RONNI ~ I think you'll enjoy talking to VAL & PURPLE, as they both have MS and have been dealing with this condition for some time. I know that you recently just got a definitive diagnosis, and although you may not want it, I know that it has been 16 long years that you've been waiting to know 'WHAT' was up with your health. Sometimes, that can be more frustrating; just not knowing why we are sick. I'm glad the MAYO clinic was able to help you, and so quickly.

We are pleased that you would like to join us here. As you've likely noticed already, there are quite a few people with MS that come by this forum; and there is a thread that VAL bumps up regularly that MSer's post in about specific issues to them. I see that you put up some threads with questions about MS, and you will get responses from others who pop in here now and then.

Yes, I do post in the CE/Christian Encouragers thread, but I post in here almost every day, as all these lovely ladies know what it is like to try to get healthier and lose weight when you have physical challenges. This is something that I have to deal with on a daily basis, so it is dear to my heart. I try to post in CE a few times a week, as I have time; and like many others, I pop into the Canadian thread, and occasionally, into the 50-Something thread now that I am 50 y/y ... ; plus other places that interest me, but it does take a lot of time to post in all those places, so I try to mix it up a bit as time allows.

BTW ~ thanks for the tips about the water drain pipe; it sure is a quandry for us. DH is in a better mood today. I know now that he was upset becuz the water leak put a halt to our sorting and the kitchen looked like a tornado hit it for awhile, but we had it all straightened by dinner time. We will just have to keep an eye out to see if we can find the source, but I'm so glad nothing was damaged either!

HI PURPLE ~ WOW, you had snow that actually stayed on the ground; well, this is an experience you won't soon forget, for sure. Glad you are making headway with your household chores. Some people don't realize that for us, it is a full-time job just keeping up with the household stuff. I'm afraid I overdid it a bit yesterday and had to take an aspirin as my one foot was throbbing last night making it difficult to sleep; we think I strained the muscles on the top of my foot somehow. Gee, my body really acts up these days.

Yah, I made spagetti and meatballs becuz you reminded me last weekend, and now I reminded you. Hey, leftover spagetti & meatballs makes a great lunch or even a quick leftover frozen meal for Saturday night. I find I feel fuller longer when I have that dish; one of the benefits of it, I think. Planning on fish tonight, with salad; not sure if it will be baked fries or new potatoes yet?

HI MEOWEE ~ sounds like you are getting buried down/over there; we have piles here too. It's starting to come up over our front deck. DH is getting concerned, but I think it is helping to keep the winds out of our house too. Gotta look on the positive side and for the benefits like $savings$ on heat bills too.

HI to VAL & NUMPSTER ~ yeah, it's Thursday already, so just Friday left for this week. We are having milder temps today; it's already up to -7C. Hope that stays for tomorrow as they say, becuz we want to go shopping tomorrow too.

Take good care ladies ROSEBUD

Hi RONNI . . . . . . glad to have you with us, Chickie.

Right you are ROSEBUD . . . . . . the snow does make for good insulation.

Good morning Chickie's

Fortunately no more snow over night even though bucket loads was forecast by the weather folk. The first real snow we have had in over a decade and this is the longest it has lasted that is for sure. Some councils locally are worried that they will run out of rock salt to grit the roads with.

RONNI62 to the thread nice to have you on board and pleased to meet you.

Yes this snow is causing havoc to this country as we are not prepared for this amount with us having snow so infrequently. For the first time in London's history the buses where cancelled. That is a bit of a shock when you think they managed to work through all the disruption that bombing did in the second world war. When it says the south of England gets snow about every decade I think you can count that in for the majority of the country. There are only a few places which get it to this degree. I live in the middle of the country hence the areas name is the midlands which is about 130 miles away from London.

ROSEBUD Yes headway made into those chores only the ironing to do now. See how I have left my favourite task till last

It is such a balancing act getting things done but not over doing it which has a really negative effect. Hope your foot mends soon and your pain free shortly. Yes the one thing for people with challenges it takes us much longer to do tasks that others may take for granted like I did prior to MS. What I could do in a day before now takes 2 or 3 days. Though I am thankful that I can still do these tasks or with some help or roundabout way that I have come up with to achieve the end goal.

