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Kymn, awwwww so sawwry you have been kicked such a whammy by the chemo, this time. BUT it IS the LAST time....yay!!!! Nice to hear you feel well enough to be at work, and sooooo glad you popped in, so we know how you are doing. Thinking you might need a Rye and Diet....of course it will be invisible if you dwink it at work, but you will get to enjoy the taste and start to feel mellow.....
And me tinks DorK might need a pick-me-up too....
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Yet again another long post goes POOF. ARRGGHHH!!!!!!!
Getting ready for the weekend's work, it's a full moon so I'm expecting to be BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised, but we'll see.
My morning routine was disrupted this am by a delivery of fresh haddock. One of the advantages of growing up on an island is you know lots of people who fish and can get fresh fish, lobster, scallops, etc at "boat price." That's the price the middleman pays the fishermen, in this case $5.20/lb for filleted haddock. This is fish that was swimming yesterday morning, caught and filleted yesterday pm. Sooo goood!
HOpe you all have a good wekeend, hope I can check in once in a while!
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Picture from the Bastille Day celebration as promised. A bit dark as my flash wasn't working, but think conveys the atmosphere.
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thanks for the drink Kathy you always take such good care of me.
NM I love fish, I love fishing Walleye is my absolute fav we are going walleye fishing next weekend
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Kymn, I have never had (or seen) walleye...hope you catch a lot of em! NM, Oh my, fresh haddock, how lucky! I mean, that is FRESH!!! Can I join you for dinner???? While having happy hour overlooking the lake, not only saw the Canada Geese, and ducks, but a PELICAN flew by! HUH??? Thought they were saltwater, but looked it up and apparently there are freshwater types too. That was a big surprise. My face prolly looked like the surprised one in the cancan pic, when it flew by! LOL.
Bottoms Up (literally!)
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HellOOO Loungettes, it is Fried-dey and I see RW chatting with Pants. I think I saw Kymn too. We are going to have to find a way to get her here for her Chemo-B-FN done ParTAY! Congrats Kymn. I hope that the after effects of chemo go away fast. A big hug to you.
NM, so sorry that you lost your posts. I feel your pain when you write that. Many of us here think that you are z best poster and that you are passionate in taking all that time. I may have to send my people to the bc.org people to figure out why one key stroke and the post goes to cyber fn space. That sucks for you, yes, that is what I am trying to say.
I saw Claire at the lounge too. Claire can confirm that it is Kathy in her picture of the Bastille day celebration. Great pic, looks like fun.
Yay Chrissy, I can't wait. I get so excited.
I am going to hit send because an add just popped up for an i-Phone and I don't want to lose this little post. Sooooo....I shall type more in a bit and try to finish reading. Me thinks me only missed posts from tuesday through wednesday. I do like to catch up and not miss a thing. And believe you me, I will be around much more after surgery which is in July, not June. I get those months mixed up. Me tinks the booze goes kill brain cells but Dilligaf? Goodness, just thought IIost this post. I hite the little arrown thingy next to ABC and it worked!!
Ok, hitting send for real this time. oh, sorry, one more little tang.
To Karen, you are one busy girl. I thought of you at work when someone was in need of a translater to review Hebrew bank statements. Keep up the fun. Did you know that it is raining cats and dogs in Denver?
And one more little tang or 2? To Beanius Beanie Jeanie, you have great posts too and I love when you are having fun. I hope that thelife sh-eat stops hitting you. And I love when you are active and hanging out more at the lounge. I know life is biddy (busy) and thyme is the enemy.
No mo tings in dis post. Hitting send and hope to return soon. Anyone there, please don't go, please don't gooooo-oooooh! I will be back soon and hope to see you gals.
cheers!
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I'm back from the ILs and I NEED A DRINK! They live in southern Cal. Always good to see family but the experience ranged from frustrating to horrible and certainly not what I would call a "vacation". I'm sure there are some funny stories but it may be a few days before I see the humor. I knew this was not going to be all pleasure as MIL is ill and not aging well (nor is FIL for that matter) and DH is pesky in the best of times but I was really looking forward to spending time with my DDs. We aren't used to being around family and after 4 days with the ILs the girls reached had their tolerance level and were just awful. They wanted to come home so badly they just made us miserable. Then they wouldn't even let me stop at the winery that was right off the freeway to pick up my wine club shipment so now I have to have it shipped to my house. Is it normal to come home from vacation wanting to abandon your entire family? DH is talking about having a party (which I would plan and prepare for 100%) for my bd and our 20 year anniversary but I just want to get away from everyone! Too bad my passport just expired or I might be on my way to Paris.
Stanzie - hope you got your AC back and you don't have to switch places with your son. It was very cool in southern Cal. Hope everything is ok with you.
I'd love to post a pic of my tile work but DDs break or lose every camera I bring home and the pics I took with my cell are noot so good.
Pour me a tall one Pants!
