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... sans clothes! I miss all the fun!
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Hello my dear breast friends, welcome Husk glad to see you here I would have invited you sooner had I know you liked to tip a few back once in awhile
. Hope your enjoying your bailieys I am having a nice glass of white wine and enjoying every last little bit of it .Well girls I took all your advice seeing as it seems in one way or another our men are the same and spelled it out for DH. I am feeling vulnerable, I need you to be the one to give for the next few months I am not asking you to give up life but to be more sensitive to my needs and that my reality of who I am has changed even if it hasnt for you etc etc etc .....so lets just say we didnt make it to dinner ( wink wink nudge nudge lol) and after lol was just too tired as I have not been sleeping well lately so we ordered in pizza for us and the kids and are watching hockey together on the couch together and I am hoping this lasts .
Thank you all so much for your points of view and how you handle things when they just dont have a clue. I am so glad I have you all to come to when I need the sympathy and understanding I am not getting. although I do know one thing I am going to get again tonght , TMI....lol .sorry just feeling so much better.
Hope your all having a great night, I am pulling up my pink leopard chair next to my dear friend Dorothy scooch over there Kathy I am pulling into the middle of you two and rounds for everyone.
Lots of love
Kymn
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Yay, Kymn! Yer givin' me ideas!
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sssssssshhhhhhhh this is Dorothy's DH, Capitol D....!
how are you all? dotty loves u galz, u take much of her time and I'm ok with that.
I'm gonna have her post a hott pic SHE took of me 1 time.. just one right? uh oh...
Anyways, a BIG hello to u all and peace be with you and God stay near you, and I mean that.she'zbeing overly nice to me now, yup, right there.will she hit send? Cause I'm not.
The fire got her ......
Stefano
PS: Dotty a bit alcohol advanced does approve of this transmission
i say she post the pix she's been holdin' back on you ladies. *laughin**
she's wild, lotzz a funn, long live Dorothy-Brown come-on-down!!
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Sounds like a lotta partaying going on tonight! Kymn, so glad things are better, and apparently will get better again later on tonight!
And Dorothy's DH (another wink)....well what can I say....you must have gotten her pwetty dwunk for her to relinquish her 'puter keys to ya! Anxiously waiting to see that picture........0 -
Kymm......right approach. Plus, bet you feel just wonderful with all those endorphins. Much better than a fancy meal out.
You also told your husband the right thing. I would add that his other job is to make you feel like a woman no matter what. Main Squeeze made that a goal of his. It worked. I burst into tears when he was equally enthusiastic about me even when I was virtually w/o hair. I didn't cry very often, but this was one of the times I did.
Bet you sleep really well tonight. Very healing.
I have lamb shanks a-braising, plus squash, asparagus, and leftover potatoes. So a feast. Working on wine. Feeling wonderful after my ride and soak in the tub. (Rose-scented bath oil tonight.) Have a baked apple ready to go for after dinner.
Figured out the creme de marrons dessert for Monday (lunch with female Rector). Will do the chestnut creme base, then raspberries, then whipped cream with chocolate shavings. Avec un peu plus de champagne.
Most amazing sunset over the Puget Sound tonight. Life is wonderful. - Claire
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Claire - your dinner sounds wonderful... we spoiled our appetites with gourmet nachos and Cadillac margaritas while we watched the sunset.
Let the corgi and WD take me for a walk/run this afternoon. Can't believe how much energy that 12 YO corgi has!
I need an upbeat read... my book club is debating our next book but if it's about the Holocaust again they can count me out, I need something clever with good, witty characters... any ideas?
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Gail.....what about something by Colette????
In the meantime, I would suggest a film on my list. Older woman who still has lots of sizzle.
Potiche (which means "Trophy Wife") with Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu which sounds like the most fun. Just caught the reviews, and something funny, a bit satirical, and marvelously acted.
I would also ditch the holocaust stuff.
Does your book club know about the Empress of Blandings??? They should. I will let you find out who she was. A most important personnage.
Quite frankly, I don't have the time for angst and horror. So many wondrous things out there.
My dinner was wonderful, but didn't quite get to finish. No matter.
