how about drinking?
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Jazzy, congrats on the full ownership of your home.
JCS, glad you were well enough to get your treatment.
Cami yes, going away again. Heading to Reno to visit Darrell's daughter and husband. Can't stay with them, they only have a 1 bedroom apt. So hotel stays and most likely always eating out. When they come here, I always have something cooked for them to eat and meals planned for all of the days they are here. And never get any help with preparing or doing dishes. At that time they lived in Phoenix, so I doubt they will be coming any time soon. Is it your meds making you so sleepy? And you lost me at the bus! So what are you going to make for the party? That thing with the bread? Had never heard of that.
Sandy, congrats on the weight loss, but sorry the feet are still the same...lol. I sport a size 10.
NM, I imagine a lot of these accidents also involve cell phone! I can't imagine a 2am class! Whose idea was that anyways?
Had our friend Tammy, who used to live close by, but will be up here this weekend, invite us to one of her old neighbors for a party. Starting at 3 in the afternoon, temp at that time....94 degrees! Not looking forward to that, and we will only know her.
Leaving for Reno Tuesday morning (I think I told all of this already), stopping in Parump for the night and end up in Reno on Wednesday. Come home Sunday. Then in about a week after that, Moab to camp for 10 days. And then at some point flying to Ohio to visit my MIL.Hope everyone stays safe that are in the path of Dorian. So glad it wasn't a cat 4 when it hit my daughter!
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NM - that Bangor stretch sounds horrific, Sadie is such a character, and I am thinking especially at 2 ayem!! Keep in mind the 'to do' list never really gets done, otherwise it becomes the 'done' list!
cami - I live in Alberta, supposedly the sunny province (NOT!), we have consistently lousy weather
Much of my family, parents, 2 sisters, son and his family live in Florida and Georgia right in line with those dang hurricane...arghh I too am hoping they dissipate before Dorian touches down...goldie - aren't family weird?! I get the 1 bedroom, not enough room for company, but can meals (maybe not all) be prepared and shared in a small space - ha ha I have the same thingy with sibling
jazzy - love those legs!
JCS - glad all is well for continued treatment!
Cheers!
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Hey Cami - Eddie Daniels
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I retired in late 2012, after my boss had a stroke while I was in Europe on a river cruise and I had to take over a real estate closing when I got home. (His wife & kids managed the office and the property-mgmt side of things). I realized I didn’t like law enough to buy the practice—I was almost 62, semi-retired anyway, and itching to do what I wanted with my life. (It’s a curse to be really good at something you don’t like to do). I’m semi-retired from performing & recording, though it looks like I may de-retire if more opportunities fall into my lap. I’m off the hamster wheel of constantly trying to book gigs, get airplay, boost attendance, etc. My brand of original music (classic-style folk a la Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez & Judy Collins) is out of style except with my fellow boomers; most acoustic music today is “alt-folk” or even more like rock-meets-country-w/o amplifiers (I.e., Americana).
“Folk”audiences today (at least younger Gen-X & millennials) want to see young pretty women with little-girl vocals—just listen to any car commercial or episode of “Gray’s Anatomy”—and hunky guys (or instrumental virtuosi who get a pass on the looks & voice thing). I’ve had a good run and many notches in my musical career belt—so now I do it for fun (and better pay—no more tip-jar gigs, and if I get a cut of the gate, I get a guarantee).Offline till Tues—I brought the wrong adapter for my iPad and it may run out of juice before I can get home from the fest to recharge it. I don’t do well posting on my phone. (I might be able to charge it in the car, however, and carry it in my guitar bag)
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Jazzy, look at you! RELAXING!!
Janky, sure we could eat in a small space, I just doubt it will happen. He does all the cooking and waits on my step daughter with everything. I think he might even cut up her food. Surprised he doesn't feed her. He is a bit strange and he does like to cook, not sure I even want to eat it! Praying that all of your family stays safe with Dorian coming. My daughter went through Irma/Maria, it was horrible not hearting from her for a few days, not knowing if she was dead or alive.
