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Lombard is 45 minutes from me (except in rush hour or a snowstorm). Toledo is 4 to 5 hrs--I've done Chicago-Sandusky (Cedar Point) in about that time (of course, add 1 hr for the time change from Central to Eastern time zones). Cami, I never expected you to drive (or even be driven) to DG--was hoping there'd be a Chicago-area "lurker" around here.
Finally getting us some winter--about 1" of lake effect snow falling (not enough to keep us from going to dinner), so long as the snow brush is handy. Gonna get about 3-5" tomorrow, but should be cleared by the time I have to drive to DG Fri. night. (Stephen--my performing partner--lives in Madison, WI, so he's an old pro at this). Last time we gigged together was Apr. 23 in Chicago...and we got 3" of snow! (Guess we bring it along with us).
Had my PCP visit yesterday, and he was amazed at the weight loss. Gave me some yoga poses to do for my back and shoulders, plus advice to tell my trainer what to work on when I make it to the gym. My a1c is now down to 5.4--fully out of the woods. My HDL (71) and triglycerides (125) are back to normal levels, but my LDL & total cholesterol are a bit high. But my total-to-HDL ratio is 3.6, so he says I'm not at risk and don't need to stop eating saturated fat--and that the connection between serum cholesterol (lower than 300) and heart disease risk is now being called into doubt. Still gonna keep the statin--it's cheap and not doing any harm. My blood count is still borderline, just on the good side of "anemic," so I will find out tomorrow if he wants me to keep taking iron. He also says that Prolia lasts only 6 mos., so I might need to be on it for life if my Dexa scan indicates I'm still osteopenic. (New scan is yet to be scheduled--hospital says the diagnostic code he entered for it would be rejected by Medicare).
Not sure what I'm gonna drink tonight...but I'm gonna drink. Made myself some sugar-free (monkfruit) hot cocoa with unsweetened almond milk earlier. Pretty good.
EDIT: Bob says the snow is over ice, and driving home is a nightmare, so we ordered in from a new French place and are waiting for delivery. Aperitif (sipping as I type) is Graham Beck (S. Africa) Brut Rosé.
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It's me just poopin in. Lori think u stayed at the Holiday Inn it's in the next town over. But we'll look further. Does that seem right to you???OMG I'm getting so excited, I'm going to calm down just in case. This one said 95.00, of course a couple of years ago it would be different I'm sure. We'll keep looking. OK I'll be back later.
I'm watching Goilden Girls as usual, and <the 80's fashion> the had so many night clothes an dressy cloths, no one bhas that many but fun to watch.
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Jazzy yes, I'm trying to work on a plan for a visit with Mary and Cami. I just have to wait until I hear back from Mary on it. And you and I have to work on a plan to meet up.
Mary, I don't expect you to make any commitments just yet. I know you have a lot on your plate right now. I know you have biopsy and scans, maybe today and tomorrow? Or Friday and Monday. Regardless, we are in your pockets.
Sandy, sounds like your appt. went well and with snow over ice, glad you decided to stay home.
Cami, just knowing that we are Hilton people, I would have thought I stayed at the Hampton. But looking at a map, from what I can remember driving there, it would have been the Holiday Inn. But they are both close. Hampton is on North St. and Holiday Inn is on Gary, just south of North. Now how funny does that sound! Room rates are about the same at each one.
DOTD: The Golden Dawn
Ingredients
¾ ounce gin (London dry gin; see Notes)
¾ ounce calvados or applejack (see Notes)
¾ ounce apricot brandy (see Notes)
¾ ounce Cointreau
¾ ounce orange juice, preferably fresh-squeezed
stemless cherry (for garnish)
dashes of grenadine, preferably homemade (optional, but adds nice color)Procedure
Place all ingredients—except the cherry and grenadine—in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake vigorously until well-chilled (20 seconds or so).
Strain the contents of the shaker into a cocktail glass, preferably one that's been chilled. Drop the cherry into the glass (it'll nest on the bottom). Add a couple dashes of grenadine—it will flow to the bottom of the glass, enveloping the cherry (see pictures).0 -
morning girls, not much time now but my work day looks slow so I’ll take my puter and look at dates Lori and hopefully get caught u
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Cami, back at cha....
