Saturday

[angie r]

Good morning!! It's a balmy 8 degrees, -8 with windchill. My washing machine is still frozen. It's supposed to get up to 29 today so I'm hoping they will thaw. I'm going with a friend to another furniture warehouse sale brich's company is having. They are selling off 8000 items. I'm not really looking for anything, but I'm sure I'll need something when I get there. lol

Have a great day!

[Diane]

I'm not really looking for anything, but I'm sure I'll need something when I get there. lol

That's me, all the way.
If I don't NEED something, I'll definitely find something I do.

[kat]

No motivation today just browsing around on the computer. Dread having to get out in the cold.

[Diane]

Starting out slow... I already made the , still have a load of to fold, need to get on my treadmill... then a , (hey... where's the making the bed or exercising smiley's?? LOL ) and then I have no clue what we'll be doing the rest of the day. I still don't want to venture out too far, just in case Dawn/James need us to take Sarah, but as far as I know she's still doing okay. Some cramping, but she's pretty much been doing that all along, so..... your prayers are working.

I'm thinking I "should" go into the office today to catch up on everything I wasn't able to get to last week... but I'm going to see if dh has things he needs to get done there too before going in... so maybe we can go in together, even if it's only for a few hours.

It's already 21 degree's, which feels like a heat wave to us right now after all those minus degree temperatures. It's pretty windy though, and of course that will make it feel a lot colder. The whole week is suppose to be above zero... so, that will be nice.

Anyway, not much else on the agenda. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!!

[AnnW]

we are supposed to have a high of 20 tomorrow. yikes!
my leg is very stiff but i can put weight on it.
not sure what i am doing today.

[Melody]

Ann, maybe a professional massage will help
Angie, I would be looking too! Have fun.
Diane, will James take over the housework? Hope you get your stuff done.
Kat, I'm hibernating today too!

It's too cold to go anywhere but I may bring the kids to the pet store this weekend to get fish. They all got tanks for Christmas but ds3's didn't come with a pump and filter so we need to take care of all that soon. A friend is stopping by later today for a box of baby toys I am done with but I found more stuff for her so she'll have two overflowing boxes instead. Her dd is expecting later this summer. That will help free up some space in ds4's bedroom. Think I will be getting more done in bedrooms today. Have a good day all

[AnnW]

Ann, maybe a professional massage will help

well, now that you mention it, i do have two more massages coming my way!!!
but i am getting one while we are in hawaii though...

this is the one i am doing..doesn't it sound like heaven???

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[Cathy]

Ann, I hope it feels better as you go through the day. (If you need to really rest it, I would be willing to substitute for you on the hawaii trip. Your family can ignore me if they want. I can act short. ROFL)

We got about 15 inches of snow between last night and now...and it's still coming down, but much more slowly. On top of the extremely cold temps we've had, this is like adding insult to injury. I have a book, plenty of coffee, and a couch. I guess I'll get through this okay. Fortunately I have nowhere to go today. Tomorrow I'm supposed to head out Amy's way to visit my sister and check out her new house. We'll see about that!

[MaryL]

Ann....remind me again. Is the Hawii trip just for dh and you? Or is your dd going?

[MaryL]

It's warmer today!!! Yeah!!! Doing some cleaning today, and hoping to go out somewhere for lunch. We've been cooped up for about 3 days. No other plans for today...no basketball games (amazing!!). Stuff to do, but not much motivation to do those things! LOL

[AnnW]

Ann, I hope it feels better as you go through the day. (If you need to really rest it, I would be willing to substitute for you on the hawaii trip. Your family can ignore me if they want. I can act short. ROFL)

you are so sweet to be concerned, but i think it will be better in NINE days!!!!


Mary, much to dd's chagrin, she is not including on this trip. dh and i were invited by some very old friends to stay at their house for free!

[Cathy]

you are so sweet to be concerned, but i think it will be better in NINE days!!!!

You shouldn't try to force a fast recovery. You know what extra years do to the speed of physical resilience.

(This noted by someone who nursed a MINOR tennis elbow for almost 7 months! LOL)

[AnnW]

You shouldn't try to force a fast recovery. You know what extra years do to the speed of physical resilience.

(This noted by someone who nursed a MINOR tennis elbow for almost 7 months! LOL)

LOL i will nurse it under the water fall

[Cathy]

LOL i will nurse it under the water fall

Well....if you think that's wise.....fine. But please remember- I offered out of the goodness of my cold heart.

[AnnW]

- i offered out of the goodness of my cold heart.

rofl!!!!!!!!!!!!!