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08-08-2011, 09:45 AM
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Bobbi
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Location: Minnesota
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I scanned the recent post and just wanted to say Good Morning, then a busy day. I've been busy scanning old photos of dad to put on the ? player they have at the funeral home for visitation on Thursday afternoon/evening. DH and I decided long ago that when we croak, we want to be immediately cremated and ashes thrown to the wind. No funerals, we want everyone to remember us as we were alive. (We put that in our wills and our only daughter has agreed)
The cost of funerals are outrages, it's $500.00 just to rent the viewing room for dad.....geeeezz. Not that it matters to us, dad had everything prepaid.
I've got a chiropractor/massage appointment I'm off to now and then drop off the photos of dad.
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08-08-2011, 11:18 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: montana
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Good Morning!
It is Monday. I can't seem to work up a lot of enthusiasm for that fact. I got up an worked out today with strength training and wii fit boxing. The dratted thing still insists that I weigh 30# lighter than I do so it cheats me on the calorie burn. oh well, I am sticking to plan.
I appreciate your words of encouragement on fb for the before/after picture I posted. I don't know what the h___ is wrong with me because it makes me feel so sad when I look at it. Do any of you ever feel like that? It almost feels overwhelming.... I was wondering if it isn't some of that feeling of "I don't recognize myself"? Strange.
Ds and I have been talking to the other grandparents about little dgs and his behavior. They have stepped in to help with caring for him while ds is still working a somewhat varying schedule. Little dgs has some mild behavioral issues (probably personality and leftover issues from his mom). Well, we started having lots of trouble with him. The gma's were letting him do lots of things and catering to him. Then, when he came home, he was not happy with the rules. They were also doing stuff that might be funny but was NOT ok. (Ex MIL was teasingly teaching raised fist "do you want a knuckle sandwich?"
Ds talked to her and I got an angry phone call this morning with all kinds of old crap about how I don't need to tell her how to raise kids, and I always thought I was better than them with my "fancy degrees". OMG. I understand that grands, especially great grands like to spoil kids. But there is a difference between spoiling them with treats, etc and letting or teaching bad behavior. My folks are ok with it. I don't know, what do you think? I am kinda the one who pushed ds to address the problem. He felt that he couldn't say anything because they are helping him. In our family, grands and great grands always help care for the little ones. But, if an extended family situation is going to work, there must be some recogition that the parents of the kids get a little more control.... ds was getting really tired of putting the little guy in time out because of this stuff.
Bobbi, I think people really enjoy those photos of people. It helps to celebrate the person rather than mourn their loss. Hang in there.
Hey there Koala! Nice to see you back. I was missing you last week.
Lynn, when I first started working out I was not really committed to the stretching every time. I have learned that. OUCH! Also, make sure that you are getting enough potassium with all your training. BP meds and other meds can cause you to leach potassium and cause leg cramps.
Rosey. Good job on your labs, etc. It is a good reminder that this is about HEALTH! I hope that your dh doesn't have gallbladder probs. On the other hand, it is pretty easily solved...
Zoe, I loved your description of the birth process in your family. It sounds very old school and a lovely tradition... You have so much going on right now. Eagerly awaiting pictures and I will send good energy your way today that all is well and everyone is healthy.
Freda, I had one of those cleaning frenzies a couple of weeks ago and I can't say that I recommend them. On the other hand, I think my house would be really bad if I didn't occasionally get one.... I don't seem to have Mary's ongoing house maintenence abilities LOL
Gayle, hope you are looking to finish your stretch of work and I hope that the docs are behaving themselves.
Marie, good job on the OP eating. I sure hope to join you in maintenance land someday. How is the writing going?
Donna, are you working this morning? Excited? I can't wait to hear about it. I think it is a good thing that you told Granny mom that you wouldn't be eating there every night. They just don't understand. Last night my mom wanted me to eat chicken fried chicken and macaroni salad with them. Her feelings are constantly hurt that I won't/can't eat all that carb and fat food with them. I just can't get her to understand. It is so hard because I struggle with the fact that they eat that way even though my dad is diabetic and has high cholesteral. Anyway, maybe you can use my strategy: I do frequent "stop by's" on my way home and I am never able to eat there. After a while, Mom stops expecting me to eat. Good luck.
