INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours
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sea chai..oh my gosh...funny...I often get caught in something...lol I don't panic...I do get pretty mad....lol happens a lot. Pulling dresses off overhead...a bit of a challenge....life is full of those
Cubbie....time is your friend...things fall back into place eventually. And the things you don't pick back up, you end up ok with. Time just needs to pass so our minds and emotions can catch up with the changes. Be good to yourself. The road is long, and winding.....I can sing for you
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Shelby loves squeezing in between pillows. Don't know how she got there at 14, but I bet she can't get out..lo0 -
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Holeinone, Jazzy, Loverly, Seachain, Susan, thank you. I am always touched by the people who take time out of their lives to help those of us who are struggling at this moment. It helps to know that others have been through the same emotions. Having cancer is a very otherwordly experience.
And Seachain, that's about where I've been stuck a couple of times! I've managed to get myself out, but I'm a bit wary of what I put on now, since I live alone. I can just see having to drive over to someone's house to have them help me get out of my shirt! Glad you bought the gorgeous top despite your adventure with it.
Shelby looks so cozy...
It's a beautiful day here, probably the last one for this fall. I rounded up my nephew and we raked leaves at my mother's house. (Well, he raked, I bagged, because I think I'd probably regret doing too much raking at this point post-op.) We had a funny, good natured rant about each of us being the youngest child in our families, and how the youngest child in the family seems to get stuck doing stuff because the older children get the first opportunity to move away. Plus, his parents are on vacation, so here we are stuck with the leaves while they're off having a good time. We were thinking it might be easier to live in Arizona and have one of those lawns that's all fancy rocks and yucca plants. I'm sure there's some downside there too, probably involving scorpions.
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hi all. Welcome seachain, love your pic on the other forum. Don't let Susan sing!
This is what I'm working on. Ran out of one of the fabrics but found it on eBay, which is lucky because I bought probably 6-7 years ago. Lucky me. It's going to be a table topper when done. For some stupid reason I thought I could make 10 wedges instead of 12 since I shorten the numbers of strips I need. Dumb. So I'm short 2 and will get them done when the fabric gets here.
Ran out of that print that's the biggest piece.
Partly assembled
2 of the ten. I'm going to start sewing them down to the batting and backing fabric. You'll see it all done in another week or so. That's my plan anyway.This year I've got all the kids quilts done and on a roll. First Christmas in 3 years that I felt like doing stuff again. So Cubbie, it just takes time. Do you meditate? Might help if you're into that kind of thing. Gets really old to think about your boobs all the time. I was doing pretty good until the weather got cold. Now the stupid boobs don't like the cold! They get tight feeling and uncomfortable. Does it ever stop? Oh well, have a trip coming up to go to the Caribbean so that will help.
So as that old saying goes. Just one foot in front of the other. Take it one day at a time. Blah, blah, blah. 😜
On that note, I'm gonna go cook some soup. Cold and windy. The rain stopped this morning
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smarrty, who told you I can't sing
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Smaarty, I like your table topper. You were really lucky finding more of that fabric on Ebay. I wouldn't have thought of looking there.
One of our churches here has a meditation class on Monday nights. I've thought about joining them before, maybe I'll give it a try.
Susan, I do sound for children's school music programs - your singing can't be that bad!
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Susan said on an earlier post that she couldn't sing. I can't either, though I try, but usually when alone
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Spookie gives me funny looks if I try to sing. Must hurt her ears. It's like, Moooooom shut up!!
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I went to DGD's shower this morning. It was couples. Had a good time and they got lots of cute stuff. She is really getting big now
This is a gift made with crayons. The top edge is made of crayons.0 -
Cubbie- I have an awesome yard with rocks. Called xeriscaping and good for low moisture places. But I still have to clean up leaves too, little trickier to rake with rocks. I tend to use a big broom to sweep them up.
I am the youngest too and even at age 55, have an older sister who likes to "delegate" things to me she does not want to do. So that behavior transcends those state boundaries even when everybody moves away from home! Sounds like you and your nephew had a good day together.
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Hey Seachain! Another Okie! Beatmon and I are both here too, we had lunch together last week. Welcome to the Owlettes!
