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Post by busymom on Nov 19, 2023 22:22:10 GMT -5
I'm seeing a lot of sequins, crystals, and things like that on MOB dresses. After going on a different website, I discovered a favorite dress has crystals on it, which I couldn't see in pictures on other websites of the same dress, so I'm going to ask DD what she thinks. It's gotta fit, but I don't want it to be something that DD hates.
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Post by busymom on Nov 20, 2023 11:19:21 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! It's only Monday, and I'm already tired. Today DH has a long "date" with the dentist. Tomorrow I have part one of a new crown (same dentist) and DH gets his Covid shot. If I don't end up with a migraine, Wednesday will be "pie day". I haven't decided if I'm buying the turkey on Tues or Wed., it just depends how I'm feeling after I'm done at the dentist. No, there is still not enough room in our freezer. DH got stuck working on Thanksgiving, but he gets out early, so we'll have our big meal in the evening. Fun, fun, fun...
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Post by Sharon on Nov 20, 2023 11:31:38 GMT -5
I've decided to drive to Mom's this afternoon after work, rather than tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning is supposed to be dense freezing fog. This way I can split up the driving and we will leave tomorrow mid morning and be back to my place at a reasonable time and hopefully avoid bad driving conditions.
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Post by toomuchreality on Nov 20, 2023 14:04:55 GMT -5
Good luck and safe travels, everyone. No matter what your plans are, or what /when you do it, I hope things go well for you. ♡
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Post by TheOtherMe on Nov 20, 2023 15:16:23 GMT -5
Safe travels Sharon.
Busymom, hope the dentist isn't too painful.
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Post by busymom on Nov 21, 2023 7:49:23 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! (Ugh!) I'm up very early, because I have to fight rush hour traffic to get to the dentist this morning. Please send some happy thoughts, both regarding traffic, and time spent in the dentist's chair.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Nov 21, 2023 11:19:13 GMT -5
Good luck with the dentist. I've got two crowns. I feel for you.
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Post by toomuchreality on Nov 21, 2023 12:31:45 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! (Ugh!) I'm up very early, because I have to fight rush hour traffic to get to the dentist this morning. Please send some happy thoughts, both regarding traffic, and time spent in the dentist's chair. I hope the dentist went well and that you're back home now.
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Post by busymom on Nov 21, 2023 12:42:55 GMT -5
I just got back, and the dentist did great work. After the injections, I honestly didn't feel a thing. But now I've gotta behave, and not eat anything sticky or crunchy for about 2 1/2 weeks while I'm wearing a temporary. The rest of this week is already looking better.
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Post by busymom on Nov 22, 2023 10:18:22 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! It's pie day here. As soon as I get the dogs outside for the 2nd time this morning, I'm going to work on the pies.
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Post by Sharon on Nov 22, 2023 11:21:53 GMT -5
It's pie day here as well. The older grandkids should be here in a while to help Great Grandma make pies. It should be interesting. Mom has really deteriorated in the past couple of months. Although she is still sharp enough to tell me that I have used the wrong pie crust recipe, that I should have mixed the shortening, flour, and salt together some time ago and then just add the liquids today, and that she never refrigerates the pie crust ahead of time. She rolls it out, puts it in the pie plate and then refrigerates it. It's going to be a long day. Our plan is to also make fudge, mix up the stuffing, and make the family holiday green jello that takes a lot of mixing, stirring etc. DD requested that we make that.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Nov 22, 2023 11:31:26 GMT -5
I will be picking up my food about noon. I'm am hoping I like the food.
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Post by Icelandic Woman on Nov 22, 2023 12:28:03 GMT -5
Happy Short Week Muffins!!!
Huge weather shift at the end of the week. 68 today and then 28 and sNOw on Friday and Saturday. It makes me glad I never do the Black Friday insanity!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving and stay safe!
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Post by snapdragon on Nov 22, 2023 12:36:13 GMT -5
I need caffeine and have not had anything yet. I think that today and tomorrow will be coffee days.
My plan is that I am doing a small ham with scallop potatoes from costco. I will do extra veggies also. I than will take the leftover ham and make split pea soup with it. I bought a assortment of mini cheesecake and will have 1 or 2 for dessert tomorrow.
Need to work on this week-
1 - building the media cabinet so I can unbox all or most of my media. 2 - actually put some clothes away in my dressers 3 - see if I can find holiday decor and get my small tree up and lit. 4 - I know I saw my holiday door wreath and want it up by this weekend. 5 - work in the study and get boxes taken care of so I can find a really cozy, large reading chair. If I can get one with BF pricing even better.
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Post by busymom on Nov 22, 2023 17:12:55 GMT -5
It's barely 4:10 here, and the daylight is already fading away. That's what I don't like about this time of the year.
I just called DH at work, and he's not feeling well. I hope it's only a reaction to the Covid shot he got yesterday, because he rarely complains when it comes to his health.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Nov 22, 2023 19:16:29 GMT -5
Must be pie day everywhere, peeps! I just did my pumpkin pie. Also washed and cut up green beans, made the cranberry compote, the onion-celery-apple mix for the stuffing, blueberry muffins for breakfast and the topping for the sweet potatoes. I think I am Thanksgiving-tuckered out. We do have swim practice tomorrow. I will bring the coach a muffin, to thank him for giving us a chance to work off calories before we need to.
