how about drinking?

Good morning, Loungettes! Had a relatively uneventful weekend at work. The rumor mill is working overtime, though, speculating on the reason one of the supers is leaving and why some staff have been called to the office recently. Something's going on, not sure what, will be interesting to see how it all works out.

DorKable--the super that's leaving is a friend of mine, too. When I asked she said she doesn't want to work full time any more, and doesn't want to commute from her home to the office every day. Given some of the undercurrents going on right now I'm thinking that's the "public" reason; there is something else going on. I'm going to keep my ear's open, sooner or later I'll figure it out. But, if you want to get tiny and sneak into some meetings I'd appreciate the help!

CynCyn-going to be rainy here, too, with up to 3 inches of rain predicted for some places. I was hoping to mow the lawn today, but that isn't going to happen. But it's not like I don't have plenty to do in the house! And yes, there are red flags and warning bells going off in my head about work, I'm keeping an eye on things. I'll hear something sooner or later that puts the picture together. In the meantime I'm keeping my head down and trying to stay under the radar. Hmm, maybe I should apply for the super's job that's opening up. Nah, too much craziness. What was the painful procedure? Hope it was for something good!

Speaking of painful procedures, the dressing came off the mole removal site yesterday. I have to look hard to see the incision line, the PS did a great job! The other spot, the one that was shaved is still healing, but looking like it will be just a light spot when it's all healed up. I am so happy to have gotten rid of those things on my face after all these decades!

Mema--YW re: the IV stuff, I am on a one woman rampage reminding patients that they are the boss and the medical community works for them, not the other way around. I'm still looking around for something else, but it's clear that any applications I make within the system are not going to go anywhere. But that's OK, even though I don't' like office politics I do know how to play and win. Thanks for the hugz!

Wahine--the meeting time change was explained--kind of. The newest twist is they want me to start work at noon on Fridays (to make up the time for not going to the 1 hour Tuesday meeting), and that change was supposed to be for the meeting after this one. I'm thinking about this, and I think I'm going to see if I can work the 4 hours on Monday mornings instead, since I have to work then to follow up on stuff from the weekend anyway. Currently I'm doing it for no pay. Or I was, now I'm clocking every Monday minute. I'm going to be doing visits on Friday evenings, anyway, since the visits that don't get done during the day come to me when I go on call at 4 PM. I'm also kicking around the idea of going to 24 hours a week instead of 32. Doubt that will go through, but it will be a bargaining chip I can drop on the table. And there is NOTHING wrong with me and Jocks and all the rest of you with Mr. Bigger, Pants, Snowjob. At least not from my point of view. Sounds like things are going well for your parents, I bet you can't wait to have them back with you full time. Not sure why newer houses rot quicker, unless it's the loss of pride in workmanship and producing quality work that seems to have taken over.

YIKES! 3 more pages to ketchup on!

WTG, Juliet!!!!!Love the Frog's philosophy!

CynCynb--You look--Interesting! Love the new look!

All the talk about tornadoes is going to give me nightmares tonight! I'm not afraid of blizzards or hurricanes, or lightning, but tornadoes terrify me! Too unpredictable, too deadly. Brrrrrr.

I miss Junie and love reliving some of the stories and shenanigins she got into!

Wahine--speaking of "FUN< FUN< FUN!!!!" the beach boys performed locally this weekend. Some of my friends are posting pics they took with the group on Fb. That's one concert I would have liked to have gone to.

DorKable--you may have a point about the Wenches. At the time we named them I remember some of the conversation, and "Wenches" wasn't meant in a negative manner. There was someone on the board at the time who referred to herself as a wench, I think that's where it came from. If I remember correctly, that breastie lived an alternative life style, same as CynCyn. Anyway, what should we call them now? Gotta think on that one.

Juliet--I enjoy cooking shows, too, real cooking shows. Did you ever watch the Galloping Gourmet? He was one my mom watched and the first one I actually watched. I get some really good ideas from those shows. I agree that the current shows are more about ego than cooking.

Wahine--I remember many Japanese visitors to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park when I was working my way through school in the summers chambermaiding. I saw lots of instances when they would act like they didn't understand English, and then later heard the same ones using practically perfect English to order a meal or tickets for something. Kinda irritated me, but they is what they is!

CynCyn--Going back to Hawaii and seeing a black sand beach and an active volcano is on my bucket list. I would love to canoe or kayak by the lava flow!

Lisa--hang in there, it will get better soon!

Mrs. Vino--I've been to lots of church picnics and such, but there was never anything to drink of the adult variety--usually just Kool-Aide and maybe soda. I think I might like your church!

