WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50-60 year olds #78

G'day all,
That was great news Glenda re your daughter in law.
So many years ago when there were many girls that gave up their babies for adoption, at the time it seemd the best thing to do.
Never really thought of the repercussions in years to come. Glad this one seems to have a good conclusion.
Hopen all went well with your dh's test.

Very sad to get Slavika's email with her latest news.:(:hug:

Peggy who would you think would do the cooking on these trips?:D;) MOI!!!! DH has good intentions but.......
Peyton sounds a delight but boy are they a lot of work now. I had Matilda yesterday and I am just exhausted, she is now into EVERYTHING and you cannot keep your eye off her for a minute.

Trudy I hope your dh and yourself are on the mend.

Karen hope life is getting better for you as well. The death of a parent, expected or not, certainly takes the wind out of your sail for a little while.
I am experiencing traits in my sister in law that I sort of knew were always there, coming very much to the fore. I feel disappointed and let down. I will be glad when the estate etc. is all settled and we can go back to a very superficial footing!

Gloria I take delivery of my new bed towards the end of next week :carrot:
I have bought some lovely new linen, look forward to seeing it all in my bedroom!

Ann what is your next singing project? My sister belongs to a choir and is getting so much joy out of her involvement with the choir.

DH left for New Zealand yesterday and will be there this week.
We got a touch of winter today, cold, rain and windy. :) I love this sort of weather after a long summer. I will have to enjoy it while I can, it will be warm to hot for the three months we are on our trip.

Cheers
Maria

Slavika's news was so upsetting. :hug: It must be so depressing to have to go through all this again. I feel so bad for the both of them.
Glenda Who do you mean is the "wonderful lady".. the birth mother or the mother? I am confused.. (not the first time) A lot of women are trying to make contact with children they put up for adoption years ago. It doesn't always work out. I hope your DH got through his medical test and the results will be good.
My Dh sees his doctor on Thursday. Who knows...?? He doesn't feel very good these days. It is always something. I have gained weight, and he is losing weight. :dizzy:
Maria It always amazes me what happens after a death in the family. My brother and I were agreeable on everything, but that wasn't the case in my DH's family after his Mom died. Like you said, you have to wait for everything to be settled to get back on the "superficial footing".

My DD and kiddies came over today. MC is 16 lbs already. He is so long, looks like he will take after his daddy. He is just over 3 months and wearing to 6 - 9 month clothes. He is such a cheerful little fellow, always smiling and laughing. The 3 of them are such a tonic for us. Just what we needed!

Hi Ann, Peggy, Gloria and Karen talk to you all later... :hug:

Trudy, the wonderful woman I talked about is her adoptive mother. We just call her the mother. She has just been so terrified of losing her daughter because she is so much older and they are sick and not just a lot of fun. Her biomother is younger and just has more energy, but as she told her mother, "You are my mom and always will be, #1." Anyway, it was a good conversation finally. It always surprises me when people do not say what is on their minds in a family. You know, my joke is that I get on the elevator and by the 6th floor everyone knows I have 3 boys, have had cancer, and one boy is married to his third wife. Big exaggeration, but you get my drift. I just wish people who are close would be more open with their feelings.

Trudy, I am so sorry that you and your hubby are having such a miserable time. I hope he gets some relief soon. Mine is at home right now, "preparing." I am so glad I am at work. Ha.

All, I am not losing weight at all, but I am so happy with my diet. I pretty much stay the same (not good), but I so enjoy my food. I guess having been a closet vegetarian all these years has not been nearly as easy as just coming out and being an open one. I love eating everything organic and not gagging at all on meat. I just have never enjoyed meat of any kind. This is great. Just wish I could lose, but....

We got a new clothes washer today. At least DH was able to open the door to the deliveryman. It is no fun to buy something so necessary, is it?
Glenda

I had to go back and read Glenda's post on the old thread. I was confused and that doesn't take much. Looking for the birth parents can cause a lot of stress. Hope it all works out for her. A new washing machine-now that is an exciting purchase. NOT-I hate to buy appliances.

Trudy so sorry to hear that your dh is still not feeling well. I hope you get good results from the dr today. Your little grandson is really growing fast.

Maria you did a super job on the photos of Slavika and her dh. I like her name for what you did-Maria's Magic. I know how tired you feel after watching Matilda. I am ready for nap when I watch Peyton. His birthday is Saturday. Time has really gone fast. When I was getting my haircut this afternoon someone brought a new baby in. I forgot how little they are.

I liked Slavikas haircut in her picture to I got mine all chopped off today. It feels so good. I don't know why I let it grow a little sometimes since I can't get it to look the way I want.

Lily it was nice to hear from you. I wish you well and we will miss you.

G'day all,

Peggy I do exactly what you do...decide to grow my hair a bit but in reality it only ever looks OK when it is short. I have gotten over the dream (finally!) of having long flowing hair that I can casually throw over my shoulders!:D;)

Glenda so you are not loosing the weight you want to, you are happy and enjoy your vegetarian food, who knows one day it may happen again.
I think the good thing is that we are all very much aware and whilst we are not loosing weight like we might like to, it is never very far from our minds. In my case that really just jolts me to make better choices.
Whilst dh is in New Zealand he asked if he should bring home a couple of bottles of Baileys Irish Cream (duty free) As much as I love the stuff, I know it is the most fattening thing. The last time he brought some back we finished the bottle in no time. We don't drink it as a liqueur but have it in a tumbler on ice :love::cloud9: so this time I said NO, I thougth that was very strong of me!;)

Glenda your new washing machine is it a front loading or toploading one???? I probably need a new machine soon and my dd says that they only make toploading machines for the likes of me who refuse to go to the front loading variety:dizzy: I have used them in the different apartments we have stayed at but I am still not convinced.