Ready for a wonderful snooze, and the end to a wonderful day. Got paid too. - Claire
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Nice, Claire. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll do a little research tomorrow. The movie sounds great too... I sort of got paid too! I had car issues last month and was really bummed about having to pay almost a thou for prevention... got a check in the mail from the mechanic today for $212, saying that he got a better price on the part and wanted to pass that on to me. Wow, he's got my business for life! Nice to get the cash back but also restores one's faith in society.
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sweet stuff Gail! businesses like that are rare today!
hey sorry for dh, I did give him permission to hack into my stuff...he was asking questions and I told him to go ahead and read. and yes, he got me drunk! great fire, great night. Sure hope you all are having a great night too.
off to the hammock I am but with Hunk tonight haha.
DorK, out! nighty night one and all of my friends here!!
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Hey, beans----Hola! Estoy bien. Donde esta???? My espanol is pretty limited!!!!! And, you all can just imagine how bizarre I sound trying to speak any foreign language with my midwestern drawl!!!! I can keep up when we all start in on the igpay atinlay--what a hoot THAT was!!!! BUT--not sure I will ever master Beanglish!!!!!!!
Anyways, gloomy, dreary, cold, rainy, foggy here but having a great time with new grandson. It is so amazing to me to watch these first-time mommies with their first borns---------I remember being a nervous nellie with my first! Sigh------they'll be more relaxed when number 2, etc, come along.
I surprised everyone (self included) by fixing Eggs Benedict for breakfast. Had to try a recipe I ran across where you poached the eggs in a muffin tin by baking them----it was perfect! The baking time gave you just the right amount of time to toast the English muffins, brown the Canadian Bacon and make the sauce. Everything was ready at the same time and the eggs were deeeeelishus!!! DH said they have to become one of our "B&B" staples when we have company.....can do!!! Oh, and DH fixed us some Bloody Mary's--yummy way to start the day!
Need to get my old uttbay in gear manana and wrap up getting our tax crap ready for DH to take to acct appt next week. It is an overnight trip for him because he still sees the acct we used before we retired. He is nervous because I am the one who answers all her questions and who asks all the questions.....he will be just fine! I am not up to an overnight trip anywhere just yet....
Hoping that spring rolls back in tomorrow and that everyone has a wonderful rest of the week end! A big howdy to the new names I see......meet you all out at the pool!!!!!!
bottomsup!!!
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Hey there junebug! Rainy here too, in fact just now it is not only pouring rain (and coming IN), but HAIL is hitting the windows right behind me. I have never heard such loud hail. Wish we had put the truck in the garage too. Yikes.
Dorothy, I thought it was you portending to be your DH....jokes on me! I don't let my DH read stuff here....but only because I like to have this thread as my refuge. Sounds like you had a fun night!
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Kymm and Kathy......glad that today is a better day for both of you.....
It is so hard to see our parents age....I told someone the other day that my parents were young and she asked how old...I said 76 and 80 and she commented that its nice that I consider that young...well, no its not young per se, but considering my brother is 56 and I'm 54 (55 in may) they are young!!! My mom has been my dad's care taker for 4 years and it is getting more and more so.....it is very hard on her.....the future is scary....they live in a retirement community in Florida and mom loves the life they have there...so the chances of them moving close to me are not great at this time....never mind the cold weather iin Denver relative to S. FL. But I sure wish they were closer. My MIL is 83 and still lives in her own house in Columbus, but she too is aging...BIL lives near her....
Men....can't lilve with them and can't live without them....My DH was my rock and so wonderful during Dx and x....post Tx has been hard as I'm not the same person he married....We both miss the old me......WE struggle to find the balance.....And being middle age parents of a teen-ager brings it challenges, but we are both so greatful for DD#2...she has brought so much joy to us as well as to her big brother and sister....
DH woke up in the middle of the nigh moaning in pain....he realised this morning that he has a kidney stone that he is trying to pass....has been pretty miserable today.....When DD came home I told her that Daddy has a kidney stone and first thing she asks is where is he, at the hospital!!!! Has the poor kid been through enough medical issues with her parents in the past years!!! DH pcp is a good friend and neighbor...he came over to check on DH this afternoon and told him if the pain didn't get better he would send him to the ER for IV's...pain and hydrations...we both said thanks but no thanks!!! DH has been taking ibuprofen all day.....tonight when he went to bed, he was a little more comfortable, but it hasn't passed yet...lets hope tomorrow is a better day....
Gail....we've managed to have medical deductions since BC Dx....between premiums, plus for a couple years, we were also paying premiums for our big kids, appts, etc we were past the 7.5%...not sure we will make it this year, but worth figuring it out....I need to go back and start doing a TSA again....wiped mine out when I took early retirement, but now that I'm working again, need to start over...of course I've put it off for 1 1 /2 years...but I think its past time as taxes aren't looking good this year.....
Husker....welcome...this is a fun thread.....pull up a chair and have a glass or two.....
Dorothy....so nice of your hubby to stop by....but isn't this a girls only thread!!!!!
Beans...nice to see you....
Junie...tells us about the little grand...his name? do they live close to you?
NM....love all the pics...especially the one that spells out HUG....hugs definitely make life better
Claire...have a good ride tomorrow.
Sweet dreams everyone...have a good Sunday....HUGS, Karen
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Wow girls! You have been way busy! Welcome Husk, if you've been lurking you already know that we're a pretty good bunch of women. Have you thought of making a plackard and walking the room with it before starting a converstation? One with Casual and the other with Serious.........do you think the attention would be given? ((((hugs)))))
Kymn, glad you got things all sorted with your DH. Sometimes we really do need to spell things out in capital letters before they actually get it.........mine included.
Dotty, you take care not to be doing too much before that boobie heals properly, you don't want to take any steps backward! The post from your DH had me a bit confused to start with but then the penny dropped and ILMAO. Hope you both had a good night!......wink, wink, nudge, nudge.......lol
Wow Gail, what a surprise! It truly does restore faith in the honesty of some, unfortunately not all.
Kathy, how are you now? a little more settled I hope as there has been a little time to digest the news. I'm pleased to hear that your mum is still talking about having her car shipped to where you are. Don't forget that you can always pm me if you want.
Claire, I just love lamb shanks! They have the sweetest most tenderest meat of all and I just love to do them in a slow cooker which makes the meat literally fall off the bone.....yummmmm!
Hi to all the other girls! Hope you are all feeling well and happy in your day to day. I think it's time I headed for the bar .....feeling a little frisky tonight I wonder whats on the drinks menu that will match my mood........PaNtS! drinks menu please!................Ooooo, I see Brandy Alexanders.....oh yeah....that will do just nicely thank you! TITZ UP!!!!!!!
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Wahine-you're welcome, we all need hugs and Kleenex from time to time. I'm praying for your parents, it's so hard when parents are not at the top of their game.
Kymn-what a cute way to end a "discussion of some intensity" (as my parents used to call it)! What's wrong with living in a Hallmark card? Sounds like a nice neighborhood to me! Men are simply to simplistic to ever really "get" life, IMHO.Claire-I envy you being able to stop at a roadside produce place this time of year. Here in Maine it will be another few weeks before the fiddleheads are ready to pick, then the stands will start showing up. I love buying from farm stands and farmers' markets in the summer. While it's no comparison to what you do, I have actually turned on and played with the Wii for 3 days running now. Only doing about 15 minutes of training, but it's not so much that I get sore and want to quit, and there's enough variety to keep me interested. Another month or so and I can start walking again! Was up to 3 miles almost every day a couple summers ago. Aiming for that again by the end of this summer. I'm not at your level, but seeing you proves it can be done, so I'm working on it!
AStorm-I hear you about breakfast. I have to plan ahead or I end up buying bagels or donuts or something on the way to work. Once I discovered that I do best with a portable breakfast that I can eat in the car I started re-thinking breakfast. Now I make sandwiches the night before, or fix something else that doesn't require utensils to eat. It's not traditional, but since no one sees what I eat in the car, what do I care? I'm saving money, too! My slow cooker is my lifesaver on work days when I know I'm going to be too tired to really cook when I get home. Love the "dump it in, turn it on, eat it when you get home" approach!
