What Did You Do Today?

[Janet]

I may have to swing by your place if I ever get out of here.....turkey and dressing...even Stove Top sounds wonderful.

[DianaB]

Lynne, that does sound good!! Last night I baked a goose that Glen had gotten while hunting a few days ago. It was really good!! I have a recipe for potatoes that's really good with wild game and it's really easy to fix. I'll post that recipe.

Yesterday it snowed all day long!! It was so pretty coming down and being able to see it from my big windows. I thought that it would be a day where Glen and I were home alone but.....no.....he was in and out all day long!!! It ended with a BIL almost running out of propane and him moving an extra tank full to his house. It just amazes me that he can do so many things!! He also snow plowed our driveway so we can get in and out.....which is quite a feat because our driveway is a quarter mile long!!!

Daya, one of Amy's daughters, rode her four-wheeler over and spent some time with me. She's such a sweetie!!! I couldn't believe that she was out in the snow.....it was soooo cold!!

I think that today I'm going to get out my sewing maching. I still have some curtains to finish for the dining room!!!! I've only been working on them for a few YEARS!!! LOL

The snow is sooo pretty!!! We got somewhere around 8 - 10 inches. It's hard to tell because the wind was so strong that the snow blew everywhere!! I'm sure there's some pretty good sized drifts around. I think the kids are planning on going sledding today so it might be busy here at home.....we'll see!!!

[Janet]

I'm still at the hospital and still bored out of my mind. I want to go home so bad. I have so much I could be doing at home and would love to get started. I also need to get my sewing machine out and get some belly bands made for the boy doggies. Pretty soon they'll be needing new ones.

[gja1000]

OK, we had a snow day in Austin - schools closed! I had Abigail here so we played in the snow a bit this morning and then we decided we'd drive over to our favorite little Mexican restaurant. It's only a couple of miles, but in those miles we saw a car unable to turn the corner and slid right into the intersection, another car did a 360 right in front of us, and two other cars that couldn't get up the hill. Now mind you, we only had an INCH AND A HALF OF SNOW, FOR PETE'S SAKE!!! People around here just do NOT know how to drive in this stuff. We didn't even have any ice under the snow. The roads were snow packed this morning, but fine if you just went slow. When we came home and into the addition, we saw another car doing a 360 - I felt glad to be safely home away from the crazy drivers.

Now, at 5:00PM it is 41 degrees and all the snow is gone!

[DianaB]

I've heard that it's dangerous to be in places that don't get much snow because the people just don't know how to drive in it. I'm glad that you made it there and back without any incidents!!!

Glen's Mom was put in the hospital the other day. She was losing strength and just generally was getting worse than she had been. We have a small local hospital so she was taken there. She has a lot of fluid in her legs......well, when they put her in bed the fluid went into her abdomen and she was having shortness of breath and had lost enough strength that she couldn't get up to go to the bathroom anymore.

Glen's sister arrives and after a few days......and moves Glen's Mom to Wichita. Glen didn't know anything about it until after she'd been out there for several hours. The doctor had people set up to start dialysis when she got there but Brenda wouldn't allow them to start. I guess that she had the doctors out there pretty upset with her. She thought things needed to go a different way then they went. Anyway, Althea did have dialysis and afterwards wasn't doing very good but by the next day she was better.

Glen's family is a family of leaders......strong leaders........and Glen in his own right is too but instead of butting heads with them he is just letting them do what they want. It's pretty fustrating at times.......like finding out Althea was moved to another hospital without his knowledge but he's not making any waves. She's bad enough......strength-wise that I don't know if she'll be able to ever come back home........which is good because things just can't keep going the way they have been......she needs much more and better care than she's been getting.

[Janet]

I'm so sorry Glenn is going through all this. That really wasn't right of his sister to move their Mom without consulting with her brothers. Hopefully she'll get the care she needs. I had no idea she was in need of dialysis....did you tell me that and I forgot? I hope she can get some strength back and enjoy life again. I know I didn't have a history with her...but I really enjoyed visiting with her.

[paula1961]

Diana I hope your mil gets better soon. I didn't know about the dialysis either. I don't remember you mentioning it but my memory is horrible! Definitely Glenn should have been made aware of what was going on with her before she was moved but that's just how some siblings do sometimes

Gayle I'm happy to hear that you and your granddaughter made it back home from your lunch safe and sound

We finally have all of our painting done. 7 rooms got painted this time. Today we went and bought new curtain rods and some new valances. Larry has been putting up rods this afternoon and I have been ironing curtains..Yay!

