how about drinking?

hi goils,

could NOT go to bed on dis twosdey without saying good night to my goils. I miss you all a lot and did not eben get a change to read but de good news....I am winding down with work, yeeehaa - rounds for all!!!

CheerS! 

awww, after reading Juliet's comment, I had to read backwards - CONGRATS to your DD Karen, how awesome is that!

gotta hit de hay.  Pants, cummon, you know what I like

Good night my goils!

Great pic of Stella and Allison!

I found some "Start" and have it down in the garage waiting for the next warm dry day when rototilling would be a good thing to do.

As far as patients dropping dead on me, none "dropped dead" all took their sweet time, all THREE of them! Thanks be that there were NO deaths this latest weekend!

Rainbow colored sock monkey? Now I have seen EVERYTHING!!

Great Scuby pic! Is it too late to get in on the free drinks??????

Hi CapeTown!

Chrissy got home!! Yeah!!

Pretty HTL Magic Party Bus!!

Getting back in the groove today! Happy May Day, yesterday!  I remember making May Baskets like these:

Mema-I remember Maypole dancing at school. Can you just picture that happening today???

Karen-Congrats to DD on making the Honor Society! That is quite an accomplishment, and so great to have celebrated on your birthday.

Mrs. Vino-poor Aubrey! Hope she gets better soonliest, and you don't get sickliest from her !

Wahine-the ketchup consisted of skimming posts and looking at pics, did stop and read the jokes, though! LOL all the way through, Sadie thinks I'm crazy, but since she's Silly it works out. Can you get some pics of the geese and geeslings, ducks and ducklings on the patio? They must be so sweet and fun to watch!

Karen-supplements can cause stomach upset, unfortunately. If I remember right you've started several recently? If you've got a sensitive system you may want to start off with one for a couple weeks, then add another , and keep adding one every couple of weeks until you have them all going. Also, taking them with some food may help. Do you take them all at once or spread out through the day?

Juliet-LOVE the happy meds pic!

Princess Glitter Sizzle's DOTD is the Glad to be Back Online
2 oz American Honey Wild Turkey Bourbon
1 part Goldschlager
1 part Rumple Minze

Directions
Pour the Rimple Minze, Pour in the Goldschlager, Top it off with Wild Turkey Bourbon. DOWN THE HATCH!!

I'm so loved! 

LOL, YES, you really ARE so loved, NM! And were so immensely missed! Thanks for the "geesling" word...I wondered what they were called....HEY WAIT A MINUTE......I looked it up jest now, and you wuz pulling my leg!! Found out they are called "goslings"....LOL. When my parents took pics, they didn't use zoom (luckily they found the camera and figured out how to use it again!), so I will have to edit it to zoom in on them. LUV all your pics, and the DOTD sounds gooooooood! SO very glad to have you back!!!!!

Pants, Jocks, Mr. Bigger.....make plenty of the "Glad To Be Back Online" dwinks, ok??? Everyone suck 'em up!!!

Crap...lost entire post...aarrrrggghhh!!!   Need a fukitol!

OK, no Stella yet...she called tho...sed she is fine and if she doesn't make it tonite, then for sure tamary.  Tol her I was going to see Eric today...she sed..mmmm, meby me get there soonliest den.  So, I kno I can't 'insist' she git her butt ober here...not yet anyway, she not here tamary...I will be hunting down her badself.

Karen - I am still trying to fingure my pills/eating out.  Have had some tummy troubles for bout 6 weeks, and only thing diff is an extra Mag pill and that I quit the extra D.  So started a calendar of what I eat and pills I take when etc, see if I can find a pattern.  See my PCP end of May, so we'll see.

NM - yeah...that is eggzackly what I remember bout da maypole thingy.  Thanks for dat.  And that pill box looks jes like the thing I need.  Will have to hunt for one like it.

Alli - glad Aubrey is ok.  Don't worry bout Stella...she'll get here...ya kno how naugty she can be sometimes.

Dorka - glad you popped in...ditto to u what I sed to Alli bout Stella...k?

Cindy - still praying for you girl...(((Cindy)))

Ok, now off to meet DH, see Eric...n mayb find Stella...LOL.

Later Ladies!!

Joining Dorkster in her rant...." FU Rat Bastard!!!!!" And don't ever show your $hity face again!!!

Ok, calmer now....or is it da Pau Hana dwinks dat is makin me calmer??? Dorkie, Yes the dr took me off D also. As far as B12, I use the sublingual, which you let dissolve under your tongue, so don't think that type would harm da tummy. BUT make sure to ask your dr what you need to get off of b4 your surgery. Remember it is usually 10 days or so that you need to be off aspirin, mobic, fish oil, etc. The multi gummies I got at Rite Aid are soooo good, and soft. The One-A-Day brand of gummy multis was harder to chew. I am gradually adding the supplements that I like to take. I didn't realize you had nausea. Hate feeling that way. My dizziness is not very bad now, but still happens a bit every day. Weird.