You say your body is acting up these days. I wondered if your SB start to have ill effects on your body due to the gait etc. I know my next door neighbour who has the same condition has had numerous knee operations due to the gait she has now it is effecting her hip.

Dad is having his operation this morning for his cataract not sure which eye they are doing today as both have to be done. He is having one done then 3 months later the other is done. He is having it done as a day case if everything does go to plan. Should be out at 11am god willing.

MEOWEE OK stop send us your snow see your having a bad time like many places. Wrap up warm and be careful.


Time to go and sort out lunch. Catch up with you soon and take care


purpleorc

Sun is shining and the ice on top of the snow is all sparkley -- so pretty.

Actually, when I first got up this morning I was sure it was Saturday. do you think I'm trying to make this Winter hurry on it's way? Oh well, when you are an ORF, one day is much like another and it's okay with me to get two Saturdays in a row.

HI LADIES ~ we had lovely temps today (-4C) and had some sunshine on top of that, so we got all the way up to 0C by early this afternoon. It was a perfect day to go shopping; and my foot was feeling much better and I was able to walk around 4 stores: that's great for me in one day! Now I am resting my feet while soaking my leg: my scrape is getting smaller every day; I'm hoping it will be all healed up by spring.

PURPLE ~ we are hearing that you have record snow over there; wow, some firsts for sure. It's true that I was told that I had an odd gait when I was a child, but I didn't really know how it could affect me today. My mother just told me not to worry about it, but they did check that every year growing up. I'm just so grateful and thankful to be walking as I have had friends throughout my life with Spina Bifida who eventually had to use wheelchairs. I thank GOD for this privilege daily!

MEOWEE ~ actually, it's an ORF's honor and privilege to have as many holidays as they want! As as matter of fact, DH (MOF) and I (OFW) get the days mixed up all the time ...

HI VAL, NUMPSTER, AND RONNI ~ hope you all are having a great Friday night. Actually, I ran into RONNI in another thread earlier today.

We are just having a relaxing Friday night at home; take good care ROSEBUD

HI LADIES ~ we are having weird weather here. It's mild for sure, but it started raining and that formed little ice pellets all over our car. Now, its blowing light snow around with quite cold and blustery winds; and the damp just went through your bones today .... yuck and more yuck!

We had an adventure today; our rascally NIKO got unhitched off his outside line and went wandering around our neighbourhood to visit some friends. DH couldn't find him, so I went out while he was trying to get the ice off the car. A friendly little bougie came by and barked at me; turns out he was trying to tell me that our boy was at his house. So, I kept calling and whistling and sure enuff, NIKO came bounding out from the bougie's back yard, and scampered gleefully back home.

DH was perturbed with him but I was glad that he came when I called him and didn't get lost, being that he really doesn't know this area at all. I had suggested to DH that he might be over there becuz they have one large German Shepherd that lives in the backyard (it is a multi-apartment house), and this cute little bougie who lives in the front. I found out DH was afraid to go near the Shepherd becuz two of our neighbours said he was vicious. I laughed and said, 'Well, he isn't vicious to our NIKO, just to strange little men with funny hats, who go pokin' around his yard ~ lol!'

Well, I managed to put up some of my brass ornaments today and DH hung a couple of pictures on the wall before our little adventure was underway. We'll have to do the rest another day. We just had a light dinner tonight; I just had chicken dogs and a bowl of shredded mixed coleslaw. I had one whole wheat toasted bun along with this; nuttin' fancy ...

PURPLE ~ I managed to find some chicken bacon yesterday that is 60 calories for two slices; I will try it tomorrow and see how it tastes. I remembered you mentioning turkey bacon, or something like that one day; all I could find here was the chicken bacon. I also picked up some turkey pepparonis to have a pizza egg omelette. You could have omelettes or even a nice quiche with all those eggs you picked up. Hard-boiled eggs go nice in a packed lunch; DH and I often take those on our picnic lunches in the summertime.

HI to MEOWEE, and VAL, and NUMPSTER ~ hope all you ladies are having a restful weekend.

We aren't going anywhere with the icey roads we have around here right now. Well, it's time for tea; so take good care ROSEBUD

Good Morning . . .

After an absolutely gorgeous day with lots of sunshine and seasonal temperatures yesterday, today is above freezing and raining. Have to go out for a little and don't imagine I'll melt.

Have a great Sunday everybody . . .

Hi chicks! Well it a sunny day here and most of the snow has melted. (I am so glad all the ice is gone! )

Tomorrow I am facing a hard day. I am going to work (I am a prof. storyteller) with a friend helping me - she will push me in with a wheelchair. This is the most humbling thing I've had to face in a long time. But, I've decided to go in with a smile and say the truth - I am having a flare of my foot/ankle tendonitis, but, it won't stop what I want to do. I can certainly do my job very well once I get into the school. I will carry on - but, I know these folks will be shocked to see me in a wheelchair. I've gone there several years before.

I hope you all have a fantastic day.

Wish me luck, please - that it all goes well. Thanks.

HI LADIES ~ our day started out pretty nice with gorgeous sunshine for most of the day; we had a beautiful full moon tonight and DH managed to catch it before it went to the other side of our place where we can't see it.

BEVERLYJOY ~ will send up some prayers for you for your storytime tomorrow. I know it will be hard but if you look at it like it will only be temporary that might help you feel better; and this is a good learning tool for the students as well, helping them to accept people who face different challenges. You never know, some day one or more of them will likely face a similar challenge. I'm sure things will go well too!

HI MEOWEE ~ glad you are getting nice weather like we are out your way; makes it a nice day to get out and enjoy. Dh said that despite the lovely sunshine the winds were deceivingly cold; he went for a walk and turned around and came back earlier than he intended. I decided to sit by our big window and soak the sun up that way.

PURPLE ~ I think I'm just a little confused; it must have been someone else on another thread who told me they eat turkey bacon. Anyways, DH & I tried the chicken bacon and we like it a lot; not as strong a flavor but very, very lean and doesn't shrink hardly at all. We each had a chicken bacon toasted sandwich for lunch.

TOnight, we had roast beef dinner with veggies (carrots, onion, celery, and mixed beans from our garden) and mash potatoes; then I took the leftovers and made a shepherd's or cottage pie for tomorrow. There's even a bit of beef leftover that could be used for sandwiches or maybe a pot of soup.

We call brawn 'head cheese' here in Canada; not sure why, but they grind up the meat and prepare it in a similar manner, and I think it's often used for sandwiches. I really don't know as I have never tried it becuz the name is a bit gross, and well, it doesn't look that great either. It kinda of reminds me of something we ate way too much of as kids called 'luncheon meat'.

HI TO VAL, RONNI, and NUMPSTER ~ Numpster hasn't been on the net of late; she is pretty busy with work and also planning an early spring wedding for one of their kiddies (they have four children; all grown now though).

Anyways, that's all the news from here; not much goin' on. Gonna go get my nightly giant mug of tea, so take good care ladies ... ROSEBUD

Good Morning! Want to thank you all for having me in here. It's nice to meet more people and be able to visit. I was checking out everyone's profiles the other day, so I'd know you better and enjoyed seeing your photos. I hadn't thought of putting one on, but might if I can figure out how to do it Everyone here is sick with a virus, so not much going on. Saturday, we were excited to find that Nascar was back in Daytona, so we could watch the race and then the time trials yesterday. Something to do and not have to get up off the couch. We just kept the tissues handy and I made chicken soup from scratch to help us feel better. DH used to build cars and race at local tracks, so he really enjoys getting to watch those races.

Purple-I noticed in your profile you play whist. I've never met another person except my DH's family who knows that game! They've been trying to teach me for years and we play his parents every time we go to visit. They're divorced, but get along very well now. I once "grand-slammed" them, but usually don't do that well! Hope your trip goes well today

Rosebud-glad you're having some nicer weather too! It's really making me want spring, but I know that's a way off yet. Glad you found Niko. Our Kasey doesn't seem to want to wander much, but forgets to stay when I have to cross the street to get the mail and that upsets the dog across the street, who's rather old and not used to kids or other animals.

Beverlyjoy-I'm sure your day will go better than you expect. You're prepared and others will adapt! Enjoy your day

Meowee-Glad your rain came in liquid form! Our day has started with freezing rain this morning. Now, I'll probably have to go to town with the DSs to make sure DS2 gets to school ok (he has to drive 15 miles for the class he takes at the public school and he's a new driver, so we are very cautious). You'll have to forgive me, but what's an ORF? Just can't figure that one out. Rosebud used a couple that I don't know either-help?

Hi to Val and Numpster too! I hope all of you have a really good day!

Complete change in the weather again . . . . . . think we had about 2 inches of snow overnight last night but it's hard to tell because the winds have been so high today it looks like it has still been snowing all day. And boy has it been cold again. I think the sun was shining a lot of the time, even though the blowing snow more or less obscured it.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring. Just listening to the forecast and it says not as windy and not as cold. Guess time will tell.

HI LADIES ~ well, we got a lot accomplished today; I think we sorted through almost half a dozen boxes of dishes today. I hope that's the last of the boxes of dishes as all our cupboards are full now; but we are donating one very large box of miscell glassware to Goodwill.

MEOWEE ~ yah, the weather is sure up and down this year; we had a wee snowstorm the other night, but it had cleared up by this morning and we had sunshine most of the day. It's milder right now at -6C and DH just told me that we have heavy snow out there again as we speak.

HI RONNI ~ we are glad to have you in our thread. It's been a while since I put my pic in my profile, so I'd have to do a refresher to figure that out again. Purple or Val can probably tell you better than me right now. The acronyms Meowee uses are jokes that she affectionately calls herself (ORF = old retired fart); and I responded with DH (MOF = my old fart); and OFW = old fart's wife. Actually, DH often refers to himself as the GOF = grumpy old fart, to the kiddies. It's all in fun though ...

Prayers for those colds you and your family have; that's kinda yucky. I know I hate going out when I'm sick. Nice that you got to see some car racing to while away the time. Interestingly, my Dad used to build and drive race cars for fun too, many moons ago.

PURPLE ~ hope you had a good trip. I think you probably told us that WHIST was a card game; like your drives, we have card tournaments here sometimes (usually euchre or bridge). What kind of game is it like ... Canasta, Euchre, or Bridge maybe???

HI TO VAL, NUMPSTER, and BEVERLYJOY ~ hope you all had a lovely day. Take good care ... ROSEBUD

hi ladies! Beverlyjoy it's good to see you over here. Sometimes just acknowledging the special obstacles we have to face on a regular basis helps us 'be okay' with them. I think you storytelling from a wheelchair will hopefully make people be aware and considerate of others in wheelchairs. I think it truly can happen to anyone. Mobility is so precious. How was your experience that day? i hope it went well!

purple how is your dad doing after the procedure?

Rosebud it's been goregous here too! it was minus one today. only minus one in february!!!!! have you started getting ready for spring yet?

ronni click on 'user cp' at the top of the page and you should see a bunch of 'edit' bars displayed. do you want to add a profile picture or change your display picture?

meowee.

I caught this cold thing on Friday and realized I needed to slow down when my hand went numb while i was sitting at my work desk so i spent the weekend napping on and off. i'm recovering my energy now.. oh yeah!! and i bought furniture for my living room two loveseats and a nice desk. now i just need nesting tables and some updated lamps - it will finally feel like my living room rather than my parents. I figured i work hard enough during the day i deserve a nice living room space since i spend most of my time here.

must go to bed! take care all!