[Book a Week 2020 - BW1: Happy New Year - Our Journey Continues]

39 minutes ago, aggieamy said:

Ooh. That looks interesting!

You must be close to me. I'm Kansas City area. I've stocked up on hot chocolate. I still have to run to the library. I'm sure it'll be a zoo with everyone desperate to get reading material before the storm ... or maybe not. Maybe it's just my family that panics we're going to RUN OUT OF BOOKS!

 

No, I’m actually in Huntsville, AL.  We aren’t expecting snow, unfortunately.  It’s wind damage and tornadoes.  I hope we will get some snow before the season is over.  😊

[Book a Week 2020 - BW1: Happy New Year - Our Journey Continues]

  I am frustrated, because my reading for the year is off to a very slow start.  We’ve had a rough re-entry into real life after the holidays, and on top of that, I’m not really enjoying any of my books I’ve started.  
 I got myself a new kindle after Christmas so I can read ebooks again, and I think I might try to find a couple to read this weekend.  We have severe weather coming in tomorrow, so everything is cancelled.  I plan to spend a lot of time reading.  

[Fires in Australia]

So scary.  You have been on my mind all day.  I am praying for you and your family. 

[Anyone else get lost this week.]

I really enjoy the days between Christmas and New Years.  We enjoy the quiet after all the busyness. 

[Could you pray for my friend?]

Yes, I will pray for her.

[2020 52 books in 52 weeks - Are you ready to take the plunge yet?]

Hi gang!  I will give it a try again.  I mostly lurk to get ideas about books anyway.  Although this year I think my goal should be to read what I already have.  Right now I’m working on The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart.  

[Hello! Coming out of lurking!]

Glad to hear from you!  😊

[What do you want for the holidays?]

I’m hoping to get some ideas here.  DH asked me for a list the other day and all I could come up with was craft scissors.  He wasn’t really impressed.  😊

[Wait, everyone's not cancelling school tomorrow for the new Pokémon game?]

I can’t say anything.  I would have been fine cancelling school Tuesday when Disney + launched.  🤣😂🤣

[Sorry to keep bugging everyone, but . . . Breast cancer treatment?]

That’s a great update!  I’m glad to hear it.  😊

[Would you try to make it through this extreme "haunted house" for a $20,000 prize?]

Hell to the no.  
 

How is this legal anyway!?! 

I am a wimp who won’t watch scary movies or attend regular haunted houses.  

[New puppy - reverse sneezing all night??]

 We had a beagle that did that pretty much every day.  But she did it as an adult dog.  Since it’s a puppy, I think you’re doing the right thing taking him in.  My current beagle has never done it.  
Also, shame on whoever was mean to a beagle puppy.  They are the best doggies, in my opinion. 

[Did I do the right thing?]

Yes you did the right thing. 

[Progressive Christianity - interest in thread or social group?]

I’m interested!  

[.]

2 minutes ago, Arctic Mama said:

With JW?  It could be transfusions or vaccines, though the latter seems to have been allowed in recent decades.  There’s any number of smaller church polity things too.  And, uh, the whole cult-y thing. I mean, potentially if her son converted to a mainline or evangelical Christianity there is much concern then for some of the doctrinal positions and eschatology of his Mom’s church.

Without knowing more specifically what the concern is this is all just speculation of course.

 

 

I was also wondering if maybe it was related to the military or politics/voting?  But I might be totally off base.  I’m really confused by the thread, and I’ve read the whole thing.  (I know it’s hard to get complicated situations across on a message board, especially if you’re trying to be vague.) 

[.]

Scarlett, I’m just going to be blunt and ask, and feel free to ignore if you want.  Did you not go to your son’s wedding for some reason?  Or is it a completely different issue?  

[What’s the biggest family your kids know?]

My sister in law has 9 kids, so they are very used to it.  😊 I think there are plenty of people who look at us with our 4 kids and think we are a little nuts though.  🤷🏻‍♀️

[Dr. Hive: I’ve been referred to a rheumatologist]

Thanks y’all!  I’m so glad I can ask about pretty much anything on here and someone will know about it.  😊

[Do you find it helpful when people tell you to relax?]

No, it’s definitely not helpful!  (At least almost never helpful.) It’s sort of like telling someone with anxiety to just “stop worrying.” 

[Dr. Hive: I’ve been referred to a rheumatologist]

 I went in for routine labs a couple weeks ago, and my dr let me know that she’s referring me to a rheumatologist.  My appointment is not until November, and of course I goggled a bunch of stuff and now I’m a little worried, plus I’m just plain curious. 

 So, here’s what’s up.  My ANA was positive.  My dsDNA antibodies was 36, which is well out of the normal range of 0-4.  And my Sed rate was a little elevated (31). 

 When I google the dsDNA, lupus is pretty much all that comes up.  I don’t know much about lupus, but I don’t think I really fit the criteria?

 I have some fatigue, but I have 3 big kids that I homeschool and shuttle everywhere and an 18 month old who still co-sleeps and nurses at night.  I do have some joint pain and tenderness, but it’s not all the time and it’s not debilitating.  I could stand to lose 20 lbs, and I don’t take the best care of myself, but I don’t do a horrible job, either.    So I have some reasons for the only two symptoms I have. 

 I’m just adding all this information in, because I’m hoping someone will have some btdt advice or something. 

 

 

 

 

[Are teen girls just idiots?]

Yeah, I’m curious to know what some of the questions were - that is, if you feel like sharing them.  

[POLL: Did you smash cake in your spouse’s face at your wedding?]

We fed each other a tiny bite of cake if I remember correctly.  Definitely no smashing.  I’d be ticked off if he humiliated me like that, and I think he’d be ticked at me if I did it to him.  

DH is in events planning, and I think he can sometimes tell that a couple will likely get divorced.  He doesn’t typically see the wedding receptions though, so I can’t ask him about that part specifically.

[a whine: home maintenance chores]

Oh, not much....just $21k worth of foundation repair, plus a new HVAC unit.  ☠️☠️☠️

Also I need to declutter the entire house and really deep clean my chicken and duck coops.  Fun times all the way around.  

[News: Dressbarn is closing all of its stores]

Oh no!  I have always really liked their clothes.  😞 

[Living where the majority political views are not yours]

20 minutes ago, kiwik said:

 

Could someone tell me which colour is which there? Her Blue is National (conservative) and red Labour (more liberal socially focussed).

 

Red is Republican and Blue is Democrat.