Morning, all!! It's a beautiful, but cold, day here...

Kelly, sorry to hear your body's getting back at you for all of the activity...take it easy today!

We're going to stay inside and watch the putrid Bears play...DH got a great receiver/audio system for his 35 anniversary at work, so he's going to set that up. Then who knows? His sinus infection is really making him cough and drain, so I don't think we'll make it to downtown Chicago tonight like I was hoping, but there will be other evenings.

I need to do my sleep study tomorrow night. Glad it's not Tuesday night...we're supposed to get hit with several inches of snow...at least that's what the weather people say...we here usually have a bubble around us, and it usually misses us.

Well, hope all of you have a great Sunday!!:)

Went to the Christmas show last night. Enjoyed it despite my coughing, sneezing, aching body:rolleyes:. But no temperature! I did not get home until after 11:00 (which is late for my these days) and feeling exhausted today.

I need to finish grading graduate papers; I only have three more to go and then figure out final grades . Each paper is about 25 pages long so they take awhile. I am taking my class out for lunch tomorrow at a local Mexican restaurant. I use to have them come to my house, but I do not have the energy to do that anymore.

Meanwhile, I just want to crawl back into bed.

Wiz - Still keeping you all in my prayers. I am glad you are there and you all had some good laughs together.:hug:

Debbie - Good luck with your sleep study. Let us know how it goes. Also, I hope DH feels better soon. :hug:

Barb - Good luck with grading all those papers.:eek::hug: That's a lot.

Sandy - Have a good trip. I'll pray that the weather is good for you on your trip.:hug:

Kelly - Way to go, Girl!!! You did awesome on your sale. :hug:

Fin - How are you doing?

Anyone else I missed (and I know I did :p) - Hope you are doing well.

Not doing much today. Getting ready to head down for a nap, have a turkey cooking in the oven, and DBF is coming over to look at my car that won't start(:mad:).

Have a great rest of the day!:hug::grouphug:

Hello my lovely friends :) Slow day today. My TN is still at it :( My diability is getting to me at the moment, You would think after 40 odd years I would be used. But the fact is its degenerating and I don't want it to :eek: Sorry rant over.
Vonn Glad chilli went down well and you had a good time.:hug:

ewizabeth glad you had a good time will burn a candle for Tina and family :hug:

Sarah hope you find your post soon :wink: :hug:

TKTC Your tree sounds cool Hope you feel better soon. :hug:

Kitty Glad your sale went well. Hope you feel ok soon.:hug:

Debbie Hope all goes ok with sleep study and hope DH feels better soon. :hug:

Barb hope you feeling better soon :hug:

Hope every one else is ok.:hug::grouphug::grouphug::hug: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Wiz, prayers definitely going out! :hug::hug:

Kelly, sounds like a great idea for the proceeds for the sale. :)

Everyone, :grouphug::grouphug:

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Yesterday was fun. Should've expected it since I was really sick and had a fever and all that. It was a Fibro/MS tagteam of symptoms day. OY! Muscle spasms, weakness, foot drag, fibro pain in multiple spots, and cog fog. :(

Was ready to cry and was doing the whole "I'm too young for this carp" yelling most of the day. But letting those emotions go every once in awhile does help, and feeling emotionally better now. :)

Plans for today just include puttering around ye olde homestead. Trying to feel out how the bod is doing, but too early yet for me to know.

Take care everyone!

Fin - :hug::hug: I hope today is a better day for you.

Jackie - I think we can all relate to your frustration. When things act up like that I get the same way. Hang in there and know we all understand.:hug:

Busy day ahead of me today. Lots of phone calls to make. I wanted to find a pt job but still don't have approval from neuro for such. I need to call the SSA office and figure that one out. I also have to call some of the Medicare Advantage plans to see how to get on one. I called Medicare a few weeks ago and they cannot figure out why the state dropped me from Medicaid as I am well below the poverty level. It's so crazy. So my day will consist of phone calls and doing a cost analysis. :eek::mad::(:confused: (My projected emotions for the day. LOL)

Have a great day everyone!:hug::grouphug:

Hello..good monday morning all!

