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Hello Friends!
Just wanted to quickly pop by to say that I'm feeling ridiculously positive about everything now. Thanks Cerise, for your kind assessment of my psychological state. Yes, tell Ramone that it does get better and better and better!!!!! Maintaining a good marriage is one of the things I'm most proud of---maybe the #1 thing! Anagram, congrats on being 2 pounds down! :D Kaylets, I can't believe it's Wednesday already--I can't believe it's May already. And a mere 20 days till that most sacred of days, right, Cerise? ;) Where's our Punkin? Friday's almost upon us! Probably frolicking under the full moon last night.... |
AAAAAGH, don't remind me, Eydie!!!! EEEEEEEK!!!
I'm gonna be twenty-niiiiiiiii-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi-iiiiiine!!!!! *sobbing* |
Twenty-nine is a mere babe in the woods, Cerise!
I have socks older than that! :) Sorry, old joke, but actually true! |
Hello all!
Did I hear a scream echoing throughout the palace?? I don't need to repost my speech on "Life just keeps better and better " do I ?? Just kidding! Dragging myself some yesterday and today... know I am still feeling the effects of 2 non stop weekends in a row... in fact, both of them were veritably napless.... Ah well.... The good news is that it is Thursday, scale is back downt that 1 lb, got a great deal on Portabella Mushrooms bigger than my hand -- about 3 of them for .99.... found them in the " reduced bin" . In fact, I've been wondering if I should pay more attention to the sales in the same grocery as I pass by it twice a day... got to do something to counteract these gas increases!! ah well.... Who would have thought that a bargain on mushrooms would cheer me so... Must be because they are a Fun Gui ( pronounce Fun guy!) YIKES! I told you I thought caffeine was making me silly! Can't take credit for that silly one, someone at work just used it yesterday... Ah well... **** Thought of the day : "The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next." -- Mignon McLaughlin Question of the day : " How many televisions do you have?" **** Kettle is on! |
Good morning :queen:ies! Flying by to say hi :wave: Was feeling slightly under the weather yesterday and decided not to exercise. I feel okay today but have a busy day lined up (last of the big editing days of the financial reporting qtr.) I'm waffling on quitting that -- busiest times over, they need me :rolleyes:, we can use the extra $$. I'll see what it seems like after this week. We've got a conference call tomorrow to discuss editing issues. We'll see...
K. I better go so I have time to get to the gym this a.m. Love to all! |
Was that Cerise's scream or mine? Went to bed at 10:00, woke at 1:00, came downstairs at 3:00, fell asleep about 4:30, etc. Going to be a struggle, esp. foodwise as I started out at 4:30 with today's eating. Am about ready for my second breakfast. Good news is I did some serious work between 3 and 4:30.
Little Cerise, trust Auntie Kaylets. It does get better and better. 29 was one of those really good ages for me but I wouldn't go back. And like Eydie, having worked out a good (dare I say great?) marriages is a source of great joy to me. And we had lots of "remolding discussions" is our time too. Hope some of the gloom is sorting out, Empress, and that your work load is less for a day or two so you can do Empress empowering thingies. You, too, Wood Nymph. Always best to make decisions when you're not directly under the gun but do factor YOU and BEACH VISITS into the mix. Thanks for the kind words, Kaylets, but finding unfamiliar words for this erudite bunch would be almost impossible. Thinking of you, Diva wsw, and hope you're able to be lurking. Also Punkin. We're needing a full moon report. And a report on the new job, Wildfire. Also a six monther on Kaylet's new job and how the transfer is working out overall. I know where your pound went (or came). It liveth in my scale as I'm up a pound after eating out yesterday. While watching the delightful show yesterday I was reminded so much of Ceara and Cerise while enjoying the talented young people 'putting themselves out there'. Sun is shining, supposed to be nice, today's scheduled to be a pool day. Also scheduled to be a "shot" day for dh - not my favorite thing to do and I'm sure not his either. But "the good w/the bad", you know. So off to it .......... |
Yo! Flybye as I've identified two hours I can rest before I have to go work again in the mountains ... will be back late tonight with my menu/exercise report.
Hope thy shot day goeth well, Anagramatic. Yea, the clouds are lifting a bit and yea we do need some more folkettes to come back here to the palace and give us an update. The towel boys are restless again. Later ... |
Happy Friday eve!
