Fibromyalgia#100

[Mima]

Wow-100 threads times 3. I'm sorry for all your hardship Anagram . My sister-in-law is going through the same thing with her dad-and she's an only child. I hate to keep calling to see how everything is. But I will call this am. Wow, Candice, it's hard to let the dog go. We have one that's 10 and we think about that. But we are bringing him to FL with us. They are wonderful pets. The carpenter showed up yesterday to work on the front stairs-should have sheetrock up today-been cleaning because we are having company tomorrow night. Feels good to do that. Took me all week to get that little binge off-weigh in this am. Bye for now Mima

[Mima]

Good morning!!!My computer is messed up. I got back on Earthlink but now I can'tget on the DSL. So I can't stay on for long. We are having company to play cards tonight. Going to make a dinner of hors d'ouvres first and then play-and then dessert. The stairs are still under construction. What a week for problems-it seems everyone has something big going on. My SIL is still dealing with her dad. I want to go to the hospital to take her to lunch but so far, she doesn't want to. I'll try again. Everyone else-remember-this too will pass,. Mima

[anagram]

Mom transferred tonursing home yesterday. Supposed to be "temporary" for rehab. We'll see. I feel more comfortable with her there than had she gone home - really don't think she could have.

Nice place really. DS is on staff there and had everything coordinated beautifully. She'll be able to follow here there too - a big plus. One DB was there as well - he's our little charmer, a psych/human relations type and knows how to motivate. She didn't want to go, of course, but did so graciously with not a tear.

And I did the paperwork. One of the blessings of a large family - I don't know how an only child can handle all involved. Must be really tough.

Kids are coming up today to see Grandma. Home is an hour and a half to an hour and three quarters away. That's the bad part. I plan to go with them today and then skip quite a while. Many others (grandchildren), two more also coming today. So another DB will delay his visit till this evening.

I'm exhausted and trying to eat healthfully but not eating to lose weight and certainly no exercise. Need that good medicine from my grandbabies (also coming). I shall collapse on Monday and sleep as long as I dare.

Best to all.

[Joanne D]

Candice- It is harder for the men to let go. If they were doing the cleaning uo and so forth it would be reality . For your pets sake try to convince your hubby. You can get him another pet. My brother gets all his dogs from the pound.
Anagram- It is a difficult time when you put family in a home. The relief after has no measure.
Hello everyone. I hope you are having a good weekend.
Joanne

[Ally0306]

Candice....I just spent $138 at the vet. My old cocker is the one who had his speen taken out last year. Cost me $1000 and I prayed for one more year. He is almost there but we were commenting today that he is senile, deaf, arthritic. But he still enjoys life and that is essential. When he doesn't I will know that it is time to do what I wish we could do legally for humans. My heart goes out to you..... I told the vet today that most of the time I like my dogs better than my kids.
Low Carbing it...and starving.

[MemeToo]

I have a button that says "THE MORE PEOPLE I MEET THE MORE I LOVE MY DOG" :dizzy:

I have heard so many people say they wouldn't have a pet because they are too much trouble and young people can't be bothered to go to family reunions or decorations anymore ... too busy to sit and talk to the older members of the family. But those people don't know what they are missing out on. Life isn't just about making money and having more stuff!!! As for the nursing home ... they're good if you really have to have them but I hope and pray that I never really have to have one!!! And you're right, Anagram, It's nearly impossible for one to do it all!!! Been there - done that!

Candice ... sometimes a person or a pet has no quality of life left and their loved ones keep them alive for themselves ... I think I've done that with a few pets! I could never pull the plug on a person, though. I don't care how sick they were. I think only God should pull the plug. Now if that person was brain-dead it would be a different situation. But as long as they were cognitive I could never be the one who ended their life. All Sami eats most of the time is canned dog food...kind of expensive for a golden retriever!

Oh...about that bathing suit...that's the kind I finally wound up buying. It's pretty and doesn't look too bad but I wish I could have bought a slinky purple one!!! :p

[Mima]

Good morning-got the computer straightened out but all I get is ads for Viagra on my old mail address-getting rid of it-that's how I got the virus on my laptop. Talked to my SIL and she said herfather was going to go home today-amazing-they put in a pacemaker. Last week he had a cardiac arrest. Wicked tired today-we had company for cards last night and I woke up at my usual time but did not go to bed at my usual time. Anagram-I'm glad that she is in a nursing home-that's a relief. Hope all goes well. What a tough time. Tenant from condo called-tile came off the wall and it's wet behind it-gotta find out where the water is coming from before we fix it. Hope it's not extensive. How are you feeling, Joanne, Did you have your test? I know you said you were waiting for some results. Hey Anne-got an e-mail back about my great-grandfather-no information-my aunt saw his medals from being head of police. Why wouldn't they have that info somewhere. Haven't heard from museum of police yet. That should be a good source. Well, bye for now. Mima

[Joanne D]

Test being done this coming wednesday.. Like a lot of people I am not looking forward to it ,but, I am keeping a positve attitude,Or trying to. I really feel that whatever it is that is making all the trouble is minor and will be resolved with an expensive med. As always. My meds and my husbands combined cost us over $ 500 a month. Now on a fixed income that is not easy. I just don't spend a lot of money that I would like to.
After working in Nursing Homes for over 18 years and trying the best I could to do for patients that the families seemed to have forgotten, I surely do not want to go to one. I got to the point I could not stand the site of my work place. It was" burn out". My children say that will not happen. I have to be realistic. I know what it is to try till there was no other way.
Bye-Joanne

[Ally0306]

Mima....I get viagra ads, also penis and breast enlargement. Never open them.
Joanne...Good luck on the tests. I worked in a nursing home when I was 16...it was awful. Young kids like me who had little compassion, or understanding. I had to visit one of our clients at work in a nursinghome and I had read how much they had improved this place since I worked there. No way. Same smells, same people in the hallway in wheelchairs looking like they are so uncomfortable. Here was a wierd thing they did that still bothers me. They would take some of the severely demented or Parkinson's patients who no longer talked or participated in activities and they would dress them up for Halloween in stupid outfits and push them into the cafeteria and take their pictures. Please don't ever do that to me.

[Candicej]

The bees are still here..what is left of them cause I sprayed them too...they lke to ahng out in the water bowls and my watering cans. I know you are not supposed to kill them but I do not know how to get rid of them. I mean there are a lot of them and when you are outside the hit you in the face.

The dog still holding her own but messy poop now! Yuck.....Dh does not want to put her down so I am trying to talk him into it but he wants me to talk to the vet today. He thinks she will be fine with my care...well my care is about to do me in and asked him if he wanted me to have a meltdown....of course he said no but he still does not understand. All your words are very comforting. Taking care of the dog is all I get done! She has been such a good pet but we noticed her slipping this spring really bad and compared to a year ago she has no quality of life..(my opinion) She can no longer take walks or climb the stairs, play with the cats, wag her tail or even bark. She just sleeps eats and poops!

Meme..how many cans does sami eat?

ally..how old is your dog? Do you have pet insurance?

[Mima]

Oh Candice-what a dilemma. I think talking to vet is going to help. We had a nice restful day yesterday. I have to get ready to go away for 6 days-next weekend we are going to a mission conference-and then I work for 4 days. Come home and work for 2 more. Nursing homes-I seem to have spent my whole life visiting people in them. My MIL being the last-and I'm sure there will be more. I used to be the only one to visit my grandmother and she was there for a long time. But sometimes you just need to have people there. It looks like it's going to be a good wek weather wise. My house is nice and clean from having the company. Now I should have time for other projects. hope someone shows up today to work on the stairs!!!Bye for now-Mima

[Joanne D]

Ally- Dressing up for holidays is not the half of it.
Candice- You must have a bee hive somewhere near..They go after the water because of the making of honey. I have read where some people put out a pan of salted water for the bees. Maybe if you put a bucket of water out away from your porch they will go to that. They need the water ,that is why they are going to your plants.
I would be inclined to go over the hubby's head and help ypur pet by just taking him to the vet and having him put to sleep. You might have the vet explain things to him. Or just refuse to be the one to do it all. I wouldn't do it.
Mima- It is nice when we get all caught up and can enjoy doing just what we want to. But look out something always crops up.
Hello everybody.
Joanne

[MemeToo]

ONE MORE WEEK 'TILL SCHOOL STARTS- HALLELULIA!

Candice ... I'll bet your husband thinks the house is self cleaning, too! :lol: Sami usually only eats 2 cans a day plus she'll eat a little bag of that 'moist & chewy' beef & cheese stuff and then maybe some meat scraps. She's just like most humans ... she eats more some days than others.

I'M IN MAJOR PAIN.

[Happy Canuk]

Hi gals.

I went for my Dr. appointment on Tuesday and ended up in the Emergency ward at the hospital. For some time I have been have a heart rhythm problem, but by the time I got to have an ECG it was finished so it was not detected. On Tuesday, I woke up with a pounding heart, drove 100 miles for my appointment, and my rather busy day. Went to the Dr. first to see about my ear (again) and asked him about this pounding heart (it was now 10:30). He sent me to Emergency to have a test done. Ha!!! they through me in a wheelchair and took me to a bed and hooked me up to an IV and a heart monitor. Then they came in and did and ECG (actually did 3 of them in just a little while) and then they shoved a needled into my side at the stomach area (blood thinner). I ended up staying in the hospital until Friday afternoon. The Dr. needed me there while he started me on a med called Sotalol that is used to treat serious heart rhythm distrubances. This will now be a lifetime thing. Apparently, they were worried I might have a stroke, because the heart was beating so fast. It was not pumping blood to the upper chambers and the pooling blood in there breaks of as clots. Sounded scarry to me . Just another thing added to the growing list. I am at very low risk however, because I don't have high blood pressure or high cholestrol.

Candice - I think the kindest thing you can do for your dog is to let it go. I know it is a hard thing to do, but gosh I hate to watch them suffer. Men are worse than women about that. My cousins little poodle was blind and messing around in the house but her hubby didn't want to put her down. She looked after her for awhile, then said ok, you want to keep her going, YOU can clean up after her and watch her stumble everywhere. It took two days and she was released.

I will read and catch up. I just hope that you are all well and that you all had a good weekend.

[Joanne D]

Happy- I have to say you really had a weekend to remember...I know how scary that irregular heart beat is.You mean you had to drive 100 miles to a doctor? I totally agree about putting a pet to sleep when nothing of value can be done. Candice should let her hubby take care of the dog. He wants to keep it. After my hubby had to share the care of a sick animal,the problem was solved.
Meme- I bet a few zillion mothers and care givers are shouting for joy with the opening of school in the next weeks. It is freedom time for a few hours a day.
Hello All......Joanne

[Ally0306]

Happy...YOu must've been scared to death. Good thing you got right in to the Doc.
Candice...My dogs are 12 and 4. No doggy insurance but I get a nice card from the vet at Christmas :dizzy: My brother (who is a doc himself) put his beloved Doberman thru chemotherapy. Spent $5000 at least, got an extra year of life for her, but she was sick much of the time. My poor sister-in-law was the one who had to drive her for treatments. The dog would have to have help back into the car and she weighed a lot. My brother just refused to let go. The vet had to talk him into it...
Meme...school starts in Sept in NY but my kids always have summer school.
Joanne....we have some great assisted living facilities around here, but the standard old nursing homes are still yucky.
Hello all.....I found a way to lose three pounds quick!! Move the scale off the carpet!!:lol:

[MemeToo]

WHEW... many more days like today and I'm going to have to check into one of those 'rest' homes for a few weeks ... think I'll make mine a Marriott though!!! :s: It was raining cats and dogs ... litterally ... I walked into my kitchen to find a soaking wet Sami ... Ross had let her in. My whole kitchen floor was soaked. I don't know who was more surprised her or me! :sp: After I got her back outside, I was ready to go downstairs and start piano lessons - my first student was here already - I got my bottle of water out of the fridge and told Ross he had to go down with me (I have a rec. room down there for him to watch TV in, etc.) - well I put my hand on his back to guide him toward the stairs and he was soaked!!! He had been outside in the rain while I was getting ready!!! I had to dry him off and change his clothes. I was 10 minutes late getting started to work. Well... by the time I got downstairs, my second student had arrived 20 minutes early. So here I had an out of control, bipolar, ADHD, 6 yr. old and 2 piano students in the middle of a huge thunder storm with the lights flickering off and on and I was running late with everybody all evening. What a night. And what a day. He has been out of control all day, too. Into everything. I was on the computer for about 30 minutes ... got up and went through the house. He had on almost every light and had all the foot rests out on the couch, love seat and both recliners. With SEVEN recliners opened up there was barely room to walk in the livingroom!!! Another time, he was standing on the bar with the top up on the aquarium. Then another time I went in the kitchen (I was making vegetable soup) he had the top off the stock pot and the wooden spoon in his hand. He said, "Meme, I think the soup is done." I would just get one mess cleaned up when I'd find him into something else. I just kept saying, "Just 5 more days." OVER AND OVER AND OVER all day long!!! Just 4 now ... I don't know if I can take 4 more days like today! I know he can't help it but I'm getting too old for this crap. Why didn't my kids just buy pets???

