INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours
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Don't know about Dutch, nap is on my agenda today. Some early early bird in Colarado sent an email at 7 AM my time and WOKE ME UP!!!! Mumble grumble.
She will plead innocence.
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holeinone, you sold ....congrats
Cami..hi there...remember I am not far from you. I can come over and make you laugh ...prob at me..that's what I am good for..lol
Hi all
I am resting...hate zometa....it works....but it yells at me for a few days.
Have a great day .
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I am low energy today and going to nap too!
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She thinks 7 is early! It was 6 here! I got up at 4:15! Next time I will send you an email THEN! Hah! So that means you sleep where you can hear your phone? And emails?
I ain't even gonna say nothing about you not even spelling my STATE right! Except that you didn't.
I'm going out to plant my bright red Petunias! They are new, and not picked over, and they are always GORGEOUS! AND to throw in more grass seed, to fill the "spots"....
So hello to you two in Flo-wherever.
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Eddie just passed away.... Thank God.... So he is at peace now, and hopefully Theresa will be alright....
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Awwwww sorry about your friend Chevy. Take it easy and breathe. And a chocolate coke.
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Hangovers. Yup I can get a hangover on anything, a little or allot. I never had a hangover on MJ.
Rosie glad you like Caprice Cambridge. It is just a very happy pattern.
Smarrty, if you happen to want to collect a few pieces. It's still available on Ebay. If you watch the auctions it can be had for cheap. Not thrift cheap, but cheap if it's a real auction versus a buy it now. I'll go through my pieces and see what I can part with. If there's something I can part with I'll send it to you. Do you use sugar in tea or coffee? I have the miniature creamer and sugar. I have way tooo many S&C' sets. The minatures are so fun when you have coffee or tea with just someone else or yourself. In a different time the way they were used were on bed trays taken by servants. I don't use sugar or cream. Nor do I drink tea. In fact --yes, please let me send you the S&C. They are so cute, but it's not fair to them not to be used. Send me your address by PM. Then you use a very small or baby spoon in the sugar. Cute- It'd make my day if you said yes
DS son will never miss them and it will make me happy. BTW your post on exercising got me back in the pool swimming. Did you hear from Doc on your stomach/abdomen results?Teka and 2nd always love the pics.
Rosie please, post table when done
The desk you did in blue and red. Is fun. Was it just revitalized or was it a find that was redone? Jazzy so true post BC things we aren't supposed to be doing. But I do them. Drinking and smoking and overweight. Oh well.............
Loverly, yes, you did get everyone right
Chit is for shit, Forklift is for F**K., Recockulous is a real word synonym for ridiculous---really.Dutchy, maybe you were a Tinker in a pervious life
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Here's a kick in the butt thing. I bought a HP pavilion x 360 in June last year. I chose to do installment payments. Had a no interest offer. Made last payment this month. Today a key fell off. Been having trouble with keys not making letters. I suppose I have to send it back to HP.
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Chevy- I am sorry about Eddie's passing. Hugs sister.
Sas- I am overweight too. Working on it though. Lots of exercise and working on getting the eating figured out (not so much the calories, but how much I eat and when). I have a couple drinks on occaision. My MO said okay to that.
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Okay this is the stupidest thing In the world to write about. You all know I'm short on a brain cell every so often. This is on Beds. Several years before Greg died, we treated ourselves to new beds. "The Mattress Factory". I got an electric vibrating bed >1800$. Greg's was half that, but his didn't do anything. I keep catching him napping on mine b/c of the vibration. I said Honey, let's just het another one. Lo and behold, I thrifted one (electric/vibrating Mattress Factory) at SPCA for 125$, looked like it had never been used. Yay, then we both had one. His bed went to the extra room.BUT the thrifted bed's mattress was too firm. We bought a new "mattress factory" upper mattress. Then I had an extra Mattress, It went into the closet. Fast forward. One total bed and extra mattress went to DS. They recently returned. That's why I have referred to spawning beds. One set in the living room and the extra mattress in my room. Still decluttering DS's room with intent to paint. That's why the living room bed can't just go to a normal room i.e. a bedroom.