Went to early church (8:15) then came home and slept 4 more hours. Had dinner at our favorite Mexican place. 3 pain pills in 24 hours, my mouth was so dry I drank 3 big glasses of sweet tea, then couldn't finish dinner with my favorite flan dessert. Maria says hi, Beatmon!
DH bought me a fan that plugs into the USB port on my laptop and has a flexible neck so I can point it right at my face.
May have to put my studio on hold til March, hope not.
Off to bed, still really tired.
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cubbie, you have noo idea. During the " happy birthday " song...apparently I never hit a note right, and change keys 3 times. But I am not tone deaf. I just can't natch a note. My daughter has an awesome voice. I love listening to her. Has lead a lot of worship. Her husband sings great too and plays many instruments. They lead worship together a lot. So cool to see that
Night night all. Sweet dreams
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SPOOKIE!!
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Jazzy, I've heard of xeriscaping, but wasn't sure if that was the right term for what I was thinking of. Where I am, we have the opposite - people are starting to plant rain gardens to provide a place for the runoff to go.
Susan, that must be enjoyable to see your daughter and her husband lead worship together. My sister in law got my brother involved in the choir at their church, kind of neat also.
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My....what small feet you have. I presume the table topper is thinner than a quilt?
My DH can't sing either (not that I am great at singing). Most of the times, he catches the notes a few seconds later.
Cubbie, good choice about collecting the leaves rather than raking. I vacuumed the house six weeks post mastectomy and developed cording or axillary web syndrome on my left arm. You are blessed to have that special bond with your nephew
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My niece and nephews were born when I was a teenager (my siblings are much older than I am), so in some ways they are like younger siblings to me. My nephew was sometimes more like a pesky younger brother, putting bugs in my hair and being generally annoying. I think we have a lot more fun because of that.
I am still up because I am getting that phantom itching. My non-existent left boob is itching, and it's driving me crazy. Haven't been this itchy since the day after my surgery!
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Hi Cubbie, I'm not on often right now, recovering and in between eye surgery. Anyway, I'm two years out now and still have phantom itching. Drives me crazy! I just use a towel or soft cloth then try to get my mind moving off it as fast as I can. It's like I have a nipple itch and I have no nipple! Weird!
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I've been trying that trick where you scratch your back instead, but it's not helping. Just going to have to wait it out, I guess. How did the eye surgery go?
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May be it's a good thing that you can feel the itch....well maybe not if it's keeping you up. Mine was and is still numb. The only area that was itchy was where I had the draining tubes. Ok sweet dreams. Got to go to bed
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Jazzy..... We have a leaf blower, and I blow the leaves against a fence, and then sweep them up, then into a big plastic lined barrel! Take the bag out, and then stomp on the dried leaves, and put them around all your planters.... Helps protect them during the winter. I also dig the dried leaves into the soil in my garden-rounds.
The leaves that fall on our rocks, we just blow off into the street.... and they are picked up every month in the Summer, ending in November.
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Or just blow them all in the neighbor's yard....
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mema, a couple of months after the BMX I had a horrible "itchy nipple" for about 6 weeks. Of course I didn't have that nipple anymore so nothing to scratch.
The nerve that innervates the nipple comes from behind, goes under the arm then to the breast. I had found the spot after going crazy with itchiness for a couple of days. Just try finding it. Use something that is about 1 foot long and has a pointy end, like a back scratcher or a knitting needle. Start about 1" down from the center of your underarm. Then doing gentle scratching motions, try going on a straight horizontal line towards your spine, the line should go pretty much right over the lower edge of the shoulder blade. You will find the spot even if it might take a few tries, move 1/4" higher or lower on the line until you find it.
As an amusing factor - after the whole "itchy nipple" was gone, I actually found a spot where, if I scratch, I feel like someone is playing with my nipple. Very awkward feeling when that spot is somewhere on your back, not far from the armpit. But it sure helps when you get ... ahem... "fresh".
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MWell you are a fountain of knowledge on itchy breast syndrome..lol. I need to try that. I itch under my arm pits. But it's so deep I can't push hard enough to get that deep
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Good Morning!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHI IN DC!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO UUUUUUUUU
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