Daily Ooos: Thursday, November 7

[faerywings]

hello hello hello!
I am officially adjusted to the time change and woke up at 4.30 again. I guess that is better than waking up at 3.30.
Yup, I am *tired*

How was everyone's day? It was a mixed bag of *insert image of a tangled ball of thread* for me. I won't bore you with the details but the high/low lights included a hot, sunny day (not sure if that is good or bad at this point. 76* feels wonderful as long as you don't think about it), Thursday's HS session is officially canceled but that frees up some time so I can get ready to host Thanksgiving (also not sure if this is good or bad), and I made a really delicious vegan chick'n gnocchi soup for dinner (also good and bad since it was 76* outside and I was sweating the entire time of was cooking and eating it).

BFF's mammo and U/S are today and I feel terrible that I don't know what time so I'll text her good luck as soon as I am done here. She was not in good shape yesterday. My mom got back from the hospital in the afternoon and will need to have blood work in 7 days to check the status of her kidneys. She sees the vascular surgeon next week to see where and how bad the blockages are.
Since I am not working today I'll start making my game plan for Thanksgiving. Guess I should start a deep clean on the house too. I need to rework my lessons too now that I need to scrap half of them. And nope, not the fun, creative PS scrap them.

Sending everyone big hugs

 

[faerywings]

@Su_Sanne Did the nail polish come yesterday? I love the green color so much!
I hope that you pop in here as often as you can. Pictures of your dogs are also appreciated

@BoatLady Your day with the club ladies sounds wonderful! What plants we you gifted and did you decide where to put them?
This year has been extremely difficult for both of my parents, mentally and physically, and it sure has been hard to watch.

@JeanneMN I am sending you so much love and strength and hugs right now~~~~

I just hope that the good news and thoughts will come again soon and that you will find your footing again.

Thank you so much!!! ♥

**Gary and I just watched the same squirrel take flying leaps off of my neighbor's roof to get to the bird feeder. He has plastic bottles running from the roof to the feeder so they can't climb to it. This squirrel tried three times in a row-- the same squirrel!- to land on the feeder but fell to the ground. Three times that we saw! **

@taxed4ever I hope you had a wonderful hike yesterday. I bet it was fantastic to reconnect with your hiking friends. Have you ever hiked at night? Scott and Sam asked me to go on a night hike with them on Saturday (it is for Scott's job so he is leading it and Sam wants me to join her) and I am not sure if I want to go. I have a hard time seeing at night and I don't trust myself even with a flashlight and headlamp. Just curious about your input...

Or any other hikers want to chime in-- @Terri M ? @BoatLady

Not me. I opened the door to the deck this morning and said It feels like Florida. Warm and humid at 7am in November is not right.

It's not right at all. The friend I was cleaning for yesterday was wearing shorts and a tank top!

There must be floods in her area because they've told everyone to stay off the roads unless necessary, but she's not affected other than the perennially wet spot in the basement.

I'm glad that she is only getting the "usual" dampness. Has the rain stopped?
You sound like you were super busy with the meetings, I hope that dinner at a winery is an option for you soon

So I failed spectacularly which was good but I did try and that was hard cause I didn't expect to be poor! I expected below average. SO next step is to submit the papers to surgeon and he will finalize and send to insurance.

I am both very sorry and relieved. Hopefully, this means you will be able to get the medical treatments you need and you can be on a path to feeling better and stronger.

@BrightEyes I saw on my weather app that much (most??) of NM is under a winter storm warning. I hope that it's not too bad and esp that you will be able to get your meds before the 10 days are up.

Tracy- that's the worst when the snow melts and freezes again and again. I hope that your weather gets on track to what it should be too.

Prayers and good thoughts for your BFF and your mom! And I hope your class didn't get canceled!

I'll keep your BFF in my thoughts and I'm sending vibes that you know what to help her with. Your mom, too - I'm sure she's not happy that she has to stay in the hospital. Poor thing - one more item to add to your worry list.

I appreciate the good thoughts!


xoxo

 

[BrightEyes]

Good morning.... yes, we got SNOW and it is still snowing. Looks like we got 6" so far. It is 34*F right now and 35*F is the predicted high for the day with snow falling until late tonight.
View from front porch



and of back yard

The table under the pergola has about 4" of snow... while the white table not under it has 6" of snow on it.
There are a lot of power outages due to trees falling on power lines. My neighborhood has buried power lines so I still have power. Yes, I will staying home for the next few days until the roads are clear.

 

[MariJ]

Good morning, the heat here in NJ is really unbelievable and I'm one who hates cold and loves being warm. Yet, this is a bit surreal, it hit 77º yesterday and guess what we did? With all the heat and humidity we went on "The Polar Express", talk about surreal. We kept telling each other to pretend we were in Florida and although we tried, we could not wear our usual pajamas but ended up in shorts and Christmas tshirts. Yet still we were so hot we were sweating throughout the entire event!

I don't always have time to comment, but I do read most day's posts and wish everyone the best.