how about drinking?

Wow..u done good gurl!!....I got things to do today too...but will join u later fer a dwink or two or three

Thanks Bernie, and good deal DorK. Glad you will be able to purchase your liquid libations!

Ok, on the foil story. I just hope I have it right!

We had a friend on here she had her avatar as computer pieces, or something like that. It was of a face, and on occasion she would add little things to it, hair, lips, etc. Well one day she put on a tin foil hat and shortly after that, Junie was in the doctors office and saw a foil ball in a plant and just lost it, right there in the waiting room. So, since then, we have just had fun with FOIL. Several gals saw foil in some form or another shortly after Junie's passing, so we just know it was her. I have a little foil doll I made and have it with 2 Miller Lite cans in memory for our sweet Junie and Kathy ever brought me a foil ball when we met up in Nashville. So, it's just something we have fun with.

Let me know if I have that right girls!

Tanks Beans, I think the hat HD used is the one like the dad and the 2 kids.

You girls are great! Thanks for the tin foil info, I was wondering, great story! Just a quick check-in. Got my drain tubes out today (Yippee!!) and everything seems to be hunky dorie for now. He kept telling me to not overdo it, gave me some boob squeezing exercises, and I go back Monday! If only I had sensation in the fake boobs, lol. Oh well, they look good, moving forward! Going to a meeting at 4 with a group of BC survivors, put together by my psychologist. Don't really know what to expect, will let you know how it goes! Toodles!

Oops...forgot this....can sure use prayers for my Aunt Nita (Juanita), my Dad's sister who is 96. She broke her hip and had surgery a few hrs ago. Apparently she did not come out of anesthesia (they said it was like a coma), so was under an extra 4 hrs. PLEASE pray for her if you will, as with her age and having surgery, it has us all worried. She was RAKING LEAVES when she fell! Thank you, I know you girls will send up some good prayers!!!

Havin to take notes! Luve MemaSue's Holy Crap, She's Up! Whether god or my mom or my DH said it, assume it's been said, alot!



DorK, can't believe NJ got it right, anudder exuse to vist youse (FYI, costs $5 to pay to get into NJ for Scubz, free to get out) hmmmmmm, worth it for de DorK, Hugz and hope the arm is okay after PT!



Bernie, thanks for the Tully and de Kathy update! Hope I will get back to your neighborhood again soon! Slainte! Hope you aren healing from the burns and feeling good!



Lori and de Beans (new avatar kicks a$$), will never look at a piece of foil the same again. Know the The loss of Junie is heavy on all of the HTL's hearts. The next time some restaurant gives me leftovers in foil shaped like a swan, will ask for a Miller Lite for the road! Thanks for sharin!



Allison, so glad all is okay from the TE! Know from experience de drains suck! Literally and physically! Glad youse done. Keep massagin dose new boobs! Make dat adorable, booze and wine makin DH help!



Kath, glad you are seeing beautiful things, sorry for dose toes! Can't wait for the pics! Just enjoy, we will be here! Nice of de Irish doc to be honest with ya about not lookin your age! You and Janice catching up is icing on a big HTL cake, hmmmmm, assume one of the tenders better be ready to jump out of it! I vote for Pants, without his pants! Oops, did I type dat out aloud?



Aunt Nita rocks, will pray hard she bounces back!



Karen, hope red meat is accompanied by red wine and some peace and quiet! A day to yourself is a gift I am sure. Hope you can enjoy it. Be well!



Well dats enuf outta me, bad day at woik, DH is watching de hockey game, DMe (dear Me! Hehe) is goin for a beer in de tubs!



Cheers, Beers and Aunt Nita! Don't rhyme, don't gotta! Luv all, Lisa

The steak was so yummy...thought when DH cooked it we would have too much....but DS asked if he could have the last piece and DD let him have it, but both DD and DH wished there was more....it was one of the best pieces of meat ever....and YES, red wine to go with it....2 glasses to finish off the Petit Syrah....soooo looking forward to a me day tomorrow....even get to sleep in a bit....till 6:30 or so!!!!!

Going to go get my jammies on and catch up on the paper from the past several days...then I can put the pile in recycling tomorrow....looking forward to getting the dust bunnies off the floor and maybe even dust some furniture!!! of course, I only dust what I can see!!!!

Hope everyone is having a good "humpday".....

Hi to all, 

Lighting candles for Kathy's aunt 

Good morning, Loungettes! Been busy the last coupla days, but got some time to play on the computer this am, so going to get caught up, if I can!

