Daily Ooo's: Friday, December 30

[faerywings]

TGIF?? No no no! Not this week! I want this week as a re-do! LOL Where did vacation go?

I am up and out early today, kids Lyme dr appt. blergh. Hopefully Scott will have made more improvements and can continue weaning off the meds. We got our new Social Security "raises" for 2012, 3.6% increase. It turns out to be just a few $$ a month, but just enough that the kids are now in the next bracket for their SCHIP health insurance. That means that they will have $10 copays for meds. That just ate up our "raise." sheesh! I just have to keep telling myself that at least they have coverage.

I decided to check out that lady who wants to hire me to clean. Its a bigger house than i was hoping for- 4 BR's 2 1/2 bath, but maybe it won't be so bad. The other way I am looking at it is that it is going to force my family to start picking up their end. When Gary first got sick, the kids were 5 and 7, and it was much easier for me to do everything, quietly. Then as they got older and we all got sicker, I was just focused on getting them treated and their meds on a regular basis. Now they are all just so used to me doing everything, that it seems like that is the way it always it, and always will be. This might actually be a good thing for all of us. I am hoping to meet with her tomorrow, see the house and start in 2 weeks. Wish me luck!

My town had another tragedy yesterday too. A mom/wife was hit and killed by her husband who was pulling out of the driveway and didn't see her. 2 kids, one in my kids old elem school and the other is in the HS with Scott. I don't think he knows her at all. But wow, it has not been a good year in the school/town at all. Totally makes me hug my fam a bit tighter, dysfunction and all.

Finish It friday- guess i need to finish getting dressed if i want to get out of here on time!!!

 

[faerywings]

ugh- firefox of being a PITA today. It refused to format that entire post properly. Using Chrome now, hopefully things look ok on your end too.

Laurie- cool artwork. You'll have to put a pic of you and YMG next to it, in the same pose.

Phyllis- hope the mammo went good. For some reason, i think I might be coming due soon too. A couple of years ago I had a bad scare and had to have a biopsy done, but thankfully it was just calcifications. But they want to keep an eye on them, they can cause cancer in the tissue around them or some other stuff that my brain refuses to deal with

Sorry to hear that your holiday sucked. We can shoot for equilibrium together in 2012 ;0

Maureen- i think there is at least on in every family.... *eye roll* I have to say I am very blessed thatmy immediate fam is wonderful-- quirky for sure, but good hearted. One level removed... and all hell breaks loose! LOL

The Help-- yes, it followed the main story line very well, but IMHO the whole social setting/Civil rights aspect was missing. I guess that would have changed the entire tone of the movie into something not as pleasant.

Eep- better get going, and throw the contacts in and the make up on. Sorry to all of tyou who I missed for tvgf personasl. (Catzilla is ere too)

 

[tanteva]

Not sure I wanna see The Help movie, but I guess I will anyway. Sure it won't be as good as the book, which is one of my favorite books I've read this year. (This is a book though that I don't want a cookbook from LOL)

Watched TV yesterday - a British crime - and there was this FANTASTIC song. Thanks to internet I've found it. LOVE IT! Gotta buy me a CD. Here it is on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT7NiFpJmvI
The first verse makes me cry - this is soooo true about my father - I'm scrapping this for sure!

Amazing song - I could scrap every verse.

Plans for today? I really should go shopping. Need stuff for tomorrow's pork loin. Better call my sister and see ... I might not have to WALK to the store

 

[LaurieW]

Morning all- we had dance lessons last night and ds came back home- turns out his college- most likely messed up again his student loan so he was only given half the amount he asked for as they forgot he couldn't get all his classes in to graduate by dec, so we had to fill out more loan papers last night. Classes start Tues, but he used money he had to start a payment plan so he can start classes. Today I am going to try making chicken soup from scratch- wish me luck- bought my first ever whole chicken yesterday.

 

[donnagoar]

Hello Friday! Morning ladies!

Today I am catching up and looking forward to a quiet weekend and closing 2011 on a very low key.

Chris- Good luck with your new job addition. I am so very sorry about the family you mentioned. How terribly tragic and will pray for them. Can not even imagine such pain.

Eva-Enjoy your movie and dinner sounds wonderful.