[Mima]

Try some water play for Ross, Meme-it calms them down. But not during a thunderstorm. Washing dishes, toys in sink etc. Well, the wall guy showed up last night-maybe the carpenter will show up today-Stomache problems-I know it's red sauce that triggers it-Gotta get better because I'm going away. Candice, I agree, let hubby take care of dog. Still trying to get a rental for the winter-lady said she would know in 2 weeks. Anne, what an ordeal. Hope that works-SIL"s father just had a pacemaker put in. I work with someone with one and she does fine.Hope your med works good. Have a great day all> MIMA

[Joanne D]

Meme- Mima has a good idea. Water play is good..For your sake I hope the next few days go by fast.
Ally- Never weigh with the scales on a carpet.. Glad you lost the 3 lbs. I would be jumping for joy.
My daughter told me last night to have fun today.HA! I will be spending a lot of time in the most important room in the house today.
Bye...Got to get off ..Joanne

[MemeToo]

You guys are just TOO funny!!! WATER PLAY... now ... why didn't I think of that!!! Just what I need ... to turn a bipolar, ADHD child lose in a sink full of water. NEAT TRICK. Sorry - I just didn't have the time or the patients to stay right there with him at the time! He's too destructive to turn lose with something like that right now.

Joanne, have fun in the most important room in the house. I don't envy you! I hate doing those tests ... and you usually go through all that and then they don't find anything.

Anne ... I'm glad you didn't have a heart attack! That's scary.

Well ... it's nearly 9 A.M. - guess I'll try another day!

[Happy Canuk]

Mima - hope you get all your reno's done soon, and get cleaned up before the fall.

Meme - What a day from he**. A regular child without problems keeps one on their toes - no doubt you are being run ragged. Hope someone takes some sort of action and helps you out. You are only hurting yourself, here. I know, I know, no mor lectures:lol You are big girl now and know what you are doing, so I WILL leave you alone about it.

Joanne - No, I don't have to drive a 100 miles to a Dr., just to MY Dr. :lol. I haven't had a chance to find a new Dr. here yet, so I was just going to see about getting my ear cleaned out again. That is how I ended up in Red Deer. I did have lots of company however. I did live in that city for 27 years. I will be out Dr. shopping very soon here, in Edmonton. Nobody wants to take new patients and I don't want to just go to a walk in clinic. Joanne, hope your tests go well.

Ally - Hi. Maybe we should try moving it all the way to the basement (the scale) and see what happens:lol I like Meme's scale that she posted - the upside down one. I hope I don't live long enough to end up in a nursing home. Here, in Canada, they are regulated and mostly owned by the govt., so the standard is pretty high, but still ..... unless you have a dementia of a sort, you would be terribly lonely in them.

Anagram - I don't know where you are, but I hope things have settled down some for you. I know you were going through a tough time.

Candice is MIA as well. Where are you?

[MemeToo]

Yeah ... I'm a big girl but I don't have a clue about what I'm doing!

[Ally0306]

Meme....I had two Ross's to raise and I don't know who I feel sorrier for, them or me. It cannot be fun to always be in trouble to have the adults in your life counting the hours and minutes til you go to bed. On the other side, I now listen to people come in and talk about going to the movies or the mall with their kids and those memories are some of my worst. My kids could not sit still in the theatre. We had to leave. I almost needed leashes in the mall....someone would dive under a circular rack and hide from me til I was almost in tears. They needed to be into something every single second. Any dirty word they heard they would repeat over and over and over. I would get reports from bus drivers about the things they would say. They would alude to the idea that they picked up these things at home. It was not fun.
I am glad that Ross has YOU. I miss my mother so much cause she loved my kids in spite of their problems and she was so loving to them. These poor kids do not get a lot of love out there in the real world.