DorK-Been beautiful, here, too, but today it switches over to rain and maybe some snowflakes in the mix. Sigh. Summer had to leave eventually, I suppose. I can relate to being mad at a doc, too. Not going to slash tires, but going to find every doc rating site on the internet I can find and start posting my very honest (and very negative) opinion of him!

Bernie-pounding on wood wherever I see it for you!

Claire-Business simplification, huh? That sounds like something I could get into. Maybe I should tuck that away in case I ever need a second career!

Karen-poor DD, so hard to learn that you don't always get what you want out of life. I know it's hard on you, too. Maybe this is a good time to play the cancer card?

Tiedye-I second Scuba. The BRCA testing takes at least 3 weeks, so the doc wants to get it started sooner rather than later. And showing up in person to make an appointment is a GREAT idea, and be sure to tell them WHY you are doing that! And complain to the Onc when you meet him/her.

Scuba-I'm one of the crew that checks in from time to time through the day, just don't stay long enough to post after guzzling a virtual dwinkie!

Goldie-I would love to share that $3K with you, right now I'm trying to decide which debt to throw that against. And trying to avoid the temptation of splurging with it! And you got the foil story JUST RIGHT! Thanks!

MemaSue-we do take care of each other in here! Glad you liked the safety chair!

Mrs. Vino-HOORAY for NO MORE DRAINS!!!!!!!!!!

Wahine-the doc's comment about your age was worth the hassle of the pain and the visit! Good for you! I'm sure you Aunt Nita will be ok, older folks often take longer to wake up from anesthesia, and if she was in good enough shape to rake leaves before she will be fine when she recovers!

Good morning, LORD, it's me again. I talking to you about Wahine's Aunt Nita, who fell while raking leaves and broke her hip. YOU must have been concerned that she's been working too hard since YOU saw fit to make sure she got an extra few hours sleep after surgery. YOU do remember how much something like that scares her family, though, right? Of course YOU do, sorry for suggesting otherwise. I'd take it as a personal favor if YOU would take extra good care of Aunt Nita while she recovers. Vital people in their 90's are a treasure to us down here and we get terribly attached to them. Well, that's it for now, talk to YOU again later.

Karen-Denial is a very hard nut to crack, and I firmly believe that there is no way an adult child can make a parent see the truth of a situation. Parents simply will not listen to their kids on certain subjects and health care is one of them. Just keep feeding your Mom information, and know that at some point you Dad will end up in the ER or the hospital and that's when you can talk to the discharge planner and make a difference. In the meantime, try not to tie yourself up in knots about the whole thing. A doctor I used to work with often said that when the staff is working harder than the patient to make the patient better the battle's already lost. You're working way harder than your Mom. You cannot change her point of view. Just keep giving her information and then dropping the subject. That's all you can do.

AStorm-I was on jury duty once, but it wasn't for any where near as long as 5 weeks! I have since learned that there are ways to fill out the questionnaire that pretty much ensure you will not get chosen for the jury-I'll try to remember some of them if I can. Being a nurse, I can get my employer to say I can't be spared from work (hmm, wonder if that would still work now that I'm working weekends?) but that's not an option for you. Don't feel guilty, no one can do everything all the time!

Princess Glitter Sizzle says the DOTD is De Nile
1 1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
1/2 oz Yellow Chartreuse

Directions
In a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Stir well. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Good morning loungettes,

NM, I missed you yesterday and was worried something was wrong. Was glad to wake up to a post from you.  Yours posts are so incrediby awesome. I love how you pray, you are adorable. Your words to Karen were great and I am going to take your advise to her with me to Myrtle Beach when I visit my folks for thanksgiving. I have to just let go and let God. Loved the shake, rattle and roll cartoon.  I would be happy to help you bring down that a$$hole doctor of yours via internet ratings. I mention the PS that hacked me up to every doctor I see. Funny, he is known as a great PS but the ratings are coming from cash clients paying for tummy tucks, boob enhancements, botox etc etc. He has zero time for cancer patients and I have made that known. I may just go back and find more sights to bring down his ratings. 

Gail, my DH will not get in bed with me unless the sheets are washed. He thinks that it is so gross that I bring my dogs to bed. I know it hurts his ego when i do not want to sleep in the same bed with him. But he is a bed hog and also saws wood in his sleep. Sorry that you were made to feel guilty with getting out of jury duty.

Lori, so nice to have you back. I was laughing at what you said about having the men in our lives go through life as a BC patient, giving birth, having periods, balls burned etc for a day. OMG, I do not think any male could make it through a day in our shoes.

Karen, it is "Karen Dey", good for you. I hope you find time to just relax once you get your errands done and the dust bunnies outta de house. And again, time to stop beating your head against the wall with your parents. My Dad keeps changing his mind and it is causing a lot of heart ache for me and my sisters too.