Hate that you lost that post, Mema!!!! Did you find Stella?

Cindy, Puleez check in with us, ok???

PAU HANA time....anyone here??? I almost have all my stuff ready to PACK...yay!!!!

ChEARS Dears!!!!!!

Kathybeflyingsoon

Kathy, your friend and her family sure has my prayers, sorry to hear this. I say again "F U RAT BASTURD", I H A T E   Y O U  B E R R Y   MUCHLY!

I took myself off of flaxseed oil cuz I have heard it is not good for ER+ survivors. I keep forgetting to ask my onc about this one. He did ok taking soy as a sup to help with the hot flashes and night sweats. But I have not been taking it lately. I also cut my dose of Effexir and the sweating seems better. Certain things put me in a hot flash. I die when using a hair dryer. When I was getting my hairs did, I had sweat balls trickling down my forehead, my chest and back, hated it. 

Oh well, I will dwink den I will not care. SLUPR SLUPR SLURP, yummmmmmy!

I am a widdle concerned about de Stella's whereabouts. Hope she did not take off with a hot man. She does that sometimes ya know! She a ho like Elizabeth!! 

Gawd, I have missed me goils. So happy to be winding down at work. Hey, I tink work should be a bad word in the HTL... sorta like de word monday, and sorry. what do you all tink?

Speaking of uh,, monkeydey, where is Gail???? I taught she would be dwinking with us, boooooo!

I am praying for Cindy, I know she is hurting. I am tinking back to when I had my BMX and how much it hurt. De good ting is that she is over de worst part of it. I tink that the wait is worse den de soygery. 

Enuff talk about de FN RAT. I HATE RATS!!!!  What i like??? Well you know, it is dwinks and I am on number six!! yeeee hawwww!!! Cheers! 

Katwinka, yose snoose, youse lose. Looks like de tenders are all mines dis night. 

Boys, pamper me. 

Tank ewe....

I am hitting de hay, berry berry tired. Good night my lovlies! Cheers!

Happy Hump Day!!

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah."
The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"
The little girl replied, "Then you ask him."

A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.
As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."
The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.
After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our Brothers and Sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.
She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture.
"Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, she's dead."

A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face."
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted,
"Cause your feet ain't empty."

The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:
"Take only ONE. God is watching."
Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.
A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples."

26 years ago I became a Mom for the 1st time!!!  DD #1 is the birthday girl.....over the next 10 days, we have two more b'days and mother's day....i'm the 8th and my DS is the 12th!!  always a busy time!!!

Kathy....my vit D levels were quite low so the BHRT doc put me on 10,000 iu Vit D/day....for some reason the ibuprofen doesn't bother my stomach but sure helps my sinuses......I take it over the acetamenaphin for the anti-inflmmatory benefit...

going to be hot out today...but going to walk early....need to do a "5K" in my Israel RFTC t-shirt as today is the race in Jerusalem....of course with the time difference, the race is done now....

Have a great thursday...

Good morning, Loungettes! I was hoping for some sun today, looks like I'm going to be dissapointed that way. Ah well, such is life. Chilly in the again this am. May and I still have to run the furnace for heat! Yeesh!

Mema--losing a post is the pitts! Lots of fukitols for you, and lots of dwinkies of your choice, not to mention the tender of your choice.

Regarding Maypoles and maypole dancing--does anyone realize that the whole thing is a pre-Christian fertility celebration? Done in the spring to insure a good growing season. The pole is a phallic symbol, the woven streamers are a female symbol. I bet no one in our schools knew any of this!

"The earliest use of the Maypole in America occurred in 1628, where William Bradford, governor of New Plymouth, wrote of an incident where a number of servants, together with the aid of an agent, broke free from their indentured service to create their own colony, setting up a maypole in the center of the settlement, and behaving in such a way as to receive the scorn and disapproval of the nearby colonies, as well as an official officer of the king, bearing patent for the state of Massachusetts. Bradford writes:

"They also set up a May-pole, drinking and dancing about it many days togaether, inviting the Indean women, for their consorts, dancing and frisking togither, (like so many fairies, or furies rather,) and worse practises. As if they had anew revived & celebrated the feasts of ye Roman Goddes Flora, or ye beasly practieses of ye madd Bacchinalians."  Wikipedia

DorKable--I hear you about the medical debt thing. I've got an unopened bill sitting on my desk. Not sure I want to know what it is, even though I've met my deductible and out of pocket for the year, I still get bills. Cannot figure it out. Wish I was rich enough to drop all insurance and pay directly, then I could negotiate discounts and such. Sigh.

Wahine--getting stuff ready to pack and then dwinking while packing sounds like a great way to go! Gonna remember that for next time I have a trip to pack for!

