Good afternoon ladies. A lovely day in the 70s. What a relief from the heat. Rain the the forecast for later today.
I don't know where the time goes anymore. I have just had a hum-drum week with nothing happening. Tomorrow is English Paper Piecing so I have high hopes for that being fun. I did start a new class at the Y yesterday - Senior Power which is heavy lifting.
Faye, I'm so sorry Fortune is so sick. He's getting pretty old and his quality of life is not very good. Have you thought you might have to put him to sleep? It's always nice to get smaller clothes!
Wow, Jean, you actually made some sales in the gift shop!
I need to get back to work - just snuck a few minutes to post.
GailR , 07-25-2013 02:41 PM
Hi everyone. It's been a very long time since I posted. So much has happened especially in the last 10-12 months. Weight loss has not been a priority with me. It's still not really although I am losing weight but not the way I wanted it to come off. I'm sorry that I never emailed anyone but I just was not up to it. About a year ago I was diagnosed with carcinoid cancer. It's a rare cancer. Slow growing. If you were to see me I look fine. I look healthy except on my bad days. Inspite of the carcinoid tumor being removed from my colon, it spread to my liver. My liver is a mess. A foot of my colon was removed back in October along with my appendix and gall bladder and a of scar tissue from surgeries decades ago. I could go right into the symptoms and what I'm dealing with right now but not sure if this is proper. Anyway, I have a wonderful team of doctors working on managing the cancer...and no...there is no cure. The chemo treatment I get is chemo embolization; one for each section of my liver and I'll continue to get this from time to time for the rest of my life. And then my Dad passed away. He had Parkinson's Disease. I'm the executrix of his will and that is a job in itself. Then, my father-in-law broke his hip and he came to stay with us for awhile which is another long story that I don't wish to get into at all.
But I wanted y'all to know that I have thought about each one of you and hoped everyone was doing well.
gma22 , 07-26-2013 10:04 AM
Good morning to you all! It is lovely and cool this morning, enough so that I could turn off the ac. It is going to be in the 80's today, but that's fine with me as it is at least bearable.
My husband gets 5 ***** for yesterday. He knew I was exhausted from the night before so he went out and got chinese last night so I wouldn't have to cook then I was looking to buy a new swimsuit and he told me to buy both of them that I was looking at. He is a peach and I think I will keep him.
Fortune is doing ok. He hasn't eaten this morning and I still have to give him his meds, but he will come around after the meds start working. It takes some time and he has a bad case this time.
Susan: Frankly, I think about having to put him to sleep all the time. I actually think everytime he is sick that it may be the time I have to do it. Doc says he has a really strong heart and he did a whole exam yesterday so hopefully he will bounce back again. It won't be easy, but we know we have to face it sooner rather than later so we will when it comes. Have fun at your paper class.
Gail: Oh my sweet girl, I am so, so, sorry. My prayers go out to you. I have sent you several emails, but don't know if you have gotten them or if you have changed your email address. Just know that God is with you. I hope you feel well enough from time to time to peek in and say hi to us. Anytime you want to talk email me. I will message you my email address again here. It hasn't changed.
Have a good weekend y'all. Faye
gma22 , 07-27-2013 09:12 AM
Just a quick post as I am not in the frame of mind to talk. Fortune had a really bad seizure around 7:30 this morning and we had to put him to sleep. Just give up a prayer for Jack and I, this is really hard for both of us, but there just wasn't anything more we could do for him.
Good afternoon, ladies! Overcast and in the 80s today.
Sandy and I went to lunch yesterday and then did some shopping at Tuesday Morning. English Paper Piecing on Friday was a lot of fun. The group is growing. And by the way, it is a quilting group and not a paper thing at all. It's called English Paper Piecing because we use shapes made from light cardboard, fold fabric over all the edges, and then whip stitch or ladder stitch them together. It's very accurate.
Faye, I'm so sorry about Fortune. It's indeed a heart wrenching time. You and Jack were the best doggie parents and he had a long and good life. He was lucky to have you.
Jean, you and Bob certainly have an active social life.
Maggie, that's funny Norton kept booting you I for I was using Norton, too. Microsoft Windows Defender is already installed on your computer and will take over when you take Norton off active status. I have used that for several years with good success and it is free. If Microsoft doesn't know how to protect its computers, who does? I'm sure the boy scouts had a wonderful time with Will. He is so knowledgeable. I added the power lifting because I was doing 25 pounds each with the hand weights and that's as high at they have at the Y. You have to keep increasing your exercise or changing it out for different ones because the body gets used to performing the same time all the time and becomes very efficient at burning less calories to do it. I'm also lifting heavy because I want to build more muscle and cut body fat. I have some muscle definition in my arms and legs but more would be better.
Gail, you are in my prayers and I added you to our prayer list at church today.
Have a wonderful day.
Good morning, ladies! It's a nice 75 degrees right now but will get into the high 80s with thunderstorms this afternoon. I don't care how many of them we have if they keep the hurricanes away. August and September will be the worst months for those around here.
Casper and I went out at 6:30 this morning and walked for 45 minutes. I have water aerobics at 10, power lifting at 11 and yoga at 12:45 so I'll be busy this morning. I need to run the vacuum and steam mop the kitchen this afternoon and then the rest of the day I can play (quilt).
Faye, I feel so bad for you and Jack. After Cupid died, everybody said get another cat but I just wasn't in the mood and I told them when the time was right God would send one to me and that's how I acquired Casper. They are a lot of company and even though Casper can't hear me, I talk to him a lot. There is some stuff that looks like the vinyl shelf liner that you can put under area rugs to keep them from moving. I use it in the sunroom for there is ceramic tile in there. Both Maggie and I have Windows 8 and it is supposedly better protected than previous versions.
Jean, once all the edges of a piece have been surrounded with other pieces, the template is removed - and can be used again and again. It's nice handwork to carry along to work on in the doc office, etc. Antivirus has to be updated daily. Mine does it at startup. As fast as the developers find fixes, the nerds write new virus and Trojans, etc.
Maggie, I hope you are having a nice day in the heartland! You're jeep will be just like new.
Have a wonderful day!