24 Nov .

[Lavande]

Hey kids,

We went to see the movie Wicked today. All I can say is WOW!!! It was so well done, now I can’t wait until next November when part 2 comes out. Something to live for haha!!!
Finally got our son & grandson to stop over to pick up their birthday gifts. Good to see them but it was sad to see the grandson is now sporting face piercings, ugh. I hate those things, they just make you look stupid. His mother has them too so I guess that’s why he got them. Oh well, not my problem.

Slo, I’m half Polish so there’s NO such thing as too many mashed potatoes. We turn them into potato pancakes & pierogi.
I’m glad you had a good family day & yes it’s exhausting even under the best of circumstances. My dairy free green bean casserole with fresh cremini mushrooms was delicious. Crockpot stuffing is always good & so easy. The lower sugar pecan bars were enjoyed as well. I brought leftovers home too. Stay warm, it sure sounds cold there. We’re currently at 33 degrees with a feel like temp of 29 degrees due to the wind gusts.

PQ, yay for the early start to the weekend. Nice they saved some pizza for you Lol
I do love that newsletter, always filled with good info, recipes, etc. I was willing to change my eating habits to save my bones & YB has had no choice but to eat along unless he wants to cook for himself, haha. It’s an adventure & not every day is perfect but I do try. Wait until you read about how damaging. The osteoporosis meds actually are, scary!

Hello to Mick, thinking of you!
Hello to Cyn & Pie.

Have a good night one & all!
Lav

[Slo]

I can’t believe it’s Saturday instead of Monday! The Thursday holiday has thrown me off.
I think I infected myself with Cooper’s cough/cold accidentally by grabbing the wrong water bottle to drink out of. Please don’t go full-blown!

Lav, so disappointing that your goofy DIL has modeled face piercings for her son as a good idea. Yuck! But, like you indicate, nothing you can do about it, so no use fretting over it.

I saw ‘Wicked’ on Wednesday with Young Daughter! I was enjoying it for the first 1 1/2 hours, then it went on for an hour too long, and I got sick of all the singing & drama & colors and all of it. They could’ve tightened it up. And my legs & feet got so uncomfortable with this neuropathy sitting so long in one place and were just crawling. Ariana Grande sure channeled Reese Witherspoon in ‘Legally Blonde’. Cute.

D1’s MIL made homemade stuffing -her mother’s (who died this year) recipe. So good! I almost made green beans instead. Yours sounds so good! Wish I could make two dishes to contribute, but unfortunately this body wide neuropathy & related problems leaves me having to really simplify and pace myself.
My sister, on the other hand, was helping D2 host all of her in-law family for this week by making egg bake and apple crisps and Brussels sprout casserole for them…I can’t help like that.

PQ, sounds like to stayed long enough for that evening meeting!
I agree that those osteoporosis drugs sound too dangerous to even deal with.

I cut my antidepressant dose in half, and that’s as far down as I can go for now.

Turns out that my heater had dropped to heating at only 64F yesterday, due to some programming that I can’t quite figure out. No wonder it was cold in here!

Had to go out shopping in all the Black Friday nonsense to find a swimsuit for Puerto Rico, after Young Daughter informed me that my other one was getting towards see-through. Found only one that fits. It’s bubble gum pink, but will have to do.

Thinking of Mick & Julie and her dad, and poor Bonnie too.

[Lavande]

Greetings friends,

The chilly weather has arrived, 27 this morning with a feel like temp of 21. It was time I guess. Looks like that trend continues for the whole week ahead.
I had fun experimenting with air frying mini banana breads today, turned out nice

Slo, I had to go pick up a Rx refill today. As I drove past one of the big Amish markets I was surprised the parking lot was packed -on Sunday, haha!! Thought it was Sunday all day until I figured it out. About the face piercings, to me they’re just ugly & dumb looking & certainly not professional. My DIL’s clientele apparently are a lot like her. I am sad about the 16 yr old but he’s going to have to learn to live with the consequences learning experience
I agree the movie was a bit long but I was warned about it ahead of time. We went to one of those theaters that has reclining chairs in place of the old movie seating we’re used to. Most people had their feet elevated the entire time haha!
Please don’t feel bad about the things you can’t do now, we’re all facing that at tis age to some degree. This is the perfect time for others to step up & lend a hand, right?
When do you go to Puerto Rico? Sounds like fun.

Hello to Mick, PQ, Cyn & Pie.

Have a warm night everyone.
Lav