Sorry for anyone that I missed. BBL
Rie
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08-08-2011, 04:13 PM
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Lifelong Journey Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Klamath Falls, OR
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Freda, my MIL collects depression glass and has showed DH the ones he'll inherit. They're a pretty bright green. I hand't thought about dusting it. Yikes!
Zoe, you're a grandma again!!! Congrats!!! I hope all went well. Thanks for the name brand of the eggplant meatballs. I will look for the brand. If not, I'll google a recipe because there's probably on out there.
Rosey, a day of diddly squat is a perfect day. Glad you got to enjoy it in the sun.
Lynn, I hope real orthotics give you the relief they've given me. With how much you walk, they should definitely help.
Koala, oooooo I did the kill 'em with kindness with a staff member not one person in the district can stand. I did it one school year as a joke - just be so sweet it was nauseating. Now guess who is "friend" is? The only person in the district he is kind to? That would be me. I no longer cringe when I see his name on emails or on caller ID. It was so worth it. I love the Voltaire's quote. It exactly fits how I feel.
Bobbi, on this hard process. I hope the rest of your children agree to your wishes.
Val, ditto on the lack of enthusiasm for a Monday. I'd say MIL is the one with a problem. Teaching a child to bully is wrong. Period. How would a child know sarcasm and that she "meant" to be funny? BTW, the writing isn't in the writing mode. I can't decide what one of the started manuscripts I want to work on or if I want to start another one. So I'm in the editing mode. Mostly I'm in the iPad playing mode.
Marie
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08-08-2011, 09:10 PM
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Bobbi
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Location: Minnesota
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Marie...We only have one kid, Tiffany. She told us a few years ago that she won't be putting flowers on our graves because only our old dead bodies would be there and not our souls. The more we thought about it, the more we decided not bother with a cemetary at all. Same with a service in church, DH and I are both Christians and we don't need words spoken over us in a church service to enter into God's presence. But that's just us. Our daughter and one of my brothers are going to sing 'On eagles wings' during my dad's service. They harmonize well together and have being doing duet at other services before, mostly weddings.
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Val...OMG is right,...she must have insecurity problems to throw your education up in your face. Then again she might be jealous or both. Hope you can just let it roll off your back. Do you still get along with your ex-dil?
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It's been pretty quiet here lately, wonder where everyone is?
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08-08-2011, 09:19 PM
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Donna
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Denver, CO
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Good Hola!
Almost 7 p.m., and I AM POOPED! Today was the first day of the new job (it’s gonna be fine!), and I did stop by Granny/Mom’s for dinner. My bro and his wife came from Grand Junction to visit her, so we had a mini-family gathering. My other bro and SIL brought sloppy joes and all the fixings… so good! Of course, this WAS supposed to be the first day of my resolve, and I didn’t do that badly, even with the mini-gathering. Poor old SamCat was weak, pale, wan, and lonely, but he didn’t go so far as to greet me on his back with his legs straight up in the air, close to death!
I think the job will be fine. The current person in the job has a BAD attitude, so I’ll be glad when she’s gone so she doesn’t contaminate things. It’s certainly a job I can do, and I don’t think it’ll take all that long to feel proficient.
Freda - even though you worked your fingers to the veritable BONE, what a feeling of satisfaction to see all that sparkling glass and to smell all that clean! Good job!
PT/Zoe – is Miss Isabella here? I hope everything went very smoothly! I’m very eager to see pictures.
Rosey – your Sunday sounded NICE. I do hope your DH is feeling better… are they going to end up resolving this with diet changes?
Lynn – I think you might be right that it’s hypoglycemia rather than hunger… actually, it does feel like that. When I go without and get cranky/shaky, Aunty Ann would ask “dear, do you need a nap or a snack?”. (I love her). Anyway, I do much better if I can get a bit of something every few hours, too. And what a fun way to tell everyone the sex of the babies! That sort of thing makes baby showers more bearable!
Koala – always lovely to hear from you!
Everyone else... enough for now! Too pooped to think!!
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08-08-2011, 10:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: montana
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Hello all!
Today I came home to ds telling me that my internet has been reduced for the day to hard line - no wifi. Rats. It feels really slow. Also, instead of lounging on facebook while I read, watch tv, and play with gs, I have to be in my home office to be online. However, I discovered today that I can access 3fc from my computer at work. Might not be a good thing. Who am I kidding? I never have enough time at the office for that stuff. Perhaps on those days when I am working late.
