Mom's still in the hospital - - her fluid level(?) - - however they measure fluid retention - - was 1000 when she went in Monday. It's down to 500 as of this morning. But, she has pneumonia, too. And she wants to go home, and she keeps going outside in 30 degree weather to smoke ( Read more... )

To samantha_vimes - - thank you for the lovely card, sweetie!

And from cruisedirector, a wonderful Snarry card! Thank you! I scared J when I squealed.

lorelei633 and fanfromfla, both your lovely cards have arrived. Thank you both so much! *hugs*

tobyfan, thank you so much for your lovely card! *hugs*

From pride_of_erin, I got a virtual bundle of gifts and a gift certificate. Thank you, sweetie!

And from an anonymous Santa, another bundle of gifts! Thank you!

To wolfens - - thanks for the lovely card, and your very sweet words. *hugs* Such pretty babies!

To adrianabr - - thank you for the beautiful card, and the necklace. *squee* I will model it at some point. J got a laugh out of the "pink parts" comment.

rosybug, your beautiful card arrived today. Thank you - - you always send the loveliest cards.

Thanks to luvmax1 for the beautiful card and book. The book, "Girlfriends are the Best Friends of All" is filled with quotes, poems, and observations about friendship between women. I *love* books like that.

mrs_sweetpeach's gift arrived at the right time as always. Saturday ( Read more... )

And we think Taylor will be okay. He has a cut on his foot(15 stitches), a mild concussion, 2 broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung. The main thing they're concerned about is bleeding around his kidneys. They're keeping him in ICU overnight to keep an eye on that, but if he does okay, they'll either move him to a regular room or send him home ( Read more... )

I'll be elbow deep in Thanksgiving dinner soon, but wanted to thank all of you for being such wonderful friends. You're all the *best*, and I am always thankful I have you.

Mom's still smoking, and is being a little cool to me, but I really expected both of those. Even if it didn't do any good, she knows how I feel now, and I don't feel like all that's festering inside me now ( Read more... )

From me and J to amazonx - - we both loved the card, it made us laugh.

And to Gus and Toby by way of desert_rifka - - J was very amused by Toby's message in particular.