how about drinking?

ok first of all.....GO CANUCKS GO.... Game one tonight haveing a rye and diet to celebrate my team being in the finals...

All that scarey weather you are having in the states is really frighting me. Praying all bad weather stays away from my friends.

Have to make this fast but wanted to say...I LOVE YOU LADIES......

ok back to the game lol

hugs Kymn

Chrissy, I am here and looking for you.

Kymn, yippie, your boys are just three games away from bringing some Lord Stanley. I want this for you nearly as much as you do. 

We escaped the wicked t-storms this evening although they were north, south and east of us. Fortunately, the systems were very tiny and did not do much harm. Tornados are very rare in these parts but freakishly so, there was a small section in Phila. that was hit by both a small tornado and and earthquake within a few days. So untypical for here, gotta wonder if it was something I did lol, but seriously, it aint no joke as many of me bwest friends can back me on the subject. 

Wishing you all well, I am buzzed and just spend an hour trying to figure out the perfect outfit for tomorrow. It would have been easier if I found the left sandal I have been searching for...brand new, never worn and lost one.,..thinking about reporting this to 911, it is an emergency after all, I need that damn sandal, it affects my sanity. 

got my suit on and ready to make a big spash, Chrissy hope the crash wakes you up from the hammock, I see you sneaking off for a nappy!!  

Oh Dotty!!!! you meany, you got me all wet and I was just settling down for a good nap!  I used all my energy doing the laps!  Now I defintely need a drink!!   PaNtS!!!!

What you getting all dolled up for Dotty?  Got a hot date?  Yeah, I just hate it when you want something in particular and you can find it....very frustrating!!!!

Glad to hear that the storms passed you by and you are safe.

Love n hugs.  Chrissy

awww Karen, thanks for the well wishes and I look forward to growing old together with you. I have your address and know where to find you. I know your schedule and will just show up at your door to bring you lunch, deal?

 So I am still looking for my missing left sandal. I have a cute new outfit to wear to work tomorrow but only recently purchased a brown/bronze pair, took them out of the box and put them somewhere. me swears there were two and have a feeling there has been an abduction of leftly. 

Well will start now at showing my friends a little love, sorry negligent lately with keeping up.

Stanz, I hope your stupid sprinkler system peeps have showed up and bixed your problem. 

Junie, where'd ya go, Jocks is missing you....or is he scheming us?

NM, super fantab pics as always, If I could do the prep and procedure for you, I would in a heartbeat.

Chrissy, have you yet booked your flight to Laguardia in the fall? DH drives a limo and I could see if he can help.Not sure if we can get the stretch but can probably get a lincoln. It would be super fan-fn-fan-tastic to spend time with you. You are a super cool bwest fwend and that comes fomr the bottom of my heartt..... 

Wahine and Claire et al, thanks for the cancerversay (or should I say cancer-adversary) wishes. I am flying high at my progress, Claire would be proud to hear me say "hey, I am alive and well...who cares that I have one implant and one shriveled up mutialted tit"? DorK's glass is usually half full, I try hard AND  succeed for the most part as an eternal optimist.

Might need to edit this, tmi? hmm, if so do tail and I will act civilized the get er bixed!

~~edited to remove raw humor, correct typos etc etc etc, hope you all stillv ove me.

Good Mornin' GIrlzzzz! Eyes still not optimistic (fully opened) yet, but will twy to type. Cafe should be kickin in  soon.  Dang it DorK, I missed the "unadulterated" version....and the neat raw humor...shucks!!! Knew I shoulda stayed up latah. You are such fun, puleez don't edit out the good stuff anymore.....deal? or no deal? Hoping lefty showed up and you could look fantabulous from head to sandal, today! Sooooo glad you are posting more often again....missed you when you were awol.

Speaking of awol....still don't have the full 100% Beans here yet. Sooooo glad you are over that sickie-crap, but puleez come here more often!!!

HUsker, OMG that was one horridly long bus trip. Glad you made it home safely and are almost through with chemo. And that your family will be with you at those last appts. Yippee!!!!  Ans you are right....no worries about the Baileys calories....as long as it does the job! LOL. ANyway, when I checked, it was just 117 cal per shot....not bad at all. That woman had her "facts" wrong, so that is HER loss that she won't dwink it anymore. ANd she was awfully thin anyway.

Stanzie....Claire and I in the same room????  I think it also would be strange with me and Gail in the same room.....cause I think she and I would figure out how to remodel it!! LOL.. AND do it while you all are dwinking. J/K.

Well, close to 100 today, and I need to do a bit of staining outside, so will get going b4 I melt. THen taking my mom to a tea room for a nice lunch. AND a/c guy comes today (well.....you know what I mean!)....and hope he can get it fixed in all this heat. Will be nice to use the treadmill again....no excuses then! (Oh shoot, I can prob think of SOME excuse...lol).