It was a nice, cool day in the mid 70's so I was able to give the garden a nice big dose of miracle grow. We are eating a fresh cucumber or two each night for supper along with fresh tomatoes daily. I planted an early variety tomato that produces very small sweet tomatos about twice the size of a golf ball. They are really good. Of course, I wait eagerly for the roma's to ripen - they are my favorite.
Donna, I am so glad that you had a good day! Supper sounds good, too. I have always made sloppy joes for the first meal camping. So easy to take and reheat on the first night. I chuckled at Sam Cat's struggles. Hopefully he takes it in stride and adjusts to the new routine. They never quite accept that they are not the center of the universe, do they?
Bobbi, I am glad that your daughter understands your wishes. I think it is a very personal choice. I find comfort in visiting the graves of my grandparents. They have only been gone about 3 -4 years. But, I think everyone should have what they want. I actually haven't spoken to my ex DIL for 8 months. She is a troubled soul who physically abused gs. My ds has full custody and she only has supervised visitation. But, the last time she saw gs was before Christmas. Learning all this was horrible. We did not know. I was actually very close to her and it was all so very hard to accept. My ex MIL has always had a love/hate relationship with me. I personally think that she has always felt safe ranting at me because she knows that I will just move on. I am getting tired of it, though. I like to jokingly tell others that I was married for 12 years, I have been divorced for 20 years and my parole should be over by now.
Marie, I have used the killemwithkindness gambit too and I have also seen that kind of success. I wish I could find the energy to use it with mil. Oh well, even I have my limits.
Rosey, I loved the description of your Sunday. Glad that you enjoyed it.
Nancy, personally, I think you should have posted the rant. What are GG's for?
Zoe, beautiful granddaughter. You are a very rich woman. And, I think it says something that your dd wanted you there.
Lynn, I hope that your training is going well and that you feel better.
Koala, my gs is away tomorrow night, my ds is working late and I think I am going to catch Larry Crowne after work tomorrow. Either that or Cowboys and Aliens. Hard to turn down Harrison Ford. He made me a Star Wars fan all those years ago. If only I could have ridden on the millenium falcon....
Mary, good job on the shopping spree. I despise shopping and like to jokingly tell people that I only do it at gunpoint. Of course, now that my choice of stores is expanding...... Nah
Karenfl, hoping everything is well
Karenmo, How's the water? LOL
Gayle, hoping that dr turdblossom is staying away from you.
Ok, my book is calling. TTL
Rie
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08-08-2011, 11:27 PM
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#112
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2002
Location: alaska
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Hi everyone..i'm not in the best of moods tonight. men sheesh!!##$$%%.i luv my dh dearly and he has his moments that grab my heart and then there are those other times when i could just bonk him between the peepers with a rolling pin,he can be so insensitive,self centered,self absorbed and say the dumbest meanest things like a spoiled 2 yr old grrr i keep telling myself he brings me flowers my day was a down hill slide till i just clammed up seemed better that way,befor i came un hinged lol. whew thanks for listening i'm sure u all have felt like that a time or two.anyways tomorrow is a new day right. (((hugs))) for all the "GG"s who understand. rosey
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08-08-2011, 11:53 PM
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Want to feel better
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Salida, Colorado
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Good evening GG’s,
Yippee ~ got out on time tonight. So, have had a nice relaxing evening. Had hoped to get over to Sara’s and visit, but she didn’t answer my text. Maybe tomorrow.
Regarding Dr. Turdblossom (I love that Val) he was a tiny bit better yesterday, but still hung up on the nurse before she was done talking to him. We are supposed to (after taking down their orders) repeat it back to them to make absolute sure we got it right (some of them talk so fast, or have a foreign accent ~ too easy to not hear something correctly). The nurse told him she needed to repeat it back to him ~ click ~ he just straight up hung up on her. Koala & Freda ~ I try to just be kind of invisible and hope he will go away quickly. I don’t hear well, and try not to talk to people (especially doctors) any more than absolutely necessary, so I don’t have to ask them to repeat. I have absolutely no desire to speak with them what so ever. Zoe ~ I would love for you to rip them up one side and down the other. Some of the nurses are brave enough to take them on ~ I love it and am secretly cheering them on inside. I have all these things in my head that I would like to say to them, but am not brave enough ever to do it. I don’t think fast and if I said any of the stuff that is in my mind, and they responded back, my mind would just shut down out of fear, and I couldn’t say anything. So, I am better off to just keep my mouth shut and revel in the joy of watching the ones who can do it let loose on them.
Having said all that ~ there are some that are pretty nice and approchable.
Val ~ I know how you feel about the other grandparents teaching the kids stuff. My daughter’s inlaws do stuff like that with Corbin and Maddie. I hate it. Play fighting and stuff like that. We are such different people (our grandchildren‘s grandparents).
Donna ~ glad you had a good first day. Will be glad also when the person with the bad attitude is gone. I’m glad that Samcat survived. Your description about him made me smile.
Bobbi ~ are you getting any relief from your headaches ~ have you had the MRI yet (sorry, I’ve lost track). The scanned pictures of your dad will be a nice memory for everyone.
Koala ~ missed you last week, glad you’re back. Glad you were able to enjoy some time with your friends with out getting too far off track.
Lynn ~ you are so busy ~ I am always in awe. I have some of those orthotics (made by dr) and they helped my feet a lot. That day you had in the warm pool sounded wonderful.
Rosey ~ glad you got to enjoy some time in the sun with your book. Sounds wonderful. Sorry your DH made a bad day for you. I can totally relate. The old saying ~ you can't live with 'em, you can't live with out 'em ~ fits for me. Hope tomorrow is a better day. If not we might have to call out the GG's wacking brigade
Tea ~ were you able to find the jelly recipe?
Zoe ~ how exciting that Izzy is here. Your family being all together like that is so neat.
Freda ~ did that sinus headache finally get gone. Headaches are miserable. Hope you got rested up after your cleaning spree.
Marie ~ awesome being in control of the food and that exercise is not a problem.
How are you doing Karen FL? Hope you are continuing to feel better.
NC Nancy ~ are you enjoying having your house back? So happy for you.
Mary ~ was your family able to figure out something so that your son could see some of your granddaughter’s wedding?
Mustang Karen ~ glad you got a break from that 100* heat.
Lyn ~ how was the concert?
Hello to Sherry, Wannabe, Teati
If I’ve forgotten anyone ~ forgive me. Not intentional.
I should have gone to bed already, but hate to give in. Wait for my day off and want to have as much of it as I can. I spent too much time looking at a thing on Facebook that someone started ~ remembering things about my home town. It was sort of fun, but most of the people seem to be younger ones and I don’t really recognize many of the names, or the names, places or happenings that they tell about. It would be more fun if some of the people my age were on there. Maybe at some point some of them will be.
You all have helped me tonight ~ I wanted to snack, but kept typing. I’ve had 4 pretty good days eating wise. We’ll see the outcome on Saturday at weigh in.
Hope you all have a good rest.
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08-09-2011, 07:26 AM
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
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Hellooo!
I wrangled with the wii today - and won! Today's wii age is 34 :-) Last time it was 67 ... Oh yes, it's personal
Bobbi - nice to see you "drop in" at such a busy time. I always wonder if funerals are for the dear departed, or for the loved ones left behind? I guess it's a case of different strokes for different folks. I've told my family that I want to be cremated and for them to take a matchbox of my ashes to scatter wherever they go in the world so I can keep travelling ...
Rie - have no regrets for your journey. It's all part of life's rich tapestry and has made you the person you are. Sorry to hear about your woes with the other grandparents. It's very sad when kids' little lives are so confusing and they have to navigate their way through a complicated path. I hope you enjoy Larry Crowne - sounds like you need a bit of escapism, and that film will make you smile inside.
Marie - good to see you are having fun getting to know your iPad! LOL at your saccharine sweet kindness to the staff member - as they say, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Donna - good to hear that you blitzed Day 1! What is a sloppy joe? For us, it's a loose fitting sweatshirt or jumper - and I'm guessing that's not what you had for dinner Oh dear, poor SamCat, all is not well in his perfect world. I can just see those big golden eyes turned on you so accusingly for abandoning him all day.
Rosey - sorry to hear that you and DH are at odds - hope all is happy again by now. Maybe his gallbladder and having to limit his diet are making him cranky? It's no fun having to think about every morsel you eat 'cos it might cause you actual pain. And as we know all too well, it's no fun no longer being able to eat food you used to enjoy
Gayle - yay for leaving work on time for once! I hate when that happens - when you think of all the comeback lines you could have said, usually I think of my best lines in the dead of the night I reckon you will do that doctor's head in smiling to yourself when you think of him as Dr Turdblossom
Toodles!
