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Hi Ladies....
I need a break from all the Halloween festivities. Work will be restful.
1) Mad Hatter's Tea Party troup on Friday with helping lady with bushel basket full of candy on the way back
2) Pedaling for Posthumous Pastures ride yesterday in the pouring rain.
3) Visit to Jimi Hendrix' bones (cemetary where tomb is.....a 21 mile ride altogeher). However, I got the time wrong, so took a long walk in the Mercer Slough prior to doing the ride.
4) PAR-TAY tonight with some cycling buddies. Food was wonderful including fresh wild mushrooms picked by one of the members. She was careful to mention that these are the kind you can eat more than once.
I am ready for bed and mammo in the AM. Will be glad to be past that hurdle, but sweating it much less than visit to Internist a month or so ago.
Glad to be home and more than ready to hit the sack. - Claire
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Claire - good luck tomorrow... see you at lounge when it's over!
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Great party........now to get some rest!
Good luck Claire! Junie, I hope you lived through your party and are feeling better.
I think I'll pass on any drinks today.........and CANDY~!
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Good Morning Ladies! What an awesome party last night....soooo much fun!!! Hope those that had to get up early this am are doing okay. I agree with Lori...no more candy! I should NEVER buy Halloween candy that I like...LOL. We had the cutest costumes show up at our door last night....mostly toddlers and under 10 yr olds. I loved seeing the really creative costumes too....but none like junie suggested!
Junie, can't wait to hear about DH's birthday, and how you tolerated having company while being sick. Claire, hope your mammo goes well, and is CLEAR! And HD, too, I hope today is a good one, and all is well. Beans, will be thinking of you tomorrow for the dreaded CMF. And anyone else having tests, tx, this week!
Makin' Monday Madness!!!
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I ate all the peanut butter cups I wanted and some of the eyeballs and green gooey hands...it was great fun and I still want to be a witch.
Good luck with the mamo Claire, I get mine Nov. 11 - I just know everything will be fine - especially if I eat more peanut butter cups and dip them in a fudge/kahluah sauce.
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Yummy, Beans....I'm coming to YOUR house....me loves pnut buttah cups!
Everyone, be thinking of junie...she is STILL sick!!!! Just heard from her. Junie, I ran home between caulking/bondo/painting jobs, and will write to you as soon as I get back this evening. Wanted you to know you are in my thoughts/prayers, and I hope the new meds work QUICKLY!!!!! (((HUGS))) Looks like you could use this hunk...
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Happy Monday Loungettes!
Looks like everyone had a very creative Halloween! DH is a buzz kill when it comes to Halloween - the evil and darkness overtakes the fun and silliness for him. Our kids are teenagers now so they don't trick-or-treat anymore (although they'd like to get the candy!).
Stanzie - I hope your doggy is okay. I know I'd be sooo sad if my golden retriever got sick. I was never much of a dog lover until she joined our family. She thinks I'm her mommy.
Dee - I sure do hope you find some relief from the pain.
Hunkydory - hope you're having a better day. Some days I force the end by just going to bed!
Hope everyone else is doing well. I am very excited to have my LAST CHEMO on Wednesday. Can't wait for it to be over even though I know I'm looking at 10 days of blech.
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Home from CMF #2 - slight nausea, slight headache - seems the same as last time so far.
I think I will skip the drinks tonight but hope you will have a few for me - you all may need this to help with the guy above - it's a PANTY DROPPER:
Cocktail Ingredients:
1. Vodka - 1 oz.
2. Orange Juice - 3 oz.
3. Peach Schnapps - 1 oz.
4. Malibu Coconut Rum - 1 oz.
5. Pineapple Juice - 2 oz.Average Rating: - Currently 0.00/5
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My Rating: The Panty Dropper #2 cocktail is served in a Highball Glass: 
Cocktail Mixing Instructions:
Mix all alcohol before adding juices.
Serve in a Highball Glass
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I wonder what a Panty Dropper does to someone who goes commando??????
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ROFLMAO at jodi and NM....toooooooo funny!! Starting happy hour...anyone wanna join me by the pool??????
