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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 3:45 pm
Not at all, Serate. Which one would you like? The peanut butter one or the Cheddar one, or both? The last sheet is in the oven. Kitchen is cleaned up (forgot to run the dishwasher last night, ack!) and as soon as the last bunch is out, I am hitting the arm chair, not to be moved until bedtime or if I have to go pee, whichever comes first.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 5:03 pm
Both if you are up to it, if not the peanut butter one as Jack just loves peanut butter! Thanks!
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 5:26 pm
I'll post them in your folder. We made double of each today and all together it made 27 dozen. That should keep them all for a while. Dog treats have become so expensive. Although we still buy them, we supplement w/ home-made cookies and they love them. Our wallet, too.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 5:53 pm
Thank you so much Lumbele! Yes dog treats are expensive. I love to bake, but don't much cuz hubby doesn't need it with his diabetes. This will help out in that area.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 9:01 pm
Lets see, I was so busy at work that I never even got to check in here today. It is so annoying, this is supposed to be our slow time but somehow it hasn't turned out that way. I managed to do some chores last night, have been trying to find my cigna paperwork to see what it shows, the dentist said that cigna paid $600 and the paperwork that I had showed they were only going to pay $490, naturally I can't find the paperwork. I think I will try to see if I can get them to send me another copy If this is true it will really screw up my flex pay, I was only going to owe them 300, now I would owe them 500, and how am I going to spend that much money by the end of the year! Tomorrow I am going to check the allowable expenses to see what else I might be able to use it for.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 11:46 pm
Wednesday's Mission Darren's been swamped at work too, Dipo, though this is their, hmmm...not exactly busy time but they shut down between Christmas and New Years so they need to get that stuff done ahead of time. He's working 13 hour days all week and maybe next week too. Do you wear glasses? If you do, maybe a second pair? Ack, other than over the counter stuff and first aid kits, that's all I'm coming up with. Lum, I hope you enjoyed your chair time! After all those cookies, you deserve a break. I did minor stuff today, picked up around the house, a little shopping, and that was about it. Tomorrow, haven't decided yet. Caleb has a dr appt in the afternoon so I'll probably be home cleaning up and doing laundry in the morning.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, December 08, 2010 - 1:11 pm
I could get some glasses, but what a pain to try and cram them in before the end of the year and then my flexpay will be off for next year since I planned for it there!!! I will need to figure this out because I think the last time I can make a change is friday. I managed to get 5 christmas cards done at lunch, went to deposit the refund check and the ATM was done. I swear this whole transaction is doomed. So I did cards while I waited for the shuttle to return. Have our Annual Condo meeting and a board meeting tonight, darnit, I don't have time for all this stuff, LOL. So we shall see what I manage to get done.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 12:46 am
Thursday's Mission Heh, I hadn't even thought about Christmas cards til I got one in the mail today from our neighbor. I did a little around the house, not too much though. Took Caleb to the derm (he is off accutane and doesn't have a check up for several months.) Oh, I did get my Christmas orders today, Dakota's ipod was delivered and then when I got home from picking her up, the package from B&N (also for Kota) was here. With those packages, and the shopping I did last week, along with the crafts, my Christmas shopping is pretty much done except for some stocking stuffers and me and Darren need to consider shopping for each other. Tomorrow...I have a project to do for sis, she's making some dvd movies for Christmas and wanted me to go through my pics for her to use. Need to do some cleaning and laundry too. Really need to sweep up the driveway, but think I'll offer that up to the kids so they can earn some extra money. Darren ended up home early today. They ran out of some materials they need and won't get them in til Monday. Means no long days the rest of this week or working the weekend, but next week is going to be really tough on them.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 5:50 am
Didn't do diddly all day yesterday except some research on a gift for Mum and a "spa" for myself. I really needed that. Today is gonna be another diddly day, because I have to spend most of it at the hospital for my prehab thingy. Friday morning will be shopping, afternoon and overnight the grands. With any luck, this place, esp. the kitchen, will see a rag and some water on Saturday or maybe not till Monday. Oy!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 9:26 am
LOL, I did my board meeting, and managed to sweep the leaves off the balcony which was a chore since they were wet! Another crazy busy day at the office and I am planning to run the dishwasher tonight and just relax. I am tired!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 7:28 am
Friday's Mission We finally pulled the Christmas decs out last night. Darren put the tree up, pulled out the strand of lights and was getting ready to put them on when I mentioned he should plug them in and check them. Sure enough, they didn't work. We ended up making a trip to the store to buy a couple new sets. So, we got the tree up and the lights on, the rest of the decorations done, but didn't get any ornaments on the tree yet, have to do that later today. Did a little cleaning yesterday and a load of laundry done, we also took the kids out to dinner (haven't done that in a while.) Not too much planned today, a little picking up around the house, a couple errands, and balancing the checkbook.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:50 am
