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  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,972
    edited September 2019

    Good morning friends- I am at work, that is right, WORK! Started a pilot go live and needed to be here during shift changes to complete cycling through the team to be ready for expansion with providers next week. We are doing well, few issues since we began Thursday. I will have some OT in this week which will help with all the out of pocket stuff this fall. Money goes out, Out, OUT with medical and family coming for balloon fiesta too. Balloons are flying more and more all the time, and the event begins next Sat. Family arrives on the 10th for the long weekend. Can you say partay?


  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,911
    edited September 2019

    Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Sunday Funday! The leaves are really turning color around the house now. I've got a stand of white birches that turns a gorgeous yellow/gold. Went to see the Downton Abbey movie after the beansuppah last night, and really enjoyed it.It's been a long time since I've been to a movie in a movie theater, and the one I went to had a reputation for being messy and not very comfortable so I was really surprise that (1) you got to pick your seat when you bought your ticket, (2) the seats have been replaced with bigger, reclining seats that were very comfortable, (3) the popcorn and soda prices are pretty much what I remembered, and (4) thetheater was spotless. Fairly busy but things moved right along, too. Sadie was not crazy about my getting home so late, but she forgave me after a half an hour of belly rubs and ear scratches and my telling her all about the movie. She used to watch the series with me.

    Janky--a "skiff" of snow? That's a term that's new to me!I bet it's the same as a dusting--enough snow to see but not really any accumulation?

    Chi--Good info about THC.I'm going to wait until I'm no longer working and thus no longer subject to drug testing before trying cannibis. Most health care employers take Medicare money, which is federal, which means having to follow federal law, where THC is still totally illegal.It is crazy how different substances are treated differently. I think establishing a legal limit for THC is the way of the future, but how long it will take to get there is another question entirely!

    Cammy Cat--No quitting doing nothing, that's the way to spend a weekend!

    Jazzy--Sorry you have to work this weekend, but having been through a few go lives and know it makes a big difference having people around who truly know what is going on! And the OT is good.

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    99 Red Balloons

    Ingredients

    • Rosemary - 1 sprig
    • Simple Syrup - 1 Tbsp
    • Grand Marnier - 1½ fl oz
    • Cranberry Juice - 1 fl oz
    • Lemon Juice - 1 Tbsp
    • Rosemary - 1 sprig

    From <https://makeitperfectly.com/drink/recipes/3ddc9be8-d5fc-11e7-911e-3f5ac2999a30>

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited September 2019

    Mornin ladies,

    Where have I been??? I really thought I didn't miss any days, then I come here and see I wasn't here, my dreams and people in my head are getting more powerful and seems real.

    OK the way I see it everyones tests have come out good and all eyes are healing nicely, which is GREAT---I hope I have this right. Wow Sandy u have lots going on with dental problems, which to me is horrifying, I had emergency surgery once at midnite and I was so happy cuz I didn't have to go to the dentist for my app't the next day and I said this couldn't have come at a better time. And I meant it. That's how I've felt about dentist. So thinking of u going thru all this just hurts. LITERALLY.

    Basically this week went OK for everyone and some had more fun then others. But it'll all balance out.

    Jeez that balloon looks like it's ready to land right on the street, it's so low <to me>. So Jazzy ul be going on it verysoon right, with ur nephew. Brave woman. U all have adventure in u so I'm sure all of u would.

    Kim u seem like ur days were a little off this week. But I'm always jelly of u and sadie anyway, cuz at the end of the day u always have her to cuddle with.

    I don't think I'm makin g much sense today. I stop every so often to take a message and then my brain goes into a different mode. I'm not saying better just different.

    We've had no sunshine the last 2 days and rain and some LOUD thunder, which always makes me jump. And the fear of no electricity petrifies me <no TV>

    Well I hope everyone has a good Sunday Funday and today keep those drinks flowing. OK OK maybe not flowing but enjoyable.

    LUBS U ALL

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited September 2019

    I'm back here.

    Oh Jazzy ur working now? I hope it's a short day for u so u get to enjoy some Sunday.