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08-09-2011, 09:45 AM
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Ellabella
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Massachusetts
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G'morning, all! Well, after a couple of pretty labor-intensive days (and that would be something of a pun except for the fact that my dd didn't have any - she had a c-section - but it sure felt like the rest of us did!) I think I can finally settle in for a bit and NOT race up to the hospital until a little bit later this morning. Isabella is a little cutie-pie; she weighed 8 lbs 2 oz, which is not too small, not too big. She has a head full of dark hair to match my daughter's and big blue eyes. My dd is thrilled. Her dh seems to be as well, although he has managed to throw in a few comments here and there about his kickboxing prowess. (You've gotta be kidding me, right?) But don't let me get started on him or I'll be here all day ranting. Suffice it to say that he has been by her side from the time she was admitted and hasn't left her yet. Even idiots have their (few) good sides, I guess. Have I mentioned that when (this) dd was in her eighth month of pregnancy - and big as a house - she interviewed for a new, VERY high paying job as director of a healthcare systems philanthropic arm; their foundation - and was offered the job, which she will start after her maternity leave is completed? And THIS woman is married to a wannabe kickboxer with illusions of grandeur who brings home HALF her salary? Tsk. Oh, see? I almost allowed myself to get started here...let me stop about THAT situation. Little Izzy is adorable. Let me stop with that.
MY stay in the hospital (from 6:30 AM to @ 2:30 PM and then back from 6:30PM to 8:30) yesterday was a little less productive than dd's, I'm afraid. With my change in morning routine, I ended up in the hospital cafeteria with my other two dd's while dd2 was in surgery, and found, surprisingly, very few low calorie, high nutrition choices. I ended up with a bowl of fresh fruit and about a cup of cottage cheese, which of course wasn't the FF that I buy when I buy it, so when I got to entering my calories and such in Fitday yesterday afternoon, I discovered that the stupid cup of (regular) cottage cheese was about 250 calories, and it naturally didn't fill me up like my Fiber One cereal and fruit does, so I ended up about 200 calories over my limit (1100) yesterday. So today, which ought to be 1350, is going to have to be 1100. Hiss! Boo!
Rosey, I can certainly understand your frustration with dh. Mine rarely gets outright irritable or nasty, but on the few occasions when he's "slipped", I've let him know in no uncertain terms that I've lived way too long and am WAY too experienced to put up with guff from anybody at all, and especially not from a man who is *supposed* to care about me. Simply unacceptable, and anybody who thinks otherwise *must* be with the wrong woman. Period. That tends to nip things in the bud. (As I think everyone has figured out by now, I am not the cozy, cuddly little wifey, and never will be.)
Koala, I guess I would have a hard time trusting something that projected such wide variations in age...but then, I've always had a love/hate relationship with the Wii - used to enjoy a few bouts of Wii bowling or tennis or even baseball, but I am NOT enamored of the Wii Fit and all it's need for personal information...and you KNOW how I am about weighing (only like doing it on *good* days) so something that's going to announce my weight every time I step onto it is NOT my friend!
Oh, Gayle, I just love you to bits - and I sure wish you would slap somebody up aside the head from time to time! (But don't mind me....I think I'm vicious by nature: someday my kids will be trying to find excuses not to visit their evil old crone mother, I betcha, while yours will continue to flock to your side for as long as you live.)
Rie/Val, I am SO jealous of your garden! I've been raving about the "fresh-picked" tomatoes that dh and I have been buying from a local farm stand, but last week's bounty gave me quite a shock. Dh found a little sticker on one of the tomatoes that said "Canada" on it. Now I don't trust the farm stand anymore and won't go there. There are a few others that we'll try, but they're a little farther away.
So glad that your first day on the job went well, PT. It certainly sounds like something you'd enjoy, and being part-time, it's just perfect, isn't it?
Bobbi, I think Tiffany has it absolutely right. I want my ashes scattered into the ocean off Sakonnett Point in Rhode Island where my dad and I used to launch his boat. It feels like "home" to me, and if my kids want to connect with me, I think that I can more easily whisper in their ears through the ocean winds. They can visit me on the jetty.
Hah, Marie - and Koala and Rie/Val - "killing them with kindness" just isn't one of my strong points. They would undoubtedly be able to tell - since the kind words would be spoken between clenched teeth - that I wasn't sincere. I guess I'll have to stick with my "Stare 'em down or hit 'em with a two-by-four" approach!
