Christmas Countdown - 2014

[Virginia]

Good morning. Just getting in from work, but wanted to stop in and say hi. Gotta get up around lunch time - I have a massage appointment, which I am really looking forward to!

I hope you all have a wonderful day! We're almost at the weekend! God Bless and keep smiling!

I would love a massage! Enjoy

 

[made582]

Bradmac- Enjoy your soup tonight!!!

Graywolf- Wow!! Sounds like quite the adventure!!! Hope the car can be fixed soon!!!

Holiday- Welcome back!!!! Glad Buster is doing okay.

Xmastidings- Did you get some zebra print duck tape to hold the headlights on? I think think that make the truck look great!!! LOL!!!

Sugar- Enjoy your massage!!!!

Snowflake- Hope you get a good nap in this afternoon, buddy!! Praying for you and Adrian. xx

 

[Virginia]

I was actually still there, Carl had barred all the doors until after the announcement.
He also says he wants to install a new water slide since the old one was banned by the authorities. In case you forgot what it looked like or are new here this was it..

He is thinking of replacing it with this one..

Awesome!!

 

[MerryCarey]

Wow, what an odyssey!

Good Morning All!!

Well I finally got to do some catching up this morning in Flagstaff, AZ. We stopped here for the night and will head on to Phoenix in a bit. Bud has a 2pm show there. Then we move on to Tucson and will stay there for the weekend.

It's neen a strange adventure. Coming through north Texas, somewhere west of Abilene, our brand new car with just the mileage from our trip plus the 28 existing when we bought it, started acting squirrelly. Transmission sounding like it's getting stuck in third gear and revving really high. The timing sounds strange too. I switched to manual so I could physically shift gears and that was no better.

The car is supposed to average at 38 to 40 miles per gallon which it was when we started and we're getting 20, sometimes not even that. That's on open flat roads with the cruise control set on 55.

Coming through New Mexico something hit our windshield, we're guessing a rock but there was no one else around, but hit hard enough to break the windshield.

About :20 minutes after the rock we experienced our first sand storm. This looked like something off The Mummy with Brandon Frasier. ROFL I kept waiting to see the face appear in the sand against the setting sun. So covered in dust both inside and out, we persevered on to Blanca, CO. It's a tiny mountain town.

Coming up around the mountain about 9pm, blizzard. Yeah, not kidding... blizzard. We were very happy at that moment that we bought a car with all wheel drive. So we left Texas that morning at 30 degrees, drove through 80 degrees and arrived to step out of the vehicle arpund 10:30pm to -18. ROFL

And no, mountain people don't cancel school for it. Got up the next morning to do his show at 8:45. LOL

Been all through southern Colorado, all across northern New Mexico and from north to south in Arizona. It has been beautiful and I get to see it all with Bud so that's awesome! Literally. LOL

We'll be heading to a local service center/dealership in Tucson to make them fix our car or swap for another before we both snap. I called the dealership where we bought it in our hometown and have left messages. No one has bothered to call us back. GRRRR!!!

It remains to be seen how I'll be getting back. I was supposed to ride back with a friend who was picking me up in Phoenix on her drive from California back to Florida. That was the plan since early December. Yesterday she calls to tell me she doesn't think she can do it. Info that would have been useful to me a week ago. And yes she'd been reconsidering since New Years. Priced airline tickets last night. *sigh* Buying a ticket with less than 7 days before the flight leaves me with few options. Still trying to get something workable. I have to... absolutely MUST be back by Wednesday night at the latest.

Top of Blanca, CO

Shiprock, NM

Four Corners of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

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[made582]

Question ~
My Platinum membership needed to be renewed this morning so I went ahead and did it. I just noticed it now says Gold member under my username instead of Platinum and I also can't get to my profile page anymore. Any idea why?

The payments don't automatically apply. Jeff has to go in and manually apply them. So it might take until later this evening before you get bumped back up to Platinum.

