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That's the way I feel about you!
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ok, going to attempt to catch up.
Jwoo and Tang, you're both in my thoughts and prayers.
Nettie, cute photo of you GD with the fish! Brave little girl! Wouldn't touch a fish if you'd pay me.
Spookiesmom, beautiful area you live in!
Smaarty, your new computer - is that with all your fabrics? Looks like you have enough to keep you busy for a while. Gorgeous quilt you made, at least you have time to get the new one done.
Pawprint, hoping you're feeling better after a couple days. How was it having little Ziggy? Is tomorrow the day he goes to his new forever home? Not sure I could foster a pet, I get so attached, you are wonderful for doing that. Yes, photo was taken from my back yard, neighbor's gazebo. Taken a couple of summers ago, as you know we haven't had rain during the day in a very long time.
Cami, hoping you're not floopy this week and the calls are gentle on you.
Badger, what's the story about the bar of soap under the mattress pad? What's it for and more importantly, does it work?
Chevy, your garden is so pretty! Hoping there's not too much time require for upkeep. Loving the bluebird.
Sassy, you amaze me with your brilliance!even though I have to admit, a lot of the time I don't have a clue what you're talking about! Loving all your finds and treasures!
Enerva, you are so very talented! I'm envious (envious of Enerva). That white top is so very pretty. And you are the perfect model! Yes, there has to be a way to make some money from your talent.
Blessings, hoping you're feeling better! When you do feel a bit better, try not to overdo and land 3 steps back!
Phyllisdoingchemo, how's the study going?
Blondie, glad to see you here!
Hugs all around, especially those I didn't mention.
Wishing you all a great week!
Seeing all the school supplies in stores, can't believe how much I miss buying those for my kids the beginning of each school year. They grow up so quickly!
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Morning little lovelies! Ha!
LilGoats! I have Virginia Creepers? (I think) coming up on both sides of the arch... I HAD a flimsy arch there a few years ago, but the weight of the vines almost took it down, so this one will be a lot stronger. Those vines come up EVERYwhere now.... Even all around our front fence... They are beautiful in the Fall.... Red, yellow & bronze! Those leaves look like MaryJaneWanna, right?
Alive.... There goes Cammi again, talking about me.... "the car!' Ha, ha! Don't let her scare you... but yes, we are here all the time... We like to keep this place Jumpin!" That's because we love each other... and we think we are both nuts.
Hi 2222222222nd! Yes... lots of upkeep on the garden.... I am ALways moving stuff around, but I just love working out in my gardens when it's early morning, and cooler out!
I found MICE out near the ditch, inSIDE my yard! Now I don't care if they hang around in their designated areas, but those little chits tend to pile dirt in a heap, and it is not attractive! So I moved all "their" dirt barricade back under the fence, and put brick borders up! Damn things! I mean it isn't as if they don't get enough to EAT! The Squirrels and birds are always dropping food & snacks out of feeders, but I prefer them to dine elsewhere! Not go and makin' their own lounge area!
Ha,ha! 222222, that was funny! You said what Sass says is sometimes over your head! It has BEEN over our heads for quite awhile now.... Ha, ha! But actually we have to pretend we understand... Just say yes.... We have to keep that girl working, and researching!
Sort of like Cammi.... she "works"..... so she says.... And she is going to be lonesome without her Joey... Joey is a Kangaroo... and she keeps him in her room. BUT the kid is growing up, and going back to the damn school! So we must hug Cammi lots, and tell her it's only for a few hours.... every day.
Cammi! Why don't you "home-school" the kid? Oh wait... maybe not! You will ALways have him close to you, you know! Even after he grows up, and gets married, you will always stay close in his heart! I TOLD you this once before, and you go and forgot it!
Yes Blondie, I LOVE the Panda Cams.... (that's short for PandaCami)
I used to watch the SD zoo Cam, and now the Washington Zoo ones! LilGoats, I'll watch that Cam..... Did the baby Giraffe get born yet? Or how do you say it? Was the..... wait.... Oh hell.... never mind..
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Monday---WTF happened to Sunday. Chit--thr means when the phone rings I have to answr it. Good Morning owl of you women. Yes I said women cuz thar's what we are--our girl status has changed-Oh Chevy get over it. We're old ladies. Anyhow
I've got a feeling when the kids go back to school it going to be hot and swimming weather, they are going back way to early. And I will fight (well not to the death) but to the hurting for that right.
Oh it my kids Anniversary in a few day, same day as my DD's BD--she figured he really better not forget. Well this is what Joey and I got for them.--We're so romantic. We got them the 12" green fry pan--Well they use these things a lot. And it's time for a new one.
2nd u have way to much to say for a Monday morning and yes most of us don't understand Sas but she sure does her homework. I'm still working on why are nodes important. from years ago..
OK my body is calling for getting clean and smelling good. So I'll see u ll later.
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I made a few of these Memory Quilts for my Grand-Sons, and myself....
I used old photos, then transferred them to iron on paper, and used mirror-image, and put them on blocks, then sewed them altogether...
Also part of the crochet blanket is underneath.... But I CAN'T do patterns like Enerva and Smarty do.... Ha! I just free-wheel it!
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Chevy that looks great.
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No baby giraffe yet darn it. MaMa looks like she's going to pop. I don't think she can lay down anymore. But I do have to tune into the Colorado Springs Zoo at the right time. I think they come/go from the barn almost like an elephant walk. They have a bunch. Greenville SC only has 2 adults, 2 year old boy calf and then this new baby.
We have been slugs around here this week. Were supposed to go out to eat with friends for Mex. Food Sat. DH's tummy not feeling up to par and we just really didn't want to go so we stayed home. Yest. he was better so we grilled fajitas and he made stuffed jalapenos. I got one really spicy and the 2nd one tasted like a a bell pepper.
Pawprint - your little short time foster Ziggy was so cute. Hope his fur-ever home works out. I'm partial to "Z" names. My 1st goat was Ziggy Stardust, had a parrot named Zon and our little rat terrier was Zelda for a couple of weeks until I renamed her Terra the Terror Terrier. Hope Annie Mae and Snugs are doing well.
Chevy - I got some scarlet runner bean seeds from a pt several years ago. Climbing, decorative, flowering but require a sturdy frame. I haven't seen anything sturdy enough at Lowes etc. to do the job. He prob. had this frame made - lots of welders around. Looked like an umbrella, those bubble kind. I like yours. I could let the wild mustang grapes grow up around it. They have invaded my crepe myrtle. Only trouble is they get powdery mildew something terrible. They only started to grow around here a few years ago and now just about every fencerow has them.
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Chevy, love your quilt. I made several photos quilts like that from my dad's shirt after he passed. For many of the grandkids.
Still haven't got the new PC up and running yet. Still waiting on the upload to the cloud to finish. Didn't realize I so much stuff on there. It's been about 15 hours so far. Probably tonight after I get home from the dentist.
Have a good Monday you owls.
Thinking of Tang and Susan.
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I saw a giraffe being born on the internet. The mom is standing up so the baby drops from that height, ker wham! I guess they mostly survive it.
Chevy, great quilt.
I'm sure little foster Ziggy will get a good home. People here are nuts about dogs. It's almost illegal not to have one.
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Dear Ladies, Went to see Rad Doc to day. She gave me a stronger antibiotics and will see me Thus. No rads until she see me. That means it will be Oct before I finish. Breast not looking any better today.
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ok ladies I finished the top it's beautiful lol but takes time. To many little details lol I really can't wait to go somewhere hot and wear my own designs lol
Look how it turned out
I love how it covers all the scars lol no body could tell what underneath lol
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You sure work fast,how many hours. Do you design your own patterns? Just beautiful. Can
we see the back?
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Trying to work on inserting picture. Delete above was one of my attempts. This is one of my ink drawings.
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Lilgoats...... This is the one I ordered from Walmart.com.... I really like it, and could put
it together by myself.... I needed help actually putting it in the ground
though....And I put it ALL together, and then positioned it, with
the spikes in the legs and pushed it into the soft ground. It seems pretty
sturdy. You could even put "re-bar" posts next to an arch, to make it
stronger.http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gothic-Garden-Arch/14071634
Thanks Cammi! I put that quilt together with my
machine.... Only quilted it with embroidery yarn by hand.... to hold the
batting and flannel backing together in blocks.Smarty.... I see "cloud" on mine, but are you talking
about a back-up for your documents, etc? Or your photo programs and iTunes?Enerva.... if I had that body, and was about 50 years
younger, I would wear those things EVERYwhere....Ha! You go
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Envera, It's fantastic...Couldn't you put a little jacket ( Levi or bomber style ) and wear it where you live?
Sailings Wind, very nice, another artist in our group. Sorry to hear the rads are problematic. Do they think its from the rads or lumpie?
Smaarty, I was reading back last night...ah could not sleep....did you say you were asked to make an opportunity quilt? Did I read that correctly? What is that? I loved the one you showed.
Sas, are there ever markings on glass like china & pottery?
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ha ha ha only for the beach, that's the only place I see me wearing these lol
Single string forbade back
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We have some very talented ladies here!! Love seeing all the projects from sewing to gardening!!And of course, you all know I love the pet and animal stories!
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very nice Enerva!!!! You could sell those anywhere!!!!!!
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Enerva, stunning! Both you and the too!
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HI1 - some of the better cut glass has markings but you have to be a magician to see it. Hold it just right in just the perfect light. I've never tried. The few pieces I have came from my DM and she was an antique dealer so left the pattern names with the pieces. Anchor Hocking - at least the numerous juice glasses I was looking at - had a capital AH split by an anchor clever huh. I don't know much about china. I have a couple of Japanese pieces can't remember the name - again from DM. I think they're nice but not worth that much. I buy what I like guided by the price. That way if I break it no tears. Unfortunately this house will not hold much more and DD cares not one bit about any of my stuff. Pretty sure DH doesn't care much.
I do have a friend who has a neat display over her sofa of old hand mirrors. Most unusual.
Gosh makes me want to go antique shopping. Have 3 weeks to get dog's heartworm pill. Hoping for a cooler day so I can use it as excuse to go shopping.
Enerva - don't see why you couldn't wear that where you are. Looks like you're decently covered. Like HI1 suggested a tiny jacket would be cute.
Thanks Chevy for the link to the arbor. Will check it out.
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I am replying to the thread from a few weeks ago re: thyroid issues. I have been hypothyroid for years - predating my Oct 2013 diagnosis of breast cancer. I started Tamoxifen at the end of June after surgery, chemo and radiation. For last couple of weeks have been experiencing a lot of hot flashes, ..sheesh I can't remember what I was going to type - - oh yeah - reduced cognitive function, little weight loss (SO not normal), anxiety etc. Had Onc appointment and was thinking these were side effects of Tamoxifen. Dr. decided to run TSH blood test in addition to regular stuff. Sure enough TSH VERY low, and could possibly be responsible for some if not all of the SE's I have been attributing to Tamoxifen. Any one else going through this? Could it be drug interaction? Guess I will find out but my endo is no longer practicing so now I get to go find yet ANOTHER doctor.
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Oh hey HI Animallvr! So you must like animals, right? I am so QUICK when it comes to this.... Ha!
Just wait until Sass gets ahold of YOUR symptoms! She had major thyroid stuff.... She knows what she is talking about, even if I don't!
I know about Tamoxifen! I took it for about 1 1/2 years.... but quit..... For me, losing my hearing was just the last straw. But it was caused by a stroke in my brain stem.
I had "warm waves" also.... and leg cramps, AND sleep issues, while on Tamoxifen.... But those SE's usually lasted 2 weeks about, and THEN you get NEW side effects! And also, yes, it sort of does screw up your brain..... but only tempoary....
I just quit going to my Oncologist, because NO-ONE would talk to me about losing my hearing! I figured it all out on my own! Then further research, and talking to OTHER women who had the same problem, were told "In SOME women with a CERTAIN GENE, a stroke is more probably from Tamoxifen affecting the 8th cranial nerve, leading to hearing loss."
Not that would make you think I know what I am talking about..... but not always...
Sometimes you just have to figure your own stuff out.... but talk to your team.... if you have one! You really need someone to talk to about your side-effects.... someone that will listen to what is going on with you!
Are you doing okay with your chemo? Lots of gals on here, know all about that....
Hope to hear from you again!
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H ... From lumpectomy
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Sailing! That was a beautiful picture! You really ARE an artist! But what is your last post about? "H"? means what? I'll bet you hit post before you finished?
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Holeinone ask if infection was from rads or surgery
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OK OK I'm off a bit and everything goes kabong Sailing wht's with the infection, where is it, I've missed something. But sometimes these crazy infections last a long time--u have to regularly see the Dr. for progress. t one point I had an infection for 3 months but saw the Doc 2x a week, how stupid I am I didn't know it was an infection for a while, I thought everything was standard procedure. but everything else stopped while I had the infection.
AnimalLvr--I guess u might have to wait for Sas or u'r Dr. but usually after everything is done. all u'r blood work and stuff is all off and I think a lot of us thought whew I'm done so now everything is going to be fine. Now and not always--the SE's from our little crazy pill comes in play and u are describing some SE's from Tammy--but u't Dr. will make things clear when U see her/him.
OK now I'm picking on EVERYONE in here doesn't anyone know how to do nothing, like me--Everyone has so much talent from gardening to art and everything in between. BTW Enerva that back on u'r top is a super hot look now. All I'm good at is getting myself in trouble with the IRS and the STATE--Trouble's my middle name, Oh yea BTW it is. Well I would say if I had money I would b very good t shopping for clothes and if I were thin I could wear them. But someone some where has to say they have no talent--NONE, like me, even Chevy can do stuff, even Chevy--wht a lopsided world we live in, up is down, down is up and Chevy can do things and I can't--EVEN CHEVY---I am thankful u gals share u'r talent but come on even Chevy.
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holein1, an opportunity quilt is what guilds use for fund raising. Once the quilt is done, it travels to other guilds so people can buy raffle tickets for a chance to win it. Most are won at the guilds quilt show. Our current one will be won in sept 2015. The one I'm in charge of (stupid me) needs to be done and traveling by early 2016. The picture was of a quilt I like the layout, I didn't make it.
Sailing, very talented. Wish I could draw a straight line! Never could draw or paint. My kids can, but I didn't inherit that.
Enerva, like the top. Will you be able to keep crocheting after your sx?
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Cam... I will go back to the beginning. Last Weds. morning woke up with left breast red and swollen. Went to 7 th day Rads. Saw Doc. She said it was an infection from bacteria fluid in cavity from surgery. Not uncommon. Gave me antibiotics . Stopped rads. Talked to her on Thursday and fri. Seemed to start to get better. Pain much less. Talked to the office today. Told me to come in. She gave me stronger anti. Said to come in Thurs. if not better will go to BS and have it drained. Helps with taking care of hardness in breastbut does nothing for infection.she seems to be on top of it. Wants me to call daily.
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