Good afternoon, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br /><br />It&#39;s 0 degrees right now. Does that mean there&#39;s no weather? LOL We did get down to -4 below zero early this morning, and some areas close by got down to -18 below. We should have around 5 more inches of snow coming today, too. We&#39;ve already had around 10 inches or so.  Yikes&#33; It&#39;s not even officially winter yet. <br /><br />Well..I have a good start on my shopping, and the tree is up, but Marc still needs to put the lights on, and I need to decorate, but I&#39;m feeling good about that. We are having my whole side of the family for Christmas Eve, and then our kids and spouses and grandkids and some friends on Christmas Day. There&#39;s so much to do that I don&#39;t know where to start. lol   We will have little Isabelle during the day up till Christmas.<br /><br />My poor kitty-cat who has diabetes also has a neuopathy in his legs and can&#39;t walk well. He still makes it to the litter box, but the poor baby can&#39;t wipe off his feet and legs well, so sometimes he tracks stuff all over the carpeting. I scoop the box after every time they go, and that helps some, but sometimes Marc has to put his feet in some soapy water to clean the gunk off. Needless to say, I need to clean the carpet before company comes, but, until we get him better he could just keep on tracking, so we have a problem. He seems to be feeling better. <br /><br />Marc has been giving him more insulin than the doctor&#39;s originally gave him because his sugars were still around 400. Way too high. The last reading was 180, much better. I&#39;m so glad Marc knows how to do all this. He has 4 more days of taking a pill, too, for his UTI, and he doesn&#39;t like to swallow it, but Marc just opens his mouth and puts it down. Poor baby...he just hates that, and I don&#39;t blame him. I&#39;m glad he&#39;s almost done doing that. He doesn&#39;t seem to mind his insulin shots as much as the pill. <br /><br />We have to take him back to the vet on Tuesday, and they want to keep him for the day to check his sugars all day, and see if he&#39;s hydrated enough. We&#39;ve never left him before so that will be hard for him...and us...at least me. He&#39;s my kitty, mostly. He follows me and lays by me everywhere. He&#39;s such a good and loving kitty-cat. He&#39;s 13 years old. He&#39;s the younger of our two. Our oldest kitty is 15. Hope his health stays good. <br /><br />After reading about all the good cooking and yummy things you all are making...you&#39;re making me hungry&#33;  LOL  Have to go get something to eat now.  LOL<br /><br />Steve...glad your wife made it to Portland ok and is enjoying her visit.  Good idea to stay in with that freezing rain.  I&#39;d rather drive in snow anyday than freezing rain.<br /><br />Tonia...so glad your back is doing better&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou...oh my gosh&#33;  What an adorable picture of little TJ.  He is sooo cute, and that car is so great.  I can see that he just loves that.<br /><br />Sue...so glad your back is doing better&#33;<br /><br />Jen...sounds like DH&#39;s gift was definintely not free.  LOL  At least you got a great bargain on the red hats&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Jackie...I&#39;m so sorry for all that little Gucci is going through.  It&#39;s so hard to see our little pets not feeling well.  I&#39;m so glad she is doing better.<br /><br />Maria...Happy birthday to your SIL.  I think your gift ideas are really good ones.  I never thought of the dry cleaning one.  Great idea.  My brother used to give a gift card for groceries to my mom.  That was a good one, too.  Hope you are feeling better.  I&#39;ll be keeping you in my prayers for a successful surgery.<br /><br />Joey...welcome back&#33;  So glad you had an enjoyable cruise.  Congrats on the new booking&#33;<br /><br />Carmen...I&#39;ll be keeping you in my prayers for a successful surgery.  Enjoy your weekend, and shopping with Kaylee&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl...little Scottie is a lucky boy to have such a wonderful grandma like you.  I love your Christmas tree&#33;  Ours isn&#39;t even decorated yet.  I&#39;d better get busy&#33;  Enjoy those Christmas movies.  Kind of sad that we have to rent or buy old ones since they rarely put anything on tv these days for Christmas.  I used to love all the old &quot;specials&quot; like the Perry Como Christmas show or &quot;The Andy Williams&quot; Christmas show, or &quot;Lawrence Welk&#39;s Christmas Show&quot;, etc.  Guess I&#39;m showing my age now.  LOL  They always played a lot of Christmas movies, too.  Once in awhile I see a few on some of the channels that play the old classics.<br /><br />Keith and Rita...loved your picture of your beautiful new home all decorated&#33;<br /><br /><br />Have a great weekend, Cruise Crazies&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />