hopefully, that will keep my fatigue levels down all day. Although aside from food shopping prep and figuring out what to cook for dinner, I don't have much going on.

The food pantry was good- They had eggs and apples there, plus some moisturizer and deep conditioner. Nice to get something that feels like a "splurge." Aside from that, I don't know what else I did. Oh, I made a pumpkin spice blondie bars with the pumpkin spice chips that we got yesterday. They are yummy and if I make them again, I will add some white chocolate chips too.

The best part of my day was that I got to spend some time on Ona's Creative Techniques challenge. I am truly horrible at using layer masks. She walks you through every step of ways to use them so that was a lot of fun. I am planning on scrapping some of the end result images today.

Like I said, nothing going on today. It will be nice to relax. (If I let myself do that ha!!)

Hope that your Sunday is relaxing too.

xoxo

 

[faerywings]

Trudy- happy that it isn't raining! Much nicer to run errands when it is dry. We are expecting some rain and snow today but tomorrow should be ok when I have to go to the supermarket.
Ugh-- sorry to hear that your dinner didn't sit well with you. It sounds like it was delicious though.
I knew that you would understand the sense of loss of a life that "Could Have Been." too. And your advice for Felis is also spot on. I love this group and how we really try to help each other so much

Nancy- I would have done the same, wimped out on going somewhere by myself with it being so cold. I am sure that you will have a lot more opportunities for events when the weather is better. How is DH feeling?
Did your Devils do good yesterday? The dinner sounds really good too esp the lime butter sauce.
We watched 2 episodes of Altered Carbon. It is interesting if a bit confusing. One thing from my cognitive issues from Lyme is that I get sensory overloaded really easily. Just watching that future world on TV was making my head spin.

Felis- I am so jealous that you are having Springlike weather. I wish I could be outside. It is funny that my lawn is still all icy and when the dogs pee on it, it keeps refreezing into the ice. We have a weird collection of white ice and yellow ice. ound:
I am glad that you are feeling better. When I get into those bad moods, I try to give myself a day to be in a bad mood and then the next day I have to work on being positive. It doesn't always work the way I want it too but I try.
I would have been cheering that little mouse along with you!
Oh, Felis- I hope you didn't think I was saying that because my family is sick that you should not complain. I hope that this is just a bad translation of it. I would never feel that way. Every person's pain and sadness is valid and shouldn't be viewed as more than or less than another's. Does that make sense? Hugs!!!!!
And I have to add... Everyone has shit (for lack of a better word) in their lives. I just tend to share mine with the world. *wink*

Rae- I will have to add Year One to my To Read list. Is it a stand-alone or a trilogy? That is fantastic that you are able to pin the headaches to splenda and that you are able to cut that out of your diet easily. 70 lbs blows me away. That is so freaking amazing!!!!!! You should be so proud of yourself for that, I am!!! :first:
I am also happy that you were able to stay home and relax a bit. I can't imagine the stress you have been under and worry over all of your kids.
What shows are you watching now?
W goes after the leaves exactly as your Sandy did. Too funny!

Jean- that is fantastic about the meeting going so well with a good speaker. My MIL is a quilter and when she has a class with one of her favorite teachers she always comes home so inspired. At the FP, we were talking a bit about genealogy/DNA and all that.The pastor is a historically a McGregor in Scotland but was saying how they had to change their surname because when Campbells ruled, they outlawed that Clan. I joked that I am actually and Iantosca and good thing that Italians never helpd grudges bwuahahahha!!!!

Ok, I better go and deal with life. love to all of you!

 

[felis]

Oh, no Chris, what I understand from your post is, that people have to be realistic and to stay grateful for what they have, because other keep dealing much better in much harder situation. And that was very sobering and helpful view point for me!
Hehe, white ice and yellow ice :bounce:. Yup, we are in Spring yet, so unusual. Today is rainy but still to warm.