Sandy, younger generations are into their own thing, things change! Just like that Western Legends we went to, you don't see any young people there, and even that is getting lower attendance as the actors/actresses die off.
Never did make it to the party, she changed her time to 4, we said this isn't going to work, by then it was over 100 degrees. Also, I found it odd that this party had no food or drinks! What the what? She is maybe going to come by for a visit with us this morning before she heads back down to Phoenix.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Sunday Funday! Another beautiful day shaping up here. Filled the dumpster with cardboard and stuff that's collected recently, it's nice to have the space back in the hallway and living room again!Not sure why I let that stuff collect like I do. Cleaned off the top of the bedroom dresser, too, and moved the clock over there so I can see the time at night. That made room for the lamp on the bedside stand, now I just need to get a timer and that little project will be done. Sadie had a ball "helping" me with the boxes.As soon as I'd flatten one out she'd pick it up and run off with it, tossing it around and tearing it into smaller pieces. Such a silly dog!
Goldie--I bet a lot of the rear-enders do involve cell phones. After all, who doesn't notice the car 3 feet in front of them has slowed down from 15 mph to stopped unless they aren't looking out the windshield? The 2 ayem class time was the idea of a nurse who can't ever come in early or stay a little later after work for education, and she's too busy at 5 or 6 ayem to go to a class. 2 ayem is the only time she is free enough to go to a class during work. I told her I would schedule a 2 ayem class when she could guarantee at least 4 people attend. I think the real problem is that she has a routine and doesn't like to alter it in any way, and that 2 to 3 ayem time slot is the "down time" when she doesn't have anything in particular scheduled to do.But that's just my thought. Hope the visit with Tammy and company is fun, or at least not too boring. 94 degrees sounds pretty dang hot to me! Have a safe trip!
Jazzy--nice pool!And nice legs!
Janky--I've started figuring out that the To Do list is a lot like housework, never really gets done, and just starts over again automatically!
Chi--sounds like you are in a great place in your life, that is wonderful! Enjoy the festival!
Goldie--yikes, glad you didn't have to go to the party at that temp!
Helluva Hurricane
Ingredients
- 1 oz Vodka
- 1 1/2 oz Dark Rum
- 1 1/2 oz Light Rum
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 (Chunk) Pineapple
- 2 oz Orange Juice
- 2 oz Pineapple Juice
- 1 1/2 tsp Grenadine
- 2 Black Cherries
Pour dark rum, light rum, juices, and grenadine over ice into a pilsner/parfait glass. Add a half spoon of sugar, stir slightly, and top with high octane 151 rum and cherries/pineapple. Add an optional sugar cube, ignite and drink with a straw.
Best served in a Parfait Glass.
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Hi y'all.
Boy am I glad I found this "active" thread! I love wine! Not a beer drinker, but I do have to admit, I actually prefer a strong, yummy manhattan made w/rye and an occasional dirty martini!. :-) For the past few weeks while swimming through the layers of nightmarish diagnosis and waiting, I have had maybe a glass or 2 of wine, and ok, one baby-sized manhattan. It was Friday night after a longggg week and enjoyed every sip. :-)
Now I'm waiting for surgery on 9/11 and trying to keep the drinking way down. My surgeon said if you want to drink, keep it in moderation and red wine is the best. I'm ER+PR+ so I do worry that every sip I'm playing Russian Roullette, but then I have to think and agree w/previous posts that it's not quite as simple as that.
Anyway, cheers to you all! I don't plan on being stone cold sober, and also silicon boobed for my life.
Purple flower
(9/11 scheduled for BMX with SNB and expanders/implants to come)
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NM, glad to see you got most of your "to do" list accomplished. As for the gal that wants the 2am class, I think it's quite selfish of her to want to inconvenience you, so she can attend a class. And she could say that there will be 4 in the class, and then only her actually to show up. You are just too kind!
Teka, so sorry about your eye. I hope you didn't do any damage to it.
Purple, welcome to our lounge! Yes, we are very active for sure. If you hang around, we will be there with you for your surgery. Maybe sneak some red wine in you IV. Tell us a little more about yourself.
NM, that hurricane drink sounds yummy!
