Its Wednesday, Post on

Carla, sure hope you're feeling better soon!  Kidney stones are the pits!

We're looking at a house today. Bigger and older, and in a much better neighborhood than the one we have now. My mantra for the day is"just because you look, doesn't mean you have to buy"!  But, from the online photos it has everything I've been looking for, plus an extra garage  so Gary could build his photography studio he's always wanted.  Mantra repeats here

Just can't shake this gained weight. I'm thinking about either the 5dpt or going back to the nut and having her reasses my metobolic rate. Not sure I want to spend the $100, though.

Okay, time to apply spackle and do the hair. Love and hugs to all!!!!

Morning Carla and friends:
Just a quickie as I am at work and need to get busy.  Just wanted to say "HI" as I haven't been on for a couple days with the visitation and funeral for my BIL.    My older brother and his wife left when I came to work this morning, so once again it will just be Fluffy cat and me.  It was nice to have company and I so enjoyed having them, but it will be good to get back into my regular routine.

There were so many people at the viewing and it was wonderful to renew acquaintances again (too bad it was under that cir****tance).  The funeral service was very uplifting and spiritual and they had a military service at the grave ( it always gets to me when they play TAPS). 

Best wishes to all here --- you are always in my thoughts and prayers.

Pat r.

Pat:

It seems we only renew acquaintances at funerals. I have found so many old friends on Facebooks since the death of my former coworker, Russ.

I know the funeral was tough for you, but also good to see your BIL put to rest and at peace after suffering so long. You're in my thoughts. Please take time for yourself.

Good morning Carla and everyone...

Carla I hope you don't have a kidney stone...they are so painful!

Lots of family and pet issues on here today. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Nothing much happening in my little corner of the world...same old same old. I have the day off with pay so that puts a smile on my face!! I have no set plans...just going with the flow.

Thankful for all those who have served our country both past and present. God Bless.

I  will check in again later. Have a nice day everyone.

Love and hugs to all....connie d

Hi Carla and my OFF family:

It's sunny and kinda chilly yet this morning but supposed to get up to the 50s here in Hartford, north of Milwaukee. I have to call the hospital and see how Gary is doing. He looked rather miserable when I left, but then I guess anyone would look miserable in a cervical collar ... he looked stiff and there was some blood on the back of his head. Not a lot, just some stray blood. He looked uncomfortable lying there. I came home and got ZuZu to eat ... Gary says she's a fussy eater, but she ate almost the whole can of food (you have to cut up her thyroid pill in the food) right away and finished it up later. Maybe it was stress eating ... do cats do emotional eating too? Or maybe she liked this can ... she hardly ate the one the night before.

Anyway, I was so tired yesterday ... I took a half hour nap and then went to bed at 10:30 and slept til 7 a.m. I feel much better today. I ground my own coffee from home (Starbucks Casi Cielo) and brought it along because all Gary has is decaf and I need full strength. I was out of Starbucks SF Cinnamon Dulce syrup, so along the way I stopped at the Starbucks in Portage, IN, waved at Brenda and bought a bottle of the syrup along with a cup of coffee.

Not much happening today. I will call the hospital, see how Gary is doing and see if he can come home; if not, I'll go visit him for awhile anyway.

ZuZu is sitting on the windowsill and checking out the outdoors and sunning herself. I think she misses her daddy.

Well, that's all from me. Have a good day.

morning carla and OFF...

well i am still in a depressed mood and i am not sure what to do about it....yet. got home from work last night and nothing ready for supper...rick was sleeping on the couch....i asked what was for supper and he said lets go to the store see what we can find....hell no!!! i am not going back out tonight i told him...so i made a cup of soup and called it a night....he told me his aunt was in the hospital...she has the H1N1 flu. sighs....and his mom went up to see her...i told him to stay away from his mother for awhile...he said she told him she had to wear amask and gown and stay out of the room....yeah i am not so sure about that....just stay away from her and make me happy!! i hope his aunt recovers. i guess its been 3 days she hasn't been able to keep anything down so she went to ER and they admitted her.

neighbors dog is howling and barking like crazy....not sure if its Bo (lives under us) or if its the so called bulldog doing it. just wi**** would stop!!! i get to sleep in and this is what i get to hear....sighs

tv repair will be here 11-2 they said and i hope they come sooner than later...want to get things done and part of doing something will be pulling stuff out of the storage room to get to holiday items.

george glad that macon is doing so well...hope he turns out to be a good boy for you!!

carla...you need to lay off the coffe and tea...makes for kidney stones!!! garys dad's dr told him that there is something in tea that makes him get the stones all the time. he stopped drinking tea and hasn't had any stones since.

margo...you sure have taken on alot of stuff lately...wow!!! but i wish you both the best in your journey. not sure what it will take to get my mother to come here...i already told her that she didn't care to see where i lived and that didn't faze her in the least...she said she didn't want to come here in the cold...well she didn't want to come here in the summer either...so just when she wants to come is beyond me!!!!

sighs....this dog is driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wish he would shut up!!!!!!!! and no the people aren't home no matter which dog it is!!! maybe i should call the office and see if they can do anything??? probably not....just like everything else around here they don't do anything!!

got my haircut yesterday and i like the back and hate the sides!!! she left the sides long and i told her to cut them just long enough to tuck behind my ears....guess i will go back after tv repair comes and ask her to cut the sides like i wanted in the first place!!!!

well i whined long enough for today...have a good day.... :-0

 

Good Morning Carla and rest of my OFFr Friends!

Carla I sure hope that you feel better in a hurry, my son has had kidney stones, they sent him to the hospital and he was in so much pain that they gave him morphine until it passed, they can be very unpleasant for sure. 

George sometimes living away from parents is the only way to survive them, many people are blessed with wonderful ones, some think that being a parent gives them entitlements that just don't make much sense, as I shared earlier this week, my Mom and I had our share of differences, but managed eventually to find a way to have a good relationship and I'll just quickly say, she never liked either of my husbands (nor most of my boyfriends either) and in her case, she was probably right, however, when I married husband number 2, instead of a congratulations, treat my daughter right speech, my Mom told my husband, "You'd better be good to her, or I can be worse than Mommar Kahdafy, and I don't need missles" and she was dead serious (a little note here is, both my husbands were middle easterners, Iranian (my children's dad) and Egyptian #2). . .  Hoping Macon, you and Mary have a match made in heaven!

To Pat I wish you peace with the loss of your BIL, to Eileen, hope your brother is doing well, Nancy, you are building lots of good karma with your attitude and helping, uplifting spirit, Mary, good that you are taking care of your depression and some of it comes along with this journey, though life itself can be depressing at times (read somewhere that depression is a natural thing when we experience life changing events, but it's when it lasts longer than a few weeks we need to get help for it), Margo, hope things go well with Michaels WC doctor visit and all the rest of what you need doing, Connie, glad you keep on moving, as someone once said, depression can't hit a moving target, Susan, keep the mantra going, perhaps it will keep you from making a rash choice, but then again, if it is the house of dreams, then fulfill the dream. . . Jani, thanks for reminding us what today is, a day for the Vets and let's not forget their families, as they too sacrifice so much when they have someone in uniform keeping us safe.  If I forgot someone, I'm sorry. . .

My day is here at work, not working at the moment, but when I get off of here I will do what needs tending to and tonight I will be taking an AA meeting into a rehab/detox center, hoping that someone will get the message that life can be had without the use of alcohol or mood altering drugs. . .

Wishing you all the strength to get through another day of whatever life you are living.  Prayers, hugs and positive thoughts, Laureen

Your mom sounds like fun.  LOL.  Bet you wanted to crawl in a hole.  Or not, if you were used to it.

The first time Mary met my father was unique.  I kept telling her she did not want to meet him.  Finally I said fine.  He came by the house at 7AM Saturday morning to pick up my brothers (divorced, his turn).  I took her outside.  It was drizzling and he was out there with rose colored glasses (really) and wearing platform shoes about 4 inches.  And looked high as a kite.  I said "Mary, this is my father.  Dad this is my wife."  Then I turned around and went inside.  She came in and said I should have warned her.  I bit my tongue, I was nice.

Hi Carla and OFF family,
Prayers for all those in need.

Work is busy today and I've been off and running. I was doing great detoxing my body from sugar and one of my volunteers brought in her Halloween candy...before I knew it I ate 4 of those mini bite size candy bars...darn it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay I will take my walk during break. I will go to spin class right after work!!
I am responsible in what I put in my mouth. When this volunteer leaves the candy will go in the trash!

I'm drinking my Atkins chocolate shake and I will have my apple before my workout. I was going to have a nice lunch in the cafe but man when I eat sugar it sets my appetite to a roar!!
Oh well, I am starting over this very minute.

Looking forward to my cruise next week, I want to stay on top of me...detoxing sugar. I'm back in the game now....

Hi Carla,
It's nice to see you. I guess that when you start your new job you will be around here more often.
I'm off today... no school. I'm sitting in my daughter's Starbucks drinking a latte and surfing the net. What a life!
I was washing some dishes at home this morning and noticed that the floor was a huge flood. Something is leaking under the sink. So I had to pull out the garbage can and all of the cleaning supplies. I put lots of towels down and the mess is waiting for my DH to get off work and FIX IT!  It was kind of messy under there so this was a definite "clean it up" moment.
I'm enjoying my day off in the middle of the week! I could get used to this! Is this what retirement feels like?
JUlia