What Did You Do Today?

[DianaB]

Lynne, I'm sorry to hear that your Mom's not doing well either. I'm glad that you and Janet have us and each other too.

Gayle, I can't imagine moving right before Christmas and having everything so organized already!!! I'm impressed!!!

We had our children's program at church this morning. It was so cute......and Glen was in it!!!! It doesn't help that our daughter, Amy, is the children's pastor!! They all did a good job!!

Before the program I taught Sunday School.......I had brought gifts for 2 girls and 4 boys because I usually have more boys than girls......Well, this morning I had 4 girls.......2 came that had never been to my class before and I was in a panic.......after all....what girl wants Hot Wheels? It ended up that Amy had some things that she could put in and helped me out. I learned that next year I'm going ALL generic!!!

Glen and I went to the grocery store, got groceries, and picked up chicken for lunch. By the time we got home my blood sugar was headed low so I quickly ate some stuff but it takes a while to get it back up. After that it knocked me out and I ended up sleeping the whole afternoon........when I had planned on wrapping gifts......Bummer!!! I hate when this happens to me and I usually don't have any trouble on Sundays and I'm not sure why it happened.

So it's late enough that I'm going to go and put on my pj's and wrap some gifts. I have Dean tomorrow and I'm sure that there won't be any wrapping done while he's here!!!

[Lindsey]

Lynn, I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I hope she's feeling better.

I've been stressed again, as usual. I worked my butt off all day on Friday, worked straight through lunch and didn't eat (and didn't have time for breakfast either!) and left the office at 5. When we finally got home, I made some food, and then got a call from work at 6:45 from an engineer saying he was trying to find me before I left but I was already gone so could I please come in and help them out by working all day Saturday? I said no, we are driving 2 hours away to visit Scott's grandma for Christmas. He said they really need the help. I said we can't see her any other time, and we made these plans a long time ago. He insisted that they're on a tight deadline and can't do it on their own. I stuck to my guns and I didn't come to work, but he really made me feel guilty about it. Scott's grandma is 93 years old, who knows if we'll see her for another Christmas.

We did have a good visit with her and all her friends there in the home lol. It got a little depressing when she talked about how she's ready to die, but like Scott said on the way home he hates to hear it because it's his grandma, but he's happy to hear it because she's not afraid and she's ready to go and be with her husband again (he passed away earlier this year).

Yesterday we had our own little Christmas, just me and Scott. I made a gigantic 10 lb ham that he got as a Christmas gift from his company, and we watched Christmas movies for most of the day

Unfortunately, I hardly slept last night because I was nervous about coming in today and people being upset with me for not coming in on Saturday. I fell asleep around 3 and Scott dragged me out of bed at 6.

I hope I sleep better tonight!

[Janet]

Today I took Mom to her monthly kidney Dr. Mom had a lot of blood in her stool again, hemo dropped from 10.5 to 9.8. She is suppose to have a colonscopy on the 23rd, but she's canceling until after Christmas. Mom as other Dr. appts before the 30th and one the first week of January. At Christmas....I'm making my younger, non-helping, lazy a$$ brother pick which one he wants to do. He needs to help much more than he is which is hardly nothing.

I usually don't want snow...lol...but it's snowing real good now and we're suppose to get some ice too. I hope we don't have school tomorrow. I'm ready for our break now.

[DianaB]

Janet, I'm sorry that you're Mom is having more problems. I do hope she's given up on going to Florida with all of the problems she's having.

It's NOT fair that you're getting the snow!!!!! You know how much I enjoy it........so SHARE it!!!!! I do think that we're suppose to have some in the next few days!! I hope that it's cleared off by Christmas for the ones who have to travel though.


Lindsey, I don't see anything wrong with you not going in to work. You had already put your time in and had planned your weekend. Why didn't these guys come to you earlier in the day to get your input? Poor planning on their part. I wouldn't worry about them being upset with you......you certainly put in more than enough time there.


I have such a sweet daughter!!! Dae Lynn came over yesterday and helped me wrap presents!! We got so much done and I'm feeling so much better.....presents.....both buying and wrapping always stresses me out. I still have some to do but she was such a big help. It's so nice because she understands how much time I put in watching her kids for her!!

We're planning our Christmas with the kids on Christmas Eve....during the day. That way the kids' Christmas day won't be nearly as busy for them. It's going to be hard for me....not because they won't be here on the actual day but that we don't have any kids here to bring their stockings in and open them in bed with us. I always enjoyed that on Christmas morning and even now it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. Oh well, time marches on. Glen and I have decided to save the presents we have for each other to open on Christmas so that's something to look forward to.

Actually, we bought a new tv for ourselves. Ours was taking forever to come on and we were tired of it........then we found out that we had bought an extended warranty for our old one.....so I guess that we'll be getting it fixed and will probably give it to Dae Lynn because theirs is going out too.

Well.....I guess I better go and finish wrapping gifts!!! Happy day Everyone!!!!

[Lindsey]

I know I shouldn't feel bad about it, and the feeling is passing lol. It was absolutely the right choice to visit Scott's grandma and she was so happy to see us. I just hate that some people make me feel that when I try to do something in my personal life, my professional life will suffer! But I don't want to be like my coworkers where their life IS their job. Mine isn't! My life is Scott and Layla and the rest of my family and friends. My job just pays for me to be able to spend time with them. I need to balance out somehow! One of these men moved his whole family here from Arizona (he has two young kids), but he still never sees them because he's always at the office.