YOu all have been so busy.

Kelly....Im so happy the sale went well and the weather held out for ;you.
yay!

wiz...prayers going up for your dear neice .:hug:

vonn....looking for a new place is exciting...good luck!:hug:

fin, barb and moo...feel better!:hug::hug:

sandy.... have a safe trip getting mom. when do you leave?

tricia....I hope you straighten everything out.:hug:

deb...good luck with the sleep study!

pam...your tree sounds out of this world....I had to say it!.lol

holly, weav....hope you guys are doing okay...big hugs to you both!

sarah...i hope you had a nice weekend!

my update:

very busy weekend. on saturday my parents and db's family came over
and we spent the day making pierogi for xmas eve. We have twelve
dozen in the freezer! Yay!

yesterday I went with out girl scout troop to Old Deerfield Village. We
learned how to cook over an open hearth. We ;made gingerbread, yum!
It was interesting and fun. I have always loved history.

I have my youngest home sick with me but otherwise all is well.

I will leave you with a joke(you have probably heard it). Im not sure
why I think this is so funny:

What did the snowman say to the other snowman??? Do you smell carrots?

hahahahahahahaha

nope, Sox ... I never heard that joke before .. when I read it - I snorted!! LOL

everything is white white white ... love it, love it, love it ...

a new day today!! packed and re-toted stuff yesterday ... so, today - work on quilt projects ...

not sure how to handle the apartment move yet ... going to miss looking out over the lake ... and hauling stuff upstairs will limit having friends or my 97 year old aunt over .. just contemplating ...

have a great day everyone ... remembering Sandy & Jim on their travels to pick up her mom ...

have a great day all you sparkling angels!! :Girl(angel-flying):

I'm here reading / lurking most of the time. I love following your lives. I'm really in a funk right now. I don't feel like I'm keeping my head above water most days.

What's really frustrating me is that I really do not feel like having anything to do with Christmas this year. It's not like I can get away with that, though. My kids do expect and deserve to have a nice Christmas even if I am in a bad mood. Also, my brother is coming up and I want him to have a good Christmas.

I have been shopping off and on for presents when things are on sale, but I want nothing to do with decorating or anything. If a Christmas song comes on the radio, I turn it off. I am just kind of begrudgingly performing my "responsibilities" and feeling nothing. This is not like me. I usually love Christmas - it's always been my favorite holiday.

I know part of this is that Grandma passed away this year. Part of it is also that it just seems like so much BS anymore and feels so empty. The season is filled with things we are expected to do that have nothing to do with the real meaning of Christmas. I hate feeling like I'm on a month long marathon that is such a blur that I haven't enjoyed anything. It seems like I'm running and running all the way up until we go to bed on Christmas Eve and then the next morning, it's over in a blur of flying wrapping paper.

I'm just kind of thinking "out loud" here trying to sort out my feelings. I don't know if I need to add another AD or just figure out how to cut down on the madness without disappointing anyone....

Thanks for listening to my whine - I'm off to find some cheese to go with it.

Holly, sorry you are feeling down.:hug: I have been taping and watching cheesy XMAS movies to try to get me in the mood. What I am dreading about this Christmas is driving back to Ohio. I cannot disappoint my 81 year old mother by not coming, but it is getting harder and harder for me to drive distances. I have just about finished shopping, but can not build up any enthusiasm for actually wrapping the presents.

Sandy -- Be careful driving. There has been a problem with a lot of deer on Interstate 57, especially at dusk/evening and dawn.

Soxmom -- I have not have homemade pierogi's for years. Yum!

Tricia, Good luck with the phone calls.

We had about 1/2 inch of snow today. It looks like we are going to get mostly rain tomorrow, but it is then supposed to turn to snow. I prefer that over freezing rain.:eek: I took my grad students out to lunch, and now I am going to lay down for awhile. I did not get much sleep last night -- too busy coughing, blowing my nose, and peeing:rolleyes: