Daily Ooo's: Tuesday, October 25

[faerywings]

Didi I ever tell you how much I love my daughter? She cracks me up, I love having our coffee and chat routine in the mornings. The only bad thing is that she is asking me what I want for Christimas. Aside from getting my camera lens repaired (out her budget by a long shot heh!) I have no ideas about any of it, what I want/need, what I am going to get anyone. I know I have time, but since I make so many of my gifts it is something I need to start preparing for soon.

I cleaned and didn't hurt myself so that was a good thing. Light cleaning around here, but I need to mop the klitchen floor. I spot clean it but darn it if everytone spills coffee all over. Gary and I watched TWD last night so I can come out social media hiding. I won't say anything other than "Damn."

Today I am stuck here. Scott's car is in for brakes. Cait's car's engine light is on so that is going in tomorrow. Never ends, does it? I am thrilled that they are able to car pool to school together on occasion. I am slighly kicking all of our butts. My brother got a new car and offered his old car to us. We all talked about it, but it is a car (low to the ground, hard for us short people to see, esp after driving SUVs) and is front wheel drive and you really need 4 wheel drive up here in the mountains. We turned the offer down since we didn't want to take a car just for the sake of it. But darn- it would have been nice to have an extra not in need of repair. :doh:

I have a gi-normous list of to do's today, mostly little things but they pile up quickly.
I hope that all of you are having a nice and cozy day!

::grouphug

 

[faerywings]

Nancy- the afternoon sun was nice. I still can't walk to dogs, because if I move the wrong way, I am still getting some serious shooting pains. I don't trust J at all to not pull. I could try to take Ray out but she doesn't like to walk without Jaida. Good for Luther to be sooo good for you!
I am going food shopping tomorrow so today is my day to struggle with my list. Caitlyn actually added some ideas to the blackboard so that will make it easier. One of her ideas, Scott won't eat so I have to see if he will be at Leah's this weekend.
I am with you- I need Rae's time mgt skills

Trudy- whoa! That was one busy day, sounded like you had the hounds at your heels all day. Glad that you are getting some pretty color as well. Most of NJ is in drought conditions but maybe with the snow up here, we aren't as bad off? I know the reservoir is really low.

That reminds me- I should post a picture that Caitlyn took last month. She thinks it might be some kind of hawk, but I know *nothing* about birds except to not sit near seagulls or they will poop on you.
Maybe you bird experts can tell what it is.

Rae-I am not sure that eating dinner while watching the premiere was such a good idea. LOL The special effects were amazing. I am sorry that I missed saying happy birthday on FB but sending you hugs today!! That course sounds like a wonderful gift!
Oh, my That must be so hard for you to see Jen go back home. I know these are personal questions so don't feel like you have answer, but she isn't going back into an abusive situation, is she? You had said things have been rough for a while, so I hope that they can get counseling or something to make it better.
Just as a bit of my personal history, when Gary first got really sick and we had no idea what was going on, he was off his rocker. He never hit me or the kids but we have holes in our walls to show for it. He was misdiagnosed with both Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Bipolar 2 before his Lyme Dx. People thought I was the crazy one, to stay with him, but I knew that there was hope for us. Maybe, hopefully, she sees the same in their marriage, that there is still that core of good for them and it just needs time and nurturing to bring it back.
That is just my way more than two cents... I always have to see some good in things, even if it is only in my own mind. *wry smile*

Jean- I totally know what you about not being able to do anything else challenging. I run around the house before I have to go out for work/food shopping/appts because I know that by the time I get home all I am going to want to do is put on PJs and waste time of ridiculous things.
Hope that today is a great day for you and you are able to get everything done that you need to.

 

[nancyr]

good late morning - whew I had to get up early to get my son moving on him moving the love sack out of the middle of the living room floor. He was going to do it last night but he had a meeting so he agreed to this am. We had to do some rearranging of furniture but it is in a better position. Poor Luther barks continually at the vacuum. But everything is now picked up, cleaned up and vacuumed and the kitchen floor swept of Luther hairs. And we had a great walk. We met Sophie a part Collie and Bernese - big and she and Luther got along really well. Then we met up with the other German shepherd Fritz and again had a great time playing. Good walk for him and for me. So now I need to relax. Tonight is a Devils hockey game so happy to be going. Weather is getting so chilly mostly the wind!

Chris sorry the pulling prevents walking. It is gorgeous in the afternoon. Speaking of coffee spilling - came home to find my son say yea he split and just dabbed up the spill but did nothing to clean my table cloth. Really. Another thing to add to my list.

Trudy whew you were busy but it is rewarding. So for a few hours my house will look nice then the boys come home and it is back to mess! Hope you have time for your calendar.

Rae it is tough to be the parent and sit by when adult children make their own choices. I hope it works out in a way that is good for all! Glad editing went so well!

Jean I love seeing any bird common or rare. It is good just to be outside.

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning everyone! Dark and :rain: here today. I had a pretty good sleep last night, but it is hard to get out of bed when it is still so dark outside! Not sure what is going on with me these past few days, I am very weepy and feeling sad, I am not usually this way at all and so I find it very frustrating to be feeling this way. I seem to cry at the drop of a hat. Oh what crazy things are going on hormonally now??? Maybe I am lacking something in my diet?? :noidea: Anyway on to other things... I think I am going to go swim some laps today, maybe that will pull me out of this funk that I am in. I did not get any scrapping done yesterday and I still am on the first page of my calendar. It's going to take me forever at this rate to get it finished :becky: I did do some painting for a bit and my rooster painting is starting to look much better now. I was almost to the point where I was going to just paint over it and start again, but now I am happier with it. I love chickens and roosters, not sure why?? Perhaps its their lovely coloured feathers or just their silly looks?

