Vonn, really need those elves here. Make sure they bring cold medicine with them. Jinxed myself and family, LOL. Hubby has sniffles, could hear the cold my brother has when I called for todays ETA, and now I'm sniffling. Ah, the gift that keeps on giving. :D

Sandy, You and Jim are so lucky to have each other. :hug:

Sox, :hug::hug: I agree with the others about prioritizing. Hope you feel better soon.

Trish, :hug::hug:

Frank, it's been cold and windy here. -20 overnight with the windchill. brrr.

COK, hubby and I do alone times too. Knew I had a cave dweller when I married him, lol.

Everyone, :grouphug::grouphug:

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Just taking a small break and couldn't resist checking in. You guys are awesome!! Have some last minute cleaning and one more cookie to bake. Hoping my cup of coffee has some get up and go for me.

Have definitely gotten to the point of whatever gets done will be enough. The perfectionist in me is screaming, but this battle isn't worth driving myself into the ground. Wish I had gotten to this point last week, but better late than never. :o

How about this one? My mom died on 9/1/06 and step father was engaged by Christmas and married by the end of January 2007. So how long was he "in mourning". No one even knows when he started to see this woman, but he told my brother and me via e-mail about their upcoming nuptials and that they didn't want to "delay their happiness" :eek: so they were getting married right away. I couldn't even imagine happiness 4 - 5 months after my mom died.

aw, *squick!* Holly! I'd be majorly peeved!

I try to restrain myself, but for some reason, inside, I tend to be sort of judgmental, and I have to say, I was kind of upset at my SIL for dating so soon... I try to be understanding, that we are all different, and have different ways of grieving, and different needs, but......

Sox, I hope you feel better REALLY soon !!

NaeNae, I hope you're NOT allergic to the new doggie.

San, you guys DESERVE that lift, and it's really cool that you're going to sell the unneeded old stuff, and donate the proceeds... you guys ROCK!

Vonn, everybody except Darth Cheney.,,, a little elf whispered that in my ear... :D

Weave, remember, sail through this with grace and dignity, and let HIM be (and do) whatever he's gonna, let it SLIDE right off you, like water off a duck's back, okay?

Finny, I got only the bathroom SINK cleaned before I started moaning that I had to SIT down... take it easy girl, everybody loves you for who you are, so dump that small internal perfectionist voice in the oubliette where it belongs.

Trish, ain't the MS hug a total joy? hope your doc visit goes well today.

Frank and Deb, keep WARM, and think warm thoughts! my heart is WITH you this Christmas, hope you thoroughly enjoy the holiday, and remember so SAVE me some baked goodies!

DebbieD, have a GREAT family visit, honey!

my update thingie-bopper:

it just started raining again, and I'm singing...

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?

well, what did I *expect* being in the rainforest, and all??

glad I got everybody FED before the rain started, YAY !!

yesterday was no fun, guess I did too much... my legs were spazzin' to beat the band, and I whizzed myself twice... :o

another pickup-truck LOAD of lettuce trimmings arrived... and I had to sort through it all, pulling out all the whole (decent-looking) leaves to put in the fridge, and parcel out slowly over the next few days...

I ended up with SEVEN large bags of nice savable stuff, and all the scraps went out onto the feeding ground, where my birdies had a HUGE breakfast party... this is a very nice tender leaf lettuce:

http://www.veggieharvest.com/images/...tuce_small.jpg

I took a photo of the last load, spread on a tarp, before I started sorting, but I can't seem to figure out how to upload from this new camera... geez, I miss my croaked Mac, and mah leetle Nikon digital camera, everything was so SIMPLE and easy!

:winky:;):winky:

i was thinking along these lines


Summer rain taps at my window
West wind soft as a sweet dream
My love warm as the sunshine
Sittin' here by me, she's here by me-ee-ee
She stepped out of the rainbow
Golden hair shinin' like moon glow
Warm lips soft as a soul
Sittin' here by me, she's here by me-ee-ee
All summer long we spent dancin' in the sand
And the jukebox kept on playin'
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Thanks Kay. :hug::hug: :) I definitely know how to remember that now. That reminded me of the movie "Labyrinth", so now I have a visual to use to get me out of that perfectionist mode.

LOL, isn't it funny sometimes the things we come up with to help us? My hubby and I are big movie trivia junkies, so we use a lot of movie references and such. :)

oh, LOL !!

Labyrinth is *precisely* what I was thinking of after I wracked my brain for the PERFECT word for where perfectionism belongs when we have MS.

:hug:

Morning! Mom is doing fine and has an appointment tomorrow. The doc wants to see her which makes no sense but whatever. I thought she just needed a blood test but no, that's too easy. lol Anyway, she's up and complaining which means she's feeling better. haha

My package has yet to arrive and if I were in front of that Ebay chick I'd pounce her. She claimed she sent my package last Saturday but when she sent me the tracking number it said she sent it out this Saturday. Arghhh!!!! She says I'll get it by Christmas. Yeah, probably on xmas eve when everyone is due here. Oh well, guess they'll be passed out with no wrapping. lol No stress right?

Hugs to everyone who needs them and get well wishes to our sick members. :hug:

Plans today are last minute cleaning. I am concerned that my party wont take place. They are predicting up to six inches by Wednesday. I need to make a few calls to see what everyone thinks. Many are driving a good distance to be here and not sure they will want to do that.

over the river and through the woods to sandy's house we go ....
with smiles on our faces and fudge in hand .... wait ... they're calling for more snow ....
we will be there with bells on our shoes .... well my shoes have bells on at least .... wouldn't miss spending time with you and jim for the world ... never knew snow to stop frank and i when we have our minds and hearts set on doing something ....