WHAT HAPPENING BLACK FRIDAY

Have been meaning to ask everyone about the yahoo chat thingy. Do any of you use it? It is really cool way to keep in touch. Maybe we can work out some way for all of us to have this and chat sometimes. What do you all think?

 

Joe has been trying to put up our pre lit Christmas tree lol we go thru this every year that he cant remember where  or which plug goes into which one. So he spends several hours trying to get them all lit. He said he might throw it out the window and I told him please don’t its too cold to not have a window. Lol

He will eventually figure it out and I am going to buy one of the covers this year that you put over them and leacve it all set up except for the decorations. The limbs fold in so we can make it fairly small around and just put it in the corner of the shed with bungee cords wrapped around the cover . that way we wont have to go thru this anymore.

My tree is decorated with purple and gold ornaments only gold tinsel and white lights. I really like it of course since purple is my favorite color and I have lots of it in my house.

 

Is anyone going to go out early bird shopping tomorrow morning? We are , we need a new tv. So wal mart has a 42” LCD HDTV for 800 so we are going to go see about that. The 32” is only 400 something if we think that is big enough we will get that instead. Also they have a good buy on the thin flat monitor 20” for 140 dollars. Would love to have that for a Christmas present but guess I wont since we will be buying the tv for our present. Lol

 

I hope everyone had a great day on Thanksgiving and it was all that you wanted it to be. I said I sure don’t know what to buy my great grandbabies now for Christmas with all of the recalls ….teasingly said I would just go to the appliance store and get them all big boxes to play with. They would probably like that as well as any toy anyway, they usually do lol I think the toys bought are more for the parents mind anyway. The kids have a blast with the paper and bows and boxes .

One year for one of my grandsons that was crazy about balls, I got a big box and filled it with all sizes and kinds of balls, wasn’t expensive and he loved it so much. Was his favorite present that year.

 

 

 

RIANNE: so good to hear from you again. I sure hope you will come back to the COF meeting this month. We all would love to see you again. I know you are looking great.

I hope your schooling is going well . Im glad to hear that you are concentrating on schooling . It will pay off in the long run.

 

 

TRACI: Did you enjoy your dinner that your mom cooked?  I remember those special dinners at my moms. Holidays I really miss her being here.  So all of you that still have your mothers you should be really thankful that you have them yet. There isnt a replacement for her.

 

 

JANET: Oh my gosh sounds like I wouldn’t want that bunch of sloppy workmen at my house. I would have been running around after them yelling and making them clean up after themselves. Yeah I would charge them for anything and everything they broke. No sence in that at all. People just don’t take pride in their work it seems anymore.

 

How did your dinner for the homeless turn out? I think you are so great for doing all of that. I think you are great anyway but you just added to your stature in my eyes for doing all of that.

Oh wow im really impressed with Steph. I know if she is your daughter she has to have a big heart and a good head on her even if it does stay hidden some times. I will keep praying for her.

 

 

RENEE: good luck on quitting smoking and yes most all of it is mind of matter. It can be done but the people that are the most successful are the ones that lay them down and don’t look back I think>? Maybe not but I tried for years and years to give them up by cutting down. finally I sat a date and put them down that day and never have I looked back not even once. I used some mind training but nothing much else. I put a rubber band on my wrist and when I thought about a cig. those first 2 or 3 days I would snap the band on my wrist it really helped. I also for about a week carried a straw in between my fingers that was cut to about the length of a cig. I had smoked a long long time so I know if I could do so can you. Good luck I will help you all I can by praying for you.and your girls.

 

 

TAMMY: wow on those new pictures, Yes I can see where Joe is going to have to get ready to kick some butt too. You are emerging sweetie like a butterfly. I am so happy for a lot of you girls that you have been able to have this surgery while you are still young enough that you will have a long happy life to be able to live and love .

Isnt it fantastic that you are able to do all of those ordinary things now that people take for granted? 

Im glad your princess will be home soon. I know you have really missed her.

Cant wait to see you the next time you get to come up to a meeting. By then you will be a skinny minny….

 

 

 

Everyone was busy celebrating today and too tired and sleepy tonight to post so I guess we don’t have a lot to talk about.