Here's the stupid part. I took the extra mattress to the Salvation Army. I said goodbye to the mattress and apologized that I just couldn't keep him any more. AND hoped IT found a home that would take care of it well. A guy came out of the SA donation door and saw me. I faked it. Who says goodbye to a mattress.
Now, I'm still feeling guilty. Irrational to the max. Probably just shoulda talked to Gary my counselor, but....................
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Sassy..... WTH? I'm trying to keep up with what you are saying, and to tell you the truth, I think I have.... Not that it made any sense, but I know what you mean.... You loved that damn mattress.... period. Some things we have, just have certain places in our hearts.... And we can't get rid of them, unless we come to our senses, and part with them..... and then run back to get them..... Don't do it.
You have a counselor? Those guys are expensive! DAMN! Get rid of him, and just talk to us, and we will humor you and talk you down from one of your Salvation Army runs.
So this has nothing to do with nothing.... except it being a mattress topper....! I bought one at Costco.... 2 months ago.... The most comfortable thing I have ever had... Some sort of gel-foam something.... Queen size.... So I am happy...
Theresa just called.... She sounds so much better.... They all got to say good-by, and she is just sure he could hear them.... I'm just glad for her.
YOU spent HOW much on a mattress? You could have bought a CAR for that much!
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Sassy- I get attached to things too. Usually it is my cars. I have a hard time trading them in or selling them. I remember kissing one of my favorite cars, a Saab 900S goodbye before I traded it in for a newer Saab. Who kisses a car? I do!
So in addition to Jazzy loving jazz and praying, she is a car kisser too!
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Jazzy, First I want to say his isn't a rant b/c by the time I got done writing this it looks like a rant-----the chit is just so long.
A good part of the weight came on when the thyroid went kaflooey. The thyroid likely went kaflooey after I took Micalcin(late 2012) for bones. Can't prove it. But in a relook at Miacalcin a little more than a year after the weight gain, in the s.e.'s list was "goiter". I was an 'oh chit' moment. I just stared at the screen. WTF. I never saw it when I restudied the drug before I started it. One of those thoughts that why do I have to have these friggen learning experiences. This s.e. is pretty rare. BUT b/c I had the goiter-- testing was done. B/c I had testing done the thyroid cancer was found. The pathologist missed the cancer in the first bx (June/july 2013). The f/u ultrasounds showed the goiter was growing, but slowly. In January 2014, I said to Endocrin doc "We've jumped on the cancer bandwagon, but no basic causes of goiter have been done, can't we do some more basic testing and autoantibodies." The auto antibody test done was Thyroglobulin(Tg) and antibodies. If both those are positive than a dx of Hashimoto's is made. If the thyroglobulin is elevated and no antibodies it's suggestive of cancer. TG elevated/ autoantibodies negative. That was mid January. Within minutes of the ENT surgeon seeing those results he changed his attitude and suggest removal.
Pathologist missed the cancer dx again, but sent specimen out for a second opinion b/c "of patients concern re: cancer". QUEST labs found cancer diffusely throughout both lobes. LOVE Quest.
Facts: Miacalcin has no reported connection in causing thyroid cancer. Thyroid ca grows REALLY slow for papiallary and follicular. The other two types are different. Ongoing studies now as told to me by Moffitt doc--1. Japanese study --15 year duration, 900 plus in study, only three known papillary patients have needed treatment i.e RAI-131. 2. Thyroid ca has been found on routine autopsy that weren't contributory to death--incidental finding.(forget number).
Far out thinking: Was they're a link between Miacalcin and goiter--unknown, but it is identified in monograph(drug info). But since I have two neuroendocrine tumors 1. ER+ BC and, 2. meningioma brain tumor benign. I think I'm lucky that if Miacalcin caused the goiter we may have not of found the thyroid cancer. Goiter with thyroid cancer is not routine. Bottom line the cancer was found without mets and was node negative.The weight kept screaming at me that something was wrong. B/C of that I kept at the docs.