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AStorm - I feels yer pain...so glad to see ya! I will be back in a flash for Pau Hana...just need to get this darn wine bottle opened!
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WooHoo Beans, is your wine bottle big enuf to share?? Here, I will even help you open it! I see that Pants just handed Gail a HUMONGOUS dwink! Wow, never seen such a big glass....or is that a pitcher? Dwink up Gail, nice to have you back here with us! Thanks for the passport reminder....I know we don't need visas for Ireland, but gotta make sure everyone still has valid passports. Glad your ordeal is over, and you are home now. Yeah, sometimes "togetherness" is not what it is cracked up to be! Nice hearing from you too, Dork!!! Oh no, which gal am I supposed to be in that picture (I am afraid to ask)? Glad you didn't lose your post. Sometimes I will highlight and copy it while I am typing, so in case it goes "poof", I won't have lost it all. NM, darn it that you lost your post....you work so hard on getting the right cartoons for each of us. Hope your weekend of work will go well and the full moon won't bring out all the craziness!
Happy Fried-dey NIght to All,
Kathy
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Oh, whew! Got that cork out and now it's time for happy hour and it's Fried-Day so I'm ready to party! Thank goodness for the massage last night I'm in some kina shape (looking for trouble, ha ha).
Karen - wow, 7 or 8 people ahead of you for a shower, isn't travel fun! Hope to hear from you soon!
Stanzie - where are you? Hope you are okay and will check in soon...
Dot - Baby, so glad you are alive and yeeeesheeeheck about them making you do work without the pay...that is so wrong, but I think Claire is right gettem back on the other side and hard! So the 20th for your surgery, well we will be there with big bottles of JD to get you (and me) through. I will be so glad when that is over for you! Oh good you have your people on NM's lost posts...she does such a great job and then some freak makes them go poof, not fair! Ooooooo, I didn't realize that was Kath doin the Can Can, ooooo thanks for telling!! Dilligaf to dead brain cells! I can think of a lof of other Dilligafs too. And ooooo tanks for da nice woyds about da bean posts...I don't' get a chance to sprechenshie much beanglish anymore but itsalika alwayz there... as for sh-eeet, I gotta get a better shield so it misses me altagedda! (Will pick one up for AStorm too!)
Chrissy - Sorry but Pants is all mine! Just kidding, I'll share so he can massage you too or whatever you need!!! Fam stuff sux, but now mine is over and we can hear about poor AStorm!!! You are so right, I cannot please all the people all the time.
Wahine - shoot is right! Darn, his fav machine already hit...I hate it when that happens and I sure hope he find another good one. Hope you have a great time with kids and gkids!! Thanks for getting the massages going last night, that was wunnerful! Those dwinks look so good too, rye and diet and JD, yummy!
Kymn - Yay, it is over and you will just start doing better and better. I sure hope the rads is easy for you. I used A LOT of aloe vera and aquaphor later. I concur with Claire, use a lot of aloe like 5 to 10 times a day and then if skin gets any issues also use a good strong cream. The creams were greasy and got all over so I used a lot of under T-shirts and just did a lot of laundry, some clothes got stained, but heck it's so short, 28 sessions....really keep a lot of aloe on all over the place to keep skin moist. I had some itching so had over the counter anti-itch hydrocortisone and also took some mild antihistamine, like Claritin a few times for itching. I really just did what my doc recommended, he was a great doc. Take care and get well!
Claire - wow, just love the can-can photo! Thanks for posting, looks so so so fun! Sure hope your ride tomorrow will be fantastic and not wet (it has just rained non stop over here). Take care and have fun!
NM- Sh*t man, another lost post! Oh my I know how much you put into those, so just poop! Hope you have a great weekend and please do not work too hard. The fish sound excellent. Is is raining there? It sure is here! Have a great weekend.
AStorm - You brave! I mean you big time brave to visit IL's with DH and DDs....wow! I'm so sawwy it was frustrating to horrible and not a vacation, darn. But you are sooooooo brave to even attempt it. I have no answers as I just have been cowering on my own (really alone) for a few days after a fam visit. Between blood and my dear DH I think sometimes I will go nuts. I never told my MIL about getting cancer - you just would not believe what a load of caca that would have brought on me. I would have told my late FIL but he's been gone for 6 years...he was way cool and I miss him so much. Oh I'm sorry your DDs wanted to leave and were miserable. Yikes, they wouldn't even let you stop at the winery. You haven't been here but I have been suffering and trying to regain my center after a fam visit. It was deeply disturbing. I sure hope you will feel better soon. I think Pants has a tray of beautiful big dwinks for you! Welcome back and you can take a big deep breath with me! Yay! We survived that too!
Wahine - I got about ten magnums ready to go here...Pant's is taking the corks out so I think that should last for a few minutes. Gail needs a big big big dwink for sure!
Hope everyone is having a great Fried-day and I rully hope you all have enuf dwinkies!!! Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers!!! ~ Beans
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Oh, Beans, so sorry... family can be deeply disturbing. DD1 and I had a terrible fight this morning and I didn't even want to ride home in the same car with her but she is my DD and we will get over it. I just cannot believe how selfish she can be. My sis sent me an email saying she is "in California" and left voice mail too. We hardly speak because she is toxic. I call it "limited exposure" and I cannot deal with this right now. Let's just get dwunk shall we?
Here is my attempt to see the humor:
Where my ILs live they have a guest cottage next to the pool which is run by their HOA. Our DDs usually stay in the spare room at the ILs and DH and I stay in the guest cottage. Last time we visited, we nearly froze to death as the heater didn't work and they were having record cold temps, oh and the cottage has twin beds. WD was just a puppy and in the middle of the night we had to take him out of his crate and put him under the blankets between us (in a twin bed) so he wouldn't freeze to death, thereby ending his crate training forevermore. This time WD was going to sleep with DD2 (as he is her dog) in the ILs' spare room. My phone rang at midnight... DD1 can't sleep in the same room with WD cuz his tags jingled... no, taking his collar off won't do it, I need to come get him. On the way back I noticed the sound of crickets which seemed odd because they spray insecticide constantly and there are absolutely no bugs for miles.
WD went to sleep immediately but the crickets did not. DH insisted on joining me and WD in a single bed even though I was too hot... suddenly DH sat bolt upright and said, ‘what is that noise?'... crickets? I suggested ... maybe not cuz it's constant and too fast... something electronic... we ponder for awhile... WD gets pushed off the bed and yelps, DH moves to the other bed... the sound persists... I put my pillow over my head and try to sleep but WD starts howling as the sound gets louder and more high pitched... maybe the smoke detector... no... a security light? ... the pool? Can't we just pretend it's crickets? I suggest... So we spent the night trying to track the origin and trying to block the sound with pillows. In the morning we looked and felt like tortured prisoners
and FIL makes this weak-ass coffee with fake chemical-tasting creamer
which we drink to be polite while DD1 whines that the cereal is stale...
Night 2: according to FIL, the groundsman (who happens to be his old Army buddy, Pete) checked out the cottage and the noise is gone but I am skeptical because he didn't do anything. We curl up with WD and corgi and a bowl of popcorn to watch Jay Leno. I can hear crickets but I don't say anything and I hope we are so tired we just pass out. WD is on high alert. Lights out... the noise has gotten really loud and shrill and WD is tilting his head to tune it in properly and then starts howling.
DH stomps over to Pete's house and pounds on the door. No one comes to the door. DD1 is calling me to whine that she can't sleep in the same room with DD2 so I ask if grandpa is still awake and can he come over here cuz dad is really mad at his buddy Pete. DH is standing outside Pete's door and calling him with his cell phone... the phone rings inside Pete's house many times before he picks up. I can hear Pete apologizing as they walk toward the cottage but when he comes inside, he cannot hear the ear-piercing sound that is literally driving us insane! DD1 is calling my cell again but I ignore her so she calls grandpa. He has her on speaker-phone but is pressing the phone to his ear and yelling, "EH? WHO IS THIS?"...we can all hear that it is his beloved granddaughter and she is frustrated because I'm not answering my phone... I excuse myself and go to talk to DD in person... DH storms into the room and says that we are all (2 adults, 2 full-sized teens and WD) going to sleep in this little room on 2 twin beds. Needless to say, no one slept. The next morning, 48 hours into our "first" day of vacation, Pete drives by in his motorized cart with the horn stuck
and I realize that they are all deaf! My FIL cannot hear high pitched sounds due to some military incident, the specifics of which I have blocked from my memory, and Pete (who was in his platoon) has the same problem. We never did find the source of our torture.
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Gail, how utterly horrid! How many nights were you there? Sorta funny though how you discovered that they are all deaf there. Wonder what in the world was making that sound? Really a nightmare vaca, wasn't it....just sooooo many things you had to contend with. Sorry you and DD1 had that awful fight. Maybe you ALL were so on edge after not sleeping, etc. Luckily Beans brought many magnums of fine wine to help dwown your sowwows. (((Hugs)))
Beans, Good thing you brought so much vino! I think we all can use a lot of dwinks tonight.
It wasn't till almost midnight that I realized today was the anniversary of my husbands death. I think about him all the time, and how long it has been, etc. But for some reason, I didn't connect todays date with that horrid day. That is a plus, as I always feel I am healing more, when I don't dwell on that date, the entire day. He was really special.
Gail, I bumped into your edit of your pics, so just now saw the cute cartoons! Strange coincidence though that one shows a Winn Dixie, as my late DH was a store manager there (along with being a Jump Master Green Beret in the Nat'l Gd).
Night girls.....gonna have another night-cap glass of wine....ChEARS!
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More likker pweez. Been awake since 4:30... already washed the dishes that accumulated after everyone went to bed (how does that happen?), cleaned the kitchen, went to the ATM to get cash for DD2 so she can go to San Francisco with friend's fam, hit Starbucks for a double cap and the supermarket for half & half and something to put on the godawful fever blister that is quickly becoming my largest facial feature ... now I'm looking at my neverending list of chores and projects... but first, more likker...
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Astorm!!! I so feel your pain... that is so horrible! Not getting sleep is just too awful.... Sort of reminds me ( not nearly as bad) of visiting my sisters. My one sister has a very pretty bed that might as well be a cement block and she knows it plus the room has some odd motion detector which blinks on and off with this bright red light all night! Lovely. The other sister has two options - one is a ancient fold out sofa bed the kind with the awful bar across the middle or a guest room with twin beds, no way to close the curtains which look directly into the neighbor's porch and houses are close down there as in opening the window I can touch the porch - well Key West is overrun with chickens... yes really and they roost in the trees outside that guest room and who ever said chickens and roosters only make noise in the morning is not correct - it is pretty much all night long... So I'm always very sleep deprived and sore and miserable and not that I actually get along with my sisters so.... not a good combo.
I've been AOL and depressed.... no good news on getting my nose or the breast revisions so just been awfully upset. Then overwhelmed by more repairs and my power bill and insurance is going up $100.00 + a month and now property taxes in our county due to huge mismanagment will go up 26%! Even though property values have plummetted - raised the milage rate! So just want to crawl under and rock and not come out till it is all better....
On a better note, off to see Harry Potter today and thrilled my son is back from camp! Will catch up on all I've missed next go round but have to say.... those are some Can Can dancers! When I was little always loved them and of course wanted to be a Rockette - Stop laughing Kathy! Really... ok, well hope the pool wasn't too cool for you! LOL!
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LOL....oops Stanzie I just noticed you told me to stop laffing!!! Hey, you would have made a good rockette!!! Remember you can do anything you set your mind to do.....of course there might be a height requirement???lol. Hey, did you just dump me in the pool??? Glad you still have your sense of humor, with all the other $hit going on. Terrible about the increase in property taxes...*ouch*...and increase in utility bill. IF only you could find a GOOD tenant, have you thought any more about renting out your apartment? At least it is a separate entrance, etc. Might be a good source of add'l income. Hadn't been to Key West in years...and didn't even realize about all the chickens and roosters! Hope you will have a good day today at the movie, and glad your son is home now!
Gail, OMG what a funny picture! Yup, sounds like you need some likker and ASAP!!!! I woke up real early too and was going to get up, then (luckily) fell back into a deep sleep, till after 9 am! So many calls this am already, from DH and from my mom! DH is having a ball at the casinos, and calls soooo many times a day. Hope he wins at the big drawings today! Gail, hope you can make it thru the day, being sleep deprived and all. If you're like me, even though I will be tired, I don't take a nap.....but can muddle through. So, best of luck to you!
Hope all you lovely ladies have a wunnerful Sat-ur-dey!!! Hoping everyone will come to the HTL today and have some fun!!! OK, since Stanzie already got me wet, might as well stay in the pool. Swimming up to the bar right now....Pants is making some gawgeous dwinks today....yummmmmm!!!!! Here, Gail, *handing you a dwink*....I think its a double!
Kathy
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Happy Saturday ladies!
I have finally finished reading up, yay! You girls are great entertainment and I have missed that. I was smiling so big reading everyones posts and feel as if I am on a journey with you.
Gail, your story about the past trip to IL's and "deaf Pete" cracked me the hell up, so glad you can laugh about it now but I can't imagine. I would have freaked out big time as I do not have patience. This is one of the reasons I do not like to venture out except to go to a tropical island where I am pampered by natives. I can so picture being present for that particular vacation. I love your description of WD on high alert for the crickets or whatever the heck that noise was. My Mocha dog was as it my now Biggest Girl WD. She only howls when the smoke detectors go off or something is really disturbing to her. And for goodness sake, do not answer your phone or respond to the email from your sister, tell her that your cell phone was messed up and that your PC also took a crap. Anything to avoid more toxicity (sp)?
And Stanzie, a rockette, I love it. You do not give yourself enough credit and bust on yourself and that bums me out. I can picture you as a beautiful rockette rocking the can-can. And Kathy, why you laughing, that not nice lol. Mitch, I do love you and am sorry that you got hit with so much. You are a beautiful and elegant lady who cares so much about everyone and it is disturbing to hear about all the crap going down. I think it is time for a fukitol or two...or three. Yikes, what a tax hike. It is always someone of something robbing us of our dough. Sorry about the issues with your nose and boobs. I know the frustration of the boobs. I am pretending that I am going to Hollywood instead of Jefferson Hospital next week and preteding that I am getting a beautiful breast enhancement instead of a stupid turtle shell aka as tissue expander. I am so done with all this. Ughhhh, hang in there are rely on us to pick you up. whenever you are down, you know the drunken girls will help make you feel better, always. think I will swim up to the bar with you girls and splash Kathy, just for fun.
