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I love seeing all the wild life from around the world
including us☺
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oh lisa, are you calling us "wild women"?
I've been off traveling and having some fun before coming home to a skin biopsy on my leg which came back B9!!!!!!! But then got infected.
Aly, that looks like a character! looks like fun to watch. Here we have Heath Hens that they are trying to "bring back". I'm not even sure how "they" are doing it since I don't think any exist. My island has the reputation of where the last Heath Hen lived. Makes you wonder why they died?
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Great shot of lovely tulips Lisa! Such a gorgeous flower!
Aly Autumn has arrived with a vengeance here..........I arrived back from my trip to Cairns to find the temperatures have really dropped. Today the top temperature has been 19 degrees Celcius and tonight is supposed to drop to single figures.........i'm just loving it!
Nancy, what a bugger that the biopsy area has gotten infected but yay!!! for the B9 results.....that really is great news and makes the infection so much less.
I'm still unpacking my suit cases and putting things away.........it's the down side of travel........lol......but I'm sure it won't stop me from doing more of it. France is next on my list for this year, tickets are booked and paid for as well as accommodation and transport while we are in France. Now we just have to sit back and wait until September rolls along..........roll on Spring!!!
Have a good day all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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update on me......I am am on home liquid nutrition, still sleeping 15 hours a day. I am in no pain, just afraid this is as good as as it's going to get
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Oh Wils, I'm really saddened to hear that all is not that good with you although I'm happy to hear that you are at least home and getting some nutrition all be it liquid. No pain is a really good thing and I hope it stays that way for you for a long time yet and you never know, things may improve once you get the body going again now you are getting nutrition to build it up.
Hang in there lovely one we are all sending prayers your way for strength.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Well hell yes, Nancy, we ARE wild women!! Glad for the good results but sorry for the infection. Hope it will clear up soon.
Wilsie, I wish you had better news, but I'm thankful that you have no pain and are getting some nutrition even though in liquid form. Is there any particular reason you're sleeping so much? (Medication, etc.) Perhaps your body simply needs rest to heal and your sleep needs will eventually decrease. Like Chrissy said, we're sending prayers and good thoughts your way.
Lisa, you may be hunting and pecking but your pictures are still gorgeous. I love the tulips!
Aly and Chrissy, here you are getting into fall and we're trying to get into spring, with the pollen and all the allergens in the air. (Well, you probably have them in fall too, because we do.) And Chrissy, I know you're as excited as you can be! September ill be here sooner than you think, too.
DD is going to the ob/gyn weekly now and there aren't many weeks left to go. Due date is April 8. She's supposed to sing at a church on Palm Sunday and then at our church on Good Friday, but we shall see. She really wants to do the Palm Sunday one because she'll be paid for that!
Hope everyone's having a good week.
Kathy
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Good to hear everyones updates. Willsie, I too am glad you are home and able to eat. Lisa your photos are something I look for every day and Aly and Chrissie the chance to see birds and animals native to the southern hemisphere is super.
We have black bears, bob cats, squirrwls, raccoons, and attack owls around here. My husband got hit in the back of the head by one while he was walking. They often follow him but now he wears a hat on his walks. He did get a good gash in his head from it though! They are called barred owls.
Cathy, aren't we all wild women?
MAcatack sorry about your infection. I think I used to heal faster myself. I am in week 4 of this cold and cough. It is petering out now but the cough hangs on.
Hugs to all
Ginger
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I know that I have posted this before but some times it's how I feel
Hugs to all hope you are doing better. My arm is a big deal so it's hard to post
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Lisa, Are you in a cast? I can imagine how hard it would be for me to post with one hand. Hope it heals quickly and you're back to normal.
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Ginger, Look for their nest. I watched 2 mockingbirds persuade a large parking lot to go the long way round to get to their cars. Defending their nest. Maybe a hard hat would be even better than a regular hat.
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lol, Lisa, I feel that way sometimes, too. Love the photo.
I hope your arm heals quickly.
I fell while on vacation and injured my left hand/ wrist. I actually fell into a hot tub. lol! I watched a little kid jump in so I thought it was a step but it was a seat and when I stepped in it was farther down than I thought. My DD was mortified. I laughed. What else can you do? So I get to start physical therapy this week.