Dork-The tenders just refilled the percotini fountain and fukitol dispenser, and are on their way with drinks and chocolate to enjoy in the hammock! And I am soooo jealous that you get to play in the garden already. I still have a month or more to go. Sigh.
Huskerkkc-WELCOME! You must be a genius to figure out DILLIGAF all by yourself! We need more working brains here in the lounge. What's your favorite likker? Make sure you tell the tenders so they can stay stocked up on it! Bailey's Irish Mint Cream? Sound very, very yummy, gonna have to see if I can find some. Have you checked out the pool and hammock areas yet? Great to have you here!
Mornin' Junie! What a great way to poach eggs! I have got to remember that one. I got a tip from someone on one of these boards about making quiche in muffin tins, no crust so few calories and individual serving sizes to help with portion control. That works great, too. Amazing what you can do with a muffin tin!
Karen-Amazing how our definition of "young" changes with the year, isn't it? Hope DH passes the stone quickly! Tell him to drink lots and lots of water, but he probably already knows that.
Chrissy-lamb shank in the slow cooker? I'll have to try that, sound wonderful. I don't usually get lamb due to the cost, but I do love the taste.
DOTD, in honor of Husk joining the loungettes: Frozen Andes Mint
1/2 oz Coffee Liqueur
1 oz Baileys Mist Irish Cream
1/2 oz Creme de Cacao
2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
1 1/2 oz Milk DairyDirections
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth and slightly thick. Pour into a collins glass with a few ice cubes. Garnish with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry. Add straws, and serve.
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What a nice way to start the morning, NM! That Frozen Andes Mint sounds amazingly good. I love chocolate and mint, so it is purrfect. Would prolly work w/ choc ice cream too. I was a sales rep for Nestle for awhile, and also "had" to pull all the candy before the exp date....this was part time and I had over 350 stores (conv stores incl). Well needless to say we had a room at home FULL of candy, all organized by type and date. My favorites were Butterfinger and Crunch bars, and my youngest DD grew to love Chunky bars (which her friends had never heard of). Its her fav to this day. She could eat all she wanted to, as she was in ballet classes sev times a wk and worked it all off. But we also had a choc covered mint, I think it was called "After Five"? I forget the name, but they were GOOD and would work in this recipe too. Needless to say, my DD's friends LOVED coming to our house w/ all the candy they could want (after awhile the moms stopped letting them bring candy home...LOL). And I love your pic of the "Crack Ho"...I need to copy that and email to my DH. Also reminds me of that saying (but I have said this here before) that "You can take a Whore To Culture (horticulture) but you can't make her Think.
Karen, I loved your long post and had so much to comment on, but now it is on the prev page and I can't go back. Dang it! Thank you for thinking of Kymn and I. I am doing better, only because like Chrissy said, I have had more time to digest it. Plus my mom's attitude has been great. She is shipping her car, which may arrive when they get here on Apr 20, if all goes well. My dad is having more tests, so we have to make sure it is ok for him to fly for such a long trip.
Thanks Chrissy, you were a godsend with your caring PM's! And to the other gals that pm'd me, you also were all so sweet and really helped me a lot. I knew you all would lift me back up! And Dorothy, thanks for your continued prayers....very grateful. BTW how are you and DH feeling today after that fun dwinking night? Hope there are no hangovers. DH and I both had horrid headaches in Tunica the night we dwank, and dwank, and dwank.
Junie, So sweet of you to make a special breakfast for your guests! I want so badly to visit your B&B someday, but I can't eat eggs that way, so maybe we can have something simpler? I make a great omelet, or I like eggs cooked hard with the yolk broken...LOL. As a kid we always had soft-boiled eggs, and now I have to have my eggs really cooked a lot. OR we can just have cereal or something. Now don't try to get me dwunk enough that I will eat poached eggs!!!! Please hug your sweet grandson for me. I know it will be sad when they leave.
Well I don't think we suffered any from the hail and storms last night...at least as far as I can tell from looking outside. Need to check the other properties too. That hail was hitting the windows so hard, and so loud, I really expected some cracks! Hope it didn't damage our roof again. When it was replaced because of hail, it had more damage a few months later, but of course the ins co would not cover it again. And now the deductible on roofs went "thru the roof", like now would be over $3500 deductible. OK.....time to try out the Frozen Andes Mint dwinks.....
Sunday Morning, Sun Shining in Your Eyes, Sleepy Head, Smile a Little Smile...............
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good morning ladies,its 830 on a wonderful sunday morning,well its actually overcast and threating to snow once again lol but to me its wonderful. My life feels back in balance
claire yes indeed those endorphins make all the difference in the world lol. DH has to head to edmonton today for a course for his work so am going to have to stock up on them this morning when he wakes up lol. You are so creative with your cooking I have about 24 cookbooks sitting in my cupboard perhaps i should think about pulling them out as the meals dont seem to appear on my table at night when i get home from work.
NM i am with you love my slow cooker on work days so much easier as when I get home the kids have something going on and i dont always have a lot of time to prepare from scratch although i do try to as much as possible. We always eat dinner together, a nice sit down dinner everynight so I do try and make sure to make everyones favorites at leasts 1 time in a two week period overall my kids are not fussy eaters thank goodness.
dorothy sounds like you and DH had a fun night hope it continued on once you shut the computer off lol
wish I could go out and start a gardern,we have lived in this house 5 years and i havenet even planted one yet. i was too afraid to break the sod lol but this is the year DD has been wanting one for 2 and I feel bad that i havent done that with her so this is the year. Not sure what to plant in the climate will have to go online to see what grows here besides potholes.Kathy how are you doing today, any big plans for Sunday? how are the folks today. I hope everyone in your family is having a wonderfully positive day and you get lots of smiles and happy moments.
Husk dont run away come back dont worry we wont drink all your irish cream on you lol pantz keeps our liqour cabinet well there are few more than one of them lol fully stocked you come drink with us anytime . My wine last night....yes a real glass not virtual was deleicious, I did behave though out of repect for my poor liver working overtime right now and just had two but I savored every last drop.
Junie those eggs sounded so good, i have not been able to eat eggs since chemo started and i used to eat them every morning but eggs benny well that is my all time favorite and we happen to have alot of that yummy canadian bacon around here lol go figure. I am horrible at cooking eggs DH laughs at me all the time he says i can cook the shit out of anything except eggs just cant seem to get them right. how long do you bake them for? i will deffinetly being trying that . I too have made the quiche in the muffin tins love those and no crust perfect.
Karen it sounds like the weather is the same where you live,it takes forever for spring to come we then have a short spring wham its summer and then back to winter sometimes a little fall but winter tends to come in with a venngence here. I wish we had a longer spring I so love spring so full of hope and newness and as I get older the idea of baking in the sun even for a nice tan just doesnt appeal to me anymore I used to be the queen of baby oil suntanning ooops child of the 80's we didnt know better but now am the queen of bring me my drinkk under the umbrella lol.
chrissy did I ever tell you I have been to australia? My xhusband who is now my best friend , that is a whole nother story lol, is australian, we went there for our honeymoon I just fell in love with your country so beautiful and versitile, is that the right word??, I went to sydney adalaide,perth,ayers rock and cairns each so different kind of like canada without the heat and kangaroos lol. Oh and we do not serve a burger with the lot here OMG what a mess that was. My children have australian passports too so if they want they could move there and go to school. Part of me hopes they experience that part of their heritage the other part of me says hell no your not moving away from mommy lol.
Astom I remember my moms 40th surprise party so well I was 17 and brought some of my friends with me they had it at the clubhouse at the golf course in the town i grew up in and I remember thinking how old and silly they all were lmao now I am 41 hmmmm wonder what my kids think when our friends are over. now they are 64 and 67 and I love hanging out with them and their friends they are such fun and young lol. all about perspective isnt it.
Beanius hi there how is your weekend going? I remember reading about your funny language when you were going through chemo I think it is starting for me lol I go to say something and the whole word doesnt come out like I thought it in my head oh dear going to have to make a translation book for my family.