Firestorm--"cupcake" wine? Sounds yummy! You fit right in! Please give the particulars of your fav to the Tenders so they can stock up for you.

Chrissy--glad you had a good weekend! Have fun playing ketchup.

Goldie--Yeah for tomatos and cabbage! I've got some lettuce and broccoli coming on!

Princess Glitter Sizzle's DOTD is the Garden Party
1 oz Gold Rum
1/2 oz Melon Liqueur
1 tsp Pear Liqueur
1 tsp Kiwi Syrup
1 1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice
3/4 oz Pineapple Juice

Directions
Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, and serve.

Babes, thanks so much for the Wine Cellar Wagon - only thing that kept me sane.

As you may have guessed they have gone, left at 3pm and then I had to go for a lie down to recover.

Will now be applying to the EU for a grant to resupply Irelands beef quota.

 

Good afternoon goils!

A big welcome to Firestorm. Pass me a cupcake, sounds yummy. Pull up a barstool and have a seat next to mese. I is dwinking already. Ssssh, hope mese doctor does not smell de whiskey on mese breath. 

Chrissy B, love seeing you and SuzieQ. Glad you ladies had so much fun and hope you can do it again. I am glad your new knee is being good to you, that is awesome. When do you get the other knee replacement? 

Cyn, so glad you are safe, hope that storm system moves de hail away soonliest. We are under a severe thunderstorm watch here. We do need the rain but I jest hope it does not downpour when I am traveling to or from de city. What a great idea Alli had to get Stella dwunk in de aye em. She so widdle, she passes out easily. Oh, bdw, if she won't wake up, do not fear when she ain't breading, she do's dat alot, she scare de bejeevies outta mese. Don't worry if you tink you killed her by gibbing her too much booze. She invincable, sorta like a super hero hehe!!! 

Katwinka, tanks for de plane ticket, I hope it arrives in mese mail box todey. Have you yet booked your tickets? I hate that you have to leave but a goil gotstz do what a goil has to do.

NM, loved your post todey, great funny pictures. I remember the galloping gourmet on TV. Dude's name was Graham Kerr I tink. Have no idea how on earth I come up with these names from so many years ago, I can not remember names of peeps I met yesturdey. I am glad your work weekend was smooth. It is always so nice to see you in de lounge. You rock at such awesome posts. And oh me gawd, I sure been missing de DOTD. I gotta slurp a few down, yum yum yum.

Juliet, I am glad you will be dwinking tonight with mese, yippee. And it is tomorree that I go back to work. I have to see my doctor this afternoon to get my return to work note. I don't wannnnna go, I want to keep sleeping til noon eberydey. Thanks for sharing the great photos of your people. The scenary was as beautiful was yer peeps. I can only imagine the emotion of seeing my name on someones back, a tear jerker for sure. 

Allison, goil, how nice that your Aubrey will go to camp for free. As you said, you sure paid the price and then some. I hope you settle in nicely back into the salon. Yose so funny, you and yer people sure know how to partay! Good luck at the appointment with your new PS. 

Lori, how sweet that you now have the business moved, all business funds accounted for and things settling down some. I have missed you so much in de lounge. I is so glad that things are getting back to normal for you and your DH. So glad that money thing was a bank error. Dat a lot of dwinking moolah to lose, whew! Come back in for a DOTD, it has been awhile goil! 

Suz, missing you a whole lot here. I am praying for your dear niece, hope she is able to get through her treatment with ease. I am guessing that it will be hard leaving your DD's resort in de backyard, that place is something. Oops, I forgot that I saw de photo privately, let me know if you want me to share it with all yese goils. I am in awe of her yard, makes my pool yard look sad.  Have a safe trip home.

I need to get my ass in de shower, get something to eat then get ready to see my PS at 1:45. I really hope that he has a solution to my shitty-titty-issue. I am so over this reconstruction chit! I jest hope he does not tail me that I am chit outta luck and will has to live with my foob in mese armpit. Ughh. BUT on de flip-side, I secretly look forward to anudder break from werk, don't tail enyone though.

I am sad, I do not wanna stop being a dwunk for a living. Going from a dwunk to a mortgage processor is gonna shirley take some adjustment, waaaaaaa! I jest wanna partay! Oh well, it will be good to feel like I am doing sumting worthy for a change!

Gotta fly, hope I did not miss enybuddy but if I did, double DOTD for yese! YIPPEE!!

Love you girls! Have a happy dwunken monkeydey!  Cheers! 

 

Hi goils.  Have a mess of a post almost ready to copy paste from my documents, but got the call...da pooches are ready.  Dis b Bella's foist haircut.  Will post pics later if I can.  But will def come back and post the book I've been working on...teehee.

