Kay, you need something like the Pope uses when he goes out in public!

It's still rainy and muggy here this morning.....it's 64 degrees! We're supposed to be back to the 30's by Monday, though. Usually when it does this it means there's some wicked weather in store for us in the near future.

Nothing much planned for today. Just put in a load of laundry. Vacuumed three bedrooms and will clean my bathroom today. That'll be about all I can do. Oh yeah, and probably take a nap! I was having the best nap yesterday afternoon.....sleeping so soundly.....and, of course, the phone rang. It was my friend Julie who talked for just a second, told me she was in the bathroom and would call me right back. Never heard from her again...until 7 PM last night! I didn't answer the phone as we were just getting finished with supper. She does this all the time.....can't get mad at her!

I hope everyone is okay in the frigid northern parts. I'm sure we'll get our share of it soon enough. Ya'll have a good day!

When I really need to take a deliberate nap, I take the phone off the hook. One of my "friends" complained once (this was back in the day, when I took naps) and said "what if I tried to get hold of you?" I replied, "You couldn't get hold of me if I'd been gone shopping, just pretend I'm gone shopping." I was actually thinking, "Oh, so sorry, didn't realize it was all about YOU!"

Wiz - I do hope you get to meet up with Frank & Deb. That would be fun. Hope your tooth starts feeling better as well as your stomach.

Kelly - DD18 instinctively knows when I am going down for a nap. I will be on the verge of a going to sleep and she will call. And, if she is home at that time she will come in my room just to tell me something non urgent. I hope you get a good nap in today.

Kay - The bugs and humidity would get to me. We have some nasty ones here but nothing compared to what you have.

Good morning everyone else. I hope you all are staying warm, feeling well, and have a good day.

Sandy- Sorry for your loss.

Sarah- Wish there was some way to simplify your work life.

Those with frozen stuff in your yard- You can keep it as I got enough of my own frozen carp here. We got lucky and didn't get as much as they said we would. I'm sure we will pay later.

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On the agenda for the day- Get off of here , tear into the housework and laundry. I need to quit stalling and get at some of this stuff. Who wants to help? Anybody? Hello? Thought so. Sounds like a cave in here.

Warning. Will return later.

Sandy i am sorry to hear about your cousin

Weave enjoy work

Kay cool pic... doctor Livingstone i presume stepping out of the jungle gloom into the mid day sun.......

Tami what a majestic looking backyard, I love the mountains, thats two beautiful mountain pics i have of yours saved for wallpaper on our computers thanks

like the boy in the bubble only kay of the jungle in her bubble netting

Sandy we also got about 5 again light airy snow easy for the kids to shovel i dont feel as bad

Kelly i hope you are doing well and Deb and Soxie Trish Weave Holly Char(hope you are ok not hearing much from you) Becky where forth arth thou Kay Wiz Barb Momma Vonnie Finnie BTY Nae nae Sandy Jim lol shoot i was on a roll and lost it everyone else have a most splendid day



peace

Kay, I love kelly's idea. A golf cart tricked out for the jungle. That would be cool!

Wiz, great minds think alike, lol. This weekend is cookie time for me too. Ran through the ingredients again and only forgot a couple of things the last time I went to the store. That's pretty good for me, lol.

Weave, we all need some elves. I'd help ya out, but I'm tackling my own holiday cleaning.

Sarah,

Kelly and B2Y, yep the phone always seems to ring once you lay down for a nap.

Everyone,

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Got a meeting this afternoon, so sipping coffee and figuring out what I can do before hand.

We didn't really get any snow, but the roads are icy this morning. Hoping they get better by the time I have to go out. Our school district seldom has delays or close, so when they do - you know it's gonna be fun out there.

Most of our Christmas cards will probably arrive after the holiday. Been a bit of a delay getting them out.

Hope everyone has a good day.

One year I didn't get half my presents delivered until after Christmas. I told everybody I'd decided to give Epiphany gifts that year instead. They saw right through it, of course, but it was still fun.

Since all the really good sales are after Christmas we might just start celebrating the real meaning of Christmas ON Christmas and the commercialized version of it AFTER Christmas.

Good Morning! I made it to school. Roads are a sheet of ice, but the sidewalks and even the grass are worse. I saw several students fall while driving to class. One told me she has fallen three times since yesterday. I was so scared walking from my car to the building. I just called the physical plant, and told them nicely that I wanted a trail of sand from the sidewalk to my car when I leave. They do not use salt here -- just sand which does not really work well at all. If I fall, I am not sure that I could even get up.

I am grading finals right now, and do not plan on leaving the building until this afternoon. Hello, Jimmy John's!

Hey Kelly, that is what we are doing this year. I'm doing stockings for the girls for Christmas and then we will be celebrating "Christmas" on January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany. Usually we do it the other way around. I have always gotten the girls a little something for the Feast of the Epiphany or "Little Christmas" as we call it. The girls are actually excited to do it this way.

Also, the girls are in the process of making each other gifts. They have really come up with some cool things just using what "craft" things we have here. It'll be fun.

Barb - I'm so glad you made it to school. Be careful! I hope you get everything graded and done soon so you can just relax and enjoy your time off.

For all of you in the snow/ice, I have so much admiration for you as I can't imagine how I would manage walking on ice.