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NM and Wahine - In this weather, nobody is completely commando
I will search for a commando cocktail just for you NM?Benn wondering where you live in Maine - we moved here from there....
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Native Mainer - here you go, a Commando Cocktail, just in case you are really braving the current weather ......DAMN -can't get rid of the junk we don't need to see, sorry!
Commando Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients My Bar 3/4 oz Triple Sec 
1 1/2 oz Bourbon 2 dashes Pernod 3/4 oz Lime Juice Best served in a Collins Glass.
Sent in by: Anonymous
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CMF manana - yuck - now I need drinky, slurp, slurp, forget about tomorrow, slurp, slurp!!
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Beans - Good luck tomorrow, had mine today. Just a bit tired, maybe I need one of those drinks that has energy stuff as an ingredient...
Take care!
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Hi Beans and Jodi....
Agree on the "not going commando" piece. In fact, loving my new Prada cashmere V neck sweater. Good luck to you both. I started down the whole chemo route a year ago today.
Life is not perfect, but I will take this year's problem set. Won't know about mammo for a day or two but assume all is well.
Haven't had this much fun on Halloween in ages. I did learn that in Seattle you can run into the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and see Pink Elephants (car wash) within the space of 3 days and be PERFECTLY NORMAL. (With a couple of witches in feathered hats thrown in.) - Claire
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Hi Claire - I have read your notes for a while now and am completely amazed and hopefully inspired by your energy and spirit. Love your commentary on food and WINE
It is amazing that Pink Elephant still sits where it does! What a horrendous weather day, but it was perfect for crashing post-CMF.
I also accept this year's problem set - I feel quite fortunate to be in the position I am in.
Must be brutal to wait for word on mammo - I switched some years ago because I couldn't handle the waiting anymore. I have always had problem reads but they always turned out ok.
Would much prefer the Prada cashmere to commando
What color did you get?Are you going to attend on the 16th?
Diane
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Great party last night! Looks like we aren't slowing down much!
Jodi and Beans - hang in there!
Good luck, Claire - hope you hear good news very soon.
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Hey Girls! great paartaaay! but I feel a little sick today.......can you send me one of those wahine? it would make me feel a whooooooole lot better. LOL
Good luck all yous girls on the tx list, hope yous all do good!
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Good morning my Lizard Loungies! Chrissy, maybe Junie will share? I know she is good about sharing her bucket o beers....but this one could be a toughy. How about taking one (or all three of our firecrew?
Hoping our girls that have the icks are feeling better soon!
Me thinks I would like to try the Panty Dropper. I'm not too big on going commando.
YAAAAAAAA Mrs Nice......tomorrow is last chemo. I'm sorry you have to go through the blechs....but it's the last time!
I am getting stoked about my trip. Leaving Thursday to drive down to Phx and and flying out Friday. Haven't seen my family since Feb and haven't seen my daughter in 2 years! Just hoping I don't have to see much of my son in law! Hmmmmm..........where's those scorpions????
Kathy, wish I had kiddies dressed in costumes to hand candy out. I just bet they were so cute.
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Girls.....don't forget to V-O-T-E today!!!!
(Changed my avatar to the view from my parents vacay place in Hawaii...outrigger canoe team was practicing right at sunset!Beach by their house is even prettier than this.)
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Thanks ladies about the mammo, but I have to admit that I was more worried about would I be able to get together with Main Squeeze!!! (I did, and yes, I am smiling. Sore too, and I don't think I can blame Arimidex!!!)
I was also more worried about my general blood work two months ago when I was worried that I might have to reform and not eat wonderful foods like cheese and pie. Fortunately, I don't need to.
Prada cashmere is black replacing my old black one. But not an exact replacement as V necked and heavier.
The 16th will depend on the rest of my schedule.
Feel better Chrissy!!!
I have some catching up with work to do, so a few hours before I can join the PAR-TAY!!!
Which remains me that I need to invoice a client so I get paid. - Claire
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Hi all,
Lots to catch up on. For all those having mammos and waiting for results - hope everyone comes through with flying colors!
Mrs. Nice - Congratulations on last chemo! Chrissy feel better!
