Becca_Anne

Glad you're getting things cleared out Littlesister and hope you can enjoy your space now. I'm looking forward to getting home and working more on my house. I have enjoyed my trip but getting homesick. I miss my dog and my bed. Got all the work things done and now back at my SIL. Ben is camping with his cousins tonight and then we leave Sunday.

Hoping your birthday tomorrow is extra special!

I will share photos <3

Littlesister hope you can get those curtains done. That can be a satisfying project and helps cut the cooling bill a bit to have them up. I really need to do some heavy curtains for winter to help insulate my windows downstairs better. Most of them are just shears which are nice in summer but don't do much to hold in the heat. Miki I hope you had a good day! Chocolate pie sounds amazing I'll be right there Jeepers hope you can get that phone turned off. Super annoying to have to keep paying a bill for a service you aren't even able to use! It's getting harder and harder to manage this kind of thing when you'd think technology would make it even easier. Almost done with my week of work in person. Wow do I ever appreciate my quiet work from home environment. I had to share a workspace with loud people during a really important meeting where I was chairing the meeting for the board of directors and it was embarrassing because of all the background noise. I was able to use an office space several of the days with a door that shut. Was nice to see everyone but I will also be glad to get back home. Will leave tomorrow to go pick up hubby and youngest son and then we will head back to IL. I will be offline a few days next week we will be sightseeing and I am taking some PTO to just relax and enjoy sightseeing. I really will appreciate that time to just "BE". Tomorrow I turn in an important project and finished up one this morning. So my brain might actually let me relax.

Jeepers hope you can clear up that kidney infection quick. And that the bank clears your check quick too. You really have been through the wringer lately. Annarchy have a safe trip! Littlesister hope your shoulder feels better soon. I messed mine up somehow like that right after we moved and did PT and it did help me but still not sure what I did to hurt it. Miki hope your power stays on! Mt Rider hope your apt went smoothly! I made it to Oregon for work through a huge downpour on Sunday. Wrapping up two big projects this week in person for work and it's weird going in to the office. Still challenging to find anywhere to sit. Reminds me why I like working from home so much. Work is noisy and crowded LOL. We had a ribbon cutting for the opening of a new clinic today so that was fun. I am also getting to visit with various friends while I'm here which is nice I go back on Friday and pick up my hubby and son from my SIL and then we head home. Almost time to head back and I'm happy and sad about that. Missing my daughter and grandbaby already.

Thank you Mother Yes I hope to use video chat to keep in touch. We already did one yesterday so she could show baby to her aunt's family and my DH's parents. I hope to set up a weekly chat and include everyone so we can all visit more often. Today we went to visit our 2nd child who lives in the area and went out for lunch which was nice. I only get to see them once a year or so but it's always a treat. So fitting a lot into this trip. My nieces are getting so tall and growing up and I'm glad Ben gets to spend so much time with them while I work next week. Littlesister glad your Grandson is learning from his experience. I hope he stays on the right track. Jeepers I'm sure it's very overwhelming sorting through everything without a lot of say of what got put where. Makes it confusing I am sure to figure out what is left and what still needs sorted. I think it would help if you designate one room for each category but then you're moving things around a lot Working on one room at a time can help. I try to sort in categories- all the papers (gather and sort once boxed up), clothing, mementoes, books, furniture, etc . It's a bit like moving only you don't have to box up everything.

Mt Rider so glad the beaver mess is draining. Hope they decide to go somewhere else so you don't have to deal with this ongoing! Ambergris I'm glad you had a day of downtime you have had a constant adventure in the last few weeks! Jeepers I hope you get to fill all those jars before it's cold enough to enjoy that soup! Littlesister I'm sure it feels good to be making some progress on your house. Dee glad you are able to get some cooler time to work in the garden even if it's super early! That will be me when I get home Today was my last day visiting and both my daughter and I were in tears saying goodbye. I just don't know how I will handle not being here all the time. My heart is happy and sad. Happy I got to come and sad I'll miss so much of his life.