Ok I sure hope I didint forget anyone,you have all been so wonderful and caring I wanted to make sure I took the time to acknowledge all of you and let you know how much you mean to me. I wish i was like NM and could do this everytime but sunday mornings seem to be the only time I have more than a half hour to read through everything and post lately.
hugs to you all enjoy your sundays
kymn
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I'm home! No way can I catch up. Welcome Husk, Junie so glad you got to see that baby! I get to see mine in 3 weeks. Kymn, glad you straightened things out with hubby. Karen, I hope yours passes that stone soon, my DH has that every now and then, VERY painful. NM, lunch was yummy at Olive Garden.....oh crap, just remembered I left my leftovers in the fridge in our room! SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT...so much for chicken alfredo for lunch today. Dort, the show was not with flowers, sorry. It's a bunch of vendors in booths advertising home and garden stuff. Grills, landscaping, siding, spas, windows, etc. Ya catch my drift? One of the vendors, selling faux turf had the cutest flower box. It was a whiskey half barrel, cut the long way but a smaller version than a real one. They bought locally, so I had to go get one! A little pricey, but a must have for me and will go great in the Old West Town. We are all anxiously awaiting that pic of Stephan!
Kathy, you have no idea how relieved I was when I read your post confirming that the "worst" had not happened. I got to read a little on Friday, but no time to post. So I had been SOOOOOO worried until this morning. Still, big hugs for you!
Oh, and Astorm....loved the apology story of your DD. So sweet, just goes to show what a good mom you are.
I wasn't replying in word, as I knew it would be too much, so I am sorry for not addressing everyone :-(
I am hoping to play in the dirt today! Happy Super Sunday ALL!
Now I have bumped into Kymn and Kathy......sorry gals, will need to go back and read later.
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Kathy! Glad you are alright from the scary storms last night! I was terrified! So very loud and scary! Turned on my weather radio for the first time not that it did me any good. This house does not do wireless so had to plug it in the hall. Well I can't sleep with light so have to close the door also this house is belive it or not " Too quiet" so I have a noise machine so the chance of me hearing the weather alerts is pretty much nil! So instead I stayed awake and worried. Today will be a long day.....
Gosh so much to respond to. Men- well my on again off didn't do well at all with my whole cancer diagnosis - Threw him out twice for what I thought was for good. Maybe I'm weak or maybe there is still something good in him but he can't handle illness of anykind. He never had kids or even pets - hmmm somthing to keep in mind - or never helped take care of his parents...... Not good. Sometimes it just seems easier keeping things as is cause it takes too much energy to change even things that aren't great. For my diagnosis I think I'm still in a fog about it all and they days just go by and I try and do what I can. Would like to be like Claire and live life to the fullest but I'm so tired it makes it hard. Somedays I feel pretty good and feel happy but most of the time it seems just hard. I adore my kids and they make me happy but trying to figure out this teenage thing without gettin my feeling hurt is hard.
Whoops didn't mean to go there at all..... Welcome Husker! Junie - the eggs sound wonderful - I have always wanted to make that but it seemed so difficult to try and time I never tried. I get so nervous when everything cooks and ends about the same time I just panick. NM. - I have recently bought a slow cooker and have done a few things but still don't really have a handle on it yet.
I can cook and I think I can make some nice dishes but they are set ones so trying new ones are daunting to me. Then having my kids turn up their noses is just frustrating. Of course one kid is a pure carnivoe and gormet but hates vegetables unless very fancy, one a vegitarian but likes hot dogs? and the third really only wants fried foods. Oh grand!
Kathy I so feel for you and oh shoot is it Karen who also have the "young" aging parents? Sorry can't turn pages. My parents were "old" and have passed away. I am always jealous of other's parents but the older care is awfully difficult and heart breaking. We went through a string of losses one right after the other which was almost so intense it in some ways made it easier as it was too much to process. We lost my dad and my God-mother - had my son born with DS then a few years later lost my ex's step-mother, his mother and my mother all one right after another and I got diagnosed with MS . It was sort of so much I think the school finally lost what on earth to say to us Oh and then of course the divorce and my cancer.... Just such a whirlwind. I sometimes wonder how my kids have dealt with it all and still seem to really be OK. Oh yeah then my ex's father got breast cancer the same year I did! and of course my precious Liesl who I still grieve for terribly. OK, feel like AStorm whew to get it off.