I have got to get to bed so I can get up about 3am to be able to get to wal mart by 5 in the morning. Lol We are going to the one in Ozark so if you are in the neighborhood will see you there.     Love and hugs

 

HUGS AND BLESSINGS

JAN

Morning everyone Brrrrr - it's cold this mornin'!  Jan:  OH gives us a chatroom to use!  Look to the left - you'll see  a link to a chatroom that's just for us here on the Missouri board.    The dinner was good, what I could eat of it.  Time spent with family was the best part.  A lazy day home with my hubby and kiddos today.  Have a great day everyone! 

yeah i know there is a chat room on here but there are a lot of people that cant get into it. we have tried that many times. ....thought maybe we could go another route.   Jan

Ahhhh - gotcha.  Didn't realize folks had problems with the one here on OH.  As far as instant messenger type programs, the main programs are: Yahoo: http://messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php MSN: http://webmessenger.msn.com/ AOL: http://dashboard.aim.com/aim Google Talk: http://www.google.com/talk/ ICQ:  http://www.icq.com/

Dear Jan and OH Peeps~

Happy Good Friday to you all~!!! I was going to be one of those crazy bargain shoppers today-but didnt even hear my alarm go off at 4 am! Megan and Stephanie didnt hear theirs either, and called me at 6:30. They went to Target and got my bargains for me. So I am finishing this post and then off to town to get crazy myself...LOL..

Yesterday was so crazy, saw myself coming and going until after the dinner was served. All in all it was a really good day, no matter how crazy it got-and it was all worth it. I got less than a full hours sleep Thanksgiving Eve, and my back hurt like crazy-and I didnt get to enjoy ANY of the good/excellent food we had-my gb decided yesterday that we werent going to be eating ANYTHING without getting sick-so that was REALLY a bummer, but the company we had-and the fact that there was NO turkey OR ham left-and everyone loved my stuffing that I got up at 5 am to make-made me feel really really good!! The best part about the whole day-was being with my whole family! Mel and Terry came with the 2 kids-and after Jon warmed up to Clair-they had a blast! The baby was passed around, we just couldnt get enough of him-and he smells so good now that he lives with Mel!! Anyway, we didnt get home until almost 10 pm-and Jon fell asleep about 5 minutes after we left-and Mel said Clair fell asleep before they got to the freeway!!

We smoked one turkey on the grill with hickory and cherry wood-and about an hour into it-ran out of propane!! It postponed the dinner by an hour!! I felt so bad!! Mike and I were like crazy people here, loading 2 full turkeys AND their juices (for the gravy my mom was making when we got there)..the pan of stuffing that was made seperate then what fit into the birds, the pan of sweet potatos, the deviled eggs-that I had peeled but didnt assemble until we got there, and all the plates and platters. WOW...Then I also had a pitcher of the juices from boiling the necks and gizzards all day (for her gravy as well) Plus getting my mess cleaned up here-getting the boys all ready and such-and the 100 phone calls and such!...Then...when we got there-the fun began. Had 3-4 people in that tiny little kitchen (reminds me of a New York apartment kitchen) THANK GOODNESS I am 1/2 the sz I used to be-we laughed, or I would have been hitting the walls side to side!!! Anyhow-when mom was making the gravy-we looked over and the stove was on FIRE!!! BIG FLAMES... Like crap your pants, the house is going to burn down flames. What does my mom do? She panics and tries to blow it out-which made it ten times worse! I cant run out of the kitchen because there is no room to run past the stove-LOL...I open the fridge-no baking soda. Thank God Mike was standing by the pantry and found some and shoved mom out of the way to put it on the fire!! Now, IF that wasnt bad enough, we had to open all the windows and Jon starts crying because he is scared because of the screaming and yelling and seeing the flames! Ok-so about 10 minutes later-it caught fire again...THEN again-and finally Mike tells mom she has to leave the stove alone! I think I crapped my pants. Im not sure now-but I was scared!!! Anyhow-after all that, and getting all the food transported over to the feeding area-which was decorated really nice-I was exhausted! The baby decided he was hungry right when it was time to sit down and eat-and since I was having a bad food day-I asked Mel if I could feed him-so she could eat with everyone else. (really, would have wanted to feed him EVEN if it was a good food day-LOVE BABIES!!!) Mike was always trying to hog Adrian the whole night. I have NEVER met a baby that doesnt just love Mike-and I got kind of jelous-Mike got more smiles than anyone else! I think Adrian likes big breasted women too-cause he loves the girls and me (and my SIL Aaron-LOL)....They had a sign on the door thanking my parents, Mike and I and Megan and Aaron-I about cried. We didnt get but maybe 1/2 the people who were suppose to show up. Dad said some of them didnt come because they were embaressed-that made me feel sad, but we did make them up plates and some came and got their plates and took them home-and others were made up and are in the fridge for when they come and get them. I just sat there, looking around and really felt so blessed, to have all my children, even my married child-my folks, and Mel and her family there. What more could a person want? One of the homeless persons my dad gave a job to and is helping-sat by himself all night and jus****ched everyone-you could see that he is so sad and he told me when we were in the kitchen that he would do anything to have what we have-and I said-you do-your here arent you? He said that he felt like a moocher and that he loves my parents like his own, since his are gone. I told them that they love him too-and that you dont have to be blood to be a family-and he started to cry. I said-Oh, please dont do that!! He is having a much harder year than I-he lost his home in a fire, his wife left him for another woman (been there-LOL) his car got stolen and his job downsized and he lost his job-all within 6 months! But, yesterday is what its all about. In a nutshell. I hope all of you had a wonderful day too! I thought about all of you and prayed you had a wonderful day as well!!!

