Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Oh? So you are going hiding in your man-cave? How have you been little nefarious person? I heard that word once, and just wanted to show off and use it. Yes... we must tell Miss London Fog Welcome to this thread!
No.... REMEMBER? I don't "work" at night! It's not "work".... It's just fun! You know that! Remember? Well, maybe not....
Okay little one.... if you don't post tomorrow, have a wonderful Christmas.... ALL of you guys! xoxoxoxo
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People who are very nearsighted are at more risk for detached retina, throw in cataract surgery and diabetes and we don't know what caused it. Thanks for the thoughts.
Merry Christmas to all
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Merry Christmas Everyone!!!0 -
Merry christmas all
The puppies r adorable
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Merry Christmas all!!!from Pinky Plum-Pants.
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Merry Christmas, dear ones. I love you all.
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Merry Christmas
Love & Hugs,Joan
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A very special quote for very special people:
If it's not yet obvious to you, the real reason for this, and all seasons, is you. A more perfect child of the Universe has never lived. Until now, only celebrations cloaked in myth and mystery could hint at your divine heritage and sacred destiny. You are life's prayer of becoming and its answer. The first light at the dawn of eternity, drawn from the ether, so that I might know my own depth, discover new heights, and revel in seas of blessed emotion.
A pioneer into illusion, an adventurer into the unknown, and a lifter of veils. Courageous, heroic, and exalted by legions in the unseen.
To give beyond reason, to care beyond hope, to love without limit; to reach, stretch, and dream, in spite of your fears. These are the hallmarks of divinity - traits of the immortal - your badges of honor. May you wear them with a pride as great as what we feel for you.
Your light has illuminated darkened paths, your gaze has lifted broken spirits, and already your life has changed the course of history.
This is the time of year we celebrate you.
Bowing before Greatness,
The Universe
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Merry Christmas. One of the things I am most grateful for this year is adding each of you to my family. Have a wonderful day!
Anne
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What great thoughts and messages to find here this morning. It is a fantastic morning because it is not only Christmas morning, but there is a wonderful, glorious sun outside today. My, my, my -- it is just making me feel good all over more than anyplace else.
Sandra,
I love the Christmas Lollipop tree. It is so, so pretty.
GG,
I also really like the Pinky Plum Pants.
Blondie, Ohio and Chevy,
Just wow, huh !!! I hope you all are getting sun today to spark the mood and help you FEEL blessed in a big ways.
Teacher,
That was a surprise about really near-sighted people having the propensity of detached retina more that others. I started to feel a bit edgy about it and then realized I'm not only near-sighted, but far sighted as well ---- maybe I'm cancelled out on the retina thing. I also have an astigmatism so my glasses have three prescriptions in them, but I see pretty darn good with them. In fact, I always laugh when I'm forced almost to take the glasses case that comes with new glasses. As I tell them finally, I'll take it but it is going to lay in a drawer somewhere. The only time my glasses are OFF is when I'm sleeping and then they are right beside me in case I have to get up.
Sorry about the change -- the italics came on and won't go off.
Chevy -- you will be happy about this. I got a cell phone for Christmas from Dh. I'm back in business and not hoping that I don't need help and no way to call for it.
Have a special, special day everyone.
Blessings and lots of love and hugs too,
Jackie
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Anne---Your tree is so pretty
Sandra--Love the lollipop tree. It is so pretty
Sailingwind-- I like your Merry Christmas graphic
Teka---the cat under the tree is adorable.
Wishing everyone a very Healthy and Merry Christmas
My elf name is Squeezy Plum-Pants
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I got it now --- I'm Puddin Pickle Pants. Magic Bean --- that thing is way too cute.
Jackie
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I hope y'all have had a wonderfully blessed day. Merry Christmas
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Good Morning Well Christmas is over, kind of mixed sentiment----It's really a lot of planning and work, but it still has magical feeling to it and soon all the decoratins come down, then it's just darkness outside and I don't like that, I love to see all the houses lit up. Oh well every year I go thru this.
Jackie u have a phone, if it weren't or work I'd use my phone about once maybe twice a day, that's it. My sister and my cousin--that's it.
Well I hope everyone has a nice relaxing day today--I'm planning on my scary movies and munchin on all the leftover. Joey slept by my other DD's house last ite and I miss him. He did get a windows 8 for Christmas and he was programming it yesterday for a while and it's touch like on my csi shows. Of ourse kids figure out everything right way, I just stare in wonderment.
BTW Sandra that tree looks beautiful/
Have a good day everyone.
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The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
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Good morning,
I'm glad too Cammie to have the LARGE part of Christmas out of the way. People here leave their lights up a fairly long time. At least the outside things. Don't always turn them on as much, but they are there. I think there is some sort of holiday nearly every month and people like to stay decorated till it is time to put up something else for whatever is going on that month. Even when I could do more -- I never had the patience to leave things up too long. My house was never big enough so most DECORATIONS were in the way a lot of times. I'm over that and just enjoy every one else's.
We too will be working on left-overs here which is great for me. I like them sometimes even more the second day. We did manage to have a good time Christmas Eve over at my BIL's and then Christmas over at my cousin's. Nice to come home when you are stuffed, wash up and jump into pj's and just veg out in a recliner. So, after having done that for one night and one afternoon -- I will try and get things organized here for the most part. My kitchen is pretty good as I did up all the dishes as I dirtied them while cooking for our outing at BIL's.
Hope you are all going to have a somewhat restful day -- though some will have returns and things like that to do. Hope it doesn't take long and you can be back home and relaxing in no time. See you all later.
Blessings,
Jackie
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I'm humming a happy little inner tune: Christmas is over.... All the work is done.... Now we can get back to life as normal....
As for leftovers, I had a delicious sandwich for lunch with leftover roast pork. BUT I also had a slice of chocolate cake and a piece of fruit cake. Sugar is definitely addictive.
I enjoyed getting outside today and playing 18 holes of golf with a woman friend. It was cool starting off but quickly warmed up into the 60's and the sun would pop out occasionally.
I appreciate other people's outside lighted decorations and I'm glad to know that they're the ones to have to take those decorations down and store them! The prettiest decorations I saw this year was at the Beau Rivage casino in Biloxi, MS. The lobby was gorgeous. It was a pleasure to walk around and gaze upward and in every direction. Not one Christmas tree but dozens of beautiful trees. And gigantic decorative balls hanging from the high ceiling. There was a long line of people with children working their way toward Santa Claus. We paused and watched a cute little girl getting her picture made with Santa. Some of the stores have nice decorations, too.
There is plenty of Christmas color and dazzle for those of us too lazy to haul out the lighted Christmas tree and the decorations bought in past years.
Hope everybody had a happy Christmas day.
And now life can get back to normal!
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Carole,
Sounds like as least three of us are in the Happy/Glad corner of being good with having the holiday mainly done with. It is a lot of work. I cooked ( and it was all very easy foods ) just for Christmas Eve at BIL's house and it was at least five hours of cooking. That is a lot for just one meal. Since we do very, very little I can barely imagine what it is like for those who host big family meals and likely more than one or two days of decoration. Added to that shopping and wrapping gifts while doing Christmas cards.
No wonder it was so easy for me to give up all of that. Well, I did do it for years and I wouldn't trade it, but it is nice to be low-key now -- as if I probably could be anything else. If we did not have the animals etc. I'm sure I would want some sort of ( not too large ) tree. I actually do have a fantastic spot for it in this house -- but just won't happen anymore.
I'm busy cleaning out a big bathroom cupboard which will lead to a clean out of the one in the hallway as I'm re-arranging how we use the storage in both. I discovered that Dh had items in all three shelves, three drawers and even a few things under the sink. He was crowding out the towels, wash clothes and bath mats -- not to mention leaving me very scant room for some of my things. Hmm, whose says we women have too much. Dh puts me to shame on this I do believe. Was able to get him to throw out half a trash can full of "things" that he tried, didn't like, but would put on those shelves and leave there -- for whom, I can't say. So, it looks far better and we once again have room for both of us in there.
Jackie
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Finally home for the day. Went into work at 7:15 am and told I could leave at 10:30 am if I wanted too. Of course I left. Not many children in the center today even though most of our class sign that they would be there. I went shopping for a few gifts to finish up our Xmas shopping since we are have our celebration on Sunday. 2 of our ds worked on the 25th since their place of employment does not close (government jobs at the Jail and Airport). Now I have just finished wrapping the last of the gifts and am relaxing. Tomorrow I will clean a little, dh does the cooking and I clean up the kitchen. It just doesn't seem like Xmas this year for some reason. Weather is in the 50's today but they say we will be getting a cold spell with rain/snow starting tonight.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas and are relaxing now.
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Jackie, I'm in the "re-arrange" mode, too. I've been looking at my cabinets in the kitchen and realizing that I'm not using the storage to best advantage. I have a big bottom drawer that's full of things I use often, like measuring cups. The drawer above it has bowls that I don't use as much as the items in the bottom drawer. It hit me one day: Why not switch the contents in these two drawers? Light bulb going on! So far I haven't gotten around to doing it. Maybe tomorrow. It's supposed to rain so should be a good day to putter.
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yes I am glad that Christmas is over its been sad for the past couple days because I'm really upset because they can't afford to buy any my grandchildren anthing and I understand that they are getting things for other people I just feel like a bad for grandmother something although I know I'm not.
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I guess we can always find things that make us sad.... or happy.... But I'm glad the Holidays are almost over.... One to go.
I would be happier if it were a little warmer out.... Only 24 degrees, and it snowed yesterday and last night about a foot over here.... Went over to feed the Chickens and their Cat, Edith! She was all warm and cozy in her basket-bed I had made for her... with the little "warmer" connected in between the blankets.