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Mornin ladies
Well Sandy how much snow is going on there. It's still coming down here looking like a couple of inches. I'm sure by tomorrow night it will be good tho.
OK Lori we have an uproar here <with excitement> Leslie's has a few places picked out, she cant remember exactly either. Joey will sen them to you and see what u remember. I hope Mary will be good for sure and Sandy not that far at all and I'll make sure u won't get stuck with me at home, cu I'm going too. wherever. And there are great restaurants around here too. So we'll see for the date for Mary too. BTW ur drinks are so pretty.
But I miss Kim.
Illi are things better this morning, I'm always praying for u gals, I think it's turning into nagging. So everyone feel better.
LUBS U ALL
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Update: Throat scope yesterday confirmed that my left vocal cord is paralyzed and the right can't compensate for the gap. Today is had a procedure to help, it was the injection of a filler (like for plumper lips) into the vocal cord but they seemed to have trouble, so not sure if enough got injected to see much benefit. No talking for 24 hours, which is difficult since I had to get a mask fitting for 5 sessions (scheduled during my birthday week ☹️) to clean up brain radiation and now I wait for another brain MRI. I'm writing notes to the various techs but it is just so inconvenient. Still thinking this is temporary and it better be because choking and coughing on everything put me in a pretty crappy mood. Anyway, I'm sure tomorrow will be a better day. Wishing you all well.
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hi girls, got a bit busy at work , never got to catch up today, lyig in bed typing from my phone, skeered bout my CT scans tomorrow. Sposed to be sleeping, 3 glasses of wine, 1/2 mj cookie and a Xanax over the course of the last 4 hours and I’m wide awake. Ugh!
Lori, I’d love to go to Chicago with you, best days for me would be 6,7,8 or 9th. We’ll split the hotel, let’s get something nice, we deserve it!
I’ll, my heart is breaking for you, hope tomorrow is better 😘🙏
Gotta go need to try and sleep.
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Genny- in your pocket tomorrow. I think there will be a few of us there with you
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I have a raft of Hilton Honors points, and a Hampton Inn less than a mile north of me, across from the Loyola U. campus! (Great restaurant--"Onward"--in its lobby).
We got about 2" or so overnight, and tonight another 1/2" of "lake effect" snow.
Ilona, hope they can get a Gelfoam injection to "take." I am so paranoid about my vocal cords that I request a "pediatric" airway if there's any chance I have to be intubated for surgery. Once the inflammation has calmed down and you're off vocal rest, there are specific exercises that "work" your lower register (aka "chest voice") to bulk up the "bowed" vocal fold. Ask for a referral to an ENT who's a voice specialist.
No DOTD today for me--home alone, rehearsing for my show tomorrow. 2 45-min. sets. Hoping my L fingertips aren't too sensitive--my calluses disappeared and I hadn't "rebuilt" them.
Had to get my 3rd gel mani in 8 days. For the first one last Wed., the tech (the salon owner) used IBD brand polish (Ooh-la-Lace, a light pink) with Wave brand "no-clean" (i.e., no need for an alcohol wipe) topcoat. By Fri. morning it was rippling & pitting. So Sat. I went back; she removed the topcoat, added a coat of the pink polish, and used Gelish brand topcoat. But starting Tues. the edges of the nails were turning black (like I was doing a reverse French manicure, only Goth). This had happened before with Gelish topcoat, this past Nov.--I noticed it sitting on a city tour bus in London (on a much darker gel polish color, Gelish brand "From Dusk Til Dawn"). I freaked out and texted my nail tech, who replied she'd never seen it happen before and that I should have a London salon remove the topcoat and apply another. But I couldn't get an appointment. When I got home, she swore I was the only client who experienced this and it's because I "wear black clothing and the nails pick up the dye." That's ridiculous--I've been wearing black for decades and been going to her for 10 years and it never happened before, even with pink-and-white French tip manicures. By last night, not even filing could erase the black lines, the "free edges" by my cuticles were turning dark, and one nail was gettting black "crazing" like old china. The polish had taken on a bluish cast too.
I called a salon about a mile north of me that had gotten rave reviews on Yelp and EveryBlock and described what was happening--the salon owner said either there was something in my body chemistry that changed, or (more likely) my salon was probably using bottles of older topcoats that may have picked up dye chemicals from other, darker polishes over which they'd been brushed on other clients. (My housekeeper said she'd encountered that happen in cheap shopping-mall " nail mills that simply pour thinner into bottles of gel topcoats that are getting old).
So I went into the new salon, and the owner told me that after this mani wears out (or has to be removed) to take at least a month off before the next "no chip" mani because my nails are so thin & weak: due in equal parts to cancer treatment, menopause and too-rough gel-removal technique (my salon uses a metal "scoop" curette instead of a wooden stick to scrape off the softened polish after soaking). She suggested that for that first week after removal, I should try to wear nothing but "post-gel-therapy" clear or sheer polish treatments if I don't want to go bare-nailed. After tomorrow, I have no shows to play for a few months, so I won't need gels. (I can't stand metal or plastic fingerpicks, because I can't really feel the strings when I wear them, and play too sloppily--but without gels or acrylics, the steel strings actually wear notches in my index fingernail after only a few songs).
Meanwhile, the new salon used OPI gel base, polish ("Tickle My France-y," a mauve-y beige) and topcoat. After an evening of rehearsing playing steel strings, so far so good. We'll see what tomorrow brings. I'm due at my regular salon for a mani-pedi on Wed., but I'll get just the pedi and explain to the owner that her gel products just aren't working for me. I like this color, though, and she may have it in OPI's regular polish line for two weeks from Wed. (over Nailtiques or a similar therapy clear polish).
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Cami, I'm glad everyone is excited, and if you are not feeling up to going out, then we don't, plain and simple. I'm sure you have plenty of places out there that we can get carry out. And of course there will be a pool at the hotel if Joey or anyone else wants to go swimming.
BabyGirl, I just don't know what to say, such an ordeal you are going through. Continued prayers that everything heals, and heals quickly and you get a clean scan.
Mary, of course you're skeered. We are all with you today. I hope you finally got some rest. Let's shoot for 8th-9th (Sun/Mon) k? As for hotels, nothing outstanding near by. We have a Hampton and Holiday Inn within like 5 minutes of Cami's. I think Holiday Inn is where I stayed the last time and it's nice, and I imagine the Hampton will be nice as well. I'm really glad you are up to going.
Sandy, we have a ton of Hilton awards as well, but I don't think $100 is going to break Mary and I...lol. What an ordeal with your manicure!
NM, I hope next week will be more normal for you.
Your choice!
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Good Morning all!
Oh, Illimae! The vocal cords are so precious. My DH has has several vocal cord biopsies for a precancerous lesion. We worry each time the cord itself could be affected. Follow the drs instructions and we will all send powerful thoughts to get you through this.
Genny - Know we are with you during and after the scan! Hoping for good news.
Goldie- I am so jealous of your trip to see everyone. Have a DOTD round for me!
Went to see Los Lobos last night. They were fantastic. They have aged, but have not lost any ability or spirit. We rocked out to all their songs. Los Lobos should have played for the Super Bowl!
We survived the Big Storm of February. It rained and the wind blew, but no damage. Charlotte got smacked as well as Greenville. I am saddened this morning. A dear friend lost her adult son in a car accident yesterday. He lived in Arizona, but was able to visit his mother this Christmas. She will cherish that time. Starting to make preparations for the mountain trip. Found some hikes with waterfalls and two mountain towns to explore. Fingers crossed the weather is decent.
Take care everyone!
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Good Morning< Loungettes! Finally found one of my bluetooth keyboards and got it synced up with the Kindle so I can type responses as I read off the iPhone. I liked dictatating responses to the iPhone, but it ate up battery charge like nobody's business. Still waiting for the electrician, need to call and make sure he hasn't forgotten me. I'm sure he hasn't, but can't hurt to check, right? Sadie is a little put out with me this week. Tuesday's 12 hour shift turned into 15 hours, and Wednesday's 4 hour shift turned into 7 hours. Thank God yesterday's 12 hour shift didn't turn into another 15 hour one despite multiple crises. And there is flu in the building so everyone has gotten put on Tamiflu--thank the Good Lord this year's strains are susceptible to it. Last year's strains were resistant. And this morning Sadie and I had a wonderfully lovely sleep it, didn't wake up until 8, didn't get up until 9. And seeing all the ice coated trees makes me happy not to have to be driving today. Anyway, no long shifts next week, back to a full week of my regular job. Got to do some major catch up work, but that's ok. Also have to rethink the covering 12 hour shifts thing, and either find a way to help out with 8 hour shifts or cut back to 1 a week and limit it to a certain number of weeks. I know the Agency staff overtime is killing the budget, but I'm not going to let that be a reason for me to get overextended and risk getting sick.
