TUESDAY, November 25, 2025

[purrfect-lady]

I'm back from appt #3 and by golly it's happy hour! I may be going by EST, but I earned this! All appts went well. My new baby dentist is actually painless! Even when he said I'd feel a pinch before the novacaine injection, I kept waiting and waiting for the pinch. no pinch! And after the appt, they bring you a warm moist towel to just refresh.

JANA - I'm here mostly because I was wanting an update on Mr. G. Praying his sugar holds and he comes home tonite.

mz

[Marilynsgrammy]

Jana, not sure what time you updated your post but my hope is that Mr.. G is in the recovery room and all fixed

Maryz, You have been b usy with appointments today. I think you should take the rest of the hours in the day and make them happy hours. I hate that pinch from the novicane needle, I told my dentist not to use it unless I beg.

Maryq, come on girl, give me a kitchen update, I've been waiting all day.

Got my kitchen stove and counters cleaned. No floors. I think I will do bathrooms tomorrow.

To quote Tigger TTFN

[auntjana]

It's 5 pm mountain time, that's 4 pm Chriss's time in California. The Dr has talked to Sarah. They are keeping him overnight and will release him around noon tomorrow. They did do a stent - on a original aorta on the heart. The bypasses were fine. So now we've added a 5th artery repair.

Matt is staying till late tonight and Aaron is bringing him home tomorrow. Aaron's new boss is good with Aaron splitting his time and working from home.

Thank you so much for your prayers and concern.

Many hugs,
Jana

[purrfect-lady]

Jana, that is all good news. I hope he has an easy night and comes home. Feeling better tomorrow. Thanks for the update. I checked in this evening just to see.

Chris, nope. No pinch. They had my cheek and gums numbed pretty good with a topical medicine first. First dental appointment I have ever had in my life where I could truly say it was painless.

Mary Q-what’s going on! Did everything get finished?

[zfatcat]

Jana, glad they were able to fix the problem minimally invasive. I bet you are glad that procedure is done. Hope it works. Now if you could get your permanent teeth, you'd be sitting pretty.

Maryz, sounds like you found a good dentist. Mine is the same. I never feel the pinch either.

Chriss, the barn quilt is on a coated metal and we used exterior paint. I'll post a picture tomorrow.

Lyn, hope this are okay. Thinking about you a lot.

Had a fun day. Came home and made Italian sausage, pasta shells with butter and zucchini for for dinner. It was yummy.

[purrfect-lady]

Good morning,

I got some good sleep last night and feel so rested. I slept in my chair for an hour, went to bed at 8pm and didn't wake up until 5am. It feels so good to feel so good!

LOIS - so happy your foot is improving so much! PT can do wonderful things. And I'm with you - I don't like holiday traffic - especially NYE. And it's nice of Billy to spend the holiday with his MIL after her recent loss.

JUDI - you have been like a whirling dervish all week long, decorating, cleaning, decorating, cooking, decorating! I feel like your house is what Mrs. Claus's house must be like this time of year. When you dip your cookies, do you just do a halfway dip, complete dip, or just frost? I never thought about dipping peanut butter cookies in chocolate, but it's a great idea! Now I may have to bake something today. Thanks a lot! Congrats to Ryker! He'll have to eat venison all year long now! Not MY thing either! Maybe his special ornament this year should be a blown glass deer. Though most of the deer ornaments are reindeer, as in Santa's reindeer. Maybe that's not such a good idea after all.

JANA - I'm happy that procedure is in the rearview mirror for Mr. G. and that they were able to, hopefully, fix his problem. I'm sure you've been stressed. Thank goodness you have good kids to help out when you need them! Are you done decorating yet? Will your Thanksgiving be able to go on as planned? I think you were all gathering at Sarah's?

CHRISS - good plan to divide the chores up through the week. Dentistry without novocaine because you don't like the pinch? No thanks!! Been there, done that (not by choice!!) at age 9 - and that's the source of my extreme fear of dentists. Pinch away, I say! Where is the wound on Dad's leg? Calf? Shin? Any idea what caused this? My BIL had similar infx from a sliver in his finger. It was EXTREMELY serious. He ended up in the hospital for 9 days and almost lost his hand. Dad needs to keep that wound clean and follow dr's orders as much as possible. I'm sure with Judi's needs though he has to be up a lot through the day. Taking meals to them is such a great help. What is Elliott doing for TG? He is probably in high demand. I invited my DGSs to join us (our TG feast will be Friday) but both are working that day. I wasn't too sorry. Like LOIS said - holiday traffic can be fearful. I've got long phone charging cord on my hospital list, thanks to you. Tigger says TTFN? I don't hang with the Winnie the Pooh crowd, so you gave me a bit of a riddle. And I thought and I thought.... ta ta for now?

FLO - I hope you had a happy birthday! Your new puppy was a great gift! Did the kids come over for supper or maybe you went out? I hope there was cake. I want everyone to have cake on their birthday.

MQ - how is it going? will the plumber be there today? Hard for everyone to be working in the same small space at the same time. I'm sure that binding will turn up. I usually drape mine over a slightly open cabinet door - in plain site but I still can't "see" it sometimes. I looked at your weather - BRRRRrrrr..... I hope you've got your woolies handy! You and JUDI both! My phone says you have a feels like temp of 2* with snow come Saturday. Better lay in the bread, peanut butter, coffee, and wine!

LORI - I rec'd the pattern yesterday. Thank you! I mean to text you but when we got back from dentist, kids came over, dinner was et, and I fell asleep! So thank you! Will you want it back when I am done with it? I am very good at returning loans. I think I will kit it up today. I am very curious to see your barn painting when it's done. Is it a barn or a barn block? I painted a block on 2'x2' piece of plywood and Bill put it on the house. The block I chose was called "Austin", my maiden name. It's a sawtooth star.

VAL - what project is forefront right now? I know you usually have several in progress. Nice that you are getting your sewing times in at the quilt shops again. I'm sure you missed them! Are you doing anything special for Thanksgiving?

LYN - if you check in here - we're all thinking of you and Garry! Hope you are getting some much needed rest. If it were possible, there would be a place for you at our TG table.

Yesterday was a busy day for me - 3 appointments. But they were all easier than I'd anticipated. And my new baby dentist truly was painless. No pinch! And he's funny and chatty. I actually enjoyed the visit, except for, well, you know, - the reason I was there! However, they took my blood pressure and it was a bit high, which wasn't surprising. I'll take it again today and for a few more days. If it stays high, I'll msg my dr. Maybe she needs to up my Losartan. The last few months have been a bit stressful. Anyway, I was tuckered by end of day. Fell asleep in my chair at 7p, went to bed at 8p, and slept until 5a. Nice!

Today I have no appts, nothing Thanksgivingy to do. We are having 22 yards of gravel delivered for our driveway (a scant 1/10 mile long). We do this every 5 yrs or so. And boy, has the price of crushed rock gone up! Merry Christmas, Bill & Mary ! But since I don't have to spread the gravel myself, I will be kitting up the mitten project LORI sent to me. Maybe I'll bake choc-dipped peanut butter cookies, `ala JUDI. Maybe I'll give VAL's binding method a whirl. And maybe start painting some of the Nativity figures that are spread all over my table. And I have a few presents to wrap. Maybe I'll work on THAT while Bill is at the Y this morning. So now my empty day just got filled up!

Lee & Lara asked us to go to Mexican restaurant so no cooking tonite. Works for me!

Have a happy Thanksgiving Eve!
mary z
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