INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Beatmon

Our Phyllis had one of the best sense of humor and quick wit of anyone I have known.

She faced so many different trials and medicines doing her best to beat back Metastatic Breast Cancer. At one point she was walking miles despite her treatments. I’ve read women post that their friends were murdered by Metastatic Breast Cancer...and I think that is the truth. It steals our sweet friends away.

I was lucky to get to meet Phyllis in person and spend the day together. We kept in touch from that time on, sometimes close, sometimes months would pass. But always in awe of her strength.

I was just getting ready to try to call again when I saw the PM from Sas. And at that moment a commercial about CASA came on the TV, which was very dear to Phyllis. Message from Heaven?

I will miss our friend

M0mmyof3

Started to prep a little bit for Christmas dinner. Made my maternal grandmother’s Cranberry Relish.

feelingfeline

M0mmyof3

More prep work today. Today I am making my step-grandmother’s Jello Salad and prepping my paternal aunt’sHash Brown casserole for tomorrow

Smaarty

Christmas is over at my home, going to niece tonight, then my moms tomorrow. Then flying to Oz for Christmas there on Wednesday.

Here’s Evie for her 3rd birthday. Getting to be such a big girl.

Hope you all have a safe and sane holiday

Wren44

Safe travels. Evie is certainly a charmer now. How cute.

feelingfeline

So Pretty! Travel safely Smaarty, and have a wonderful trip.

JWoo

Happy Holidays, everyone!

M0mmyof3

Loveroflife

kathindc

Merry Christmas to all! 🎅🏼🤶🏻🦌🌲🎁❄️

Smaarty, Evie is adorable. Have safe travels.

Smaarty

we are sitting at hOnolulu. Our first plane had a broken latch on the cargo door so we had to switcH planes. It should only arrive a half hour later. Hope you all enjoyed the holidays. We had 33 people at my moms on Xmas. She survived! All of mine and my sisters kids and grandkids. 2 of mine were missing and 1 of hers. Age from 1 yr old to 92.

feelingfeline

Smaarty, what an amazing family gathering. No doubt a little bit stressful looking after all the little ones, but also a blessing and a privilege. Bummer about your plane delay but definitely better safe than sorry. Hope you have arrived safely and comfortably by the time you are reading this. XXX

Loveroflife

Still jet lagging? Darn, forgot to send with you money for Uggs.

JWoo

M0mmyof3

Took a much needed break. Made some resolutions for this year that I am sticking too and to heck with those that get mad at me for it.

feelingfeline

MaddieBrie1

Taco #2 on Friday, been up since 2 or 3 am. The IV Benadryl has finally worn off and now I can't sleep. Did some Amazon shopping (but will review again later before pressing that "order now"), caught up on all my fav boards, snuggled w the puppers, lint rollered my pillow, drank 2 bottles of water, ate some chocolate covered hazel nuts..... Now staring at the ceiling fan wondering which pillow case I'm going to sacrifice to clean the dust off those fan blades and how much mess I'm going to need to clean off the bed after I clean those blades. Considering watching some YouTube videos but don't want to disturb the sleeping pup w the sounds.... Too late to take a pill form of benadryl and the coffee pot will be brewing for the hubs in another half hour.

My smart phones so smart it autocorrects Taxol to taco. I like that much better..... MB1

feelingfeline

Ha that is so funny about the Taco, yes it would be much nicer! Now what can you cover your bed with? And do you really have to sacrifice a pillow case? We don't have ceiling fans in Ireland, but we do have dust, and plenty of it! Pup sounds nice! XXX

Wren44

Put a shower curtain or plastic tablecloth over the bed. They make a long-handled brush that cleans both sides of the fan at once. You could add one to your Amazon order.

I grew up in Okla which is called the dust bowl for a reason. I hated dusting as a kid. Mom had dark Duncan Phyfe dining table, chairs and sideboard. It could be dusted twice a day. Mom complained that DD wasn't dusting the tops of the picture frames. It never occurred to me to dust those. I couldn't see them so it never crossed my mind.

feelingfeline

You know that bad thing when the sun shines through the house ...when you can suddenly SEE all the dust?

Loveroflife

Dust makes me anxious.

M0mmyof3

Yep to the dust. my house seems to collect it Big Time! Was folding laundry this morning and my hubby was commenting on the dust that was coming off the laundry! Said it looked like the snow that we usually have had here by now! lol

mostlymom

We have very active spiders so I not only see the dust in sun beams, I see many creepy spiderwebs that bloom overnight....

feelingfeline

OOOOOH NOOOOOH

Wren44

We get daddy long-legs webs. They are harmless and most of the webs are at the ceiling or just below. Occasionally I vacuum the ceiling and corners and that gets rid of them. You can't really see them until they get dirty.

queenmomcat

I gotta remember to bring tissues or a handkerchief or something when I see La Boheme. My eyes started leaking around about the second half of the third act. Must be allergic to something in the theater. (This was the Lyric's production, in Chicago.)

MaddieBrie1

Good call on the shower curtain or plastic table cloth to cover the bed while doing the fan blades - I hadn't thought of either of those!

Not insomnia tonight, the Tylenol and benadryl just haven't kicked in yet..... My back and neck are killing me from shoveling snow - we had about a foot here in MD since Saturday.... I didn't even do that much of it - maybe 50 min total with about a 6 htr break in between. Also my L arm is heated and warm and I'm really really hoping it isn't the first sign of lymphedema.....

Best rest and dreams! MB1

feelingfeline

Queenmoncat (obviously allergic to having a heart)

MCBaker

I did a bit of housecleaning yesterday. It tired me out so much that I went to bed at 6:30 PM. I think I will go back to bed so I can have enough energy to do some more. A messy house can be depressing. I am on the list to get some volunteer housecleaning help, maybe once a month, but for now I can keep it just above the depressing level. Then I have a quilt-binding to finish for the club meeting on Wednesday.