Come join us Beanie, I think you need some yummy pretty dwinkies too. All I can say to all of you experiencing the toxic people who are related, stay the heck away when you can. Just join us here and let's get RW dwunk and make her stop working. We can have some big time fun.
Ok, gotta hit send, my phone just rang and I jumped out of my skin and nearly lost this. Suddenly windows media player pops up, no idea what I hit. Be back in just a wee bit, wanna talk about work some more and fill you in on my week of fun.
Peace be wif you all, cheerZ!!! clink clink clink clink clink, oops Mitch, i think me broke your glass. Pants, get the lovely lady another pleeeeeze!!!
mE, SIMPLY me. xo
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I am bock, already. Me tinks me made the executive decision to get my ass to work today for a wee bit. You all probably say WHAAAAAT? I decided that I was NOT going to allow this company to rip me off this way after I have worked my ass off all month in getting a months work of work done in two weeks. So I went over my manager's head to a VP whom I have a great rapport with. He told me to go to my manager and plead my case and I did. So we are compromising and I am happy to say that she will personally work on the loans I have that are nearly done so I get paid for them. The trade off is that I have to go in today or tomorrow for a bit and wrap up. This is because I did not plead my case until yesterday morning and was stuck all day working on loans closing YESTERDAY and monday. I am glad I spoke up for myself. It was not my boss trying to hurt me, it is all about the company finding ways to pay out less. We are paid in "buckets" and the more loans we close, the higher the $ amout is per loan. So it is in the companies best interest to give my loans to someone that is new and cannot close that many loans per month. I just know it. I get so furious at times but it is all corporate greed. It just pisses me off big time. And not sure if you remember me talking about the day NBC news was in the building taping a segment about our great healthcare. The clip aired this week on the Today Show which is national. I want to go on that show and tell them that while the segment made our company look good, it is a big fat lie as they did not talk about what this company does to people who are NOT well. You all know that my health insurance went from A++++ to D-. Yet our company has the audacity to portray my employer as caring so much about the health of their employees. If I get to work today and I think I will head in soon, I can send the link and let you girls see it. But I will portend it is about Stella, or the old "my friend has a problem" when it is me. this is just in case the IT police are on duty and somehow able to see what I am up to. very sore subject in dorkland. Ok, now to flip a coin, to work or not to work....I say get it over with, lIets see if I get heads or tails.
Another saga in the life of Dork, this past thursday, I woke up feeling very very tired in the eyes. I went to wash my face to prepare to get my contacts in and whooaaa, my right eye was all closed up. Long story short (is that even possilbe)....made an emergency eye doctor appointment. The doc said it was external injury of come kind and we think I prolly rubbed my eyes while playing with swimming pool chemicals. I came back to work after being gone for two hours with the one eye, still half closed but improving but I looked like a freak as I only had the one eye dilated. I told my DD this morning that if I saw myself like this, I would casually step back, slowly slowly, then run like hell. I totally looked like a freak. Thankfully, the eye is alot better. It is still a tad bit swollen and I am not allowed to use contact lenses or makeup for a few more days. I have to wait until the eye is fully healed then wait two more days. Oh, I called my PS since my preop instructions say to call if I am taking any new medication. The nurse had never heard of the eye drop I was prescibed and they were supposed to call back, no return call. I hope this does not delay my surgery. NM, this is when I wish you were in the lounge!!! Ok, off for real this time. I think. But hmmmm, there is always tomorrow! Or tonight, I can drink now, wait for DH to arrive for a visit at 3pm, nap then work. OR I can get my ass there now and get er done. Crap, I wish I could make decisions.
I thank you ladies for listening and say feel free to skip past the blabby me. THIS is one of the reasons I love you girls.
CheeerZ and bottomZ up....all bottomz!!
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Hug for Stanzie:
Hug for Beanie:
Thanks, Kathy
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Hi Loungettes!!
Long time no chatty. Sooo far behind and can't ketchup. I miss it here so much, but just don't have the time during the week to check in. Afraid of the IT police catching me doing anything non-work related. Working lots and trying to manage body aches and pains from menopause, tamoxifen, obesity, etc. Saw my primary care doc yesterday for the first time since diagnosis. I loooooove her and had a good chat about general health, gotta slash the calorie intake, ordered a colonoscopy (pooper problems possibly left over from chemo damage) and switched up some of my other meds. Have a moderate case of frozen shoulder, probably from the daily rads and the awkward position they would force my arm into. It is exquisitely excruciatingly painful and my 500mg naprosen doesn't touch it. On to 650mg tylenol for arthritis and if that doesn't do it, Relafen.
