So...whats for dinner?
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Thanks Tazzy- he is settled in our bed and sleeping with DH. I am UP as I was the one who had to convince him to take the meds and sing to him until they took effect. I am going to go back to my book and pray we get a nap time tomorrow. Might as well enjoy the quiet.
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meet you there Tazzy!!
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You mention meds... not being nosy (well guess I am) hope your DS is OK !
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no not nosey! He had his tonsils and adenoids removed last Thursday. He's taking Tylenol and Motrin. The next day or so will be the worst of it and it will be down hill from there. Until next Thursday we are on house arrest with no activity.
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I so enjoy all the stories about the children even though I can't add any of my own since DH and I never were able to have any. Teenagers now........ We bought our first house from parents nearing retirement age who decided to sell the big old family home and move to a smaller apartment. They left behind furniture, pots and pans, china and glassware and even food as well as an 18 year old boy. I quickly discovered that he ate half again as much as the two of us did!
I should mention that the house was the one DH grew up in and the teen was his younger brother.
He was only with us vacations and holidays as he started college that fall. We had him with us through his five years of pharmacy school and then for six months as he completed his internship. He was a good kid and has had a successful career.0 -
left you an 18b year old boy??
you are so lucky. really!
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apple, I know. He is 13 yrs younger than DH, 9 yrs younger than I so he really has been much like a son to us. Especially because FIL never really accepted either of his sons until they were adults and travelled a lot as they grew up. One of my most touching and humbling events was when I accidentally overheard BIL telling his best friend that he would never marry until he found a woman just like me.
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wow a lot of action for this time of night!
Tazzy and laurie yep, count me in im there for that dirty martini lol!
Chabba- At first i thought it was just some kid that the people who you bought the house from just left there kid haha!
Laurie, I have gone through the yoyo weight gain/loss so many times too. I also blame it on my Dh because everytime i want to diet he gets all kinds of goodies at the store. ARggh! I did a diet last year that we both lost a lot of weight on it really works but somehow we got back to eating all junk food again i think right around the holidays started doing it. It is called a protein fast diet i actually felt really healthy during it. I have got to start it again. Should i sing you a lala bye so you can sleep? LOL!
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Chabba- Awe, how sweet for your DH to say that. from our phone conversation i can tell you are very special.
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Chabba- Great story! Thanks for sharing.
I am more than tired this morning. DS #1 woke up twice more in pain last night. One of the times he woke up DS#2. I think I might have gotten 2 hours of sleep? Now I need to try to find some energy to deal with the day and still accomplish something. I was supposed to meet a friend for lunch who wanted to see the boys. I think I am going to cancel in light of everyone being over tired and who knows how DS#1 will feel by the time 12 rolls around...
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Laurie - so sorry you all had such a tough night. Oh how I remember those times - with four kids, I had many of those! I hope your DS is on the mend today and you all get to take a little nap this afternoon.
Chabba - very sweet story!
Joining you gals for a drink...dirty martini is not my thing but I'll take a bowl of really good cured olives!
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Goodness. I slept through a martini party last night! DH makes his very dirty. I take mine "clean" but with Michelle's bowl of olives.
Try to enjoy the day, Laurie. Forget about accomplishing anything.
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Wow you guys sure were busy last night!
Laurie you may have to nap with the kids today.
I would have been joining you guys in a drink last night...really as it was hump night.....but I passed and stayed home, my tummy is so upset in the evening lately, gotta figure this out, not sure if its meds or something the chemo did to my insides...eating tums like they are candy...wish they came in chocolate flavor.
Funny on the weight stories. I remember my grandma yelling at my mom telling her to feed me as i was too skinny...oh if she could only see me now! When I got pregnant with my first kid, I weight 118# and I am 5'10''. Food was never a priority with me...boy has that changed.
Chabba great story...glad you clarified where that teenage boy came from.
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Chabba..."One of my most touching and humbling events was when I accidentally overheard BIL telling his best friend that he would never marry until he found a woman just like me." that is the sweetest thing ever. Don't you wish you had a recording. Every time my sons leave me (or the house) they say 'I love you mama.." every time. I guess i am used to it because i recently started noticing it. My daughter says the same thing.. I wonder where they got that habit..? my husband doesn't say it.
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Here you go, Carrie! You can order these from Amazon!!! All kidding aside, I hope your tummy problems go away. Have you tried taking Prilosec or Pepcid? I took them all through chemo and for two months afterwards.
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so... how are you doing? luvRVing?
I am a former gymnast and diver and then started cycling in my twenties. I was sooooooooooo skinny... like 105 pounds. People were always giving me trouble... then i had kids and settled into a comfortable weight of 140ish.
i felt comfortable at both weights.. now I'm kind of in the middle.. I have really never cared, or dieted. I like plump women generally.. i think they are supposed to be kind of comforting and squishy. nothing worse than a skinny hollywood diva type.
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LOL, Apple - "skinny hollywood diva type"!!! And thanks for asking about me, I am recovering from my cold and enjoying the next few days of good appetite and no side effects before I begin Xeloda, probably next Thursday. I see the MO on Wednesday and the first delivery of drugs is coming on Tuesday.
Hey, Le Louvre is loaded with us "renaissance-type" gals! I'm 5'2" and just weighed myself - 128. I started breast cancer at about 140, two years ago. I was 122 when I finished rads in January and purposely gained a few pounds to give the breast surgeon some fat for the DIEP surgery that I will now not be having
At least I didn't gain any weight in Paris, even though I ate whatever I wanted. I think I walked it all off! I'm guessing Xeloda may help me get back down to 120 or so, I hear it's a lovely appetite suppressant! As long as it nukes those mets...I kinda like being a squishy grandma!!!
