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Going through life tied to a chair!

« on: December 27, 2008, 06:57:30 PM »

Get on IHD to see what's going on.

Hide from the dog.

Rehash your divorce.

Check the weather report to see when the next storm is coming in.

Wash dishes.

Iron sheets.  (when things get really bad)

Watch "True Grit" for the millionth time.
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2008, 07:01:10 PM »

Open the door and look for snow outside!

Send the dog out into the rain and cold and watch her beg to come back in immediately!

Make hot cocoa.

Throw marshmallows into your full hot cocoa cup from two feet away.   Give your self a point for each marshmallow in the cup.

Put christmas music on the stereo and try not to crazy now Christmas is over!

Undecorate the tree

Decorate something/anything in your house.

Smile at nothing it really make people around you think...





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Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2008, 07:22:51 PM »

Shovel and plow,  :guitar: shovel and plow.. :guitar:  to the tune of silver and gold.
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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2008, 07:58:02 PM »



HA! Made me think of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

Grinch: The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there. On such short notice! Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn't allow it! 4:00, wallow in self pity. — 4:30, stare into the abyss. — 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one! — 5:30, Jazzercize. — 6:30, dinner with me; I can't cancel that again! — 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing — I'm booked! Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9:00, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling, and slip slowly into madness. (pause) But what would I wear?!
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Always carrying the big silly grin!

« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2008, 08:14:24 PM »


Say "Who's that?" To see how many times your dog will run out the doggie door to check.

Complain that there's so much snow on the satellite that you get no reception.

Wonder when the plow guy is going to show up.

Take pictures of your driveway from you livingroom window.....
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« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2008, 08:35:23 PM »

clean out the closets

make soup

drink a martini (only after the closets are cleaned out)

play Scrabble

watched "Lord of the Rings" cause there's no chance I'll get to choose what to watch when both husband and son are in the one tv house

sit on the window seat and watch it snow (we don't get much, so it's fun to watch)

go out in snow and make snow angels

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« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2008, 10:29:36 PM »



HA! Made me think of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

Grinch: The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there. On such short notice! Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn't allow it! 4:00, wallow in self pity. — 4:30, stare into the abyss. — 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one! — 5:30, Jazzercize. — 6:30, dinner with me; I can't cancel that again! — 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing — I'm booked! Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9:00, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling, and slip slowly into madness. (pause) But what would I wear?!

 ;D :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;

1. Let cat go outside, watch him jump around in the snow

2. Clear snow off truck, turn on both heated seats, crank the heat and fans up to defrost Windows, crank stereo up get out and go to garage to get shovel, plug in Heated Coffee cup and crank temp up on cup.

3. Shovel driveway while listening to Aerosmiths Permanent Vacation CD

4. Take a break, get in truck to warm up and drink some coffee, maybe change CD to AC/DC

5. Get back out finish driveway, check mail, clear path to front door.

6. Put shovel away, get in truck, finish coffee. Turn 4 - wheel drive on and go dashing through the snow, do a couple power slides thru a parking lot, park up a snow mound at a store, look like an idiot, but take a picture.

7. Go home and yell at the idiots who can't remember how to drive in the snow on the way home.

8. Get inside, get warm, download previous picture, get on the internet, waste a few hours there, watch the news till they can't say anything new or relevant.

9. Check to see how much snow is falling and built up

10. Start cleaning the house, let cat back out side to shut up his begging to go out.

11. Forget cat is outside till you hear whining while your upstairs and can't figure where the noise is coming from.

12. Find cat outside, let his snow covered butt back in, dry him of and let him eat

13. Kick cat off bed who is laying on your warmed up electric blanket and go to sleep for tomorrow is another day of shoveling.
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2008, 04:02:19 AM »

what to do on a sunny Dec day

read all the posts of what to do in the snow storms and go outside and read a book in the sunshine while your dog swims in the pool
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« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2008, 04:48:01 AM »

I'm with Twirl,

On a sunny December day I went outside and planted 40 scrubs (yesterday and today) with plenty of help from the missus... at night I hope the roos and wallabies don't eat them and while I'm plugged in I read about what people on the other side of the world do when they are snowed in! :bandance;
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« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2008, 05:35:30 AM »

Cry because the pool is frozen. Oh ya watch people ice skate on the pool...Boxman
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« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2008, 07:15:53 AM »

Get in bed together to stay warm.  (we lost power and I told my wife that was the only reason !!! )
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Going through life tied to a chair!

« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2008, 07:30:38 AM »

what to do on a sunny Dec day

read all the posts of what to do in the snow storms and go outside and read a book in the sunshine while your dog swims in the pool


Let's do a house swap!!!  I'll buy your plane ticket up here (If the airports are open).
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Going through life tied to a chair!

« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2008, 07:31:19 AM »

Get in bed together to stay warm.  (we lost power and I told my wife that was to only reason !!! )


AND she believed you???     ;)
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« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2008, 03:21:44 PM »

Cry because the pool is frozen. Oh ya watch people ice skate on the pool...Boxman

Sur those aren't the gerbils ice skating on the pool?  :rofl;
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Diabetes -  age 7

Neuropathy in legs age 10

Eye impairments and blindness in one eye began in 95, major one during visit to the Indy 500 race of that year
   -glaucoma and surgery for that
     -cataract surgery twice on same eye (2000 - 2002). another one growing in good eye
     - vitrectomy in good eye post tx November 2003, totally blind for 4 months due to complications with meds and infection

Diagnosed with ESRD June 29, 1999
1st Dialysis - July 4, 1999
Last Dialysis - December 2, 2000

Kidney and Pancreas Transplant - December 3, 2000

Cataract Surgery on good eye - June 24, 2009
Knee Surgery 2010
2011/2012 in process of getting a guide dog
Guide Dog Training begins July 2, 2012 in NY
Guide Dog by end of July 2012
Next eye surgery late 2012 or 2013 if I feel like it
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« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2008, 04:00:30 PM »

If you live in Michigan, you can call all the Lions fans you know and just laaaaaaauuuuuuuugh!   :rofl;
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« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2008, 04:13:43 PM »

If you live in Michigan, you can call all the Lions fans you know and just laaaaaaauuuuuuuugh!   :rofl;
I was a little worried that the Pack would give them their first win, but we came thru...Boxman
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« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2008, 04:39:37 PM »

It was 78 degrees (F) here today.  Lots of folks in shorts.  :yahoo;
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« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2008, 05:27:58 PM »

Play on the phone, make up songs, call Japan, run up the phone bill
Hide when the phone bill comes!

Get a box for the cat to play in and then get your camera ready.
Of course when you have the camera ready, the cat will have nohting to do with the box!

Check IHD.com for silly things to send to people.



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Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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Her royal highness Queen Ruth on her throne, RIP

« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2008, 09:46:07 PM »

Attend to His Royal Highness.... feeding, watering, massaging, rubbing, praising and generally spoiling King Leon
 
Pack Boxes for move to PA

Do Laundry

Cook dinner

Watch bad television shows

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« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2008, 12:49:20 PM »

Throw the ball outside for the dachshund and laugh while she tries to find it.

 :rofl;

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« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2008, 01:00:54 PM »

Mikey where you moving to??
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Going through life tied to a chair!

« Reply #21 on: December 29, 2008, 01:11:30 PM »

Great picture Deanne!!

Right now I'm watching two guys shovel off the roof of the carports.  We had to move our cars because they thought it would cave in.

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« Reply #22 on: December 29, 2008, 03:45:49 PM »

Mikey where you moving to??

I am moving to Stroudsburg, PA. (The Pocconos)

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05/08 Started CCPD (my cycler: The little box of alarms)
07/09 AV Fistula and Permacath added, PD catheter removed. PD discontinued and Hemodialysis resumed
08/09 AV Fistula redone higher up on arm, first one did not work
07/11 Mass found on remaining kidney
08/11 Radical Nephrectomy, confirmed that mass was renal cell carcinoma
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« Reply #23 on: December 29, 2008, 04:25:56 PM »

Use the United States weather map and find somewhere warmer to live. :rofl;
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Ivanova: "Old Egyptian blessing: May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Babylon 5

Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #24 on: December 29, 2008, 05:24:38 PM »



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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
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