    Kim so u liked the movie and the theater, a double pleasure, of course I LOLed about Sadie cuz I can't helpit. My kids went out last nite to someone's house and their friends have 2 dogs that were very friendly with them. Our baby was so excited when they got home and sniffed the hell out o them, then growled and sat on the couch alone., I guess til he settled down with his jelly then cuddled. He's nuts. LOL

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited October 2019

    I'm home!

    Cami, just read about Leslie and the new doctor and bone being burnt. WTF? So sorry she had to have skin removed. What a time she has had with this RB (rat basTURD). Died of a flook, you are too funny. Your picture didn't post, I can do that for you if you like. And you are not laugh worthy, so there! I can really see the weight loss in you. Ok, I see you got it. Joey aka little baby! Not anymore! Sorry to hear about your cousin. I'm sorry to laugh, but can't help it....taking calls in your sleep!

    NM, sorry about your hand, hope it's all healed by now.

    Jazzy, happy dance for the confirmed B9. Now you can breathe! Oct. 14-22, we will be in Ohio visiting my MIL. I would still like to meet up with you before winter hits and if you are up to it and available. I know you have your nephew (I think) coming for balloon fest.

    Illimae, beautiful picture of you and your friend. And another happy dance for you on the good MRI.

    JCS, laughing at you too, on the sugar and carbs overload! Here we go again, happy dance for you as well.

    Janky, you too....Happy Dance.

    Sandy, sorry about your mouth, Bob being sick and kitty troubles, my goodness! Funny about him sneaking out and back in!

    Hi Karen, how are things with you. You should stop by more often!

    Sorry for not addressing everyone.

    Gosh, all this dancing, I hope I can have the same news. Mine is always bad. My TM's are just rising so much, I'm also having more pain, mostly in my groin area from hips mets on the left side. I'm scared of what I might see on my next labs. Oh well, it is what it is, nothing I can do about it. We had a great time camping with our friends, lots of laughs. Rented a razor (side by side) and took a ride out to Chicken Corner, 3 hours to get there. It's a small curve on the edge of a cliff, with a path that's only about 3-4 feet wide, on a slant with a LOOOOOOOONG fall down the the river. I couldn't even watch her go around it. I'll be back with a picture of that. Our friend that lives there ran heavy equipment for the movie City Slickers II, my DH is a huge fan of the movie, his favorite. Well Mike (the friend) got DH this original jacket

  • janky
    janky Member Posts: 478
    edited September 2019

    Morning all -

    NM - the skill (light dusting) changed overnight to snow covered lawns :( Still snowing so this may be around for a while. Then I called my parents in Brunswick, GA and they are still in the 80's - no rhyme or reason, though I wish some of that sunshine was here!

    Good to see cami's cat doing exactly what I am wanting to do! No quitters here;)

    Have a good week all - Cheers!

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 4,609
    edited September 2019

    Hi Goldie - it's been a hard month (and summer). My MIL passed away last Sunday and we had to say good-bye to our fur baby Mischa on the 3rd. Saw my oncologist for 6 month check up on Friday. Starting on Prolia as soon as insurance approves it. I do read here but don't post often - should get back into the habit.

    Tonight starts Rosh Hashanah.

    Have a great Sunday and week.

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,972
    edited September 2019

    Hi again friends- back home, just on site for a few hours this morning. I told the trainer I am not going back this evening but will be on line if he needs my help. After driving back and forth three times (1 hour of driving for two hours of time there each shift), I decided I can opt out this evening. We think we have the majority of the group through the process and they are using the new tool and believe we will be ready for tomorrow to move to part duex. I was able to get to the store for an early morning grocery trip and just ate some spaghetti with meatballs for breakfast, is that wrong?

    Karen- I am so sorry to hear of your losses recently. Sending much love and blessings for the holiday now here. Good luck with the Prolia shot, I have been on it for a few years (delayed on my current injection due to stoopid at the onc center), and I started a thread for Prolia a few years back you can hop on to talk about SEs and other questions as you get started. Here it is:

    https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/78/topics/827380?page=12#idx_342

    Cami- I hope Joey is feeling better by now and appreciated his note. Hope he is enjoying is surprise. When does Les have her surgery? Do you still have all your boyfriends? I love your cat memes, they are just so perfect and funny as heck.

