Cats like Sardines - It's Sharing 518!

[Lynx]

Yeah. Here at our church, the pastor's wife deals with announcements and stuff like that. She has way more patience than I will ever have. Lots of people hear stuff she doesn't say and completely miss what she did say.

If I was anywhere in shooting distance I would go to your church tonight. Ours is closed. The assumption is too many people will be cooking for Thursday to bother even unlocking the doors.

[The Purple Fuzzy]

We've definitely been cooking here.

[The Purple Fuzzy]

It's been a busy day but a good day. All the kiddos got to come.

[MsJennJenn]

We had a low key turkey day. Minus yucky turkey lol.
We grilled a steak, hubbs had a loaded tator, I made myself some sweet tator casserole.

Then he was in bed by 3pm so he could be up for work at midnight. And that's where he's been since.
Yay the life of a retail store director. 

[Lynx]

My experiment was successful and I now have an electric bicycle that runs off a power tool battery.

It is a 1500 watt electric wheel, and this thing will go fast enough to scare you. Take it up to its top speed and you will start rethinking your life choices.

Usually they have a 3000 watt wheel, but of course it was sold out. Just as well.

So that's what I did with my Thanksgiving. Argued with a bike for a while.

[Roscoe]

Low key here too. I never changed out of sweatpants yesterday. Dragging today a bit too.

[The Purple Fuzzy]

[Roscoe]

Morning all those that remain. Cold here. And the work car's battery was dead this morning. And I'm back at work. Bah. Totally NOT my time of year.

[Lynx]

Took my bike out to a flat stretch of highway with mile markers and timed it between two of those markers. 1 mile in a minute and 56 seconds. 31 miles an hour.

Yeah, much too fast for a bicycle. I'm not going to be using that kind of speed regularly.

[MsJennJenn]

Morning all those that remain. Cold here. And the work car's battery was dead this morning. And I'm back at work. Bah. Totally NOT my time of year.

Mine either. I just want to hibernate like a bear and sleep thru the cold weather to get me back to Spring.

Adam called the dealership yesterday and they told him that basically they dont find anything mechanically wrong with our new car. There is no safety concern. Even though the car is still making the weird creaking sound. He asked them to give us that in writing. We ended up going up there last night and just demanding a new car. He's supposed to call us back today with an update. 

[Roscoe]

Urgg.
Morning. Bah.
Christmas...bah. bah.
People....bah bah.bah.
I'm getting a sheep complex.
Actually probably more of a goat complex. There are some beings on this earth i would enjoy headbutting if i only had the horns.

[mini]

Morning all those that remain. Cold here. And the work car's battery was dead this morning. And I'm back at work. Bah. Totally NOT my time of year.

Mine either. I just want to hibernate like a bear and sleep thru the cold weather to get me back to Spring.

Adam called the dealership yesterday and they told him that basically they dont find anything mechanically wrong with our new car. There is no safety concern. Even though the car is still making the weird creaking sound. He asked them to give us that in writing. We ended up going up there last night and just demanding a new car. He's supposed to call us back today with an update. 

Following...I'm interested in what happens.

[Lynx]

Urgg.
Morning. Bah.
Christmas...bah. bah.
People....bah bah.bah.
I'm getting a sheep complex.
Actually probably more of a goat complex. There are some beings on this earth i would enjoy headbutting if i only had the horns.

Yeah. That.

[Roscoe]

I reiterate my feelings of yesterday morning.

And work drama.....My job may change a bit for a bit- one of our coworkers resigned yesterday. She was over a drug court specialty program in another county and I may find myself taking different roles for a bit... Not overjoyed, but I know my boss will work on filling that job as soon as possible.

[Nelle]

@Work. Athena came with me every day this week except Wednesday (Jeremy's day off) due to how full their trucks are from the Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Holiday shopping. He's hoping she will get to go with him again soon.

CR tonight. Tomorrow I have an eye appointment that I'll have to leave a bit early to get to. I don't think I'll escape getting my eyes dilated this visit, so I dunno if I'll have plans afterwards or not. Our church is hosting our ministers'/wives banquet this year, so I'm hoping she's got enough volunteers already. Saturday morning we were supposed to not be participating in the village's Christmas bazaars, but somehow we're having a free cocoa/coffee/cookies situation. I was like "This isn't what we intended. Now we are not only still doing what we originally would've done, but we're also getting zero money back on the investment." Normally we have a bake sale of sorts as a fundraiser. We've all said we were so overwhelmed with everything on the calendar that we didn't want to do it this year. I think someone didn't understand. I'm frustrated about it, not gonna lie.. but it is what it is. So now I have to make 2-3 dozen cookies anyway PLUS Sunday evening is our ladies Christmas that was just decided to do like two weeks ago. I get that everyone likes to have these, but everyone's calendars are so full that my hermit-itis is flaring really badly. So I picked up my ornament for the ornament exchange last night. I still have to make a side/dessert for that as well. Then NEXT Sunday morning, we're having our sunday school party. Still have to figure out snacks and games and crafts for that.

I just.. feel really overwhelmed between my normal church responsibilities (I have 2 months of books to update PLUS I need to start working on year-end), my own home/finances, my family, the holiday season stress, as well as my job being stressful currently. The few days at my parents were SO nice and peaceful for me, but those effects have been blown back up in just 3-4 days back at home, haha. I'm trying to breathe through my irritation/stress and take one day at a time. I have a hard time telling people no. You couldn't have guessed that huh?

[Nelle]

Morning all those that remain. Cold here. And the work car's battery was dead this morning. And I'm back at work. Bah. Totally NOT my time of year.

