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Have some good Luke time, Carol. Sounds like fun.

I was grand until Grandma did not have a little light in the bedroom...Then when I got a night light, it was shining right in his eyes...mind you we did not have this problem last time he was here. Finally...he asked to go into the living room "just for a little bit" and so I took him we rocked & I sang until he went to sleep--then I took him to his bed & he said then that the light was fine & I could leave it alone---so the light that was once in his eyes was now "OK"...mind you he was right earlier, it was terribly bright for him....

I should go to bed soon, so I can get some sleep...

He is going to have you up early, Carol. How did your dishes go over today?
Sweet dreams all. I am going to bed as well.

Good morning...I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving yesterday.

Too funny with little ones, they will use any excuse to stay up a little longer...guess it's time to buy dimmer night light

I got all my meat pies made yesterday and in the freezer then grandbaby and I made some lemon pies and started decorating for Christmas...after that we went out and shoveled the foot and a half of snow we got. It was a busy day.

Good morning. Sounds like you did have a busy day yesterday, Sunny. Now I want meat pies.
Black Friday shopping doesn't offer anything that is interesting to me. I have no interest in going out at all. Few of the cyber sales have much to offer to me, either. After the sun rises, I want to get up on my roof and clean the gutters for the coming rains. The leaves have not yet finished falling from our trees and they are clogged up again from the winds we have had.

Good Evening.
Rodney was especially happy with the cake. We took some of that to his mom & her roommate last night and they loved it as well.

I would LOVE to go out shopping today & this weekend, but I cannot drive well in heavy traffic and so I do not even think about going out this weekend anymore.

When we got back from taking Luke home, I had such a headache that I took 2 Tylenol and had a nap. When I woke up Rod was making us Pizza. That was so very nice of him. But now I wonder what it is that we will have for supper Sunday night ???

I think I will go to bed early tonight.

Tomorrow is the Dudley Thanksgiving. There is much to do for that.

Don't work too hard on that, Carol. I thought your contribution was just a salad? Are you baking more too?

yes, it is just a salad.
BUT I have to finish cleaning the bathrooms and scrub the floors b/c My Valarie & her family will be staying the night on Saturday night.

G'nite everyone--sweet dreams

Ah, sweet dreams, Carol.

Good morning...the sun is shining and it is cold out there. A good day to spend inside.

Have fun with your family Junie...take home leftovers for Sunday supper

Tina, I have not even thought about the cyber sales...I heard on the news this morning that Monday is supposed to be a special online shopping event.

Good morning. Keep warm, Sunny. Yes, the day is called Cyber Monday and I'll look around. There is not really much that I want out there though.
The rains predicted to begin tonight are holding off for a few days. Now it is Tuesday and Wednesday. I can feel it in my bones already though. We need the rain and the snow in the mountains. Every drop is a blessing.

Good Morning !!

My sister & her DH are sick. She said on FB that if she does not get to go to this Family Dinner tonight (because she is still sick) she is going to take to her bed & cry herself to sleep. I feel so sorry for her...but I have to wonder, who is going to make the lasagna. SHE was making & doing all of the preparation for this.

I am sneezy but I feel ok---DH says it is allergies. I sure hope so. But there is no temperature so I will not worry. But then I have heard that people can run temps with allergies,

Off to finish the last of my cleaning & then I will decided when to make my salad..(I will put the dressing on at the dinner)

Happy "Dudley Thanksgiving" everyone !!

PS: This "Holiday" will always be the Saturday after Thanksgiving....

That is a wonderful tradition, Carol. And probably a delicious one also.

Thanks Tina, yes it is.

All but the kitchen done now--bath taken & hair will be next.
Then I will put my salad together.

I hope you are having a great evening, Carol. And I hope your sister gets well quickly.
I made a couple of cheesecakes today. Did some bits of cleaning. I am getting ready to pop Teddy into the bath.

Evening all,

Have had a couple really busy days... was so tired today just vegged mostly... Thanksgiving was wondeful.. my son came alone- his boys were sick so his wife stayed home with them and cooked a dinner for all of them but he wanted to come see us so he ate 2 meals.... LOL! oldest dd and her hubby came, and my youngest brougth her kids after they visited with her hubby's family for a while, my nephew and his girlfriend and baby came too... and his sister whol lives in Vegas called and said they were in town to visit her inlaws and wanted to suprise her brother by just showing up the next day if we could get them back to our house... so we kind of insisted they come back for breakfast the next day... she wasn't to happy to do it but agreed.... my niece and her family got here first , my oldest dd went to pick him and his family up so we timed it so they would get her later.. they hid around the corner of my kitchen and suprised them when they came in- the look on her face was priceless! her own family are not the best people and she considers my nephews family hers now ... they are only 18 the two of them and just are trying to get thru school and make a better life for themselves and the baby... they are living with his loser father and stepmother who hates his kids but lets her kids do whatever they want.. they have 11 people living in their house... all her kids and only make her kids pay 400 a month rent and my newphew has to pay 540... he is trying to buy a car and even though he works part time and goes to school full time they call him lazy... if his school wasn't so far from here we would try and let them live here but would cost a small fortune to get them there.. they live about and hour north of us... anyway I made a big breakfast for everyone.. pancakes, sausage, eggs, toast, tortillas, fried potatos.. Carrie was able to come for awhile before she had to go to work and Timothy came with her... we all got to have a good visit too and took pics... my sis got to talk to them all too. it's a shame she hasn't see her grandson yet in person ... but they are talking about moving back her next summer so maybe they will end up all together eventually...