Goldie--Yup, another busy week. And yesterday was quite the day. 3 resident falls, 1 respiratory distress, 4 with elevated temperatures needing extra monitoring, and a million and one phone calls from families who wanted to check on loved ones but not come if because of the snow and the flu being in house. That Frito Pie does look good,but the Lavender-Lemon Gin and tonic looks even better! I'm not a big chili fan.
Genny--I hope to be able to figure something out with 8 hour shifts, too, but healthcare scheduling is pretty set in the 12 hour pattern nowadays. The younger nurses love it, but it's hard on us older nurses. and given that the median age of a nurse in Maine is approaching 50 these days I can forsee a crisis in the making. More and more older nurses are going to retire early due to not being able to handle the physical aspects of 12 hour shifts. Which, by the way, means working AT LEAST 12.5 hours--need to start 15 to 30 minutes before the shift to get report, most places do not pay for the lunch break of 30 minutes, and needing 15 minutes or more to finish up after giving report at the end of the day is not unusual. The paid time may be 12 hours, but the worked time is usually closer to 13. At least I don't have the half hour lunch pulled out of the paid time. And now there is research coming out that people over a certain age (was it 45?) shouldn't work more than 3 days a week. I'm assuming they are talking about 8 hour days.
Good heavens, is that dog a clown in a circus??????
Cammy Cat--Sadie says "thank you" for the extra belly rub. I've also got a ne heavy duty extension cord to use to get the desk top back on line so I can go back to my normal morning routine and be on more regularly. This makeshift stuff is ok, but not terribly convenient. And I am taking care of myself, don't worry!
Genny--that's one way to enjoy the patio despite the temp!
Jazzy--I bet Frito Pie is popular with a lot of people. Sounds interesting.
Misty--Having the garage door fixed is a wonderful convenience! I forget how nice some of the little things like a garage door with a remote can be. Still waiting on the electrician, though. Im going to find a way to cut back on the 12 hour shifts and still help out with reducing overtime hours going forward. It's hard to find nurses to work for the nursing home when they can make so much more per hour working through a staffing agency.
Jazzy--so glad to hear the interview went so well! Sounds like you've found something really good for a work situation.
Cammy Cat--there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look good, and caring about your appearance. It's healthy and normal. I think that hair style looks very nice, very attractive. Sounds like its easy to take care of , too. Sorry about the bad news, and I don't blame you for distracting yourself with something else for a bit. The world is an insane place, isn't it?
Lily--Welcome! or Welcome again if you've been on and I'm just noticing!
Chi--making the Frito Pie in individual chip bags sounds like a really fun idea! Sounds like you had a great time at the game. Isn't it funny how many really expensive procedures insurance will cover, but not cover the inexpensive (relatively) ones that have so fewer side effects, risks and problem associated. My favorite is Medicare's refusal to cover special air mattresses designed to prevent bedsores in bedbound people until the person has 2 or more large bedsores. Nope, don't cover a few hundred dollars a month mattress rental to prevent bedsores, but will cover hundreds of dollars a week in bedsore treatment products for months and THEN cover the mattress rental as well. Where is the common sense???
Genny--sorry the flight has been delayed. Hugs
Jazzy--Glad to hear your friend did well with the surgery.
Morning, Celia!
Jazzy--oh, no, so sorry to hear about the job op dissolving. Sounds like a weird policy to me, but what do I know? Why does it even matter where a consultant comes from?
Cammy Cat--so sorry to hear about your friend dying. And so scary for your friend's son to p, ass out at work! I'm glad you were there for your friend.
Ooh, that Jack Frost drink sounds soooo gooood!
Jazzy--I've been mostly lurking on FB until I get the desktop computer back in service. Just easier to read and hit the occasional "Like" button. For some reason when I look at Fb on the phone or the Kindle I see the same things over and over and rarely get to the newer stuff like I do on the desktop .
