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  • marla13
    marla13 Member Posts: 100
    edited June 2006
    No me gusta pico de gaillo!!! LOVE the dip recipe! Just printed it...gonna have to try it too - thanks! Man, I love printing all these recipes. So yummy!

    Have fun Sherry! But don't have too much "water"! LOL

    Marla
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 282
    edited June 2006
    Marla, the way this girl drinks (she's a pediatric oncology clinic trial nurse ~ stressful career that!), I'm going to need a snorkel!!!!!!!!
  • marla13
    marla13 Member Posts: 100
    edited June 2006
    OH my!!!! Make sure you pack one! Wouldn't want you to drown on your "fun trip"! You come back to us soon! You'll be missed!

    Marla
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 282
    edited June 2006
    I'll do that honey ~ "pickled" or otherwise!! The pounds will pile on too ~ the food some of these girls make is out of this world and they don't check the caloric content of anything!!! Sometimes you just have to break the rules!!
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006

    ha ha.......the girls arrived safely, as did "the man" and i made a huge batch of french toast and pancakes this morning............with a large headache!.........i do believe i've done my last shot lol!.........i was out cold by the time they landed last night........i feel great now though!......after 10 or so diet pepsi's and a several bottles of water!..........god help me, tomorrow is "round two" lol!........have fun at the cottage, i'll be thinking about ya!

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 282
    edited June 2006
    Glad to hear the party was a success for all...and you didn't get your duct tape caught on anything!! Red Green would be proud!! I'll be thinking of you at the cottage tomorrow ~ and if Janet brings out shots, I'll be very, very, careful!!
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited June 2006
    So, what is everyone up to this evening? I'm just chillin' after a long day of cheese and wine selling. I'm enjoying a nice 2001 Syrah from CA. Oh, how I love that I get a discount at work!
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006

    discounted wine?.........congrats janis, the only thing i got for free today was a bunch of bullshit from my psycho family....."when do you think you'll be 'normal again"........"do you think you'll live till you're an old lady?"..."boy we sure do miss the old you".........."man your toenails are just gross, sure not keeping yourself up like the you we know"............."boy your hair is a strange colour".........i don't think my family would make one of those church of latter day saints commercials! enjoy your wine janis...........sorry to bitch, it was a long afternoon!

  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006

    sorry that was a downer..............cheers girls ok? please don't take my morose post to heart...........i just find family get togethers a liitle overwhelming.........my type A family is better done in small doses, just like me lol!

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited June 2006
    WTF??? Did you tell them all to go scratch? (that's perhaps an American phrase but feel free to use it!)

    Maybe no one asks me such questions as they know I'd tell them to go scratch?

    Yes, I get an employee discount on everything, including sale and discontinued items. Yee haw! Kind of makes up for my lowly wages.

    Shel, have a drink (or three?) for me as I've had my two glasses of wine and am now off to bed. I have to work tomorrow but I'll be back to make sure you ladies don't stop having fun! Good-night!

    (((Shel)))
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006

    thanks janis............they all pretty much knew they could "go scratch" when i took off like a bat out of hell mid dinner lol!..........oh my what a bizarre trip we're all on............g'night girls..............i'd have another drink but i think i'd just be more pissed off! thanks for the hugs janis.........i REALLY needed them tonight!

  • Sige
    Sige Member Posts: 334
    edited June 2006
    I just got back and read this Shel...that just bloody sucks! Where I come from, we tell them to "pound sand"...means the same thing I'm sure.

    Sometimes people can be so shitty. I'm sorry about that.

    Hugs & sweet dreams,
    Peggy
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006
    thanks peggy..........ha ha! here we say "go pound salt", wish i woulda thought of that yesterday!

    i'm gonna skip yoday's festivities and stay home and make some daiqueries and catch some rays.........with a trashy novel!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 2,728
    edited June 2006
    I hate family reunions. Imagine being with a group of people who were all born in Italy!! My mom had 10 brothers and sisters. They know everything. Geez, makes me crazy.

    No sun here today but I still got a great book I plan on reading later. With a glass of Pinot Grigio of course.

    Nickii
  • christineK
    christineK Member Posts: 735
    edited June 2006
    No sun here today . Me and the girlfriends were suppose to have the official pool opening party. Last we we laid around on the rafts on Mon, but only for 1 hr w/ no drinks!
    Today we were gonna get out the mega blender and do all kinds of fresh fruit margaritas, No time for reading with this group. Maybe the expected rain will pass us over and the sun will shine on as we float and "soak up the sun" as our sister Cheryl would say. I LOVE Sundays!
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006

    i think your rain is headed my way...........our forecast calls for rain all next week!

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited June 2006
    Christine: Well, at least the "maggies" will be healthy with all the fresh fruit. Hope it's sunny.

