OK DMC take care of yourself and enjoy your break but come back!! We'll miss you!

No school today, it's conference day.  Leaving in a few minutes to go meet DS teacher and then will go to a friend's house so the kids can play and I can chat!  Later on, going to the store for pumpkins and some groceries.  Tonight, we'll carve pumpkins and hang out at home.

Have a great Friday!

I am coughing a lot today. I really need to make some soup today. I've been sneezing a lot today also. My right side of my face hurts from sinus today.

I'm thinking that a hot steamy shower will help my sinus woes.

Once again I wish that Aurora could cook. It would be fun to see what she'd whip up to eat with the contents of the pantry, freezer, and kitchen. Knowing Aurora, she'd do two desserts for me . LOL.

Good Morning to all...

Got home late last night from Indiana and sat up talking with hubby before I knew it was11:30 p.m. because of my haveing been in Indiana my body said "hey get ta bed it's really 2:30am".   :(  silly tired girl .

 

So up early and got to work at 6:10 a.m.  --then the computers went down and here it is almost 4 hours later and still not up - UGGH at this rate I will be here till 8:00 tonight and I will work tomorrow as it is "month end"....Waaaaa  I really just want to go HOME :)

 

I'm home for 2 weeks and will "try" to get everything done for the Thanksgiving dinner I host every year-I think out of town overnight guest will be only three...gotta get the guest rooms ready too.

 

Take care my friends and be kind to yourself..

Deb in az

 

 

 

Not a stretchy day...DH and I are doing our monthly grocery shopping for November after work tonight.  I also need to put gas in my car on my way home from work.  I figured it up though and I've gone 3 weeks on this tank of gas, which is pretty good because I work downtown and live way on the other side of town. 

VNW: I want to thank you for the corn recipe.  I added the green chilis and it was wonderful.  You sound like a very good cook.

DMC: Don't leave us for too long.

We finally had our first official freeze this morning.  Maybe the allergens will start dying down around here.  Its supposed to be nice for the the trick or treaters tomorrow night.

Have a wonderful day.

Thanks, Lee.

Am I a good cook ?

That's debatable. My ex-husband hated my cooking. This was a man who lived on 3/$1.00 pot pies.....the really nasty ones. Other men I dated prior to the ex said that I was an extremely good cook.

Mom used to brag that she had her very own personal chef-----me. The reason I have so many kitchen "toys" is that Mom put her money where her mouth was and she bought me everything so that I wouldn't tell her "I don't have a__________ to use in cooking that.". Never mind the fact that Mom lusted after everything in Williams-Sonoma, etc., back when Mom was the cook in the family.

I just get tired of cooking for just me. LOL.

Good afternoon everyone

DMC enjoy your break but don't be gone too long.  I'll miss your posts.

Well, it has NOT been a stretchy day here at all.  I didn't get as early a start this morning as I had wanted to.  I didn't get to DS#1's school until about 10 am.  Then he wanted breakfast since the dining hall had already stopped serving breakfast.  So, took him to get a biscuit and then dropped him back at his dorm.  I was back on the road by 11. Got lunch from Wendy's for me and DS#2 on my way back.  And now, I'm too tired to move.  I'm going to spend a little time here and then I have got to get up and get some things done.  I still have several things to finish for our trunk or treat decorations for tomorrow night.  I need DH for one of them so it will have to wait until this evening.  I have several bills I need to get paid today so I'll do that before I get off the net.  I will have to fill up my truck again either later today or tomorrow. 

Breakfast for DH, DS#2, & I was from home today.  Lunch was out for all of us.  I'm not really sure what we are doing for supper.  Probably make a pizza since that's fairly easy and doesn't take a lot of time.

Shellia

DMC, we'll miss you, come back soon!!

hey y'all....I just painted the basement purple!

Well actually it's called Amethyst Jewel and it sould dry a lighter shade. I just painted the walls that the previous owner had wallpaper on....I didn't realize it was paper until i started painting. I thought it was panelling. This was some more FREE quarts of paint I got recently and wante to try it out somewhere....the basement is kind of hard to mess up, color-wise.

I like it! Wait until dh sees it........

Should be stretchy today. Yesterday wasn't. Went grocery shopping (OK, shopping that included groceries) and paid the water bill, credit card bill and homeowners insurance. Shouldn't need to spend any money today.

We had a potluck at work today, so didn't need to bring any lunch. The boss bought pizza and the rest of us provided everything else.

Tonight is Beggars Night in Iowa. A lot of towns will be having trick or treating tonight instead of tomorrow night. Ours is tonight. I'm not looking forward to it. Handing out the candy is OK, but the jokes are the pits (groan). Fortunately trick or treating only goes on from 6:00 to 8:00, and usually we're done with answering the door by 7:30. The dogs will have to spend some time in their pens, though. The constant doorbell ringing drives them crazy. The front door has a sidelight on either side of it, and several years ago I had plastic "frosting" put on those windows because I hate it when anyone rings the doorbell then presses their face to the glass to look in. You'd think only kids did that, but no, adults are just as bad.

So breakfast today was cereal and half a banana. Lunch was the potluck, and dinner will be the spaghetti I was going to make last night except that DH wanted to eat out last night instead of Saturday night.

I hope everyone has a good day today.

Jill

oh dmc, I'll miss your posts. I hope you will join back in soon, very soon...or even change your mind and stay here, lol. I just got back from ordering my new glasses. I love them but they cost so much...I started crying on the way home out of guilt. I thought my last pair was 4 years old but the eye doctor said they were from 2007 (although it must have been the beginning of that year). Dh's work's insurance does not include eye care. Maybe I can do better when (not if) I find a full time job...VNW, I came home all weepy and my two orange cats followed me around the house and sat on me as soon as I made it to the couch. Then my dog joined us. I feel so much better now. They are good therapy. They are telling me that it's time for a nap or a snack, maybe both.

Pamelaw, I feel bad that you feel quilty and sad.  Some things we just have to get.  Its not like your going out and spending the money on a purse!

Have a restful time, dmc!

I have a day off from babysitting.  Yea!  Slept in, made pancakes and eggs for breakfast.  Dd is home this weekend from school.  She was so happy to be home and away from the dorms.  She was also very hungry for "real" food.  Last nite we just hung out and then she fell asleep on the couch.  Today she has been pleasant.  Maybe things are turning around.

I went to get a few items from the grocery store.  I made beef curry for dinner, and banana walnut bread.  Doing laundry, bedding, had tons of dishes (wished I'd used the dishwasher).  I plan to take my walk soon.  My friend can't make it, but I have to go anyway.  My goal is to walk everyday.  I had lost 23 lbs by walking everyday.  I stopped doing that, and watching my diet, and now I'm up 15 lbs again.  And it's all fat!

Talked to my Ds today.  He's in the military, and he had to go into the gas chamber today.  They have to do it once a year.  He says the gas really cleans out his sinuses!  Not something I'd recommend for a treatment of sinus problems!

Have a great rest of the day!