Chi--great labs! Good job!
Illiae--so sorry to hear about the vocal cord paralysis. I am praying that the paralysis is temporary and reverses soon. Coughing and choking all the time must be miserable.
Chi--Wow, that's a lot of trouble with the nail polish! Hope the new salon works out better.
Librarian--glad to hear you survived the big February storm! And sorry to hear about your friend's son's death. So sad, so hard to think about. Glad she had the Christmas visit to remember.
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Mornin ladies,
Oh Illi my own throat hurts, u poor thing, hopefully they can turn this around. Why is it so many things happen around here no one has ever had. All I know is prayers are still going to u and all this will stop and of course <<<HUGS>>>
Kim I was WORRIED about u, after all the only other time u weren't here much was when u worked super hard and got super sick and u were down for a while. Which of course did change ur life, but ur starting to work a lot and the flu season is e nclosed with u, so please take care of urself. And u'd better slow down, never want to see u like that again.
Lori I think we're all thinking it was the Holiday Inn an u liked it. Now Mary will u stay with Lori too??? So Sandy we have to figure out some 1/2 way mark to be able to meet for a restaurant.There are alot of good ones, but Lori do u and Mary like anything special around the Chicago area. Think about it cuz if I don;t know Sandy will.
Everyone is traveling and now I'm more excited cuz I might be involved in this one.
I slept most of the day today, Dan came over last nite, his usual 10pm and left at 3am, he's young so he can do it. I don't see him as much as I used to he's always so busy an I miss him, but I do get to see Bob more but if I was 50 and looked like I did then I'd go for him LOL, Boy my good yrs. went by fast. Anyway he fixed my puter but the way he likes it and I didn't notice, now I have to have Joey see if he can take care of it for me. Dan and his wife are leaving for France Tuesday for 10 days, she does have some family there and has been there, so this is good for them. They need some time alone.
I had Jodie place my order for groceries with Walmart today, they'll deliver at noon today and they are on time. I do this about once a month and it always starts something. It ends up I don't eat the food and it goes bad I don't know why I do this, everything sounds good when I order it but then I don't want it IDK we go thru this every month. I pay with my own money that I earn from my job, so it's not the money, it's Leslie worried about me, she worries for no reason. believe me.
Have a great Saturday. Illi I hope ur better.
LUBS U ALL
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Saturday! Sadie and I had a totally lazy day yesterday, sat around reading, watching TV, and watching the snow and sleet come done. I actually fell asleep in the recliner in the middle of the afternoon, and didn't go to bed until after midnight, and only then cuz I was getting cold and wanted the Sadie snuggles to warm up with.Sadie tried to get me up around bedtime, but I was just so relaxed and so comfy and so not wanting to move that I didn't. Going to to have to make it up to her today with extra treats and belly rubs. It is freaking cold outside, everything is covered in a layer of ice and looks so pretty but soooo cold. Good day to take care of inside things like housework!
Cammy Cat--I am going to follow your instructions. No 12 hour shifts this coming week. Going to catch up on my own work, and then look at what I can do to help with the agency overtime after that. I'm also starting my cold and flu prevention regimen--extra hydration, using the netti pot twice a day, humidifier at night, a minimum of 8 hours in bed per night, and a few other things. NOT going to put myself in the position I was before again. You and your computer! Always someone changing the settings on you. You need to put up a notice to not change the settings! Sounds like Dan and his wife are going to have a wonderful trip. It's great that so many grocery stores are delivering these days. It makes it so much better for people who have trouble getting out or lugging loads around. Can you do a smaller order every couple of weeks to help keep things from going bad? Or maybe have Joey help you freeze some of the food when it comes in? It's still better to have good food in the house to eat and have some of it go bad than to try to live off junk food.
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Hi Jazzy, I've always thought it'd be wonderful to see the balloon races out your way, maybe I'll schedule it a few years from now. Sorry about the job, it's got to mean something better is just around the corner! Doors and windows opening and closing and something like that. Loved, loved loved the cat sleeping in the catnip basket!
