jardinero

Will do. We're all geared up for it

You be safe and warm too, Kath!

J.

Here in Indianapolis, we're due to start in a couple of hours and continue for nearly 24 hours. They are forecasting 8-12" here and 12-16" about an hour north of us. We are just coming off of 6" from last week (which was really our first significant snow this year that "stuck").

The salting and snow plow crews have been set up for hours. We're hoping for enough overnight for Joseph's first snow day (cuz Mom sure doesn't want to drive in it tomorrow morning!). I had to pick up in the 6" we rec'd last week (which dumped right at commute time) and it was 2.5 hours round trip for something that normally takes 40 minutes.

J.

Happy belated, dear lady.

How very sweet of Kelly! I love it!

So happy to hear you were remembered by so many special people in your life!

Hugs,

J.

oh unlike many here.. i hate wearing socks.

I wear them only til april and then it's off they go.. and i hold off as long as i can ... sometimes til end of november.

I feel my feet are way too hot in socks. And if slippers are worn in the winter ... they cannot be worn with socks. Way too hot!

A la,

I'm so with you there! The first thing I do when I get in the house is kick off my shoes and walk around barefoot, though I do wear slippers on really cold days (no socks though).

I also have to sleep with one or both feet out of the covers. I cannot stand hot feet!

J.

Oh gosh, P.

Praying for comfort for your dad and the whole family.

Hugs,

J.

Hey, that's very exciting, Mark.

Congratulations on seeing the success of all your hard studying!

J.

Dear Tommy StrangeOne ~

Happiest of birthdays to you and many thanks for how your posts always make me smile.

{{{{{{{{{{{Tom}}}}}}}}}

Strange hugs for the strange one

J.

Hey Fe!Happy #54, my dear friend! Hope all is well in the foothills and you and the lovely Mrs. are well. Happy New Year to you both and Happy, happy birthday to you!Love and hugs,J.

I watched the entire game after I watched USC trounce Michigan in the Rose Bowl (there's just some things one MUST do on New Year's Day), so was already in football mode.

I hadn't really intended to watch the whole thing (flipping back and forth during commercials to the Twilight Zone like my Strange friend) - - but it was such a great game in the 2nd half, that I had to stay until the exciting finish - - WOWZA!!!!

I expected Nika to chime in to root on Oklahoma, but she was MIA last night.

Fantastic game, well fought by both teams.

J.

So very sad to hear about your friend, Groucho. 50 years is a long, long time to have a friend like Mick. Count that kind of friendship a rare treasure many people never experience. I'm sure there is a hole in your heart that will take some time to heal. I'm sorry for this loss in your life.

J.

Merry Christmas, Kath!

I'm so glad you got to talk with your nephew. I'm sure that was special. I spent most of yesterday IMing my neice and hubby stationed in Korea and got many of the play by plays as grand nephew, Cameron, opened presents, they had breakfast taking turns typing (ain't electronic communications grand???!!!!) and sharing pictures and updates. It was fun.

I hope your time with your mom is special and this journey you are on is one of acceptance of what is, memories when you feel like you can partake of them and the special love and bonding between mom and daughter.

With love and fond wishes for a special day for you.

Jean

I just read this elsewhere. Sad indeed. One of the local radio stations here always does a "James Brown Friday," so I tune in just for the pump up it gives me to hear those songs. Fun.

I saw JB a couple of years back when he was featured at the R&B stage at the Indy JazzFest. He would only do a couple of minutes, break into a sweat and be huffing and puffing then go off stage (probably for oxygen!); the back up singers really carried the act at that point in his career. Still, it was fun to see him and he had that big smile of his shining and the "stuff" to get the crowd up on their feet and shake their booties

J.

OMG! The dog was just barking at the front window and I walked over to see what he was barking at, looked down at my flower bed below the window and what did I spot??????

DAFFODILS! Seriously. I have one inch stalks (stems?) popping up through the winter mulch!

It's been freezing here, then warm, then cold again and is a "warm" 39 degrees with rain today, so the poor bulbs probably don't know what season it is!

DAFFODILS!!!!! Whodathunk???

J.

We might.

Indy is forecasted to have rain (just beginning now) and changing to 1-2" of snow tonight and into Tuesday, so we'll see. I'll keep you posted.

J.

Praying for healing for her, Glad - - and that they are able to find out what's at the root cause of this.

Not fun for the holidays. Hope your family can cheer her over the holidays!

Love,

J.

Likeaneagle ~

So glad you are healing up. I laughed when you said it was worse than childbirth! I fell in a parking lot while I was screwing around with my son playing frisbee (in flip flops) -- tripped into a pothole and came tumbling down on my right hand jamming up my entire arm (I'm right handed). It's bothered me off and on over the years and I still have to mouse left handed now.

Anyway, glad you were able to work around it - - no fun when this stuff happens (especially when we don't heal as quickly as we used to!).

Merry Christmas. Good thing you can be "messy" while opening presents

J.

Thanks, Raf.

And Merry Christmas to you and all the wonderful patrons of this Cultfe

Love to you all.

Peace to you all.

Love from me, the "boy" and the "dog" (woof) ~

J.

Miracle Whip - - ICK!!!!

Hope you have a loving Christmas, George.

Love,

Jean

FABULOUS NEWS!

So very happy for Haley and her family!

Merry Christmas!

J.

OK, i need a marketing person to clean this plan up, but I smell money.

Marketing? Did I hear Marketing?

I'm your marketeer here - - and in the dream off-season I can stomp grapes ;)

What a plan!

J.

((((((((((((((((Kathy)))))))))))))))

We're glad you felt like you could come to this spot to share those thoughts, however hard that might have been.

I was having a similar moment last week as 12/08 marked the 2 year anniversary of my dear sister and best friend's lost battle with cancer.

Interesting how our brains work and sometimes the grief wells up again, or a vivid memory comes to mind, or, their presence is so real - - our minds are amazing the way that info shifts around from time to time. One time I picked up the phone to call her so very automatically one day (after she had died) (we used to talk from 1-5x a day some days) and then just stood there with the phone in my hand when it finally hit me what I was doing and broke out into a huge sob.

Yes, we do look forward to that distant day, Kath.

J.

Nottawayfer said:

I spent many years in TWI forgetting to ask for forgiveness. That is lack of a Christian life IMHO.

You know, Notta, when I read that, I could so relate, but it made me think of the other side of the spectrim of people who were so effected by the legalism and the "standing and state" teachings, they were constantly in a state of sin consciousness, belittling themselves for falling so short of unattainable perfection. The being "out of fellowship" thinking -- what a crock!

But I agree with you, that a healthy dose of forgiveness before our Lord's throne, would have been a healthy step in the right direction!

J.

Dear Smokey,

Dear Oiley,

Dear Medic,

Happy Birthday, John!

Love to you on your special day! Hope someone can smuggle in a cold one for you!

Stay safe and have some fun today!

Hugs,

J.

Praying for you too, NIKA. Take care!

J.