House cleaning today, I have done NOTHING since dh left for New Zealand, I had better make a bit of an effort before he comes home tonight;):D

Cheers
Maria

Hi Everybody: GLENDA...I should have read the posts on our board first then I would have known that DH was having THAT procedure done. :D I'm very happy that all is well!! :carrot:
My brother's wife had a child when she was 15 or 16 years old and got in touch with him about 5 years ago. He was nice to her but really didn't want to have a relationship with her or to meet her two other boys. At Christmas he sends her flowers (he lives in another province) but that is the extent of it. His Mother and Father are truly his PARENTS. Often, children get hurt or the birth mother gets hurt because their expectations are just too high. Geez gals I'm not loosing weight either. One of my friends is thinking of going back to WW and I am thinking I should join her. I don't know how many appts David will have but I'm sure I could make most of the meetings. I did some serious cleaning around here yesterday because my cleaning lady is coming on Wed. and I don't want her to know how truly MESSY I am I have not had her clean slince before we left for Maui so it's time. KAREN how are you doing these days? How's sweet little SPROUT? PEGGY, I told grandson that was going to send you his picture so that you could see what a good looking boy he is....hee hee, he blushed. :) MARIA really does do MAGIC with photo's. What a great talent and knowledge she has. :) PEGGY I get my hair cut usually every 4 weeks and that's all I have her do....just cut it. When I get home I rub a little bit gel in my hands and sort of spike the hair up and then with my fingers smooth the hair to come forward around my face. That's the extent of me doing my hair....and it just dries on it's own. My hair is absolutely straight, not a bend in it and I just got tired of using the hair dryer and then the curling iron. TRUDY's hair has a natural soft curl to it and always looks PERFECT!!!!! No word yet as to when treatment will start for DH. I will give the hospital a call on Monday and see if they can hurry things along as I know it's stressful to David and to me too. The waiting just kills you. Nothing else new, talk to you all soon.

MARIA.....I forgot to mention one more thing. Years ago at the lake when David and my friend's husband were out of town my friend and I each bought a bottle Bailey's. We used play a lot of Scrabble in those days. We each poured a BIG glass of Bailey's with ice in it and started a game. By the time we finished playing a few games we each had polished off our entire bottles of Irish Creme. LOL LOL boy did we sleep good!!! :D :D :D

Hi All:
We have had a busy weekend. Some old friends came to see us. We hadn't seen them in about three years. we had all had health problems that kept us from visiting in those in-between years. DH and friend went to Lakeland to the Sun and Fun Airshow on friday. And Roxanne and I did girl stuff. Late breakfast, and then lunch at a fun place, then shopping and finally home. Since yesterday was DH birthday, we all went our for dinner.

Before their visit, I had to really clean our guest room, more than usual, since friend Bill sometimes has shown an allergy to cats, and our Smokey thinks the guest room is her private place. So i had to really clean and wash all the bed linen, etc. and then when all was done keep the door closed so Smokey couldn't get in there. She was not a happy kitty.

Glenda: Interesting that your DIL has made contact with her birth mother. It is strange how different people react. One of my granddaughters is adopted, and she has known it right from early on as my DD made it a point to tell her the story of how they got her. She has never had any interest at all in finding her birth mother. But my other granddaughter was adopted by her mothers husband when she was very little, and then after she grew up she needed to find her birth father. She called him her biological sponsor. Once she made contact then she was satisfied. Hope your DH made out okay with his test. I talked my friend into getting one when she gets back home. She has never had a colonoscopy and after I told her aabout my experience, she decided that she better get one.

Peggy: I agree with you about leaving the time alone. It takes me a good week at least to get on the new time schedule. Nothing seems quite right and I sure do hate to lose that hour of regular sleep when we 'spring ahead'.

Trudy: I'm still looking for muffin recipes, but now that company is gone will get back to my search. Hope you and DH are feeling better.

Slavika: Loved the pictures of you. Magic Maria! Hope the regimen your David has to go through this time won't be so bad. At least he knows a bit more what to expect. Our friend that was just here is taking some sort of Chemo. He gets a shot once a month. He had prostate cancer, which was treated vigorously with seeding and radiation, but now they have found lesions on his spine. Hence the chemo.

Maria: I have continued to go with the short hair too, but I did get a perm and I told her I wanted it short and curly. And I have really liked it. Just put some gel in my hands rub it through my hair let it dry and then fluff if up a bit. So far I have had 3 haircuts and it still has plenty of curl. I suppose that I will need a new perm by the time the next appointment comes around. Sorry that your FIL death has caused the worst to come out in your SIL. It is too bad that stuff like that happens with some people. Hope things can soon get back to normal for you.

Right now I am beginning to plan the Christmas show for next year. This time the gal that directs the Kitchen Band and I will be doing our shows together. Lets everyone only have one night out instead of two. Things get so busy during the Christmas season. I think it is going to be a fun kind of show. Of course time will tell.

Hi Karen: HOpe things are looking up for you. Feeling better.

Gloria: Do all Catholic churches refuse to let non-Catholics receive communion? Or is it just that one has to be a member of a particular church?Being a Baptist, I have never run into that situation. Are you getting into spring now, tulips and daffodils. Love that paart of spring in the North.

