Daily Check In Thread For All... #181

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Good job Karen!

Almost pioneering! Thankful it was not a wood stove I bet.

Peace and hugs
Trina

Hi

It seems my little family was just as happy with turkey or ham sandwiches on Thanksgiving! I did make an apple pie! I'm glad I decided to just take it easy this year!

Normally, I would have set up the Christmas decorations on Turkey Day but the weather was dreadful and I still haven't gotten started! Perhaps today. Have to see how windy it will be. It is rather difficult to set up the angel and manger scene in the wind! For now, I've settled for plugging in the colored lights that I never took down from last hear along the roof line!

I think some would look at my posts and think I don't have a diagnosis of depression...but I do. I just fight like crazy to not give in to it! Some days, I lose the battle and either sit around and do nothing or go back to bed. My dog, Micah, seems to know the difference between me going back to bed if I'm truly 'sick' or me going back to bed because I can't make myself function due to the depression. First scenario, she will curl up at the end of the bed between me and the door. Second scenario, she will bug me and bug me to play! It really does help me...not only to distinguish between them myself, but also because it helps get me out of my own head most of the time. To push myself, even in a depressed state of mind, to get up, suit up and show up. I get some fresh air and a bit of activity, even if my mood remains the same.

known ya long enough to know pitmom. and you have had me in my backyard for two weeks!! not grow anything, or plant, but weeds, shed, etc. has been very beneficial. doing lawns and cutting grass releases chemicals that hit the serotonin. scientific fact. keep strong, know the turtle thinks of ya.

Hi Pitmom,
Sorry to hear about your pain - ouch! Hopefully every day it gets better.
I'm on day 3 with a migraine. Stupid weather!
I went for nutritional testing and will be taking some supplements for liver, adrenal, thyroid, etc. She could tell my sleeping isn't good. I'm hoping to just feel better! It's been so long since I felt good. I'm so tired. Anyone with me?

Hi Everybody....

Just another dreary day here. Suppose to start snowing tonight.

Got a pileated wood pecker out in my cherry tree. Hubby put a suet feeder by my window, I don't know if anything will come to it or not.

Got a new puppy. Named her Luna. She is a solid black German Shepherd. I am elated...

Hugs, Karen...

Hi Karen: Congratulations on your new puppy!!! I know losing your last fur baby was so understandably hard. I'm so happy for you! What are you naming him?

Cass

Welcome to the forum Paul t.

Peace
trina

Hi Hedgie,

And good morning... Luna is fantastic. She is learning good. Except to potty outside. I keep pads on the floor for her inside. But when we take her out in the snow, she doesn't seem to realize she needs to potty out there. She will learn though, she is smart.

The pileated woodpecker comes in most everyday now. Hubby put a suet cage by my window which the chickadees come to now. It is cool to watch.

I hope you have a good day today. I hope everybody has a good day. I have to go to town and get meds. Fun...

Take care all...

Hugs, Karen...

Hi Karen. I'm so glad things are going well with Luna! I'm not sure how much snow you have, but are you able to shovel a small area of the grass so she can at least identify "potty time" with grass, instead of the snow? Just a thought... I"m so glad you have a new baby to love. I'd love to see a picture of her. Can you post those here?
Cass

Hello all! Good to see some new 'faces' posting.

Got more of the decorations up outside, even one of the large trees! This year, it's on the patio outside the living room window, so I get to enjoy it more.

The adhesions have calmed down again and I am much more comfortable. Trying some stretches for Sacro-Iliac Joint issues. So far, so good. One set of them and I feel a difference already! Not getting my hopes up but, might be on to something here!

Felt a deep despondency this morning...loneliness....missing my parents and brother. Then, I started down the "I'm unhappy with...a...b...c." and made a determined effort to get off the pity pot and back away from the edge of the rabbit hole. It's toughest in winter.

Got dressed and started another little home improvement project...painting the edges of the wall next to the furnace because the wallpaper I bought is just a smidge too narrow. I no sooner put the brush to the wall and the phone rang! Friends' car broke down. It's barely 30 degrees out...so I put everything away and went and picked her up and dropped her at another friends house to wait for her husband to pick her up. At least she'll be warm!

I'm waiting for the paint to dry and then I'll try my hand at hanging the paper. It's one of the new removable type, so hopefully it will go up without too much trouble. Then, I plan to take the light fixture that was in my bedroom and swap it with the one in the hallway now. I have 2 mirrors to go up on the wall, too.