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Post by toomuchreality on Nov 23, 2023 7:28:12 GMT -5
Awe. She sleeps. 💤 Happy Thanksgiving, peeps!
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Post by Opti on Nov 23, 2023 8:53:51 GMT -5
Happy Thanksgiving all. I did manage to arrange phone call times to connect with my sisters today. Need to figure out if TN is on NJ time or my home state time. Will catch dad after talking to my sib tonight. They are probably celebrating TG on the weekend due to her job, (Open 7 days a week)
Glad my current employer is open only 6 days a week, but I know she out earns me right now.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Nov 23, 2023 10:01:06 GMT -5
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Nov 23, 2023 10:19:42 GMT -5
I am tellin' ya, peeps! Been too busy a morning. Long swim practice, then calls/texts to family, turkey in the oven and breakfast and laundry.
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Post by busymom on Nov 23, 2023 11:40:46 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! Happy Thanksgiving! Got notified at the last minute that DD & her fiance' might be here for the evening meal after all. Of course, with DH not feeling well (he did manage to go to work this morning), that means I get to be cleaning fairy all by myself. But I'm just telling myself that once DD has a family of her own, she may not be able to come over nearly as often, so I'll do my best. It would help if the dogs weren't dragging in dirt on their feet from the backyard. I might literally be cleaning until dinner tonight.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Nov 23, 2023 14:49:09 GMT -5
Turkey is done and sliced, carcass in the freezer to await use as soup stock. Pumpkin pie is in the oven now. Much as I hate pumpkin anything, it does smell good.
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Post by busymom on Nov 23, 2023 15:21:39 GMT -5
House looks better than it did when I got up this morning. Bird is in the oven. I'm off to the showers, then more cleaning on the list. The next round of food prep begins about an hour before the bird is out of the oven.
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Post by snapdragon on Nov 24, 2023 1:33:47 GMT -5
I was up extra early this morning taking out the garbage. I managed to crisp up a batch of cinnamon rolls, then found out that there is a colony of otters in my canal! I couldn't figure out what type of animal was playing off the dock across from me and had to grab the glasses and phone. They are adorable and I am so chuffed that I saw them this morning.
I found my door wreath and small tree which I had to restring with lights. Also got lights around the front door, holiday and winter theme pictures were also brought out and placed around the house.
Happy to read that most had a decent day.
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Post by Sharon on Nov 24, 2023 10:13:44 GMT -5
Our Thanksgiving day went well, but my house is on the verge of trashed. DD did help me get most of the clean up done and did sweep the floor under the table. DGD2 and DGS2 both took good naps yesterday afternoon so that cut down on some of the noise. DGD1 also went outside with DSIL for a while and played some basketball. All this activity and chaos has really worn out my Mom she is still sleeping. ETA: Everyone will reconvene this afternoon for the leftovers and the civil war game.
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Post by busymom on Nov 24, 2023 11:33:22 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! (Sorta) I noticed the house seemed cold in the middle of the night and checked the thermostat. The furnace seems to be having difficulty keeping up with our current cold snap, so I called the service company. I'm NOT paying the big bucks for them to come out on a holiday weekend, so we'll have to deal with things until Monday. (Sorry, but it's not worth $200 or more just to knock at my door.) We'll manage. I've opened all of the blinds on the south side of the house to take advantage of the sunshine. We have an oven & a space heater if things get ugly. Right now the temp is bouncing between 5 to 6 degrees cooler than the thermostat is set for. Sometimes owning a house is a PITA.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Nov 24, 2023 12:59:27 GMT -5
Hiya peeps. Kitty went to the vet, though not willingly, but all is well; her checkup is fine. I kickboxed this morning to work off some of yesterday's indulgence. Will be swimming tomorrow and running Sunday. I do need to do a small biz Saturday trip for coffee beans somewhere.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Nov 24, 2023 19:50:03 GMT -5
Sorry about the furnace busymom It's not so cold that you won't survive is correct. If it was below zero, then it becomes an emergency
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Post by notagain on Nov 25, 2023 11:10:36 GMT -5
Busymom. When is dd getting married?
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Post by busymom on Nov 25, 2023 11:26:16 GMT -5
Busymom. When is dd getting married? Next Spring/Summer. Which means I've got a LOT to try & do before next year. Besides trying to help DD when she asks for my advice on different things, I just discovered that DH's wardrobe needs some love. For example, he dressed up for church last Sunday, and I noticed one of his dress shoes was looking really bad, like needing to be replaced. So of course I said "why didn't you tell me you need new shoes?" Of course, he always acts like it's no big deal when his clothes, etc. are falling apart. Neither of us grew up with a lot of money, but for his daughter's wedding I want him to look nice. It's too bad when you've got to babysit another adult. Then of course I have to go through DS's wardrobe too. Adulting is SO over-rated...
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