 

[Virginia]

Hey snowflake! Buster is just ok! Thanks for asking & thanks for keeping him in your prayers! Sometimes I think maybe I should just make the dreaded appointment (but I can't!!) & then the next day I have to chase him home from the neighbors! Some days he does a lot of walking in circles & the next day (or sometimes just after a nap) he seems fine. He doesn't act like he's in pain. He's still eating great. He sleeps a lot! He's just so old! I'm not sure how much longer he will be with us. Maybe a day? 2 weeks? 6 months? Who would have thought he would lived to be (almost) 18?? 'O Buster!
We are pretty seriously looking at getting a puppy though. It gives me butterflies wondering if Buster will be ok with it. The puppy will be in a cage during the day while we are at work, so Buster will still have the run of the house & the puppy won't bother him. We will be getting a Soft Coated Wheaten & they are hard to find around here. There is a pup available now (3 hours from here) that is already 4 months old - so that makes me a little nervous - they haven't worked with her on potty training at all, but they said she is socialized with other dogs & humans & she is current on all vaccinations. I'm not sure if I want to miss the 1st couple months of their puppy cuteness, but at the same time, she might train easier being older, etc. I just want to be sure she was socialized properly b/c she will be around a lot of other dogs & people! This same place also has 5 more pups that will be available 2/20/14. There is also a place 4 hours from here that has 2 females available in 2 weeks. AND a male & a female were just put on puppy finder, only 45 minutes from us, but they are CKC registered, not AKC. I really don't care if they are AKC, CKC - we just want to make sure they are pure bread b/c we don't want another dog that sheds. They will be available late February/early March. Ohhhh, decisions!!!

Geesh, I wrote a novel!

It's very exciting having a new member in the family. I'm sure Buster will love her.

 

[Virginia]

That NyQuil should fix you up.
Who remembers the old-formula NyQuil liquid that was 25% alcohol? It was awfully effective at getting you to fall asleep, especially when taken as a minor ... tasted horrible, but it worked.

hic!! Sure do

 

[MerryCarey]

Yup, that about sums it up. A dead one description of how things become around here. Ohhhh, and don't forget about toilet paper, bread and milk runs as well......

Say, we've got that covered in Boston! The French Toast Alert System---"developed in consultation with local and federal emergency officials to help you determine when to panic and rush to the store to buy milk, eggs and bread." (Note: Harvey Leonard is the chief weatherman on Channel 5.)

Being sorta a newbie still I am not yet completely familiar with everyone's families. How old are all of your kids? What are they into and what do you and your wife enjoy?

No kids in our house. Mr. and I are the kids in residence.
What we're into is all over my posts: vintage films (plus some vintage music and vintage TV). And I'm addicted to crocheting.

 

[Virginia]

I grew up in Maryland, and it was something like this ...

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[snowflake22]

Thank you.
The doctor said Maggie's heart looks fine. There are definitely signs of the airway disease though. We will have to fiddle with the medicine and hopefully figure out what will help her to be more comfortable.

That is a relief about her heart.

Continued prayers for finding the right medicine to treat her airway

xo


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[snowflake22]

Good Afternoon MMC!!!!! It's been snowing like crazy here!!! It was like a whiteout at some points on our way to mom's doctors appointments. They actually had to close down the interstate because there was so many wrecks on it. It looks like one more heavy band and then we should be done with this clipper though. There is more to come though. We'll have about 3 inches today and then we are supposed to get another 1 to 2 inches tomorrow and then 3 to 5 on saturday. Crazy!!! Mom's appointment went well though. The heart monitor came back fine. The doctor still wants her to do a sleep study but her insurance won't pay for it at the hospital. So they are going to try and get her approved for a home sleep study through their office. She has also been complaining about being more forgetful, so they are going to do an EEG next tuesday along with a few blood tests. Now I'm off to get some stuff done around here. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!

You are having the same weather as us! Stay safe & warm, buddy.

Keeping Mom in my prayers!

((Hugs))


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[HomemakinGirl]

The payments don't automatically apply. Jeff has to go in and manually apply them. So it might take until later this evening before you get bumped back up to Platinum.

Gotcha, thanks Made :-D

 

[Virginia]

Good Morning All!!

Well I finally got to do some catching up this morning in Flagstaff, AZ. We stopped here for the night and will head on to Phoenix in a bit. Bud has a 2pm show there. Then we move on to Tucson and will stay there for the weekend.

It's neen a strange adventure. Coming through north Texas, somewhere west of Abilene, our brand new car with just the mileage from our trip plus the 28 existing when we bought it, started acting squirrelly. Transmission sounding like it's getting stuck in third gear and revving really high. The timing sounds strange too. I switched to manual so I could physically shift gears and that was no better.

The car is supposed to average at 38 to 40 miles per gallon which it was when we started and we're getting 20, sometimes not even that. That's on open flat roads with the cruise control set on 55.

Coming through New Mexico something hit our windshield, we're guessing a rock but there was no one else around, but hit hard enough to break the windshield.

About :20 minutes after the rock we experienced our first sand storm. This looked like something off The Mummy with Brandon Frasier. ROFL I kept waiting to see the face appear in the sand against the setting sun. So covered in dust both inside and out, we persevered on to Blanca, CO. It's a tiny mountain town.