HUGGLES and SNUGGLES,

Kathy

Husker....congrats on being at last chemo.  Rads are a piece of cake.  Hardest part for me was staying still.  I was dragging towards the end, but got out cycling anyway.

Hope you got to see a bit of Seattle.  I love it here.  Some clear skies over the weekend, so the mountains were out.  So gorgeous when they are.  (Unlike this morning which has low clouds.)

Hard to imagine 90 degree temps.  Right now, I would much rather be in a hot tub than a pool.

Kathy.....hoping the AC guy comes sooner as opposed to later.  I get the need for a pool.

Chrissy.....enjoy your new range when it comes.  The only thing I miss about the house I left (well, the spring flowers and lilacs).  I had a glass top and a convection oven.

Which brings me to: how do I clean the oven without setting off the smoke detectors????  Suspect I need to disconnect them.  I know to expect smoke clouds.  Perfect day to do this as cool, but can open windows.  Heaven knows it's high time.  Will be the last major cleaning item as scrubbed the bathroom floor yesterday on my hands and knees.  (Oven is in much greater need.)

Made progress on the job front yesterday, so have several targets.  Now, to get my resume out.  Finally came together in how to position myself/describe what I bring to the table.  My former business partner is pushing me above where I know I am, but keeps me from underselling myself.  I finally explained to her where I fit.  So has worked out.

The other exercise I did was visioning my life 8 months from now.  Nothing about BC in it, other than the odd oncology visit.  It's all about new accomplishments, learning, building a team, reshaping my wardrobe to match my new life, travel, skiing in new places, new friends, and doing more cool stuff.

I can't wait to get there. - Claire

NM - Thank you so so so much for The Pig Latin cocktail yesterday! I thoroughly enjoyed it and was trying to figure out how to say ROFLMAO in ig-pay atin-lay!! Your posts are just a delight, so thanks again for making me laugh so much!!

I lost two posts yesterday, so hoping this one goes...I was in Oregon in a motel yesterday and having Internet problems

Dorthy - Gigantic congratulations on your 1 year cancerversary and I'm toasting you for many many many more!!

I will say there's a lot going on lately and yesterday I found out one of my closest friends got a cancer dx. Not BC but any cancer sux. So I will be spending some time with them. I would not wish this disease on anyone! I'm doing better for sure and slowly feel myself coming back. I keep having one little stupid sh*t-a$$ thing after another though. At least these have been LITTLE, comparatively speaking. I have a goal to get through June without one doctor appointment!!! Yeah! So far, so good as of June 2!!! Hooorraayyy!

Here are a few pics from the land development...

Grading driveway and building site:

Test hole for septic (it has been approved BTW so we can go forward):

Finished pad...now waiting for septic to go in, electricity and phone and water system (too bad it's been so rainy and sh*tty, usually by June we have glorious weather with cobalt blue skies and tons of sun):

Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. I'm really doing so much better and just hope it lasts (at least for one month)! I promise to get caught up this week as I care about you ladies so much and I miss so much when I don't know all that is going on with you...However, as Junie pointed out, you are with me all the time and I see things that make me crack up in my daily goings-on that we've made jokes about here, like the foil ball. I am eternally grateful to you for this joy!

Cheers!!

Beans......sun should appear tomorrow!  Looks just gorgeous.  So sorry about your friend.

Stanzie.....did you fall on your face too many times???  This happened to a friend of mine back in the day.  Finally, her nose didn't work any more.  So she had it replumbed.

For those who don't believe me, it's in the low 50s here in Seattle with low clouds.  However, should be sunny and high 60s over the weekend with long, glorious summer evenings.

I need to get my resume to a couple of places on my list.  Plus remind the people I interviewed with last week that midweek is here.  Dragging with this cold thingie.

Have to say that nice not to be visiting doctors regularly any more.  Next appointment is my dentist, so back in that groove.  Past all the major dental work too. 

On to the rest of my life now.  So funny how I realized one day last month that I really was through everything.  Just like that. - Claire

Claire-around here they call it death by accidental drowning and it's a potential problem all year as the ocean temp rarely gets to 50. Hypothermia can start in about 20 minutes in the summer. Not as fast as with snow melt river water, though! Good luck with the networking, Now that you know what to look at you are one big step closer!

Kymn-Glad you had a good heart-to-heart talk, even if it was difficult. Perhaps there is hope for him, but as you say time will tell. And remember we are always here for you as you work through this!

Wahine-check with places that sell kayaks, some will have a small pond where you can try out different boats. Some places have "demo" boats you can rent for a day to try out. My other 2 bits of advice-get and WEAR a life vest while paddling, it's too easy to hit your head on a low branch or if you get dumped Get one with a small pocket that zips closed, it's handy for putting a cell phone (in a ziplock baggie) and your car keys if you are going out somewhere. AND, use permanent marker to put your name, address, phone number and name/phone # of an emergency contact on the inside of your kayak when you get it. The info in invaluable to the Coast Guard and Inland Fish and Game folks when they find a floating boat (kayak or canoe). They can tell at once if it's the one they are looking for in a search, it also allows you to get it back if it drifts off and gets lost.