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Labor Day!Sadie and I are getting up to some rain. Wasn't supposed to start raining until later in the day, so, of course, I have laundry on the line getting re-rinsed. Ah well, nothing that I can do about it right now, and if I don't do anything about it at all , eventually it will fix itself! I got a lot decluttering done in the bedroom yesterday, and I'm really pleased with myself over that. I even designated one extra king sized pillow as Sadie's and got it covered so it looks like a dog bed and not clutter on the floor! Sadie likes it, but she like sleeping in the bed with me better, and which I like better, too!
Morning, Teka!Good excuse of relining on this holiday!I think I'll join you today!
Purple-Flower--Welcome to the Hot Tatas Lounge! We welcome any kind of drinker, real or virtual, wine, beer or mixed, or even teetotalers as long as they are fun to hang out with! The drinking/no drinking/limits to drinking is a very complicated thing and there is still way more that is unknown than known (at least in my not-so-humble-opinion). Everyone has to make the best decision for themselves. My opinion is that until medical science KNOWS what causes cancers and how one person gets cancer and another does not that they can't be telling me that it's my fault that I got bc because I like to have a glass of wine or a drink in the evening, am overweight and don't exercise enough. Don't be blaming ME for something that YOU don't understand! And the way I read the research there is a statistical correlation between some things and bc, but how those things CAUSE cancer hasn't been shown. And I am not going to survive bc treatment and then live my life in fear and with a lot of limitations to prevent recurrences when we don't even know how they happen. Going to live my life, and that includes some alcohol! BTW I am proof that 30 minutes of exercise 3 x week prevents bc, I was doing that when I was diagnoses. (I'm also proof that exercising 30 minutes 3 x week without changing eating habits will cause weight loss but that's another soap box that I won't climb up on this ayem!)Good luck with surgery, and we will be in your pocket on the 11th.
P.S. I'm not a beer drinker, either, don't like the taste or the smell of most beers, so I stick with wine and mixed drinks and everyone hear still loves me.Lots of good women here do like beer and share info, and I've learned a lot about beer from them, and have even tried a taste of some of the fruit based beers that I did like--once I tasted a fruity beer that was so good I bought a (one, singular) bottle of it to drink at home and actually enjoyed it, but don't tell anyone!
Goldie--oh, I know the gal who wants the 2 ayem class is banking on me not doing it, but I keep telling her to show me a list with 4 people signed up for a 2 ayem class and I'll do it. So the ball's in her court, so to speak.
Hurricane Hugo
Ingredients
- 1 splash Midori Melon Liqueur
- 1 splash Southern Comfort
- 1 oz Vodka
- 1/2 oz Amaretto
- 1/2 oz Sloe Gin
- 1/2 oz Cranberry Juice
- 1 oz Orange Juice
Mix all ingredients over ice in large shaker. Add more juice to taste for the lightweights. Shake well and strain into shot glass. This recipe may be doubled or quadrupled. We strongly encourage this.
Best served in a Shot Glass.
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Good morning to all of us lounging here on Labour Day! Welcome Purple, this is a place to unwind, vent, laugh, cry and get support too!!
NM - I agree with you on the clutter stuff - it is just like housework!! I, too, managed to get some done in my bathroom, and one of the 'spare' bedrooms - the only thing with it being spare is there is no room to spare when having company over, so it needs to be decluttered!! So much nicer all around to snuggle with each other, though the pillow sounds like a great 'clutter' creation.
teka - recline and heal that eye - I took your note as a message as we are picking apples today to make jelly with - I will be extra careful, or maybe will just supervise
Purple - I am one of the beer drinkers, but I mainly go for a light beer, not too many of the craft beers appeal to me, I also enjoy wine! And you will see that some of us are non drinkers, but enjoy the camaraderie found here!
Wishing everyone a relaxing Labour Day, stay safe if you are in a hurricane path, my family in Georgia have been evacuated. Cheers!
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THE GREMLINS JUST TOOK MY POST.
Teka I'm sorry about ur eye, but a recliner sounds good to me.
Welcome Purple come by often with any questions these ladies are fantastic===they explain better than a Dr. Drinking is absolutely optional but just more fun. We all wish u an easy transition with a fast healing. But we'll be here.
OK another Miss traveler Lori, wow where is all this energy coming from. U are something else. Now WTF is a party in 100 degrees with no food or drink called a party for. Its morr like let's get together , get burnt, dried out, suffer and see who lasts the longest to me. Well I know u like camping bless u so I'm sure over the next couple of weeks u'll have a good time.
Kim how many time have we told u, u are just tokind for ur own good. And she just might come up with 4 names with only her showing up. Sounds like the type. Haha I knew u'd rather sleep with Sadie no matter what kind of bed u make for her. After all u r her mommy.
Nice legs Jazzy or are we possed to look at the pool, never know around here.
Sandy that's very interesting how u left being an attorney, but I never got the idea that u didn't love it. I think I assume anyone who does anything so long loves it. I can imagine u were very good but now ur doing what u love to do and that makes it good for u.It makes u happy now.
Jazzy they guy is good looking and u must have been close to him.
Well I didn't go yesterday and I was so sad, cuz I was looking forward to it. It was just how I felt to weak and not steady at all on my feet and my trips to the bathroom knocked me out. So I knew I didn't have any energy to even get ready and slept a lot of the day. It was going to be family and all the guys from work so I missed it. And the weather was good too. I even had my outfit picked out hahaha. U know me the fashion diva from any sale I can get.
Jeez I'm taking phone calls while on here so my head is going in different directions, not so hard for me.
after all divas stand alone.
Hope everyone had a good day.
LUBS U ALL
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Good morning friends and happy Labor Day. I got back from my little get away to Santa Fe and had such a good time. I really did NOT want to leave yesterday, could have used some more pool time and the rest, but alas, I need my money for lots of other medical costs coming up in the next few weeks.
The concert with Eddie Daniels was just fantastic and the cooking school is working to create this idea of the supper club that was popular at one time. They did a super job with offering champagne to start with some apps, some delicious food (fresh tomato salad, summer corn risotto and vanilla flan for me) and it just had that feeling of place I have been to before like the Blue Note in NYC and other big city jazz venues. I sat with two other single gals and we had a lot of good conversation around music in NM, one of them is a singer too. We all agreed that what we experienced was pretty special, and I was able to meet him and get a couple CDs and one signed for a very special friend's grandson. I did some videos this time (and trust me, I am lousy at it too) but got one really good one I want to post here but not able to as I don't think you can post that type of file here, but it's on FB if you go there with me.
Back home and today I am doing some of what NM has been doing with de-cluttering. Attacking the closets today for sure, some paperwork too. Hope to get to da pool later. Santa Fe was really nice and in the 80s. It was like a hot blast furnace down here in ABQ when I got out of the car yesterday. I don't remember it ever being this hot going in to Sept, so ready for cooler weather. We should be at least 10 degrees cooler by now. Not much rain around either, monsoons petered out.
Purple- welcome to our thread. The newly diagnosed experience is simply head-spinning and highly stressful. One of the hardest things to go through, but once all your tests are done, and you have your treatment plan, it helps you to wrap your head around it. It becomes more of the "I don't know what will happen to me" to the idea that you have a plan to focus on with your cancer team to get you well.
Now regarding drinking, like NM says, there is no real answer as to why anyone gets this stuff. Yes, some people have a genetic component to this disease but many of us had no family history of it, and as I have learned, there are several types of breast cancer. My sister and I whom were diagnosed months apart had completely different kinds of bc and very different treatment plans as a result. Around the time of my dx in 2012, there was that renewed report about bc and drinking having a link (and I remember very well when they first talked about this back in the 1908s with some early research around it). One of my MO's said stick to 2-3 drinks a week tops, my current one said that he does not think it really matters. So what I do is drink around outings where I want to drink socially. That is what I have settled in to. Take good care of yourself friend, we are here for you.
Cami- are you working today? Come on girl, it's Labor Day! Did Joey start back to school? But seriously, I am really sorry you were not up for the party yesterday. I know you are disappointed friend. Hugs and sending you a PM next.