    I've got a grad party to go to. Family members that haven't seen me since my bilat a few months ago will be there. I get antsy everytime I see someone that I haven't seen since my dx. I never know what's going to come out of their mouths and I never know how I'm going to react. Can I have a fruity margarita?? I can always blame my reaction on the alcohol.
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited June 2006
    Lini, I hope you enjoyed the party and your fruity alcohol, too!

    Where the hell is everyone? Do I need to drink all by myself tonight? Not a problem! I'll just plop my ass in front of the tv and watch Huff.
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006

    i'm here...........just came inside cause the mosquitos were lovin my ankles!.........what's huff?.......when i was a kid in scotland it was something you smoked lol!

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited June 2006
    Hi Shel,

    "Huff" is a program on Showtime.

    Sorry, I'm not much in the mood to spar. To much bad shit going. I'm a bit down about it is all.
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006

    i know what ya mean..........spar when you're feeling better...........i was way down last night myself so i understand that feeling (as we all do)! "hugs" janis, good grief i can't believe i said that..........but really........"hugs" ok?

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited June 2006
    Back at ya (((Shel)))

    I dissed Mithel on the 'unity' thread after hearing from Ter and I'm so fucking upset right now that I can't think straight. Thanks for the hugs. This disease fucking sucks!
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited June 2006

    i saw your post to that rat bastard............way to go! i agree this fuckin sucks!

  • rondab
    rondab Member Posts: 87
    edited June 2006
    Hearing from Ter really puts some of the other crap into the shadows for sure. I don't post on the unity thread, but I have been reading & Mithel is a jerk for sure. Haven't been on there since Fri. - I hope you dissed him good.
    Getting tired of seeing Deneb's stuff all over the place too. Just too depressing when you know what some others are going through right now. Ronda
  • marla13
    marla13 Member Posts: 100
    edited June 2006
    Okay...I'm just getting around to this and now I've gotta go see what Janis has done. Hope you made us proud, lady! Sounds as if you did. LOL

    Be back....
    Marla
  • casinogirl
    casinogirl Member Posts: 476
    edited June 2006
    WOW! I haven't been on this thread in a long time! Glad to see so many others have decided to join us drinkers who posted early on in this thread (no one likes to drink alone)

    I have been laying off somewhat lately totally in an effort to lose a few lbs. Leaving Sat 7/1 for Fla w/ BF and will spend July 4th in Key West.....probably hang out with Jimmy Buffet and drink margs. I expect a call from him sometime this week to work out the details. (Don't I wish???)

    Rest assured I'll be drinking with someone LOL!

    Cheers,

    Donna
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited June 2006
    Hey Donna!

    'Bout time you got back here! Too busy with the new man?

    And you don't have to be drinking alcohol to hang out here, we have fun without it - sometimes!
  • casinogirl
    casinogirl Member Posts: 476
    edited June 2006
    Hey Janis - yes, been hanging out with the new man. And drinking of course.

    Two weeks ago I decided to go on the South Beach Diet and the first two weeks NO ALCOHOL! I made it 8 solid days. I think it's the longest I've gone without it since I was about 12. Not really, but it's been a while, for sure. Even during chemo I'd have a glass of wine here and there. Thank God that sh*ts over and I can fully appreciate the taste of my wine again. And beer. And vodka. And rum.

    So, Janis, exactly what is it you do that you get discounts on wine and expensive cheese? Is your company hiring?

    Sounds like you need to have a party and invite all your sistas.

    Donna
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited June 2006
    Quote:



    So, Janis, exactly what is it you do that you get discounts on wine and expensive cheese? Is your company hiring?

    Sounds like you need to have a party and invite all your sistas.

    Donna



    I work for Whole Foods. The pay isn't great but our food is and with my discount it's actually cheaper (and healthier) to shop there than the mainstream chain stores. Gotta love the discount on beer and wine also but no liquor so I just buy my scotch at the local liquor store.

    I did have a Summer Solstice celebration - where were you? Oh, that's right, in/on the wagon with you man!

    If anyone ever wants to have a party at my house just come on over! I have two spare bedrooms and two very loving dogs. Oh, and my yard is fenced so you can't get lost!
  • mccarroll
    mccarroll Member Posts: 24
    edited June 2006
    I'm also a newbie. I had a lumpectomy weeks ago but the node was positive and the margins weren't clear. I go in for a modified mastectomy tomorrow. We were having a farewell boobie party this weekend in Galveston and everyone said you have to stop drinking during chemo. Say it isnt so. We are already giving so much up. I'm not a heavy drinker but like a fruity martini a few times a week. Please tell me I can keep one think normal in my life.
    Love this site. At first, there was a bit toooooo much info but I'm getting immune and info greedy.

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