    Goldie- October is booked solid on the weekends with weddings, the family visit, and going up north for a break between surgeries end of the month. Early Nov is actually a lovely time of the year to meet up if there is not weather. I know the time change will be then so if we get out there late morning, and then get on the road in good time, we will both be home by dark. Look at your calendar and let me know along with any other thoughts about a meet up then?

    NM- I am glad you got your stitches out and that Ms. Sadie inspected things to be sure everything is good with your healing. I hope you continue to feel better. Any foliage your way yet? I remember going to Maine in October for leaf peeping and such a pretty time of the year. Our foliage change (mostly yellows) has started in the mountains with aspens and will continue down here in the valley with the cottonwoods into mid to late October. My gardens look very happy now and been decorating with mums and cool fall pumpkins. Pics coming soon. I love autumn.

    Where are all the newbies? Did we scare them off?

    On the eyeball front, I think I mentioned briefly I went to the eye doc Friday for my second check up and all is healing well. Still a bit of swelling around the incision site, and it occasionally itches or I have sensation, but no issues with anything greater. I am very disciplined about the drops and doing natural tears in between (why did I not know about these wonderful things before?)

    But one really good observation, I was driving in the dark early this weekend to the weekend work, home at night and the first time since the surgery and what an improvement! My night vision was really getting bad and had really bad double vision in my left eye at night that sort of scared me driving home one night. My right eye has a bit of that, but leftie is leading the way and night vision will be good enough until we get the second one done in Nov. Progress! I go back 10/18 for the last check up on leftie, then once I am cleared, I will preparing for rightie.

    Okay time to get to some house and yard work. Have a good week everyone. Balloon fiesta starts next Saturday and the fam come the following week!




  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 4,609
    edited September 2019

    Jazzy - thanks- I just posted on the thread.

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,911
    edited September 2019

    Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Monday Monkey day! I've been up for almost and hour and the sun is finally coming up. Do not like getting up in the dark. I do have a lamp on a timer, turned it off for the weekend, forgot to turn it back on for today. It's turned on again now. Going to need it tomorrow, need to get an early start, have a CPR class starting at 6:30 am.Sadie says "Woof" to everyone.

    Cammy Cat--yeah, it was my crazy hours week last week, but going to have a few more this coming week. But that's OK, Sadie loves me anyway! I like a good thunderstorm, but not if it sneaks up on me! Those really loud claps of thunder are scary. Our furbabies can get so jealous, can't they?

    Goldie--Yup, the hand is pretty much healed.I took the stitches out Friday. Going to keep it covered at work for a couple more days just because I'll feel better that way. Neat jacket for DH!Great pics.

    Janky--just saw a news item on TV, somewhere they are shoveling a lot of heavy wet snow, I think it 's in New Hampshire but not sure. Supposed to be just rain by the time it gets here.

    Karen--hugs. You've been through a rough time.

    Jazzy--nothing wrong with spaghetti and meatballs for breakfast, any more than with cold pizza for breakfast! Glad the go live has worked out and is mostly over. The foliage here is just getting into swing, should be full color by the end of October as long as we don't get any wind storms that take all the leaves off before then! So glad to hear the night vision is improving!

    Autumn Leaves Cocktail with Pisco Porton

    Autumn Leaves Cocktail

    Ingredients

    • 1 ounce pisco (Pisco Portón)
    • 1 ounce Drambuie
    • 1/4 ounce Campari
    • 1/4 ounce lime juice
    • Garnish: lime twist
    • Garnish: orange wedge

    Steps to Make It

    1. Gather the ingredients.
    2. Add the ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir well.
    3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
    4. Garnish with an orange wedge and twist of lime.
    5. Serve and enjoy!

    From <https://www.thespruceeats.com/autumn-leaves-cocktail-recipe-759388>

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited September 2019

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  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,972
    edited September 2019

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  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited September 2019

    Karen, my condolences on the loss of your MIL and Mischa. She was your big doggie, what happened?

    Jazzy, will keep November as an option of course. So sweet of you to send Joey a surprise.