I decided not to do my lights, I am going to buy new ones after the holidays. A portion of the strand (yes I only need one) doesn't work and I can't figure out how to fix it, so new ones are in order. I did run the dishwasher last night, will need to unload when I get home. Got 3 more Cards done, picked up some christmas stamps today so all done ones are mailed. Watched a couple of tapes so I could get ahead since I will probably want to watch Christmas on Hallmark and Lifetime this weekend, I love all those movies, LOL. OH, I did manage so sort some of my old bills to file away, need to finish that tonight. Found a bunch of stuff I could just shred so that is done. Not much esle planned, I would like a quiet weekend where I just do the things I think of instead of having a list, although I must remember to put some lye down my bathroom sink it is running slow and that annoys me.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 5:53 pm
Did the drain, unloaded the dishwasher, swept a tone of leaves off the balcony, took out some recycling and took it easy. Today I have cleaned up my bedroom, I put away the giant bin of wrapping paper and bows. Now that it has warmed up I put away the space heater (until the next cold snap), I also cleaned up the kitchen and rest of the house. It seemed like I had a lot of little messes around, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 11:24 pm
You got a lot done today, Dipo. As far as housework, I got very little done, just one load of laundry. But, I got all the clothes I bought for the kids for Christmas put into their boxes (er, didn't wrap the boxes yet, but the clothes are in them!) Also made a necklace for one of Kota's friends for Christmas and three bookthongs done. Then we went to the blvd for their Christmas thing, stayed longer than we planned, but we had a great time. Tomorrow I need to get a lot of laundry done, a little grocery shopping, and some cleaning.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 8:40 am
Now, weren't y'all busy little beavers? We did some serious grocery shopping on Friday morning, made it back in time for the grands, so I was able to finish Mumble's sweater, too that night. With 4 dogs between your feet, there just isn't much motivation to get a lot accomplished. Did some fridge boogieing, which was a major job, since I let that one slide for a couple of weeks. Cooked dinner and a pile of carrots for the dogs and us, made rice for the dogs and cooked their supper. Then I finished dil's hat and decided the outfit also needed a pair of mitts. By bedtime they were done, except for the thumbs and sewing them together. Gotta go to the hospital for an MRI next week. They specifically warned that it might take a few hours and to bring something to occupy oneself. So dil just might get a matching cowl as well. She is going to look like one great big fig walking down the street.LOL Might finish the fridge boogieing (still have 2 more to go) today, maybe finish those mittens, but it's Sunday, so who knows, I might also use that as an excuse to push it all back to Monday. Have a great rest of the weekend, y'all!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 11:24 am
LOL, Lumbele, sounds like you got a lot done as well. I finished sorting bills to file, got some more recycling, found some stuff I may be able to submit on my flex pay, got my safeway delivery, put that all away, emptied the litter locker, just need to detail my goodwill donation and file away the bills. then I can watch Christmas movies, do christmas cards and read the sunday paper.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 13, 2010 - 12:44 am
Monday's Mission Reading your posts leaves me feeling like I slacked today, lol! I did get a few neccessary things done...a couple loads of laundry and some (not all) of the grocery shopping. Sis asked me to make bookthongs for my 2 older nieces teachers. Between the two of them, they have 6 teachers (their main teacher each, then middle niece has 2 aides that help in her classroom during the week and older niece has her two resource teachers.) Figured I'd better get those done since this is the last week of school and the girls will want to wrap them before they give them to their teachers. Since I already had my beads out, I got to work on the little beaded Christmas projects. By the time I cleaned everything up, I'd finished 9 bookthongs/bookmarks and a couple cell phone charms. I was pretty productive on that front at least. Tomorrow I have to make up for it though, lol. Cleaning day for me. Also need to run by my sisters to drop off the bookthongs, but I'll wait til Kota gets out of school for that.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 13, 2010 - 11:25 pm
Tuesday's Mission Well, I got some cleaning done, scrubbed the bathroom top to bottom, it's sparkling clean now. Cleaned the kitchen up and did a few loads of laundry. Decided not to go by my sister's when she called to see if I wanted to go Christmas shopping with her tomorrow. I'll give her the girls bookthongs then. Went to cash my check and ran by the store for some bread. And then Darren and I went over the rest of our Christmas list. So tomorrow, probably won't do too much around the house. Shopping with sis in the morning and Kota has a minimum day (the once a month 1/2 furlough day.) Realized the other day my older neighbor lady is actually home this year for the holidays. Her kids & grandkids are scattered across the country, so she's usually off visiting them this time of year. Since Dakota will be home tomorrow afternoon, I think we'll bake some brownies and pumpkin bread and take her over some goodies. On the rare occassions she stays home, her daughter, sil, and their kids come to visit, but the twins haven't been over to see if Kota can come play (they're the same age and while the girls are only here a couple weeks a year, they've been playing together since they were babies) so I'm guessing they're either not coming or not here yet and neighbor will enjoy some company.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 4:00 am
