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Blessed said:
Just be careful about people coming to the house. This time of year the criminals are looking for people to rob. Maybe there is a close coffee shop or something where you could meet them so they do not know where you live.
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That’s a really good idea.
 

Sliverfox said:
Trying to get Mac into a dogie coat.

Boston Terriers have breathing problems when its this cold.
They sort of freeze up from breathing in cold air.

Last trip out he ran away from the porch trying find a 'good place' to go potty.
Trying to come back in,,, trying to walk on one hind foot,, than the other, didn't go well.
I had to carry him inside.
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They get so cold so fast…….I carry my wee girl, Shaalee, out and in. Their tiny feet can’t take much……and don’t mention booties…..been there, done that……NO way with them.
 
Had a decent day. I had low expectations because I stayed up until 4:30 AM but didn't get to sleep late because when I woke up to go to the bathroom I had a notification on my phone that my Amazon order was 'out for delivery'. I was anxious not to miss the delivery because I knew it would be a big heavy box and I was worried it would be left awkwardly in front of the doorway. But the FedEx guy was great and rang when he arrived and brought it inside with his little hand truck.

And in spite of not enough sleep I got my recliner lift chair put together, did a load of laundry, and have the dishwasher running now. Plus, since it is so cold and I wasn't sure if there would be ice patches outside, I managed to get over 6600 steps just doing chores as inefficiently as possible (such as going to the mailbox in the lobby twice, taking one little piece of cardboard down to the recycle container in the loading bay of the building, folding each towel and carrying one at a time from the dryer to the linen closet, etc).
 
After recuperating from my lunch with my cousin yesterday, I got up today and made some grape leaves w/rice and some beerocks.
I was a little rusty on making the grape leaves, it's been a long while. But, they came out ok.

I just gave my neighbor and his wife a little of both.
They're both around 80yrs old, and deserve it. They're always so helpful to me.
 
Murrmurr said:
I might be gone for a while, unless I can get my Rx filled or something else prescribed. Can't get Norco because it contains Tylenol and there's a shortage, and I'm starting to hurt really bad.

Merry Christmas!
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If push comes to shove, go to the ER, you have the documentation on your records for the need for pain meds. They would most definitely have something they can give you until your doctor gets your needs filled thru the holiday.
dobielvr said:
After recuperating from my lunch with my cousin yesterday, I got up today and made some grape leaves w/rice and some beerocks.
I was a little rusty on making the grape leaves, it's been a long while. But, they came out ok.

I just gave my neighbor and his wife a little of both.
They're both around 80yrs old, and deserve it. They're always so helpful to me.
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I had no idea what a beirtrock was so I did the google. Sounds wonderful!!
 
MickaC said:
Thank you Jules…….yes, I have my guys……I’m counting the time till I land at my new place.
You want to hear something very, very nice.
My future place of residence has invited me to spend Christmas Day and dinner with them…..also they have dropped me messages of Christmas choirs etc……to come and join them, this month.
I’m so joyed with the invites, but I’m not a winter driver…..and I can’t drive long distance at nite to do with nite blindness.
Really made me feel so good and wanted.
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So I must have missed this, please tell me (or us) where you are moving and why. I also don't drive at night unless it is a mile or so around my home. Shoot, let's be honest. I don't drive much at all anymore, just getting on a freeway scares me to death. I also have no sense of direction and get lost. I have not even been to my son's new home because I am afraid to get lost. I don't have a cell or car with GPS. Guess it is time I get a cell just for GPS!
 
dobielvr said:
After recuperating from my lunch with my cousin yesterday, I got up today and made some grape leaves w/rice and some beerocks.
I was a little rusty on making the grape leaves, it's been a long while. But, they came out ok.

I just gave my neighbor and his wife a little of both.
They're both around 80yrs old, and deserve it. They're always so helpful to me.
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OMG! I love grape leaves w/rice, and my mom sometimes made bierocks for our school lunches. My favorite of all. I could have eaten them everyday. I've made grape leaves w/rice (and beef) and I remember they were a lot of work and took a long time to make. So worth it, though.

I'm jealous of your neighbors. I'm sure they totally enjoyed your gift.
 
