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As expected, work took all my time and focus yesterday. It usually takes me half the day just to get caught up on emails. My sis didn't work either and started back yesterday. I had told her to take the time off if she wanted. She had family staying with her for about a week, plus she's still dealing with a lot with her step dad's illness/old age/dying. I honestly can't believe he's been able to keep hanging on this long. Last summer they were told his body is full of cancer (he's like 92 years old). She's got a lot of stress from this, which is sad, because 1 - she's his step daughter and 2 - he has like 4 bio kids who aren't doing a damn thing, other than one of their wives is helping as much as she can. Not to mention sis lives 2 hours from him. She already wrecked her car trying to drive down to see him in bad weather. It's just not good and he's being a very stubborn old man and not letting them get much help for him and he refuses to go into nursing care. She said that since July he's been having swollen feet but now it's really bad. I said that sounds like congestive heart failure?

I swear that last weekend I ordered dh's prostate supplement from Walgreens. Prices on it can vary all the time, so I always look for the best price. Then it's been niggling in the back of my mind - where's the order confirmation/shipping confirmation? Apparently I didn't order it. Most often I order from Amazon and decided to go this route again as they were offering 30% off one bottle (I was ordering 2) and also more if I put it on subscribe and save, so I did that again. I've had it on subscribe and save before, but again - sometimes that is not saving me, as the price changes, so I always have to keep an eye on it. Plus then Amazon offered me 30 days of free Prime, so when that gets offered I always take that. That let me charge it to my Amazon card and get 5% cash back (while I'm on Prime). I also chose a later shipping date and got a digital credit. Dh likes to use those digital credits to buy music.

I always sign up for class action lawsuits, when I'm sent notification on them. Of course they take awhile and I usually forget about them, but apparently one was for Verizon and I just got $14.57 in my paypal account for it. I also just got a notice on one yesterday for Walgreens pharmacy. Since we had purchased 2 prescriptions for dh back in October, he's eligible, so I signed up for that one. 

DH went into town to the lumber store yesterday. He got the outlet so he could finish up the plug in at the bookcase. He also got some lumber, so he can work on getting the rest of the shop lights up, underneath that loft he build last year. Hopefully, that will get him motivated to get it finished. At least it will give him something to work on for a bit. 

The weather app on my phone said it was 20 degrees out when I got up. I opened the door because Amos wanted out and I could hear the water running in the gutters. Well, obviously it's not 20 degrees out! I went and checked our thermometer in the window and it said 30, so still not sure how it was melting, LOL. Still so far so good for driving on Thursday, no snow expected and the high for that day is 35 and sunny. DH is a bit worried about it being icy driving in at 5:30 in the morning, but he'll be doing that driving. I'll just have to drive us back home and by then it will be warmed up and fine.

It has been a bit warmer than last year. I just got my December electric/heating bill and last year it was $315 and this December it's $296. Plus, we didn't have our Christmas lights up quite as long and we didn't leave them on all night, other than Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Work is having an employee party next month. No thank you, LOL. It's on a Saturday night. I know dh won't feel like driving over there (especially in winter). He hates flying, and I don't want to fly over there and deal with navigating around a major city downtown at night by myself (it's being held at an event place right downtown). No thank you! I'll pass on this one.