Ordered my four though am guessing we won't have much immediate need for a while and really feel that this is too little, too late.

Yesterday, Sam's club had a limit of one for toilet paper which didn't surprise or bother me. Chicken aisle almost completely empty. A few packs of wings and about 10 double packs of whole chickens. Limits were 8 on chicken but the family before me with four kids and I each took two so six left when we left the aisle. No refill packs of hand soap but I did get a four-pack of Dial individual dispensers. Back to weird hand sanitizer brands.

Thought of this thread today because I needed milk and bread and stopped at Kroger on my way home from church. Remembered that the kids had said we needed ramen noodles so stopped to pick them up - empty section. Only "soy sauce" flavor left. We don't use the flavor packets anyway so I bought some. We've had Covid and noncovid sore throats around here and ramen had been something that tasted good. I wondered if others are sucking down ramen with sore throats causing the shortage or if there is a supply issue.

Lol! That's great. We have eight people living at our address so half of us can test once with this "awesome" new program.

Thank you for all your kind words and prayers. She is living on in the memories of her three children, 17 grandchildren and her legacy will hopefully pass on to her six great- grandchildren. Christian content: Some of her last words that she whispered over and over in hospice that last day were "I love Jesus". It was a wonderful testimony for us to hear. And like my Dad said, "I hope that's the way I am on my last day on earth". I'm enjoying (with tears) thinking of her transition to heaven on strong knees and dancing/moving with no pain or weakness.

I thought I should add an update to this topic. My brother is still out of breath and has to sit to recover when doing anything like walking. My mom ended up passing away a week ago today. As my brother said, "December really sucked". She had been sent home from the hospital with home health care checking on her and Dad, and physical and occupational therapists several times a week. I still hadn't been able to visit because I had a virus (non-covid) the whole month of December. My brother was there on Christmas Eve and said she was doing really well. I talked to her on the phone on Christmas night and she was doing well but by the time my brother visited on the 26th something had happened. She had heart trouble and kidney trouble so it may have been a combo of the two. She ended up in the ER on Tuesday morning. She chose not to go to the ICU for intervention but was admitted to hospice on Tuesday night and passed less than 24 hours later. My brothers weren't sure I was going to make it to hospice in time so I had a brief conversation with her on a speaker phone before we arrived. Barely able to speak she made sure I could clearly hear her tell me to "Be Careful!". That sums her up . . . always worried about someone else rather than herself.

I am no expert and the information guidelines seem to change daily but I would not retest person b unless symptoms develop. Everything I read in the middle of December said that 10 days after onset of symptoms is when you are free from quarantine and 48 hours after last fever. My adult son had Covid in December and he followed the above guidelines. Actually, he quarantined maybe one day longer than the 10 just because it was a Saturday and then tested again on Saturday night to be sure before he went to church and got a negative result. My worry with Person A is that they had something else when symptoms first appeared band then caught Covid sometime between day 2 and day 10. Is that possible? My sil had a non-covid virus that turned into pneumonia in November but then before she fully recovered became positive for Covid (probably exposed through adult children working).

My oldest was on Accutane when he was 17. He has basically made me promise to never put any of the other kids on it. He didn't realize that what he was feeling was depression until he was off of it. He refers to that year as "the dark time". We had discussed this issue, his doctor had discussed the issue and we all still missed it.

I was looking forward to starting back into a routine on Monday but now it will be Tuesday? Or Wednesday? We were all sick a lot in December so it feels like "normal" hasn't happened in a long time. Then my mom took a bad turn this week, ended up in hospice and passed within 48 hours. We are relieved that she is no longer suffering but , of course, normal is going to be delayed for a while longer. As my brother said, December has sucked" - some may remember he was hospitalized with Covid for 8 days and is still struggling (now has a blood clot in his leg), my mom fell and broke her neck which started the downward spiral for her. I am ready for January to bring new hope.

We were figuring out the same game this afternoon, but we got to the end of that nifty sequence of pre-planned moves and looked at each other blankly because we had no idea what we were doing 🤣. We watched the how to play video and it all became clear. Very fun game!

