Just checking in to let you know I have not forgotten I'm a cow. My thoughts are all on Mom's condition; cousin's attitude; how to get through this.

Moo

BIIIIIIIIIIIG hugs for Peachy. We love you. Don't let that cousin push you around.

Moms are SO influential. Sweet Peach, you're in my best thoughts. I'm with Sugar and Bagzz... Stand firm!

Oprah is moving to Canada???? We haven't been on her show yet. I guess this means Bagz's dh will take care of that, though. Eh?

did you see Sheila Rogers at the Safeway????!!!! i LOVE her!!!!!

Wabby-- So cool that your 'rents are actually doing something to improve their outlook and mental health. I bet that will rock the family boat-- may make it easier for you to find your preferred balance.

I never see ANY body interesting in MY supermarket... actually, never anybody FAMOUS. Odd is easy to find. Even interesting. Famous--? NADA.

I'd hoped that deserving slim, trim, sexy and strong would do the trick. My scales and appetite have not caught on. Drat.

Oh, Peaches..been there. It is awful but it doesn't last. I'm sure cousin has many ideas of what is right, so there's your volunteer. I say this all the time, but I will repeat. I can't express how much things have changed now that it is all over in my life. I just saw family, and they were rude..but I didn't care because I am free. I am truly a different person.

There are some basketball players from Phila who live near me. I never see them. That's it. No one interesting goes shopping in NJ.

I'm reading A Prayer for Owen Meany, Wabby, have you read it?

I have to make my list and get moving...bye

Nope, Lushie, haven't read it. Is it good? Some of Oprah's picks are good and some are really out there. I just finished The Birth of Venus. It was verrrry good. Now I've ordered the PBS dvd from the library about the Medici era in Italy. I should have learned about the history of that era before I read the book. Even with my lack of historical knowledge, the book was good.

Now I'm on to Shout Down the Moon, which will probably be a little easier read.

Nobody famous at my grocery store. One of the checkers is the dwarf guy that went to my high school. Even though he was the only dwarf in my graduating class, I'm so dense I didn't even recognize him. He asked me if I was the Wabby who went to Cabbage Patch Hi-skool? I said yes I was. Then he told me who he was. Duh.

For having nothing planned for the weekend, I was awfully busy. We went out to dinner with some friends Friday night, then Saturday I went antiquing with my DD, and then we lounged around the pool at her apartments all afternoon. I love having a DD who is on her own!!! She's so happy. Then Saturday night DH & I went to see The Bourne Supremacy which is definitely a guy movie, except for the fact that Matt Damon is so cute. Then Sunday DH & I stopped by DD's so DH could check it out, and then we went to the Farmer's market where we bought street vendor food that was yummy, (deep fried zuchinni and sausages w/ kraut). Then Sunday evening we stopped off at our friend's house to sit in the sun and drink iced tea. And in between all this I did laundry and cleaned house. No wonder I was tired this morning.

I got my invite for our 30th hi-skool reunion. Should we go? I'd have to lose weight.

Peach pie, I'm thinking of you and your mom. Take care.

I've got to go to Amazon to see what they say about Lushie's book.

Wabby, I'm so glad it's just you and me. Let's gossip about the rest of them.

First...let me whine. My DD has a car and is never home. She always tells me where she is. When I was 17 I had a car and always told my mother where I was, too. The problem was that I wasn't there. I was with my wild, good looking boyfriend and my crazy girlfriends. Please advise. Should I get a GPS monitor on her car? Is that paranoid? I just can't stand not knowing where she is. Lately she's given me a few destinations(bowling alley) that I just didnt' buy.

Owen Meany is very good, but out there. I don't think it is as good as A Widow for One Year...also John Irving but it is better than anything I've read in a long time.

Go to your reunion. I love them. Everyone is exactly the same. My home town is a time warp back to the late sixties/early seventies. They all live their mother's lives...they play bridge and go to Junior League..they have affairs...neglect their children, the whole bit. All my high school girlfriends are active alcoholics who still smoke. The reunions are like high school keg parties.....Everyone went skinny dipping at BR's house after the last reunion. Not a pretty sight at 26 years out(our reunions are never on time).

Isn't it terrible about Kiwi and the roofer?

My adorable dog is not feeling too well. She has had incontinence about 6 times in the last month. She wakes up wet...she isn't having accidents in the house. We went to the vet...nothing wrong. She sleeps in a crate or on a blanket, so far there has been no leakage on to my stuff...but it is only a matter of time. The DR says that there is a medicine for this..but isn't that a little extreme. He knows of no other cure. So, I'm changing her food. I can't get her to do kegle(sp?) exercises. Anyone else have an idea?

Have a great day, Wabby. Don't work too hard. L

Lush, I heard that the roofer had his reasons for not coming back and finishing up Kiwi's job. Of course you didn't hear it from me. In her case, it had less to do with spinach pie than it did with broccoli quiche.

You can't do anything about DD's new freedom. You have to let her mess up first. I'd tell you that you just have to trust that you instilled responsibility bla-bla-bla-bla-bla, but that's not going to help you feel any better, especially since we all know what it's like to be young. Anyway I think I remember what it was like in the distant past.

I worry if I go to the high school reunion I'll turn back into the shy, socially uncomfortable person I was back then. DH will be the life of the party, just like he was 30 years ago. I worry about that too.

My dog has exactly the same problem. The vet says it sometimes happens when female dogs are spayed. She has to take pills every day or my carpet pays. And she's soooo embarassed when she has problems. The pills cost about $30 a month. Now we're up to $75 a month for my pills, over a hundred for DH and even the dog needs drugs.

Too late, I already ordered Prayers for Owen Meany from the library. Amazon had glowing reviews of it. The wonderful thing about the library is that if it's a dud, it didn't cost me a cent.

I forgot to tell you - I'm thinking of redecorating my bedroom. What do you think of a cream colored matilse (sp?) coverlet w/ sage and darker green throw pillows, cream walls, with a sage green viney stencil around the top of the wall, all the picture frames painted distressed white and a couple magnolia botanical prints framed? I'm thinking peaceful and serene.

What's the title of Lushie's book? My friend wrote one caled Mastering the Dance. (T. Hanson) publisher screwed up with printing... so people are having a hard time getting it. Jeez, you write one, finally get it published and THERE ARE STILL MORE HURDLES.

Okay, I'm back and I'm going to be nice even though I've been sorely insulted....
Was gone to the beach in NC, not sailing, so I'm exhausted from all the driving (got in at 4:00 AM), but tan. Very important to be tan.

My dog was on DES for leaking for years -- I only gave them to her occasionally. They are an estrogen thing and are pretty bad news, wouldn't recommend them. When she started leaking more often, vet put her on PPA, which used to be part of drugs like Contact, but was banned for humans. Still available for dogs, should not be as expensive as 30/month, but may be hard to obtain I suppose. Very effective.

gotta go, socializing with some actual human beings who I am not related to this evening. Later, gals.

Kiwi

P.S. Truth is the roofer fell off the roof halfway through the job and I was too embarassed to tell anyone, so I buried him in the woods.

Hey Peachie, how's it going with Mom?

Sure is quiet in here. Was that a pin I heard drop?

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