It is so amazing what can be done these days–it may help you to know what is entailed and how to deal with it. You and your husband paved the way to help your daughters–not that it’s the kind of thing you would wish to take the lead on but has to encourage them. I know of one other case where they did not do one for some reason. I think in that case, they considered that it might not be necessary given time.
Candace
Good luck to your daughter. As I have said many times before, “it is good that something can be done with problems like that”. It sure is scary though.
Jo, I hope you are rested up now after your trip.
Sorry, this is not about books, but I just want to mention that my oldest dtr (57) had a heart cath today and they found 3 blockages. They stented 2 and left the other one to do in about a month. Why, I do not know, would they do that? That makes my second dtr. to have heart blockages, but their mother (me) and their father both had heart caths, by-pass surgery, stents, atrial fib, etc.
JOY
And I’ll participate tomorrow - all I can think of at the moment is - when is it time for bed!
I wonder about the weather there also. It really sounds bad. We are having warmer than usual and that is fine with me. i will be out walking later.
Veronica is a novel chosen by my library book group and I read almost half of it and gave up. I picked up the Glass Castle and that is more to my liking. I think it has been mentioned here with favorable reviews. I think Jerry read it.
Susan, you mentioned snow and rain earlier and from the news it’s really serious now. How are you faring in all this. The old rainfall record to be broken today and freezing! Hope you’re inside with a cuppa.
Candace
Susan, you mentioned snow and rain earlier and from the news it’s really serious now. How are you faring in all this. The old rainfall record to be broken today and freezing! Hope you’re inside with a cuppa.
Candace
Jo: It is SO nice to go, but equally nice or better to get home!!! Fill us in on your trip.
JOY
Leaving for the airport shortly . Ready to go home although I’ve had a lovely time here. Trip report when I get to my own keyboad!!!!! LOL
Jo
I haven’t had time to read the blog until today. I saw that Jo wanted to know about Wicked. I read the book, and enjoyed it a lot. It is not an easy read, because it has a lot of socialogical references, but it is well worth it. One of our sons (and his lovely wife) took me to see Wicked on Broadway. It was excellent. It did follow the book (loosely), and the performers were excellent. The music is well written for the story. However, there weren’t any melodic melodies that one would leave singing at the end of the show. I loved the show, though. We all did.
U gave gad bitgubg byt kaotops, starting with a Mac 520c in 1994. I’ve had four Macs, the latest being a MacBook Pro, which I got just a few months ago. Each one has been a big advance over the last one. I have trouble with a regular computer, as it hurts my neck to look up to the screen, so a laptop on my lap (where else?) fills the bill. I wouldn’t know how to use a numerical key pad if I had one, so that’s no problem. One thing I really love about my present Mac is that the keyboard lights up when the light in the room gets down to a certain level.
It’s really snowing up here in WA! This morning it started out as rain, then it turned to snow but it melted as soon as it fell. Now it’s sticking to the roofs and the ground. It’s really lovely, but it will be bad driving tomorrow, and I really feel sorry for anyone driving home from the holiday today. The passes all require chains.
Susan
Miggs, I just recently bought a new Toshiba laptop; 17 inch wide screen that has the number pad. It is thin and only weighs 6 pounds. It has built in wireless so I took it to Panera this morning for breakfast and for the first time I went on line with wireless. Works great! This laptop could easily replace my desktop computer, the monitor for which weighs 84 pounds and takes up nearly the whole desk.
Huggz all,
Jerry
I have a new laptop and I’m using it as my main computer. I love it and I don’t think I’d ever go back to a regular PC again. The only thing I worried about was the inconvenience of not having a regular number keyboard so I bought a wireless number extension and it works perfectly. I feel like I have so much more room on my desk now (which, of course I do). I can also unplug it and take it anywhere in the house since we have wireless. I often wonder what wonderful inventions will be available to my grandchildren in the years to come. I could never have imagined a wireless notebook computer (or any computer) when I was a kid.
Miggs
I’ll write when I get home - this laptop has it’s own mind. But it is good.
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Jo
For anyone who may not have seen it elsewhere, I’m back nearly a week after my PC conked out. My son recovered the data and put it on the Mac he had available. I’m learning the differences from the PC–very patiently, I might add–far more so I think than I would have been without having been deprived of any kind for a time. I love this already. It’s amazing that there’s no CPU, just a flat screen about 3 inches thick with everything there. The cordless mouse has a mind of its own–at least until I learn to respect it.
Thanksgiving with my son and dil and her family and getting this new computer made for a great day.
Candace
Susan I read The Great Influenza†last spring and thought it a great account of that horrible time and a great history lesson also. I found it extremely interesting.
