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he heavily photoshopped himself in this picture, i think. she looks real world new mommie. as for the dr appt, its pretty standard now to take the baby in for the first visit usually the day after leaving the hospital.

four children is not really a lot. its seems pretty average to me. i had four and if i could have had more, i probably would have. i am NOT fundy either. but really, four is manageable. now....8, 9, 10 - thats a lot!

random question --- isnt there a pattern of what day of the week they make announcements? i have to believe that baby is born and they are waiting for the right moment. i just cant remember what the pattern is.

in my experience, it is a few specific churches that are in defiance. none around my area are meeting, that i know of. my BIL goes to one about an hour away that is meeting in defiance of the order. i think he is being foolish. i could go to outdoor services but i choose not to.

ours are daily from the governor and daily from the mayor of los angeles plus online updates for our county. also, we are in the most restrictive level of stay-at-home in my area. restaurants in los angeles area cannot even have outdoor dining. we still can, for today anyway. oh and churches....ours are either shut down and going online OR outdoors only. no church activities allowed here at all. and its been that way since the beginning of this. i personally am on hard lockdown at my own discretion. it is hard because husband likes to eat out at restaurants and i just dont feel okay about it. i have gone a few times but have taken a step way back as of last monday.

do you think they are flying out to cali for the birth?

glad to see lots of good news today. for me -- i got a call this morning from texas and got to video chat with the 3 grandboys out there. it was a sorely needed visit for me!

my heart goes out to you. i say -- take the time to cry. you earned it with the love you gave your cat.

just this morning sent out birthday letters with $ for the twin grands having birthdays next week that i will be missing. i am sending money to all the grands and to their parents so my shopping is minimal this year. it will be the easiest holiday season ever for me! our state still has schools locked down so i may get to see the local kids for christmas eve if they maintain the effort of little to no exposure for them. now that i cancelled my texas trip for next week, i am thinking ahead to their spring break in march and maybe driving there to reduce exposure. time will tell... on another note, just consumed a whole frozen gluten-free sweet potato crust pizza for my lunch. they are smaller than your may expect so i don't feel guilty and besides i pay a fortune for them. and dinner is in the crock pot...stew and red lobster biscuits. laundry is on last load for today and house is clean. yay!!!

i have pretty much decided not to go....just waiting till the last minute to actually do it. maybe i need to make the call tomorrow and just 'bank' my ticket again. i would hate to get there and then not be able to get back home.

struggling with whether to cancel y trip to texas for thanksgiving week/twin birthday week. i have read about the rise in cases there as well as what our own governor says.

the copy of the drivers license was what made me stop and go whoa. what could they ever need with that?

hi friends, i have news. after a 20 year search and after learning tons about DNA relationships and all the different ways to search for records, i am happy to share that yesterday i finally solved the mystery of who my mothers birth parents were. i had solved and met her mothers side years ago but the fathers side was VERY difficult to figure out. it took the help of a sweet lady in utah to walk me though the steps of research and percentages and calculating and learning new stuff. but yesterday the stars aligned and i have a full complete family tree now. this is huge! my search was in response to a promise i made my mother when she passed in 1999. i did it! i honored her wishes!!!! YAY!!!!!! i am so proud of myself.

been on hallmark and hgtv off and on all day. no election stuff going on here other than voting.

i like whoever chose Verity. it goes well with felicity. i also was thinking other virtue names ie Patience, Hope, Faith, Mercy, Trinity, Charity etc...

we had no trick-or-treaters at all. our governor said no to the whole thing and i guess most people respected that. i didn't even buy candy because i knew with me being high risk, we weren't going to have hoards of kids come over -- that was not a risk i could agree to. my good news is hubby and i had a fabulous steak dinner date tonight at a very nice restaurant. they had rented a 'wedding tent' with chandeliers to put in the street part of an outdoor mall near us. its a 5 star restaurant doing the best they can with the covid restrictions to serve outdoors. it was very nice and relaxing.

thanks for asking! i am hanging in. neck and ear are still numb. healing nicely. but its been a challenge on the daily here. cant remember what i have updated you all on lately so ...in short...in the same week, husband was diagnosed with possible kidney cancer AND my ct scan that started al the chaos shows changes in my lungs so i too am being monitored for cancer. we both have CT's due in january to see if there has been any changes. that has really messed with my mind for sure. both of my parents died with lung cancer. planning a trip to see the grands for thanksgiving. got a smoking deal on a ticket a few months ago and flights are still restricted as to headcount so i am probably going to go. trying to get motivated to use my new sewing machine on a more regular basis...its been hard to find myself with all the health crisis's we have had the last handful of months. trying to stay on weight watchers but have lost my umphhh to be strict with myself. oh and started christmas shopping this morning. most will get cash but the littles need something to open besides that.

100% with you on this!

i have always thought that.

that long? i am calling for it sooner...

same here. have had two haircuts since march...most recently in prep for surgery. hoping to get back on the every 6weeks rotation as i hate the bushy messy look i end up with when i don get it cut.

so that video was prep for the wedding announcement?

nope never ever got an rx for pain meds. told me to take tylenol or motrin over the counter strength. i have allergies to several and so this is what they left me with - nothing!

truly, that is how i feel too. this will pass!

yes. i do get a kick out of watching them both but i also feel like its taking all their privacy away. they give full names and birthdates of those children and that just sets them up for credit theft their whole dang lives. i will say, the all do seem to be happy kids.