Happy Hanuholichristkwanzaavus- A Holiday(s) Week MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Howdy Y’all! We did all the errands and since we were out I decided to go to the church house to handle candle duty. Once provisions were stowed in da cave, we went and had lunch which included a big margarita for OYKW and a smaller one for me since I was DD. Nappage was needed after that. A couple more episodes of Victoria were watched as well.

MOOOOOOM glad FCD is gettin’ the nose bleeds tended to. I saw the pic of RoxStar with her tote bag on the book of faces. Tres chic!

MetalMouse glad you feel better today. Continue to rest up before the big trip.

Piper aside from two Christmas Eve services, the service of Christmas lessons and carols this comin’ Sunday, the Epiphany party, and the Bishop’s visit January fourth, I will be my usual RDOS self. I won’t be runnin’ about givin’ gifts of fowl, golden rings and strange people doin’ strange stuff.

Nellie perhaps Episcopal cats with problems have hooman servants who cannot make a proper cocktail and are prone to eatin’ their sallit with the fish fork.

Nuts that is quite the assortment of religions there!

Rocker I have never attended an Orthodox Mass, but would like to have the experience. Maybe one day.

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Evening all. Spent the balance of the afternoon slothing, did do my packing (except for the hearing aid, phone and watch chargers that I’ll use tonight and pack tomorrow.) Think I’ve got everything I need, the presents most of all of course. Have delivered my gifts to the neighbors (we’ve been neighbors for over 20 years and they have always been the best kind, friendly and helpful but never pushy or demanding). DId go to the gym for a little bit, just to sit in the whirlpool and sauna, no exercising and it seems to have helped some. Now if I can get a good night’s sleep tomorrow should be an easy trip.

FCM, can’t believe how much she has grown. Wonder how she would feel about a group of folks she’s never met having watched her grow up all these years…

Flyboy, can understand 22 December not being your favorite day.

VanGo, safe travels for you and Ms. Peach; sounds like your weather will be more problematic than mine.

red, hope you get sprung tomorrow as planned.

And take care all, I’ll be back in touch sometime tomorrow, we’ll just have to see how travel goes.

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I got drenched. It wasn’t raining hard when I left, but I took an umbrella anyway. Went to little Max’s house and left a loaf of bread (It was BOGO, so free.) and his Christmas present. Then I walked to Ms. Dog’s house and dropped off her gift, which she insisted on opening immediately. I was grateful for the chance to sit down because I felt like I’d been stabbed in the back. Ms. Dog, as it happens,is actually on the Naughty list because yesterday she murdered a mop head. She was angry because her person wouldn’t give her cheese until Ms. Dog ate her dinner. Then she assumed the Very Very Sorry face and crept over to her person, who acted sadder than she was to teach Ms. D. a lesson. It got a little too Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf for me, so I left to walk to the grocery store. I took the bus home because I just couldn’t handle the pain. (I’ve gotten wimpier.)

Anyway, it rained harder, and when I got home, I had to change my clothes because I was soaked to the skin. I am now sipping a medicinal and warming brandy.

red, hooray for getting sprung! Is your sister going to stay with you for awhile then? That CNA must have been beyond horrible.

MetalMouse, safe travels, and i hope you stay comfy under that pile o’ dog. Bloodhounds are big!

swampy, I loved your explanation and sent it to my daughter.

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I napped. Apart from the leg cramp. And Spot attacking one the posters on my wall, that was 5 feet above the floor. Not sure if that was a bug, light from the window, or some weird criticism of Southern Culture On The Skids. Having an Old Fashioned and seafood and linguini.

Happy Christmukkah!

Happy Christmas!

{{{{Flyboy}}}}

“Squeaky toy” and “quiet” are two diffrent things.

Yay!

I went to an Orthodox wedding once. Pretty cool.

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Happy Whatever you celebrate!

We aren’t big xmas fans but I like the lights and shiny and giving people presents so we do our own secular celebration on xmas because we both got that day off. Just a day off when we were working was reason to celebrate anyhow.

I have a wrapped gift for Hubs and several for the fuzzbutts, but cats don’t know what day it is and Hubs thinks that wrapping paper is a waste of money so all of that is just for me anyhow.

(He doesn’t buy me “gifts”. He bought me flowers once (roses, the day after the night before) and bought me diamond earrings for my 60th birthday but that was only because I told him to. If I want or need something, I tell him and it magically appears, no wrapping paper involved.)

I’ve been to several Orthodox xmas masses. They do have the ceremonial pageantry down pat!

One of our Bridge cats had a piece of lamp pull chain. She originally stole it from Hub’s reloading press, so I bought her a piece of her own. She would drag it around and find a nice piece of lino and then sit there and pick it up and drop it, pick it up and drop it, pick it up and drop it.

I didn’t think it was annoying but another cat did. She would put up with it for a while and then go and smack the poor playing cat and hide the chain in her bed so she could take a nap.

Gentle hugs, you are NOT a wimp, your back is not playing nice and you are suffering.

Sleep well and drive extra carefully tomorrow. Your reflexes are going to be slower because of the ick and it would suck to crash your brand new car and have to go through all that bother and paperwork.

I sure do hope they value you at least as much as we do.

I’d have been upset too unless they had a good reason to want to keep you. People recover much better at home, in their own bed and quiet nights. I hope our release goes smoothy and you are using your own toilet by this time tomorrow.

Have a safe drive and be sure to take pics! Ms Peach is adorable and her admiring public need more.

And now I’m running out of steam, it is kinda late. I lost track of time cause needle and shiny thread. Earlier today I thought I would move the kitchen island to give the floor a good mopping. GG objected so strongly that Hubs had to take off his headphones and come out to see what the problem was.

I should probably head off to bed, I’ll try to catch you all tomorrow, but I’m at a tricky spot and need to pay attention.

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I’ll be at her house until the new year.

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Congrats on getting out! It’s been a long road.

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There was just a toilet paper commercial on TV. (The one with the bears and the non-linear perforations.) Mrs. L.A. commented that I use so little toilet paper, that she doesn’t know hoe I get clean. Actually, I frequently feel that I use too much. (I’m rather anal about my hygiene.) I said that it’s because I fold; not wad. She said she doesn’t ‘wad’; she ‘fluffs’.

Anyway, TMI convo.