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Mary i read your post the other day i was so saddened by the horror of what must seem like a really bad nightmare. i didnt know what to say. saying im sorry and that i will pray for all the family to be healed seemed like just words . i still am at a loss of what to say but felt compelled to write to you to offer you ,what? friendship, love , warm thoughts i dont know but just to let you know i care and have been thinking of you and your family a lot. Only time will ever heal any of this .Hoping that day comes sooner than later. and that everyone can forgive your nephew . i can only imagine what that poor boy is going thru in his mind. sorry i havent written earlier but i thought well she doesnt really know me i use to post daily on here but have gotten lost in the shuffel of life. hope today is better than yesterday and yesterday is better than the day before....you have lots of loveing and careing people on here that have you on their minds a lot.

Mary....I am always here for you!!!

Hugs sweetie.....connie d

MaryMargaret,

((((Hugs))))) 

i have what i guess a lot of you have only it isnt a cold it is allergies...i get this every year at this time of year if i dont start taking claritin about the middle of Feb...down here the cedar pollen has started flying and when we had those 4 beautiful days in the 60s and sunny i was outside all day all four of them...i knew when i started sneezing that i should go get some sudafed but didnt and now , it is still in my head alot and have a dry hacking cough which has made me have no voice. or what voice i do have is sqeeky or almost non existant just comes out sort of hissing like lol
i have been taking sudafed and mucinex and not feeling too bad..i have still been working ..just cant answer the phone...lol so cant take any doctors orders etc. which isnt a bad thing. lol maybe i will pretend i cant talk for a long time. wonder if that would work.
nothing much else to tell you except it is colder than a well diggers butt here this morning 17 and windy ...making it feel like 9..brrrrrrrr now that is cold no matter who you are.
have to go to work this afternoon ...so need to get busy and pay some more bills online....boy my bank makes it so easy to do. love it. 

Things are going pretty well.  Michael has ONE WEEK left on liquid diet before his surgery.  He's doing really well.  I can't wait until he joins me on this journey.  AND ... another huge benefit for him (us, really) is that when his weight is more normal, he can get on the transplant list for a kidney.  That will still take at least a year, probably more, but it gives us hope he can get off dialysis.

I've been riding my exercycle faithfully and by golly, it is getting easier.  Even if it's a bit boring - I know it will get me in shape for walking when the sidewalks clear up of snow and ice. That's about the end of April in Minnesota!  ha ha

My plan for eating more protein and not "grazing" is going well.  I'm so glad I'm losing good again.

Hope everyone has the best day possible.

Good morning Debbie and everyone....

I am really feeling sick with this cold...UGH!!

I was supposed to get my taxes done this morning but I am too sick to go so I changed It to next week. I am coughing so much I have trouble sleeping....I do take cough meds w/ codeine...not working as good as it usually does. I have to be careful because I have COPD and I get pneumonia easily.

I am glad I work from home....I can stay in my robe all day!!

Many of you still need prayers..... prayers are on the way.

Try to have a good day everyone.....somedays are harder then others that is for sure!

Love and hugs to all.....connie d

Connie,

Hope you feel better soon.  Drink some nice hot tea.  My DH swears by Rock N Rye mixed with hot tea to make a "hot toddy."  (((Hugs)))

Debbie...thanks...LOL!!

Hugs again.....connie d

morning everyone!!!

man this pc has been giving me trouble since what saturday??? would not let me get online at all so i unplugged it overnight and now it seems to be working ok.....

to all that have colds...since i had my pneumonia shot just over a year ago i have NOT had a cold!!! (knock on wood here) and i used to get bad ones that turned into bronchial pneumonia!! so you might want to look into getting that pneumonia shot and see if it helps you. are you all greasing up with vicks vapo rub?? that also helped me out. :-) but hope you all feel better soon!!!

