Hi Mr Gator, Had a good bible study at the parish last night. Right now its 16 above 0 but it may get up to 50 next week.

I hope you and Russ are doing ok.

Pauly

Evening Reed....thanks for the birthday wishes....I think I'm likely to be on tomorrow's list due to where my name is alphabetically. I'll send you a pm with my email address. I'm signing off, as I'm feeling pretty cruddy...coming down with something, but hope against all odds that I'll feel better tomorrow...as tomorrow is the French Club at school...and I need to be there....anyway...good night...hugs,
linda

Thanks so much for the b'day wishes. I thought that rveryone around me (including my family) forgot. BUT ... leave it up to my TUd friends to share their wishes.

I've been doing OK. I just published another blog (about the Merry-G0-Round life) amd plan on following up on that in a few (weeks or days?) if I can motivate myself). One day last week I spent 3-4 hours on Part 2 and then blew it trying to get it back to the screen to tell it to publish! It's somewhere in cyber-space. Darn!!!

Keep hangin' in there.

Lois

Good morning Reed. It's cyber Monday, when people buy the most things online.
I have to buckle down and try to get some cleaning done. Things sort of went kapoot when I was sick.
As Paul said, cold here. I need to go downtown this week but am waiting for it to warm
Our Hollidazzle Parade started this weekend. It is quite spectacular with lighted floats and such most from big corporations. They have warming aread where you pay $9 and watch it from the heated space and get a free c
up of cocoa. One year we took my mother and she talked about it for weeks.
Also a big ploy to get people to shop downtown rather than the malls. So much fuss.
I can't believe how many people online have this coughing bug - seems like it's spread across the country. I think I should get some hand sanitizer and carry it with me.
I hope you have a good week ahead and that your knees are better.

Thanks for keeping on top of the "welcomes". I apologize for letting them accumulate a little over the holiday weekend! Hope you had a good one! ;)

Hi Mr Gator. Working on my bible study this morning. I have class tonight at the parish.

Very cold here this morning but next week will warm up. Wakeup this morning was 77 and i felt kinda crummy. I am going low again. I go through spells where I get hypo glycemic I guess and produce to much insulin.

I prayed for you and Russ this morning and hope you have a good day.

Pauly

oh reed that is frustrating about the computer. try again if you feel like it, or add a blog. we went out last night with ed's brother and his wife. doug got ed a chainsaw for his birthday, which was very nice. now ed won't have to borrow his when we need one. it's pretty cold here, I haven't been out all day. still coughing. but I'm a little better. we are taking care of doug's cat, billie. he loves it here and is very well behaved. what a picture of kathy's spoon. lucky she didnt do any thing worse.

hello Reed, thanksgiving was great, and easy, this year I was only cooking for 5. glad to hear your knees don't require surgery but I hope your pain is getting better. too bad about cortisone - makes my sensitivity go to almost zero. I can compensate with insulin though, but it's always bad. cheers! Joe

Hi Mr Gator. I went to mass last night and was able to get my advent confession in.

There was a big lineup and I went early so I was glad I did.

I then lite votives for all on the Gator board and Donna. Holidays are hard but I reflect on all the many years of memories I had such good times with her.

Working on some paperwork this morning and then have to do my bible study this afternoon.

Pauly

Hi Reed. I think, knock wood, that I have turned a corner. Had more energy today but still took it easy. Cough nearly gone. PTL.
I had a very close call this afternoon. Was making stir fry with a wooden spatula. Phone rang, so I turned down the flame, set the spatula next to the pan. 5 minutes later my smoke alarm went off and the spatula was smoldering, but not on fire. I sort of panicked and smothered everything with a bath towel.

Well, all okay. And the stir fry was delicious - broccoli, green beans, baby corn water chestnuts and a few shrimp. No soy sauce - too much salt for me to handle.
Just got done watching the week's rerun of Antiques Roadshow. This lady said she had a bracelet that was worn by Marie Antionette. Not so. LOL.
Hope you have a good Sunday and are still enjoying the leftovers.

Hi Mr Gator, I am glad you got the mass card and I hope the Priests from that order say some good prayers for you and Russ.

You know you give to one religious order and they must all share their mailing lists. I must have over a 100 Priests and Nuns chasing me now in my mailbox. LOL

It is winter here now I am sorry to say. I am doing wash this morning.

Pauly

glad your bg down. I must have pulled a muscle in my abdomen from the coughing. it really hurts. if I'm not significantly better by Monday, I'll call the doctor. I actually slept until 730, very rare for me. of course I was up multiple times during the night. haha actually getting some flurries here at the moment. It's going to get very cold today and tonight. I don't do malls either. I actually don't do Christmas gifts actually except for homemade ones like bread and cookies.

Hi Reed, has your BG come down yet? I guess there's a price to pay for everything. My neighborhood got 3 inches of snow and a extreme temperature drop overnight. I forced myself to get up and dressed at a reasonable hour and now seem to feel a bit better. My pink eye is not going away and the drops are very thick and gunky which makes my vision very blurred.
Valerie, my pillow fluffing friend, stopped over with some raspberry bread pudding and strong black coffee so we watched the old Audrey Hepburn movie "Roman Holiday" and lounged around. certainly much better than goig to the mall.
I hope you have a nice weekend and glad you enjoyed the lights.

Hi Mr Gator. I had a nice Thanksgiving Day. Started out with Mass and I lite votives for my intentions on TU, Gator, Russ, Kathy, Lots, and all the others on the Gator board.

Had a nice dinner. It was good to have a real home cooked meal again.

Weather here is cold, snow and back to winter this morning.

Pauly

Hi Reed- Your table looks beautiful for T-giving dinner. We ended up going to friends for a lovely meal. Of course I ate too much, but BG was back to normal this morning. Thanks for all of your messages of concern for Jim. He was put on Lovenox, it is an injectable anti-coagulant. The coumadin wasn't doing the trick. Maybe both together will work better. So now he knows what it is to take shots. Chico is a very cute kittie, and she looks at home on your rug. Did she get some turkey ? Hope you have a nice weekend, and stay away from the stores. Cat

Reed, thr table looks just beautiful, lovely flowers too. Glad you had a good dinner. hope your bg calms down soon. darn steroids. mine was 89 this morning. wondering if I can go another day without changing my infusion set. hope Tom can get to the gym soon, haha. I'm going to try for a walk today. I was going yesterday but then I got so fatigued. I can't shake this cough. it's been 2 weeks, just lingering on.

Nice pictures Gator,so glad you set the table-pretty :) And that cat is right in the thick of things,HA !