**Jan-we have one of those trees too-and always had problems the next yr-so now I wrap hair ties-different colors-matching to the end of the one that needs to be plugged in-red, blue, black etc etc-and then the next yr, you will know where it belongs-poor Joe-I know-when Mike does lights every yr-he starts out happy and jolly, and ends up not so happy and jolly between trying to find the bulbs that are out-and the snags in the lines-LOL...I always just sit back, because I know by the end of it-he says screw it Im buying new lights-and then he does-but never throws away the old ones (I do when he doesnt know about it-LOL)....I hope you had good luck shopping and found good bargains!!

**Mel-THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I was so glad to have you and your family with us yesterday. It made the day complete, and thank you for sharing and helping with the full store of desserts you brought to share with everyone-even when asked NOT TO-Hint Hint!! I know, thats just the way you are-and I love you for it!! Thank you for the jeans too-Woo hoo-now I have more than 2 prs that fit right! One pr I had-when I would sit are high waters because they are for petites. So, as long as I was standing, they looked alright-LOL....they will be yours soon, Im sure. I hope your feeling better today!! If I dont see you before you leave to see your mom-hug and kiss her for me. Im sorry I lost it after I talked to her yesterday-I just kept thinking that I wished she wasnt going through all of this and I wished I couldve had them over yesterday as well-that would have been AWESOME! Love you, sis. Thanks again-and thanks for letting us take over Adrian yesterday!! He sure brought a lot of joy to a lot of people-well, so did Clair-but Jon and Clair were in their own little world the whole time, werent they? Man-we are gonna have our hands full with them when it gets warmer out, arent we? They are going to have fun playing with their Christmas presents, arent they? Love you, be safe-and thanks again.

**Everyone else-I hope you have a wonderful weekend. As always, your all in my thoughts and prayers. Take care, Love-Janet

 Hello Everyone,  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.....  The girl's and I spent the day with my sister, my parent's, and a friend of mine and his daughter. It was a nice time, with way to much food to eat. LOL I just looked at all of it and said, girl enjoy it this will be your last fat Thanksgiving. LOL  It's hard to believe it's almost Christmas time, and the beginning of a new year. I'm looking so forward to all the change's in my life that's going to happen in the new year. I'm really hoping I will be able to get my surgery in January so I can kick it off right.  Jan I use yahoo mess. alot and if you or anyone else want's to chat my screen name is sassyangelgirl2004 and my aol is reneeflw.  It sound's like you guy's are getting all geared up for Christmas, I love looking at all the light's and decoration's. I've been thinking I might buy a new tree this year, the one I have is getting to small and worn out (I've had it for year's.). LOL The girl's and I buy a new decoration for each other every year and we are starting to run out of space on our little one. Janet it sound's like you had an awesome dinner (except for the fire). I'm sorry you couldn't enjoy the food, I hope you get that gb out soon. I hope everyone has a warm and cozy night.

Hi all    First time to post on here but wont be the last. Thanksgiving was ok for me I didnt eat as much as I said I would, been that it will be that last thanksgiving for awhile for me. I did have some NSA ice cream for dessert an keep self away from the pies. Normally I'm a black friday shopper but this yr since I'm gettin prepare for surgery I told everyone to be lookin for there gift in the mail from me. The pushin, long lines, an etc, didnt feel like it today, so gift cards will be my best friend this time around. I went for a walk today wit the kids like we do everyday. The different is that I wanted to do another lap an they wanted to go home.LOL Poor babies momma done wore them out. We came back home an did some readin an talk about going home for christmas which is Maryland. Well thats about it today....an Renee see girl I'm slow but surely coming out my shell! Have a great weekend Everybody.