Well I am going to get some leftovers for dinner and then hit my pillows.. got one more load of laundry to get done and folded first...

Nana

Sounds like some very busy days for you, Nana. I hope you get plenty of rest.

Yes, Nana, what Tina said. Don't let yourself get run down.

That sure sounds like a lot of work & stuff on your plate. I hope everything goes well for you and yours.

Our family party was good. My sister, her DH and my brother were all sick, but the rest of us had a nice time for sure.

So who provided the lasagna? I am glad you had a good time. And you got in a little Henry time too? You need to get some rest also. I'll be heading to bed soon, myself.

My sister made it anyway & her DH (who was feeling a bit better than she was) Brought it over to his son's house. (which is where we had the party)
I don't know if that was the right thing to do, but hey, that is how it went.

yes I did. At first he did not want anything to do with me but he soon warmed up to me. They are spending the night here, so I will get some more Henry time tomorrow...

I am now going to bed...
Sweet Dreams everyone......

Good Morning.
I see everyone is still asleep. I'll catch you all later..

Good morning. I am up and my dog is walked and back in and fed. That is my everyday morning before I get coffee.
I hope everyone has a great Sunday. For us it is back to school and a rainy day tomorrow.

Good morning..everyone has been so busy haven't they? I am glad that the celebrations with family have gone pretty well.

We are having a small snow storm at the moment...big fluffy flakes, it looks so pretty.

DH surprised me with a new hand snowblower yesterday...and I love it

I am glad you love it, Sunny. Anything that helps make life a little easier is a good gift.

Hi all,,

Don't worry this Nana is taking it easy... may just vacuum and dust house up.. mop kitchen floor some- my great nephew played out in the snow ( the tiny bit we had left) and tracked footprints.. first time he got to play in snow...he had a ball... Joe will help.. though he is doing some yard stuff too before wind gets to bad...After that one of the grandsons will come over and help get our decorations upstairs...

I think I will get a snowblower for Joe for his Christmas present this year.. shoveling is hard on his back and I just don't do it unless he just can't ... to hard on my body anymore... thinking a hand held one too....

Well off to get more picking up done and head to my bath.. really lazy today- still in my jammies!

Have a good day all......!
Nana

I got the rain gutters cleared away. Glad it is done before the rains began. The rains were supposed to begin tomorrow but they gifted us a day early. Every drop is precious around here.
Still sounds like a lot of work you have planned, Nana.

Sounds like we ALL had busy but good happy days.
That is how the Holiday season should be...well to my notion anyway.

Valarie & Henry are home and safe.
They had planned on going to see a Christmas Parade tonight, but Henry (who has a cold) cried the last hour of their trip home.
They decided it was best to stay home so he (& they) can rest.

Poor baby. It is hard on parents too.

Yes it is. Thanks for the kind words, Tina.

G'nite everyone. sweet dreams.

Sweet dreams, Carol. I am fading fast.

Good morning. We had quite a bit of rain yesterday. We are to get even more tomorrow. Then scattered throughout the week. Today looks like the driest day.

Good Morning !!

I am happy for your rain, Tina. I think we are to get some this week as well. It was supposed to rain last evening and it looked like it was going to either rain or snow, but it did neither, at least not that I saw.

December is upon us.
Let the countdown begin !!!

Any rain helps now. But we need bunches more of rain and snow to ease up on the drought. Our water resources are measured in great part by the snowpack in the mountains. This rain is getting drawn in from the south Pacific (pineapple express) so too warm to produce much snow.
But I need to get back on my roof today so I am glad it is giving us a drier day.

I know I answered this...SMH

be safe on your roof today, Tina.

I am down from my roof. Jonni went up with me and helped me put up a tarp on the leaky part. I hope it helps. It took us about a half hour. I only have a ranch house and the roof is only peaked in the middle portion. The two wings of roof on each side are a very gently sloped, not quite flat. It is easy walking.
And in the back part it is a whole 6 ft ladder needed because my house is kind of sunken into the ground with a little cliff behind. Put the little ladder on the cliff and lean on the roof. right behind a tree and you can climb up and down easily with the tree for a backup or for hand hold. I keep that ladder propped there permanently. And another longer one on the other side of the house I have a longer ladder leading from a higher small cliff to the roof too. That one is at such an angle that you can walk up it like a ramp. So when I am walking around my house, I walk under 2 ladders. Living on a hillside calls for some interesting architectural and landscaping solutions.
Before that, I took Teddy to school, banked, shopped 2 stores and came home and put that away. I set up my monthly budget and paid some of my bills. Waiting on the electric bill still.
I'm tired already. Waking at 4 am is the pits sometimes.

well glad to hear the pitch thing is an safe (& sounds easy) thing. Also glad that Jonnie was there to help you.

You still had a busy day---good for you.

I agree there should be a law, no one that does not HAVE to get up at that time should be able to do so. You have my sympathies.

Oh, I am very glad I got up at 4. My bladder wouldn't have lasted another hour plus. I should have gone back to bed right away instead of sitting at my computer.
Teddy is home from school. He is tired too. He will mess around with his iPad and I will nap. It sounds like a lovely plan to me.

OH my, you get up and stay up??
I would be in serious trouble indeed if I did that. I get up anywhere from 1 to 3 times a night, even with going to bed between 11 & 12....BUT I go right back to sleep.

Enjoy your nap.

I took a good nap this afternoon. So I am good to go. Yea, normally when I do a bathroom run in the night I can go back to sleep easily. But sometimes, I wake up too much. That was today.
It was a very good day though.