Good Monday all,

Patti thanks for getting us started.

It's a miserable day here with cold, raw, driving, windswept rain. It's just awful. This weather is interfering with my horse riding playtime!

I am trying to get into the unemployed mode but I just can't rest easy. I should just enjoy this time off but I am not so far. Trying to get my office into command central is going slowly...must be denial. LOL

I hope we see a bunch of posts here this week. Last week was great! We managed to breath a little new life into it!

((((Suzanne)))) Wish I could hire you to help me here! Things are going to start looking up for you soon. :0)

I'll be back later.

((((Suzanne)))) You know, this might be a blessing in disguise, my friend. I am very sure that Dee is right, and things will start looking up soon!

OK, I guess you all didn't see my post, but is anyone up for an Christmas ornament exchange? :)

I saw it Maddie & meant to tell you that I am in. I will be in TX, as we are leaving Saturday, but I can mail it from there. :)

Good Tuesday,

Thanks for the hugs. I am positive this is a blessing in disguise and everything is perfect the way it is.

Maddie, I am in too. I did see your post but forgot to mention it.

Well it's not raining for the first time in 36 hours! We might get glimpses of sun too.

I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner. What is everyone doing this year to celebrate?

Maddie - count me in too.

Suzanne - glad the rain stopped. We had some sleet, snow and rain yesterday, but today is mild.

Our daughter is having Thanksgiving this year, so we will be heading to Brooklyn.

Our team is the BeeDazzlers because a few of the team members had already started planning around that name. I did put BJ's suggestions in my calendar for next year. THANKS BJ.

It's my day off, but I have 2 meetings - both Girlfriend Getaway related and then off to art class. When are things going to slow down?

We are having Thanksgiving in our new house. :) DS & DDIL will be doing the honors. Can't wait to get there. We have so much to do & so many birthdays coming as well.

Raeanne~I agree with you that things need to slow down.

We go to Disney for the first time tomorrow. So I'll ask the question how many have gone & what was your favorite part of it? We are going to Epcot. We did the "give a day--get a day" program. So we get in free. We did donate our time though for a day. I'm very excited. Need to check it out so we can bring kids back another time. :)

Hello everyone!

Maddie, count me in for the ornament exchange.

Raeanne, can you send me over some of your energy?

Ladies, can I just tell you how exciting my first ZUMBA class was? My foot was still bothering me (have another appointment with foot doc on Monday), but the instructor told me she was amazed that I kept up with the class for the entire 45 minutes. If you don't know about Zumba, look it up on youtube. Soooooo much fun.

Suzanne, thinking of you all week and praying things get better for you.

Patti, sorry I did not check in yesterday; I've been to Disney many times. We love Epcot the best!

Shout outs to everyone!
TAKE CARE, EAT HEALTHFULLY, AND NEVER NEVER GIVE UP!
Dee

Well, hello, everyone.

I'm a bit upset. Yesterday our dear dog, Benny, had a tooth break off. We have no idea what happened to it. My son noticed it and it was just hanging by a small piece of skin. I took him to the vet to-day. It is a left bottom fang. Apparently the roots are very very long. The dentist is a bit concerned that maybe the root is cracked and may be quite a chore to get out. To complicate things he had a problem with the aneasthetic once before and since that he has developed a heart murmer, a liver problem and cholesteol that is too high. This may be risky but has to be done. Hope all goes well. Our furbabies are like kids to us.

I'll try to update you. He will be staying at the vets over night, at least.The surgery is to-morrow, late morning.

Maddie, please count me in for the ornament exchange.

Suzanne, I know things will break for you, no doubt about it.

Ivamae, hugs for you and Benny. Please let us know how me makes out with the surgery.

Dee, I have been dying to try Zumba, it looks like so much fun.

Raeanne, I am very interested in Girlfriends Weekend next year.

Patti, have fun in Texas!!!

I will have to read and catch up.

Major flood in my house Monday night, huge mess. Working it out with restorer and insurance.

Take care and will check in soon!!

Donna

Dee/Donna - I just met with the Zumba and Yoga instructors for the Girlfriends Getaway and they are awesome. I am very excited about the classes. They are going to offer Zumba in the morning to get everyone moving and then Yoga at the end of the day to help stretch out from sitting a lot during the day. My only concern is there is no time for a shower in between Zumba and the workshops, but there will be time to change if needed.

Donna - I hope your new kitchen wasn't effected by the flood. I hope that works out for you.

Ivamae - sending hugs and positive thoughts to you and Benny.

Patti - Enjoy Disney. I have been there a few times, but really love Epcot.

Sweet Dreams all.

I have been wanting to try Zumba although I am REALLY out of shape. We LOVED Epcot. Walked for 10 hours. Sore today. LOL

Donna~Sorry about the flood. Hope you got things worked out.

Ivamae~Hugs to you & Benny~My parents had a dog that had problems with anesthesia too so I know what you are going through. UGH

Dee~Thanks. It worked out. The people we were going with wanted to go to Hollywood Studios & Dave had a PTSD incident worrying over that. He was afraid some of the sounds would put him into an incident. Then with us leaving on Saturday I didn't want to risk that. We are staying away from all the Veterans' Day activities today for just that reason. This just has been an iffy day for him in the past. These kind of days seem to haunt him. :(

Milkdud~If you are reading please check in with us. ;)

Will try to check in tomorrow before our departure on Saturday. In the meantime everyone eat healthy.

good morning!