[MemeToo]

This evening, while I was teaching, I heard one of my piano student's aunts (who was waiting on her in the waiting area) fussing on Ross and he was yelling back at her. I stepped out of the piano room to see what was going on and he had somehow gotten his hands on a long piece of his Papa's left over molding from where we had redecorated the upstairs, broken it in half and proceeded to punch holes in the overhead ductwork in the rec. room (we don't have a ceiling in that room yet)! What a mess!!!!!!! I'm so glad this was the last day I had to teach with him here. I do pretty good if I can watch him but you can't control a child you can't see! Earlier today I went downstairs to go over some music for one of my more advanced students and prepare to teach and I heard music coming from the rec. room. It didn't sound like the TV so I went in there to see what it was. He had come upstairs and got my $70 tape player, put a kids tape in it and brought it downstairs, turned it on and turned it up as loud as it would go. He needed to get my attention. He has to have 100% of my attention all the time. I can't take much more of this!!! When I came upstairs, I found the soundtrack that had been in my tape player laying in the middle of the livingroom floor! JUST 3 MORE DAYS! I still have a headache!

Another thing that pisses me off ... My husband knows how bad I've been feeling (I can usually deal with Ross just fine if I'm feeling pretty good) and he knows how bad Ross has been lately (a lot worse than usual) so he called me on the way home from work and said he was going to go work at church instead of coming home. He asked if I needed him to stop for anything. I told him no because if he stopped he'd just make things worse ... Ross would want to go with him and he coudn't. Well, he didn't go work at church. He went to his parents ... which is right down the road from us. He could have come home and took care of Ross while I taught and saved me all that. I was so mad when he got home ... I guess you could have seen the smoke coming out of my head. I told him when he called to bring us home some dinner from town because I thought he would be coming from church but he comes waltzing in with nothing ... said he'd grill some burgers. I was so mad I said I'm not hungry ... feed yourself and leave me alone. I went in my bedroom and locked the door, went to bed and slept for 5 hrs. When I finally got up at 11 he had gone to bed. I don't know what he ate and I don't care!!! I didn't even eat any dinner. Maybe I'll lose a pound tomorrow!

[Mima]

Oh Meme-Men sometimes!!!!I can see you needed a break from Ross. Sounds like when you have a new baby or are stuck home with the kids-My thoughts are with you Joanne-the worst part is over-hope your stomache problem is simple. Well, we went to look at trailers last night-the kind you can tow around-we need something to stay in in FL and this way we could go other places. We'll see. It's only one third as much to rent a space as it is to rent a mobile home. Then you can go other places. We want to go across country sometime and Brad has a huge truck.I have to put it in God's hands. Anyways-gotta pack for the weekend today and for next week. Had my nails done yesterday. Chiro tomorrow. And the wall guy came back Mon night and the carpenter put up most of the stair rail-we need more for the bottom-Tile and carpet get hired out and painting I'll push for. Anne-how are you feeling. Candice, how are you doing with the dog? Anagram, how's it going? Hi Ally-are the boys almost finished with summer school? Pray, Mem, pray. And thanks for the jokes-they are awesome!!!Mima

[Happy Canuk]

Hope the day finds you all well.

Mima - sounds like you are one busy lady. A trailor would be nice as you COULD use it at other times. We have tossed that one around for years and ,so far, have decided against one. There are so many pros and cons to it - you just have to do what suits you. Good luck with your job next week. Hope your stomach doesn't act up this time.

Meme - What in the world are we going to do with you!!!!! That was NOT a nice thing that your hubby did, and I would be seething mad if it was me. It is hard enough to have a child around all day when you are not feeling well and tired, but to have a really active boy that is prone to finding "trouble" - well it must be really hard. I also know if it was me, and that was my grandchild, I would be doing the same thing, so I can't say a word. I do think that your son or daughter (can't remember who he belongs to) needs to take some responsibility and relieve you. I am sure they can see how hard this is on you. Well - I promised NO LECTURE, so I will now shut up ;)

Ally - I feel sorry for you having to deal with TWO boys who were more than just energetic!! These kids are drawn to mischief like a moth to a light. One gal I worked with had a son who had ADD plus behavioral problems. He was always into some kind of trouble. Used to drive her nuts.

Joanne - Hope the test goes well. The worst part was probably yesterday - clean out day.

Candice - Still haven't shown up! I hope you are ok.

