What are you doing?

[Addie]

Going to go into town to pick up my new glasses, refilled scripts and then to Mom's for a bit. Then, maybe I'll do laundry and pick up around the house.[/QUOTE]

That's what I thought I was going to do. It has turned into a major cleaning project. It's amazing the dirt you find when you start to move things around.

Three obedient boys? It is only now I am finding out all the things they did when they were still in school.

 

[Dawgluver]

Christmas is coming up quickly. Contemplating what to get niece and nephew. Both their birthdays are close to holidays, and I managed to get their birthday gifts out on time (thank you, Amazon Prime!)

Now I have to figure out what they'd like. SIL always says books, but I prefer superheros and monsters. She is of no help whatsoever. What to do, what to do.

 

[Cheryl J]

Awww Munky....Sky is a little cutie!!

Dawg, my 4 grandsons are ages 3-7 and I almost always give them 3 things each for Christmas - something to read, something to wear, and something to play with. It doesn't have to be spendy - so far they are happy with superhero jammies and a monster truck, along with a book. Everyone is happy that way and makes my job easier. Haha.

Now, the girls...they are 12 and 15. They're a little harder to buy for now that they're getting older. I think gift cards will be under their tree again this year.

 

[CakePoet]

Well something to read, John Green books are really good.

 

[Dawgluver]

Thinking a shark sleeping bag for nephew. He loves orange, and it has orange fins and tail. Got the niece a mermaid sleeping bag for her birthday, and a selection of superhero capes and masks for nephew's birthday.

I may go with Monster High dolls for niece. I've gotten them scooters, a bubble-blowing lawn mower, and a fairytale tent in previous years.

 

[Cheryl J]

Dawg...I bet your niece and nephew LOVE opening gifts from their Auntie Dawg!

 

[Dawgluver]

Heh. My brother refers to me to the kids as their crazy Aunty Dawg! Apparently I didn't beat him enough while he was a child.

(Note, I didn't beat him, though I was tempted. Now I won't try either, he's 6'6“)

 

[Addie]

Heh. My brother refers to me to the kids as their crazy Aunty Dawg! Apparently I didn't beat him enough while he was a child.

(Note, I didn't beat him, though I was tempted. Now I won't try either, he's 6'6“)

Dawg, when my daughter and Spike were growing up, she would make his life miserable by pounding on him. As he started to hit his growth spurts, I used to warn here. "Daughter, the day will come when he has his man strength. You better pray you are far away when that happens." Sure enough, she was pounding, and he turned on her like a wild animal. It took me and my husband to tear him off of her. She never hit him again. Together they make a great pair of friends.

 

[Dawgluver]

Addie, Baby Bro was born 10 years after me, so he was more like a doll to my sister and me. Poor kid had three mothers. He turned out pretty good in spite of our interference.

He tried wrestling me years ago during a family gathering. I won, I bit his toe. Age and wisdom always trumps youth and beauty.

 

[msmofet]

Addie, Baby Bro was born 10 years after me, so he was more like a doll to my sister and I. Poor kid had three mothers. He turned out pretty good in spite of our interference.

He tried wrestling me years ago during a family gathering. I won, I bit his toe. Age and wisdom always trumps youth and beauty.

 

[Addie]

Addie, Baby Bro was born 10 years after me, so he was more like a doll to my sister and me. Poor kid had three mothers. He turned out pretty good in spite of our interference.

He tried wrestling me years ago during a family gathering. I won, I bit his toe. Age and wisdom always trumps youth and beauty.

The closer the kids are, the more they fight. Mine were 17 months apart. Then kids four and five were 10 years apart. And like your family, too many parents looking out for him. Kid #5 was way too spoiled.

 

[CharlieD]

He tried wrestling me years ago during a family gathering. I won, I bit his toe. Age and wisdom always trumps youth and beauty.

 

[Addie]

I am trying to get myself out of this irritable mood. On late Monday night I sent in a request for a refill on one of my scripts. It should have arrived Tuesday. Nope! Nor Wednesday. So first thing this morning I sent a second request. Then I called Winthrop and spoke to my nurse. Without even a phone call or email, it seems she changed my whole request for refills to be filled on certain days. When I told her I was out and needed it today, she changed her mind.

Doorbell/phone rings. I was in the other room occupied, and couldn't get to the phone fast enough. It was my script. So the delivery person left. I see a showdown coming on tomorrow.

My nurse that I had for ten years retired last October. I still have the head nurse, but it is getting more and more difficult to adjust to her new ideas. Right now I am enrolled in ESP. Elder Service Plan. And have been very happy with it. I think it is time to go up a step to the PACE program. It is for elderly patients that don't require such extensive, close monitoring. If the time comes when I require close care, then I can always to back to ESP. I will still have all the benefits in PACE that I get in ESP. Just at my own discretion. I will be making my own decisions with guidance from my health team. Yup, time for a change.

Thank you for listening. I am now calmed down.

 

[CakePoet]

I'm trying to get motivated and starting to cook dinner for saturday and to night and then bake cookies and clean the home... but nah.

I am too tired because of husband and daughter snoring like mad and taking up all the bed.

Oh well I get to sleep maybe on Friday when I am at Mr Right, unless the cats want to cuddle.

 

[Addie]

Listening to the news about the Premier of the movie about the Boston Marathon Bombing. It was a special showing for the Big Wigs and those who were injured in the bombing. Quite a turnout.

The high school in the next town over is being taken over by an infestation of "Flies"! Yeah, you heard me. In the coldest time of the year. So they are closing the school for the next two days to try and find out where they are nesting. It is so bad that the kids and teachers spend more time battling them, than their work. It seems that the city has had every kind of specialist in to solve the problem. They may have to tear out some walls.

 

[Dawgluver]

After much procrastinating and stressing, I finally got the niece's and nephew's Christmas gifts ordered, most will be there in time for Christmas.

Oddly, instead of shipping everything at once, Amazon stretched it out from 12/18-12/26. I've never had that happen with Amazon Prime. But I get free shipping, and no visits to the post office.

Thank goodness I'm down to two. Used to be many more. Don't know how all you multi-kid families do it!

 

[Addie]

When I moved in here, I had a brand new curtain for the bath tub. I needed two separate rings. Then I came across these. They were perfect.

https://www.amazon.com/Bathroom-Sho...1952845&sr=1-59&keywords=shower+curtain+hooks

Perfect for what I wanted to do and within the means of my wallet.

I discovered this week that after ten years of use, my present ones like these were rusted on the inside. I will order the new ones on the 29th when I get my SS check. I am a happy person.

 

[Addie]

After much procrastinating and stressing, I finally got the niece's and nephew's Christmas gifts ordered, most will be there in time for Christmas.

Oddly, instead of shipping everything at once, Amazon stretched it out from 12/18-12/26. I've never had that happen with Amazon Prime. But I get free shipping, and no visits to the post office.

Thank goodness I'm down to two. Used to be many more. Don't know how all you multi-kid families do it!

When the kids were small, the apartment on the third floor was empty. The landlord was going to do it all over completely after the holidays. Perfect place to hide all the presents.

Christmas Eve I went upstairs (told the kids I was going upstairs to have coffee with the landlord.) and with all my needed supplies, started wrapping. And I still had a couple of toys to put together. Hubby was out fishing and wouldn't be home until Dec. 31st. So no help there. I get tired just thinking of that night. Went downstairs at 3 a.m.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Both of our homes in OH had pull-down steps to the space over the garage, Addie. The unheated space over the garage. We'd keep the kids' gifts in the car trunk until they were sound asleep, them move them up to the crawl "attic". Once we were done shopping for that year, I'd bundle up and head up with tape, scissors, and wrapping paper for both Christmas and birthdays. Lucky all-of-us, their birthday is on December 29. Working one kid at a time, I'd pick out the best and second-best gift, wrap one for Christmas and one for birthday. Then I'd set aside one or two more gifts for birthday, and wrap the rest for Christmas. Two or three of them (we often went for lots of less pricey gifts instead of one big one since that worked for us) would be from "Santa", they were always in a different paper than all the others, they were on the fireplace hearth instead of under the tree, and I had enough of that pattern of wrap to last enough Christmases until they figured out who "Santa" was. Come December 26th, if we had missed a really special gift, we had a couple days to make things right.

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I'm sneezing my head off, followed by blowing and wiping my nose off of my face. The smart side of my brain says "Go to bed!" while the obviously bigger side of my brain continues to play on the computer. The time has come for me to say goodnight. Good night! Good night. Good Night. Good...night......

 

[Addie]

Something must be out of whack with my body. I actually got a full nights sleep. So sorry to hear of your running nose.

Yesterday with the bitter cold, my heater was running on high all day at full force. I got sick of hearing it continuously, so I turned it down. Sure enough, the apartment got cold and my nose also started to run. On my outside wall, I felt all the brute cold. Sitting at my computer, I could feel the cold coming off that wall, and I am about five feet away from it. Yesterday was brutal.

Stay warm. Get better.