Morning everyone. its a better day inspite of rain and wind. the dh apologized ,i guess me being quiet for several hrs clued him in. all is peaceful thanks for the support,i love that about us GG's.nothing exciting going on here. doing laundry and watching my soap opera.hope your day is great rosey
Rosie.....next time Dh gets grumpy, just plan something really wild and nasty for revenge. Like opening car door, push down the lock button and accidently closing it on his fingers. It is so over the top bad you will immmediately feel better.
Donna.....So glad the new job is looking good. Watch those family dinners or Samcat will be ticked off. Oh and thank you for the Berger/Mitry books. I have read all but the new one that comes out Oct11th. Adore thecouple.
Zoe.....Double wow on a the new Baby Girl. Sounds like a girl who will grow up with alot of strong women to copy.
Gayle...Didn't you know that there is a required course in medical school for how to be an a'hole. The good guys take the course and learn to be "Good Guys." Need I say more!
Val.....me, I was called Mrs Velvet at work. Found out it was short for the Velvet Hammer. I could termnate an employee without any flash back. Fired my share, but ended up with a really great staff.
Koala.....Thought of you today when I read a recipe for a sloppy joe pizza.
Freda....I have a cut glass collection...Only have pieces that were in our family, so never grew. Have 3 crystal bowls, a pitcher, celery holder, bananna dish, spoon jar and salt holders. In the late 1800's they bought them from a guy who came by every few months and collected 25 cents on lay way.
Bobbie...Both of us will be cremated. Ashes out in the Gulf. They have service down here where they send the ashes up in a weather balloon. It gets out to sea and pops.....my first reaction to that was phoof pheeeew. It's raining grandma!
Nancy...So she's gone. Hang garlic ribbons and sprinkle holy water.
It is after 4pm and am still feeling sooo good. Feel like singing the James Brown song but can't remember the words.
Dinner tonight is pinwheels of flank steak filled with mozzarella cheese and spinach. No peach cobbler, will do it it the morning!
Sorry if I missed anyone consider your self hugged. Sorry is my imagination is too weird, but it's been hiding for a few months....love you all K3
Karen ~ glad you are feeling so good today. Wishing you more of this kind of day.
Your suggestion for what Rosey should do to her DH, reminded me of one of my demented thoughts about those nasty doctors. One day back in NC, I was arriving for work. We had to insert our name tag into a thing that then allowed a gate to go up so we could get into the parking lot. Right about then one of those nasty doctors crossed in front of my car ~ my twisted imagination ~ pictured myself flooring the gas ~ and saying oops ~ sorry my foot slipped ~ as I mowed the sucker down. Good thing my thoughts don't get past the thinking stage or I would be in trouble ~ LOL.
Confession time ~ I had done pretty good (eating wise) for a few days (got back on track day after my birthday). But today ~ my routine was messed up. I didn't do too badly until I got home from errands, then after one of "those" discussions with DH about dr's visits and co-pays etc ~ a stressful topic between the two of us, I let old habits take over and ate some things I wish I hadn't (sugary things). Now I feel like poo. When will I learn ~ every time after I do something like that, I think to myself ~ I'm not feeling so hot ~ I won't do that again. How soon I forget. And do it to myself all over again. Oh well, what's done is done. Back on track ~ looking forward to a nice salad for supper and some fruit after for dessert.
It's hot here today ~ the AC is on, but doesn't seem to be helping much. I have fans on ~ and look like the doggy in my avatar
Hey GGs,
Finally I can sit at my computer as long as I want, without worrying about someone peeking over my shoulder! But, somehow I just can’t seem to get back in the swing of things here. Feels like I’ve been away forever (& I really haven’t, because I’ve been checking in on what everyone was doing at least every 2 or 3 days). Guess it will take me a little time to get back to normal.
I reread my rant of yesterday, & I think perhaps it makes me sound paranoid & crazy. And, I’m afraid to post it here, because there’s always that slight possibility of her coming here & reading it. So, I might try to put parts of it on our FB page, but I’m not sure I can because it’s so long.