I STILL have not filled out the questionaire! I will have to get to it later today as I am posting on the run!

Count me in for the Christmas exchange!

Back later!

Have a great day!

tikanis

MADDIE!!!! YES! Count me in! I love the exchange!

NHSuzanne: Everything IS perfect the way it is! Right around the holidays, it's GREAT to have time off. You worked HARD for your unemployment - take it! :-)

Thanksgiving: We're flying our DD in from college east of the mountains, the other DD is driving up from Portland, and we are currently applying for 3-5 year old foster kids to come stay with us through the holidays. We put our name on the "Holiday List" too, for emergency last-minute placements.

Raeanne: N-R-G! (Energy!) Rah-rah-rah! And Girls Weekend? Details---days, etc, please!

Patti: Email us your new mailing addy! I haven't been to Disney World in about 40 years!

DeeMarie: So strange of you to mention ZUMBA! Someone just told me how fun it was and then I saw a poster for it today!

Ivamae: ((((((HUGZ))))) for you and Benny! Let us know...

DonnaSNJ: How did your house flood?

Tikanis: *BAD GIRL!* I have been waiting for your answers!!!!

Where is Marci? Where is Besh?

PS: Thinking of trying that Twinkie Diet! *WINK*

Here is a link that might be useful: Twinkie Diet!

I'm in for that Twinkie Diet too BJ :-)

Ivamae, how is Benny feeling?

Suzanne, ((hugs)) coming your way. I have been where you are and it's no fun. Easier said than done but try not to stress. I know the right thing will come along.

Raeanne, that sounds great. I am really looking forward to the Girlfriend Weekend. At least if we Zumba then Yoga none of us will have showered so we shouldn't stand out among each other :-)

My flood - doing a small load of laundry Monday night, heard nothing unusual. Went to move the clothes to the dryer and OMG - water everywhere!! We tried mopping it up but there was way too much. Turns out that when the washer drained the water backed up and came out of the pipe. The plumber said the line was clogged and blew everything out. All works fine now....my 3 year old carpet. The water saturated my hall, part one bedroom and part of that room's closet, part of the dining room and part of the living room. Remediation people arrived about 17 hours after flood. We STILL have huge fans blowing. They expect to clear out tomorrow. MY concern is mold - how can the padding be dry? Remediation guy is getting on my nerves though. He says there will not be mold. I asked if he could give me that in writing....of course he can't. I am calling insurance company again tomorrow - I think we need an adjuster to visit and take the carpet and padding sample. I might just call them when I meet this guy tomorrow afternoon and put them on speaker. aaarrrggghhh!!

Raeanne, good news is my kitchen is fine, just cluttered with everything that was in wall unit and book cases.

I will keep you posted on my flooding saga.

It's chilly here now - was out tonight and smelled a fireplace - love that smell.

More good news - down 1.8 at WW weigh in tonight!

I was reading the Twinkie Diet & wondering the entire time about his blood sugar. LOL I just couldn't do that. Sugar is addictive for me. I either eat it & want more, more, more or stay away from it as much as possible. I did lose 5 pounds when I went to the dr. today. That is in a period of 3 months so it isn't a huge loss but I'll take any loss. :)

BJ~I'll e-mail you my addy & let you take care of getting to everyone if that is all right with you. I'm not certain whose e-mail I have is still correct & whose isn't.

I got an e-mail from my Dad yesterday that has me wondering if we are going to need to go ahead & move more quickly. He says my Mom has really gone downhill in the past few months. I noticed that when I went to buy the house. I have prepared Dave for it. We wanted time to save more money & get our bills paid off but things just may not work out the way we had planned.

Donna~Congrats on your weight loss!

I lost all my insurance cards & my Social Security card since Wednesday morning so I have to go look for them. We are leaving first thing in the morning. Adios Compadres!

[[[[[[[[[Donna]]]]]]]] so sorry about the flood. Can't even begin to imagine what that can do to your life. Hang in there, girlfried. You've been through worse times; this will pass.

Patti, please give Dave some hugs for us.

Gotta run; I had to present at a huge multi-national meeting this morning and was so calm that it made me wonder if I was fully prepared! lOL! Turned out fine, but you get that little sense of doubt that creeps in all the time.

Thanksgiving: This year we go DH's brothers home. sorry, Donna, no Smithville this year, but my sis will be there with her family. Love it there!

OK, gotta run.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Dee

Just a quick post.

Benny had the surgery yesterday and it went well, but oh my, how long the root was. The vet said he almost needed a crowbar to get it out. Apparently it was in there to stay. I picked him up to-day and he is doing fine. He's not as active as usual but he is on antibiotics, pain meds, etc. I'm soaking all his food in water to make it soft and he is hungry and enjoying it. He goes back next Friday for a follow up. He had no problem with the anaesthetic or the heart but apparently they used a different type of anaesthetic because of the liver problems.

Thanks so much everyone for your kind words and hugs. I'm a widow and miss all those wonderful hugs I used to get.

ivamae