what are you doing right now?

[andi9899]

Dec 17, 2023 14:15:38 GMT -5 swamp said:

Dec 16, 2023 0:13:49 GMT -5 weltz said:

I've been very sick a few times in my life. "Last Rites" kind of sick. Many times I was only allowed to have ice chips.  When I graduated to water and then to Jello, I knew I was going to make it.
That's why Jello has only positive connotations for me. I was going to live!

(Everyone loves black cherry.  I don't know why they even make the green one.)

Because lime jello is awesome. 

That and black cherry anything is disgusting.

[jerseygirl]

Dec 17, 2023 14:46:46 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Dec 17, 2023 14:15:38 GMT -5 swamp said:

Because lime jello is awesome. 

That and black cherry anything is disgusting.

Black cherry ice cream with big cherries is YUMMY!

[soupandstew]

Dec 17, 2023 14:41:33 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Dec 17, 2023 14:32:27 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Jello, when you haven’t eaten or drunk anything in 5 days is a poor substitute for food.  I prefer lime jello too.   

lime jello is delicious with tequila mixed in. 😉

Strawberry jello with Stoli strawberry vodka is too.  Or with Bailey's strawberry cream.  

[soupandstew]

I worked on the book a bit and finished out menus for the week.  I'm trying to clean out odds and ends in the freezer, including 1/2 can of pumpkin puree and 1/2 can of coconut milk so we'll be having some Thai pumpkin curry next week.  

[chiver78]

Dec 17, 2023 15:47:21 GMT -5 soupandstew said:

Dec 17, 2023 14:41:33 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

lime jello is delicious with tequila mixed in. 😉

Strawberry jello with Stoli strawberry vodka is too.  Or with Bailey's strawberry cream.  

I forget what I used in the strawberry the last time I made jello shots. I haven't tailgated in awhile, at least since before covid. lime always gets tequila, there's always a fruity rum one and then two different vodka flavors, but the vodka is cheap unflavored. strawberry might have gotten the rum.

[soupandstew]

Dec 17, 2023 16:21:04 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Dec 17, 2023 15:47:21 GMT -5 soupandstew said:

Strawberry jello with Stoli strawberry vodka is too.  Or with Bailey's strawberry cream.  

I forget what I used in the strawberry the last time I made jello shots. I haven't tailgated in awhile, at least since before covid. lime always gets tequila, there's always a fruity rum one and then two different vodka flavors, but the vodka is cheap unflavored. strawberry might have gotten the rum.

And I'm trying to remember what we paired Fireball with the last time we made jello shots

[chiver78]

Dec 17, 2023 16:22:44 GMT -5 soupandstew said:

Dec 17, 2023 16:21:04 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

I forget what I used in the strawberry the last time I made jello shots. I haven't tailgated in awhile, at least since before covid. lime always gets tequila, there's always a fruity rum one and then two different vodka flavors, but the vodka is cheap unflavored. strawberry might have gotten the rum.

And I'm trying to remember what we paired Fireball with the last time we made jello shots

Stoli strawberry makes a delicious martini though. I've made it a few times again over the years, but I found this at a really classy martini bar in Boston when my college girlffriends and I had a fun night out. it was Stoli strawberry and raspberry, with a splash of cranberry juice and a skewer of vodka-soaked raspberries. deeee-lish!

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Dec 17, 2023 16:21:04 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Dec 17, 2023 15:47:21 GMT -5 soupandstew said:

Strawberry jello with Stoli strawberry vodka is too.  Or with Bailey's strawberry cream.  

I forget what I used in the strawberry the last time I made jello shots. I haven't tailgated in awhile, at least since before covid. lime always gets tequila, there's always a fruity rum one and then two different vodka flavors, but the vodka is cheap unflavored. strawberry might have gotten the rum.

I got sick on strawberry daqueries.  To this day, I can no longer drink rum.  I’m good with strawberries still.  

This is just as well, TD got sick on rum too so there is not a bottle of rum in the house!

[taz157]

Dec 17, 2023 14:46:46 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Dec 17, 2023 14:15:38 GMT -5 swamp said:

Because lime jello is awesome. 

That and black cherry anything is disgusting.

Mike’s Black Cherry Lemonade is my all time favorite!!

[azucena]

Dec 17, 2023 10:29:46 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Dec 17, 2023 8:37:16 GMT -5 giramomma said:

I feel this, hard.