Hi Anagram - same goes for you.

School doesn't start here, until the last week of August. I see all the stores have back to school sales already. Crazy!!!! Beat the rush and buy all your supplies early:dizzy: Sure glad I don't have kids in school anymore.

My grand daughter starts kindergarten this year. I know she will love it, as she likes to learn and she did enjoy playschool. Because she can print her name and the alphabet, and can count to 100 and do a lot more, they are thinking of putting her in a combo. kindergarten/grade 1 class. She really is a bright little gal. She is just like her mom used to be when she was little. (well she still is that way:lol:

[Happy Canuk]

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ANTI-TALKSIDENT: A spray carried in a purse or wallet to be used on anyone too eager to share their life stories with total strangers.

RAGAMET: When administered to a husband, provides the same irritation as nagging on him all weekend, saving the wife the time and trouble of doing it herself.









DAMMITOL: Take two and the rest of the world can go to hell for 8 hours!

[Mima]

Good jokes, meme! Hope you have more peace. We did it! Bought a fifth wheel!!!It is beautiful-hopefully, we will get our inheritance money to pay it off. We do intend to use it other times-Brad is retiring and he was getting antsy about what to do and now he's motivated. Of course, we still have lots to do on the house but it will get done. we are going away to a mission conference this weekend-Interserve-and it's close by. I will come home Sun am because I am going to a baby shower. Joanne-how did it go? Going to chiro today-he really helped me last time-ribs are so much better. Bye for now -Mima

[Joanne D]

A lot of misery for a irritated stomach and a high priced med that insurence won't pay for. So now nothing really found out. I know it is in the abdomen and not the head. They took some biopsies while they were at it. I have a appointment in 2 weeks . .
Mima- Now that your hubby is retiring you will have to do the same... My hubby retired 10 years before I did. It was no fun.
Hello All...Joanne

[Happy Canuk]

Mima - congratulations!!! I am sure you will get a lot of enjoyment out of that purchase; especially if Brad is going to retire. You will never be home:lol: My brother and his wife actually sold their home and bought a 35 ft. 5th wheel and they go to Arizona for the winter. They can stay in the USA for 6 months out of the year. He bought a lot their this past winter. They saved two weeks and are now on their way back from Alaska. He said he met so many people who were just living in Recreational vehicles and they were all happy and content. They seem to like this lifestyle. Like he said, when they get tired of doing this they will buy a condo here at home. He was 61 this year, so they may have many years of travelling around.

Joanne - What kind of stomach irritation? Like IBS. I hope whatever kind of pills they gave you help.

Meme - Hope your days are going better.

Hi Candice, Ally and Anagram.

[Joanne D]

Happyand all- They gave me prevacid- It is expensive. My sister is taking it and she says it really has helped her. I think they will come up with a diagnosis Of IBS or Gastritis. They said irritated stomach. My symptoms are exactly the same as the ones described in my materials here at home. I have only taken two capsules so far so it will take at least a week to see if they will help. Not today for sure...
I don't know how,because I haven't eatten hardly anything this week that wasn't liquid, but I gained 1 1/2 lbs. My sister thinks it was all the fluids they pumped into me at the surgery center.I can't win for losing!
Bye..Joanne

[anagram]

Happy, what an experience! But I like your meds!

Joanne, hope all the tests turn out well. And Mima, hope you enjoy your new fifth wheel.

I've been awol a bit because dh whisked me away for a little respite (the tears were too close to falling). We had a lovely time at an inn north of Baltimore and went into Inner Harbor a bit too. Had to come back though. Gave him his shot last night. Hope it perks him up. He drove me to the nursing home today (about an hour and 3/4 each way the way we've been going to avoid lots of construction on the interstate). I haven't driven the new car yet so he wouldn't let me help drive. So tomorrow I'll take it out. Ten days old before I get time to drive it!!

Mom's up and down. When she has therapy she's so exhausted and has trouble breathing. Today she seemed pretty good but it's not a get-your-hope-up kind of thing.

Maintaining fairly well. I think it's a time to be kind to me and not force the diet issue until things settle a bit. Do things ever really settle?

[Ally0306]

I bought minutes for my son's cell phone so I wouldn't sit up one more time worrying about him..... So last nite I called and he did not have the phone on. When he got home I was livid. He said "I shut it off when I was late cause I knew you were going to call and yell at me". Arghghghghghg

[MemeToo]

JUST ONE MORE DAY!!!!!!!

