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Going shopping of course! Hey it's Black Friday!
Well not really :yum:
Nope that's not for me.
But I might buy something online from that Carol Wright (online) catalog.
I've bought stuff from them before but when I saw an ad. for them right here on the Forums I decided to check it out again.
I might get pair of the slip on deck shoes to wear when I putter around the yard.
 
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Today is/was chainsaw day . Had a neighbor drop off 3 . Ms250 ,husq460 ,029super .
Got them all running .waiting on a few parts to make the actually cut wood . Folks around here are tough on bars ,drive sprockets and chains !
 
pirate_girl

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Had a good meal at Jane and Larry's.
Wish the cat Sherman would have stayed off the kitchen counter and dining table... good grief.
 
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Rested my shoulder, did pretty much nothing but sit in an easy chair. Oh, I fed the dog.
 
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Drove to town this morning to get one thing from Tractor Supply. I knew something was not good when I saw the car park. I walked inside, took one look at the mayhem and left. All I wanted was a wind-up reel for pneumatic hose for the compressor but saving $40 wasn't worth it at that time. I did go back later on in the afternoon and get it when things were a little more subdued.

Otherwise, I didn't do much. I really need to get back with the program. It seems that I've been goofing off for days ... and days ... and days.

My wife leaves tomorrow to go on a cruise with her sister. Maybe I can get stuff done while she is gone.
 
NorthernRedneck

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Another day of sitting here in pain. So only plan is to somehow drag my sore butt to the church later this afternoon to play the service. Then home again to sit in pain.

living the dream
 
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Going to work 2nd shift today.
Just talked to my boys.. seems their Dad (my ex) has Parkinson's. :neutral:
They didn't tell me this at all over the holiday.
For all the years we were married and how it ended badly, I'd not wish that on anyone.
 
MrLiberty

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pirate_girl said:
Going to work 2nd shift today.
Just talked to my boys.. seems their Dad (my ex) has Parkinson's. :neutral:
They didn't tell me this at all over the holiday.
For all the years we were married and how it ended badly, I'd not wish that on anyone.
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Yep Parkinson's is bad. On another note, I think you work to hard. Just saying. :flowers:
 
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pirate_girl said:
Going to work 2nd shift today.
Just talked to my boys.. seems their Dad (my ex) has Parkinson's. :neutral:
They didn't tell me this at all over the holiday.
For all the years we were married and how it ended badly, I'd not wish that on anyone.
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I felt the same way when my ex was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. She died a couple of years ago. There was absolutely no love lost between us, in fact it was downright contentious, but I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
 
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EastTexFrank said:
I felt the same way when my ex was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. She died a couple of years ago. There was absolutely no love lost between us, in fact it was downright contentious, but I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
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Jeff, my oldest.. said it "is what it is".
Ty doesn't understand as yet where it could lead and what could happen to his Dad.
I think they've distanced themselves from him so much emotionally that they just don't care.
My ex sister in law told me that his wife doesn't seem to be bothered with the diagnosis at all.
That she works him to death and he obliges.
Stupid woman.

I feel for him and do worry about him now.
After all, I was madly in love with him during a part of my life.
So there is that.
 
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Went to mass this morning and prayed for many people I love and care about, this being the first Sunday of Advent.
Took a walk, sat around and relaxed and watched some television.
Got off my butt and did what decor I plan to do for Christmas- fairy lights around the kitchen mingled with the greenery, sat out some long burning Yankee candles, put a wreath on the door.
That's as good as it's going to get and it feels merry in here now.
I made a big fat BLT with mushroom soup for dinner.
The end. :biggrin:
 
Angelface

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Got the place ready for chirstmas... got the shopping done also this weekend.. Now just sitting here trying to get my mind in the right place... I am so sick of living with Bipolar Disorder...

Anyways trying to think of a movie now to distract me...
 
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Angelface said:
Got the place ready for chirstmas... got the shopping done also this weekend.. Now just sitting here trying to get my mind in the right place... I am so sick of living with Bipolar Disorder...

Anyways trying to think of a movie now to distract me...
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That's good. We both were in the mood to decorate lol
I've got most of my shopping done too.

Your condition is something you have to learn to manage :flowers:

Hallmark Channel has some nice movies running right now.
 
