What are you doing today 2023

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Ok, slight vent needed....

It's been an emotionally and physically draining (almost) 24 hrs. Last night I was at a Christmas party and after we'd eaten I felt like I *had* to leave and get home (no great loss, I hate party games, lol). Anyway, it wasn't too long after I arrived home that my younger daughter texted me, with some very heavy emotional burdens. I stayed up and texted, encouraging, til she felt marginally better. We agreed to reconnect this AM to continue discussion.

Today was my day to babysit grandgirls for a few hours. I arrived to high drama... tears and wailing from older granddaughter. Mama left for work and I took over supervising the task (not by any means unwarranted or overly harsh) she'd been assigned to complete. Younger granddaughter just has to be watched every min or something is being dismantled.

So in the midst of all this, I'm trying to text to my younger daughter and help her come up with some practical and do-able things to bring down her stress level and help her deal with what's going on.

Needless to say, I was pulled in multiple directions mentally and emotionally.

Added to it all, it was pouring rain, so couldn't get younger granddaughter outside to work off the wiggles. So we got in the car and motored to my house. We played and sang along to Christmas carols, baked some Christmas cookies (which were billed as "thumb print" shortbread cookies but my butter-to-flour ratio must have been off, they looked like roadkill when they came out of the oven--but edible) and watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (the 1966 version). So that part of the day was a good, memory-making time.

Took them back to their house and their regular baby sitter was there within 30 min. Now I'm home; having eaten some warmed up dal and rice + a lovely warm cuppa, I'm settled down to enjoy some 'down' time and Christmas music.

Doesn't matter if your kids are 4 or 40, when they hurt, you hurt with them, huh?
 

S;ept well last night and was awake during the daylight was the signal to go to the grocery to pick up some good sales for the freezer and the kids.

The freezer will be full now for a a couple of months. Was lucky to get bacon and sausage at a good price. Needed that sausage for gravy and biscuits @hawkdon and @Georgiagranny, all your talk set that off. I will also make some sausage balls for the freezer. Got some beautiful ribeye steaks for the son. Then a small brisket and eye of round for me.

The not so fun part of this expedition was dropping my car keys in the trunk when I was putting the bags in the trunk. Locksmith and $110.00 later I was able to come home. I think I am losing my mind.

When I woke this morning I made a cup of tea. Could not find the half and half in the fridge so I used milk. Unloaded the dishwasher to find the cream put in the cabinet where I keep the pots and pans.

Yes, I also got half and half at the store. LOL
 

StarSong said:
@Kaila, I hope you're feeling better soon. Covid knocked me for a loop Christmas 2020, so I feel your pain. :(
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Thank you for thinking of me!
It's been very difficult. Is now 12 days since my symptoms began, and it's still rough.
DH had it first, and he was quite sick with it, but after 3 days, he began to improve quickly and steadily.
Not so for me. I am still waiting and hoping not to have long effects.:confused:

I appreciate all of you, for thinking of me!
 
Georgiagranny said:
@OneEyedDiva Google Capersonmain.com. It's the restaurant Kennesaw, GA. DD, DGD and I all had French toast made with Challah bread, cream cheese, bananas, a chocolate peanut butter sauce and I dunno what else. It. Was. Delicious. More like a dessert than real food. They have a special brunch menu on Sundays that's not published so you just have to wait and see what's on it any given Sunday.

We were going to have a spinach artichoke roll made with cream cheese, lasagna noodles, marinara, herb oil and balsamic vinegar.

@Old Salt and @hollydolly Yes, indeed, chicken fried steak and biscuits with sausage gravy are epicurean delights. I wouldn't lie about something so important.

Why am I talking about food when I'm so full?

Dang, kids! It's cold here and not going to warm up until the end of the week, just in time to start raining again.

Off tomorrow. Yay. It's gonna be too cold to go out.
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OMG...that french toast sounds soooo good! I went to their site but didn't see any pictures of the french toast dishes. Glad you enjoyed but now I want some. 😛
 
Got to midnight here, and I was at a bit of a loss.

I had a hankering to hear a particular album, so on it went (it's playing in the background as I type).

There are some albums that are simply essential for me. Part of my DNA. This is one. So think of this album as a kind of comfort blanket.

I got a new album today, Kronos Quartet "Pieces of Africa". This is traditional African music, adapted for the string quartet. It's both familiar and alien at the same time. I might play that again soon too.
 
Well it's just past 9.30am... sun is out no rain... garden is soaking wet tho' from yesterday.... already been out and cleared up in the garden a little bit...

Then came indoors, emptied all the waste bins and got the wheelie bin out ready for collection...then..washed the breakfast dishes up...

Then I got the Christmas decorations box down. Thank goodness I had the sense last year to put it in the spare room closet and not in the loft with the rest of the huge amount of decs I have up there that's just too difficult for me to get down now I'm on my own..