[Mima]

Well that day is here Meme. Joanne, I have some med called dicocloxine-not the right speliing-little blue capsules that calm my stomache down-you know stomache problems go with fibro. Right now I'm having trouble and we are going away and then I go to work-not good. By the way, my job is one that I can say no to. I like to see the people but if I have something else to do I don't sign up-and we stay at a nice hotel, That was nice of hubby. Anagram, You definitely need it-Meme-do the same-your hubby likes to go away. That was good info on RVing. Anne. Brad fouind out that he doesn't need anything extra on his truck to pull it. And I wondered why he bought such a big truck when he was going to retire and now it works out!!!Candice-what is happening? Watched a great movie-The Pilot's Wife-I had read the book and it's great. Well-hope everyone has a good weekend. Mima I'll be back Mon am.

[MemeToo]

If you all like comedys, watch Serving Sarah with Matthew Perry. It was really good, light comedy. Catch Me If You Can was good, too, but very, very long! 2hrs. & 20 min. Analyze That was one of the worst movies I've seen in a while! I've been nearly 'Widowed' the last few weeks while hubby has been working on our new church building so I've been 'catching up' on the movies I've missed the last year or so. I rented How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days last night ... haven't watched it yet. 2 Weeks Notice was one of the best ones I've seen! I wanted to go to the theater and see Legally Blonde 2 and Charlie's Angels 2. Guess I'll have to wait for them to come out of video!

We're close to being in our new church building. Probably about 3 or 4 more weeks should do it! I'm going to make some progress pictures tomorrow and put them on our church webpage. I'll post the site here so you can see it. It's not our final place of worship. We are just building a fellowship hall for now. We will have a very large area that will seat a little over 200 for the worship area that will be 2 stories high on one side then a kitchen, bathrooms & pastor's study with 5 sunday school rooms upstairs on the other side. Then, in a couple of years, we plan to build our sanctuary in front of this building and use it for a fellowship hall/gym. The land we are building on cost us $100,000 and the building we are putting up now, furnished, is costing us OVER $100,000 - so ... we are going to have to get all that paid for first!

TGIF

[Ally0306]

Took the day off to go shopping but my aunt is in the hospital and I am waiting to call to see if they will discharge her so I can drive down and take her home. This has been the worst year for her, her husband died in March...now she has been diagnosed wit Congestiv HEart Failure and many other things. I think she is sorry they ever found all this stuff...better off not knowing.
Meme.....when do you have silence? Both my kids are working. It is too quiet around here.... Not really.

[Happy Canuk]

I must be melting here. I must be losing at least some weight . I am so hot and I ache everywhere. I can't stand this heat. Thank goodness this is the last of it for this round. Tomorrow and the next few days will be a few degrees cooler.

Meme - I have heard that 10 ways to lose a boyfriend is hilarious. I must get that one and see. I am NOT a movie watcher. I like sitcoms best.

Mima - Hope you feel better. It would be nice for you to get your stomach feeling better. That is a nice thing about having your own RV vehicle. At least you have your bathroom with your:lol:

Meme - Hope your day is now done and little Ross is back home. As much as we love those little guys, it is nice to have peace and quiet. Hope your weekend goes that way.

Ally - See, you miss them when they are NOT there!! Soon, Ally, they will be out on there own. Somehow that works better. They then come home to visit and EAT:lol:

Anagram - So glad your hubby took you away. Hope things are going better. Glad she is in a good nursing home. Too bad it is so far away. Worries on both ends. I will keep you in my prayers.

Well, I don't know where Candice is!! She is still MIA. Candice, come out, come out, wherever you are:lol:

[MemeToo]

NO MORE BABYSITTING EVERY DAY!!!

GOD IS GOOD!!!

We went to see Legally Blonde 2 tonight to celebrate. That was a good one!

[anagram]

Hoping to have a leisurely weekend here. Off to a good start. Can't make up my mind what to do next. Am trying to pay no attention to the "musts" and "shoulds" today and figure out what the "wants" and "feel likes" are. A bit achy from incoming rain but I can live with that if I'm taking it easy. Or maybe achy from all the car rides.

Finally drove our new car yesterday. That was fun. Have put it off until I felt I could enjoy it and I did.

