Thursday Insomniac. . . What's up with you?

Cindi....glad there is nothing  else wrong....your ear problem is bad enough. As for no****ching TV...there isn't anything on worth watching anyway!! Rest and relax.

I pray you have a better day tomorrow.

Hugs...connie d

Good Morning Karen and OFF Family,
Going to the beach with the 3 year olds should be fun.  I missed going to the Jersey Shore with my Munchkins because it was my first day of work at my new job.  I begged my daughter to go the next day, but she would not change her plans. 

I am up, getting ready for work.  I work till around 1:00, then I have to get bloodwork done for my coumadin level.  Then, I have a podiatrist appointment to check my pitiful toes.  Then, tonight, I am heading to the Phillies/Giants game.  There is a fireworks show after the game. 

Have a good day everyone.

Hugs,
Trish

Good mornin' Karen, and ya'll.
This is my last day at my Sissy's. We have had a very wonderful time. We went out only one day. The rest of the time has been spent helping her do things inside that her DH won't help her with (cleaning out dressers and closets), or things he doesn't know how to do (computer skills). We have stayed away from discussing finances. If you recall, when Mom passed we each inherited some IBM and Honeywell stock, as well as some $. We each did totally different things with our stuff. Her financial advisor convinced her to cash in all her stocks and give him all her money to invest in secure municipal bonds (I thought). From conversations she has had with her DH, it sounds like she is totally invested in stocks, but non risky ones. She wants to take out some money, but is afraid to when the market is down. I don't know what stocks can be more secure than IBM!!! We inherited it at $106/share. It is now at $185/share. And we are talking 2500 shares! Mine is set up to buy more stocks with the dividends, so I have 98 more shares than I started with. Her health is not good and I pray her money lasts longer than she does!!
But, I am not even gonna bring it up. Finamcial discussions get ger all worked up!
Well, I better get my butt in the shower and get to work.
Everyone have a fantabulous day!

Hi Karen, hope you got back to sleep!

Happy Thursday OFF family...it's almost Friday! Whhhhooooooo I say!!
Got to work early, one of my volunteers who I nominated for Service Excel lance is being recognized for her outstanding service so I will be off schedule a little today but I will catch up.
We got rain last night and this morning so the grass is perking up again.
Nothing new with me...I'm just typing this and drinking my water and taking my AM vitamins.
Hugs and prayers for all in need! Debbie

Morning all....sober 269 days and so proud of me.
Just back from a gentle Yoda walk around the campground. Totally spectacular morning outside, not too hot or humid yet, blue sky and a gentle breeze.Opened the RV yesterday, shut off the AC and aired us out. Then we had super long and hard Tstorms.
I have a sty starting on my right eye....so between the swelling in corner of eye and the overgrown eyelids I am soooo attractive.
Not much planned. Sending hugs to all. Karen you sound so good, hoping the ankle heals like yesterday....
Monica

Good morning OFF-

At least I hope it's a better morning for all of you than for me.  Rolled over in bed this morning and thought the earth was moving or that my cabin had floated out to sea.  Got up and I am real shaky this morning.  Every time I turn my head the world moves.  Pretty sure it's a flair of my positional vertigo but I'm waiting for my neighbor to come to take me to the ER.  Could be dehydration.  Who knows?  Just really scared not for myself but for the fact that my surgery may get postponed because of this.  Just needed some friendly minds to be aware of what's going on.

Cindi

Good Morning Karen, Pat, Grammylew, Debbie, Cindi, Shirley, Trish and those yet to arrive. . .

Glad to hear you are moving along in the right direction with you injury, hopefully, it will be all better very soon and thankfully it was nothing more serious!  I love arts and craft fairs, seeing all the work people put into their crafts, always hard to walk away without an armful of things and then, too, it gives me ideas of things I can make myself, but then that requires time and I don't seem to have any spare time for such things, though I often think it would be nice to pick back up my chrocet hook. . .  I hear you with regard to the pull of the ocean, I really cannot imagine living further than an hour or so drive from it, lakes, rivers, etc are nice, but there is nothing like the waves crashing and looking out to where the water meets the sky, when I lived in New York, I often drove to Rockaway, just to walk the boardwalk, or on colder days, just being near it was good, nature is my healer of things that weigh me down and the ocean more so. . .

