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I am going to finish figuring out what my son owes me. He took all my money, but he will reimburse me for my needs if he approves them. This was an event that happened out of pure greed, not because I need help or didn't spend significant amounts of money helping my kids.

The laundry room/pantry needs cleaning, and all my daughter's baskets of clean laundry moved out so I can maneuver in there The dog is still sleeping. My daughter trained him to wake up at 8 a.m. when she cheerfully says "good morning". I didn't just fall off a turnip truck, so I don't do that because it isn't necessary.

I have other things on my list, but it is 50/50 whether I will get to them. My ability to judge what I can get done in a given day has always been poor. I always think I can do everything I planned, but I can't. So there is probably a 25% chance I will do them.
 

hollydolly said:
I wasn't going to put up any decorations but the room looked so sad, that I decided to put a garland and a few decs on the Fireplace... it looks much more Christmassy now... 🎅🎄

Daughter rang on her way home from Cambridge where she and her friends had gone to have fun on Ice...They're all in their mid-40's but they had a fabulous time sliding down the snow slide.. and on the ice rink..like little kids..:D


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Oh my gosh, that looks like fun!
 

WheatenLover said:
I have to use my scanty self-control not to stay up all night playing games on the computer or reading. I totally lose track of the time. because I have an immense and uncontrolled ability to concentrate. I am currently trying hard to go to sleep at a decent hour. My dog helps. He says bedtime is 10 pm. I'm just glad if I'm in bed by midnight.
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Is this something new for you? I've always had a hard time sleeping at night but I think that's because the jobs I stuck with the longest had night shifts, and I always opted for graveyard so I could be home for the kids during the day. I'd nap while they were at school.
 
Jules said:
@Mizmo, that’s the kind of soup I make for my husband.
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It was a little too salty after seasoning stuff..splash of sherry did the trick....saw that on the net long time ago..
oh and a tip if y'all don't know it already....
put your onion in the freezer for five minutes then peel and cut
No tears👏👏
Now I am off to eat it. ... with some crackerslick lips.gif
 
There is a small theater not too far from us. It is the Kalita Humphreys Theater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. We went to see Oy Ve In A Manger. It was performed by an acapella group of 4 drag queens that chatted and performed Christmas songs with a naughty "twist". Absolutely hilarious, but certainly not for everyone!

 
Good morning! Lots of stuff to do today...nurse appointment for BP check and to get my ears flushed, bank, credit union, post office, grocery shopping with DD, Lowe's for that stuff that kills the weeds but not the lawn. When all that's done, home to wrap and pack DS's Christmas stuff to get shipped tomorrow. Whew. Tired just listing all this stuff here.

It's gonna be a sunny day. Yay. Right now it's downright cold at 30F.
 
Grey, dreary, drizzly, day but a little less cold than it has been recently .

I've got the vacc'ing done upstairs and down... got the freezer in the barn more organised in prep for more food to arrive when I go shopping later this week ..

Placed a new rug in the bedroom, had to lift one of the bedside cabinets on top of it otherwise the door wouldn't close without catching the rug.. didn't realise the cabinets were so heavy :oops:

Got the front doorstep and mat brushed down, of leaves .. and cleaned out both back and front downpipe gutters of moss and leaves caused by all the rain we've had this last 2 weeks

Changed the batteries on one of the Video ring doorbells. Usually it's an easy thing to do if the doorbell is on the front door, just a matter of taking the back off and pressing the battery out, but this second one I have is on my Rear garden gate is outdoors, and the rear is not behind a closed door , and that one entails a very tiny screwdriver underneath the unit, and good luck not to drop the tiny screw into the grass, before then changing the battery for a recharged one, and then trying to get the tiny screw back on while trying to see it from underneath ..a lot more fiddly than it sounds.. especially when ones' nails are very long :D
 
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I'll be headed out as soon as my driver gets here to get a shot in my right eye. M.D. Been getting these now for over 7 years. They don't hurt the way this Renata Dr does it.

Can't believe it's the 13th of Dec. & Temperature today will be 55º 12.8c Even warmer on Wednesday up to 65º 18.3c
The ground is so warn if it snows it won't stick.
 
hollydolly said:
Grey, dreary, drizzly, day but a little less cold than it has been recently .

I've got the vacc'ing done upstairs and down... got the freezer in the barn more organised in prep for more food too arrive when I got shopping later this week ..

Placed a new rug in the bedroom, had to lift one of the bedside cabinets on top of it otherwise the door wouldn't close without catching the rug.. didn't realise the cabinets were so heavy :oops:

Got the front doorstep and mat brushed down, of leaves .. and cleaned out both back and front downpipe gutters of moss and leaves caused by all the rain we've had this last 2 weeks

Changed the batteries on one of the Video ring doorbells. Usually it's an easy thing to do if the doorbell is on the front door, just a matter of taking the back off and pressing the battery out, but this second one I have is on my Rear garden gate is outdoors, and the rear is not behind a closed door , and that one entails a very tiny screwdriver, and good luck not to drop the tiny screw into the grass, before then changing the battery for a recharged one, and then trying to get the tiny screw back on while trying to see it from underneath ..a lot more fiddly than it sounds.. especially when ones' nails are very long :D
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Holly. You need to go to a hardware store & get a magnetic screwdriver. Also "might" take the screw with you to get a few spares. That's what I did here. Now if I lose a screw I have spares. The magnetic screwdriver will "hold" the screw.
 