I'm not happy with the weight----but it may have saved my life. Again.
You may not know the BC hx that I was in the pipeline for a prophy BMX b/c of family hx. Twin and six other women on paternal side. Half way through the process BC was found. It was very aggressive. Oh yeah, the brain tumor was found at the same time. Incidental to an evaluation from headaches etc. from a fall.......
Geneitics--------multiple possibilities PTEN, CHEK 2, P53 maybe more. Can't won't do b/c insurance won't cover. Two more cousins dx'd with BC since me, one has died. OF those with BC that were tested BRAC was negative---some predate Brac testing. Of 54 blood relatives ---they're are all kinds of cancers. Several with multiple cancers.
Range of fitness to smoking and drinking or any life thingy had----no coorelation. EXCEPT the paternal side where 7 of 10 had a cancer hx. They were a farm family that grew up on farms during the introduction of pesticides. In the early days of pesticides the concentration wasn't controlled as it later came to be. Also, keeping the kids away from pesticide exposure wasn't a big deal. Plus, the real break I believe came from the Paternal Grandmother side as her realitives and subsequent progeny on that side is even more cancer laden.
Anyhoos------------I'm very lucky. Incidental BC, incidental meningioma, incidental thyroid ca. Hope it keeps being incidental findings. I feel like I'm ahead of the stampede. Just hoping to stay there.
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OH Jazzy, when I traded the last van in 2004. The van was 17 y/o. I walked out and opened the doors and looked at all the bumps and bruises. The salesmen came out put his arm around my shoulder and said. "You're saying goodbye aren't you? It's okay It will go to auction and someone else that needs it will get a few more years out of it". I thought at the time it must be more common than I think.
SAAB's are such cool cars-----------so much fun to ride in. Thanks for understanding. Felt goofy.
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Chevy, First of all sorry about Eddie, and glad Theresa's okay. Her tough time is coming , but I know you will be there for her. It will take time.In regards to the mattress. I just feel a responsibility to take care of things well. I think it started when I saw my mom & dad lost their house when I was 11 or 12. It was in the aftermath of Polio. Hated Polio. I can still see the truckloads of stuff being carried off to St Vincent De Paul. Stuff I knew from a wee one. Maybe that's why I got into junking/antiquing/thrifting.......saving the old stuff and being keeper of the family stuff. That's very logical, but doesn't make the pain go away from that time. I can see the trucks as if it were today.
BTW your link on Mark Gungor on W& F's was very good. I watched about 2 1/2 hours of his video's. I called son and recommended he watch them. It'll be hard, but I want to try and get DBF to watch them too.
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Sorry about Eddy, Chevy.
I have been busy. I had lunch with my daughters, bought a present for the Bday party tomorrow, and sorted through some household items. I also bought myself a new tool. I just came in from the garage. I was using a brad nailer and air compressor for the first time. Yay me! I didn't nail myself to anything or blow myself up (at least I don't think i did).
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Chevy (((((hugs)))))) on the passing of your friend. No doubt you will be a source of strength to his wife. Chocolate coke and petunias sounds good to me!
We went to the cabin and my DD put together another IKEA bed in the kids room. DD loves to put things together and has a mechanical bent. She just needed some help with those tricky bolts that put the headboard to the side slats- DH and she finished. Now more places for kids to sleep. It was so peaceful and quiet up there. Showers then sun breaks - beams through the forest. I put up a Humingbird feeder and we have a ruby thoated humingbird that just LOVES it! He gets real upset if you are on the porch and sits and complains on the vinemaple! He buzzed my Dh as he cut some slats for the bed! The feeder has been up a week and 1/3 of the nectar is gone! We had the woodstove going so warm and toasty. Still having pain issues but it's doable.
