INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

22222222222!   I'm sorry about your Mom.... I remember taking my Grandma for some sort of test, where they asked her to identify pictures of fruits, etc.  Why do they DO this?  By this time she had forgotten her whole life...  couldn't remember her 2 kids, her home..... nothing.  I was the only one she knew! 

I swore after that test I would not take her ever again for another test.   It didn't get any better....   But she was in a nursing home... so that helped us both...  I would go over and take her "picnics" and sit in front of her, and help feed her, and just talk about nothing special...   I was all she had.....  If I can help you in any way, just PM me or something.... xoxoxoxoxo

I would get another rat terrier in a minute but and it's a big one - she has terrible skin allergies. Was on short course Prednisone last summer. Hoping not to do that this summer. Allergic to most outside stuff, but no food allergies. She is very smart, obedience trained well. Will heel, sit to command. Knows if she runs in front of me she gets to do it over again the right way. Sits for food. Knows "gentle" when she gets treat. I knew terriers were bad but hoped since she's not really a "purebred" allergies would be better. I had a wire haired years ago who also had them bad.

I hear so much about Aussies but worry about the hair so much. Not that dog would be outside for long. At least mine only sheds tiny hairs and doesn't have that much anyway. I'm not a great housekeeper. A "mini" version sounds great.

No Cami and Chevy - just where do all those plastic containers come from? They must be making baby containers in the cabinet.

Cami - prayers for your son-in-law (2TA I get confused on SIL too). Motrin can eat away at stomach lining and is not particularly good on the liver/kidneys in high doses. Would have to look up exact ref. for that but for sure know is quick way to gastric ulcers. Hope they get the root cause of his pain under control. Glad it can be explained to Joey in terms he can accept and not worry about too much - if that is possible since it's his dad. Sounds like it was a very good night he spent the night at your other daughter's house. Timing is miraculous, right?

i love that plastic containers multiply but wish they wouldn't keep losing their lids....

our mini aussie is very intelligent and active.  she has slowed down with age but so have we.

loving carrots we got from the farmers market - i'm easy to amuse!

Hah - this was part of an email sent to me by Relish, the cooking magazine.

http://relish.com/articles/15-totally-bizarre-vint...

15 Totally Bizarre Vintage Food Advertisements

Little Fierce!  That really isn't a bird on your head, is it?   Or IS it?  You are beautiful!  You just don't see that you are now, but you are the same gal you always were... Don't forget it....

Maybe your hair is different...  but you can work with it, right?  You will just be a "new" you!  xoxoxoxo

Fierce BB: what a beauty and you still are!

Used to bug me when friends said there was nothing worse than a bad hair day. Uh, really, try a no-hair day. But that's only temporary. Took a while to be comfortable with the new permanent-permanent hair (aka chemo hair) but that's ok too.  Didn't that bird ever poop in your hair?

Fierce I love my curls lol I just want it long again ;( it drives me nuts short curls I get up In y the morning like I had a fight with 100 girls and they all pulled me by the hair lol other than that I am ok with the curls I used to make my hair straight before bc cuz it was not very curly or strait now it's very curly and I wish it stays that way. Here is another picture I took up north.

Enerva, the photos are breath-taking! Must be my eyes because I can't see you very well in the photo, can't tell if your hair is curly or straight, but you HAVE hair and a cute figure! So, looking good to me!

Thanks for the support with my mom. I know I'm very lucky in many ways - they are so much closer that I get to see them often, while Mom is crazy looney tones (and often mean to me) I know it's the Alzheimer's as she was never like that towards me when I was younger (maybe she thought the thoughts, but she was always kind), am so VERY grateful Dad is so in love with her that he's caring for her as best he can, that they're in a great CCRC (continuing care retirement community) so if anything happens to Dad, Mom is taken care of (and I don't have to feel one bit guilty), that one brother and his family isn't close nearby (he wants to "take charge" of Mom which I think Dad should be able to make the decisions) and the other sis-in-law would rely on my parents to baby sit their 3 kids (even with mom's situation, this sis-in-law is that self-centered) and that mom still has some moments of clarity. This is so very different than when her mother had alzheimer's and was confined to a bed way too early because it was the easiest thing to do...

Any who (or any whoot), hoping your short week starts off really well. Anyone have great plans for the 4th?

Ladies- allow
me to translate luvmygoats' post
about her sexy plastic containers.

What I believe she is referring
to is the fact that she has lots of plastic containers like Tupperware or
Rubbermaid or even those containers that lunch meat comes in that we all keep
even though they are disposable. For some reason, every night they mate and new
ones are produced when you least expect it. And then you have a gazillion
containers. How'd I do LMG? And if that's not it, and you were referring to some
exotic practice you have, then you will have to explain it yourself.

