If this is Tuesday, it must be OFF - What's new with you?

Good Morning George and everyone else.

I think I'm starting to turn the corner.....starting to feel more human after surgery.

I hope to get out to Lowes today for a few supplies.  The store is close to the house and I don't think it will be packed with holiday shoppers so I'm going to take a chance on it.  I also need to stop for some baking supplies but will see how I am feeling that may have to wait for another day.

Today is Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary.  I feel like such a louse because I did not get their card and gift out in the mail on time. I've been loading an IPod with tons of family pictures and loads of their favorite music.  I didn't get it all done before my surgery and I really didn't expect the recovery to be this tough....I thought I would be able to fini****    I'll call them in a couple of hours but I'm really feeling like a terrible child for not getting it there on time.  .  Maybe I can think of something to send them so they get it today....something other than flowers.... hmmmmmm

On a better note  I finished all my shopping last night (on-line shopping of course)....that's one thing I love about the Internet you can shop and have it all shipped anywhere.

Tomorrow the rest, and last, of my new furniture will be delivered.  Hopefully there will be no dents or scratches with pieces....I hate having to reject the piece and wait for re-delivery.  My grandmother would have said "they just don't make things like they used to"...

Hope everyone is doing ok, having a good day, healing from surgery and or heartache.
TTFN
Ruth

Good morning George and all....
Well I have quit smoking...and that seemed to be a big thing with me...even though like President Clinton "I didn't inhale"...I was still hooked. It took Medication to ease me off. Chantix....I was getting severe headaches the first week so I called the Pharmacist and he said it was probably the smoking I was doing the first week. [which they adivised] and the withdrawal and he suggested I moderate my dosage and not quit the medication...so that is what I did and it helped. So on the 7th day, I quit..and I am happy about it.

It is strange I now do not have the urge to drink my wine so much either so I think that will be okay...I am drinking at least half of what I used to...and I can see it becoming even less. So I am happy about that also.If I just have 1-2 glasses a day that will be fine for me andd my doc.

My husband had to have a Nuclear Stress test and we went to the cardiologist yesterday to get the results. Not all great, but not all bad etiher. Some of you know that my husband has 12 stents in his heart. I think it is his docs record number. We have decided to treat it medically for the time being as the area of concern [the back of his heart] is where the majority of the stents are.....not much left to do there.

My concern is that this is the time of year for heart attacks. There are more heart attacks on Christmas eve, Christmas day and New Years eve than any other days of the year. But we will just keep counting our blessings and saying our prayers and taking the medicine.

I have three parties this week again...Hope my vertigo is better, it got real bad last weekend and we had to miss a party and I missed Mass on Sunday..but went to my chiropractor yesterday and I am better already. I think I did it putting up Christmas decorations...not good to look up too long.

Had my carpets cleaned yesterday. That always makes me feel good. Want to get all that smoke smell out of the house.[no, I wouldn't go into the garage....too cold. Am I a brat of a heart patients wife or what?]

Must get going...still lots to do before we leave on 21st for Iowa for Christmas. My son has a large old home with 3 stories...and that is where we are doing Christmas this year. Sarah and Kyle and the babies are coming from Dallas, and Kathleen and Mark and the boys from Madison. We are staying in a hotel with Sarah and Kyle and the babies.....more time with them.
Sarah arranged for the Presidential Suite...with two bedrooms and two bathrooms and a dining room and the hotel has a  waterpark.....should be lots of fun for all of us.

My son is a gourmet cook, so we have lots of good meals to look forward to, plus at the moment he is working in a French Pastry shoppe....good thing I can't eat very much at a time. He is on the waiting list of the International Culinary Arts Institute School...hopefully next semester. It is a two year program. That boy has a lot of schooling I hope this is what he wants now. He took 6 years in college, 1 year in a photograpy school and now two years in ICA....he is 40 and still searching. Good thing his wife has a really good job. He has been a "House Husband" for many years and now the boys are both in school full time.

I say I must get going and I don't....now I will
Love, Marti
ps Annette darlin' I sleep in shorts and a t-shirt year round...under a down comforter.






 

 

Congrats on quitting smoking! I hear that's the hardest thing to do. I had a coworker who had to go cold turkey because he had a broken bone that wasn't healing, and they said it was because of his smoking (not enough blood flow to the bone). He was a bear at work because of it (and he's usually such a nice guy, too). So I know it's rough. Good for you!

Thanks Eileen....I was surprised how hard it was this time...I have quit before and it wasn't this hard. ...I sometimes wonder if it was all mixed up with the wine...as I have not anywhere the desire for the wine...just a little wave of wanting the smoke......I have only been back smoking for about a year....no idea it would be this hard again. Thanks for the support. I feel sorry for the guy at work that he couldn't have any medication support....although I quit cold turkey a couple of times. for years at a time.
Love, Marti

Hope it continues to work.

a super whoooooooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo for you to quit smoking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning George and everyone.....

George the card Mary made this year is so sweet...thank you so much!

I am feeling blue....I was supposed to leave for Iowa Friday to spend time with Nic and Gracie....well things have changed....I won't be going. It is for the best. I can't explain it now....we will be getting together soon.

I need to get back to work. Praying for those having surgery, those recovering from surgery and other illnesses.

Love and hugs to all.....connie d

 

 

Hi George and my OFF family:

It's snowing again and at one point, it was really blowing around. Hope it stops before I go to work tonight.

My mom was in an accident yesterday. She was trying to pass a truck on the right and slid, hit a utility pole on the sidewalk. She said it was a meter, but my brother Ed said it was a pole. The front end is damaged and the tire was flat, but somehow she drove home. She's OK, other than her arm hurts. So she doesn't have a car until it gets fixed. I told her she could get a rental, but she doesn't like these "new" cars ... she doesn't know how to drive them. So she'll rely on her neighbors I guess. I'm going down there on Sunday for the family party, and of course I'll drive then ... I always do because we don't want Mom to drive on the highways or at night ... and she doesn't like doing that either. She pretty much just drives around the neighborhood that she knows.

I had an interesting session with my psychologist. She thinks the antidepressants are working ... she calls them "don't give a damn pills" ... she says that's how I sound. Yeah, I don't give a damn anymore. I just feel pretty numb. Wish they were happy pills. I could use some happy. Anyway, she wants me on them for six months. I go to my PCP tomorrow to talk about that because he prescribed them ... she can't prescribe.

Well, back to work tonight, not until 8:30, though. Hopefully it won't be too boring.

Have a good day.

Hi George and everyone on OFF,
It's lunch time and I'm the late one posting again, LOL.  I can't seem to get online much before now.  There's not a whole lot going on here anyway.  I'm getting the last of my Christmas cards and the presents for the grandkiddies ready to go off to the post office.  Hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!  :)

George,
I got Mary and your card yesterday. It is very pretty.....I need to get the xmas cards I got out too.
I am busy today cooking for Chanukkah for Friday and tomorrow I am driving down to Ft Lauderdale to see my friend who used to live in Denver with us. Her mom is here and I want to go and see her.
I had orientation for the new job yesterday and I wont be on the schedule till Next Monday cause the trainer is out.
Today I am going to bake a sour cream cake and some Latkes( Potatoe Pancakes ) for the chanukkah party at our temple on Friday. Saturday is the birthday party for my 2 little cousins and Sunday is my Brithday and we are going to Tampa for the day.
Well I need to go to the party store and get some cheap toys for Lilys class and deliver them.
Carla