The Hermit Club
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Bippy-bonus of the new cleaning job!
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lol, it is freakin GOOD wine too. Bipster has a buzz, and DH loves it too. Lying in bed, sore and proud of my labors. I hope I can move tomorrow. Did not use my right arm like normal, afraid of LE. anna Maria is laid back, small, and gorgeous. Everyone is happy as all hell, bike riding and beachin. It was a good day, sweating, stairs, etc. feel like superwoman!
Goin to see dad at the VA Cemetery this weekend. May post a pic of his stone. My dad was so funny, kind and handsome. Miss him like crazy.
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Bippy- I hope you have a nice visit to your dad's resting place. I wish I could go to my home town cemetary, we always used to go visit on Memorial Day. My grandfather fought in WWI and was in the home town parade for many years (I remember thinking he was a real celebrity!) My dad fought in WWII. My nephew is currently in the Army.
Remembering the vets and current service folk this weekend. So many in need of help.
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jazzy, so true.
Dad was on the USS Gilligan, an escort. They had a Kamikaze that hit and he watched many friends, just boys, die. He never recovered from that. I have all his pics and letters. Amazing time and amazing servicepeople.
DH and I are gonna take short road trip after cemetery, just because. Maybe flea market, shopping, whatever. My horror of chemo and incapacitation seems a million miles away. good.
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Bippy- how tough for your dad. So many young soldiers loose their lives unexpectedly. I hope your time at the cemetary is good. I am sure there will be many others there as well.
Enjoy your day and whatever fun things you kids discover along the way. It is good to hear you are moving through the memories of all the treatment stuff.
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Yes, Bippy, my dad was a Pearl Harbor survivor, a badly damaged person. Today we call it PTSD. His ship was the USS Vestal, a tender moored to the Arizona when it was hit. But I never knew about that until many years later, when he was interviewed by the local paper. He stayed in the Navy 30 years. But after he retired, he became such a bitter and angry person that he destroyed everything he touched. He died in 2009, aged 95, alone and still angry. He never met my son who of all his descendants is most like him, physically, and in other only good aspects.
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teka, LOVE the kittaeh! Oh yes, I am aware of LE. And I am taking it very easy today.
mags, that is tragic for your dad and all the family. It was the horrors and stress. What child (they were all so young) could turn out normal after such a thing? So it ruined him for you, and his own life. I'm so sorry.
My dad had issues, but they were more in that he could not maintain any long term friendships or marriages. He was severely depressed alot. We never did things as a family, ever. Only with my grandma did he have a close relationship. He never did anything above the bare minimum so far as raising us. No vacations, no after school activities, no supervision.
So I always wonder how he would have been if not for his war experiences. He never, ever recovered fully so I have been able to see that and forgive him, but it took years.
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Hope everyone is having a nice wrap up to the weekend. I was up in Santa Fe and there is still a lot of snow up there!
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mags! princess Bride one of all time favs. It is INCONCEIVABLE that you would post that pic, LOL. As you wish........Jazzy, wow. I would love cooler weather. It is hot and horridly humid here. Wretched.
Bipster has a small condo clean tomorrow. It sure is nice to get outta the house and use my body. Maybe I can shed some poundages! I will watch my arm and be ginger.
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Hello ladies I could use some of Your wonderful coffee.
I planted flowers in my yard for the people I lost and
my dad the got cancer from Veit nam and nephew that
died while home from Iran and was in a car wreck. But
I know they are not hurting anymore. Thank You to all those
here that family members fought in the wars. God bless our Soldiers!
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Bippy,
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Foots- glad you were able to plant some things in memory of your dad and nephew. Sorry you lost them both, but as you say, no longer suffering. So many who went to Vietnam were forever changed by the exposure to Agent Orange. Peace sister.
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Jazzy spent some time at the Hilton in downtown Santa Fe for a few days.
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Mags!!!! i love you.
Jazzy, looks gorgeous. I cleaned a condo today and think it is the end of my cleaning woman career. Too old, too damaged, too delicate. It is okay though. Anyways, it was on the beach and so beautiful. Makes me wanna go on vaca!!!!
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Bippy- well you tried the cleaning job and it may be too much in the end.
Can the woman with the condo org use your help with something else less physical? You need a good office job, but not one that is too stressful?
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jazzy, no, they have mostly 3/3 units and larger....the 2/2 today was too much, and it was not even dirty, ya know? I am sore and wiped out. I am terrified of LE.
It is ok though, no worries. i have a new appreciation for office work now. And a job interview this week. So....whatevah. At least it ain't family law. Maybe I can do it for awhile, till they piss me off or I get bored....it will be easy compared to cleaning. Maids are amazing and strong. I am neither right now.
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Bippy- I hired a cleaning service when I had my surgeries and rads treatment. I could not do much for awhile after everything, except work. Now they come once a month to do a good deep cleaning. Cleaning is hard work, and we are just not strong for awhile.
I appreciate the gals who come here and clean for me (never mind that they do it all day/all week long). I used to do cleaning when I was in high school and for a time to make some cash in grad school. I appreciate all you are saying here.
Yay on the job interview. May the perfect work come!
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yupper, cleanin aint for me.
I am gonna try to negotiate less hours for this new position, less than 37. 30 is ideal. And on an independent contractor basis for a year at least. I know the guy, he is ok. I will have to tell him the many errors of his ways constantly as he is a bit odd. My only concern is that I will Tell him to fuck off, right to his face which will of course result in my job loss. Bipster has ZERO filter now, and only had a partial one before BC. But I just do not care, so it does not matter! I take zero shit from these egocentric boneheads. So....it is gonna be fun. I plan to aslk for the max rate!
And Jazzy, the first thing I shall do is get a cleaner for our home
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Teka- tough call, what do you think?
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The kitteh says, for evil!!!
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Teka or Jazzygirl have You got the coffee started
I need to relax and count my blessing. Long day
But life is good and God is great!
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Foots- always good to reflect on the day with gratitude. Many things to be grateful for. I hope you are doing well on this Thursday evening?
I am going to bed, but will have coffee updates in the am! Bring on the java!
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It's almost too late for our first cup of coffee! But here ya go foots! By the way,
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Bloom du jour of the yellow prickly pear. This one is dedicated to my friend Footprints who loves her garden too.
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Bless u foots
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Thank You everyone I have a patio garden and am eating
peas and other goodies, Its been hot and things are growing fast.
Bless You blondiex46. My prayer are with You
It so nice to see wonderful people like You. May You find comforting
peacefulness around You.
Jazzy I love those flowers, Thank You.
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Foots- yummy garden you have going there. Glad to hear your veggies are growing so nicely!
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Good morning friends. Wishing everybody a good weekend and a nice long warm sunny day where ever you are.
I saw some wild horses on my drive home last Monday from Santa Fe. There are still herds of them here in the wild west. I saw this photo today which may be from NM (but definitely somewhere here out west) and thought it was beautiful. Have a feeling Onco is going to want to paint this one!
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It is warm and sunny here today. I took my friend who just finished chemo to Costco for a food run. She is still not feeling well from the last chemo, has anemia but trying to avoid another transfusion. She seemed good today and we took a ride in my convertible and talked about jazz and then went to brunch after. It was a good day.
I bought a mixed pot of flowers that I have in a container on the patio and have noticed it looking sort of "ratty" and see why now. The birds have been eating it. The finches hop up into it and are biting pieces of the leaves and flowers off. I guess they taste good but oiy! I have seen this happen before where I have planted annuals and the flowers on top are neatly "snipped off" by a beak of some kind.
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