Nothing interesting here for today, we was at grocery shop whole morning, and I'm so tired, right now I just bring back from a short dog walk between two rain periods :rain: , have to deal with some housework and will have a movie night. I'll coming back later to read all posts more carefully and left personal notes. :wave:

 

[nancyr]

good very late morning - well my Devils defeated the Penguins 3-1. It was awesome. They kept Sidney Crosby from scoring. My team decided the best way to win was to play in the Pens end of the ice. As the Pens coach said "the Devils wanted it more" and they did. My goalie Keith Kinkaid has been awesome in the last 3 games, he is the back up and he has really stepped up with Cory Schneider on injured reserved. In fact all my players have stepped up and with the win they are now in second place. It will keep changing I am sure until the of the season. Had fun at the section party - free food and drinks and a reminder to resign up for next years season tickets LOL. But I have already done that. The weird thing was there were several people in Penguins jerseys. Really. And one person in a Rangers jersey. Good thing we Devils fans are polite. I did not get up until 8:30. It was a good sleep. We then to Luther to a park and he got to run and I got to look for birds. The was a bunch of mallards and then as we were leaving a huge flock of geese landed and some flew overhead. The weather is grey but the temps were above freezing and no wind so it was great! Now to watch hockey in the afternoon and football tonight, though the thought of the Patriots winning again is not fun.

Chris your bars sound delicious. Your colored ice makes me laugh. My DIL said she just watched Altered Carbon and thought the cinematography was amazing. Interesting how the same thing makes two people feel so differently. Enjoy the relaxing day.

Felis so glad that you saved the mouse. I know cats need to eat and show off but sometimes it good with the prey wins. Really amazing how there are all those homeless dogs. Glad spring has come your way. I still want one more good snow storm before we have spring.

Trudy wonderful advice. Your main guy must be so happy with the way Boston is playing. They just are in sync. Hope errands went well. Bummer when a dinner tastes so good and then makes you feel so bad.

Rae I have never read a Nora Roberts book but I will have to look into them. I love fast easy reading books. Hope you are getting a relaxing weekend. I can imagine you have a lot of stress and it must be a bit overwhelming. Enjoy the scrapping.

Jean I think it is so cool that you have this group who all share this hobby. I am grateful that my Aunt cared so much about our past and we have a book about all on my maternal side. I should really look into my dad's side as not much is known.

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Happy Sunday morning my O family! I had a fabulous sleep and slept in until 8am!! :bliss: Today is clouds and some :rain: but thats ok, not much happening around here today. I am going to scrap!! DH is going for a haircut in a bit and then he is changing some of the hinges on my cupboards. I am so fed up with how they always slam shut, so he is changing them to the nice slow closing hinges and no more banging noise! Hooray!! It really doesn't take to much to make me happy!! :becky: Yesterday was shopping for groceries and that went quickly, then I searched all over town for the Lancombe Blush that I use and of course no one had the colour that I use. :mmph: So I came home and ordered it on line, hopefully it will arrive in a couple of days. Free shipping and a 10% discount coupon for the first order so yay!! I really need to find a different product though, it is far too expensive!! I even looked to see if I could get it at Amazon.ca but it was even more expensive there.

Chris - Glad to hear that you got to have a sleep in day too!! Hope that it makes you feel much better! I am going to try out Ona's Creative Technique Challenge too, I have not been scrapping much lately and I really want to get back into doing more pages! Hopefully this will Inspire me! I hope that you get to spend the day doing something that makes you smile! :hug:

Nancy - You must be over the moon happy that your Devils defeated the Penguins!! :bliss: Did you see any of the Bruins games last night? It was so good, the Bruins played so well! DH and I were hooting and hollering!! LOL Hope that you are enjoying your Sunday and I would have done the same and not gone to that Devils event by myself! Hope everyone is feeling better in your family, no fun getting sick during any time of the year, but in the winter it seems to drag on forever! Take care of you and hopefully you do not get what ever your DH has!!

Rae - Wish I lived closer to you I would buy some of your syrups, so far they are not affecting me, but I use very little sweetner of any kind, I just don't like things that sweet anymore. Wow 70 lbs girl!! You rock!! I would like to lose about 10 more lbs, but I am ok with the 40lbs I have taken off so far. I feel great and its so nice to be able to fit into smaller size clothing now. I hope that you took time to just relax for a bit and are not feeling so overwhelmed today! You have so much on your plate these days, you need to just take time for you! :hug:

Jean - How great that your meeting turned out so well and that you got to spend some time just chatting it up afterwards! Hope that you get to spend some of your day today doing something that you love!

Felis - Do you do your grocery shopping online or do you have to travel quite far to get your supplies? Hope you got to see a good movie for your movie night!

Ok I am making soft boiled eggs for breakfast so better get those going and get my day started. Have a lovely Sunday everyone! :wave:

 

[taxed4ever]

:hello: Nancy we cross posted this morning, I am late getting in here today!

 

[scrap-genie]

It is gray but above freezing, dinner is in the crockpot, and not much planned except the super bowl game.

Chris, glad you're working with Ona's challenge. Hope you get to do more today.

Felis, did you do shopping today? Hope whatever went well.