Enough of that, on to happier subjects. Lots of good news here I see! KarenFL, it’s wonderful to hear you’re feeling good, & giving your imagination free rein! About the garlic & holy water, I’ve been thinking along those lines myself. Only, I’ve heard sprinkling salt across the doorways & windowsills keeps out evil spirits - I plan to buy a lot of salt!
Zoe, a new granddaughter! And what a little doll! I love babies, can I come hold her? Baby therapy!
Donna, so glad you like your new job! When IS the “sourpuss” leaving & getting out of your way?
Gayle, you said it perfectly “I have all these things in my head that I would like to say to them, but am not brave enough ever to do it. I don’t think fast and if I said any of the stuff that is in my mind, and they responded back, my mind would just shut down out of fear, and I couldn’t say anything. So, I am better off to just keep my mouth shut” - that is exactly how I am! But, in dealing with DSD, my mind shuts down not from fear, but in shock at the things that come out of her mouth. I wish you could send your “turdblossom” back to school, so you wouldn’t have to deal with him. And thank you again Rie, for that so descriptive “nickname”.
Koala/Lou, nice to hear you’re 33 yrs. younger today. You must be feeling pretty good!
Rosey, glad your DH "staightened-up".
Freda, & Marie, I love depression glass. I have a few pieces in pink (to match my desert rose dishes), but I’d love to have more. I hardly ever dust it though. After all, I am "allergic" to housecleaning, & dusting seems sort of useless when you live on a dirt road!
I’m going to stop now, it’s time for my nightly snack. I definitely don’t want to miss it, especially tonight, because I won’t be having one for the next two nights! Friday, my SO is having a colonoscopy (just something the dr. thinks he should have, since he turned 50 last year). So, he won’t be able to have anything to eat except jello & clear liquids after lunch tomorrow. And, to be supportive (but mainly to prove to myself I can do it!), that’s all I’ll be eating too. And, I’m expecting the missing out on my night time snack, to be the hardest part.
Just a quick check in to say hello tonight. I got off work and went to the movies. Fun. I saw cowboys and aliens. I love Harrison Ford! The movie was so-so. Only myself and one other person were in the theater. These two older ladies came in and sat right beside me! Really? Then the one next to me proceded to hog the armrest. The movie started and they were commenting on everything. I couldn't be rude, but really! I wispered that I would give them some more room and moved away.
I saved calories and carbs all day and enjoyed popcorn at the movie. I really enjoyed sitting there eating one kernal at a time. I used to use handfulls.
My board meeting went well today. After the business meeting we went out to the garden and the kids had a blast explaining things to the board members. It was fun to watch these "bad" kids showing the Undersheriff how to deadhead flowers. Good stuff.
Sorry, I am just too pooped for personals tonight. It has been a long day. See you in the morning.
Rie
Yesterday was NOT a good volunteering day. Bad traffic in the morning (took me over an hour to get there) and pouring rain in the afternoon (got soaked running to my car & took over an hour to get home). Spent my time there stuffing envelopes for 3 hours. I need to talk with the woman I'm doing this for about what kinds of things I will be doing. I would really like to be able to use my education background and connections to help this school-based program. If that is not possible, maybe I need to find a different volunteer job.
Today I have a meeting at the PA college I will be teaching for in November.
My class for UoP started yesterday. So far, 16 of the 20 students in the class posted a message stating that they have read the directions about where to post their messages & 3 of those 16 posted their messages in the wrong place! NOTE: they are all teachers!
I did 60 minutes of aerobics this morning and had a good breakfast. I have been adding a small fresh tomato or a small cucumber to breakfast and I really enjoy it. I never would have thought that I would eat veggies for breakfast.
Lynn, that sounds like a lot of effort for a voluteer job where they are not using your skills. LOL on the teachers. My DIL is a graduate teaching assistant who constantly rants about the inability of students to follow directions. In my experience, that is par for the course!
Nancy, nice to have you back! I hope dh's colonoscopy goes well. I need to do that this fall. Ugh!
