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8 years ago

Cold day today! Only 51! Have to go into work early for a conference call/meeting. Got a call from my doctor's office yesterday about the mammogram I had last week. I have to have more imaging because they saw something. Still waiting for the call back appointment time for that.

Hope you all have a great day!

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marilyn_c

8 years ago

Kath, hoping all goes well on your follow up appointment.

Moved the rest of the horses, donkey and mule home today. I worried about it all night....even being out in the country, people fly past you and my horses can be a handful sometimes. And, they were today. We moved them this morning when there wasn't much traffic. It sure didn't go smoothly, but we got them home and I am glad about that. I thought Amos, the donkey, would be all excited to see the new donkey and her yearling son, that I got a few days ago, but he hardly noticed them. He was looking the other direction at the fillies. But, when he hears her bray, he brays back. If I have time tomorrow, I will take him to her pasture and let him meet her across the fence.

Mariah and Val were already home and when I put Bane in the pasture with them, they chased him for almost an hour. I was afraid he would run off the bank into the bayou, because he had never been in that pasture before, but they finally settled down. Amos, the donkey, is his security blanket and he was concerned because Amos got separated from him and stayed near Mariah. It isn't that Amos likes Mariah better...he isn't crazy about any of the horses...including Bane...but Bane loves him.

Then the new donkeys got out but they weren't too bad to put up...with a little feed.

Jody is working on another pasture fence. It will sure be nice not to worry about horses getting out any more. Had a lot of damage from the flood and hurricane. Some trees blew down on the fences and a lot of debris...which included lumber and trees and all kinds of junk washed up and into the fences.

We ended up with a canoe, a kayak, a paddle boat, an aluminum skiff, a pop up camper, and tons of other junk....from the flood. Haven't been able to find anyone from up the bayou to claim any of the stuff.

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rob333 (zone 7b)
8 years ago
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Good luck. I had that call. It was nothing. I wish the same for you.

I have the car back. I wish I didn't. They cancelled the state championship for high school marching bands for Kentucky and Tennessee. We were all broken-hearted last night, and are still broken-hearted today. Our Facebook feeds are full of comments, tears, anger, disbelief. Poor, poor babies. I wrote it's like making it to the SuperBowl and not getting to play. An entire season (4 months of daily rehearsals. Three months of Fridays at football games. 12+ hour long Saturdays) down the tubes. This is the contest for which they work all year long. Sad, sad, sad. I'm glad I said my goodbyes already. My son is on a senior field trip today. He almost didn't go, but I told him he needed a break from it all. He's at the zoo. Hope he's enjoying sunny weather and not doing all the work associated with AP classes. It can wait a day.
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Georgysmom
8 years ago
Taking it fairly easy today. Cleaning gal came this morning. The greatest gift I've ever given myself. Her coming allows me to do some of the little things I found difficult getting to because I was too tired after doing the cleaning. Of course, DH is always saying the house looks clean, why do you need her. Well, the house wasn't clean, just tidied up. Sunny day here today and 70 degrees.
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I am so happy you will see your daughter soon, kathsgrdn. Not having a nice regular sleep pattern is exhausting. Have you tried guided imagery to help you get to sleep? I have spent the day trying to organize the family's schedule through the end of the year. My boys are in different schools, so Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks need more coordination than usual. I have accomplished nothing at all on that score. My husband's schedule is the controlling factor and he has a few things up in the air making planning a pain. I will wait until later next week to nail things down. Mama pinky, fish on the grill sounds lovely. I will try adding Parmesan to my oven baked potatoes in the future (I often use salt, pepper and cumin.) No worries about email- I know all about that ;-) Marilyn_Sue, what fun to get to shop with daughters! I have only boys. Nobody likes to shop with me :-(
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I was not feeling well for most of last week- a virus that turned into bronchitis which is very hard on me because I have asthma. All is well enough now, so I am back to gabbing away at the KT. I missed everyone :-) Rob, I had a terrible itching reaction to a sulfa drug many moons ago- it's awful. I hope you feel better soon. Kath, Four hours at the dentist?? My mouth aches for you. Yuk. Mama pinky, Aren't great parent teacher conferences the best things ever? There is nothing better than seeing your child meet his potential. I am going to offer a bit of unsolicited advice, because I learned this lesson a bit late in my parenting journey- I hope you don't mind. Carol Dweck from Stanford suggests we only reward effort and perseverance- never outcomes. A lot of bright children hardly need to study to do well in the young grades and are used to being praised for their results. Once they reach a stage where they need to study, they have not developed very good study skills and their self image is tied up in being a good student, so they are a bit stuck and often give up. Dweck popularized this theory when it was too late for me to learn from it. You should have seen the auditorium full of parents of late elementary/ middle schoolers when she spoke about this. We were all devastated at not having done a very good job. If I were you I might consider a special dinner or dessert with a "toast" to how well the boys stayed on top of their work and turned in their assignments and add anything meaningful you know about- like when Chip or Tim helped some one else learn, or struggled and learned something, etc. Motivation is a tricky thing.
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Good afternoon :-) Great find Nicole. DH brings not very exciting stuff home for me like fence material and things like that. Much appreciated but not very fancy even though it is free :-) he gets it on his job sites. When they are throwing stuff away they ask him if he wants it. I'm here having pizza with my husband. well sort of. he got a business call so I'm talking to you. My view outside the window is one of a traditional Vancouver gray rainy day. You can see me often with whole over layer of wool, hat, gloves, sweater, with a down vest,. Also a thin Merino wool underlayer which you can't see of course, and wool socks. I walk dogs as part of my living so wool keeps me warm even when I'm wet. I have to go and make a call about my accounting software today yuck. Then it's time to make chicken curry dinner. Happy Thursday all :-).
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2 free things offered today, in case anyone wants to take advantage: 1) King Soopers/Krogers free jar Ragu sauce. Link as follows: load to your card today, then pick up later 2) Free movie rental @ Redbox: Enter code Happy15blu at checkout _____________________________________________________ DH worked 2 hrs, off by 9am. He ran errands w/ me. It was freezing cold. It's warmed up to 46f.
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janey_alabama
8 years ago
Kath I once had a mammogram like that, like Rob, it was nothing. It will be the same for you, too.

