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Monday Grats - whatcha thankful for? nt Posted by Krista on 11/24/2025, 3:20 pm nmt

Mine Posted by Cindyh on 11/24/2025, 10:21 pm, in reply to "Monday Grats - whatcha thankful for? nt" Came to Felicia’s to visit with her and the kids. Was supposed to come last weekend but things come up. Having a good time. I came yesterday and going home tomorrow. It’s cold and rainy here today. They said it might snow this weekend! What? That would be nice. Flurries and Christmas music while we put up the tree. Found a nice pair of comfy pants on BF sale at JcPenney. I ordered a 2nd pair to have them after surgery. They are the version brand. Friends and family. Looking forward to Thanksgiving

Cindyh Posted by Beverly on 11/25/2025, 8:54 am, in reply to "Mine" So glad you got to Felicias' for a nice visit! Let's hear it for comply pants!!! 😊

Monday Grats Posted by Delta on 11/24/2025, 6:31 pm, in reply to "Monday Grats - whatcha thankful for? nt" Had my appointment with my Gastro that left for a year and is back. I like him so much, and he is one of the top-rated gastros in the south. We had a good talk, and I feel much better. Gotta say that the other guy had me kinda rattled. Had lunch with our son and his wife, and son after the appointment. Always good to spend time with them. Being able to talk with our doctors on the patient portal and have them answer by the end of the day. So much better than waiting weeks for an appointment. My husband had a concern about a med this morning. He got on his portal while I was in with the doctor. He already has a solution. We have already found an electrician who gets rave reviews to bring the lake house up to date electrically. He has already given us a good estimate and will start on Friday. We have a painter who should be able to start next week. It is so good to find highly rated workers who can squeeze us in. Of course, we know that between November and February are the best times to find subs anyway because most people don't think about doing work in colder weather.

Love Patient Portals! Posted by Paula on 11/25/2025, 10:16 am, in reply to "Monday Grats" So convenient. Good to see you guys moving full steam ahead. What did you do with the other lake house? Maybe you said but, I forgot.

Yes, Paula Posted by Delta on 11/25/2025, 2:51 pm, in reply to "Love Patient Portals!" We are most likely going to sell the other lake house. I really liked being there when it was just my husband and me. I loved the size of it and how easy it was to keep clean, but if any of the other family members were there, it was just too many people for the space. We were just on top of each other when we were not outside. Rainy days were awful. I will miss it and our neighbors, but I think I will be okay after a while. We were adding on this fall, before we saw this other house hit the market, and it was what we had been looking for for over five years. We just got the little house because it was available, it was beautiful there, and it had the space, plus it was built in a way that it would be easy to add on to. Good lake houses that are not over a million dollars are very hard to come by within a few hours' driving distance of us in three states.

Delta Posted by Beverly on 11/25/2025, 9:10 am, in reply to "Monday Grats" So glad you have a good gastro doctor. It matters! I love hearing you've found good people to work on your newvv. Home!

Beverly, Posted by Delta on 11/25/2025, 3:59 pm, in reply to "Delta" I am thrilled that my great gastro doctor is back. I love the way he talks to me like I am a person and wants my opinions on things he plans, too. The other doc that the insurance sent me to is also a top-rated doctor, but he had the bedside manner of a doorknob. He asked me two questions, read my chart and left without even letting me ask questions or anything. Less than five minutes. That was a first visit. My gastro that I saw yesterday schedules 1 hour for a first visit and tries to get to know the patient as well as the file. I just feel so much more comfortable with him. I am so thrilled that he is back. I am so glad that we are finding good people to work for us, too. It is hard to find good people in other towns these days. Everyone wants to work for major contractors doing big jobs and we can't blame them for wanting a steady income. Just so glad to know people that know people.

Cinq Choses Pour Moi Posted by Krista on 11/24/2025, 3:26 pm, in reply to "Monday Grats - whatcha thankful for? nt" 1) Ray is buying me a Ninja mixer/food grinder combination appliance. It was on sale at amazon. I didn't really NEED it but now that I've seen it online, I'm excited about it 2) we had delicious meatloaf, asparagus and sweet potato for supper last night. With my smaller servings, there are leftovers for at least tonight and tomorrow night 3) Ray says he can really notice me losing weight 4) made more money this week at the auction, which I am pleased with. I was definitely underpaid but we have a new agreement that is more fair 5) presents arriving from Amazon each day. Pecking away at the Christmas shopping. We don't have a lot of people to buy for thankfully

Krista Posted by Beverly on 11/25/2025, 9:17 am, in reply to "Cinq Choses Pour Moi" It's nice that Ray has noticed your weight loss. Made ahead meal are handy!!!!

I bet that you Posted by Delta on 11/24/2025, 6:11 pm, in reply to "Cinq Choses Pour Moi" are going to love the Ninja. I know that I love my Ninjas. Yay on making more money at the auction. I have typically had all my shopping done by Thanksgiving because I will not even go shopping here after that. We decided to have a Dirty Santa last year because the family is growing so much and everyone already has more than they need. I kinda hope that we do it again this year. It was a lot of fun last year, and we laughed so much, as well as taking the pressure off everybody to buy all those presents. My husband and I got ornaments that would hold gift cards and filled the tree full of all kinds for them to pluck off after we were finished with Dirty Santa. We are supposed to decide on what we want to do this year when we are together at Thanksgiving.

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