Teka- how is your eye? Nothing that needs to be looked at?
NM- do you still have the dumpster? I probably ask you that all the time. Did Sadie get to swim?
Also, if you want to do training for middle of the night, does your place have access to do some on line video company? It is different than classroom training, but the hospital I work for right now does these for the rural hospitals, the locums who are only available at certain times, etc. Maybe hiring a videographer for you to teach the class and have it filmed would save anyone who can't do the classroom setting due to schedule. Just a thought?
Goldie- are you having this burning hot weather too? I hope you are feeling better and know you must be glad to be past the tests and the doc visiting recently.
Janky- Glad your family is safe. I have tons of friends in Florida and family there too and worried for them all. Sounds like they are really pushing hard on the evacuations and saw some really bad footage from the Bahamas. Freeport looks trashed.
JCS- you are SC and think I worry about you the most? You okay or on the move out of there?
Okay friends, enjoy your holiday and in to Sept we go!
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OK, back home & online before we leave for the train to Ravinia for our dinner res and Steely Dan concert. The folk festival was fun--I played dulcimer for my one-song + group number "teaser" set on the main stage, and guitar for my half-hour in the afternoon (some audience members were disappointed I didn't play dulcimer for that one too, but when time is tight--especially if the act before takes too long to tear down and there's a setu-intensive act up after me--I try to keep the tuning, instrument switching, and mic-adjusting to a minimum). For a regular show, I usually plug all my instruments in so there's no readjusting of mics, but I like to keep it "organic" for short sets at folk festivals. especially on the smaller "workshop" side stages where we're closer to the audience (which is smaller).
Treated myself to a steakhouse dinner last night: 10-oz "skinny cut" prime rib (still massive--had to freeze leftovers overnight to take them home safely today). With it, I had half a glass of "Jigsaw" Wilammette Valley Pinot Noir. (9-oz. pour, which is wasted on me).
Dunno what I'll drink at the Ravinia buffet today--likely a rosé sparkler.
This morning we learned a friend--the 58-yr-old wife of one of Bob's older colleagues--died suddenly, probably of a pulmonary embolism. She had a swollen leg, and Bob kept ordering her a venous Doppler scan, but she kept putting it off because she "didn't like going to doctors." (At one point, she was his office nurse). The one intermittently puffy ankle for which I was put on Lasix has me wondering if I shouldn't ask for a venous Doppler too, since the other ankle is normal. Think I'll ask my MO when I see her Thurs. The reason I'm posting about it here is because this is a drinking thread--and she was a very heavy drinker (as is her near-octogenarian husband, whose liver is on the verge of failng). I want to spare Bob & Gordy that.
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Still waiting for the hurricane. I actually think we may not even get rain. The governor did reverse the interstate today and make the coast evacuate. Seems like it is never going to get here. I do feel terrible for the Bahamas. It is a beautiful place that will have a hard time recovering from this storm.
Sounds like everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend. We are grilling hamburgers and may watch a movie on Netflix. My DH did nap, but woke up at 1:30am to see the end of the Southern 500 NASCAR race. It had a three hour rain delay.
Welcome, Purple! This is a fun group. It is a great place to learn all kinds of things as well as not concentrate too much on breast cancer. I do drink. Will enjoy a beer with dinner and maybe something later. I never smoked yet have a mets to my lung. Who knows what causes a person to have breast cancer. I am past that and concentrating on being NED for as long as I can.
Take care all
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Twofer Tuesday, and many people's Monday. Over half and inch of rain came down through the day yesterday, pretty much washed out a lot activities, unfortunately. Sadie and I just vegged most of the day, although I did make a squash and sausage soup that was pretty good.I put intoo much salt, though, need to do something to cut that before I eat the rest of it. It is amazing how close Sadie can get to me and the stove and counter tops when I'm working with any kind of meat in the kitchen! I've learned to shuffle my feet, not pick them up, or else I'll not have a place to put the foot down without stepping on her! How 70 pounds of dog can fit into a couple inches between me and the counter is amazing. Dog really do defy the laws of physics.