Blessed said:
If push comes to shove, go to the ER, you have the documentation on your records for the need for pain meds. They would most definitely have something they can give you until your doctor gets your needs filled thru the holiday.
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The pharmacist sent me 7 tablets....all he had. He told me to make them last but I took 2 right away. I feel so much better.
Blessed said:
I had no idea what a beirtrock was so I did the google. Sounds wonderful!!
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They are! If you ever wanna try making them, you can find jarred grape leaves at some stores....international and Mediterranean ones, for sure. That would save you a ton of prep and cooking time.
 
Murrmurr said:
OMG! I love grape leaves w/rice, and my mom sometimes made bierocks for our school lunches. My favorite of all. I could have eaten them everyday. I've made grape leaves w/rice (and beef) and I remember they were a lot of work and took a long time to make. So worth it, though.

I'm jealous of your neighbors. I'm sure they totally enjoyed your gift.
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I have so many left over, I wish you lived close by!
I only used 1 jar of leaves, but that was plenty.

I made the filling Wednesday and rolled 'em today. It made it easier on me that way.
 
Murrmurr said:
The pharmacist sent me 7 tablets....all he had. He told me to make them last but I took 2 right away. I feel so much better.

They are! If you ever wanna try making them, you can find jarred grape leaves at some stores....international and Mediterranean ones, for sure. That would save you a ton of prep and cooking time.
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I am so happy you were able to get some to get you through the weekend. I know it is enough but if you are like me, we try not take things until there is no choice. I could not get my doctor today, so I got on the internet for nausea and getting motion sickness medicine might help so I went and picked up some of that just to have on hand. I should hear from the doctor on Monday.

I am booked to see an orthopedic surgeon right after the new year. I am sure he will want another MRI of my neck, last one was 2016. I am hoping for some kind of surgery to fix things. I am tired of migraines almost daily and being in pain everyday. The only things I have for relief are Xanax and promethazine. They wanted to give me Zofran but the insurance threw a wrench in that.
 
MickaC said:
They get so cold so fast…….I carry my wee girl, Shaalee, out and in. Their tiny feet can’t take much……and don’t mention booties…..been there, done that……NO way with them.
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When I lived where it snows a lot, I had a neighbor who'd put a piece of ply-board down on the snow when his little doggie needed to go outside. The board was about 3'x3' and the guy would pour some potting soil on it, then set the li'l pooper down on it and she knew what it was for.

Maybe you could try something like that.
 
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I didn't do most of what I'd planned to do mainly because I was napping on and off throughout the day. And that's why I usually recap what I did at the end of the day. In the wee hours of the morning I did some financial stuff including paying my Zakat (obligatory charity) online. I finally cut Deja's nails. I tried using the new, fancy pet clipper I bought on Amazon that cost almost double what other clippers cost and is supposed to prevent trimming too much. But the design made it hard to see what I was doing and I found it to be cumbersome so I disinfected the blades and will be sending it back. I had to bribe our fur baby with her favorite...Beefeater's Lickables treat to control her squirming. 😼

I watched another couple of episodes of Criminal Minds. I tried watching True Blood, an HBO vampire show from 2008 now on Hulu, thinking there wouldn't be much vulgarity as with current HBO shows since it came out almost 15 years ago. Well, I was wrong...so stopped watching after only about 10 or 15 minutes of Ep 1 and removed it from my watch history. It's almost midnight and I expect to be up for several hours.
 
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OneEyedDiva said:
I didn't do most of what I'd planned to do mostly because I was napping on and off throughout the day. And that's why I usually recap what I did at the end of the day. In the wee hours of the morning I did some financial stuff including paying my Zakat (obligatory charity) online. I finally cut Deja's nails. I tried using the new, fancy pet clipper I bought on Amazon that cost almost double what other clippers cost and is supposed to prevent trimming too much. But it was hard to see what I was doing and I found it to be cumbersome so I disinfected the blades and will be sending it back. I had to bribe our fur baby with her favorite...Beefeater's Lickables treat to control her squirming. 😼

I watched another couple of episodes of Criminal Minds. I tried watching True Blood, an HBO vampire show from 2008 now on Hulu, thinking there wouldn't be much vulgarity as with current HBO shows since it came out almost 15 years ago. Well, I was wrong...so stopped watching after only about 10 or 15 minutes of Ep 1 and removed it from my watch history. It's almost midnight and I expect to be up for several hours.
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Two things I hate, fighting and trimming the dogs nails. It is always a battle!!