I had a very nice thanksgiving with the blog master, her husband, children and inlaws. Her oldest just passed her bar exams in NY and NJ and the other two are in college so it made for some very lively conversations’
Today I saw The Nutcracker and it was a treat. I have a birthday party tomorrow afternoon and then hope to be done socializing for a while.
Did anyone go to the Black Friday sales? Personally, i wouldn’t have gone anywhere near them. i did go to the grocery, and that was bad enough. I suppose lots of people love to shop, but I’m no longer one of them.
We had a great Thanksgiving at granddaughter Diane’s. They have just remodeled their kitchen, and they did a great job. She works at Microsoft, and last Sunday she got back from Barcelona, where she’d given a demonstration for the company, and she thought she’d have a couple of short days, but instead she worked for twelve hours all three days, so some of her preparations fell a little short, like getting a tablecloth for her dining table! We ate without one. She sure cooked a perfect turkey, and the rest of the food was delicious, too.
My grandson has just finished reading “1491″, and he recommended it highly. My daughter took it home, but I’ll get it eventually. In the meantime, “The Great Influenza” is making the rounds of the family. If you haven’t read it, I would certainly recommend it. Of course the influenza is the big one at the end of World War I.
I hope everyone has recovered from yesterday’s dinner.
Susan
I’m afraid I’m one of those who didn’t always read the book each month but I sure did enjoy the reviews. I have found the reviews from this group to be much more accurate and helpful than any I have read in the newspapers or on line. Often the neighborhood book group I belong to will ask, “What books are the internet group reading these days?” and we have often given serious consideration to the selections reviewed. Actually I like the system we have now just as well. Many more books are reviewed, but not from several points of view (usually). I take notes now.
Thanksgiving will be at my son and daughter-in-law’s with many from her family–lots of babies in that group. On Friday we will be celebrating our daughter’s and her husband’s 25th wedding anniversary with a big family gathering. Their children are planning it—but at our house. It should be quite an affair. Happy Thanksgiving to each of you!!!!
Miggs
In FL and it’s cooler than I want! I’m typing on a laptop and the keyboard is quite a lot closer together (and stiffer) than I’m used to. Notes will be brief!
Jerry, I just read a review of Grisham’s new book and decided I wanted to read it, glad you recommended it. I also finished Don’t Look Back, by Karin Fossum, and found another of her’s called He Who Fears the Wolf at our library. Her Inspector Sejer is a bit like Columbo.Â
Our 3 daughters and son, and some of their families are coming Thur, the distant daughters will be staying until Sun, also my only sister, her husband, and daughter and two grandaughters, will join us, there will be 13 of us at the meal as our son and family will eat are his in laws who live near by. Its fun, but lively, my husband who was raised an “only” finds it an effort, but he’s a good sport.
I wish you all a fully thankful day, Jacky
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I have the book in front of me so have her name spelled correctly this time. Though I didn’t find this book of Quindlen’s a page turner I did enjoy it and would recommend it. The story is of two sisters, orphaned when very young. The older sister takes over much of the care of her four year younger sister. It takes place in New York City. The older sister is a very successful morning show host, married with a son. The younger sister is a social worker working in the projects and is unmarried but has a relationship with a cop. This is a good description of the NY rich and famous and the poor areas.Bridget, the younger has always lived in Meghan’s shadow—until Meghan’s downfall. She called a person a very bad name when she thought she was off the air and wasn’t. She quit her job, or was fired. And at the same time her so called marriage fell apart. Bridget takes over as the strong one. This is much more to this story. I enjoyed reading about both life styles of the sisters and their environment. Quindlen wrote Blessings and Black and Blue among others.
Jo, the title is “Wicked” with the subtitle of “The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.”
The author is Gregory Maguire, and the publisher is ReganBooks/Harper Collins. I understand there’s a sequel out or soon to be out.
I will be going to my granddaughter’s for Thanksgiving. When I moved last, I told the family that I would no longer cook holiday dinners, so one daughter has been doing Thanksgiving and the other one Christmas, but this year the one that does Thanksgiving is in the middle of a house remodel, so her daughter is taking up the slack and will also show off her brand new kitchen. There will be about twelve of us there.
Susan
 jo, i am not on aol, my son put me in the IN-BOX, which is much less expensive.  you all have a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving and you Jo have a lovely visit with your Family and a good Thanksgiving.
I’ve just finished this latest book by John Grisham and I’m here to say it’s a page turner. Jude, much of this true story took place in Norman and I know you’re acquainted with that town. You might want to read the book. I hope they make it into a movie.
Huggz all,
Jerry
I am making an apple pie and will freeze for the dinner which I will be having with the blog master and other relatives.
Well, dear, tell the dear girl to turn up the heat!
I’m going to Cracker Barrel for Thanksgiving with a couple of fellow bachelors.
 Huggz all,
Jerry