Getting fitted for a lymphedema sleeve today. I don't officially have it, but I'm flying next month and the therapist I saw a month or so ago said I should definitely wear one when flying (ya know, flapping my wings n'all).
CHEERS and BEERS to ya'all.
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Cute ones, Gail! And many tankz for da dwink!
DorK, Oh my you always have me ROFL even when you are talking about problems, you always put a funny spin on it! SO glad you posted today, as we always miss your fun posts. THANK GOD you talked to them, and can go in today or tomorra and NOT lose all the loans you were working on. YAY! You put your "big girl panties" on and took care of things! That sucks about your eye, and so weird having to go out like that, and no makeup to boot. Hope it heals up FAST! And that it doesn't delay your surgery, with the eye meds you have to take. Yeah, yah, go ahead and splash me....me tinks I just stay wet in the pool around here! But at least it is cool....that beats being out in the heat.
Hugs all around (sounds like we all need some today!),
RRW
OOPS....hope I didn't bump ya too hard, Mrs.Nice! Sounds like you need hugs too. Glad you popped back in the lounge, but sorry to hear of all the probs.Stick around and let Pants fix you a bunch of yummy dwinks! That will help ease the pain.
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good morning ladies,so glad its Sat and I can just relax for a couple of days i tell ya this working for a living thing is highly over rated I would much rather be a kept woman screw womens lib lol. its a beautiful day here today I must enjoy them when they come as summer is so short here in alberta. Have to go to my DH 's bosses wife's 50th birthday later on today.should be interesting as she really showed me no interest at all until I got BC now she is all over me sigh guess i was a threat before but not so much bald and heavier lol lucky me if I only knew this is what I needed to do to make friends .ok ok will try not to be so bithchy about it maybe she just wanted to help
. I dont know if I told you all my step daughter is here right now too, she is 13 and will be with us until Aug 5th. She gets on well with my two 14 and 9 so its a good fit. We only get to see her once a year as she lives in thunder bay ontario .Her older sisiter did not come this time as she is almost 19 and has a full time job this year. I am a bit relieved about that because she is quite the selfish little thing and would have caused me more stress than I need right now.I am excited about getting our trailor and just getting out there. Its so relaxing to go camping no time schedules noone can reach you I just love it and now that i am going in style it will be even better.
I found out that by joining the abreast a bridge dragon boat team i get a 5 dollar a month membership at the Y for life whooo hoooo so as soon as I am feeling strong enough i will be hitting the gym to try and get back into shape.right now i can believe how my muscles have taken such a beating its crazy what this crap does to you.
hope you all have a wonderful weekend, just going to swim up to the bar and have a couple with you girls before getting my day started always best to start the day with a nice buzz lol
hugs Kymn
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DorK - That is neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet you made a double secret deal to get yourself mo money and not get ripped off...on top of everything else we still have to make sure to take care of number 1! I know it's extra work, but proly good and who needs time off anyway? So sawwy to hear about chemicals in your eye, fooooo huck! I was a chemist for many years and some how kept chemicals outa my eyes (wearing safety glasses), but my mom got them in her eyes once doing the same thing, putting pool chemicals in...anyway, she was okay and I'm sure you will be too. And I'm sure you look beautiful and def not like a freak! Oh you are so funny! Clink clink clink, here's to you and all that dough!
AStorm - Just about spit my coffee this morning reading your story...good golly, it just sounds awful, but as usual you tell it so well and had me LMAO, I can just tooooooooootally relate. The pics are so funny, the cricket OMG and the tortured lady and the weak coffee is a sin (I just hate weak coffee!!) and the awful fake creamer-sh*t (for me it's real or black), UG! LOL at the cereal monster and WD howling...oh gawd and all the deafness... To get a fever blister just is the punctuation on the fact that it was extremely stressful...well, take some time like I bin doing to chill out and get recentered (ohm). Love the deer at the drive in lounge, so funny! I just love the kitty hug too so thank you so much. Some day I will tell you about my MIL...I've actually only met her a handful of times...DH didn't want me to meet her before we got married as he was afraid I wouldn't marry him if I met her...another of the many "truth is stranger than fiction" events of my life. My FIL was such a neat guy, 6' 2" and 300 lbs, not fat, just a big, teddy bear of a man. I sure miss him. Glad you are out of that torture trap and hope things with your DD smooth out.
Hot Dam we got word from Mrs Nice! So good to hear from you...you sound good and like you are dealing with all the post bull sh*t bull sh*t. Sure wish you could stop by more often, but I do understand. That is nice to hear you have a great primary care doc...always so much to deal with and it's good you are getting that lympEdemE sleeve for just in case. I do hope you are flying somewhere good and be sure to rest those wings here and there on your way!