Cami, please keep the cat pics coming, can't get enough...Golden Girls has got to be one of my favorite shows ever!!! One of my favorites of course was when Sophia told all the girls she had this fabulous new hairdresser.. so they all go and they think he's hot and sexy and he whispers in Blanche's ear... you are so sexy and blah blah... and Dorothy's ear, you are so smart and sophisticated and you get the idea. So in the end the 3 girls are under hair dryers and he lifts them up and they all have tight curley little perms like Sophia....HA funny if you haven't seen it!
Ill, thinking of you everyday... hugs and prayers, I hope you're feeling better.
NM, Glad you're having a nice quiet Saturday, I love when I don't have to go to work and I can just stay curled up with Harvey. 12 hour days after 60 should be illegal! I'm assuming you're off tomorrow? Stay warm and enjoy Sadie and your house.
Librarian, I am so sorry about your friends' son, so sad, there are no words I know of... I hope his parents can somehow find peace eventually. Mountain trips sound nice!
So I had my CT scan yesterday, my stomach is in knots and I am so nervous, keep trying to tell myself to just put it in the back of my mind but it's so hard. Been going through this bullshit of uncertainty for 2 friggin' weeks and my stomach is in knots. I know I have mets but waiting to find out if it is in my organs..... ugh..... went bowling with DH, waiting for him to make my dinner. Had a nice talk with Lori, trying to take it an hour at a time. The way I feel takes me back 6 years when all this shit started, get test.....wait, get a scan..... wait, get and MRI..... wait... I could curl up in a ball ... BUT....... I won't. Anywho, biopsy on Monday. Oh and I'm officially going to retire end of March, got other stuff to do. .
Celia, Misty eyes, and all the rest of you... sweet dreams!
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Finally, got an extension cord run over to the computer corner and can work on the desktop computer again! Somuch easier than balancing the Kindle, iPhone and Bluetooth keyboard on my lap! Not to mention the luxury of a full sized keyboard. Ah, the little things in life that make it good!Sadie says "Woof" to everyone, and is currently curled up on the ottoman in the sun snoozing. The sun looks beautiful out there, but it's ZERO degrees. Brr.At least the wind isn't blowing today.
Genny--Yup, I'm off today. I did get a call yesterday asking me if I wanted to go in and work for 8 hours. I said no, I'm already on overtime. Then I realized I just should have said "No" (politely, of course).I keep forgetting "No" is a complete sentence. I can imagine how tied up in knots you must be feeling.The not knowing is so scary, so stressful. Keep breathing, we're in your pockets. That poor kitty! But a perfect picture of how it can feel! Retiring will be a big change, too. Lots of changes coming up for you this year.
Morning, Teka!
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Good afternoon ladies,
Boy am I late.
Genny as soon as u find out, pleeeeze let us know too. This is always a hard time. And yes I just saw that one on Golden girls, there's hardly one I misse yet.d, but that was a good one. So many still make me laugh, that's why I watch it. I go from one extreme to another comedy or horror, no not whorer, horror.
Kim I'm glad ur listening to all of us, cuz we remember last time u went overboard and don't want a repeat of that in any way. U come first cu others won't get the benefit of ur gooness if ur sick. So just slow down. Kim I do buy frozen food, then forget the my goofy kids on't keep things in the freezer as long as u can.
Oh I can't switch pages and forgot what I read, but it was a while ago, da phones boss, on Sunday yet GRRRRR
It's snowing right now, but doesn't look like a bad one, we'll see. I would think Sandy's getting more cuz of the lake.
Hey Teka
OK I hope the rest of ur Sunday is just that rest.
LUBS U ALL
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Thanks everyone for thinking of me. Sadly, no progress to report, just waiting and learning some patience 🙂
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Hi friends- happy Funday Sunday. Anyone watching the Academy Awards tonight? Not me, I am working on getting my windows ready for tomorrow's final blinds installation (yay) and getting my house ready for the morning visit with the Lowes install person. So ready to have this project done!
We have had unusually warm weather again this weekend. It was up to 65 degrees yesterday, felt like spring for sure, but still too early. We have more winter coming this week though,not quite done with snow in these parts.