I've been dealing with my elderly neighbor guy's health issues. My gosh, it's been bad, long month! I don't mind doing the procedure but the relentless phone calls from him 2-3 times a day are making me crazy. Learned last Saturday (finally) how to drain the catheter from his lung via Home Health Nurse. Sunday, more phone calls because he wants to play doctor (that's why other neighbors refuse to talk to him because he calls to give them diagnosis over the years) - insists she doesn't know what she's doing. Well, the kit with all the sterile stuff & gismos sure looked to me like she was showing me what was supposed to happen with the procedure. He said that people have asked him If he's a Doctor? Yes, he feels he is a Doctor of Motorology, because as a mechanic all his life - mechanics need to diagnose. Seriously! I asked same time for a 2nd 'demo' I'm nervous & want to make sure I'm doing it correct. This afternoon I went last minute Christmas Shopping and groceries. Came home to 3 VERY ANGRY calls from him on the answering machine. 'You've turned off your answ machine and I'll never speak to you again'. WTH? When I got home I called and asked (TWICE) if I now need his permission to leave my house? But, he said, I've told him before that I don't drive in the dark. So? It took longer to shop, do I need his permission? Sorry, I shouldn't gripe here. Don't know what got me started. My Sis and Brother are flying in from Phx day after tomorrow. Still have to finish cleaning and put away the groceries. Will see after the next 'Demo' whether this is do-able. Neighbor 89yr is losing his senses, so it might be better to have visiting nurses monitoring. At least if we hit another snow/ice storm I would have the ability to go take care of it for him. He wants to cut corners, but with a tube coming out and need for sterile, I just don't see how? Oh well, all my shopping is done and presents wrapped. If my place isn't totally clean, well my Sis' place isn't all that fancy either.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 4:25 am
One thing funny, after all these years, I discovered. In my grocery shopping (dang, I spent a fortune!) I finally found (with 2 clerks helping, we looked all over the store!) CURRANTS. They are like tiny raisins, comes in a box (we always use in our Blue Ribbon Arizona State Fair Awards Zucchini Bread from the neices). Sis had said Bro's favorite cookies are oatmeal with currants, but she wasn't finding any currants in any of her stores. OK found them, $2.79 but a box goes pretty far. Also bought Original Quaker Oats (yikes, $4.79) to make the cookies. I've had her cookies over the years, frankly they're my favorite too. Not too sweet, like with hunks of raisins. Talking to Sis tonight and she fessed up. ALL these years she's been making those cookies with cheap store brand oatmeal cookie mixes & just dumping in the currants. I've got the receipt, we're returning that canister of Quaker Oats. It would take years to use them up. Wow, who would have guessed?
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 4:33 am
Hey, in all fairness, my elderly neighbor apologized profusely when he found out that I was just out shopping. He's scared and lonely, I understand. Just leaving me feeling kind of...
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 7:41 am
Leaving you feeling kind of....argh? I've gone through similar situations (I'm too queasy though to do something like the catheter) with my aunt and there's times her whole attitude leaves me wanting to say, "I'm just trying to help you, but if you keep this up you can do it yourself!" I still feel pretty guilty about snapping at her a while back over the physical therapist and telling her to take care of it herself. I agree with you...scared and lonely. Not to mention it's a pretty difficult situation to be in where they need to depend on someone else to help and aren't as independent as they used to be. Doesn't make it ok for them to treat us that way, but most of the time we know where it's coming from.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 10:57 am
Bisc, I know exactly how you feel. My mother has a way to push my buttons and drive me up a wall. But I try to remember that she is weak, sick and frustrated to no end that she can't do the stuff she wants to; ergo her environment has to suffer for it. However, sometimes I have to call her on it, just to remind her what she is doing. I have even resorted to turning her own words against her. When I was a teen, she used to scold me with "Just because *you* are not feeling good doesn't mean you have to make everyone around you miserable, too." Ah, sweet revenge!LOL We are on the home stretch now. Scrubbed the living daylights out of my baker's kitchen. Even had to stick the vacuum hose into some drawers that got inadvertently "floured". Later, I tackled the gift bags. Don't know what reminded me, but suddenly I realised I had bought some Christmas fabric on Boxing Day a couple of years ago, but was in Germany for the next 2 Christmases. So now I am also sewing up a storm; by tomorrow I will be dreaming threads, fabric and ribbons. Sewing is anything but my strong suit, so I cut my teeth on the first 3 last night. They are not bad, but taught me all the "what-not-to-dos", at least I hope it was all. Just threw dinner in the oven and am on my way back into the basement for more sewing. I ought to have my head examined!
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 11:02 am
quote:I ought to have my head examined!
I LOL'd at that one. I remember the year I sewed up 60 Christmas stockings for both dd's classes. I was a real Bah Humbug by the time I finished.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 5:31 pm
I didn't have to do much last night since my cleaning lady came, I just love her! Put the house back to the way I like it, LOL. I did get some more christmas cards sent out, I think I only have about 5 left, so I will probably do those tonite so I can be done. Not really much esle needs doing, we are getting more rain and apparently it will go through the weekend and I hate doing laundry when it is raining. Maybe it will clear up a little and I can do a couple of loads.
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