My leg is much better! Thanks everyone!
I have found out that my blood sugar has been creeping up. So I am back on my strict diet for a while. See if I can get it back down with diet and exercise.
Oh Chrissy, what a great trip to look forward to.
wislie, hope your strength is coming back.
My Aunt was in the hospital last week. Scary! She had gotten a UTI which affected her heart, put it into Afib. She is home now, tho. Still a bit weak. We (my DD and I) took her lunch today. She insists on being on her own. Bless her heart. Keeps me busy, checking on her.
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Our Easter has been shattered. DH's cousin is the first (and only so far) road fatality of the holidays. It was her mother who died two weeks ago. Yes I know she is a cousin once removed but the cousins were brought up together as my MIL and her SiL where both widowed early and DH and his siblings regard their cousins as older sisters. Jacque was so looking forward to a holiday as she had been Joyce's main care giver. The girls were in one car and the boys in the following vehicle. So her husband and son saw it happen.
We are also trying to move MiL's stuff out of her house. I can't believe how much there is. And it is being complicated by DH's brother who lives in Spain and wants to keep everything. It's not much to store he says. Grrrrr. He is so unrealistic.
My back unfortunately is a real problem. So many discs have collapsed and vertebrae not good. Never mind shouldn't complain too much.I have gone to bed and DH who is so tired trying to move stuff has gone out for a take away meal as neither of us have any energy.
Lisa how is the arm?
and Mac hope to get to your part of the world in September.
big hugs
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Alyson, So sorry for the bad news. Please accept my condolences. That's just too much for one family in such a short time. Tell the brother in Spain to come get it if he wants it. I know what an overwhelming amount of stuff it must be.
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Oh Aly no!! I'm so sorry to hear your sad news on top of everything else...........just so much to deal with in such a short time.
I agree with Wren, tell your BIL to come and get what he wants ASAP or it will be all gone! If they want to leave all the work to you, they can also leave the decisions about what happens to all the stuff as well!
Sending (((((((((hugs)))))))))) although I know they are small comfort right now.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Sending hugs to you Aly 🌹
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Alyson, I'm so sorry to read of all this sadness. Hope things will be better soon.
Still on baby watch here. Today was the due date but DD was 10 days late with her first, and then had to be induced. Dr. said yesterday that if nothing's happened by next week they'll set a date for inducing this one.
I saw something on the weather report tonight I hope never to experience. A pollen storm! It seems that wind gusting caused a visible thick swirling of pollen in the air, not unlike a tornado moves. Oh how miserable that must be.
Kathy
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Alyson, I am sorry for your losses.
It is so difficult to be in charge of disassembling someones houshold. If you can afford it hire an estate sale service to help you. They know what to do with "stuff".
My husband and his 5 siblings have met to decide certain fiscal issues for my MIL who is in early dementia and has had to move in with one of the SIL. I have chosen to not be involved with the discussion or decision making. There is so much that can get difficult, I think the suggestion that you tell the son to come get what he wants, or perhaps he could hire an agent to take care of the estate. Your back is not fit for the work involved. Be good to yourself.
Hugs Ginger
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The baby's here, 7 lbs 12 oz of boy, Shaun Lewis! Some of you already know since I posted it on FB. He was born Sunday and with the exception of 1 night we've kept his 19 month old "'big" sister every night to help the new parents adjust. Tonight they're all together and Grandpa and I are taking it easy!
Very quiet here this week. Hope all of us are well.
Kathy
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Congratulations! A new baby is always sweet.
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Congratulations on the baby. Good to have the bundle of joy out in the world. 😊
we are in Coronado with a group of my husband's college classmates.
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Congrats Kathy!! Nothing like those bubby snuggles that come with new babies! Glad all went well with the delivery, even in this day and age it's a worry until they arrive safely.
Lisa love the sailing ship!
