What's on your agenda for today?

Still raining here. Ugh. I'm tired of rain! It's not as warm this morning as it has been..."only" 61F and not supposed to get to 70F today. It could be that by tomorrow, I'll have to turn the furnace on again.

Today I'm going to lunch with a friend/former client, but I get to meet her at her house and play with *my* dog before we go. :love_heart: that dog! I'm going to dog sit with her from the 7th until the 11th. Yippee. It will seem odd to go there and not clean. LOL
 

Nearly 8pm here. Had a long bike ride, nice lunch, swim in the pool to cool off, a bit of shopping for family, long walk, nice dinner, a few beers.
 

I'm presently out of town visiting with my long time best friend until just after the New Year begins. Seems my friend doesn't know how to stop trying to make this the best holiday ever for me and I'm starting to get all teary eyed all over again. She just called me and told me to be ready to walk out the door when she gets home from work if I want to go get a mani pedi, her treat. I know she feels bad for me not having family and all and it's been some difficult times these past holiday years, but, she's going overboard, there's no way, I can let this past without finding a way to repay all she's done to bring so much cheer over this past week. I'll have to share later what she did Christmas when she surprised me with my gift, I swear I wish she had a camera going, she pulled such a great prank and I didn't even get angry, because I was laughing so hard.

I actually want to tell her to stop, ever feel like that when someone does too much for you to the point you just can't take it, not bother when my exes do it someone I had romantic ties to, but, I know my pal, my sister of sorts, cares about me, but, I don't want her to feel she has to keep spending to cheer me up. Now if she secretly hit the lotto, that's another story. :D
 
April, your friend sounds like a very loving and giving person. She probably is getting great joy by doing all this. Though it is overwhelming, perhaps it would be devastating to burst her bubble of happiness.
I am leaving today for a few days with my family....for a belated Christmas. Will be able to actually hold and play with my two great grand babies, who live in Utah. Only get to see them once a year.
Georgia, did the floods affect you?
 
ndynt said:
April, your friend sounds like a very loving and giving person. She probably is getting great joy by doing all this. Though it is overwhelming, perhaps it would be devastating to burst her bubble of happiness.
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Thanks Nona, I do have to remember back on the days when I was in a better position to squander money and lavish all kinds of gifts on friends I did so with great glee, it gave me such pleasure to be able to make someone happy if I could afford it, so, I will try to get more comfortable and just let her have fun with it. I just need to think of it the way you phrased it. I think I've become to comfortable with my own miserable states when it comes to the holiday season and she's ruining that big time this year. LOL!

What, I'm going to do is pay it forward by starting a Christmas fund to help a family out for next year's holiday plus put aside monies for a special gift for my bestie.
 
I already did what was on my agenda for today. I received a call from a friend of mine's wife asking me to please come for a visit. My friend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. I live in PA and he lives in Maryland, which is not all that far, maybe an hour and a half drive. He also was a State Trooper working in the Investigation Division for major crimes. We worked side by side for eleven years. I had been wondering why I had not heard from him in quite awhile. I called him a few times these past six months or so, but he never answered any of my calls or messages. I was really sorry to learn of his illness. He will be going into Hospice in about two weeks. I went to see him early this morning and visited with him for about three hours. it was tough saying good-bye, but he was starting to doze in and out, so I thought it was best for me to leave.
 
911 said:
I already did what was on my agenda for today. I received a call from a friend of mine's wife asking me to please come for a visit. My friend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. I live in PA and he lives in Maryland, which is not all that far, maybe an hour and a half drive. He also was a State Trooper working in the Investigation Division for major crimes. We worked side by side for eleven years. I had been wondering why I had not heard from him in quite awhile. I called him a few times these past six months or so, but he never answered any of my calls or messages. I was really sorry to learn of his illness. He will be going into Hospice in about two weeks. I went to see him early this morning and visited with him for about three hours. it was tough saying good-bye, but he was starting to doze in and out, so I thought it was best for me to leave.
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So sorry for your sad news, you are a good friend.
 
911, You did a very good deed this morning by visiting your friend.
We all need our friends when illness strikes.


After a green Christmas we are being hit by a second snow storm.
The highways are extremely slippery and there is very little traffic by our house.
Not much to do but stay inside where it is warm and safe.
 
AprilT, so did you enjoy your mani/pedi? What a great friend you have!

911, it's nice that you were able to spend time with your friend. Before my dad died years ago, family visited often but it was rare that friends came. Maybe they didn't know what to say? I have no idea.

Lunch with my friend yesterday was fun. I met her at her house, and when her dog saw me she got so excited that she jumped up off all fours. Wish I'd had a camera.

We laughed and carried on like a couple of teenage girls...window shopping and browsing our favorite shops after leaving the restaurant. And then? Then she begged me to come back to work for her. She didn't exactly grovel, but close! I still dog sit for her and will again next Thursday until the following Monday morning.

The way she "explained" it is that The New Me is "adequate" but leaves a lot undone. In spite of that, she was going to keep her because cleaning fairies are hard to find, and as she put it "the house is cleaner on the day she's been there than it was when I left for work." Then discovered that she had a "helper" with her the last time she was there. What? She took someone else with her without so much as a by-your-leave from a client? Not good! And the cleaning fairy's helper hasn't been seen or heard from since that day. Hm. I believe I'd be taking inventory of my jewelry!