She gets her kibbles, and I take canned food, or something like Salmon or Mackeral...to add to it. And I pet her when I go over.
Damn people ANYway... She is the sweetest cat, but stays out-doors, or in their garage, going in and out through their cat-door. So they treat her like a visitor! And they have had for for at least 10 years! Her Sister Cat, moved herself to another house down the block.... But haven't seen her lately.... People should NOT have pets, if they can't treat them like "pets"....
And that's all I have to gripe about.... just wish it were warmer....
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Blondie, you are a wonderful Grandmother I'm sure. I am sorry though the other "adults" seem un-concerned about seeing to it that the children have a good Christmas. I too would be sad at this happening. I do feel like though that youngsters often understand more that we think they do -- and in time will have a rational understanding. They will know this is not what their Grandmother wanted for them --- and they very much will understand that you were not able to do anything any differently at this time. I'm sending lots of hugs to you and hope for better times.
Jackie
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Continuing with our kitty theme, we have Christmas visitors. Daughter Allison who drove down from Chicago brought her two orange fur-babies, Joshua and Toby. I expected some complaints from my three cats but other than one time my male 12 year old Jeffrey chased one of the whippersnappers up the stairs, the house has been "fight free." The girls, Rosie who is 16 and blind, and Emily, the youngest at 9, have merely hissed if Allison's boys get right up in their faces.
Yesterday Joshua got into the garage and out a small opening in a broken door. We were frantic when we realized he wasn't napping somewhere upstairs and feared the worst as we searched the neighborhood. I had visions of him lying dead in the street, having been run over by a car. He was gone six hours! My son Ryan thought he heard a cat outside and investigated an unlikely spot we hadn't looked in. Sure enough there was Joshua, happy to be stretched out in the sun. The Chicago cat was enjoying our 72 degree San Antonio day. He was in the backyard the whole time I guess. We all took a collective breath of relief and finally felt like opening gifts. Dinner wasn't all that good because the turkey was overdone, but I got it together and we had a meal.
Today I haven't even bothered getting dressed. I've napped off and on, exhausted from the events of the past week. Mike isn't doing any better. I think the effects of the blood transfusion he got last Wednesday have worn off. He has no energy so his hemoglobin is likely in the toilet again. Fortunately Allison is here to make sure her lazy parents are still breathing once in awhile.
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Sandra, have they figured out the reason for Mike's anemia yet? They are still trying to ascertain mine. Today I had an abdominal CT scan and a bone scan. Hubby got out the Geiger counter after we got home. I was well into the "dangerous" zone, so when his daughter asked if we could watch the babies for them so they could catch a movie, we had to reluctantly say that we couldn't until I was no longer radioactive - which I think will be Sunday night. I have a week off of testing, and then the following week I get an upper and lower scoping... blechhhh. I can't tell you how much I'm dreading it.0 -
Oh GG, How much fun (not)! We're kid sitting now so DS and DIL can go out together. They were planning on a movie - not what I would choose. Hope they figure this all out and it's just something little they hadn't thought of before.
We're headed home tomorrow in the copious rain. They're forecasting 12-20" snow in the mountains which means a lot of rain in the lowlands. Hoping we'll get home before the worst of it. DD and grown GS came down for Christmas. Really fun to have both kids with us for Eve and Day. Oldest GS works at airport, so he had to work. I may try to clean DIL's keyboard which is just full of crumbs. I'm amazed any keys work. The space key works about half the time.
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Sa dra how is ds. Hugs 4 u
Glad dd is there... just tell mike tovrest
HUGS
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Last night I cut all the meat off the turkey carcass. It wasn't surgical precision but good for sandwiches and a pot pie I'm making tomorrow. I love Christmas and all my decorations but it was good to wash all the kitchen towels and pot holders to put away til next year. The outside lights won't be coming down til weather dries. The next few days are supposed to be "raw."
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Oh Blondie - Yes it is too bad the other adults did not try to make Christmas better for you grandkids. But I can tell you that your love for them will not be measured by that day. My husband had many similar Christmas Days like that as a child, but his love for his grandmother never failed. Gifts really only bring temporary happiness and your love for them is strong and eternal. They will know that by the tenderness you constantly show.
Well ladies, I too am working on the left overs. But the gifts of a pretty sweatshirt that is way to small has inspired a little healthier eating for me. The kids are gone, but my pup Peggy and I are enjoying the tree and a fire in the stove. I got a gift card to Barnes and Noble so have a new book to read on my Nook. A delicious two hour nap this afternoon means I may be reading late into the night. I stayed at the lake house and am "vacationing" a little longer. Every day I am thankful to be retired. And thankful that social security keeps sending a check each month. Hurrah!
Waiting to hear if there is good news about Sandra's husbands health.
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