Lily: Nice to hear from you and hope you will drop in when you have a minute or two.

Just looked at the clock and realize that it is time to go to bed. Still am not totally on Daylight Savings. :yawn: Ann

Good Evening All!

It has been a beautiful day here. Cool, but the Sun was out and it was dry. They say it will warm up by mid week....that will be nice.

Ann: To answer your question I believe all Catholic churches have the same guidelines. If you are a member of the Greek Orthodox, or Eastern Rites churches you may receive Communion but although we welcome everyone to our churches Communion is restricted to Catholics.

Maria & Slavika: As the taking of drink. I love Baileys but I have gotten to the stage that my limit is a glass of wine at meal time or you will see me sleeping in the nearest chair. :D

Glenda: That is nice that DIL has found her birth mother and that her adopted mother has come to realize she still is most important in her daughter's life.

Trudy: I hope you and DH are feeling better these days. I feel you new recipies will be a help in this regard. I remember when DS had what we thought was Crone's Desease when he was 16 my method of cooking made a 180 deg turn. Had to learn all new recipies, Yikes! He is fine now at 45 and the last dr. said it wasn't Chrone's at all but severe colitis. He was hospitalized twice and I often wonder why it wasn't rediagnosed at that time. OH, well....all's well that ends well. I hope you and DH will have such luck.

Karen: Yes, we haven't heard about Sprout for a while....hope he is well as are you and the family.

Yesterday was eldest granddaughter's 12th BD. She is growing into a lovely young lady. I got her a shirt and pair of capri pants and really was hard pressed to get the right size. I finally got her a junior top, medium and a junior pant size 3. I didn't do too badly but the pants will need to be exchanged for the next size larger. DD invited us over for a a birthday dinner and we had a grand time.
Earlier her older, 14, brother came here to interview DH with 2 of his classmates. They are doing a project on WWII and DH is a real military buff. Although he told them he was only 13 at the time of Pearl Harbor and his actual military time was during the 'Cold War' he was delighted to talk to them. They came just before lunch with cam corder and notes and DH had a grand time talking to them. I made pizza for the kids to have before they left. I think they like that. DH has been invited to go to school when they make their presentation the end of may. I want to be a fly on the wall for that.

The other day DD#1 was by and her 12 yr old, Cam, is in the midst of rehearsals for the school musical....Annie. He is Daddy Warbucks #1 servant. He has great stage presence but I am anxious to see the production. The last play he was in he was just a spear carrier. :)

TTFN Gloria

G'day everyone,

Nice to see your long post Ann, sounds like you had a nice time with your friends. At this stage of my life I really enjoy the company of old friends, they are a bit like a comfortable old shoe, no pretense no nothing.
As a 'lapsed' catholic and one that has read a lot about different religions, I was surprised to hear from Gloria that members of the Greek Orthodox or Eastern Rites churches are able to receive holy communion in a catholic church.
Gloria is quite right that the catholic church laws are the same the world over however in my experience they are interpreted a little different in different countries.
Up until the time I was a teenager, we were not allowed to even enter a non-catholic church :eek: :dizzy:
I think the ecumenical services of bringing all christian religions together is a very important part of being tolerant of all different religions.
Off my soapbox!

Gloria how great to have your grandson interview your husband. History is another big interest of mine. Has your husband ever been to the American War cemetery in Manilla? It is a very moving place, we spent the best part of a day there and learnt a lot about America's role in that part of the world during World War II.
You have some very enterprising grandchildren, The Annie musical sounds like fun.

I am having my new bed delivered today. Yesterday we moved our 'old' bed to the spare room and slept there last night.
I am glad we have a couple of weeks in the new bed before setting off on our camping trip.

Have a great day all,

Cheers
Maria

Hi All ,I am trying to get back into life before My Dad Passed away. The last months have been just too much. Need to have some organization in my life or I feel like I am fumbling around.

Mom left on the train last Tuesday. Spent Wednesday getting my house changed around . Moved all my craft stuff into the guest room. Got my hair cut. Then went to do some food shopping. Tuesday night I joined Weight Watchers again. I have been thinking about it for some time. Then a couple of weeks ago I was out walking Sprout and met a new lady in the neighbor hood and we began talking weight. When I confessed to being a former Weight Watchers Leader. She Laughed and admitted to being the same. So the 2 of us went to a meeting together. The walk of shame you know. Have those same 16 pounds to lose. Will update you if there is any progress made. Have been on program for a week tomorrow and do feel better and less bloated. Not looking for a lot off at the scale tomorrow as I have always lost very slow. Have begun to walk again. Sprout loves the longer walks too and I'm sure it's just as good for him as it is for me. DH is also along for the ride.

Went back to crafts this morning. Haven't done much of any thing in the last week. Did a painting of a Bule Fairy on paper just to see if I could get the face painted right. It looked pretty good so am now going to put it on a box. Anyway got the box base coat done except for the bottom. Then by Wednesdays craft day I can begin on the fairy.

We went out to the Lakeland airport to the fly-in cafe for dinner Saturday evening and were treated to part of the air show that was going on out there on the other side of the airport. Got to see tha new Military jet do it's stuff. DH was thilled. That jet was passing so close you could the red/orange glow of the jet engine.

Mom loved her train ride back to Minnesota. She said it was long and didn't want to do it again right away but would if she has the chance again. She and my nephew left Tuesday at about 4:00 pm and it was Friday at about 1:30 am when they arrived home. She was glad to be home and as I thought the whole family was there to greet them even at 1:30 am. So I think she was missed.