    NM, glad you liked the idea of a timer on the lamp. Also glad your hand is healing well and no infection.

    Colors in the mountains in Utah were starting to turn, saw quite a difference from when we got there til we left.

  • JCSLibrarian
    JCSLibrarian Member Posts: 548
    edited September 2019

    Good morning, All! I had a great trip to the mountains. We talked and talked about families, work and cancer treatments. Much good food and laughter as well. Only downside is I seem to have caught a cold or cough. Will be medicating today to see if I can nip this in the bud. Let me know if anyone has any proven cures for head colds! Now I have to clean up and get ready to head to the beach for four days. Also will play cards this week with my older group.

    Glad things seem to be going well for everyone. Little dips in the road, but all seem to be moving on. It is still really hot here. Going to be 96 degrees with high humidity. Makes being outdoors pretty miserable. My football teams both won this weekend!

    Gotta get going! Will walk this morning, then move on to housework. The fun never ends!!!!

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited September 2019

    JCS, don't they have OTC drugs for colds, to get rid of them quickly? Also zinc and vit C. Oh and I have heard Echinacea is good for colds.

    What does Echinacea do for Your Body?Echinacea tea is typically considered an immune system herbal enhancement supplement. This tea stimulates the white blood cells, which supports the body in fighting infections and colds.

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited September 2019

    Mornin ladies,

    Lori u sound good, and I pray all tests done come out good. YYYAAAYYY Lori's back, I missed u. Oh and as usual u look beautiful. Those pics are awesome <I can't spell the bigger word I wanted to> I can't even pronounce it. All right how do u actually feel when u come back from camping, I always think it's to much for u, but u never complain.

    Karen I always enjoy when u poop in to say hello, but completely follow u on FB.

    Jazzy amazing how much better u can see even after one eye. Both of u have had good experiences I always like to hear that. JEEEEZ u've got loads of plans, and I know u;'ll enjoy every one of them. Well maybe not Dr. stuff, but when it's my turn if I get cataracts u will all be reading a whole page of me complaining . See how I get u gals to pray I never have one.

    Yes ladies my guys still come by, in fact one of them is stopping by this morning. It's not easy being a sex symbol but it just comes natural for me. A gift and a curse. Yea right. He just left, good coffee.

    Kim u always take ur stitches out OUCH, ur so funny and so is sadie. U 2 are such a pleasure for me. And the DOTD are the icing. LOL I do wish I drank something except water and sometimes juice and of course coffee.

    Sandy we're supposed to have the next couple of days in the mid 80's, then cooler after. But HUMIDITY, Blah that's what hurts. How's Gordy and Leslie doing, I know I'm nosy, but I like to hear good stuff for our families.

    My phones have been going. soooooooooooo have a great Monday everyone.

    LUBS U ALL

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited September 2019

    Image result for funny happy dance cat gifsHAPPY DANCES FOR ALL.

  • janky
    janky Member Posts: 478
    edited September 2019

    NM - yup we have wet, heavy snow here too, I am waiting for our fabulous fall days - hopefully they come sooner than later ;) One of the wonderful things about our fur babies, are they love us no matter what - though they do let us know when they are miffed before they snuggle in.

    jazzy and cami - the kitties are soo delightful today, and yes - even with only 1 eye done, the sight is better, especially in the dark, I am loving it it and now down to 1 drop twice a day, so not a biggie - I take them just ahead of my meds.

    JCS - yes you are having the weird weather warmth that I wish we had - I was chatting with my folks in Georgia and it is still really warm there as well, and in Florida too. Sounds like the mountains were a 'tonic' - I so enjoy friends and talking, talking, talking, about as good as therapy for sure.

    goldie - I am going to look into the Echinecea tea as I have terrible problems with getting my white counts up - maybe that will help?!

    I too, am wondering where are the newbies? and some of the oldies seem to be unavailable too. Though I guess we all have those days and even weeks, where it is easier to read and savor the comments, but not take part for any number of reasons...I do that too! Well I am now off to my exercise class which, due to the cataract surgery, I have missed for a couple of weeks. I am going to be very careful with what i do. Arghhh, DH did the shovelling and brushed off my van, still not looking forward to walking in the white stuff. Cheers!