mary i am sooooo sorry about your family issue....i also do not know what to say except that i am here like the others to offer support. (((mary)))

debbie i am sorry that you had to have your angel put to sleep...but she is in a pain free place now and i know she is with my pets that have also gone there....and yes i also say that they will greet me when its my time to go as well.

went to the dr this morning for my check up on my back. he said i am doing good and had me do some things and he said i need a shot for the slipped disc and i should be about 100%. he also told me to lose weight....sighs...like i am not trying....he told me to do some exercises and also that when my back hurt to take a hot shower and stretch my back and it should help alot. soooo tuesday afternoon i go for the shot. he said he will also keep an eye on my knees...oh great now i have knee trouble ahead...grrrrr

been working alot this week...added up i am getting almost 44 hours!!!!! omg and the back feels it when i am on the long shifts....but the pay check is gonna be so nice!!! :-) and i AM approved for my vacation weekend of Easter!!!! wooohooooo look out michigan here we come...LOL

not much else happening here so will get going...know i am thinking of you all and hope you all know that....hugs and prayers to those that need them....

SMILE!!! makes people wonder what you've been up to...;-)

 

Hi Debbie and my OFF family:

Feeling just miserable this morning ... not a cold like the rest of you but my tummy is acting up. Don't know what I did to it, but it doesn't like me this morning. I got up, fed the cats and then sat on the toilet for 10 minutes. Yuck! My former coworker Kim wanted to go to a movie this afternoon but I'm really not up to it. I had the day from hell yesterday, too, so I just want to do nothing today.

And here's the day from hell ... took my car to the Honda dealer for repairs. That wasn't so bad, except they kept the car so long and I was supposed to get to unemployment by 6 p.m. (or so I thought ... that's next). So sometime after 5 p.m. they call and say the car's ready. I call my friend (laidoff coworker who lives nearby) who said he'd drive me over there and he's not home. So I call the dealer back and ask for a ride. They don't have anybody available. Then Rick calls back and he's going to be here in five minutes. Great ... but it really was 15 minutes. So it's nearly 5:30 when I get over there ... I still have to pay for my car and drive to Grand Rapids (at least a half hour, unless I get lost).

So I get to GR, find unemployment, go to the office ... it's closed. I check my papers, it says 6 to 7 p.m. Feb. 23. WTH? So I thought, well, maybe I was supposed to go to a Michigan Works office. So I go there. It's closed. At this point, I'm really ticked off. I've spent time, energy and gas ... which is by no means cheap, and I'm unemployed!

So I drove back toward home, met for dinner with this guy from Minneapolis that I knew from college who was in town (the 6-foot-8 guy). We had a nice dinner, he paid ... helps out ... went back to his hotel room, he gave me a nice massage while we watched the Olympics for a while (clothes on massage ... all very respectable). So the night ended well ...

I figured out what I did wrong with unemployment ... but it would be nice if they were a little more specific ... I was supposed to CALL yesterday. I can still call or go online tomorrow or Friday. It's not very clear.

Anyway, it's snowing again here. We're supposed to get 1-3 inches again, maybe more if the lake-effect crap hits us. I'm cold and achy and don't know if I had a stomach bug or something else going on ... just something I ate (I had grilled shrimp kabobs, so I don't think that was it ... felt fine last night when I got home). Didn't even have any coffee other than my breakfast coffee. Had peppermint tea to settle down my tummy. Really want something hot today, I'm so cold.

Anyway, sorry so many of you have colds. I really haven't had too many since I've had to take Vitamin C with my iron. I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but all I can say is it seems to work. When I do get a cold, I take Celestial Seasonings Wellness Tea with Echninacea (don't know if that's spelled right). I start drinking it at the first sign of a cold and it seems to do the trick, lessens the severity of the cold.

The figure skating last night was wonderful. That skater from South Korea is awesome. I felt so sorry for that woman from Canada who lost her mother. She skated so well but I'm sure it was very difficult.

Anyway, have a good day. Get well to those of you who aren't feeling well; Mary, my heart goes out to you.