Yes, we certainly are friends L-Kitty, and on the same program! ha! The difference in being friends is the ablilty to send a private message, but we have surpassed that into the realm of reality!
How very nice that your daughter is having the Christmas dinner! We were all down with Bronchitis at Thanksgivnig so the kids were heartbroken not being able to come! We are celebrating on the 22nd as all of the holidays fall on my son's regularly scheduled work days. The operation goes 24/7 and he is a supervisor, I have always told him that I can have a holiday ANY day for him. That's just the way I need to roll!
So we now officially have 1 week! My Mom is with us, we brought her down to live with us a few years ago, and at 80 she is healthier than I am and still a tremendous help! We just finished cleaning the inside of the refrigerator, and I cleaned the table lamps and shades in the Living Room, yes, at midnight! We work a while, rest a longer while!
The china was given to me by my maternal grandmother, it's beautiful Noritake from the 50's, I remember it fondly. It was a service of 8, I have since doubled it, so each granddaughter has a set, had hoped to make it a service of 12 each, but as yet haven't gotten there. It's hand painted with Platinum edge, so don't dare put in the dishwasher, but I am no longer against letting them sit until the next day. I want to spend time with THEM. In the past I would never dream of letting dirty dishes sit overnight, but things have changed! The glasses are gold edged crystal, so no D/W for those either.
Lists, I have lists everywhere, to do lists, grocery lists, gift lists...
Traveling is very hard on me, I can no longer go on the yearly trip to Gatlinburg with hubs to meet up with the wonderful guys he served in Nam withand their wives, so I tell him to go, be with his guys and hug them all for me. We had planned to travel extensively, now I go to the Dr, pharmacy, grocery store. That is about he extent of my traveling!
The best advice I can give you is to stop often, every 30-45 minutes, get out straighten up, walk and stretch. I have even had to lay down flat in the rest areas on the ground to get my back straightened out. This was the advice of my DC, I even had a DC there I would see when I got there to be adjusted immediately, and then usually before we left for another adjustment, but alas, it reached the 'no can do' finality! No fun.
Wrapping has the same affect on me, just that slight bending can set everything off. I am currently taking Enbrel for Psoriatic arthritis, and have a feeling that it will be changed next month, there is not the improvement he had hoped for. Yesterday my left foot and ankle were the size of a basketball, the fear is that it will not help 'as much' as the Enbrel, but he said the Humira can be taken twice a week. Worth a try, of course.
Easy foods, you bet, always have to have them on hand, especially with kids in the house! We still need to go get the fresh turkey and some things. We spent $450.00 last week, shouldn't need a thing, but still do! Can barely afford to eat anymore!
We have some raised beds my husband made and grow some seasonal veggies, onions, squash, red peppers, green beans, he grows the tastiest carrots, and I always have herbs in a little kitchen garden, and my husband has a little strawberry patch for the kids. The boys love to pick those, oh and we have a grape harbor, he built it, it is very nice with a bench under it.
It has been so nice talking with you. I know you are enjoying the boys, and they will never forget the time that they have spent with you! They give you a reason to get up and go on!
Wishing you a very good Christmas too!
SK