Hey, Freda! I hope your cleaning frenzy is over...it made me too exhausted to do any of my exercises, just reading about it! Okay, okay...so I haven't been doing any exercises, anyway...it STILL made me tired!
Nancy, I hope you're relaxing and luxuriating in your dsd-less home again! Boy, what a piece of work that one is! (And by the way - rant about her wherever you want: that's what friends are for.)
Lynn, when is your race? I've been so darned crazy around here with the baby and visiting relatives and such that I'm afraid I haven't caught up with it. Date, please?
Lyn, what new and wonderfully exciting things are you and dh up to this week?
Hi Tea - hope your son is making some good progress. What an ordeal. Hopefully, it will soon be behind him - and you.
Have a great day, y'all!
Z
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08-09-2011, 09:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Mi.
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Good Morning GG's,
More rain last night. We were getting so dry everything was turning brown. Now everything is greening back out again. I had intended to wash the bed linen and hang them outside today (did the laundry yesterday) but no sun out as yet. It might change later. I'll wait, I've plenty of time. The Grands are on vacation and we're kind of at loose ends.
Donna, so glad you got through the first day and know that it will be OK. Poor Sam Cat will survive, reguardless of what he tells you! Maybe the reason your predicessor is leaving is her attitude?
Z, What a darling baby! Glad to hear that she and mom are doing well. And how is Grandma?
Koala, That's showing that WII!!
Rosie, Hubbies are like that when they are not feeling well. Men do not make good patients.
Rie, There are always different outlooks on how to raise children. Too bad your DGS'S other GP's way of parenting isn't the best for him. But kids are so resilient. I know our Grands know what they are allowed to do, where. They are smart little things. Just talk to him and tell him why you don't like certain things, and why. As for the remark about your education, they are probably jealous. No they are jealous. and feeling inferior.
Gayle, I'm glad you got out of work on time for a change. May it continue.
Marie, I collect the pink depression glass, lots of different patterns. Too many. I've really started downsizing and i'm going to let some of it go. too much of a good thing is still too much. It does look pretty though, with my Old British Castle dishes. Do you like your MIL's glass wear? I don't think my DIL will want mine. Maybe my GD. Mine are inclosed in a cabinet and don't have to be cleaned all that often.
Bobbi, My DH and I have both decided to be cremated also. I think it's a really personal thing. I also don't want a funeral, just a memorial later.
Everyone, have a great day,
Freda
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08-09-2011, 10:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: montana
Posts: 1,411
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Good Morning Goldens!
Well, I spent most of the morning playing some of my favorite computer games and I feel a little better than I did earlier. Too much joint pain to work out today but the adrenaline rush has helped me to feel better. Gs just wandered in and informed me that it is "too early to be up and he is going potty and back to bed" (don't I wish).
Today is my big monthly board meeting so most of the day will pass me by as I struggle to catch up. There was lots of good will yesterday - leftover from the picnic. That's what good food and margueritas will do for people.
Freda, my maternal gma collected depression glass. She had some nice stuff. Make sure that you have a plan for who will get it and write it down. People end up with hard feelings over the weirdest stuff. When my paternal gma passed, we found a list in her file cabinet that specified who got what items. It was lovely and made everything so easy.
Zoe, you were posting while I was reading. Your dd sounds like she has it all under control. Maybe sil is a kickboxing dork - maybe it works for her - OH I give up. You know what is best, Mama Zoe will take care of it at some point. Again, congrats, Gma!
Koala, Oh, I laughed out loud about the "sloppy Joes". Too funny. What do you call hamburger in tomato and spicy sweet sauce on a bun? I can't wait! (Sorry Donna) That's why I miss you when you aren't around. I can't wait to say, "mom - you aren't serving big sloppy sweatshirts for lunch!"
Gayle, it is a well known and laughable fact that I am often seen by myself in my car having intense conversations. That's because I "tell people off" when I am driving home. I am perfectly capable of doing it in person, but my position often requires me to be more politically correct, or at least nice So, I release the tension by verbally bashing them while driving. I am always brilliant and devastating in the car. I tell myself that most people just think that I am singing.....
Rosey, see above. LOL I also used to fantasize about smacking my ex between the peepers. It would be like a cartoon with the stars and birds chirping around his head. One time I actually laughed, which didn't have a very positive effect on the situation. Oh well, can't live with them, can't smack them with fry pans..... Hang in there.