Janky--That pillow has been on the bedroom floor for ages, Sadie has been using it as a bed (when she isn't dumping over a basket of dirty clothes and making a nest of them). I didn't have the heart to toss it out. At least it doesn't look like clutter with the cases on it!
Cammy Cat--Sorry about the post stealing Gremlins.We need to go on a search and destroy mission and bury them in the swamp! Yes, Miss 2 ayem class may come up with 4 names and then only she shows up, but that will only happen once! I'm sorry you didn't get to the party, but gladyou are taking care of yourself and resting when you need to.
Jazzy--I'm so glad you had such a good time in Santa Fe. Sounds like you met some really great people. I do still have the dumpster.The convenience is so worth the $34 a month cost. The other day I counted dumpsters from the same company on half my road, got up to 10 in 1 1/2 miles! So very popular. Sadie and I haven't been swimming, the temps have dropped just enough to make that not feel so much like fun, but still holding it open if the temps go back up again, as they often do this time of year. The nursing home does not have a videographer, but recording classes has been discussed. I have done that when I was working at the University of Maine at Augusta, and I believe that my work laptop has video capability. We use Relias for our education tracking, and I did figure out how to download a video. Next step is to learn how to integrate PowerPoint slides into a presentation. The big drawback is the lack of direct learner feedback, and I get a lot of really important info from the participants during live classes.
Chi--welcome home! So sorry to hear about your friend's sudden death. That's always so hard for everyone to wrap their head around.
Librarian--I was just listening to the weather report, seems Dorian has stalled and is sitting on top of the Bahamas. They must be getting a horrible beating, even with the strength diminishing. Not sure what will happen when it decides to move on again.
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Beer, wine, shots,,bring it on. We all learned life is short. Im trying my best to enjoy it within reason. Love the drink recipes.:) Just started back to work for the new school year today(work in the office) and boy could use one of those drinks right about now!!!
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Welcome Beach 😎
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Hump Day! Seems like it came pretty quick this week, but that's the effect of the long weekend. Supposed to have some thunderstorms this afternoon, still have laundry on the line, it's getting well rinsed and extra softening! Sadie is not so crazy about the wet grass, which is funny for a dog that loves puddles and ponds! No accounting for taste, KI suppose.
Teka--BEAUTIFUL pic!Glad your eye is feeling better, too!
Welcome, beach2beach! Happy Back-to-School time! I can imagine the need for a nice adult beverage at or after work in that setting. What's your fav libation?
Morning, Jazzy!
Welcome Delight
Ingredients
- 3 parts Vodka
- 6 parts White Wine
- 6 parts Sprite
- 4 parts Orange Juice
Pour ingredients into a bowl, and mix them together.
Best served in a Punch Bowl.
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Mornin ladies,
I figured out I wrote in here early yesterday morning went back to sleep until almost 5PM. I do vaguely member answering phones for work, but there is no proof that I did that. Oh I have scribbles on my tablet but not legible usually meaning I'm sleeping. I actually feel guilty <never did about work before> but it's Dan. The last few days I felt nothing but extreme exhaustion, I avoid my kids cuzz they always want to take me to the hospital. I know I'm a baby
Lori I saw all the canning u did a few yrs. ago wow I member u worked so hard. But ur crop didn't turn out so good this year. Maybe u could rest more this yr. U've got a lot of places to go and enjoy.
Welcome Beach I hope u come back and share what ur comfortable with. And any new recipes.Illi like to share pics. always good.
Teka another beautiful pic. I really like that color blue, hope ur eye is getting much better.
Jazzy I so enjoy how u go to a concert with a few people and end up meetin everyone on stage, those legs are working for u.
Sandy another super busy woman, it's truly something u love cuz u'd never make all this effor not to miss it. Could Bob actually semi-retire or is that not the pan. It sounds like his patients wouldn't want him to, but he seems to work so hard. Of course if he loves it then he'll just keep on going.
Kim u don't have much time left for swimming with Sadie, damn that went by so fast. But I know u always find things to do with her anyway. Jeez pretty soon u'll be putting ur winter tires on.
