MCTD Support Group
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) or Sharp's syndrome is a human autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body. MCTD combines features of polymyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic scleroderma and is thus considered an overlap syndrome. MCTD commonly causes joint pain/swelling, Raynaud phenomenon, muscle inflammation, and scarring of...
Our church Christmas presentation is today and my cold is better. Of course, some of our members are sick and the solos are being redistributed. Probably I will be asked to sing something else tonight. Hope I know the part! I think we should do this in the summer instead of in the winter as so many people get sick just in time for the production! There are those that believe Jesus was born in the summer anyway!
The tree is up- not decorated- but up!
Some gifts are bought. Nothing is wrapped and I just realized I forgot to send some of the Christmas cards. As usual, it is nuts around here.
My husband is not feeling well. Probably allergy to the tree, but he is the forester that insists we have a real tree. It does smell good.
Hope you are all having a good day. Enjoy!
Mary Ann
The tree is up- not decorated- but up!
Some gifts are bought. Nothing is wrapped and I just realized I forgot to send some of the Christmas cards. As usual, it is nuts around here.
My husband is not feeling well. Probably allergy to the tree, but he is the forester that insists we have a real tree. It does smell good.
Hope you are all having a good day. Enjoy!
Mary Ann
Mary Ann
Gosh Marilyn, how do you guys do it with weather like that? I thought that only happened at the north pole, lol. I hope it gets better so you can, and Dallas too!
Hugs,
Sheri
Ah, so happy to hear that you are all as full of holiday cheer as yours truly! Man, my wife insisted on going to TWO Targets and TWO Borders today, I was wearing bad shoes and WAY cranky.
Polar, I completely empathize with your feelings, I think the same thing a lot... But this holiday season, perhaps we can all pledge not to torture ourselves with memories of earlier Christmases when, in our minds, everything was so much more perfect. Memory plays tricks, and we forget that those Christmases had their own stress, but of a different kind...
I think, "Oh, man, in '04, we actually had time to wrap presents and stuff." I forget that in '04, I carried a Christmas tree in 34 degree freezing rain for a half mile.
Dallas, I was complaining last night because my friend T (in from New York, a rare treat) and I were walking the canine at 1:00 AM, and I was cold in my sandals because it was 39 degrees F. (I can't spell farenheit. Height. Whatever.) I still can't wear real shoes for very long. However, -42?! That's serious! And, yeah, the dogs just have to deal... my wife's family had a saying: "Sometimes, everyone has to take the hard seat."
Okay, this firelog is putting out VERY little heat, so I'd better sign off... but really, its not so bad here. A small fire, good friends and family nearby, loyal canine, avian and reptiles... perhaps I can ease into some kind of holiday spirit after all...
Seasons greetings from Hollywood,
--Catalyzt