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Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:23 pm
by OKay
Twins - You have been a whirl-wind of accomplishments! BWTG!

Blessedw2 - Eeeek Friday? What's going on?

I watched 2 episodes of parenthood while LO took a nap. I probably should have been a whirl-wind during that time, but gave myself a pass. Last night was a long night and I expect tonight might be another. LO is still running fever. I had filled a prescription of antibodies for him to take after surgery and it was sitting unused in the refrigerator. I checked and it expires in 10 days and so I have started LO on it. I hate giving him so much (3rd round of antibodies since Oct 1) but he is having the strep symptoms again and the doctor office is closed until Monday. I could take him to ER (again) and/or AM/PM clinic to have them do another strep test.....which would cost $200 - $500 (my cost). Or I could just give him the antibodies on hand to get him through the weekend....... I have an appt with our family doctor on Monday. I'm going to ask him WHAT is going on. LO best friend keeps getting sick too. Can the kids in LO classroom keep passing strep around? How do we stop this insanity? I'm also going to ask if he can do a strep test on me to confirm I'm not a carrier.

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:46 pm
by Kathryn-in-Canada
((((LO and OKay)))) The poor little guy has so much going on in his life. You too!

I'm up from my rest. I don't think I actually slept.

Heating up a dinner for myself now.

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:05 pm
by Elizabeth
Good afternoon everyone! Last night, I had a meeting at church and actually produced a good idea. Before that I did a LOL and picked up a library book on hold for me. The LOL still needs to be folded and put away, but the real bottleneck is my dryer. It dries ok, but makes a horrible noise, so I am afraid to run it when I am not there and cannot run it while I sleep. I did get my watch reset and I think I will remember how to do it in 6 months. This weekend I really need to deal with the pictures from the cuise and send them to my friends. I just found a Christmas gift for a friend!!!

I have confirmed that I will be alone over Thansgiving, it is XDH's turn with DD10. I was invited to go with some friends to FL, but cannot afford it. I have decided to cook a nice Thanksgiving meal anyway. I like turkey and dressing and rice pilaf and I can use it as a lunch at work.

OKay: I am crocheting several things. My portable project is a baby sweater for charity, it is almost done. I am also doing a blanket for one of DD10's stuffed animals, rather boring all double crochet ad infinitum. I am also doing some things for a yarn bombing at the botanical gardens. That is fun, because I can pretty much do anything I want!

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:24 pm
by Harmony
Just running by to say hello. Sorry to read so many of you are sick. (Twins) how was the closing?

Aw, too bad LO is sick again.

I spent 4 hours out on a jobsite helping DH. I haven't been out working with him for a while, it was :shock: to see how he manages with his hip and shoulders...

I am so far behind in everything.....

Trying to run around and pick up some messes. Finished a pile of filing that's been in the office for week. Ran the dishwasher before I got out the door this morning, emptied it when I got back. Sorted laundry, way behind on that too.

Tomorrow is our memorial service for DBiL. I have to bring a big casserole of something....will have to run to the store tonight or early tomorrow morning...

Will get back when I can.

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:44 pm
by Nancy
I cooked pumpkin up for the chickens this morning. That was fun plus it warmed up the kitchen! Then I got my s2s done & headed outside swept off the driveway and got the leaves out to the hen pen. I did some knitting & fixed my lunch. Then it was back outside and I raked the front yard for my exercise today.

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:12 pm
by Elizabeth
Yeah! The weekend is here! I just registered for the yarn bombing. Now I am going to go to a 'sit and stitch' at a yarn store. I guess I am obsessed with crochet. At least it is not a very expensive addiction, 4 big skeins yesterday for less than $12.

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:16 pm
by blessedw2
nothing bad - I just feel like it was a weekend yesterday... I have so much I want to do but no energy lately but thank you!

I bought dmom two games she had asked for as ours are so old and need replacing - so I ordered Elfer Rous (11 game - mine is from my grandparents and is about 40 years old but I have fond fond memories) and mensch ärgere dich nicht (like sorry) for the holidays. Very popular when I was young in the family

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:30 pm
by OKay
Blessedw2 - those games sound like fun activities for holiday gatherings.