When trying to come up with alternatives to this behavior apparently day drinking or chain smoking are not appropriate answers according to my therapist.

I'm so tightly wound, my therapist actually suggested having a glass of wine on occasion. She wasn't wrong.

[soupandstew]

I'm going to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all those who feel some sort of way during holidays - from 4th of July to Valentines to Christmas and New Years.  Part of it may be the Hallmark Channel-ish portrayal of family and romance with all the expectations that creates.  And part of it is definitely the deaths some of us associate with those times.  Let's don't forget SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) either, and end-of-quarter, end-of-year work overload.  

I, for one, would like all holidays to eff off.  There, it's said.  And being said, I will push through it as we all do in one way or another.  

[chiver78]

y'all, The Sound of Music is on ABC at the top of the hour. you're welcome. 😊

[alabamagal]

Bummed out. DS lost his job. Knew it was going to happen when they gave him PIP. Which happened soon after he told his manager he was taking paternity leave (6 weeks paid) in Feb. they were probably going to do it anyway, think the leave request just sped it up. He already interviewed with other major company in his area but he thinks he didn’t do well on some questions. Most jobs in his industry would potentially involve move, and they do not want to move. On positive note they can live off DIL teacher salary plus savings for over a year, and DIL may be able to stretch maternity leave until end of school year.

Also annoyed at our lawn guy who finally gave us a bill for entire year. Had to send note we already paid first 2 months. He doesn’t charge much, but it is a lot at once and right before Christmas.

[MarionTh230]

Just finished wrapping the last couple gifts for Kiddo. She fell asleep. She was up earlier than usual this morning playing with Brooks. I think DH said they woke him up a little after 4:30 this morning 

She had a good time at the Santa event. Treats, crafts, little games, and a picture with Santa. Then we let her go shopping at the five quarter store. I think she took it as a personal mission to see how quickly she could craft up the house because she did 75% of the crafts in 2 days lol.

She picked 3 or 4 snowman craft items. While she was shopping she said I just love snowmen. I asked her why and she said I just want to see snow so badly I dream about it all the time. Ummmm, OK kid. Only way that is going to happen is if we take a vacation. And even that is problematic because snow causes so many travel and logistical issues. I didn't tell her all that, but the truth of the matter is if Kiddo is dreaming of a White Christmas it will only happen in her dreams.

Going to hang out with DH and watch some TV. We've had lots of together time since he isn't working, but a lot of it has been consumed with chores and errands. Kind of looking forward to doing nothing together tonight. 

[Pink Cashmere]

Mister just left to take Kiddo home. I didn’t get to spend much time with him today because I get home from work so late now. 

Mister has lemon pepper chicken wings in the oven. Idk about all that. Last night he made Jerk Chicken Pasta. It wasn’t nasty, but it was spicy, like it had a lot of black pepper in it, but he said it was the jerk seasoning he used and not black pepper. 

I am tired and very happy that I’m off work tomorrow. My 8 hour work days feel like more like 16 hours. I plan on not leaving the house tomorrow. Everything that requires me to leave home, can wait until Tuesday. Hopefully.

[countrygirl2]

Doc said my lungs were clear yesterday, but my lower rib cage all the way around feels like somebody has been beating on it. Also I'm still coughing some, when I take the cough syrup it knocks me flat. She said it would make me sleepy, that's and understatement. I have slept almost all day today. will probably do me good. I am breathing better, but super tired. Have lost my energy.

Son and DIL brought us breakfast this morning and we all ate together. That was nice. Little guy gets out of school on Wed, so I imagine him being here Wednesday. DIL said she heard little guy talking to the beautician today telling them about his grandma. I think that's funny.

Tonight he came up with e=mc2 and also pi, 3.14. He is understanding the concept of square roots but I'm not sure he knows what the other two means, he is learning this stuff off Utube so there are good things there to learn.  At least he is getting exposure to all kinds of information and he is interested, sure won't hurt him. Hope he stays this curious. I was and his dads pretty sharp. His mom has been talking to him a lot in Russian, she wants him to learn to understand his relatives when they visit Russia. I haven't heard him speak it much but he said he understands it, so that's good. I'm trying to teach him about anything and everything, exposure to experiences and knowledge is always good and he is getting it.

I hope I feel better, its not a sick like the flu its mainly the pain around my ribs and coughing up some stuff at times.