Good morning, LORD, it's me again. Can I ask YOU to look out for Melinda? She's got the scary c-diagnosis and going to have surgery, probably today if I've got the timing right from Wahine's post. She and her parents could use YOUR strength and peace. Please guide the docs during her surgery and her care, please arrange for her to land in the "cured" column when this is all over. Thanks, LORD, appreciate YOUR time in this.

DorKable--I've found a few things trigger hot flashes, too. Dwinks with alchohol in them for one. Being in a warm place with no air movement is another. Haven't been in a hair dryer so don't know about that one but I wouldn't be surprised! And speaking of soy--I was looking at margarines in the store the other day (since that's supposed to be better than butter for cholesterol/fat intake) and could only find 2 that weren't soy based. I know soy is probably ok, but I just cannot bring myself to eat stuff that is almost totally soy. I guess I'm more afraid of the rat ba$tard than I am cholesterol. Neat stuff about the Amityville house. I read somewhere it was torn down, do you know if that's true?

Vodka kitteh is right, It's 5 o'Clock somewhere, always!

Karen--You might want to try taking the calcium and magnesium at night rather than in the am, the combo is very relaxing and will help you get to sleep. Add magnesium in slowly, it can cause diarrhea and tummy upset big time--magnesium is the basis of a lot of laxative, Milk of Magnesia being one of the best known. Taking Vit D with Omega 3 is a good move, the D needs the fat from the Omega 3 to be absorbed. Have you ever had a blood clot? If you have be cautious with the Vitamin K. On the other hand, if you bruise easily or bleed a lot when cut the Vit K is a good thing to take. I'm sure you'll get the summer schedule all worked out somehow. What did you decide about the wedding, going or not? Happy birthday to DD, and Hooray for school counting down! Almost done!

Bernie--LOL!!

Juliet-- I need to memorize that prayer!

Princess Glitter Sizzle's DOTD is the Kill the Rat Ba$tard
1 part Midori Melon Liqueur
1 part Vodka Vodka
1 part Amaretto
1 part Coconut Rum
1 part Sloe Gin
1 part Cranberry Juice

Directions
Pour equal parts into a mug/glass. Add the alcohol first, then add the cranberry juice last. This drink may be mixed/stirred, but it isn't required.

Oh mese missed da pArTay las nite...sounds like Wawa n DorKa had the Tenders to demselves most da nite...ewes goils deserb all dat attention and more too.

Went to da bar yest...tried to coax Stella to git her butt to town, den mese forgots Eric tender was off yest.  O mese was woiried Stella bese mad ifin she come only to find Eric not der.  Not dat she don't lub mese n DH n Bax n Bella, but still, wese all knows how she has a mind a her own.  N E way, mese called her, she was cool wif it, gonna stay in Vegas, den come up later today when she sweeps off her hangover.  Tol her Chinese food tanite if she gits here on time...she pwomised she‘d be here!

Bernie - lub da kids wrath jokes...too funny and da turtle...hahaha.

Juliet - dat sounds a lot like my morning prayers...LOL.

Karen - sounds like you gonna be pretty busy this summer...I wish you were in Israel for the walk too...hope you get to go this summer tho.  Oh , I was taking the calcium/vit d plus 2000 iu of extra D.  Jes got blood work...tooooo much vit D, so not taking the 2000 iu anymore.  Might want to make sure you're not on overload with some of your supplements.  Happy Bday to DD #1.  I'll wish you a Happy Bday now cuz the 8^th I will be in Vegas getting a MUGA scan and hopefully seeing my Nephew, as it is his Bday too.  I saw your latest post, good ref the Vit D, jes so your levels are being watched.  I have not even finished my bottle of 90 2K vit D and my level was 88, range is 10 to 75. 

Wawa - Will keep Melinda and her family in my prayers.  I 2^nd every word of DorKa's RB rant...yeah.  You take it easy tamary...try not to do ANY lifting...want your back to keep you going with minimal pain...will be thinking about you...check in when you can.  Stella and I will be heading to Vegas tamary...Sat is the walk/race. 

NM what a nice prayer....I recited it several times, make sure He hears me!  Den I'll hab mese a few DOTD's and recite dat prayer agin...I'll repeat dese steps til we knows all is OK with Melinda.  .  I did not kno that about the maypole being a fertility thingy in da dark ages.  Veddy interesting dahling...thanks for sharing.  And thanks for the ‘heads up' bout the Mag...that may be causing my tummy troubles.  I take 120mg in morning b4 I eat, then another in afternoon or evening after a meal.   

Lori - ewes home yet?  Hope all went well at da show.

Cindy - still praying fer you and hope you get to feeling better soon.

Alli - be safe....kno you will ck in when you can.  Oh, did you ever tell me what horsey you were liking in da Derby?

Well...need to git busy with my packing.  Eber1 have a gwate ThirstyDey!!!