I have a pantry that is in the basement so have trained everyone in the family that if they bring the last of anything upstairs, write it on my markerboard grocery list that's on the refrigerator. I think pandemic shortages made them more aware of how much easier this made our lives. Before this system, we were constantly our of something because with 7 people in the house I could not keep track of the pantry inventory. I fill out our wall calendar at the same time I do menu planning. That way I can see practice/game schedules and make sure meal prep requirements fit into the schedule. Menus for the week are on my fridge markerboard. Everyone knows what's going on. My adult son who still lives at home works nights. He can easily see what we had for supper when he eats before work the next day. I also circle and mark the past meals so it's clear what leftovers are available.

It's been a long process for him. Last summer he purchased a PC with enough memory and speed to run the flight simulator. I think he ended up deciding to use Microsoft's simulator. The pedal and yoke system are Logitech brand. He ordered the extra monitors and a monitor stand today to finish out the set. We live near the National Museum of the Air Force so last spring he was able to take a class taught by retired pilots on their flight simulators. He now has basically the same setup they used. If you are interested, Timberdoodle sells an introduction to piloting course that my son has really enjoyed.

One of the biggest hits here were credit card knives that I think came from the unique gift thread here. My ds24 really liked his and kept using to open boxes and packages all day yesterday. Ds24:. Got a carry-on suitcase which made him Lol because he has been borrowing mine all year and forgetting to return it. Dd27 and DS20:. Both got new phones which they needed desperately. It was hard for me to wait on my son's. His old phone completely died last Monday but he kind of suspected we had purchased one for him and could probably tell since I kept checking to see if he had ordered another one! DS18:. All he wanted was hoodies and quarter zips. I managed to find one themed with his favorite online game so he was happy. DS16:. My aspiring pilot now has all the pieces and parts he needed to really have a decent flight simulator. We bought him the yoke system, his grandparents got the pedals and he purchased the extra monitors needed to really have a good experience. It's fun to watch him. He explored the world "by air" today. The city in Japan where my dh grew up, and the city in Bangladesh where his brother and aunt are. It uses real satellite imaging updated daily so very cool! DS14:. Still into Legos so he is easy to please! DD12:. Got a kit that teaches how to use polymer clay and has been having a ball making animals. Is already running out of clay so spent some of her birthday money today on more clay and a idea book. A new hobby is born 🙂

My dh's family cannot eat ham without raisin sauce. Before I married into his family I had never heard of such a thing but it's a normal part of my holiday cooking now and has been for the past 32 years. Yesterday I got all the food on the table, looked at my list and checked it twice and called everyone to the buffet table. During my fil's prayer I gasped out loud because I had forgotten to make the raisin sauce. It was too late as everything else was ready - they joked that they were going to disown me -lol! It was all in good fun. I still don't know how I forgot. I had checked the day before to make sure I had the raisins. I think my mistake was not setting them on the counter. I hadn't written it down on my menu list either.

My question:. How would she have been able to get your email from a check? I vote scam!

And I keep seeing those huge numbers and wondering how many more there are because so many are taking the at home tests and those aren't getting reported. We know so many people right now with Covid or recovering from Covid. More than the last two years put together.

I think some years that we have too many traditions but it is what it is! Ravioli and Pioneer Woman's Christmas finger jello and egg nog for Christmas Eve supper. Stockings first thing on Christmas morning. Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast and then presents (and we take turns opening the presents one at a time so it is a long event!) My dh started the tradition of he and the kids sleeping under the Christmas tree one night. I'm kind of sad this year because none of them have mentioned it - youngest is 12 so I'm guessing that tradition has gone.

We haven't changed any plans at this point. We will be hosting Christmas at our house which will be the 7 of us who live here, my adult son (unvaccinated but had Covid three weeks ago so I'm more comfortable than usual being around him), my adult dd and her 2 year old son and my in-laws. All except baby and my adult son are vaccinated and most are boostered. I wear masks whenever I'm out but found out this weekend that my dh doesn't. We were going into Kroger's together and I reminded him to wear a mask. As we walked through I was amazed at how many masks I saw compared to the previous weeks when I had been out. Afterward though he made a comment about how "we were the only people masking in the whole store" - lol! I guess we see what we want to see. I have stockpiled only 7 tests here so I really don't have enough on hand to do much with. Saving them for my boys who are in the middle of basketball season in case we need them (which I'm sure we will). I can't afford to buy the amount that we would really need to be careful and the library systems are out as of yesterday.