I am boiling chicken feet to make broth for dressing for Christmas and I cooked up some pork tenderloin in the instant pot this afternoon.  DD and I will have some with some mashed potatoes and gravy with mushrooms for a late dinner. I thought DIL was on this healthy eating kick and she brought frosted cookies?? Before I realized it, DD had eaten a bunch of them, we don't do that so will have to have a very late dinner. Jeez I'm sure she isn't hungry right now.

I'm just not hungry period, but I ate a little of the pork.

[giramomma]

Dec 17, 2023 11:16:02 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

Dec 16, 2023 23:28:53 GMT -5 giramomma said:

I tried to teach the peanut cribbage tonight.

Did the Peanut like playing cribbage?  

That one of the games I played with my parents, my friends, my niece and nephews, etc.  

For what turned out to be dad's last Father's Day, he wanted to play cribbage, so we did.  

It's good for teaching kids numbers.  

Hopefully, she enjoyed cribbage.  Lots of great memories of cribbage.

Yes! Last night we played maybe 4/5 hands, and we talked through it. Tonight, it was two games, she won one, and I won one. She wanted to play a third, and I was like no.

She caught on pretty quick. 

It was a good day. DD1 spent the day with us. The peanut was willing to engage. I honestly don't remember the last time we had a little bit to be. Maybe one other day since our vacation in early July?

I should have spent the day cleaning and baking.  BIL/SIL are still coming up for Christmas. I'd like to think there won't be judgement, and based on the last visit     

I also decided that it was better to take the day to be with the kids. I'm now two years out from my last day of treatment. I am not quite as worried about things going south for me. And yet, if they do, today was a better day to be had over cleaning.

[minnesotapaintlady]

Carrot and I went to the mall today and took care of 6 gifts and ordered two others.  One should make it, the other doesn't look great, but it's for my mom and she won't care if she gets it late.  When we got home we finally put the tree up.  So, all in all it was a pretty productive day.  Still a lot to do and buy though.

[TheOtherMe]

I'm happy the peanut likes cribbage.  It is a game that makes you use your mind while you play.  

Talked to the Toddler a bit earlier.  He now counts on the way to school.  It's 770 steps to school.  

DN1 had to run an errand to the store and the Toddler looked quite upset and asked if he was coming back.  DN1 was surprised he asked that and told him of course he would be back in time to tuck him in.

They actually put a tree up this year.  First one since they moved to Canada.

[Pink Cashmere]

Even though my workday seemed to drag on for 2 forever today, I was in a pretty good mood until I got home. 

There is some minor irritation with Mister, but the bigger source is IRT to YD. I can’t go into detail because while I do tell a lot of my own business here, I do try to respect our children’s privacy on certain things. 

If my work days didn’t already seem like they lasted forever, I’d just stay late at work to be doing something constructive while I avoid coming home. I don’t want to go hang out after work, because that requires spending money, and I’m not trying to spend unnecessary money right now. Making extra money is better than spending unnecessary money. But I’ve still not been able to wrap my mind around working OT, even though I’m working on it. 

I know I’ve just been mostly bitching and complaining lately, and I apologize for it. I am just trying really hard to not act like a crazy person IRL, and venting here helps me get some things off my chest, and sort out the things I really need to address IRL without going off about any and everything that bothers me, when some things are more important than others.

I am ready to just throw 2023 away, and try to start fresh in 2024. 2020 was horrible, 2021 wasn’t much better, I barely remember much of 2022, so it must not have been that good either, and 2023 has been a bunch of shit too. Each year had its own flavor of horribleness, but struggling with my physical and mental health in 2023, sucked majorly and made all the other shit that happened have an even bigger impact on me and my life. The fact that Mister lost BOTH of his parents in 2023, was also horrible, and the fact that he then turned into somebody I feel like I don’t even know most of the time, has just been more shit piled in top of shit. I am sure he feels like he has been shat on too, with both of his parents’ deaths this year.

It has just been a really shitty year. And I say that, knowing that things could still have been even worse, in many ways. I stay mindful of the ways I am still blessed and have so much to be grateful for, but I think I still get to acknowledge that shit has been really rough.

I know it hasn’t been a good year for many of us here, in various ways. I hope and pray that 2024 is a much better year for all of us. Even for those of us that didn’t have as many struggles and problems as others did in 2023, I hope 2024 is even better. 

