I was supposed to go to my mother's Friday evening, but the weather did not cooperate. Where she lives everything closed early due to snow, sleet and icy streets. After, I was home and settled, I called her and she said that the temperature had risen and it was just raining. It was still a good thing that I didn't tackle it. It rained steady all evening and into the night. I didn't need those kind of travel conditions with my foot.

On the way home, I stopped by the Fresh Market to get some chicken salad. I ended up spending almost $45. I got chicken salad, fuji apples, granola, banana chips, gourmet snack blend and a couple of magazines. I think I am going to start making my own gourmet snack blend. All that's in it is pecans, cashews, pistachios, dried cherries and dried cherries. I think I'll get the premium mixed nuts and the dried berry mix and mix them together. I'm not too crazy about pistachios, but I'll eat them in snack mix.

Since the roads are still soaked and I didn't have anything planned, I decided to lay around and watch TV or whatever. I've been bored since noon. My mother called. She was bored. I guess I'll call BFF MAB and see if she' bored.

Tomorrow, I'm going to try to do some housecleaning and then head to Publix and the bookstore. Maybe my spending at Publix will be better than the Fresh Market.

I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of the weekend. If you live in an area that was hit by the snowstorm, please be extremely careful.

I finally got some sort of bath. I stood in the shower, soaped up, and rinsed by dipping a cup in a pan of water. With the small stream of water, I was able to fill up a dutch oven and a couple of pans with water. At least I was sort of clean. And, of all days. My team leader was in town. She is very nice. She treated Queenie and I to lunch at Brio's. YUM!

The water is back on and everything is back to normal...for now. I just hope that I have water in the morning.

My duties and responsibilities are increasing at work, which is a good thing. I like to be busy (but not too busy). I was supposed to have my review at the beginning of December. I still haven't had it yet. When I emailed my team leader, she never responded. Today, I came up with a plan. I am going to outline everything (and I mean everything) that I did last year. Then I am going to email it to her. If she doesn't respond, I'll go to the department head. I hate to do that, but I need to take up for myself. I can't get my annual salary increase until I have my review. I hope it won't come to that.

I hope everyone has a good Thursday.

Last night when I got home, our building had no water. A couple of hours later it was back on. I got up this morning at 5:15. When I turned on the shower, NO WATER. There was enough of a trickle in the kitchen for me to fill a few pans with water for some kind of bath. I got enough out of the bathroom sink to wash my face. I'm going to do everything else except put on my clothes. I'm hoping that the water will come on in time for me to take a quick shower. I feel so yucky. I have to have my morning shower. We'll see. I may have to be late for work.

I hope everyone's Wednesday starts out better than mine.

Queenie was back today. She got on my nerves talking to herself in a loud voice. She finally quieted down. She loved the purple cardigan that I bought her for Christmas. She was busy most of the morning, but when things calmed down, we had several little chats. Since the other department on our floor left, we now have the kitchen to ourselves. We were all able to have a nice relaxing lunch with no one to bother us.

Our team leader will be in town tomorrow. I would love to be able to wear one of my new dresses that I bought at the Brooks Brothers outlet, but I don't think it will look very good with my Nike's. I think I will wear a pair of navy chinos and a Brooks Brothers light blue twin set...with pearls, of course.

I hope everyone has a good day tomorrow.

Propping up my foot along with drinking lemon water has really helped my foot and leg. The swelling is almost gone. My calf is back to normal and my foot is wrinkled like a raisin. I have been real good about continuing my exercises and walking. I seem to be getting better every day. I never realized that a broken foot would disrupt my life like it has. A word of advice to everyone: Be careful and don't let this happen to you.

It has been raining continuously for over 8 hours. My mother said that her yard had water standing, but not near as bad as her neighbors' yards. Right now, I'm watching Legally Blonde on ABC Family. After it goes off, My Big Fat Greek Wedding comes on. What better movies to watch on a rainy day?

I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of the weekend.

My mother left this morning going back the her house. I didn't cry, I squalled. I've been at her house since October 21. We've gotten so used to each other being there every day. We are really going to miss each other. I drove with her until she was on the part of the interstate so that she wouldn't have any confusion until she got to where she needed to exit. Luckily there wasn't much traffic. After I got her on the road, I went to the Publix for a few groceries and then to Edgar's Bakery for chicken salad, fruit and quiche. Now I am laying on the sofa with my foot propped up.


My first two days at work went fine. I wasn't very busy, which was good. When I got to work on Thursday, there was a vase of white and pink roses. They were from Queenie. She can be a pill, but she's got a heart as big as Texas. When I was at Publix, I bought her some Ghiradelli chocolate. She's loves chocolate better than anything. I'm going to put it in the bag with her Christmas present. Since she has been covering for me since October, I spent a little bit more on her Christmas present than I would have normally. I bought her a Lands End monogrammed purple cardigan. Purple is her favorite color, so she should like it. I hope it fits okay. She's close to the same size as my mother, so I ordered her the size that my mother usually gets. Everything that my mother ordered this year has been a little bit big.

Sitting in a car for a long time on Tuesday and Wednesday, plus sitting at a desk Thursday and Friday has caused my right foot and leg to swell. I decided that I'm going to lay around with my foot propped up on two pillows and drink lemon water. Maybe that will help the swelling. Even though my foot is swollen, I seem to be walking better.

I hope everyone enjoys the day.

I am back home. My mother is going to stay with me until Saturday to make sure that I can manage on my own. So far, so good. I'm going to be very, very careful.

Today is my first day back at work after three months. And, it's pouring down rain. YUCK! Queenie won't be there, so I won't have to hear her complain all day about what all she's had to do.

I hope everyone has a good day.