Chris - Glad that you did not hurt yourself while cleaning! Guess everyone is safe to talk about TWD now? I don't watch it, but my DD just loves it! I would be happy to send some of this rain your way!! It is scary when the water levels are so low! I can't believe the conditions that California is in they sure need the rain too!! Hard to believe that none of the storms ever hit that area! Hope you get your gi-normous list of things done today! Perhaps you should ask Cait for a new pair of cozy socks or a nice warm sweater for Christmas? Good luck with all of the car repairs today too! You are right it never ends!!

Nancy - A busy morning for you and Luther! Sorry that your son gave you another chore to do today! Why do men pretend that they have no idea how to clean up?? Of course I know the answer, why should they do it when someone else can do it for them :becky: I am seriously going to get to work on my calendar, but need to google how to draw a line on a path again LOL just like Chris I forget how to do these silly little things. Guess I just do not do it often enough to remember. I think I will take Rae's advice and print it out and put the instructions in a little booklet.

Rae - How sad that your daughter is going back to her difficult situation! It must be very frustrating for you and your DH! But she knows that you are there for her if she needs you and that is so important! It would be great if they can make things work out and both can be happy! That's all we ever want for our children, is for them to be happy!! Isn't it? I hope you are feeling better today!! I hope it wasn't something that you ate again! Your birthday gift sounds wonderful!! I hope that you have lots of fun learning that Artistry course!!

Jean - Hope your head is feeling less stuffed this morning and that you are able to take on a few more challenging things today! Enjoy your day!

Well I better get busy and get the bed made and get my bathing suit and towel ready for swimming today. Hope that the pool is nice and quiet, it will be good to be in the water again! Have a great day everyone, I hope you get to do something that you love today! :wave:

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning, ladies. I was swamped with work yesterday (ha ha...what else is new). I don't know how the software works on the other end but somehow one of the doctors wasn't transmitting everything to me thru the ecryption email software so it turned out there were 14 files that didn't come thru last week and the technician figured it out and sent them to me yesterday. This all happened b/c her computer had crashed and she had to replace and reinstall everything. My other client had his software crap out last week too so sent 30 files of backlog to me yesterday once he was up and running again. OMG...all this work while I'm sick...ugh. So I just took Advil and kept plugging away at the computer all day/night until 9:30. I got out of my chair and went upstairs and crawled into my chair to relax for a few hours til bedtime. At one point I got up and my upper back started to spasm and it hurt like hell. So I decided to go to bed. I went thru a bag of cough drops as I dozed off and on all night. This morning I woke up to the back being ok but the throat is worse and squeaky voice. A hot shower felt great. Wish I could stay there all day. I still have tons of work left to do from what they sent yesterday so am staying off the computer most of the day so I can focus on that and get them caught up.

Chris - wasn't that episode crazy? I love J.D. Morgan but seeing him in that character role is hard to see....but he sure does it well. Everyone I talk to is shocked at how they showed that episode. Apparently in the comic its a big moment so the writers felt they needed to do it justice. Ummm..ya...I'd say they did. I don't ever want to see that episode again but wow...so well done. I hope the next episode lightens up a bit. I agree with Trudy....gift from Cait...how about something comfy or something that helps with your crafts? Any little tools or something that would help you? As for my daughter, she came and got her stuff yesterday and went home. She should not be there. He is too messed up and is pushing her down, destroying who she used to be. I am just sickened about it. The only good thing out of all this is that it looks like she meets the criteria and is going to get in on a trial for a therapy program that costs thousands of dollars so she could never afford it but with the trial it will be free and depending on what she gets, it will be 6 or 12 months of intensive therapy to help her. I pray it does help.

Trudy - sorry to hear you are feeling down, that maybe your hormones are wacky. I went thru a few years of crazy emotions but I'm on the other side of menopause now and that stopped. Now I'm just cold all the time and I get tired a lot more easily than I used to. Painting and scrapping are good for you so hope you find time for yourself to do some.

Nancy - sounds like Luther had a lot of fun, you are such a good doggie mom. How is the training going? Enjoy the game later.

Jean - sick germs are everywhere. I've been sick for a few days and so many others I know are too. Feel better soon.

I'd better get going and check out my work stuff. Have a great day, everyone.

 

[scrap-genie]

Seem to feel "normal" today so don't know what was up yesterday. Spent time working on DH's online tree filling in things and found some new stuff on distant relatives, so that was fun. Tonight is the big time, game 1 of the World Series. We're serious underdogs, but that's nothing new.

Chris, glad you survived yesterday's cleaning! I never know what to say I want for Christmas but the something comfy ideas sound promising.

Nancy you have such nice stories about your Luther outings so he must be doing really well. Good luck to the Devils tonight.

Trudy, when you don't know why you feel the way you do it's hard to fix it. Swimming would surely be nice therapy and painting too - as long as you're liking the results. Having to concentrate is hard for me when things aren't going right. Hope things get better!

Rae, wow, that was a lot of work dumped on you at once - at the worst time when you're sick. Sure hope it's nothing serious and goes away quickly. We feel your frustration with DD's situation and will be hoping she does get help. She did get a good break being with you and knows you're there for her. Again, get well soon!

Hope the day is good to you all.