Found some nice flower pots at the Goodwill the other day and have repotted some begonia's and Impatients . Then I have to put My GD orange tree in a larger pot. That thing is really growing great. I need to take a picture of it to send so she can see the fruits of her labor.

My youngest son is working in Texas so for spring break DIL and 3 kids drove down to spend the week. She is alot braver than I ever was. She stayed one night on the road. The kids were so excited to see Daddy and he is a good Dad. When we talked to him yesterday they were at the Zoo . Today he had to work but the rest of the week hill will be off. So it will be a nice vacation for them all. I had to laugh He booked the motel room over the phone some place he found on the internet. Any way he asked the gal on the phone some questions about the place, He said now keep in mind that if I get there and find a dump we won't be staying.So don't even lie to me, it turned out to be a nice family run place. So they stayed.

Well I need to get some lunch so I'll shut up for now. Thanks for all the e-mail jokes an stuff there are days when I really need to laugh.

Karen

Ann, regarding your granddaughter who is adopted, my sister has two adopted daughters. One has met her birth mother and one is totally uninterested. I think it is just an individual thing. With Shanna, it was some kind of yearning. I have no idea why she always felt that she was abandoned and that her mother would leave her too if she did something wrong. She is working out that problem that she has of being too much a people pleaser. I hope she gets to the point where she can say something or do something unpopular and still believe she is loved.

Trudy, did I miss a post regarding your husband's diagnosis? Does he have Chrone's disease?

My hubby goes to his neurosurgeon tomorrow to find out if he should change his epilepsy medicine which has shown to be a true success at preventing seizures, but has caused the problem with his bones. This terrifies me. Will see what he has to say.

Gloria, you have such an interesting family. The fact that you came so close to matching the size of your granddaughter is amazing to me. Before long, I would hesitate to buy anything for her because they get so particular and peculiar about their clothes. Enjoy the time right now. I always feel that mothers have a moral obligation to approve the clothes they wear, but sometimes they just have very strong likes and dislikes. I hope you and your DH do get to visit some of the places he has heard of in his study of WWII. Wouldn't that be fantastic?

Maria, I have a nice BIL who is from a Catholic family that was stricter than strict. Because he married my sister, he has become somewhat less, I hesitate to say strict, more tolerant. Now he believes the only way to heaven is not necessarily through his church.

Over the weekend we helped our son who has Makenzie. He has 4 absolutely huge trees in his backyard, one of which recently died. He can't get anybody to take it down so he rented a cherry picker and cut off some limbs to keep them falling on his children. Anyway, wouldn't you know, one limb came off and went completely through his roof. You take two steps forward and three back.

Have a great day!
Glenda

Hi All,

Glenda what a nightmare with the tree limb. A few years ago a big oak fell on the house across the street and cut it in half. With this being tornado season I cringe when the wind blows since I have big old oaks also.

Wish they could get their act together when the wind blows. They let sirens go off now for thunderstorms. You don't know if it is real serious or not. It seem like they are calling wolf. That happened the other day. The weathermen take over the tv channels with relish.

It is interesting to hear about churches. My youngest went to Catholic high school. One of his teachers was a married priest. He was already married when he decided to become a priest. Before that he was agnostic. They used to call him Fr. Dad. He was a great guy unlike our pastor. It is his way or the highway and he wonders why everyone is leaving and the collection is down over $5000 a week. We attend a neighboring parish. Well enough of that.

Ann you do seem to keep busy. Planning Christmas already.

Karen it is good to hear from you. Nice that you found a fellow WW leader to attend classes with. Just saw an article about losing weight and walking your dog.

Gloria that is neat that your grandson is interviewing your dh. That makes history more interesting when you know someone who has gone through it.
Plus good bonding between them. My son's dog played Sandy in school version of Annie a few years ago.

Maria how are you liking your new bed?

We had the big one year old birthday party Saturday. I think they need a bigger house for all the toys. They are going to put some away for later. It was to a sports theme. She had 4 cakes decorated with baseball, soccer, football and [my mind just went blank]. He had his own little tiny cake made in the shape of a pennant, iced in orange with UT on it for Tennessee. He will probably grow up and not want to go there. LOL We babysat again Sunday while they golfed. I was exhausted by the end of the day and so was the dog.

Got to go think about dinner.

G'day everyone,

It has been a disastrous few days for me.

I have been quite unwell, went to the doctors and found out yesterday I have something wrong with my liver. First and foremost NO ALCOHOL and then I have to have further tests in 10 days time.

My computer has also crashed and I now have to reload all my programs :mad:

I am feeling a bit better today and will make a start at reloading everything.
Tomorrow I am having a tooth out under twilight sedation, another fun day;)

Talk to you all later....

Cheers
Maria

Maria What is up with your liver? I am so sorry that you have been feeling unwell. Do you have to prepare for the liver tests? I hope every thing is going to be alright. Top it off you have computer and tooth problems. By now you must have your tooth out. Keep us posted.

Maria so sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well. That is sort of scary. Keep us posted on what is happening. You seem to have everything happening at the same time. Good luck with the tooth and the computer. That sounds like lots of work.

We went out to Indiana today to a big plant farm and bought some things. I think it is a little too early to plant but I couldn't resist. I planted my window box. This warm weather is a teaser-it is close to 80 today. I will probably be covering it in a few days when it get chilly again. We are going to an Indian restaurant tonight for dinner. Not sure how I will like that but am game to try new things. School is out for Easter break. Yea!

Hi Everybody: It was great to come here and have so many posts to read. I guess I haven't been here for awhile. The reason I had asked Gloria about communion in her church is that David is not Catholic, and has never received communion in our church. He was raised Anglican. A cousin of mine that attends the same church we do told me that David COULD receive communion in a Catholic church even if he wasn't Catholic. She said she spoke to our priest because her daughter had been married in the Catholic church, then divorced, then got married again by a justice of the peace and under the "old rules" she would not have been able to receive communion. The priest apparently told her that anybody could receive communion in the Catholic church if they were a believer in Jesus. He told her it would be an insult to go to church and then not RECEIVE communion when it is being offered. I realize that many things have changed in the church since I was younger. At one time you could not receive communion unless you had been to confession first.......now people go once a year, some not at all. David and I were married in the Catholic church mainly because my church meant more to me then his did to him. I would go to an Anglican church with him sometimes if he wanted but he said no, he was ok going occasionally to the Catholic Church. Our priest is away on extended sick leave (I think it's his nerves and he is an older man) and the deacon has been saying the mass and a priest from another church has been preparing the communion. When our priest gets back I will ask him. I have always believed like Gloria, but maybe some churches are changing. :shrug:
Maria, sorry to hear that you have not been feeling all that great. Let us know what the doctor has to say and how you made out with your tooth. Karen, the friend that told me she was thinking of joining WW changed her mind for the time being, but I decided that I better get back so I went on Tuesday. No matter how many times I tell myself I can lose weight on my own, it just doesn't happen. There were a lot of gals at the meeting that I knew and my friend thinks she will join in May so I have plently of company. Glenda I have been saying a prayer for your DH that everything will work out just fine. How are you "looking"? Do you think the face product is working, or is it too soon to tell? I have to tell you gals that for some reason when my grandson is here...... and on my computer he sends emails to PEGGY....about rap music. YIKES that kid. On Good Friday he is in a play at church and I am certain Peggy, that there will not be any rap music. :D :D Ann, I can't believe that you are already thinking about what you will do for a Christmas concert....but I guess it takes a lot of planning. It was nice seeing Trudy for lunch a short while ago. I saw pictures of her grandson and is he ever a little sweetheart and so happy looking. :) David is feeling ok and we see the oncologist on Tuesday and then I guess we will find out what and how they are going to treat him. Talk to you all later. Happy Easter.:flow2:

We are having my family over tomorrow instead of Sunday. It is my DD's in-law turn for Easter dinner, so I decided to do it on Saturday. This way we can all be together. On Sunday my DH and I will do something else in the afternoon, maybe go and see the flowers at the Conservatory. It will be unusual for me, I have always spent Easter day with my family. Things change.
I did my grocery shopping yesterday and then baby-sat in the afternoon. I was so tired when I got home. I don't seem to have an abundance of energy this morning either, but I had better get a move on. DH needs his "muffins" so I will bake those first.
Isn't it Easter Day for you today Maria? I hope you are having a very good day.
Good luck Slavika with WW. I am sure I could lose my 7 lbs back at WW, but am not sure I could keep it off. That is where I need some help, or maybe re-conditioning. :dust:
My chores aren't getting done with me sitting here.... if I don't get back have a wonderful Easter Day.

G'day all,

I am still feeling pretty miserable:(
My face is swollen quite badly from having the tooth out, it required 5 stitches in the gum, thank goodness I don't know anything about it when they were trying to rip it out.:eek:
My liver complaint is so-so, I think it is getting better, I will see the doctor on Tuesday and a naturopath on Wednesday.
DH will be so disappointed if we cannot leave on May 1 for our extended trip north.
Doing absolutely nothing over Easter, just concentrating on getting well before we leave.

The one bright note has been our new bed, fantastic and it is massive, stretch any which way without even touching dh!

Hope you are all having a great Easter.

Cheers
Maria

Maria I'm glad your some what better. I'll bet your face does hurt. Glad you like your new bed . We are doing nothing for easter. Church and home. Maybe you will still get to go on your trip. Just get better soon.
Happy Easter every one.
Karen

Happy Easter Everybody:
Maria...I'm sorry about your boo boo mouth but I sure remember how I felt and it was not good. It's great that you can take it easy for the next few days. :hug:
Yesterday we went to our Son's/family church for the Good Friday service. Each Good Friday their church puts on a Passon Play (Ann you would have really enjoyed it). This year our grandson (Peggy's rapper pal) had a fairly large part in it. The play opened with Mary explaining that she going to have a baby it continues on with the life of Jesus through dance and song and music (that church has so many talented people). Grandson's part provided a little bit of "humor", in what was otherwise a very emotional and moving performance. My DIL was on the stage as his Mother but did not have a speaking part. She had a basket which contained grandson's lunch which he forgot when he went to temple for religious lessons. Grandson says, he heard that Jesus was speaking to the people and that huge crowds were gathering, and he decided to skip his lessons, so he could hear and see Jesus. He sees that there is a huge crowd of about 5000 people and everybody is starting to get hungry. He knows his Mother always packs way to much food for his lunch when he goes to classes, like a whole fish and lots of bread and decides he will approach Jesus and offer to share his lunch with him and perhaps get a chance to speak to him on his own. He sees his Mother in the crowd, so now he knows he will not get into trouble for skipping temple since she was there to hear Jesus too. He said, he aproached Jesus and offered to share his lunch with him. Jesus tells him, that the whole crowd is hungry and grandson says, "my Mother packs me a BIG lunch but not that BIG. He then says, "I don't know what he did, or how he did it, but from my basket there was enough bread and fish to feed all 5000 people. Nobody actually plays the part of Jesus but the cross is there with the wreath of thorns. Two young girls give a creative movement dance that depicts the crucifion at the foot of the cross while the orchestra and the choir sing. At the end of the play a young gal had put together a video (shown on the huge overheard screen) of images of Jesus called "I AM" and the music was wonderful. The play took place in the church's auditorium and I am sure there must have 500 or more people there. The people that took part in the play walked up and down the aisles passing out the bread/wine for communion. (as there were so many) My biggest joy was that MY grandson gave me the bread and his Mother gave me the wine. Later the whole family came back to our place for brunch and we all pitched in to make a wonderful meal. We made great waffles, with all kinds of toppings, eggs, Paska bread toasted and dessert of course. It was a wonderful way to spend Good Friday. :love: :love: On Easter Sunday we are going to Son's/family for a turkey dinner. My contribution is a big Ice Cream cake from Dairy Queen, and a bottle of wine, so I didn't even have to bake anything. :) :) My friends I hope you all have a wonderful Easter. Bye for now. :hug:

Happy Easter Everyone:

The mystery of the day. I wrote a post between services today and planned to finish up later. So I come on the board and my post is not there. Oh well. We had a sunrise service here in the park around the swimming pool, at 7:00 a.m. We had a quartet, I sang in that and also played the keyboard for another gal to sing Because He Lives. We have a retired minister here in the park and he delivered the sermon, we all sang 'Christ the Lord is Risen Today" and then adjourned for donuts, coffee, juice and Egg sandwiches. It was a nice time. So then I had time since our regular service was not until 10:15.

I love Easter and i think even more than Christmas. I sort of think that without Easter, Christmas wouldn't have much meaning. We had a great service, started with a contemporary song call I AM and we have a dance team that interpreted it. It was lovely. Some good music, 2 baptisms, Communion, lovely solo and music for the offering time. A real celebration.

Interesting how church rules change. Somehow I think some of those strict rules were man-made, not God made. I remember when I graduated from HS and we had a Baccaulaureat service in the Protestant church and the Roman Catholic kids couldn't come. Thank goodness that has changed.

Maria, I sorry you are feeling poorly. I hope by now the jaw is feeling better and that your liver tests will prove to be simple. Hope you will be on the mend soon.

Trudy: somehow or other I guess I missed that your DH was diagnosed with Crohns disease. You two have had some difficult times. Hope that medicine will get his problem under contro.

Slavika: your Good Friday service sounded lovely. And how neat that your Grandson had a fun part. A family member in any production, makes it that much more satisfying. Of course everyone feels a bit nervous until their part is over and a great success. Hope you and DH have happy news this week when you go to see the Oncologist.

Peggy: I was always happy to have Easter vacation come around. It is a long time between vacation when you are dealing with kids all the while. And it is a long time afterwards before school is out. I need to get some new plants for my front garden. The winter ones have about had it.

Karen: Glad that you are getting back into the swing of things. I need to go back to WW again. I have had something happening every Sat. for about 3 weeks and won't get there this week either. There is the cancer relay for life this weekend, and I will be participating with a friend as a survivor. Then hope to get back to the program. You are right, that it sounds good to say that we can do it on our own, but it is so easy to fall by the wayside, without any accountability.

Gloria: are you getting some nice spring weather now? I'm sure you had a lovely Easter with your family. It is on holidays that I wish we were closer to family. I miss those family gatherings.

Glenda:How is your facial treatment coming? YOu haven't mentioned anything lately. Have you had rain to kill the drought you were having? We still need rain very badly here. I hate to plant anything because it is just like planning in dust.

Yesterday I finally got my act together and went to the pool. Haven't been there since last fall. It was such a beautiful and I think I will do it again today. One of our friends left for the summer and left us her golf cart to travel around the park. We get to use it and she doesn't have to worry about anything happening to it unless we wreck it. Sure hope that doesn't happen.
Time for a nap. We've been up since the wee hours. Hope you all have had a great day. Ann

G'day everyone,

Feeling very much brighter today, the swelling of my face has gone down and the jaw is only a bit tender now. I have been more concerned about the liver but those symptons with being very careful with what I eat, ie no fat or alcohol, have also abated somewhat.
I am going to the doctor tomorrow to try and get some more info on it. I think Glenda and now Slavika can relate, once you have had cancer you immediately think the worst, not only that, my mother died of liver cancer.
I feel confident that it is not quite that serious but nevertheless I would like to get to the bottom of it and find out exactly what it was and how I can avoid it happening again.

I also must have missed Trudy's husband's diagnosis, I am glad he knows what is ailing him but sorry about the diagnosis. I have a friend with Chrohns and it seems to be a disease that you really have to learn to manage with diet etc. but then it still flares up for no apparent reason:(:(, good luck to you both Trudy.

Lovely story about your Easter and the play Slavika, hope things are going allright with you and your dh.

Nice long post from Ann again, always enjoy reading your posts. You are probably right about all the man made rules in religion, I guess because I was brought up so strictly ie. Mass every morning before school, praying of the rosary every night after dinner, high Mass on Sunday and then again Benedictions that night and of course confessions every week :eek: .
So many of these rules no longer apply, thank goodness, but it still makes me very cynical and I look back on my childhood which was just filled with fear because of religion.
I really don't wish that on to anyone and have brought up my children with an understanding of religion. Our dd wanted to go to a catholic school but our ds didn't. Both have turned out to be successful , well balanced adults. We often have discussions about different religions and usually agree to disagree at the end of it:)

Did you get some nice plants Peggy, I love spring and I am a bit like you, cannot resist planting new plants.

Karen hope life will settle down for you a little and you can get back into your crafts. Never thought there would be a train going all the way from Florida to Minnesota.

Glenda hope all will be well with the tests of your dh. There always seems to be something:( Your poor son having part of the tree go through his roof, I hope he was insured and can get it mended quickly.

I am off to do some serious pruning of my roses before we leave in 2 weeks time. I will see how long I last, rain is forecast so that will force me to go inside and rest.
I intend to take it fairly easy most of next week and really get back to normal the last week we are home, it has given me quite a fright feeling the way I have these last ten days.

Take care all, hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

Cheers
Maria :grouphug:

Happy Easter all...
Actually, my DH has not had his test yet, so there is NO diagnosis. He is feeling a lot better lately and only feels the "spot" now and then.

I had my family over for din dins on Saturday, as my DD & family were going to her in-laws today. After dinner I took down the table linnen and noticed a wet spot on the floor by the laundry tub, and I could see (what I thought was water) running to the drain in the floor. I thought "oh brother, we have a leak somewhere". My DH was playing ball with :angel: outside and the menfolk were also outside with the dog, so I decided to tell him later. I promptly forgot all about it. Later, everyone came in, DH went downstairs and discovered the wet spot....
To make a long story short... On Friday I was doing some cleaning and thought it would be a good idea to pour some bleach into a little bottle and put it in my cleaning basket, instead of making a special trip to bring the gallon of bleach when I am cleaning out the bathrooms. No body told me that bleach and plastic don't go well together. The bleach melted a hole in the plastic bottle and leaked down a couple of shelfs, onto the floor and went across the floor to the drain. It also removed some of the paint from the floor. It was very warm here yesterday and so we opened up all the windows because the smell of the bleach permeated the whole house after a while.

Both my grandchildren had colds, but that didn't alter their good moods. We had a very good Easter celebration. Easter Monday is kind of slow here, a lot of places will be operating, but there will be no mail, my gym will be on the Sunday schedule, which means it is open, but no classes. Some people will get the day off. I am not sure what I will be doing, but I will drop by to see what all of you are up to.

Goodnight..

Good Easter Monday to you all!

After reading Trudy's post I wonder what the semi-holiday it is that you have today. We have a holiday here Patriot's Day and the running of the marathon but I thought it was only celebrated in a few of the New England States. It is a cool day which will be good for the runners but I could use a bit more heat.

Had a lovely Easter at my 2nd daughter's and she had a great lamb dinner. All local family was there, 14 in all. The only ones missing were my son and his family, Raleigh, NC, but we did talk to them. It was fun seeing all the gkids in one place and they had a ball playing basketball, boys, and dress up, girls. The two husbands and my oldes gs, 21, hid a bunch of Easter eggs and the little ones had a great hunt. Each picked a color, at random, and that was the color egg they were to find. Each got 13 eggs and the candy in them was eagerly consumed. Wouldn't want to be in their homes with the kids on such a sugar high. :) They surprised me with a BD cake at dessert time and I was sung to with a lovely bunch of children's voices. What fun.

Maria: Sorry to hear of you tooth and liver problems, also the computer really picked a great time to crash. Hope by now you are feeling better and will be even better in time for your trip.

TrudyI am surprised about the mix of bleach and plastic. Doesn't bleach come in a plastic bottle from the store? Maybe it is a different kind of plastic.

Ann Wonderful to hear the weather is good enough for a dip in the pool. Can't wait for some of that to come up here. DD#2, the one we saw at Easter, is on her way to Ft. Lauderdale, today, for the week, school vacation, and is looking forward to basking by the pool or ocean. I hope they get some good weather.

SlavikaWhat a lovely service you discribed. I always enjoy the Good Friday services and this year we went to a different church in town. They entire service was sung and it was so moving. Three singers each taking a different part of the Passion. We always try to make this service as it is so lovely.

Karen Hope all is well with you and that you are taking advantage of Florida's good weather to get out or are you too busy with your crafts.

Glenda That was some storm that uprooted the tree into your son's home. Hope he is having good luck in getting the repairs done quickly.

Gloria

Maria: I am curious as to what sort of symptaoms you were having that led to the liver problem? not gall bladder, or pancreas. I sure hope that you won't have anything to put a hex on your planned trip. I think it is a chame that so many children were instilled with so much fear about god and religion. That is why I refered to 'man made' laws. Jesus took care of children and blessed them so I couldn't see Him making them fearful.

Glenda: Somewhere I missed the tree on your DS home. Was that one of the tornados we have been hearing so much about?

Gloria: All of you New Englanders having the day off and not having to file income tax until tomorrow, even made our news down here. It is to bad that so many wait for such a long time to file that they have to get right down to the deadline. I sure would love a wonderful lamb dinner. One of my favorites.

Trudy: Your Easter dinner sounded like such fun. I do miss being with family on holidays, but they are all so far away, we can't manage it. Your clorox story remeinded me of one I pulled only it was with some weedkiller. A friend gave me some and we poured it in a plastic bottle. It melted the bottle and it ran all over the bench in our shed, and since it was unfinished wood, it soaked in, and when the shed gets hot we can still smell it. So I guess we have both learned our lesson aabout plastic bottles and 'strong stuff'.