  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited September 2019

    L'shana tovah to all!

    Karen, so sorry for the loss of both your furbaby & your MIL. May their memories be for blessings.

    On the furbaby front here, an unwelcome curveball: the GI doc who did Happy's digestive ultrasound said all looked well but for some mild bowel inflammation, hence the switch to an intestine-friendly chicken-carrot pate wet food (which he likes even better than commercial cat-crack, and even begs for more). But the radiologist's report came in today: definite IBD (kitty-Crohn's?), not mere IBS; which might be idiopathic or just as likely due to (gulp) small-cell lymphoma. Pancreas couldn't be seen on ultrasound (just like with humans, it likes to play hard-to-get), but a small nodule seen on the spleen--though all three vets agree that it's likely just benign "regeneration tissue." Going forward, trying a new even more digestive-gentle diet (rabbit/pea puree wet, hydrolyzed protein kibble), and repeat blood work in 3 weeks. If no markers, then no biopsy necessary--but if there are, he'll need an ultrasound-guided bowel-and-ERCP biopsy, under heavy sedation (he's not a good risk for gas general anesthesia). He'd have to be NPO again the night before, which means a heavier-duty barricade he can't blast open.

    And the vet nixed the idea of a visiting vet (whom we've used as both our cat-shrink and home-euthanizer) coming to take the blood sample to spare Happy the trauma of being taken in the carrier to the hospital. He pants and howls "NOOO!!! HOME!!! HELLO!!!" and an eerily close approximation of "I WUV YOU" (which is what I croon to him to calm him down). Gordy posits that he associates the carrier with being taken away from his loving home (first the two millennials who'd adopted him as a newborn directly from a friend's cat's litter--not even weaned yet--and then at 4 weeks had to take him to the vet in a coma after overdosing him with adult flea dip; and then when I adopted him from his foster home at 8 weeks, leaving behind his buddies the foster mom's rat terrier and older protector-cat). All his life he has known only love--especially human--and whenever we put him in the carrier he is terrified nobody will ever love him again. The vet did say that feline lymphoma is very slow-growing and he could live several more years. At 12, he's already well into his senior-"kittizen" years; average domestic cat lifespan is 12-15 yrs. Except for Mishmosh, who died of cardiomyopathy just shy of 8, all of ours lived to 17 & beyond. (Matthew, who had the most health problems, made it to nearly 20). Heidi is 14, and apparently healthier (despite mild obesity).

  • super52
    super52 Member Posts: 61
    edited October 2019

    Greetings all! You can't scare off this newbie haha!! Just like Janky said, I have been reading and savoring comments from afar. I teach, and just two weeks before school started, a new position opened up that my principal offered to me. I accepted, so I have been even busier than usual at the start of the school year teaching a brand new course and grade level for me. I have been jumping on BCO every so often and reading posts, however. It sounds like you all have so much going on with families, pets, surgeries, stitches, snow, etc. My sympathies to you Karen for your recent losses.

    Sandy, your posts about your furbaby have really resonated with me. I had a medium-haired black cat (with thumbs!) who we took in as a stray after it was apparent that she was claiming us as her own. I had never had a cat and really hadn't been around any cats, but I just fell madly in love with her. She had always had some digestive issues that eventually required a change in diet and some medicine. Our vet had a difficult time arriving at an official diagnosis, and colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and pancreatitis were all suspected, as was a lymphoma. We were able to manage symptoms for quite some time with diet and probiotics but eventually had to give her medicine to treat symptoms. I hope that you are able to figure out how best to treat Happy. We only had Mittens for about 8 years and I still miss her dearly, but she opened up our hearts to cats and we now have three others (two black; one black and white) that all came to us as strays.

    No new drink of the day, but some of the drinks posted here sure have sounded delicious!

    Hope you are all well. Just wanted to drop in to the "lounge" and say hello!

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited October 2019

    Welcomee aboard, SUPer52!

    DOTD with steak: 2013 Morgon Cote de Puy.

