Shad-you came in at the same time. Nice song Are we going to do the rumba to?

A much better day today. As far as first week transitions go this one has been the best ever.
Had a great School Council meeting after work. Today went smoother for the Goalie Clinic. The positives about last night were- When I came home hubby had made his own supper, cleaned it up and ran the dishwasher. a year ago he would have sat for 4 hours in front of the TV , beer in hand. And when I came home and expressed it was not a great experience. He did not get defensive or go on the attack. He apologized to DS and was supportive to me. Monumental changes.

it went up to 32C here today and humid.Allergies are brutal.

Working 9-3 tomorrow and there is a family pizza party in town. Hockey Sat and Sunday. I will make some salsa. Food has been okay but i did have a small slice of pizza, no sweets or salty snacks tho.

Yesterday I got the word that Lucy's cancer is a particularly aggressive one. It is in the nose and bones near the eyes and has destroyed the bone between the nose and the brain. I'm very sad and crying but she seems OK, aside from sleeping so much. I'm hoping for a gentle passage for us both and plan to make her life as good as possible for the time she will still be here.

I am going to go to town next week to talk to the vet (oncologist) to discuss chemo but am not hopeful.

Most of you know how attached I am to this darling, bratty, eyeglass-eating, charming furkid so I know you'll understand. Hershey, her DogMum, seems to know what's up and is doing a lot of ear licking - dogs don't lie about love.

Oh Ruth, I am so sorry. Our furbabies mean so much to us. Be gentle with yourself and look after our Lucy.

Give Hershey and extra special cuddle from me too. Now I am sitting here in tears as well.

Thank you, Shad. I know you understand.

Ruth - so sorry to hear about Lucy. :hug: Hope she won't suffer, I know it must be horrible for you.

Got back into town at 4am yesterday. I'm so glad we were able to make it up there even if it was a rather whirlwind trip in 48 hours. It was supposed to rain yesterday all the way through our trip home so DH decided to take a nap after the funeral and we drove through the night. It was actually better that way. Came home to find that I had a flat tire - big old nail sticking in the back tire. So it's off to the dealer today to replace all 4 tires that have worn rather quickly for only having 27,000 miles on the car.

There's lots to catch up on but we're taking the car in at 7 and I'm still sitting here in my pajamas so I'd better get moving. Love to the chicks...

:cheer: YAY CEEJAY!! I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TRY AND CHASE AFTER YOU INTO THE 70'S NOW!! :running: A BOG CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'RE ON THE MOVE NOW! GOOD NEWS! GLAD IT FINALLY RAINED FOR YOU :rain:

MADCAT~ GOOD FOR YOU AND THE GYM TOO! BEEN FEELING OUT OF SORTS TOO, VERY BAD SINUS WEATHER ALL OVER THEY SAY ON THE NEWS. MUST BE THE GLOBAL WARMING THING CAUSING ALL THIS.:faint: HANG IN THERE!

SHAD~ INDIAN FOOD!!! NOW THAT I AM SURE DESERVES A BOOD BOOT IN THE BUTT FROM CARLA! :rofl: TOO BAD I DON'T KNOW AND COMPUTER STUFF! WE COULD HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER!! BUT THEN WE MIGHT NOT HAVE STAYED FRIENDS :lol3: :lol3: HOPE YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER PM NAME TO DRAW OUT OF THE HAT!

CARLA~ :rollpin: WHO'S GOING TO BE POLICING YOU????
SAUSAGES??? :faint: YOU AND SHAD MUST BE TAKING LESSONS FROM EACH OTHER. AND HERE I THOUGHT MY LIVERWURST ON A HARDROLL WAS BAD. OH DID I MENTION THE CAN OF PEPSI? :rofl: THE CHECQUE WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK NO MATTER HOW I SPELL IT! LOL YES THE GRANDSON WILL REMAIN WITH ME. POOR OLD BIRD. RICHIE SAYS THAT HE'S A DIFFERENT BIRD HERE. QUIET AND ALERT. I SAID THAT'S BECAUSE THE TV ISN'T BLASTING AND HE'S NOT BEING NICOTINED TO DEATH!!:tantrum: SO HE'S PLEASANTLY REIRING AT NANA'S HOUSE. HAPPY SWIMMING!! :swim:

RUTH~ A FRIENDS CAT HAD CHEMO AND YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT. THEY SAY SHE KEPT RUNNING AROUND AS USUAL....ALBEIT SLOWER BUT NOT MUCH CHANGE. KEEPING MY GOOD THOUGHTS HEADING YOUR WAY.
GET THEE TO THE KITCHEN YOU WENCH AND CAN THOSE TOMATOES!! GOOD IDEA ABOUT GIFTING SOME OF THEM AWAY!!

HOLLY~ MEN CAN BE SUCH DICK HEADS. MY HUBBY USED TO TREAT JEN LIKE AN ANGEL AND BUY HER EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED. TOO BAD HE SMACKED ME AROUND AND I GOT DIVORCED :rofl: HOPE THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR SETTLES DOWN A BIT FOR ALL OF YOU!

THE LAXATIVE WORKED AND THE HARDROLL IS GONE!! :dance: SO NOW I CAN SING AND DANCE AGAIN! :belly:

SOMEHOW MY COMPUTER DECIDED TO POST THIS WITHOUT ME HITTING THE BUTTON! :rofl: I HAVE A REMOTE KEYBOARD AND THERE ARE KEYS THAT MAGICALLY DO THINGS WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED! OR MAYBE I BUMP THEM! :lol3: NOTHING NEW HERE ANYWAY. DOING SOME BULK COOKING AND GOING TO MAKE SURE I DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY AND COOK FOR AN ARMY. ADIOS CHICKIES!
HAPPY FRIDAY :moped:

"Besame Mucho"

Besame, besame mucho,
Como si fuera esta noche la última vez,
Besame, besame mucho,
Que tengo miedo a perderte, perderte despues [twice]

Quiero sentirte muy cerca mirarme en tus ojos verte junto a mí
Piensa que tal vez mañana yo ya estare lejos, muy lejos de ti

Besame...

Quiero...

Besame...

[English translation]

Kiss me, kiss me a lot,
As if tonight were the last time
Kiss me, kiss me a lot,
For I'm scared to lose you, to lose you afterwards

I want to feel you very close, see myself in your eyes, see you near me
Think that maybe tomorrow I'll already be far, very far away from you

(((((ruth))))))

Oh Ruth, I'm so sorry to hear about Lucy. Dog's love doesn't lie indeed. I hope she remains happy and comfortable. It's so sad. {{Ruth and Lucy}}

Yes, I'm very sad but the good thing is that Lucy is nearly herself. She sleeps more but still seems happy, loves treats and ate the crotch out of a pair of panties this morning! I just can't get mad at her. :lol: Thanks to everyone for your good wishes for me and my fur baby.

Mel, did you not chew that hard roll? The liverwurst should have helped ease it through.

There are no more tomatoes in my kitchen! I'm done!

I've been to the gym and Linda aka the Slave Driver added some abs stuff to my routine. I measured yesterday and my tummy is bigger than my hips. :yikes: Donna is coming to clean this morning and I'm going to go to town for some painting and quilting supplies. I WILL NOT EVEN THINK OF THE CHINESE BUFFET!

It'll be a quiet weekend around here with lots of petting and couch time.

Ruth, :grouphug: :grouphug: to you, Lucy and Hershey. So sorry to hear the latest news is bad.

Ruth--What horrible news for Lucy. (((hugs))) for the both of you.

Mel--I'm determinded this time to get heart healthy. Plus my doctor will be checking my cholesterol 2 x's a year now. You may need to be on my high fiber diet.

Happy--Glad you are home safe and sound. Sorry to hear about the flat tire. Thought about you the other day while I was sitting on my uncles front porch. The humming birds were swarming the nectar and could hear the chirping. Even saw one of them light on a tree. Didn't know they did that.

Carla, Madcat, Shad and Holly--:wave: Hope things are going good for you.

Mowed the yard a little later than anticipated today and the rain caught me. The radar is showing more rain. Yeah. Talked to Lisa at the grocery store a little longer than normal or I would have gotten through. At least the tall stuff is down. This is counting as my exercise for today plus some cleaning.

Morning all,
Saturday and I'm here at work, still in tears for Ruth, Lucy and Hershey. I almost pulled an all nighter as I was wide awake at 1.pm this morning and couldn't back to sleep. Didn't go to bed until 10.30. At 2.00am I got up to watch the Rugby World Cup opener and dang me days if Argentina didn't beat the French in Paris of all places. Shock/ horror in the Rugby world. By the time that finished it was five am. and I went back to bed and read for a while, then got up, had breakfast and came here. I'm determined not to stay here all day and I need to do some shopping later in the afternoon - foodstuff and veges. I am indeed not being good at the moment. However I haven't yet resorted to eating knickers like Lucy.

Ruth - The gym can do that to you. For the first time in my life, my top half measures more than the bottom half. It aint fair cos I wanted to get rid of all of it. I am going to find a gym here and go a couple of times a week because I really am missing the weights. The rest I can do from home. How come all those personal trainers at the gym are totally masochistic and sadistic. How are the abs feeling?

Happy, good to see you back safe and sound. Sorry about the tyres. 27K doesn't seem much but then you are talking miles so lessee........thinking.....no that's about 40000Km and that's about all I get out of the front tyres on my car. Back I can get to last a bit longer. Poor DH is probably going to need another nap now. Hope he hasn't strained his back or anything.

Ceejay - you seem to be going well on this challenge. Go you. Can't agree about the rain tho'. They love it here. I would like it someplace else.

So, tonight I am back into the rugby matches. NZ is playing and so is Australia so I will be able to watch those two games. The rest I will keep up with via the computer and the newspaper. I should have got cable when I had the chance. Too bad how sad. Had a rent inspection on Thursday, don't know whether I told you lot. They say the place is perfect and I passed with flying colours - oh yeah, well I've been there before. And I was only a really good housekeeper while I was renting. When I wanted to leave, the place was filthy. Do I have a lot of faith in Real Estate agents?? I think not.

Off to the pile of goodies sitting on my desk. I'm determined to whittle this lot down asap. And Mel we could have travelled together, I'm sure we would have gotten on fine just as long as we co-operated and did things my way!!!!

Since we ARE supposed to be singing our way through Spain...
 

Never Been to Spain ------Three Dog Night

Well I never been to Spain
But I kinda like the music
Say the ladies are insane there (think they were writing about us? ;) )
And they sure know how to use it
They don't abuse it
Never gonna lose it
I can't refuse it

Well I never been to England
But I kinda like the Beatles
Well, I headed for Las Vegas
Only made it out to Needles
Can you feel it
It must be real
It Feels so good
Oh, feels so good

Well I never been to Heaven
But I been to Oklahoma
Well they tell me I was born there
But I really don't remember
In Oklahoma, not Arizona
What does it matter
What does it matter