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

[Lavande]

Well hello to me & everyone else haha!!

It was a balmy 7 degrees this morning but sunny all day, it still didn’t make it up to freezing. Looks like we’re due for some snow tomorrow morning & possible ice - I’ll stay home.
Still awaiting one last Amazon delivery, gift for one grandson.
I hope everyone is OK. Mick, enjoy your mini-trip & I hope Dad is quiet.

Wishing everyone a nice night!
Lav

[Slo]

Hello, Lav!

I feel terrible for that lady who fell and broke her arm, while trying to do good in the world at Christmas time! It may not be a simple fracture either. Your hospital sounds as bad as Mick’s FIL’s hospital.
Plant-based chocolate chip cookies; my favorite kind of cookie! But what do you replace the butter with? Coconut oil?

PQ usually posts on Mondays, but, well -she’s on vacation!

Amazon has been delivering my gifts, with one more to go tomorrow. A couple gifts from other sources won’t arrive on time, but Amazon is trustworthy if they say it will arrive by Christmas.

We have a good amount of snow!

I have been feeling…nostalgic for my old house and life. Ex-HB & his gf have it decorated all nice for Christmas. D3 & her family arrived there yesterday…and I can’t even stop by to see the baby or Andy! Young Daughter is there with them too. D1 & D2 will arrive there tomorrow for Christmas Eve, and after Christmas, they are all going Up North together (not D2 though).
Ah well. I like a quiet life for the most part. And I will see them on Christmas Day.

I have a 2-week guest pass at a health club with a pool, and have enjoyed going swimming there three times over the last few days!

Happy Christmas Eve eve!

[Mick]

Hiya all .chrimbo eve all.hope you are doing ok. Back to the old site..it's nice to be here and watching all the steam trains too.Julie not going to the hospital today. Her nephew is going up today instead. We are going tomorrow and then a quick zoom round to Julie's sister-in-law. Weather here is very drizzly but actually it doesn't bother me in the slightest. Got a message from the camera company that I am dealing with and buying the new one from they are closed from tomorrow until the first of January so I will get it after that taking a nice steady relaxing day-to-day hope everyone is doing well

Hiya slo how are you doing today? Concentrate on today the present and try not let your mind wander backwards the past cannot be changed the present and the future is what counts I hope you have a lovely Christmas

Hiya teegee how are you today then ? hope all as well I probably will be listening to the King's College Choir in fact I got a message from an old friend of mine who was head chorister the same time as me in Edinburgh just wishing me aMerry Christmas he is currently I think the head of the Scottish chamber Orchestra but has done lots of things music wise as well . hope you have a lovely Christmas take it easy and get some rest stay away from the shops


Hiya ppqp how are you doing? Hope you are getting better .are you doing anything over Christmas? No matter what you are doing have a lovely time

Hiya pie how are thingswith you today then? Hope all is well over there does the animal fostering get busier over the seasonal periods like now? Take time for yourself wishing you all the very best

Hiya lav how are you doing? All set for xmas?are you doing the cooking this year? I hope you have a lovely time and thank you for your help and support

finally I wish everyone who reads this all the very best over the Christmas period as we go into a new year take care look after yourself and God bless