Thread: Everyday Chatting & Waffling {2021} Let's get to know each other!

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Sylfie, congrats on winning something! I really like the page with all the goodies you posted above. What a fun idea to have a Halloween wedding!

Lynnie, I think it's a fabulous idea to celebrate your sons' lives all month! You go girl!

Me, I am leaving tomorrow to take care of by granddaughter for most of the month while my DIL works a full-time internship and my son works full-time. She is also graduating from a university, which is exciting for them. I will be 'round to check in, every day if I can manage. I'm excited to go see Lena complete some milestones with me there! :)
 
Sylfie, The wedding plans look like fun. I am sure you will have so much fun with planning it along side of your bestie. And...congrats on winning the kit, I will watch for your layouts.

Lynnie, I am happy that you are remembering your children with a purpose. I am sure they will be shining down on you in Hawaii. I will also watch for your Hawaii layouts. I just downloaded a blog hop freebie that featured The "Galapagas Islands". It looks so much like Hawaii and since I have never been, it is so intrigiung. We have a family trip planned for the future so hope that works out for us.

Ane, I hope you have some much needed baby time...enjoy!!

I had a buzy weekend with Mom and then trying to complete a few challenges. I finally submitted the scavenger hunt, totally had a hard time finding a few but stubbornes won and I was able to find them all. We are in a month long lockdown until after the May long weekend and now I hear they may restrict further shutdowns tomorrow amid rising medical admissions. My sister is finally better from her Covid, so happy for her but she is still going to take some time off from visiting Mom just to be sure.

I hope everyone is keeping safe and finding time to play a little with the challenges this week?

Have a great week.
 
I have such fun news to share, but not sure if I can or not, hmmm.

Alberta has the distinction of having the highest covid cases in the USA & Canada and I hate it. There are so many here that are still calling it nothing more than a cold or flu. Fighting back against restrictions and outright defiance against them. Variants outnumber normal covid now. So many that want vaccines can’t get them are being exposed by those that don’t want them. Vaccines are still in scarce supply and still 16 weeks between shots. More restrictions are to come into play tomorrow.

I did my CT stuff and then had fun on INSD day actually scrapping. I joined in the challenges posted on a fb group and really enjoyed myself. It was fun.
 
I can relate to you Sherri, our Covid cases are high too. I get really mad when I see large groups celebrating without keeping distance and not wearing facemasks. Today we heard that a good friend of ours passed away due to Covid desease. So sad. I also did my CT stuff today, to seek some distraction.
 
More restrictions handed down by the Premier today, all school goes to online for two weeks. That seemed the biggest one. But my kids have been online since last March anyway.
 
I've got my first vaccination today! The second one will be on June 10. During lockdown time flew away but I am very happy to get my "old" life back again. No more zoom and distancing.
 
I’m taking the boy into the doctor tonight to get an ingrown toenail fixed. That may or may not go well. I never know what may set him off. But it needs done.

Tomorrow iget to go visit my mom :clap:
 
Firstoscartgrouch said:
I’m taking the boy into the doctor tonight to get an ingrown toenail fixed. That may or may not go well. I never know what may set him off. But it needs done.

Tomorrow iget to go visit my mom :clap:
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I hope the ingrown toenail was not your exciting surprise....

Is it visiting your mum? That will be wonderful. Big hug.
 
Congrats, Sherri!

Doing great here, getting lots of baby cuddles. Today’s DIL’s graduation, so exciting! I’m going to take them out for dinner as a present. Love this little tiny family!
 
Seeing my Mom was great, she didn't know who I was but it was still nice to get a Mom hug anyway. Her hip has really been hurting her. Its really affecting her movement.
The boys toenail needed trimmed on both side, there was so much blood, and my back was turned, I do no do needles. I have to change the dressings every morning, ick. I am so squeamish when it comes to medical stuff and it brings out my ptsd.
Watched a really cute movie with him today, about the Mitchells family, and their teen is going off to college, brought so many feels to my heart.
It snowed overnight, and now it is raining.
 
I have been on vacation since Thursday- and this is the first time I have turned on the computer at all, or been in my office. Scrapping isn't the same as working, but it was good to do a hard disconnect from the computer sitting for a few days- except I realised I'd lose a piece of this month's daily download kit, so I had to call it off. Lol.

Trimmed up the dog's faces, boy's going to Italy on a food run tomorrow, and am brainstorming what to do with the next four days.
 
You all, things aren't getting any better for me. If anything, they are getting worse. I have come to realize that I have to let go and work on myself and all I could do is to hope that he would decide to get his life straightened out too. Well, he isn't making that kind of decision at this point in time and I have had to do the hardest thing that I've ever done. I had to just let go all the way. I had thought for so long that I was helping by giving him everything and I've come to realize that the problems won't ever stop as long as I make things easy for him.

I mean I have been called everything but a person because of it all, but the thing is, there comes a point that as a person we realize that we are killing our own spirits by always doing for someone else. When I realized that he was requiring more care than our children, I knew that it was too much.

I will get through this, I know that I will, but I am going through the worst thing that I could imagine right now.
 
dorannmwin said:
You all, things aren't getting any better for me. If anything, they are getting worse. I have come to realize that I have to let go and work on myself and all I could do is to hope that he would decide to get his life straightened out too. Well, he isn't making that kind of decision at this point in time and I have had to do the hardest thing that I've ever done. I had to just let go all the way. I had thought for so long that I was helping by giving him everything and I've come to realize that the problems won't ever stop as long as I make things easy for him.