Well yay, only thing better than Friday, is Thursday and knowing that the weekend is a day away.  Today I got up at 4:30 spent the requisite amount of time petting Roxie, got my gym gear on, brushed my teeth, washed my face, fed the Roxie girl, made coffee, grabbed my clothes and headed for the gym, with a pit stop for gas on the way.  Spent 30 minutes on the ARC, then 15 on the elliptical, the ARC is a sort of cross between an elliptical and a stepper and when I was done, I got ready for my work day, which is where I am writing you from now.  After work I will go home, have my dinner and then Owen will pick me up, we will go to our AA homegroup where I will tell my story in the hopes that someone can relate and find strength and hope from where I came to where I am today, that is the way we celebrate anniversaries in AA, the people who celebrate share their experience, strength and hope.  When the meeting is over I will head home where I will go to bed so I can wake up tomorrow and do it all over again, the routine of gym, work. . .

I wish each and everyone of you the best possible of days and truly I send prayers of peace and strength for those of you having tough personal life challenges, Nan's Morgan and the family and Julia are two that come to mind! 

Hugs, Laureen

Good morning all,

As a group, we sure don't sleep very well. Potty breaks, racing minds, furbabies, aches & pains all seem to have us up and down all night.

We went out to eat last night. It was in a relaxing restaurant on the edge of Cayuga Lake. Afterward we took a little stroll along the water. Perfect evening.

The mellow feeling is still working today. Maybe too mellow because ambition eludes me. Housework be damned, I'm just going to enjoy it.

My oldest daughter turns 44 next week. That seems impossible. A while ago she mentioned she doesn't own a nice set of pearls. She always preferred diamonds so I never gave her pearls. This morning I plan to go see my jeweler and shop for pearls. RATS! That is a very dangerous place for me. Maybe more dangerous than the SPCA. Wish me luck.

Kisses
Annette

Morning Karen and OFF family!!!

Well we had a tstorm in the night and more to come today they say...getting humid out there and hot again...yuck!!!

Stayed inside most of the day yesterday cleaning up the place and just vegging out. Didn't see Buddy at all on our trips outside for Bandit to go potty. Guess its best he is laying low inside getting better. I still need to get laundry done today though. Hate the thought of climbing those stairs!!!!!! But I have to get the clothes done if I want clean ones to wear....sighs.

Rick went to his mom's yesterday to pick up some of his things that he had in boxes yet in basement. While he was there his mom came home and asked him to cut the grass. So he did it. ****!!!!!!! So I get a call about noon time and it is her yelling and screaming at me about the tractor being broke. Ummm wait a minute...who cut the grass and why are you yelling at me about it??? Rick cut the grass and he broke it...excuse me...I didn't know he was there cutting the dam grass so why are you yelling and screaming at me?????????? She kept yelling at me about it and I hung up on her!!! So when Rick got home I asked him what happened to the tractor and he said nothing why? I then told him about the call from his mother. He said she never called him and he had no problem with the tractor at all. Jerry (stepdad from hell) probably messed with it again!!! Yeppers that is what happened!!! He was pissed that Rick cut the grass that was 2 feet high!!!!  He didn't want it cut yet!!!!!!!! HUH? What is wrong with that man that he is not cutting his grass???????? Lord knows its been dry enough to get it cut!!! OMG!!! And Rick ofcourse gets the blame once again for breaking the tractor!!!! I give up!!! Why he keeps "helping" I have no clue!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR I told him I just did NOT appreciate it that his mom called me and screamed at me like she did and he heard nothing from her at all about it!!!!!!! And she owed me an apology!!!! He said she would never give me one...well she calls me again I will not answer the call!!!!  I am done with her drama!!!!!

Well I rattled on long enough here and its time to get the laundry done anyhow because I am starting to glisten just sitting here....yikes!!!

Prayers and thoughts to those that need them!!!

HUGS

Hello Karen and all
We had a thunderstorm last night that brought lots of needed rain.  I didn't know that there was a thunderstorm, since I can sleep through most anything, until I and my smaller G. shepherd were joined in my bed by my 120 lb lummox.  He has never been invited into my bed and I meant to keep it that way.  He had different plans. 
When he got on the bed he tried to  put his immense body between my head and the headboard.  I was yelling at him to get off me, but he didn't seem to care much about what I wanted as he was terrified.  He rested his chin on my head and decided that he was comfortable leaving it there for a while.  What a goofball!  I had to get out of bed for him to follow me to get rid of him.
Another lazy day planned with a trip to the Y for aqua fit or time on the elliptical - not sure yet.  Other than that, I may start on cleaning out the garage as I know that I certainly won't want to do this once I start back teaching. Good thoughts for all suffering in any way.
Margaret