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Sheba, Oz is cold. Hope the cats have a warm place.
Today I volunteered for 2 hours but it turned into 4 hours. Long day but good.
Glad your Dr Appt doesn’t have surprises this month.

@sheba2011

Hi and good evening. Saw hubby yesterday, not today. Hubby’s dinner yesterday was interesting. Tons of food. Nothing really pureed. Not sure if the main protein was cubed chicken or something else. He had mashed potatoes and a veggie. Tea came with the meal along with ice cream in a dixie cup for dessert. He asked for any kind of juice following dinner. An aide brought him apple juice and he drank the whole thing. No coughing. I will not pureed his food when he returns home. However, I think I will work with the nutritionist at the hospital just to be on the safe side. The meals are huge. Nothing like what they give him at the rehab. He is now asking for rice. In Asia they have a rice dish called Congee. I had no idea what it was until I saw it as part of a breakfast buffet and decided to give it a try. At first I thought it may have been an eel or something more drastic. I was surprised that it was overcooked rice that was an Asian oatmeal. However, unlike our cereal which sometimes bland, this one had all kinds of things added to it. Nuts, pork, fish, meat , etc.. Your choice. I started laughing out loud while typing this. We were in NYC, Chinatown. It was extremely cold. So we kept going to one
restaurant after another to warm up. One of the restaurants had congee on the menu. We both ordered it. The waitress asked if we knew what it was. We both chimed in “your oatmeal.” She was absolutely dumbfounded. I asked for nuts and pork and hubby a sked for fish and nuts so we could interchange. Anyway, I will make this dish for hubby when he returns to rehab. His health is not the issue. Seems they are having problems with the insurance. I tried to reach case management this afternoon. Ended up leaving a message. I would hate to think that I would end up paying for this hospital stay. This is the first time we have had this problem.

Had my hair taken care of today. Trim and color. It felt so good to have someone else do the shampoo and conditioner. Went to the Farmer’s Market following the appointment. I purchased the stone plums and they are sweet. They also had Bing cherries on sale. Wow!!!! Oh yes, dragon fruit. I now wonder if you can get Dragon fruit through some companies on line. Hubby loves the Dragon fruit and I am thinking of mixing it with the plums and cherries. I’m thinking it may be good with bananas as well. Smoothie comes to mind.

When I finally made it home had some messages from my new Auto Insurance Co.. For some reason I cannot sign anything in Adobe. I try, but it remains blank. These forms need to be signed by Friday or Saturday. I’ve been trying for three weeks on a daily basis to no avail. No one seems to know what the problem is. And I thought I was good with computers until now .

Hope you have a great evening. Another suggestion on the kitties. You may want to try an electric heater. Nothing too big and something that would be on a low setting where they eat.
Who knows, they just may curl up and sleep till morning.

The Christmas Song
Song by The King Cole Trio

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that Santa’s on his way
He’s loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother’s child is gonna spy
To see if reindeers really know how to fly
And so I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you
And so I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

This Christmas
Song by Donny Hathaway

Hang all the mistletoe
I’m gonna get to know you better, yeah
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it’s gonna be together, yeah
This Christmas
Fireside is blazing bright
We’re caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me
Presents and cards are here
My world is filled with cheer and you
This Christmas
And as I look around
Your eyes outshine the town they do
This Christmas
Fireside is blazing bright
We’re caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me, yeah
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
Fireside is blazing bright
We’re caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me, yeah
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
A hand now
Wish your brother merry Christmas
All over the land

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Song by Andy Williams

It’s the most wonderful time of the year
With the kids jingle belling
And everyone telling you, “Be of good cheer!”
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
It’s the hap-happiest season of all
With those holiday greetings and happy meetings
When friends come to call
It’s the hap-happiest season of all
There’ll be parties for hosting
Marshmallows for toasting
And caroling out in the snow
There’ll be scary ghost stories
And tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
There’ll be much mistletoeing
And hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
There’ll be parties for hosting
Marshmallows for toasting
And caroling out in the snow
There’ll be scary ghost stories
And tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
There’ll be much mistletoeing
And hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near
It’s the most wonderful time
Yes, the most wonderful time
Oh, the most wonderful time of the yeah

Someday at Christmas
Song by Stevie Wonder and Andra Day

Someday at Christmas men won’t be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our hearts will see
A world where men are free
Someday at Christmas there’ll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life’s really worth
There’ll be peace on earth
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas we’ll see a land
With no hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning people will share
A world where people care
Whoa, someday at Christmas there’ll be no tears
When all men are equal and no man has fears
One shinning moment one prayer away
From our world today
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Hate will be gone and love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart, yeah
whoa, yeah
(Someday in a world where men are free)
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime

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Jennifer Love Hewitt -‘Inheriting Magic’ Memoir

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California Kitten and Happy Holidays. I hope the cats bring a smile
to your face. ✨🌹Enjoy the Season.

@shoelady,

Good afternoon in the ‘burgh. How are you feeling today? My sniffles are done and we
will have snow tomorrow. Bah Humbug. ✨ I mean that.

I have been going in and out to feed the cats I want to make sure they are protected. 💕

Enjoy this when you can.

Sending warm hugs to you and Jake. ✨🌹😎 Enjoy your Hockey Team today I hope they
win again. 🌹✨

@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. ✨🌹😎 Wishing you a nice day and a warm one.

Oodie is your husband out of the hospital? I hope he is settle in right about now.

I know he will miss the food he had there. No worries I am sure you have a little
something for him. 🌹✨

How are you feeling today? I hope no major pain I know how that feels.

If you are resting or taking care of business just check in when you can.

We are chilly today here in OZ. Guess what? We will have snow tomorrow. ✨

Please take care of yourself too. ✨🌹Let me know how things go for you today.
I am sure you have a lot of irons in the fire and that alright.