Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Cindy I love the photos and especially thr giant Xmas trees. Loved the one with the deer.
Marti glad your talk with your 7 yr old went well. I didn’t have chemo just radiation and am on meds for just over 4 more years.
mom still waiting for my CT and mammogram. Lordy. Apparently my MO has gone elsewhere and I have a new one. Hopefully these tests happen before I meet him in February.
We are having mild weather for December. Sunshine and light showers today.I’ve tackled my powder room. Got the old cabinet out and off to the dump Monday. Here’s how it sits now ( cat proof) until the new one arrives.
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Betrayal and Chris, thanks for inquiring about dh's recovery. He is doing well and taking only Tylenol and ibuprofen for pain now. He's back to his wood turning hobby, making some lovely items.
Betrayal, you're making me wish I had some deer out in the back yard and some pumpkins to feed them. LOL. It's such a nice imaginary scene. We once had deer in the neighborhood but all their habitat has been replaced by subdivisions and houses. Thankfully, the houses are all more upscale than ours, so that doesn't hurt our home value.
Marti, good news that your daughter accepted your bad health status. How interesting that you have a rock star son. I'll have to look him up on online. My dh and I go to MN for four months in the summer. We stay at a little campground/resort on Island Lake a little north of Park Rapids. We're about 3 hours from Minn/St. Paul. 1 1/2 hours from Fargo. We're managers of the campground, Pinehollow Resort, which has only 14 sites occupied by rvs. We enjoy MN summers and like the down-to-earth people.
Canarycat, you and Cindy have a lot of common with your fixer upper skills.
Harley, I would love to have taken that cooking class with you. Also loved to sample that paella! We had one very similar to that at a restaurant in Spain many years ago. We spent time in Barcelona and found it a fascinating city.
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Hi. Love the pictures. I am back in Florida. I couldn't handle the problems with my little cabin. It breaks my heart. I asked my NC friend to help me. I have much going on in Florida. I have a Christmas luncheon with the ladies from my church on Tuesday and was invited to a play on Friday, along with all my activities, Zumba, Yoga, Grief Support group and my Friends. Next week a concert and a luncheon with my social group. So I will be busy.
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petite - I think it’s wise to take a break from home repairs as it can be overwhelming. Enjoy the time with your friends and your support group.
Carole - glad to hear DH is feeling better and back to his hobbies.
I agree that Canarycat and Cindy could team up on their fix-it skills. Perhaps a show on HGTV?
Back home it is cold and snowy - same as what Chris is experiencing. Here in southern Spain it is high 60’s and sunny. Wishing all a good Sunday
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Yes, by all means, wait until spring or summer to work on the cabin. Save up your money so that you will have enough for a professional to do the things only a professional can do.
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Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
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My DB let me know his FIL died this morning. DSIL was in the process of readying to go to the hospital when they got the call. How fitting that an ex-Navy man decided Pearl Harbor Day was the day for his final salute. They picked up his wife and went to the hospice to say their good-byes. DB was hoping he'd hold on until tomorrow since it will be the 16th anniversary of my DF's death and then we could have a "Dad's day". I'm hoping they have connected in heaven and are busy exchanging "Dad" jokes because both loved them. I'll have to let my neighbor know because they worked together for many years. It will be a military funeral so I am not sure when it will be scheduled.
We went to DGS's basketball game. He is on a new team this year and they actually function more as a team. They won! It was a really good game, too. We missed DGD's game yesterday, but she has a dance recital this coming Sunday and we bought tickets for that. We went back to DS's house and had a really good pizza with his family. It was a new one at this place and was a thin crust with red sauce, cheese and chunks of Italian sausage. It had lots of meat and was delicious.
canarycat, I agree with carole that you and cindyny should start a business together. You both seem to have DIY skills and are good at it.
petite1, house repairs can be overwhelming and sometimes you have to walk away to catch your breath. As much as you are in despair about the needs to make your cabin comfy, just remember, once they are done, you will have an escape that protects you from the elements and an escape from the heat of FL.
Tomorrow the HVAC people are to return and hopefully have a solution for the A/C duct problem in the attic. Once that is fixed then we can have to guy come back to finish his repairs in the guest room closet. Once he's done the closet needs to be painted and I need to order the closet organizer I had seen on Walmart that seems it will work in this shallow closet. I am tired of looking at 4 rooms in total disarray: guest room DD's old bedroom, living room and dining room. I still have been unable to locate a dry cleaners that cleans custom drapes. I may have to take the drapes down myself, give them a good vacuuming and then rehang them once the room is painted. I was hoping to have this done before Christmas, but it's not looking good.
I have a pain management appointment tomorrow to see what the next step is for addressing my unrelenting back pain. When they measured my height for the PFT's I have lost another inch and she was generous because I had my shoes on and she only deducted 1/2 inch for them. So my BMI will shoot up with this height loss and negate the recent weight I have lost.
I put the Christmas tree up, which is a big step after nearly 10 years of none, and have yet to hang any ornaments. It needs to be straightened because it has a slight lean. I have a collection of handmade ornaments I made when I was in my BSN program and would work on them when I needed a short break from studying. I also have many from my childhood, those made by my children and then those we have collected over the years. I probably have enough for several trees. My DS's house was fully decorated and looks lovely.
Hope everyone had a great day and waving "hi" to everyone.
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