My husband reminded me that Survivor is on tonight. I forgot to watch last week. So I am leaving the table & going to watch Survivor. Hope every one is having a good day.
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PKponder TX Z7B
8 years ago
Kath, I too have had a spot on the mammo and thankfully it was just a fibroid. Fingers crossed that yours turns out to be benign too.

Rob, what was the reason for canceling the Championship? Fear of violence?
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rob333 (zone 7b)
8 years ago
Yes, your assumption is correct PKponder, but not on the part of the kids in any way. They're protecting them.
jewels_ks
8 years ago
I am off work for the next week so today I did cleaning, laundry and grocery shopping. I even stopped and got a flu shot today. Facetimed my nephew for about an hour going over stuff that my mom is going to take him next month. Going to a weight lifting class at 5;30 so I have about an hour to get more stuff done.
glenda_al
8 years ago
Special thoughts, Kathleen!
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happy2b…gw
8 years ago
Funny, my husband always thinks neatness means clean too. Always amazed that the cleaning crew is coming for no reason.
woodrose77
8 years ago
Rob, I haven't heard anything about the state contest being cancelled here. My granddaughter's school band is going to the finals in Louisville Saturday.
blfenton
8 years ago
Rob333- That's too bad about the championships being cancelled. I'm sorry that this has happened to your son.
mamapinky0
8 years ago
Rob was there any thing that provoked the thought that there may be violence? I mean like a direct threat?
rob333 (zone 7b)
8 years ago
woodrose, the Kentucky Governor's cup (and the Tennessee Governor's cup) is always awarded at Contest of Champions, at MTSU. That's the "state" I was talking about. I assume there are other contests and awards given.

mama, there's a white supremacist rally that has descended on Shelbyville/Murfreesboro this weekend. 1) they're erring on the side of caution for the sake of the children, and 2) I THINK they want the MTSU campus police to help out since activities on the square are in such close proximity to the campus.
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8 years ago
Sorry it was cancelled rob. :0(

Kath....hope all is well.
mamapinky0
8 years ago
Rob, ok I understand. I also understand your disappointment. Such a shame for the kids who worked so hard for this.
rob333 (zone 7b)
8 years ago
Thanks y'all! If you look at today's Good Morning/Afternoon, you'll see it's better. Not fixed, but there are two ways to finish up their season.

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8 years ago
Rob, that's horrible! Too bad, they couldn't postpone the contest to another weekend.

My oldest is a senior and in the band. It's been a weird season because of the hurricane. There was a lot of disruption and some cancellations. The kids got to do their contests. It wasn't our year to go to a big one, but it's been a learning and growing experience. I'm proud of the kids, they've really taken it all in stride. Maybe your son's band can go do something else.
rob333 (zone 7b)
8 years ago
If y'all will look at today's... you'll see they've done something else. It's gonna be ok. VERY VERY disappointed in the understandable cancellation, even prouder of the solutions that have cropped up.

We had that year two years ago adellabedella. It rained every weekend. There was no final competition at the Contest. It'd gone on for 54 years at that point, never missed a final. And this year, year 56, no contest. For the first time ever. This world is a changin'

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