I am rambling again, and I will shut up now.

[raeoflyte]

Dec 17, 2023 17:41:54 GMT -5 azucena said:

Dec 17, 2023 10:29:46 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

When trying to come up with alternatives to this behavior apparently day drinking or chain smoking are not appropriate answers according to my therapist.

I'm so tightly wound, my therapist actually suggested having a glass of wine on occasion. She wasn't wrong.

That what I decided to do tonight. Just a few sips is enough to take the edge off and there's a lot of edge right now.

[raeoflyte]

Sugar cookies are decorated and peanut blossoms made. Still didn't get to the other cookies,

[Pink Cashmere]

Dec 17, 2023 21:18:35 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

I'm happy the peanut likes cribbage.  It is a game that makes you use your mind while you play.  

Talked to the Toddler a bit earlier.  He now counts on the way to school.  It's 770 steps to school.  

DN1 had to run an errand to the store and the Toddler looked quite upset and asked if he was coming back.  DN1 was surprised he asked that and told him of course he would be back in time to tuck him in.

They actually put a tree up this year.  First one since they moved to Canada.

Y’all keep talking about cribbage, I’ve heard of it, but have no idea what kind of game it is, so I need to look it up.

Growing up, we learned to play Spades. It’s funny how I see posts on FB now, basically saying that you aren’t really a Black person if you don’t know how to play Spades. I didn’t say it, folks on FB say it, so please don’t get upset with me.

When I was a child, my Mom, my Aunt (Mom’s sister) and their friends use to have “card parties” on the weekends, where they hung out together and played Spades. Then they started playing Bid Whist(sp?). Then they started playing Pinnochle sometimes too. They all played for fun, but some people took/take Spades very serious and if you don’t even know how to play, or even worse, know the basics but don’t know how to play decently, your name is mud lol.

They taught us kids how to play Spades, then Bid Whist, and played with us sometimes. I remember many nights at my Godmother’s house, with me and my Godsisters playing cards for hours with my Mom and Godmother, mostly spades. I still know how to play Spades, but I’d need a refresher course on Bid Whist, even though it is similar. We didn’t play that as often. I never learned to play Pinnochle, it was way too many cards for my kiddie brain lol.

The main thing about this post, is that I remember growing up in a time when my Mom, Aunt and their friends would gather at somebody’s house to unwind after a week of working, listening to music and and enjoying each other’s company playing cards. They did that regularly, and nobody in my generation that I know, does anything like that. My Mom and everybody else had full time jobs and children, but that didn’t stop them from having fun together on Friday or Saturday nights. Everybody brought their children with them, but us kids had to entertain ourselves while our parents did their thing. 

It worked, the parents had their fun and they didn’t even need babysitters, because their children were there too. Those are actually fond memories for me, having been born in the early 70’s.

A couple of years ago, Mister’s friend had a gathering at his home for his birthday and somebody produced a deck of cards, and they started playing spades. They were playing rise and fly (win 2 games out of 3 instead of keeping score for each game) and 2 ladies that met for the first time that night were beating the brakes off of everybody that sat down to play against them, and talking shit the entire time. Talking shit is just part of it, and harmless….. really entertaining and funny.

After nobody could beat them, folks finally talked Mister and I into playing. I hadn’t played in many years, and had definitely never played with Mister, so we had none of the familiarity that partners that play together have about how each other plays. Mister and I won the first game. The ladies stopped the shit talking, and all the people they had beat, were standing around the table, behind us, watching, hoping somebody finally got them off the table. They won the second game, just barely. 

It was quiet as hell when the 3rd game started. Mister and I won the 3rd game, and you would’ve thought we’d saved all of humanity, with all the cheers and ruckus lol. That meant the 2 ladies finally had to get up from the table and we could play whoever wanted to play next, but I refused to play anymore. I said our job was done when we shut up all that shit talking, so I was done for the night… me talking a little shit myself. In reality, I was shocked that we’d beat them, since we’d never played together, and I didn’t want to push my luck lol.

Ever since then, because it was so fun,  I’ve said that I would like for Mister and I to start hosting card parties like my folks use to do. It was how they blew off some steam after working all week, playing cards and talking shit, with some good food on the side, and I’m sure, some adult beverages. I still would love to host something like that.