Gosh gone off rambling again. I think I need to do what NM does and post lots of good pictures. anyway, losing my Mom was so horrendous and going through cancer all I wanted was my Mom. Families can be so difficult but so very needed at the same time.... how to make it all work?
Astorm - thanks for your message and I write you back later... I've rambles for so long now need to get ready for the concert! Gosh just hope people show up - so depressing to sing for only a few people..... Thanks for letting me vent.... Oh and love the book suggestions! I so need uplifting books have tried to get into several and no good. Thanks.
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Good Morning Kymn (sounds like it WILL be, anyway
)! IF you have any healthy slow-cooker recipes, would you PM me with them? You too, NM, if you don't mind. My slow cooker is just a dust magnet, as I rarely use it. So at night, when it is time for dinner, we both look at each other and see who feels like cooking! Would be much better to cook early and then it will be ready when we are tired and hungry.Congrats to you Gail, for getting your weight where you want it. And you too NM, for doing the Wii. I really need motivation there, but of course can only do the treadmill at a slow speed till I am all healed. Can't call it "baby weight" at my age....LOL. I hate it that I was so slim just 14 yrs ago and could wear a bikini, and NOW I almost need to wear a caftan to get near the water.... j/k on that, but I would feel embarassed to wear a swimsuit right now, as I have gained so much weight. And we have a lovely cruise in 2 months....is there hope for me?
I am enjoying NM's dwink today, as all the dwinks are calorie-free here at the HTL!
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Have you ever wondered how a woman's brain works?
Well....it's finally explained here in one, easy-to-understand illustration:
Every one of those little blue balls is a thought about something that needs to be done, a decision or a problem that needs to be solved. A man, of course, has only 2 balls and they take up all his thoughts.
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Dang it again...had a long post, and *poof* away it went. Anyway, didn't see your 1st post Lori, or Stanzie's post when I posted. I LOVE your pics, and ROFLMAO at the "men have only 2 balls"....so true and yet so funny. We galz do worry about every little thing and our brains are going a mile a minute, even when we should only concentrate on "one" thing. Did you have a fun trip? Sorry about leaving the leftovers, but isn't that what we are supposed to do with "left"overs....leave them somwhere? J/K....I can feel your pain, and hate it when I leave something behind too. But hope the trip was a lot of fun anyway! Thanks for all the worry and concern over my parents and sorry if I scared you too much. I am just not ready for this,as they have been healthy for so long. I know I am lucky to still have them at 90 and 94, but darn this is just toooo hard. It helped me with my mom's good attitude, or she may be in de-nile. I may be the only family member they told; not sure, but my dad didn't want everyone to know.
Stanzie, Wish we could be at your concert! Will anyone be taping it,where you could share a link with us? I know you will be fantastic! You sure had a lot of losses all lumped together. Don't know how you made it through that. Since I feel strongly that stress could be a cause of cancer, do you ever wonder if that is why you got it? I know there are other causes also, but for me I think it was stress. So sorry your mom wasn't there for you. I enjoy being with my mom so much, but when things are bad I really don't go to her. I am so used to dealing with things on my own, and then venting to friends instead of family. But I enjoy her company so much and doing things with her too. We have the same tastes and interests. I think its sad now though that she won't make ANY decision till she gets my advice or input now. As an artist, she always knew where to hang things, but now she wants me to decide that. So whenever she goes, I will be losing my best friend. And I am not ready for that.
Whew...sorry to get on such a downer...didn't mean to. Maybe I need more to dwink!
Ciao Niao,
kathy
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I baggged skiing as still not full energy. Have to get my butt out cycling, and again rainy. Just missed getting soaked yesterday, so perhaps the same will be true today.
I did get to church, and asked the Rector if she has given up anything for Lent. Important question as would hate to fix anything tomorrow that she had foresworn. I am in luck. She says she "adds" during this season as opposed to subtracting.
So I finally fixed the menu, and got what I needed on the way back:
- Linguini carbonnara. Fresh local pasta, local organic eggs, special bacon, and good parmesan. My fave bacon and egg dish. I also add peas for color.