Second thing is TV shows, that have a good plot and good actors but the producer/director think they have to throw in vulgarity, explict sex and violence. What is that do directors/producers not have enough confidence in their work that they can't be successful without the smut. That is why I watch a bunch of TCM, good stories, actors and when needed innuendo when needed. We don't need to see or even hear everything to know what is happening.
 
Blessed said:
Two things I hate, fighting and trimming the dogs nails. It is always a battle!!

Second thing is TV shows, that have a good plot and good actors but the producer/director think they have to throw in vulgarity, explict sex and violence. What is that do directors/producers not have enough confidence in their work that they can't be successful without the smut. That is why I watch a bunch of TCM, good stories, actors and when needed innuendo when needed. We don't need to see or even hear everything to know what is happening.
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I feel for you as far as having to struggle with your dog. I don't know what it is with these writers and producers but somebody needs to hip them to the fact that the F bomb in every other sentence does not a good script make! So many people talk like that in real life that I wonder if the writers are influenced by that or are the potty mouths being influenced by T.V. and movies. I have stopped watching or refused to start watching highly rated shows and movies because of this trend. And like you...I don't need to see people in the act. It's sad to think that these shows are giving so many what they obviously like to see and hear. Are we digressing as humans?!
 
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OneEyedDiva said:
I feel for you as far as having to struggle with your dog. I don't know what it is with these writers and producers but somebody needs to hip them to the fact that the F bomb in every other sentence does not a good script make! So many people talk like that in real life that I wonder were the writers influenced by that or are the potty mouths being influenced by T.V. and movies. I have stopped watching or refused to start watching highly rated shows and movies because of this trend. And like you...I don't need to see people in the act. It's sad to think that these shows are giving so many what they obviously like to see and hear. Are we digressing as humans?!
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I don't get it either. I hope to think we are not digressing but moving forward is still a work in progress. Hopefully will get there!!
 
I'm up. My body clock is so used to getting up in time to wake the rooster that I get up whether I need to go to work or not. Not today. Up anyway.

Maybe I'll make some more scones. Maybe I'll even share them with DD and her posse since @Mizmo can't get out to eat them with me.

Then I need to boil some eggs for deviled eggs tomorrow. Later today I'll put together an overnight breakfast casserole and some monkey bread for breakfast tomorrow.

Keep in mind, kids, that it's still not too late to be real, real good. If you aren't and live somewhere real real cold, then be real, real bad and get enough lumps of coal to use for heat.
 
I've woken up with the painful back from Hades... 😣😫🥺.. I set the alarm for 7am this morning so I could go shopping before the crowds descend ,, but my back had other ideas.. so I'm hobbling around, very gingerly.. and sitting here with a Hot pad on my back.

That's put paid to Christmas Eve..

Funny tho'. there was Christmas card on the mat from my friend, so I could just barely bend to pick it up and open it.. and I 'd just hobbled back upstairs to sit down with my heat pad and a text arrived saying they'd left a Plant on my doorstep... so any other time I would be delighted.. but I groaned because it meant going back downstairs, and painfully bending to bring it in... 😟
 
Lunch with my daughter planned today but may have to cancel.
Storm hit yesterday and still more to come so roads are too messy for travelling unless the snow ploughs get up and going.
Haven't seen one yet in my neck of the woods:( so now a case of wait and see.
Meanwhile back to bed for a catch up hour or so and dream of munching one of @Georgiagranny's lovely scones..
 
@Mizmo They are in the oven as we speak. I hope the plows get there and your DD is able to have lunch with you.

I must be losing my touch. These days recipes that I've made so often that they have been memorized? Now I have to have the recipe right in front of me.

My Christmas wish list has a note that asks for anybody who's in pain gets relief, blessed relief!
 

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