My niece comes over for shower day today. She is so sweet, She always stays about 2 hrs and we gossip, luv it, she's another line open for conversation , we get along so well.Plus she's so sweet.
I hope everyone has a good hump day and saying hello to everyone.
LUBS U ALL
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Winning (wining) Wednesday is here! Welcome to beach and purple, you have landed in a really awesome space!
My daughter and I made crabapple jelly from my tree, and it has not set properly - kind of runny like a syrup - soooo much work so now back to square one! I will research how to reprocess it and get at it one of these days - any suggestions from you home canners out there? I am still waiting to hear from the MO office, though I know my neutrophils are 1.1, so I should be able to start my Ibrance today, wish they would call and confirm.
cami - you sound like one of my boys - when he is sleeping, he will reply to phone or people, but then has absolutely no recollection at all! kitty above looks like my content cat when I scratch between his ears.
Stay safe and dry everyone Cheers!
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grrrrrrrrrrrI told u about Leslie BFF dying the other day, she's been in hospice for a while and Les has gone to see her about 3x a week It's strange they've been friends over 30 yrs <kids> and the other day Lesl asked her if she had a taste for anthing and she said yea a malt, then she said nevermind that's way to many calories. Strange how ur mind works even at the end. Damn she was so young, It;s just so sad. F**kin' cancer, She lived a pretty clean life too so again why, no reason except she got it.
Then this morning about 6am phone rang it was Katie <Marty's cousin> the only one I really like Les took her to the hospital and she had something to do with taking out a stone in her kidney.. So Les spent the whole day and evening with her. That family always has a reason why they can't go. I wish she'd stay here a couple of days, but I'm sure she won't.
So my mind has been filled with sadness, so who else to bother but u gals, I can always cout on u.
OkI'll poop in later and see how ur all doing.
LUBS U ALL
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Thirsty Thursday! A front came through last night and blew the humidity out to sea, and boy does the48 degree temp feel cooler than it did yesterday! Apparently Dorian is expected to head out to sea and pretty much miss the New England coast, with maybe just some gusty winds and rain showers over the weekend. The same weather change has my knees complaining a bit, and I noticed Sadie is limping a bit this ayem, too. Seems my gal is starting to feel her age a bit at times just like me. She is 10 or 11 years old now after all.But she's still getting up with the alarm and making sure I get up, she just uses that cold wet nose of her to her advantage. And she says Hi to everyone!
Cammy Cat--wow, working while sleeping, what a job! You must have done OK if everything got done, right? Do you know what is making you so tired? I think you are right, swimming time has gotten away from us here. Oh, boy, you are right, I can put the winter tires on NEXT MONTH!Wow, that snuck up on me! Love that your niece comes over and helps you and then stays to visit.
Janky--when you do reprocess the jelly, keep a couple jars of syrup, that is very useful for all kinds of thing like pancakes, flavoring cakes and cookies and such. One of the local orchards make a cinnamon apple syrup that I get every year, it is sooooo good on ice cream!
Cammy Cat--OH my, I hope Leslie got her BFF a malt anyway! It is funny how people's minds work. And I swear, we do NOT do stuff to make us get cancer, cancer attacks us following it's own rules and it's not sharing those rules with medical science or any one else. I'm glad Katie knew she could count on Les for help when she needed it.Leslie is a wonderful person!
Eye of the Storm
Ingredients
- 7 oz Spiced Rum
- 1 oz Lime Juice
- 10 oz Coca Cola
Pour lime juice, captain morgan's, and coca-cola into a large collins glass. Stir gently, and serve.
Best served in a Collins Glass.
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It is raining here this morning. No wind, but gusty down on the coast. Charleston is so low it floods there during a heavy rain. The storm surge and tides will definitely cause flooding. Myrtle Beach will get some rough weather, but that is a long way from here. Should all be gone by tomorrow morning. My SIL lives on the Intercoastal waterway in NC. She looses her dock every year, but did not rebuild after last year’s hurricane.
I visited with a young woman yesterday that I used to work with. She evacuated from Charleston and we enjoyed catching up. Today I will play bridge with my “older” ladies. They are a fun group that play cutthroat cards. Then chemo on Friday.