I thought about it a bunch, discussed it with my daughter, decided that I'd do it. It's just one day every other week, and she sweetened the pot with a BIG increase in pay. Money talks! LOL And it will be something to look forward to again. However: no, I won't take on anybody else and swore her to secrecy because words gets around, and I am NOT going back to actually having to work except for those two days a month.
 
ndynt said:
April, your friend sounds like a very loving and giving person. She probably is getting great joy by doing all this. Though it is overwhelming, perhaps it would be devastating to burst her bubble of happiness.
I am leaving today for a few days with my family....for a belated Christmas. Will be able to actually hold and play with my two great grand babies, who live in Utah. Only get to see them once a year.
Georgia, did the floods affect you?
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Enjoy the visit with family, Nona.
 
ndynt, flooding hasn't affected us yet but all around us for sure. And for the first time ever in memory, I just got a flood warning alert on my phone. That has never happened before. It must be worse than it seems.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
AprilT, so did you enjoy your mani/pedi? What a great friend you have!

911, it's nice that you were able to spend time with your friend. Before my dad died years ago, family visited often but it was rare that friends came. Maybe they didn't know what to say? I have no idea.

Lunch with my friend yesterday was fun. I met her at her house, and when her dog saw me she got so excited that she jumped up off all fours. Wish I'd had a camera.

We laughed and carried on like a couple of teenage girls...window shopping and browsing our favorite shops after leaving the restaurant. And then? Then she begged me to come back to work for her. She didn't exactly grovel, but close! I still dog sit for her and will again next Thursday until the following Monday morning.

The way she "explained" it is that The New Me is "adequate" but leaves a lot undone. In spite of that, she was going to keep her because cleaning fairies are hard to find, and as she put it "the house is cleaner on the day she's been there than it was when I left for work." Then discovered that she had a "helper" with her the last time she was there. What? She took someone else with her without so much as a by-your-leave from a client? Not good! And the cleaning fairy's helper hasn't been seen or heard from since that day. Hm. I believe I'd be taking inventory of my jewelry!

I thought about it a bunch, discussed it with my daughter, decided that I'd do it. It's just one day every other week, and she sweetened the pot with a BIG increase in pay. Money talks! LOL And it will be something to look forward to again. However: no, I won't take on anybody else and swore her to secrecy because words gets around, and I am NOT going back to actually having to work except for those two days a month.
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Georgia, I ended up passing on the pedi-mani, because of an option she gave me after I ooed and ahhed over these cool speakers I saw in the phone store after she treated me to dinner. At first, I said I rather have the mani-pedi, but thought, no, I can wait till I get back home for that. I didn't purposely get excited over the phone speakers, but, the sound was just so cool and sparkly, my eyes bugged out and I guess she laughed and thought she'd offer it as an alternative.

Her birthday is coming up next month, so, I'll at least have an opportunity to get her something I hope she'll really like for that occasion.

Georgia, sounds like you and your friend had a great time. Just spending time, being there for each other thick and thin, no gifts needed really are what's most important in the equation. The telling of the gifts is keeping with the my holiday experience.
 
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NYE here in Aust , We decided to bring the caravan to Adelaide as we go out dancing for that celebration , we normally have to travel home ( 2 hours) after we leave dance about 1 am.
Hubby is dropping off to sleep on way home from a normal dance which finishes at 10.30 pm so I feel uneasy him driving home latter than normal, I feel this is a better option than risking an accident
Its fairly hot here, 40c today .. We are down here till Monday
 

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Happy New Year, y'all. With the time difference, Kadee is probably already enjoying the run-up to midnight. As for me, I'll fall asleep long before the clock strikes but won't miss ringing in the New Year because the neighbors' fireworks always wake me up in time!
 
Happy new year (At least I hope so)... Planning a dinner out with hubby... and then home to watch the festivities on TV.. IF we can stay awake.. I'm afraid my desire to "ring in the New Year" is kapoot.... a few glasses of wine and a quiet night sounds so much better..
 
Jackie22 said:
I'd like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year also.....Bella and I probably won't make it until midnight.
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I'm with you Jackie ... my fur kids and I have a hard time staying up ..... BUT if the fireworks around the area get too loud, we are forced awake at midnight.:mad: ... like it or not. :D
Happy New Year all ..:newyearseve:
 
Well, it's less than 2 hours to 2016 here in Thailand. Wished my Aussie inlaws a happy new years 2 hours ago. Went to a nice party but now I'm pished and will be asleep well before midnight. So happy new years!
 
Another 8 hours before we reach midnight here in the UK. I've had a little nap this afternoon ready for this evening's partying with youngest son, his partner, her mother, their friends and, of course, my grandson. We're going to a club (small and within walking distance) and then back to son's house where I'll stay the night. This is the one night of the year when I will have a drink or two but only enough to give me confidence to get up dancing. :eek:nthego:

Happy New Year.
 
I was in bed by 10 and even the loud fireworks didn't wake me up this year.

I'm giving serious thought to dusting and vacuuming today. A job well thought over is half done, right?
 

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