I started putting some Decs up.. decorated the Mantelpiece and the grate... and put a little bit on the sideboard.. I still have the lights to drape around... no tree.. that's in the loft....


Got to get some vaccing done upstairs and down at some point..I do that on a monthly basis because the Cannister Miele is heavy to haul around, and in between I use a cordless handheld vac every day , one upstairs and one down
 
Georgiagranny said:
I finally rolled outta the sack at 6. So far I've had my coffee. It's cold, but I drank coffee on the patio. There's no wind. Yet.

Laundry today. Still thinking about making spritz. On one hand, if it gets done today, it's done. On the other, it's only the 11th... Christmas is two weeks from today. Hm.
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Crikey, just 2 weeks till Christmas, and I've not been to a Christmas mall yet.. or gone out to see the neighbourhood Decorations and lights... I must get a wriggle on...

Got my date with DD for Christmas lunch this week.. so I'm looking forward to that even tho' the forecast says rain for my long drive up there...
 
Yup @hollydolly, two weeks. I don't have any decorations up and might not bother. They're nice, but taking them down and putting them away again is such a bother. Maybe I'll just enjoy DD's. All I have to do is pop my pointed little head out the hall door to see her tree straight ahead through the kitchen and into the living room.

It's gonna be interesting this year. She has a new kitty, a new and rambunctious kitty. That tree should probably get tied and anchored to the wall. Jussayin 🐱🐈😼

Just got a text from DD that she forgot to put the trash bins at the curb before she left to take DGD to the doc and would I do it? I did. The sun is up and still no wind. Maybe it'll forget to blow today. That would be good.

Butter and eggs are out to warm up so it looks like spritz will get baked today. What does a baker do on a day off? Bake!

I gotta get moving. Shower. Laundry. Litter box. Stuff.
 
I'm starting to get Holiday Panic. I still have a Chanukah gift to buy for my grandson; so far I gave him 7 gifts. I like to give a kid 8 gifts for the amount of days. A Christmas gift I also must buy for him as that is what they celebrate. I already bought a Santa gift for him, a Nerf Football, he loves sports. Tips, I must give Tips.

I think my sink is leaking. That makes my panic much worse. I think I have as much panic as a dementia patient, but I'm pretty sure I don't have it. It's just my anxiety has gotten worse; as I feel almost helpless compared to my old self.
 
Pepper said:
I think my sink is leaking. That makes my panic much worse. I think I have as much panic as a dementia patient, but I'm pretty sure I don't have it. It's just my anxiety has gotten worse; as I feel almost helpless compared to my old self.
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Sink...call the super?

I get the "almost helpless" feeling. My old self could do anything and still can do anything at work. When it comes to doing stuff in The Hovel? Sometimes if it's just a simple thing like a burned out bulb in a ceiling fixture and there's another source of light, I just live with it. That's either almost helpless or just plain too lazy to deal with it. If there's not another source of llght, I call on DD or DSIL to change it.

It's the small stuff that'll make me doubt my sanity. Jussayin'

There...see what @jet just did?
 
Yeah, I know what you mean!

The freezer defrosters- my refrigerator is self defrost but I have a 17 Cubic feet upright freezer too and was thinking of buying one of those electric defrosters at amazon- BUT I googled defrosting freezers and found a great tip-
they said to leave the door open and let a regular portable fan blow air into the freezer, after it is emptied and turned off.

I have an upright fan that I put onto a small low table and I was amazed at how fast the ice melted.
It is a Lasko Oscillating pedestal fan. About 58 bucks now but I bought mine , cheaper, 12 years ago and, even with central air here I find it is great to use on a hot night when I can turn off my AC and set the timer on the fan to just cool the bedroom for a few hours.

I just checked my order history- it was 49 dollars when I bought it ,12 years ago.

I don't know how a fan would work with a horizontal freezer, however.
 
Old Salt said:
I am frustrated out of my mind! I have had McAfee pop ups plaguing me for the past five days. They pop up every ten minutes (or so). I can't get rid of them with a single click because there's no little x to click on, so I have to go through stage two and three of the offer to upgrade my McAfee, which I don't have. And then finally the desired x to get rid of the foolishness! All the google advice hasn't helped. Reset settings in Chrome Browser! Nope! Edge? No! My anti virus programme and my Microsoft fire wall are not interested, to them it's a legit thing and they don't respond to my efforts. Is there an IT person in this forum?
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Can you right click and hit close?
 
My wife started with Christmas decorations. When we were younger, she did much more.

My oldest daughter is coming home for Christmas. She just left Hong Kong on her 12:45 hour, 7,257 miles non-stop flight to LAX.

My pups are still sleeping, the third one is under my bed. In an hour we'll go for our usual morning walk. The weather is perfect.

Then I have a doctor's appointment for high blood pressure spikes. I heard it's quite common among seniors.

And till we pick up our daughter from the airport, I am studying for the knowledge test for my driving license renewal.

That's about all for today. PS, my daughter has arrived at LAX and we are united.

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