Laurie-Hope that paper work goes through quickly and all works out smoothly for the loan. Always something to figure out isn't it! Chicken soup sounds wonderful. I have a recipe for Turkey Mushroom soup I told hubby I would make today............better go to the store and get the items.

Enjoy your day............off to post the AnnaLift!!
Donna

 

[whatnext]

Eva, that is a great tune. i LOVED the tv show it came from, but i can't remember the name of it now. the lead actor is a favorite of mine, too, but i can't remember his name. he's the guy who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry potter films.

Now they are all just so used to me doing everything, that it seems like that is the way it always it, and always will be.

why do we TEACH our family this trick, Chris? i am STILL paying for it. and once it's done, it's hard to get it undone. i still catch my husband doing a 3-second eyeroll when i ask him to do something. which, after seeing it for so many years, just throws me into a rage. then i scream: WHY CAN"T YOU JUST LOOK AROUND AND NOTICE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND DO IT, IF YOU DON"T WANT ME TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING????? :mad2:

well. it's the end of December. this is about when it gets cold enough around here to turn the rain/snow into January's ice storms. this usually begins on New Year's Eve.

i think we're buying a new mattress today. at least i HOPE we are. i keep thinking about all the dust mites that live in our ancient mattress. ick....

have a great weekend, ladies.

phylis

 

[tanteva]

The show's name is Case histories and his name is Jason Isaacs. I was recognizing him all the time, but couldn't figure out where I'd seen him. Silly me! Only watched all HP movies in three days during Christmas LOL

I've made the LO now:

 

[LaurieW]

Powerful layout Eva- truly from the heart. Amazing when song lyrics speak to us so!

I am about to hit the buy button at amazon for the following books:
The Sparkpeople Cookbook: Love Your Food, Lose the Weight - Meg Galvin

The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks - Kathleen Flinn

Expressive Photography: The Shutter Sisters' Guide to Shooting from the Heart - Shutter Sisters

Didn't realize cut and paste of the title would give such a cool result!! Can you tell I want to focus (no pun intended) on improving my photography skills and creativity and on cooking this year. Before I hit buy anyone have any of these?

 

[CookingMyLife]

Hi everyone

No to all the books Laurie. I never heard of the SparkPeople. That sounds like some kind of sect out in Utah or Idaho. (no offense to those states) I almost dropped my teeth except they are real when I read you just bought your first whole chicken. Seriously? Have you only bought chicken parts? or just never cooked chicken? I use the carcass from a rotisserie chicken to make soup. I don't care for the texture of simmered/poached chicken. ymmv since this is just one of my ...not really for me kind of things.

"WHY CAN"T YOU JUST LOOK AROUND AND NOTICE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND DO IT, IF YOU DON"T WANT ME TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING?????" Phylis, this is one I've had to give up on. Dick has a good heart (lol even before the stent and would do most anything for me but he Just Does NOT See. I joke/bitch that there could be a dead body on the floor and he'd step over it or walk around it. Tonight he was putting things in the dishwasher, I placed my used tea mug right in front of him, and he Did NOT See it. It's taken me 5-7 years of marriage to let this go 90% of the time. Fortunately, I have three adult children who DO see and are good about doing what needs doing rather than waiting to be asked. 2 sons, 1 daughter. Amazingly, they were all raised with servants a lot of the time. Go figure...

Chris, one hand gives and the other hand taketh away. I was saying the same thing to Dick. At least we're getting money even if the health care increase almost wiped his COLA out. We aren't losing money.

That is one horrendous accident you mentioned. I've heard of people running over pets or children but never a spouse. Shaking my head in horror and amazement.

You may want to go over to Flylady and copy out how to clean various places. At some point I am going to copy the steps to cleaning a bathroom for the other adult in our house. He asked if he could help before Christmas, I gave him that task and then had to go back and say...Did you x? did your y? and it really sounded like nit picking but neither the toilet or sink were really clean. I never did mention cleaning of the faucet and handles. I do those with alcohol in a spray bottle so it's not like it's even hard. I think I still have some time to teach him the bathroom routine...I hope.

Donna, I cannot imagine you other than calm and low key! That's a compliment!

Eva, thanks for the reference to Case Histories. I had to laugh when I read this considering our discussions of families...

"Brodie, haunted by a past family tragedy, struggles to balance his personal and professional life while coming to the rescue of the bereaved, the lost and the dysfunctional in the Scottish city of Edinburgh"

Well Peeps I had an espresso, and then a pot of coffee today in DC and considering I don't usually drink ANY caffeine, I may be back on line at 2am! Coming home I almost felt like my hands were getting jittery. But oh that coffee was good with half and half! A branch of Paul's - which I know from London, tho it may be Paris based.

See y'all tomorrow!

 

[LaurieW]

Maureen- I have bought rotissarie chicken, just never bought a raw whole chicken and cooked it. My freezer is now stocked with two types of home made soup- yum. Spark people is a cult- for healthy eating and exercising- which this body desperately needs.

 

[tanteva]

"Brodie, haunted by a past family tragedy, struggles to balance his personal and professional life while coming to the rescue of the bereaved, the lost and the dysfunctional in the Scottish city of Edinburgh"

Well - I'm sure ALL our families are normal compared to the families in the episode I saw yesterday.

Wanna hear about the most RUDE thing I've ever seen? Just now (on a different scrap site I won't mention the name) one person has made and posted new re-done versions of another scrappers layouts. Not asked for - just telling her how to improve them?!?!!! Can you believe it? I'm in shock. One thing if someone asks for constructive critisism ... but this is ... gee I'm lost for words.

 

[clarabear]

Good evening ladies!! Today has been one lazy day. I needed it after our 2 day travel extravaganza. For those of you not following me on FB...We left Seattle on Wednesday...or rather tried to. First we got on the plane and sat for a little over an hour. A lens had come off something in the cockpit. They were trying to find it and couldn't and so sent us off the plane while they waited for a replacement part that was supposed to arrive 2 hours later. As soon as everyone was off of the plane...not everyone may have even been off...they found the part and snapped it back in and reloaded us. So then we go out on the tarmac to take off when the captain comes on the overhead saying that a light had come on and they needed maintenance to chaeck it out. 2 hours later...we finally took off with a message from the crew that when we arrived in Houston we would all have rooms and would be taken care of. Of course they did nothing for us in the meantime. No food...we each got 1...yes 1granola bar (you know the kind that usually sell in packs of 2?). WE were on that plane for 5.5 hours...and were only supposed to be on there for 3.5 hours...plus the 2 hours before that. We finally got to Houston but it was too late and Sally already had plans sso we didn't get to visit. Sad

We were fortunate to not have an early morning flight and got to sleep a little bit. So, we didn't get home until 5. We have some awesome friends and so when we got home we had dinner on the table. It was merely KFC but was amazing!! So last night I couldn't sleep and was up until nearly 4. Got lots of texts from my sister about her itchiness. She may possibly have chicken pox. Poor thing. The doctor told her she couldn't be in public for 48 hours while waiting for the abx to kick in. Being forced to stay in is always so frustrating. I talked her into watching How I Met Your Mother, since the first 6 seasons are on Netflix, and now she's hooked. Heehee!!

So, like I said...today was just lazy. I want to make some fun food for tomorrow but we also have a ton to do. We didn't unpack a single thing from the trip. Now the boys are off seeing Mission Impossible and Addie and I are about to rent a movie. Something on Amazon I think.

Well, I'd better go find us a movie. I hope everyone is ready for the new year. While 2011 was great I am excited for new things to come in 2012. My goal for 2012 is to be more responsible about my life choices...the things I eat, the money I spend, the words I say and how I say them, etc. We'll see how that goes.

 

[mrstoa]

:wave: Hello friends :wave:

Just a quick note to let you know I've been reading your posts.....

and to tell you that I had a special day

My DH took me to see my Grandchildren. Shayla turned 10 yesterday - Noah is 18 months older.

I rarely get to see them and I was super excited - took my camera of course.

Last September I offered to pay for Shayla's clarinet and band membership. She is so proud and really quite talented. She was playing for me and I got out came my camera and DUH dead!

Dad came to rescue and took photos for me - now if they just send them so I can do a page or 2.

Tho, even if they don't get around to sending them I can still feel the children's warm hugs and hear "I love you, Grandma"

A beautiful way to end my year..

lotsa hugs to all of you!