Planning a trip with my sister. We are thinking of going to Philadelphia in November. Will do the usual touristy things, but if anyone knows any good medium priced restaurants let me know.
Hope everyone has a great weekend! I will be watching college football and enjoying a few beers. 🏈🍺
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Cami - please extend my condolences to Les on the loss of her long time friend 💔
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Cami, I echo Jazzy in comforting Les on losing her friend. Odd about those deathbed cravings: the night before my first cousin died of MDS in July, he suddenly snapped out of his anorexia and asked for a bowl of Frosted Flakes & milk, which he polished off (after previously having had trouble swallowing pills). And the night before my friend Mary died of liver mets from laryngeal cancer (she did home hospice), she requested her boyfriend give her tastes of condiments she'd previously shunned (a good Irish gal, her idea of "spice" was salt and ketchup): Dijon mustard, balsamic vinegar, Tabasco, hoisin, and sriracha. She declared they were marvelous and wished she'd tried them earlier.
Had a great time at Ravinia. The Metra train was so crowded that the conductor never made it to our car in time to collect fares (both ways), so the round-trip ride was free. The Tree Top Buffet was marvelous--I was able to fully load my plate with stuff on my diet. (DOTD was a Banshee Pinot Noir). Opening act was a very tight funk-rock band of veterans of the 1960s-70s Chicago and national prog/jazz-rock music scene (members of The Flock, The Mauds, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Mahavishnu Orchestra) called Dinosaur Exhibit. Hard to believe they were all at least our age--and their blues-harp player (Flecktones founder and local treasure Howard Levy, a true musical polymath) sat in with Steely Dan on "Black Friday."
Steely Dan was good, but was the worse for wear without the late Walter Becker. I'd last seen them in 2002, and pretty much took him for granted because he never sang lead and wasn't a hotdogging guitarist. But his absence could be felt in the lack of a male voice in the backing vocals--the "Danettes" were excellent, but at times their harmonies overpowered Donald Fagen's under-mixed formerly "everlasting summer*" but now "fading fast*" lead vocals and buried the melody (the soprano vocalist was mixed too low relative to the powerful altos and the top notes & passing tones of chords got lost). The horns were proficient but not tight with each other (unison parts, especially on "My Old School" were unbalanced relative to studio versions and prior concerts), hooks that were originally on piano (especially on "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" were doubled on guitar, mixed louder than the keys), and iconic riffs & bass lines were also under-mixed. Fagen sounded tired, and employed erratic phrasing to cover an increasingly shrinking vocal range. A former bandmate of mine (our sax player) saw them the first night and echoed my observations. Still & all, it was a nice time and they were better than a Steely Dan cover band. And when we got back to the garage at the train station in Evanston, we found parking was free because it was a holiday.
* for you Dan fans, "Reelin' in the Years" references (which song was the only encore but did kick major @$).
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But enough not about me.
Today was my semiannual MO visit and final Prolia shot. She did a double take when she looked at me & the computer screen and then at me again. "You've been losing weight on purpose, right?" she asked. "On your orders," I replied. She was delighted--I'm down 31 lbs. from our last visit (15 from Invisalign & then 16 from the diet). I told her about my friend, and the charley-horses I've had lately in my R shin & calf, and showed her the puffy R ankle compared to the left. She said it was most likely orthopedic (arthritis, relaxed ligaments), but agreed that due to possible cardiovascular side effects of AI treatment it would be prudent to rule out DVT (my friend's autopsy results confirmed she died of a PE). So I'm getting a venous Doppler on Monday. She also took me off calcium pending my next DEXAScan in Nov. (which my primary will have to order).
But--especially you ER+ sisters--here's what she told me about eating flax seed, soy, and turmeric (the latter whether as a spice or supplement): they're all okay! (Lavender, grapefruit & bitter orange--at least while on letrozole or antihypertensives--and valerian are still no-nos). And CBD is fine--it may have anti-tumor activity; rather than canceling out AIs it might actually assist them in killing ER+ cells.
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