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CinnamonSugar said:
Been an interesting day here... (in a very relaxed kind of way, haha)

Ed had a dermatologist appointment and didn't get out til 1130 (something about a blue light treatment-- guess that makes him the Blue Light Special for today =P) So I said, "Come on over and I'll fix us some corn chowder for lunch." Well, he got here and I assembled the ingredients... turns out the can of corn chowder I *thought* I bought was a can of New England Clam Chowder. Sigh. Off to Barbaritos.

When we finished, I said, "I need to stop at Walmart for a couple things." It might as well have been Christmas Eve-- lots of predatory parking. After about 10 revolutions around the parking lot and having someone slip ahead of us into the space for which we were waiting, I said, "Forget it, I'm already aggravated; going in the store will just make it worse."

Now I'm having afternoon coffee then will finish off my knitted cap and also listen to some Christmas carols/hymns on YouTube which our choir director plans for us to do for Christmas. One is in Spanish, so that's a double stretch.

Y'all stay warm and be safe
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They say there's just no substituting clam for corn!
 

The Hovel has reached critical mass, and I just used up the last few inches of storage space. Only thing to do is move my stuff outside or into DD's garage so there will be room for Maggiecat. LOL

Wait. DD's garage has room for me to store stuff. I'll just put things out there. Whew. When her garage reaches critical mass, we're in trouble.

Mowed the lawn. I feel better now that I've moved around a bit.

Looked at next week's work schedule. Six 6-hour days in a 7-day week? Nope. Nopity nope nope nope.
 
I've just been swapping the Christmas Decs over from the Mantlepiece.. I'm not sure what is going to make the final cut ..I've taken the Log off, and replaced it with my little lighted wooden house.. and added a string of rustic pine-cones .. I;ve still got to add string lights along the mantle.. and hung some Silver bells from the mirrors...

I get overwhelmed by it because I'm not a craft person, so I have to walk away from it after a few minutes and go back to it later.. and look it again with renewed eyes.. eta forgot to put the pictures in...

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all of this will be different again once I put the garland and lights on...
 
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hollydolly said:
I've just been swapping the Christmas Decs over from the Mantlepiece.. I'm not sure what is going to make the final cut ..I've taken the Log off, and replaced it with my little lighted wooden house.. and added a string of rustic pine-cones .. I;ve still got to add string lights along the mantle.. and hung some Silver bells from the mirrors...

I get overwhelmed by it because I'm not a craft person, so I have to walk away from it after a few minutes and go back to it later.. and look it again with renewed eyes..
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Hang the lights first .. then, everything else will fall into place. I can't wait to see the finished result!
 
hollydolly said:
I've just been swapping the Christmas Decs over from the Mantlepiece.. I'm not sure what is going to make the final cut ..I've taken the Log off, and replaced it with my little lighted wooden house.. and added a string of rustic pine-cones .. I;ve still got to add string lights along the mantle.. and hung some Silver bells from the mirrors...

I get overwhelmed by it because I'm not a craft person, so I have to walk away from it after a few minutes and go back to it later.. and look it again with renewed eyes..
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You may not be a craft person but you are one heck of a decoractor!!
 
I am hear sitting in the pj's , having good cries. Today is the sadaverissary of the passing of my husband, twelve years. You would think it would not bother me, still rips the heart out of my body.

Seems no one else remembers, no one thinks about it. No calls, no cards, just empty. How does anyone get over it, I sure don't know or I would buy the cure. I don't think it has been invented yet. Maybe Elon Musk can suck it out of my head, no, money can't cure this one.
 
Blessed said:
I am hear sitting in the pj's , having good cries. Today is the sadaverissary of the passing of my husband, twelve years. You would think it would not bother me, still rips the heart out of my body.

Seems no one else remembers, no one thinks about it. No calls, no cards, just empty. How does anyone get over it, I sure don't know or I would buy the cure. I don't think it has been invented yet. Maybe Elon Musk can suck it out of my head, no, money can't cure this one.
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Oh my dear Blessed, I am so sorry for your sadness. 🌹
 
I did a silly thing...if you remember I bought a ton of fancy Christmas chocolate biscuits , cakes and sweets so I could share with my Daughter.

