Sunny day here today. Quite a contrast to yesterday.

DS26 has today off so he is stopping by for a visit later. He just called and asked if I felt like going out to lunch. Guess I'd better start getting ready! It takes me a good two hours, ya know! :o

Both cats have claimed their spots in the window in the sun. Gracie is happily snoring away. I kept hearing her but just realized what it is. :rolleyes: I think she has sleep apnea. Can cats have that?

:grouphug: Ya'll have a good Monday!

Morning all! Back to cold weather. Blech! Jim and I are heading out to a hotel tonight. He has an early appointment at the VA. Mom is staying here but Chris will be here too. I think she's a little nervous but she'll be fine. We are looking forward to the time alone. hahaha

Hope everyone is having a good Monday! :hug:

good monday afternoon folks!

Kel...we have your weather from yesterday today! Its raining soooo
hard and it is so windy.

sandy...safe travels to you and Jim.:hug:

weav...Im so happy you had a nice time. Yay!

fin...woohoo! 5 pounds! :D Right now Im just happy my weight is stable.
This back/hip thing is really keeping me from moving around much.

tktc and deb...feel better ladies!:hug:

barb...I bet your mom is going to have a lot of fun with her computer!

tricia, vonn, sarah, holly, wiz, moo and everyone have a great Monday!


I am having a slow day today. Just getting done what I have to.

Last night we had freezing rain in our area. My ds and girlfriend had
an accident on the icy roads. They were okay...he was going slow so
that helped everything . It looks like only body damage(quite a bit though)
so we are praying its not totaled. We just cant afford another car right
now.:(

Well, gotta go get my fresh baked bread out of the oven as the timer
is making me crazy!lol.

Have a wonderful week everyone!:grouphug:

Good morning! The sun is trying to peep through the clouds here. It is still quite cool at 37.

I still didn't sleep well last night. It started raining again about midnight. Usually I don't hear it, but last night I heard every drop and a noisy gutter next to the bedroom was rattling! The strap at the bottom has come loose so that gets fixed today!!

Sox, glad the son and GF are ok!

Kelly, one of our cats snored. She was bad...kept me awake if she slept in our room. Last year after she had the infected teeth removed, she doesn't snore anymore.

Weave, my shawl is huge...22x72 ! I used a prayer shawl pattern and 6 3oz skeins. I want to make a smaller cape style that I can fasten at the neck and not have to hold on to keep it around me. I love to crochet, but lately my left hand will cramp up and fingers go every which way. I may have to look into finding one of those knitting looms and try that.

:grouphug: to all. Stay safe in this wild changing weather we have going on!!

Two nights with barely any sleep:mad:. I seem to go through this every few weeks. It is cold, windy, and snowing here. Brrr! I am done with my classes for the day, and going to go rest my eyes for awhile. My poor mom has already forgotten how to get to her email and the internet. "Too many passwords and it all looks so different from her last computer!" She told me she thought she had written everything down. Hopefully, my older sister can help her this evening.

Sox - I am so glad to hear that DS and his gf are ok.:hug:

Sandy - Enjoy your alone time with Jim. You guys need that.:hug:

Barb - Sorry you aren't sleeping well. Hopefully tonight you will crash and get a good nights sleep.

Weave - I am glad you had a good time at your craft retreat. What a wonderful way to get away for a while.

TKTC - Our rain has stopped for now. Phew! It is supposed to come back by the middle to the end of this week.

Kelly - Cat apnea? LMAO!!! Too funny. Never heard of that or a cat snore. A dog . . .well, that is a different story.

Hi everyone else!!:hug:

Getting ready to head out to pick up my prescription and then come home, put my pjs on, and watch Castle. Do any of you watch that? It's on ABC. The guy just cracks me up and is just too cute. I am a die hard fan now and watch it every Monday. If I happen to miss a show, like last week, I watch it online.

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

Good evening, all...winter has returned...snow on the patio. Glad I cleaned up the doggie stuff in the yard yesterday...:o
Kelly...what is this thing...sun?:confused: cats...sleep apnea...hmmm.
Weave, glad you enjoyed your retreat...
Barb,:hug:
Sandy...enjoy your alone time...together...

I woke up with little red dots on my hand, which spread to my forearm and fingers...of course I looked it up on line. I had had the same thing after my surgery in November...
anyway, when it started to spread from my hand to the fingers, I called the doc's office...they told me to come in today. When she saw it, she was concerned enough to send me to get blood tests and clotting tests. We talked about how the MS has affected my brain (bad neuropsych test and atrophy on the MRI), and how walking/painful spasms getting worse...she empathized and we also discussed how to deal with the pain from spasms. She told me there are many drugs to control pain; I said I heard that MJ works well, and that I worried about the addictive problems pain killers posed. We agreed that I would talk to the neuro about it at the next appt.
So I went to lab; three...count 'em three sticks, 'cause the lab techie didn't fill the right tubes. Then the bleeding test. After about 5 min she said it stopped, but when I got home, the spot was still seeping...whatever.

So, I'm enjoying some wine and some veggies and low-fat dip...trying very hard to eat right...Jenn, way to go about the weight loss...it's so difficult to lose, esp when you are limited by this disease. I lost a couple of pounds last week, but it's day to day...as is everything challenging in life, no?

Have a wonderful evening, all...love ya!!:)

Hi everybody! :) :grouphug:

I just got home from my in-store training day and have four more days of training in the 'burbs. Starting next week I'll be full time in the store but still technically in training.

I have to get up at 5am and hit the road by 6:15 so until tomorrow night sometime... :grouphug: :grouphug:

I'm in love with Castle, too!! so glad that it's back on ... I can dream, can't I?? LOL

Morning all! Up and getting ready to head to the hospital for Jim's appointments. He's seeing the dentist and getting botox, then home to warm up! I thought I was going to freeze getting the stuff out of the car last night at the hotel. The wind was so strong it knocked over a huge garbage can right by me. Scared the poopy out of me!

Debbie, a bleeding time test, if it stopped bleeding completely should be accurate. Did it bleed right away or long after you came home? It's possible blood flow caused it to bleed again but it really depends on when it started after the test. I was never a fan of the bleeding time test when I was a phlebotomist. I preferred the coag venus testing much more because sometimes it's possible to hit a surface vein on the forearm. Let us know what the doctor says. :hug:

Have a good day everyone. I'll post later when we get home.