Tom 86 said:
Holly. You need to go to a hardware store & get a magnetic screwdriver. Also "might" take the screw with you to get a few spares. That's what I did here. Now if I lose a screw I have spares. The magnetic screwdriver will "hold" the screw.
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I do have one..or more to the point my o/h has one amongst his whole barn full of tools.. he has more than 50 screwdrivers, all lined up in sets, but could I find the magnetic one ?.. nope !:unsure:
 
Liberty said:
Gotta wrap presents. Really dislike wrapping presents. Wrapped way too many presents over the years. Wish they made a machine to wrap presents.

Did I tell you I need to wrap presents today? It sucks.
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There are many stores- Target, dollar stores, etc.- that have colorful, decorative boxes and bags that can be used instead of wrapping paper.
 
Murrmurr said:
Is this something new for you? I've always had a hard time sleeping at night but I think that's because the jobs I stuck with the longest had night shifts, and I always opted for graveyard so I could be home for the kids during the day. I'd nap while they were at school.
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Not new, but the game playing is just since I've been ill. I have been known to stay up all or most of the night to read a book that is so wonderful I can't put it down.

Before kids, I fell asleep instantly, and slept for 8 hours straight. After kids, I didn't do that any more. Usually I fall asleep anywhere from a minute to half an hour after I start reading on my Kindle. It's such a habit after all these years, that it's nearly imperative for me to do that to go to sleep, except when I suddenly go to sleep due to chemo-related fatigue, from which I am slowly recovering.
 
Dental appointment this morning, then I'm off to Costco Business Center, then back home to make more pizza dough to chill in the garage fridge until I make the pies on Thurs. Will pack up cookies today for shipping and make more cookies later today.

It's a very busy time of year for me, but in the happiest sense of the word.

Our family is mostly dispensing with gifts this year in favor of a couple of fun swapping type grab bags.
Christmas Eve will be consumables - roughly $15 per gift. (Fun or interesting foods.)
Christmas Day will be crazy/fun socks - $10 - $15 per gift.

Everyone participates, children included.

I need to shop for my consumable and socks... hope to find some good items today.
 
Got my stuff done yesterday except for the financial stuff isn't done. The spreadsheet I have to make is big -- too many expense columns, but that is what is required to get reimbursed. If my son asks for receipts to prove what I bought, I'm sunk. I don't know where they are. He's been paying his brother to live in a hotel since mid-March. $1000 a week, plus his living expenses. My expenses are *much* less than that, so I hope he will be forthcoming.

I decided to put my daughter's stuff that is all over the house in front of the fireplace, along with other stuff she put there when she moved in late last December. Her partner will be staying with us for 2 months, and he already told her he would be happy to help her with putting all that stuff away. I think he will. He told me that he wanted to do things around the house to help us, which we need since my daughter is so busy with school. He also wanted to pay his share of rent and food, which I refused, because he is my daughter's guest. I think he is sincere. He doesn't want to be a freeloader, and I believe him. Although I don't think of guests as freeloaders.

This guy has been vetted by sons, since the guy and my daughter are both in California to visit them. He passed the tests so far. This is good, since none of her boyfriends has ever been liked by the boys or me (except for one with me).

I have 2 quite large picture windows, 103" wide, and I need window coverings put on them. I can't do it myself. Oddly, I've put up curtains and blinds for my entire adult life with no problem, but now it seems like an insurmountable task. Like I can't remember how I did it. Plus I can't hold the drill steady long enough to make a hole. Plus my son who stole my money doesn't think curtains are a necessary expense, so he hung a sheet which is thumb tacked to the window.

My chemo brain is getting better. Yesterday, I recalled where I put the dog's leash. The entire memory! My brain also feels sharper. I'm glad because I was worried that it wouldn't go away. Chemo crosses the blood-brain barrier, and my brain was fuzzy (that has improved a lot lately), my memory screwed up, and I felt liked I'd dropped way too many IQ points.

Aidan is still behaving very well, in accordance with all the dog training I have done over the years. When I am well, I can tell he thinks about it first before he obeys. Now, he just obeys me instantly, without treats or entreaties. I tried to get him to play with a tennis ball, but he just watched it roll away. I think he's still sad that my daughter isn't here.

I am loving being alone. Last night, I watched 2 episodes of Murder in the Building, I think it's called, with Steve Martin, and way too many episodes of Virgin River. I think VR is like a soap opera, because every episode ends with a cliffhanger. I watched tv from 10 pm until 2:30 a.m. I also didn't take a nap all day, which is good. I didn't have any chemo fatigue.

I also wrote a detailed list of what I need to do in two rooms. That way, each item can get crossed off and that might be an incentive to do them. Also, I noticed that since the doctor told me I am in remission, I've had more energy. I totally expected that, but I must have been worried about it well before the night before I went to the doctor. The additional energy is very welcome!
 

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