Wahine - LOL at the big girl panties, we do need to put them on...like Rodney D says look out for number one and be careful not to step in number two. I read too about the anniversary of your DH's death...those anniversaries are so bittersweet and you can wonder 'why am I feeling weird' and then it hits you that it's the anniversary. What do you do to commemorate? For a long time I was lighting candles. I'm so sorry he had to leave and I know it will always be sad for you. The length of your sadness is a reflection of how deeply you loved him and that is beautiful. He just must have been such a wonderful husband.
Kymn - you sound so good, sweetie! Yay, you are getting past it and I'm so happy to hear you are going on a nice camping twip.
Stanzie - OMG you have such a great story too, funny that such a pretty bed was also just so awful to sleep on! And the motion detector would drive me crazy! Great options, concrete or a metal bar and no way to close the curtains, oh yuck! And chickens, OMG!! No wonder you were tired and sore and miserable. I'm sorry you are depressed lately and don't have good news on your nose surg or breast revision...I know how awful that is to have things up in the air that you want resolved. I'm glad you are here to talk about it though. It always helps me to voice my concerns. Sux too about more repairs and bills going higher...ug! And yes, property values have tanked all over, it's just so awful. I sure hope Harry Potter was good and glad your son is back. That is neat you wanted to be a Rockette!
Well so glad it finally got to be happy hour but you gals wiped out my wine last night (really it was Claire that did it (j/k) Claire I know you are biking) so I had to restock. I worked my butt off today doing yard work and getting things buttoned up here for another twip across the cascades. I tink I will head out in the am as I am so relaxed and centered now that nothing can eff with my bliss. (Until the next time I fall apart.) It's been really nice here by my lonesome and I really think me is okay. How to keep DH and others from pushing my little buttons??? So, off for a nice little healthy din din, a bath and then off to beddy-bye....that is unless someone is out there who wants to get a wild party going....any takers???? Just knock on my door and I'll be out with my vodka, oooo which reminds me I got a whole bunch of green pimento stuffed olives today so I can really have a great vodka martini! OOOOooooooeeeeeEEEEE!! Happy Happy Hour to all. Love and hugs! ~JeanBean
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Hi LadieZ......
Checking in now that I am in good red wine. Anyway, from my latest foray to Tasting Room. They have a T for women that says "Women taste better!!" Think I will check this one out with Main Squeeze.
I did the ride today, but no one other than Amanda and me showed as was raining. I had to go, as the other scenario was it being sunny in North Bend with a crowd wondering where Claire was. So don't know if this one counts as my maiden ride??? It was lovely having the scent of the countryside in the rain.
I paid up my $3 IOU for eggs, and bought a second dozen. The hens were wiser than we were, nice and cozy in the shed, and not in their yard where it was wet.
Stopped for veggies on the way back at the veggie place. Bought day-old fresh berries, so am feasting as got 2 pints for $3. The most amazing treat.
Dorothy......your working will pay off in all sorts of ways. So glad you are doing this, even if not what you would ideally be doing. So glad you worked this one right.
Beans.....happy travels over the Cascades.
Funny aftermath from my ride which really was very modest. Both thighs are tingling, so not recovered totally from the STP. So not ready for anything major yet. Will have to see about the Seattle Century which is 2 weeks off, and ends with the most amazing grilled salmon feed with microbrew. People who speak my language. Will depend on my ankle/foot too.
Enjoy your martini Beans!!! I am just doing wine. Have a mission to use up my tonic water prior to it getting stale, so need to do more G&Ts this summer. But sooooooooooooooo much great wine here.
Blissed out here tonight with fresh local veggies and steak dinner. - Claire
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Quick check so you know I'm still kickin'! Finished 8 of 33 rads yesterday (Fri); so far so good, other than the drive every day. Still, I remind myself this was my choice to go to a doctor that I could trust. DD#2 turned 21 yesterday and DH and I celebrated our 28th anniversary today.
No dog yet, but am going to see some 5 wk olds Sunday I think. There is a Yorkie breeder just a few miles from here. She doesn't usually make private sales, but we have a mutual friend so I think we will work something out. But puppies not ready until August 1. Had hoped to get sooner so I would have some more home time before I go back to work, but I'll still have a few weeks.
Heat is horrid here in Nebraska. 94 degrees with a heat index of 107. Just not fit to leave the house. Thank god for A/C and ceiling fans. The hot flashes that are chemo-induced don't help things either. I have discovered that Sangria helps though. That is my new drink for summer.
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Woke up thinking it was Monday and was Soooooo happy when I realized it is Sunday.
Decided to focus on home improvement/maintenance projects yesterday... touched up the paint where I got grout on the exterior wall and elsewhere just because I had the paint open... cleared out the overgrown plants in my little kitchen garden... bought new plants and pot risers for my beautiful entry, regrouted the granite in the kitchen, rehung a crooked poster in the pantry and adjusted the hinges on the kitchen cabinets... whew! Can you believe there are still more projects? I have been putting off a lot of things because, well bc, plus I resent that DH is at the beach while I am improving his castle. Decided that if I lived alone I would be doing these things so might as well get over it. And, I can actually force him to help me a little by withholding... food. He likes my cooking.