That little bedside table looks GREAT! It came out very well. DH put a satin finish top coat, I am most pleased. My DD likes it. It is a much higher nightstand so the light is better for reading. Plus it's solid maple no veneer, dovetail joints - thrifted for 15$ because of cigarette burns on the top! I sanded all of it off! Lot of work, but worth it. The desk my DD had, but there were so many marks on the top. I couldn't get the dents, scratches and all out, so I decided to sand off the stain and paint. The bedroom has ice blue walls, blue checked curtains with red flowers, white matlesse bedspreads. The red desk with the blue top looks so cute in there, cheerful. She has a lovely bent maple antique chair for the desk.
We have ALWAYS named our cars! The longer we had them and we usually drive them into the ground - the more attached we were. When I was a kid my entire family had our picture taken with "Betsy" our old blue Ford station wagon before she went to the scrap yard! We were all sad to say good bye! So it's not weird to "love" your car.
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Sorry chevy re eddie
Watched the bruce jenner thing, loved it, thought it took alot of courage, and i really don't care what peolle do with their lives, whatever makes him happy, i would have sstayed married to him. I am sure he is a good friend to kris.
Theckids r amazing but apparently he is a good father to them, that is all they should care about. Everybody needs to mind their own businesses n let him live his life no matter what it is.
Yep i am still up slept all day, did too much 4 me yesterday
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I did that with our old minivan, I called it "The Beast" as the dang thing cost us lots of $$$$ for repairs. When we traded it in to buy our current car, I told "The Beast" goodbye and said hello to the new car.
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Morning gals.... Sass! Sorry about your Hp.... Can't you just go get a keyboard? Oh never mind.... I looked, and it's a Laptop?
It's just easier for me to have a real live computer... like this Dell desk-top. I had my own keyboard, mouse, and the modem was a snap, all here on my desk, and my EPSON all-in-one printer. I tried using my Daughter's laptop, and it was like a fish out of water! I'm just old fashioned.
Thanks guys.... Eddie is much better off... Theresa called last night after they took her back to her place... The family had all been to dinner... She was so glad they all went to be with him, and say good-by... We know he must have been looking down and heard them.....
But she sounded alright... I told George I just want to go to the funeral, and not that 10 hour Mass thing they do... I'd do anything for Theresa, but I think it is just soooooo hard on their family... I guess it's all in what you want, and believe.... Maybe it helps get him to where he's going?
We went to their Son Danny's funeral.... THAT was hard.
He had a heart-attack when he was about 55, while working out! And they finally found a heart, for him.... He was doing just great with his new heart..... Then he got cancer.. I think Lymphoma.... And the chemo just took his heart out... But losing their Son was just un-believable.... I don't know how someone goes through something like that....
Sass... I'll bet it WAS hard, for you to watch and go through your folks losing your home.
I remember my folks MOVING from our home, because Dad found a job in California... Wait... I DON'T remember ever moving! Don't remember any furniture going... no trucks... ! Damn!
I just remember moving in..... wait.... I only remember living at my Grandma's... not even moving in! But George and I were still going together. How come I don't remember my folks leaving? I just remember my brother having to join the Navy, at 17 because they were moving and selling our house... and neither one of us had a home.
I guess in other words, I chose to completely forget all the things that hurt us growing up... Well there were a few things I remembered... that came back as I got older....
Funny how your mind can do that! Well, mine anyway.
Dutchess! A "brad-nailer"??? You mean like a nail-gun? I know what an air compressor is.... How FUN you like to work with tools and garage stuff!
MammaR... Wasn't anybody up? So they DO sleep... Ha!
Rosie, your post was just detailed so pretty! I can just "see" what you did! The way you described everything, just paints a picture for US!
I don't know "bent maple" or "matlesse bedspread" either... Can't you just take a picture?
And you named your car too? Haaaaaaa! I didn't know we were supposed to! I didn't even name my fish!
