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[sydsgma1]

Happy New Year!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 We celebrated...not. V enjoyed the meatballs and cheese and crackers. We went to our favorite Chinese place for lunch. Today I am making brunch and then ham and scalloped potatoes for dinner.

we had some heavy rain with thunder earlier this morning. It still looks like it could rain again.

Kaylie, as oldest and I were texting back and forth last evening. She is the 5th grader who reads at a 12th grade level. 

We we need to find a new chair for v..probably a lazy boy and replace a shower head. I plan on no shopping for a while.

i hope you both have a good day.

[chprsp]

Happy New Year! May this year be a good year.

It was icy this morning when I dropped a few things at GoodWill. I was very careful. After I got home I heard there was a multi vehicle accident north of where I was. Now the ice is melting.

Last night there was thunder and lightning.

Griff has decided that any loud noise he needs to climb on R's lap to protect him.

[LindaLatte]

Happy New Year!  Glad V liked the meatballs, cheese, and crackers, Barbara.  I didn't have much of a celebration, but that was not unexpected.  

It wasn't nice here this morning with the rain, etc.  I got up a little later than usual, and decided not to walk outside.  Church was fine, but a little longer than normal.  After debating the idea, I decided to skip the gym today so that I would have more time with DH.  He was doing okay, except his eyes continue to bother him.  Also, the caregiver told me he was anxious this morning, so they gave him his anti-anxiety drug.  Fortunately, I didn't see any trace of anxiety.  I called both of his kids so they could wish him Happy New Year and vice versa.  I texted with DD, and all is going well there -= thank goodness.

Glad you didn't have any problems with the ice, Claudia.  Hope Griff doesn't knock R over or anything.

I hope to get a few things done before the dinner tonight.  My neighbor usually goes through lots of courses, etc., so I'll probably be there for quite a while.  

At least the Christmas stuff is stored, and I ended up with an empty box -- one less, which is great.

Have a nice evening!

Hugs,

Linda

[chprsp]

Enjoy your dinner, Linda. I'm glad DH is doing well today and had the chance to hear from his kids.

Rainy days make it tempting to stay in bed.

[sydsgma1]

Good morning. Our rain has stopped and it is sunny..about 55 out. I had to get some items from Wally World and there were folks in shorts and short sleeves. Yikes. Not me ...I had on a sweater, jeans and a fleece. The woman who sits next to me in choir said she has been cold since all they brought were warm weather things. She has had to do some shopping.

i just received the Clarksville tsv from a couple of weeks ago and really like them we have to wear black shoes in church choir and mine were too wide. So after 4 years, decided to get something new.

i need to clean but will do that tomorrow. I am going to play duets with my friend for a while this afternoon.

M said Pepper has been dragging toilet paper out of the main bath. I told her to shut the door.

it sounds like you had a decent New Years. Linda, good dh is doing ok. Claudia..hope you don't get ice or snow.

it may get ugly in the north country.

Have a good day.

[chprsp]

Spoiler

We have a bit of rain. More expected tomorrow then snow the rest of the week. I went out to pick up a few things. no yard pickup today as the snow has turned to ice out back.

The cats were holy terrors with toilet paper. I put it up out of reach. The "kittens" will be 18 months the 22nd of February. in my experience that's when they settle down. However I've never had 3 siblings before. pups usually settle between a year and 18 months.

Glad you like the shoes,  Barbara.

[LindaLatte]

Happy you like the shoes, Barbara.  I'm dressed like you today -- not very warm and not sunny here. When I went to the gym, I saw people in the pool -- heated, but outdoors.  I think some people are just better with the cold.  Hope M remembers to close the door so the toilet paper isn't wasted.

Your weather doesn't sound nice, Claudia.  I'm definitely not a fan of ice.

The dinner last night was quite elaborate -- lots of courses, special china and silverware, etc.  Really a huge effort for the hostess.  My neighbor is an Austrian post-war bride, age 87, and her daughter is a couple of years younger than me.  Her daughter and husband and her lady friend (about her age and also European), were nice.  I'm not fond of her male friend (about the same age) -- kind of a curmudgeon type.  And, while she was getting dinner ready, they talked politics -- I said nothing since they had views pretty much opposite of mine.  I was there nearly four hours, and came home to a message that DH had fallen.  He was not injured, but was anxious, etc.

I decided to visit him this morning before going to the gym, and he was not in good shape.  No bruises or anything, but he could not walk and he was talking a lot, but making no sense.  That continued after I returned after the gym to feed him lunch.

The caregiver told me that he was talking in Turkish to her, and he has done that to me as well.  Very confused guy.  To top it off, Larry came over and started talking his nonsense to DH (almost funny if it weren't so sad.)

Anyway, I will return in a little while to visit and feed him dinner.  

DD took youngest DGS back to college, and it took her seven 1/2 plus hours to make it to and from -- rain, accidents, traffic, etc.  She was pretty worn out when I talked to her.

I'm trying to do a little house cleaning, and I guess I better get back to that.

Hope both of you sleep well.

Hugs,

Linda

[chprsp]

Your poor DH, Linda. I hope he feels better. Unfortunately falling is not unusual. At least they called you this time.

I'm glad dinner went okay. Political talk seems everywhere.

I certainly don't envy your DD and her long drive.

R may go back to hunting camp Thursday. at the very least he still has gear there.

[sydsgma1]

Good afternoon. We played cards this morning...I came in first...won 5 dollars. Now we need to clean this place..will do that in chunks...I remember when I could an entire house including changing bedding all at once...no moe.

Linda...sorry to hear dh fell again....it seems that his falls really disrupt his functioning for a while..does he get out of bed , chairs on his own??? They need to watch him more closely. And your poor dd with that drive. Yikes.  I avoid political discussions here because most people are quite the opposite of me. Lol

Claudia..won't it be cold to go to hunting camp?? Hope he does ok. 

I feel eel better since I am in warmer weather.. Poor v3... We talked last night and he was looking forward to getting the kids back to school. (Preschool and kindergarten) but they had a ton of snow so school is closed. 

Hope me your day is going well.

[LindaLatte]

Poor V3 and the schools being closed, Barbara.  Sounds like a cold/snowy winter there so far.  Glad you won at cards and are feeling better.

They do help DH get out of bed and chairs, but sometimes he gets up on his own -- mostly chairs, since I don't think he has been getting out of bed on his own.  They do try, but sometimes it is impossible for them to watch everyone, especially when several are agitated like they have been lately.  And, yesterday evening, the assistant caregiver didn't show up.  I ended up serving the cake, etc. until a substitute arrived. Fortunately, the sub is an excellent caregiver.

Hope R doesn't get too cold at hunting camp if he goes there, Claudia.  Also hope it isn't too cold and icy there.

My nephew (the one who has an almost two year old boy) was in pain on New Years Day, and ended up going to the hospital where he had his appendix out.  It was just about to burst, so he was lucky.  My SIL sent me an e-mail about it, and mentioned that she had been at the beach with "Ron".  Thus, I found out that she is back to dating "Ron" and very interested in him.  Fingers crossed that it works out for her -- multiple reasons -- particularly so she will have someone in her life again.  

The husband of one of the ladies in my Caregivers group passed away last week, and I feel very sorry for her.  He was in DH's day services for quite a while, and had only been in hospice for two or three months.  He had attended day services until a week and and half before his death.  

The senior lunch program had a special "baked potato" celebration along with a very good musician today.  The seniors enjoyed it, but what a mess.  Oh well....

Have a nice evening!

Hugs,

Linda