She rang tonight and I told her about these things and I would send her a pic of them and she could decide which of them she wanted... It was only after I went to the cupboard and pulled everything out that I remembered she hates Dark chocolate and 90 % of those sweets are Dark chocolate.. awww.. I feel rotten now. I'll have to go and hunt down some special milk chocolate treats..
 
RadishRose said:
I'm in the mood to kick some a$$ today.
May I start with your foster daughter?
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Yes you may, RadishRose……but……you can’t call or text on her phone, if she out of paid minutes, if you message her on messanger, you’ll have to wait a day or two for her to reply, if she does…..if you go to her door, she doesn’t hear the knock…..GOOD LUCK.😉😉😉.
 
hollydolly said:
Second Christmas for me without my husband, in fact altho' second Christmas it's only just over a years since he's been gone, so it's very fresh and raw still... :( :cry:
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Although we don't have any kids we have a wonderful Godson. He's 35 now, married with a son of his own. His father, a former very good friend of ours, decided that he didn't want kids after his son, his second child was born. Later the family found out that he had been having his evil way with a woman who had three children of her own.

The break up was messy and very painful. We took our Godson, his sister and their mother, away on holiday with us, always kept in touch, when the mother finally found love, my wife made her wedding dress.

The reason for regaling you with that is because I thought that my childhood was tough. My mother died, aged just 33, I was the oldest of four. My father did his best and I like to think that he produced four well rounded, sensible adults who have found their way in the world.

Many times I exchange feelings about my childhood with my Godson. When I think it through, although bereavement is an awful mental pain, and the fallout isn't easy, what I have that my Godson can never have, is closure. Cruel though it might sound, my mother is dead, she's not coming back. Whereas my Godson gets reminders all the time, when he does he either calls me or texts me. We have another question and answer session and he gets on with life.

I have never suffered the pain of divorce, nor marital deceit. We had lots of strong words but our love is robust. Hopefully it gives my Godson the example that relationships can survive. My thoughts are with you Holly, I do hope that you are able to enjoy Christmas.
 
horseless carriage said:
Although we don't have any kids we have a wonderful Godson. He's 35 now, married with a son of his own. His father, a former very good friend of ours, decided that he didn't want kids after his son, his second child was born. Later the family found out that he had been having his evil way with a woman who had three children of her own.

The break up was messy and very painful. We took our Godson, his sister and their mother, away on holiday with us, always kept in touch, when the mother finally found love, my wife made her wedding dress.

The reason for regaling you with that is because I thought that my childhood was tough. My mother died, aged just 33, I was the oldest of four. My father did his best and I like to think that he produced four well rounded, sensible adults who have found their way in the world.

Many times I exchange feelings about my childhood with my Godson. When I think it through, although bereavement is an awful mental pain, and the fallout isn't easy, what I have that my Godson can never have, is closure. Cruel though it might sound, my mother is dead, she's not coming back. Whereas my Godson gets reminders all the time, when he does he either calls me or texts me. We have another question and answer session and he gets on with life.

I have never suffered the pain of divorce, nor marital deceit. We had lots of strong words but our love is robust. Hopefully it gives my Godson the example that relationships can survive. My thoughts are with you Holly, I do hope that you are able to enjoy Christmas.
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thank you my dear friend.. your thoughts are very appreciated 🧡
 
I so look forward to my days off, but about halfway through the day I get so bored and lonely that I want to cry. What is the matter with me?

The day started off badly with the blankety-blank Christmas tree. Piddled around for a while, checked the work schedule for next week which didn't help a bit! Then figured I'd feel better if I moved around so mowed the lawn. Nope.

DD insists that I should trim the tree before I decide I don't like it. I don't wanna trim it because I don't like it.* It's still up. Naked. Or, as we say in the South, nekkid.

Appointment tomorrow afternoon for the annual wellness check that I only go to because Kaiser demands it. Tried to skip it one year until they threatened to cancel me. It's a nuisance.

@horseless carriage What sweet and kind words for @hollydolly. You're a treasure! and one of the many reasons I appreciate this forum.

ETA:*This is a perfect example of an emotional, spur-of-the-moment purchase...loved it in the store, after seeing it in RL and thinking about it, it was a real bad buy. You'd think I've been around long enough to know better...
 

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