Oh so much to say.... Goldie - have a wonderful time with your daughter perhaps you could just slip something relaxing into SIL's drink then he can snooze and you two can then have a lovely visit. All these drink recipes have to be good for something other than taste and making all our troubles fly in the breeze, yes?
Halloween Sean dressed up for the 5th year in a row in his horse and rider costume and Annice went as a blue M&M. Not terribly exciting - Greyson stayed home with me to answer the door. We didn't get many kids this year at all and most were all middle to high school age...
So, my poor little Liesl. I have been a total and complete wreck - she truely is one of my children and I got the worst news and the Doc who gave me the news was awful. Basically she has a tumor on her adrenal gland - this Doc said there were two types both cancer and both bad. He said I had two choices surgery but because of her age and heart murmur probably not an option or just try and make her comfortable as it will be a soon.
I cried all weekend and just was complete devastated. Liesl would throw up everytime she ate but she has energy and wants to eat. So finally got an apt yesterday with a surgeon for a consultation. Sunday night was rough she threw up 5 times and one time threw up blood. So I was scared to death. Went in and this surgeon was very nice. She said that adrenal glad tumors while bad are usually found only when looking for something else. She said if she was 7 she would consider surgery at her age no. However she said she can do a long blood test to see if it is producing too much cortisol and they can monitor that. It still doesn't explain why she is throwing up and has lost 4 lbs and on a 13lb. dog to lose 4 lbs i a lot! So tomorrow she will have an endoscopy. So not out of the woods by any means but at least some hope. She gave her anti nausea meds and something to coat her tummy and today she has eaten well! One think I loved was the surgeon asked Does she seem like she feel bad and is sick. No other than throwing up she seems great. So not great but not a quick death sentence. So doing better! Sorry so long - but as so many of you all can relate I don't know what I'd do without her! Thanks for letting me share.
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Oh, Stanzie. I'm so sorry. I had a great dog many years ago with Cushing's Disease (hyperadrenocorticism). She had too much cortisol in her system and it made her really thirsty and hungry. She would drink gallons of water (literally) and ate anything that she could get into her mount (like plants, toys, even an aluminum can). It also made her very itchy and she rubbed against her dog house until she rubbed the fur off her back. No doctor ever asked me if she seemed like she felt bad. I learned more about the disease later and felt really bad that she apparently was suffering a lot. Sometimes vets are so focussed on diagnosis and treatment that they forget about quality of life issues. I have to admit, all I wanted was for them to find out what was wrong and fix it.
Had to leave both my dogs alone in the house for 4 hours today. While I was out the cat knocked a wooden tray off the piano and broke it... there were chewed up shards everywhere. I don't usually leave the dogs in the house for long periods but there is construction going on in the yard behind ours and it makes the dogs crazy. Poor wiener just shakes and barks and we have a really hard time calming him. Neighbor reported us to animal control services saying that our dogs bark 24/7 which isn't true because wiener is under the sheets and I'd be the first to know. Mind you, this is a middle-aged single man and the only neighbor who has never had one single pet in the almost 20 years we've lived here. Butt head. Dog hater.
... that does it I'm going to teach wiener to lift his leg and take him next door to express himself.
Needless to say, I was not in the mood for thousand of kids ringing the doorbell. I spent the evening trying to calm the canines. I love my house but I'm so ready to move somewhere with space around us.
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Stanzie....so very sorry about Liesl. These times are just heartbreaking. I am just hoping she doesn't suffer too much. Thinking about you. - Claire
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Awwww Stanzie, I am so sorry! I don't have any fur babies (this almost makes me glad I don't) but I know they become a part of your family and a part of your life. I don't know what to say, but wishing you and Liesl all the best. And the kids too, as I know they love her as well. HUGS for all of you!
Astorm, we need to send some SCORPIONS over to you Butt Head neighbor!
Gawjus view Kathy! Claire...........Hmmmm, not too sure what to think about your comments and is that a "Sh!t Eating Grin" we see there in that "smile"? (I did, and yes, I am smiling. Sore too, and I don't think I can blame Arimidex!!!)