Coming up around the mountain about 9pm, blizzard. Yeah, not kidding... blizzard. We were very happy at that moment that we bought a car with all wheel drive. So we left Texas that morning at 30 degrees, drove through 80 degrees and arrived to step out of the vehicle arpund 10:30pm to -18. ROFL

And no, mountain people don't cancel school for it. Got up the next morning to do his show at 8:45. LOL

Been all through southern Colorado, all across northern New Mexico and from north to south in Arizona. It has been beautiful and I get to see it all with Bud so that's awesome! Literally. LOL

We'll be heading to a local service center/dealership in Tucson to make them fix our car or swap for another before we both snap. I called the dealership where we bought it in our hometown and have left messages. No one has bothered to call us back. GRRRR!!!

It remains to be seen how I'll be getting back. I was supposed to ride back with a friend who was picking me up in Phoenix on her drive from California back to Florida. That was the plan since early December. Yesterday she calls to tell me she doesn't think she can do it. Info that would have been useful to me a week ago. And yes she'd been reconsidering since New Years. Priced airline tickets last night. *sigh* Buying a ticket with less than 7 days before the flight leaves me with few options. Still trying to get something workable. I have to... absolutely MUST be back by Wednesday night at the latest.

Top of Blanca, CO

Shiprock, NM

Four Corners of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

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Hi graywolf. Lovely pictures. I hope Bud was feeling better. What a pain about the car... and your lift home!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

MerrryCarey, I got your PM but it's not letting me reply.
Thank you!
xo

 

[HomemakinGirl]

That is a relief about her heart.

Continued prayers for finding the right medicine to treat her airway

xo


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Thank you Snowflake, I appreciate the prayers!
xo

 

[Ryan]

Thank you.
The doctor said Maggie's heart looks fine. There are definitely signs of the airway disease though. We will have to fiddle with the medicine and hopefully figure out what will help her to be more comfortable.

Glad her heart is good and I hope
her medicine helps the airway issue!

Good Afternoon MMC!!!!! It's been snowing like crazy here!!! It was like a whiteout at some points on our way to mom's doctors appointments. They actually had to close down the interstate because there was so many wrecks on it. It looks like one more heavy band and then we should be done with this clipper though. There is more to come though. We'll have about 3 inches today and then we are supposed to get another 1 to 2 inches tomorrow and then 3 to 5 on saturday. Crazy!!! Mom's appointment went well though. The heart monitor came back fine. The doctor still wants her to do a sleep study but her insurance won't pay for it at the hospital. So they are going to try and get her approved for a home sleep study through their office. She has also been complaining about being more forgetful, so they are going to do an EEG next tuesday along with a few blood tests. Now I'm off to get some stuff done around here. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!

Glad your mom got good results! Hope they get the sleep issue straightened out.

 

[Virginia]

Say, we've got that covered in Boston! The French Toast Alert System---"developed in consultation with local and federal emergency officials to help you determine when to panic and rush to the store to buy milk, eggs and bread." (Note: Harvey Leonard is the chief weatherman on Channel 5.)



No kids in our house. Mr. and I are the kids in residence.
What we're into is all over my posts: vintage films (plus some vintage music and vintage TV). And I'm addicted to crocheting.

 

[Virginia]

Thank you.
The doctor said Maggie's heart looks fine. There are definitely signs of the airway disease though. We will have to fiddle with the medicine and hopefully figure out what will help her to be more comfortable.

That's good news about her heart. Lotsa love sent your way

 

[Christmasstar]

Good evening, MMC!!

I had a very long day. I opened at work, and then the full time coordinator who was supposed to close called in. Eventually they came to me after exhausting all the other front end management, and asked me to come back to close. So, I agreed to it, trying to keep showing them my commitment. I just can't get over how irresponsible people are. There's always some major crisis, and the same people can't seem to get into work. I've covered for them so many times- it's frustrating. Rant over! =]
I negotiated a day off tomorrow though- thank God!

I'm very tired, and my body aches. I pray that it's from working almost 11 hours, and not because I'm catching what Adi has.

Hope you all had a wonderful day!!

We got another inch of snow tonight, and more on the way this weekend. Hope it warms back up by then.

Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers for Adrian. We both really appreciate it!

Off to get some shut eye. Looking forward to sleeping in~

Goodnight & sweet dreams!!

xx

so nice you were able to do that for them, can see why thout would be a long and tiring day. It would be nice if someone in management notices.

 

[snowflake22]

I hope so! Thanks, CS.

xx


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