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Good stories from everyone...fun reading while I was having my coffee this morning! It's been a while since I've been up in the middle of the night not being able to sleep. Maybe it's the tamoxifen that makes me tired, but usually when I hit the bed I am asleep until at least 6 AM....maybe with one up and down to go to the bathroom.
I had three teenage boys at one time..plus a teenage daughter. The boys loved to eat and were very independent about making their own lunches when they got home from school, as I was working. I had been given a nice gift of Omaha Steaks that I was saving for a special occasion only to come home from work and discover that they had friends over and had eaten all eight of them!! WTH! I said ok one but why two? Well...they were small and we were hungry they replied. They then had the nerve to ask "what's for dinner?"
I'm going to finish planting my herbs (finally found my rosemary) and flower pots. I use vinca in the pots because it can withstand the heat and doesn't need to be watered every day like other flowers. I selected red and white which really pop against the landscape.
Tonight we are going to see a play at the local little theater...."Nunsence". We have a couple of good ones here but you have to buy tickets early because they sell out quickly. Hopefully I'll get dinner out before.
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Hope the little guy is OK Laurie... hard on you I bet eh? Especially being so tired. Hey maybe you should call your friend and say that you have changed the lunch date to a pot luck at your house... and she has to bring the pot luck
Oh! and tell her not to forget the olives.Chabba - what a wonderful story of your BIL - I could feel my heart strings tug when I read that.
DH & me have no children either (through choice) and I read some of your stories and wonder how you manage it all... seriously - with work, kids, DH AND bc... Some days I have only energy for me, especially after treatment...and
then I read your posts and have nothing but admiration for your stamina. And makes me think about whining.Carberry / Luv.... Tums in chocolate flavour... who knew.... Good piece of sleuthing there. Hope you are feeling better soon.
Apple. Even if we had an argument, my Mum would never ever let me or my sister leave the house without her saying I Love You.. even if I stormed out, slamming the front door behind me (which I did often as a teen). And to this day, if me and DH have had words, if he happens to leave the house I still say it to him.
Off to do breakfast now...
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i am going to have to try a martini.. i think it would knock my off my you know what. I kind of like those fancy beers.
When i was in college i had the best friend ever.. we really should have gotten married but i was no way ready to settle down.. (now he is super rich, the dean of 2 colleges.. has in own wikipedia page and a lab at Scripps .. anyhoo... his dad was the THE president of Sunbeam and he had a collection of Bordeaux (s) from the '50s. So he would bring us cases (we lived in the same apartment) and said.. come on guys.. you have to help me drink these while they are still good.. so every Friday (while dutifully doing our homework, schoolwork we'd be drinking some fancy schancy French bordeaux.. I really haven't drunk any wine since then because it was so incredibly delicious. nothing even compares. I was very fortunate to live with Jerry for 4 years.. and ended up with a couple extra cases ( all sorts) myself which i jealously guarded for about 10 years of special occasions. He was the best friend of my whole life.. I remember him asking me if i wanted to get married.. we had never even kissed.. and i just said 'no way! oh well.
o man.. the bottles would cost over 500 dollars today. I see on the internet that some bottles are over 1300 $. geez. and we were just kids doing homework.. no hanky panky.. (should have taken advantage of that)
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Apple- another amazing story! The people you have met and known, the things you have done and experienced. Wow.
Back to martini's- the irony is I don't like oilves, but I love them in vodka...go figure.
Michelle- Are you more comfortable since the draining?
Tazzy- I agree with you. I only have the 2 and when I read of the other ladies here having raised 4 etc it make my head spin!!
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Apple.. have you ever thought of writing a book of your life experiences ? your life is so interesting in so many different ways.... sad, happy, funny - I'd buy it 0
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Laurie - yes, more comfortable and less lumpy! I can actually tell where he drained away the fluid and the skin is back where it belongs against my chest wall. How's the weather up in your neck of the woods? We are getting a thunderstorm with downpours at the moment. DH and I were sitting outside eating lunch at 12:30.
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tazzy - loved your eh? - my mom was born in England, was a twin but their mom died shortly after childbirth, so she was sent to live in Canada with her maternal aunt. I miss her eh's!
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Apple, I have a friend like that. She dragged me, without knowing it at the time, out of my "cave" that I crawled into after Mickey died. No hanky panky... I just couldn't....she was too much like Mickey...but we were very tender toward one another...we ended up like a close brother & sister.
She got married and they retired in their late 40s. We still talk a lot and we can still read each others' minds. :-)0 -
Special... Eh is one of the 'wordism's' I have picked up. It makes me laugh that we all speak the same language, but in so many ways, it is so different.
On our first vacation to Canada a Canadian said to me the way that you (the English) can tell the difference between a Canadian and an American is that Canadian's put Eh? on the end of everything. Its true they do.
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Carrie- Hope your tummy feels better soon, wow chocolate tums who knew? ha!
laurie- Hope you get a good nap in being up like that all night just kind of ruins your day and makes you feel sluggish, almost like you drank one too many martinis the night before
Michelle- Love your new avatar you look so pretty. I hope the new meds kick @ss but are gentle on you. (((hugs))
I love olives especially the stuffed ones, you'd think i was at a buffett when we are out drinking, i ask for lots in my cocktails yumm!
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OMG- boys would not nap, they are over tired and insane. I am over tired and insane. DH called and said he is going to be late again tonight. I bought stuff to make stuffed shells so the boys and I can make them for dinner and maybe they will eat them. They loved the idea of big pasta that looks like sea shells. Lord help me make it till 7. Yes 7, usual bed time is 8....not tonight.
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DH hates olives but I always make him order lots ina martini and then I eat them - he thinks I am a nut. I am not a drinker - just want the olives!
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Deep breaths Laurie... deep breaths.... !
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