Allison, hoping you are resting. I know you must be elated to have the reconstruction behind you. I hope your group meeting went well and was worth your time.

Beanie, can't say enuff how happy I am to have you back in de lounge. We are here for you.

Kathy, still praying for Aunt Nina. still smiling over NM's sweet prayer. Hope your toe is not hurting too much. Sorry about your toe but if you lose the toe nail, now would be the time since your tootsies will be in hibernation for the winter. Sounds like you are having a wonderful time. 

Bernie, I am still praying for quick healing for you. I've said it before but will say it again - Onward and Upward!

Missing Chrissy B in da lounge, hoping she stops in for a Denile cockeytail.  

It is a gloomy day here but that is alright. We had the most beautiful two days this week and I finally made it outdoors last night to enjoy some fresh air.  I did a little one arm raking and it was so nice to break a sweat! 

I am working with a counselor via telephone and had my first 45 minute session yesterday.  When asked what I do to keep sane, the only thing I could think of was you gals. I told the counselor about the HTL and how I have such a great time while getting emotional support at the same time. I told her that you girls were my life line. We set some goals in my "therapy" and she will contact me again next Wednesday for another session. This service is free and brought to me by my insurance company. 

Well i am going to take a stroll into the htl chapel, then hit the hammock and let Pants help me with my PT while I down some more de nile dwinkies. I then have to call my insurance company to find out what is going on with the PT coverage. I am being told that I have to pay 20% and am hoping they are wrong. PT is quite pricey but i would really love to start working on my bursistis or as i call it, my trick leg. I hate that i can not stand for more that two minutes at a time and hope that this can be corrected. The cortisone shot helped but is only a temp fix.  

I hope all you girls have a great thirst-dey. Peace and love to all of you gals.

Tits up, bottomz up, CheerZ DearZ and no FearZ!!

DorKy ♥

Hi everyone.  Rest and relaxation is the order of the day.  Nasty burn, can't do housework - Oh Dear.

Did you know that Red Wine is an excellent painkiller.  After a couple of glasses - no pain.  Brilliant.  DH said i'm not allowed it for breakfast which i feel is just a little bit mean.

Can't wait for Kathy to get back and then we can discuss - "The Luck of the Irish"  I want to know if she kissed the Blarney stone - she said she wasn't going to. 

Bernie, Maybe I 'might" have kissed old Blarney if it had been drenched in wine, or if I had a lot of wine beforehand...LOL. Not only didn't want to kiss that nasty stone, but didn't want to get in that .position, with my bad back.....DH did it, and I took pics, and we bought the pic they took, too. Hoping you finished rads on Tues.....have not had time to read back on posts, but hoping you are DONE! And that the burns will heal quickly!!!! Our tour guide talks nonstop and I am writing down so many words that he pronounces differently than I would.....one thing, he says "Ar-Land", whereas I say "Ire-land". Is "ar-land" how it should be pronounced here? I know in "New Orleans", they say "N'awlins", so was just wondering. He is quite a character!

Thanks everyone for your prayers for my Aunt Nita. And NM, that was an awesome prayer, thank you! She is doing well....they put in a titanium rod, and it was the top of her leg and not her hip as I was first told. She has been walking, and not sure if she might have even gone home today, or will soon. Amazing.

I know I will have to spend several days reading back on what you all have been doing, and how everyone is. I hate not being able to keep up with you all, but have been keeping you in my thoughts! Will be back in Dublin tomorrow, and am glad it won't be another full day on the bus! I have taken sooo many pictures, over 600....but will have to edit a lot, as I know a lot will be blurry, since lots are taken on the fast moving bus! The people in the group we are with are so awesome, very caring, nice people, and we all have a good time together.WHile here,  I have had so many pints of Bulmers Cider, Smithwicks, Harp, plus wine, bourbon.....ummmmmm did I miss anything??? You all stay partying and stay dwunk and stay happy. Did Lisa say that Pants was going to jump out of the cake, sans pants????  Anyone have a camera handy???

Hugsssssss, Kathy

LOL Allison, Yes I have heard the local pronunciation of Louisville! We have a town an hr or two from where I live and its called Arab, pronounced Aye-Rab! Yes, hoping we do meet someday....

OK, now I'm off to bed as will have the wakeup call soooooon!

It's kinda like Loovall. Haaaaa! So funny! Sweet dreams Kathy! Who's in the HTL tonight? Where's my Scuby? Where's me Dorkster? Goldie? NM? Pants, pour em up, I know they're a comin, can I get a foot massage while I wait? Ahhhhhhhhh, thanks baby!! You know all the right spots!!!!

Where are my biatches????