22 Dec

[Mick]

mae all,,how are we doing today? hope all is good with yall.Just got back from hospital....Julies dad very confused still but he is a safe place ..not eating atm but taking on fluids .Still in storm mode here ...was sleet/snow this morning ..taking the van away in the morning till Friday ...taking the car too...that way we can drive to the hospital from the site .I appreciate that my posts aint that good so apologies .Is everyone ready for Chrimbo?We are back on Friday ,weather isnt going to be that great but its a break

[Slo]

You have a good way of handling Christmas, Mick! Just get away for awhile and skip it! I hope the storm settles down for your trip.

I have a few more presents coming in the mail, as well as one that might not make it. Got most presents wrapped the other day. Just used these soft vinyl bags instead of gift wrap.

Had a nice day with Young Daughter yesterday. Now she is with her dad.

That was a good idea to give away the Christmas ham, Lav! I have stepped away from pork as well. Nice to have hearty homemade Amish food shared with you as well.

[Lavande]

Hello everyone,

Woke up to a 10 degree morning here, wow! Felt sorry for the chickens living in an unheated house e so I made them a big bowl of oatmeal & stirred in some chopped apples. They love it, Lol. It never made it up freezing today & tonight will be just as cold. But we did have sunshine all day so that was helpful to a point. Spent the whole afternoon in the kitchen air frying chicken & Sweet potato fries & baking plant based chocolate chip cookies, so good. Did you know you can replace 2 eggs with 1/2 cup of pumpkin puree in a cookie recipe? Worked out great so I have zero cholesterol & zero dairy cookies, yum. The challenge is to not eat them all myself, haha.

Mick, I wish you & Julie a peaceful few days in the van & Merry Christmas! You know Dad will be looked after as well as possible now.

Slo, I’m still waiting on an Amazon (or two) delivery for gifts as well.
We both had no choice to to back away from ham many years ago due to the both of us being hypertensives. I used to have ham & Polish kielbasa on Christmas but not anymore. What can you do at this point? My daughter volunteers at a food bank every Sunday & she texted me that another volunteer (around my age) fell & broke her arm - badly! Several people heard the bone break, ugh. So my daughter drove her to the ER at the hospital where I last worked, said the ER was packed, ambulances were lined up waiting & the helicopter from Thomas Jefferson University hospital in the city was there to transport someone. Oh God, I am SO happy to be retired. Feel sorry for that woman though, she’ll likely be having surgery.

Hello to everyone & wishing a good night for all!
Lav