Daily check in for all!!! #53

Hi!

Trina I hope that you are doing ok today and that things are ok with your mother in law.

Karen, I am feeling ok today too.

 

Best Wishes to All.

 

 

 

A late good morning all ...........

   Major weather change in these parts. We had rain overnight ... must have ... because around 3am I felt a 42-pound furr-ball squeezing between my feet. Yep ... until a little after 7am! At least when gizzy got down, he didn't wake me like normal .... so it was a late morning start.

   Our ride was short but we saw a yorkie .... and (one of my favorites) a Siberian Husky - pretty big one. Giz was happy ... and when we got home, he noticed the next door neighbor had opened her garage door to get the paper. Giz went crazy. He immediately went into her garage - so she'de pet him ... what a ham! Anyhow, they hadn't seen each other for many weeks ... and Gizzy really likes her ... so all was OK!

   I don't believe it, but it's bright and sunny ... although only 55 degrees at 8:30am. The weather for the game today ... Saints at Bears ... should be nearly perfect footbal weather - mid-60's and just a light wind. A 40% chance of rain by later.

Trina ... hope you got some good nap time. Hope the observation is brief and your mother-in-law returns to her home soon.

Karen ... hope you and Jazzy get out today. I'm kind of rooting for Detroit to beat Green Bay today.

Mags ... guess who I'm rooting for today? I like the Saints ...... but!!!!!! It should be a good one. Special teams or turnovers just may determine the winner.

   I hope evryone has a great day ........... !!!

 

Hey Patrick, you will make friends here... So you will have plenty of people to talk to... It just takes time.

Rob, I will have to see when that is on. I like watching the Lions...

I hope everybody has a good day. I am starting a couple batches of wine today. One is from grapes left over that I bought from the store, and the other is from concord grapes that my grandkids gave me. They grow there, I have vines but they didn't do anything this year.

UA and Happy Bean, I hope you both have a good day too. Everybody!!!

Hugs, Karen...

Enjoy Nascar Michele!!!

Have a good day my friend!!!

Hugs, Karen...

I sent her an ecard awhile back but never heard anything from her. I suppose she might answer an email. I really enjoyed her daily posts.

Hugs, Karen...

Good afternoon all ........

   A funny thing happened while watching the game today. Gizmo was laying down next to me - taking up just slightly more than half the sofa - while I was sitting up watching the game. He was facing the back of the sofa and asleep. All of a sudden he just rolled ....... but there wasn't anywhere to roll. He rolled right off of the sofa .... and looked so surprised!

   It was hard not to laugh!!!

Hey Karen ..... yep the Lions lost. I expected that but would have liked to have seen the Packers lose. Oh well ............ there are 11 more games - at leasst!

Hey Mags ..... congrats on the Saints win. The Bears really waited too long to get into that game ... they can't start play a poor first quarter when it's a real good team like the Saints.

   Regardless ........ I need to celebrate! It's pizza tonight by golly ...... !!!

Hi, I'm Roaming.  I didn't see any stickied thread for Introductions.  I hope this is a good place to introduce myself.  I was just sitting around this afternoon feeling isolated and alone and wondered if there might be a depression forum online, et voila, I landed here.  I've had depression and insomnia as long as I can remember, way back into my childhood in the 1950s. I will be 68 in December.  I'm a native Texan, married, two children, four grandchildren.  We just recently moved to the opposite side of town, far away from my closest friend and everything I'm familiar with, but I was feeling isolated and alone before the move, so I don't know.  I am currently taking Effexor for depression, nothing for insomnia.  I think I'd like to try to wean off Effexor and go back to Celexa, plus add Wellbutrin.  As I was browsing the forum, I noticed everyone has all their issues and meds in their signatures.  Why?  Seems like focusing on the problem instead of the solution.  Oh, well, don't mean to judge but just wondering. 

Thanks, and hoping to get to know you.

R

Hi Roaming,

Welcome to the forum. We usually lock this thread at 100 posts and then start another one, that will probably happen tomorrow, or later tonight. So look for a new one to be started. This will be the 95th post.

A lot of the members do post their illnesses in their signature so others will know what is going on with them. Since this is a health forum. That way they don't have to explain it over and over again. That is why I did it anyway. Some of us are on more than one forum too. I have fibromyalgia, so I am on that forum everyday, plus I moderate there. But I also have depression and I moderate here too. That kind of lets people know what you are dealing with.

I hope you post more. I am glad you introduced yourself here, though most people start a thread to introduce themselves. It less likely to get overlooked.

I hope you are feeling well. I take it you are dealing with meds right now, how long have you been on the Effexor? I took it for about 15 years with no problems. Why do you want to switch to celexa and wellbutrin? Have you been on that combination before? Or did you hear good things about it? I am now on pristiq. I went on it when Effexor came generic. At least my psychologist thought it would be a good idea. I am glad I did as I was taking five capsules of Effexor a day 375mg. Now I just take one pill. I also take abilify with my antidepressant and Xanax for anxiety.

I hope that you have a good night. Take care and keep posting.

Hugs, Karen...

PS  Joyce!!!  I am so glad to see you post!!!  And thanks for writing back!!!

Huggles, Karen...

Roaming,

Welcome to the forum.

I have my diagnosis on my signature so others can see what I deal with; if they deal with the same issue, they know they are not alone. This can be a very comforting feeling at time of great stress.

So glad you found us and landed. Please continue to post and had your only signature, even if it you favorite saying.

Peace
Trina

Good Morning Everyone,

Joyceeee, happy to hear from you. Glad you're okay. Will definitely check out the trailer.

Trina: How is your mother-in-law doing now? Hope she's improving.

Hi Roaming, welcome to the forum. Glad you joined us. Hope to learn more about you.

Michele: sounds like your hubby is improving. I hope you're doing alright too. I know it's hard.

Hello Karen, Mags, Rob, HB, Patrick, everyone else...

Wishing everyone a good day!

UA