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Gorgeous weather this evening...nice breeze to walk around...wasn't hot till I got on the bus.....Enjoying a class of wine as I read posts.....had a wonderful shabbat at my friends...feel like I have known her forever and I only met her 2 weeks ago.....ran into another new friend from the program tonight in a store and we had a nice dinner tonight....salads at a great vegetarian restaurant... Only one more week and now I'm wishing that I was staying longer!!!! but in reality, I'll be glad when I get home....I don't feel lonely or home sick at all, but I think that is because I'm so busy...today I left at 7:30am at got back to the house at 9:45 or 10pm. The learning program is a full day....9 to 6!!!! I have hebrew homework to do, but don't feel like doing it tonight..unfortunately the teacher will know that I didn't do it as she can tell when I have practiced reading or not!!! a very small class (today it was just me!!!!)...the teacher is wonderful.....
Found a pretty ceramic bowl that I think I'll get for my gf as a thank you gift....another one I liked, but think its foolish to schlep it back home and hope it doesn't break....I saw a pretty print for my DD and SIL, framed, though I rather not have a framed print, but think I'll get it anyways and have them wrap it well and put it in the middle of my clothes.....its a little more than I want to spend, but I keep thinking about it, so that must mean its the right thing to get...just saw it tonight, so will see whats on my mind tomorrow or tuesday!!!
I'm melting with the laptop sitting on my legs, so I'll take that as a message that its time to get off the computer.......Hugs and love from Israel....Karen
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popping in for a quick brewski so you know I haven't croaked yet! Dau and gdaus here far a week. I've been really under the weather for almost a week....DH and Dau are hijacking me tomorrow and hauling my sorry butt to the doctor. Don't think it is bc or pulmo related so will start with PC dr and go from there. Always somepin!!! The day after Dau leaves, the B&B fills up again with my Son and his gang. It will be so good to see him--hope I don't have to have him cancel/reschedule. He and DIL came to Ark when I was hospitilized and followed DH to St Louis when I was transferred there. I was so out of it, I had NO recollection of them being there--so in my head, I haven't seen him for over a year!!!
no time to play ketchup; huggsss to ALL, and I'll be back at the HTL soon!!!!
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I'm HOME!
Read everything, but no time to post now, nor will I try to ketchup! Will just recap our time away.
Hugs!
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Hi all!!!!! Busy, busy, busy!!!! Need a long cold one!!!.....JoCkS.....sorry PaNtS I was told you are busy so hafta go with the other bloke...........I am in need of something yummy so I can take a break from all this organising!!!!
OMG....it's getting closer!!!! Hope everyone had a great weekend and the new week brings nothing but good.....
TITZ UP!!!!
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DOTD: A beautiful Golden Cocktail to welcome home our beautiful golden Goldie
• 1/2 cup vodka • 1/4 cup thawed frozen apple juice concentrate • 4 teaspoons Calvados • 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Combine ingredients, add ice, shake.0
WD went to sleep immediately but the crickets did not. DH insisted on joining me and WD in a single bed even though I was too hot... suddenly DH sat bolt upright and said, ‘what is that noise?'... crickets? I suggested ... maybe not cuz it's constant and too fast... something electronic... we ponder for awhile... WD gets pushed off the bed and yelps, DH moves to the other bed... the sound persists... I put my pillow over my head and try to sleep but WD starts howling as the sound gets louder and more high pitched... maybe the smoke detector... no... a security light? ... the pool? Can't we just pretend it's crickets? I suggest... So we spent the night trying to track the origin and trying to block the sound with pillows. In the morning we looked and felt like tortured prisoners 
with fake chemical-tasting creamer 
which we drink to be polite while DD1 whines that the cereal is stale...
Night 2: according to FIL, the groundsman (who happens to be his old Army buddy, Pete) checked out the cottage and the noise is gone but I am skeptical because he didn't do anything. We curl up with WD and corgi and a bowl of popcorn to watch Jay Leno. I can hear crickets but I don't say anything and I hope we are so tired we just pass out. WD is on high alert. Lights out... the noise has gotten really loud and shrill and WD is tilting his head to tune it in properly and then starts howling.
we can all hear that it is his beloved granddaughter and she is frustrated because I'm not answering my phone... I excuse myself and go to talk to DD in person... DH storms into the room and says that we are all (2 adults, 2 full-sized teens and WD) going to sleep in this little room on 2 twin beds. Needless to say, no one slept. The next morning, 48 hours into our "first" day of vacation, Pete drives by in his motorized cart with the horn stuck 
and I realize that they are all deaf! My FIL cannot hear high pitched sounds due to some military incident, the specifics of which I have blocked from my memory, and Pete (who was in his platoon) has the same problem. We never did find the source of our torture.