I mean I have been called everything but a person because of it all, but the thing is, there comes a point that as a person we realize that we are killing our own spirits by always doing for someone else. When I realized that he was requiring more care than our children, I knew that it was too much.

I will get through this, I know that I will, but I am going through the worst thing that I could imagine right now.
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i am so sorry Doran. Huge hugs.
 
Oh gosh, Dorann, I am so sorry. I'm praying for you, but I know that can sometimes bring little comfort when you're going through such trying times. Just know that you have support here. Wish we could do more. I am glad that you realize that you come first. That really is the first step in getting better and something so few people can do. God Bless sweetie.
 
Congratulations, Sherri - you will be an amazing asset to the GS CT Team.

Welcome back, Sylfie.

Dorann, I am so sorry you are struggling so much. I remember going through the breakup of my first marriage. I just kept telling myself that in six months this would just be a bad memory. It helped me through.

Carla, how are things going with your daughter?

LilyAnn, how is the house coming along?

Everyone, I hope things are going well for you and you had a lovely weekend.
 
Yesterday was Mother's Day and Karen came with her boyfriend, Jon and Steven came with his wife, Nessa and my grandson, Bruce.

Karen came early and we made Cornish Pasties. The only problem was that her boyfriend is vegan, so we TOTALLY made ALL the Cornish Pasties vegan. We used Beyond Meat and vegan butter for the pastry. Those were the only substitutions and they may have been the BEST Cornish Pasties ever. The pastry was so deliciously delicate and the filling was amazing. My mother has no clue they were vegan and pronounced them to be very delicious! Karen's boyfriend is hoping we make more soon :)

I had a lovely time with everyone, Karen and I had a wonderful time cooking and Karen did all the dishes. I think every Sunday should be Mother's Day.
 
Today is son Chris's birthday. He died in 1996, age 23, shortly before his 24th birthday. This year, he would be 49, I can't believe how long ago it was and how old he would be. I will always be grateful that I had him in my life. It is sad to have lost a child, but how much less rich my life would be if I had never known him.
 
We are at a stand still with the renovations. Still packing slowly. A little left to pack in the kitchen downstairs but that's mostly glasses so it is tedious wrapping each piece. My bedroom upstairs is almost done being sorted through then putting things in boxes will go quickly.
We can't do much more until the house is turned over into my name because permits are needed for the rest of the work fixing electrical and plumbing and before we can tear out the old cabinets in the kitchen.
My husband said if I clear my bedroom they can paint that but where am I to sleep from than until downstairs is done. He said to share the room with the kids and let them sleep on the floor. Sometimes I wonder what he is thinking. I don't think that makes sense when their room barely has any floor space the way it is.
We should be going to the lawyer any day now. But I see a problem transferring the car over. I can't find the title for my father's car. Don't know if I have to ask the lawyer to help with this.
 
Oh Dorann, I wish I could give you a hug too! I am so sorry this is happening to you, but I think you’re right on focusing on yourself and how you can improve. I’ll be praying for you.

Lynnie, how nice that Karen could come to visit! Sounds like the perfect Mother’s Day. :)

Lily Ann, good luck with the moving and renovations!

I had a pretty good Mother’s Day. Had church, a nap, and both my sons and DIL for dinner. It was so nice! :)
 
Dorann, I hope you can see the light at the end of the tunnel for you and that each day will draw you closer to a life of peace and happiness.

Sherri, I noticed the CT title below your avatar so now I can say.....
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Oh Lynnie, you're so sweet to ask. Anne's doing "okay". smh... I just never know with that girl. Love her dearly, she's our daughter, but dang, what goes on in that head, I just don't know. I can't share a lot of it, but she complains all the time about her life. I just don't think it's that bad and I truly believe her attitude is most of the problem.
The vet court thing is winding it's way down. It's a very slow process, but she's doing it and passing all of her levels and she should be done by August/September-ish. She should be able to put that all behind her with a CLEAN SLATE and that was the entire point.
She's still working, but the environment is stressful. She started out part-time which was good. The parent company is not happy with the employment outcomes in their area and seems to be constantly "threatening" to shut them down. Not a pleasant place to be, so she's looking for other work, but that's hard to come by.
The kids are good, finishing school and getting into some spring/summer sports.

I'm glad you had a good Mother's Day.

LilyAnn, you'll get there. I can't imagine renovating this place. Of course, sometimes I'd like to! Or just have someone come in while I'm gone and just clear the whole place out! I've just got TOO MUCH CR*P!

Sherri, it is fun to see that new title next to your name!!! WTG!
 
I have my holter monitor on today, checking out my heart. Part of me hopes it behaves part of me hopes if it is doing things it gets caught today.

Austins toe looks terrible after his ingrown toenail removal. It just makes me shudder.

alexis is busy with her volunteer work and chemistry course.

My liquid diet diet has been a psychological mind game. We shall see if it helps my gi issues.
 
Firstoscartgrouch said:
Lynnie, what are Cornish pasties? I’ve seen them mentioned in books but don’t actually know.

thank you Anne-marie
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Cornish pasties are a savoury meal in a pastry. A Cornish pasty is unique to Cornwall. It's comes from its mining past, although people now eat them whenever they want a handy dandy portable meal. It was designed for a miner to take to the mine in his pocket and it contained enough meat and turnips for at least a couple of meals. The miner's initials were usually carved into one end, to vent steam as it baked and so there would be no question to whom the pasty belonged.

The difference between a pasty and something like an empanada is that the ingredients are raw when a pasty is assembled and cooked for an empanada. My cousin, Nicky, has a lovely recipe here: https://www.kitchensanctuary.com/cornish-pasties/
 
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