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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: kitkatz on March 25, 2009, 04:23:11 PM
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Write down each day one positive thing that has happened to you in this thread!
It says in the Woman's Day magazine people who did this were more optimistic!
Today I had lunch at Chili's with a good friend!
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My son wrote me a great e-mail today and closed it with a "love you" :flower;
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Great D day..... ::) and then I decided to take a different route home to see different scenery and of course I got way out of the way lost, passed shopping malls that I remotely knew existed, got home, had a bite and am relaxing. :clap;
Good idea KK :clap;
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NBC News, Brian Williams, has been ending His Broadcast every Day with a Positive Message. Tonight, He spoke of a Restaurant Owner, in Michigan, that is offering, a Pay What, You Think It Worth, plan for this Week, to boost Sales and Help People out. When I lived in Michigan, I Walked to that Restaurant many Times. It made me feel, good to see my Old Hometown, on the World News, Tonight, in a Positive light. Made Me Smile.
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The screw I found in my new tire had not punctured the tire! The guy said it went in sideways and the tire was fine. :2thumbsup;
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I went to a carnival at my daughter's school this evening. :2thumbsup;
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I managed to do a mile on the treadmill even though it was a wipe-out dialysis day.
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I got home just in time to kiss my hubby before he left for work.
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I read that Natasha Richardson donated her organs, and I thought it was wonderful that her family honored her wishes and they were willing to publicly share the news. :bow;
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I had enough energy today to both visit a friend and go grocery shopping.
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The Bunny came back :bunny: - and it's only 7 a.m. so there's plenty of day left for more positive things to happen :thumbup; - thanks Kit for a great idea.
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In the UK in my area there was a digital change over and we all had to re tune our TV's, thought it would be just the touch of a button, but landed up taking 2 hours to sit down read instruction, pulling my hair out, in the end I through down the book pressed all the buttons I could and it worked. Didn't end there next door lady knocked and asked me to do her TV's. So spent another hour doing hers, what a night mare I can just see every one having the same trouble why can't they just leave things alone so us OAP's know what we are doing. Yvonne
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a man at dialysis gave me a key chain and a pen from Florida
Grumpy and Snow White
I needed a key chain
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Dialysis today has been uneventful... for that I am thankful and positive tomorrow will be the same. ;)
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Great idea Kit - I love to do the positive thought things - that is what keeps me going some days.
My son called last night - he lives in Las Vegas and I live in Vermont - seeing him is rare which makes his calls to check in a real "smiling" event.
And, as mentioned by Rose - the bunny is back. What a great way to start the day!!! :bunny: :bunny:
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I love this post.
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I am off to get my Mom and head for Okarol's house to go to the Huntington Gardens today.
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It's warm enough to open my office window today and I can hear the sea gulls. It's a great office and I should be more appreciative of the view. I am going to look at the view for a minute or two and then get back to work. 8)
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I am gonna spend all day today on the couch with my little ones watching movies! Dosn't get much better then that baby. ::)
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we're having a blizzard (18-22 inches expected), but i'm warm and cozy and have food and books and i don't have to go anywhere and it didn't start snowing till i got home form dialysis!
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I talked to my Mom today- and the wind is blowing the bells my husband gave me.
This is a great thread- when I sat down and first saw the title I thought nothing good happens anymore to me, but after reading all your posts, it helped my outlook a bit. I cant stop coming here to IHD- when my husband was still here, I came to IHD everyday-multiple times- its a big part of the last three years. I still need to come here.
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and glitter we need you
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Today my nephrologist called to let me know my creatinine went down this month to 3.0 instead of 3.2.
It was very touching for her to call because it made me feel like maybe she really does care about me after all.
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Sunny Yey on the creatinine being down :clap; :2thumbsup;
And glitter I don't know you, but yes stick around more so that I can get to know you :beer1;
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I had the perfect day with Kitkatz and her mom - the weather was great and we had tea and scones at the Huntington Tea Room! :bandance;
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My girls had baton practice tonight. I love watching them! :clap;
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I got to see some very beautiful photos on Kitkatz's facebook of the library! Very beautiful! I want to visit too!
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Let's hear it for Norman Vincent Peale.
He got it right!
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I had a wonderful time at the Huntington Library and Gardens today with Karol and my Mom.
Pictures are up on facebook under my name: Katherine soto
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I am eating dark chocolate RIGHT now and I don't care!! ;D
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It's my last day at work today, sad as I'm being made redundant but the positive side is that I'll have more time with my Mum & Dad and will be able to slow down a little (I'll have a much smaller income but money isn't everything!) :)
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Rose your right money isn't everything. And sometimes its the little things in life that matter most. *smile*
And I started today off with a really good pot of coffie. It was perfect today! Yey!
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Rose I hope you will enjoy your last day at work. Soak it all in and smile as you leave.
I am very happy that when walking my dog this morning I got to walk down the street with a new friend as he was headed to the bus stop. He is handicapped, needs a cane to walk, has to stop and rest because his legs just are not good. I feel blessed to have met him while riding the bus during the stormy winter months.
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I had a wonderful send off from work today, lovely flowers and gifts but more touchingly several cards telling me how much I have been appreciated and how I have helped people along the way. I try to be helpful but sometimes all you can do is lend an ear or a shoulder. Today it was nice to know that had helped in some way. Our 'Team' went for lunch at a local restaurant, it was relaxed and happy and I left with a smile and happy memories (oh and a full tummy!!). I wasn't sure what to expect of today but it's been great.
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Hubby is in charge of fixing dinner tonight (yay!) and he's decided on BBQ ribs. I've checked the ingredients and I can make this Weight Watchers friendly so I'm happy about that. Also today I made my first appointment with Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago (where Dr. John Carter from ER got his kidney! :) ) for an evaluation for a transplant. It's not until May29th so I'm hoping to drop a few lbs. and get going on an exercise routine before then so I'm in as good a shape as I can get.
It's looking like today is going to be a really great day! :2thumbsup;
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I like this page becaue I like reading the Happy Stories..
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I slept late this morning.
I am going to lunch with a friend of mine.
My housekeeper is cleaning the house today!
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KitKatz my son likes your lightsabor (sp). Haha
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Last night I saw "Miss Saigon" with family.
Yesterday, my surgeon told me he is starting me on IVIg therapy with Rituxan to hopefully lower my pra. Wasn't looking forward to yesterday and it turned out to be a very positive day!
Kitkatz, when your housekeeper is done,could she come here? :2thumbsup;
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Paris Rituxan is a good job, I hope it works! :thumbup;
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Just got back from having a colonoscopy today, no polyps. Now I can send the results
to UCLA and stay on the transplant list. Best news in many months.
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Yesterday, my surgeon told me he is starting me on IVIg therapy with Rituxan to hopefully lower my pra.
Well that's plenty of good news for me today! :cuddle;
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I pushed my dry weight today and didn't crash, so I've lost more weight. :bandance;
Yesterday, I noticed the sign on the new dog groomer's shop - "Bark Bath and Beyond" - hehehehehehe.
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that is too funny :rofl;
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Today's positive - I finished my taxes! :bandance; All ready to be mailed out in the morning. I owe no federal, and only $3 state. (I'm a good girl; I claimed my one internet purchase this year, so I owe $3 in Use Tax.) But I don't care - I'm DONE! Hurray!
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I agree about the taxes jbeany. We are getting a tax refund this year for the first time in eons. My husband didn't work much for almost a year. He has to pre-pay a certain amount of taxes and benefits because he is incorporated and he didn't know how much he would be working while waiting for the transplant date. We could have used the money last year, but it's okay in the end. I'll happily take it now, thank you very much!
And another thing to be happy about is the SUN! I did a little gardening this afternoon and just came in for a break.
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I went to see a friend I have not seen for ten years. We had lunch and visited.
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Good for you.
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I am very happy today because my little seedlings are sprouting! Yey!
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It was a good day at school. Only wrote one class referral!
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My friend cooked me a turkey dinner with all the fixings - I love it when someone else cooks!
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jbeany, What a nice friend. :2thumbsup;
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I left the window in my bedroom open last night and woke up this morning to a symphony of birds!
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I made sugar cookies last night, and my house still smells sweet. Sniff, sniff, ahhhhhhhhh.
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My acorns and nasturtiums have sprouted and I am planting sunflowers and tomatoes today! :2thumbsup;
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I made it through the day! Now I go work out with the trainer in the pool. Ahhh I love 80 degree weather!
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I planted some tomatoes yesterday - I've never grown them before (never had time to garden) so there is a positive to being out of work :thumbup;
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Rose yey on the tomatoes! I plant every year, my father used to have a really big garden growing up, I only plant like 1/8 of what he did if that. But I love it, its a wonderful way to spend some free time. Its really relaxing. I take a book out in the afternoon, let the kids play, and water. I am really happy you have itme to do it this year. So yey for you :2thumbsup;
And on my side, I just found a lot of old friends that I haven't seen in like 6 years, on facebook. So yey for me! :clap;
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My fever is going down (I am really trying to be positvie!)
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Paris how about a really big hug? Will that help? :cuddle; :cuddle;
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I paid the bills today! I also bought my plane ticket to Milwaukee June 25.
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I'll wave at you from the other side of the lake!
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Woke up this morning and made me a nice healthy breakfest! Off to a good start!
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Just did a 45 minute walk, not fast but a decent pace. I'm beat actually but hope to do another 30 minutes later on. I just keep telling myself to put one foot in front of the other. I've a lot of work to do to get back to where I was not so very long ago but am so grateful for this new chance to rebuild.
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I will be off to the gym. Thank you God I have enough energy to do it.
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you go Kitkatz :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
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My sister called and told me she had sorted thru her closet and is sending me a big box of clothes. Yay! I love hand-me-downs! :cheer:
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Today is April 3rd and 43 years ago tonight was my husbands and my first date. We went to the circus. Exactly one year later, we went back to the circus and he proposed. Our life has been a three ring circus ever since!! I must add that I was only 5 when all of this took place :rofl; Ok, maybe I was 10!! But I couldn't have been older than that or I would be an old lady today!! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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:yahoo; Happy first date anniversary paris! :cheer:
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I spent the better part of today with my 4 year old grandson..I learn something new from him or about him every time we have one on one together. Today.....his favorite color is blue. We went shopping and got blue matchbox cars, blue markers and blue sneakers!! :2thumbsup;
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I spent the better part of today with my 4 year old grandson..I learn something new from him or about him every time we have one on one together. Today.....his favorite color is blue. We went shopping and got blue matchbox cars, blue markers and blue sneakers!! :2thumbsup;
That is cool, Wenchie! It sounds like you two had a great time today! :yahoo;
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Wenchie sounds like you had a blast. How fun, and blue is a super fun color.
I made a little over 6 dozen tamales... :2thumbsup; So I am beat...eh
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could you sent 5 dozen to Texas I will give them a good home :o
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Last dozen to California?
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sure thing right away... I just need to find me some dry ice
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I will buy some dry ice and mail it to you in a cooler
not really
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yeah I tried to do that before and got in trouble, guess you can't maill dry ice..thats stupid
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it will explode :yahoo;
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how fun!
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Spent the evening listening to a good jazz ensemble, drinking good coffee, and listening to bad jokes. Great way to spend the night!
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Spent the evening listening to a good jazz ensemble, drinking good coffee, and listening to bad jokes. Great way to spend the night!
Wish I were there!
8)
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Two of my girls and I went out to eat with my niece, her boyfriend and their son. Then my 13 year old and I made jewerly and listened to 80's music!
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we are in college station
the drive here was beautiful with all the wildflowers in bloom
and all the barns to look at
I love barns
Bubba is at Kyle stadium doing football stuff
and my husband is with him
this beats the hell out of dailysis
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Sounds like fun. Do you have any Rock City barns in Texas?
I feel better today!
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I love "Visit Rock City" barns. And I have been to Rock City as a child. :2thumbsup;
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I too have a thing for barns. I love driving through the south...their barns seem to last longer than they do up here in the frozen north. Love to see old tobacco barns.....with tobacco actually hanging in them!!
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Assist my friend to obtain a new and friendly environment toilet.
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Listening to jazz sounds like a great evening.
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Rock City Barns http://www.ohiobarns.com/otherbarns/roci/rcb_barns_.htm
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I have never seen a rock city barn
today we went to eat with Bubba and I only ate Brussel sprouts
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Spent the evening listening to a good jazz ensemble, drinking good coffee, and listening to bad jokes. Great way to spend the night!
Wish I were there!
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Listening to jazz sounds like a great evening.
Next time I'll have to send more invites! The next free concert and coffee night is the 18th - they are advertising it as Tax Relief Concert - hehehehehe.
Today's positive. .. ummmm. . . there must have been something.. ..
aw, heck. What can I say? It was a boring, chore-filled day!
I made healthy choices for food, all day long, even skipping the fast food burger I was tempted with in favor of a fruit salad. That's positive, even if it's not that exciting!
Oh, and I was approved for state aid to get my propane tank filled, so I'll have heat, hot water and usable stove and oven. Okay, that's a good thing!
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I am baking two cakes! A German Choclate for my step-mother (she turned 51 last thursday) And a cherry chip for my father (he turns 53 tomarrow). I made the iceings last night so I didn't have to much to do today.
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I showered and got dressed today. Hoping to get to lunch with hubby in a few minutes.
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I spent time with my mom and dad and sister today-I also talked to my mean brother on the phone and he was nice.
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I have had a very nice Productive day at the office. But It is a beautiful day just a little chilly for my liking (50 degrees)
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My bills are all paid and mailed, and my checkbook isn't in negative numbers. :clap;
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My bills are all paid and mailed, and my checkbook isn't in negative numbers. :clap;
That's ALWAYS a nice feeling!!!! :bandance; :waving;
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I got everything I need to make the kids Easter baskets. So I am not running around the day before trying to get stuff. Getting better at this stuff! :bandance;
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Good for you. Go girl Mama!
I made it through the school day! Came home and took a nap!
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Today is Tuesday and I feel good... I am so happy about that.. This is 3 days of feeling good not Great but I will take good any day of the week.
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I woke up about 7 and felt like crap, but Matthew was off today so I got to go back to bed. That was really nice. 8)
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Yesterday, when I got home from D, my gas pig was completely full, paid for courtesy of the State Emergency Relief Fund. $850 dollars I certainly didn't have. I'm feeling remarkably grateful today for the simple things, like the warm air blowing out of the vent at my feet as I scrub my dishes in the hot water flowing from the tap.
I spent several hours today with a friend who is fighting colon cancer. He's trying an alternative treatment next week, flying out to Nevada for one more try at seeing his 4 little kids grow up. He's down to a skeletal 165 pounds, and is fighting for every day he can get. I'm grateful for the chance to sit with him, to make him smile, and to be able to offer what he needs most right now - encouragement in the face of some long odds. He talks with me about things he can't say to some of his other friends and family, because, of course, I "get it."
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Worked a full day today and still have ambition to cook my own dinner. Some days life just ROCKS!!!
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Yay for dinner!
I got to have dinner with my husband today. Just hot dogs -- but since he started the new job, we haven't gotten to have dinner every night together like usual, so when we do eat together it is not taken for granted anymore. (For me anyway!)
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I had lunch with four of the grands today and AlohaBeth. (Eliza, Emma, AJ and Jack). Tonight had dinner with four grands! Eliza, Emma, Ezekiel and Paxton. I am almost granded out today!! But, it was a good day. Is there a happy, tired icon??
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I had a good day getting 7th graders ready to write a narrative. They knew what a narrative was, too! Hot damn for me!
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Woohoo! Don't you love when their little lightbulbls finally turn on?
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I LOVE it when they GET it!
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They had a good Teacher :-)
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I will be off to dialysis treatment in an hour. Hmmmm. Am I being sarcastic here?
OKay. Positive for today: Fifth period did their story plots and they are done. Friday we write!
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no kitkatz -- you are not being sarcastic --however, the last hour to me is the longest
I lost more weight and my dry weight will have to be lowered and the doc put me off two meds -
one blood pressure and one calcium
sarcastic remark --- yesterday I only bled from on site -- ( all over the place )
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I don't have to leave the house at all today...As far as I know. :2thumbsup;
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Eliza (9) and Emma (6) spent the night and we are having a "pajama day". We have played games, working now on a puzzle, ate pizza----just hanging out together and going no where. :2thumbsup; Good day :thumbup;
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I need a Pajama Day!
The District Language Arts tests are over as of today. I only have two kids who need to make it up!
Math District Test tomorrow. Holy cow!
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Saw my regular nephrologist today for the first time since transplant and he's extremely happy with my results and recovery. :thumbup;
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That is good news, Kelly :2thumbsup;
The sun is shining and life is good. :clap;
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I am going to go color some egss with my papa! Haha. Yeah my dad wants to color some egss with the kidos so we are headed that way..
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I'm home again, I feel good again and my best (and only) sister is visiting me. We just did a nice walk and had my homemade split pea soup for lunch. Who could ask for anything more?
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I am gald your home Monrein. :cuddle;
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It is FRIDAY!
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Just finished filling 84 eggs for Easter egg hunt for grandkids. :basket:
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Wow Paris 84? Your making me look bad. haha
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I just got the garbage to the street!! I am so proud of me and my kid- I had to use the lawn mower and a wagon- but we made it!! (I have never done that before) Our driveway is long we live on a 'flag lot' The trash had been building up for days and days. YIPEEEEE!!!! :bandance; :bandance;
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I live in TN and I just made it through some REALLY bad tornadoes!!!! The tornadoes hit really close too...............about 20 minutes from me as a matter of fact. We even had some fatalities. Soooooooo, my daily positive is that I made it through some really bad storms!!! They are say we are going to get some bad storms again starting Sunday night too!
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Tyny thank God your okay. Tornadoes scare me. Mean witches fly around in them. But no really I am happy to hear your alright. Did it effect anyone you know?
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Thank You Manda! No, I don't think it effected anyone that I know of..........at least I have not heard that it did, yet. I am a little bit scared of tornadoes too, considering I was in one, April 3 1974. I lived in Huntsville, AL then and I was 4 years old and even tho, I don't remember it, I have a scar across my forehead to prove I was literally in one . Those "redneck stories" (and I am a PROUD redneck) from people who say, "yeah, I was in one once......stood on my back porch and watched it go right over our house" always kill me ;) because my thinking is............unless you have scars to prove you were "in one", you haven't really been "in one". :waving;
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your a true redneck ;)
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My pth came down to almost normal levels, so no immediate surgery - hurray!
I've been back in my crafting mode, with only 5 weeks left until the flea market. I finished 4 stuffed pigs today while sitting at dialysis. I like that I can sit in that chair and do something that makes money.
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We are gonna have a small dinner with just us tonight, a little indoor egg hunt, and some movies and popcorn..perfect Easter
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What a great thread!
My Savior is Alive!!
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It was a wonderful Easter. Moving church service, lovely dinner with family and now in pajamas watching Amazing Race. :2thumbsup;
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It was an almost visit to Target-closed and to Costco- closed. So 99 Cent Store and Big Lots visit. Lots of cool things there!
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The girls came over today and we got to give them their Easter baskets. I haven't seen them since they and their parents moved out of our house in March so it was really nice to see them again! :cheer:
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Taxes are done and we get refunds from state and federal ---- thanks to all the medical deductions! We figured we would owe some--so any amount in black is better than in the red! :2thumbsup;
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I'm really enjoying my sister's visit. We don't do much, the odd walk now and then but it's still quite cold here and she's from Florida. We drink tea and play scrabble in between chatting about everything under the sun. We cook and eat and reminisce about our childhoods and are grateful for our relationship with each other and also for the one with my brother whom we both adore. She leaves tomorrow, back to her very busy life as the owner of a hair salon. We always enjoy one another.
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The cabinets I had special ordered for my kitchen (above the fridge cabinets) that were supposed to arrive in three weeks, arrived in TWO! :clap;
Now I have to wait for my "Mr. Fix-It" man to come back. :(
But he will!! ;D (just trying to keep it positive...)
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Walgreens 50% sale!
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Whoops- came home after dialysis for my normal 2 or 3 hour nap, and slept 7 hours straight. Not sure why I needed so much sleep today, but it felt good not to have to get up and run around getting things done.
On the bright side - I'll be down on fluid gains since I slept half the day and wasn't tempted to drink anything. . ..
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Saturday was the first night away from home with the cycler. Worked great, no alarms. Only problem
was having to sleep on wrong side of the bed, hard to do after 34 years.
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:cheer: :cheer: Kids helped clean the house! :cheer: :cheer:
IT'S A MIRACLE ;D
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Did one of those frozen bread loaves today. I just took it out of the oven - and the whole house smells yummmmmmmy.
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I had a great work out at the gym. A friend of mine came. I had not seen her for awhile. Then dinner at the Peruvian restaurant. MMMMMM. A great evening!
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The sun is making an appearance today and we are suppose to get up to 50 degrees. Vermonters are coming out of hibernation. It is a beautiful sight to see.
(and there is a Rod Stewart song playing on my mp3 player right now - start of a great day)
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I have already been to the gym today for a hour and a half and got to listen to some Cherry Poppin Daddies on my MP3 player while I worked out. Good day indeed! :clap;
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I went out for my monthly lunch date with two very good girlfriends (we were all family therapists together for several years) and it was so great to feel once again as if I was back in my "real" life. Well all my lives, dialysis or whatever are very real to me, so maybe I should say my preferred life. I had a delicious piece of sesame encrusted salmon on a bed of asian green mango and jicama salad with a spicy yogurt dressing. Then I bought some beautiful Lady Grey tea with dried lemon, orange and rose petals to take home. Ahhh, life is good.
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Just reading about your lunch made my day!
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My neice had a healthy, beautiful baby girl this afternoon. Lily, welcome to our family and to this marvelous world.
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Just reading about your lunch made my day!
Wish you could have joined us KK.
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Today is a Good day because I am still alive... :cheer: And God let me wake up this morning with a roof over my head and to a nice cup of coffee.
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Off to make me some coffie and take a shower. All you need is a hot shower and a nice cup of coffie to start the day off right. And of course some IHD! :2thumbsup;
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Two words: Dark chocolate!
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Sweet strawberries for me! And only a dollar. They were on sale. I love things on sale.
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Today is almost over and I haven't strangled anyone yet. This, to quote Martha Stewart, is a good thing.
Face it; some days, this is as positive as I can get!
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Jbeany you get a A++ for killing anyone today.. Go you! :clap;
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I get an A+ for not strangling a P.E. teacher today over paperwork!
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I had a good time having dinner out with my husband and one of his co-workers/friend.
Oh, and it was a beautiful day!
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no matter what the niggling little problem might be, there is a roof over my head and the ingredients to make chicken salad in the fridge and the grass is actually beginning to turn green. :flower; and yes kit, there is dark chocolate!
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I went to the gym again today. 3 days stright baby! Oh and its snowing!
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It was a nice day. Sorry, but that's all I got. It was a really painful and bad day at dialysis today.
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Im sorry Paddbear it sounds like you need a big :grouphug;
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Couple of my co-workers came to visit me today. It was so great to see them both and just to carry a conversion with someone. I've been stuck in the house for almost 4 weeks since my tranplant. Going crazy, but today was GREAT!!!
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Today is Friday! Need I say more?
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:cheer: The sun was out and no rain. Made it to 70 degrees. :yahoo;
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It's Friday, and I have all day tomorrow to do whatever I please - no chores, just time with friends. Ahhhhhhhh.
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I have a new positive thing for today! my last one is now obsolete...ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=13480.0 (http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=13480.0)
:yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
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It is Saturday. The sun is shining. My kitchen, living room and dining room are sparkly clean. My husband put up a new mailbox. Tonight is Drag Bingo, so it will be a fun evening. Lots of positives today! :2thumbsup;
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I sleept in today, always a good thing when you can do that. I am going to watch some UFC tonight with on a 74" TV. Gonna have some fun!
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I'm home sweet home from a tiring trip and the sun is shining! :2thumbsup;
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I slept in this morning. I am still in my bathrobe! There is dark chocolate in the house! mmmmm!
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My daily positive for today is I slept in pretty much most of the day and now, I am feeling soooooo good, that I think I am going to BAKE, yeah, BAKE!!! This is coming from someone who only eats frozen dinners or does take-out but, tomorrow our church is having our monthly fellowship dinner and I think I am going to go out and get ingredients to make this recipe for lemon cookies, that G-Ma (Ann) sent to me, thank you very much, Ann. The recipe sounds sooooo easy, that is the ONLY reason, I am even going to attempt to make it! Wish me luck! :clap;
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Today was a gorgeous day! Sunny and in the 70's. I got the table and chairs put out on the back deck, the porch swing and front porch furniture cleaned, the grill cleaned, the hammock bleached and put out, and got some laundry done (and i am now very sore and exhausted!
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The Lemon Cookie Recipie is actually a renal friendly in the Davita Recipie Section...one of the techs at RAI made them for the patients for Easter...mmm mmm good. Let me know how they turned out tyny.
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Is this the one? www.davita.com/recipes/Desserts/a/1132 (http://www.davita.com/recipes/Desserts/a/1132)
If it is, they look great!
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Yes, it is the one. Sorry, I didn't think to put a link to the recipie. They are soft and wonderful.
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Let me know how they turned out tyny.
They turned out pretty good but I think the 2nd batch turned out better than the 1st. I think if I make them again, I will put a tad bit more of vanilla in my mix. I could not taste the vanilla in them at all and I like the taste of vanilla so I might try that next time. :waving;
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I am positive it is a GREAT day! :yahoo;
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the sun is shining, the sky is blue and it's NOT snowing!
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Dan's rain from Texas made it to Tennessee and it makes me just want to cozy up with a good book and something warm to drink.
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i have such nice neighbors. they brought their snow blower over and did my drive!!!!!!!!! :yahoo; :yahoo;
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It was 72 degrees at the beach today when I left. That's my perfect temperature.
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I just spent five days of spring break with my sister's youngest son. I have loved him and his older brother like my own children since they were born. It was so absolutely wonderful to spend this time with him (my sister's family lives 1 1/2 hours away, and I only get to see the "boys" about once a month or so). Of the two, this younger one is more like me (stubborn, opinionated, speaks his mind, but is so much fun to be around). I cherish every minute spent with these two special nephews.
Now, I'll get teary-eyed. Tyler is off to college next year, and I know I'll see him less (it happened with his older brother -- I only get to see him 3-4 times a year but I do talk to him often on the phone and internet). I'm sad to see Tyler grow up, but I'm so glad I've been a part of his life...
...to be positive again -- We've had a great relationship all these years, and I am so thankful for that.
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Saturday I went to a parent's breakfast at A&M and my son let me hug and kiss him and he sat by me-
then he signed autographs with the team - I got to cut in line since I have a son on the team -
I told the offense players that Bubba is my son and they all stood up and shook my hand -
then we watched the maroon and white game and it stopped raining so it was at Kyle Field -
and parents had special seats -- and the offensive maroon team won -- Bubba's team -
and we talked to his adviser and Allen is one of the four players with the hardest major -
he is right at the grade point where he can still stay in engineering -- he has an A or B in the hardest math class , but he has a 60 in an easy gender class - ???
my husband had the time of his life - it was one day I did not let PKD run my life---- >:D
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Good for you Twirl. You have every right to be proud of your son's accomplishments. You raised him right! AND fed him well! You must be feeling better. I've been worried!
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A very cute guy last night told me I was crazy hot. So yeah still on a really happy high. *smile* Yey good days!
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Twirl, I'm glad you had such a good outing at A & M. Also glad to see you back. But I'd be even more glad if it wasn't the "maroon" but the good guys in the "orange".
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TWIRL GIRL is back!
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Twirl, I'm glad you had such a good outing at A & M. Also glad to see you back. But I'd be even more glad if it wasn't the "maroon" but the good guys in the "orange".
I know ---- never thought I would give birth to an Aggie :sarcasm; but Coach Sherman wanted him and
UT thought my little 280 lbs and 6 feet4 inch fellow was too small
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off topic....
:cheer: Woohooo
:flower; T
:flower; W
:flower; I
:flower; R
:flower; L
is back! :-*
Back to the topic :waving;
WAIT that is ON topic.... that's my daily positive!!!
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Yeah, I'm glad to see twirly, too!
I also lost more weight - I left center today down another 0.2, and I didn't crash, in spite of having more fluid on than normal - so I can challenge some more on Wednesday. :bandance;
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I LOOOOOVE reading the positives.
:flower;
Mine for today is that I am back in my own classroom with my own lovely students! There is no place like home.
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the sun is shining, the snow is melting - there will be tulips soon :flower;
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New tires and an oil change, plus cooling system flush and new coolant! Yippee!
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Positive for today is that I have broncitis, sinus, throat infections but the doc has me off work for 4 days!! At least I get to rest. With my 20 Gr. 2's I would have my voice gone by the end of the week as well!!
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Del, you have been fighting this for awhile---glad you are off work and hope you are resting. (sorry I missed you in chat!)
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My bacterial culture came back negative finally! It's about damn time!! Since being listed on February 19th, with the exception of 5 days, my status on the list has been put on hold the entire time. I'll never get a transplant at that rate!
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:flower;
50 degrees above zero for two days in a row!!
:flower;
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I got to sleep in, and wake up without an alarm. Ahhhhhhh!
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Aaaah, Jbeany,
There is nothing like home after the perpetual non-sleep of the hospital!
I'm so glad for you! :yahoo;
My positive for today is that all the kids in my class are busy with many, many different learning activities. It is a pleasure to look around and see all the joyful learning!
Aleta
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Aleta, what grade do you teach? I teach Grade 2.
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todays positive is my back doesn't hurt quite so bad today!!
my daughters boyfriend is coming to dinner
my wind chimes are chiming strong!!!!
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Hey, Del.
I teach in a Montessori classroom, 1st through 5th in one room. I love it. I have a slew of 2nd grade students. They are such a lovely age.
Aleta
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Aleta, what exactly is a Montessori school? I've heard of them all over the place (I've lived in Maryland, DC, New York, Illinois and Ohio and have heard of them everywhere I've lived). Sorry about going off topic!
My daily positive is that We have tons of tulips blooming so I cut a bunch and now have a lovely vase full of them in my living room! I love fresh flowers!! Now if only I could get my husband to actually give me some once in a while! I;ve never gotten flowers from anybody!! :(
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Hi, Paddbear.
Here are some flowers!
:flower; :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower;
You can learn more about Montessori at my school's web site:
www.newhorizonmontessori.org
It's sooooo cool.
Aleta
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I did not go to an ARD today or had case manager's list due or had bus duty or had to write a referral on some student with a can of snuff or a gun
( geeze, like used to be good )
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My positive is--- Twirl is back and we love her :cuddle;
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The school day was finally over at 6:30pm today! Thank the Lord! Plus no parent yelled at me!
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Down some more weight at D, and with a bp high enough that I can challenge some more on Friday. I love my treadmill!
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I just talked to my dad and he has lost 40 lbs sense he started D. So he is super excited. Its always good to see my dad happy nowdays.
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My response to folks who lose weight:
Don't worry, I found it! :rofl;
Really, though, I know what an accomplishment it is so... :yahoo; :yahoo;
My positive today is that we practiced the May Pole Dance for the first time today and the kids were GREAT!!!
Aleta
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My positive is--- Twirl is back and we love her :cuddle;
thanks
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My Eight Year Old Granddaughter called me Tonight from 500 Miles away and Played Her first Violin Song over the Phone for me --- Mary Had A Little Lamb. Send Me Your Phone Number and I will have Her Call You and Play it too!!! LOL.
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I am home from school and Parent Conferences are over. Two weeks to CSTs.
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Hi, Paddbear.
Here are some flowers!
:flower; :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower;
You can learn more about Montessori at my school's web site:
www.newhorizonmontessori.org
It's sooooo cool.
Aleta
Thanks Aleta! The Montessori method does sound really cool. I was reading the blog too and found that really interesting.
My positive for the day--Because I've been having weird bp issues at dialysis lately, I wanted to try a profile today that would draw a bunch of fluid, then draw none, and repeat this for the 3 hours so my fluid would have a chance to get into my bloodstream. Well, I ended up in a section I've never been inn before, with a nurse I've never had. And she kept trying to tell me that the profile I chose wasn't a good idea and I should stick to the one I had been using. I am happy to report that I stood my ground and used the profile I wanted! And my session went smoothly for the first time in several weeks! Yay!!! I hate when the nurses argue with me. :boxing;
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I had a lovely lunch with two good friends. We have lunch once a month at a different restaurant and I always look forward to their company.
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Go, Padd, go! Wield that big stick!
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I live in a beautiful part of the world kids can go outdoors and play without worries of them being abducted or hurt!! Crime rate is very low!!!
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I am happy to report that I stood my ground and used the profile I wanted! And my session went smoothly for the first time in several weeks! Yay!!! I hate when the nurses argue with me. :boxing;
Way to go, Paddbear!!!
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I live in a beautiful part of the world kids can go outdoors and play without worries of them being abducted or hurt!! Crime rate is very low!!!
I wish everyone lived in such a peaceful place.
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My positive is that I have the support of my family. My wife is trying to get a new job so she can be home every night, that would help because I've had quite a few high and low BP issues.
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Sewerrate4u that is wonderful that your wife wants to be home with you. Here is to her finding a new job :beer1;
My positive for today is I am going to be able to catch up on some much needed sleep...
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My positive is that I have the support of my family. My wife is trying to get a new job so she can be home every night, that would help because I've had quite a few high and low BP issues.
That would be wonderful! Crossing my fingers for her.
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My positive for today is that warm and sunny weather is forecast through the weekend! Woo Hoo! :bandance;
Aleta :yahoo;
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My positive for the day: I had a nice day at work.
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Today was a beautiful day, I actually got some sleep last night (12 pm - 11 am!!!) and the all-natural strawberry fruit bar things at Target were on sale today!! I bought 4 boxes. Yummm! And they'll be gone by the end of the weekend. >:D
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Woo hoooo!! :yahoo; temperatures of 20 degrees celcius and sun forecast for the weekend. record is 20.6. Might be record breaking temps!!! :clap; :2thumbsup;
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Between the two of us, my pharmacist and I finally figured out the computer and paperwork glitch that was leaving me paying full price for my blood tester strips, in spite of Medicare, BCBS, and Medicaid. I get to go back in and get a refund! And they will be sending me more money in the mail for the ones I bought the last two months. Hooray! I've been spending 10% of my income on testers - now I'm down to a tiny little copay. :bandance;
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yey Jbeany! That is always a good thing. Those tester strips cost a arm and a leg. Matthews mom dosn't have any insurance so we buy her some when we can. I am very happy you get your money back :cheer:
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Whheeeee! I left dialysis my lightest weight ever, without any crashing. I am now only 1/2 a pound away from having a BMI in the "overweight" category instead of "obese". I left with a high enough blood pressure that I'm sure I can challenge my weight even more on Monday, and get the rest of the way to my goal. :bandance; Only 1/2 a pound to go!!!!!! (Then I reset my goal - I've got 40 more pounds to lose to hit the "normal" category, but I'm going to celebrate this goal first!)
And, I got my refund on my blood tester strips. Lighter butt, fatter wallet - now that's a good day!
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Jbeanny, that makes my heart sing for you on both counts! :bandance; :bandance;
Soooo. I'm really working on my positive. The donor who was denied is going to challenge the denial. So, that door is not completely closed.
AND, it is Friday, and the weather is beautiful, and we are half way through dialysis for today, and it was a really good day at school today, so, yeah, I CAN find those positives. :clap;
Aleta
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My pants are falling off my butt today! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
Very Very Very happy about that at the moment. It feels good. *smile* All that hard work is finally starting to pay off yey! Kinda makes getting up at 4 this morning to go to the gym worth it. ;D
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Let's see what could the positive be today?? I have crocuses that are finally out in bloom. Daffodils and tulips are popping through the ground. They should get a good boost this weekend with the higher temps. Then Monday temps are back down to just abve freezing!!!
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I loved Friday afternoons especially the last period of the day. It was great!
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CRAWFORD IS BACK :grouphug;
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What Twirl said...Yey for Danny Boy! :2thumbsup; :yahoo;
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My pants are falling off my butt today!
SHHHH! Manda. RichardMel will be coming out of his chair! >:D
My positive for today is that we had a wonderful dinner with our potential donor (who was denied yesterday) and she is going to fight, fight, fight to make it happen. (She was denied due to an incident that happened in her life 20 years ago!)
Just having friends like that is wonderful.
Aleta
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Aleta I am happy to hear about the donor yesterday so I am very happy to hear she is going to fight it for you guys. You needed that. Best of luck with that. :cuddle;
SHHHH! Manda. RichardMel will be coming out of his chair! >:D
Who Richard? NEVER!!!!! haha.
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It was a beautiful warm day today. got outside and cleaned leaves and junk out of 2 flower beds and raked a lawn. What a pile of leaves!!! The lawn looked good until we decided to burn the leaves and old grass and caught the lawn on fire. We just let it burn (some people here burn their lawns every year to get them to grow but we don't) with the garden hose in hubby's hands and me in the flower bed stamping out flames so that they wouldn't damage any plants!! That lawn is cleaned (even though it is now black LOL) Only 2 more lawns to do and 5 more flower beds!!!!!
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5 parents showed up at the District Writer's Showcase today! Whoopee! :bandance;
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Today was granddaughter, Paxton's, birthday party. 20 kids at a rock star party. Kareoke, colored hair spray, drums, guitars, hot dogs, popcorn machine, and dress up clothes. What fun! Turning 6 rocks! :bandance; It was a nice party and the kids had a great time. Then Beth took her Dad and me to the Gaither homcoming concert in Greensboro. So for 4 hours we heard old, favorite hyms, new one, ones that filled us with memories. Lots of humor, mixed with good entertaining. You have to be a very hard person to leave the concert in a bad mood and grumpy----it was just too much fun and filled with joy to be in a bad mood. On the not so positive side--during my nightly throwing up, I slipped in our bedroom and couldn't stop the fall. So I fell full face into the hardwood floor. My stomach hurts from throwing up, now my body hurts from being slammed to the floor. My husband wakes us and asks if I am dizzy! I crawled back into bed and licked my wounds and tried to sleep! But the day got much better. :thumbup;
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*hugs and more hugs for you Paris*
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Paris sounds like fun :yahoo;
I have gotten to spend a nice day with my father and little brother. Been here sense Breakfest and making stuffed chicken breast now.. Go us!
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I just took a stroll around the yard with my husband, enjoying the newly mowed grass, the balmy breeze and the peacefulness of the evening. So restoring.
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I don't feel as lousey today as I did yesterday.
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I rode my new bike today! It was AWESOME!
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*hugs and more hugs for you Paris*
Thanks Breezy! Other than a few bruises, I am good. It was a great day in spite of everything. :2thumbsup;
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Paris, what happened to you. I didn't see that post.
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I was being stupid and thought I could see in the dark in the middle of the night. I can't! I did a lovely swan dive onto the floor. Maybe I will invest in some night lights :rofl;
Positive thought, my son's wedding is in two weeks. I am positive I will be glad when it is all over. :2thumbsup;
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Daughter Becca was nominated by her art teacher for a Congressional Art Competition - she didn't win (60 entrants!) but got a fabulous certificate with a congressional seal - pretty cool!
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Daughter Becca was nominated by her art teacher for a Congressional Art Competition - she didn't win (60 entrants!) but got a fabulous certificate with a congressional seal - pretty cool!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
What painting was it?
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I received a package from a wonderful IHD friend today and I am so excited :yahoo; It brightened my day, lifted my spirits and proves what wonderful people make up this family. I haven't gotten a random gift for a long time and it is marvelous :2thumbsup; :clap; THANK YOU!! :cuddle; (not sure if they want to be named)
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(not sure if they want to be named)
:secret; How the heck are we supposed to butter their toast then? :secret;
(just kidding, we have very thoughtful and considerate members on IHD)
I updated my living room window curtains and they look fabulous! :cheer:
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I bought a new 2009 red honda civic coupe today!!!! Just have to practice driving a manual shift again!! Haven't driven a stick shift in at least 10 years!! Hubby drove the car home and I drove the truck. LOL
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That is great Del! I can see you now, driving around in that red car. We'd love to see pictures :pics;
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We are getting some free garden mulch from the guys cutting down the trees next door. Amazing cos we were about to buy some for our new front garden.
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I survived today - that's my positive! 4 hours dialysis treatment + 4 hours with a hyper 7 yr old = one tired beany! I managed without my usual nap, and still managed to get dinner fixed for all my company. And now, I'm positively ready for bed.
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Daughter Becca was nominated by her art teacher for a Congressional Art Competition - she didn't win (60 entrants!) but got a fabulous certificate with a congressional seal - pretty cool!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
What painting was it?
It was one I had never seen before called "Lunch" - I will post a photo later. :waving;
I bought a new 2009 red honda civic coupe today!!!! Just have to practice driving a manual shift again!! Haven't driven a stick shift in at least 10 years!! Hubby drove the car home and I drove the truck. LOL
Oh boy - I love red AND stick shifts! Sounds great! :clap;
We are getting some free garden mulch from the guys cutting down the trees next door. Amazing cos we were about to buy some for our new front garden.
Yay for recycling! :2thumbsup;
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Tow days in a row on the cross-trainer (inspiration from all you folks here) then chilling out on the porch swing. Ahh..
(Doesn't compete with a new red car! :2thumbsup;)
Aleta
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My tulips and bluebells are blooming in my yard. :flower;
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My positive is actually for this weekend. It was a beautiful 85 degrees this weekend and I got a bunch of seeds planted outside, plus some in starter flats inside. I got the house cleaned, cooked BBQ ribs on our grill, weeded and fertilized all of my flower beds and got the laundry done! It was a great weekend!
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I survived a day at work!! The most hyper student I have in my class( I have several!!) was out sick today!!! :flower;
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It seems that the really hyper ones are rarely sick! Cause for celebration when they are! :clap;
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I made it through the four periods with my 6th graders and did not time anyone out or really give anyone a hollering at. I was happy to see my 7th graders 3rd period.
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Daffodils. Everywhere!
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We can all go swimming in the street tonight.
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My dad didn't clot in D today :2thumbsup;. Its been over a week sense he has had a full treatment so yey! :yahoo;
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I know crawford swimming and crawdad fishing
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
our pool is over flowing
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Got on the treadmill again today. :clap;
Dan, I thought is was supposed to be dancing in the streets, not swimming in the streets! :rofl;
Hope y'all can dry out soon. The rain is heading this way tomorrow. :thumbdown;
Aleta
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If I had a pool I wouldn't have to swim in the street, Twirl.
Yea, Tennesse is getting wet tomorrow...
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I worked out today at the gym despite the sinus infection percolating in my head.
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I've just noticed a new post by Gail (Monrein) now that really is good news. Welcome back Gail :cuddle;
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Thanks Rose. My positives for today are huge little things. Slept in my own bed last night, made my own coffee this morning and am planning to figure out how to shower with a PICC line and IV pump today.
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:cuddle; for monrein and kitkat!
I'm proud of myself today. I'm a complete phobic about dentists, but I called and made an appointment today.
Now all I need is a T-shirt with a "NO MINT" message on it to wear to the appointment - I'm allergic, and they always want to use something minty when I'm there!
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I am reading more of David 13's biggggggggg words :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
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I am reading more of David 13's biggggggggg words :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
I am thankful for Twirl. She always manages to make me smile! :thx;
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I'm thankful for ALL of you folks on IHD.
Dan, no rain in East Tennessee . . . yet!
Aleta
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where in Tennesse Aleta? I have family in W. Tenn. (Jackson) ever heard of it?
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Hey, Dan,
Jackson is more west TN than me. I am near Knoxville. Actually live about a mile from the Knoxville airport.
But my positive for today is that the Texas rain STILL hasn't made it here! (It's in middle TN, though!)
Aleta
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I finally got the nurses to listen to us patients about being freezing cold today! They now have to keep it at 72 degrees instead of the constant frigid temps they had it at before. I got so fed up today because the AC was on and it was barely 50 degrees outside!! I just kept complaining until the director finally did something about it! And the rearranged things so I could sit on the warmer side of the room! :bandance; Sssshhh...It's a secret, but I really wanted to be moved there because that's where my favorite nurse is! ;D
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YEA! Paddbear! What an accomplishment. :clap; :clap; :clap;
Aleta
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I finally got the nurses to listen to us patients about being freezing cold today! They now have to keep it at 72 degrees instead of the constant frigid temps they had it at before. I got so fed up today because the AC was on and it was barely 50 degrees outside!! I just kept complaining until the director finally did something about it! And the rearranged things so I could sit on the warmer side of the room! :bandance; Sssshhh...It's a secret, but I really wanted to be moved there because that's where my favorite nurse is! ;D
padd gets the Big Stick Award for the day!
And AC when it's 50 out is ridiculous. My new little center sets the temp at 75 - where the patients are comfortable! (But then, it's northern Michigan - if they are warm, they can just step out the door for a minute!)
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Isn't 75 a little warm? Well I guess not if your going through a treatment.
I just got back from the gym. I have been avoiding going for the last two days. So Yey for me! :clap;
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Despite my constant companion in the form of an IV pump for antibiotic delivery, tonight I am going to cook a Thai chicken ginger stirfry with shiitake mushrooms, sugar snaps, onions, garlic, green onions, coriander and garnished with home done dry roasted cashew nuts (no salt). Sauce will be a combo of oyster sauce (less sodium than soy sauce) chili sauce and sesame oil. We'll have it over steamed jasmine rice and also have a mixed green salad because we eat salad every night.
For dessert I'm going to mix low-fat berry yogurt with unsweetened berry Fruitsations applesauce and semi-freeze it.
The positives part of all this is that a week ago I was still on a clear liquid diet and had severe gas pains from surgery and morphine. I was walking the halls of the hospital, crying and holding my belly in desperate attempts to restart my bowels and felt like a cow with colic. Today, I feel great and grateful too. My appetite is pushing me to create something filling but healthy and I have the energy to actually do it. This is all good.
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Wow, your dinner is fabulous and also quite ambitious. Good luck. So glad you are feeling some better at least.
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Keep posting menus like that and you'll have a caravan of IHD folks arriving at your doorstep! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Good news that you are feeling so much better! :2thumbsup;
The Texas rain STILL has not arrived. It will wait until tomorrow and wash out our May Pole Dance.
Aleta
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It is a beautiful day here!!! Chilly but beautiful. I made it thought the day with my Grade 2's and they were "wild" today!!! Going to a card making party tonight.
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My class was wild today, too! Even some of the kids who "never" act up! sigh.
End of the year energy!!! :Kit n Stik;
But a dad who works at Rubbermaid cam in with a truckload of seconds. Yea!!!! We got so many I packed some up for other small schools in the area. (Like hundreds of Sharpies!) Woo Hoo! :2thumbsup;
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Aleta how fun! My daughter got a hold of a black sharpie and wrote all over her brothers face a while back. It was funny, but my poor baby had to have black marker on his face for like 2 weeks.
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We teachers were joking about giving one to every child and having them decorate themselves for Mother's Day! LOL! :2thumbsup;
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Just what every mother needs :rofl;
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We decided it wouldn't go over too well! :rofl;
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My students are currently writing in marker on themselves, their bags, books, folders. I just take markers and paint away from them all day long.
My positive: I made it through the school day!
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My positive for the day is.....crap, I've got nothing. :(
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You sound like you need a :cuddle;
Hope tomorrow is better, Padd.
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My positive for the day is.....crap, I've got nothing. :(
Lots of hugs :grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug;
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My positive. another day of sleeping and no dialysis today
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My fistulagram today was quick, relatively painless, and totally uneventful. Love it when things go according to plan!
Thanks to a friend's thoughtful husband who remembered what I've been doing for crafts lately, I got a call today from an interior designer who is moving her office. I made arrangements to stop next week and pick up all of her expired fabric samples. I can use them to make even more purses and tote bags. With free materials, I can sell them at a great profit! Free is my favorite price!
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Yey Jbeany :yahoo;
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Oooo...you make bags jbeany??!! Where do you sell them? Do you have a website where we can see them and buy something?
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I have a BIG positive that I just have to share with you, my friends. 2 years ago, just after Dad started dialysis, it was announced that a new hospital is to be built only 5 miles away, he currently travels 30 miles each way to dialysis - so we began a campaign to get dialysis facilities at the new hospital. We didn't expect to get them but if you don't ask............well today it has been announced that there will be 4 dialysis machines at the new hospital due for completion in 2011. :2thumbsup;
Now that may not be within Dad's lifetime, we hope and pray it is, but it is giving him something to live for. I am absolutely ecstatic :bandance; The small people have had their voices heard :clap;
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that is what I call a positive for real Rose.
I'm still trying to come up with one today. Your positive is big enough though. I'll just share it for now.
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Thanks Dan, yes it is a real BIG positive, please all share it with me. It is such a boost for my Dad who is 80 years old and in a lot of pain with vascular disease in his foot. I'm so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That is WONDERFUL news, Rose. :clap;
My positive is that the Texas rain has not ruined our May Pole Dance and the televsion crew came out this AM to film the dress rehearsal! It went great!
Woo! Hoo!
Aleta
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Rose that is wonderful news! I am so happy for you guys.
Aleta how was the drss rehearsal? It sounds like it was fun.
My positive today is I had two pices of pizza last night. Not so positive is I have to take a pee pill cause I feel like a water ballon. But man was the pazza good. Oh and it was Pan Pizza from Pizza hut.The best!
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Fabulous news about the hospital Rose.
I had a great walk today and now my friend Tony is helping me out by raking and tidying up my yard. Thanks Tone.
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Thank you all for sharing my joy :grouphug;
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May Pole Dance rehearsal was great. Here's a picture taken by another teacher on her phone.
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Oooo...you make bags jbeany??!! Where do you sell them? Do you have a website where we can see them and buy something?
No website. I'm signed up for my first flea market in two weeks. If it goes well, I may get ambitious and figure out how to put stuff on etsy.com, though. I'm afraid if I start though, I'd spend all my hard-earned cash on the other great stuff on there!
Nice job advocating, Rose!
Manda, Pan Pizza? Oooooohhhhhh - I'm jealous!
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Don't be Jbeany I am paying for it today. Like everytime I take my pee pill it is all or nothing. Today it is all. I went and got my labs done and the doc just called me. My Potassium is way to low, so he has me taking 2 freakin supplaments every 4 hours. I just started to :puke; cause like always I can only handle so much. He says if I pee to much more I need to go in to the ER. What the hell is to much more?
Ahhh I could shoot myself for eating that pizza!
Oh and what kind of bags do you make? Do you have any pictures to post? I wanna see.
And Aleta your pole dance looks like a lot of fun.
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Rose, I am so happy for you and your father! :grouphug;
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It's Friday!!! Yippee!!!!
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The 6th graders finished writing their final drafts on their stories. I have three, two absent and one slow thinker still working on theirs Monday. I love it when a plan comes together.