Hi Peggy, Slavika, Karen See you later. Ann

Gloria The javex is in a heavy plastic bottle, the one I poured it into was a thin bottle that had honey in it previously. My basement windows are open again, DH is positive that he can still smell the javex. I can't anymore.
All Government employees have Easter Monday off. If my DD was working, she would have today as a holiday, but her husband has to work. Is Patriots day only in Maine? Sounds like you had a wonderful Easter with all your family. I have never eaten lamb, but people tell me it is very good. I wouldn't even know how to cook it.
Maria I have a friend who has liver problems caused by an Auto-Immune Deficiency. She was on the waiting list for a liver transplant when her doctor tried her on a different medication cocktail and she improved. She will always have to take the medication, and hopefully not ever need the transplant. Of course, alcohol is out of the question and she never showers at the gym, but will go home and use her own towels. She has to be very careful of all other medications. For instance she had a root canal recently with no pain killer. She also runs the risk of Osteoporosis and is checked frequently for that.
I am hoping that your problem will be easily explained and you will have no reason to worry. Health problems make me so uneasy. Everything else in life can be solved and doesn't mean a darn thing, but when it is our health it makes us feel so vulnerable. I hate any kind of dental work. I see my dentist on Wed for a check-up and cleaning. Here's hoping he doesn't find anything wrong.
Ann I find it hard sharing my DD & family with her in-laws, but I am so grateful that they live here. I would be so unhappy if they were not in the same city. I think that weedkiller would be a worse problem than what I had.
Slavika That Church has a very large congregation and it seems to me that everyone steps up to do their part. Quite often, people hang back and don't show their talents. Sounds like it was a wonderful service and you certainly had a great day.

Well, I am doing laundry, ironing last weeks clothes :dizzy: ... better get back to work... bye for now :running:

G'day all,

Feeling yet better again today:carrot:, I agree with you Trudy you do feel very vulnerable when your health is not what it should be, especially when you are unsure what the problem is.
Ann my symptons sort of started about 2 weeks ago, feeling very lethargic, no appetite (not such a bad thing;)) and feeling quite nauseous all the time. I also had pains in my upper abdomen, not crippling or anything but they were just there constantly. I get similar symptons but much milder, quite regularly so thought it was just my 'dickie' stomach. Then on using the bathroom I noticed that my 'deposit' was quite yellow and that is what started to worry me. I looked on the net for the reason of yellow stools and according to a number of sites it meant liver problems. :eek:
I took myself off to the doctor straight away and she did a blood test which indicated that my liver was not functioning how it should be. Before she had the results of the blood test, she thought I had an 'inflamed digestive system' but when she rang me with the results of the blood test she said it was a bit more serious.
I was taken aback and really didn't ask her all the questions that I should have so that is why I am off to see her this morning to get some answers. She suggested I come back in 10 days time to do another blood test but I don't want to wait that long, that would be just a few days before we leave.
I will let you know what she says and what the naturopath tells me later this week.

I am with you Trudy, I absolutely hate any type of dental work and will only go to the one dentist here in Adelaide, he is probably the most expensive dentist in town but he knows how pathetic I am and he always humors me!

Sounds like you all had a great Easter, mine ended well with feeling so much better. I have also lost 5 pounds:carrot:, that has given me an incentive to keep on track a bit better from now on than I have been. Alcohol is now OUT so that should also help.

Cheers
Maria

PS I just noticed that you have never tasted lamb Trudy, I find that absolutely amazing, we would have lamb as often as we have beef. Why is that you don't eat lamb, is it not available? If ever you were to come to Australia Trudy I would make you a big lamb roast, you would love it!

We rarely see lamb in the stores. Sometimes they will have these tiny little frozen lamb chops from New Zealand, but you really do have to look for them. I guess there isn't a demand for them. I don't know what the farmers who raise little lambs do with their animals, maybe they import them. Hummmm, I think we should get Slavika in on the case. She usually finds out the 5 W's... Who,What, Where,Why, & When quite quickly. :lol: The lamb roast would be rather expensive... 2 air fares to Australia.
I am glad you are feeling better Maria. Hope you get good news from the doctor.

Hi Everybody.......Just a quick little post before going to bed.

MARIE, I just wanted you to know that I was thinking about you and your doctor's appt. tomorrow. It is also DH appt. with the oncologist tomorrow and hopefully we will find out what they plan to do. If he has to have chemo and all those tests again I just want them to get going on it, because I know he is very stressed (and so am I, but I try to remain relaxed and positive for him.)

I have only had lamb twice in my life. The first time I bought lamb chops and they "smelled" so terrible when I cooked them that neither DH nor I even tasted them. The second time I had it was in Maui about 4 or 5 years ago and a fellow we met was BBQ lamb on the big grill outside said the reason the lamb probably smelled so terrible was because I didn't trim the fat off or something like that and didn't season it. He gave me a piece of the lamb he cooked and it "ok" but I have never bought it again or ordered it in a restaurant. My friend that I talk about that's at the lake and in Maui, she loves lamb and if it's on the menu she orders it all the time. Maybe one day I will try it again. Costco sells it, but I end up getting a nice rib roast or steaks.
I'll come back tomorrow to see how you made out at the doctor's Maria.

G'day all,

Off to the next thread......

Cheers
Maria