THURSDAY / DEC 4 / COLD / TURNED ON FURNACE /

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 4 2025

XMAS PARADE

I was up at 3AM with endo cramps. Hubby had also been snoring. I was going to take a hot bath, but took some aspirin instead and slept on the sofa for the rest of the night. I was really cold, but Stuart slept between my legs and then made me horribly hot.

Up at 6:15AM. 

Went potty, got dressed. 

Turned on Xmas lights, Hubby turned on the fireplace. 

Hubby put the dogs outside for potty. I let them back inside.

Hubby helped me make the bed. 

Hubby made DOG GROG egg breakfast for the dogs and fed them. He gave cheese & tuna to the cats. He put medication in the tuna for the cats. Robert still sneezing. Stuart is sneezing still.

I made hot eggnog latte for Hubby, hot tea, hot plain latte, and Nanogreens for myself. 

Hubby cleaned cat litter. I picked up dog poo outside. LOTS of dog poo. Tater had lots of poo outside on the side after he came home last night. 

Hubby put dogs separately to feed so no more fights with PBJR.

Hubby warmed up egg bites & turkey sausages for me.

I did bookwork. 

I watched TV for a few minutes.

I took the dogs outside and played BALL with Riley for over an hour. 

I came inside as I was tired. It was already 1PM.

Hubby called to ask me for a code from a License to read CanAms that he had just purchased. I sent him the info.

I put away clean clothes. I made more hot tea. 

I walked down to the mail box to get the USPS mail.

WEDNESDAY / DEC 3 / COLD /SNOWMEN

WEDNESDAY

DECEMBER 3 2025

Up at 6:15AM. I woke up and went over to the side of the bed to hug Hubby. Riley got in-between us and was rolling around. She wanted hugs, too.

Went potty, got dressed. 

Turned on Xmas lights, turned on the fireplace. 

I put the dogs outside while Hubby went potty.

I made the bed. 

Hubby made DOG GROG egg breakfast for the dogs and fed them. He gave cheese & tuna to the cats. He put medication in the tuna for the cats. Robert still sneezing.

I made hot eggnog latte for Hubby, hot tea, and Nanogreens for myself. 

Hubby cleaned cat litter. I picked up dog poo outside.

PBJR fought with Tater over breakfast. He bit her nose. It is bleeding.

I started on our order for Walmart. Need lots of eggs.

Hubby warmed up egg bites & turkey sausages for me.

I did bookwork. 

Hubby & Tater left at 8:30AM. I put a sweatshirt on Tater because it is cold outside. The sweatshirt just came out of the dryer. All nice and warm cozy for him.

I worked on my Snowmen again. Have quite a collection now.

SNOWMEN ON A STICK

I put away clean clothes. I put away clean dishes. I loaded the dishwasher again and started it.

For over an hour, I threw the BALL outside for Riley. 

We came inside because I was zombie. Could not think, could not move. I fixed myself egg bites and turkey with mayo.

Made more hot tea.

TUESDAY / DEC 2/ COLD / GARBAGE DAY / TATER TO WORK

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 2 2025

GARBAGE DAY

At 4:30AM, Tater was pushing against me. He was ice cold. So I put my comforter over him and left the bed. 

I had to potty, then slept on the sofa. 

At 6:15AM, I was up. Turned on Xmas lights, turned on the fireplace. Went to wake up Hubby.

I put the dogs outside while Hubby went potty.

I got dressed and made the bed. 

Hubby made DOG GROG egg breakfast for the dogs and fed them. He gave cheese & tuna to the cats. He put medication in the tuna for the cats. Everybody is sneezing, has runny eyes.

I made hot eggnog latte for Hubby, hot tea, and Nanogreens for myself. 

Hubby cleaned cat litter. I picked up dog poo.

Hubby warmed up egg bites & turkey sausages for me.

I did bookwork. Did payroll.

Hubby & Tater left at 8:30AM. I put a sweatshirt on Tater because it is cold outside. 

At 9:30AM, I brought the garbage can inside. Found my shadow box decor in the garage.