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Nettie – You wrote...

this
is what I was told, Sas, maybe you can make more sense of it:

I asked her:

"Hey, you told me something about once you see a pain dr,
they have to contacted before any pain meds are given by other drs???? Or did I
dream this??"

This is her answer:

"That is true...once u are under narcotic agreement with
them. Now they won't give u pain meds without the agreement"

The reason I was asking if you had been through a Pain Management Clinic (not just a Pain Doctor) was because several years ago I was so miserable I went through a TEN WEEK Chronic Pain Management Program.

One of these days I am going to write about my experience. It was truly life-changing.

I'm not talking about ACUTE pain, such as with an injury, post-surgery, or even pain from mets. What I'm referring to is the pain that never goes away, may or may not have a source, and the fact that most of your doctors tell you that they have done all they can for you.

That just isn't true. There is a huge component of chronic pain over which we have control, and the current thinking is there is a huge difference between a person who just wants their pain to disappear, and one who just wants to function again.

I'm writing up an summary of what I learned, so that I don't put everyone to sleep here. (Or maybe that would be a good idea, considering the title of this thread!!!)

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2TA - I think we are staying home, BBQing some turkey burgers with gluten-free buns (if we can find some we like) and sitting in the back yard watching the fireworks over at the high school. When we first moved in here, it was a new development, and we could see everything really well. Now all the trees are mature, so we only see the small ones through the branches. But the big ones (that hurt your ears and make car alarms go off) are way up high, and still very visible. But all that smoke is not good for my asthma. So I usually wuss out early and go inside. Besides, the mosquitos tend to eat me up. DH braves it til the grand finale. Whoopee. You?

Good morning Ladies----this thread moves so fast and I just read everything remember some but don't remember who posted everything so here I am, more confused than ever.

FBB I can't imagine u being anything else but beautiful--u really are.

2nd Ur mom??? This is so hard to go thru, and u have a lot going on too.

Oh damn I'm already forgetting what everyone said now.

Well I do remember the containers---nothing said has made any sense to me yet--who started this container talk and why does it sound so porny or horny and we're talking about Tupperware? Wow those new parties for them would be great, I think Blessing tried to explain, but I don't think so. I mean do we get little containers in the morning, or does this get delivered to some kind of bank--u know u can bank on that??? Chevy I'm so confused--I need help (I know in all areas)

My DD did spend the night with my SIL--I swear (a lot) but those 2 hate to spend time away from each other, they've been together over 17 yrs, and they are totally devoted (believe me I love that) but sometimes it's a bit to much LOL The drs. are still guessing, maybe stones in the pancreas?????? was the last I heard.So I really gave Joey my time, but he gave me his too so we slept together with this huge dog and cat in bed with us and giggling and talking--anyway we should know more today---Joey seems to understand a lot cuz Marty has been overnite in a hospital a lot over the years--with strange ailments  so far he does OK and seeing me in and out of Drs, and hospitals he's very empathetic about this.

It's shower day today for me--I just know it is hahaha so I'll be smellin' really nice soon--I think I've got to have some coffee first. Yea that sounds good, OK BBL

porny and horny! Funny!

What's not funny? A loud freakin' mariachi band is playing across the street and it started before 7 am! In that house plan the master bedroom is in the front of the house over the garage so they're serenading someone, its way too early for that loud trumpet playing!!

Oh Good Lord Sass!  You took your computers temp on it's bottom?   Did you girls hear that?  They are all laughing Sass....  Next, you will be giving it Castor Oil or something. 

Set it on an ice-pack and party-on..... with 22222222nd!

One for everybody!  Morning owls

Got everything done yesterday. The play was great. Got home about 8.  So going to get some sewing done today or at least cut out the next dress. 

FFB, love the color of your hair. Are you still a redhead or did that change too? Great pic of you.

No plans for the 4th yet. It's my youngest birthday, but he didn't know what they are doing. He'll be 39.

BBl

smaarty, what cute owl mugs!  Yes, my hair is completely different now. After it fell out it came back white, almost clear! Then slowly came in darker and curly. The ends had a nice frosted look for awhile, But that has gone away too. It's pretty boring honey brown now. But I'm happy to have hair back. It is falling out where I had brain radiation though. In a nice little circle. So that will be interesting! 

Pattypepper I hang my clothes out too!

FBB that's right u were in a movie about a blue bird when u were a teen, I forgot about that. I think it was called Blubird of ????????????? U should be proud of that work, of course that would make u almost 90 by now but u really look good. See it's all relative.

Oh my DD bout plastic stuff with the lids attaching to bottoms so u can always find the right one, now is anyone would attach those bottoms it would help. My one SIL was the most organized person I've every seen, every piece of Tupperware was put in the order that the lids were on the side never failing, just like her pantry was all alphabetical, now when I look at ours cuz my bunches are mixed in there are like 40 bottoms with 10 tops, the bottoms are multiplying and the tops go running away so they must be the males.