- Grilled asparagus. I got that on sale yesterday. Easy and delish.
- Red bibb lettuce, for a Salade Vert, to be served after the main course.
- The dessert I am working on. I had those sprouting chestnuts in the fridge. Grown in WA State, and different from the Italian ones. Very sweet. I cooked them yesterday, and trying to figure out how to make Creme de Marron with them. Think if I puree with cream, and then cook up with sugar and vanilla, I will be just fine. Then I will serve cold with whipped cream, raspberries, and shaved chocolate on top.
- Mountain Dome champagne which I bought at the Wine Bar the other night. I am thinking very expensive but less than half what that quality from France would cost. Very intense flavor and slightly sweet.
This is a double birthday celebration as didn't quite do up mine this way, and hers was 2 weeks ago.
Agree that After Eight are just fab. The Brits have a number of wonderful chocolate covered mints. Bentinck's are even better.
I tried a "French Women Don't Get Fat" idea for breakfast. Got yogurt and had with the baked apple I didn't get to last night. Just fab, and tastier than what I would normally have. A variant on this theme is pear, yogurt, and walnuts. I ate this one a lot during chemo.
I was thinking that I slowly lost weight during chemo because of the stress of the chemo on my body, but perhaps it was because I was focusing on eating enough protein to keep my energy levels constant, and of course all that water.
Imagine that!!! - Claire
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Stanzie - Good luck with the concert! ... When I had kids in my 30's I did the math and worried about being menopausal with teenage daughters...not very good "planning" but life is what it is... had no idea I would have to deal with bc and male menopause at the same time... what was I thinking?
Kathy - DD1 is looking at prom dresses online and was wondering what size she is... umm, "2" maybe... reminded me that I still have clothes in my closet that are size 4 and obviously will never wear again but have kept them anyway... what was I thinking?
Sorry about my man ranting... clearly I have issues... maybe more so than I realized. I tend to avoid direct conflict but of course that also means avoiding conflict resolution. Just can't figure out how to get DH to deal with the issues... I'd really like to get past all this and just have a nice life.
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Gail, I tend to do that too. Avoiding conflict that is. Just don't like all the stress that causes, but like you said it also avoids resolving the issues. I think sometimes we just need to accept that we can't change them, but that only works when in a REALLY good frame of mind!
Your DD is like my DD's were in high school....sooooo little. I made my DD's prom dresses and it was so cool when I got real skinny I actually wore one of them (only cause I could fit it!). Of course that was cause I lost my DH and couldn't eat at all.....so really got too skinny. But when youngest DD went away for high school and boarded at a Math & Science school, the kids there were very unconventional. So for one of the proms there, she wore a dress that my MOM made and wore, and that I wore too. Very 70's, and just so cool when things become popular again. Now she sews alot, and right now is making not only the wedding gown, but all the attendant's gowns and the mother-of-the bride dress, for a wedding in about 3 wks. She has been busy with that for awhile now! Do your girls sew?
Trying to avoid working today, but will need to get to it soon. Enjoyed spending Sunday with you all, but must work now.
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I hate shopping!!! Just not a mall person... DD tried on prom dresses (the sales clerks love her cuz she looks great in everything!) ... she is a size "0" and found several dresses she really liked... but the problem will be shoes as she cannot stand up in heels but insists... told her if she starts practicing at home, in May when the prom rolls around maybe she will be able to walk but probably not dance in them. She looks like a new-born colt with skinny wobbly legs.
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Happy Hour! Gail, come and join me, sounds like you can use one (or several!). So cute picturing your DD wobbling on those heels. Nice to be so tiny and can wear anything, but sorry you did not enjoy the shopping trip. What can I ask Pants to fix for you?????
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Well, I have no idea what's going on. That's nothing new here. Just wanted to wish you all a happy Sunday!
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Pants, puleez fix our Beanie a dwink.....and make it strong! I can't see your avatar well enough...clue me in? Happy Sunday to you too!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I did it, had DH shave my head today. i was trying to post a picture but I cant figure out how to attach it? any ideas
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