Mister’s parents didn’t allow card games in their home, so I’m not even sure how he learned to play spades. His parents aren’t the only folks I’ve known or heard of that felt like playing cards was somehow “devilish”. Because my family played cards, I’ve always believed that a deck of cards (or several, in the case of Pinnochle) is just a way to play a lot of games, so I don’t get the “ungodly” part. 

Anyway, I’m all over the place again, so I will try again to hush.

[Peace77]

Dec 17, 2023 23:00:52 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Dec 17, 2023 21:18:35 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

I'm happy the peanut likes cribbage.  It is a game that makes you use your mind while you play.  

Talked to the Toddler a bit earlier.  He now counts on the way to school.  It's 770 steps to school.  

DN1 had to run an errand to the store and the Toddler looked quite upset and asked if he was coming back.  DN1 was surprised he asked that and told him of course he would be back in time to tuck him in.

They actually put a tree up this year.  First one since they moved to Canada.

Ever since then, because it was so fun,  I’ve said that I would like for Mister and I to start hosting card parties like my folks use to do. It was how they blew off some steam after working all week, playing cards and talking shit, with some good food on the side, and I’m sure, some adult beverages. I still would love to host something like that.

Mister’s parents didn’t allow card games in their home, so I’m not even sure how he learned to play spades. His parents aren’t the only folks I’ve known or heard of that felt like playing cards was somehow “devilish”. Because my family played cards, I’ve always believed that a deck of cards (or several, in the case of Pinnochle) is just a way to play a lot of games, so I don’t get the “ungodly” part. 

Because some card games include gambling, some churches and folks outlaw all card games.
We kept track of bets in Spades with pennies, matches or spoons.   Never played for money.

[Pink Cashmere]

This is my last post for tonight.

Mister said a few days ago that he and Kiddo’s Mom were going to have to have a sit down talk about Kiddo’s behavior. When I got home from work today, I asked what happened with them meeting to talk. He said he called her twice today and she didn’t answer or call him back. 

So long story short, they haven’t had a conversation, and probably won’t. What I see is likely to happen is that she will keep calling Mister to complain about Kiddo’s behavior, and Mister will keep getting bent out of shape about her acting like she has no power to address Kiddo’s bad behavior or try to give him tools to behave differently, and ‘round and ‘round they will all continue to go.

One of the most difficult things I had to learn to accept when raising my own children, was that I can’t MAKE anybody do ANYTHING, not even my own children. When I finally accepted that, I got irritated when people who meant well, would tell me what I ought to do to make my children do this or that when they would act out. And I’d tell them to tell me how I could make my child do whatever they were talking about. And every time, they got confused because they didn’t have an answer. Because despite their advice, the only thing I could really do was let my children know they were responsible for the choices they made, and hold them accountable for what they chose to do or not do, and try to go from there to correct their behavior. For every action, there is a reaction, good or bad. I couldn’t make them choose to do right thing, but I could show them that there were consequences if they chose wrong. And in my mind, it was better for them to learn about consequences for choosing wrong, from me, someone who loves them dearly….. while they were under my protection, than to let the world teach them about consequences, when the world has no love for them.

So I am kind of irritated that Mister and Kiddo’s Mom didn’t sit down and talk about Kiddo like Mister said they would. Even if she doesn’t listen to anything Mister says, I feel like he still needs to try to have a real conversation with her about their child, given everything that’s going on with Kiddo and his behavior at school and the shit his Mom complains about how he acts with her. But that’s just my opinion, and I made my share of mistakes with my own children, so wtf do I know. Nothing, really.

[Pink Cashmere]

Dec 17, 2023 23:14:48 GMT -5 Peace77 said:

Dec 17, 2023 23:00:52 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Ever since then, because it was so fun,  I’ve said that I would like for Mister and I to start hosting card parties like my folks use to do. It was how they blew off some steam after working all week, playing cards and talking shit, with some good food on the side, and I’m sure, some adult beverages. I still would love to host something like that.

Mister’s parents didn’t allow card games in their home, so I’m not even sure how he learned to play spades. His parents aren’t the only folks I’ve known or heard of that felt like playing cards was somehow “devilish”. Because my family played cards, I’ve always believed that a deck of cards (or several, in the case of Pinnochle) is just a way to play a lot of games, so I don’t get the “ungodly” part. 