So sorry to hear this 😞 I had an interesting conversation over last weekend with my mother-in-law. She and my fil had two Pfizer vaccines in March? last year with no complaints but were refusing to get the booster. When I asked her why she said that she didn't like the vaccine because they made her feel unwell (except she had never told us this when she actually got the shots) and she thinks that the people in power are just wanting us to have boosters for their own power. I asked her what she thought the motivation for that might be and there was a long pause and no response. She and my fil are both in their early 80s so I told her I was concerned and that if she was worried about side effects then she had to weigh that against actually getting Covid. Anyway, last night she told my dh that she had gone and gotten the covid booster yesterday because I had told her to and since I would be the one to take care of them if they got sick, they decided they had better get the booster - LOL! During the first conversation she had mentioned the same concept except I told her that if they were sick I would drop off food but not come in because they would be quarantined and that if they ended up in the hospital for weeks they would be on their own because we would be unable to visit. So, it's my fault she got the booster and I suppose if she is sick today from it, I'll be blamed for that as well. Oh well . . . . Fil is scheduled for Tuesday . . .

🤣🤣. Eerily similar conversation here last week. I had our the bottle of Tabasco Sauce on the table and my 16 year old made some comment about how that bottle had been around since before he was born 🤣🤣. I argued that we go through it much faster than that but I always buy the same brand so it just looks the same. He argued and argued with me. I tried to prove it by looking it up on Amazon and wouldn't you know, the bottles there were slightly different than mine so it just convinced him more throughout that this bottle has been in the fridge for 16 years - lol!

I wondered the same thing this week when I was out wandering in and out of stores with my mask on. That's ok, maybe people will stay away from me 😂

I had to have the county issue new cards for two of my kids because of similar mistakes. On one they spelled his name wrong and had the wrong birthdate and on the other they had the wrong date of the vaccine. I would blame it on being in a hurry but these two were the kids who went to a local clinic and were the only two in the clinic at the time. Just glad I caught it!

My brother worked all day from reports from his wife 🙄. Though she did manage to convince him to stay in bed while he worked. On a good note, he doesn't have to use the oxygen at all unless he is up and about. Since his oxygen was staying the same whether sitting in bed watching TV or sitting in bed on his laptop, he decided to work 🙂 My mom is much improved today. Up and walking, doing some exercises with the physical therapist and over all just feeling better. They have her on "sugar water" IV - that's my dad's terminology 🙂 My mom is a non-medicated diabetic. She does really well just watching her diet and it hit me today that she hadn't really eaten since Saturday supper anything of significance. Would the hospital have been monitoring her blood sugar during that time? Did my mom or dad remember to tell them that she does have sugar issues, just doesn't take medication for it? Anyway, now I'm wondering if part of the problem was that her blood sugar was all out of whack and now that they have the IV hooked up (which according to both my mom and my dad she didn't have before) she is doing much better. There's also dehydration if she wasn't able to drink. Since I'm not there I'm just guessing because there has been such a drastic improvement in the last 24 hours. Or, she's just getting past the hard part of the injury. She still can't swallow very well due to swelling. They will continue to evaluate that. It was so bad last night, that when my brother visited, she basically said good-bye to him 😞 He didn't tell us that until after the better reports starting coming in this morning. Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts! I really appreciate it.

Praying for her.

He got home this evening. With oxygen and with home health care checks but he's home. His oxygen is still dropping just from walking across a room but it recovers quickly now and they decided since his wife and kids are recovered from their Covid bouts he would have enough help to safely be at home.🙂. Thanks for all the prayers. Mom still not doing well. Her throat seems to be swollen from the trauma so they are not allowing anything by mouth until that resolves.