Made plans to go up to Santa Fe Thursday night to see Kat Edmondon, whose music I got introduced to eight years ago at my first and only visit to South By Southwest Music festival. What a fun time that was, and got to see some very well known artists including Bruce Springsteen, Christopher Cross, Dr. John, Nora Jones, but also met so many budding artists at that time; 2012 was Kat's big introduction into the music scene at both SXSW and ACL and have followed her music and waited until now to get a ticket to be sure I could go, but now I can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ez1A98RCY
NM- glad you are enjoying a relaxing weekend. I think you got our storm that came through here Tuesday (friends in Boston said it was snowing and icy yesterday in their area too). I hope you were able to enjoy some nice downtime with Miss Sadie. I know your winters there are much longer than ours, but it seems like everyone for spring. Do you have gardens at your home?
Genny- I know you are scared and the waiting is to me some of the hardest part, but we continue to be in your pocket. I hope you get some good news this week and can just focus on getting some treatment for the bones.
Cami- hoping your weekend has been good and that you have not had to manage any phones. It will be fun to have the girls to visit with very soon! My mother used to say it is always good to have something to look forward to.
Ill- sending a gentle hello your way and hoping there is healing on the way for those nerves and the vocal cords.
Goldie- my sister says its pouring cats and dogs in CA which means we got more moisture coming our way. Supposed to be mixed rain and snow here Tuesday into Wed.
Celia C, Mistyeyes, Karen, hoping your day is going well.
Okay friends, back to the grind and wishing you all a good week. Hope you have a good Valentines Day with those you love (that includes friends, family, pets, and more!)
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Waking up to more snow, AND temps supposed to get up into the 40's this afternoon. Going to be messy. Welcome to winter in Maine! Sadie was not impressed with the 2 inches on top of the crusty snow already on the ground. Gots lots to do at work this week, playing ketchup and getting ahead a bit.
Cammy Cat--I'm going to be a good girl and take care of myself! NO 12 hour shifts this week at all. Will look and see what I can do to help with the overtime issue next week, but cutting back to one shift on the units so I can keep up with my own stuff, too.
Hugs Illimae.
Jazzy--It's a ways yet to spring here. I have container gardens on my deck, and a square foot garden in the yard, and last fall I added a circular bulb garden that's planted with crocus, tulips, daffodils, irises, hyacinths, and day lilies. We'll see how that gets through the winter and what it does next summer. Sadie and I did enjoy a nice long lazy weekend, but I did get a few things done around the house.
Nieve Rosa (Pink Snow Cocktail)
Ingredients
- 8 1/2 ounces cream of coconut (can of, not coconut milk)
- 1/4 cup cherry juice (tart)
- 1 cup ice
- 2 ounces white rum (or more to taste, optional)
- maraschino cherry (for garnishment)
From <https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Nieve-Rosa-_Pink-Snow-Cocktail_-1348758>
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Been a busy weekend here, hence I was missing! Those high winds we had a few days ago, took the roof up on our old west town. It was scary trying to fix it, for fear it would fall on one of us. But, we got er done.
Kim, what's taking so long for the electrician? Glad you at least got an extension cord. Yay for saying no.
BabyGirl, no progress to report? Not even a little? Did you get your money back from the Laughlin trip?
Jazzy, rain/snow for here today and tomorrow. You're new blinds will look magnificant!
NM, you certainly diserved a nice relaxing weekend. That Pink Snow looks really pretty...glad it's not yellow!
Mary, in your pocket today for the biopsy. I'll sneak some wine into your IV for you.
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Some of you are going to love this, an old Chuck Mangione favorite from long ago. Beautiful version with lyrics on his famous song, Feels So Good, changes this into something really lovely. Vocals by Don Potter who I googled and he is a long time Nashville musician, who also is the producer for the Judds.
That is your music lesson for today friends. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWhNWop3g_Y
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I'm way off time here.
Illi I'm sorry to hear u don't feel better, I pray it will happen soon.
Lori, the roof came down, holy chit and u helped put it back up, WTF how could u do that, so glad u didn't get hurt. LOL yellow snow.
Jazzy I forgot that song. I heard the first note and it all came back. And now ur getting ur blinds good for you.
Mary I thought today was finding everything out or u find out right away. Either way we're all with you.
OK Kim I will take ur word for it, but u do have a way of working more than u should. U can't help it, cu u always think of others first, so try hard to resist any extra work. I know I nag but that's the way I am, especially with SOME people. Another belly rub for Sadie.
OK I'm trying to go to sleep so I'll try again
Prayers for all of us.
LUBS U ALL
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