15th Dec

[Lavande]

Good evening all,

It’s been snowing lighly for a few hours but with no accumulation due to the temp being above freezing. That’s perfectly OK with me Lol
Busy all day catching up with cookie baking & gift wrapping. Christmas comes up on you fast!!!

Slo, sorry to hear about your daughter’s pneumonia. I warned my own daughter when she was away at college to seek out medical advice from the pros & not roommates, haha!
Antibiotics can wreak their own havoc for sure.
Thanks for the birthday wishes & yes the old hometown has changed a lot. There was very little open space when we left all those years ago & now there seems to be none, sad. It’s definitely not the same town we grew up in & our kids as well. Our old high school was torn down several years ago, the new one is just ridiculous looking. We drove past the Catholic elementary school that burned a few months ago. Nothing left but the stone exterior, no roof, ugh. Yep, I spent 4 days in ICU, was on a vent & totally messed up after my great fall. Had to learn to be patient while regaining strength, smell. & taste. It was something I could never go thru again, surely.

PQ, hello to you & hope you have a good weekend.
Mick, thinking of you. &the family.
Hello to Cyn, Pie & everyone.

Have a nice night all.
Lav

[porqoui]

MAE ALL...YAY It's Holiday Time YAY The last two days have been the longest I have gone through. The phone maybe rang 3 times, maybe had 4 emails that weren't spam and managed to sort out the 3 people who wanted to book on Jan 18th. I basically spent 2 days playing bridge on the computer and didn't feel guilty at all. LOL

Lav...first off, Happy Belated Birthday, sounds like you had a good day. No need to feel guilty about your weather, we are now above freezing and will remain that way throughout the Xmas break. Yay! No, I don't have an instant Pot, I really don't have any counter space. I'm thinking of an Air Fryer even if son keeps saying whatever you cook in the air fryer you can cook in the oven. I will investigate over the holidays and maybe pick something up on boxing day. I am going to brave the shops tomorrow, need a couple of things for the boys Xmas presents, then we've been invited to my brothers for dinner. It's been awhile since they've seen the boys and I always find out more of what's been going on with them when we're sitting around talking. LOL

Slo...yes, it was nice to have something to keep me occupied on Wednesday as Thursday & Friday really dragged. Sorry to hear about young daughter but glad it got figured out, even if she has to suffer through the antibiotic downside. This is day 15 of my quit and it's going ok. I've been a little cranky with the childcare director, I'm so done with listening to everything being about her, and the accountant who continues to screw up but of course she never makes a mistake. It's just as well I'm off for the next 2 weeks. LOL Glad to hear that the emotional releasing sessions are making a difference for you. Sounds pretty intense to me. Hope you and your daughter had a good time with Huxley today.

Mick...here's hoping that something will come of the changes Julie was able to achieve. I'm hoping you both have some comfort in knowing he's at the best place he should be for now.

Thinking of the rest of the gang. Have a good night all...PPQP

[Slo]

Woo hoo, PQ! Let the two-week vacation begin! How is former childcare director doing?

The reason we were babysitting Huxley today is because they needed to attend the funeral of son-IL2’s work colleague from their small office. (They work for ex-HB). He was diagnosed suddenly with stomach cancer in September, and it was so advanced that he never returned to work; his stuff is still there. His wife was 38 weeks pregnant with their first child when he was diagnosed! So she delivered at the hospital he was at so he could attend the birth of his son, but he was too sick to be able to. He turned 37 in November, and died on Thanksgiving. His mother was hospitalized in the ICU at the same time he was, fighting her own advanced cancer. Geez!

We had an ok day with Huxley; getting him through a doctor visit that involved a shot and a blood draw (!); putting up with him at my house while awaiting my furniture delivery; driving him around to get a nap in; then taking him to a new activity gym, where his mom had made an appointment for him to play and meet a scary guy named Santa!
Afterwards Young Daughter & I treated ourselves to dinner out at a homey restaurant with great homemade potato pancakes.

Lav, that would be scary, being on a vent! Thankfully you made as well of a recovery as you did from the head injury -scary stuff.
I can almost picture the overly modern, cold new high school. And your other school with the charm of brick; mostly all burnt down. Out with the old, in with the ugly new.

G’night!

[Mick]

Hello everyone and how are we today then? Apologies for not being on the scene so much recently but things are a bit hectic over here. Julie's dad is still in hospital I think he will be there till at least after Christmas because with the work Julie has done, the consultant isn't very keen to discharge him to the care home without a multidisciplinary care assessment needs assessment and plan being put together full stop ina nutshell no one wants to take responsibility in case it goes pear-shaped. To be honest with you where he is now he's probably the best place for him we'll stop I was talking to my brother yesterday as well definitely issues there but he is so stubborn he makes me look like a saint. I will go and see him after Christmas it is pointless just now as the roads are pretty much snarled up all over the place. We are in the middle of another storm I don't know where they get them from having even a clue what this one's called but it's a certainly a wild one who start we are taking the van away just locally on Monday just simply for a break however if this keeps up and don't think that is going to be much you an option. Apart from that really not a lot to tell. Got the new mattress slept on it last night absolutely brilliant not sure if that is because the mattress is brilliant or I just needed sleep! I have traded in one of my lenses and got back a bit more actuallythan what I paid for it.. you can take the man out of Scotland but not Scotland out of the man! Saw in the new year I am buying another camera and lens to go with it. Hope everyone is okay and has a good weekend take care and look after yourself