MADCAT~ I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR YOUR NEWS OF YOUR SISTER. YOU KNOW OUR HEARTS ARE FULL OF GOOD THOUGHTS FOR BOTH OF YOU AND SENDING MANY :hug: AS WELL. PRAYING THE NEWS WILL BE GOOD. STAY STRONG MY FRIEND.

KNOWING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT TRAVELING LET ALONE BRAMPTON, I WILL REFRAIN FROM JOINING THIS CONVO ABOUT OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS :rofl: :rofl:
SHAD~ IF THE PLANS FOR NJ HAVE TO CHANGE DO NOT WORRY WHAT DAY YOU LEAVE HERE. BECAUSE WE HAVE NO PLANS, YOU CAN BE AS FLEXIBLE AS YOU NEED BE.
GOOD LUCK WITH THE PARCEL PLANS!! LOL IF IT'S SMALLISH, WE CAN MAIL IT FROM HERE!! WILLY CAN TAKE US TO THE POST OFFICE!! :dance:

CARLA~ NOW LOOK WHO'S ON THEIR KNEES CLEANING THE CRAPPER!!! :lol3: :lol3 THE TIMING OF YOUR MAIL CRACKED ME UP!! I COULDN'T BRING IT HERE WITH THE GRAPHIC THOUGH. I AM NOT TALENTED AND ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO CLOG UP THE FORUM :lol3: :lol3:
I AGREE....MAY HAS TO GO. AND WE THOUGHT MQARCH AND APRIL WERE BAD! :tantrum:

CEEJAY~ WAS THE ACTONEL BOTHERING YOUR STOMACH? MAYBE THE FOSAMAX IS GENTLER ONCE A WEEK AND NOT THE ONCE A MONTH. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT SAID THE ONCE A MONTH PILLS WERE JUST TOO MUCH ON THE TUMMY. I GAVE UP QUITE AWHILE AGO AND AM USING" CALCIUM 600/MAGNESIUM 300 WITH VITAMIN D100" FROM THE GNC THAT I ORDER FROM DRUGSTORE.COM. A DR TOLD ME TO TAKE 2 A DAY (AT SEPARATE TIMES) AND NEVER WITH CAFFEINE. SEEMS ANY KIND OF CAFFEINE KEEPS THE BODY FROM ABSORBING THE CALCIUM. GOOD LUCK WITH THE SAMPLES:hug:

NAE~ SENDING MORE :hug: TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON MY MIND....WHAT LITTLE I HAVE LEFT THAT IS FUNCTIONING! :rofl: I WAS ALSO GLAD TO HEAR MOM IS DOING WELL. I THINK I FORGOT TO SAY THAT LAST TIME I POSTED.

:rain: I AM SORRY TO HEAR THE RAIN DANCE I DID WORKED BETTER IN NJ THAN IN THE LAND OF OZ:faint:
I WISH WE COULD GIVE THIS RAINY WEATHER AWAY! GONNA RAIN FOR 2 MORE DAYS. TURNED THE HEAT ON LAST NIGHT IN THE LIVINGROOM. TOO COLD AND DAMP FOR ME TO SIT AND WATCH MY KOREAN SOAP OPERA. :rofl: JEN WENT SHOPPING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE SUN WAS OUT TO GET THE ESSENTIALS. IF WE DON'T NEED ARKS BY TUESDAY, I AM GOING ON THE BUS.:swim: SPENT TIME WITH JEN. I THINK THEY ARE ALREADY FEELING GUILTY THAT THE KIDS ARE COMING AND WON'T BE HERE FOR THE SUMMER. TALKED TO BOTH OF THEM. IF THERE WAS NO WHEELCHAIR...THERE WOULDN'T BE THIS PROBLEM.
I AM EVEN BETTER OFF WHEN THEY ARE AWAY... LESS STRESS! :rofl: BESIDES I HAVE WILLY AND JIMMY.
WILLY EVEN FILLED FILLED MY PLATE AT THE PARTY AND WAS CAREFUL ONLY TO GIVE ME A HALF SPOON OF EVERYTHING LIKE I ASKED. HE'S ABOUT THE ONLY ONE THAT WHEN I SAY NO TO FOOD...HE LISTENS.
GEEZ...LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS POST! BETTER GO AND LET YOU GALS DO SOME WORK! :moped:
HAPPY FRIDAY AND LET'S ALL HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
MADCAT WE WILL BE THINKING OF YOU AND YOUR SISTER. :hug:

