Sudokuaholics Anonymous 7

Good idea.I hope you find some.

And one more so Heidi can come back from her nap

Beat me to it!

Morning rush is starting here. Will pop in and out...

I have just come back in after poisoning weeds.Only got about half done as it is getting hot and humid already at 6.30am.
No petrol for the mower...thats good.

Suzy, Claxton Sheild Baseball is on in Sydney this weekend. We are going Sunday (official invitation for lunch). Taxi service most of today. Will take my 'C' cards as there will be a lot of waiting around in waiting rooms..

Morning June. Hubby walked by to say goodbye just as I read your message and told me that he wanted to go to one of the games - first I've heard of it! Apparently they are playing in Wollongong? Although we will be in Sydney this weekend we have to leave early Sunday morning to get Ebob to her game. I bet yours will be a great game to watch!

I'm wondering if I should knock a few things off my to do list so I can get some christmas cards out this year???

Nola, I dread that part of summer, though it doesn't get as bad down here. Overcast with the occasional drops of rain right now.

Morning lovely SA7 people.
Going to the Christmas party at the care place where Mum lives today. Feel a but ho-hum about it but as long as Mum enjoys it, I will. Taking my Aunt, and she's good for a laugh if the party is no good.

Nola - I saw the film 'Australia' yesterday and to my surprise I liked it. It's not 5 star rating but it is entertaining.

Good Morning Sudokuland
I hope all are well !!!!!!!
had my weigh in at weight watchers last night..
OH OH do you go to these places to put on weight I wonder ??? didn't think so--- 1.6 up
that'll serve me right for eating so much on saturday.....

Morning Cyn. I feel a bit that way about things at the moment - hard to get to, but enjoy them when I get there.

Hey CynB
we have our resident party next Friday
and guess who Santa is ????
big Christmas lunch and a concert, tap dancers coming in, they had all the residents tapping in their seats, very good, and heaps of laughs

Morning Liz, it's that time of year. The only way to completely avoid putting on weight right now is to turn down every invitation...

Empty house!

Time to refill my coffee and come back to chat and finish reading the news.

We lost a beautiful resident yesterday
very sad, and I had an awful day anyway,
so my yesterday started with family trouble
then get to work to find a dear lady had passed
then to topp it off gain at weight watchers
BUTT today is going to be a good day

Going out to Draculas tonight
Theatre restaurant
Ive always been told the food is not that great at these places
so thats good hehe

I don't think I told you about last night. The girls and I went to see a local production of Scrooge. Ally's singing teacher was in it - a small part, but well done. About half of the cast were children. Ebob was ecstatic to see that a boy in her year was in it, along with his younger brother. Another boy who goes to a local private school and sits next to Ebob on the bus sometimes was also in it. Apart from the usual multiple part thing, he was also the ghost of christmas future. When they were all waving goodnight at the end Ebob got a special wave from him. It was fun. I even took the girls a little early so they could join in the before show chit chat.

Liz - that's sad about the resident passing. I've got to know a lot of the other residents where Mum is and I always feel sad when I hear that one of them has gone. It's so sad to see how these people with dementia spend the last years of their lives.

I hope you have a great time Liz. After yesterday even a quiet night would be a good day, so today will be spectacular!

How nice is that Suzy
Have always loved the whole Scrooge show,
Ebob getting a special wave,

Liz - I think I read that your weight loss program is Weight Watchers. I wanted to tell you that my daughter was a very big girl and did her weight loss through Weight Watchers On-line. She has had amazing success and is now an Aussie size 12 which is good considering she is nearly 6 foot tall. I am very proud of her achievement, she has changed her life around and her thinking when it comes to food, and she looks GREAT. Wish her Mother could do it!

It was a very sad day thats for sure
and due to the gastro we have in the place I couldn't even go to her room
and I like to do that just for a moment to say goodbye, she died in hospital, but still like to just sit in the room,
before the staff pack their things

I decided this morning, while waiting for Ally to get ready for school, that I had better get a bit organised about this christmas thing. I started with a list of people other than 'us' that I will need to buy a gift for. There are 32 names on the list!!!! I am now in panic mode. I have been collecting things for a while that I plan to assemble into gifts, but there is no way that there are 32 of them! Holy cr.... you know what I mean..

Speaking of weight... I think my girls are a tiny bit bigger than they should be, but not really overweight. At least I thought that. I just took some of Ally's measurements so I can start her costume today and just about fell over backwards. Her hips are 34"!!! Hmmmm, maybe I should look at what I'm feeding them.

CynB
was told doing online aswell as meetings is a good way, but online is $60 per month and then the meetings on top of that is another $18 per week, but am thinking I will join on line after Xmas, with the meetings seems best, met a girl down there last night who has now lost 35 kilos and she said the first 2 months she was up and down, she said just keep it going, eventually you learn where your going wrong

when I first started to work in the aged care facility where I am, when a resident passed away the staff would pack the belongings into plastic bags, after a month or so, of watching family members carry these big garbags to their cars, I asked the manager if this could be changed to boxes instead, I found it horrible that the residents belingings could just be thrown in to garbage bags, it was changed straight away,
and now I get comments about it, with big thanks from some families.

Hey dont you want to know who is going to be Santa at the Christmas party ???

Liz - my daughter said the first month or two were the worst. I didn't think she paid that much for the on-line thing. Isn't that ridiculous, basically you just do it yourself anyway but you have to be registered online to work out points etc. She has lost about 67kgs.

Heidi FINALLY woke up from her "nap". Just in time to go out and feed the critters.

Cyn Ebob is moving from a size 10 to a size 12 right now (10s too tight, 12s too loose) and is only 5'4"... yep, gotta look at what I'm feeding them.

That's a whole person she lost
she must be so proud and you too of course
67 kilos WOW

Liz - that is a good idea about the boxes. When my Dad passed away, Hubby and I went to collect his belongings from his care home and they were neatly packed, for sure, but in clear plastic bags. Sort of exposed or something.

Liz, who is Santa? And I'm shaking my head at yet another example of your thoughtfulness. Will it never end???

Cyn, 67kg!! That's amazing! How incredibly wonderfully strong and determined your d must be.

She says she's got another 6 kg to go but her hubby and I and everyone else reckon she's fine as she is and she promised her hubby that if he asked her to stop, she would.

Suzy --- In the weight watchers book it gives a healthy range
for a 5.4 height, between 53 -66 kilo's they say is healthy

She's meeting her long-lost bro today and can't wait for him to see the change.

OH my boss tells me, I have changed a lot of things already, and she thinks I focus a lot on bereavement and the palliative stage for the resident and the family..
I have started a memory table with flowers and a photo of the resident that has passed, for one week the photo is displayed, and I tell one of our male residents to go and lower the flag to half mast for 2 days, as a sign of respect.

To Liz, Cous and all other little Dutch boys and girls

Dont forget to leave your shoe out tonight, and sing ♪♪♪

♪♪Sinterklaas Kapoentje
gooi wat in mijn schoetje
gooi wat in mijn laarsje
dank u Sinterklaasje♪♪

♪♪ Sinterklaasje bonne bonne bonne
goi wat in miun lege, lege tonne,
goi wat in mijn Laarsje
Dan u Sinterklaasje♪♪

Hi, Folks! Just jumping in here - have pages to read and no time to read them now, as ffuts to do. Hope you're all having a great day!