Donna, it will be nice when bad attitude goes... I have often observed that some people need to get mad at a job/place so they can leave.... Of course, some people just have bad attitudes. Have a good day.
Well, all, Sorry for those I missed the morning. I will be back later for more personals.
Rie
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08-09-2011, 10:49 AM
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Bobbi
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Can't chat, sorry. I'm out the door again, have to collect pictures from my 2 bros/2 sis for a table with stuff dad loved. I just scanned the post and wanted to comment on a couple. We actually have a place we want our ashes scattered. It's a state park about 10 miles from our home, a really beautiful place that DH and I have enjoyed snow skiing at. Tiffany and the boys (gs's) will have their own little private ceremony sending us off. Freda, sort of what you have in mind. Zoe...I like the thought of you whispering in the ocean winds, free instead of buried in a lonely cemetary.
Koala... I can just picture this, okay grama, we're in Alaska now...look out for the bears.
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I've told my family that I want to be cremated and for them to take a matchbox of my ashes to scatter wherever they go in the world so I can keep travelling ...
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08-09-2011, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Klamath Falls, OR
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Bobbi, I think you have the right idea about one's passing. I don't want any memorial, any funeral and I definitely don't want to be in the ground. I've mad emy wishes clear to my DH. He, on the other hand, hasn't said what he'd want. So I figure if he passed before my in-laws, I'd let them choose.
Donna, I'm glad the job will be fine. Didn't you mention it will be part time? If so, how much will you be working? I hope Ms. Bad Attitude leaves soon. You're too bright and cheery to be around a sour puss. Poor SamCat. I admit I feel most sorry for him adjusting to the new routine.
Val, I'm so with you on shopping. The expanding choice of shopping venues has made shopping somewhat fun. But only occasionally because I still don't really like the mall. But I do love online shopping.
Rosey, I hope your DH is out of his terrible two state today.
Gayle, wonderful job typing and staying away from the snacks. GG's are so helpful in so many ways.
Koala, if you family is traveling to the states with your ashes, best to find something other than a matchbox to carry you in. TSA will confiscate it then you'll only be seeing airports.
Zoe, LOL at your SIL rant. He sounds so mature. And I HATE having restaurant/cafeteria food screw up my calorie plans. But us GGs are flexible and flipping your two calorie days will work. Your time in boot camp is lessening and look how far you've come. And trust me, Zoe, I don't use the killemwithkindness often. The staff member was my own private joke on the year. I had fun thinking my evil thoughts while I threw him for a loop. But the joke was on me because I now honestly almost like him.
Freda, oh pink depression glass. Wow, that would be wonderful. Pink is my fave. Always has been, always will be. And yes I do like the glass. I'm very partial to colored glass as I've been a stained glass artist for 27 years. I think depression glass is beautiful.
Today DH starts swing shift (2:30 to Midnight) for the next couple months. Him I will miss. The need to make dinner I will not. If I screw up my calories in the day (since I'm a morning muncher) having not need to make a dinner makes staying on track so much simpler. I just found out summer hours ended yesterday so I now work till 4:00 again. I so much loved leaving at 3:00. But since DH won't be around and I can play all evening, it should be fine. Getting my work done will be easier since I still had just as much to do with a 35 hour work week. I shall try to look at it like that. But like SamCat, my doggies will be sad and look at me with beseeching eyes since I didn't arrive home on schedule. Alas, back to work...
Marie
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08-09-2011, 01:15 PM
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#120
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: West Coast of Central Florida
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Good afternoon chickadees! OMG I feel good. Really good. I woke up after 8 straight hours of sleep in exactly the same position I fell asleep in. Still sleeping in the chair but everything feels soooo good. I have not slept more than 4 hours in one lump since surgery. Such a gift.....
This morning took my hear aides back and pitched a fit. They are readjusted and warentee extended. They died dead 2 days post op and I had to use DH as my hearing aid. Gesh for the first time in 50+yrs he knew my weight even!
Stopped for some fresh peaches...want a cobbler so bad. and the bank. They need a copy of our flood insurance????? No mortage????? Figured walked all those stores will have to be my exercise since we are on day 2 of 4 days of steady rain. Dash is sleeping 24/7 in his thundershirt and a happy puppy.
Off to bake that SF/LF cobbler....sercret I nuke the peaches hot before I put the topping on.....be back to do personals. So much to catch up on.....babies, job, stuff whew.....k3
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