Fat Bastard is Great!!! so apropriate for Bernies situation..cracking up here..Im sure Bernie is glad to be done with the beef eaters for the weekend.  I heard a lot of red meat can cause cancer..but I heard also that cell phones can too so guess I'm screwed. 

Well, DorK...that just sucks about having more surgery....but your right ..I wouldnt tell work about it till it gets closer.  What kind of disability program do you have?  Are you on FMLA?  Crikey...Im sure you dont want to have to get this worked on again..but I suppose if the PS said the sooner the better that he should know..but if wearing  a bra was so important why wasnt it mentioned?? My BS told me to wear a bra 24/7 up to 3 days after my lumpectomy and my lymph node surgeries...I actually think I wore it longer than she said..but my surgeries are much different than yours are.  Just got off the phone with IT and it was a program that was out dated so he helped me install and updated version and I guess Im going to be good to go now that my shift is almost over..at least I get paid for this time. BtW...Stella has been passed out all day...good idea.  Have a great first day back tomorrow DorK ..will be thinking about you.

Looking forward to reading your book Sue when you get back...hopefully I'll be able to see the pics of Bella.

xo friends.

Good afternoon, Loungettes! Well, the rain held off until a couple hours ago but it made up for it in intensity for a while. It looked like fog the rain was coming down so hard! More roads will be washed out now, I'm sure, or by morning. Could be worse, though.

Bernie--is that a pic you took of your company???? Glad you're back, have a nice nap in a hammock and come dwinking later!

DorKable--you're right, that was Graham Kerr. As a teen I was kind of scandalized that he always had a glass of wine going--I've come a long way baby since then! And your PS BETTER have an answer for the shitty-titty issue for you!

CynCyn--Maine will be here for a long time, your Gramma will only have one 95th birthday! I say go to the party and enjoy! I remember going smelting--were we supposed to catch fish too????? Loved the way my Mom cooked them up for breakfast the next morning. . . .

DorKable--I'm not sure how to feel about your PS right now, good that he at least told the truth or pissed that he failed you again. I don't blame you for not telling them at work about the possibility of more surgery. I wouldn't either. It's NOT FAIR!

Mema--I'm sure the furbabies are absolutely adorkable! I do try to treat my patients the way I'd want to be treated. I get some doctors mad at me 'cause I teach patients how to stand up for themselves when it's necessary. Then they get mad 'cause I don't really care what they think of me! Some think they are such gods, I love poking holes in their egos.

Later, Loungettes!

Hi Dotty...*waving my hands and arms*....can't ya see mese? Mese habs been here dwinking wid you but wondered why you weren't talking to me! Guess I am indivisibdable...lol....ok....*twitches nose*...now I am visible, so wese kin dwink 'n habs fun! Can I cwy in my bourbon? I am sooooooo pissed.....had a power outage today....why? I dunno...clear weather....but it seems to have fried my main puter for good. Ya know the one I thought I lost the other day and MEANT to save the pics on it, but didn't??? Well I am so darn upset,....I have years of pics on it, all the trips, parents, gkids, etc. HOPE if it is fried that my DD can save the pics, but she won't be here till August.

I tink youse needz ta cwy in your bourbon too...THAT SUCKS BIG TIME....not fair!!! I hate hearing that he thinks you need more soigury. AND now to wear a bra 24/7???? Like Cyn said, why didn't they say something sooner????? I asked my PS if I needed to wear a bra or some support, etc., and he said I didn't need to, and mine have held up just fine. I'm gonna cwy for bof of us, okay????

NM, hmmmm.....now a picture of smelt, or is it smelts? LOL...looks like nice crispy fish...I love crispy fried fish tails, btw. Is smelt really good?? I couldn't see all your pics, but liked the ones I saw. No, I don't think my parents will live in the condo in HI, but would be mostly here. Then they have a place to visit there.Need to find out if my dad wants to sell his car, give it away, or have someone store it for him so he will have it when he visits.

No tix yet...I was working on that when the power went out. Prices have gone waaaay up since I found out last Friday they wanted me to come. SO now might as well wait till Tue or Wed, since sometimes prices drop then. BUT I plan to leave next week, so that might even go higher! Today I worked with bondo on the rotten window at their place, and painted inside a window here. Still trying to get organized, since Aug is going to be super bizzzzzzzzy!!! ANd if I am gone most of July...oh, oh! Right now our truck has been in the shop all day getting aligned, checked, oil changed, etc, since DH will take it to Tunica. Right now he is playing raquetball, so if I want to SCREAM I can!!! LOL.

Oh Sue, Baxter looks so sweet, but I couldn't see the pic of Bella either. Maybe cuz of this teeny netbook. Oh boy, you have the long drive again tomorrow! Hope all goes well for your appts!!!!!