Mine either. I just want to hibernate like a bear and sleep thru the cold weather to get me back to Spring.

Adam called the dealership yesterday and they told him that basically they dont find anything mechanically wrong with our new car. There is no safety concern. Even though the car is still making the weird creaking sound. He asked them to give us that in writing. We ended up going up there last night and just demanding a new car. He's supposed to call us back today with an update. 

Following...I'm interested in what happens.

Ditto. Brand new cars shouldn't be having issues.

[Roscoe]

I just.. feel really overwhelmed between my normal church responsibilities .......I'm trying to breathe through my irritation/stress and take one day at a time........ I have a hard time telling people no. You couldn't have guessed that huh?

Ditto x3
I think in some ways that true of any ministry. And church secretary IS a ministry make no mistake!

[The Purple Fuzzy]

Ok, I'm gonna give my opinion which may not be popular.
Jesus said "my yolk is easy and my burden is light".
Between our own expectations on ourselves and the "church's" expectations, we are not following the intentions of Jesus.

[Nelle]

I've always struggled with the way I feel, haha. I feel WAY less spiritual than them all. It seems like everyone around me is THRILLED to do all these things and I just wanna crawl into my recliner with my cat LOL. I generally enjoy the outings once I get there, but I "stress" about them from the moment they're announced, hahahaha. Even just having an eye appointment to make sure I attend tomorrow is constantly something on my mind because I'm afraid I'll forget about it and miss it. Sometimes it's irrational worry.. sometimes it's just being overwhelmed.

[Lynx]

Ok, I'm gonna give my opinion which may not be popular.
Jesus said "my yolk is easy and my burden is light".
Between our own expectations on ourselves and the "church's" expectations, we are not following the intentions of Jesus.

When You say come, rest,
Should I be working so hard?
When You say love, rest,
Did You want hands or my heart?
′Cause I have done my best
And still I miss the mark
But I remember You said it's done
So I come

So convinced that it was right,
Adding weight to what was light
Seeking value in Your sight
But I was wrong
For all the labor I have done
Is but a candle to the sun
I can see that it would
Never measure up

- Lindsay McCaul

[Roscoe]

Shew. As usual for the weekend, I find myself busy.   But now, I have some time tomorrow....to myself. :happydance: But it'll likely be cold and rainy, leading me to make my errands brief and return home to lie about.

[Roscoe]

Morning all. What an eventful night! I found myself being a deputy sheriff, wrestling an angry female with a knife, who was covered in baby lotion. I successfully arrested her and transported her to jail in a 1970 Ford pickup (I have NEVER driven one even, to my knowledge), then continued to the next call.
I suspect my ibuprofen I took at 10 pm was laced.    Nothing like a flashback to a past life, with dreams of sheer terror you can't wake up from.
Now I'm in real life again, at work- and feel like I worked a full shift as a deputy. Even though it was only a dream,  

[mini]

Good morning everyone.

[Lynx]

Good morning everyone.

I take that as a personal insult!

Not your greeting, just m*rning in general. It is an affront to my sensibilities.

[Nelle]

Best news ever... My momma finally got to go home from the hospital today!

Turns out last week.. I didn't have to worry about cookies. Mom was scheduled for an upper & lower scope on Friday morning around 7am. Got a phone call around 9:30am from my dad (never good sign) that there had been some complications. They'd found some large polyps in her stomach along with some smaller ones. Small ones they leave, but the larger ones had to be cut out. Somehow she started bleeding inside and it was more than the outpatient clinic could handle so they transferred her over to the hospital. They ended up in a four hour surgery late Friday afternoon/early evening which should have been maybe 2 hours. They ended up having to put a coil in her artery to make sure the bleeding is stopping. She already had some much in her stomach that they couldn't tell if it was successful or not. After surgery she was in the ICU on a ventilator until mid-morning Saturday. She woke up and was excited to have "fresh air" and though her throat was sore (still is), dad said she talked up a storm to everyone, haha. She had fever over the next couple of days and finally got moved from ICU to a regular room on Sunday afternoon. We thought Monday they'd check her stomach and then send her home, but they didn't. Not sure they've ever rechecked her stomach, but I know God healed those bleeding spots on Friday before the surgery - they just couldn't tell for sure.   She had physical therapy and started feeling much better and finally this afternoon she's back home.

RELIEVED. You can imagine the breakdown I experienced when I read that she was on a vent. I felt much better after asking our ladies group at church for prayer plus getting to speak to my dad verbally again finally. Texting isn't his forte LOL. I'm sure my dad will be thankful on his birthday on Friday to have the past several days behind him. I know much of what she experienced is very routine for her situation, but after COVID, I don't take ventilation lightly.

Sunday's ladies dinner party went fine. This Sunday is our kids Sunday school Christmas party. That's still VERY much in the air about the details. Hoping tomorrow night we can clearly define some things.

I'm almost done Christmas shopping. I think I have maybe one or two gifts to get. I still have to wrap everything, but I'm hoping we can make that fun by spending some time with my husband's grandma. She lives alone and that's where we do a majority of the presents I have.. so I'd LOVE to wrap them at her house and leave them under her tree. It'd make Christmas Eve so much easier in getting settled into her house not having to carry a car load of gifts, haha.

Still not really sure WHAT we are doing for my family's Christmas. I may end up taking off the two days after and staying in Arkansas so that Jeremy can come down for the day of Christmas to see everyone and then he and Athena can head back while I stay. I'll have to figure that out with my parents tho. We would have to meet up halfway or something to exchange custody of me, haha. We'll see.