I am so happy Dae Lynn came to help you! I know how busy you've been and with Christmas around the corner it would be overwhelming.

I wish I could have done the same thing with my parents this past weekend! They were trying to get the cabin ready for Christmas with my dad putting up lights outside and my mom setting up the tree and wrapping presents, stocking the fridge and cupboards, taking out bedding and setting up enough sleeping spaces for everyone! She was exhausted when I talked to her Sunday evening. I think next year, Scott and I might host Christmas at our house and take the stress off our parents!

[gja1000]

Yay! We have internet, TV, but no phones yet. For some reason they can't be turned on till Dec. 28th. That's OK, we have our cell phones, so it's no big deal.

I went to the office yesterday for most of the day and today for half a day. I'm not going in any more and the school is closed from Dec. 24-Jan 3rd, so I definitely will have plenty of time to get things straightened out between now and then!

It still feels a bit strange in this house. I keep wandering around at times, aimlessly it seems! LOL!!! Lindsay, did you do that in your big new house too? My kitchen is bigger than any kitchen I have ever had so it feels like I have to take a lot of steps to fix anything. I guess I'll get used to that!

I'm just so happy to have my desktop computer hooked up to the internet!!! YAY!

[Lindsey]

Yes I did that too Gayle! Actually I still do sometimes lol. I still can't believe we live in my dream house! Our kitchen is so big, I have definitely never had a kitchen this big, and never known anyone who has! I find that I only actually use one little corner And 4 sinks??? REALLY??? If we redo the countertops one of these days I definitely want to take 2 of those extra sinks out. I'm sure one day I will have a big family and be thankful that my kitchen is so big but right now it seems like overkill!

[gja1000]

Oh My! FOUR sinks! Wow! I'm sure your kitchen is way bigger than mine. LOL! I have an island which I just love, but I sometimes find myself walking around and around it! LOL!

[Lindsey]

Lol well my kitchen is just weird! It has a white double sink right in the middle of the kitchen window, which looks great. But right beside that they put in this awkward stainless steel sink, and cut into the cupboards underneath so we can't use them. There is a switch there so it looks like they had a garburator hooked up in that sink, but then took it out. There are also two drawers originally there that obviously aren't now. The 4th sink is between the "desk" area and the breakfast nook. I don't really understand why. Maybe it was like a bar area? But the fridge dispenses ice and cold water and that's only 2 steps further lol.

I'm going to start a new thread with pictures of the house and you can see the sinks there in some pictures!

[gja1000]

Oh Lindsay, I would love to see your kitchen!

[gja1000]

It got up to 83 today and is only 68 right now. I had to turn on the AIR CONDITIONER to cool down the house to go to bed. I opened the windows, but that just didn't do the trick. YUK!

[Janet]

Even though I would need the air conditioner on...I wish it was warm here. It's 32 with snow on the ground. I was home mostly today. We had a two hour delay because of the snow. I'm on Christmas break now...yeah!!!! Don't have to go back until January 3 or 4. Now maybe I'll have time to get the tree up....lol.

[gja1000]

I worked over at the old house today getting things ready for donation. I have a truck coming by tomorrow to pick everything up, so I had to get it bagged and out in the driveway today. WHEW! I'm glad that is over. I probably have more stuff to donate, but at least I got most of it bagged up today.

I also did a lot of sweeping and throwing away things that needed to GO! I filled up the trash bin and the recycling bin, so I had to quit. I can't set out extra trash without paying extra. Everything has to go into the bin that they empty once a week, so when it was full, I was done cleaning! Of course, I'm not done - I'll have to go back next week and fill up the bin again, but at least I made a big dent in it!

After that, I picked up mom and Gary and we went to eat a late lunch at Luby's cafeteria. It was really good. Now, I'm home vegging out as I am tired! I worked at the house for about 4 hours and now I am pooped!

I think I'll just play on the computer or watch TV the rest of the day!

[gja1000]

I was up early today and we went to a Mexican restaurant to get tamales. Hope they are good. Then I went to Target to look for rugs for the guest bath, but no luck! I did get a couple of towels for our bathroom.

Now, I'm back home and I think I'll make some of the pretzel/kiss Christmas candy for Christmas eve. I might even take a nap too - I'm still soooo tired!

[judy]

I remember those pretzel kisses from last year Gayle! I made them and gave them out to some people who loved them. Yours were prettier, but they sure were yummy!

It's funny that we all have such different weather! Janet and I usually have the same, but for those of you who need a/c...well...I just cannot muster up much sympathy! The snow is beautiful, but there have been too many times when, coming down a country hill, my car just does not stop! I just had new brakes put in too. I do not like the anti lock brakes, but I was talking to some people today who gave me some good tips. It takes getting used to. At least now I know it's not just my driving, or that the brakes are no good.

I am done with shopping, wrapping involves using gift bags, and I have to give gifts to the workers here. I enjoy giving Christmas gifts to people like our maintenance workers, Dave, the garbage guy, my hair dresser,, etc. It is the only time of the year that I get to really thank all of these people who have such an impact on my quality of life! My hair dresser told me today that I shouldn't have given her money, the stationery I bought her was enough. I told her that since she makes me beautiful every week, she deserves it!

I went to a gym nearby to check out personal trainers. I have to call someone to see when he is available. The gym is very nice, and it's only $5/day for me to use the personal trainer there. Of course, he charges his own fee.

I cannot believe Christmas is almost over! This has been a really fun pre Christmas fest! I hope the kids love their gifts.