Elizabeth - I had never heard of "yarn bombing" and looked it up. Very interesting. Will you join a group project or do one of your own creation?

DH came home and handed me the pickup keys. He said "you have something waiting for you in the pickup. Go ride around and enjoy it". What a sweet fella and i appreciate his effort to give me a treat and a break. LO stood at the door and cried when I left, but I knew he would be okay. I rode around by myself for about 20 minutes and enjoyed the quiet. There was a huge DDPepper along with a cup of ice cream for me in the pickup......but I wasn't hungry so I dumped them both on side of road (without telling DH). I came back with renewed knowledge that this is where I belong right now and a bucket full of determination to do my best.

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:39 pm
by Ivy
Good Evening, Villagers! :D

I wrote letters this afternoon, got jeans out of Ernie and they're put away. It's 43.3* here and the paper said it was 29* at the airport this morning. :shock: We're in a cold snap. :roll: It makes my office cooler.

Should/Could feed Bert & Ernie again, but might just sort laundry and wash tomorrow instead. Am very sleepy, being in the great room with the nice warm corner fireplace insert fire. Need to hang up clothes in the bedroom and need to fold cotton clean sheets. :idea:

OKay, I've never heard of yarn bombing. :?: Hope (((LO))) is better, too!

Elizabeth, you're on quite a roll with the crochet projects. Big WTG! :D

Blessed, The games sound interesting. :D

Nancy, I didn't know chickens ate pumpkin!!! Is there anything they DON'T eat? :lol:

Harmony,
Hello to you, too! Good luck on picking up messes. I need to, too. Good luck at the Memorial Service for DBIL tomorrow.

Kathryn, Glad you got your rest, although you didn't sleep. At rest helps, too, a little bit.

Everybody, Have a GR8 night! :!: :D

Re: Finally Friday

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:04 pm
by Harriet
OKay, all I know to tell you about strep and passing it around is Lysol wipes at your own home and that's about all you can do. Well, I guess you could give them as a gift to the teacher. After LO finishes this round, consider probiotic for him so that his digestive system recuperates from everything well.

Cowinkie, what breed is Willis again? I want to be able to tell this story and it's not as good if I don't know the breed, because he is not exactly a miniature.

Well, it may be the exhaustion talking, but I'm not sure I can recommend an all-day trip to the ♪♫Southern Christmas Show♪♫. (There's a recognizable jingle for those in our region and probably beyond) :lol: Uuuuuuhhhh... ... :| I am SO tired. Dd14 has her long weekend and I decided the crowds weren't going to be any smaller than today, since Sat and Sun will be huge and Monday is a holiday observance day. HRH has a super-full week next week and he said, if you're going, go now. Of course, you don't just go, because it's quite the trip. I needed gas, cash/change at the bank and a stop at our local high-class grocery who subsidizes the ticket price if you buy from them.

Then finally it was on the road, down the interstate and to the freeway, where I was LUCKY to see the LINE forming ONE MILE ahead of the entrance. So dd and I had a nice long talk in the car. You pay $7 for the privilege of leaving your car far, far away. Far. We spent 5 hours there, wearing ourselves out, and took 2 lunch breaks, lol, to rest her ankle and my leg, hip, ankle, me. All in all, I'd say my idea of Christmas decor/theme - country, rustic, textile - may not be as much in favor this year as glitter, glam and bling. But we still found some ideas. I'll have a few things to mention in A, C and N.

You don't so much "shop" at one of those things as you run a gauntlet. Many times you might think you'd buy something if you had elbow room to dig in your purse. Very difficult to think when there is no room to move. Also, comparisons are almost impossible. You see an item that might make a nice gift - now, is it nicer (bigger, softer, more expensive, etc) than the other one you saw? Well, you can forget finding out because the other one is 2,000 booths behind you. I took a lot of business cards, so that there might be a chance to look at a website later when I could think. A couple times when I couldn't manage to write anything down I made poor dd try to remember important words. That's how I still knew what kind of dying had impressed me in a couple booths - pig eating a mint, says dd, so the word was pigment. lol.

Nancy, your chickens didn't know what a posh life they were going to lead at your house.

Sunny and Elizabeth - textiles are creativity waiting to happen, delight for the fingers.