Nancy, that was a super win for the Devils. I know you're having a good time at those games. How weird people at the party would wear other team jerseys.

Trudy, hope your day is a good one too. After a good sleep like that it had a good start.

Wishing everyone a happy day.

 

[bcgal00]

Good afternoon, ladies. The day is flying by. Spent time this morning reading more of my book (should finish in the next day or two). Puttered around the house, cleaned out a closet and did laundry. D was frustrated with the doggle USB stick he got that is supposed to hook up his google home to the TV but could not get it working, so he was cursing and yelling a lot. Taz and I went out for a few hours and now I'm home, on the computer for a few minutes, before Jen comes over. D is watching the game but I only like to see the commercials and am waiting for half time entertainment with JT. Following the game I'll be glued to the TV watching "This Is Us". I just know I'll be crying all through it.

Chris - book 2 comes out in December.

Trudy - slow closing hinges sounds awesome to me!

Nancy - sounds like you and Luther had a nice walk together. I can't wait to get out for a long walk with my camera and Taz, if it ever stops raining long enough. Even when we get a break in the rain it doesn't seem to last long. We headed out in the car yesterday to the dike along the river and before the 10 minute drive was over, the rain had started back up.

Jean - enjoy the game. My hubs is watching, stocked up with all his snacks.

I'd better go get a few more things done before Jen gets here. Hope the rest of your day is great. Talk tomorrow.

 

[felis]

Hello again!

Chris, I hope you really let yourself to relax at Sunday! Oh I'll try Ona's challenge next week, already have some idea, but for now found time only to play a little more with the hibernation Word art for the word challenge. I don't like pumpkin in any other form except on cream soap, which is kind of weird?! I was laughing whole evening on your chess ice yellow/white LOL. This speaks badly about me, but I just don't notice these things. I don't worried for my yard before the Spring, and now just went around the usual places with one pail and that's it. I'm grateful to Biggie that use the fence, instead of cats which prefer the flowers.

Trudy, I shop most things online, but still no have option for grocery. Nope, we travel to the capitol for the weekly deals, about a 1 hr away, and I'm fell asleep at the car and was feeling tiered whole day. I'm so jealous for your quick shopping! I'm not sure what is Lancombe Blush, if google is right it's a make up. So great that you are got free shipping, that's my favorite discount! I use Essence eye pencils and this is my makeup, pretty much of the time. But when I need something more my aunt is in Oriflame so she make us many gifts. I like both company and can recommend it!

Jean, sorry that early I was missed yours and Rae posts from yesterday, when I came was so tired. Have fun with the super bowl game, sounds like a good plan for cold weekend! I'm happy that you have such a nice time genealogy meeting!

Rae, sorry I wasn't seen that we are cross-posted! I hope you found time for relaxation! I'm very impressive from the results of your diet! I don't know why but this so huge results reminds me for this song "And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back. So shake him off." :twisted: . Aww, your husband is like my dad, he always yelling a lot when something don't start run fast, like these subject have their mind and will reacted. And even if they had, I don't think they would like this rudeness. Have fun with Jen!

Nancy, why I'm not surprised that you already are choose next years season tickets?! I love to walk in frozen weather, I feels like this makes the colors more distinct! Oh, I also want one more good snow storm! This strange weather upset my rhythms!
The homeless dogs becomes when people die, or move to work in another town or even country. Instead of immediately euthanasia like it was before years, now to the pet is given chance to learn live alone and if it's lucky to meet new owner.
My mom swear that she remember Biggie when he is bean puppy and that his owners are gone to work in another country, she even is show me the house where is supposed that they are lived. We don't know why but this drive my dad crazy, he is absolutely sure that their dog is another one and every time go mad about this theory, it's so funny to watch him! However, on summer nights, I and the dog lie outside, watching the stars and I ask him to tell me the story. He actually only sigh, because don't feel comfortable to be hug, but then tell me a story for his past and they are always different. Sometimes he is been a fearsome guard, other time sheepdog who is cross the whole mount, or he is have a little human boy which is loves to play with him. Sometimes are strange things for sled dogs, which we definitely don't have here! But no matter what is the story, the end is always the same: one day he go outside for a while and without to knows humans accidentally locked him outside. My stupid little boy! He have a loving hard and can't understand. But he was on a street few weeks, before my sister to choose him and no one was looking for him. They deliberately evicted him because no needs dog if my mom is right, or because he eat too much if dad is right. Who cares, he is mine now and I'll let him to fantasize what he want! :tongue1::biggrin1: