Daily Ooo's Monday, November 30

[faerywings]

Noooo no noooooooo! It cannot- repeat- CANNOT be Nov 30!!!! That mean tomorrow is December and I am totally not prepared for that.

Can I go bury my head in the sand until Dec 26th please?

Crazy day ahead here- but what else is new? Hope that everyone is doing great!

Linda W!!!!!! Oh no!!! Poor baby girl!!! What do they think is wrong that she would need surgery????
How scary- you all have my thoughts and prayers that she gets better quickly. So glad that you are there for them all too. But you hang in there. Love you bunches sweetie!
Please keep us posted.

Clara- that is just sooo horrible- and to think that this man shoul dhave had 96 years on prison- and got his sentence commuted. That is just nuts. My heart goes out to the police officers families.

Seems like there is not a lot of good news today.
Should we do some gratitudes to help us all? I know Sally is doing her weekly challenge, but maybe sharing a happy story will get some good energy flowing.

I am grateful that I can still snuggle with Caitlyn even though she is almost as big as me! She'll either sit on my lap or I will sit on hers. If that visual doesn't make you smile.....

Hope everyone has a very happy and blessed day!

 

[azrood]

Good morning to all! I'm so stoked that I got at least one good deal on Cyber Monday - 50% off a new Wii game for DH! I got about half of my holiday shopping done this morning.

I'm also thrilled to be back to my normal life - no more training or traveling on my calendar! Although I'm sad to see November ending as that means my guest spot is up here at the O. Waaaaah! I had such a blast here the past two months and I really, really enjoyed getting to work with such a fabulous, amazing and talented bunch.

Great idea about sharing some gratitudes Chris - sometimes I need to take a minute and remember all those things I am grateful for like being part of an extended family that might drive me nuts at times, but is ALWAYS there to catch someone when they fall. It was really heartwarming this holiday weekend to see so many people pitch in to make a bad situation a little bit brighter for my MIL.

Ona - Hope things are cooling off for you this week! I can't even imagine 104 degrees. I think I would shrivel up and die.

Linda W. - My thoughts and prayers are with your sweet Savannah and your family.

 

[hondachicc]

Hi girls...thanks for your well wishes...all of you!!!

I am having a hard time concentrating on anything this morning....I just found out my other baby, Ayden, that I babysit is not coming today....so that is almost a relief!! I feel helpless, like I should be FIXING something!! There is no different news this morning...just a wait and see situation, if the antibiotics will work fast enough.

Chris...the reason she may need sugery: the infection is under the skin and is deep...Sat morning it was small, but Sharon took her to the Dr and they drew some of it off with a needle and gave her antibotics...It looked worse on Sun morning, but not a lot...by Sun evening it had more than doubled in size and she was running a high fever...they took her to the ER and they lanced it open...nothing came out...so this is why they admitted her and feel like surgery will be necessary...They have scheduled it for tomorrow but if things turn around they can always cancel. ~~sigh~~

Clara....I heard about this shooting and it is horrible!! I can not for the life of me ever understand why anyone wants to hurt/take the life of another person. It so very sad for these families left behind...I am praying for them all!! I know it must be very unsettling to be so close...that is how we felt when the guy shot all those students at Virginia Tech a couple of years ago (the campus is 20 minutes from our house).

Jaime...Great deal on your game!! I am happy things are getting back to normal...I know you had a tough weekend!!

Ona...I am hoping you are cooling off too!! I still can not imagine Christmas in the HOT!!

I am grateful for hot showers...I just had one and it seemed to be the only thing that calmed my nerves a bit this morning!!

 

[clarabear]

Good morning ladies!! Today is good!! Today is good! Today is good! Sally...get your butt in here and give us a pep talk. I think we are in need.

I am just so tired today. To begin with I just need to say I have this huge issue with starting things in the middle of the night that I need to finish and then I look up and it is past late. Ugh!! Then as I am about to finish up I hear Addie having a bad dream so I go and check on her. Well, she fell asleep to begin with exhausted from a fit she was throwing, so when I was comforting her from her bad dream she woke up right back into her tantrum at 2:00 in the morning and that went on for over an hour. Not cool. Today is definately a nap in the x-ray room at lunch type of day...not to mention coffee, coffee and maybe some more coffee. I felt horrible about the fit in the middle of the night too. Derek is taking his MRI registry today, which is kind of a big deal and as it is he doesn't feel ready for it. I was so afraid her fit was going to wake him up and he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep. That would be horrible. So, please send him a quick nice thought about that today. The registry is just a test he has to take to make sure he knows how to do MRI efficiently and understands the physics of the operating machinery. It will give him some extra letters after his name. He has an alphabet after his name as it is and now it will be even more. After his name when he writes a resume or something will look like this... RT (R)(MR), CNMT. Mine is just RT(R). Very boring. I need an (M) after there one day when I get into mammo, which I apparently need to do soon before the registry standards change.

So, today is going to be spent trying to keep my eyes open. Ugh!! So, before I go off to make some coffee let me leave you guys some love...

Chris - Of course today is busy. What would a Monday in the life of Chris be if not insane? No...no head burying. Christmas is a great time. Just ignore all the crazies and enjoy the holiday...or ignore the holiday all together and celebrate festivus. LOL!! I cannot believe tomorrow starts December either. Wow!! This year has gone by crazy fast.

Linda - Still praying and sending more prayers. Thanks for the extra info on Savannah's condition. I was thinking about you last night and how you are such a doer for your family and how this must be tearing you apart not being able to do anything. But those little things are so wonderful. The food at the hospital, or watching of the kids, or sitting around making each other laugh, even if for only a moment. Those things may not seem like much but are the things that get you through a crisis. So, just do what you can and hang out with that sweet boy and bake or do whatever little thing that seems so trivial to do because although it is trivial it is so wonderful. Just keep on loving those girls of yours. I know that is doing wonders for your daughter right now. SEnding giant Clara squeezy hugs, and myself wishing there was more to do. I'll keep praying!!

Jaime - Awesome about those sales. Sad about your guest spot ending. I really enjoyed my spot too. It was awesome. I'm sure you will have some withdrawls. Enjoy your December. I hope the holiday craziness doesn't take away from your slower schedule.

To everyone else today...I'll be back and posting as you do...but until then, have a fantastic Monday and I hope you have anything happy to share with us today. It feels like a pretty bleary Monday. But if you can only add to our pile of blah, please feel free to add to it so we can all comiserate together. I love you guys.

Today I am grateful for medication that will soon make my nose stop itching. (Itchy noses are so annoying, let me tell you) and for coffee and for having such the perfect job for me. PLus my kids who are making me crazy are still adorable, even if crazy!!

 

[mrsaboyer]

Hi Ladies!

Today was Genny's first day of School! Now both of my girls are in school at the same time. Of course it would be best if she did not have to be in Special Ed, I'm grateful for it, and grateful for a bit of time to myself, too. Sorry to say all I did today while I was "free" was watch the View and do some scrapping, although it was nice to be free of distractions. Tomorrow I will go to the post office and mail a package for Vince.

Linda W.- I am praying for you all for sure. Poor little thing, her mother must be terrified.

Clara- I found out about the law enforcement officers you mentioned from another friend in the Ft. Lewis area. Horrible. Just so sad to hear that.

Okay, we're having lots of tantrum issues here. I think Gen got overly stimulated at school. That's okay, we'll get the hang of things. But anyway, I've been trying to type this for a couple of hours and I'd better just post it. If I missed you, sorry! Talk to you soon!

 

[wombat146]

Good evening all!

Its Tuesday morning here downunder and it is December already!!! Yesterday turned out quite pleasant weather wise and today is nice as well, only aroung 28 degress (approx. 80 degrees F) so it is bearable but its supposedly getting really hot again over the weekend!! Nothing much happening my end, so will do some personals before I head off downstairs to a meeting:

Chris - I am sooooo with you about not being ready for Christmas!!! We were going to have Christmas Day at our place but due to the floods earlier this year eroding most of our track/road into the property and of course with the house all upside down with the new flooring happening we have decided that we will do Chrissy lunch at one of our scenic parks down near the river or at the beach. I really wanted to have it at home but I guess this way I don't have to rush around getting the house all ship-shape! LOL! and the kids will be able to cool off in the water whether its at the beach or down by the river!

Jaime - sorry to see you go hun! its been nice seeing your cheery face in the team section but no doubt will catch up with you in the gallery and forum!

LindaW - hope you are hanging in there! I think that is the worse thing, when you can't really 'do anything', its horrible feeling so helpless at times like this. But as Clara said, its the little things that really are helpful in situations like this so you need to be doing some little things to take your mind of it as well! lots of hugs and love are winging their way across the miles my dear for you and your family! xo

Clara - hey doll! I saw your post the other day of making me an honorary American for Thanksgiving!! Thanks so much!! that put a smile on my face and of course made me thankful for all of my wonderful O family and friends!! xo Hope little Addie is feeling better and hope you get a good nights sleep tonight!!

Andrea - how exciting for Genny to be at school now! no doubt it will take a little time for her to settle in to the new routine. Have you finished your studies for the year?

Well better go, the meeting is in 15 minutes and I have to grab a coffee first!!! Hope everyone has a lovely evening!!! nighty night!! xo

 

[clarabear]

I just wanted to post that Derek got his unofficial score for his test and he passed. Whoohoo!! He barely passed, but who cares. Passing is passing and it doesn't matter. You don't get to be an A+ rated tech or a C tech. A tech is a tech is a tech. So yay for him. He didn't feel ready for the test and now he knows he probably wasn't really ready, but he passed so it is all good.

Andrea - Yay for Gen being in school. I'm sure she'll be great once she gets the hang of it. I think it is awesome you only watched the view and scrapped today. When is the last time you did that? I'm guessing it has probably been awhile, so good for you.

Ona - I'm glad you enjoyed your honorary American status for Thanksgiving. So, that whole concept of Christmas in the summer is so strange to me. I know that it is warm for Christmas in the southern states and all but it is still winter and cooler. I want to hear all about your Christmas traditions. All of our traditions involve things like hot cocoa, fires, and warm weather stuff. It is just so fascinating and I've never really thought about it before. Very cool.

Okay, I'm off again. I will be off of work in awhile. Whoohoo!!

 

[LSlycord]

Good evening ladies!

Linda W...still praying for Savannah. That would be so scary with it growing that fast.

Ona, I just can't get my imagination around Christmas being hot! Although I read in the paper that we only get a white Christmas 50% of the time. We'll see what happens this time.

I had a training session yesterday and another one today. Oh my body is just dragging!

Chirs, I am absolutely not ready for December! ABSOLUTELY NOT! How's your SIL doing? She's still in my prayers.

Clara, give DH a high five! Congrats to him. Hope you got that nap in at lunch.

Andrea, nice to have the kids both in school.

Jamie, glad that you got MIL moved. And we've loved having you as a Cheery-o!