INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours
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Chevy I must be old enough because in my Great Grandparents cabin (on the river above Grailing in Michigan), they had a toaster just like that silver one! Flip open the door and flip - yummy! Coffee was always in a percolator, no drip. Smarty wow that hurts losing such a gorgeous tree. You could call the ag extention about a water sipping replacement. Crape Myrtles are lovely. Good luck.
Well the pain from the radiation to my bone mets has kicked in.. aching and sore skin-tight feeling. So I am laying low. After all last week flattened with the sciatic pain which finally let up -yay. I just feel like my hips and legs are weak. We watched this PBS review on an A Capella group I never heard of called Pentatonix. I liked their sound so much I bought a bunch of I-tunes. I am happy to lay here and listen away - Na Na Na, Misbehavin... wow. Happy peppy music. It's mind blowing to me that 5 people could make all those sounds with just their voices, such talent! Thank goodness for music and my double sunny window. The skies are blue, bright sun and ever parade of fluffy white clouds - plus the last of the liquid amber leaves are yellow and the Oaks red.. nice. Oh and the cats are all sacked out here with me. We are making do in cancerland.
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Rose- I am sorry to hear you are hurting from the rads. I am glad that you found something enjoyable on TV.
And with the description of the a capella group, Pentatonix, I found myself intrigued and YouTubed them. They are SO GOOD and also from Arlington, TX where I lived during my grad school days. They have some great sing off stuff on YouTube, should you be interested in that! Thanks for sharing that!
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Rose, sciatic pain is the worst! My right leg was the awful! My left leg, I could tolerate a bit, but my right? Worse then child birth IMO. Hope the pain eases and you can get some rest. (((hugs)))
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Rosie, hugs to you...hope you feel better soon
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for an insomniac thread...you guys aren't living up to your name...lol. I can't sleep. Ok , I will play more games on the computer....heavy sigh:(
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🎶Here I come to save the day🎶 Not my bedtime yet. Actually, DD is driving home from swim practice as I am typing. Trying hard to distract myself from my nervousness. She got her driver license about 2 months ago, but it is so hard to let her have more freedom.
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Rose, music is therapeutic.
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My eyes haven't adjusted or I'd be writing some funny jokes to you folks!
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Ms. Wren, the Great Auntie would put the kernels on top of the sand. Amazingly, somehow the sand didn't stick to the popcorn. My favorite was coal roasted cashew nuts. The fragrance was heavenly. Have you ladies seen the fruits?
Ripe fruits
Yes, the fruits are edible. Tastetangy sweet. Don't laugh, but what do the fruits remind you of?
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MEMA, WE ARE PATIENTLY WAITING.
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Susan, do you play Words with Friends?
Rose, hope it gets better soon.
It's almost 10 here and I'm out. The only thing wrong with that is I'll be up too d#%> early.
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Smaarty, that is quite a large area left. I think Glennie's xeriscaping idea might be something to look into.
All of these ancient household appliances are unfamiliar to me, except for the flatiron. I only recognize that one because my grandma had some in her basement, not because I ever used one.
Rose, I'm sorry you've been flattened so much by pain lately. It's good you have your kitties to keep you company. I'm checking out the Pentatonix videos on YouTube right now.
Loverly, I've never seen those fruit before. I had no idea cashews looked like that. They look like upside down red bell peppers pooping a cashew to me. Or a cartoon mushroom? Something the smurfs would live under?
Did DD get home from swim practice OK?
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Jazzy- I am so glad you liked Pentatonix too! They are so talented. I even bought some items from their xmas album- 'Mary Did you Know" is lovely. Texas and especially the folks arount Austin (Austin City Limits) have produced so many wonderful muscians. I had never heard of this group but DH and I love all kinds of music and pretty much appreciate everything, so we sat up and took notice when they did a review on PBS. Seriously our canary loves Jazz and Blues! You turn it on and the little bugger sings and twitters - hilarious. Rockin robin!
Herceptin tomorrow and I will ask about the rads and pain. I was told to expect it.. they didn't fib. Hope it's temporary. We will see what MO has to say about elevated alkphos and liver enzymes. My PCP ran labs for me. Sleep tight ya'll. Hi Patty hope you are well and staying out of the hospital.
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Cubbie-- hahaha "Upside down red peppers pooping a cashew or a house where smurfs live!" Wonderful description - chuckling big time. I didn't know cashews looked like that either. This place cracks me up. I learn something whenever I browse through here - so many folks from all over and sharing what they do, where they live and all their experiences. Thanks for the sympathy and making me laugh. (((Hugs)))
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Cubbie, good one hahaha. Yes, daughter got home safely. Thank you. Susan is probably snoring along with the other Insomniacs. I don't have insomnia, but I think I am the only one up...how ironic.
Rose, again, best wishes on the infusion tomorrow. May those nasty cells hibernate for awhile. Good night
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Rose- Austin is an incredible place for music, so many great music festivals. I went to the South By Southwest festival in 2012, and there was a choice of over 5000 music acts to see. How do you choose? We went for some of the bigger names from the music awards that featured Christopher Cross, Bruce Springsteen, and then went to see Dr. John somewhere else. I discovered some other amazing musicians along the way. Austin City Limits is on my bucket list too.
Hoping your herceptin treatment goes okay today and that the pain the shoulder goes away. Are they giving you enough pain meds Rose to deal with all this?
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Okay, my mind is stuck.... THIS was my Grandma's iron, before she got an actual steam iron!
They had a coal-stove
And when she would iron, she would just set the iron on top of the hot stove, and oh! It had a "plate" you could set it on ..
on the ironing board...
The ironing boards were wooden... and you had padding to go on top, then covered with an ironing board cover...
And that is your morning tutorial of IRONING! Hah! Does anyone ever iron anymore except me?
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My grandma had all of those things, she had a wood burning stove in the kitchen. Was black, may have been iron. After electric came to their area, my dad got her an electric range. She wouldn't use it, said it didn't cook as well. She made the best biscuits on that wood burner!
This is one of her flat irons. Makes a great door stop now. And nobody irons any more!!
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Does any body know what this relic is? It's mine, I used it.
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Chevy probably knows. You filled a soda bottle with water, stuck this on, sprinkled your clothes lightly, then ironed them. Instant steam.
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I recognize many of those old appliances. Popping corn in sand is fascinating! And those fruit look like a red bell pepper with a large kidney bean hanging off of it. Cool looking.
I don't have a picture, but I do have an old drill that belonged to my father,,, it has a metal body,,, they don't make them like that any more. And you have to use a key to change the bits. I still use it!
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Morning sunrise was pretty nice today
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Beautiful!!
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sorry I gave up on you guys last night. Was up till 2 am. Got stuck on Pinterest. Pinned all sorts of crafts. Ha ha....could never do them in 5 lifetimes. Still in my pjs:
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Beautiful sunrise, Jazzy.
At least you were productive, Susan.
Rose, I really hope it is not Herceptin-hepatotoxicity ...not that the other alternative is any better. Forgot to ask if you are taking Percocet. Just wondering if the two together could be the culprit.
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I'm only out of my pjs because somehow it's just not proper to feed goats and walk to the mailbox in them haha. Esp. since I live on the corner.
Loved the pics of the cashews. Smurf house lol.
Your crafts Susan are like my recipes. You can't have too many crafts you want to make or too many recipes right? DH accuses me of bookmarking the entire internet.
Love Pentatonix. They won the 3rd season of NBC's "The Sing Off" which brought them into national prominence. I just put on the Christmas youtube. Thanks for the suggestion.
I certainly remember the sprinkler head thing. Seems mom stored the sprinkled clothes in the shower overnight but not longer or they would mildew. I iron very sporadically. Has to be something terrific for me to buy anything that needs ironing because I will never see it again haha. I even bought a teeny tabletop board which doesn't get any more use. Been sorting out summer/winter clothes. Heavens I might have to iron something.
Jazzy - my dear MIL loved Dr. John. She would have been nearly 95 now. If you ever get to Austin please let me know.
Mags and Beatmon, Susan and Queenie - what fun y'all. MemaSue I looked up Sachse. I think I might have said this b4 - we bought our 1st house at the intersection of Miller and Centerville in 1977, a Fox & Jacobs. How close Sachse is to that. Maybe when you can drive again (part I missed - ? cataract surgery?) we can meet up. Sassy says you believe an hour from me but I think Sacshe is at least 1.5. My brother lives in Allen. No E/W roads that way. I did drive myself to far N Irving 635/George Bush when I went to Love Field to pick up DD. Nice shopping out there. Those roads out by N DFW confuzzle the heck out of me.
Rosie - you need a break! What was that old commercial - You need a break today! I think radiated bone does ache as it heals. The alk phos pray it's just a flukey thing.
We went on our twice year trip to OK, our "camping" in a 3 bedroom cabin. Eat, play cards, Rain!, very wet firewood. I managed to drink only one soda and no adult beverages. Mostly hot tea. Coolish too. Of course Mon/Tues were beautiful. Cloudly, humid, warmish now, setting up for more storms overnight. Slight tornado threat.
Might have to do some cleaning. My indulgence The Young and The Restless is going off now.
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Luvmygoats- I will certainly let you know when I am in the area again. My friend who lives there wanted me to come visit for ACL last month, but we had a family wedding back east at the same time. I would love to check that out sometime. You may see me some day over your way!
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Yes, of course I know what that is~! You would stick it into a pop-bottle, filled with warm water, and sprinkle your clothes, and then roll them up, and put them in a big plastic bag overnight... then you would iron them the next morning..... with your dry iron.... Don't think we had a steam iron for years! And do you remember perma-starch?
I think you diluted it, and soaked your piece in there, then hung it on the line, and then ironed it. Remember our crinoline's?
We wore these under our longer dresses & skirts in the 50's!
My Brother and I...
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Yes, Jazzy and Goats, we must when we can get together. I drive everywhere just not as much right now. When I signed up for cataradt surgery I decided to go with a high power lense so I'd never have to wear glasses again. I knew it'd be a long month and that's proving true. One eye works really well but the old one is still cloudy and doesn't see too well so it's always a balancing act. Gets old by nighttime. I can't wait for the next one to be done the first of December.
I started the 5th grandbaby's quilt. It's minions...gonna hand piece the front only. Damn eyes. Kid will be grown by the time it's done. BBL
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mema, I think lilgoats had cataracts done too. hoot her out. hope it eases up soon.
I just gave away by wooden ironing board, the sprinkler thingy was aiways in the vernors bottle. the toaster flippers were in Lindsay, Ontario at mom's family. ...electric toasters had already taken over in the city.
this morning, the voice after the MRI was done. I'm going to take some extra films, it'll be about 14 minutes more"
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