Good to hear you are going to be able to get some decent rest, Shir. Continued prayers for those in harms way.

Well, I went to the office, but the A/C is off in the building on Sunday so I departed after an hour. Went grocery shopping for Thanksgiving and other stuff. A number of family members are coming by in about an hour for stuff on the grill and salad and stuff. We are low carb dieting so I am making a spinach/artichoke dip served with split baby peppers and sliced cukes for scooping.

But I have an hour, so first a nice swim! I love this time of year when we can eat and play outside again.

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Sending my best to you and yours Shir.

And I think UPS is a really good place to grab for a bit Sean. A rock in the middle of a roaring river gives you time to think and plan with your head abouve water.

we have 2 5 by 5 units of this in our bed room

[link] and the various basket

this is dresser/ bookcase/ storage - in our bed room and works neatly. a smaller verion might work well in a closet

we also used to have this unit -- with cloth draers that worked well [link]

not as nice looking , but it worked

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My BiL worked at UPS for years; as far as I know he really liked it there.

We are low carb dieting so I am making a spinach/artichoke dip served with split baby peppers and sliced cukes for scooping.

That sounds delicious. Low carb would be a bit of a Thanksgiving day challenge, although fun to try out new things. You could swap mashed cauliflower for the 'taters, and I love roasted Brussels sprouts.

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Thinking of you and yours Shir.

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Looks like I am hosting T-day at my place for mom and her "BF". He's purchased a turkey, and wants to cook it. Since mom's place is a dust/moldy-boxes-smell place, I thought the food would be more appetizing at my place. Plus, my table is a bit more comfy to sit around. So, my first hosting of T-day. um. woot?

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Thanks for the continued updates, Shir, and I'm glad you can get some rest.

D's mother got a flight out today, a few days early.

omnis, could be fun? I don't remember, do you like and/or get along with her BF?

Gods, I am just WIPED. I don't feel like I even did that much this weekend, and I certainly didn't do anywhere near as much as I wanted to. I am ready for bed and it's only 8 pm. It's a little ironic (or something) that Mr. Energy (D) is pretty much bedridden and me, Little Miss Lazeabout, is the one who has to do stuff. Not that I envy him his broken ankle! It's just hard(er) to be productive when I could be snuggling.

Right, enough whinging. Setting a timer - going to do dishes, prep for tomorrow, let Frankie out one more time, and then get into bed. Maybe change the sheets, depending on how things go.

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The dip was sooo yummy. All the food served was low/no carb and everyone including the vegetarians were well satisfied.

Not so worried about thanksgiving. I will take a break from the low carb for a day, but I wouldn't need to. I haven't eaten turkey in decades. I'm not hosting for the first time in years. I told them I wasn't up to it. So I am making a cauliflower casserole with cheese and sour cream, a cranberry/apple cobbler thing, and pumpkin pie. My SIL is making stuffing that I can eat and a sausage variety for the others. But I expect to eat mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes and all the yummy non-meat carbs available.

eta: always think of Trudy when I get the 999 posts!

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23-skidoo-thousand!

omnis, could be fun? I don't remember, do you like and/or get along with her BF?

For the most part. He goes from annoying lazy to in your face-I'm-right-and-doing-it-my-way-not-listening to you if he is doing anything. That's when he is annoying. But when just chatting, he's fine. He's rather handy-man type. So that is helpful. But he keeps wanting to charge full labor rates for handyman jobs. "well, a plumber would charge you $xxx for that, so, how about $xxx - $10." Um. Well. The plumber is also license and bonded and has overhead. Also has the misc nuts/washers/etc, and doesn't require 20 trips to Home Depot to finish the task. So, he gets annoying in that aspect. I wanna throw some work his way (he's unemployed tile guy), but saving less a couple % isn't getting you the job. Just saying.

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Will has complicated family stuff on Thursday so we're going to have Fri and Saturday together.

I think we're going to have ham and brussel sprouts and stove top stuffing and pie. Not terribly fancy but I like the ham part of Thanksgiving (my family always did ham and turkey). i kind of want to do sweet potato casserole but I need to find a scaled down recipe. And the way I'm feeling again Stove top stuffing is easier to do.

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Have you been thinking to yourself, I wonder what Ryan's been up to lo these past few months? Wonder no longer! New photos start here: [link]

Cruising at the Zoo: [link]

Stylin' up: [link]

Leveraging his public profile: [link]

Weighing his options: [link]

Stylin' up (again): [link]

Kicking it (very) old school: [link]

Giving back to the community: [link]

Rocking out! [link]

Getting in touch with his roots: [link]

Learning from the older generation: [link]

Stylin' up (still): [link]

Being a role model: [link]

Party time! [link]

And now you know.

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