OTAY, time for Pau Hana, and I need LOTS of strong dwinks Pants!!! And puleez bring my dear Dotty some strong dwinks too! ANd anyone else that is still here dwinking!!

OKOLE MALUNA WAHINES (dats all of youse!).

KaWaWa

NM, jus have to say, I found de Moler Focker in here asking about your surgeon, cause he sees what an awesome job he did on your perty face. You do look most awesome, I must say, but de moler focker needs to find a new surgeon, cause we dont like no connections to him around here, so pwease done tail him where u been when he PM's you, K? He may stalk you for a while though, but mese will be right dere with my Louisville Slugger to vbbash him in de back a da knees, K?

Ebberybody else, mese read yous posts, but I am dwunk now, so can't member, so pwease fogib me, K?? Jus know when I was readin I was like oohing and aahing and all dat chit, right from de bottom of mese fart.

Oh, wait a min, Bernie posted about a big ass or sometin, jus know her bad company is gone. She is probly passed de hail out bout now. An Dork gotta hab another chitty titty surgery??? Dammit to hail an back 42 times, dat just sucks!! FURB!!

Will say, I really liked my newPS, and as soon as my ONC finds out what de hail is goin on wit mese bloodwork, I will schedule wit him, Fo Sho. He is SooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooFreaking cute!!!!!!!! An now dats all I can tink about right now. Nite

 Hi Cyndielou,

I just got on this site about a month or so ago as my mother was diagnosed with Stage 1 ILC. She and my dad live in Venice (Pelican Point) and they spend the other half year here in Pa. I was just wondering if there are any support groups or anything going on down there for when she gets back in the fall. She actually got her diagnosis down there and met with a BS but a preop MRI showed another lump and it went from a lumpectomy to a MX and she didn't want to stay (in the heat and hurricanes!) any longer so she will be back in Pa this week to meet with a doc up here.

She's a fan of Miller Lite and we have no family history so i hope that wasn't the cause of the BC because i like it too! She is also a very heavy smoker. I read the beginning posts of this thread that talked about who gets it and who doesn't. I know others that had no history, didn't smoke or drink and weren't overweight and got it any. I don't think BC is choosy....

Good Nite Grand Masta D, we both have busy days tomorree, so chug dat las one down, an go to sleep! Will be thinkin bout ya tomorree, Lub ya!

Mr bigger, can u Pwease escort Gran Masta D to her bedroom? She dwunk an cant find it. Oopsie! Looks like she left out her hitachi an u tripped right ober it! Well, jus pick it up for her an put it await, ok? Wats dat? U wanna what? Mr, she needs her rest, k? Well, on dat note I will leave de room an go bed mese self. Nite ebberyboddy, eventually, anyway

Oh...Careyo......your name is way to long for my drunk a$$ to type it all out...but you hit the nail on the head...bc isnt choosy....Im sure it had nothing whatsoever to do with her love for Miller light or her love for tobacco...my opinion is...that its in one's personal make up...so if someone gets warts or say cysts...or sty's...but thats my opinion...nothing that is under anyone's controll. 

In answer to your question...I never sought out any support groups here in Venice...things happened so quickly and I continued to work Full time thru my tx..I honestly didnt have the time to go anywhere and meet with a group..I found all the support I needed here with these fine ladies...and Im able to chat and drink at the same time...lol...it all woiked out and I met a group of wonderful women that I know will be with me for the rest of my life....

DORKIE and ALLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  My next dwink is for you goils!!!!  I'm with you both in the ayemmmm......have a great day both of you !!!

Going to turn in meeeself....Oh...Stella Slepted so late today that after I took her to Walmart ..twice....(oh yes...I forgot what I went in the first place for and had to go back).....she had a couple dwinks with me and passed right out again...I think all dat time in da envelope lessened her tolerance for da wodka goils....Im goinnna feel guilty for reals giving her a mamosa for b'fast tomorroeee but I cant have her singing to my clients...lol

G'nite goils...lubs ya muchliest.

Hey, do you think liquor is easier to drink than wine? I know I am still processing chemo but I am upset!! my fingers felt puffy so I took my anniversary ring off, just left narrow band on. Guess what I can't find?? Didn't even go anywhere this weekend cuz I felt like chit. I looked under, over, behind, upstairs, downstairs. Not a big fancy rung, but I liked it. Feel like it is a bad omen!!! Nails hurting, tummy off, fatigue up the yin-yang. And I lost my ring!! 26 yrs of being married (assuming we make it through this bc crap.) oh well, I send hugs to all of you dealing with medical and weather stuff this week. Be safe!!

good morning bernie