AStorm-your welcome, any tine that I'm not napping in one! And I do NOT want to smell that kittie's breath! YUCK! Spider in a roll? NO WAY! You are sick puppy!

Wahine-LOL at the "adopt a dog" bit! Too funny!

DorK-- CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 1 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!!!!!
That first year is a difficult one, and you've done a masterful job of getting through it! Good for you! I'll join you in the chapel for a prayer of gratitude for all the good that is going on with all of us. Sorry to hear about your oldest furbaby, it's hard when they are aging and you know what is coming, and trying to determine when it's time to do the ultimate act of kindness. But as long as he is happy and eating his treats and seems to enjoy life, keep going, antibiotics and all!

Wahine-Tornadoes in Mass, Tornado warnings in Easter Central Maine last night. This morning it's still rumbling out there from time to time. Crazy weather, but at least it's warm!

Junie-Weiner's "answer" to the question makes me wonder what he is hiding. If he didn't, just say so! If he did, man up, admit, apologize, move on. The more you try to hide, the worse it gets! I actually saw Gone With the Wind when it was on TV a few years ago, spent a snowy Saturday, took all day to watch it! Great movie, though.

Godlie-I see it! Nice looking place!

Chrissy-Don't swim laps too hard, that would be healthy thing to do and we'er not into that here in the lounge! And if someone does have HTL on their license plate, FESS UP!

Karen-we all have days when we can't keep on track with the postings. Personally, I cheat, I put the lounge up on one side of the computer screen and a word doc up on the other, and can type response while looking at the posts! Regular Beanglish is kind of phonetically typed, sounding out the letters helps, once you get started it starts to kick in. The last round, though, was pig latin. But maybe we need to set up a translation service for when we are too buzzed or just plain to drunk to cope?

Husker-You survived! YAY! Jocks has a special supply of Bailey's Chocolate Mint he's been saving just for you! Treatment does tend to steal our summers. I lost 3 summers to the miserable beast. Congrats on the upcoming last treatment! WTG!

Goldie-cute FJ. Does FJ stand for anything in particular?

Wow-lots to catch up on this afternoon! And I did start catching up while it was still morning, BTW!

DOTD: Tornado Recipe

1 oz Vodka
1 oz Tequila
1 oz Rum
1 oz Whiskey
3 cubes Ice
1/2 tbsp Sugar
2 ozCoca Cola

Directions
Mix everything except cola, sugar and ice in a glass. Stir in the sugar, add ice cubes, and pour in coca-cola. Stir three times.

Darn, NM, sorry I bumped into yours too. I will just shut up for now!

OK girls I never learned pig latin so feelin left out lol how do you do it/?????

HD truncates to "hunk".

So you can guess where my mind is!

NM, from what I can gather the "F" has something to do with an engine and the "J" is for jeep. I just learned this myself!

Beans, I ‘m getting so excited to see the cabin. Thanks for sharing, this is going to be so much fun! Great job on ‘splaining the Pig Latin. And NM, did a great job ‘splaining Beanglish! And you look like a ball on a pin ball machine with all that bumping you did earlier......you wuz makin me dizzy!

Well...........wasn't much to catch up on, so I did it this evening.

While everyone else is drowning in rain, or devastation with tornadoes, Arizona is having wild fires! And not good when we are under wind advisories. The air is very smoky here and you can smell the smoke, even tho the fires are hours away (in driving) no danger for us, thank goodness! Hope you all have a pleasant evening! I am off to the pewl!

Lori!!!!! Wow the most amazing thing I have ever seen! I love it!! Gosh I'd be inspired to grow something if I had that! I'm a little confused is all if it yours - meaning the Sherrif  and such?

 Claire - When I first read your post about falling on my face I thought you were referring to my Avatar but then I figured it out. Labor Day 2009 I had a hard encounter with a screen door - the wood part and broke my nose. No it wasn't the first time but it was bad. So went and thought I had it fixed but I cannot breathe properly I get no air on my left side and very little on the right side. Then I got BC so didn't do anything but it is awful and it is still crooked which isn't nice. So VERY nervous about doing more surgery on my nose as I've been told it is very delicate surgery and doing revisions is very tricky so worried. Also the Dr who has the most experience wants all the $$$$ upfront! They have a deal with a company you can take out a 1 year no interest loan but still!!! So worried about it very much.

Now I can't remember any more so.... more later or tomorrow....

PS - NM the tornado drink is truely amazing!

Hope all you girls are sleeping well.  This is what my excitement has been about.....the new stove and range hood in situ!