Midnightmom

Cont'd Here are some close-ups of the tree. See if you can spot an ornament you've made and sent over the years. Let us know which one is yours!!!

A couple of years ago I bought an artificial Christmas tree that was marked down by 75% or so, if I remember correctly. At any rate, I've never put it up before. But this year my son is staying with me so I MADE HIM drag it out and help me put it up! This is my tree "under construction" This is my tree all decked out with the Mrs S ornaments collected over the years. Continued in next post .....................

I added this comment to the FaceBook issue of the article posted by the newspaper: The stolen registration was from MY car. It was stolen from the parking lot of my apartment complex last Monday. It is a 1993 teal green Honda Accord (4 door) with HANDICAP (DPD8616) license plates. If you spot it, please report it to the police. I also called the newspaper today and talked with a reporter. I pointed out that my car had Handicap plates and told him about the small annoyances that go along with having had the car taken. You know, the stuff I mentioned in the other post. Anyway, Nathan said that they may do doing a follow-up to the story and thart he would pass the information on to his editors. Who knows, maybe it will get some play.

Hey Jeep--I was inspired by your suggestion about contacting the local paper about my story so I went to their website. Lo and behold I saw this article: That wasn't MY car, but it was MY REGISTRATION! I had received a call from the police last night asking me if I knew the Gilchrist woman or if she had any reason to be in possession of MY REGISTRATION. Hopefully they will be able to find out where MY CAR is!!!

Just received ornaments from Snowmom and windmorn. That makes everybody except Christy, and I understand she may not be sending anything out. So................my collection is complete. Time to REVEAL pics to the forums Snowmom.

Little things add to the aggravation of having my car stolen. Things like: My shopping bags were in the car. This is extremely frustrating because a law forbidding stores from providing "single use" shopping bags just went into effect in California! This means you either bring your own bags (like in Europe) or you PAY for EACH bag they "provide" at the register. (These bags are 'designed' to be reusable. That's WHY they can be 'provided' by the store.) My laundry soap was in the trunk. Only had enough on hand in the house for my son to take (ie-walk) to the laundry room and do a load of clothes. My Rx glasses were in the glovebox. (I only use them for night driving.) My seat cover for the store power shopping carts was in the back seat. Without it I get "stuck" to the vinyl of the cart seats and it is hard to get up and down from the seat to put stuff in the cart. My handicap hang tag was on the visor. Need it now to use with anyone who gives me a ride to the store so they can legally park in a handicap space for me. Like I said................it's the little things that are so irritating!!!

Cold for whipped cream. Room temp for egg whites. (I think )

everybody. Right about now I am wishing I had a picture of my "junker" so I could post it to FB and have my friends keep an eye out for it. I had another brilliant idea though..........I asked our postal carrier to keep an eye out for it. You know there are more of them than there are police officers!

Went to bed--had a car. Took dog out this morning to do her business--no longer have a car. Have comprehensive coverage with a low deductible but Blue Book value may not be enough to replace it even with another used car. Prayers for recovery of said automobile would be greatly appreciated.

Wow! If they tried to force her into the trunk I would be worried about them returning too. Prayers for your safety and her quick healing.

So far I have received ornaments from Pauline, Becca Ann, Trudy, and mommato3boys. Thank you ladies.

Mailed my ornaments this morning. Christy--it's going to take 3 weeks for yours to arrive. Everyone else, should have theirs by Thursday, Friday at the latest.

Back in October (shortly after I signed up for this year's exchange) I told Snowmom my ornament ideas weren't working out and I withdrew from the exchange. She posted it in the sign-up thread, but by that time I think everyone was already working on theirs and never revisited the thread, so they never "got the memo." As a result, I have been receiving ornaments anyway. And they are wonderful.............thank you. This prompted me to remember an idea I had all but forgotten about. Well, guess what??? That's right. That idea came to fruition!!! I will be sending out my ornaments sometime this week. Merry Christmas everybody.

The "tradition" is that Snowmom won't post any pics until everybody has sent and received their ornaments. That way it doesn't spoil the "surprise" when you open your mail and unveil the ornament you've received.

I decided to put this here because it is educational/informative in nature. I love the music of "The Messiah" and listen to it a lot this time of year. As I was listening tonight, I decided to do some research about the nature of the three movements, the Scriptures verses used, etc. Here is the result. I hope it is useful to someone. Oh..............and this is a very moving performance:

Interesting, but not such a good option for a diabetic though.

That is the type of benefit I receive. I was always a "stay-at-home-mom" and had no personal benefits to draw from, so my disability payment amount is based on my DH's last quarter income. (I need to add on oops here. We were in the process of getting a divorce when he died, but since we were married for more than 15 years I believe I would still have been eligible for the same benefits I am now receiving.)

$.69/lb for the first one, $1.18 for additional. Hoping prices will fall closet to Thanksgiving and/or after so I can buy more for canning.

THE CREATION OF TIME ZONES IN THE USA

BRILLIANT way to check for an EMP! Never would have thought of that myself. I don't know if anyone here follows OathKeepers on FB or is subscribed to their e-mail list or not, but they have been posting threads and having webinars concerning how to handle civil unrest in case the "threats" come true if Hillary isn't elected. I think we would survive some weeks or months of that, but I'm NOT SURE we could survive 4 years (minimum) of her presidency.

Snowmom, "flat-lining" sounds like what happens to people with sleep apnea (like me) except you were doing it while you were awake! Thank you for the information and the encouragement....ANY type of heart surgery is scary to me. Actually, any type of surgery is dangerous to someone who is as obese as moi. Thanks also everyone for the congrats on the weight loss. I have lost 70 lbs so far by diet modifications ONLY. I am following a LCHF (low-carb/high-fat) ketogenic diet. It is lower carb than Atkins, and totally eliminates the carbs from wheat and grains. But.....I get to eat lots of bacon and butter. (It is a lot harder to "prep" for though.)

Hey all. I sent Snowmom a PM asking her to withdraw my name from this year's exchange. I had several ideas, but none of them are coming together. I figured the earlier the better to withdraw. Have fun everyone!

Brilliant idea!

Good news. I have Bradycardia (slow heartbeat) and my cardiologist tells me that I will eventually need a pacemaker. Not really looking forward to that idea at all. Hoping that weight loss will change that. I have lost 70 lbs thus far, but that only puts me back to where I was 3 years ago before I started taking insulin. Still have quite a bit to lose, but I hope it will make a difference.