Oh my Jeepers that's such a pain but thank goodness the check finally got written. What an ordeal for that to get cashed though! Littlesister sounds like you are getting things organized a lot better for you now. So glad. And more time with grandbabies YAY! MtRider oy those beavers have been busy! I hope the property manager can get them relocated or find a solution. Don't want you stuck without a driveway or have someone get washed away!! Miki glad you got your lab work done. I have just one more day here tomorrow to snuggle my grandson and then we will be heading out. Have a week up in WA and I will be at my work, then have planned an epic trip back with lots of fun stops including Yellowstone and Mt Rushmore. For once I'm going to stop and see the sights. We usually just drive point A to point B. Packing up most of the things tonight and will do the rest tomorrow. It went so fast.

Hope your birthday was super special!

Happy Birthday!! I see Dee beat me to it Hope your day is extra special!

(((Jeepers))) I really hope they can get your house in shape to sell before too long so you can finish your move! I'm sure it has been a huge ordeal to go through. I am getting to the point where I have less attachment to my things. There are items which I would like to pass one, mostly my grandmother's paintings and the family jewelry and photos but really it's up to them if they just want to sell it and if it's a burden to them I'd rather they let it go and hopefully someone else can enjoy them. I'm paring down to what I really love over time. I'm off to snuggle the grandbaby and spoil my daughter for the day

Thank you everyone! We are very happy Spent about half my day at the hotel working and went twice to the hospital- in the morning for 3 hrs and then another 3 this late afternoon/evening. Could look at his little face all day DD will probably be able to go home tomorrow. Littlesister glad you are getting organized I am sure it feels good to get a better idea of what you have and where it is Mt Rider best of luck to your DH! Miki hope you can get the storm gutters clear! Our street doesn't really have them, just one catycorner to our house on the main street and none on the side streets.

Thank you everyone! Baby and Mama are doing well but wow what an ordeal to get there. Last weekend DD was having contractions 8-10 min apart and already at 2 cm so we all thought this might go smoothly. She had off and on contraction all week but still no baby so they set the induction date for 6/5 at 9 pm. We got to the hospital an she was still about the same as at her apt when they started the medication to ripen her cervix more. That started some nice contractions and then they added pitocin a few hours later and she got an epidural before that. My DD is deathly afraid of needles and her partner supported her beautifully through that part and then we had several hours of nice progress where she got to 9 cm at 11 in the morning. And that's when things started to get odd. She had a small cervical lip that just didn't want to budge so we tried all kinds of positions to get it to dilate. Baby seemed to be doing well, but was posterior (back to mama's back) and that can cause slower progress so we just thought that was the reason. It took her until 5 pm to get to be completely dilated and ready to push. Baby was still looking good and we tried everything but my poor daughter pushed 4 hours without being able to move baby past the pelvic bone so we made the call at 8:30 to do a c-section. She wanted me in the room instead of baby's dad so we went off to the OR and I got the birth on video for Dad. Baby was born at 9:09 pm 6/6 and healthy and cried right away which was a huge relief. I was up since 7 am on the 5th other than a few short cat naps of about 45 min total over the whole time. So we were all very exhausted. I got them back to recovery and settled in and then went back to the hotel to sleep for 10 hrs. Back to the hospital today to meet baby. He's beautiful very alert and calm and nursing well. 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 1/2 inches long.

Sorry I missed your birthday but I was busy attending the delivery of my grandson which took 24 hrs and ended in a C-section I hope you had a fabulous Birthday!!

Jeepers glad your son got back safe and so sorry your DIL's dad got injured but hopefully it heals ok. You are probably going to get your wish for my DD's baby to be born on your birthday since the induction time they set was 9pm tomorrow. I am going to bed early because I will probably be up all night tomorrow!! I promise to post as soon as I get back to the hotel to let you all know how it went. I don't have Mrs S login on my phone. Littlesister glad your GS has somewhere to stay and maybe he'll be able to help his friend this way and perhaps give him more appreciation for having a place of his own when he gets there.

