Good Morning everybody! Wow...I slept until after 7 AM today. I feel like half the day is already gone! :o

Momma, it was the movie with Heath Ledger as the Joker in it. I tried to watch it but I just cannot sit for that long. Watched a little of it and had to get up...move around...Hey, I hope someone deserving got your umbrella!

Sandy, wanna come paint some walls at my house? I'd love to paint a couple of the walls in the living room but the ceilings are vaulted so it's more difficult. Your bathroom sounds really nice....congratulations on finishing it!

Fin, congratulations on the art show success! And it was nice of your Dad and stepmom to come and be a part of that with you. Maybe you can post some of the pics that your DH took?

Everybody else.....here's a :grouphug:. I hope you all have a good day. :)

Morning all. Pain med worked last night, lol. Slept deeply and woke up early. Even managed to get a load of dishes in the washer before the coffee was done. :D :eek:

If hubby takes pics of the show today, I'll post them as soon as I can. Just resting and relaxing right now. We'll meet my unexpected guests later on for brunch. They are probably still asleep in their hotel room, lol. Kept them up a little last night. ;)

Hope everyone has a great day today. :grouphug::grouphug:

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Sandy, the motif for the bathroom sounds really cool. :cool: Glad you got it done.

Sarah, hope the antibiotics work out for ya. take care of yourself. :hug:

morning all, been up a while just got back xmas shopping is done short of a quick stop to pick up some lay away items and das is all. I tried using the, "i fed you all year what else do you want," but that didnt fly

at least it wont be like one year my two boys and my mom were together xmas eve and bobby so young and eyes so aglow says, at one hour till closing time for most of the stores i cant wait for santa to bring my vacuum he promised me,

lol yeah a vacumm smack , my mom and I looked at each other she tossed me a credit card and said even if i have to bring home a real vacuum she said do it, if you could of heard him so innocent and in santa dreamland

then one year we gave them a gift on xmas eve it was a sensor motion star wars storm trooper, and as we are getting set to get them off to bed this 5 yr old brain child is strategically placing the sensor toys out to catch santa, when you triggered the sensor it shouted halt who goes there, which i found out when i went back into the kitchen:Bang-Head: bad enough being outwitted by safety caps, but by a 5 yr old too, i reiterate:Bang-Head:

Fin:hug: cool beans good luck on the sale, all my positive vibrations heading to ohio, be careful on over doing it lol yeah i know hush

i hope you all have a most pleasant day



peace

Fin - Congratulations! That is so cool and I am so happy for you and proud of you as well. :hug: What great news for me to wake up to. :hug::hug:

Sandy - Good job! I am glad to hear you got things done. The decor sounds great and I am sure it will look beautiful when all is done and completed. We will be expecting pictures when it is done.;)

Sarah - Have a good day at work. That is so cute and sweet that Ciara was looking for her sister.

Kelly - I wanted to sleep in this morning but it just didn't happen. I woke up at 5:30 made myself go back to sleep only to wake up 1/2 hour later. But I am an morning person and sleeping in for me is sleeping until 7. LOL.

Hi everyone else. Hope you all are doing well and that everyone has a great day.:hug::grouphug:

Update: My monitor blew yesterday. I completely disconnected everything, then reconnected it and heard a little pop and then smelled something burning.:eek: That was the end of that. I did have a very old monitor (big, heavy CRT screen) that DD17 got out of storage for me and we hooked that up. Whoa! The difference between the LCD screen and the CRT is amazing. Plus this thing is HUGE and takes up my whole desk. Working something out to get a new to me one.

Today I am going to try to spend some quality time with DD17. Something is going on and I am hoping that she will open up a bit to me. She has been in a horrible mood for the past month or so. She mentioned the other night that her friends called her Scrooge.:eek: DD18 said, "Mom, even her friends notice she's been crabby." She has been snappy and rude which is completely unlike her. So I decided to wait until the weekend to do a little "intervention." Keep your fingers crossed that my quality time with her works for her.

LOL! That's all I'm gonna say on that. ;) :D

Trish, will keep your DD in prayer. Hope things get worked out. :hug:

LOL Frank! That is funny. Gotta love those intelligent kids as they can be VERY creative.

Trish i hope you are able to get her to spill the beans. anyplace you both could go just you and her? is she blue cause of xmas? boy troubles or worries? i hope you can reach her, isnt she the one who likes to take the photo's? any cool place she has been wanting to shoot lately? maybe cruise there and let her escape and maybe talk. i dont know just thinking out loud, good luck on that trish:hug:

Thanks, Fin and Frank!

DD18 is the photographer. DD17 is the dancer. It's funny as I have a few ideas of what may be going on but sometimes with teens what you think may be bothering them is not it at all. LOL

We recently had an issue come up with their dad that may be upsetting her. I know she was devastated that he didn't want them to come up at Thanksgiving. In our divorce agreement, he has them every T-day and I have them every religious holiday. It has been that way for the past 16 years. She was really hurt.

Of course, I didn't know at the time, but her dad quit his job and hasn't been working for the past month. He is heading in to his "dark place" now and I am not sure if he has been calling her and saying bizarre stuff or what. Believe it or not, he told me yesterday that maybe she could get a job to help us our financially while he is not working.:confused::eek::rolleyes:

She didn't do well on her SAT's and is afraid she won't get in to any of the colleges of her choice. I did tell her that she needs a plan B and we discussed that. It may not be what she wants but it may be necessary. She is a perfectionist in a way. She's an honor student making mostly A's, passed all state tests for graduation with exceeding the standard on 2 of the 3 parts and the 3rd one she almost exceeded. In our state if you exceed on all 3 parts you get a tuition waiver to any of the 3 state colleges.

She is not a good test taker though and got herself too worked up while preparing and taking the SAT's. She did great on all the practice ones but the real one, she didn't do as well.

She doesn't like the dance team this year and has been thinking of quitting. I am not sure of the details but we did talk about this. If she decides to quit, I support her in this decision and I let her know that. If this were her only activity it would be different. However, she has extra dance practices for her dance classes, she has Youth Group once a week, she helps teach the middle school Youth Group once a week and has planning meetings for it. Plus, keeping up with all her school work.

These are some things that I thought of and who knows if that is what is getting to her. Collectively, I could see how that can happen and I will help her through this.

She loves to tie dye so we are going to make tie dye t-shirts for my youngest brothers kids today. Having her do something that she loves and working beside her is a great way to get her to open up.

Good Morning!

Jenn, congrat's! That is really nice that your dad showed up. Have a good day! When is the art show over?

Trish, Hope you can find out what is going on with your daughter. It sounds as if she will be able to get into a college even if it is not her first choice. Is there any chance that she could retake the SAT's?

Hope everyone is having a good Friday. I need to go to the grocery store -- having a few friends over for dinner Monday night, and run a few other errands. Then I plan on wrapping more presents. I hate wrapping presents anymore. When I was in college I worked one XMAS wrapping presents in a jewelry store. I had to learn how to make bows by hand, etc. So if I ever lose my job as a professor, I have that skill to fall back on.:rolleyes:

Hi Frank! How much snow have you all gotten? It is supposed to be bad here on Monday -- freezing rain and snow. I sure hope the forecasters are wrong!