1st Dec

[Mick]

White rabbits .....afternoon all ...how are we doing? hope we are good .Just dropped Julie off at the hospital...its an absolute nightmare to park up....and its started raining too.the place is crazy with Christmas shopping.....Ive not started mine yet .Bonnie doing ok ..she has been outside this morning for the first time.hope everyone is doing good .

[Slo]

My daughter won our “white rabbits” competition this month! I didn’t realize in time that the month had changed.
She (Young Daughter) stopped over and helped set up my new TV, and helped me get a heavy-ish, awkward-shaped chair from the living room into my bedroom.
Yesterday a continuous mystery beeping started up in my condo. Thankfully I finally found the smoke detector with the dying battery inside the dropped ceiling in the basement!

Mick, I like the picture for your new avatar! When my mom was hospitalized for a couple weeks, the hospital parking at that big hospital was difficult. Thankfully they ran a valet service during busy times, which helped.

Lav, I’m going to Puerto Rico on Friday! ! I so look forward to the ocean and the warmth! I’m sad that, although D1 & I had plans to go again, she wouldn’t make plans with me (kept blowing me off), and instead made plans to go with her husband. “Well, you keep complaining about your foot.” I thought I did a good job last year keeping up and helping with the kids and everything, in spite of it all! Well, at least I got grudgingly included this time.

PQ, thanks for the update on the childcare director. I was wondering how she was doing.

[Lavande]

Greetings friends,

24 degrees this morning, colder than yesterday. Welcome December, my birth month, oh joy haha!
I was looking for a good side dish to go with our turkey burgers & salads for dinner & found a recipe for Amish onion patties. Boy are they ever good if yo don’t mind a little onion breath Lol. Fried them up on my cooktop griddle with minimal olive oil. I’ll be keeping that recipe. I used our homegrown sweet onions, very good.

Mick, I’ve ordered a few things online for Christmas, not much of a shopper anymore & that’s OK.
I hope Julie’s Dad is comfortable at this point. Say Hi to Bonnie for me

Slo, I hope your trip is wonderful! Glad your younger daughter pitches in to give you a hand with things. It’s a shame your oldest doesn’t have concern for your situation. I hate being an inconvenience to anyone, geez. I feel like I’m done with offering to help people at the drop of a hat, you know? Our smoked detectors are all hard wired in this house & monitored by a security company - no more changing batteries yearly when you hear the faint beeps haha.

Hello to PQ, hope your weekend has been good.
Hello to Cyn, Pie & everyone.
Have a good night all.

Lav

[Mick]

mae all how are we doing? hope all is good .Dropped Julie off at the hosp this morning ...there were 9 loaded ambulances waiting to be seen to .As Julie got there the consultant was actually waiting for her to explain things ..and Ive just had a message that they are discharging him this aft back to thecare home.Im going to nip out and get some shopping Cold morning here ,and threats of rain.Apologies for this short post ,but things are all over the place at the moment!!!

[Slo]

Good morning,

Lav, the Amish really have good, hearty, economical recipes. My in-laws brought me back two Amish cookbooks once when they travelled over that way.
How wonderful to be able to use your own produce too!
That is smart to have no smoke alarm batteries. What a smoke detector is doing INSIDE a ceiling is beyond me! Not sure what to do about that.
I do need to become more accepting of the changes I am undergoing as I age and my body breaks down. Lately my once sharp vision is going, and thatone has me really upset. But, at least I had 19 years of excellent vision; ever since my LASIK surgery in 2005.

Oh boy, it’s a busy day at the hospital, Mick! This must be in Manchester. And you & Julie have a busy day ahead getting FIL settled back in at the care home.

Yesterday I had to go out and buy some new shorts & a pair of capris for my recently expanding girth. That proves that I really am putting on pounds! Need to drop the cookies.

I will have to get serious about Christmas shopping too. I am not going to overdo it, as far as buying tons of gifts for people.

Happy Monday!