finally got my cards out .....

[Guest guest]

<PRE>hey kathe!! i didn't even notice your slip up, but i would be happy to give

wyatt a big hug. he sounds so cute. mine is all grown up now. i didn't go to

the malls, i went to the smaller stores (got better bargains that way too!!!)

if i were even going to attempt a trip to gurnee mills, it would be during a

weekday. but i'll bet it's packed then too!!! plus i'm doing mostly baking. i

have at least 1 present for everyone in my famly to open anyway and i'm

almost done wrapping them. plus my parents will be on their way tomorrow!!!

i'm just doing a little each day. hope i get it done in time. kathy in il

[Guest guest]

Kathe,

This is so funny! Kathy, Dan, Stacey, and Wyatt will just have to meet

then!

I am just about at the same spot with you in the Christmas shopping

department, but I didn't even send out cards. So, I guess that really

means that you are ahead of me.

So sorry to hear about your wrists and elbows. I hope they cooperate

soon. It sounds like you have so much work to do.

Lastly, I can't take credit for forming the group - that is a's

accomplishment alone. I came to the group a few months after it was

started. I think eventually a asked me to be a moderator so that I

would be forced to behave.

Feel better soon,

[ ] finally got my cards out .....

> Hi All:

>

> Finally got to my Christmas card list and just

> finished addressing the last one. In my RA brain fog,

> I told Kathy in Il instead of Stacey in PA to give a

> hug to Wyatt LOL and by the time I realized my

> mistake, and had gone to the mailbox to retrieve the

> card, the postman, today of all days, had actually

> come early, so I was unable to fix the card! Anyway,

> Kathy, sorry for the mistake, but you still owe Wyatt

> that hug lol!

>

> I have not yet begun my Chrsitmas shopping - merely

> buying the cards was exhausting enough with the crowds

> and the parking problems - oh the crowds, crowds,

> crowds, crowds ..... lol. I was feeling very

> grinchlike after hitting five stores with my daughter

> so she could get her friends their gifts and I buy

> cards and gift wrap. So, that's as far as I have

> gotten this holiday season, way behind, even more so

> than usual. It's tiring even thinking about the

> shopping yet to do! Right now, I am happy to have a

> small family lol. Maybe next week .....

>

> The Enbrel seems to be helping with the stiffness and

> some with the pain too, but my wrists and elbows

> continue to give me a lot of trouble. It's partly my

> fault too though because when I not feeling up to it,

> I let the corrals go a day or two to give myself a

> break and then end up doing three times as much to

> catch up and bang! I end up with three times as much

> pain too. I will have to get more with it and do them

> daily again - the least enjoyable part of horse

> ownership but a necessary evil! If only I could potty

> train them ..... lol

>

> Anyway, just wanted to check in with you all and hope

> everyone is having a good day today! This group has

> been such a blessing to me, and I look forward every

> morning to opening my email to find out what is going

> on with everyone. I cannot believe that such a great

> bunch of caring, loving and supportive people have

> such terrible diseases - but am grateful that we have

> all found each other through a and 's forming

> this group. Blessings to all -

>

> Kathe in CA