Glad I'm not babysitting anyone full time, Meme. I'm still recovering from last weekend. My muscles especially. Must remember how I feel after I lift that three year old a few times. But she's such a charmer, I can't resist. But I really hurt this week from hoisting her.

Had an email from nurse sister whose week was so brutal with getting Mom settled, rearranged, etc. and with inspectors in home. She said she got home, told dh she was glad she had no grandchildren to babysit over the weekend and was just going to rest. He told her to listen to her answering machine, his sister TOLD them she's coming today until Tuesday (FOR AN EVENT SHE'S OBVIOUSLY KNOWN ABOUT FOR SOME TIME). Watch out, Meme.

How's the tummy, Joanne? I take Protonix for mine and it's helped but recently seems not as much.

[Joanne D]

Well here I am baby-sitting my son's dog. My son went to New Orleans for the weekend. I would think I would be sitting some G/children! He is a good dog though. Just getting old. I think my son will be one of those men who hang on till the last breath. He loves his dog. He won't leave him any place but with me.
Meme- Enjoy your freedom... I am not a big T V person,but, I do like the movies. I rather watch them at home. We usually wait till they come out on cable . Sometimes we rent some. A lot of times the son will rent and pass them on to us.
Happy- What is the temp. up there? It is in the 90's here. Very humid..
Ally- I love the silence. When my hubby turns off the TV and goes out to do something in the yard,I sigh with relief.
Anagram- I would love to just go to a beach and not do anything for awhile. My hubby keeps saying we will, but, so far we haven't made it. I live 1 1/4 miles from the Gulf . I don't know why I just don't go there. It just isn't the same.
Mima- I am waiting for this med to kick in. As much as it cost ,it should help..I really want the answer to the cause. I was searching the net and it looks like I will have to give up my caffeine coffee. I will change over slowly. I found that there are a lot of things food wise that can trigger these problems. I was just glad to hear there were no other problems.
Hello Candice...Joanne

[MemeToo]

Well...today I slept in. Then cooked a couple of dishes and took to new church site. Ladies fed the men that were working today ... we stayed and ate with them. Did a little shopping, got the van washed and back home. Spent all my money at Office Max. Got this new gel pen that fits on the end of your finger! What are they gonna think of next? Going to color my hair and do a little house work and watch my movie. My daughter and I will rent and exchange, too. We save a lot that way. We went out to eat together Thursday night (girl's night out at Red Lobster) and went to Block Buster. We each got a movie that's not due back for a week... we will watch and then trade.

Hope you all have a good Sunday! It's my son's BD tomorrow... He's getting old ... 37! We're all going out this year ... I'm getting old too! Too old to throw a big party for him like I used to!!! :lol:

Joanne ... If I lived that close to the beach I'd sleep there!!! ;)

[MemeToo]

How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days is a must see! It was as good as 2 Week's Notice. Hubby stayed awake during the whole thing after working hard at church all day!!! The best testimonial I know of for a movie!!! :lol:

[Mima]

Well. I liked Analyze That but we love Dinero. Joanne-red sauce irritates me! Of course, I love it. What a nice weekend-mission conference-inspiring people and so real. We support them but we met a lot of people who go to Afghanistan, Lebanon, India-Asian countries. The group is called Interserve. Nondenominational. Well, came home early because I am going to a baby showere-more food. Pilot's Wife-good mystery. Read the book. Be good everyone. Mima

[Joanne D]

Mima- I can't eat red sauce either. It always seem to upset my stomach. I have been doing some research and there are a lot of things I have been eating that probably not good for me. I an slowly trying to get control and do some changing in my eating plans.
Meme- My hubby would probably not watch a romantic comedy let alone stay awake. He likes his thrillers .
Bye All.......Joanne

[Mima]

Pilot's wife is a thriller-not romantic!!!Well, have lots to catxch up on today and then travel this pm . My daughter is coming out to stay tonight-she has 3 vacation days. We will go out to eat. It's a treat being at the hotel. Then I only have to work for 4 days. my stomache did fine over the weekend. Yeah!!!What else di dyou find out about foods, Joanne? Of course, I am restricted already. I did nask for spoecial foods this time-I am not the only one with IBS and they always serve lasagna etc. Let's see!!!Hi everyone!!!Mima-see you next weekend.