[lynne b]

well besides going to work, i took 3 dogs to the vet, Serena got her rabies shot, Nik got micro chipped, an older boy had his anal gland rupture, and Sadie is in heat. I need more dogs LOL.

Diane i hope your MIL is doing better, seems there are too many of us going through this same thing.

Paula, you make me feel so lazy, i really need to paint my liveing room and my bedroom and i just can't get in the mood to do it. I hope once the weather gets better i get in the mood.

[gja1000]

Anal gland rupture! LOL! You can tell we are dog people!

I admire Paula too, for all the painting - Diana did a bunch of painting too! I don't like to paint!

[judy]

Diana, I hope Glen's Mom feels better soon, and is happy living with her daughter.

Gayle, thank goodness you know how to drive in snow! It does take you by surprise if you don't know how different the road is under even a small amount of snow. There is no traction if you go too fast, or turn too hard.

Janet, I hope you do get to take a day at home soon! It is awful sitting in the hospital day after day. This is the time for that iPad!

Paula, can we see pictures? What colors did you paint?

I did nothing yesterday. The snow took over, although I had a writing group in the AM, a Board Meeting last night, and Vicki was going to come clean. She is terrified of ice, and is afraid to walk down my steps. I am going to have to talk to our lawyer about the ice on the steps. I don't know what is legally safe, or even what my liability is. The staircase is icy in spots that are not mine! We have a lawyer (or 3) on our Board, and I have been told that I can trust one of them.

Today is Jessie's birthday! I have an appointment, then I'll scoot over there with some flowers and a cake. I think we are having more snow and freezing temps, so I won't stay too late.

[Lindsey]

I have not been doing much lately. I have not been feeling well for a few days now. On Sunday night I didn't sleep at all because I had a fever and cramps, so I missed work on Monday. Yesterday I left work a few minutes early when I got a bad case of the cramps again an hour before the end of the work day. I got home and had some ibuprofen and a heating pad and felt much better! I hope today goes well!

Scott found out he has to leave to go to Vancouver for two weeks for work He's really excited because his best friend lives there and he's taking his snowboard to go boarding in the mountains with his friend and yadda yadda yadda but I'm upset because I will miss him! Our house is way too big for one person. It also has been making creepy noises And I am worried about driving into the city for work in the dark every morning alone! Oh well, I guess it's a good opportunity for him. It sounds like going to Vancouver might become a more regular thing too.

[Janet]

Judy....I've been home since last Thursday evening. Tomorrow will make a week....I can't believe it. Went and got my driver's license renewed this morning. Couldn't tell Mom though because I don't want her thinking about hers. They expire on her birthday...the 23rd of this month.

I've also done some laundry and fixed lunch for Mom. This is going to take some getting used to. I will cook one meal per day...that's it. There are leftovers, soup and plenty of other healthy items that I won't have to cook every single meal.

We still have lots of snow...I really wish it would go away and I think alot of it will because this weekend the temps are going to be in the mid 40's...yay!!!! I might have to get out my shorts...LOL.

Not planning on doing much the rest of the day....I'm just a little tired...my dear son woke me up at 1:30 AM to help him get some dried poo off my little Joey's rear end....LOL. Isn't my life fun and exciting....seems like all I do is clean butts anymore.

[gja1000]

I gave the rabbit water. Yes, you read that right - I gave the rabbit water. My dear darling demented husband brought home a rabbit yesterday. He thinks it would be nice to have a rabbit in the back yard. Yeah right, with two Yorkshire TERRORS, uh I mean terriers. Do you know what terriers mission in life is? TO CHASE CRITTERS!!! Oh my. Gary thinks that they will all learn to be friends and live together peacefully. UHHHHH........ we'll see. So far, just lots of running around panting, barking, scratching and whinning at the pen.

I may strangle that man!

[Janet]

That is so funny Gayle.....men are so weird...lol. Now of course you know we need to know all about this rabbit....such as..sex, what got Gary interested in the rabbit and the name? Oh and don't forget the pictures.

[Gina]

Yes Gayle do tell us. lol and good luck with the rabbit .. I know Gucci would go crazy as your two are. lol

Diana how is your mother in law?

How are you feeling Lindsey? I too am sick and in bed right now ughh.. For me to be in bed you know that I am sick. I came down with a cold on Friday evening and just feel miserable, along with my sciatica .. So today I am going to just rest and watch TV . The weather is warming up to 50 niceeeeeeeee and will stay this way all week. Spring is in the air...