Gayle, You will get back on the wagon and things will get easier. Sorry that it makes you ill. Is there something that I missed? Does your dh get upset about medical expenses? Or is he like me, he just likes to complain about spending money.
Oh, Karenfl, So nice to hear things straight from your creative brain. You always make me laugh. Eat some peach cobbler for me, ok? I really love it.
Rosey, I am glad that dh came to his senses. I used to think that having a dh was a lot like puppy training.... LOL that's probably why I was never very good at it.
Bobbi, did you hear anything about the MRI yet?
New grandma Zoe, working woman Donna, Freda, Lyn, and anyone else I missed. TTL
Lynn... I had my neck MRI last Friday, it showed Advanced Degenerative Arthritis and no disk compression. I’m not sure if no disk compression is a good thing or a bad thing. (I didn’t talk with the doc about it, his nurse called me and I wasn‘t smart enough to ask) They made a cd and report of my MRI and sent to my chiropractor. He was a tad upset because he wanted a head MRI, not my neck. He already knew I had the degenerative arthritis in my neck. So back to the hospital again this morning for another MRI, head/brain this time. My regular doctor is on vacation this week so I won’t hear back from him until next week. Same with my chiropractor, he's on vacation for 10 days starting today. I’ve been busy gathering pictures of everyone for the display board we’re putting up for dad’s viewing tomorrow. I’m also going to make different sandwiches and some treats for all my extended family at the funeral home. (4-7 and we’ll be hungry) I found a recipe for mock peanut brittle that I made for DH last week, going to make a batch of that too. I’ll catch up with everyone on Monday, have a great week.
I feel like a very old woman today, stiff and sore! I need some stretching. I did figure out that if I use the stairs and do lunges from the floor to the second step, stretch the front and back of this right leg, that the hip is much, much, much easier! It hurts like crazy to do it, but it really does help. I used the cane from the parking lot to the office yesterday, and the boss caught me! I didn’t want her to know that I sometimes use it, but she seemed okay with it. She did, however, inquire several times throughout the day if I was okay. I do NOT want any thought of disability creeping in here!
Rie – SamCat was better yesterday… of course, I got home 4 hours earlier than I did on Monday. In fact, he was lounging on the couch and barely twitched an ear at me! He’ll be fine! This is one very spoiled little old man!
Your description of “singing” in the car while really reaming out someone for being rude struck a chord. Isn’t it just amazing how terse, tight, and devastating our “after-the-fact” retorts can be? I don’t think fast enough to do that in person, either… and I don’t like face-to-face confrontation all that much… but I’m just lethal when I’m by myself and reliving it!
Rosey – I think I can imagine you becoming “unhinged” and letting loose on DH. Yes, he does bring you flowers, but it’s usually after he’s done something that needs forgiving!! I’ll bet you can let him have it and then be back to your sweet self in a matter of minutes! I’m glad he figured out that he was being an oafish boor!
Bobbi – I think I'm distinctly unimpressed with the medical stuff you're enduring... They can't seem to get it together for you!
KoalaLou – a sloppy joe is a meat mixture… the hamburger is fried very finely and spices, onions, and bbq sauce is added. It’s usually served on buns. It’s very American! And it’s GOOD!
PT/Zoe – this made laugh… no! chortle!... outloud: “Oh, Gayle, I just love you to bits - and I sure wish you would slap somebody up aside the head from time to time! (But don't mind me....I think I'm vicious by nature: someday my kids will be trying to find excuses not to visit their evil old crone mother, I betcha, while yours will continue to flock to your side for as long as you live.” You truly are my twinnie!
Freda – thank you for asking! The job is going well, I think. No, my predecessor is going to start her own business, in direct competition with my new company! It’s causing a bit of office strain, as you can imagine… maybe that’s why she’s feeling a bit testy? I think it’s ballsy, but she really has a road ahead of her (certifications, contracts, contacts, etc.) before she even starts to make an impact or to make any money.
It’ll be much easier when I’m on my own and can set my own routines. This one is like a flea on a dog: do this, do that, go here, go there… and never quite FINISH anything. It makes me a wee bit crazy. I can multitask, but I can also prioritize!
Marie – your point about TSA confiscating ashes is a good one. What a bunch of doofi! They confiscated a pregnant woman’s insulin here, the other day, because the ice pack that she was using to keep it cool was possibility a terroristic tool. They confiscated my peanut butter/marshmallow jars from Amish country, several years ago, for the same reason! Doofus plural!
KarenFL – you sounded WONDERFUL in that post! I’m so glad for you! My Granny/Mom has had insomnia, too, so I can so much empathize with you. She gets really excited now when she can get in 5 hours at a stretch, and she seems to be coming out of this “phase”…. I hope your good sleeping continues, too. It makes such a difference!! And I’m so glad you enjoyed Berger/Mitry. I’ve just read the one so far, which was just happenchance.
Oh, yeah, I think that Gayle should tattoo your saying about being surrounded by ***holes on her withered left bosom (along with “shut up, you could be working at Wendy’s”)… because I think there is a course for new lawyers and new doctors on Demigod 101… and some do better in the class than others!
Gayle – your evil thought about wiping out the doctor wasn’t so bad! On my bucket list for when I’m very old and feeble and needing a place with 3 hots and a cot is to mow down either a group of entitled brat pedestrians or entitled brat bike riders (or both) with my car. I will be cackling while I do it!
And isn’t it amazing how the CarboBlahs take over immediately when you overindulge in sugary caca? How can it taste so good (momentarily) and be SO bad for you??
Nancy – sounds like your rant was for your benefit and that it did the trick. Is there any purpose in sharing it? If there is a reason, do so.
Lynn – in my vast experience, being a teacher doesn’t mean being educated! I remember taking a written deposition from an accident witness from one of the local grade school teachers. It was so poorly written, grammatically incorrect, misspelled… appalling, really… that I took a copy to her school principal, who was equally appalled. Gawd!!
Mustang – what did you decide about the house? Tim’s arbitrary date of 8-9 has come and gone… who won?
Onward… GOTTA get something done! And I’m hungry, too!
KarenFL, wow you were in top form yesterday. You had me laughing at nearly all remarks.
Rosey, good thing DH is regretful. If he hadn't been, we'd have been sending KarenFL after him.
Oh Gayle, I could picture you in the parking lot. Too funny! And today is a new day and you'll start on plan again.
Nancy, I live on a dirt road and dusting is an exercise in futility. Occasionally I'll take a swiffer duster over the top but I don't put effort into it. Besides I'm allergic to dust mites so I wouldn't want to stir them up.
Val, my favorite movie is Air Force One. I watch it whenever I travel - I've been accused of being morbid watching a plane hijacking while I'm sitting on a plane. We watched it last weekend and I just "Get off of my plane" line. I really like H. Ford until I saw a couple interviews with him and I thought he was a jerk. Doesn't mean I don't like AF1 best of all my movies.
Lynn, I hope you get the volunteer work straightened out. It's hard doing menial work that doesn't use your skills. BTW, my experience with teaching our district's teachers anything technology related is usually a mess. I'm always happy when over half get it right on the first try. I swear they play dumb just to annoy the tech people. I'd hate to think their act was real.
Val, nope on the veges for breakfast with the one exception of sauteed sweet onions chopped and added to scrambled eggs.
Bobbi, that stinks that you have no further news than what you knew before. I hope the correct MRI give better info. We're all thinking of you this week.
KarenFL, wow you were in top form yesterday. You had me laughing at nearly all remarks.
Rosey, good thing DH is regretful. If he hadn't been, we'd have been sending KarenFL after him.
Oh Gayle, I could picture you in the parking lot. Too funny! And today is a new day and you'll start on plan again.
Nancy, I live on a dirt road and dusting is an exercise in futility. Occasionally I'll take a swiffer duster over the top but I don't put effort into it. Besides I'm allergic to dust mites so I wouldn't want to stir them up.
Val, my favorite movie is Air Force One. I watch it whenever I travel - I've been accused of being morbid watching a plane hijacking while I'm sitting on a plane. We watched it last weekend and I just "Get off of my plane" line. I really like H. Ford until I saw a couple interviews with him and I thought he was a jerk. Doesn't mean I don't like AF1 best of all my movies.
Lynn, I hope you get the volunteer work straightened out. It's hard doing menial work that doesn't use your skills. BTW, my experience with teaching our district's teachers anything technology related is usually a mess. I'm always happy when over half get it right on the first try. I swear they play dumb just to annoy the tech people. I'd hate to think their act was real.
Val, nope on the veges for breakfast with the one exception of sauteed sweet onions chopped and added to scrambled eggs.
Bobbi, that stinks that you have no further news than what you knew before. I hope the correct MRI give better info. We're all thinking of you this week.
Time to work. Hopefully I'll be back later.
Wow Donna, I won't bike in Denver. But perhaps I'd hear your cackle before impact. Oh so laughing at the written deposition. The gawd awful emails I get from staff are atrocious. I want to send them back bleeding red with the poor excuse for writing.
Marie
Last edited by Marie; 08-10-2011 at 12:09 PM.
Reason: Donna's post showed up after I posted my reply...
Hi I'm still here, but have been too lazy to post. Got some initiative back and did 40 minute walk/jog plus 15 minutes gardening (new plants!!). Also did my Yoga stretches.
Have 2 cookouts this weekend...will be hard to watch the excess food, but I'll try.
Last Saturday, the bottom of my right foot went numb, then burned, then became painful. I cannot get an appointment with my podiatrist until the end of Sept. So, this morning, I went to my running store & talked with the owner - he's been doing marathons for years. He thinks I need to try a wider shoe (my regular shoes are 7 narrow) my running shoes are now 8 and a half wide! I hope they don't look like clown shoes!
Bobbi - keep persevering - get that MRI of the right part of your head. Has anyone said anything about an EEG?
Height: 5'2" (really 5'1 1/4" ( but I refuse to accept that - I don't care what the doctor says!)
Hi Everyone! I know I haven't posted for a long time but I do check in every couple of days & catch up on you all. I'm so way behind on personals so won't even try. I've had "company" here since the middle of June. First my granddaughter as she was working in this area. She works for a paving co. & is in the lab - tests dirt. She's "easy company". She left & now (the next day) I have my 8yr. old gr. grandson, Josh, here for 3 weeks. The first thing I see in the am is these adorable blue eyes looking me in the face & him saying "What are we going to do now Grandma?!" So you can see I'm a busy gal! I'm holding my own weight wise. I haven't been to WW for ages but do check every week on my own scale. And we are finally into summer! YAY! It's been hot & I'm loving every minute of it! Anyway gotta' go.........TTYL BFN
Warning ladies this is the Rant of the year. The biggest madiest rant I have ever writen....Am too mad to even spit rant....Want to hurt someone rant.
You all know I have been complaining that I have this bazooka hot burning on my chest and some days it is so bad I just rest. Well two day ago the top of the scar started to swell a little and I told my husband that it may be a missed stitch working it's way out. Yesterday I had a swelling about the size of a grape and started taking antibiotic for it. This morning I popped it with a sterile needle and got 4-5cc of rank nasty stuff. It drained most of the afternoon...I have doubled my antibiotic and the burning is the least I have felt in 2 months. Do you know how many doctors I've seen and gave them the same complaint and was blown off.....I have told my patients for years to listen to their bodies...well I listened but nobody listened to me....
(you do note I kept say on my chest NOT IN my chest!) karen3
thanks for the support,i love that about us GG's.nothing exciting going on here. doing laundry and watching my soap opera.hope your day is great 
rosey 
Good thing my thoughts don't get past the thinking stage or I would be in trouble ~ LOL.
I really enjoyed sitting there eating one kernal at a time. I used to use handfulls.
I'm holding my own weight wise. I haven't been to WW for ages but do check every week on my own scale. And we are finally into summer! YAY! 
It's been hot & I'm loving every minute of it! 