Annarchy such a sad day when things like that break hope your new fixture works out well. Littlesister good luck with your weeding! I hope your garden thrives. Mine is just going to have to fend for itself while I'm away at least it's mulched and getting watered. Ambergris so glad you found your wallet! MtRider sorry your mom had a hospital visit. Hope the new BP med continues to work well for her. A beaver would be entertaining as long as it builds away from anything that you want flowing like you say hope it stays away from your driveway culvert! Jeepers so glad your son was able to come help. Sounds like you got a lot done! And YAY on the insurance company coming through I hope the work can all get done quickly for you so you can get it all taken care of and finish your move. We have an induction date of Monday evening, so an end in sight and we had a lovely afternoon visiting with Daughter. Took them out for Thai food and then for a walk in the park. I am hoping the spicy food does the trick Then brought DS back to the hotel and he swam in the pool while I rested it was a great day

I thought it would be fun to share with each other and I'll be posting from time to time with some icebreakers to encourage us to share some fun things to get to know each other better. Copy and paste your answers below! Today's game- What is your Favorite? Favorite Color: Cobalt Blue Favorite Season: Autumn I love the colorful leaves and crisp air Favorite Drink: Coffee Favorite Food: This one is hard for me but I'd have to say Tom Yum Ga soup! I could live on the stuff Favorite Book: The Harry Potter Series. Just great storytelling, character development and pure fun Favorite Movie: Sense and Sensibility Favorite Tool: A shovel because I can plant in my garden Favorite Pet: My dog Ruby but my chicks are coming in a close 2nd. Having a lot of fun with them. Favorite Camping Spot: Brookings Oregon there is a campground right by the beach that is wonderful and within walking distance to the ocean. Favorite Place to take a Vacation: Anywhere there is a beach Favorite Garden Seeds/Plants: Tomatoes! I planted at least 7 varieties this year - San Maritzano, Dr Wychee, Purple Cherokee, Heirloom Rainbow, Red Cherry Tomatoes, Yellow Pear Tomatoes, and Beefsteak, and Mortgage Lifters and probably a few others. I gave away over 30 plants too that I didn't have room for this year. Favorite Comfort item: my Puppy Ruby she is a snuggle bug. Share whatever you feel comfortable with and remember none of these things should ever be part of your passwords

Thanks for the prayers everyone! Daughter had her Dr Apt today and baby looked good on the monitor and some changes from the last visit so her Dr is happy but did schedule her for induction on Monday so won't be much longer either way. My husband's dad's birthday is on Sunday so unless baby comes before midnight he'll hold to the tradition of being on or next to another family birthday. I only have one kid that didn't do that LOL. I figure baby wanted a June birthday as the last week of May was so crowded. Littlesister glad you have a plan for the rabbits won't be much left of your garden otherwise! I am going to have to fence in mine too but that will have to be next year. Ambergris glad you got your printer working!

Mt Rider I took so long to write my post you posted while I was typing Hope your pup handles the boarding ok. And your hubby's surgery goes well. We are in Oregon but will be also going up to WA to visit DH's family afterwards on the way home.

Jeepers glad your son can come and help and good idea to have them stay at the hotel. I hope you get a lot done! We did laundry today and I had my husband take my son to the family fun center to climb on the indoor playground and play video games and get some activity while I worked. He got all his schoolwork done before they did that so I figured it was good for them to get out of the hotel for a bit. Then we went to see my daughter and took Mexican food over for dinner. She has a Dr apt tomorrow so hopefully we will see some progress. She said they don't let them go much past 41 weeks so likely would be induced by June 6th so we will see. I am hoping baby comes over the weekend so I can help and not have to scramble to reschedule work stuff (which I of course can do but easier if not needed)

