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Jules said:
@MickaC That would be a nightmare. I’m sure glad that you have your dogs to spend the day with. I can hardly wait for you to move to your new location.
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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.
 

Kaila said:
Wide power outages in the area, already with more expected. Very cold temps by tonight. :confused:
Trying not to worry.:rolleyes:
How am I doing with that?;)
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Oh, Kaila...don't forget to let your water drip and if you have pipes on outside walls, open up the cabinets to let warm air access to the pipes. We've been through the first night's cold - woke up to 15° this morning, one more very cold night to go through, supposed to be a bit warmer at 21° forecast.

Hope you have a "plan B" just in case. Also hoping if power lines in your area have gone out due to wind damage, they will be able to get the lights back on for everyone so their pipes don't freeze.
 
Reading the posts about the storm, I'm so grateful to live in a place with very little wind!

I slept in again today. Maybe this is my new normal. Not going out, no reason to. Too cold outside, and the store(s) will be busy.

I received a message from a woman in South America. I wasn't looking for another language partner, but maybe ... I asked her what she had in mind (schedule, means of communication, etc.)

Today I'll try to at least get my exercises done. Long-distance language partner this evening.

Perhaps I'll vacuum the bedroom and change the bedding. I thought of putting it off until Sunday, but neighbors might not want to hear me vacuum on Christmas Day.
 

A heads up for those of you whose pipes might freeze: leaving the faucets to drip is probably useless; instead let a small stream of water run...use the cold water tap, of course!

If they should freeze, use a hair dryer to thaw, starting closest to the faucet with the faucet ON so that the water will have an outlet.

The cheesecake didn't get made yesterday, but I did do the chocolate crumbs for the crust. It'll get done this afternoon.

The store was crazy busy this morning. I can't believe how many people actually decided to brave the cold. They probably figured going out in today's cold is better than going out in tomorrow's cold.

Newbie's days off were Tuesday and Wednesday. Yesterday she didn't come in because she was "sick." Today she didn't come in because she's "still sick." She's supposed to work tomorrow from 5am-1pm. Um. Anybody want to bet 💵 that she'll be "sick" tomorrow, too?

Yanno, it doesn't really matter how smart she is, how quickly she catches on, how hard she works, or even how pleasant she is because she's undependable :rolleyes:

When I hear the sweeping generalization that "nobody" wants to work, I bristle, but she's one of those who truly doesn't want to work.
 
@MickaC You do know that the animals talk to each other on Christmas Eve, right? Stay up until midnight tomorrow and have a chat with them and wish them a Merry Christmas. They aren't alone; they have you and each other. You aren't alone; you have them! And us. You have us.



Your foster daughter needs the gift of leather goods, as my daddy used to say: a belt in the mouth and a boot in the rear 😡
 
I've just spent a while uploading some of the estranged O/H's stuff onto FB marketplace.

I thought I;d given all of his clothes ( aside from a shirt or 2)..to the Charity shops.. but I just found 6 pairs of Brand new Chinos.. still with their tags on.. so I've just put them up for sale... . This is the first time I;ve ever used Marketplace, so we'll see how it goes. Usually I'll sell on Ebay, but I'm fed up with their fees, plus the postal workers are always on strike and will be again over the next few days, so I felt it was easier to let people come and collect...
 
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Just came in from seeing a long-time friend and having a catch-up conversation. I took her the "Treasury" editions of Winnie the Pooh Stories and Beatrix Potter stories I used to read to my kids. Beautiful colored illustrations and I know all her grandkids will enjoy them. Hard to part with them (lots of lovely memories of reading them to my children) but as neither of my grandgirls is into that kind of stuff, needed to find them a home where they'd be appreciated.

Picked up a few last min. things from grocery store, now home, sipping on dark chocolate mocha and relaxing.
 
StarSong said:
@MickaC, do you not have other friends you can spend time with on Christmas Eve/Day? Sounds like your foster daughter's family is a whirlwind of chaos, and not in a happy, charming way.
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Thanks for caring, StarSong.
Friends are not from here…..from other towns, and little ways away, including where I’m moving to….can’t take the chance of having to drive at nite…..due to nite blindness.
I have my fur kids.
Will talk to some friends on line through the holidays.
 
Georgiagranny said:
Your foster daughter needs the gift of leather goods, as my daddy used to say: a belt in the mouth and a boot in the rear 😡
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I know I’m not supposed to laugh at this nowadays, but I did. You have the best old-timey expressions.

Georgiagranny said:
The cheesecake is in the oven.
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Every good hostess with the mostest made Kahula Cheesecake in the 80s. You and I would have been stars.


Marie5656 said:
Well, while the blizzard of 22 blows around outside, I am just sitting here watching it through my window. Travel ban through out Western NY. PLow trucks have been pulled off the road. NYS Thru-way closed, both directions here too
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Pulling the plows - that‘s really bad. Stay cozy.
 
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.
 
hollydolly said:
I've just spent a while uploading some of the estranged O/H's stuff onto FB marketplace.

I thought I;d given all of his clothes ( aside from a shirt or 2)..to the Charity shops.. but I just found 6 pairs of Brand new Chinos.. still with their tags on.. so I've just put them up for sale... . This is the first time I;ve ever used Marketplace, so we'll see how it goes. Usually I'll sell on Ebay, but I'm fed up with their fees, plus the postal workers are always on strike and will be again over the next few days, so I felt it was easier to let people come and collect...
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Worked for me.

BTW, Chinos was my favorite until they started making them "skinny"
 
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