    I found out that while feline IBD or intestinal lymphoma usually present with lethargy, weight loss & anorexia, sometimes an afflicted cat has a ravenous appetite because he can't readily absorb nutrients. Happy has been a voracious eater all his life (whenever we asked, the vet insisted that's normal for a male cat), but only started vomiting this year. His weight has held steady since last year. Since putting him on an intestinal-friendly diet and daily probiotic, he hasn't been vomiting. He is at the upper age limit for diagnosis of either disease (9-13 yrs. old). I did some reading and learned that if it is intestinal lymphoma, he will need prednisone and oral chemo. (And it's not cheap--at least $3K for a full course of it--and the prognosis for remission is 3 yrs., with further remissions possible with repeat courses of chemo). Feline lymphoma (even the small-cell intestinal kind) is often associated with FeLV and FIV--but he was tested for and vaccinated against those diseases, and has never gone outdoors except in his carrier to visit the vet. He couldn't have caught it from Heidi (14): she also tested FELV- and FIV- when she was rescued as a kitten (before we adopted her), and got vaccinated against them too. She, too, has no desire to escape (unlike all my former kitties), associating going outdoors with getting injured in fights which was the condition in which she was originally rescued.

  • illimae
    illimae Member Posts: 5,721
    edited October 2019

    Hi all 😀

    No drinks yet, I’m saving up for Friday. It’s DH’s birthday but he’s on tour, it’s also my local bestie/former “work husband”’s birthday too and he’s got a party bus to take a group of us to dinner and drinks. I’ll be posting pics!

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited October 2019

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  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited October 2019

    Cami, you sex symbol! How is Joey feeling? I feel just fine when coming home from camping. We will be off again mid October. This time to Ohio to visit with my DH mother. When she lived in TN we each had our own room to sleep. Her new place only has one extra bedroom and her spare bed is only a full size. Wich really isn't big enough for the both of us. So he said about half way through the visit, we will go to a hotel!

    Sandy, I love some of the terms you use. Cat crack...lol. Hoping all goes well for Happy. I can't imagine that vet bill.

    Janky, I may try some of that Echinacea too. My counts are ok, but on the low side of normal. And of course a boost in imune system is always good for us.

    SUP, hi and welcome. We welcome all and would never scare someone off. I think people pop in and then just feel that perhaps it's not for them. We just like to keep things light, but still offer our support when it's needed. We are quite a small group.

    Illimae what fun, a party bus!

    We are off to the hospital today (not for me this time) DH is having a stress test. I swear he is a hypochondriac. All the things he thinks is wrong with his self, and everything always comes back that he's fine. Men!!!!
    How about this for our DOTD, and it's so pretty!

    fall cocktails apple butter old fashioned


    Apple Butter Old Fashioned
    Ingredients

    coarse sugar, for the rim (optional)
    1/4 cup apple cider
    juice from 1/2 a lemon
    dash of orange bitters
    1 tablespoon apple butter
    2 ounces bourbon
    ginger beer or ginger kombucha, for topping (optional)
    thinly sliced apples and cinnamon, for garnish

    Instructions

    1. If desired, rim your glass with coarse sugar.
    2. In a cocktail shaker, combine the apple cider, lemon juice, orange bitters, apple butter and bourbon. Shake to combine.
    3. Strain into your prepared glass filled with ice. If desired top with ginger beer. Garnish with cinnamon and apples. DRINK!

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,911
    edited October 2019

    Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Twofer Tuesday! Spent a good part of yesterday at work figuring out my work schedule for the rest of the week. Craziness trying to get all the CNAs who need to be CPR certified into a class. So now I am working regular hours today and tomorrow, 3 pm to 11 pm Thursday, and Friday 11 pm to Sat 3 am.But that gets everyone on the evening and night shifts certified and that's a big step forward.Then there will just be a few day shifters, and those are easier to set up. I was explaining the work schedule to Sadie last night, she was not impressed until I mentioned treats for the odd hours days, and maybe taking her in with me on the overnight. She pricked her ears up a bit at that!

    Cammy Cat--Must be nice being a sex symbol for so many guys! Yup, I take my own stitches out. I figure If I can take them out of other people, I can take them out of me!A little harder to not be able to use 2 hands, but I got the job done.