Well, semi-happy.... like semi-sweet. A little happy, a little uh, NOT happy!?!? First, full moon ritual on the beach was a blast. Cold, but a blast. Considering the howling wind we thought it ironic that the only candle that stayed lit was on the east altar representing air. Our condos (we had 2 side-by-side) were literally 100 feet from a cliff overlooking the ocean so we heard the crashing surf all night. Ok, I heard the seagulls all night too, but the sound of the ocean was the BEST! Then, I get back to work on Tuesday and at the end of the day - my problem employee quit with no notice. He had the day off, called and said he wasn't coming back. $#%&@ arse. I'm 1/4 really angry, 1/4 not surprised at all and 1/2 relieved. We were trying to figure out how to fire him legally a few months ago - problem solved. However, this week's been utter chaos getting things settled. We've got to hire someone for a job that doesn't really exist - mechanic that goes to the work. Ug. I'll probably be MIA quite a bit until things are back to status quo. Quick posties! Zadie, of course you've got a summer place! Pick one of us and go! :wave: Good to hear the doc's diagnosis wasn't too serious. Relief! Eydie, loved what you posted from Debrena Jackson Gandy. How true it is... if we were given one car for our whole life we'd treat it better than we do our bodies. :dz: Kaylets, saw your post awhile back about my email. Yes, it's changed, but not much - still punkinseed then a little "at" symbol and then earthlink then dot net. Let's see the spam bots figure THAT out as an email address! Thrilled to hear that little girl is doing so wonderfully! Never underestimate the power of positive thoughts and prayer huh? Cerise, I'm so sorry to hear about Callie. I lost my last childhood pet about 6 years ago - a 15 year old yellow lab named Neff (short for Nefertiti, as our other lab was Sheba). Still cried, didn't matter how old I was, or she was. Consider yourself virtually hugged. AND I'm SO STOKED about your women's group!!!!! :cb: Don't feel bad, I cry almost every time during ritual and very easily around this group. It's like a "guilt-free" zone and we're all free to be, do, feel, say and express however we want or need to. It's a gift to find people like that. As women we give, give, give - occassionally we need someone else to do the giving so we can take. Your group was reassuring and that tells me they're a-ok! I have Magdalene Sisters in my Netflix list o' things to see! Thanks for the recommendation, Ebert... or do ya wanna be Roeper? Who would really want to be either?? :shrug: Wildfire - I'm with ya! 5 pounds is what I need to focus on - not the 15 I've gained... :eek: NO, loose 5 pounds three times! :yes: Anagram, thank you for finding and furnishing our new palace! The other was getting a bit spacious wasn't it?? Arabella, ok, tell me over and over and over about what a great stress reducer exercise is!!!!!! I know it is, but my GOD someone needs to pound it in to my head now! Goodness knows I need the stress reduction... and no, there's not enough money on earth to make up for too long hours, too stressful a' job and time away from a life away from work. I'll send you some "perfect job" mojo... :wizard: I can't resist Kaylets 5,4,3,2,1 idea... I started to think about it and almost cried. (quit smoking 10+ years ago - smart girl!) 5 years ago I was contemplating divorce (filed in August) 4 years ago I was in the thick of an ugly divorce (was final in October) 3 years ago I bought my first house 2 years ago I started getting my physical & emotional health back permanently 1 year ago I became an adult by caring for my mother during the beginning stages of breast cancer treatment. I say "became an adult" because until my mom got sick I really didn't feel or act all that different than I did in high school. But seeing that it was entirely possible to loose a parent took that feeling of "eternal youth" and invincibility away. In my pre-cancer mind my parents would both die very old, very gray, in their beds asleep some night many, many moons from now. Now, I know they can also die very young, very vibrant and far too soon. I'll always mourn the loss of that old ideal. Yes, can you guys believe it's been a year? In April '03 they had an idea that it was cancer, but in May '03 they were positive and the battle began. I can't freakin' believe it's been a year! Mums has a nice head of curly hair now and it's easy to forget it all happened... but we never will. Cyber hugs all around, Terri |
Another crazy busy day. We have a new automated phone system at work and we are still getting to know it. Meaning that people have no clue how it works.
The rib tissue swelling thing can come from anything from an infection to exercise. It is actually not too painful and I am on some medication that should make it go away. Punkin - the ritual sounds really lovely. I love wild and windy nights. Arabella - i think that whatever you decide about the second job will work out in the end. that whole time v. money thing is always hard. at least the busy time is over now. QOD: i have one little television. it hides in the back bedroom. Kaylets - congrats on the scale movement in the downward direction cerise - 29 is a very good vintage eydie - there is absolutely nothing wrong with being positive :) amarantha - is the spam blocker working out? i have started to have some minor problems. hmmm. at any rate i must get back to working. yikes. |
I'm such an idiot. No, really. Cretin.
Aghaghaghagha. I will NEVER LEARN!!!!
You know how I bought those cute, above-the-knee skirts this last weekend at Lane Bryant? Today I finally wore one to work (with a girdle - I have become my grandmother :no: ), but couldn't bear to wear it with my Dansko shoes. So I stuffed my feet into an old, admittedly cool pair of black platform high heels. No, not the porn queen kind! The thing is, I wore those suckers 30 pounds ago, and I don't care what anyone says, my feet definitely got fatter! I put them on with full foreknowledge of the fact that a. They were going to hurt on top because the shoe cutting into the fat on the top of my feet, b. They were going to be hard as **** to walk up and down hills in, and c. The balls of my feet (you know, the only part of my foot bearing my full 215-pound weight?) were going to start smarting straight away. All of this has come to pass tenfold (you never really know how much pain you're in for when you put on something uncomfortable and ill-fitting at the start of the day), with a bonus to tack on. I fell. In the middle of the street, in front of a car waiting for me to get out of the crosswalk. Onlookers. No one came to my aid, since I only feel on one knee, but I was kind of glad. Oy. Thank god for workplace first aid kits. I haven't skinned a knee in years. :rolleyes: Oh, yeah, and my HIPS, which have been diagnosed with mild arthritis since I last wore these damned shoes, are taking the whole thing as a personal insult. I'm in pain on so many levels. Surviving 3 more hours of work and the walk/bus home is going to be a challenge. OK, enough complaining. I did this to myself. Zadie, Auntie Kaylets, Anagram. I'm not really that upset about reaching the age of 29. It's not about "oldness". It's more like, "What the bloody **** have I done with my life, my money, my talents in all this time?!?!?!?! Nothing!!!!" I think most people passing out of their 20s (WAAAAAAAA!!!) go through this, and I have really done OK. I don't have much credit card debt, Ramon and I have fed and clothed and housed ourselves, 2 cats and 2 birds very comfortably, etc. And I have a great marriage to literally the best man I have ever known. And the best-looking, besides that gorgeous guy who nearly does it with Laura Linney in "Love, Actually". Yum, yum. Well no, in all fairness, Ramon looks even better to me than that guy. So, I'm OK. I think what's NOT helpful is the fact that old classmates and even some family keep asking why I'm not famous, not using my talent to make money, etc. Ugh. None of them get any birthday cake. :mad: Calming down... Ew, Zadie, I HATE new phone systems. Especially if you're answering the phone and you can't figure out how to transfer, etc. You end up sounding like a real chump. I'm glad you're on meds for your ribs, poor baby. QOD: we have one TV for movies. We don't actually watch any TV programs. Advertising makes me break out in hives. Punkin, I'm so glad you had a good time on the beach! Lucky pooter. I hope my circle starts getting up to those shenanigans - it's relatively new. Yep, they're great ladies. I understand your feelings about the problem employee. Replacing people is such a hassle, but hopefully this will be a change for the better. Anyway, good luck replacing him, and we'll be thinking of you if you're AWOL. :wave: And tell your Mum that we're all remembering a year gone since she found out about her cancer! A year ago you were probably wondering if "this, too" really would pass, poor thing. Hopefully going forward the "patient" can be YOU, love. I just hope you're being taken care of a bit, too, Punkin. Hello, Angram. "Shot" day? Sounds not fun at all. Why do you have to give your husband a shot? Ow for both of you! You know, I had a problem server last night and it reminded me of you and The Special Place. I was mean and called the manager today about it, but this server wasn't new or anything - she gave us a litany of complaints about how tired she was, how many tables she had to wait on, then when we asked for more salad (we had to ask twice), she huffed about how "everyone" needed more and she couldn't believe how fast we were eating it. Wow. We were pretty gracious, I think, and tipped like normal, but I couldn't let it go at that. I feel pretty passive-aggressive about it - maybe I should've talked to her privately - but jeez. Arabella, I'm sure you'll decide the right thing. It's interesting, Quality of Life can go either way - sometimes more money's worth sacrificing some of your time, and sometimes no amount of money can replace the quiet time you desperately need. Good luck figuring out which is which this time, dear. :dizzy: Kaylets, I KNOW in theory that Life Keeps Getting Better and Better, and even have nearly 3 decades (WAAAAAAA!!!!) to attest to that very fact. I don't know what's wrong with me... Yeah, no more caffeine for you. Nope. I hope you have a restful weekend lined up this time, my dear. No naps is not acceptable. :nono: All right, Miss Amarantha-with-29-year-old-socks. I get your point, your Majesty. :lol: OK, off to work. Love to all n'stuff. |
By the way, Ramon has been published. He did the cover art for a novel a friend of his wrote. Here's the link - that's one of his finer pencil pieces:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books I'm so proud... |
Hello all!
How nice to see so many posts tonight.... Ouch... I remember the last time I forced myself to wear cute shoes ... I'd be almost tempted to go home barefoot if could .... and you're not wasting your talent, you have a new voice teacher and the next step is what to sing first.... Besides, looks as though you're partnership w/ Ramon the artist is flowering beautifully... the book cover is AMAZING...... wow. Punkin... your trip sounds incredible... your description of the sound of the ocean was perfect. Glad its a year for Mom and the results are so wonderful. And yes, I can relate to that first lightbulb moment of being without them. Empress... cannot imagine the heat you've got to deal with....I know when I'm in Florida its very easy for me to be overcome.... I can easily imagine myself with a daily siesta if I wasnt in constant a/c... Anagram... Interesting that you'd be asking for an update... I had an experience today that crystalized a feeling I'd been trying to squash for awhile... In fact, I have decided I must take action... this new slot doesnt fit any better than Cerise's platforms... I am spending much too much time "waiting" for that "level of comfort"... just wish I had seen the handwriting on the wall sooner... Zadie-- Oh, yes, I can relate....luckily, most of us use the phone enough that the pain of learning doesnt last that long... if the phone was only used once a week, it would be an entirely different issue... But keep smiling... I'm sure as soon as you tell your caller you've using a new system, they aren't suprised by anything that happens.... Eydie--Please send positive vibes my way... I could use some...my meter shows me below half.... ok all! I'm thinking of a long hot shower.... |
Oh, Kaylets, sorry to hear that. I was just thinking that it's six months and that's a fair time to see the lay of the land. I also felt the feeling wasn't coming through that you were bouncing around about the job. Was hoping I was wrong.
Cerise, I give dh shots of Procrit because he has an anemia related to his kidney damage. It's back to once a week at the moment but changes depending on test results. I am so excited about Ramon being published. What a big step; he's crossed over into another realm careerwise. Hope lots of good comes from that.The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 sagas are really interesting. Mine would probably all relate to medical milestones. Ten years ago I was still playing golf, nine years ago I was on a cane outside the house, seven years ago I had first knee replaced but second went bad so it was cane again, three years ago I had second one done, two years ago I was able to walk a lot better (though not at "exercise" level) and also went into remission enough to go off one my "bad" medicines (though I note it was great really because it put me into a "remission" of sorts). Since I was then in better shape than I had been in for years I decided to work further on my health while I was not on steroids or shots or lots of medicines (though still on some). That's when I started on this journey. One year ago I had lost about 40 lbs and dh was starting to come back from his really bad time. I thought I had the world by the tail and then Mom became worse and exercise per se went out the window for a while. I'm not in full remission at the moment but am pulling it back together from recent flare and some other things and think I can once again say "I'm healthier than I've been in years". It is hard to believe, Punkin, that a whole year has flown by- thankfully with a good outcome. I don't know about 29 year old socks but I sure do have some old clothes still hanging upstairs - they're really too historical now to part with them but have no idea what to do with them. There is a campus about an hour away where they have a clothing archive but they're short of money and aren't taking anything else last I heard. Be safe driving those mountains tonight, Empess. |
Cerise, how exciting for Ramon!!!! :D Garry's an artist too and I called him in and we were both so impressed. We were both reminded of William Blake's stuff. Congrats!
Take care of those tender feeties. I can remember working retail years ago and hobbling out to the parking lot in my stocking feet--I just couldn't wear those shoes one minute more. I don't do 'cruel shoes' anymore----well, not for long periods of time anyway! Punkin, thanks for telling us about your full moon ritual. Oh to be there! Anagram, thank you for sharing some of your journey with us. Hey, it might be interesting to speculate on where we want to be in 1-2-3-4-5 years? I love things like that! I'm sure it'll get better and better.... :D To quote our beloved Empress: "Yowza!" Speaking of that, as I approach my 41st birthday I'm seeing that I'm liking my 40's a lot. So far so good! |
Yo! Apologies as in brevity mode big time, eg, I have to get some work done! :)
Zadie, yea, my new spam blocker is very effective. I'm zapping those :devil: s right and left these days ... my inbox be mine own again! Yo, Punkin, I loved thy full moon ritual story also ... wish I had a group like that ... Eydie, I think it's really fun to have a five-year plan ... I think everyone should write them up just as thou we all were little organizations ... with mission statements, too!!! Thought I was missing thee in the journal thread for Thursday and then realized I posted so late I was just behind thee all!!! Kaylets, the heat's really not bad, although I kind of felt it when I went running with trainer at 8 a.m. ... I missed the part where thou was having trouble with the job ? Or did I ... I'm confused. Hope all's well. To all others who mayhap I'm missing, I gotta go and hope thou understandeth!!!! Yowza! |
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