Next week- State Testing :(
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And Aleta your pole dance looks like a lot of fun.t
And just WHAT are you suggesting, Amanda?!?!?
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:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Yeah the first time I say you post about pole dancing I was thinking your husband must be happy. ;)
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:clap; :rofl; :clap; :rofl; :clap; :rofl;
Aleta
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Don't be Jbeany I am paying for it today.
Ahhh I could shoot myself for eating that pizza!
Oh and what kind of bags do you make? Do you have any pictures to post? I wanna see.
Hmmm - okay, now I'm glad I stuck with my nice, safe chicken dinner!
I started out with basic totes, now I'm playing with purse designs. I need batteries for the digital before I can post pics. If I can remember, I'll but some on the crafts and hobbies thread.
And Aleta your pole dance looks like a lot of fun.t
And just WHAT are you suggesting, Amanda?!?!?
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Hello? We do know what that pole in a May Day dance was meant to represent, right? It is a fertility dance for spring, after all!
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Hello? We do know what that pole in a May Day dance was meant to represent, right? It is a fertility dance for spring, after all!
:rofl;
Oh, yes! And when the TV crew was interviewing me, they asked if I had taught the children the MEANING of the May Pole Dance. LOL! Had to do some FAST thinking on that question!!! :clap;
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I started out with basic totes, now I'm playing with purse designs. I need batteries for the digital before I can post pics. If I can remember, I'll but some on the crafts and hobbies thread.
That would be grate, and maybe I can talk you into selling me one. I need a new bag ;)
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I just paid the bills. It is nice to have enough money to overpay the credit cards and have some money left over.
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I wonder what the meaning of May Pole... Cinco de Mayo is Tuesday. I wander what that is (other than tequila day)
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My 4 day stomach ache has finally eased up....I think I will sleep tonight....my kids are good girls....sometimes this thread is so hard..lol maybe tomorrow will be better.
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I wonder what the meaning of May Pole... Cinco de Mayo is Tuesday. I wander what that is (other than tequila day)
Is that a honest question or are you being a smart ass again?
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Antibiotics, hurray!
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Yey KK you should be up and going again feeling like a champ in no time!
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Hey, Dan,
Just in case you aren't being a smart a**, here is the info from Wikipedia:
According to the polemic anti-Catholic pamphlet, The Two Babylons, the origin of the maypole dance began in ancient Babylon during sex worship and fertility rites. A carved upright representation of the human penis was danced around by young females and woven with ribbons to ensure offspring.
See why I did NOT want to get into that on TV??? :rofl;
Aleta
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:rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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All sounds good...except for the offspring part, oh yeah and the "young" part...but the ribbons and the carvings sound very "artistic" and springlike indeed.
My positives for today are that I did a 45 minute walk, am planning another walk for later on and just made a shopping list for a black eyed peas stew with smoked turkey and veggies accompanied by some low-fat cornbread that I plan to make tomorrow. Trying to raise my magnesium via the peas.
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The walk sounds great!
My positive is that we are going to a covered dish dinner tonight that includes some dear friends we haven't seen for over a year! Looking forward to stimulating conversation and a great time.
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Have a good time Aleta.
My positive is that I feel half way normal today after two weeks of D...Everything seems to be working.
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Yay! Dan! :clap;
BTW, when we go to Pot Luck dinners, I take a renal friendly corn pudding so there is something good for my husband to eat.
:2thumbsup;
Aleta
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My positive - I am thrilled Dan is feeling half way normal! :2thumbsup;
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I have been watching Yo Gabba Gabba all day long and I am going :bandance; 's
but it is worth it --- Trasie is here :clap;
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My daugther finished her exam finals this week and she is coming home today for the summer. Her first year in college flew by so fast. I'm happy to have both my girls home again. Miss my family of four.
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My positive is that we had a great time at dinner last night and are going to hear our good friend from Atlanta give a lecture today.
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My positive for today is that it is a beautiful sunny day. I have all my housework and school work that I brought home over the weekend done!!! I have the rest of the day to myself!!!! What to do???? Laze around I think!!! :yahoo;
Glad you're feeling better Dan!!!
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My positive is that Javier and Paola (friends) are bringing me lunch. It's some exotic Hondurian dish that Paola has concocted. MMMM, never know.
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My positive for today is hubby feels better today then he has in the last two days. I'll take it. :cuddle;
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I feel better. The sinus stuff is slowly leaving under the antibiotics rule!
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My hubby built me a raised garden today so I can grow my veggies!!
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My positive today is that my husband was quoted in the Knoxville paper!
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My positive today is that I am going to go with the kids and Matt today to see a movie. I decided last night I wasn't going to let this flu thing get in my head. I am gonna be a little careful with them, and go for the first showing today should be less people. And I will be good. Yup yup.
Then have a doc apt wish me luck... ???
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Today I feel better than I have for the past month. Think I am finally better of the sinus , throat infection and the broncititis!!! Not even tired this afternoon!!! :clap; Hopefully it won't come back.
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My daughter, Melissa, was in the newspaper yesterday as the special events co-ordinator for the Aids Alliance Walk and Ride. It was a huge success. My son rode the 30 mile bike ride and then walked the 3 mile walk. I supported everyone from the sidelines!! :2thumbsup;
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I hate a grate doc apt :2thumbsup; :yahoo; :bandance; :2thumbsup; :yahoo; :bandance;
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Daily Positive: My neighbor and friend Michael brought me a whole bad of snicker bites.
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My positive is that Amanda had such a good report at the doctors! It is such a mood lifter.
And Dan, you need to share that candy!
Aleta
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Wooohoooo - got my free fabric today! I have a station wagon, and with the back seats down, I still could barely see out the back window over the huge load of fabric. I have to unload and sort after dinner - I can't wait to see it all hanging up in my craft room!
I got bargains galore today shopping, too. I found jeans half off at JCP - and got them in a size 2 sizes smaller than I've been wearing, thanks to all my diet and exercise efforts. If I'd known I was going to find a pair for $2.75 at the Salvation Army that were just as nice, I'd have skipped JC Penny's entirely, but hey - it was great to end up with 2 pairs when I only had a budget for one! I found a new jacket at the consignment store, so my much-too-big one can go, and my favorite little thrift store had a huge "new" selection in the "bag for a buck" bin. I have new summer shirts that I can wear to dialysis without worrying about getting them blood splattered, and half a dozen tank tops, all for pennies a piece. I found a couple of books I wanted to read as well. All in all, a really good day for bargains!
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I have a lovely daughter in law, Rebecca. She is a nurse and a wonderful wife and mother. Today she stopped by with a pot of soup and cornbread for dinner. And a quiche for dinner tomorrow. She knows I am stressed and thought it might help to have food ready to eat. Now I can do things I need to do and not worry about cooking. :2thumbsup;
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at least you have one nice daughter in law.
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That was sweet of her Paris. And yes I am with dan one good daughter in law should make up for one nasty one.
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especially one that can make cornbread.
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My positive: I remembered I had an IEP meeting after I got all the way home and almost into the house. Hubby drove me all the way to school for my meeting. Sweet of him!
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My positive: I remembered I had an IEP meeting after I got all the way home and almost into the house. Hubby drove me all the way to school for my meeting. Sweet of him!
Victor is a gem!
And I am greatful for this daughter in law. She and I have always had a nice relationship. They are a very sweet, loving family (thank goodness for one!) :rofl;
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I got out of hospital today after a few days because of a heart scare. My positive is that I definitively do not have heart disease and my arteries are really good. Yay. (Family history is bad, so they were worried).
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wow hanify, your positive is good enough I think I'll just enjoy your good news......
My positive is that I don't go to dialysis today. Go to get my hair cut instead. At least I'll be pretty.
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My positive is that the Mother's Day gifts we are making this year look really sweet. The moms are going to love them.
And I'm glad that Hanify has a good heart and that Dan is going to be pretty (at last!)
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Hanify's postive is a really good one :2thumbsup; I am getting my hair cut today, also Dan. I won't look pretty, but I bet you do :yahoo;
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It's just one of my delusions, Paris.... I bet you do too.
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Had my surgery staples (18) removed today and also my PICC line (about 14 inches of it). I'm now all natural again, well not counting a fistula, and a gifted kidney but you all get my drift. No metal or tubes or caths or other artificial parts.
Had my hair done, the City has finally laid new sod on my yard that's been dug up since last fall and if the pharmacy picks up my IV pump on schedule I plan to go have a pedicure this afternoon. I'm making organic hamburgers (we only eat red meat once or twice a month) on multigrain buns for dinner with a big salad to go with them AND the sun is out at this moment although it's been cloudy all day.
I love a day with a whole lot of positives....and wish you all the same.
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Those are LOVELY positives, Monrein!
Although I'm fighting a headache, I saw a hummingbird a few minutes ago, and there are bluebirds in our bluebird house. I love birds. (Oh-oh! that will come back to haunt me on another thread, I bet!)
Aleta
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It's just one of my delusions, Paris.... I bet you do too.
We are all delusional here, Dan! In our minds everyone is gorgeous, healthy, and rich. Don't burst my bubble. :rofl;
willow, hope your headache goes away.
My postive, my house is tidy and I don't have to go out the rest of the day.
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Yes, I do, too. We have a picnic to attend tonight and I really want to feel great for it. :)
We just came off the machine and Carl is holding his sites. Then back to school to finish up the after care routine. :waving;
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I used to have a good friend who was a lot older than me. He always said that alochol made him handsome, smart and invisible. Fantasies can sometimes be better than reality. Pretend your some becomes the Runaway Groom...
concentrate and it might happen.
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8 days until the flea market. I think I'm ready, and I think I might manage to survive the next week! That's a positive thought, right?
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Positives: I am home from school. I did not smack anyone at school. Yay! It is Thursday. One more day of CST testing.
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8 days until the flea market. I think I'm ready, and I think I might manage to survive the next week! That's a positive thought, right?
I hope things go great at the flea market. I would love to be there to see everything you made. I love sewing and crafting. It relaxes me--unless I have a huge deadline! Good luck
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My son is clearing the garden of all the leaves from bulbs that have bloomed - so I can plant more stuff!
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I bought and eggplant. The chart said it was low potassium. It sure is pretty. Nice and purple. Now what do I do with it?
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Fried eggplant is yummy but not sure that's the best way to eat it.
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Maybe I'll scramble it.
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Can't you just dice it and heat it up in a pan with a bit of olive oil? Add a few other veggies - sort of a stir fry thing? Like you do with a zucchini?
It's the first rainy thunderstorm of the year outside right now. I love thunderstorms - I'm going to sleep like a rock with the rain pounding on the roof. Ahhhhhhhh. Good night!
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I dont know. I've never seen one before...
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Slice your eggplant in 1/2 inch slices lengthways. Sprinkle a little salt on both sides. Let it sit for 20 minutes. Squeeze off salt and moisture with paper towels, this step is to remove any bitterness and is unnecessary if eggplant is very young or if it is the pale mauve chinese variety.
Brush on both sides with olive oil and grill until charred lightly and softened. Nice in a sandwich with grilled zucchini and red peppers. A little goat cheese is nice there too, but be careful because of salt and potassium in the cheese. A speck will do.
Grilled eggplant is a good addition to a little tomato sauce for a pasta sauce that is lower in potassium than eating straight tomato sauce.
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I think I can do that. Have to be careful with the goat cheese though cause I love it.
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Me too DW.. Goat Cheese Enchiladas are the BEST......... That sounds really good Monrein
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I had a great time at the picnic last night. The weather was wonderful an there were lots of friends there. One family had just returned from a 6 month sailing trip to the Bahamas and had lovely pictures.
And today is FRIDAY!!!
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My air is working today :yahoo;
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The air around here seems to be working, too. :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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Haha. Hey it happens here when it get really hot. Its like my air is working double time and it freezes. The sad part is it is only starting to get hot. It should be in the 100's by mid next month.
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Possible 90 here today. Finally figured out a daily positive. I won't get cold until I get to dialysis.
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It's Friday! :yahoo;
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Yea, its Friday. Dialysis night. Yea.
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It's Friday!!! 2 days at home. No grade 2's!!! Have school work to do though.
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I'm scaley like a fish. Is it the dreaded D doing that?
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CST tests are over at my school!!! I am home early. We had a minimum day schedule and I was out of there by 12:15. Hurray!
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It's almost 5:00. :yahoo;
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Dan, you might be getting a bit dehydrated - your skin goes funny then. Keep an eye on it and mention it to a nurse.
Kitkat - are you seriously allowed to smack the children at school or were you joking? I'm pleased we're not allowed to over here cos I swear if I started I'd never stop!!
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I would never smack a child in my classroom. Too much paperwork to be filled out if I did it. Besides jail time never looks good on a resume!
My positives: Made it through the CST testing today. Got home early and went to lunch with hubby and a friend of ours.
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Not to say we don't want to a bit of the time ha ha!
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I'm hibernating today. It is May 10 and it is frigging snowing!!! We are supposed to get at least 30 cm!! That's a foot of snow!!!! This is not supposed to happen in May!!!
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OMG! Snow in May???
I think I am just a warm weather girl. We have been getting our pool ready to open today. Best Mother's Day gift ever.
My husband built this pool for me after my last knee surgery. He is a gem!
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Relaxing today.
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Just planted three hanging baskets and repotted some spent amaryllis. I'm a "blooming" idiot.
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The sun is shining again after a few days of rain. Yay.
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I got to sleep in this morning!!! School was closed because of the snow. We had close to a foot of very wet snow last night. Yuck!!!
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Another positive for today. just discovered the IHD store and bought a hoodie with "Kidney 4 sale Buy one get one free (not working)" on it. Classic! Very funny.
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It was windy so my chimes rang today.......my cocoa was good.....the onions on my burger didn't hurt me....
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My positive today is that today is over. And it ended on a grate note. Thanks to one of the wonderful IDHers. Thanks ;)
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I finished designing a new logo for my friend who owns a gift shop named The Great Buffalo Trading Company. She loves it, but is afraid not everyone shares our sense of humor. Well, I got a laugh out of doing it, anyhow! We're thinking of putting it on the shirts we make for the adult softball team she sponsors every year, even if we don't put it on things for the shop. . .
hehehehehe. . . .
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I love it! :rofl; :rofl;
My positive for today is that there are only three more days this week!
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I have been searching for info on the BUTTin hold technique. Jbeany, is that your input????
Dan
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Hi, Dan,
Try this link: http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=965.0 (http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=965.0)
There is lots of information there. If the link doesn't work, it is under FAQ.
Aleta
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3 more days and a long holiday weekend here in Canada!!
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Wow! Del.
You really got a short week with your snow day yesterday. I'm jealous. But then, we only have 2 more weeks until school is out for the summer!
That is surely a positive!!! :clap; :clap; :clap;
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School doesn't finish here until the end of June. Another daily positive is the snow that fell is melting quickly!! :yahoo;
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WillowTree, you must be in the same area of the country as I am. We also only have two more weeks of school.
My daily positive though, is that I got out of work early today, got my hair cut and colored and spent two hours browsing in Old Time Pottery. Fun, relaxing afternoon. :2thumbsup;
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I'm in TN.
And to add to my positive, I realized that one of the weekends is a long one. Woo Hoo! :clap; :clap; :clap;
I love teaching, but right now I'm feeling t..i..r..e..d!!! I'll be ready for the kids again in August. I teach adults in the summer and that is a great change of pace, but after a few weeks of adults I'm ready to get back to kids. I can take kids a whole lot longer than adults! :rofl;
Aleta
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Four more weeks of school 22 days....
My positive: Field trip tomorrow. 327 6th graders at the county museum.
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My positive is that my Daughter Molly's 7/8 grade waterpolo team won today.
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My positive is that I"m NOT taking 300+ sixth graders on a field trip. :rofl;
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I am almost done with my secound book in two days :clap;
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My positive is that my daughter in 7th grade just won the school's poetry contest. She loves to write and is so creative. I'm very proud of her.
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The field trip was great. As far as I know there were no problems.
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Having a little trouble with positives this week.
This will have to do - the smell of fresh, clean air coming in my window after a short rain shower.
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Jbeany,
I am with you on the difficulty coming up with positives this week. I just want it to be O V E R!
Sigh.
BUT, it IS Thursday...
Aleta
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I am alive that is always good :2thumbsup;
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Saw 3 different doctors today I'd been missing since dialysis. One -- fairly good news, one -- good news -- one bad news. Knowing how I think I'll soon be dwell on the bad one but for now, my one positive is that my fistala is perfect according to the surgeon. In five weeks, if all goes as planned, we'll start using it. Two weeks after than he'll removed the cather (again if all goes well).
Now I need an outlet for the bad news.
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My students at the Community college are doing their final exams!!!!!! Soon, no classes until August!!!
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I had my 5 and 3 yr old grandsons (Jack and AJ) with me for the day. We spent a lot of time outside bird watching, swinging, blowing bubbles. It is hard not to have a good day when you are with them. :cuddle;
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Friday's coming. I am off to the gym today!
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20 degree celcius today :yahoo; :clap; The snow that fell last Sunday is melted!!!
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That's awfully fast to melt all that snow. Do you have pools of water everywhere?
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I realized today that my husband, my son and I will all be home together the entire three days of Memorial Day weekend. No work, scouts, sports, or on call duty for three days! Hubby's been working nights, so we've barely seen him. I'm so excited!!
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IT IS FRIDAY! :yahoo;
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IT IS FRIDAY! :yahoo;
I'll second that, David. I'm so tired already, I don't know how I will plow through the next 6 hours of work before going home to dialyze my husband!
Aleta
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I just bought a new tree for my garden and I'm considering it my transplant tree. It's already about 12 feet tall and has a huge root ball so the nursery will plant it. It's a Parrotia Persica (Persian Ironwood), cultivar "Vanessa" and I fell in love with it on sight. I had researched it and when I saw it...well, she had to be mine. She was expensive but is not very common at all and I talked the nurseryman (grandson of the owner) into a 20% discount since I basically keep them in food every year.
It will grow to about 25 feet but stay 10 feet wide so it's perfect for my space. Those who know me well, know how passionate I am about all plants but trees in particular and my newfound transplant energy has me wanting to dig like a madwoman. I am not however doing any actual digging...just supervising the digging.
It is also known for having splendid fall colour, turning first yellow and then bright red. Time will tell exactly how good this particular tree will perform in that department.
Here are some photos, not of my actual one, but I'll post one of it when it's in the ground.
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went to lunch with my son
it was so much fun
just the two of us and seafood
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dietician came by and told me for forget about the diet. I need to eat everything. I stopped for a cheeseburger and I'm so so so full. I feel guilty but I did follow instructios.
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dietician came by and told me for forget about the diet. I need to eat everything. I stopped for a cheeseburger and I'm so so so full. I feel guilty but I did follow instructios.
really or is this a joke ? I want to transfer to your unit......
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ay Dan, enjoy it while you can. They must want you to build up protein? My positive today is that I'm changing to a special bag that I add to the machine which means I don't have to do an exchange during the day. Yay. I think it's what's called a purple??
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Everything is low. No joke. Protein, pot, pho....everything else is on the low border end. Have I been too good?
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You rock, Dan! Way to go!
Enjoy your new freedom! :clap;
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Enjoy it while it lasts Dan!!! Hubby was the same way when he changed from PD to hemo!!! Everything was so low.
Daily positives: it's a long weekend!!! Hubby fell from the boat ( he was doing some work on it in the driveway). The ladder slipped when he was on the way down and he fell about 6 or 7 feet and landed on the ladder. I took him to the hospital for xrays on his hip and neck. Nothing broken. He is home with a collar on his neck and has to use ice packs on his hip and neck. he was lucky!!!
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Dan sounds good. Well not that everything is low cause that just makes you feel crappy. But being able to enjoy a nice meal sounds good. I say go to your fav Mexican place and order your fav meal. One you thought you would never be able to eat again.
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I just finished putting out window boxes of flowers. I bought a hanging basket of fushia and now the hummingbirds will be flocking in...
The rain has held off and I feel great (after a really good night's sleep)! :2thumbsup; :yahoo;
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I just finished raking the last lawn!!! Still have to pick up the pile of leaves but raking is all done :yahoo;
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I bought 2 giant ferns and a peony bush for planting and a beautiful mixed container of flowers for our front steps. Couldn't afford it, but gardening makes me happy and lord knows, I need to do some gardening lately!
Also ate at Chipotle tonight. Yummm!!
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we ate Mexican tonight
I ordered the whole enchilada ( the whole dinner )
I ate the taco and half the bean chalupa and I had everything else placed in a to- go
box from my son - in- law who could not be there
oh -- I gave the chili con queso chip to my husband
I did not each much
but I did drink unsweet tea with lime
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My friend Gwen insisted on coming over here and cooking me a pot roast. Nice huh? If there is any person in the world who is a worse cook that I am, it is my friend Gwen. Is it really the thought that counts?
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My friend Gwen insisted on coming over here and cooking me a pot roast. Nice huh? If there is any person in the world who is a worse cook that I am, it is my friend Gwen. Is it really the thought that counts?
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl; so did you eat it
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No, I tasted it and put it in the refrige. I'll throw it away in a few days.
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And who is this friend Gwen? Is he single? Is she good looking? Is she an exhibitionist per chance???
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Friend Gwen is an old lady that I've known for years (older than me even). And I have no idea as we aren't that good of friends.
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Not a question you could easily ask ha ha. Some people might see it as a challenge - like the mile high club, but different...
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My son's last track meet of the season was today. Saturdays belong to the family again...at least for a couple of months until Cub Scouts picks up again in August. I love summer - fewer scheduled activities, more lazy evenings.
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Bike ride 3 miles and breakfast out with hubby. Star Trek movie is next on the agenda. Aren't Sundays great!
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I survived the flea market, in spite of the weather, and actually made some money! The wind was so bad on Saturday that my tent awning turned into a sail, and we darn near froze to death - it was actually snowing about an hour north of here. All we got here was rain and more rain - I had to put half my stock in the dryer when we got home - it got soaked when the tent blew down. It was crazy fun, though, with plenty of friends to help - and I ended up about $150 ahead, so not bad! I made most of it on Friday, though, when the weather was good. My friends all made at least $50 as well, from the crafts of theirs that I put in my booth for them, so everyone came out ahead.
I'm signed up for another show in June, so apparently I'm either crazy or optimistic.
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Sounds exciting. At least you didn't get bored.
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Met a dialysis nurse this morning at a meeting I attended. Made me realize how fortunate we are. I'll post about that in another thread.
Aleta
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My friend Gwen insisted on coming over here and cooking me a pot roast. Nice huh? If there is any person in the world who is a worse cook that I am, it is my friend Gwen. Is it really the thought that counts?
Is was a good gesture on Gwen's part! I thought everyone could make a pot roast, but I have tasted some really bad ones. I, on the other hand, make a wonderful pot roast :2thumbsup;
My positive: I have been alone all day and have enjoyed the quiet :thumbup;
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I woke up to a some home made breakfest burritos and grapefruit juice. And I didn't have to make any of it. Then my little brother walked in with a bottle of my fav wine. Good day indeed!
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Nice work if you can get it, Mandy... Enjoy your day..
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:birthday;
Manda, have a good one!
Aleta
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My hubby and I took a nap on our patio on Saturday. We turned on some music, each of us took a lounger, leaned back, closed our eyes and enjoyed the beautiful day in our own way. He surprised me by doing all the household chores and shopping. He even did all the yard work. So there we were on Saturday with nothing to do but to take a nap and soak it in. IT WAS WONDERFUL!!! My hubby is too good to me. :) :cuddle;
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Sounds absolutely wonderful, Cherpep.
Today my positive is that all the staff were back at school and I am working a normal week! :2thumbsup;
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Just splurged out and bought some clothes online. Yay.
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Today's positive - I did all my errands and chores after this morning's dialysis session (except for the sink full of dishes sitting behind me), so I can stay home tomorrow and do what I want all day. Which is sewing with the giant stash of free fabric I just got.
I also got a refund check in the mail today, a return on a prescription that I paid for that my insurance finally coughed up the full amount.
I took my profits from the craft show and bought some things that were past due - socks, underwear - boring stuff, but important when they wear out. Things I've been making do with are getting pitched today!
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Have TWO positives that I can mention - finished marking all final exam scripts, all projects and portfolios, entered all the grades, and GOT MY CHECK for the second half of the semester. :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
I teach French part-time at our community college, and part-time teachers are paid at mid-term and on submission of final grades.
Got my new 8 gig flash/jump drive that I got for less than 20 dollars and it is so small and cute. It is hanging on my cell phone.
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My other positive is that, thanks to IHD, I never heat my bags anymore. I stick them on a rack by the fire and that's plenty. Think of the power I'm saving not having my heater pack on! Yay IHD!
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Daily positive - I got my house dusted and vacuumed today. Hubby is also getting back to normal since the fall. He can walk normal again - instead of like an old man!!! LOL
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I spent an hour grading persuasive essays today for the 7th graders. Every child turned something in to be graded to me! As usual some were great, others sucked rocks.
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I am in the middle of grading a major writing composition. I have two classes - one is ESL and the low group and the other is the GT/high group. Would you believe the ESL/low group has much better writing than the GT group? I can barely bring myself to read through the high group's writing. It is so boooooring. zzzzzz
My positive for today was reading through the low group's writing. After pulling teeth all year, they can all write a pretty good piece!
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School is closed for the morning because of an unexpected power outage.Power came back on about 8:45 but school had already been closed!!! The leaves are starting to open on the trees and everything is starting to look green again!! My daffodils are out in bloom too!!! Hubby can move around a lot better today. Lots of positives today. Only downer is that after a beautiful weekend it is raining and a little bit foggy this morning.
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I slept 14-1/2 hours straight last night. Guess I'm finally caught up on sleep!
I like this post - it helps me to have to think of something positive I can add, even on my worst days, and reading everyone's good things is a mental boost, too.
I dreamed last night about picking trilliums. You can't actually pick them in real life - they are a protected wildflower. The woods around here are carpeted with them right now, though, and I was enjoying the blankets of white stars as I was driving back and forth to the flea market.
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Jbeany, my sister and I were talking about Trilliums last night! Growing up in the woods, it was our favorite wild flower and we loved finding the first ones in spring. She bought us two "starts" last year, hers came up but mine didn't. Trillium and Jack in the Pulpets - two great treasures we looked for! Thanks for sharing your dream. Enjoy them for me when you drive by them again. :2thumbsup;
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This happened last Thursday, the 14th but I believe it is worth telling on here, TODAY! I was scheduled to have a breast biopsy for transplant purposes and before they were to do the surgery, they did a mammogram so that the doctor would be able to know exactly where he was to perform the biopsy and lo and behold, the lump was GONE!!! I don't know about others religious beliefs but I choose to give Jesus the glory because I feel, that is where it should be given, to HIM! Needless to say, the surgery was cancelled!!!! :bandance;
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Great news, TynyWonder!! :yahoo;
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Thank you Paris!!!!! :waving; :bandance;
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Tiny, I've wondered where you were. So glad you returned with good news.
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wonderful testimony, TynyWonder! My prayers are with you that everything else goes well :cuddle;
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today I realized that the forum I go to concerning my grief over losing my husband is only good on days I (or hours) I feel stricken to the bone.....I come to IHD for positive vibes. I am so grateful.
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Glitter, you are an inspiration to us all. Jack would be extremely proud of how you are carrying on. I love seeing all his pictures that you use as your avitar. Thanks for sharing him with us. :cuddle;
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My 19 year old son is starting a new job today. A big deal in this county where unemployment is 12%. He is also doing very well in our local Junior College. A far cry from where he was this time last year (a University drop-out).I am happy for him.
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That's great, Sunny. :yahoo;
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:yahoo; Hurray for Tyny!
My other positive for the day - having a quick come-back when I needed one!
I ran down to the post office, and ran into one of my neighbors. She's one of those people that gets blessed a lot - as in someone we all use the phrase "Bless her heart" on because most of the time, she's a snoopy gossip. She came charging up to me with "I hear your ex-husband is getting married!" I do know this - we still talk often, and we're still on good terms. So I shrugged and answered, "Yup, sometime in June, I think."
"You don't know the date?"
"Nope. I wasn't really hoping for an invite."
She didn't have a reply for that. Wahahhahahahaha!
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Today is Wednesday (yes, it is - in New Zealand) and Wednesday is my massage day. Wahoo. Incredibly extravagant but it's been a life saver for me. Absolutely beautiful 'hot stone' massage. Mmmmm. Then I splash out even more afterward and get a laksa at a local Malaysian takeaway place. Two positives. I LOVE WEDNESDAYS!
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First of all, thanks JB and second of all, I loved your comeback to the "snoopy" neighbor! That was hilarious! :rofl;
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"Nope. I wasn't really hoping for an invite."
FANTASTIC REPLY!!!! Loved it! :cheer:
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Great reply jbeany!!!!
hubby just got the results from his last PTH test. It is down from over 600 to 380 without taking any sensipar!!! They had the script faxed to the pharmacy and we were waiting for it to be approved by my insurance!!
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wonderful news!! I hope he keeps it up --- I guess in this case, I actually mean -- I hope he keeps it low. :)
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That is great news Del. I was just wondering about that during my drive to Nashville (and back) today.
And that is my positive. No more long day trips until next school year. And this one was good. The classroom I visited was soooo well run. :2thumbsup;
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Great news Del. My positive is my top arrived today from the IHD store. hee hee. With "Kidneys for sale Buy 1 get 1 free (not working)" on it. I love it.
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T-ball game today - got my official "coach" shirt. Bright neon orange, because we're sponsored by the Pumpkin Barn - but don't we all look like we know what we're doing! :rofl;
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sounds like fun, Jbeany! :clap;
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T-ball is so much fun! Next year I am getting both kids in it. How fun!
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T ball rules
the first time Bubba hit the ball he ran to first base yelling, "Mom did you see that ?"
what was so much fun was when Missy and Allen were younger they were on the same basketball and baseball teams -- they are 18 months apart but it was like having twins
some of my best memories was when my three children all had sports --- fun and bringing snacks was a thrill
I have some cute ideas that I used that will make your snacks the best of all the moms ....
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My positive for today....
We are finished with dialysis and getting ready to go to our dinner club. Good friends and stimulating conversation. :yahoo;
Can hardly wait.
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I made a chocolate meringue pie while I looked out the kitchen window and watched Bubba work on his truck :cuddle;
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Ask Bubba to get in his truck and bring me a piece of chocolate pie.......
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I bought a bunch of t bone steaks for 1/2 price!!! Got lots for the summer!!
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I need protein and phosorous
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Come to Newfoundland dw. I'll feed you some newfie food!!!
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What would that be? Some kind of weird fish I bet.
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I spent the day in my nightgown or naked on the bed. It was a nice Saturday!
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Blown rear end in lawn tractor..... $400.00
Drivers side window malfunction in truck....$300.00
Being alive to bitch about the money this week has cost me....PRICELESS!
:flower;
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I need protein and phosorous
Casa Ole has an all you can eat enchiladas for 8.99 -- it includes beef, chicken and cheese
and beans and rice
just eat the meat out of the enchiladas --- okay get one cheese enchilada
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Coming up! One cheese enchilada!
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My positive today, I am eating orange serbert that Beth got for me. It feels good and I am positive it will lower my temp! :2thumbsup;
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Lakers won last night.
It's a beautiful day.
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I spent the day in my nightgown or naked on the bed. It was a nice Saturday!
I spent Saturday mostly naked and mostly in bed too! (Hubby was there so there were also naked activities that I won't detail here!)
:o Teachers naked and in bed! What would their students think? OH MY! :rofl;
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OMG, Another sex thread!
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Uh-oh! Sorry, DW!
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What would that be? Some kind of weird fish I bet.
Wouldn't be weird fish dw!!! Some pan fried cod, fish cakes ( fish and potato mashed together and fried, fish and brewis, pea soup, baked beans,homemade bread along with lots of other stuff.
Positive for today - hubby and I went for a walk. First time he's been able to go for a walk since he fell over a week ago!!
I'm a teacher too and I slept in until 10:30 this morning!!!
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Teachers naked and in bed! What would their students think? OH MY!
Teachers do it with class! :rofl; :rofl;
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I went for a three mile bike ride with my sister on the new Big Wheel I have.
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Today is sunny and I was able to take both my dogs out separately and give them both some one on one time with their human. Now that was special as I romped through the park individually with them. I have good doggies.
:bunny:
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I got most of my annual flowers and my containers planted yesterday and today. Now I'm researching and dreaming about what I'm going to plant in a new bed that I'm "renovating". Dug out some hugely overgrown spirea and can now choose some new things. Always very exciting for me but very difficult to actually reach a decision.
Going out for dinner tonight with a good friend I haven't seen in quite a while.
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Was 400ml under my goal weight this morning. Hee hee. I can have a big drink if I like....such small pleasures!!
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Was 400ml under my goal weight this morning. Hee hee. I can have a big drink if I like....such small pleasures!!
hanify, did you lose some weight? Whenever I end up under my goal and still feel fine, I take that as my new goal. That way, I keep working my way down gradually without having to challenge my dry weight all the time.
Losing weight is a positive in my book!
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No - I'm one of the lucky ones who is trying to gain weight not lose it! I do keep an eye on my bp and it's indicating my goal weight is right. So, to make sure I don't get dehydrated I shall HAVE to drink a lovely big glass of something ... anything... ha ha ha ha ha ha. See, other people don't get this kind of pleasure out of a drink. Poor things. I'm so glad I'm a dialysis patient...
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I went to the gym for an hour after supper. I also got a pile of correcting done tonight.
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my family enjoyed the pool and Scottie (7 months of age) loved the pool -
we are a family of fish -
made lots of food and ate almost none of it -
including cookies and pies and potato salad and my husband bar-b-qued chicken -
went to dialysis but it was such a pleasant day - I can not remember dialysis
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No positives for the last two days? Can't be that no one's got any. Everyone just to busy to post them?
I'll catch up with yesterday's - stopped at the Salvation Army Thrift Store, looking for free standing coat and hat racks to display my tote bags on during the next craft show. Tucked in the back corner of the furniture section was a really old metal store display. A metal circle about 5 feet off the ground on a pole with feet. The circle has big metal prongs all the way around it. It will hold at least 20 tote bags, and more if I want to double layer them. It was an ugly gun metal gray, with chipped paint and a missing foot. Taped to the top was a handwritten sign that said "Belts", with a 50 cent price tag stuck to the sign. I figured they had been displaying belts on it in the thrift store - at 50 cents each. I wasn't even sure it was for sale, but figured I'd ask. I hauled it up front and asked the woman at the counter how much it was. She looked at the tag and said, "50 cents." I handed over my quarters and ran for the door before someone else came out front and told her it wasn't for sale! $2.00 bucks for new feet at the hardware store, and $5 for textured spray paint in a nice crisp linen color. Less than $8 for the perfect display. I love a bargain!
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That's great Jbeany. Who doesn't love a bargain! :clap;
I have visited this thread over the past couple days, but I'm going through a bit of a down period. should be feeling just fine, but tears are lingering just under the surface, it seems.
So I'm going to hitch my horse to YOUR positive. :2thumbsup;
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Yesterday was my first day on a new system - something like ambidextrous - but I know my solution bags aren't both left and right handed so it's not that ... which means I don't have to do a bag during the day anymore. Wahoo. Such freedom. Yay.
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Hope you are feeling more up willowtree. I have days like that. take time to do something just for you. I treated myself to a massage today. I also went to the gym for an hour after supper. That always makes me feel good!!!
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I took the new bike to the bike shop by riding it there. What a fun bike!
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Did I read that right? Did Dan say that willowtreewren was feeling someone up?
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Where did you get the Cherpep????
Ok Del, I'lll be there. The cod works for me.....
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Hope you are feeling more up willowtree.
That's where! ;D
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OK, that's DEL, not DAN
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Positive for today is it is a FunDeferRerfick day! And Dans new pic makes me smile.
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david will be using that work in his silly word game.
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happy to help
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Song Lyrics?
Oh I wish I were a mosquito...
Oh I wish I were a mosquito...
I would stingy and I'd bittey ...
Under everybody's nitey...
Oh I wish I were a little mosquito.
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Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop,
Bottle of pop
Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop,
Bottle of pop
For I'd go down with a slurp
And I'd come up with a burp
Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop
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Oh I wish I were a bar of soap...
Oh I wish I were a bar of soap...
I would slippy and I'd sliddy over
everybody's hidey...
Oh I wish I were a bar of soap.
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Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow,
English sparrow
Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow,
English sparrow
For I'd sitty on the steeple
And I'd spitty on the people
Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow
Wow we did that way out of order. haha
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Songs I learned at Girl Scout Camp... (after the counselors passed out)
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okay there are a few things wrong with that.
Girl Scout Camp? haha
And that is what you guy did after the counselors passed out?
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Did I read that right? Did Dan say that willowtreewren was feeling someone up?
That was me typing without thinking!!!! I meant I hope she was not feeling so down in the blues. But hey feeling somebody up might make her feel better LOL!!!
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:oops; I wish I could insert Homer Simpson's "D'OH!" here too. I don't know what I was on. I read it from del, just kinda applied to it Dan. "D'OH!" Can't explain why.
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mmm. now what are you implying??? lol
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Today I am positively tickled that ya'll make me laugh so much with this thread!
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Posiitive is that my Cardioversion procedure is over... they did another one called (Oh I forget) where they stilck a tube down your throat with an ultrasound on it to check for blockage. I don't remember it but I remeber having to swallow some stuff that tasted exactly llike WD40... well, not quite as good as WD40. Suppose to "take it easy" the rest of the day. I doubt I'll have any problem doing that. Oh yea, Cardioversion was successful. Should have lots more energy tomorrow.
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EWWWWW! They did that to me for a heart valve looking. It was gross in all ways!
Anyway 2.5 miles slightly uphill on the bike today. Our town has a slight incline all the way north and I picked the bike up in the south part of town!
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Quote from: cherpep on Today at 07:38:23 AM
Did I read that right? Did Dan say that willowtreewren was feeling someone up?
That was me typing without thinking!!!! I meant I hope she was not feeling so down in the blues. But hey feeling somebody up might make her feel better LOL!!!
I am sooooooo laughing out loud. Read the whole thing to my hubby!
Feeling up much better. :rofl; :rofl;
Today was the last day of school with the kids and I'm over the hump. Okay Del and Cherpep. Do something with that. :rofl; :rofl;
Aleta
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Who are you feeling up much better willowtree????? LOL!!! :rofl;
My positive is myself and hubby weeded my rhubarb patch this afternoon and planted some new rhubarb roots!! It was a beautiful day.
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Who are you feeling up much better willowtree????? LOL!!! :rofl;
I don't feel and tell! :shy;
:rofl; :rofl;
Rhubarb! Yummy!
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I have another positive.
While we were doing dialysis this evening and talking about the last day of school, my husband commented that today was much better than the last day of school last year. He had not started dialysis then, and was simply exhausted. Now he can work all day, do dialysis and then work around the house.
Yea! :cheer:
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My positive - tomorrow is Friday! Woohoo!!!
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My positive - it's ALREADY Friday hee hee.
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It's Friday!! :yahoo; :2thumbsup; and it is a beautiful day!! Looking forward to some relaxing and gardening this weekend but with my luck it will rain.
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My new Persian Ironwood "Vanessa" tree was planted today and she is BEAUTIFUL. So gorgeous is she that I want another one on my corner. I was again at the nursery today and I think I'm also going to get a Korean Dogwood "Starlight" tree for a spot I just cleared. I bought a whole bunch more annuals today and three award winning hostas. I get very excited and renewed by adding plants to my garden.
It's a beautiful day here too and I'm going to be planting in a little while.
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Woot! Woot!
My pin arrived today! :cheer: :2thumbsup; :yahoo;
I can hardly wait to where it to our new NxStage training at the clinic next week!
Thank you, Paris!
And my husband's last labs were also in the mail! They were all good. His PTH is sloooooowly coming down.
What a great day! :2thumbsup;
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It is friday and this school week is over. Two weeks to go.
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The only positive I can find today is that I found two little tiny red candies left over from Christmas....
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Better to light a candle. . .
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3.5 miles on the Big Wheel tonight. Nice cool weather to ride in. People smile when I ride by them.
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Better to light a candle. . .
...than curse the dark.
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I feel good today and I am glad :2thumbsup;
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My gardenia bloomed today.
:flower;
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The hummingbirds have made it to my back yard and the racoons and dear didn't destroy any bird feeders last night. That made hubby very happy.
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I worked out back yesterday and today until it got too hot. Two huge hummingbird trees in full bloom and the hummingbirds stay in the front. The like to chase the butterflies away from those little pintas. God I got old. I'm turning into my parents.
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I turned into my mother years ago. I heard her voice coming out of MY mouth and about freaked out! :rofl;
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My son Johnny graduates from 8th grade on Wednesday. :cheer:
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It stoped raining and now it is cool and breezy. So nice outside.
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My positive for the day - sticking a nose in a warm kitty tummy and hearing a purr.
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Victor and I attended Abilties Expo in Anaheim. It was great. Looked at everything.
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I turned into my mother years ago. I heard her voice coming out of MY mouth and about freaked out! :rofl;
The older my mom gets, the more we all see my grandmother's face and actions in her.
And, then, I saw a picture from my parents' 50th wedding anniversary party last summer, and I said, "I don't remember that Mom had on the same outfit I did that day!" But, alas, that wasn't Mom in the picture -- it was me. Yes, I've definitely turned into my mother -- and, in twenty years, I'll be my grandmother.
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I accidently put my head on my left arms during the night. I woke to this weird sound like a washing maching turned or something. Eventually I realized it was my fistala. It's alive.
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It's a good thing, too!
I'm glad my DH got home from his dr. appointment in time to finish dialysis for another appointment this afternoon. :rofl;
It is a race from one medical situation to another! :rofl;
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Beth is puppy sitting an 8 week old white lab and she is stopping by so I can play with "McKinley". That would make anyone smile :2thumbsup;
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Went to the thrombosis clinic today (no, that's not the daily positive because obviously I'd rather not have the need to go...) and am very pleased that instead of taking coumadin which would require blood work twice a week, they're having me give myself a sub-cutaneous shot of low molecular heparin every morning. Blood work will be my regular weekly one and the big positive is that during my nephew and niece's visit which starts on Friday I won't have any extra hospital trips imposed.
Can't garden or dig or lift anything heavy for a while however which, in my world, is definitely a negative because I like playing around in dirt as much as almost anything I can think of.
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It was a beautiful day today. Only 4 weeks and school will close for summer vacation.
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I woke up this morning to a hot cup of coffee! :bandance;
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Tonight I'm going to a screening of Ken Burns' on the making of his National Parks series for PBS. :clap;
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How many days to the end of school this year? 11! :clap;
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Had a great time at the National Parks Screening. Ken Burns was NOT there, but his co-writer, Dayton Duncan was. Also the superintendents of five or so National Parks. It was really, really cool. The series will being airing on PBS September 27.
Best part: It was FREE!
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Don't really have a positive yet. My cardioversion last Thursday didn't work. Can any one help me make a positive out ot that?? Well, it is early. I'll find one. (oh yea, No four hour visit to the nastly little recliner today)
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:cuddle; Sorry it didn't work, dw.
It's a beautiful warm, sunny day.
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I woke up this morning to a hot cup of coffee! :bandance;
I woke up this morning! :yahoo;
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I woke up once this morning and again this afternoon...
It's not easy being green.... ribit!
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How many days to the end of school this year? 11! :clap;
I have 17 more days!!! can't wait. I have a really bad class this year. Weeeell not really all of them only about 10 out of 20!!!
My positive from now on is how many days are left until the end of the year. Hope I can make it to the end!! Think I need some pills or drugs or something (for me!!)
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Get some of that
DammitolTH, Del.
My positive is that once we start doing Pureflow, I will no longer be able to supply all the boxes needed by the entire population of Tennessee.
:rofl;
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Thank the Lord I only have 5 kids this year driving me crazy and they are all starting to listen better. Fifth period has become my best class and they were the worst for a good part of the year! They are turning into good little writers.
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my garage sale went well last week- i was sent a pic of my husband I didnt have, and had never seen!!!!
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Great photo Glitter.
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we are trying to train Yogi not to rescue us when we jump into the pool -
he is either dumb - stubborn -- a teenager in dog years
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Tonight is a girls' night with my 13-year old daughter. There will be Taylor Swift music aplenty. No, we're not going to a concert - just a travelling museum - they call it the Taylor Swift Fearless Experience. She's really looking forward to it, I'm looking forward to the time with her.
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Paris, I hope that wasn't your daycare center that got raided by the nc Police today. All that moonshine and firearms.... wow.
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Moonshine!! Did someone say moonshine????? Did you mean the stuff you drink!! I could use some right now :rofl; :rofl; 15 more days until vacation!! I have lots of homemade wine and 2 more brews of it sitting in the dining room. each brew makes about 30 bottles. Come to my house for a party!! It was a beautiful day here and that's something to be thankful for.
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Nine days of school left and more to do than I know what to do with!
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Planted 5 new hostas today, 3 new clumps of pachysandra and am getting ready to go pick up two new viburnums (summer snowflake) tomorrow. Life is so good when I'm planting. The new house behind us is going to put in a row of columnar beeches in and I'm hoping that today I talked the landscaper out of using red ones and using green instead. Too many yellow or red or purple trees in a landscape is a pet peeve of mine (I like them but only if used very sparingly as an accent specimen) so that would be a huge positive if I can influence the choice.
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Finally I got a permanent time and bay assignment at the ugly little recliner place......
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That's good, dw. Having a regular time will make it easier to get into a scheduled groove.
Today's positive - took a batch of toy white mice into D to sew while I was sitting there. Sold 3 to the nurses. Making money while on dialysis is lovely!
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Mice? Were they real or stuffed mice?
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toy mice, dw! toy mice!
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Ahh. Jbeany, you must have an upper arm fistula. It's ahred for my husband to use his arm at all because his fistula is in his lower arm.
My positive, having the whole crew (NxStage and nurses) coming to my house has certainly improved the looks of the place. Still some tidying to do, though.
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Ahh. Jbeany, you must have an upper arm fistula. It's ahred for my husband to use his arm at all because his fistula is in his lower arm.
It's upper left arm for me, so I can hold stuff with my left hand and sew with my right. I have to set every thing down and shake out my fingers pretty frequently, though. I'm holding everything at an odd angle to keep from moving my upper left arm, and my fingers go to sleep a lot. Still, I like being able to do something productive.
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I had a wonderful evening with my daughter last night. It was such a small thing that made her so happy! I really enjoyed chatting with her for hours. It does the heart good.
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Cherpep it sounds like you had yourself a good night. Hope you have many many more.
I found cereal on sale for a dollar a box!
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I just read that the ingredients for a box of cereal cost about 4 cents. The cereal companies make more $$ from cereal than any other products because they have convinced us consumers to pay so much for it.
:thumbdown;
My continuing positive is that my house looks fairly decent (at least the public parts of it!).
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This is me, my daughter Sarah, and 'Taylor'. I'm the one in the white hat. :rofl;
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I would have recognized you anywhere. You didn't need the white hat clue! :rofl; :rofl;
Really, though, Sarah is lovely. I know you had a wonderful time.
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Although he is still not at all well, very sleepy and not eating too well, today is the first day for 2 months or more that my Dad has not been in pain, perhaps the sympathectomy and the painkillers are doing the trick, long may it continue and thanks to everyone who has asked about him. :grouphug;
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That is a great positive, rose!!! Thanks for sharing it.
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That is great Rose! Yey
And cherpep your one sexy momma.. *wink*
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For some reason my ihd page switched onto Spanish, and I've been trying to read all the instructions in Spanish for the last few days. ( I don't speak Spanish by the way). As a result of this I discovered you can click on 'new' and it'll take you straight to the latest unread thread. Now, I realise you all probably knew this already, but I just hadn't noticed the little blue 'new' sign. It wasn't till I read 'nuevo' in Spanish that I realised what it was for ha ha. So much easier than scrolling down every time you open a thread....I am computer literate...I am computer literate...I am...
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I didn't know it and I can't find a box labeled New
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I had a stres test and a heart echo today.
So i am hoping to get TWO letters stating i am on the wait list.
One in Jersey and one in Pennsy.
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That's great Paul.Karen. You'll have an even better chance at a kidney. :2thumbsup;
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Found a 1949 Bing Crosby 33 record in the "free" pile of things left over from the library rummage. Bing singing hits from Oklahoma and Annie Get Your Gun. Too funny. Great gift for a friend of mine who loves all things 40's. Free is still my favorite price! I got a cute pink sweater for me too - new clothes to fit the skinnier me, without paying anything. Martha Stewart might not a agree with my taste for all things secondhand, but I think "it's a good thing"!
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I only have eight days of school left for this school year. Plus I will teach only sixth grade next year. They agreed to give the position back to our school for a third RSP teacher who we desperately needed this school year.
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I only have eight days of school left for this school year. Plus I will teach only sixth grade next year. They agreed to give the position back to our school for a third RSP teacher who we desperately needed this school year.
That is very good news Kitkatz :2thumbsup;
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Great news kitkatz!!! My positive is we sold some of our wood we cut. Made $50 a pickup load!! We have sold $500 worth!! Bad news is one of the junks of wood we threw in the truck bounced and struck the back window!!! What a mess and it is going to cost $350 for a new one.
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Seven days of school left. :2thumbsup;
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Seven days of school left. :2thumbsup;
But who's counting? :clap;
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I am! :rofl;
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I finally scheduled some eval appointments I have been avoiding, and I got a lab drawn ON TIME for maybe the fifth time in my entire life! :clap; (I usually just check the STAT box on the order and then wait nervously to see if the tech will question it.) My husband decided he had had enough of work for the week and came home early so we could go on a nice walk before picking up the kids. All in all, a lovely and productive-feeling day!
:cheer:
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I had one of my "teary" spells earlier today, but just going through the routine of getting my husband set up on the machine got me settled down. I can see two of my hanging baskets from where I'm sitting and that is a lovely feeling, too.
It's sooo important to focus on the positives. I am thankful for this thread.
:waving;
Aleta
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Seven days with the kids, the eighth day we check out. A party after school in the evening the last day. I got invited because they think I am a party gal. Hehehe!
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I had another positive today. I ran into a former student at the grocery store. I had him from 1st through 5th grade. He told me that he is getting married in two weeks and that he is in med school in Memphis. Then he said that I did a good job with him. Sweet. :thx;
It made my day. I taught his sisters, too. The older one got a full scholarship to Goucher College in Baltimore. Not bad.
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An old High School buddy visited me today Had not seen him in a while. We had a couple of beers and talked for a long time. Was good seeing him. :beer1;
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My positive for the day - my sister called to say she's coming for a girl's weekend this Friday. She's bringing her sewing machine so we can sew and gab all weekend.
Today, I got to be someone else's positive - I did 3 good deeds. I stopped to help an elderly neighbor hook up her digital tv equipment. I stopped to help a friend with a new kitten learn how to clip kitty claws safely and painlessly. Those two I had planned on. The third was not planned, but much more fun! I stopped to warn one of the local farmers that his calves had made a break for it, and then helped round them up.
If I'd know I was gonna wrangle cattle today, I would have worn my cowboy boots! ;musicalnote; "Git along little doggies, git along. . . ." ;musicalnote;
And yes, I do live in the middle of nowhere!
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JBeany that sounds like a fun day! Wrangling cattle in your tennis shoes?
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:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Saw a hummingbird last night and hear some goldfinches calling (but didn't see them). They have the sweetest song of any birds, I think. Have heard a woodpecker for the past couple of mornings and a fox was roaming around last night. All this wildlife and I live 5 minutes from the airport!
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There used to be a resident woodpecker in one of my trees - until Ike knocked his tree down. Don't know where he moved to (he maybe have been blown away come to think of it). Gobs of hummingbirds descend on at the blooms at the front door. I hope one doesn't ever stick that little pointed beak in my eye...
Last year I was inundated with Cardnials but one died on the front porch and they all left. I guess it was a cat or something -- or maybe a racoon. I saw one out there once and man it was ugly.
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Cardinals will sometimes fly into windows and accidentally kill themselves. If an animal had killed it, you wouldn't have seen the body. Gulp. Yum, yum.
Hummers have no interest in you. You aren't sweet enough! :rofl; :rofl;
You can teach wild bluebirds to eat out of your hand by getting mealworms from the pet store. We have a bluebird house near our pool and I love to watch them fly in and out. I could give you many lessons to help you develop a better relationship with our animal friends. :2thumbsup;
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I'll stick to dogs and jackasses.....
Bellaire (the city where I live) is noted for cardinals. Actually that is the name of the local High School baseball team.....
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Is Bellaire part of Houston? It has been a long, long time since I was in Houston. I was there for a Montessori conference many years ago.
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I just read that book "Rounding Up Cattle for Beginner". Tell me Jbeany, is it true you count them
by counting the legs and dividing by four?
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My daily postive - my 9 yr old granddaughter, Eliza, donated her hair for the second time to Locks of Love. She did it when she was 7 and in two years her hair grew about 12 inches. She loves doing this. Her parents let her get her ears pierced as a reward. She thinks she is so cool with her new haircut and earrings! She is such a sweet child. :cuddle;
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Aleta, Bellaire is a city all on its own but it is surrounded by Houston. Actually, Houston grew around it We have better schools and other city services. Also higher taxes.....
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Paris,
One of my elementary students, her dad and younger brother all donated their hair last week. I saw the mom today and she said her daughter looks so much older with her hair cut. I think that is so sweet.
Dan, too bad about the higher taxes. :thumbdown;
Aleta
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I just read that book "Rounding Up Cattle for Beginner". Tell me Jbeany, is it true you count them
by counting the legs and dividing by four?
No, we counted legs and tails and divided by 5. . . .
Today's positive - a nap long enough to catch up on sleep!
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No, we counted legs and tails and divided by 5. . .
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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Today's positive... my house AC is working.
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Todays positive..........we don't need the AC or the furnace!
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I missed that post, Aleta... When I admited to turning 65 my property taxes were reduced and frozen... So let 'em build and raise the value. Someday, if I live long enough, I'll let' em have it.
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My positive:
The new chassis for PureFlow was delivered in ONE PIECE! :cheer: :cheer:
Now we just have to get the broken one dismantled and set up the new one!
:2thumbsup;
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I have Easter lilies blooming in my front yard. I put them in last year, and they came up beautifully and have about 12 blooms. Always fun when something new comes up and blooms. :flower;
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I watered all my flowers and hanging baskets today in preparation for our being gone this coming week. I will keep my fingers crossed that we have some rain and it isn't too hot while we are gone.
I love flowers, too, Paris. My window boxes look better than they have in years. I mixed purple verbena, pink impatiens and white begonias. It's a pretty mix. In my hanging baskets I put lantanas and pink petunias.
While we were eating lunch today a hummer came up to the feeder. I've seen them around the flowers, but this was my first feeder sighting. I could sit for hours watching the birds.
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I was in the pool almost all day -- I do not have to get out and pee anymore -- and Conroe is hot!
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watch em, but don't touch em.
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I'm hot too. And the temperatures are really warm.
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I was in the pool almost all day -- I do not have to get out and pee anymore -- and Conroe is hot!
Now THERE is a positive for ESRF! :rofl; :rofl;
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can they do dialysis in north dakota?
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can they do dialysis in north dakota?
why? are you moving your ass to North Dakota -- and the little ass
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cause it has air conditioning
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13 days until summer vacation!!!
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My grandson, Zeke, just called to tell me that they are on their way to Disney World. When his Mommy, Melissa, got married in March, they decided to forgo a honeymoon and take all four kids on a Familymoon. Zeke was so excited, he couldn't talk fast enough. He wanted to tell me everything they were going to see and do. And "I miss you Nana, but I will be back next week". I want a new kidney so I can keep up with him! :2thumbsup;
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Paris....I have grandbabies AND a new kidney.....it didnt make me any faster....I still cannot keep up! BUT...I have more stamina to follow along behind them and make them THINK I am keeping up! :rofl;
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This is the first time he has gone to Disney without Beth and me. Not that we wanted to go on the familymoon! But, he thinks we should be going too. He told me he will call me while they are waiting in lines! :rofl;
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I got new carpet today (and yesterday and tomorrow). Yay. Warm.
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I got new carpet today (and yesterday and tomorrow). Yay. Warm.
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About 16 years ago hubby planted an apple seed from an apple that he ate. the tree has grown and grown but never bloomed. Today we noticed nice red blooms on it!!!! I sure hope we get at least one apple on it!!
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Oh how fun Del you should post a picture of it!
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Today's positive - warm weather and sunshine. When I got home, my black kitty came running in from her screened-in run, and she was hot to the touch from soaking up solar rays.
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My GP took a look at my labs and told me that I only need Aranesp shots once a month, rather than twice a month. This saves me both money and pain! :bandance;
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New carpet's all done. Yay. Now we just have to move everything back....oh that belongs in another thread :banghead;
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Woke to the sound of running feet. Older granddaughter hiding so she could jump out and hug me when we got up.
Younger granddaughter woke all smiles. She doesn't remember me though and won't let me hold her yet...
It has been 6 months since we saw her and she turns a year old on Sunday.
By the time we leave I'll be her grandmom through and through. :clap;
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I had the freakin' heart stress today and I did not die ---- felt close to dying but I am still here -
or am I
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boooooooooooooooooooooooooo >:D
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Yey Twirl did not die! :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
I would miss you very very much
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I remembered at 8:55 this morning that there was a 9:30 school event that my six-year-old had wanted me to attend, and somehow managed to get showered, changed, look mostly presentable and race down to the school in time to see my son Aidan up at the podium with a mic explaining what the class had done to create their science reports. He lit up when he saw me. Then I watched everyone's report, including Aidan's, and the parents were invited to have snacks with the kids.
Two teachers came up to me afterward and said what a sweet, intelligent child Aidan is. I hear this all the time, but never tire of it! :)
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Dragged my phobic self to the dentist today. The first time in almost 20 years. Guess all that brushing and flossing paid off - no cavities! :cheer:
I do have one cracked filling. Geez, not like I chew ice cubes or anything, huh?
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My positive: Three days until school is out.
Friday is International Day for the sixth graders so they are out of my classroom all day!
Monday is awards assembly.
Tuesday is a minimum day! I will give the kids little awards in my classes and give their grades out.
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Had a great day! After doing big D this morning, went to meet with the teachers at my daughter's school, then shopping at a nearby outlets mall. I am not much of a shopper, but I got some much needed sunglasses, two shirts and a pair of shoes for ME! Shoes were just $20!
Then two dresses for #2 granddaughter's b'day and one for #1 granddaughter, just because. The dresses were $20 total!
that is the kind of shopping I like to do. Then did grocery shopping for the whole family and came home and fixed dinner so DD and DSIL did not have to cook after working all day.
Wonderful day.
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It turned out to be a beautiful day after rain, rain and more rain last night!!! I attacked the weeds in the flower beds today. Boy am I tired tonight!!! Some of those weeds were at least a foot high. I look like I got in a fight with a cat - I weeded the rose bed!!! I have 2 1/2 flower beds weeded - only 4 1/2 more to go!! I feel so positive because I can see what I accomplished today and it looks good - if I do say so myself!!! :bandance;
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We saw my husband's son from his first marriage today and his wife. They were down visiting the grandfather. It was nice to see both of them. I have pics, but have not downloaded them yet.
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I'm having a blast with my niece and nephew. So nice too to have the energy to have a blast. All thanks to their Mom.
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About 16 years ago hubby planted an apple seed from an apple that he ate. the tree has grown and grown but never bloomed. Today we noticed nice red blooms on it!!!! I sure hope we get at least one apple on it!!
I had never seen an apple tree until I was 18 years old- it was such a marvel to me I had my picture taken with it! Is it possible to show us a picture of the flowers?
my daily positive for today- my ac works....the sky is blue....my cats are feeling frisky!
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Positive for Saturday: My husband and older son went to a baseball game with relatives. I stayed home with my younger son since he usually needs a nap in the afternoon. My younger son is exceedingly strong-willed, and physically quite a large child for his age, so it usually worries me to be left alone with him for a long time. Well, yesterday I needed to go out shopping. I took him to the pharmacy and the co-op and he was perfectly adorable and angelic. We also spent about an hour blowing bubbles in the sunshine. I am proud of him and proud of myself.
Positive for today: Went to the zoo and the kids loved it. A nice, quiet, and finally warm weekend around here.
:flower; :bunny:
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It is a beautiful sunny day and only 9 days of school left. I am having a very hard time trying to get through the last days left in the school year. I have a very unusual class behavior and academic wise. In 26 years I have never had a class like them!!!
Glitter here's a pic of some apple blossoms from my tree this year and a picture of the tre that I took last June.
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Pretty, pretty, Del.
I hear you about the unusual class. Here's a hug. :cuddle;
I'm glad that the rain held off until this afternoon. We had such a nice drive around the Berkshires this morning while there was intermittent sun.
Aleta
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It's warm, but not too hot! It's windy, but not extreme! It's Miller Time! :beer1;
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I made it through my colonoscopy!
This has been a battle from start to finish. I told everyone who would listen, from the transplant hospital to every doctor and nurse in my path since March, that I consider this an expensive and exhausting exercise in paranoia. Since I don't handle opiods well, the colonscopy crew wanted to just give me an amnesiac and plow ahead, but my husband helped me demand real anesthesia. The doctor was less than psyched about this news - apparently in order to get proper anesthesia you need to get a pregnancy test and a potassium level check first, so this delayed everything about an hour. The anesthesiologist was very cool, though, and the last thing I remember was my husband patting the top of my head and saying goodbye.
As expected, results were totally negative. But it's over. :yahoo;
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That is great news, Cariad.
And good for you for standing up for YOUR needs. :cheer:
Aleta
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Hooked up my big tv in the living room with my converter box, and couldn't get NBC. Ah well, whatever. It's online, I'll live. Today, I finally had time to mess with the little tv in my craft room. Hooked up the converter box, scanned, and looked at the channels. I've got NBC in one room, but not the other. From the same antenna - I've just used a splitter. This, of course, makes absolutely no sense. But, hey, at least I can watch NBC now!
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It has been a beautiful day!!! temp was well over 20 celcius. 8 more school days!!!
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took the van in to get the air fixed
the air conditioner for the back of the van does not blow out air
ate at Cheddar's - and had lots leftover
yeah
Yogi is herding Lady Bird which means he is starting to like her -
he herded her into the pool twice :urcrazy;
or maybe he is trying to drown her :(
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Had a pot roast cooking in the slow cooker today. Came home from work, made some rice, gravy, and steamed some broccoli. Hubby walked in the door and his first words were - "Something smells fantastic!". We all sat down as a family to eat (rare these days, but my son was even home with a day off work) - and everyone kept saying how great everything tasted. It really made me feel good. Then, hubby and I enjoyed a wonderful walk (the weather was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!) while the kids cleaned up dinner. It was all so nice.
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That is great news, Cariad. And good for you for standing up for YOUR needs.
Thank you so much, Aleta! Your encouragement means a lot to me, especially since doctors often make me feel like the biggest princess in town any time I make a special request.
Today's positive: had quite a few laughs with my Spanish tutor today. I was way too tired to think straight, so the mistakes I made were often quite silly. I think my favorite mistake was during the reading, I asked her if 'mezquita' meant barbecue, thinking I was being clever by seeing the similarity to 'mesquite'. It turns out it means mosque. :oops;
I love learning Spanish from her and being able to laugh at myself.
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Something I take for granted:
I came home from work tonight... One of the workmen wasn't so lucky.
Something a little absurd:
Rolando has been running a fever and I have been worried... It turns out he is only sick, THANK GOD!
Something special to be cherished:
My little guy is curled up on his pillow - so cute, so fuzzy, such a little sweetie, patiently waiting for me to pick him up and take him to bed with me... and I am about to accommodate him.
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Dental cleaning and check-up is over! Only 3 more medical tests to go, and I'll be cleared for surgery.
:flower;
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I am about to ring Baxters to organise my bags to get sent to Samoa for my trip in August. Yeehar! How exciting. This will be my 3rd o/s trip since starting D. I've travelled more since I got sick than before. Funny how it gives you a new perspective on what's important eh?
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I just got off the phone with Matthews best friend from Cali. He is comming for the 4th of July and gonna stay till the 8th. Yey. Matthew has no clue, and if all goes well then he won't know until he comes home that day and sees Bryan sitting on the couch. Bryan and I have been working on this suprise for months. Its set! I think we are gonna pull if off. Yey! :beer1; :yahoo;
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My very positive positive is that I had a delightful day with my granddaughter. We did crafts while Carl was on dialysis, went to the grocery store where we had to completely restock the food pantry and she did not complain and even helped bag. The afternoon was the hardest for her. It got very hot and she really wanted to get in the pool, but Carl was still working on it. But we went out and worked on getting the deck cleaned up. A quick swim after dinner and then off to bed.
Yay! What fun! :2thumbsup; :yahoo;
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Willow, I keep getting a surprise when you talk about grandchildren! How can that be? You look about 28 in your photo
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Willow, I keep getting a surprise when you talk about grandchildren! How can that be? You look about 28 in your photo
:rofl; :rofl;
Well, that picture is about 6 or 7 years old, I think. I was trying to go back and figure it out. My mother died 8 years ago and the picture was taken a year or two after she died. I particularly like that picture as it was taken by a friend who has since died. It helps me still feel connected to him.
I married young, but I've been married to the same wonderful man for 40 years now. My daughter is turning 35 later this summer. My granddaughters are 6 (Willow) and 1 as of last Sunday (Wren). Thus my screen name: Willowtreewren.
Now you know! :2thumbsup;
Your trip to Samoa sounds exciting! One of my former parents at school was from Samoa. Beautiful lady.
Aleta
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It has been a BEAUTIFUL day here today!!! Only 8 more days of school until summer vacation!!!
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Fabulous day with dear granddaughter. Drove through the Smoky Mountains with a stop at the visitor center for a picnic lunch. Then on to Gatlinburg and the Aquarium. This was a the PERFECT age for our granddaughter to visit the Aquarium. She was enthralled with the whole thing, especially watching the sharks swim overhead.
But the best part was listening to her tell her mom all about what she did today. I was able to see it through her eyes. :2thumbsup;
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No Alete, that's not me in the avitar. lol I doubt I'll ever be a major religious figure. Although one year I wanted to be a gospel singer. That didn't last.
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My first day of summer vacation. It was spent relaxing, watching TV and talking to the Gardner with hubby. Money is going to be spent on the yard so it looks better than it does. I will take before and after pics.
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Went past the festival where my craft booth is tomorrow - they have a whole carnival set up, even a ferris wheel! Now, if the rain holds off, it should be a good day for selling my tote bags and purses.
I stopped at the gift shop where my friend has been selling some of my bags for me. I was going to take a dozen of them with me to bulk out my stock at the craft show. I only ended up taking 4 home. Out of the 20 I'd left with her, she'd sold enough of them that taking any more would have left her purse display barren! :cheer:
Wheee! I love it when people buy things I've made! It's such a compliment - that they are willing to spend their hard earned money on my creation. Very gratifying!
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Jbeany that is great! You need to post pictures!
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Congrats JB! Post photos of your bags!
I had some good luck.An interior designer saw one of my photos on flickr, contacted me to buy (actually make a high definition print) for a client to hang in his office. Instead of money I asked that they make me the same print as payment. It was delivered yesterday - turned out great - so now I need to frame it! My first EVER photo sale!!
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Oh, such wonderful things are happening for folks. Jbeany, you must be bursting with pride, and you, too, Okarol. :yahoo;
We are busy, busy today, cleaning for our big Summer Solstice party tomorrow night. We'll have a crowd of 40 - 50 folks here including lots of children. :clap;
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We are busy, busy today, cleaning for our big Summer Solstice party tomorrow night. We'll have a crowd of 40 - 50 folks here including lots of children. :clap;
How do you celebrate? When my kids were little we celebrated mid-summers night by putting out a tiny picnic of fruit and sweets for the fairies. In the morning the tea cups were turned over and food gone - the kids were sure the fairies had eaten everything (no doubt some raccoon instead) and each child got a little gift from the fairy queen.
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Ooooh, can we see the pic, okarol? At least describe it! That's awesome that you sold it, and we knew you were that good all along!
I remembered to charge my camera batteries - I'll see if I can remember to post some pics on the hobbies thread.
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Congrats jbeany and okarol!!! I got 3 lawns mowed tonight!!! Yippee. Looks a lot better now. In some parts of the lawn the grass was up to my knees.
One of the teachers at school dropped by this afternoon with her "little" granddaughter. She is 2 mths old now but was 10 weeks premature (her due date was yesterday!!!) . She is so tiny - 2 mths old and only a little over 6 lbs!!! She looks like a little doll!!!
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We are busy, busy today, cleaning for our big Summer Solstice party tomorrow night. We'll have a crowd of 40 - 50 folks here including lots of children. :clap;
How do you celebrate? When my kids were little we celebrated mid-summers night by putting out a tiny picnic of fruit and sweets for the fairies. In the morning the tea cups were turned over and food gone - the kids were sure the fairies had eaten everything (no doubt some raccoon instead) and each child got a little gift from the fairy queen.
that is great! I love that idea.
My daddy came and fixed my ac.. yey
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How do you celebrate? When my kids were little we celebrated mid-summers night by putting out a tiny picnic of fruit and sweets for the fairies. In the morning the tea cups were turned over and food gone - the kids were sure the fairies had eaten everything (no doubt some raccoon instead) and each child got a little gift from the fairy queen.
Your celebration sounds lovely. Ours is just a big party! Pot-luck with mucho good food. We put out badminton, bocce, and bubbles for the kids. I have whirl-gig helicopter toys, too. and swimming and lots of great conversation. I have ice cream sandwiches for when the evening wears on, but I imagine there will be gooey brownies, too. It is just a blast. :clap;
Y'all come! (That is a local saying) :clap;
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yall come ... yall come to see us when you can.... memories of HeeHaw! Haha. That memory is a daily positive.
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I used to watch HeeHaw and Ma and Pa Kettle all the time with my grandma..Good fun
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The gardeners started on our yard today. It looks like hell, all dug up, but will soon be better.
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I have my report cards all completed!!! :clap; :2thumbsup; :bandance; They don't have to be passed in to the principal until Tuesday so I am early!!! 5 more days before summer vacation :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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Today's positive - it didn't rain on the parade. I mean that literally.The Heritage Festival included a parade at 1, complete with the local fire department and the high school marching band. The local troupe of bagpipers was the biggest hit, of course, because we all still want to know what they are wearing under the kilts. . . :cheer:
That also means it didn't rain on the craft show. I did reasonably well - not fabulous, but enough considering how disorganized and unadvertised this show turned out to be. After I packed up at 5, I took the remaining totes and purses I had to my friend's gift shop. We put 27 purses on her display rack. That was about 7 pm. I left and went home. My friend just called me - she sold 4 of them before she closed at 10. Sounds to me like I better sew faster!
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Jbeany, that is simply fabulous! Your totes must be special! :cheer:
OUr solstice party was really great, well attended. I'll have to do a count sometime today. All I know for sure was that there were nine children in attendance. :clap;
It was hotter than gee Billy whiz, but at least it didn't rain! :2thumbsup;
Enjoy Father's Day everyone.
Aleta
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Wow Jb... sounds liike you are going to need a website....
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Hey Jb maybe you ask about selling them through the IHD online store?
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Wow Jb... sounds liike you are going to need a website....
If I can ever get far enough ahead, I'll put some on etsy.com. Right now, I can barely keep up with what my friend wants for the store. My timing on making totes and purses is good - they are the "hot" thing to carry right now. I need to make at least 50 to do another show, and most days I'm lucky to get one done. If I can keep up, I'll do another show at the end of August. Otherwise, I'm going to wait until Black Friday to do another. My grandma had a mini-stroke today, so until I figure out what I need to do to take care of her, I may not be able to spend much time sewing.
Today's positive - Gram's still here and still as stubborn and funny as ever.
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You can always hire someone to do some of the sewing... my Mom used to work that way. When something was hot she'd go all out. Sounds like you've hit on something.
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The day my dad died was very special...... (12years ago)
We were all called to the hospital as my dad was dying of Leukemia......
He was in very good spirit and my mom was sobbing by his side he
jokingly...... said :" don't worry dear I am going to live until I die"
He did just that .... he planned his funeral down to the flowers and last hymn. (need spell check... mine does not want to work)
I just thought I'd share...... It is a very positive way to live and die.... :)
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That's a nice memory. I'm sure a lot of us thought of things like that yesterday.
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Remember how I posted a link to my little cousins myspace music page a while back. Well today I found out that on myspace he is number one in hip hop and rap in the state of New Mexico on myspace. Number One baby! I am so proud of him right now. Yey. :guitar: :guitar: :bandance; :bandance;
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Very cool, Manda! :2thumbsup;
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I am very proud of him, everyone in the family is so hard on him. And he is proving everyone wrong, good for him.
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I had energy today! I went through a box of old clothing to donate to a clothing exchange that is being planned at our sons' school. I did some laundry, walked an overdue bill to the post office (only a few blocks away) and learned a bit more about Latin American literature from my Spanish tutor. I'm exhausted now, but a good exhausted - the kind where I feel like it's more than illness wearing me out.
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Went to the gym, had a good cup of coffee, and got the box out in the mail. I am a happy camper at the moment. :2thumbsup;
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Up, awake and had cereal and coffee. Thinking about going for a haircut (if I get a bath early enough). Maybe Thursday would be better.
Weatherbug just flashed a good message on the screen. It will be down to 99 today.
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Getting things back to normal (although it does seem a bit dull around here!)
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Instruction is over for the year!!!! School trip tomorrow, admin day Thurs and students come back to get report cards on Friday!!! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;(As you can see I am very sad!!!) LOL
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I find it hysterical that the students never dream that we teachers count the days until the end of the year, too. In fact, I think we look forward to it even more. :rofl;
Congrats. Enjoy. :cheer:
Aleta
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Instruction is over for the year!!!! School trip tomorrow, admin day Thurs and students come back to get report cards on Friday!!! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;(As you can see I am very sad!!!) LOL
Hurray for you!!!! Are you going to the school trip? Good luck. :bandance; :bandance;
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I volunteer at a crisis line, and today all of the callers thanked me for my time and seemed to honestly feel better after our talk. One even burst into tears of gratitude at one point in our conversation. Most of these callers are profoundly mentally ill, and can be understandably angry at everyone and anyone, so this was actually quite a miraculous occurence.
On another note, congratualtions to all you teachers for making it through another school year! I am constantly awed by how hard my sons' teachers work, and try to never miss an opportunity to thank them. I am fully aware that I could never do the work that you teachers do.
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My sister loaned me a backpack for my trip and two camera cards 1 gig each and a loading thingy for the computer. I love my geek sister!
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Have a great time, Kikatz. It sounds like quite a trip!
Aleta
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Our school trip for primary (K-3) was today. We have a super time and the student's behavior was awesome!!!! Two parents were there to help and boy did I appreciate them. One did all the drinks for me and the other helped me pass out the meals. One even bought my lunch for me!!! When we got to the bowling ally a parent bought us all a coffee. boy what good parents we have!!!
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Fantastic, Del! :2thumbsup;
Had a really good swim tonight. Did 30 minutes of aquatic workout. Felt great afterward.
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Hubby worked late tonight, so I picked my son up from school and we went to dinner and a movie. Simple dinner at McDonald's and the new Transformer movie. I love spending time with my boy. He is the light of my life!
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I was walking back from the grocery with my younger son this evening and we saw a bunny rabbit. He exclaimed "Look, mommy! A baby reindeer!" (I guess the ears looked like antlers to him?) We followed the bunny and my husband and older son saw us and came over to have a look. We watched the rabbit until it became spooked by all of the attention and disappeared.
One of those nice, simple moments with the family.
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My daughter Molly (12 ) is home sick from school and I had made her a sandwhich. I asked her if she wanted a glass of milk as well and she looked at me in a funny way. I said "what?" and she said "I don't want you to have to be my slave". I said don't worry about it, cos she has to be my 'slave' so often at the moment. What a lovely girl to even think of it eh?
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:flower; Reading these posts makes me happy. Thanks for sharing them!
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I have to agree with Okarol - reading all the daily positives is very fun.
today I got to walk the dogs early morning without a jacket or light sweater. That's right - we've reach that magical time in the summer where it is warm in the morning. This is something that we look forward to for 10 months - it is but a splash in the pan but I'll take it.
:bunny:
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It is all relative what we find good about a day, isn't it Skywalker.
This morning my Air conditioner cut off at 3 AM and it is still only 81 degrees outsidde. I'm going for a walk first time in weeks.
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crawford -- yesterday Houston was 104
does your air need to be fixed and did it come back on
today will be another hottie
but channel 11 said we might get rain this afternoon
Conroe is on a water ban
River Plantation is not ---- we are on different water but we are next our yard looks like hay
if you have no air --- fill your tub with ice cubes and sit on it
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No, no no. It went off because it finallly cooled down enough to cut off. It came back on an hour or so ago. It has been running night and day. I'm afraid it's going to burn out or else Reliant Energy will cut off my power when I can't pay for it....
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oh, thank goodness
you would be baked well done with no air
you had me worried
we have a two story house with an air conditioner for upstairs and one for downstairs
plus we run the polaris
oh,, we pray before we open the electric bill
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Just one story and one AC but it is new. Replaced the whole system last fall with larger one -- supposed to be Energy Efficient. Was 200 last month and barely ran AC...Scared to death this time. Do you think IHD community would send donations to cover it?????
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My daily positive is that I'm home and toxin free. :waving;
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Good for you!
Today is Friday and I am looking forward to a fantastic weekend with my family at home doing as little as possible as often as possible for as long as possible.
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I'm drinking my first Dunkin Donuts coffee in 4 days!! Mmmmmm life is good.
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What? They don't serve Dunkin Donuts Coffee in the hospital?
You be careful today, Cherpep. Don't over-do it. (As if your hubby hasn't told you!)
My positive: It's another day. Anything could happen, and it has to be better than the "everything that can go wrong will go wrong" day I had yesterday. :2thumbsup;
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Just one story and one AC but it is new. Replaced the whole system last fall with larger one -- supposed to be Energy Efficient. Was 200 last month and barely ran AC...Scared to death this time. Do you think IHD community would send donations to cover it?????
Why on earth is it that heigh? You sure it is the AC?
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I had one of those Murphy's law days yesterday too, today will be better. it's the last day of school and I will have my buddy home withme every day, can't wait. it's nice having your best friend with you all the time.
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School's out for the summer!!! That makes it a good day!!!
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Five new hostas for my collection today.
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I have a chest cough/infection, but I don't feel sick. Just cough like an old man occasionally. The rest of me feels fine. Yay.
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Tomorrow is my younger daughter's birthday! :bandance;
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Painted half of my living room yesterday. So reached my goal. But remind me next time I want to paint...that I am crazy...
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You can't remember that you are crazy?
Morning Mandy... half through, huh? Don't let the kiddos get in the paint.
Morning Positive: It is the weekend and i have nothing schedule. I see it as an open time to goof off or do something constructive and I don't really have to decide right now.
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I knew I was crazy just not this crazy..haha
Yeah half done. But today my dad wants to paint the other half and half of the kitchen....grrrr
Man he is making me feel fat and lazy. He came from Dialysis yesterday and flew thru everything. Me I am tried as all hell by the time we are done...haha I feel old
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It is the weekend and I have two whole days to catch up on everything!
I am a workaholic. :2thumbsup;
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Need help getting over that workaholic thing? I'm an expert at being a playaholic.
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then we would make a well balanced team!
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Basically I made my living first with music the teaching high school drops out and then teaching computer software and doing computer expos (didn't get rich, but not a bad living). I can truthfully say I've never had a real job. (At least one that was not fun.) Dialysis is one of the most stressful things I've ever had to do. Pretty lucky, I'd say.
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Everyone should be able to make a living just by playing!
Way to go! :clap; :clap;
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I weeded flower beds today. The 5 on the front of the house are almost finished. I just have 2 more to do on the side and back of the house.
I wish I could make a living just by playing too!!!
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sounds to me like you are... playing in the dirt.
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I had a wonderful workout in the pool this evening. (Dan where were you?)
I realized that I never feel more relaxed and calmed than when I'm doing my aqua aerobics. It just makes me feel so peaceful to be looking up at the sky and the trees, watching the birds and the butterflies flitting about. I wish I could get in the pool every single day of my life. Even though I'm exercising, when I'm in the pool, I feel so settled.
Sometimes when I'm done, I just hang in the water and drift. that is even better. Sigh. :)
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My truck broke down in Arkansas so we pushed it back...
I'm really having trouble coming up with a positive for today. But I will keep thinking. I have some coming tomorrow though.
Oh, my IRS problem is solved. I fogot to sign my return. Whew! It's already paid anyway but that's a positive isn't it?
Oh, and I got a letter from the State that they are going to pay 35 dollars per month toward my MedicareRXEnhanced insurance program. I can put that toward the electric bill. So that is two good things.
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I just got an e-mail from my daughter with recordings of my granddaughters. Wren, the 1 year old was saying grandmom and granddad as she pointed to pictures of us. Willow, the 6 year old was telling us that she missed us.
It made me cry big time, but I'm so happy to have these sweet, sweet voices to listen to.
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Willow I am so happy you got the email. Somtimes you cry good tears. Sounds like those are good tears.
I am getting there with the house. Still have tones of work to do. More then likely will have tons of work to do for at least a week. Got a bathroom to paint, won't be to hard. And a bedroom that will be a disaster to do. Haha. But hopefuly by Friday I will be done! ;)
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By Friday you will collapse, Manda! :bow;
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Not for two long, I am have a suprise set for Matthew for Sateday. His bestfriend he grew up with is comming into town and will get here Saterday. Need to pick him up at the train station at noon Saterday. Matthew has no idea. How fun. :clap;
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I'm with DW - not finding much positive lately. Moving in with Gram is driving me insane. She never shuts up. Never. Never. Never. She not only talks constantly, she keeps repeating the same things over and over. The best part of my week is turning out to be dialysis, because I can sit for hours at a time and no one talks to me. It's quiet and restful.
Ah, well, today's positive - I lost another pound. All that running up and down stairs moving, combined with an unwillingness to go past Gram to get to the kitchen for a snack.
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See Jbeany - you can even find a positive about Dialysis. Sorry it's hard with your Gram - that would drive me nuts too - I like my quiet times.
Manda, you are tiring me out just thinking about all the stuff you are doing. Oh, my, gosh! Sounds lovely though - and what an exciting weekend coming up. You'll have to post some photos of the finished product.
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It was a beautiful day today. Hardly a cloud in the sky. I have most of my lawn stuff - solar lights, etc put out. Now to find my spray bottle for miracle grow.....
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Those hostas are lovely, Del. Here in the south they are already blooming and the hummingbirds are enjoying them!
My very good positive for today:
I had my annual physical and got a pretty good bill of health. I have known my doctor for a long time (even before she was my doctor). We worked out a plan. I have been struggling with the depression that comes from dealing with all this ESRF stuff, but don't want to try any meds yet (because of possible kidney impact). I'll go back in October to see her, after putting my best effort into losing 15 pounds by then (I love to have goals). She has ordered another 24 hour urine test which we will submit to the transplant center. If I'm still turned down to donate to my husband, I will look at ways to address this awful depression.
And BTW, she said that it is really good that I have found you guys!
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My husband has been furloughed at work for the second time this year - although in his case, he is technically just unemployed because he is still a self-employed contractor. So, from a financial aspect, this is not positive at all, but.... this week happens to be our anniversary week. Nothing spectacular planned - just enjoy the unexpected time together while the kids attend their summer program. :yahoo;
Great news on the physical, Aleta. Good luck with the weight loss, the depression, and of course, the kidney.
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Those hostas are lovely, Del. Here in the south they are already blooming and the hummingbirds are enjoying them!
My very good positive for today:
I had my annual physical and got a pretty good bill of health. I have known my doctor for a long time (even before she was my doctor). We worked out a plan. I have been struggling with the depression that comes from dealing with all this ESRF stuff, but don't want to try any meds yet (because of possible kidney impact). I'll go back in October to see her, after putting my best effort into losing 15 pounds by then (I love to have goals). She has ordered another 24 hour urine test which we will submit to the transplant center. If I'm still turned down to donate to my husband, I will look at ways to address this awful depression.
And BTW, she said that it is really good that I have found you guys!
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Great positive about your physical aletha!!! Be another few weeks before my hostas bloom. A huge positive for me would be to see a hummingbird in my flowers. It is very rare to see one here!!!
My positive is it is another beautiful day!!! Just a little breeze to sort of keep the mosquitoes away!! I am heading outside - after I unload the dishwasher and put another load of clothes in the washer- to weed my last flower bed. Then I have to start again at the first one I weeded!! So glad I have the flowers and we can enjoy them!!!
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Daily positive: So many. Guess I'll pick the weather.
Not supposed to hit 100 today and chance of rain.
or dialysis
Not my Day...
or a haircut
Today at 3.... I'll look so hot at 4....(hopefullly hot as sexy, not sweaty)
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Today is our anniversary!
My husband got me a new camcorder! I have wanted one since ever since our old one started constantly playing up. I want to capture more of those adorable moments before the kids get any older. He also woke me up with a gorgeous bouquet of roses and tigerlilies.
I ordered gifts for my husband last week, and when I received no email or information about shipment, assumed it was going to be a few days. We had breakfast in bed, and later went out to a tea room for a traditional high tea. For our pot of tea, we chose Iron Goddess of Mercy (an oolong) and had these divine finger sandwiches with an asian bent to them. Also scones, crumpets and tarts with these creative, unusual flavorings. I love trying inspired food combinations - the more offbeat the better - so it was loads of fun. Then, we returned home and the package for my husband was on our doorstep! I bought him shoes and a watch that he has had his eye on.
A perfect day if you ask me! :cheer: :cheer:
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Happy anniversary, and many,many more to come!
:flower; :flower; :flower;
Tonight the pool was lovely, lovely! The air felt fresh, but the pool water was warm. I exercised and exercised while my husband cut the grass.
Then we started packing for our camping trip to Alabama.
I feel peaceful.
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Happy 4th of July all you patriots... also you pyromaniacs....
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Marvin will be coaching a nine- and ten-year-old All-Star baseball team in the STATE tournament! It's the third time he's taken a team to the state play-offs since he's been on dialysis. I told him that has to be a record somewhere! He's so excited, and the little boys are, too. There's something about that baseball field and working with those little boys that gives Marvin such energy and such purpose. I'm so happy for him.
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Awesome that he has the energy to do all that, Petey!
My positive for today - hubby and I celebrated our 8th anniversary today!
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So many anniversaries today! :cheer:
Congratulations all around. I hope you celebrate as many as my husband and I have...40 and counting!
:2thumbsup;
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I got all my auditions for the school production done today (other than the children away with swine flu). Yay. Yay about the auditions - not the swine flu...
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I had the worst day of my life yesterday.
My son 15 ran away from home yesterday!!!!! We were all in absolute shock. I nearly had a breakdown. (maybe I did) We called the police in and we phoned every person we could think of.
He went to visit a friend and he arranged for his mom to pick him up at the video store on the corner. He then went to their house .... he did not have any other plans what he was going to do then. This lady became suspicious and took her son's phone and phoned the numbers that she thought might be our house number (without him knowing) I answered the phone late yesterday (beside myself with worry) She did not tell me that he was their just that she will call me back with information regarding his whearabouts.
She brought him home an hour later after she made sure that we did not abuse him or something.....(as if we would)
This was just the weirdest thing as HE HAD NO REASON to do this. NONE he just thought it would be fun to do.......
NEEDLESS TO SAY ...... HE IS NOW HOME! AND THAT IS A POSITIVE outcome. It could have ended to much worse if he hitch hicked or something.
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Thank goodness for the positive outcome! :cuddle;
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Yep, I freeze just thinking about all the bad stuff that could have happened to him. They just don't think longterm.
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Today was great, for too many reasons to mention here. :yahoo;
My positive: We picked up our CSA (community supported agriculture) shares today, as we do every Thursday, and it was gorgeous. We received beautiful fruits and vegetables, including peas still in the pod. The kids had never shelled peas before, and were so excited that they ate the peas that they shelled raw. Amazing. My younger son claims he doesn't like peas. We also received cilantro, lettuce, strawberries, basil, and more. We also receive a weekly bouquet of flowers from our flower csa. I look forward to Thursdays!
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I was on short term disability for 14 weeks due to my kidney transplant. I've been back to work now 4 days. Yesterday, I was called in to my Director's office to tell me I've been PROMOTED! Whaaat??? I was so happy I almost peed my pants. Maybe it's because I really did I've to pee. I'm so excited & scared at the same time. Looking forward to start my new role next week.
Thank you Lord for the miracle of my transplant & pray for good health.
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Raining all morning. Super good thing the more rain we get today the less fires tomarrow ;D
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Right about that... wonder what's going to happen?
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Congratulations, Rookiegirl!
I made my own laundry detergent today. It is something I have been meaning to try for a while, and it really is as easy as they say, and no chemicals. I have been buying essentially the same thing at the co-op for $12/gallon, today I made 2 gallons for about $1. Since I made it myself, I got to pick the scent - I added a few drops of Ylang Ylang essential oil that we acquired many years ago on our honeymoon on Mauritius. Doing laundry will now bring back lots of sweet memories....
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Ok.. gotta know.. How do you make your own laundry detergent? Sounds interesting.
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That does sound interesting, I'd like to know too.
I had a wonderful day. I went to Manhattan with my family (husband, son, brother and mother). we went to the Chelsea Market, what a cool place. we had lunch at Morimoto. Those of you foodies out there will know he is an iron chef. the food was great, i had never eaten sushi before (probably not real renal friendly, but who cares!) and he was there in the restaurant. a really nice guy. the whole day was great, no fights and no dramas.
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If you google "homemade laundry detergent" the site that I used should turn up first. This person even does the math to calculate how much it costs per batch.
Basically, you need to have a bar of soap (Fels Naptha is the one they recommend and the one I tried tonight, but you can use basic Ivory) Borax (20 Mule Team, available at Target or similar) and Washing Soda. It is the washing soda that held me up so long, because it is not widely available. I finally found it locally. Ordering via the Internet is too expensive, some people have just requested that stores stock it and gotten it that way. It is made by Arm and Hammer, and not to be confused with baking soda.
Then, per the site's directions, I shredded the soap (used my cuisinart since it is way too time-consuming to grate soap by hand), melted it in a saucepan with 6 cups of water, added the two other ingredients until all was dissolved, then poured it into a bucket with a lot more water. That's basically it, but if you are interested, I would check out various recipes on the internet. There are even video demonstrations on YouTube. :2thumbsup;
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That does sound interesting, I'd like to know too.
I had a wonderful day. I went to Manhattan with my family (husband, son, brother and mother). we went to the Chelsea Market, what a cool place. we had lunch at Morimoto. Those of you foodies out there will know he is an iron chef. the food was great, i had never eaten sushi before (probably not real renal friendly, but who cares!) and he was there in the restaurant. a really nice guy. the whole day was great, no fights and no dramas.
I'm so jealous. I loved him on the Food Network Iron Chef. Love sushi & sushimi. Now that I'm post transplant, I was told I can't eat it anymore. I'm so disappointed. Don't you just love NY.
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i was told that too, but i'll worry about it if i ever get a transplant. New York was great. we talked about once a month, going in and visiting a different restaurant. we want to go to del posto, which is Mario Batalli's and one of Bobby Flay's places. we did go to Bobby's Burger Palace, in Lake Grove, it is really great. we are a family of foodies.
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god bless nocturnal dialysis, i'm currently off all blood pressure medication, would you believe my blood pressure is too low!!!!! we'll give it a week and see what happens.
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Love sushi & sushimi. Now that I'm post transplant, I was told I can't eat it anymore.
I think this is a risk tolerance issue - as in your risk tolerance, not the doctor's. There is a risk involved in eating raw fish for anyone, and I suppose it is greater on immunosuppresants. I was never told not to eat sushi, most likely because sushi was not a widely known option back when I had my transplant. I ate loads of sushi after my transplant, and no doctor ever said a word to me about it. I still would eat it except I am a vegetarian. I also eat grapefruit without a second thought, always have. (They did not even start telling people to avoid grapefruit until about 10 years after my transplant. Before that, people shoveled grapefruit at me because it was low calorie.)
The one food that I would not eat now because I do believe the risk is very high, and the consequences deadly, is star fruit (carambola). There have been several journal articles written about star fruit poisoning in people with even mild uremia. The outcome is usually emergency dialysis or death. Once again, this information had to come from my own investigation, not a doctor. I have eaten star fruit in the past, though, and I would do so again if my kidney function returns after my next transplant.
I think if you go to a high quality restaurant, there should be no problem eating sushi, but I can certainly understand someone not wanting to take the risk or go against medical advice.
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Hi,
I have just found out that we (me and the fam) are booked for a short getaway next week. YEAH!!!
We are going to go to a warm water resort. So I will be swimming (in the middle of winter) playing mini-golf, table tennis, and lots more.....
I am so happy... I really need this short break.
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Have a wonderful time Des! Even short breaks are good.
Well, I finally did it. the colonoscopy is over! yeah! That's about as positive as I can get today.
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Thanks,
How was your colonoscopy? Do you have pain?
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We had a totally wonderful weekend. We got to see many folks that we had not seen for years, met new and interesting people and got to talk with an old acquaintance who has a transplanted kidney. He talked Carl into getting listed on at least another list. Our friend will even recommend Carl to his transplant doctors at Piedmont in Atlanta. I have been trying to convince my husband to do this for months. Sometimes it just takes a little extra push from someone else.
:clap; :clap;
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We had some much needed rain on the weekend. The temperature has changed dramatically!!! It went from HOT to COLD!! Risk of frost tonight!! I have to cover my tomatoes and peppers and bring my potted plants inside!! Not supposed to get frost in July. At least we got the shed cleaned up a bit today and I have my laundry done. I even made a wedding card for my niece who is getting married on the weekend. We are going to the wedding. :bandance; :bandance; Just have to arrange hubby's dialysis so that he has Saturday night off. It will be an all night trip for us. it's about a 5 hour drive.
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no, Des, no pain. just relieved that it's over.
May have some other exciting news, I may have a donor! Don' want to jinx myself, but, we'll see.
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Hey Del, I saw a doco that included a visit to Newfoundland. It was great to see a bit of your home. It's a doco about all sorts of different Victoria places - parks, mountains etc.
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Yesterday we went down to the gardens to let the kids run around on their gorgeous lawn. Both of my kids love animals of all types, but usually the most exciting thing we would see would be a frog or an inchworm. As we were looking at some of the plants, two deer jumped out of one side of the surrounding trees and darted all the way across the lawn. It was beautiful, and as urbanites, a sight we rarely see.
Today I had my transplant-mandated mammogram. I have one more test, and done!
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no, Des, no pain. just relieved that it's over.
May have some other exciting news, I may have a donor! Don' want to jinx myself, but, we'll see.
I have had all my "work-up tests done and I have been on the transplant list for a year now. I found a live donor and she is is a match, she is going to have her "work-up" tests done next month. It's SO scary and exciting at he same time. I am not on dialysis yet but are heading there fast.
It is a very big process in South Africa if you find a non-related donor. It can take 6months to get permission from the government to transplant.
I hope yours is a match..... I won't jinx it ;)
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good luck! I hope it works out.
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I went shopping today and bought some new clothes - jeans and a couple of crocheted sweaters. Most of my clothes is too big since I lost weight!!! Keep telling hubby I need suspenders to keep my pants up!!! 3 sizes smaller than I used to buy. :bandance; :clap;
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well, eat woman. eat.
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Gorgeous hot stone massage today. I love Wednesdays.
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I woke up this morning!
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I'm going to start eating Shamwows. The e-mail says it hold 12 times its own weight in fluids.
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let me know if it works!
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as long as you take your binders it will work.
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I'm going to start eating Shamwows. The e-mail says it hold 12 times its own weight in fluids.
Whaaat??? LOL!
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What on earth is a shamwow?
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:rofl;
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That is hysterical!! :rofl;
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I need a shamwow too!
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crawford- I have the best recipe for shamwow stir-fry
I had a threesome party in the pool this morning before dawn -- we swam and played and turned the water sprinklers on -- and danced and barked --Lady Bird and Yogi can't wait to do this again ---
oh, and a couple of us chased squirrels
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Somebody e-mailed me pics of these really rude cats!!!
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The baby is at peace. My niece, that was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, passed away wednesday. She can finally rest and doesn't have to suffer anymore. (To me, that is a positive)
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Somebody e-mailed me pics of these really rude cats!!!
I think it was me ---- cats reactions to nudes :waving;
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The baby is at peace. My niece, that was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, passed away wednesday. She can finally rest and doesn't have to suffer anymore. (To me, that is a positive)
:grouphug;
My positive for the day - got Gram's home health care set up, and I'm now back home, enjoying the peace and quiet.
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Hay hay its Friday!!!!
I am going on a weeks leave next week.!
I will catch up on all the happenings here when I get back.
I can't believe it ..... I really can't but here goes.
I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU ALL !!!!!
Stay "healthy" and I hope you all have a fab week.........
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Have fun Des!!!
It has been a beautiful day here. We went for a ride a little while ago and saw a moose having a snack in a field in the middle of a small community near here. We were parked for about 20 minutes watching him. He even used to lift his head up with a mouthful of grass!! I had the cameras left at home so I didn't get a picture >:( Love seeing nature like that.
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I have finished my first week of summer teacher training. :clap;
I even managed to give my husband his treatments between lectures. Whew! Really glad for the weekend.
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I am home from Milwaukee and I am unpacked!
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I'm home, too, and nearly have the house back in order. I have one whole day tomorrow to myself. I get to sleep in and wake when I'm ready in my own bed. Ahhhhh. .. . .
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I am happy to be home. I liked Milwaukee, but I am glad to be in my hubby's arms!
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Aw shucks, that's so sweet....
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Watched a beautiful sunset on the way home from the dialysis unit. Hubby's dialysis machine broke down yesterday (started making noises when it was turned off!! Sounded like a time bomb!!) . Sort of spoiled our plans for the weekend. We were supposed to go to a wedding instead we had to go for dialysis!!
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Oh, too bad about the wedding, Del.
But weddings are my positive. I am an officiant and two couples contacted me about doing their weddings. I just love to do weddings. If I had enough weddings to do, I might retire from teaching, LOL.
And both of these weddings would be in the mountains, which makes it even better! :2thumbsup;
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We took the kids to see dogs dressed up in costumes today. My three year old was so excited he was squealing. He had a comment for every single dog. I asked him which was his favorite dog and he said "the one wearing the clothes!"
Then I bought them a chocolate mousse filled crepe. My six-year-old had said that he did not know what chocolate mousse was, so I had to right that wrong at the first opportunity!
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Dogs dressed up in costumes?
That must have been hilarious! :rofl;
My positive today is that I got to do 40 uninterrupted minutes of exercise in the pool. So refreshing.
And we have a book club meeting tonight. I have not had time to read the book, so I'll sit in the corner and catch up with grading from my course this past week! :yahoo;
That will really help me feel good! Then out to dinner with friends.
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I think of your pool every day Aleta. Mmmmm mmmmm. Yum!
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I saw those dogs on the news channel. The 3 year old was right. I didn't squeal but I laughed a lot.
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Really great daily positive - just got back from visiting daughter = whirlwind trip for the weekend to pick out wedding dress. She moved her wedding up from next May to this September - luck would have it we found a dress. Great weekend overall.
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I just got home from a really nice gathering in celebration of my new kidney, organized by two close friends. Eight people, a gorgeous day, lovely backyard grotto type pool, delicious and heathy food and a ton of good wishes. I feel lucky today but I feel that way pretty much every day and take nothing for granted.
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My Spanish tutor, for some sadistic reason, assigned me the task of writing a poem in Spanish for our session tomorrow.
I am terrible at poetry (in English - I can only assume that Spanish would exacerbate the problem). I once read that Samuel Beckett used to write plays in foreign languages because he found it more challenging to find the right word.
So, I gave it a go. No, it isn't any good.... but it is finished. :clap;
The Spanish word for challenge is 'reto'.
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Come on Cariad! Share the poem. We'll see if we can tell what it's saying.
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I got to sleep in until the meow purr of the Siamese awoke me and the phone rang this morning.
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Today's positive - Grandma was reasonable and actually agreed to keeping her overnight home aide coming for a bit longer, in spite of the cost. I feel better knowing someone is with her all night.
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It's wednesday. Hot stone massage day woo hoo!
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I have gone to the gym 2 nights in a row!! :bandance; :bandance;
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Come on Cariad! Share the poem. We'll see if we can tell what it's saying.
Oh, Hanify, it is sweet of you to encourage me. I am quite sure I could not take the embarrassment! Maybe after I get feedback from my tutor.... (assuming she does not quit in despair after reading it!) :rofl;
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Another teacher from my older son's class told my husband that she heard about the transplant and that she lives only four blocks away from us. She has offerred her help if we need it!
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Have an appointment for a massage tomorrow.
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Whoo- hoo! Sitting here in a puddle of sweat - it's finally warm enough to work up a good drenching sweat while I'm on the treadmill. I don't know how, exactly, I became an exercise geek who couldn't wait to get sweaty, but I'm hoping it stays with me. Losing fluid gain is my primary goal, but the thinner me who doesn't puff up and down steps is a nice bonus, too!
My ex father in law came by tonight and hooked up my roof top antenna to a proper pole, which elevated it about 6 more feet, and gained me about 6 more channels then the 3 I had. I'm watching a lovely documentary about Clovis points on my newly acquired PBS station. Hurray for TV that requires more than 2 IQ points to watch!
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My husband sauteed kale from our CSA (community supported agriculture) share tonight, and it was really nice. Kale is one of those vegetables that is a CSA staple, so we wanted to find a quick and easy way to make it edible. Mission accomplished! :cheer:
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Had a wonderful day with my son. we went to a local amusement park, and then I went in the pool with him. I haven't been in the pool in two years! now that I don't have the catheter anymore, I can go in.
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I had a very relaxing back massage today and then had a "twist" from my chiropractor. I feel great tonight!!
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We are going to the city tomorrow!!! (St. John's) :bandance; :bandance; We are leaving early in the morning as soon as hubby gets finished dialysis and returning home again on Tues. It is about a 5 or 6 hour drive.We are staying with friends on Monday night and I will get to visit my sister and my aunt on the way home on Tues. In August we are going again but for longer. We will plan dialysis treatments at the center there then.
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May not be a positive tomorrow but it is now. We're going to try the fistula again tomorrow. Positive part is if we make it work this time then maybe I can start counting down 2 weeks before removing these annoying tubes. Wouldn't a real and complete shower feel good?
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I'm hoping your fistula works this time, Dan.
Del, a trip sounds wonderful. My daughter was supposed to be here yesterday and I so looked forward to just a bit of time with her, but she forgot to take her wallet to the airport and they wouldn't let her on the plane of course. I haven't been able to come up with a positive for today except that I'm ready for next week. I'll take that, I guess.
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I saw my friend who is in the hospital with fistula infection. We stayed for three hours. Played cards and talked. Good to see her improving. She will be out tomorrow! We hope!
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I thought you got infection from catheter... you get it from fistula too? That's not good news.
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You have a higher risk of getting it from a catheter. But you can get a infection from just about anything. It sucks.
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I didn't sign up for risk.
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Today's positive . . .hmmm. . . have to be the bowl of fresh sweet cherries I got from the farmer's market. I don't think today's positive is going to last until tomorrow!
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Talked with my daughter on the phone this evening and my 1 year old granddaughter heard my voice and smiled and started saying, "Grandmom," and "Granddad." Talked with my older granddaughter, too. Sure miss those little girls, but it was good to hear them.
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I had a student from 5 years ago come visit me in my classroom today while I was cursing at stubborn staplers. I working on the room decor. She told me that I had made a difference in her life and now she gets in trouble for reading library books in class. All because I gave her the book Tuck Everlasting and believed in her! She stayed for about an hour and we talked about her life, brother, and students we both knew. She is now in 11th grade! It is very rare someone comes back and says "Hey you made a difference to me!"
I feel like a REAL teacher! :clap; :bandance; :bandance; :clap;
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kudos Kitkatz! That is very rare! it is even rarer to have a teacher that makes you feel that way, God bless you for what you do!
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That is cool!
I cannot even remember any on my teachers..... I do remember that they were not very nice.
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Yay for Kitkat!
Today's positive - got Gram's finances sorted out, and without me wringing her neck!
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It's been awhile, so I'll share several days' worth...
Yesterday (Thurs) I went to see Breakfast at Tiffany's at a historic moviehouse with my mom. It's her favorite movie and the girl's night out was a lot of fun.
Me, my husband and my son are going to a drive in movie tomorrow night. I've never been to a drive-in.
A week from next Tuesday I get to meet my eleven month old nephew for the first time. So excited!!!!!
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my daughter is coming in from California for three weeks and she is having her first baby in Nov-
and she stays for three weeks ------ :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
and it is a girl -- Lily or Lilly or Lilllie
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All this good news makes me happy!
I shipped my younger daughter's bedding and towels and stuff to the dorm at the college she will attend soon in NY!
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We got to move all our dialysis equipment back home last night. I will be so glad to be able to do the treatments in our own environment again. And not have to manage it during breaks from lecturing. :2thumbsup;
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As of yesterday I am finished with my medical tests to qualify for this transplant. I had a nice, long talk with my GP yesterday. He and I get on really well, and I always feel much calmer after talking to him. He is every bit as cynical about the field of medicine as I am!
Today we had a nice walk to our local farmer's market, with my older son on his Razor scooter and my younger son on his trike.
:flower;
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Wow, no one has had anything positive to report in over a week?!
Today we went to the zoo and fed the giraffes. It normally sells out really early, so we lucked out.
The zookeeper brought the group of 16 into the area to feed the giraffes. Once we were there, they let the families with toddlers (that would be us) go first. First we watched as a mom and her little girl fed the giraffes. The little girl was adorable - jumping up and down, laughing, and pretty much ignoring the giraffes, just so excited to see 14 people cheering for her.
Then it was our turn. A woman asked my husband if he wanted her to use our camcorder to film us, so my husband handed off the camera and we helped our two kids feed the giraffes (there is a technique!) I very quickly gave up on feeding the animals myself, since my kids were so excited that I preferred to just hand them bits of cracker and leaves and let the giraffes lick them instead of me. When we were finished and started walking away, my younger son, in typical form, turned to the zookeeper and said "I'm not done yet."
In the car, my three year old summed up the afternoon for us: "We got to feed the giraffes, we got to see the elephants, we got to wash our hands. We had a great time." :cheer:
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It's summer - we're having daily positives and no time to report them!
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It's summer - we're having daily positives and no time to report them!
Glad to hear this! :clap;
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I watched the sky turn beautiful colors when the sun set this evening!!
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del. thanks again. You know for what!
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Del, I thought of you while I was in the pool tonight.
The rain this morning cleared the air and it was crystal clear. The pool was perfect. We had done a really thorough cleaning job on it and I love it when it's like that. The water temp was perfect - 89 degrees. While I was exercising I just soaked in all the beauty around me. We had cut down a butterfly bush that was shedding flowers into the pool and my view was wide open.
Then, a wind-up bug (cicada) started its loud buzz. It was the quintessential summer evening. The only down side was thinking that school starts tomorrow. but even that could not dull the peacefulness of the evening.
I have often said to my husband that I simply can't explain that even with doing a strenuous workout in the water, the time in the pool just restores my soul.
This evening, something minor happened that under "usual" circumstances would have thrown me into a blue funk. I think the daily pool time has sent my underlying depression into hiding. I will have to find a substitute when pool season is over. but until then, positive!
And why did I think of you, Del? Because I pass my hostas on the way to the pool. :2thumbsup;
Aleta
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My daily positive -- knowing that tomorrow is NOT yet a school day for me! 8)
Good luck tomorrow, Aleta... Will tomorrow be a day with kids or a work day?
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Have started back walking now with my big, black, DarthVaderesque fracture boot in tow. I lumber along, not so much getting exercise but simply keeping things, like blood, circulating. Can't drive but the positive is that I can at least lumber to the store.
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I don't have a school day until Sept. 8!!!! That's a positive. Another month of being able to do what I want!!
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Today's positive - more orders for more purses and tote bags. I need more time to sew - but hey - $$$ cha-ching!
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my husband goes back to school in a week :clap;
he is like having a 6ft 4 in baby at home -
football starts :2thumbsup;
hope there are no heat strokes
Bubba starts - 2 a days - soon
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I am back in school and the kids look to be pretty high in their reading and writing. Most can write five sentences!
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A friend of mind had surgery for kidney cancer yesterday. Got the news tonight that she is now cancer free!!! No treatments needed. She is minus a kidney and a spleen but she will be fine!!! :thumbup;
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We have just had work days for the past two days. It took me a good part of yesterday and half of today just trying to get a new employee fingerprinted. The good news is that I finally got it done! I really dislike all sorts of bureaucracy!
The new students come in tomorrow for 45 minutes orientation visits and we are up and rolling on Thursday. Even with the fingerprinting snafu, things are pretty much ready.
Woo Hoo.
Couldn't swim tonight because another huge storm came through, but I'm okay with it. Dialysis almost over for the day.
Take care of that ankle Gail!
:flower;
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my husband goes back to school in a week :clap;
he is like having a 6ft 4 in baby at home -
football starts :2thumbsup;
hope there are no heat strokes
Bubba starts - 2 a days - soon
I missed it Twirl, so where did Bubba end up playing ball at?
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Ok Houston folks...There is already an extreme heat warning out from 11 AM till 7 PM tomorrow. Nobody can go to dialysis I think.
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I have a little energy today, I'm trying to decide what to do with the boy. Dave and Buster's or the aquarium. the aquarium has a hands on exhibit where he can feed the penguins.
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Today's positive - finally figured out what the mysterious, random thumping noise is that's been coming from the kitchen.
And I finally lost the last half pound to get me to an even 50 pounds lost. :bandance; 60 here I come!
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It is a beautiful day but toooo hot for me. It is 82 (28 celcius) and humid!! Not hot for you Texans but hot for Newfoundland. There is not even a cool breeze. I am setting in front of the air conditioner and thinking of going for a boat ride after supper to get a cool off. Last night was beautiful on the water. There was not a breeze. The water was so calm it looked like you could walk on it. Then a beautiful full yellow moon rose and made beautiful scenery on the water. sorry dw I forgot my camera or I would have taken a pic for you!!! I am so lucky to live in a part of the world that is so peaceful!!
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Accompanied my neighbour to the nursery today to pick out a tree for her front yard. We settled on a beautiful katsura tree (cercidiphyllum japonica), already a good size and they'll be coming soon to plant it. This is one of my favorite trees, possibly my all time fave, and I'm excited that I get to admire another one so close by.
We're also working on picking out a small tree for her backyard and a large shrub for her back border.
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Today's positive - finally figured out what the mysterious, random thumping noise is that's been coming from the kitchen.
And I finally lost the last half pound to get me to an even 50 pounds lost. :bandance; 60 here I come!
Wow! Good on you!!
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Huge congratulations Jbeany! :clap; :2thumbsup; :clap; :2thumbsup;
That is awesome! That makes my 8 pounds look pitiful, but you are an inspiration! :bow;
Looking forward to a nice "swim" as soon as I get Carl hooked up tonight.
Aleta
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No way Aleta - 8 pounds is amazing as well! Any pounds is a great achievement.
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thx, Hanify.
I'm shooting for 15 by the end of September, but at this rate (barring a bad plateau) maybe I'll reach 20 pounds! :2thumbsup;
Small steps. But Jbeany, you are STILL an inspiration.
Aleta
(time to hop in the pool - join me Hanify?)
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Yes please. I'm happy cos I just spent the morning sitting in the sun on my deck with my sister. Lovely.
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I agree with Hanify - 8 pounds is great - heck, any pounds at all is wonderful! And the 50 pounds has been a nearly 3 year fight, so it's not like I did it overnight!
All the studies I've read say that something as small as a 5% weight reduction has massive benefits for your health. Little amounts give big positives!
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jbeany I have always heard that the faster you lose weight the easier it is to regain it. When you lose slow it means you have changed your lifestyle and are more apt to keep the weight off. Congrats on losing the 50 lbs and aleta :thumbup; for losing the 8 lbs!! I have regained 5 lbs in the past 3 weeks so I have to start getting serious again - so easy to eat ice cream in the middle of the summer!!
I have another positive - we went fishing again tonight (I added some new pics). It was beautiful and we caught our quota of 5 fish each. I lost the biggest one that I had on my hook though - almost broke off my rod!!
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Another beautiful, hot day and I'm going fishing again tonight!!! Hope I get the BIG fish that I had on my hook last night that got away. I just picked a bowl of cherries off our tree and they are delicious!! I picked a bowl of cherry tomatoes this morning too. Life is good!!!
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Today is Friday and Monday is a public holiday here in SA.
Yeah!
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My son Aidan had a great birthday yesterday. He spent most of the day on a school cave exploration trip. Even though I have always told him that I will never allow a video game system in my home, my husband and I discussed the issue to death and broke down and got him a wii. I wanted something gianormous to distract him (and his brother) from the fact that his parents are going to be undergoing major surgery in 2 months.
For today, my husband called from work to say he's been offerred a major position at his company. He is a contractor there, and we always knew he would be taken on full-time, but a company-saving funding source just came through, and the company owner wants to use some of it to take on another struggling company. My husband would basically be a department director. He will have to re-negotiate salary and benefits (and the owner must get health insurance in place or forget it) but this is a great opportunity for him. He is really appreciated at this company, and he deserves it. :cheer:
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That's great news, Cariad.
My positive is that I did 50 minutes of strenuous pool exercise for two days in a row, even after being in the classroom for 10 hours each day. I have really worried that I'll just cave in and not exercise with school starting because my schedule is just horrendous this year. But I"m off to a good start!
AND we are taking Monday night off from dialysis to go to a birthday party. :2thumbsup;
Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
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I had a lazy Saturday. I was up late around 10:30a.m. Then napped for a few more hours. Relaxed now and up late.
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I have worked pretty hard over the weekend and have things fairly well caught up. Tonight we may be able to eat out with friends. Looking forward to it!
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My husband seemed a lot better to-day and they are releasing him from hospital to-morrow after a month long struggle with e-coli.
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Oh, that is great news, Billybags. :clap; :clap;
Aleta
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What a huge positive billybags.
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10 days till Samoa yahoo
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This weekend's positives - a house with no cobwebs, that's completely vacuumed and scrubbed from top to bottom. I even got on my hands and knees and scrubbed the kitchen floor. Now I can ignore it all for a while!
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Few weeks ago I got a letter from IRS that I'd failed to sign my tax return. Thought it dumb to do all that since they already had cashed my check. Today I get a 540 dollar Refund 'cause I made an error and overpaid. Is that cool? What can I buy?
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Your power bill?
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but that is way too boring. you have to pay that anyway.
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Plane ticket and hotel in Vegas in October :2thumbsup; You know you want to be there--- we will have a great time! :yahoo;
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Oh yes! We need DW there! Think of the fun we could get into (read fun as trouble!).
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My potassium is back in normal range while on Thursday last week it was elevated. I cut back on potassium foods and am delighted to escape the possibility of Kayexalate.
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8 Days till Samoa hee hee
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Our rugby team the "springboks" are kicking the Auzies and the All Blacks backsides.!!!!!
Go Bokke!
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After being in the blue zone yesterday, today was Carl's birthday. We had a supply delivery and back to his normal wit he said, "Hey, we got all those gift boxes for my birthday!"
The kids at school call the UPS truck the gift truck. :rofl;
It is good to be laughing again.
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Our rugby team the "springboks" are kicking the Auzies and the All Blacks backsides.!!!!!
Go Bokke!
Look, we're just having a temporary down thing at the mo. But we've got Dan Carter back now - so don't be so sure!!
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Today's positives
Down another pound - whooo hooo, the energizer bunny of weight loss is still going!
Dinner out at a friend's house - she's a fabulous cook.
It was boiling hot during my workout, so I sweated off a ton of fluid. (I put it back on at dinner, but at least I broke even on today's liter!)
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7 Days till Samoa - woohoo.
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Down another pound - whooo hooo, the energizer bunny of weight loss is still going!
Dinner out at a friend's house - she's a fabulous cook.
It was boiling hot during my workout, so I sweated off a ton of fluid. (I put it back on at dinner, but at least I broke even on today's liter!)
That's wonderful, Jbeany! But I found the pound you lost! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Too much partying the other night. Should not have had two margaritas! :o
Keep it up, er, well, keep it down, I mean! :2thumbsup;
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7 Days till Samoa - woohoo.
Samoa?
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As of yesterday morning there is a new baby boy in my family. Big deal, huh? It is for us since we have such a small family and since there are no Crawford boys at all, even this one. The last was my brother, Ricky, over 57 years ago.
My little brothers' grandsaon.... his name is Ricky...(not Richard) the same as my brother. I can't spell his last name. Just try to say something Chezk.... and you'll be as close as I can get.
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Congratulations Uncle Dan!
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:thumbup; coolio dannyo.
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Any new baby is a really big deal. :2thumbsup; Congratulations Dan. First Crawford boy in 57 years -- everyone must be really excited. He is lucky to have you for an uncle. :cuddle;
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:yahoo; dwcrawford is the man :clap; :clap; :cheer: ;D
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Yea, it is pretty exciting but he's not really a CRAWFORD. He is Ricky Chojnacki... not even close.They could have made his second name Crawford at least.
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Stop being greedy Dan! Last name starts with a C at least. :P
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True, but I can't even pronounce his name... lol. Truly, I wish they had name him Daniel (Not for me but for my father) as the three year old is Olivia for my Mother (Our mother and father). Wouldn't that have been cool.
Can't wait to get out there this weekend to see him.
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Yea, it is pretty exciting but he's not really a CRAWFORD. He is Ricky Chojnacki... not even close.They could have made his second name Crawford at least.
I had a friend like that - if you wanted to spell his name, it started with A, ended with Z, and there was the rest of the alphabet in a jumble in the middle. . ..
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Yay Dan that is exciting.
Almost as exceiting as there being 6 days till I'm in Samoa!!
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Doesn't take a lot to get me excited.
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Even though we had to start Carl's treatment over again tonight, I figured out how to do it without having to stick him again. And when I called NxStage (after making the decision about what to do) the tech support verified that I had done the right thing. Really boosted my confidence. And the Boo-Boo was all Carl's fault. He even admitted it! LOL!
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Bad part - it's going to be a late, late night!
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Yay Dan that is exciting.
Almost as exceiting as there being 6 days till I'm in Samoa!!
SAMOA?! Please anyone? What is Samoa?
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It's a Pacific Island. Not far from Fiji.
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that should be wonderful, have a great time!
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Hee hee 5 days...
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Do they wear those grass skirts there, like in Hawaii? And will they cover a PD tube? hehehehehehehe
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heh heh. They tend more often to wear what's called a lavalava, which is just a wrap around piece of material. If I was clever I would find you a link ... hang on... http://www.visitsamoa.ws/
I will have lots of photos to post.
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Took my Mum-in-law up to the cottage yesterday for the day, spent the night and came home today as she had an appointment. We bought corn picked this morning and she was very happy to get to the lake even though it was a short stay. She turns 91 in October and is the sweetest, most gracious person I know.
Here's a recent photo.
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Wow - your mum looks darned good for 91!!
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I'm glad that my SIL is in the process to get on the transplant list. She needs one more than my husband does. :2thumbsup;
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Our insurance is going to replace the flooring in our bedroom. ( We had a leak from the water purifier a couple of days ago) . Going to remove the wodden parquet tiles, put in a new subfloor and install vinyl floor coving (in case of any more leaks)!! I hoping it will be completed before I go back to school on Sept 8!!
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3 days till Samoa hee!
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Enjoy yourself hanify!!!
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Yes, Hanify, have a blast!
I had to delay my swim tonight because of some rain, but I was rewarded while in the pool by being able to watch a huge rainbow for several minutes. What a treat!
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I am POSITIVE the weekend is almost gone and tomorrow comes the blood letting again.
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2 Days - can't believe it's this week. yay.
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Aleta, something tells me that if you were watching the rainbow, you weren't doing your exercising. Hmmmmm?
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Aleta, something tells me that if you were watching the rainbow, you weren't doing your exercising. Hmmmmm?
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Well, I have these water dumb bells that I use. While I was watching it, I was kind of laying back to exercise my legs. Then I switched to a different exercise and when I got finished with that, the rainbow was gone! :clap;
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Today's positive - internet again, after 4 days without. (BIGGGGG lightening storm did damage to everyone around here.)
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Argghhh. I would die without internet for 4 days!! Yay that it's back on.
One more sleep till Samoa. Plus today is Wednesdya and Wednesday is massage day for me - mmmmmmmm.
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have a wonderful, wonderful trip!!!
From my school blog today. This was incredibly sweet! Our new student is autistic with a variety of challenges:
We have a new member of the elementary community. He is hearing impaired and could not hear human speech until he was eight. He has not been in a regular class with other students until now, either. Already, since Monday, we are seeing great progress.
Something truly lovely happened today, though.
Our new student exhibits uncontrolled laughter at times. Part of that stems from understandable nervousness. We are helping him learn to recognize that emotion and express it. Today when he started laughing I asked if he were nervous. “No, I’m laughing at her,” he said, pointing to a biracial student. I looked at her and said, “I don’t think he has ever seen beautiful brown skin like yours.”
She beamed with pleasure when he affirmed, “No, and I want beautiful brown skin,” as he placed his arm lovingly next to hers for comparison.
This is what teaching ia all about. I love it.
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We had a nice discussion about the planet Venus while the kids worked on activities in my Language Arts class today. I was able to pull up on the net pictures of Venus and tell them about it. Good questions and information. We are reading Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day. A Teachable Moment!
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That is one of most haunting stories, KK. It gives me the chills just thinking about it. We are having days of rain from Hurricane Bill and even that is depressing.
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Hurricane Bill is heading towards Newfoundland. Supposed to be down to category 1 before it reaches here!! We got home last night safe and sound from our trip to the city!! Had a wonderful visit with friends. Saw our new machine that we will be getting later in the fall (hopefully). Have to go back to the city to be trained for it.
Our insurance is going to cover the damage to our bedroom floor. We have the new floor covering picked out and hopefully the contractors will be here to do the work next week. :2thumbsup;
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Watched my grandson today :bandance;
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Dell, I thought about you when they said Bill will be heading up there. Good for us that he isn't hitting our coast (we'll get rain,etc) but I don't want you to be effected. It is a powerful hurricane right now. Take care.
Pam, days with grandsons are golden moments :2thumbsup;
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Paris, usually hurricanes are pretty much blown out by the time they reach us. We have had a few more hurricanes in the pass few years though that have caused major damage - usually to the southern part of the province. We live on the northeast coast. . Winds don't often get to 120 km/hr here! Probably have to secure the patio furniture though.
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Katrina, Rita and Ike. I've had enough hurricanes to last me a lifetime.
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I think all of us in the gulf coast, east coast or Florida agree with you. I always keep hurricane supplies stocked. A week without power makes you remember to plan ahead. Our problem is all the trees. The big oaks are always the first to fall. The tall pines sway almost in half. After living in the mid-west and tornado season, I had to rethink storms when we moved to NC.
Everyone stay safe. :2thumbsup;
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great news, for a change! my youngest niece, who swore she was done having children, is pregnant! We are all so excited, I can't wait till April.
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Never won anything in my life, but today things change. I got a card in the mail stateing I've won a free prepaid cremation. I just have to show up at a seminr by Neptune.
Lucky me. :o Somebody must know something.
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Be careful, Dan.
They may want to give that free cremation immediately! :rofl; :rofl;
Had a lovely family evening at school - a covered dish picnic with games for all ages. I am feeling very mellow.
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I joined a fitness club today. My son told me about a deal they're having and I signed up. Great rate and no contract. If it's not raining cats and dogs tomorrow morning I am planning to start with swimming. Actually, if it is raining cats and dogs, we can all go swimming.
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Ahhh, beautiful, breezy weather, and a day spent at home goofing off. My friend gave me a box of clay to play with, and said she would glaze and fire anything I made. Playdoh for adults!
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Daily positive - no wind at all yet from hurricane Bill!!! Been raining (pouring) for about 4 hours!!! We had a thunderstorm to start it all off.
I got all the floors mopped today. I made an apple pie since supper and made cabbage rolls for supper tomorrow.
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Well I did it! I survived another year. Today is my birthday. Had a big family barbecue yesterday, the food was non stop and everyone had a wonderful time.
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happy Birthday marti824!!! I hope you survive many more years!! :flower;
It is a beautiful day. Hurricane Bill passed by last night and didn't have much of a punch. We did have heavy rain and a thunderstorm but not much wind. No reported damage anywhere in Newfoundland according to the news this morning!! I am now going to go outside and enjoy the beautiful day. Have a good day everyone!!
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Had a wonderful weekend. Last night when I got in the pool it was cloudy, but the sun was going down and finally got below the cloud layer. The sun shone on the tops of the trees, lighting them up with a warm glow. I just can't even describe the sense of peace that comes over me when I can see the sun sending its last rays into the leaves while I am in the dusky shade.
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Well I did it! I survived another year. Today is my birthday. Had a big family barbecue yesterday, the food was non stop and everyone had a wonderful time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
May there be many many more.
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thank you Des and Del. had another great day. went to the movies with my son, we saw shorts. very cute kids movie. i love spending time with him. he's a great kid!
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My new student (autistic spectrum and unable to hear human speech until 2 years ago) told me that I am "squishy" today. What a nice term for FAT! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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Squishy! :rofl;
Well, I can see how that term applies to my thighs. . . .
Today's positive - ummm, well heck, not sure I had one for the day, other than I made it thru it! Some days, that's good enough!
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My new student (autistic spectrum and unable to hear human speech until 2 years ago) told me that I am "squishy" today. What a nice term for FAT! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Squishy is a great vocabulary word for him to know!
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Got a great laugh today as I was cleaning out my son's closet, looking through all his old drawings from when he was a toddler in daycare. There was one with a scribble on top, and then a more oblong shape drawn on the bottom. A teacher had written the following dictation underneath "Darth Vader before [top] and after he turns into a pumpkin pie, cause Darth Vader can turn into anything he wants." :rofl;
He was almost 3 when he drew it, and deep into his Star Wars phase. Such memories!
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that's a great memory Cariad! I'm still amazed at my son's imagination, he comes up with the most unique and interesting things. don't throw that picture away, treasure it. they grow up too damn fast.
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that's a great memory Cariad! I'm still amazed at my son's imagination, he comes up with the most unique and interesting things. don't throw that picture away, treasure it. they grow up too damn fast.
Very true, Marti. I'll definitely follow your advice and save the pic.
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My happy positive for today...
Jbeany's transplant!
:2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;
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Can't beat that one Aleta! I'm happy I'm home, and promise to put photos on after I have a wee sleep...
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I went out to supper with my hubby last night (without the kids... ooooooh)
The church are hosting a dance in the city hall tonight ... I have to work at the entrance... - its a good thing- it means we are getting out a bit.
Tomorrow the church is hosting a fete (bazaar,carnaval) - a big one- we are even closing the street in front of the church...-again- I am working..... but I am looking forward to it. Wish us well--- the church needs the money.
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I love the bag hanging from the palm tree, Hanify!
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My positive is myself and hubby got the garage cleaned out enough today that you can finally get in there without tripping over things!!! I also have our bedroom walls almost all cleaned (this has been ongoing all week) !! I just took a carrot cake out of the oven as well. Going to make cream cheese icing in a little while!!
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I had my last Spanish tutoring session today - my tutor is pursuing her ph.d in another state. Sad to say goodbye, but she has asked me to write to her, in Spanish, about el transplante. I am flattered that she cares, and that she is willing to wade through my broken Spanish to hear the story.
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Beautiful, cool sunshiny day after the rains last night. A day that reminded me how much I missed having coffee on the deck in the mornings. First time I'd been on the back deck since I first accepted I was going to start dialysis last April. After getting started, it was then unbearably hot for the rest of the summer.
Daily positive: I think I'm alive and well and living in the heart of Houston. I'm outside (and boy does this need work -- overgrown) and one more week with the cathether. Oh god, I am alive. And I can get this patio area back into shape by Christmas...
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Funny, Dan. I woke up this morning and thought, "I'm alive and that is good."
:clap; :clap; :clap;
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I went out last night to a friend's 50th. Great party. I had a good time. Even had a dance. I wasn't the first to leave, but still managed to get home before I was completely exhausted. Felt like a normal person. Yay.
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We spent the afternoon out in our boat catching squids (calamari when it is cooked) It was so nice we didn't need to wear a coat. We caught 150 squids. We had a super time!! So good to live in such a peaceful place!!
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I saw an old college friend today in Ventura. We had lunch and pie and Marie Callendars, then Victor and I went to a movie. We say The Time Travler's Wife. A neat movie.
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the positive for early this morning, my feet hit the floor. hehe. seriously, went on a date with my husband last night. went to dinner and actually got to talk to each other. he's been working a lot of overtime, and I'm usually sleeping when he gets home. it was really nice.
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marti824 it is always nice to spend time with your hubby. We spent Friday night cuddled up on the sofa watching a movie - first time in a long time. Positive for today is I am listening to the rain pour from the sky. Don't fel so bad about staying inside to finish cleaning my bedroom and moving th furniture out. Only thing that will be left in the room this afternoon is the bed and dialysis stuff!! Everything else will be out until Tues night after the floor is done. Positive thing about flood in the bedroom is our bedroom is now cleaned and we will have a new floor!!
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Just don't flood it again now that it is going to be NEW, Del!
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Aleta
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I seem to have my blood pressure under control... so just one big positive for my
NO MORE HEADACHE!
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I would love to have my bedroom cleaned out! i spend my energy keeping the kitchen, living room and dining room clean, my three bedrooms look like they should be on "clean house", but, so what, right? My daily positive it's almost time for back to school. I love my son more thn anything, but I'm looking forward to some alone time during the day.
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My fractured ankle is knitting very well and I got the OK today to return to all regular activities. Works for me.
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My fractured ankle is knitting very well and I got the OK today to return to all regular activities. Works for me.
:2thumbsup; Good to hear!
The smoke is not so bad today (fire is still raging tho...)
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I had a call today from my internet supplier (they also do the cable tv). They just started offering digital cable with HD and offered me a bundle package. Internet will be 3x faster and I'll save loads from what I am paying BellTV for satellite service and my internet. We'll save about $80 a month and the first 2 months will be free if I trade in one of my satellite receivers!! That adds up to a lot in a year. For the same programming I am paying $136 for satellite. Internet costs me a little over $50 a month. I'm going to get both for about $100 a month!! Now that's a positive!!
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My BP is 127/78 without BP meds and on a day of dialysis.
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My friend has just brought me a big bunch of Jasmine and my office really smells like SPRING.
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The new floor is installed in our bedroom. They just have to come back to put the baseboards back on and reinstall the toilet. ( Hope I don't get up in my sleep tonight and forget there is no toilet!!) :rofl; Here are some pics before we put anything back.
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Nice pics, Del!
Very tired tonight so it is hard to think of a positive. But I'm positive I am better off than so many others! :2thumbsup;
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Beautiful floors!
My positive - Watching the children in my classroom get along better than most adults! (I know this will turn sooner or later in the year, but for right now it's all happy happy!)
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Nice room and floors Del.
Today I finished my heparin shots in the belly and it's been one a day for three months following my deep vein thrombosis. The doc ordered another blood test to see if I have ant genetic predisposition to developing clots. Apparently about 10 % of white people ( I actually think we're more pink than white but anyhow) have the predisposition for it.
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My haemoglobin is so high I have to stop the epo for a little while. This must be good.
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Vandals ran over our mailbox, but when we got home yesterday our neighbor had fixed it. :cuddle;
What a nice gesture.
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Let's you know there are still lots of good people in the world willowtree!!! Had a wonderful day with my hubby. We had to take bloodwork to the hospital, he had an appt for a renal scan. We went out for lunch and supper and spent some time shopping!! Left home at 10 this morning and got home about 7!! Great day!!
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Had a beautiful day at work. I feel relaxed. Now for some Ghost Hunters and dinner.
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My husband and I went to the open market today for lunch. I had a crepe and he had a crepe and tomato/peanut soup. I LOVE tomato/peanut soup but it had chicken in it, so none for me. We also purchased fresh, overripe tomatoes at a bargain so he can make more of his 'random veg' pasta sauce for me. We have the random veg, just not the tomatoes for the base. Oh, and also purchaed dill for egg salad.
We have a video from the lirbary to watch tonight (Truly Madly Deeply) but first Gwyn will finish watching the latest Indianna Jones with the boys.
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I, too, had a really good day. I love to teach science to the younger students. But now my older ones are lobbying for science classes, too! So this afternoon I set up a self-directed science lab for them to do in teams. They are going to love it!
My new autistic student is just blossoming. His mom and dad are so thrilled. They have both cried for joy in my presence. And this kid is just amazing. He was deaf until 2 years ago and has never been in any kind of classroom before. Yesterday he was singing along in music! Oh my!
One of the joys of my day is e-mailing his parents about the new frontiers this child explores each day. Today he wanted to sit at lunch without a teacher nearby. Independence is growing in leaps and bounds.
And I had a good long swim this evening. Sigh. Contentment.
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I went to school for a few hours today and got my classroom partly sorted out for next week!! I only have 11 students in Grade 2 next year. Should be a good year.
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We got our CSA box today, and for the first time all year, I see no problem with finishing all of it in a week: 1 green bell pepper, 1 purple bell pepper, 1 bunch of carrots, 2 large white onions, 1 large bunch of flat leaf parsley, 1 French breakfast melon (which I swear we used to call cantaloupe, but I am trying to adjust), 7 ears of sweet corn, 1 large slicing tomato, 1 large heirloom tomato, 1 dry pint of bright orange cherry tomatoes.
I think that's it!
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Yum, yum!!!
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I was out of V-Math training early this afternoon. Hubby took me to lunch and then we went to bookstores and thrift stores, then drove across town to dinner. Now home. A nice day!
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It's Sunday, but tomorrow is a holiday so the weekend keeps going! :clap;
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Beautiful sunny day here, and my light chains are down (which is good). Hopefully will mean I can push the chemo out to once a fortnight. Yahoo.
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had a car accident today, the positive is that no one was hurt, just my poor car! My son was quite upset, saying dad is going to kill us but i explained that it is only a car, its fixable.
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Ouch, Marti.
Yea! Hanify!
I have been on an emotional roller coaster today and I can't figure out why. Went to an interesting discussion this morning, followed by a nice lunch out with a large group of friends, then my state of mind went south. :P
I'm probably stressing over all the work I still have yet to finish on this "holiday" weekend. Sigh.
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Good day today. :2thumbsup;
I even got on the cross trainer and did 55 minutes of pool exercise. I didn't get everything done that I wanted, but I got a bunch of it done. I'm glad for that.
Aleta
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Great day yesterday. We went to a state forrest and walked one of their trails. We saw two wild turkeys! My younger son is fascinated with absolutely everything to do with nature, so he was thrilled just getting to touch a grasshopper. I am now trying to identify the large, yellow butterfly with a blue border around its wings that we saw yesterday. I have no idea how far we hiked, but we were probably gone for about 2.5 hours. We got a little turned around on the way back, so that was tense for a moment, but we made it.
We finished off the day with pizza and a film for the kids (Princess Bride). I had a long soak in the bath, and so did my husband, and then we watched Into The Wild until way too late. Everyone is exhausted this morning....
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My school year is going good! The kids are really nice! I needed a good class!
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An over all positive day, I suppose. My husband was told last week that if a loan for the company where he contracts did not come in by last Friday, the company would close. Well, the loan did not come in yet, but the company is still limping along, still waiting. Since my husband is a contractor and does not enjoy the same legal rights as employees, he has had to tell the owner that he will not be reporting to work until he gets at least some of the money that he is owed (which is now up to 8 weeks of salary!) The owner understands - we have nothing against this person, but have to take a fairly strict business line on this for our own financial safety.
Today, two vps from another company in town contacted my husband about a company director position. He knows these guys, they have run into each other in business for years, and they are enthusiastic about the idea of having my husband on board. Good news, but nothing is definite, so I am not declaring us ok just yet.
One of the staffers at the crisis line told me I have a great attitude because I described the crazy work situation with my husband and then said "I know everything will work out." I do not get many compliments on my attitude, being a realist and all, so I was flattered.
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it was my son's first day of school, and guess what? he actually liked it. this is a boy, who after second grade told me that he didn't need to go to third grade because he learned everything he needed to know.
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My niece came home from her first day at school (she's 26 now - was 5 then) crying cos she hadn't learnt to read yet. Everyone had told her she would learn to read when she went to school! Ha ha.
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Yes, this is positive... I think. Today they are going to do that angio plasty thing in my fistula with a ballon. Sounds weird, but I want this thing working and it all over with so bad that I'm considering this a positive.
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good luck! i had that done, worked for me.
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My husband is still boycotting work, waiting for payment of some sort before he returns. He went to my Aranesp shot appointment with me and we had a good long talk with my GP, whom we both adore. My GP is South African, my husband is British, and when you get two non-Americans together, they go into their International Language of Sport and forget I am even there. It was a fun appointment, lots of laughs.
Sadly, he did not forget to give me my Aranesp shot. Why does it have to be so painful? Oh well, done for two weeks! :cheer:
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Now I know where all our good docs went... heheheh
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Come and chat people
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Now I know where all our good docs went... heheheh
Indeed, South Africa's loss is Wisconsin's gain. :)
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You know what I like about this thread?
I find that I am always on the lookout for positives to share. And that , of course, means that I'm looking on the positive side all the time. :clap; :clap; :clap;
I was in the pool earlier than usual today. The sun was still shining and the pool was full of those pretty rainbow wavy light plays. Sooo nice. And there were all sorts of birds, goldfinches, hummers, wrens, titmice, a dove. :2thumbsup;
I love the positives!
Aleta
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You know what I like about this thread?
I find that I am always on the lookout for positives to share. And that , of course, means that I'm looking on the positive side all the time. :clap; :clap; :clap;
Same here! :2thumbsup;
Today was a great day - warm weather, and my husband won tickets to a cultural festival, so we spent the afternoon enjoying various traditional dance, music, and foods. Tomorrow my older son has a playdate with his best friend, and then we are all going to have dinner at their house. They have a younger son who is not much older than our younger boy. Think of us tomorrow evening, trying to eat dinner with 4 boys, all under the age of eight. Sounds relaxing, doesn't it? :rofl;
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Yes. Sometimes there'll be something quite simple - like a nice day, or the smell of spring or whatever, and I think of this thread. Isn't that nice.
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Daily positive is knowing that Aleta (Willowtreewren) is out there somewhere making the world a better place in which to live!
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I am going to a play tonight, Romeo and Juliet. It should be a lovely evening. :thumbup; (don't tell me how it ends - I want to be surprised!!) :rofl; :rofl;
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Oh, Paris, I love the theater and we don't have much chance to go any more. Enjoy!
Dan, that is the sweetest thing I have read on IHD. Thank you. Or were you joking! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
And if you were joking, good joke! :clap; :clap; :clap;
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I no longer joke without the appropriate symbols and smilies.
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Then thank you again, Dan. Like I said, it is what is inside that matters, and no matter what your outside is like, you are beautiful on the inside.
:-*
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Romeo and Juliet.....Hmmm...what a tragedy. :rofl;
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Kitkatz.... minimum...what a jokester.
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Well, my positive is that I had a long swim both yesterday and today and I may have broken through my weight loss plateau. We have a book club discussion in a little bit followed by dinner out with friends.
LOL! I better watch what I eat! :rofl; :rofl;
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My BIG DAILY POSITIVE!!!
I no longer have to imagine what Dan looks like! YEA!!!!!!
:yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
Thanks, Dan! Again!
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and now you understand why I resisted so much....
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Great Picture Dan..... whos the other guy...... I like pictures...... I guess I better get one of myself and show the world who or what I am ....... I am not a dog or a fish...... :urcrazy;
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Kathy, I've been on this site since March and people have been bugging me about a picture. I promised one last night in chat... it was late and I was weak.
I hate pictures of myself.
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It's lovely to finally see a photo of Javier ... I mean of you.
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Hanify,,,, Bite...make all the fun you want cause I won't be up there very long......(oops, no smiley fits)
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Dan ...... Yes I know about the pictures...... I use to be young a beautiful like my daughter.... now well fat old and dark hair..... can you believe I use to be blonde.......
p.s. Mine wont be up much longer either..... Dan
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hehe... yep, the next ass i post will be dedicated to Bernadette!!!! :boxing; :boxing; :boxing;
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Too late. I've saved it heh heh. Had to send a copy to Helen. She deserves to see who she's going out with!!
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Today's daily positive is that things are much different from one year ago today -- the being the one year anniversary of Hurricane Ike.
What a year! Ike and dialysis! But things are looking up! Little construction here, little treatment there.
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I walked for 15min on the treadmill (only 750m) very fast though.
I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF.......
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Thats brillient Des, give at it.
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Watch this space!!!!
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Washed dishes last night and woke up to all clean cups......for coffee.
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I got up to go to work after a weekend down and two days with the ick.
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My second day back at the gym and am amazed how much easier everything is than while my transplant was failing. Feels great also to reconnect with my fellow gym rats whom I'm used to seeing almost every day.
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Just came home from dialysis where I had a nice lesson on the machine and what all the lights and doodads mean.
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Went to school for a visit from an opera singer, had morning tea, went shopping, back to school for production run through, more shopping, made a neck thing for Joseph (production) to wear, more shopping, home and still have energy left. This is a minor miracle!!
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Yea! for all the positives.
We have had rain ever since our field trip! I'm sooooo glad that it waited until AFTER the trip!
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I haven't been posting much lately. I'm back to work and this is the first full week. It has been hectic but good. I have an excellent class of 12 grade 2's. One of those is severely developmentally delayed and has his own teacher and student assistant so really I have 11 students to class. Smallest class I have ever had. They are exceptionally well behaved and excellent workers. been getting lots of teaching done and everything corrected as we do it!! No work has had to come home so far!!
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Our tv works again!!!! We were having withdrawal symptoms and the tech wasn't supposed to get her to fix it until next Thurs. We fixed it ourselves so don't need the tech. We had satellite tv and changed to digital cable but didn't like it so changed back to satellite. When the tech came and took the equipment for digital cable we hooked the satellite back up ourselves but couldn't get it to work!! Figured out the problem this afternoon. Hubby had hooked the cables from the satellite dish into the splitter that was used for digital cable. We changed it over to the old splitter that was there before and it works perfect!!! Now if the cable guy would bring back our HDM1 cable that he took by mistake I would be happy.
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Yea for TV and Del's teche husband!
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I'm glad that Carl's fever broke and he did NOT have H1N1. :clap; :clap; :clap;
Not only that, he is back in full swing, mowing the grass, puttering with the electronics (he is always rearranging his dialysis area) and the like.
Good health is a great gift (renal failure not withstanding!)
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After a long break because of cool weather and rain, I was able to get a short swim in tonight. It was wonderful. And even if we have to shut the pool down soon, I'll be all right without it. :2thumbsup;
I can't believe that I actually got to swim as late as September 25! :yahoo;
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Today would have been the 52nd birthday of my oldest child, who passed away when he was 14. This is the first time I have been at such peace with it. Takes awhile I suppose. Aldo, my daughter had gone to a psychic who said there was a message for me, and it was from my son. He said, Tell Mom, not to worry, I will be here when she crosses over. Not exactly looking forward to my leaving, but happy I will get to see him. PLUS. my GFR is back up to 20 again. I am happy.
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We spent the day out on the salt water cod fishing. I am very tired tonight but we got our quota of cod. Going again tomorrow. Hope I don't get a fish hook in my hand like I did this morning. Luckily it wasn't in past the barb and I pulled it out myself!!! Hubby got one in his hand a few years ago and had to go to the hospital to get it removed. My face is red tonight from being outdoors all day!! I'm enjoying a nice cold beer now!!! Life is good. :thumbup;
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Went to my brother in law's 40th birthday party last night. Had a really nice time, and, if you didn't know I was sick,you wouldn't have known I was sick. Does that make sense? Such a big leap forward for me.
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We hosted a dinner club tonight. Nice conversation and I had a lovely time. We almost waited too late to do dialysis, though!
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I attended a baby shower for my sister's work friend.
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Today's positive : work is only tomorrow!
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I passed my income tax test with flying colors and got my certificate today. YAY, another year in business. I am happy.
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:ukflag; We both sat in the garden sun bathing almost too hot, for England to have the weather we are having is most unusual. We can't call it an India summer until we have had some frost. Our weather patterns are changing and it's a bit scary.
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Its changing here also Yvonne. Usually only August and September are really hot, not this year. Wonder if it is because of the "Global Warming" thing. If it doesnt rain in California soon, it will be a dust bowl.
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Weather here in England over the weekend has been wonderful, we took the chance for a last minute break before Alan has his tube refitted in two weeks time, (hope they dont it cancell again) We had a brillient time, we went to Scarborough a sea side town,fantastic hotel, took in a show. We both feel revived.
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I had a nice day up until 6th period, when chaos came to visit.
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Two week school holiday break here. Yehar!! Anyone who wants to complain about teachers getting holidays - I have an application for teachers training college in my bag if you want it lol. I love holidays.
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I have a fantastic class this year!!! No behavior issues. They are all really good workers -even the ones that are weak academically. I have activities done and completed now that it took me until the end of October last year!! I'm going to have a great year!!!
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I made it home from Cincinnati without any mishaps! Tired, but got Carl on dialysis at his regular time.
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Windows are open, breeze blowing through the house and it is a gorgeous fall day. There is a saying here " If God isn't a Tarhell, then why is the sky Carolina blue?" We have the clearest, brightest blue skies :2thumbsup;
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I am just glad to be moving forward with the transplant process. Even if it doesn't happen, at least I feel empowered.
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I did not kill or yell at anyone today too badly, yet!
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I did not kill or yell at anyone today too badly, yet!
Should I warn Victor? :rofl;
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I'm really enjoying my time back at the gym. Pilates is tomorrow morning and I'm now doing a full two hour workout most days. What amazes me is that I could quite easily do more...I don't go full full out but pretty fair pace and keeping up with my very fit friends.
I really need these workouts to help with the enormous stresses associated with moving my 91 year old mother-in-law into a retirement residence apartment. She's downsizing from 2200 square feet to 540 so there's masses of work and it all falls to my husband and me.
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:grouphug; My 81 year old mother in law lives with us but I feel in the next few years she will need a retirement/nursing home. She gets very confused on times and her short term memory is really bad. She is starting to be very (I don't know if it's the right word) paranoid. In the past year or so she has been getting mad with both of us on times. I am usually the one who gets it the most though. She's always asking why I'm bitching at her all the time. I am to the point where I often don't even speak to her for days - I'm not home a lot anyway. Not because I'm mad or upset or "bitchy " but just to keep the peace!!! Hubby realizes the time is coming and probably quicker than either of us realizes when she is going to need personal care. She was always one to be very well dressed and take care of herself. Now she doesn't care at all.
Enough of that!! My positive is I am alive, I am healthy, hubby is doing fantastic, I am having a wonderful school year !! Oh yeah the biggest positive is I'm down another 1 1/2 lbs tonight!! That's 7 lbs since school opened Sept. 9. :yahoo;
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7 pounds since school started :2thumbsup; How do you do that and bake apple pies? Great job, Del!!
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I feel and look like a red round rolling clown this morning....... but at least I still have a job.
I went to bed tired and I got up tired.
the positive of course : IT IS NEARLY WEEKEND!! oh ,and I have a job.
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Positive # 1. Today at 11 AM I get my catheter removed from my next/chest.
Positive # 2. Some people on IHD are not as angry with me today at they were yesterday.
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Dan gets to take a really long shower today!! That is a good positive. :2thumbsup;
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Two more days before a shower. I didn't hurt at all but he said it might be sore this afternoon. Wonder who invented pain medicine, etc. They should be up for sainthood.
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Ahhh, two more days? I am sorry. Glad it didn't hurt and hope it doesn't hurt tonight. Thank goodness for pain meds :2thumbsup;
It is another beautiful day. The leaves haven't started to change yet, but fall is in the air. :2thumbsup;
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The leaves have changed color here and it is NOT a beautiful day. It is raining, foggy, windy and cold. This is Thanksgiving weekend for us and the weather is supposed to be nasty.
My positive - no students until Tuesday. We have a professional day for teacher's tomorrow and Monday is Thanksgiving!!
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Positive # 1. Today at 11 AM I get my catheter removed from my next/chest.
Positive # 2. Some people on IHD are not as angry with me today at they were yesterday.
Two more days before a shower. I didn't hurt at all but he said it might be sore this afternoon. Wonder who invented pain medicine, etc. They should be up for sainthood.
Glad that's over for you, dw! I thought about you at 11 a.m. today. I told you last night that it would be quick and over before you knew it. How did it go? Was I right? Do you have to wait two days because you have a bandage?
...and who could be angry with you for very long? Inside that tough hide, you're all kitten! :rofl;
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hehe, ,, you were right Petey... (stick with lanocain then ) snip snip, yank yank and you are done.
I just said to the doc I was going home and take a long shower. He said not for a couple of day. I haven't looked at it. lol. it does have a big bandage...
I'll check chat tonight to see if you are there.
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The weather cooled off out here.
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I feel good tonight. The Historical Dinner went well and even an alumni family attended.
All the paper work to get us listed at our new transplant center was completed today. Now for a new round of testing! :yahoo;
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I took a walk in the rain and the smell of wet leaves and clean air was wonderful!
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I had dinner out with my hubby and 2 grandchildren who are now spending the night! Anytime I am with them I forget I am sick!
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I will see my granddaughters next week. :2thumbsup;
You are right, Zona. Time with grandchildren erases all woes.
Aleta
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Today was another day of rain. Hubby not feeling well at all. But the rain is out of here for now and I am going to a big craft festival with 2 girlfriends tomorrow! :bandance;
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One positive and one negative:
Positive: I have no Tubes handing out anywhere (I don't think). It feels really good and really strange.
Negative: Darn, it is so cold in Houston. Sure was hard to climb out of the bed at 56 F outside and 72 F inside. (I forget now! What exactly was I complaining about in July?) :yahoo;
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Oh, Dan. Tell me about the cold! Where we are going in MA next week it will be in the 20's at night. BRRRRR!!!
Aleta
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HEHE. yea, it was just a shock when I woke up this morning. To bed with AC on at 79 and up with imaginary icicles....or Icycles??? or Ihavenoidea.
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We have 30 degrees AND NO POOL!!!!! But the positive is that I just ran through the sprinkler..... it was so much fun. :thumbup;
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For the first time in ages I felt well enough to visit my favourite paintings again.
They are at the Wallace Collection in London (connected to the Frick Collection in America).
One "absolute favourite" is Rembrandt's painting of his son Titus, one of the most sensitive paintings.
Titus was already very unwell when his father painted him, and, symbolically, one side of Titus' face has "already entered the shadow"
whilst the other side is still very much alive. Another favourite is Ruben's "Rainbow" landscape. Rubens painted it during his retirement,
when he could paint as he felt like, and this "Rainbow" is one of his most fascinating and beautiful paintings.
Another "old favourite" is "Perseus and Andromeda" by Titian, painted ~1553/1556 and this painting was recorded in 1584,
when it belonged to the art collection of Philip II of Spain in the Aranjuez Palace. From there it came to Anthony van Dyke.
In 1815 it was bought by the third Marquess of Hertford who put in his dressing/bathroom, where he studied the painting whilst taking a bath.
In the Wallace Collection one can admire the most precious furniture of Louis XIV, King of France, Sevres Porcelain in the most beautiful colours,
some Meissen Porcelain, gold boxes, miniatures, sculptures, clocks, it is one of the best Collections of Art and is a real treat to visit.
There are lots of seating possibilities everwhere, one can study whilst resting, and the whole wonderful collection is a national Museum in an
historic London town house. Walking through this wonderufl, classy collection, sitting there and studying my favourite paintings again
after such a long time, was an absolute treat.
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A day immersed in the arts is alway a good day. Glad you enjoyed yours. :2thumbsup;
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Got me some chicken gumbo for tonight. But I have to nuke it.
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Aleta - Mass isn't even close to the 20's yet. Northeast is hanging out around 50 degrees - now the nights might be getting cool like 35. 20's are a coming though.
Positive - it finally stopped raining in VT. the constant knocked off a lot of the pretty leaves this week.
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Slywalker, the forecast for Lenox, MA next week is to get down into the 20's at night. Ugh!
We haven't dropped below a chilling 45 yet. :rofl; And I've only started wearing a light jacket!
While we are gone it is supposed to be highs in the 70's at home.
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The sun is shining and my EPO is starting to kick in. Yay.
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Epo - the wonder drug! :2thumbsup;
My dad is out of the hospital after having a "mild" heart attack.
Downside is that it took me 4 hours to get him out of the hospital and settled back in his assisted living. It's a long story, and not a positive, so it isn't for here! :rofl;
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I've always had a tough spirit (my daddy says I'm a "fighter"). But, for years now, I've been worn down by the pressures, the stress, and the burdens of being a caregiver to a sick husband, being a home hemo partner to him, working full-time with hard-headed children (high school -- and, Good Lord! teen-agers have certainly changed in all the years I've been teaching), and trying to keep our house going, our bills paid, and our clothes clean. I've seen my "fighting" spirit fading away the last couple of years, but I haven't been able to get a hold on it to hang on to it.
Today, however, I feel my old spirit back in me. I saw what I thought was an injustice and I saw a friend of mine being unjustly attacked. I stood up and said something. This, to me, is definitely a positive because I think it's my fighting spirit that has kept me and Marvin going through some pretty dark days. I'm glad a glipse of the "old" me has crept up. I hope you friends here on IHD can take me like this. I hope I don't get banned from IHD for speaking my mind.
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Petey, if this "new" you is a positive, I am ALL FOR IT!
Oops! I shouted. :clap;
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Daily positive - Petey is BBBBAAAACCCCK and saying what she believes! Go Petey.
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Good for you Petey!!!!!! :clap;
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Great news petey!
You are "coming back"
to be yourself again!
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Daily positive: Petey is my friend!
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Daily positive: Petey is my friend!
Be careful where and to whom you say that, Dan!
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PETEY IS MY FRIEND
Think anybody can hear that.
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You're a nut, Dan! :rofl; That must be why I like you.
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Petey - "way" back when I started hanging out on IHD you were in fighting spirit and a great role model for us.
Being a caregiver can take wear you down. I've been the patient more than a caregiver - so my hat has always been off to my caregivers!!!
Wellcome back Petey........
:grouphug;
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I really don't lke Mondays!!!!
Oeps.......
I love the weather today. Gloudy.. the heat is under a blanket
I had a fab weekend.
I saw my new iris flowering this morning.... BEAUTIFUL huge dark purple flower.!!!!
My constant headache is visiting someone else.
I have to admit I am enjoying the "new" job. AND I AM KEEPING MY OFFICE!!!! (for now anyway)
Things is just peachy!
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Petey that is brillient. Hang on to the office. Mine daily positive to.day is "I am walking with only one crutch".
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My positive: It is Monday!
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It is Columbus Day. I use to live in Columbus Ohio and it was a big day there. Not so much in Raleigh! But, it is a holiday and I like any holiday :2thumbsup;
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not one ---- honestly, can't come up with a single one
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When I left for "D" at 5:30 am there was a very heavy frost on the pumpkins and the weather guy said snow flurries! It is now 2:30 and the sun is shining and it's 50. Another beautiful fall day.
Pam
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50 degrees sounds much better than snow flurries! That is a positive!! It is rainy and cool here today, but it is still a good day :thumbup;
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Today's positive - standing up and walking!
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The UC Davis transplant committee accepted me for further testing as a transplant recipient, after turning me down as a risk! Could it be that the emails my friends and family bombarded them with helped? My next positive will be when I qualify. :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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My positives for today....jbeany stood up and walked. :cuddle;
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Good news about JBeany :2thumbsup; and good news for Noduh. :2thumbsup; Both very positive :thumbup;
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My positive for today is that I had today. Once you have had a heart attack, every night when you hit the pillow, you pray for one more day. And I got it!!!!
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My positive for today is that I had today. Once you have had a heart attack, every night when you hit the pillow, you pray for one more day. And I got it!!!!
:2thumbsup; Always want one more day----I am glad you got yours, and many many more.
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Not dizzy today, so I hiked up and down the hallway for a bit with the physical therapist. They took out the #$%$#@%% foley today, too! :bandance;
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Hurray JBeany!
My positive: I made it through a Tuesday. I looked good at the IEP meting in front of the psychologist and admins.
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Yeah Jbeany! That is my positive for today---jbeany is walking the halls :2thumbsup;
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My positive for today....I finished refinishing a dresser for my granddaughter! It's pink (the only color on the color wheel, you know) and it looks great!
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I woke up this morning and went to work...I'm just thankful I can do this. Just experince from being caregiver over the years. The small things in life are best! A smile, a laugh, a joke. Live life too the fullest whatever your situation :)
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Thank you Pam, for this lovely reminder. :grouphug;
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My positive for today ..... is watching my daughter Sara getting ready for this weekend 80's theme party....... She ask me what to wear..... thats a first.......
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its Friday!!!! YEAH!
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FRIDAY, plus on Sunday I get to see Maria!
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Have a great time with Maria. This weekend is our annual Nana and Beth's Happy Halloween Party for the nine grandkid. No parents allowed. Lots of fun with the grands tomorrow :yahoo; :2thumbsup;
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Laugh more and smile :) more to make the day go by easier. :)
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Setting up the graveyard and other decorations this weekend. :thumbup;
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The docs are finally saying a big D word I want to hear - Discharge! Maybe even as soon as the end of the week. I'll still be on IV nutrition, but if I can handle home hemo, I can figure out the IV pump.
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The docs are finally saying a big D word I want to hear - Discharge! Maybe even as soon as the end of the week. I'll still be on IV nutrition, but if I can handle home hemo, I can figure out the IV pump.
Yay!! That would be great! :cheer:
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:clap; Good for you jbeany.One step closer to a long heathy life!
Pa,
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Today was a great day all the way through. Hubby feeling pretty good. Worked outdoors all day. Sun was shining. It's ALL Good!
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I have had a nice relaxing day today. PJs all day then computer time, Battlestar Galactica on DVD.
Tomorrow will be visiting with my daughter Maria in Long Beach, CA.
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Battlestar Galactica? Hey - why didn't you invite me???????
I hope you enjoyed your day in PJ's.
:flower;
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Another stellar day in the Ozarks. We took a long liesurely drive to see the fall foliage changing. Great day! :cheer:
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I am working at the Information Booth at our Ferry Dock, and THE AIRCONDITIONING IS WORKING!!!!!
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Life is good. :thumbup;
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And yet another fine day in the Ozarks. Warm fall day. Worked outside in the yard all day and it was great!
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I am joining two other teachers for chocolate cake and coffee this morning. I bought a cake in the dessert auction yesterday and this other teacher agreed to split it with me. MMMM! Be hyper all day long! Heheheh! Me and the 6th graders!
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Tonight, Beth and I are taking four of my grands to see West Side Story. It is always a good day when you can go to see a musical :2thumbsup;
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Lovely sunny day - perfect for setting up the graveyard on the lawn today!
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I climbed up 4 steps today! :bandance;
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Cool!!!!
Didn't you walk down 4 steps as well? hehehehe
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Feeling really good everyday...... I am glad that you are too Jbeany
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My daughter, Melissa, just called me to vent for a moment. Then she said, "Mom we all think you walk on water and would do anything for you because you do everything for us" Nice when you kids grow up and become your friends. She had me in tears. Unsolicited compliment -- a great daily positive :2thumbsup;
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that is the best Paris.... mine too sometimes are just the sweetest I am glad that I am friends with mine as well.....
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8 steps today -and yes, Des, I climbed both up and down them! I got to walk without a walker or a cane today, too.
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I had a nice fairly quiet day at work!
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I bought two large plants on sale, and hung up pictures (with minimal wall damage (-: ) in my new apartment....it's starting to look like a home!
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Target, 99 cent store and Costco runs!
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A Talent Show , here in our little community, with my husband as the MC, and me in the kitchen. ( Again!!! ) We had a great time.
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This has been a rough month for us, so it's going to be a challenge to find some positives.
My husband had a free training today on a computer program that is normally many thousands of dollar to learn. He said it was excellent.
Once the kids are in bed, I plan to have a glass of wine with my husband and watch a week's worth of The Cobert Report over the Internet.
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Retail therapy made me happy today! I got a gift card to Barnes and Noble for my birthday, so sis and brother-in-law took me to the new one that just opened at the mall. Ahhhh, a two-story bookstore with everything I could possibly want to read! I was good - only 4 books, and 14 dollars more than the gift card. Then we wandered around the mall for a bit. I found an exercise balll at a discount store for less than $10, so I can work on my core strength while vegging in front of the tv.
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Ah, Jbeany! We think alike!
I got a Bosu ball with my birthday money today! And THAT is my positive! :clap; :clap;
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Retail therapy made me happy today! I got a gift card to Barnes and Noble for my birthday, so sis and brother-in-law took me to the new one that just opened at the mall. Ahhhh, a two-story bookstore with everything I could possibly want to read! I was good - only 4 books, and 14 dollars more than the gift card. Then we wandered around the mall for a bit. I found an exercise balll at a discount store for less than $10, so I can work on my core strength while vegging in front of the tv.
My postitive? That jbeany had such a good day :2thumbsup;
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I had a little quiet "me" time today, watched a fire burn and just sat enjoying the sunshine. :clap;
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I didn't have to dialise to-day!
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It's my 18th wedding anniversary today (today being 16 Nov here). We got married on 16.11.91 which can be turned upside down and still says 16.11.91. Only works here cos we don't follow the American way of putting the month first. So for us 9/11 is actually 11/9!
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18 years deserves a cheer:
:cheer:
To the Mr. and Mrs. - hip hip hooray!
:cheer:
Here's to many more :beer1;
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It's my 18th wedding anniversary today (today being 16 Nov here). We got married on 16.11.91 which can be turned upside down and still says 16.11.91. Only works here cos we don't follow the American way of putting the month first. So for us 9/11 is actually 11/9!
Congrats and best wishes for many more! :clap;
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To-day I horrified the good folk at the pharmacy, when I whipped up my shirt and displayed my catheter.
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Congratulations Hanify and Paul, and may you have many many more. Hope you did something wonderful to celebrate.
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I have 3 beautiful pink roses on my table and they smell devine.... I don't have a rose garden and got these from a friend's garden.
I LOVE FLOWERS.....
Congrats Hanify..... mine will be on the 9 Dec - 20 years.....
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My positive today is that I am getting my fistula finally :yahoo;
And that means, god willing, I will get rid of this PermaCath at some point!
Going into surgery in 45 minutes...
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Good luck, Maker.
Thinking of you and wishing you a smooth and pain-free surgery.
:bestwishes;
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Maker, all the best. My thoughts are with you. All the grim details, when you're ready, please.
My daily positive - I shall have my second battle with the 'experts' over fluid withdrawal to-day, and I shall win and annoy some people in the process. A double plus!!
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My positive today? I had dinner with two granddaughters, celebrating award day at their school. They both received several. Emma was sad that many of the kids in her class didn't get awards. (these are for grades, attitude, effort, etc) She is going to help her friends so they can get one next time. :thumbup; Sweet girls; Eliza and Emma
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My husband finally found a fabulous, easy recipe/technique to make sandwich bread at home. He has been on a bread making kick for a few weeks. We are forever running out of bread for lunches, racing out to the market, spending $4 for a mediocre loaf of organic bread. Gwyn decided enough was enough and bought a 50 lb bag of bread flour at Costco.
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My husband Paul made a container thing for my cycler to sit in which shuts up most of the noise - I must put a photo on one day. Well, it has a lift up lid, and tonight as I went to put the 6l bag onto the machine I caught it on the corner of the lid and ripped a hole in it. Ha ha ha ha ha. An ERUPTION of fluid poured out as I ran with it to the bathroom!!!! Paul is out at a Ry Cooder concert - so there I was with peritoneal fluid all over the carpet. However, a towel and a lot of stamping later it's all pretty much mopped up. Will clean it properly tomorrow.
My positive - well I have two.
a) I find these kinds of things really funny, and immediately want to paint a picture or something
b) I have been doing PD for 18 months and this is the first time I've had an accident like that. (Not counting the leaking bag in the car)
I'm still giggling. Maybe that's the steroids I have to take on a Wednesday????
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That's why I like Bern (hanify). It's either comedy or drama! Hey, with everything that's going on personally and globally, you might as well laugh. Laugh lines are far more attractive than frown lines.
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Amanda (12) is spending a couple of days with me. Her birthday was Sunday, so I have been telling her all about the day she was born and how special it was for me. I got to have her after her middle of the night feeding and I would sit in a rocker for three hours, holding this precious new baby. Even with life's ups and downs, holding a baby makes everything good! And I am grateful for the relationship I have with this lovely young lady. My daily positive---time with my granddaughter :2thumbsup;
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Aw. Paris. That is so sweet.
I remember when Willow was born and I got to spend a week in Massachusetts. I cried so hard when I had to leave. New babies. There is nothing, nothing like them. And then to watch them grow. Such memories. Thanks.
My positive is that I had a really, really good day at school today. The kiddos were so self-motivated and busy today. What a treat.
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It's my 18th wedding anniversary today (today being 16 Nov here). We got married on 16.11.91 which can be turned upside down and still says 16.11.91. Only works here cos we don't follow the American way of putting the month first. So for us 9/11 is actually 11/9!
Happy 18th wedding anniversary!!! May you enjoy many more!!
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Maker, all the best. My thoughts are with you. All the grim details, when you're ready, please.
My daily positive - I shall have my second battle with the 'experts' over fluid withdrawal to-day, and I shall win and annoy some people in the process. A double plus!!
Thanks for your thoughts Galvo! Since this is the "daily positives" thread...there were many positives about my fistula surgery. Although my friend who was supposed to drive me backed out at the last minute and I had to drive myself there, the surgeon agreed not to give me anesthesia so I could drive myself home :clap;
Then, God sent me an angel...the nurse anesthetist sat and talked to me the entire surgery so I didn't have to think about what was going on! He shared scripture with me and showed me pictures of his beautiful family.
I have a lovely fistula on my wrist just above my hand ;D Yes, it bled like crazy last night, and yes it hurts terribly, and yes, it's very swollen and very black and blue...I was really concerned so I drove over to my dialysis unit today (on my non dialysis day!) and my sweet nurses took off the bandages and listened to it and reassured me it looks and sounds great. They are so good to me :angel;
I have much to be thankful for, and can't wait to use my fistula, hopefully in a few months!!
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My youngest daughter comes home for Thanksgiving on Thursday this week.
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Maker, all the best. My thoughts are with you. All the grim details, when you're ready, please.
My daily positive - I shall have my second battle with the 'experts' over fluid withdrawal to-day, and I shall win and annoy some people in the process. A double plus!!
Thanks for your thoughts Galvo! Since this is the "daily positives" thread...there were many positives about my fistula surgery. Although my friend who was supposed to drive me backed out at the last minute and I had to drive myself there, the surgeon agreed not to give me anesthesia so I could drive myself home :clap;
Then, God sent me an angel...the nurse anesthetist sat and talked to me the entire surgery so I didn't have to think about what was going on! He shared scripture with me and showed me pictures of his beautiful family.
I have a lovely fistula on my wrist just above my hand ;D Yes, it bled like crazy last night, and yes it hurts terribly, and yes, it's very swollen and very black and blue...I was really concerned so I drove over to my dialysis unit today (on my non dialysis day!) and my sweet nurses took off the bandages and listened to it and reassured me it looks and sounds great. They are so good to me :angel;
I have much to be thankful for, and can't wait to use my fistula, hopefully in a few months!!
I am glad it went well......
My positive is I am only working halfday today.... yeah!
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My positive - I lost 4 lbs this week!! Yippee ( no smilies to use). Another positive- hubby has been doing nocturnal home hemo for over 3 years so no more dealing with the schedule at the dialysis unit!!!
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My big positive for the day is being impressed and inspired by Maker's post above. Good on you, buddy. You are a champion! I see the vasc surgeon on 30 Nov for assessment.
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My big positive for the day is being impressed and inspired by Maker's post above. Good on you, buddy. You are a champion! I see the vasc surgeon on 30 Nov for assessment.
Galvo that's great! I hope it goes well and you get a good report on your veins. Seems that's the most important thing, that the surgeon sees some veins he or she likes. Being a bit younger helps with that ;) Let us know what happens! God willing you & I will both be catheder free in a few months!
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I have been fortunate to spend the last 2 days at the beach. It was warm and clear and the sunset divine!
Walked for 2 hours on the sand, it renews my soul...
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Ahhh. The ocean restores my soul, too. But I live far inland. Not much chance for beach combing...
:-(
On the other hand, I love the mountains, too. And I'm very close to THEM!
;-)
Aleta
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Made it through another week's Pilates class and managed to do some things I wasn't able to before. Also talked my pal, Paul the fireman, into joining the class and was highly amused by how sweaty he got doing our mat workout. My amusement was matched only by his complete surprise.
Oh yeah and loving this rainy day!
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Just before leaving school tonight the Dean of Academic Affairs at Howard Taft University contacted me about developing some Montessori courses for their masters degree in education.
A couple of weeks ago the Dean of the school of Education had called me and I helped him find out what he needed for reaching out to the Montessori community. He mentioned that they might be interested in finding someone to work with them, but I figured that was months or even years down the road.
Interesting.
Intriguing. This may be a very nice opportunity, and right up my alley. ;-)
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My daily postivie? I received an amazing wall carving today from a dear friend. Baba and I have known each other since our teen years. He owns an art gallery and just returned from Italy where some of his carvings were being shown. I have never owned one of his pieces----couldn't afford it! But, this came today---no note, just this piece of art. We don't get to see each other often, but we know how much we love each other. :cuddle;
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Paris - that is so cool. Your daily positive made my day. Aren't life long friends wonderful?
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And my day too Paris. I hate that I have lost track of so many old and dear friends. But for those of us who do keep in touch, good job!!!
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Got my report cards all finished and ready to send home on Wednesday!!! Just have to put them in the envelopes!! YIPPEE!! Now to meet with parents on Thurs.
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I am so thankfull for the new friends I have all over the world. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU ALL MEAN TO ME! I love you all.
Oh and it is no longer Monday! Yeah!
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Just thought I would post this:
There's a miracle called Friendship
That dwells within the heart,
And you don't know how it happened
Or when it get its start.
But the happiness it brings you
Always gives a special lift.
And you realize that friendship
Is God's precious gift.
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Can I use what happened yesterday for today's Positive?
Yesterday I got the most beautiful hand made greeting card and for no special occasion. I can't tell you who it was from though, but somebody out their likes me.
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How lovely. I'd like to say it was from me .... but that would be a lie.
Still, people would think I was talented and thoughtful...
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But, Bern, you ARE talented and thoughtful!
And Des, I think I have an inkling of what you are felling about your friends from all over the world, because I feel that way too. And that really is a positive.
And I can't forget the friends from right here in the US of A. Even if they DO live in Texas! :rofl;
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It appears almost certain that the company where my husband contracts is going to survive. My husband should be hired on as a full time employee within a week or two, we will get access to group health insurance, I can have a transplant without divorcing my husband and divesting myself of all of my assests. This is huge for us.
And it won't be just any job for Gwyn, this will be the most challenging job he has ever undertaken. The owner has offered a ridiculously low salary - the lowest salary my husband has ever earned in America and he has lived here almost 15 years - but if all goes well, he will make up for that in bonuses. I am so relieved. We have been strung along by this owner for over six months, but for the first time, I actually believe what this guy has been telling us.
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It appears almost certain that the company where my husband contracts is going to survive. My husband should be hired on as a full time employee within a week or two, we will get access to group health insurance, I can have a transplant without divorcing my husband and divesting myself of all of my assests. This is huge for us.
And it won't be just any job for Gwyn, this will be the most challenging job he has ever undertaken. The owner has offered a ridiculously low salary - the lowest salary my husband has ever earned in America and he has lived here almost 15 years - but if all goes well, he will make up for that in bonuses. I am so relieved. We have been strung along by this owner for over six months, but for the first time, I actually believe what this guy has been telling us
this is wonderful, WONDERFUL news! (Except for the low salary!) The boss isn't just stringing him along, is he? :boxing;
I have been so worried about you and this job situation, and the insurance. Oh, my. I'm thrilled! :2thumbsup;
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
Yea!
This made my day!
Aleta
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I haven't posted here yet but having such a good day i thought i should. Had two really good days.
I've been on extra epo and man am i feeling great today! I've been awake since 7.30 (layed in bed till 8), got my son off to school, got hubby off to work. Cleaned my kitchen top to bottom dusted my lounge and dining area, done two loads washing, just boiling water to mop my floors, going to vacuum and then i just have to do our invoices and pick up my son and i'm done for the day, off to visit my parents tonight!!!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, Aleta! I think this time the owner will do something because he really has no choice. He can go with a loan that is being offered to him, sell the company to a private equity firm (there is an open offer), or declare bankruptcy. Either of the first two choices will result in a job with benefits for Gwyn, and the backpay that we are still owed.
Thanks for your concern, and for being so happy for us. You are such a doll! (flowers, hugs, smiles)
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I haven't posted here yet but having such a good day i thought i should. Had two really good days.
I've been on extra epo and man am i feeling great today! I've been awake since 7.30 (layed in bed till 8), got my son off to school, got hubby off to work. Cleaned my kitchen top to bottom dusted my lounge and dining area, done two loads washing, just boiling water to mop my floors, going to vacuum and then i just have to do our invoices and pick up my son and i'm done for the day, off to visit my parents tonight!!!
Hmmm - I shall have to have a word with my EPO injections and tell them they need to step up and make me feel like you do!! Wow. Such energy.
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Jean facebooked me and said her latest results were improved! yay. Made my day.
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My son Johnny has the next 5 days off school. Older brother James came home for a couple days. Tomorrow their sister Becca flies back from college in NY. I am so happy to have them all together. Only Jenna is missing. Hopefully she has a nice Thanksgiving with friends in Paris. I am grateful for my children.
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Cariad,
Better and better! :2thumbsup;
Backpay you say? Whoo hoo! :cheer: :cheer:
I know that gives you something to be really thankful for! :bandance; :bandance;
Aleta
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To-day I shall sit in the big D chair and watch 4 hours of the first Test between Australia and the West Indies. Cricket, people, cricket!!
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Enjoy the cricket, Galvo. I'm going to enjoy a nice loooong weekend. :clap;
Aleta
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Peace of mind, priceless.
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hmmm. guess I'll have to get back to you on that.
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I got up early this morning and got dressed up cos I was going to a renal get together thing for home dialysis patients. Rand my mohter to tell her I wouldn't be there for my usual morning coffee, and realised that the thing started at 9.30 not nine, so I didn't need to rush after all. As Molly was looking over my shoulder at the invite she said 'mum, it's not till the 1st Dec!'. Talk about dialysis brain! I had the wrong day entirely. So I've not got the morning free - yay.
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Yay for you! Enjoy the day!
I'm happy to have a nice pot of turkey soup going. Yum.
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Galvo you and my mum are a pigeon pair! She LOVES her cricket. I can only watch one dayers, Tests get a bit long, my grandfater used to sit there the whole four days and hardley moved till it was over screaming at Merv!
Anyway my daily positive..... rested yesterday, downloaded heaps of new music for the ipod and back at it again tody. I've cleared a months worth of neglected household chores in 3 days!!! still got some washing to do but almost there! Go the EPO increase! Plus my fistula arm has grown about 1-1.5cm in width at the wrist so it's getting bigger slowly!!!!!!
To-day I shall sit in the big D chair and watch 4 hours of the first Test between Australia and the West Indies. Cricket, people, cricket!!
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I'm POSITIVE that I'm stuffed!
What a good thing that is! :2thumbsup;
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I'm POSITIVE that I'm stuffed!
What a good thing that is! :2thumbsup;
Ha ha ha. Yeah! I think alot of us are turkeys for allowing ourselves to get so stuffed! :rofl;
I am must so happy to have a couple days to go camping. I won't have any internet, but it will still be lovely. All the NxStage equipment is packed and ready.
:waving;
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What a wonderful day this was. Really, I did not eat any more than I daily do, but I did have some of the best pumpkin pie ever. They melted butter, added brown sugar and some walnuts and topped the pie with it. OMG. We were able to sit outside, and it was delightful.
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IT IS FRIDAY !!!! :yahoo;
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We had to get a new drier and the big box is in the living room. Our youngest cat it leaping in and out of it. Soooo cute. There's also polystyrene pieces in it, and he's fascinated by them too.
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I have my first little bit of Christmas in the house!! I bought a red poinsetta today!!! Next week I will gradually start putting a few things out at a time.
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I played all afternoon with my 2 yr. old nephew. Then we both fell asleep watching cartoons in my moms room.
That little guy brings so much joy to my life. Makes everything I go throu all worth it. Just to see that snotty nose get buried into my pant leg. :rofl;
~Robert
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Yesterday, Alan went in to hospital have his line removed from his neck now that he has gone back on to CAPD, so I took the grandchildren in to Nottingham to see Santa. Our granddaughter is 8 going on 16 and my grandson is 10. and OK 10 seems a little old to still want to see Santa and still be a believer (unless he is having us on) but isn't that sweet. We had a lovely day, saw Santa went to McDonald's (crap food but they love it,I think its for the toy) had a browse in a couple of toy shops. It made my day and made me think about Christmas instead of kidney crap.
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My one year grandson actually said something I understood yesterday, and it wasn't "mom" or "dad'. He was sitting my lap and looked up at me and said,my name so plainly. Suprised me.
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I had all 4 of my grankiddos for 3 days! It was so much fun! What a blessing grandchildren are. I think it's our reward for going through the raising of our kids!
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Today is Franks 62 birthday & he woke up feeling fine with a smile on his face
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It has been a really nice weekend. The temperature has been way above normal. We went for our last boat ride until next spring yesterday. I spent almost all day outside!! It's still nice today and not a flake of snow on the ground!! (that's a BIG positive!!) We are going for a walk in the woods in a few minutes.
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My 91 year old mother-in-law and I made Christmas cookies all day yesterday at the cottage. She is famous in the family for her delicious cookies and usually makes 5 or 6 types. We settled on the three kinds that are the favorites of my nephew and niece (15 & 6) who are abandoning their parents this year to come and spend the holidays with us in Toronto.
We were both pretty tired out at the end of the day but we sat down and raised a cup of tea to each other in celebration of the fact that despite her age and my CKD we rocked in the kitchen. Shortbreads, chocolate chip/pecan, and icebox with almonds and cherries are what we made.
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I had a chat with the vascular surgeon this morning, and fistula op should occur early in the new Year.
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It was a beautiful day and I am thankful for all the good people in my life. (that includes all of you IHD!)
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We had rain this weekend in the area.
I sent Maria back to Milwaukee.
I have spent the day playing on the computer. Big Lots was fun. I spent money in there today.
Tomorrow I go back to work.
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We finally got haircuts for our kids. Their hair was so long and unruly that my 7-year-old got fed up and cut his own bangs about a week ago.... and I didn't even notice until my husband pointed it out. They look so clean-cut and mature now. 8)
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We spent a couple days camping and I was able to catch up on book work with no distractions. I feel so rested and stress free now that all those papers are not hanging over my head!
And leaving the campground we saw a lynx. Beautiful. Going back to school today wasn't even bad. It was good to see the kids again after the long weekend.
:2thumbsup;
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We spent Thanksgiving week in Pennsylvania and I got to see all my kids. The NxStage worked great, we did treatments early in the morning and then had the rest of the day to enjoy. Ate lots of turkey, stuffing and pie made by our daughter and relaxed.
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I've spent this week reintroducing clear liquids. It's been lovely not to be hungry constantly!
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I've spent this week reintroducing clear liquids. It's been lovely not to be hungry constantly!
:beer1; Good!!
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I've spent this week reintroducing clear liquids. It's been lovely not to be hungry constantly!
So there's MY positive for the day Janel!!!
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I was able to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my daughter, her husband, and my kidney donor. Nice relaxing down time.
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I've spent this week reintroducing clear liquids. It's been lovely not to be hungry constantly!
:yahoo; Great news, jbeany!
My husband got a check for over a week of backpay today. He has received more information about the company's owner's plans and when we can expect an end to all of this madness. Soon.
I spent most of the afternoon cooking with my husband in an effort to use up some of our random freezer/pantry/root cellar items. We made pumpkin pie, pea soup, and banana bread. One of my best friends called me this afternoon and we talked for over an hour.
Today was a positive day!
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Creamy liquids and mashed veggies this week - yummy! Doc thinks I'll be off liquid nutrtion next week. I've also been cleared to drive again, and got the painful drains removed from my stomach. It was a fabulous appointment yesterday, and there's even a possiblity I get to go home before Xmas! The only thing that may hold it up is if the plastic surgeon wants to do something about the incision before the holiday.
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Delicious news, Janel! Yea! :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
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Yay Janel good news.
We went out to a fantastic concert last night. Felt like a normal person. One of the performers we saw is a breast cancer survivor, and is such an inspiration. I shall be famaous any minute if just try a bit harder lol.
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:clap; :yahoo; :2thumbsup;
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My husband is making dinner and I didn't even have to ask.
It's the little things that can make a big difference. May we all be blessed with a few little things each day.
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I am really forcing myself to think of a positive today........
:'(
Well I still have a job, yeah! and It is nearly week-end!
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Nearly the weekend here, too (though not as near as yours, Des).
Had another good clinic this morning. Labs were good, but we need to start the Epogen again. That may mean a burst of energy! :clap; :clap;
I love coming to this thread just to get a good boost! :flower;
Aleta
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I love this thread too Aleta! Every time I come here it forces me to think of something to be thankful for...
Today, I woke up feeling great and got to go for a (chilly but refreshing) run outside! By God's grace I continue to have the energy to get out and get some exercise and fresh air.
And, I'm thankful for the holiday season and Christmas music on the radio :clap;
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Tomorrow is our school's big trip to see The Nutcracker! :yahoo;
I'll be exhausted afterward, but the kids will go home with memories to last a lifetime. That makes it worth it.
Aleta
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Oh then, my positive is that I don't have to go watch those danged Nuts get cracked this year... and I won't be watching It's a Wonderful Life again....Jeez... what's it been? 65 years already?
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Dan--you're killing me!! It's a Wonderful Life is the best movie ever. Jimmy is my favorite actor. Beth takes all her nieces and nephews every year to see the Carolina Ballet perform The Nutcracker. This will be the 8th year. 9 under the age of 12 and I get to go because I am old! No parents are allowed. They all look forward to the night as soon as Thanksgiving is over. We are going on the 23rd. Should we get a ticket for you, Dan! :rofl;
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Yea, I've done the same thing with neices and nephews and grandkids and neighbors and friends all for 50 years or more. I think I know the storey now. lol. Plus when you start repeating JS's lines from Its a Wonderful Life before he says them, it is time to find something new to watch. lol Little Ricky is only a few months old. We'll see if I can still walk a couple of years from now.
Another Daily Positive: I just went out to carry garbage and tripped over a brick on the way in. Fell on my face, stood up partially and then fell backwards on my butt. So what's positive? Only two skinned and bloody spots, didn't fall on my fistula arm and the snow hasn't started yet.
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I got to see Eliza and Emma perform tonight at their school. They are both in the school dance troop. Seeing all those bright faces full of excitement is a good daily positive for me.
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When my daughter was younger she was in the Nutcracker, first as one of the polinchinelles and then as Clara for three years before graduating to soloist spots. When she danced for the Alabama Ballet she even got to be Fritz one year. I have seen that ballet so many times including night after night of rehearsals, that I should be sick of it! :rofl; :rofl;
But it is a holiday tradition.
My kids at school are so excited already that today was a challenge for sure! Even so, I wouldn't give this up. The kids won't remember half the gifts that they get under the tree, but they WILL remember what we spend time doing with them.
I really hope that I make a difference in the lives of the children I teach. That is my positive every day.
Aleta
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Yea, I've done the same thing with neices and nephews and grandkids and neighbors and friends all for 50 years or more. I think I know the storey now. lol. Plus when you start repeating JS's lines from Its a Wonderful Life before he says them, it is time to find something new to watch. lol Little Ricky is only a few months old. We'll see if I can still walk a couple of years from now.
Another Daily Positive: I just went out to carry garbage and tripped over a brick on the way in. Fell on my face, stood up partially and then fell backwards on my butt. So what's positive? Only two skinned and bloody spots, didn't fall on my fistula arm and the snow hasn't started yet.
At least you didn't break anything Dan and that's a positive!!! My daily positive is it didn't snow today. We had the afternoon off from school because of major water problems with the town water supply. We were under a state of emergency for a little while. Luckily they got the problem fixed tonight!! Talk today was that we would be without a good flow of water for 3 or 4 days!! That meant problems for dialysis. But all fixed now and hopefully no more problems. It would have been a very bad time for a fire to take place!!!
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I'll probably sound like a bad advertisement, but my husband found a new insurance agent and is saving us about $500 on our annual house/car insurance. House insurance is already paid in full with another company, so we'll get a desperately needed refund.
Snow seems to have stopped - only about a quarter inch on the cars, does not seem to be sticking on the ground. No shoveling!
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A couple of weeks ago we bought a new sofa set - lazyboy leather motion chair and sofa!! We paid $500 down payment because we didn't want it delivered right away. I called today to say we wanted it delivered next week. I asked if it was on sale now. He checked and it was so we got another $500 off!! It is paid for now and will be delivered next Wednesday!! :clap;
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Wow, Del! Good for you! A new sofa set AND $500 more off the price! It will be nice to have that for Christmas. You and hubby can curl up with some comfy throws and enjoy the season. :2thumbsup;
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After six successive days attending the hospital, I get a couple of days off!!
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Must have snowed again during the night cause my deck and patioi furniture is covered with something white. Not much on the grass though.
Neighbors are slamming car doors. I'm going to see if they made coffee.
Have a good day everyone!
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It is beautiful here. I have to give up my conviction that snow is only for weekdays when we can get a day off from school. I'm sure all the kids around here who haven't played in the snow for their whole lives are having a blast. For some reason (getting old, I bet), I have been doing lots of thinking about how children make the memories that will last them a lifetime. All those children out in the snow today may just be doing that. Hmmm. I want some warm cocoa! :2thumbsup;
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We have snow in Mich. too. just enough to cover the ground. The sun is shining and everything just sparkles.
The wedding dress I had to alter is done so it's going to be a very good day.
Pam
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Are we the only ones who didn't get snow? I want some! Well, just a little with no ice. :2thumbsup;
My positive? I got my engagement ring fixed. I haven't worn it for years. The band had worn so thin, I worried about wearing it. Decided today to take it to a jewelers we know and for $100 he took out the thin part and re-did the band, in about 2 hours. It looks so pretty and it is nice to have it on. Why did I wait so long to get this done? I showed my husband and told him I didn't need a thing for Christmas because I was so happy to have my ring back. He said he got off easy!
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this wont sound like a positive thought at first. BUT!!!! Today I went to a memorial for some one that I really did not like so much, but went to support my beloved step son. Come to find out, that except for a very few people, nobody else liked her very much either, and I had an opportunity to bond with my daughter in law. A wonderful person who is very well loved, by me and many others. There is good in everything, if you look hard enough.
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We are on the final countdown for Granddaughters wedding! Everything is done and under budget :bow; The big positive is that the big surprise is still a surprise! DH is walking her down the aisle. He hired a clydesdale horse and carriage to pick them up at the church and take them to the reception hall. That will make some wonderful memories :clap;
Pam
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We had a wonderful weekend, and I actually had some energy. Saturday we took the boys to a science museum and we went into this display where you are surrounded by projection screens, you put on special glasses, and tour the solar system. It's lucky that it was just one family at a time, because my 3-year-old talked all the way through. The woman who was conducting it grabbed him as we were leaving and said "You are SO smart!" Then the boys each got to pilot an airplane on the flight simulator. Later we toured the aquarium with touch tanks and the whole works.
Sunday we sold a high chair on Craigslist for $75 - that's around half what we paid for it, which is really good. We also made crepes and my 7-year-old managed to flip the crepes without utensils. I was very impressed. I can remember being closer to 12 when I first managed to do that. We walked to an event at the local microbrewery and ran into friends. Then we made our own pizza at home using my husband's new bread recipe book to make the crust. The kids had fun making it, and more importantly, actually ate it. My husband and I ended the evening by cleaning our kitchen for about 3 hours. It needed it after all of that baking.
Oh, and the best part is that my husband returned to work today - hopefully, hopefully this is permanent.
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Hanify gave me the bird!
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OH, Cariad,
Your weekend sounds just lovely!
My positive is that I survived the long ordeal in the dentist's chair today. Still can't smile. Except here...
:yahoo;
And I sure can't open my mouth that wide. But it will get better.
Aleta
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I'm going home tomorrow!!!! Hopefully, the surgeon will switch to appointments every other week, to make the traveling easier since my travel time is twice as long from home as it is from my sister's house. The doc is also supposed to take me off the darned liquid iv nutrition now that I'm eating enough real food. I'm actually gaining weight getting such a large amount of calories. I certainly don't need to gain back all the pounds I worked so hard to lose! Either way, I'm headed north after my appointment, to my own house, my own bed, and the company of my own lonely kitty who has been alone except for daily visits from my friends for the 4 months I've been gone. Ahh, my own bed tomorrow night. I get the couch here at sis's tonight. She and her hubby have been sleeping in their camper since I got here at the end of October. Thanks to our lovely Michigan winter weather, they had to shut it down and winterize it before all the pipes froze. I've been sleeping in their bed. (Aren't they awesome?) So tonight, they are just as happy crawling in their own bed as I will be getting in mine tomorrow!
There's no place like home, there's no place like home!
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Well done, Aleta! You're a braver person than I! :)
Jbeany!!!! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; How exciting! Congratulations! Has it been four months? Yikes!
Best of luck on your continued recovery. I am so happy for you! :bestwishes;
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Molly went on a big walk today with school (10 miles), but there were two children who weren't able to go because of health issues. I said I would take them to the movies as a treat. When we got there one of them told me he had never been to the movies! Wow, it made my day to be able to give him an experience he's never had. Cool eh?
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Jbeany, I am so glad you are going home! I can't imagine how excited you are. It will feel so good to be in your own space. It has been a long road and you are a real trooper. Sending you love and hugs :cuddle;
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I can smile today! :clap; :clap; :clap;
Can't open my mouth too wide, though! Small bites!
Jbeany, I am so happy for you! I know that you are filled with joy at this big step. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
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:yahoo; :yahoo;
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I had a great lunch. The boss, read principal, cooked the staff lunch. Salad, french bread, pasta, lemon bundt cake. I need a nap now.
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Aleta, so glad your smile is back! You have one the warmest smiles I've ever seen. :) Hope the pain is subsiding.
Kitkatz, that lunch sounds divine.
OK, though I am sick to death of the subject: my husband got unofficial word that the owner of the company where he contracts has decided on a course of action and his company will be sold and merged with another. This should ultimately mean steady employment and most importantly, health benefits, for our family. We have narrowly averted disaster. Sweet!
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Yeah for Aletta's smile and Yeah for less pain for me. :clap;
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jbeany is going home at last. That should be enough for all of us. I am thrilled for her.
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jbeany is going home at last. That should be enough for all of us. I am thrilled for her.
Yeah for jbeany
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We have snow. That's the upside. Downside is we have rain along with it. Hmm...how to feel about it all. OK, I've decided, gonna embrace winter here. It's white (but a bit slushy) outside.
Enjoy being home Janel.
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This may sound like a negative, but it really isn't. One of my elementary students did not get picked up from school yesterday. There was a mis-communication between the mom and dad about who would be collecting him. When closing time rolled around (well actually a few minutes before) I called the dad, who I discovered was out of town. He called the mom and we agreed that we would take my student home with us so we could go ahead and get the machine ready for our treatment. He watched me get the saline syringes ready and how Carl primed the machine. About 6:00 PM he admitted that he was really hungry (he missed afternoon snack at school since he was waiting to be picked up at regular dismissal time). I fixed him a snack. His mom arrived just before time to stick the needles.
I'm sure he was thrilled to miss that!
But the positive is that this morning his mom told me that he got in the car last night and told her that he had a very pleasant visit! I love it.
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And WTW, I think it never hurts for kids to see that people can cope with difficult circumstances while still maintaining considerable grace, dignity and yes indeed, pleasantness. Great life lesson.
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A little boy at my school who is severely developmentally delayed and responds to very little (not even mom's voice) laughed for the first time today!!! He actually had the grin on his face and the vocalized giggle when he was tickled or some of the children spoke to him!! He screwed up his face when I kissed him on the forehead!! Guess he didn't like that!! he spends a lot of time in my classroom and the other children were so excited to see him laugh!! It made everybody's day!!!
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Aww. Del. doesn't that really make your day?
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I have pretty much finished the dress I'm making for Molly for her Mexican themed party on the weekend. It's actually a Spanish style, but she said no one would know, and besides she liked it! Will post photos when it's finished - Molly is really surprised at how good it looks, which doesn't say much for her faith in her mother's sewing abilities!!
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One of Beth's good friends keeps telling her that he really wants to give me his kidney. He is a super guy. I am still amazed when anyone makes that kind of offer. So that is my positive - there are wonderful people out there who do care. :cuddle;
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Yes, Paris, there are. The world is full of wonderful folks.
I would love to see that dress. I made my daughter's wedding dress at her request. :2thumbsup;
It was not elaborate. Her husband wanted one with a hundred buttons up the back. I told him that he could make it! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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I got to work form home today because we had 18 inches of snow last night and 3 more today and I was snowed in. And I got to go to dialysis early so I didn't have to be out late.
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I went out to supper with my hubby last night and.......... :shy;
Well let us just say the evening was SO much fun.
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Today I balanced my checking account and found I had $200.00 more in it than I thought. Whoopeee!!!
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Jean,will you balance mine? I could use an extra $200! :rofl;
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:shy; I told my supervisor that I was leaving mid February and she started to cry! Tears of sadness or joy????
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I've been home since Tuesday night. My own bed was fabulous! I've been snowed in ever since with a storm that started late Tuesday and hasn't stopped since. Hopefully, tomorrow I get to go grocery shopping for more food, since I've about cleaned out what's left in the freezer. Doc cleared me for a regular diet, though, so I can eat anything I want as soon as I can get to the store to buy it! They took out my picc line, so I don't have to mess with flushing that anymore. The only thing I have left to deal with is the wound from my infected incision. I got the doc in Ann Arbor to agree to my seeing a plastic surgeon at the local hospital about closing it up, so I don't have to make the 4 and a half hour drive back to Ann Arbor for the consultations and surgery. My next trip back down isn't until April, as long as I get regular appointments with my docs here in Northern Michigan. Woooohoooo - no more long drives in the snow!
My cat is thrilled to see me. She spent the last couple of months eating and sleeping and nothing else. She got FAT!
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I love to read all these positives!
Janel, it would be AWFUL for you to have to go without eating (from the snow) now that you are cleared to eat whatever you want! Get those snow plows out!
Jean, now that you shared that you found an extra $200, anything else you want to share? Hmmmm?
:clap; :clap;
Bub, I'm sure it was tears of sadness that you are leaving. (or maybe jealousy?)
Aleta
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jb, how good to have you back.
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I've been home since Tuesday night. My own bed was fabulous! I've been snowed in ever since with a storm that started late Tuesday and hasn't stopped since. Hopefully, tomorrow I get to go grocery shopping for more food, since I've about cleaned out what's left in the freezer. Doc cleared me for a regular diet, though, so I can eat anything I want as soon as I can get to the store to buy it! They took out my picc line, so I don't have to mess with flushing that anymore. The only thing I have left to deal with is the wound from my infected incision. I got the doc in Ann Arbor to agree to my seeing a plastic surgeon at the local hospital about closing it up, so I don't have to make the 4 and a half hour drive back to Ann Arbor for the consultations and surgery. My next trip back down isn't until April, as long as I get regular appointments with my docs here in Northern Michigan. Woooohoooo - no more long drives in the snow!
My cat is thrilled to see me. She spent the last couple of months eating and sleeping and nothing else. She got FAT!
:clap; :clap; This was a positive For me today. Hope you got out and had a good meal! :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;
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:shy; I told my supervisor that I was leaving mid February and she started to cry! Tears of sadness or joy????
Take it as tears of sadness, costs the same and is more plesant to think about.
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jbeany, wish I could run to the store for you! I am so glad you are home. It has been a long road. It makes us all realize that this is not a routine surgery. You are amazing and an inspiration to all of us. There isn't a better daily positive than having you home :grouphug;
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My nephew and niece are spending Christmas here this year and as I prepare things to surprise and spoil them with I can't help but think about how very very lucky they are to have all the opportunities that they do. They are also very giving kids who appreciate the value of money and who are responsible about trying not to be wasteful.
One of the presents they are getting this year is a card telling them that they have each forfeited a sum of money from their gift budget to feed 10 homeless or otherwise disadvantaged people on Christmas Day. We will make a point during our own lavish Christmas dinner of acknowledging that having so much when others have so little is a fundamental injustice in the world.
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Thanks you Gail and children. That's a really, really good thing to do. I don't have too much money left but I will give as much time as they need me on Christmas day to serve or clean up. I don't do it so much for them, I really have a good time down there.
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Had a lovely 13th birthday party for Molly yesterday - house looks like a bomb hit it!
Here's Molly in her dress I made for the party - it was a Mexican them. You will noitce the dress is actually spanish, but Molly reckoned no one would notice.
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Ahh, I bet no one noticed at all - she looks just lovely. Hey, time to change your tag line!
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I love the shoes with the dress. :2thumbsup;
Thirteen. Such an exciting turning point in life. My wish is that Molly makes the most of these important years.
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Molly looks great, Bernadette...
Glad her party went well... You'll be fully recovered in about, oh let me see, three months!...
Love...
Darth...
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You have a beautiful daughter B and you made a beautiful dress for her!!
I cleaned all the glass doors in my china cabinet and my french doors. Have most of my Christmas decorations put out. Now I need a tree for the living room and the lights put up outside!!
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oops I sent my positivity to the wrong address. But my positive news is that I baked an applepie today, and sofar (still 55 mins to bake) it looks like a pie
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hehe... as long as it tastes like pie....
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Going to a surprise party tonight for my friend's now 14 yr old daughter. Strangest thing I've heard of for a party idea - she's having it at the girl's favorite clothing store, after closing time. They let you bring food, have the run of the whole store, and everyone gets a discount on anything they buy. They store even provides party favors. Ahh, well, I'm guessing the kids will love it!
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Going to a surprise party tonight for my friend's now 14 yr old daughter. Strangest thing I've heard of for a party idea - she's having it at the girl's favorite clothing store, after closing time. They let you bring food, have the run of the whole store, and everyone gets a discount on anything they buy. They store even provides party favors. Ahh, well, I'm guessing the kids will love it!
OMG! What new marketing ploy will they think of next?
What happened to the days of parties at home with hand-crafted favors? Sigh. Times change.
Bernadette, keep up the parties at home! More lasting and personal memories that way. :2thumbsup;
I'll NEVER forget the Valentine's Day party my mother did for me when I was 13. First of all, it wasn't for a birthday. Secondly she made a red cake in the shape of a heart (which I thought was the cat's meow) and finally, we all had a great time playing silly games. As I got older, our house became known for its parties. One time nearly my entire high school came for an after play party. My English teacher got stuck in the ditch, but there were plenty of kids there to pick her car up and move it! (Note: I graduated from a really small school!)
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oops I sent my positivity to the wrong address. But my positive news is that I baked an applepie today, and sofar (still 55 mins to bake) it looks like a pie
I got a positive in my email today. :rofl;
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Many times this has kept me going:
Funny Jokes - Serenity Prayer - Serenity Under Pressure
Heavenly Father
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
The wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they
pissed me off.
Help me to be careful of the toes I step on today, as they may be
connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow.
Help me to always give 100% at work: 12% on Monday, 23% on Tuesday,
40% on Wednesday, 20% on Thursday, 5% on Friday.
And help me to remember: When I'm having a really bad day, and it
seems that people are trying to piss me off, that it takes 42 muscles
to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite
me.
Amen
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OMG! What a prayer, Robert!
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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funny prayer. wish I'd thought of it.
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:rofl; I'm prayin', Lord, I'm prayin' now!
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I like that prayer!!!
I now have a Christmas tree!!! :yahoo; Got lots of exercise looking for one. We walked for over an hour and guess where we chopped down a tree? About 20 feet from the truck when we got back!! It is still outdoors yet. Have to put it in the shed for tonight and bring it in the house to decorate tomorrow evening. I need a snooze now from all that fresh air!! :christmastree;
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Oh Del, Memories brought back are my afternoon positive. When I was a kid we lived in Tennessee and always cut our own tree. It should be something that everyone should be able to do, at least once. We'd sometimes have 3 trees over the season because we couldn't decide on size. Or else somebody really like to decorate tree.
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I find it unbelievable that there are places where you are not allowed to go cut your own tree!!! We don't even argue over which tree to cut!!! I love the smell of real Christmas trees and I love even more the walk looking for one!! Hubby told me I wasn't allowed to complain this year when I got it all decorated that it doesn't look good and I'm not allowed to threaten to throw it outdoors decorations and all!!! :shy; LOL!!
Edited: Fixed smiley error - paris, Moderator
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My mother had my two nieces (8 and 10) staying at her house on Saturday night. She thought it would be a nice idea for them to decorate her tree. In actual fact she said it was a nightmare and they fought befiore they even started - and the result is a huge globby mess of decorations that look like they've been thrown at the tree. One corner of it doesn't even have decorations on it ha ha h ah ah ah ah. Might have to take a photo I think...
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A few days after Thanksgiving I lost my best buddy, my stockdog Molly, a beautiful Red-Tri Australian Shepherd. She had been sick about a month and was not able to recover. Last Thursday we adopted another Aussie, a Blue Merle 1 year old male named Murphy. I have been working with him for serveral days to teach him basic commands and he has been doing so well. Today I introduced him to some of our cattle and he was very interested. I had been wondering how I would feel towards another stock dog since Molly went with me everywhere on the farm and was so protective of me. After Murphy came out of the pen with the cattle today, he came up to me and rolled right over onto his back for belly scratch. At that moment, seeing the trust in his eyes, I knew this was going to be a great friendship. Viva la Murphy!
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Oh, Looney. Another member (Rose in England) lost her best pal named Molly not long ago....
For some reason this brought tears to my eyes. We don't have any pets right now, but I remember when Carl lost his puppy cat (yes, puppy cat) around this time of year several years ago and he said he did not want another cat. That is, until he met Jeffrey, a rescued cat who put his paws around Carl's neck the first time they met....
Pets. I sure miss them.
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I found out today that my social worker, Martha and the charge nurse, Kevin were going to put a puppy on my front porch, ring the bell and run away. I put a stop to that plan immediately ... I think. I hope.
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Dan...a dog may do you a world of good. I would get too lonely without someone to talk to. Hubby sleeps at least 14 hours a day and sometimes more. Molly was always good for a grin with her attempts to herd me as well as the cattle. Now I have Murphy who hopefully will be as good with the stock as Molly was. I also have a mini-schnauzer named Duke who is 8 years old. He is strictly a housedog and a real attention hound.
So, maybe a pup would be a good thing. Gives me something to focus on besides waiting for "another shoe to fall".
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I am sitting in my living room with the fireplace on (electric) relaxing with my hubby. The Christmas tree is standing in the corner sending out a wonderful aroma and waiting for someone to dress it up!! :christmastree; We just got back from a staff supper at a really nice restaurant. The wood furnace is going so the house is toasty warm. Can't get much better than that!!
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Looney, I think there may be something there. I've been thinking about it since Mickey died but just couldn't get my self into it. I like a dog that can stay in the house (maybe like your schnauzer), sleep on the bed but not pee on my pillow if I'm late getting home or poop under the piano when it rains. And Yet, I still miss Mikey! Can you believe? Meanest dog I ever knew. I he were on IHD his avitar would be a donkey. Uh Oh!
Anyway they are bringing a picture of the pupy for me to see tomorrow. Eveil staff at my center. Kevin is active with the Cocker Spaniel rescue league. MMMMM
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Wallyz's transplant....very positive day.
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Go for it, DW - my cat saves my sanity and gives me something to laugh about on a regular basis.
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Go, WallyZ! :yahoo; :yahoo;
Dan, if someone gave me a dog, I would be soooo happy. Dogs love you unconditionally! They really, really improve your quality of life and help you live longer and happier.
Go for it. :2thumbsup;
I think you will be glad you did.
Aleta
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Yeah - but think about how the dog feels lol - hey where's the sarcasm smilie gone??? Oh there it is ... :sarcasm;
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Daily positive for me -- Marvin's been walking around -- and walking A LOT -- for three days now without assitance from his walker or his cane! YooHoo!!!
Dan -- get the dog!! My Hop-Sing loves me so much, always wags his tail and dances when he sees me (even if I just ran out to the mailbox for 2 minutes), and wants to be next to me all the time. Hop-Sing doesn't know Marvin's sick; he doesn't know that sometimes I'm struggling under the weight of the world. Hop-Sing doesn't notice if I cuss too much or have put on a few extra pounds. He doesn't bring up my faults -- hell, I don't think he realizes I have any. All he knows is that he loves me and I love him -- and that is MORE than enough for him (well, that and a couple of pieces of cheese every day). He makes me laugh. He warms my heart. He occupies a place in my life, in my bed, and in my heart that would seem so desolate without his four-legged, furry, crooked teeth self!
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Daily positive for me -- Marvin's been walking around -- and walking A LOT -- for three days now without assitance from his walker or his cane! YooHoo!!!
That is great! :thumbup; :2thumbsup;
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Dan: Get the dog! A mini-schnauzer is an ideal housedog. Very intelligent and easily trained. They don't shed at all and they don't slobber. There are other breeds that make great housepets too but I've always been partial to the mini-schnauzers. Duke is very affectionate and loves to sit in my lap while watching TV. And, like Petey's dog...he doesn't think I have any faults! He's always ready to show me his love.
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Dan A dog would be great.... I love my two sib huskies even thow they need alot of attention and running everyday.... mini-schnauzer are nice dogs but they do need grooming..... There are alot of great types of dogs.... you better be ready for potty training if you get a puppy.....or if you go and get a rescue which is usually a adult dog they are usually potty trained..... but what every you decide.... a Dog is the ticket for happiness in my book
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I think we all think a dog for Dan would be a terrific idea :2thumbsup; Pets make every day a good day.
My positive today? I had lunch with two dear friends. We have been friends for a long time and have shared lots of joy and heartaches together. We sat at the restaurant for three hours. Good food and good company. And when I got home, I found that my daughter in law had stopped by with a ham and cheese quiche for me! And a yummy Irish Creme Cake. Very nice day. I did have some bad news today, but my choice is to focus on positives and good things :2thumbsup;
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My annual Christmas baking and candy making is done, done, done!!!! Yippee!!! :bandance;
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My daughter arrived home safely from college in PA. She is here for the holidays and my son is coming as well from NC. Should be a great Christmas!
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Just got my I got my labs back,at dialysis now, and everything was great. :2thumbsup; Also, was able to acess the internet from here today. I was not able to do so Tuesday. Makes a much more enjoyable treatment.
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We had our annual Christmas program at school tonight. It was a lot of work with practices and props ( and our patience wearing thin on times!!) but it was all worth it to see them perform tonight and get great comments from the audience!!! We did a musical about Christmas around the world that involved all the classes in the school. We charged a $3 fee to get in. A little school of about 160 students collected almost $1000!!
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My mom, sister and nephew just left. They came over to help me put the finishing touches on my christmas tree. It's almost finished. I need more ribbon and hooks. My tree has purple and white lights and ornaments. :christmastree; Looks really nice so far.
:snowman; I love Christmas :snowman;
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my daughter Sara has a new boyfriend...... I didnt even know she stopped seeing the last..... and she had seen him for 3 years..... what with that..... I guess when your 24 you dont have to tell mom anymore....LOL
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Tubes, that sounds so nice with purple and white. Finished mine yeaterday and crammed boxes, dirty clothes, etc. in the hall closet today. Hope nobody opens that door.
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I have only one more day of school before the holiday break. I am fairly sure I can survivie for just one more day.
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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I have until Dec. 23 to survive at school. :rofl; :rofl; Students are hyper now - I can't wait for next week :sarcasm;
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My positive for the day...it was in the upper 40's (F for those folks across the big water) and I washed both our vehicles. They look spiffy!
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Tubes, that sounds so nice with purple and white. Finished mine yeaterday and crammed boxes, dirty clothes, etc. in the hall closet today. Hope nobody opens that door.
Is this the same closet you removed the tree from!? :rofl; Well at least now you have the space. :2thumbsup;
I am only working half day today! :cheer: :bandance; Then I am on leave until Jan! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; lali lali lali :guitar:
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I'm going to decorate my tree tonight. Been sitting in the corner naked for the past week. LOL
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Only two more "sleeps" til my "kids" (nephew and niece) arrive from Florida for Christmas and New Year's. Tree's up with lights but we'll decorate it together, lots of plans have been made, including a visit to the King Tut exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario and all four of us are EXCITED!!!!!!! Hope their parents enjoy the peace and quiet.
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Monrein, your plans sound so fun! And no need to hope, I promise you their parents will enjoy the peace, quiet, and childfree time.
My three-year-old came into my bedroom tonight and announced that he had made me a gingerbread man at school. He's so sweet to think of me. :)
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I had a lovely day at school today, even though I wasn't in my own classroom. Yesterday was awful because i felt like an outsider in the early childhood classroom, but today I just dove in and toaught new things to every single child. :2thumbsup; It was great.
Then we had parents coming in from 3:00 until 5:30 to see what their kids were doing.
This only down (well, the important one) was that I passed through my own classroom today as the kids were getting ready for the open house and I REALLY missed them (after two days! LOL). Made me misty-eyed.
Over heard a parent of a three year old sya to another parent, "My child is upset about school being clsed for two weeks. I heard some other kids say that, too!" Said with a tone of amazement.
I, on the other hand, am looking forward to this break. No matter how much we love our students, teaching is HARD. We need to recharge our batteries pretty often. :clap;
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King Tut sounds awesome!
I solved my problem with remembering my night time meds with a wrist watch with an alarm that I got today. ( I have a bad habit of getting involved in a book or a project and not noticing it's time for evening meds.) Was hoping for something little and dainty. Ahhh, well, the local discount store doesn't sell dainty with an alarm. I have something digital that looks like it could launch a James Bond rocket. I can now keep track of day, month, time, keep track of more than one time zone, and time myself running miles - hehehehehe - like that's gonna happen! It was pretty cheap, though, so it will do until I can find something I actually want to wear every day. It went off with a loud, annoying alarm at exactly the right time, and that's what I needed!
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Got home from hospital today. Have my lovely boyfriend and friend looking after me. Fire going and we all about to watch a wonderful life!
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Gwyn and I took the 3-year-old to the art museum on Sunday while our older son was attending a birthday party. The 3-year-old has a thing for the art museum. The whole time we were there I could hear people whispering about him because he is so excited by, and vocal about, art. We took him into the Warhol gallery. Now, I definitely see the value in Andy Warhol, and enjoy his work, but I go more for the classics in art. My three-year-old was telling me about what he saw and making up his own titles for all the works. Then he pointed across the room and gasped "What is that picture called because that picture is beautiful!" It was a massive double print of DaVinci's Last Supper. I know it was probably just 3-year-old babble, but part of me likes to believe that my son can already pick out the masterpiece in a room full of kitsch.
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Cariad, they say a child's personality is pretty much set by age 3, so there's no reason not to think that doesn't hold true for having a good eye and a taste for quality art, too!
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Gwyn and I took the 3-year-old to the art museum on Sunday while our older son was attending a birthday party. The 3-year-old has a thing for the art museum. The whole time we were there I could hear people whispering about him because he is so excited by, and vocal about, art. We took him into the Warhol gallery. Now, I definitely see the value in Andy Warhol, and enjoy his work, but I go more for the classics in art. My three-year-old was telling me about what he saw and making up his own titles for all the works. Then he pointed across the room and gasped "What is that picture called because that picture is beautiful!" It was a massive double print of DaVinci's Last Supper. I know it was probably just 3-year-old babble, but part of me likes to believe that my son can already pick out the masterpiece in a room full of kitsch.
You have an astute child, :2thumbsup;
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I have until Dec. 23 to survive at school. :rofl; :rofl; Students are hyper now - I can't wait for next week :sarcasm;
Oh my Gosh! The 23rd with kids at school. Good luck.
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i'm about to head of for the last day of school before Christmas. The students will be dismissed around 12 noon and we can leave then too!! Wish me luck :rofl; Regular class first period, then a sing along in the gym and after recess a party!! I know there is going to be excitement today. I have tylenol in my schoolbag (for me) LOL.
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Hard to imagine having kids in class this close to Christmas! :bow;
Del, you can manage. :2thumbsup;
Time for D. Snow is falling outside. Brrrr.
But I am loving being with my family.
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Damned D
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You have an astute child, :2thumbsup;
Aw, how sweet of you to say. Thanks. :) :thx;
Wishing you luck, Del.... :2thumbsup; (My kids have their last day of the year at their afterschool/preschool program today, and it goes until 6PM. I'll bet your tylenol would fetch a handsome price in the staff room.... ;))
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It's vacation time!!! :clap; :2thumbsup; School is out until Jan. 4. Didn't even need my tylenol!!! One of my grade 2's came in this morning asking to open his gift.I told him he had to wait and I think he asked every 5 minutes when he could open it!!! I did not let them open the gifts until just before they went home!!!
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Cariad, they say a child's personality is pretty much set by age 3, so there's no reason not to think that doesn't hold true for having a good eye and a taste for quality art, too!
I only noticed this now - thanks, jbeany! You're such a sweetheart to indulge my search for early signs of genius in my toddler. :) :flower;
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My postivie for the day is the house we are trying to buy is out of attorney review. So we are praying all goes well until closing on Jan, 26th.
We have lost three houses in the last six months due to one thing or another. it is almost a fultime job just looking for a house.
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I get to go with Beth tonight when she takes all 9 of her nieces and nephews to The Nutcracker. This is the 8th year she has taken them - the number keeps growing! It will be a nice evening. The N.C. Ballet does a beautiful performance. :2thumbsup;
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That will be wonderful Paris.
My 18 year old daughter home from college and I went to the SF Nutcracker last week . It was the matinee performance with all the little children in the audience and we had so much fun.
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Am doing D at 1230 to-day, instead of 1400. Home earlier then 2 days off!!! That's a positive.
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Merry Christmas Eve Day - my daughter and her new husband are headed home today to spend Christmas and long weekend. Plus, I'll get to see my kidney donor this weekend. Life can't get much better than that.
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Wonderful, Slywalker! We are headed to the outlets mall on Christmas Eve! Insane! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
But we always go to the Outlets Mall when we are here. It is a tradition! Eeek.
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Jingle Bells are ringing.
Aleta
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Aleta - you live either dangerously or on the wild side - I can't figure out which one. Going shopping on Christmas Eve is a dangerous sport sometimes. Good luck with that. :2thumbsup;
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It's Christmas Day and it's raining. Beautiful, beautiful rain!!!
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At dialysis now, and looking forward to going home so I can help toddler proof the house for our two grandsons who are coming to spend Christmas Day and staying all niight with us. Of course with their parents. Never having any kids of my own and having married a lady with a married daughter, it is going to be fun to be around the kids for Christmas. Sure beats past Christmases where I had to work. :police: :yahoo;
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Unlike the last Two Christmases, We are Home, all is Well and not a Hospital in Sight! :yahoo;
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Not a hospital in signt here either. Not a mouse is stirring. Not even a human being is stirring.
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We survived shopping on Christmas Eve. Bought my daughter and her family lots of things on sale! :2thumbsup;
And soon we are going to neighbors for Christmas Eve dinner. They have included us for several years. What nice neighbors our daughter has.
Tomorrow night it will be going to another friend's house for Christmas dinner.
The lobbying for us to move up here has been going on the whole time. Who knows! :bow;
For now, the visit is lovely. I'll be putting on my dress up clothes in a little while. With earrings like holly leaves.
We have finished dialysis for today and all went well. Each day is a gift.
The holiday is mellow. :2thumbsup;
Aleta
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And Mizar,
I have been holding my breath that you would NOT be spending Christmas at the hospital.
That is a wonderful gift!
:christmastree; :rudolph;
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Just finished a fantastic turkey dinner with all the trimmings!!! Yum!! Now I need a nap LOL!! Opened gifts this morning and everything was fantastic!!! It's a wonderful day!!
Now if everybody in the world was as fortunate as most of us the world would be a much better place!! We have so much and some places in the world people have nothing!! it's sad!!
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That's right, Del.
We have soooo much for which to be thankful. Warm homes, loving friends and family and plenty to eat.
I was filled with love watching my granddaughters open their gifts. Thw older one got a set of cup stilts and has been walking around on them all day. When we went to the school construction site, she was walking around in the snow with them. I laughed at what the construction workers will think when they return to work tomorrow and see all those circles everywhere.
:rofl; :rofl;
I hooked Carl up to the machine and thought that it is simply wonderful that we can do this on our terms and that he has dialysis to keep him healthy, not to mention alive.
The fire is blazing and the snow outside is beautiful. The cats are fascinated by the bubbles running through the effluent line stretching to the bathroom. The girls are playing quietly with each other and some of their new things. My daughter and her husband are sipping Lattes.
Life is good. Life is sweet.
I wish only that I could spread this sense of peace and joy to all those in the world so that everyone could experience this contentment.
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Aleta
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I made it home last night from my sister's just ahead of an ice storm. I had damp roads, but no freezing for the whole trip. The weather was clear enough at home that I got to spend a couple of hours today with my 92 yr old Gram, and bring her Christmas dinner. Opening presents Christmas eve morning at my sister's was a blast - my nephew said it was his "best Christmas ever". (That wasn't because I was there - that's because he got his first real hunting rifle. He's even happier than Ralphie was with his Red Ryder.)
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I am off work until Jan. 4th!!! Bad part is I have a cold or something. A stuffy nose, sore throat, cold and feeling miserable. Happens almost everytime I have a holiday GRRRR!!!
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My family ( sister and brother families ) couldn't get together for Christmas because of the blizzard in our area, but Christmas Eve my daughter came and got me and we had a nice supper, opened presents and I stayed the night with them. She gave me a ride to work the next morning....so all is well. They got me a patio set which is what I have wanted for many years. but now I have to wait to spring to use it. LOL My family plan on getting together New Years Day now but I hear we are in for another storm again. I told Savannah we should have Christmas in July!
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Carl found my IHD pin in the truck when he was packing things up to come home from Massachusetts. I am amazed at how precious it is to me. :bow;
I vow not to lose it again.
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My Maine Connections (daughter, son-in-law, kidney donor) are headed back to Maine as I type (in a bit of a snow storm but not a bad one right now). We have a wonderful 4 days of a reality break. I am truly blessed. This particular positive will keep me going through the long winter stretch ahead of me.
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We got our movie fix today. Each break we try to go to a movie since our schedule doesn't allow for it during normal work weeks. Carl had his heart set on Avatar and it was VERY satisfying.
Carl has decided that he doesn't feel comfortable traveling long distances any more. So, no camping trip to Florida during Spring break. And no marathon drive to Massachusetts, either.
But the reason is good... he wants to be close to home when the call comes. I will have to go to Massachusetts during Spring Break, though. My daughter is one of my students and I need to finish field supervision of her in her classroom. I guess I'll have to fly....
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I just made a new year's resolution. I'm going to finish putting up my Christmas tree.
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I took a pair of jeans out of my closet that were too small for me. Decided to try them on to see if they fit now and they are big on me now!! I need the legs sewed in a little bit. :yahoo; :clap; Better wear them now if I am going to follow my new year's resolution and lose the rest of the weight I need to lose!!
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I took a pair of jeans out of my closet that were too small for me. Decided to try them on to see if they fit now and they are big on me now!! I need the legs sewed in a little bit. :yahoo; :clap; Better wear them now if I am going to follow my new year's resolution and lose the rest of the weight I need to lose!!
del, that's great congratulations :clap;. :bestwishes; On your continued (I hope) success.
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:yahoo; Go del! Isn't that a great feeling? I've been sorting clothes, and getting rid of the baggiest stuff. I can't get rid of everything yet - I can't afford a new wardrobe - but I can weed out the largest stuff.
Did you save one outfit from your heaviest weight? I've got one, and it's fun to go back and try it on once in a while to remind myself how far I've come and how much better I look and feel now.
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I have been doing the same - weeding out the baggiest and buying new - on sale whenever I can find it!! I do have some clothes kept just so I can show off at the end LOL!! :rofl;
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Great job, Del :2thumbsup; With your wonderful cooking and baking, I would have a terrible time losing weight! (especially those apple pies!)
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Took the niece and nephew to see the King Tut exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario today. A tad crowded for my taste but beautiful and impressive objects. We also saw a three D film about the royal mummies and then had a great lunch at the gallery's new restaurant.
It's a huge positive for me how these kids are developing a taste for adventurous eating and cultural exploration of all kinds. I'm not looking forward to putting them on their plane on Sunday, with the new security measures we may have to get them there in the middle of the night since their flight leaves at 6:30 am. Ugh.
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My 3-year-old got the most wonderful gift from Santa - the Tag reader, which is a pen that allows him to read books to himself. He is obsessed with animals, especially dinosaurs, and one of the books we gave him with the reader was called something like "T-Rex's Mighty Roar". This morning I was giving the boys breakfast and my younger son requested cereal. He took his toy T-Rex and put him on the kitchen counter and told me that his dinosaur needed to eat his snack. I suggested he take the T-Rex with him to the table and he and the T-Rex could share his breakfast. He responded indignantly "He's a meat-eater, he doesn't have cereal!" Best laugh my husband and I had all day, and proof that the books are teaching our child something. :)
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"Meat eater" - too cute!
Woohooo - party tonight! Get to watch the ball drop and start a year that I know is going to be better than the last, since my health and energy levels are already so much better than they were on D, and I haven't even come close to recovering from my complications. One last surgery to go, and then I can get back to exercising and losing the rest of the weight. This is going to be the year I stop being overweight - only 15 pounds left to lose to hit that "normal" weight BMI.
Off to make some fattening appetizers now!
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My mother died on New Year's Day nine years ago. Each year I write her a letter. We were never very close (nothing like the relationship I have with my own daughter), but I still miss her.
She had a strength of character that I realize I inherited from her. And I gave it to my daughter and it appears that she has given it to at least one of her daughters.
My mother never liked Carl. One day a few months before she died she was visiting and Carl did something especially sweet for me. Without thinking I said, "Aren't you glad I married Carl?" Her emphatic response was, "No, of course not."
My positive is that even though she is gone, even though we had a strained relationship, she willed herself to live long enough for me to get back to her side so I could sing her into death. And what was I singing when she drew her last breath? My Blue Heaven. And I was there by her side. Thanks, Mom for making me who I am.
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Aleta, that is a beautiful story. I found myself tearing up a bit - I can relate to not having a close relationship with parents.
Hope you enjoyed, jbeany. Amen to 2010 being better than its predecessor. It's going to be a corker for you and me both! :yahoo;
We had a nice New Years Eve. My son received one free ticket to a soccer game and we decided at the last minute that Gwyn should take him to the 2PM game and I would stay home with the 3-year-old. They ran in to friends - another boy and hid dad - at the entrance to the arena (indoor soccer) and they were able to all sit together.
Then when my husband returned home, we took our kids to the art museum for their early New Years celebration. It was great - not too crowded. We did two scavenger hunts with the kids, one involving polarized glasses, and the kids participated in their art activities. The place shut at 8PM so we were able to find a pizza place still open and grab a late dinner. We also drove around taking one last look at all the Christmas lights. The kids were up until past 10PM, and Gwyn and I stayed up until around 1:30AM, just talking and watching TV. Gwyn did indulge in a shot of his 30 year old Balvenie that I bought him a number of years ago for Christmas. It is, after all, an anniversary of sorts for us. Gwyn proposed to me in Cardiff exactly 10 years ago at the stroke of midnight. What a decade it has been. :P :)
Unfortunately, I think my system had been operating off holiday momentum - I began to feel really nauseous right before we went to bed and have been sick in bed all day. For a while there, I felt so good I was starting to suspect that that pesky renal failure had just cleared up on its own.
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Six years ago today I woke up with no vision at all. I turned on the light, but still no vision. It started coming back in a few hours in one eye. After dozen of laser treatments, steroid shots in the eye balls, etc. it got better and better (over the next few years). Things were (and sometimes still are) distortion but i barely notice it now.
Whew. Scared the bezesus out of me then, but as I think of it today, wow. It's a real positive.
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I received a $50 VISA card in the mail today for a consumer study I participated in a few months ago. I had forgotten everything about it. :cheer:
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We had a wonderful time with friends tonight. Played some cards, ate crab legs , had a couple of drinks and told a lot of stories and had a few laughs. Friends are wonderful!! Would love to personally meet some of my IHD friends!! That would be super!! Now I have to go clean up the pot we cooked the crab legs in!!
Oh yeah it is jan. 2 - usually we are buried in snow by now. No snow - it is pouring rain and a few degrees above 0!! At least you don't have to shovel rain. :2thumbsup;
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Trade ya, del - the high today was 7 degrees and it's currently below 0.
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Today at dialysis I found out the nurse had been to the small town I'm from (800 miles away from here). And my favorite tech is also native american. I knew there was something I liked about her. I had an old man, also native american, when I lived in Oklahoma tell me, "You know we can always pick each other out of a crowd." Seems like he was right. Soryy folks but there are so many of you, and so few of us.
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I am all ready to go back to school tomorrow ( physically not mentally LOL). I have my lessons all planned. Have been to school and have everything photocopied , books all set out and ready to go!! Can't wait now until June. I have pay into a trust fund for the past 3 years so that I can take next year off and still be paid!! When I finish in June I don't go back until the following Sept!! That's 14 months off!! Yippee!!! When I go back I have 2 years of full salary before I retire!!
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Oh, Del, that sounds just wonderful. As much as I love teaching, I think more and more about retiring. :clap;
I'm physically ready for tomorrow, too. I wish I were mentally prepared! :rofl;
My positive (or one of them) for today is that the mail had not arrived yesterday evening when Carl checked it. When he went out this morning there was a package from New Zealand! What a treat! I dearly love my friends here on IHD. :guitar:
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Yay - I was worried about it!
My positive is that I just managed to strip some wallpaper and do a it of plastering. Wahoo. I haven't been able to d anything like that for ages. Getting stronger everyday! I will NOT just be the person who makes the coffee for the rest of my life (not that there's anything wrong with people making the coffee - but I do like a bit of renvovating).
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After losing over 21kgs, to-day I threw out my fat clothes!
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I did a Target and Costco run. I am also ready for school tomorrow. Lesson plans written, papers ready to go to quickprint at school.
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The kids are back in school today! :cheer: :yahoo; :cheer: :yahoo; :cheer:
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The kids are back in school today! :thumbdown; :thumbdown;
No, just kidding. ;D
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The kids are back in school today! :thumbdown; :thumbdown;
No, just kidding. ;D
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I had to laugh at this, Cariad!
There were lots very smiling faces among the parents in the drop off line this morning!
We actually had a pretty good day today. I'm pooped, though. :cheer:
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I'm pooped too Aleta!! I need more vacation time. I was ready to have a nap by lunch time!! The students were really good today though. Got right back into the routine. There were a lot of yawns from them today though!!
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After losing over 21kgs, to-day I threw out my fat clothes!
Good for you!!! :clap; :clap;
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I forgot to post a really nice positive. I have a little girl in my class who was adopted from Ethiopia. She brought me a gift today - a beautiful scarf like they wear in Ethiopia!! It is a beautiful color green. Her sister in Grade 1 (who was also adopted from Ethiopia) brought her teacher one as well!!
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I had to laugh at this, Cariad!
There were lots very smiling faces among the parents in the drop off line this morning!
We actually had a pretty good day today. I'm pooped, though. :cheer:
This Staples ad usually airs in August, but it captures how Gwyn and I feel after every school break: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwcYbo7pjto&feature=related
Glad you had a good day, Aleta. Try to grab some extra rest (I know, easier said....)
Del, I love learning about and seeing bits of African culture. Your scarf sounds fantastic. :pics;
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My Positive for Today is --- I went to the Grocery Store and did not Suffer, from Hypothermia, like I was sure, I would.
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And I also went to the shops to-day and did not suffer from heat stroke!
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Coming here is sometime my daily positive. Reading about the good things that brought you all joy.
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Finally warmed up enough that I could get my pipes to thaw. Hurray, I don't have to run next door to take a shower today! The access panel to the crawl space is frozen shut, so I added the only available insulation to the outside wall where the pipes are freezing - I shoveled snow as high up the wall as I could pile it. I'm warm from shoveling - I hope the pipes are warmer, too!
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My positive for today is that I get to go back into my own classroom tomorrow. I have enjoyed working with the younger children, but BOY do I miss my own class! We have been so short-handed lately and another staff person had to leave early today so his wife could go to the doctor without taking the twin babies. So I went outside with "my" kids. You would have thought I had been away for a month. :2thumbsup;
Well, come to think of it, I haven't been in the classroom with them since Dec 16, so it has been a while! :rofl;
Mizar, even with my new ankle-length down coat, standing on the playground these days can be very chilling. I hear you about going shopping!
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jbeany shoveling snow is my day's positive. Sucks about the frozen pipes but I said YES out loud that you are doing well J.
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jbeany shoveling snow is my day's positive. Sucks about the frozen pipes but I said YES out loud that you are doing well J.
It is a long stretch from 2 months ago when I had to relearn how to walk! I got a letter today from the Physical Therapy department, wondering why I hadn't scheduled another appointment. Well, duh - because I got better!
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Well, duh - because I got better!
Love it!
When we got home tonight I had the sweetest letter from my granddaughter. Don't know whether to smile or cry. I miss her so much and it has only been a little more than a week.
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Hubby started to clean out his mother's bedroom today. What a mess!!! We have taken at least 6 big bags of garbage out of it already and don't have it half done!! She had stuff poked everywhere!!! She is 81 and has gotten very forgetful. When I got home this afternoon I helped him - think he was sick of his mother not wanting to throw out anything. She fell asleep in the living room after supper so we went to work!! She won't miss a thing. I even found a lot of jewelry that she had tucked away so hubby is going to sort it all out and put it in her jewelry boxes!! It even looks good now to look in her closet!! Feels good when things start to look clean.
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Today was a pretty stressful day on the crisis line - a lot of regular callers had meltdowns on my shift, and I was the only volunteer there. I did have one moment that was nice. There is this certain alcoholic that calls occasionally and he has been told by his doctor that he could die very suddenly if he keeps drinking. When I told him our time was up and asked what he was going to do after our call, he said he was going to go drink some liquor he had just purchased. I remembered a piece of advice from one of my mentors in LA and did not try to talk him out of this. I did stay on the phone with the caller an extra 10 minutes, and eventually he talked himself into pouring the alcohol down the drain.
Michael (mentor) left LA before I did. Wherever you are tonight, Michael, thanks.
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I have 2 positives!
First is yesterday was me and my boyfriend Shawn's 8 year anniversary. We have been going through a really hard couple of months but he woke me up with a card, prezzie and loads of balloons with 8 on them! We then went to the beach for lunch, the cinema in the afternoon and then a meal in the evening. We didn't talk about d all day and it lovely!
Secondly I should be at school today but it is shut because of the snow! Yippee!!!!!!!!!! :bandance;
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I had to work hard on finding a positive...... but here goes.
I have a support group that assists me when I feel down. ( all the lovely people at IHD) :thx;
And my hubby is the best in the whole world.
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After last night episode with the "other" thread, I too am having a hard time finding a positive this morning. Going to dialysis shortly? No! Gain too much weight? No!
Well how about I'd got the good friend over in S. Africa named Des who has the weirdest last name you ever did hear. Yep, that'll work for today. Fell better Des.
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I am up and off to work today!
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I am so proud of my daughter Sara she is taking her first flight to Reno to meet a friend and spend a few days...... All by her self....... Hard to believe.......
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My grandson called me last night all excited about the book I gave him for Christmas. (everyone gets new books from Nana). It is a series about a family who are dog rescue foster parents. I picked this one because it was about a golden lab and Zeke just got a chocolate lab a few months ago. What I didn't know was in the book, there is a boy named Zeke who has a chocolate lab!! He was so excited and his Mom said it is his favorite book. He even took it to school to read in his free time. Nothing better than a second grader who loves to read. Think I will have to go to the book store and buy more in that series! That is my positive today :2thumbsup;
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Paris, if he likes dog stories, you might want to try the Hank, The Cowdog series by John Erickson. They are a hoot. During that 16 hour drive from Massachusetts I read the whole first book to my granddaughter. She loved it. There are a jillion of them and they are all funny.
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Thanks Aleta. I have read some to classes back when I was teaching. Good series also. :2thumbsup;
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I talked to Chris today on the phone. YEY! :clap;
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Felt well enough to do a good bit of cleaning today. :flower;
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Made it through the kt/v without too much blood-letting! :rofl;
Too many syringes, tubes and needles. :thumbdown;
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I used a blunt tonight at D in the venous only...... first time worked great........
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Went to the dentist yesterday, for a root canal, and it didn't hurt. Hey, I'm surprised too.
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Are you sure you weren't still in dialysis and just hallucinating about going to the dentist?
Oh, I need a positive to stay on topic. Let me think! OK, I won an argument with my nurse yesterday. I wanted more fluid removed and she said I couldn't handle it. Finally she gave in and did what I wanted. Oh yea, I had the worse cramps yet. But I won an argument.
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My fasting blood sugar this morning was 72. Go pancreas, go! I love only having to check it once a day, too!
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At least a positive. I have friend like Jbeany who is getting better. Encouragment for all actually. Congrats JB, what's for breakfast?
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Jbeany! 72 :2thumbsup; Fantastic!!
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Oatmeal and a glass of milk for breakfast, with a couple of almonds to top the maple flavored oats. Yummy! I love that now all I have to think about is "Is this a healthy meal?", not "How much phos, how much potassium, how many carbs, how many binders, how much sodium, how much fluid, how much insulin do I need, what am I having later that should be avoided with this meal so I don't overload on something". . . and on and on and on. . .
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Seeing my GP today was positive. I really like him on a personal level, and he is literally the only person I speak to consistently where I can use terms like 'PRA' and not hear that dreaded "Wait.... what?" I unload all of my anxieties at these appointments and then leave feeling much better. :)
Congratulations, jbeany. I never get tired of hearing about your progress. :yahoo;
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No school tomorrow. Yeah! Just enough snow to make things messy, but early enough for me to make that decision. Since it is going to be in the teens tonight it is all going to be a big freeze in the morning and I am just going to sleep late! :2thumbsup;
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Sitting in my dining room working from home. It's FRIDAY!!! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; I love Friday. I am listening to all the cars starting up at my neighbors' houses and smiling because I don't have to go out. Working in my pj's. Sweet!!! :yahoo;
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A fire is going in the stove and we don't have to get out. When Carl checked on the paper he found rabbit nd fox tracks in the snow in our driveway. (No paper, though!)
Long weekend. :bandance; :bandance; And we can do dialysis any time we want today. Carl will not have to eat dinner on the machine! :clap;
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Sitting in my dining room working from home. It's FRIDAY!!! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; I love Friday. I am listening to all the cars starting up at my neighbors' houses and smiling because I don't have to go out. Working in my pj's. Sweet!!! :yahoo;
Since I retired that was one of my favorite things. (listening to people go to work). So glad to find out someone else has found that pleasure. The worse thing was not getting hollidays and vacation days though.
My positive. My PIPES didn't freeze... I don't think. Am head to dialysis just hope the blood didn't freeze. 24 F in Houston. What's that all a bout? Chill factor 14. What can I wear?
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Just went to open the garage door as my remotes won't work in the cold (explainations any of you wise technie) and thought of my daily positive:
Is is much more fun in the spring to find new plants and get them started than it is go prune and care for the old ones! Thanks mother nature... or global warming or what ever is happening.
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We were suppose to get 1 to 2 inches of snow, here in North Carolina, last ngiht and instead we got rain. :bandance; :bandance;
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FC, Raleigh got nothing also! I wanted to see at least a few flakes -- but nothing. Just a short period of light rain. The positive is we didn't get any ice! :2thumbsup;
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You are right, about tht being a positive Paris. Ice is awful. For one thing I can't walk on it and I am so tired of it. In Southern Illinois we got ice all the time. :stressed;
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I got "D'd" at the satelite center for the first time, and what did I find on their notice board? Yep. A big IHD poster! Excellent (as Monty Burns would say).
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Today positives were a bit thin on the ground, but I did manage to stay up through the day so I am optimistic that I will fall asleep easily tonight and actually stay asleep. Tomorrow will be better. :2thumbsup;
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Today was the first day since last Sunday that I have not been shaking with the cold, and feeling tired and nauseous. Wow, and even a little bit of energy. I am happy.
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First Positive of the Day (not counting last night's nightowls (Jean) who may have been too plastered after the Elvis party to know Friday from Saturday: It is Sarturday morning, nor broken pipes, warm inside and lovely sun outside and I have no (Zero) plans. I'm not even going to think about property taxes being due this month or even the car insurance. Blanche Dubois said.... (oh she was a little flakey wasn't she).
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The local library has started the winter Java and Jazz nights again. Last night's coffee and music were great, as always. The conversations with friends were fabulous. The jokes from the lead musician have not improved, though!
Case in point - What did one snowman say to the other?
Do you smell carrots?
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Sorry I left the party before you got there, Dan and Jean!
My positive for today is that I slept in until nearly 10:00 AM. that is a first! It felt great, too. I really, really must have needed the sleep.
And it feels like Sunday because we had yesterday off. Woot. A three day weekend (and another one next weekend!)
Jbeany, that sounds like fun! Carrots and all. :2thumbsup;
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I didn't get to go to the party. I went to sleep listening to "All shook up" (not really but I fell asleep). I hear they was a "good time had by all" and maybe some more than others. In my book, fun is always positive.
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I had a good sleep at D last night. I also went out to lunch with my sister and Mom to celebrate Mom's birthday. A nice day.
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Ding dong, the mouse is dead! I caught one in my trap last night. Now, the real question is - how many little friends does he have?
I showed the dead mouse to my cat, trying to remind her what she's supposed to be doing with them. She's all wound up now, racing up and down the hall. Yeah, like running through the house sounding like a herd of elephants is going to help her catch one!
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my dogs get like that too.... they are too slow to catch them ....... sometimes they just chase them out on the beach......
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I got on with life after my car accident yesterday. :yahoo;
My son had a soccer game and he is the smallest one out there (he is 7, but playing with kids 8 and 9). One of our friends - the mother of another player - described my son as "fearless" on the field, telling him he was taking on and tackling kids a good 18 inches taller than he is. Then we went out to lunch with this other family, and they offered to take my older son out ice-skating. He has never tried this before, and apparently he did really well. This family has been so supportive of us as we get close to a transplant, and they always ask about the trial. We are lucky to know them.
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I have just eaten pasta with TINNED tomatoes and grated cheese on top!! Completely naughty, but hey - once in a while must be OK! Took a binder. And it was YUMMY!!!
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Hanify, that sounds so good!
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I bought two more boxes for the collection today. I also found a lovely jewelry chest, it has photo areas on the front ad can be hung on the wall like a medicine cabinet. Me and my boxes.
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Weathermen predict it is to be in the mid 40's day. No more teen at night, for at least a week. :yahoo;
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100 degrees here again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The temperature got above freezing today! Also, I actually made it home from work in 20 minutes today - that's a record! :bandance; :bandance; Usually it takes me anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour and a half.
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Only 16 (60) here - the positive is that that will give Ricjardmel something to laugh about....it's supposed to be the middle of summer!!!
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It is cold here tonight. -10 celcius and very windy so it feels like about -20. Will have to cuddle together tonight!! My positive is I have a wonderful life. I have a super, loving husband , a warm home, plenty to eat (too much most times) , lots of friends , a fantastic job and many mare blessings that are too many to mention!! Man I have it good!!!
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We came out of the deep freeze today, it got to 44 (F). That's a positive!
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Sent a big check to my credit card today. All that time in the hospital and away from home sure saves on things like heat, electric, gas for the car, etc. (Not eating for 2 months saves on groceries, too.) I sent all the extra to Mastercard, and paid more than half my balance off. :bandance; I haven't used it ages, so hopefully I can keep plugging away at the rest and cancel the darn thing by the end of the year.
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When I was driving to D tonight I noticed that the skies were more light than they have been ..... days are getting longer....... and Plus I have blubs coming up.......spring is right around the corner.....
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I forgot to post my positive yesterday: my transplant is scheduled at last! :yahoo;
Still have to find my positive for the day. Back later.... :flower;
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The sun is actually shining for a bit today. We haven't seen a sunny day for ages!!
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I have to wear Xrow walker boots to stand and walk. Over te weekend my left boot was not fiting properly, and hurting my leg just below thhe knee. Called the place I got them first thing Monday morning and they got me in that afternoon. Problem fixed and everything is ok.
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I got my hair cut and colored today. Beth made me do something for myself :rofl;
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I had so much energy today I was dancing around the kitchen as I cooked dinner and started sliding around on the floor pretending to be speed skating in the upcoming winter olympics. Haha, I can't skate on ice at all so there's a pure fantasy. Lee was laughing at me, in a good way, and commented on the difference between this January and last January.
Dinner also seems to have turned out well. My quinoa pilaf with black beans, dried fruit, mushrooms, ginger, garlic, onions, and topped with pomegranate seeds, cilantro and green onions is delicious. I almost felt guilty for how joyful I felt today. Almost.
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Thanks for sharing your joy with us, Monrein. :cuddle; I will give you a 10 for your performance! Go for the gold!! :2thumbsup;
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Today is my birthday, and I think all I want is some of monrein's quinoa.... :2thumbsup;
Speaking of ice skating, my older son had his first lesson last night and did well considering it was only his second time ever on skates.
My husband spent half the day with me, we went out to lunch (french fry craving satisfied ;D) and then grabbed some films at the library. We will watch Frost/Nixon tonight.
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Ahhh, nothing like the feeling of speeding across the ice... They have open skating at the local rink this weekend, but I have to wait until I get my surgical wound closed before I risk landing on my butt. (I like it - I never said I was good at it! I can manage forwards, backwards, and stopping before I hit the wall - that's about it.)
I managed a whole mile on my treadmill for the first time since I've been home. A nice easy walking pace, too, at 2 miles an hour. Many little steps make the distance, and not only on the treadmill!
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I love this thread.
Tyefly, my positive is much like yours.... When we walked out to the car to go home tonight I realized that it was still light. I'm so glad to be past the part of winter that we leave home in the morning and arrive back at night in the dark! I celebrate the coming of the light!
ALeta
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Had a massage today - yay. Also went to my physio who thinks I'm doing amazingly well considering where I was a year ago - it's ice to have someone remind you of that sometimes!
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My positive today is that it is raining just a little and cleaning out the air to allow me some clearer thought process. Also, I'm really glad my Christmas tree and lights are still up because in the rain and kind of dark, the soft light are really comforting. I'd do it in February.
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My positive realized this morning my wife has Monday off and I don't have to go to "work" (dialysis). Making plans :guitar:
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Ohhh! Having Monday off, here, too....
Thanks for the reminder.
But my REAL positive for today is that I finally have a contract with the university for developing Montessori courses for them. And even better - they are going to pay me for the time I have put in just getting to this point! Hoorah!
I feel a shopping spree coming on. :rofl; :rofl;
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My Positive is that I hear Aleta shares all her financial windfalls with her friends...
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:rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :sir ken;
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My Positive is that I hear Aleta shares all her financial windfalls with her friends...
Oh, Dan. It is more like a survival! :rofl;
I don't share the negatives in the positive thread, but this is the second year I've been working for nothing. I really needed that income. :2thumbsup;
That is the down side of running a business. When the economy goes south, so does the income. :rofl;
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Yes our business has not done well this last year..... Now I am thinking after I learn to self cannulate I can get a job as a Dialysis tech in my old center...... they love me their........
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Ok, so my positive is have a really, really smart friend (not too rich but smart).
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I don't have whole lot to be positive for today but I am glad the sun shined for just a little while!!
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Del,
:grouphug; :grouphug;
Need to talk about it?
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Aw, Dan....
:-*
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I got a lovely card that keeps opening up from Aleta - thanks! It's beautiful.
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why did you get a card? is it your birthday or something?
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My husband got a check today, so I was able to replace a bit of our small savings that we have had to raid recently. Also, I finished writing out the thank you card to my former doctor who is dying of cancer. I feel better having that completed.
It is almost that time of day when the kids are in bed and my husband and I can do our little evening clean up while reflecting on this truly bizarre day.
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An out of work friend came to use my high speed internet today. He fixes computers and does a little web design for a little extra cash. We decided on a whim to run down to the newly opened used book store while he waited for a download. He found a good reference book on web design. When we paid up, the store owner started chatting with him about web design. The guy runs the bookstore as a second job - he has 70 plus website clients and needs help. I got 4 good books, and my friend may have a full time job!
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why did you get a card? is it your birthday or something?
Because I'm special ...some might say special needs!!!
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Jbeany, isn't it super when things work out like that? Your positive really made me smile! :2thumbsup;
Hanify, OF COURSE you are special, VERY special. :shy;
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positive is I'm going again. keep saying i'm not going again but keep going again. it's not that i hate it so much as it is that i hate going and coming home. positive: it is raining.
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He is comeing and going :guitar: he is coming and a going :guitar: He is coming around the mountain when he comes...... :guitar: he is coming around the mountain when he comes.... :guitar:
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My positive for today is Walt's mom is excited about going in the home!!
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Good to hear..... thats half the battle....LOL
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My postive is, it is sunny and in the high 50's here today. Bug improvement when it was only 15 Monday morning. :yahoo;
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Del, That is wonderful news.
Rob, I love bug improvement! :rofl;
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Del, That is wonderful news.
Rob, I love bug improvement! :rofl;
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; Of course it was suppose to be "Big improvement", but who cares now. I wonder how do bus improve themselves?
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:stressed; :stressed; bug not bus
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See, I was thinking that "Bug Improvement" sounded like a good name for an exterminator. . .
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See, I was thinking that "Bug Improvement" sounded like a good name for an exterminator. . .
Priceless! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :clap; :clap;
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My daily positive is that I have some hot cocoa and it makes me a little happier....
Those other two guys were wrong. I'm no 2 or 6 years old. I'm closer to 10. mmmm, hot cocoa.
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I'm closer to 10.
As in a scale of 1 - 10?
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Yup!
My daily positive is that I have gotten to know Dan on IHD. I'm REALLY glad for that.
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My daily positive is that I have gotten to know Dan on IHD. I'm REALLY glad for that.
Stop reading my mind, Aleta!!!!! This is my positive for today, too!
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oh petey, oh aleta. I love you guys too.
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My postive is coming to IHD and getting to know some interersting epople like Willowtreewren.petey, Dan, and others. Also one of our members was told she didn't need dialysis anymore, Lori (aka: Maker) and one got a Kindey (J.B.). It has been a good day to be on dialysis.
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Rob, don't worry about anything. Aleta is already the rotten egg.
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I have gotten to meet a lot of nice people on here!!!! :beer1;
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Look out Del, you got competition. See my new donkey in a boat... bet he wouldn't be afraid of a little whale.
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The whale would probably be afraid of the donkey!!! LOL
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La la la la!
I'm a rotten egg! :2thumbsup;
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I am happy that wtw is the rotten egg and not me. :rofl;
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Without doubt, Maker's wonderful news is a grand daily positive.
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Without doubt, Maker's wonderful news is a grand daily positive.
True, true true! :cheer: :cheer:
This may sound like it isn't a positive, but hold on...
Last night we had to abort Carl's dialysis treatment within the first few minutes. Between the two of us we made so many mistakes that we couldn't get them corrected, plus he lost all the blood in the lines and ended up with a whole bag of saline drained into him. But the good news....
1. He's okay. I'll have to pull off some extra fluid today.
2. We will HAVE to cancel our parent meeting this week in order to make up this lost treatment. We hate having to do parent meetings. We would MUCH rather do dialysis!
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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I don't have a positive for this weekend, so may I please join in and be happy for all of yours... ?
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My positive for the day...I woke up with some new found energy! Turned the radio to the oldies station and cleaned out 4 kitchen cupboards. :clap; Gotta love that old time rock & role. :bandance; :bandance;
Pam
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My daily positive, I don't have to do anything today but help bring in groceries. :bandance; :bandance; :bandance; The day is mine otherwise. Made breakfast, something rare around our house (ther was a time I use to cook but I gave that up oput of laziness), watched a movie, and now I am here. :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
And Aleta, you didn' t :clap; :clap; :clap; I am proud of you. :beer1;
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I'm in a groove with sewing tote bags and purses, and they are turning out beautifully. I'm hoping to have several hundred done by spring so I can sell them at a craft show.
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I love it when people do crafts. Don't get me wrong. I could never do it. It is a true art form.
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My positive is I think we have a few things sorted out. Hubby's mom is moving to live with her daughter. It's only about a 5 minute walk from here!! It will take away a lot of our stress. Hopefully Hubby's blood pressure will go down now!! She is very forgetful and confused a lot of the time. Hubby was afraid to hook up to dialysis to do nocturnal because he was afraid she would wander outside or fall in the house. We have had her with us for 27 years and his father until he died 8 years ago. It is time I think for his sister to take her turn. She offered -we didn't have to ask. We did start the process though of getting things ready to get her in a retirement center. She will still come here to sleep sometimes or for meals and where she is so close we can visit anytime. I think she is happy about the move!! They are home all the time because they have a small convenience store attached to their house. Plus her daughter has a 40 year old developmentally delayed daughter who is home all the time. She will have a lot more company. She was spending a lot of time here alone because I am working and hubby is always outside doing something . Plus we are still young and like to go places.
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That sounds like a great arrangement, Del. :2thumbsup;
I hope Walt's sister will be able to keep up with her better.
Jbeany, I hope you can post some :pics; of your totes. I would love to see them!
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Sounds great Del.
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Glad that worked out for you Del. And, for every one else, actually.
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Chris, what we gonna do about our avitars. I have a new donkey.
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I'm in a groove with sewing tote bags and purses, and they are turning out beautifully. I'm hoping to have several hundred done by spring so I can sell them at a craft show.
Yea! Jbeany is sewing again! That is a great positive :2thumbsup; I am making pajamas for a charity that gives new pajamas and books to children. I love the feel of fabrics and the whole process of starting with a flat piece of fabic and ending up with something to wear or use. I am very excited that Jbeany is creating her bags agian :clap;
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Molly and I ate peas from the garden.
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Why did you and Molly pee in the garden. Is the bathroom stopped up?
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Well, I think today's positive is more my cat's than mine. I found the power cord for my electric lap throw and plugged it in for her today. She's sprawled belly up across the throw on the couch, all 4 feet in the air.
I guess my positive is getting to laugh at her!
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Chris, what we gonna do about our avitars. I have a new donkey.
Don't complain (was that a complaint?) at least you can change yours. I can't get a "browse" button top let me do it.
Oh my dialy positive, this is my 600th post. :yahoo;
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Great two hour workout today. I sweat a lot and felt as strong as a bull. The downside...now I'm so hungry I could eat the entire bull and a calf or two.
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That sounds like a great arrangement, Del. :2thumbsup;
I hope Walt's sister will be able to keep up with her better.
Jbeany, I hope you can post some :pics; of your totes. I would love to see them!
Well it took hubby's sister 2 days to see what we were having to deal with. She called this morning and she just can't handle it and the ball is rolling again for a retirement home. At least this time his sister realizes what we have been going through and why we are doing what we had to do. Hopefully everything will be approved by the end of the week or early next week. She is going to stay with Walt's sister until she is placed. We can't go there much though because she gets confused and wants to come home. I am looking forward to things working out. It is hard to do but I am hoping things will happen quickly and peacefully. I have butterflies in my belly as big as elephants I think!! Well that's my positive for today - his sister finally sees what we were going through!! Plus it was sunny today and that's always a positive!!
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Del, it was the hardest decision my siblings and I ever made, but for Mom's sake she needed to be in a safe environment with someone always there. Your mother in law will only get more and more confused. Being in the retirement home, she will have others around and she will be taken care of. You and Walt have been angels to have provided her with a home all these years. Now it is your turn. You both need to beable to go and do things without the worry. I can only hope my children will take care of me like you have taken care of her. You have earned your place in heaven!! My thoughts will be with you during this last move. :cuddle;
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del, you are in my thought and :pray;. :grouphug;
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Oh, Del. You are right. At least now she understands and is on board with the process.
You know this is for the best and your MIL will be safer in a home.
My dad lives in assisted living and he rather likes it. I hope your MIL does, too.
My positive for today is that I had a follow up with my doctor to go over some lab work and everything (well almost) looks really good. There was a marginal reading on my thyroid, but she is going to have another test done to rule out any problem. I don't even have to give any more blood since they still have the sample from last week. So, I'm healthy! Yea!
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:cuddle; for del. Now, will you come help me convince my batty 92 yr old grandma that she needs to be in a home, too?
Busy, busy, busy today. Fixed my dryer - the vent flap on the outside was both rusted and frozen shut. Like a car with a potato in the exhaust, dryers don't run well without ventilation. I popped the flap loose and finished the laundry. Then I started to vacuum up the dryer lint I spread all over the hall checking to see if the dryer's heating duct was clogged with lint. The vacuum wasn't working either. Took that apart, changed the belt, and cleared out a clog in the bottom. Everything is back to working perfectly. (Thanks Mom, for teaching me by example to repair stuff by myself.)
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J McGyver Beaney!!
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:cuddle; for del. Now, will you come help me convince my batty 92 yr old grandma that she needs to be in a home, too?
Busy, busy, busy today. Fixed my dryer - the vent flap on the outside was both rusted and frozen shut. Like a car with a potato in the exhaust, dryers don't run well without ventilation. I popped the flap loose and finished the laundry. Then I started to vacuum up the dryer lint I spread all over the hall checking to see if the dryer's heating duct was clogged with lint. The vacuum wasn't working either. Took that apart, changed the belt, and cleared out a clog in the bottom. Everything is back to working perfectly. (Thanks Mom, for teaching me by example to repair stuff by myself.)
Sounds like me jbeany. I often fix stuff myself!!! Sometimes I just ask hubby to make him feel like I ned him! LOL. It is a beautiful day here and we are going for a walk in the woods when I get my morning coffe finished . It is 12:44 and I am having my first coffee!! Another positive I think the butterflies or wahstever that has been in my belly lately (from stress) are starting to clear out.
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Another positive I think the butterflies or wahstever that has been in my belly lately (from stress) are starting to clear out.
Hope so! :grouphug;
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My cough has finally gone. Yahoo. By the way, I've had a cough....
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My cough has finally gone. Yahoo. By the way, I've had a cough....
Now you tell us! Glad it is gone.
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Hanify's cough being gone IS a positive. My positive for today is that I stayed upright and vertical walking in the cow sh@# when I went to feed hay. It's deep and wet and really smelly!
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We used to put our bare feet in the fresh cow dung to warm them up at my aunties farm - hee hee.
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On Topic: I just now ate lunch.
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My HUGE positive is that Twirl is posting again. Oh I have missed our Twirly girl!
:yahoo; :yahoo;
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My concern about Aleta's positive is can IHD handle a Twirl and a Hanify at the same time?
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Postive note spring is almost here.....bulbs are coming up and the frogs are using my dogs dodo to catch flys..... see pic they even change color to fool those bugs......
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Let's start a new thread: "Frogs sitting on dodo"
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My daily positive. I am at dialysis, and have the two nuses and techs I like the most ( because they take good care of their patients) the best. :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo; :2thumbsup; :clap;
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I have another positive (or two or three)...
I am so glad that Rob is getting good care.
I had a really fun science session with my kindergarten and first grade students, and I was able to get the science activity for the older students ready. Teaching science is labor intensive. I'm really glad to have it under my belt for this week.
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Pilates baby, pilates. Managed a well nigh impossible move today without falling over...well one side went well...the other side went, well, over.
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Science projects are done! Whew! The history projects are done, too! On to the persuasive essays! One is down, two to go.
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Hubby had a good day today and we went riding on the 4 wheeler all over our place!
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We took hubby's mom to visit her sister at the retirement home we are planning to place her in. She loved it and wants to go live there. She is really confused though so by tomorrow she may not want to go again. When we do take her there we will do it on one of her good mornings!! We were so glad she liked it - she talked to a lot of people there that she knows. Another postive is that Hubby's sister is on side with us for placing her there. Only took her a couple of days of her mom living with her to realize what we were going through and why we were going to place her there.
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My positive today -- Katy is getting on a plane to Ft.Lauderdale (she lives in Ohio) then driving to Miami. The children will be on a plane tonight out of Haiti. This may actually be the day that Gracie is with her Mommy :2thumbsup; What a week it has been. But it is all worth it if the children are out of Haiti, safe and with their families. Our family is still saying lots of prayers. We just want the last pieces of the puzzle in place and Katy and Gracie united. Thank you to all who have kept them in their prayers. It took everyone's prayers to make this happen (and thanks to the US government for quick actions)
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Del, hugs to you and Walt (and his sister). I know this has been a difficult decision to make. So glad his mom is on board for the time being.
Paris, as always, I hope everything goes smoothly and this week's roller coaster ride can have a happy ending.
For me, my positive is that it is a Friday and I don't have an overwhelming amount of work to do this weekend. Yea!
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I am at home with Camilla and the boys.
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It's Saturday early morning. Nice to have a brand new day that you've not screwed up yet.
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Dan, you are NOT going to screw up your day!!! My positive is it is a beautiful sunny day and I just got back from a nice refreshing walk with my hubby!! Had to wear my skidoo suit though because it is so cold - -15 celcius!!
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Ok, here's a real major positive re IHD.
Kitkatz started a wonderful new thread called "Bible Study". The first post was my favorite Bible passage. I love the idea of working with specific passages especially with the question asked "What does this mean to you". Though I love it I won't get involved until I see which way others are going to take it. But Kudos to Kitkatz.
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Galvo glad to learn you are ok and home. :clap; :clap; :clap;
Another positive, just about to complete another "Adventuer in "Dialysis" and get to go home for the day. So far so good.
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I'm off in a minute with my lovely sisters to look at a peice of land one of them has just bought near a beach. We're planning a beach house on it. What fun. My positive would be ten fold if I could convince Dan to come for a trip out here to enjoy it with us!!!
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If it has a pretty terrace facing the water I am there...
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I love this thread. it needed bumping! My positives for today are that I got an excercycle and could only do 1 minute on it first day, but managed 5 minutes yesterday - thanks chat room peeps who waited and timed me lol. Also have just eaten - quite happily - toast with salmon and pepper. And it was yummy and nice. This is huge for me.
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The man who bought the family restaurant after my dad died called and told me he had found a family photo album while sorting paperwork. I picked it up today - it's the little "School Days" album that my mom put together for my sister - report cards and all, from K thru 12. Wahahahahaha - nothing like bad 80's haircuts to make you giggle!
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I have a few positives, all from yesterday:
My older son was at ice skating class and has apparently started gliding on the ice rather than walking, and he can now keep up with the rest of his class when they go around the olympic-size rink. He had never been on skates until about 3 weeks ago.
While the older boy was at class, the 3-year-old and I were watching tv in my room, and my son randomly started saying "A is for apple, B is for bear...." He went through the whole alphabet, and only needed help with 4 letters or so.
I received a very nice email from the surgeon who will perform my transplant, going over some of the risks that I was concerned about with the clinical trial. I had been getting worked up, and starting to waver on whether or not I could really go through with this. Everything he wrote made perfect sense, and allayed my fears entirely. I am going to go through with this - in exactly 7 weeks.
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Cariad,
Your post brought tears of joy. I had been thinking of you today (with a niggling worry), and now I feel sooo much better! :2thumbsup;
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Cariad...wonderful news!
My positive for today....I went with my SIL to her chemo clinic, listened to the financial aid worker and it sounds like there will be some help there. My SIL is on of the 47M Americans with no healthcare coverage as she can not afford the premiums. So, hearing that there will be some help for her made my day!
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Aww. Looney. that is great news.
I get very annoyed at a "friend" who says that people without medical coverage are in that position because they are trying to work the system. I know better!
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Aleta...you can tell your friend that these are people who have worked all their lives to take care of themselves. This area is THE poorest county in Missouri and the jobs here don't pay much more than min wage. They have a small farm that is paid for and he worked two jobs until he had a stroke at age 63 in 2008. She has been his caretaker ever since. But paying for health insurance on a single disability income is just not do-able. His health insurance is through Cobra from one of the jobs he worked when he had the stroke. She has no insurance and could not work outside the home after his stroke. So...more than a third of his disabilty income ($900 a mo) goes to Cobra every month. What savings they have is used to pay for utilities, car insurance and co-pays for his medical care. Now it will be gone just for her initial care. They have never accepted any type of assistance in the past and just convincing her to accept the financial aid was a tough job as she was more inclined to decline treatment because they couldn't afford it. How sad. But that is part of the problem with our healthcare system, it's based on priviledge rather than human rights.
Well...got that off my chest! It was still a positive for my day!
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My positive today, got to go in early to dialysis which means I'll get out early. :yahoo; :yahoo; Now, just I feel like enjoying the rest of the day afterward. :rofl; :rofl;
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Cariad,
Your post brought tears of joy. I had been thinking of you today (with a niggling worry), and now I feel sooo much better! :2thumbsup;
Aw, thanks Aleta! I feel at peace with the decision, now. Now I just need to hear that Carl got the call. :grouphug;
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7 weeks! I was bouncing off the walls with only 24 hours to wait. . . :cheer:
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We have hot water again! We realized this afternoon that we didn't have any hot water - I went to get a bath and had cold water!! Luckily it was just the bottom heating element needed to be replaced. Only cost us about $40!! $20 for a new element and we paid our neighbour $20 to replace it. Of course Walt helped. Whole lot cheaper than hiring a plumber.
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Just had a glorious weekend at my neice's wedding. Out at a beach in a baeutiful church - well, outside the church actually in the sun. Then a stunning marquee looking out at the sea - and a couple of nights with lovely relations and great food and drink. What more can you ask for??
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Sounds like a wonderful mini-vacation. I am jealous.
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the postive for today for me is another day off......... to do what ever........... I love to do that
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Opps sorry wrong section!
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My daily positive.... Rerun just cracked me up with that posts. I needed a laugh.
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Opps sorry wrong section!
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Me too. :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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My positive is that I made the long drive to Indiana with no incidents and got the major part of an interesting book finished (audible book).
I made a pot of chicken soup for Carl's dinner before I left (I had gourmet fare from Wendy's! :rofl;)
We'll be able to have left-overs tomorrow night so I don't have to worry about cooking after the long drive home.
I have an hour or two to do some boring computer work before turning in tonight. Life is good! :clap;
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We had a wonderful turkey supper at hubby's sister's tonight. There were 10 of us there!! Lots of delicious food!!
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I went With
Molly and a friend on a mock school bus run today - and walked for ages (well, ages for me) and then even managed to walk up and down the mall which I haven't been able to do for a long time.
wahoo. Life is good. I might even go on the excercycle in a while...maybe...
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That's great Hanify! Glad to see you out and enjoying!
My positive for yesterday....I got all my SIL's paperwork done for financial assistance with her medical bills! WooHoo!
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My postive today is that I am looking forward to doing dialysis....... Yes dialysis......... I dont feel too good today and did feel the best yesterday..... I think my body is getting use to that daily dialysis and now that I went two days with out .... well........
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My daily positive is coming here to read all your daily positives. :2thumbsup; :clap;
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Upgraded my hand weights today from 2 pounds each to 5. I carry them during my 2 or 3 miles on the treadmill. The 2 pounders were too easy, and I need to get some tone back in my arms, too.
I now have limp noodle arms! It's still a good thing, though - the two pounders were too much when I got back from the hospital.
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Good work jbeany! My daily positive is that my abs are seriously sore from the crunches I did on the ab machine I discovered yesterday at the gym. I love that worked muscle feeling.
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I don't have flue and gastro at the same time. :rofl; :rofl;
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Des is posting and I'm so glad to see her back.
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Several positives today.
First was finally able to get on IHD from dialysis. Wasn't sure I'd make it.
Second Des is back and I hope feeling much better. :yahoo;
Dan has a striped ass :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
It has warmed up, well not as mich as yesterday though, and rain is washing away our ice from the winter storm
My wife had yesterday off and a two hour delay this morning, due to the ice still on the roads. She teaches. I've noticed we have several teachers on IHD.
And my time at dialysis, for today, is now over. I get to go home. :yahoo;
B C N U :waving;
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I had enough energy to do laundry and a bit of cleaning today. :cheer:
My 3-year-old told me what 'extinct' means this evening. He said in an ominous sotto voce that "it's when the last member of a species is dead". 8) I didn't ruin the moment by asking him to define species.
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Molly's first day at high school (we call it college) today went well.
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Today's positive will be that I am almost done with nxstage training...... :cheer:
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I was able to go with Carl to his clinic today - good report! :2thumbsup;
And this was possible because we hired a capable person to help out at school. :clap;
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Always nice to have another capable person.... wish we had more in the world..... :rofl;
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We stayed so long at the doctor's office yesterday (It was after 5:30 when we left) that we went out to eat last night. :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; Wound up sitting by a group of soldiers and they were interesting to talk to. Made me feel old though :rofl; : :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Was I ever that young, oh yeah way back in the 20th century :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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Oh Geezzzzzz The 20th century sounds like something out of a history book........ Rob are you a part of history..???
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I earned a university degree in history, does that count :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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My positive for today...my SIL will get out of the hospital tomorrow afternoon so I have only one more night of sleeping in a chair in her room and then it's back to my own very comfortable bed! :clap;
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We had supper at hubby's sister's this afternoon. I fried Atlantic salmon and she made potato salad. I made a chicken ceaser salad and took there for my supper. Not really fond of salmon - plus I am trying to lose weight. Nice everybody sitting down together.
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Sore in the best possible way from today's Pilates class. Managed for the very first time to accomplish a side plank and raise top leg while in side plank position. Managed to hold that for about 4 seconds.
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I went and visited a friend who was just placed in Hospice care and brightened his day!
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Just been told I get D'd at the satelite centre, rather than the ward, for the next 4 sessions. I've had the last 2 sessions there. A much better atmosphere.
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I still don't have my car, so was forced to walk to my GP's office for an appointment, and then to the post office to mail the blood tube off to the blood and tissue network. It was about 2 miles of total walking. I made it! :cheer:
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My positive for today, thanks to Facebook found some friends from Canada I hadn't seen or corresponded with for many years. We are now "friends" and in touch with one another again. :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
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I have the laundry all done for the week and most of the housework done!! :yahoo; I just took a cherry cake out of the oven. It looks really good but it is a new recipe so I hope it tastes good as well!!
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Del, I would be happy to help you test that cake! :beer1;
I'm chugging right along. My training organization gets audited next week so I have to make sure all the records are in tip-top order!
The problem with my computer is minor and I'm taking it in on Sunday to have it fixed under my Apple Care program. Won't cost a penny!
I made reservations for my plane trip to Massachusetts and for the hotel while I'm in Boston for an international Montessori meeting. I even have the second course nearly half written. I'm feeling "powerful." :2thumbsup;
Aleta
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Oh, and best of all, I have a list of the student records that are going to be audited, so I ONLY have to get them ready! All 34 of them. But that beats 70 or so! :yahoo;
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The sun is shining, I'm on the deck with my lap top, life is good.
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Hanify...I'd trade places with you anytime you say! Just for a day or two??? Please???? Pretty Please???
My positive for today is that I got to bring SIL home!!! Other than very tired, she is doing great with her chemo treatment. And she has a wonderful attitude about it. She refuses to let anyone tell her the potential side effects of the cocktails they are infusing her with. She says that if she doesn't know what they are, then she won't be expecting to have them!
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I had been debating whether to get one last haircut and color done before all my hair falls out from the radiation in March. I was leaning toward spending the $100 plus tip to enjoy what little time I have left with my hair, and then I came home yesterday to an email from the salon saying they were offering $20 off any service of $50 or more until Sunday. I booked an appointment for this afternoon, and told the stylist that I wanted it short, but beyond that I didn't really care about the specific style. She really spent time on the cut, and while I probably would never have thought to ask for this particular style, I really like it. It will be fun to try it out, risk-free. And it only cost $88, with tip. :yahoo;
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Oh, Cariad! That's so cool! I haven't changed my hairstyle for ages and ages! :rofl;
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I keep trying to change my hairstyle and it seems to go right back to what it was. :rofl;
My positive for today is I got a lot accomplished at work. I created a new report for my boss that eliminated about 5 different reports. She was very happy! Also, IT'S FRIDAY! We got through our first week of 6 treatments and Lou is already sleeping better and says he doesn't have the brain fuzzies as much. I think it's working....... :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
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My positive for today....I slept 12 hours and I feel great. :bandance;
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Road trip time! I'm packing to leave Sunday morning to head downstate to my Monday appointment with the plastic surgeon. Hopefully, the surgery will be scheduled very soon, and I can get the huge hole in my stomach sealed up - I'm sick of wound dressings!
My friend is driving up to meet me. The transplant hospital in Ann Arbor is about half way between us, so about 5 hours on the road for each of us. We'll spend the night in the same motel room, and probably talk more than sleep. She told me she wanted to watch the game on Sunday. My response - "What game?" Ummmmm - can you tell I'm not into football? ::)
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I need to buy a new mattress... Mattress Mac (Texans will know) says if we buy one today and pick our team for tomorrow and we win, he'll return half of our money...
Saints, right? Anybody disagree? Help.
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Matress Mac, is that anything like chili mac? :rofl; :rofl;
Saints? Colts? They don't play hockey, nevere heard of 'em...... :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
My daily positive, well this one is a bit obtuse but serious. Got a confirmation in the mail (need them for awards0 for a ham radio contact I made in June of 2006! :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo; I know means nothing to you, but meant a lot to me. :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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Doesn't matter if it means anything to us! It's YOUR positive, Rob! :2thumbsup;
Jbeany, are ya gonna get that belly button ya wanted? Yea! :yahoo;
So, my positive is that it is already February 6. I have not been knocked down by the February blahs, yet. I thank my IDH friends for that! :cuddle;
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My positive for the day is I finally got a check from SS for 7 months of taking out for my insurance in error. I'm going shopping? Maybe for a new mattress.
HEHE. Mattress Mac is a Houston legend totally involved in houston charities (including the rodeo) who because a zillionaire by selling mattresses on the side of the freeway (the american dream I guess)
Google him. It's an interesting story.
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Go shopping Dan!! have some fun. My positive is that the forcast for here was wrong!! We did NOT get the snow that was forecast. It was supposed to be high winds and 20 -50 cm of snow!! it has snowed but nowhere near that much and no wind!!
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Bugger the mattrress Dan - buy a plane toicket to NZ instead....
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My DP is that I went to the movies for the first time in a long time and saw Mel Gibson really sort out the bad dudes in "Heart of Darkness".
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My positive is that I slipped and fell on the ice at the bottom of the steps this afternoon and didn't hurt myself at al. Just got my butt real wet!!! LOL
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Wow Del! It's a good thing that you weren't hurt!
My positive for today, I spread a lot of gravel with the tractor and hubby said I "did good". :clap;
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My positive is that I slipped and fell on the ice at the bottom of the steps this afternoon and didn't hurt myself at al. Just got my butt real wet!!! LOL
Del, hope you don't do tht again, and if you do it turns out well.
Bugger the mattrress Dan - buy a plane toicket to NZ instead....
My daily positive was coming here and reading this. Bern does your husband know about this? :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; Just what did you have in mind, hum? :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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My positive is that I was able to get the Apple Care agreement transferred to the correct computer without too much waste of time. :2thumbsup; Now the repair job (yet another trip to the genius bar) will be covered. Woot!
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My DP today will be to get that cabinet ( that I hurt my arm with ) put together...... I am going to carry piece by piece up the stairs and put it together right after D today........ Oh by the way the last one I put together a couple of years ago I dropped on my foot and split that open while wearing sandles..... very sore ft tht time...... now the next one hurt me.....they are out to get me I swear........ but I am determined.....
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I moved my fridge and stove today and cleaned behind it- what a mess!!! I have my kitchen floor all mopped now too!! Only thing left is the stairs and the entrance. That's a job for after supper. The smell of cleaner makes me feel good!!! :thumbup;
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No snow for my road trip to see the plastic surgeon, and had lots of fun chatting with the friend who met me there. Darn her, she wouldn't even let me pay for the room! The surgeon has lots of experience closing the kind of wound I have, and he worked out a slow but steady course of treatment with the least chance of infection for a transplant patient. I'm whinging a little because it means 2 surgeries and another 6 months of messing with this, but I'm working hard on the positive attitude - really, honest, uh huh! :P
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You're on the right path JBeany!
My positive is that my ktv clearance is UP yay!!! 3.19 and that'll do JUST fine. Whew, I can relax and srop worrying about fistulas ... fistula ....fistulae
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Bern...I was going to PM you tonite to ask about your kt/v but there it was! What a positive day!
My positive for today....Hanify's clearance is up!
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Ah, thank heavens for google - I've identified the massive bird I saw on my way home as a Cooper's Hawk. Very cool!
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I love the majesty of raptors! We have a family of red-tailed hawks living at the margin of our back yard. :2thumbsup;
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My positive is that I have survived the audit of the adult student records. Now I can think about other things and not be stressed over it anymore! Yea.
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The whole family feels better today. I think we all caught a mild bug from my younger son, who reported that one of his friends threw up at school Friday. We were all lethargic and disinterested in food for the past few days. Not anymore! :cheer:
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I am eating CHEESE on a cracker because my dietician told me so! That's gotta be a positive. She said I still wasn't allowed coke though...couldn't they make coke with protein in it?
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I was up early this morning and have laundry in the washer, kitchen cleaned, sheets changed in the bed and it is above freezing and the sun is trying to come out!!!
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I'm looking, looking, looking for a positive today. I think I'll just borrow one from one of you guys to get me through today. :2thumbsup;
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Well Aleta You cant use mine cause my DP for today is
Today is my last training day with Nxstage......I am bringing the machine home....... :cheer:
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Kathy, I CAN use that because it makes me happy to know! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
:yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
Home, sweet home. :guitar:
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Aleta, there is always a positive in everybody's day just that some days it is very hard to find!!
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I'm going to keep looking, Del. I imagine I'll find one before the day is out. :2thumbsup;
Just having a bit of a slump, though.
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We have new children at my school from the Sudan - fresh from 5 YEARS in a camp. And one of the boys put his name down to audition for drums in the school band. Along he came, with minimal English, and never having played this kind of drum before and did a great job! Not good enough to be the drummer, but who cares? He had a great time and it was lovely to see.
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Aleta, there is always a positive in everybody's day just that some days it is very hard to find!!
Thank you Del... that's what I needed to know. Now, where do I look?
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Dan, sometimes you have to look pretty deep to find a positive but there is always some glimmer of a positive - might be tiny but it is there!! I've had lots of days when I have had to look very hard for a positive. :cuddle;
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I have a cat that loves me. :2thumbsup; Having her is great company and she loves me unconditionally.
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My Postive today....I am home and listening to the rain..... and the quiet..... and the peace in my mind....
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I had such a good screening yesterday - it was, I don't know, fun??!! Gwyn and I had all of about 3 hours sleep for the day, but last night I was in bed by 11PM and got over 8 hours sleep (this is a miracle for me).
Our friends who have their own little kids took the boys home with them yesterday, as we were stuck in Chicago until 6:15. I was so worried at how Liot would react to this change in plans, especially since I forgot to warn him that it was happening. When we went to pick the boys up, one of our friends pulled us aside and said "Elliot is just the sweetest kid. He ran up to me and hugged me!" Gwyn and I just stared at this friend blankly like he was speaking a foreign language, and then said in unison: "Our Elliot?" :rofl;
Such a positive day yesterday. I still feel physically tired, yet emotionally energized.
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My DP for today is, I am currently all caught up on the income tax clients. That happens, I get slammed, and then get done, all at once. So now, I have the weekend " off" and can go and work in the yard.
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finished setting up for the tx fund raising pageant we are having tomorrow. Very excited, feel like it is gonna be a big success.
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My 16 monthbold grandson had his tear duct unblocked and his sinsuses "cleaned out" this morning and is back to normal and home. :2thumbsup; :clap; :yahoo; No matter what els happens today, he's ok and that's all that matters to me.
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I really wanted to respond to all the positive message I got from people the past couple of days but I am now limited to 2 message per hour. It might take a while. Just in case I don't get back to it, take you so much. I needed that.
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Oh, Dan, and I was without a computer and couldn't do much.
I'm still scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for some positives. At least I have a computer back. :2thumbsup;
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I love Cariad's positive. Wouldn't you just love to meet Elliot?
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I love Cariad's positive. Wouldn't you just love to meet Elliot?
Dan, that is so sweet. Thank you! :flower;
As his mom this is probably wrong of me to add, but :secret;careful what you wish for
:rofl; Just kidding. Sort of.
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My positive for today is that it is Saturday and we had a day off from D.....Yea! :cheer:
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Well my positive is that our 5 inches of snow yesterday is mostly gone today. Georgians just cannot drive or even walk in snow. My oldest grandson slede into a side ditch coming home from work. Last night he was home but the truck was not. Tonight all of us are safe at home including the truck. That sure is my positive for the day.
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positively pleased. We raised over 6000.00 tonight at our silent auction / beauty pageant im so tired, but the brain is just a going.
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There is nothing falling from the sky today!!! It is cloudy but very mild for February. It is +4 celcius today as well. It is Valentine's Day and hubby's sister and I are cooking Chinese food and we are going to her house for supper. I am dong Chicken balls and sweet and sour sauce and she is doing rice. We will have a few other things as well. Not sure what yet!!
And it's Valentine's Day and I get to spend all day with my True Love :cuddle; :guitar: :yahoo; :2thumbsup;
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I think I may be coming up out of the darkness of depression. I've had a bad week, and hopefully having an extra day off this weekend will be enough to help me take another step up. Snow forecast for this afternoon and tomorrow. I would prefer that we have snow when we could take a day off from school... :bow;
I'll take what I can get, though.
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Aleta Spring in right around the corner....... and every day is a new day...... I love new days......
I never get depressed unless it cloudy here in ORegon............ :rofl;
this week will be better than last week....... cant have two in a row...... its the law of the toad prophesy
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Aleta, I hope that depression leaves you alone! I'm so happy that you're starting to feel brighter. I also get more down in the winter, one of the reasons I wanted to return to California.
Today we took the kids to meet a team of sled dogs. They are both crazy for animals, and the people who ran the place were very nice. We took a short ride around a field with the dogs pulling us along. Then some of the dogs needed a break, and this beautiful white dog (a husky?) lay down on its back and let my kids pet it. It was cold, but beautifully sunny out there. It was a perfect, low-key event to attend after those Neupogen shots. :cheer:
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Bad news for the day - Gram has shingles. Good news - she actually voluntarily agreed to go see a doc about it. Better news - I've already had chickenpox, and you can't catch shingles from someone! ( I had to look that up to make sure.)
Yesterday's positive - the local library has the DVD of the new Wallace and Gromit. Cheeeeeeessseeeee! (This one is about bread, though!)
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Hope your gram isn't too sick with the shingles they can be really bad. My MIL had them a couple of years ago. We had to ask about catching them too. Apparently anyone who hasn't had chicken pox can catch chicken pox from them but shingles themselves aren't contagious. They are caused by the chicken pox virus being left in some nerves in your body!!
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Oh, Jbeany!
You CAN get shingles if you have had chickenpox.
We had a lovely day today. After our book club we went out to eat with friends. There are usually a rather large crowd, but tonight just 4 of us. It was so nice to spend that time with them.
On the down side, learned that a friend has breast cancer. :'(
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Oh, Jbeany!
You CAN get shingles if you have had chickenpox.
Yes, but it is caused by the remains of the virus in your own body, just like del said. I can't catch shingles from my grandmother. I had to look that up to make sure, because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to take care of her if she was contagious to me. Someone with shingles can give a person chickenpox if they haven't had it before, but they can't actually pass on the shingles themselves. Those are caused by a reactivation of the virus in your own system, most commonly caused simply by aging. Gram is 92, and her health is failing, so that's why she's ended up with shingles. If I get them, it will be because of my immunosuppresants, not my grandmother's case.
:grouphug; sorry about your friend.
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Aleta, sorry about your friend. I will pray they can find a course of treatment to help. It is a scary diagnosis. There seems to be so much cancer now. :pray;
Some days it is hard to find the positives. Mine just might be that Valentine's candy is 75% off today! :2thumbsup;
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Mine just might be that Valentine's candy is 75% off today! :2thumbsup;
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I shop the same way. Candy is candy and my GKs don't care what color it is! Got M&Ms for $.50 and they were the big bags.
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I went back to work (school ) today for the first time in 5 weeks. Had a good day. The substitute that was in for me (bless her heart) had todays and tomorrows plans all done for me!!! She is filling in for me again tomorrow!! Hubby has an appt with the neph and of course I am going as well!! Have a few questions to ask!!
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Great minds and tummies think alike. I stocked my freezer with sale chocolate on Monday as well! A well stocked freezer is a thing of beauty, especially when it's stocked with hershey kisses. I had to go to town for blood work anyhow, so I hit all the special sales this week - with coupons and buy one, get one deals, I got $70 worth of groceries for $4o bucks. Pity they don't double coupons much anymore - it would have been nearly free!
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Hubby saw a nephrologist today and everything is going really well. :2thumbsup; :yahoo; He was really pleased with his blood work results. This is the first time he has seen this nephrologist and he really likes him. Hubby has been stressing himself out over this parathyroid scan that another neph ordered . This guy couldn't understand why it was even ordered!! Hubby parathyroid is 800 and this neph said they don't do scans unless they are planning to do surgery and surgery will not be done until a last resort. Sensipar would be used first!! He explained all this to us and is going to discuss the reasoning for the scan with the other neph. Needles to say hubby is not going to have the scan done!!!
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Del, that is wonderful news! I am just going to sit and enjoy your positive and be very happy for Walt! I love good news :2thumbsup;
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Yes, Del. This is good news. Thanks for sharing! :clap;
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I had another positive for yesterday that I forgot to post!! Friends of ours had a baby girl born night before last at 8:00. We visited yesterday and I got to hold the precious little 8 lb girl. I love to hold the little ones but feel sad too because I never had one of my own.
The sun was shining here today as well so that's another positive.
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A new life! Thanks for letting us know, Del. Nothing like holding a newborn. Restores your soul. I think this is a great positive today.
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My car is mostly packed and ready to go in the morning - only a few more things to tag to be ready for tomorrow's craft show. Cross your fingers that I sell oodles and oodles of stuff.
This week's best positive was my doc's appointment on Monday. The appointment was wasn't anything special, it was being able to walk up the steps to the office on the second floor instead of having to take the elevator like I did two months ago that was the best positive about it! (I barely was able to walk down them last time, let alone up!)
Then again, a boring, nothing's new, doctor appointment is pretty nice, too. . .
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Good luck at the craft show tomorow! Hope your car goes home empty!
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Good luck JBeany :2thumbsup; Hope you have a very successful show. I think my postive is that Jbeany is feeling well enough to create her bags and do a show. You've come a long way in the past few months. :cuddle;
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What a mess for a show. It was a combo flea market and craft show, and none of the crafters sold a thing. The fleas flew out the door like crazy, though. The only thing I sold was the antique doll furniture I use for props! Ah, well, there's another show in a month at the same place, and I think I'll leave the crafts home and take all the clutter I've been sorting thru and boxing up for a rummage sale. I'll probably do better with that. I've been sorting and pitching things to simplify my life, and I have tons of bears, dolls, antiques, wood boxes, ceramic mice, and jewelry that I used to collect that I no longer want or need. Might as well make some money off it all. . .
So my positive for the day is the 3 boxes of clutter I've sorted out today. I'm getting better at letting all the stuff go. The Queen of Knickknacks is resigning from the throne!
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Well my pleasure is I went to my new neph this week. Some of you may remember I changed neph's last Setember because my old neph wanted me to go straight to D, with a perma cath in my neck, when I hit 15%. I said no and he told me not to come back until I was ready to start D. So I changed Dr.s and this week I went in and she was overjoyed at my numbers. She said all my numbers were good and I was up to 20%. Evidently my numbers were good because I have had colitis since Christmas and couldn't eat as much. She said she didn't know about that but to keep on doing what I was doing. Just thinking about I could be sitting in D with a permacath now gives me the shivers.
Thank You Lord.
Love, Mimi
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Two more cupboards sorted today. 2 boxes of kitchen stuff set aside for a friend getting a divorce who has to furnish a new apartment, one more box of things likely to sell at the flea market, and one box of assorted lord-knows-what-I-was-thinking-when-I-got-this stuff to donate.
I need more boxes!
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jbeany, I need you here.
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Get a friend to come talk to you while you sort. It helps to have a sounding board, especially if it's a particularly honest friend who can roll her eyes at you when you start talking about how you really, really are going to use that whatcha-hoozit really soon. (Or fit back into that pair of jeans!)
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I got a pedicure. Violet polish. :)
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I, also, got a pedicure. Pink polish
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The rain is gone and it will be in the 70's this week. :flower;
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The spring cleaning clutter war continues at my house. I came out ahead in today's battle. I took a full station wagon load to the thrift store. I had the car so packed I could barely see out the back window. Lots of little clutter and unused kitchen stuff, but also big stuff like the 6 ft artificial tree I haven't put up in years, and all the fish tanks, wooden double decker tank stand, and pumps and filters for the tanks, which I haven't used in years either. When I got there and started unloading, the store volunteer told me they didn't take fish tanks or supplies, since they are too heavy and don't sell well. Well, crud. I can burn the stand, and put the rest in the dumpster, I guess, but what a waste. I was mulling over freecycle and craigs list options as I wandered around the store. One of the other shoppers had a basket of stuff, including a little fish bowl, some tank ornaments, and some fish food. (Apparently they do take fish tank stuff if it's hidden in boxes of other clutter!) So, what the heck, I asked her if she was looking for bigger tanks and fish tank supplies. Why, yes, she's been looking all over for some bigger fish tanks, but none of the thrift stores have them anymore for some reason. ;D So, we emptied my car, stuffed it all into hers, and we both left happy!
Don'tcha love it when things work out like that?
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Jbeany, please come to my house and talk to my husband about his "treasures". You could start with the hundreds of books, all of which are going to be re-read, oh yeah sure, and move right along to the ethnic clothes...from India, Afghanistan etc., nostalgic items from the travels of our youth...that look, well just plain silly.
Loved the fish tanks story!
My positive is that I wore my light spring coat today and am liking the smell of thawing dirt...makes my gardener's soul sit up and take notice. :flower;
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Spring is real close now!!! :bandance; Saw my first robin yesterday,and a flock? of buzzards.( I don't know if anyone's familiar with the buzzards returning every spring to Ohio )We usually see a ton of them here in Indiana about the same time or sooner.Plus,this one's a little negative,but the skunks are out in FULL force.Have one hangin' around our house.Hope the dog stays away from the "pretty kitty".LOL
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Hinkley? Isn't that where the buzzards come back to in Ohio? (former Ohioan here).
My positive has been my whole day. Sunny and 73. I had lunch with two good friends I'm now sitting in a quiet house by myself. :2thumbsup;
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yes Paris,it is Hinkley.I couldn't think of the name last night.
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Lunch out with a friend, and a walk around the city....cold, windy but the sunshine was warm.
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I've been searching thrift stores for a cute, airy chair to replace the huge square beastie of an armchair that I've had since college. It was my mother's before mine, and I think she got it right after she finished college, so it's long past it's expiration date, in spite of being recovered a few times. I found a perfect chair yesterday, only in need of a bit of recovering to make it gorgeous, for only $5. I'm sure it was cheap because the cushion and back rest are covered in a horrible palm tree print, but I can recover it, and I have plenty of material already, so it won't cost me anything but time. Ahhh, I do love a good bargain!
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my positive is i was notified that Mayo Clinic got insurance approval for me to be seen at the transplant program.
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Housekeeper has been through the house...lunch out with a friend...then thrift store shopping for a few treasures.
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I got my friend all moved into her new (upstairs!) apartment. Whew! I spent several hours yesterday helping her sort out her old walk in closet and the stacks of clothes she's never gone through. The problem with having a big closet is that you never have any need to clean it out. Had a blast teasing her about the clothes I recognized from when we lived together in college. If you have clothes older than your teenager, it's time to let them go! :rofl;
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Ahh, spring! The plastic insulation is off all the windows, all the screens are repaired from where the cat dove through them, and a freeze spring breeze is blowing away the paint smell from my efforts to touch up the front door and porch. I'm using up all the leftover bits of paint in the cupboard, so I'm going to have a patchwork porch this year, with every bit of trim a different color. (You can't dump cans with wet paint - it's considered a toxic hazard, even if it's latex, but you can throw out empty ones with only dried paint in them. I figured I might as well use them up.) It should look fun, even if it's a square porch on a trailer, not a gingerbread covered Victorian!
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Hey, come on, there must be someone else out there with something positive happening this week!
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Made $125 selling clutter and books at a flea market. Whooo-hoooo - empty cupboards and full pockets! $20 of that came from the taxidermy bobcat that my FIL was going to throw out. I wasn't even sure I could sell the gruesome, fuzzy thing, and it was gone before I even had all the boxes of stuff out of the car. Too funny!
Someone sent me a mystery envelope with no return address that contained only a 50 dollar bill. Between that and the money I made at the flea market, I was able to take advantage of a number of soon to expire coupons and offers at the local grocery store. I ended up with $160 worth of groceries for $101. Not too shabby for a few minutes a week spent clipping coupons, plus I now have a cupboard full of staples to tide me over during the skinny months when my money has to go for emergencies instead of groceries.
A friend brought me dinner and flowers when she stopped by to have me mend a dress. I have lovely purple tulips blooming on my coffee table.
And, it's been warm, sunny, and lovely!
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Jbeany, you have a long list of positives! Sounds like this has been a good week. You deserve every good thing that comes your way. :2thumbsup;
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Way to go Jbeany,that was nice of whoever helped you out. :2thumbsup;
My positives for today are that it's sunny and beautiful outside and is supposed to stay that way through to the weekend.Maybe while mom is in D tomorrow,I'll get to get out and take a walk.And the big one for me,I only have today through Saturday to wear my heart monitor,and then I get to take it off for good !!! :bandance; :bandance;
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Making a big pot of split pea soup today and also a new recipe...Okonomiyaki...a type of savoury pancake, crispy on the outside and made with flour, eggs, shredded cabbage and leeks and a bit of japanese dashi (fish stock), then topped with toasted almonds and chives. If it seems a tad dry I'll add a dollop of dashi seasoned yogurt.
While I cook I like to listen to BBC podcasts on philosophy, history or culture.
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Tomorrow school closes for Easter vacation. It reopens on April 12 but I have an appt for a mammogram that day so I go back on April 13!! Hubby says his mom doesn't seem to be nearly as confused today so hopefully all the confusion was being caused by the infection!!
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The US census office just called to hire me - training is the end of April - spare cash - yay!
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I've been cured!!!!!!!! How is that for a positive???
April Fools Day :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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First day back at the gym today after 9 days off due to nasty cold. Cooking Thai Green Curry Chicken with steamed rice and mango salad with toasted raw cashews for dinner and listening to a radio program about Socrates. Sent husband to do all shopping for the weekend...life is feeling good and I've taken note of the feeling. :thumbup;
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It is amazing how much better MIL is doing since she started antibiotics on Monday. She is really starting to come back to her old self. I am off for Easter vacation. School reopens on April 12!!
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Monrein always makes me look for the good around me. There is more good than bad. Sun shining, birds singing and I am here to enjoy it all. :2thumbsup;
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The weather is absoluterly wonderful!!
I started PD at home today..after I passed the final test, the nurse visit!!! :cheer:
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I have been cured, too! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; April Fools!
But my positives, I have had a good week at work, so far. The kids are cooperating with the writing of an Ode (Poem). They seem to like the probability experiments we have been doing this week and are getting the vocabulary concepts.
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I have a positive! I'm scheduled for transplant on the 28th! I just found out yesterday, and it was no joke :2thumbsup;
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It is an absolutely beautiful day here!! 23 degrees celcius!! Hope we get lots more like this!!!
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I have a positive! I'm scheduled for transplant on the 28th! I just found out yesterday, and it was no joke :2thumbsup;
Hurray for topaz! :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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Good for you Topaz!!!! :bandance; :bandance;
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Another beautiful 20 degree celcius day!! Lots of snow has melted today. I have a new clothesline today - first time in 2 years!! I have clothes blowing on the line now!! The clothes is going to smelll so good.
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I've got my two kids here for Easter, my husband, and on Easter Sunday I turn Fifty. I'm so happy to actually make it to Fifty.
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It's pouring rain. Normally I wouldn't consider that a positive, but it is today, especially for all the local firefighters who have been battling an endless series of grass fires during this dry, dry spring.
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I was invited to go with my son and his family, and daughter and her family to the Easter Egg hunt downtown today. It is a fun event, last for hours and the kids all had so much fun. There were thousands of people there. I told all the grands to remember it wasn't a contest and to watch for the little guys so everyone found some eggs. Well, no one told the other kids to play nice!! Eliza got knocked down and punched in the eye. A big boy took an egg right out of Paxton's hand. After round one, only 3 of the 6 kids had any eggs. We stayed for two more rounds of hunting. It was the same each time. I didn't realize egg hunting was a tackle sport! :rofl; But, they all had fun together and after the hunt the Easter story was read, so they were reminded of why we where there. Tomorrow will be a good day with most of my kids and grands sitting with us at church. And then we will have our own (civilized!) egg hunt and about 20 for dinner. The grands are having their lemonade stand tomorrow --- they have lots of chocolate ribbons, Eiffel Towers, and crowns to sell for the Kidney Foundation. I hope everyone else has a great day, too.
Happy Birthday, Sunny! Each birthday is a great day!!
And congratulations Topaz! A new kidney!! I'll keep you in my prayers.
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Hubby and I are going out tonight for steaks to celebrate making it through 25 years of being married!! :wine; :wine; He gave me a beautiful diamond eternity ring. What a man I have!!! :guitar:
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My son is visiting me from London. I get two whole weeks with him! :clap;
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Spent a fun day thrifting with a friend. Came home with lots of good books and useful stuff, and still didn't spend more than 10 dollars. Ahhh, the thrill of the bargain hunt!
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It's Friday, the sun is shining and the flowers are blooming. My friend Claudia finally got out of Mexico. Today is a good day.
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We are on day 3 of our NxStage training and it's going well. We are SO excited, hubby already seems to be feeling better!
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It's Saturday, the sun is shining and we are home for the weekend! :clap;
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I get to sleep in my own bed tonight, with no beeping monitors and blood sucking nurses in the room, with my poor stressed out kitty snuggled by my side. Ahhhhhh. (Fizzy the kitty has separation anxiety since I was gone for 4 months with the transplant complications.)
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(Fizzy the kitty has separation anxiety since I was gone for 4 months with the transplant complications.)
Awww poor Fizzy, got to love those fur babies.My cats don't like to see us leave home.The one always looks out the window and it's like she's saying "Don't leave me,take me with you".(When she was a kitten, I used to take her with me to mom's dialysis center because she was so tiny.I was told she was older than she actually was when we brought her home.)
No 4 am alarm clock for 2 whole days!!! YAY! The car has been repaired and is running great,so it's no longer a worry.The sun was shining today.
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Sunday...and another stellar day in the Ozarks. Today I'm going to clean up my car and just enjoy the sunshine!
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I was worried I would gain weight while on bed rest for the week. I didn't factor in the crappy food available at the hospital, though. My scale says I lost 7 pounds! :bandance; I spent the time eating the stuff on the tray that I could recognize - which was usually the lettuce and the fresh fruit!
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How did it all go jbeany? Was it as painful as it sounded? Did I miss an update somewhere? Sorry for all the questions. :cuddle;
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I've got an update post in the transplant stories section, if you want the details, Monrein. It went good, and the donor site is like having a 3 by 9 patch of really bad sunburn on my thigh. Uncomfortable, but not horribly painful. The new graft doesn't hurt at all, even with so many staples it looks like they installed a zipper around the outside edge. Now, just 6 more months or so to the final surgery, so I can get a normal shape back. With the big divot, I look like I'm having some kind of a reverse pregnancy!
Next on my list of positives for the day - I'm headed to the shower. I get to use press and seal cling wrap on my tummy, but they have tegaderm on the donor site, so I don't even have to cover it with anything. A real shower for the first time since last Tuesday - ahhhhhhhh.
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Thanks and I'll look for the detailed version too.
My positive is that I'm ever so slowly getting my house reorganized as I try to integrate some of the far too many, but very beautiful objects from my mother-in-law. Polished silver today and puttered about. Made a (mostly) organic Maroccan lamb stew with lots of veggies and chick peas and spices to go over some whole wheat couscous, garnished with toasted slivered almonds, spiced raisins and hot harissa.
Gorgeous day here but my garden tools are trapped in the garage behind "stuff" that's gotta go to charity. Also went to help Lee buy a new tie for my niece's wedding next week in Florida. I can't go to the wedding since I can't get travel insurance because of the blood clot 9 months ago in my arm. Sigh. Great day all round.
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My transplant neph said my labs were good enough that he's going to drop my prednisone!!! By the end of the month, if all the labs stay good - I'll be on 5mg a day - half what I'm taking now. Hopefully, that means half as many cravings and much less appetite. I want to go back to losing weight. Having more hair on my head would be nice, too! I'm so excited!
That and I got two new pairs of cute shoes on the clearance rack. Not as important as my health, but positive none the less!
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My yard is getting cleaned up, my muscles and my eyes like it and I think I might go shopping for 15 bags of sheep manure this week. Ahhh, spring!
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monrein, What is the sheep manure for???????
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I dig lots of composted sheep manure as well as thoroughly wetted peat moss into my garden beds every spring. It conditions the soil and provides a nice gentle fertilizing action to the plants. I do it a month or so before I plant out my annuals. I used to do this twice a year but not necessary any more. The main thing is to use composted manure, otherwise the garden will smell like a sheep farm and the fresh manure will burn the tender plants.
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I had lunch with two dear friends today at a wonderful Mediterranian restaurant. Every single bite was incredible. We shared with each other and I had a warm chicken salad with greens, tomatoes, almonds, cucumbers rolled in a toasted pita with a side of Tahini dressing. Oh my goodness!!! I almost licked the plate when I was done! I never finish my food, but I didn't let one bite go to waste! My friend got the Falaffel -- so yummy. We sat for two hours enjoying our food and our friendships. We even tried to find a solution for world peace. We will meet again next month to continue working on the peace thing! :rofl; Nice to have a "normal" time out with friends. We didn't talk about health one time. For a while, I wasn't a kidney patient. :2thumbsup;
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Last night, I found $40 in a book I got for a dollar at the Salvation Army a couple weeks ago. Now there's a good deal! (And a poor choice for a bookmark...)
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To-day I start my new shifts 12.45pm Mon, Wed, Fri. Back home at a reasonable hour for dinner and normal weekends. Yea!
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Today was a great day, weather was sunny and mild, got the oil changed in my SUV, hubbys run going well...all is good here in the Ozarks.
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Our kidney walk was great. It has been an emotional but fulfilling day :2thumbsup;
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My positive is from over a week ago, but it means a lot to me.
For my birthday in January Gwyn bought me an MP3 player because he thought it might help me get through dialysis and the hospital stay. He loaded it with songs from our CD collection, and also downloaded the David Sedaris audio book When You Are Engulfed in Flames to give me something light to take my mind off of everything. I listened to the first few chapters during dialysis and really enjoyed it. Then the transplant came about. I was staying on the research floor, but needed to spend the 24 hours after my transplant on the transplant floor. The staff said they would pack all of my belongings and move them for me. The MP3 player was lost during the transition and I was really bothered by this.
Then I remembered that we pay a lot for an AmEx gold card, and the primary benefit is extra protections against this sort of incident. We were slightly outside the insured period, but I suggested Gwyn call them, explain our unusual situation, and see if they would be willing to reimburse us. The woman who answered the phone was knocked over by Gwyn's story and told him that all he had to do was get hospital security to fax over a loss report. Before Gwyn even had a chance to contact security, a credit appeared on our AmEx statement.
Yes, American Express, with their ruthless business practices and scorched earth debt collection policies, trusted us enough to not wait for any proof of our story. The charge was barely $50, yet that gesture from AmEx undid the one regret I had about our whole hospital stay. Gwyn is getting me a new MP3, and I really want to hear the rest of that David Sedaris book. :)
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That's awesome, cariad! It's great when a company rises above expectations, isn't it?
(I lost an mp3 last year, too. I got one for Christmas not long after, from a friend who didn't even know I lost the other, so I didn't spend much time wondering about the missing one. I just found it wedged under the back seat of the car when I folded all the seats down to vacuum! Oooops, guess I should clean the car more!)
My positives for today were all in the timing - hitting Walmart at the same time they were rearranging, and finding a dozen things on my list in the $1.00 clearance section, saving lots of money. And leaving the thrift store with an entire bag of books - someone with similar taste in reading material had just donated a huge stack, and I arrived just as they were putting them on the shelves.
Although I think I should count not getting elbowed in the clearance section at Wally World as a positive, too. Some of what was on clearance for $1 was originally 20 or 30 dollars - like shoes and boots. It looked like a Black Friday sale in there. Some of those crazy women were diving over each other for the bargains! Thankfully, no one was spending any time looking at the rack of crazy patterned socks I was digging thru, looking for package stuffers for my niece, who wears the weirdest socks she can find!
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My girlfriend and I took my 91 year old mother in law to a delicious afternoon tea at the Four Seasons hotel yesterday. What an incredibly lovely time we all had. Mum has been so stressed by her move to a retirement apartment and the loss of so many of her beautiful items that couldn't go with her due to space and I've been so stressed by her emotions about all this. We laughed and teased each other about our different approaches to "stuff"... she loves and is attached to everything she's ever owned and she's been very fortunate in her life, while I view everything in life as merely being on loan, including of course my health. She's been so lucky with her health too and still looks amazingly elegant and regal...tall and slim with a beautiful figure, mentally sharp as a tack and walks slowly with a cane but walks and gets around nonetheless. She'd been down to have her hair done in the morning, took the bus she did and she really enjoyed this delayed Mother's Day outing with Janet and me.
We had a choice of teas from all over the world, four different kinds of finger sandwiches (my favorite was the cream cheese with roasted red pepper and grilled asparagus...rolled up and cut on a jaunty angle), scones with clotted cream, jams and lemon curd and an assortment of teeny tiny pastries and cookies. Three hours of feeling lucky. I've known Lyla since I was 16 and her son, my husband, is an only child so we both feel pretty lucky to have the relationship we do.
A very positive day...and especially so since last weekend together was somewhat difficult.
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Went to pay for tickets to Puerto Rico this morning for Christopher and myself (going this afternoon). If you book it through the Patient Advocate at the PR hospital, it only costs $157 (can go as high as $300 sometimes). It is with an airline called Cape Air. The other advantage is that with Cape Air, the passengers don't have to walk as far and then they go through the crew line at Immigration!
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it's the small things. new dialysis jammies!!!!
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Oh, jbeany - I'm glad you survived your Walmart run and got your bargains! Bargains are the best. I recently found a pair of leather La Canadienne boots on 6PM.com for $35 - original price $215 - and I cannot stop talking about it!!! My great-grandchildren will hear the tale.
My positive for the day would have to be Liot (3-year-old) spontaneously bursting into what was apparently a verbatim retelling of an advertisement for something called Pillow Pets. "Mom, they're a full size pillow and also a stuffed animal! You can take them with you when you stay at someone's house! You can choose any pet you want - crocodile, monkey, unicorn, dog, pig. They're for play time and nap time, you can even take them to sleep with you!"
He made it sound so revolutionary that I think I'm going to have to check these things out. :2thumbsup;
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How can you have missed that commercial?
http://www.pillowpetstv.com/?tcode=pi8&tag=google&gclid=COfGzdfW1aECFQPyDAoduCHh2A
Or the millions of kiosks in the mall selling the fuzzy things?
Today's positive - finishing 3 procrastination projects, and got a good start on another. I've been digging half done projects out of bins and drawers, and finishing them up. The craft ones I can take along to the next sale, and the others are just things I've been meaning to get to and have been ignoring. So marked off the to-do list for the day - a second coat of paint on a display rack for tote bags, finished sewing a teddy bear that's been half assembled in the bottom of a drawer for years, covered and mounted two small cork boards in the craft room to pin design ideas on, and I've gotten started on painting some twig-bodied mini sheep with paperclay heads. The paint is drying, and now I just have to glue wool fuzz to them and they will be ready to go in the craft show, too. I finished 3 more necklaces for the craft show while I watched TV, too. Ahhh, the sight of empty organizer bins is soooooo beautiful!
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Oh my, jbeany, I don't know how I've missed that ad - spectacular luck, perhaps? Thanks for the link. That commercial was hilarious and disturbing. Something about a chorus of little kids chanting gives me the creeps.
Today, we returned to a nature center to take pictures of a nest of owls. I will have to look them over and see if there is a good one to post. There were two baby owls (that are huge) and one was still sitting in the nest and the other was actually standing on a tree branch. I guess that one's close to striking off on its own. Very cool sight.
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Returned from Puerto Rico. Had a good time (except for something that doesn't suit this positive thread!), my daughter is doing well.
Christopher had a whale of a time for his birthday. First we went to a Build-a-bear workshop where he 'built' his own furry friend (he chose a monkey), then bought a policeman's outfit for him. A serendipitous buy, since this weekend he learnt to tie his laces by practising on the monkey's shoes.
Then it was off to the arcade for a couple of hours.'
Then Toys R Us where he got two big Lego boxes.
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Sounds like a wonderful time Bajanne.
My positive for today is that I got a quilt top cut out and ready to piece.
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My positive comes from Sunday when I finally had the energy to go and see one of my son's soccer games. He is a phenomenal little player, and Gwyn and I just love shouting out encouragement to each kid on the team. Aidan only made the one goal this game, but what a stunner! He dribbled the ball down the right side of the field and shot all the way across the goal to the left corner. His team was, per usual, getting quite discouraged because of the score (2-several million, last I counted) but Aidan has mastered the mental aspect of this game. He is relentless.
Liot was there, and this field borders a small wooded area. He spent most of the game pulling up garlic mustard weed (an invasive species). He had only seen it once, but somehow recognized it. They'll love him down at the environmental center when they have their annual garlic mustard week pulling event.
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Positives from this weekend -good, better, and best.
Making $200 at the flea market was good. I needed graduation gift money, another deposit in my "Get the brakes fixed" fund, and a printer to replace the cantankerous one I've got, so the extra will go a long way to stretching my budget to cover those things.
Getting rid of the rest of the clutter, and selling a bunch of craft stuff was better. (I love it when people will pay money for something I created. It's such an ego boost.)
Best was the stroke of genius about the remaining clutter at the end of the day. The couple two booths over had also done a massive spring cleaning - two basements and a garage. They had a pickup truck and a horse trailer full of yard sale junk to sell. They sold huge amounts, but still had a lot to pack up at the end. I had sold quite a bit of second hand stuff, but still had several big pieces, like a rocking chair, some old artwork, and two big boxes worth of knickknacks and stuffed animals. The husband snuck over to my booth to buy a necklace that his wife loved, and we were talking about packing up all the junk and our plans to donate it to charity. I was doing my third flea market with my stuff, and I'd had enough of it. Neither one of us wanted to deal with it anymore. He went back to his clutter, and I was staring at mine, thinking how little I wanted to try to wedge it all back in the car. It had taken me two hours to load it, fitting everything in carefully, like puzzle pieces, so it would all fit, and come out in the right order. (Tent, then tools, then tables, then displays, then sale items...) I didn't want to do it in reverse; I just wanted to go home quickly, put everything away, have dinner and rest.
Then the genius fairy sprinkled me with brain dust. I grabbed tape and a piece of scrap paper, wrote a giant FREE on it, and taped it to the rocker. Grabbed a big box and wrote the same on that, and hauled everything I was going to donate out in front of my booth. I picked up the FREE sign and waved it at the couple next door. He slapped his forehead with a great "Doh" Homer Simpson imitation, and they began to do the same thing. 20 minutes later, what they had left all fit in the back of the pickup. I didn't even need a box for mine - it all fit in half a grocery bag. After the sale ended, I packed up and was loaded and home in half an hour. Ahhhhhhh.
I feel a bit guilty about the money the Salvation Army lost out on, but considering I've hauled several car loads of stuff to them already this spring, I won't feel it for very long!
I also sold a number of very recently finished UFO's. For the non-crafter's on here, that's short for UnFinished Objects. I've been making an effort to dig the abandoned craft projects out of storage and finish them so I can tag and sell them. I've been piecing half-done quilts, stuffing hollow stuffed animals, and painting half-finished sculptures. Those are even more fun to sell. Hahaha - it's gone for good - hurray!
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I am packing on Wednesday. SHHHHHHhhhhh! Do not tell my doctor I am heading to Milwaukee for my daughter's graduation on Thursday. i will be there Thursday through Monday. Travel Thursday and Monday by air. Hubby left by car on Sunday night andis due to pick me up at the airport. I hope as slow as I have been I can keep up for the weekend. I warned Maria I was still in recovery stages and would be slow.
My arm looks good and is dry and healing.
The chest catheter does not hurt like hell much anymore.
Maria will be graduating from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday, I am so proud of her.
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Then the genius fairy sprinkled me with brain dust.
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Send her my way, Jbeany, and tell her to bring plenty of supply! I've got a deficit to make up.
Congrats on all the sales. I love getting rid of clutter. We donated probably around 50 children's books to my son's preschool yesterday, and today a Freecycler should be coming round to collect all of our old vhs movies. Empty space is a beautiful sight.
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My positive comes from Sunday when I finally had the energy to go and see one of my son's soccer games. He is a phenomenal little player, and Gwyn and I just love shouting out encouragement to each kid on the team. Aidan only made the one goal this game, but what a stunner! He dribbled the ball down the right side of the field and shot all the way across the goal to the left corner. His team was, per usual, getting quite discouraged because of the score (2-several million, last I counted) but Aidan has mastered the mental aspect of this game. He is relentless.
Liot was there, and this field borders a small wooded area. He spent most of the game pulling up garlic mustard weed (an invasive species). He had only seen it once, but somehow recognized it. They'll love him down at the environmental center when they have their annual garlic mustard week pulling event.
soccer and my 12 year old goalkeeper is the reason to keep taking care of myself the best way I can. As a single parent I have no one to fill in the gaps. No matter how I feel I push myself to make every practice and every game. He is considered to be the best goalie in his league. He is the positive in my life and I will jump any hurdle to be there to enjoy every minute.
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Making food for my cousin's visit to the cottage on Friday...two little kids and 5 adults. Quinoa salad, done. Mango salad done. Nuts for salads toasted. Homemade burgers, made and wrapped. Hunt for thin multigrain low fat buns, successful finally. Strawberries to serve with frozen yogurt, found.
Now off to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Ahhh.
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Hey, when are you having the rest of us over? Sounds yummy!
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I'd love to cook for all transplantees from IHD. Everyone else welcome too and I'd work hard to not give you anything too "healthy" meaning non-renal diet. :flower;
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Preschool was furloughed today, so guess who spent the entire day with one willful little lad.
I am so proud of myself. I couldn't sleep last night until gone 1AM, then awoke at stupid o'clock, but not sleepy. I think I ran on the adrenaline (my saner sounding word for anxiety) of being left to perform like a real mom for the first time in months. Liot can be angel or nightmare, and one never knows in advance which way it's going to go. Today.... angel! Woo-hoo! (At least for my bit. Poor Gwyn.)
We went to the zoo. Liot knows so much about animals that he reminds me of some 20-year-veteran of a safari guide who has seen his fill of The Big Five and just wants to appreciate the little pleasures of nature. We were right in front of the giraffe enclosure when he starts shouting "Look! Mom! Look! A sparrow!!!" Then we were walking along and he found a tiny, fuzzy caterpillar and said "I think caterpillars like to crawl on my hand." So, I showed him how to place his hand, and the caterpillar was quite active up and down his arm, and he kept calling to bewildered tourists that he had a caterpillar on his arm. We left after two hours - no meltdowns.
Then Aidan came back from school and we took the boys to Brazilian soccer training. I don't know what that means either, except, yes, those were bona fide Brazilians running the session.
I am knackered, but it's great. A stranger at the zoo who happened to be traveling in our direction turned to me with that sympathy smile and said "Are you a survivor?" ??? "Did you survive....?" (pause) "Cancer? No, I had chemo and radiation for something else."
The next person who asks me if I'm a survivor, I'm just going to say yes and leave it there. :)
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As cariad says, it's "stupid o'clock" and I am still awake.
I received yesterday various courses I ordered from The Teaching Company. I have viewed several courses in the past, mainly medieval history and also linguistics. The course that came yesterday is an "Understanding Great Music" course, and I've learned some fascinating things, like how only 40 examples of ancient music exist today, and how religious changes also brought about change in music. Right now I'm learning about medieval masses and madrigals. It's so cool!
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As cariad says, it's "stupid o'clock" and I am still awake.
I received yesterday various courses I ordered from The Teaching Company. I have viewed several courses in the past, mainly medieval history and also linguistics. The course that came yesterday is an "Understanding Great Music" course, and I've learned some fascinating things, like how only 40 examples of ancient music exist today, and how religious changes also brought about change in music. Right now I'm learning about medieval masses and madrigals. It's so cool!
My positive for the day is reading this post MM.
BTW, you might find this site interesting http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/ It's Melvyn Bragg of the BBC who discusses a wide variety of fascinating topics with knowledgeable guests. There's an archive of the podcasts and I usually listen while I cook.
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Okay, so I am a few days late, but I went to see my tall dark and handsome Neph on Wed and my GFR is now up to 25. It was 18 six months ago. I am happy!!!
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Just got back from a weekend away with good friends who have a beautiful house in the country. Hanging out with a nine and a four year old was amazing fun.
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Went to the Santa Cruz Blues Festival. Beautiful day, good music, lots of fun.
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Okay, so I am a few days late, but I went to see my tall dark and handsome Neph on Wed and my GFR is now up to 25. It was 18 six months ago. I am happy!!!
How completely fantastic for you, Jean. This is such amazing news - I'm happy for you!
I have been out and active the past few days and almost feel like a normal person again. Yesterday we walked about 3 miles going to and from the kite festival that was in town. The way the festival was set up, we were able to bypass the commercial area where Liot had a meltdown last year when we wouldn't buy him some cheap crap or other. This year, we brought our own drinks, and the kids got to play with a giant Nemo (the fish) kite/balloon thing. Nemo was tethered to the ground, so when the wind was up he would float, and then when the wind subsided, he would gently float to the ground and about half a dozen kids would jump under him and start squealing. It was so fun to watch, and kept the boys amused for about an hour. We also got to see the launch of two gigantic octopus kites, and we watched a few of the professional kite fliers. After we got home, the kids wanted to play on the playground , so Gwyn took them to the little park across the way.
Today we had a late start, but the kids wanted to go to the park to play laser tag. Gwyn and I plotted to leave the laser guns at home and instead bring our super soakers, with a few gallons of extra water for refills. After getting over the disappointment that the lasers had been left home, the kids were walking into the park when Gwyn crept up behind them and sprayed them. An hour later, we were out of water and sporting the drowned rat look. A dog then came running up to us and started barking earnestly, obviously trying to communicate something. His owner, a really friendly, older man, started shouting "throw the stick!" The dog had a plastic stick on a rope and was demanding that we play with him. Aidan grabbed the rope and chucked it, and the dog ran to get it, brought it back, dropped it in front of Aidan and barked purposefully again. This went on dozens of times, with the kids taking turns. After the park, it was Brazilian soccer training for Aidan, while I played with Liot at home, blowing bubbles outside.
Right now I am thoroughly and exquisitely exhausted. It is divine!
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Finished reupholstering my adorable $5 chair from the thrift store. Minus the ugly, stained print, it looks fabulous. I used a scrap chunk of fabric, so the only extra cost was a few staples. I've been on a project kick now that my decluttering war is at a cease fire. (I've sorted so much there isn't much of anything left to go through.) I also used scrap wood and built a proper stretcher for an oil painting that's been wedged in a poster frame for years, getting more wrinkled all the time. It looks much better, and far more substantial, given the 2 inch width of the scrap wood. I have 3 weeks until the next craft show, so now I've got the decks cleared of house projects so I can sew, bead, and sculpt to bulk out my existing craft stock for the next sale. Ahhhh, visible progress around the house is like a refreshing breeze.
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Cariad and jbeany, where do you get all that energy?
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you might find this site interesting http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/ It's Melvyn Bragg of the BBC who discusses a wide variety of fascinating topics with knowledgeable guests. There's an archive of the podcasts and I usually listen while I cook.
What a great idea!! While I was still in England, Melvyn Bragg did a BBC TV series called "The Adventure of English", the first part of which was aired before the Christmas/New Year holidays; I kept waiting for the second part, but I'm not sure they ever aired it. But I have the book. When the Normans occupied England, French was the language of the royal court, and English was the language of the farmers. That's why we have two words to describe beef...it was "cow" while it was still alive and at the farm, but once it was butchered and brought into the royal homes, it became "boeuf". Same with "sheep/mutton." I think that's so cool. Language can be a mirror of history.
My positive for today is that, for the first time in at least a year, I got outside and played catch with my DH, glove and all. My dad and I would play catch for hours all those years ago, and I am proud to say that I do not throw like a girl. The glove felt heavy to my left arm, my fistula arm, as I repeatedly caught the ball, and I think this provided good exercise !
Oh, and I am now learning about The Baroque and the prelude to opera.
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Cariad and jbeany, where do you get all that energy?
I'm running on spare parts, Jean! It's the first time I've had energy in a decade - I'm not wasting a minute of it, just in case it doesn't last.
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Cariad and jbeany, where do you get all that energy?
I'm running on spare parts, Jean! It's the first time I've had energy in a decade - I'm not wasting a minute of it, just in case it doesn't last.
Amen to this, jbeany! My energy was significantly decreased today, but I'm not the only one who feels run down, for a change. Progress!
We went to the environmental centre today for a walk on the bike trail that runs past it. The centre was shut (thankfully, because we can never drag Elliot out of there) but they had loads of tomato plants out front with a sign that said they were free. Then we had a long walk and saw a baby raccoon. The raccoon was crying - we think it had fallen from the two-story ledge that it was sitting under. It wasn't hurt, but it was against this stone wall surrounded by water. A woman walked over to us and asked what we were looking at, and she called wildlife rescue, but the last we heard there was not much they could do. I hope the little guy survives. It was certainly a special sight for the kids getting to see this raccoon, smaller than a house cat, crawling around on logs and fallen branches. We took four organic tomato plants on our way back to the car.
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Lovely, lovely weekend! Yesterday was Aidan's soccer combined with a celebratory picnic for all the teams. It is held at a huge field and the kids all play their games wedged in together like a real tourney. Then there were games for the kids - a bouncy house, this strange giant octopus balloon tunnel maze, and some skill challenges in soccer. As Aidan played his match, I took Liot to the bouncy house. We queued for at least 20 minutes, then he jumped around for about 5 minutes. We were halfway through the hundred yard march to get back to Aidan's match when "Mom, I have to go to the bathroom." (Sigh) Turn around, find a bathroom, walk back to the match, catch the last 2 minutes. Gwyn says they lost, Aidan insists it was a tie. Brilliant match either way, our side played some of their best of the season. Then we get the kids the hot dog lunch that was on offer. Then they get in to the octopus maze and refuse to come out. The slightly dim young man standing guard outside keeps telling me I can go in and get them. (No.) Aidan eventually emerges, Gwyn has to crawl in and retrieve the other one. Then Liot discovers there are zips at strategic points all over this balloon and tries to dive into the octopus a half dozen times or so. Alarmingly, my full weight tugging against his arm is not enough to pull him out of there and I have to shout for Gwyn. (Liot only weighs 43 pounds - this seems to defy the laws of physics.)
Then I drop Gwyn off at a beer tasting, race home, the babysitter arrives, switch cars so I don't have to drive Gwyn's, meet Gwyn at the beer tasting, spend 2 hours watching grown men and very few women make raucous merry. I am one of a select group of 'designated drivers'. Drive Gwyn home, talk to the babysitter for a few minutes, then she tries to refuse to be paid saying "I don't want it." ??? Are you kidding me, honey, this is work. She tells me that watching my children is not work. I want to adopt this woman, but settle for sending her home with the money we insisted on paying her. Then I slide into the jetted bath for a good, long soak.
This morning we had a quick breakfast of croissants with butter and lemon curd, with French breakfast melon on the side. This is dining week in town, so many restaurants are offering prix fixe menus that would normally cost at least double. It turned out the art museum cafe was participating, and it happened that the single-work exhibition of a famous painting was on its last day today. We went to the museum, the boys sat quietly through a 12 minute video on the piece (except for when the film showed Da Vinci's Woman with Ermine and Liot 'whispered' in the loudest manner possible "What animal is that?!") We saw the piece, the kids were angelic, the work was poorly lit though which was baffling. I kept catching the glare when I walked too close. Shame. I did really enjoy it though - like seeing a famous person, although far less disappointing. Then we went to the cafe and had a marvelous little brunch.
We did a quick shop at the local co-op and came home to cook food for the week to come. Such a productive and fun weekend, and very little pain for me.
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Our IHD mini meet was a success. I am so grateful to Kit, Marc and Patty for all the information they shared with the girls who live here and all of the encouragement they gave us. What a great bunch of people. My husband Bob worked his little butt off, carrying things and cooking the dogs and then carrying more things. Our13th wedding anniversary is tomorrow, ( Monday ) . We wont celebrate it for another couple of weeks, but I am thinking I just might keep this one.
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My husband and son are rebuilding our back deck. It's going to be barbecue time soon!
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I have something to be happy about today....at dialysis they said they are only going to take of 2.7 instead of 4.0 so this means no awful leg cramp at the end :bandance;....hmmm Lance Armstrong said a grown man over the age of thirty can not use emoticons..heres to you Lance ----> :sir ken;
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My grandmother passed away this weekend. That might not sound like much of positive, but she was in a lot of pain the last couple of weeks, so she was ready to go. I've been her only family nearby for years, so trying to take care of her stubborn, semi-senile self while dealing with my own health problems has been a constant source of stress. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted knowing I don't have to worry about her anymore. I spent today running several dozen errands dealing with the funeral plans, the paperwork, the lawyer, the real estate office, and the help and equipment needed to deal with the 92 years of accumulated junk in her house, basement, 3 car garage, and massive pole barn. (Depression babies never throw out ANYTHING.) My sister, who lives 4 hours away, and is in the middle of work and her kids' graduation parties, won't be able to come until the morning of the funeral, and will only be able to stay a few days to help with the cleaning. She keeps apologizing for not being able to help, but I just feel so glad to be doing something besides waiting - waiting for a transplant, waiting to feel better, waiting for my life to get off "PAUSE". I've inherited enough to pay tuition to go back to school and to move to an area with better job prospects. My life has gone from 0 to 60 in 2 days, and I'm loving having the energy to deal with it, thanks to the transplant.
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I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother, jbeany, but I am very glad to know that it is one less burden on your shoulders. You mentioned going back to school and moving...I see you are in Northern Michigan; where, exactly? My DH and I go to Michigan every year, sometimes twice a year. If you do return to school, what will you study? And to where would you like to move?
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I'm moving down to the Grand Rapids area. My sister and her family are the only family I have, and I want to be closer to them. She lived up here when my nephew was small, and I saw them daily. I miss that. I'm going to get a paralegal certificate. Since I already have a bachelor's degree, I only need 4 semesters of classes to get the certificat, which I can finish in just over a year. I've been on disability with kidney failure for over a decade, so I need some recent schooling if I want to get a decent job. The certificate will be faster and cheaper than getting a Masters.
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JBeany, I am sorry about your Grandmother. It does seem that now, you can move on and enjoy your new lease on life. Your future plans sound great and exciting. This is your time now. Oh the possibilities! And how nice that you can be closer to your sister and family. It all sounds perfect. I'll be thinking of you during the next few days. They will be hard, but you know that there is an end and you can move forward. :2thumbsup; :cuddle;
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I can go back to work on Friday!!!!
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I can go back to work on Friday!!!!
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My little boy really enjoyed his birthday. :cheer: We ordered the smallest cake we could get from the bakery, and ended up with the massive beast pictured below. It was a rich yellow cake with a light French creme frosting and fresh raspberries mixed with the creme in between the layers. A dozen children, their teachers, Aidan, Gwyn and I barely made a dent in it, so we asked Elliot if he wanted to share it with Aidan's class. We took Elliot downstairs to the big kids' rooms and he was greeted with a hero's welcome (needless to say!) After that, Gwyn and I were still facing bringing nearly a third of the cake home, and were discussing which rooms to peddle our cake in next when one of Aidan's teachers suggested the business office. This bit of intelligence proved very useful, as the ladies there were certainly eager to take on the challenge. The cake was delicious I must say. We are giving Elliot one last present today, as he was so generous in sharing his cake with the school. He's getting a collection of dinosaurs that live in a rock house, to replace the dinosaur on his cake.
The photos below show the cake with edible rocks (jellybeans) and Elliot showing off his frosting fingers after the celebration. In the upper left, it is possible to see how little of the cake we consumed on the first go.
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Gorgeous little boy Cariad...cake looked pretty cool too!
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I'm drooling!
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Thanks, Monrein! I love him to bits!
Galvo, I wish you could have been there. We would have welcomed your help with the cake!
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I would have been priveleged to assist.
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What a cutie he is Cariad...
My daily positive for today....It's our anniversary! We are dialyzing early and going out for dinner to celebrate!
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Cariad, what a sweet little guy! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Happy Anniversary to Looneytunes and the lucky one who shares the anniversary! :2thumbsup;
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JBeany so sorry about your Grandmother. And happy belated birthday to Elliot.
My positive is that i went to my neph this week and my kidney function had gone up again. It was down to 15, then last time it was up to 20. This week when I went in it had gone up to 27. I said my gosh this is like a miracle. My neph agreed.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Love, Mimi
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Mimi, that's fabulous!
We're at least 3/4 of the way through cleaning my grandmother's house. Whew! Everything is grouped in the pole barn and garage so I can mark it for the huge estate sale on 4th of July. Smartest thing I've done in ages was grab a slip off the bulletin board at the local grocery, advertising "Rent-A-Son". I've got two 15 year old boys from the neighborhood helping us haul things. They are tireless at running up and down stairs and hauling big furniture out of the house. We're having them load the pick up truck bed at the back door, and then drive it around the 4 acre yard to unload at the pole barn. They are both in driver's training, so it's absolutely hysterical to watch them caaarrrreeeefullly backing up the truck to get it close to the doors. It takes them 10 minutes to jockey it into position.
Oh, and if anyone needs a 90 year supply of margarine tubbies, twist ties, or washed and folded bread bags, do let me know! We have a 20 yard construction dumpster almost full in 5 days of cleaning. The plastic is so old it's not even stamped for recycling, so all we can do is trash it!
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Great news Mimi ! :yahoo;
Jbeany, I was laughing out loud thinking about the Rent a sons! What a great idea! They must be fun to watch driving the truck. Oh to have the energy of a 15 yr. old!! Nothing makes you want to purge your house more than when you have to clean out someone elses. Depression age people saved every little thing, no matter how small. Hope you are taking care of yourself during all of this. Don't overdue! Make those teenage boys do it :rofl;
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I would have been priveleged to assist.
:rofl; :2thumbsup;
Thanks Mimi, Paris, and Looney! And Mimi, what spectacular news. I am so happy for you! :yahoo;
Hope you had a lovely, happy anniversary Looney!
Jbeany, that was quite an entertaining read. OK, so I have two sons - where do I go to rent them out?? That would be a positive to beat all! ;)
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:yahoo; I finally got my hair cut today. Cancled my hair appointment back a month or so ago due to Franks condition. Today I just walked into a salon & said chop it . Now it's nice & short & boy do the greys show up now. Maybe someday i will have the time to get color again.
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There was an airshow in town today, and my aunt and uncle happen to live in the area with the best view. We were driving around looking for parking when I saw them outside their home. My uncle told us to feel free to park in his garage, and then once we were out of the car, said he was having a load of people over. :oops; The two of them are amazing people who have such an easygoing way about them, we never felt like we were intruding, and the people they had over all had small children as well. One of the guests walked up to me and said "I hear you just had a kidney transplant". (I am used to this - it would never occur to my aunt to keep this private.) So, I said yes and steeled myself to do a lot of explaining. Well, she said "I'm a physician - I do transplant surgery." It turned out she worked at the hospital where my nephrologists work (I left out this little detail!) She does heart transplants, so did not know any of the doctors that I met down in Chicago. She said heart is usually separated from liver, kidney, and pancreas operations. Quite a coincidence, and she was just the nicest woman. My kids had a blast playing with the other kids, and having free access to my aunt and uncle's copious supply of snacks!
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That was a top day, cariad!
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My prednisone was lowered from 7.5 to 5 today! :bandance;
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My prednisone was lowered from 7.5 to 5 today! :bandance;
Cool, jbeany! :yahoo;
Last day of public school for Aidan today. Listen to my articulate little boy, I am so proud of him. I told him to write a thank you card to his doll of a teacher, and all on his own, he came up with the following:
Dear Mr. Manny,
Thank you for teaching me. I have learned a lot from being in your class. I especially liked Mr. Manny's Reward Shop. I hope you have a great summer and enjoy your new students.
Sincerely,
Aidan
Gwyn also wrote him a quick note, and we put $40 in the envelope. Is cash tacky? I am from the generation when kids would come to school with tins of home-baked edibles for the teachers. I tried to think of a gift card to give him, but he's a 22-year-old Peruvian and Aidan reports he's never seen him drink coffee. I didn't know where to begin!
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A book store gift card? A big chain like Barnes and Noble has books, cds and dvds, so he's got a really big selection.
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As a former teacher ---- I would have loved $40 cash! I did enjoy gift cards, but the idea of having cash to do something special just for me would have been great. Can you imagine how old tins of cookies can get? :rofl; I think your gift will be greatly appreciated. And I love Aidan's note. I kept those kind of notes and they still warm my heart.
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A book store gift card? A big chain like Barnes and Noble has books, cds and dvds, so he's got a really big selection.
That's a great suggestion! I should have thought of that. I'm one of those 'buy local even if it costs you more' dorks, so I completely forgot about the 'all things media' extravaganza at the big book sellers.
Thanks, Paris! He certainly earned it and I hope he has fun spending it.
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This is such a nice thread to read. I enjoy hearing about the nice things that are happening to people!
I'm getting through my Teaching Company DVD set "How to Listen to and Understand Great Music. I've just finished the sections on "Fugue" and "Baroque Opera." So much to learn; so little time.
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My 19 year old daughter is home for the summer from college. Now I have both my kids at home and I am loving it.Got to enjoy this while it lasts.
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Wonderful, Sunny, enjoy!
Sounds interesting, MM. I am a complete ignoramous when it comes to music. I blame it on my favorite excuse: hospital baby switching. My grandmother went to Julliard and owned a music store, and I grew up with two baby grands in the home and a decade of music lessons. It's pitiable. I do, thankfully, know what a fugue is, thanks to this cute little YouTube vid I stumbled upon when researching the origin of the term 'fugue states'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgDcC2LOJhQ&feature=PlayList&p=A29FE1312DF66C42&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=1
I'll have to think of a positive for the day and return....
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Moved some pretty large rocks around among my hosta collection and planted three new ones plus a division clump. Also made a low stone bench to hold a planter pot that has yet to be designed. Came in and made a pot of red lentil, ginger, coconut milk soup but went out for sushi dinner.
Early morning appointment with the dermatologist to remove odd looking things that appear periodically but none was suspicious. Quite often they are sent away to the lab although none have ever been a problem. Doctor told me she thought I looked as healthy as any of her patients and way more so than many. Excellent little day all around.
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monrein, I like your dermatologist!!
I have a hosta collection, too! (Mostly because nothing kills hostas, not even me.) They are great plants for the horticulturally lazy...that's me, too.
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Hostas are truly a gift from God! My daughter in law just stopped by and she couldn't believe how huge some of mine are. Some are a tiny variety and I have all different colors. (well, as different "colors" hostas can be!") They give so much and ask for so little. I must divide them this year, though. I have lost a little stone path amoung all their folliage! Monrein, when is the best time to divide them? Any tips would be appreciated. :2thumbsup;
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Hostas, tiger lilies, hen and chicks, and decorative fescue grass - all things I can keep alive. Everything thing else - not so much.
My car has new brakes today. My adorable mechanic told me it now drives like "a knife thru buttah". Not sure when the native bred Michigan boy started channeling the Jersey shore, but it made me laugh anyhow.
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Paris, I divide them whenever I want or need them in new places. They're tough as nails except for many varieties being slug bait. I wait till they've grown in and are nice and strong but no special time to divide here. I have one that overwintered, bare rooted, tossed on my neighbour's compost heap. I rescued it, planted and it's still going well about 15 years later.
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Love is......
It is bitterly cold here in South Africa and I was at dialysis until 21h30 last night..
Hubby fetched me and on my seat he had a warm been bag. (you heat it in the microwave) He is really such a honey! I love him to bits.
He is the reason that I sit through dialysis day in and day out.
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I attended the cardiac rehab unit at the local hospital and was impressed with the professionalism of the staff and somewhat dismayed at the sight of the evil machines - bicycling things and walking things. I start rehab next week and am, oddly, looking forward to it.
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As weird as it might sound, cardiac rehab is a great way to start a regular habit of exercising and that often helps us feel better all round. Good luck Galvo and I hope the evil looking machines become your friends.
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Gram's house is spotless and empty. Ahhhhhh. The pole barn and the 3 car garage, however, are packed to the gills with things I need to tag for the estate sale. At least the trash is gone, or most of it. The 20 yard construction dumpster left, nearly overflowing, on Monday and was replaced with a 10 yard, which is so far only partly full. Two weeks to mark a million things, although the number gets smaller with every friend who comes to help - they keep taking it home with them!
I applied to college today, and got my transcript sent from the uni where I got my degree. I made an appointment with an admissions adviser for next week, to be done by phone. The aide who made the appointment asked me if I could send a computer file of my original degree transcript to the adviser before the phone appointment, in case the official one isn't sent in time. I had to laugh. My "official" student copy is on tear-off dot matrix printer paper. "A Windows compatible file, please." -yeah, right! I said I'd scan it and e-mail it as a pdf. :rofl;
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My positive for the day.....I am finally on the transplant list at Henry ford, Mich! :2thumbsup;
Pam
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Congrats, Pam. That is huge.
Jbeany, what an accomplishment.
Good luck to you, Galvo. It sounds like you're off to a roaring start.
Loads of little positives today. We received a reimbursement check from the transplant centre for a hotel stay back in February. I received my refills on all my meds, although one of my meds has been stopped. It's the clotrimazole, which never gave me any side effects, but as it's a dissolving tablet, I always had to wait an extra half an hour to go to bed when I would take it - no food or drink for 20 minutes, and must brush teeth within an hour of taking it. That hassle is over. I took a nice long walk in the glorious sunshine this morning.
We received our first CSA drop, containing pole beans, spinach, basil to die for, one quart of maple syrup (with the option to buy further quarts at the absolute bargain price of $10 per), cilantro like manna from heaven, lettuce, and strawberries.
I opened my email this morning to find a Groupon for a mobile car cleaning service that uses an eco-friendly and low-water system. I purchased a $25 car wash for Gwyn for only $10, and I will give him the voucher for Father's Day. He can make an appointment for the company to come to his car at work.
I received the other Father's Day gift I bought for Gwyn already. Custom mousepads. (Don't laugh, we have none in the house and it is really annoying!) One is a pickie of the boys, the other is the owl that he photographed, and I think it's a stunning photo. Check below. I used the photo of the owl on the branch rather than the one of the owl looking out of the nest. I just love the regal look of the owl, and how you can just make out the eye, seemingly watching you....
Fab day!
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My 3.57 GPA from my Bach degree means I qualify for a scholarship of $4000 a year. Basically, for every 3 classes I take, one of them is free. They are still waiting for my official transcript to arrive from my original school, but I've already been preregistered for the classes I want. It's going to be a great schedule - everything on Tuesday and Thursday, back to back from 10 am to 3:30. That leaves the rest of the week for a job, so I don't have to crunch through my savings while I'm studying.
I've got half the pole barn full of estate sale clutter marked. I'm hoping to finish the other half tomorrow, and finish off the garage on Friday. My sale ad comes out in the paper on Saturday, to run for the entire week, and I'd love to have everything already marked and locked up before the collectors and antique dealers start swarming around hoping for an early look.
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Excellent news, jbeany. Four thousand is serious. :yahoo;
I have accepted the treasurer position on the PTO board at my son's school. The president of the PTO was one of the parents we really relied upon during the transplant period, and she has been doing both positions for a year. No one else wanted to take it up, so now that I'm feeling more stable, I think it will be a great way to get involved with my son's school and start learning about the behind-the-scenes of it without being exposed to germy children. We have our first meeting next week. This is rather a big deal for me - I want to get myself back out into the world but my confidence in my abilities has been shattered. This will hopefully ease me back into job-resembling duties.
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My sister-in-law/ donor arrived yesterday with my niece and nephew (12 and 16). The kids will be here for a month and Kathy for four days now and four days later. They are so much fun and best of all they love hanging out with us...since we have no kids of our own, this is very special.
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cariad, that is an enormous step forward that took no small amount of courage. Good for you!
Monrein, you have a 16 year old nephew that likes to hang out with the old folks like us? :rofl; How rare? My 17 year old stepson is a great kid, but he has his gormless moments, mostly while he is texting his friends, which is, like, soooo all the tiime. What do you have planned for the kids FOR A WHOLE MONTH?
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My wife, who had her knee replaced Tuesday. She is doing fine and was told today she will get to come home tomorrow.
Also my step daughter and her sons are here and today they were thrilled because while I was gone men from the public works commission parked beside our house and off loaded a tracked (tracked) ATV to once again check the creek which runs behind the hiouse. The little guys, ages 3 and 20 months were enthralled for over an hour watching them. When my step daughter picked me up to take me home the 3 year old told me all about it!
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MM, it's constant busyness. Both kids love sports and so there are several baseball games (Blue Jays) planned as well as a special one where Lee has arranged for my sister-in-law and niece to be on the field for batting practice. They'll also likely go to a Lacrosse game or two. They are also serious "foodies" so much time is spent planning meals both at home and in restaurants. Summerlicious is on, starting July 9th and that's a great opportunity to try great restaurants for 3 course prix fixe menus at fairly reasonable prices. We make a list of contender restaurants and then select a few, based on consensus. Then there's the jazz festival, so we'll likely take in some music there and also Angelique Kidjo is playing on Canada Day so we're going to that for sure..their Mum's brother is the sound mixer/producer/engineer/tour manager for a number of artists (Jackson Browne, Richard Thompson, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Duncan Sheik, Aimee Mann, Suzanne Vega, David Garrett, Juliana Hatfiel, Kathleen Edwards, Ben Kweller) including her, so he's in town for the show and we get free tickets. We'll of course try out a new restaurant with him the night before.
We'll spend a couple days here and there at the cottage (altho they much prefer the city because they live in a small town in northern Florida and they like the change), go to some art galleries and art shows, the museum, take in some movies, hopefully at least one Imax experience, they'll go to Canada's Wonderland (roller coasters and such) with a friend's daughter they've become friends with over the years, go to other friends' houses for barbeques and such, they each have a month's pass to our gym where Al is old enough and big enough to work out and Syd can take some squash lessons and do some cardio machines. We might do this about once a week I guess. We also visit some relatives, check out interesting parts of town like the beaches, the Greek area, China town, little India etc. Tomorrow my husband is driving Al and his Mum to Waterloo where he's meeting with some professors (for the second time) to discuss the program he hopes to do there (engineering and robotics). Al will also do some techie stuff around our place like upgrade the computer's hard drive to accommodate more music and buy and hook up a better TV cable for my 91 year old mother-in-law's high def TV. She takes us to some pretty special restaurant outings so time spent with her is built in to every visit...and they come twice a year.
In the down time ....haha....we play scrabble, rent movies, go for walks (they like night time strolls on city streets) and I make them help me with some garden chores and they laugh at the names I have for my various plants. We might also head over to Ottawa for a couple days.
Their Mum is leaving on Monday for a ten day trip to Newfoundland and Labrador the she returns for 4 days, leaves again for Florida and work at the clinic and then my brother, who is holding down the fort back at the vet clinic, will go with the whole family for a week in Maine where she's from. Gosh I'm tired just typing all this stuff...but we only do one day at a time. What's lovely is how often we comment on the difference now with my transplant compared to the trips when I was dialysing and they'd come in to pick me up there, too bushed to be fully myself.
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Aside from the news from the transplant centre, for the first time in their lives, my kids both had field trips on the same day. My little boy went strawberry picking. Of course, most of the berries were totally smashed by the time he got them home to us, so we made jam which he can enjoy come the weekend. He was so proud of himself!
We took delivery of our CSA drop. Gwyn and I managed to use almost everything from last week's box. I made a few dishes, including green bean pate with the pole beans, salsa and pesto with the cilantro, and many, many salads. At the moment I am obsessed with spinach salad with diced gouda, dried cranberries, soy bacon bits, and chopped marcona almonds. I don't really care for salad dressings most of the time, and this one is perfect without. Our new box contains spring garlic, radishes with the tops still on, strawberries, lettuce, more gorgeous cilantro, cucumber, and mushrooms. :cheer:
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My haemoglobins have risen to 99 after Wednesday's 2 transfusions. Good but not great. We'll keep monitoring.
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Yesterday's positive.... Our tv broke as I walked in from work.. Yes it is a positive! The family spent time around the table playing poker, black Jack and Roulette...! The looser made coffee.... it was the most fun we've had in a long time. At 10h30 we only realised the time....
This was fab!
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Oh, Des, I just love it when things like this happen. :yahoo; It makes one realise how the technology that we all find so entertaining may actually be keeping us from the real fun in life. I have many happy memories of playing cards, especially hearts, with my family as a teenager.
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MY DAILY PSOTIVES:
Got to spend the day with my grandsons, ages 3 and 20 months. They are a blast. The little one's word for today was "truck". Must have heard him say it 30 times, but that is ok. He is fascinated by trucks, any kind.
My wife came home from the hospital with her new knee! So far so good, she is getting around slowly but surely.
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fc2821: hope your wife takes it easy and recovers quickly.
My DH is starting to get about the house a bit more briskly, in a stiff legged fashion. He still cant bend it much. Yesterday I took him for an outing in the car, to get his head in some fresh air after 5 days inside. Today he wants another outing, so we're planning to go down the M5 into Sydney city, to check out the scene, drive slowly about the main streets like the young rev heads in hotted cars, and go down to Mrs Macquaries' chair, from which you can see the opera house and the bridge from the car windows. Should be fun!
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Every last knickknack in the pole barn at my gram's house is tagged and ready for the estate sale. The 3 car garage is arranged in narrow but walkable rows, with most things already laid out to be tagged. Another day or two at the most and it should all be ready. Whew!
We accepted a verbal offer on gram's house yesterday, too! :bandance; If all goes smoothly, we should have it closed in a month, which leaves me plenty of time to find an apartment, pack and move myself to be ready for school on August 30.
August 27 will be my one year kidney-versary, so I'm planning an apartment warming/transplant/back to school party. :bandance; Party at beany's, everyone!
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I would come to your party if I could, JB!
My 24 year oldest daughter is coming to live at home. I have a friend who moved into the spare bedroom, so we get to clean out Victor's gun room. Danielle will get that bedroom. I have new sheets and comforter for her bed and new curtains to put into her room. Hurray. She has been in a difficult situation for the past few years!
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The good news for the day - the estate sale is done. Whew! We made almost $1800 on junk and clutter. Bad news is by the time we subtracted the cost of our lost wages for time we took off work to set it up, the cost of gas for multiple road trips, the cost of the teenage kids we hired to help us haul everything out to the pole barn and garage, and the cost of advertising it, we were in negative numbers! We should have just called the thrift store to send a truck once a day to pick up things as we sorted them out from the junk we pitched immediately in the dumpster as we were taking it out of the house. Ah, well. We had to sort anyhow, to see if there was anything we actually wanted in the heaps of useless knickknacks and other hoarded junk. The house is empty and ready for the new owners. Best of all, I don't have to leave the house tomorrow!
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My kids both started up their skating lessons yesterday. Liot has been asking to learn skating, in essence, since birth. Aidan took a basic course last year, but has no other experience. Aidan is now taking skating for hockey players (his Welsh cousin is semi-pro and will probably go pro in the near future). Liot is taking a basic class for 4-5 year-olds. He is most likely the youngest there, as he just turned 4. We have a gorgeous rink in town where Olympic speed skaters train, and Gwyn loves that it is always 55 degrees in there (Just like summer in Wales! he loves to cry out). I was terrified watching them, especially Liot. The poor boy thought he was just going to get on there and skate, so he kept trying to imitate the skating movements and he looked like one of those cartoons where they try to run but their feet just keep spinning in place, and then he would fall over. He did catch on quickly, though, and I was so impressed with his smiley attitude. Aidan had an attack of nerves before his class, and then once he was out there, it all came back to him and he did so well, even skating backward which I could never manage.
Anyhow, I had a ball talking to another mom and watching our kids stumble around out there. I cannot wait to see how they improve over the next six weeks. Oh, and they both do swimming on the weekends, and Liot is so proud of himself. He told Gwyn, "This is real swimming." Aidan is over his fear of the deep end and now says that it's his favorite part of the lessons.
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We're going on holiday for five days from Friday! Each year we go to Michigan, usually Petoskey, and stay for a week. This year, I was very reluctant to make any plans because I could just feel it in my bones that it was not going to be a good year, and it hasn't been. But this year, my husband turns 50, and I wanted to do something special for him, so 4 months ago, I took a leap of faith and made reservations for 5 nights at a posh B&B in Saugatuck in July. I figured that if I got accepted onto the transplant waiting list and a kidney became miraculously available, the drive from Saugatuck is only half of that from Petoskey. And I was hoping that I would not yet be on dialysis. I was careful to check their cancellation policy! So, now that it is four months later, I am almost on the list, and I am not on D yet, so hopefully we will still get to go. The great unknown factor is the health of my mother down in Houston. I've already spent 10 days down there, and I will go back next month, but I really didn't want to have to cancel this holiday because it's my husband's birthday present; he has been through the wars with me throughout this kidney krap. I know there must have been times when he thought he was married to a raving lunatic, but he has stayed true and deserves a birthday reward.
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I am alive.
Thats it for now.
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That's not too bad, Des.
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Had a great day today. One of my fave restaurants was on Groupon, so I paid $20 for a $40 voucher to eat there. Gwyn and I went to Costco and found an amazing deal on bunk beds for the boys. A really beautiful twin-over-full set which is important to us because my older son has a luxurious full bed with top-of-the-line mattress, and I wanted to be able to keep his mattress and all of his bedding. My younger son has been sleeping on the trundle for over a year. He doesn't mind, but it does not fit in the room well- it is blocking one of their closet doors. Now we can eliminate that problem, keep both of their mattresses, and sell the bed and trundle without the mattresses as a set on Craigslist. Since it is PBK (Potter Barn Kids) it will sell in moments if we price it correctly. We also have cheap bunk beds in the basement that have barely been used. I hate those beds!!! I think because they look nice and we have two (cheap) mattresses that we can sell with them, we should get close to what we paid for them. (One of the mattresses is still in plastic.) If we cannot, we'll pick a charity that we want to support and donate it and write it off our tax. Selling these items will get us much more than what we paid for the bunk beds today. Oh, yes, we know how best to work the system.
I also contacted my uncle, who is rather a Big Deal locally, to ask for recommendations for people to contact about helping my sons' school with some crucial fundraising. My uncle is so amazingly sweet. I expected him to just give me a few names, or say he did not think it would work out (which he did kind of say, but he was only being honest and realistic). Instead, he has offered to meet with the school director to ask questions, get a better idea of what their situation is, and then make recommendations. I so hope this helps the school. This is the place that was an utter miracle for us all throughout the transplant.
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It took me less than a day to find and rent a great apartment in a great location. I had allotted all weekend for apartment hunting, and then took the first one I saw. I started looking at 5 pm on Thursday and had the paperwork done and approved by 11 on Friday morning. The internet is a wonderful thing, isn't it? I did all my hunting online before I even drove into town. Between the apartment review sites and the local police reports, it's really quick to narrow things down! With a floor plan in hand, I spent the rest of Friday afternoon scoping out new furniture. (Nothing like shopping in Michigan's furniture capital for good deals! I'm going to Davenport U - and yes, that's exactly like the couch. It's where the name came from.) Some of my ancient hand-me-downs are not making the move with me. I'd have taken my bed, but it's a king size, which is about 6'-6" square. My "master" bedroom is only 8x8 when you leave a pathway to the hallway, closet and bathroom doors. So I'm ditching the bed ex-hubby and I bought with our wedding gift money. Maybe getting rid of it will improve my feng shui, or karma, or whatever!
My school paper work is nearly done as well - just one more online confirmation coming my way to see what my scholarship total will be this semester, and then I can confirm enrollment and pay my tuition bill. I bought my books already, so I can get a jump start on my legal classes, at least. The computer course for paralegals can wait until I'm on the campus computers, with more computing power than my antique PC. The good news from my advisor is that there are currently more internship positions than there are students, so when I've taken enough courses this fall to be sure of what area of the law I want to specialize in, they will start setting up my internship for next summer. I get to pick whatever specialty I'd like - they have enough openings to suit everyone.
I'm ready! Too bad the apartment isn't empty for a month! Ah, well, more time to pack and sort here....
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:thumbup; :thumbup; I'm loving hearing these updates about your steady progression from one life to another. This is so exciting and inspirational Ms Beany. :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Miss JB Good luck!
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One month from my one year kidneyversary, and my creatinine is a lovely 1.0! My kidney doc appointment was absolutely, wonderfully boring. I love it!
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When my mother passed away a few weeks ago, going through old photographs brought back many memories of my childhood. There was one friend in particular...she was my best friend when I was 4 or 5 years old. I have seen her only once in 20 years, and that was at my dad's funeral in 2002. So tonight I got the idea of trying to find her, assuming she still lived in Houston. I did find her address online, but no phone number. And then I remembered her email address....from 20 years ago. I didn't think it could possibly be her current address, but I decided to try it anyway, just to see what might happen. Two hours later, I got a reply from her! I couldn't believe it. It has made me very happy.
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Took Frank down to the tennis courts to watch his buddies play tennis. The group has been meeting on Sunday mornings for 30 years. He was so happy!
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Diane, I am happy that you found something to make Frank ( and therefor, you )
happy!!!! Good job.
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Dianne: That's a good way to cheer him up, good thinking!
Daily positive: went to see MIL for tea (= evening meal). She's started radiation therapy for cancer, and has been taking it badly, not keeping anything "down". But tonight, she looked brighter, was up and dressed, and even managed to eat little bits of this and that. Including some of Gregory's birthday cake! Yay!
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My grandmother's house was sold on Thursday. I moved on Friday. It's Tuesday, and life is finally calm again! My new apartment is lovely and spacious. My cat has settled in nicely, and likes sitting on the balcony overlooking the downstairs neighbor's bird feeders. I'm almost done unpacking - only books and knickknacks left to put in place, and pictures to hang on the walls. The place even comes with its own garage with a remote, which is going to be fabulous for Michigan winters. I've lost a couple of pounds since I moved in, thanks to a thousand trips up and down the stairs. Now all I have to think about is planning my kidneyversary party for Friday, and getting a head start on the first chapters of my textbooks for school on Monday.
Life is good.
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So many good things happening.
Diane, glad you could take Frank to the tennis courts. :2thumbsup;
Natnnnat, Glad your MIL enjoyed her tea and could eat a little something.
Jbeany, You have had quite a year, but this seems to be the new beginning you have been waiting for. Your apartment sounds perfect for you. I can hardly believe it has almost been a year. You deserve to party big time! :2thumbsup;
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Franks & my primary care Doctor husband & wife teams last day of practice here in Massachusetts was today. I got a call from the head Nurse of the Hospice program asking who was Franks primary now that Dr Russell was leaving. I never bothered to get him a new one as we have been dealing with the Doctors in the city for all of Franks renal problems. We never use our small time hospital where we live (they do not even have a dialysis machine) we always go into the Big city hospital with all our specialist.
I call the doctors who are in the same office as our old one & asked to have one of them be his primary. Sorry the receptionist says, they are not taking any new patients. I can send you a list of doctors in the area who are. So I deceided that since what we are doing is dealing with pain management at this point I would call an oncolygist.
Well whoever I got on the phone was wonderful. I told her the situation & she told me they could not be a primary but she wanted to make a couple calls & would get back to me. 10 minute later she called to say that the Doctor in the origalnal practice woulod take him on. She had him talk to that doctor & explain the situation. This doctoor also happens to be my Dads doctor & I just love him. He is very good to my Dad.
So a very good thing happend in our house today.
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Dianejt, a good result.
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'Frank went 9 1/2 hours in between pain med (we started a new one yesterday) last night. He slept 8 hours & I even slept 7 straight hours.
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I've been having a marvelous time with the family. Today's adventure was a Major League Baseball game. We bought the kids the hot dog plate, which came with a baseball card. My younger son received some baseball player from Seattle, to which he exclaimed "That's my favorite guy!" My sports obsessed son could have watched all day, but the younger one was getting bored. We almost left early, but the game actually became exciting in the late innings. After the game, they let all the children run the bases - so we queued up in this enormous line, but it moved quickly once they started. Only the kids are supposed to be able to go, but Gwyn held Liot's hand. The woman said "He's old enough to go on his own" and I said "No, he really isn't." and she let them both by. Liot still does not get baseball, and he would have headed straight for the grass and there would have been tears and screaming when they tried to stop him, so Gwyn did them a tremendous service. Aidan rounded those bases like a pro! I've never been on an MLB diamond before, so that was a cool perspective.