    Goldie--It was someone her in the Lounge that suggested putting a lamp on a timer--Jazzy, maybe? Whoever, THANK YOU, it works really well! Much easier to get up when I'm already half awake from the lamp coming on.

    Librarian--I'm a believer of the zinc products for cutting the duration of a cold. My personal favorites are the powders that you can mix with hot water.I also mix EmergenC with hot water to manage a sore throat.

    Janky--Yup, the fur babies are very good at communication! And very good at keeping the bed warm on chilly nights, too!

    Chi--oh no, poor Happy! I can see where he would associate the carrier with negative things. Glad the possible bad news is slow news, at least. Praying for better results than that, though.

    Super--I did not know that kitties could get bowel diseases like humans! The things I learn here! Sorry about Mittens.

    Morning, Illi!


    Image result for cocktail recipe

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited October 2019

    NM, it was me that suggested the timer for the lamp. We use one when we go away so it looks like someone is home. We also have a light that mimicks a tv being on through a drape or shade.

    Oh my, those are some cray cray hours. Meese tinks you will be one tired gal by the end of the week!

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited October 2019

    Mornin ladies,

    Hi Super glad u came in hope u come back and I'm another cat lover. The first one by chance and that's all I needed. I miss my cats terribly.

    Oh Sandy I hate to hear about poor Happy but I do know u give Happy the best care anyone could so I feel good about that. Oh my cats could never even look at the carrier without hiding. I agree with Gordy I always adopted and they saw that thing and who knows what it meant to them but leaving and maybe never coming back. I had a Dr. too when I lived alone that came to the house and they would not get as figgity and I'd feel better.

    Illi sounds like a fun weekend. A BUS wow drinks will be flowing and hopefully pics. to follow Should we count down til the weekend.

    Janky how much snow do u have. Holy chit. Oh I love being with friends and family and I'm a talker. We used to talk all night and make breakfast in the morning. Then sleep and start all over again. And wonder how could we not run out of things to say, yet we never did.

    Kinda quiet in here, but I have a QUESTION if ur red things in ur blood are OK and ur white are low <like u gals> what is that all about, can u get that count up by urself??? I don't have that I was just wondering. I've told u gals I'm a word for word type of person. I know I'm a PITA, everybody tells me that. Doesn't stop me tho.

    Well I'm back to watching Golden Girls I always liked this show <and I wasn't a senior> but then got tired of it. Now I watch it all the time. Oh yes I'm such a fun person. Well it's only Tuesday, it's true tho there is no feel for a Tuesday but just blah, oh well. I't supposed to be hot again today, we'll see, I just hope it doesn't stay real summery then 2 days of wind taking the leaves then snow, oh it's happened before.

    I'm blabbering again, so I'll stop myself for ur sake.

    LUBS U ALL


  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited October 2019

    OK I just read what I missed, cuz it takes me so long. Kim those are cray hours this week and u said Sat. too, u've got lotsa making up to sadie for this week, I don't blame her.And wow ur a hard worker, but I like the DOTD.

    He Lori ur way to quiet, U OK???

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited October 2019

    Scroll up Cami! This is my 3rd post this morning. Posted pictures yesterday and posted...Ms PITA! Of course you know I'm kidding! Mese loves ya!

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,972
    edited October 2019

    Chi- my sister had a cat with that intestinal lymphoma and it is a really bad one. My sister, although dearly loves her pets, is usually a big procrastinator when they start having serious problems. She had mentioned to me about Cisco having chronic diarrhea for awhile and was just dealing with that every day at home.

    Then in August of 2017 was out visiting her, and while she was at work, he was outside with me and saw how bad things were for him. He was a big cat, 20 pounder, but under 10 lbs at that point. I remember him coming over to me and saw the look in his eye and knew he was very sick and looking for help.

    So when my sister got home from work I hard lined her (as we sisters sometime do with each other) and said this cat is very sick, you need to take him to the cat now or I will. She took him in and he was diagnosed with that disease and was gone a month later.

    Hugs to everyone with their fur-babies and their problems Heart