Did my little stint as a guide for our old Railway Station today and stepped in through the front door and promptly ended up down on one knee as the opposite foot slipped out from under me!! Yup, it had been raining and the floor is polished wood and the grip on my shoes was a little worn..........perfect combination for what happened. I'm afraid I was not very lady like in my language and thank goodness there were no visitors there at the time! Needless to say, it is a little swollen and bruised tonight and I'm sure it will be even worse by morning......sigh.........oh well, at least there is nothing pressing for the weekend and I can just take it easy.
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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My biggest fear Chrissy, going down with my butt in the air, and my undies exposed to all and sundry! Since I started doing some practice falls a while back....I only wear slacks/leggings when I leave home these days. I hope all is well tomorrow, if not try some 'Pain Away' on it; might take the worst of the sting out of it.
Sheila.
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Thanks Sheila, it is ok to walk on thank goodness just tender to the touch. I live in jeans so there was no knickers on show.......lol........thank goodness. I'm usually oh so careful about where I put my feet when it has been raining but I guess this time it was off doing its own thing.
Take it easy! Love n hugs. Chrissy
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beautiful sunset tonight
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Chrissy you didn't say you had fallen, naughty girl.
Big hugs
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Gorgeous Lisa!
Aly, it's all good. Today the bruise is coming out but otherwise no probs, bending just fine and walking like I always do.
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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at least I can work one finger for the camera. arm still in brace and ouchy. Hope you heal fast Chrissy..this is from that base we explored when you were in San Diego...last evening
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Oh gosh Lisa! I can hear the surf gently lapping at the sand with that one.......gorgeous!!
Having just one arm is just so limiting for you........how much longer do you need to be in the brace?
The knee is sore to touch as the bruise is deep but otherwise it's working just fine with no real limitations........I think the butt muscle that got stretched is more painful......lol........but it also is getting better.
Have a great day all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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hey everyone! I've been mia lately. lots going on.
Aly, would love to see you, if you get to this area! September is beautiful here.
Chrissy, hope your leg is back to 100%.
My aunt has been in and out of the hospital. I think it is getting to the point where she will not be able to live alone anymore. But she does not want to hear about us moving her bedroom downstairs. She can not make it up the stairs so she has been sleeping on the couch in the living room. We have to convince her how lucky she is to have a room downstairs that use to be a bedroom that we can convert from her office back into a bedroom. Her sons just got here today, I am so glad they finally came up.
I am so sick of my renovation project. It feels like it has gotten too big. I just want it to be done!!!!!
I have a friend that is going to do a beach stone fireplace front for me, but his brother just got dx with that horrible kind of brain cancer (glioblastomas?) I feel so sad, he is only in his late 40s and has a wife and 2 children. My church is doing the all out praying for him and I am so jaded, I have no faith that he will be healed. I just want to help them deal with the txs but they are up in the city.
anyway, I missed you guys. For some reason it didn't take long to catch up. Where is everyone else?
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Oh Nancy, so sorry to hear about your friend's brother's dx........this disease in all it's forms really is the pits! Praying that his treatment goes well.
It's really hard to accept that our days are numbered when we have to give up our independence so I can fully understand where your Aunt is coming from as my Mom was the same when it came time to move her to a nursing home. I do hope she does see the sense of moving her bedroom down stairs as it will be so much more comfortable than sleeping on the couch.
As for where everyone is, I think life is taking over once again.....lol.......and don't get me wrong on that score, I think it's great but it does leave the thread rather quiet.
For myself, I am and have been feeling so well I have gotten myself involved on a committee for the upkeep and preservation of our heritage Railway Station. This time of year we have been busy planning how we are going to raise funds to do what we need to do to pay the council rates, electricity etc. We recently (just before Easter) had the State Premier come with his Cabinet for a meeting and officially open our B & B. That was a huge thing and it ended up raising a huge amount for us as we did the catering and serving for two hundred invited guests and cabinet members and we are now planning an open day fund raiser for the 9th and 10th May and we are also doing the catering for that so I am up to my ears in baking.
This coming weekend the town will fill up as it is the Annual Antiques Fair and it's a huge thing. I will have my SIL staying with us for the weekend as she comes over to help out in DH shop as it gets way too busy for just two people.
Anyway, I have rambled on for long enough.
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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