Hi there chickies,

First of all Madcat - so sorry to hear about your sister. Sending prayers, good thoughts and healing energies up your way. Hope things turn out in a positive way. :hug:

Korean soap operas Mel? Just what kind of TV do you get in Jersey? :rofl: Hope it dries up enough for you to get out. Maybe Willy needs to pick you up a dingy and a rain slicker. You can sit at the front of the boat like George Washington :lol: It's good to hear that Willy is looking out for you.

Good luck with the new meds Ceejay. Funny how their either don't seem to work at all (thyroid meds) or they have such bad side effects it's worse than what you're being treated for (arthritis and osteo stuff). Hope the new stuff is gentler on your tummy.

Carla - I'm confused (easy to do) are you meeting Shad in Canada AND San Francisco? Thought you were driving her through Big Sur. You mean I have to SCRUB the toilet? I thought it was just swish swish :rofl:

Shad - good to hear that you are getting some rain. Hope it lingers. I can't imagine having to live with the tight water restrictions that you do. Guess we just take things for granted here. I have said many times, if you don't think Global Warming and environmental issues exist, just look at Australia. You must be getting excited about the trip - starts next Friday, doesn't it?

Rose - sorry to hear about the boyfriend but it's good to be comfortable enough with your own life so that you don't feel like you "have" to do certain things or live your life a certain way. Hope things work out well for you.

As for losing posts - I do know about copying them. I can usually retrieve them but when the site hangs and doesn't want to respond over and over, sometimes I just have to abandon things and walk away until later.

Well off to the salt mine for me. Happy Friday!

Mel--The Actonel gave me heartburn big time. Boniva would do the same. Not sure about Fosomax, but the dr is letting me try something to take on a daily basis.

Happy-- I used to have the problem of this sight freezingand had to shut down to come back to it. I think it was some of the graphics.

Shad, Holly, Madcat, Suzi and the rest hello.

Not much on the agenda today. I love my week ends to myself. My aunt called last night to tell me that her 3 year old was looking for me yesterday.

:wave: WAVING MADLY AT HAPPY :wave:
DID I EVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE KOREAN SOPA OPERAS? :rofl: EVERY WEEKNITE THERE IS ONE FRON ABOUT 9:30-10 PM AND EVERY WEEKEND THERE IS ANOTHER ONE FROM 9-10PM. I STARTED WATCHING THEM WHEN BY ACCIDENT I FOUND THESE SUBTITLED PROGRAMS WHILE I WAS RECOUPING FROM THE BUS. THEN I FOUND OUT THERE WERE TWO RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME ONE DURING THE WEEK AND A WEEKEND ONE. I BECAME ADDICTED. THEN JEN WAS TOO BUT SHE HAS SINCE LEFT ME FOR THE COMFORT OF HER BED WITH A MAN IN IT :tantrum: :rofl:
WITH SUCH A LARGE KOREAN POPULATION THERE IS A STATION IN NJ RUN MUCH LIKE A KOREAN PBS CHANNEL.
WANT ME TO TAPE THEM FOR YOU? :lol3: :lol3: :lol3:
HOPE YOUR DAY IS GOING WELL!!
NOW GET OFF HERE AND DO SOME WORK??? :rollpin:

I FORGOT....
THERE IS A POST WITH SUZANNE. THEY ARE LOOKING INTO DATA BASEPROBLEMS SHE SAID. I GET "GATEWAY TIMEOUT" NOTICES AND I ALSO FIND THAT WHEN I SOMETIMES CLOSE OUT 3FC, I LOSE MY AOL. IT SHUTS DOWN AS WELL AND RESTARTS ITSELF :rofl: :rofl:
AND BEFORE ANYONE ASKS....NO I AM NOT CLICKING ON THE WRON LITTLE "X" :lol3: :lol3:
:wave: TO CEEJAY NOW WHO HAS COME TO SAY HELLO.
I HOPE THE NEW ONE WORKS OK TOO. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT GARDENING IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR FEELING GOOD. PARTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT "GROWING" THINGS HELP KEEP THE SPIRIT OF BEING "ALIVE"...ALIVE! :rofl: HAPPY GROWING!! HOPE YOU FIND A PLUG NEARBY TOO!!! MAYBE AN EXTENSION CORD OUT THE NEIGHBORS WINDOW...:rofl: :rofl:

Jesus....i Just Can't Shut Up Today

Happy, it does seem I'll be seeing Shad here and in SF. Let's hope we can be good kids and get along, or Shad may suddenly develop an urge to rush home early... aaargh - Carla overdose... :rofl:
Right now the air travel is making the whole plan a little complicated, although I'm sure if Shad just throws money at Air Canada (and Shane) it will all work out. I'm not much help as I've never used a travel pass and don't know how easy it is to change departure city.
About that, Shad, it will be no easier to wait and make your changes while in Toronto. As far as I know, AC no longer has any ticket offices, except maybe at TO airport ($50-60 by cab from downtown...) and they're hard to reach by phone. If Shane can just switch the TO-Cal portion to Ott-Cal, you may have to pay a change fee, and will probably go thru TO anyway, but at least it'll all be settled. I'd be a bit worried about you and your luggage making your Calgary flight in time if you take the 7 am out of Ott. You'll have to tell me what you'd like to do/see in Ottawa - nature? politics? museums? fitness? laundry and iron?
Mel, you crack me up. I'm sure one of these days Jen will be back watching the Korean soaps with you to escape the discomfort of a man in her bed. :lol3:
Ceejay, enjoy the weekend. You,ve earned it. Happy gardening!
Well, I'd better get a move on. I've been doing a fine job of delaying prep for my day hiking.

Morning all,
Rain has gone - we got all of 4ml but it will keep the garden going for a day or so more. NSW and northern Victoria got a good drenching which is good to see, but will not do the drought affected areas much good unless there is follow up rain fairly soon. We missed the best of it.

Carla, I have picked up my tickets. I have checked out Air Canada website and may very well get Shane to make the flight later - I see there is one an hour later. I can't do it myself from here because the booking is made outside Canada, but it does give me a number to ring if I can't get Shane next week. If all else fails, I'll just go back to Toronto on the 15th and carry on as normal - I'll just need to find a resting place for the night. Nothing is impossible. For the time being everything stays as is.

Mel - good to see you chatty - Korean soap opera??? I can see I have some education in front of me.

Happy - I leave here on Wednesday 23rd. It's getting closer and closer and I am getting more and more slothful - slumped in front of tv or debating what I should do next and failing to get on with it. Time for a stern lecture I think.
DS2's wrist and finger are progressing and he can go back to work after next week. He is relieved I think.
DB2 continues on his non winning ways - I've asked the niece to push him into getting his passport photos done and signed so we can send that away. He only has 3 or 4 months before his reunion and can't get his butt into gear.

And that is about it. Better get changed ready for my Body Balance class. Hope that wakes me up and gets the blood moving and the brain wired!

SORRY FOLKS BUT THE LEFT EYE IS CRAP AGAIN. MAYBE A WEEKEND OFF THE PC. DROPS AND COMPRESSES ON THE AGENDA AND NOTHING ELSE. TOOK THE WEEKEND OFF. CALLED THE BOSSLADY LAST NIGHT AND TURNED ALL THE PHONES OFF. LOVE TO ALL. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. :moped:

Morning All, Sorry to hear about the eye Mel, you take it easy and rest. So fun to see you here so much yesterday...Korean TV....sounds interesting, you must be multi lingual!!!

Shad the trip sounds so great and the chicks are so excited to see you and tour you around.... fun fun fun! You deserve a great vacation for thehours you log in. IT will be so fun to play where in the world is Shad today!!!!

Madcat, so sorry for the news. I do pray for the best for her and your family.... Geez sometimes it seems it will never end. Blessings.

Thanks to all for your sweet thoughts about my BF. I am watching the dog Darby for a few days he is the sweetest old guy and loves to be with me and my dogs. Dog love is so uncomplicated.

Loving the car. Cleaning for my company and planting a few things on the deck. My list of todo things is overwhelming that I must just laugh and get on with it. Here in the wilderness the weeds appear to win!!!!

Love to all of you,
Peace,
Nae

Morning chicks,

Quick post. Lots to do this weekend and it doesn't get done if I blow a few hours on the PC :o

Hope you all have a good weekend. It's gorgeous outside. Sunny and cool - great for working in the yard though I will be stuck in the house.

Sorry to hear the eye is acting up Mel. Rest up and take care of yourself.

Love to the rest of the chicks...

Meaured today and I've lost some inches. The scale, however, says I've gained five pounds but that I know is due to fluid.

The leg cramp is bothering me again today. I'm almost sure I've pulled a muscle.

I''ll be taking Evista for osteoporosis.

I put a new bed frame in lay a way yesterday. I've not been happy with the other bed since it was purchased 10 years ago. It was expensive but cheaply made. It's time for a change.

Morning all.
Fast post this morning - I'm running out of time more or less. So much to do, so few days left.

It's a bit cool this morning and it took me a while to get out of bed. Definitely autumn now. Fortunately it doesn't get much cooler than this. Even the cat wasn't too excited about getting up even tho she hadn't been feed for all of last year (according to her) Maybe she wanted breakfast in bed. :rofl:

Rose - with a to do list like yours you just have to start at the top and keep working. Weeds grow regardless of the weather or lack of it. Glad to hear the relationship is still on such a good footing that you can exchange dogs. :lol3:

Feeling a bit stiff this morning, that Body Balance class sure does move things in places one doesn't think one has things to move. It's hard on the abs today - still they are the laziest muscles and never want to toughen up.
Off back there in a few minutes to do a weights run. Then to the shops for the last of the purchases. I can then start to pack my bag. I'm trying to find some walking shoes which are not sneakers, but there isn't much around - you can either have boots or sandals - little in between. I was looking for some Hush Puppies but can't seem to find anything locally.

Stuck in the house Happy - surely not again. Still soon you will have this cretin from downunder descend I suppose!!!

Okay, I have a list longer than Rose so I'd better go get on with it. Repotting to do today - yesterday I did the lawns = they badly need weeding. Funnily enough most of the weeds have gone with the drought in the garden beds - only things left now could probably survive a nuclear explosion.

See ya

Happy Sunday!! Eye The Same. I Am Being Good.
Scanned The Posts To Make Sure Everyone Is Doing Ok. Have A Great Day.

Morning all,

Thank you to everyone for the positive thought for my Sis. She’s doing better but they are keeping her in the hospital until they do the biopsy on Tuesday. We already know it is small but in a location in the middle of the frontal lobe where it can’t be removed. The outcome and the next steps will depend on what kind of tumor it ends up being. Until then, we wait. Of course, she’s already planning when she’s going to run her next marathon.

Mel~ Hang in there and do behave yourself.

And Shad hits the ground, running! :lol: Here is another travel possibility for you. If you want to fly from Ottawa to Toronto you could also try Porter Airlines . They are a commuter service that flies into the downtown island airport. The advantage there is that the airport is literally a block away from our place and I could offer you a couch to sleep on. Of course, if you are getting back to Toronto late the day before, you might want to stay out by Pearson Airport to save the $40 half-hour cab from downtown in the morning. Can you get Rockports in Aus? They are incredibly comfortable and look like regular shoes.

Ceejay~ good work on the inches lost. You are right to ignore the scale.

Happy~ Enjoy your weekend in the sun (don’t forget the sunscreen).

Rose~ Thank you for your good wishes. Yeah, it’s the whole it never rains but it pours syndrome. I think the love of our pets is a pretty wonderful thing too.

Ok, that is all I have time for. Today I will be taking my friend out of the hospital on a day pass (if the doctors allow). I think she’s going a bit stir-crazy just sitting there and waiting for results that don’t seem to ever come. They won’t let her go home to wait since she lives alone and can’t function with the double-vision. We may just go out for lunch and then back to her place just so she can spend some time with her cat and touch all her belongings. It must be hard.

This entry seems to be all about me. Sorry.