MrLiberty

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Make that all three of us. Besides doing laundry, making the bed, making a pot of spaghetti, I decorated my apartment. Not a lot just a little corner. Then Two of the lady's on this floor and I started decorating out second floor lobby. Right now we have six trees up, and all the lights on and working. That took us a good four hours. Last year when we took everything down for some reason we left the lights on the trees, what a mess. I sat there for two hours untangling all the lights. :wow:

Anyway, we will put the bulbs on tomorrow and finish up the rest of the decorating on our floor. I might help on Tuesday doing the office decorating.

Yes, Christmas is here, and I think I better start doing my cyber shopping soon. :clap::clap::clap:
 
NorthernRedneck

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I thought about decorating this weekend. We discussed what to get the kids. Not overly motivated this year to do anything Christmas related. Guess I'm just sick of the commercialism of it all. Plus I'm struggling to make it to the garage where the decorations are stored. Takes me 8 hrs of rest it seems in order to gain enough energy and strength to make it outside to the vehicle. One trip uptown and I'm whipped for the day, possibly two.

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pirate_girl said:
That's good. We both were in the mood to decorate lol
I've got most of my shopping done too.

Your condition is something you have to learn to manage :flowers:

Hallmark Channel has some nice movies running right now.
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I guess it was in the air.. haha.. Actually all that's left however is little stocking stuffers...

Yah for the most part I try... I've been really good about staying on track with my meds, just at times I just feel like having a moment. But they help you limit that urge.

I watched the fault in our stars last night and it made me tear up pretty good. I'll have to check out hallmark. I want something that's going to make me laugh.. lol


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Guess I'm just sick of the commercialism of it all.
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I totally get that... the fact that its pounded in your head by advertising that Christmas is coming makes you want to turn the other way...
 
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NorthernRedneck said:
I thought about decorating this weekend. We discussed what to get the kids. Not overly motivated this year to do anything Christmas related. Guess I'm just sick of the commercialism of it all. Plus I'm struggling to make it to the garage where the decorations are stored. Takes me 8 hrs of rest it seems in order to gain enough energy and strength to make it outside to the vehicle. One trip uptown and I'm whipped for the day, possibly two.

living the dream
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I haven't felt like digging out the tree and going through all that since my sister died, but it actually started after Mom died.

I despise the commercialism and everyone flying around wanting get the best deals on the newest gadgets. .. oh I could go on.

Jesus is the reason for the season, family, togetherness, not things.
 
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pirate_girl said:
I haven't felt like digging out the tree and going through all that since my sister died, but it actually started after Mom died.

I despise the commercialism and everyone flying around wanting get the best deals on the newest gadgets. .. oh I could go on.

Jesus is the reason for the season, family, togetherness, not things.
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This is my first Christmas without my mom. I use to decorate her place up pretty good, now like I said just a little corner for me.

I have hated the commercialism for some time as well. I hate the black Friday thing and have never participated in it. As I said before, I hate crowds so shopping isn't my favorite thing to do.
 
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I'm with you on the missing people at Christmas. It was different for our family up until 2007 or so. Every year on Christmas eve the whole family would gather for a big meal and gift exchange at my grandparents. Christmas morning was just for gifts from Santa and the stockings. Then the day was used to either go snowmobiling or sliding. Followed by another big meal on at my parents.

Well. My grandparents have passed on. My parents are now snowbirds who winter in Texas. My brother lives 5 hours away. The only one left is my aunt so we just do something small with her.

Plus with this mild weather it just doesn't feel like Christmas. 3 yrs ago it was -28celcius and 2 feet of snow. Now it's +5 and raining for the next 3 days after we got a ft of snow last weekend. Lovely wet mess out there.

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I gave away all of the decorations to my X except for my Grandmothers things, but they just stay in the box...But anyway Merry Christmas!!
 
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zekeusa said:
I gave away all of the decorations to my X except for my Grandmothers things, but they just stay in the box...But anyway Merry Christmas!!
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That's me. We haven't really done Christmas in a big way for several years. We'll still decorate the inside of the house as Christmas Eve family supper will still be held here but the outside is going to be "naked". Just as well as I'm getting too old to be climbing up ladders and scrambling over roofs.

It's just not the same. All the "oldsters", my wife's aunts and uncles are gone. Their kids and grand kids who used to show up every year are now spread all over the place with families of their own so there is no telling how many will show up this year. It should still be around 15 or 20 but it used to be 50 plus. The old traditions are slowly dying. Once my generation is gone, the family tradition will be gone for ever.
 
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