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Ka-Bing Ka-Bang Ka-Bong--come out to the pool and watch me swim laps, dive--someone set up the limbo stick! Love this steroid shot I had yesterday! Actually, have perked up a tad but am still far from feeling well. Sickest I've been since I can remember--not even chemo was this awful! May put in a request for a steroid bar next to the Percotini Fountain--if there is an HTL to come back to.....
hugggssss to ALL.....have lots of bottoms up for me!
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Stanzie--poor you and Leisl. I'm so sorry she's sick, and I know how hard it is to have an elderly dog in poor health. The vet could have been a bit more compassionate, but the surgeon sounds much better. It's good to know you still have some time with her.
Jodimaca--the Commando Cocktail sounds wonderful! Have one of the wenches or tenders mix me up a bucketful, please! I live in central Maine, near Newport. Where were you?
AStorm--I leave Sadie in her crate when I leave her home alone. She's just young enough not to be trustworthy about chewing on things. Once in a while I get home and find she's managed to get out of the crate somehow. So far, nothing chewed up that would hurt her or was any great loss, but I'm afraid it's just a matter of time. . .
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Stanzie, My heart is stil going out to you, for the problems with Liesl. It is simply heartbreaking,and I know how much you love her. But glad that you found someone who might be finding ways to keep Liesl comfortable, and improve her quality of life. It just is not fair that our pets can't live as long lives as we can (well, I know.....overpopulation to the extreme!). Hugs to you.....
Junie, YAY you are back here with us! So glad that steroid shot brought you back from the dead. (I must still be in a Halloween frame of mind!). YES, YES, YES....we gotta keep the HTL going!!! But puleez can we put the limbo stick into storage (or into your dumpster)! Bringing you another bucket of ML's and joining you for Happy Hour!! WB!!!
NM, You chose the best retaliation for the butt-head dog-hater neighbor! Too bad some people just must wake up on the wrong side of the bed EVERY DAY! Hang in there!!!
Cute pic NM!!
I babysat today, and took an experiment to do....it was fun. Need to do double-time tomorrow as I didn't get to work at the house today....lots to do there b4 the flooring on Thursday. Now kicking back with Seagrams/Diet Pepsi.....ChEARS!!!!!!
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Thanks all of you..... worried about the test tomorrow. Kathy, Cushings disease was one of the choices but they think it is the other one a more rare cancer but it also puts out lots of Cortisol, I think at least.... from all I've read and all I'ver tried to process on this I get confused. Not to mention my SO which may be ex-So is just so thoughtless. I think I could take it if he just apologized but he doesn't. Yesterday when I was out of my mind with fear and worry we were going to take her for a short walk. He says he will wait out front with her. I was getting my things together and had to take a short phone call - short. Well when I went out they were no where to be seen. I called and yelled and no answer. He says I over reacted. Possibly but all I could think was he took her away when I only wanted t spend ever minute with her.... His excuse - I couldn't help it she wanted to walk. Ugh yeah a large grown man can't control a sick little dog who doesn't even weigh 10 lbs. I think it was selfish and thoughtless and he thought it was no big deal he upset me.
I'm just so tired of all this.... Can't anyone just be nice? This was a few minutes ago as I wanted to get back to give her some more food as she can't now eat till after her surgery tomorrow.
I so need to find better friends and family ...... I guess that mean I need to look at me and what I'm doing wrong.
Sorry, I promise I'll quite being so down and get back to joining the party after she is OK. Thanks!!!
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Stanzie - I had my "I don't want to live around rude people" melt down on Sunday. DH always thinks I'm over-reactong. I told him that if I'm not commiting any of the crimes of passion that are flashing through my psyche at the moment, then I am NOT over-reacting, I am under-reacting. Some (probably most) men have a hard time with emotions... expressing them or watching us express them. Lately I've been overwhelmed by the rudeness and insensitivity of the general public. But then I come here and everyone is so kind and funny and they give me yummy drinks and a percontini fountain when I need a little sumpin xtra.... and there are foot rubs and hammocks and parties... and dogs in the pool... I just know it will be okay.
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... that does it I'm going to teach wiener to lift his leg and take him next door to express himself.