No baby yet but we all know due dates are just an estimate and could even be another week.... so I'm distracting myself with work and I went out to dinner with a friend which is lovely. We always have a good time and feels like no time at all since I saw her in December when I came to visit. We went to nursing school together and she was at Ben's birth a very good and dear friend so that was lovely to catch up. Jeepers that wrap looks like it will do a great job of keeping the doors shut but I can see why it's challenging. Maybe put a section down on the floor and wrap under and over the top? Would have to move it over to cover but that would enclose the bottom. I am hopeless with clingwrap in general so I don't know I would have been able to do that by myself. Miki so sorry your DH doesn't have that as an option hope the surgery goes well with whatever they can use to numb him up. Midnightmom that makes sense wouldn't want everyone to come at once. We can only buy 1 yr at a time in IL and it's expensive I paid $150 for my tags

No baby yet and I'm not bugging my poor daughter for an update tonight. I figure it's like a watched pot I'm sure everyone is checking in on her too much. She was 5 days late when she was born so baby seems to be taking after her and taking his sweet time so I'll have to be patient Jeepers glad you got a lot done! Seems like car stuff is never ending. When I get back I need to go to the Toyota dealership and get my air bag recall taken care of. Meant to do that before my move but keep forgetting. DH replaced his tires right before we drove out here and whoowee they are pricy now! Twice what I expected to pay. I am starting to save up now for mine so it's not terrible when it's time to do mine. I don't drive much so my next set should last me a looong time. I wish our state would let us pay our tags ahead but they renew annually.

Best wishes for a smooth surgery MtRider! And hope that electricity issue is sorted out soon. Miki love chives! I need to plant some in my garden! Back to work today for me long weekend was lovely though! No baby yet. She's going to call the Dr today and see if they can get her in for a cervical check nervous about waiting too long at home I think. I'm going to try to get everything done this morning I have to accomplish for work this week so I can relax and just do the "nice to get done" stuff the rest of the week.

No baby yet. She's in prodromal labor right now, sporadic contractions but only 8-10 min apart for the last few days but they stop and start so not quite really true labor yet. It's all good signs that it won't be too long though. I am just glad she got some rest last night so she can go into this without being exhausted. Today would have been my grandmother's birthday so I was kind of rooting for today but I think tomorrow at the earliest now since it hasn't really picked up yet. I am trying to be patient

We made it safely and so far no baby yet but will be soon. She has definitely dropped and is at 2 cm as of her Dr apt on Thurs. Her Dr thought she would likely deliver in the next week so now we are just anxiously awaiting the call to head to the hospital. It was so fabulous to see her and feel baby move. We are settling into the motel and just relaxing this long weekend. So much going on for all of you! Life is a lot sometimes. Littlesister so glad GS left without a lot of drama and I hope that he decides to give up the pot for real. Sometimes consequences are the only way we learn. I hope he lands on his feet. Miki- Glad Peanut is ok. Bee stings hurt and sounds like he had quite a reaction so hopefully no more happen for him. Jeepers- glad you made it home safe. I've missed an exit a time or two myself but frustrating when it adds so much time to the journey. I hope in the end you get all your furniture sorted just the way you like it. It's been a long haul for you in more than one way! And hope you can find some help to get those larger items out of your way so you can sort the rest. That is a lot to process. Try to take it in bite sized pieces so you don't wear yourself our or hurt yourself. Ambergris -hope the last part of your move goes smoothly and you love the new place! and hope escape artist kitty stays contained. Annarchy- so sorry about your MIL roof what an ordeal! Midnightmom I'm sorry you are having issues keeping your plants. That makes me sad. Maybe indoor grow lights and an indoor garden area? Sigh. Or find someone who will rent you a spot to put your plants and let you keep them there? Will they let you at least have flowers? ((((MtRider)))) I know what you mean. I treasure my connections here as I have been at Mrs S since 1999 and these kinds of longer term friendships are not easy to come by. Having people around who really care to listen and be there for you in good times and bad is priceless.