Hubby called at 9:52AM to let me know that he was taking a customer home and would drive by to get Tater's collar that he forgot.

I ran the collar out to Hubby.

I put away clean clothes. I put away 2 loads of clean dishes. 

I did bookwork. 

I worked on snowmen.

I played BALL with Riley outside for 1 hour.

When we were outside, I heard a little tiny bark. Sounded like a Chihuahua. It was PBJR!

She was barking at the UPS truck.

I picked up the boxes out front. The UPS truck was beeping. Not our regular delivery girl.

I worked on snowmen some more. 

Hubby & Tater got home at 4:30PM after they went to Mesquite Business Center, Smith's for milk, and the Tire Store.

Hubby had dinner. He gave the dogs some treats. 

I worked on Snowmen while we watched TV; CSI NY and Gunsmoke.

Then we wrapped boxes to put on the top of the shelves in the kitchen. Make it more festive.

Hubby climbed the ladder and put them on the shelf top.

I did bookwork. I went to bed at 10PM.

MONDAY / DEC 1 / VERY DEPRESSED THIS YEAR

MONDAY

DECEMBER 1 2025

At 2AM, PBJR was settled in next to me, all warm. Snuggled under my arm. She became restless and had to get up. Hubby put her and Riley out for potty. Then they came back to bed. 

I had to potty, then slept on the sofa. 

Had bad nightmares. Sweaty.

At 6AM, Hubby let the dogs outside. 

I got up from the sofa and made the bed. Got dressed. 

Hubby made DOG GROG breakfast for the dogs and fed them. He gave cheese & tuna to the cats. He put medication in the tuna for the cats. Everybody is sneezing, has runny eyes. Feline Flu.

I made hot eggnog latte for Hubby, hot tea, and Nanogreens for myself. 

Hubby cleaned cat litter. I picked up dog poo.

Hubby warmed up egg bites & turkey sausages for me.

I did bookwork. Paid first of the month bills. 

At 8AM, I called Bulldog Pest Control to cancel as I just don't have the energy to get everything off the floor so the bug guy can spray. I AM SO TIRED.

Hubby left at 8:45AM and went to MACU to deposit $ for shop rent. 

I transferred money later for shop rent. I put away clean dishes. I put away clean clothes.

I put dogs out for potty. I made myself a turkey and Hawaiian bun sandwich. I AM SO EXHAUSTED. 

I REALLY need something REALLY great to happen to us this year. Our whole lives, we have been pushing a boulder uphill. For some people, it comes easily. Success, Money, Inheritances. But we have had nothing. And what we had a chance of having was stolen from us by a close relative. 

I am extremely depressed this year. Can't put out Xmas decor inside because new cat breaks/ruins anything he can find. So no ornaments on tree. Barely anything in the house that looks festive.

As usual, Hubby dislikes Xmas and that is an uphill battle. He always shops on the last day of the holiday season and buys something stupid even though I give him BROAD hints about what I would like. I have bought some Xmas presents for myself, but just not the same. 

I want so badly to move to Oregon to be near the kids and have a better house, farther neighbors, a huge yard for the dogs. It was a mistake to move here and that is all on me. I really blame myself and that is weighting me down. 

People have never gone out of their way to do anything nice for us. People take advantage. The guy that Hubby taught how to back his trailer never did anything for him in return. We constantly give out bonuses, or customer gifts. Yet we receive nothing in return. 

I am so TIRED of doing nice things for people and getting nothing in return. 

Maybe I have a rich relative out there, or somebody died that should have left me their money. Can a lawyer find me this year to give me an inheritance? Can we win the lottery? I know money doesn't make you happy (that is what rich people say) but it would give me some relief.

Xmas is supposed to be about the time of goodness, miracles, and sharing kindness. 

Please, just let this be our year. 

Hubby got home at 4:30PM. He made a dinner for himself-turkey and fixings. I made more hot tea. 

I had to take a nap from 5PM until 6:30PM. Stupid phone call woke me up.