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Date Posted: Monday, December 05, 10:06:41pm
Author: Judy
Subject: Coming out of lurk mode ...

and trying to "ketchup" with the board:

First, belated Happy Birthdays to all I've missed - I love that Beaty keeps up with all of our birthdays, both our "oldie" ReBeLs and our "newbies" - it's such fun to see the names pop up and to be able to send good wishes to our RBL friends all over the world!

Next, I LOVE the Christmas wallpapers, Lin - and the Christmas-themed releases page, Beaty. I always wanted to change that border to be more in sync with each month, but didn't know how. In case you haven't realized it by now ReBeLs, Beaty is our resident programming genius.

Next, I read and laughed my way through EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN. I really highly recommend it! Though Evanovich never includes "hot" sexual content in her Stephanie Plum books, the sexual plot element in this book surprised me - plus she dragged out the mystery surrounding it and, for once, I didn't figure it out ahead of time.

And reading way down the board, Merry - Lipitor definitely can cause the symptoms in your legs that you describe. My dh was prescribed Lipitor, but could not take it - he didn't have the muscle problems, but fell asleep all the time - like in the middle of breakfast, after a good night's sleep. There are other drugs on the market that do the same thing as Lipitor - and they're generic, so cost much less.

I feel pretty good about my Christmas shopping, thanks to Amazon - have purchased gifts for my dh, son, and ex-dil (son and d-i-l were divorced a year ago, just as I became ill - but all was done in a very agreeable way - they have separate houses 10 minutes apart and share custody of the two boys - they are each 5 minutes from us, and we are all on truly friendly terms - she went out with the boys the first day of strawberry season this week, and picked a batch for me and a batch for our son - so sweet - both the berries and her!). Since I can't go out shopping yet, tomorrow I'll order from Harry and David for the six nieces and nephews and their families, and the dh's sister and husband. I still have to think of something for my sister and brother - maybe gift cards for Outback Steakhouse (something the dh can go buy). Our son is doing all the shopping for the two little guys and bringing the stuff to our house to hide - we'll sort everything out when he's done, to decide which gift will be from each of us and which will be the Santa gift (probably the last year for Santa, as the oldest just turned 7 - kinda sad).

I've decorated the house with some of my Christmas "collections" - wooden Santas from Russia - creches from Germany, Mexico and the US - representations of Christmas trees - a potted Norfolk pine with little ornaments on it from Germany, Russia, Austria - my angel collection from all over - and various candles. We gave our tree and most of the tree ornaments (the unbreakable ones for now - two young boys plus a cat in his house - nuf said) to our son. He set the tree up, and then we went over yesterday afternoon to watch the boys help him decorate it - a nerve-wracking but fun experience. Afterwards, we pigged out on Japanese and Thai takeout - yummm!

I'm going to attempt to do a simple Christmas dinner here for 6 adults and the two boys - baked ham (Paula Dean - yummy ham!), plain baked white and sweet potatoes, orange jello salad with crushed pineapple and mandarin oranges (my recipe: drain off and save the juice from the canned pineapple - the kind packed in its own juice - and then use that juice as part of the cold water required to make the jello - drain the oranges, too, but don't use that juice in the jello), fresh steamed green beans, pickles (a must-have for my son and me - we eat them all between the two of us), and pumpkin bread and rolls. My sister will make her yummy no-bake, no-egg key lime pie (it's green, so we figure it's Christmasy) for dessert - she's going to make two of them, actually. :) The dh will make Christmas cookies - again, pretty unorthodox ones - my grandmother's recipe for soft sugar cookies (sprinkled with red or green sugar sprinkles before baking), and his mother's chocolate drop cookies (frosted with vanilla icing and sprinkled with red and green too). He also makes the pumpkin bread!

So here I am, looking forward to Christmas - who'da thought??? I'm sooooo in a happy place right now!!!

PS - Someone mentioned bean soup - our son takes the ham bone and makes the bean soup for all of us after Christmas. Another yummm!

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[> Hey, Kiddo! It's WonderFUL seeing you post. And now you seem to have more energy than I do. Enjoy your holidays and give those grandbabies a hug from me, too. -- Beaty, Monday, December 05, 11:34:07pm

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[> Judy - I'm so glad to know you're feeling better. Wishing you the best of the season and a continued recovery. -- Beth, Tuesday, December 06, 01:34:21am

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[> I loved Explosive Eighteen too. She's always good for a laugh!! Judy it's great to see you here too.. Have you taken a close look at the font for the Book release button? See if you can figure it out, Beaty & I found & used it with YOU in mind... Have a GREAT Holiday!! -- , Tuesday, December 06, 01:37:00pm

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[> [> Okay, I give up - I can't figure it out. Of course, I never figured out our RBL title letters either until it was discussed on the board, and I'd been programming using it for years. I do like the idea of having the button on the board - very handy. -- Judy, Tuesday, December 06, 07:28:08pm

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[> [> [> Think evening with us in the Poconos and Vegas Judy -- You have to look really, really closely. Try staring at the capital letter N.....*G* -- Ann Ann

, Wednesday, December 07, 06:38:22pm

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[> [> [> [> Dominoes! Beaty's favorite game! -- Judy, Friday, December 09, 07:28:44pm

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[> I'm so excited to see you posting again I just hardly know what to say. I am enjoying Explosive 18 also but it is taking me a couple days to read because I don't have much spare time lately. I am so impressed with all your energy so and have a fantastic holiday season and I'm sure you are treasuring every single moment. I haven't done any baking yet going to have to get some done this weekend. -- debbie O, Tuesday, December 06, 09:45:24pm

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[> Wow, Judy! If I lived closer, I might want to ride over your house the day AFTER Christmas because it sounds like you will have MEGA leftovers! I want to do some baking but I'm not using white sugar if I can help it, so am trying to gather recipes that are more healthy but have that 'sweet' that we all want during this time of year. Seems like an ideal set up for the son and dil split, must make it a little easier on the kids too. Enjoy all the festivities!! -- Robin, Wednesday, December 07, 11:54:27am

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[> Thanks, Judy, for the encouraging words... I do believe the Lipitor had something to do with my sudden inabilities; of course, no doctor will come out and flat agree with me, but it's just WAY too much to be coincidental to ignore. And yes, I was always sleepy, too - I would wake up, just to take a nap! I just hope that eventually things get back to whatever passes for normal, really soon, though! -- Merry, Friday, December 09, 01:21:44pm

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