Because some card games include gambling, some churches and folks outlaw all card games.
We kept track of bets in Spades with pennies, matches or spoons.   Never played for money.

Now that you wrote that, I seem to remember card games being associated with gambling, and that being the reason playing cards was “bad”.

My folks never played for money or anything like that. You either win or lost, and that was that. It’s more common to play rise or fly (2 out of 3) if there are a lot of people taking turns playing, but when my folks taught us to play, they also taught us how to keep score during the games if there were only 4 people playing with no one else waiting or wanting to play. Keeping score meant the game was more than who one a particular hand or 2, whoever got to a certain number of points after however many hands, ultimately won the game. I don’t remember how to keep score. 

But yeah, the way I saw card games played and learned to play, never had anything to do with gambling, bets, or money. It was always just games like any other kind of game. Just for fun.

I was taught all kinds of games using cards. I Declare War, Speed, Concentration, to name some more that I remember, in addition to the others I’ve already mentioned. 

I played Speed one night on my deck with Mister’s Mom a couple years ago. She couldn’t beat me lol. 

I ended up teaching her to play Dominoes and she talked a lot of shit when we played, but she couldn’t beat me at that either. It was fun to me, playing with her and letting her talk her shit even though she was just learning the game. 

And now I am kind of in my feelings, remembering times with her, even though losing her is not even close for me, what it is for Mister. 

I remember exactly when she kind of cooled toward me, and I understand that, and how it had more to do with Mister and his relationship with his parents than it had to do with me. But I also remember how she set up my kitchen for me the day we moved here, and how she was also happy to do whatever she could to help make our house a home…. and how no matter how she really felt about me, she was always happy to do anything in that regard, while also trying to be careful to try not to overstep her boundaries in my home. When really, the fact that she respected that it’s my home gave her a lot of leeway to do what she wanted here, as far as visiting her son whenever she wanted to, and even being in my kitchen if she wanted to cook for him, but we never got to the point where that got sorted out and made clear. 

I mourn the loss of Mister’s parents too. Even Mr. Messy. I know it’s not to the same degree that Mister grieves, but his parents mattered to me too. I don’t have the lifetime of memories that Mister does, but I do have good memories of times spent with them, things they said to me and how they treated me.

I feel like that is just some more stuff that I have not allowed myself to deal with, for a bunch of reasons, but it’s fact that that them both dying mattered and matters to me.

And now I will hush for real, and take my ass to bed, because I was supposed to just be talking about card games and not all of this heavy shit.

[weltz]

We'd play an Eastern European card game called Thousands.
I think it's very similar to Bridge.
Then there was Scrabble. A lot of Scrabble

[finnime]

Good morning, imbibing and reminiscing invisispeeps, steeped in holiday preparations. I hope your Monday is good to you, leaving you time for card games or reading racy novels or whatever rings your bells.

I agree that there's too much expectation heaped on the holidays. I do appreciate how they mark the year, though. I myself need something to cause me to look back periodically, to reflect and remember.

We used to play cards with my mother while my father worked late. He was a hospital administrator so was always working late. We played whist and bridge. At school during lunch we played crazy eights and a couple of other games. When my siblings, their families and I with my kids spent the week in August at the lake every August we played poker. The kids learned to play, and to shuffle cards, important so other people wouldn't suspect you of cheating when you were out in the world. It was a blast.

Today is more gift wrapping, readying cards to send, cookie baking and lunching with ODB and DSis to discuss Christmas menu and who does what. A good day.

Debating leaving $0 shipping on my website for a while longer.

The wind is howling and it's raining hard. No beach this morning.This was yesterday, well before dawn, when the sky promised everything:

[countrygirl2]

Of course since I slept all day now I'm up. I just took all my meds so hopefully shortly they will put me to sleep. 

I need to make more of an effort to go to bed earlier at night anyway and get up earlier. I need to get myself back on a schedule like everyone else but I like my private night time to read, work crossword puzzles and just enjoy peace and quiet at times.

Little guy is out of school for Xmas on Wed so I know I have to be well by than as he wants to come here now. LOL! I wish I were 20 years younger, he couldn't keep up with me if I were. But this old gray mare, well she ain't what she used to be, LOL! But I'm still hanging in there.

Ready to go to bed, so night all.

[finnime]

We've got a very high wind with gusts up to 50 mph forecast. Will do lunch Wednesday instead with ODB and DSis.