Blondie! I guess Bruce Jenner is just fine.... It's just that I don't care WHAT he does, or any of the rest of that family, but they don't have to make such a big deal out of EVERY little thing they do, JUST for recognition and publicity, and for money....
He could turn into a whatEVER, but just do it and keep it to yourself... We don't all need to know how you had the world by the tail, and an assortment of wives, 6? kids, and all this time you really were a "girl" down deep inside.
Just do what you have to do, and keep your mouth shut... and don't pretend you aren't doing it for the publicity, and money your reality show will bring, and don't tell us that this will help save the world..... by your "decision".... the big "transition"...... Just do it and shut up. But they can't keep it to themselves... Television, money, and controversy rules their lives..... And they HAVE to stay in the public eye.
Cher's Daughter Chastity decided to become a man, but we didn't have to go through every little detail and mile-stone of HER "journey".... whatever.
Spookie, why aren't YOU in on this one? I just KNOW you are awake... oh wait... I didn't send you an email! I just do that in the morning.
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Gonna go look at pain colors for the bedroom, the last paint we got for it something went rather funky since its been on the walls and its totally messed up
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Mom2... WHAT? You don't mean "pain" colors, right? You mean plain colors...like beige, cream, white.... I "ragged" my walls many years ago, and I still love them.... A pale blue/white mix... You add "glaze" to the paint.... I just did sections at a time.... It took awhile, but ended up good!
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I started looking at paint samples online to see what I liked and what may cover that awful color, think I may have found one!
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I always loved and named my cars! My first one was a tiny Mazda named 'Mushu' like the little dragon in the 'Mulan' Disney movie. Then I had a little Toyota echo named 'Poochie' because it looked like a little black dog. The current one is a Toyota Camry hybrid called 'Helga' - why Helga? I can't even remember!!!!! Chemo brain .....
Happy Sunday!!!!!
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Mommy- I have some rooms in my house with some neutral colors and then a fab accent wall. Those are fun and a way to have not too much color in a space. I love getting the color wheel and choosing.
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Mommy and Jazzy, would you like to come to my house and help mepaint? I have boring white walls.
Rose and Ibgal, I've never thought to name my cars. I guess I would have had a hard time parting with them. Btw, those are cute names
Ms Chevy, I am glad Ms Theresa can come to you for comfort. Bless your heart.
Dutch, I can picture you in your garage practicing target shooting with your nail gun.
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Loveroflife- oh my friend, I have a painter! She and her colleague repainted my entire house between last summer to this spring. It looks so nice, I could not even begin to tackle that on my own. But if I could help you, I would!
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Chevy, him coming out like he will help n maybe save people, ome outh child committed suicide bc she felt so alone n nobody understood. Keeping it ubder wraps is like u r embarrassed about ig n they have nothing to b embarrassed about. Dont care ehy he put it out there, probably to save himself from the newspapers n paparazzi from making money off it, he told his story, now they have nothing.
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I know what you are saying Blondie, but they are planning on another Reality show, for him..... I don't think anyone cares anymore, who is gay, and who is "coming out".... One of my gal-friends was married..... had 2 kids..... then found her Husband in bed with another guy when she came home one day.... They divorced, but the young kids always loved their Dad.... Her, not so much.... But everyone stayed friends....
Not many people can afford to go through what Jenner is doing.... Okay, LIVE like a woman.... or whatever you want, but the Papparazzi has their job, and of course they will follow you.... That family will make SURE the public knows everything.
The Kardashians live for that.... without all the publicity, and stupid things they do, they would not have a show. I mean them all having dinner with Kim's placenta? Then they say it was a joke? How much press did they have to call to pull THAT one off?
They crossed the line a long time ago with me.....It's like they have DONE every out-landish thing immaginable....
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I love painting..and working with power tools. I will come and help anyone out . Just made a desk out of a sideboard from a dining room set. Love that saw. Such power
. Not fond of cleaning up 
Sorry I wasn't up Ray .....
Happy Sunday all
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