Sandy, I can't believe you heard about that. I just read about it in our local paper today. Do you think that the university has contacted faculty? Noooooooooo!

Yep, it was on the news this morning. Apparently (they say) faculty wasn't affected, just students and new admissions. Hmmm. Reminds me of the time someone took a government computer home with them and thousands of veterans were affected but they said "Don't worry." We didn't find out until the news reported it. :rolleyes:

I'm back! We made $391 off the garage sale today! :D

It was supposed to go until 3 PM but we sold just about everything by 2 PM and didn't see a reason to stay out in the cold any longer. It sleeted for about five minutes around 8 AM but then quit and the skies cleared but it go very windy. It's in the low 40's today so that made it seem even colder.

I'm so tired.....I was up around 4:30 AM and have not been back to sleep since. I think an early bedtime is in order tonight. I'm going to go get on the couch and try to rest a little before supper.

Thanks for all the positive thoughts for my sale.....they worked! :grouphug:

Just a quick note. Hope you are all well or getting there:) I am still suffering but staying level Its not as bad as it can get :p Love to you all Jackie. xxxxxxxxxx:hug::hug::grouphug::grouphug:

HI ... I'm pooped!! LOL

my chili placed awesome in the cook-off .. but, didn't win .. that's okay - it was fun spending time with my HOG friends and meeting new peops ...

it was a long day - serving and cleaning up ... but, made it!!

congrats, KELLY, on your garage sale!!! contact your county Health and Human Services about HUD in your area ... I'm hoping that the transfer works and I'm outta here by the EOM ...

Tricia ... my friends call me 'Gypsy Von ... our sweet, sweet Von' ... and that I'll find a nice place I can call 'home' .... (p.s. when I build my lighthouse!)

thanks for everyone's apt well-wishes!!!

my brain-faded ... better rest now before Jeopardy so I can make some make-believe $$$ ... ta ta until tomorrow!!:D

Evening all,

Kelly, so glad it went so well and you made a nice amount of money!! Now get some well-deserved rest...
Vonn, glad the chili did so well, and more importantly, that you enjoyed yourself...continued prayers for your search for a new place...
Jenn, take care of yourself...:hug:
Barb, keep up with vitamins, etc to try to stay healthy around those germ-mobiles called students;)
Sandy, glad you got all that done...you're going to be really busy...

DH and I went shopping...bought some shoes, boots, a purse (love purses!) and some socks for working out...I enjoyed shopping for a change.
Then we went to the Toyota dealer...we're thisclose to buying a Prius...my DH has a BMW 3Z, and he's tired of it...we love Toyotas, esp the high mpg...so we got the quote and went home...need to sleep on it before we take on another bill...but I do love new cars...

Well, take care all and have a great Saturday night!!:)

I had a wonderful night last night with my nieces and sister. :)

Tina has her cancer surgery on Monday at noon. She hadn't slept since she found out, but last night she finally slept well. When the four of us get together we're just nutty and funny. My nieces are hilarious.

Today I was setting the timer on my camera and "running" to sit with them. They saw me run and started laughing hysterically. :D I knew it was funny, but I was so glad to see them smile so I did it repeatedly. :rolleyes: :wink:

They said it looked like I'd just gotten off a horse. :D (Thanks MS!) :Thats-Funneh: It was just hilarious and we just had a great time together. It was way overdue and such good medicine for all of us.

We had some fabulous and cheap Thai food downtown in Dixon, browsed in shops, and went to a wine bar and laughed some more. Tina's boyfriend (a darling sweetheart!) was there too.

I just want to ask everybody to please pray hard for Tina at noon CST on Monday and before if you can. She's had an extremely difficult life and this can't be a really bad cancer, it just can't. :(

She's so special and wonderful and I love her very much. I'm going to be praying hard for a long time until I know she's going to be ok.

ok posted, and lost it...

wiz panera mmmmmm and none near by... not anywhere near by...lol.. glad the time with family was good.. and prayers for her surgery...

hugss to all...

vonn good luck with the apt...

my memory is shot.. and the last time I went back to check so I can remember who did what or said what... hehe I lost my post... haha

so love to all... hugs to all... hugsss,sarah

We had snow! About an 1/2 inch fell during the night (early Saturday). It was mostly melted by 10am.

I'm still feeling like the carp the cat dragged up. Tired, achy and coughing...so I'm not sleeping well. I have Valium to take for my MRI on Thursday. I suspect I'll sleep through most of it!:p

We put up our Christmas tree and decorated the house a bit. DH pulled everything from the attic early this morning. I come in and all he has on the tree are the Star Trek ornaments we have collected each year since they started the series. We added sparkly star ornaments, a few balls for planets and suns and small disco type balls for sparkle! :D Oh he also added NASA ornaments he had collected. SO we have a space themed tree this year. Some of the ornaments plug into the trees lights and when it turns on they all start talking at once.

Kelly, glad your sale went so well!

Wiz, my prayers will be going up for your niece. :hug: hope you get that job too.

Sandy, have a safe trip. :hug:

:grouphug: to all.

Morning all! I'm feeling the effects of yesterday this morning......I'm so stiff and sore. I'm sure it's because I'm not used to any type of all day body movement like I had on Saturday. I pulled some muscles in my right side - probably from helping to move the tables - and this morning it screamed at me when I tried to sit up in bed. :mad: I took some Motrin so it'll feel better here in a little bit.

I'm going to use my sale proceeds to get a few Christmas presents. This year it's going to be practical presents for everyone. We just cannot afford to be frivolous this year. I think for DS and his GF I'm going to get a board game they've been wanting (they're trying to stay home & not go out so much and thought this would help) and a gift card to Publix (for groceries). For younger DS I'm going to get a gift card to either WalMart or just a Visa giftcard where he can decide where to use it. I'll also get him a gasoline giftcard from the store he buys his gas from. Might get a couple of DVD's or music CD's for them but that is going to be it. I'll fix my traditional turkey and cornbread dressing dinner so that'll have to count for a gift! :o I already have the cats stockings hung in front of the fireplace so I'll have to get a couple of bags of treats for them. Can't forget those babies!

I might try and get the tree up this next week. We usually put it up and leave it undecorated for a couple of days until the cats inspect every square inch of it and approve it. :rolleyes: I can decorate it next week - that'll give me something to do. My boys don't care anything about decorating. These are the times I wish I had a daughter. :(

OK, I've bored you all enough with my rambling. Need one more cup of coffee. Ya'll have a nice Sunday! :grouphug: