Good Morning Its Tuesday January 19,2010

Wow it is 0645am and noone started the thread!!!!!
My coffee is a brewing and I am aimlessly getting ready for work.
Today I am going with my friend from Tampa to go to her support group. It is at Tampa General Hospital. I have been mentoring her and I was her angel during the time she was prepping for her surgery.
So talk on everyone!!!! Ill check back in later.
Carla

Morning Carla and my OFF buddies,

Crazy day at work today. A cut and color @ 9:00, then nothing until 3:00.  I hate days like this. What to do for 4 hours? Station is clean, so I guess I'll take my book and read. If the weather is nice, I might get in a walk.
Played on my Wii for an hour last night. Tennis, bowling, and some balance exercises. Sure beats vegging/falling asleep in the chair in front of the TV

Gary was off yesterday so we drove by some houses that are on the market. Not a lot that interested us. Then, we went to see Avatar. Since he's blind in one eye, we couldn't see it in 3-D, but the "regular" version was amazing anyway. We both really enjoyed it. I might go see the 3-D with a friend. Wouldn't mind seeing it again.

Okay.....off to get ready for the day, such as it is. Hope everyone is doing well today and has a wonderful one. Good thoughts, hugs and prayers to all.

Good morning.  I guess.  Was weird at work all night with the pending sale.  No one really knows what is going on.  Just wait and see.

Not much else going on, I am right now working OT.  Thirty minutes.  I will be doing that every day this week.  Then Friday night I will work 5 hours and Saturday 10 hoours.  Plus more.  And my part time job.  Wow.

Good morning everyone!

Gulp!  I'm only the third one to post after Carla?  Gedoudahere!  How can that be? ;)  I only wish I had something interesting to post about!

After I had a tantrum about stupid Bank of America, I did some deep breathing, etc. to try and calm down so my whole day wasn't ruined.  Then I got a post from my cousin who's 10 years younger than me.  My family and hers were always close.  My mother and aunt, sisters, were both born deaf, so they can an especially close bond.

Anyway ... our families used to go to the beach for a week every summer for about 10 years.  It was the bright spot in my life--sad, but true.  Their family lived in NY, mine in MD.  They seemed so together, loving and happy.  Mine ... well, let's just not go there.  I'm wandering off the point.

As a teen and young adult, I enjoyed going to the boardwalk and different places with my brother and cousins.  Edith, as I said, was 10 years younger than me and Anne about 18 months older.  I loved hanging out with Anne too because she was like an older sister I never had.  We'd fight sometimes, though.  And Anne would get herself some nasty sunburns and then wouldn't be able to go out gallivanting later.

So I'd go places with my brother and take Edith.  I loved taking her places.  I suppose, in a way, I saw her as a sweet, innocent kid--very much like me--and I felt very protective of her and very nurturing.  I wanted her to enjoy things and to feel safe like I never did.  So we'd go to the arcade or the amusement rides and we'd even go into very very scary haunted houses.  I made sure I stuck by her like glue because if she got scared, I wanted to "save" her.

When our families would get together at other places than the beach, I felt the same way about her.  We'd go to the movies or park or some other place and it was always fun.  I always felt like I could be the real me, not a parent-protector or a negotiator/placator or all the other roles I took on as a kid.  This is the one time I can also truly identify with the concept of an "inner child" because that little one was able to come out and play too--it was OK to do that because Edith wouldn't mind or demand me to be something else.

OK, enough emotional blather.  I had NO idea that any of that made an impact on my cousin beyond her having a good time.  So I about fainted when I got her post saying that she remembered the good times we had and that I'd made her feel wanted and special, not a burden or a pain in the butt (as a very younger sister must have seemed to an older one).  And ... with deaf  parents, Edith experienced a lot of the same growing up issues as me.  And so did Anne.  That was a big revelation.

What meant the most to me, though, was that reaching out to my little cousin brought a lot of joy and happy memories to her life.  It means SO much to me, realizing that now.  In a way, I feel like I did maybe rescue mini-me.  At any rate, I will always love this cousin of mine dearly.

OK I'll shut up now.

It just made my day yesterday.

Good morning Carla and OFF,

This morning finds me working early, took a break to make Laureen's crock pot stuffed cabbage, made a crustless pizza, now back to work.  Other than that, working, practicing piano, and then bird club later this evening.  Going to try and squeeze in some treadmill time if I can.  Otherwise, I'll have to do it tomorrow.

Have a great Tuesday.

Debbie

I thought your post was just lovely!  It is amazing the impact we have on others and we don't even know it!  Those are wonderful memories and I'm glad she acknowledged how much it meant to her.  Enjoy the relationship - life is full of opportunities to love!

Your "emotional blather" was lovely.  It was warm and sweet.
Kisses
Annette

Good morning, ya'll.

Well, I am about to leave for Greenville and my next 4 radiation treatments.  I'll be back Friday by noon.

Both of the local grandsons spent the night last night.  Both are up and had their french toast breakfast.  One has already left for his classes.  The other has exams and doesn't need to be there til 12.

Their Dad, our oldest son, left for his 8 month deployment this AM.  They may make a stop in Haiti to help in that effort before heading to more dangerous areas of the world. I am happy they will be part of the efforts in Haiti.  But I hope that doesn't mean his tour will be extended by that length of time.  That is generally how the Marines do things.

Supposed to be warming up this week. I am being optomistic and wearing shorts today.  I hope it works.

Everyone have a fantabulous day!

morning carla and OFF...

well it is misting out and there is blac**** and hope it is gone by the time i have to travel to get my 2nd block done in my back. might get some snow flurries they say...

last night i finally got to meet mike and his wife denise! (ricks buddy from his BMX days) both are nice people and was glad to meet them. they are headed back to n carolina today. mike was up here for a job interview. not sure if he will be hired yet or not but looks promising. he is into computers so its a possibility he will be hired.

guess i got several people in trouble sunday because of me not getting my lunch. oh well...they are in charge of giving people breaks and they ALWAYS forget about food court. so maybe now they will remember us...haha yeah right. i was asked to work some extra hours thursday because the morning person had another family member pass away. i was scheduled to work 1230-530 so i said if it was for the early shift i would do it. so i am now working 8-5. if i didn't need the money i would have said NO. but money is badly needed right now so work it is.

nothing else here going on except i am half done with my new afghan!! ;-) looking really nice if i do say so myself!!!

prayers going out for those that need them...george hopefully your job will be safe with the sale of the company. connie happy that you will be seeing your grands this weekend. CR****s again so know i am not dissing you i just can't remember all that posted....sighs....love hugs and prayers to all....welcome to the new people too!!!!

ok i am off to get ready for my appointment...NOT looking forward to laying on back for 6 hours again....but i am looking forward to the pain going away!!! :-)

have a great day!!! SMILE!!! :-)

I didn't post over the three day weekend.  Just didn't have a lot to say, I guess.  My weekends are always full, even if I don't do much.  I think about how great it will be when I retire.  I have about 4-6 years to go, depending on a few things.  But, as we all know, time flies!!

Michael is getting used to dialysis and I'm still driving him there and picking him up.  I couldn't swing it this Wednesday, since I'm facilitating a strategic planning meeting.  A good friend of ours agreed to go get him and take him home, as I can drop him off in the morning.

We had my sister and a good friend over Friday night and played board games - that was fun!  Saturday I met up with some girlfriends and wandered around the Conservatory, taking in the green and the warmth and humidity.  It was great.

Michael and I went out and heard Cajun music on Sunday evening and enjoyed that.  So the weekend was full, with the addition of house chores and a trip to Dialysis center yesterday.  But all in all, life is good.

Hope you are all doing well today.