lily, glad to find out that you also graduated in '65 ~ that makes us a couple of "oldies but goodies".  When all my BFF's from HS get together for our birthday dinners, we can't believe it's been that long.  We don't act "old" but sometimes feel the years.  I was blessed to have such a great class and living so close to my home town (45 miles) means that there are still a lot of us in this area to get together at parties and special events.

oscar, your pup looks cute and can't believe he is almost a year old.  Love the rag quilt.  My hairdresser has started doing a lot of quilting and is going to do one for me sometime this year.    I use Photobucket and don't have many problems, occasionally a little hang up here and there but eventually works itself out.

 

sunshine and stusue, sorry to hear you all have been under the weather.  Hope things are better now.  stusue, ouch, just reading your post ~ I don't think I could do that.
wendy, yeah I guess you could call it a lift, there's no place to go but up. Perky, probably not since there was so much but they are at least level.  Got on the scales yesterday and I was 13# lighter which I love ~ he told me how much he took out of each and it was a lot.  Still having some issues with a couple of areas that are slow to heal.  I had to reschedule last Tuesday because of a funeral so will know more this week on how they are coming and if there is any infection.  I was so sick Friday I thought I had the flu.  I was aching all over and my stomach was gurgling.  Thought it might have been from a greasy hamburger I ate on Wednesday but most likely was a 24-hr stomach flu 'cause I felt better yesterday.

Last week was a tough one as we had two funerals for two classmates who died one day apart.  The one I went to on Tuesday was one of our class leaders.  He was an all around great guy, football captain, president of our class, big heart and huge reunion promoter.  He married one of our classmates 20 years ago and together they ran a "Prayer Warrior" email chain that kept us all informed of ailing classmates and others from our home area.  He had been in the hospital for quite a while and had just been released to go home and wait to go to Mayo Clinic on March 1.  Our class of '65 were honorary pallbearers and there were probably 80 of us there.  He and I will forever be linked as we won the "Orange Crush" award at our 20th reunion (we all voted on Friday night of the reunion who we had a secret crush on but never told).  When they announced the winners on Sunday morning, I said "where were all you guys in '65".  I still have the award, an Orange Crush can on a little wooden block.  The other funeral on Wednesday (

Hi, jen ~ nice to see your post the other day.  Hope you and meg will continue to keep us updated on what's going on in your lives and what games you are playing.

I have not been playing as much lately, mainly because of my X-stitch but have been slogging thru J. Patterson's WMC: Little Black Lies.  I don't know what it is about these games that seems to slow me down, the other two I've played I only rated as C games.  I like true crime in general but just can't get with it on these.

I made a list yesterday of my series games (HOPA) that I need to continue or get started on ~ OMG, there are tons of them but at least this will help when I'm looking for something that's newer than my oldie games.

Thanks, guys.  Guess I was feeling better than I thought I would and just started acting like I normally do but am going to take it easier and not reach so much.

oscar, that's good that your dad made them for you and your mom personalized them.  I did a lot of research and checking You Tube videos and decided to get a Lowery stand which is made in the UK.  It was cheaper to order it over there and pay more for shipping than it was to get in the US. I ordered it on a Sunday night and had it by that Friday and am happy with it. It's a side model so doesn't interfere with tv watching.

That's what I did this morning was go through all my stash to see how much stuff I had and some of it I've had since 2000 plus stuff my mom had.  I'm set for life with WIP's, threads and new stuff.  I'm a member of a group on FB called Stash Unload and that's what people do ~ post stuff they want to get rid of.  I've seen old issues of X-stitch magazines, leaflets, kits, threads, etc.  I may start posting some of my old magazines that go back to the late 80's cause I'll never look through them all again.  I came across an heirloom Xmas stocking pattern that I want to do for my GD that I had already pulled and a couple of other patterns I liked and they're all kitted and ready to start.  I would offer to buy some of your stuff but I think I'm pretty well set.

Been a while since I've posted but have been lurking, trying to keep up with what's going on.  Two weeks post surgery and things are going pretty good.  Had doctor's visit today to get sutures out and got a little scolding as one had popped loose on Sunday and the healing in that area is a little behind.  Been lifting and reaching too much so need to be a little more careful.  I mentioned to the anesthesiologist in pre-admin testing that hydrocodone makes me sick and was fine while I was in the hospital but when I went to pick up my meds for pain on the way home, my doctor had prescribed it with nausea meds and sure enough, by Wed. I was feeling sick.  Problem with my insurance re the nausea meds so just said to heck with it and started taking Extra Strength Tylenol and that's been working very well ~ not much pain unless I overdo it, of course.

Sorry to hear you have been under the weather, Wendy.  You're right about the kiddo bringing home stuff from the daycare, one of my boys would catch something and in a week or so, the other one would get it.  That's so sad about the way they are raising him, poor little guy and yuck on the kitchen cleanliness, gotta believe there is a lot of nasty bacteria and germs floating around there.

Have been playing my games but decided to get back into my cross-stitch, too as I have a project I want to get finished for my best friend.  Been looking through some of my X-stitch forums on FB and got the urge again.  Bought me a floor stand to hold my project while I stitch and it has made a big difference in how I stitch.  I've been catching up on some of my DVR shows and have been taking note of what you guys are watching on Netflix so plan on watching some of those while I work on the project.  I started Downton Abbey on Amazon Prime but have forgotten it so going to restart from the beginning.