What's Happenin'

[joy]

[B]ah ha Pati I finally heard your call. Was so sorry I missed it but as I was at the drivers licence place getting mine renewed, I was happy. It was awful waiting for someone to come drive hubby to hospital that time so was pleased when doctor gave permission for me to drive. Now all I need is courage, LOL

I see that when you Bold you have the first but not the last. I sometimes erase things and even if you get one of the [ (brackets), it will not bold. If I notice that i have doen that myself, I will highlight all the words and hit the bold big fat B again and it will bold all over like it should. But if I have made a long post, LOl it is hard for me to hod dow the highlight that long. Iam so awfully thankful that my two pointy fingers are still in working order.

I have to watch what I do every so carefully these days. Last night I tried to cut my toenails myself. Well I clipped of part of my toe and it bled forever. Especially now that I am on coumadin. eeks. I was worried about getting the blod off my hardwood floors more than my foot as I did not feel a thing! Hubby was worried about stopping the blood. Good thing one of us kept the priorities straight.

My feet and legs have started back swelling again. The legs are so tight I can hardly stand to walk on them. and I don't have any ankles, LOL. making only my toes look small. So if I am absent some just say that I am lying in bed with my feet and legs up. My computer still has those pesky times when I cannot post but I am not going to worry hubby just yet as he still is getting so very tired lately and I don't want him to start back having migraines frequently like when he was younger.

I do so enjoy reading what everyone is doing and thanks for the remaining birthday wishes clouds. You keep posting with us please. no one has to say a lot, just say something so we all know that each and everyone is with us. Lor's being gone was scary enough. Keeps me knowing what everyone means to me that is here and if you are absent for long, well I just say I am older and entitled to worrying if I need to.This replaced my being in the fire department. As an Emergency Medical Technician, it was my job to be a mother hen worrying about the rest of the firefighters. And i did my job well, LOL. Take care all. BTW, hubby is still chief. And Donna the breast cancer patient is coming down this Thursday to paint. She visited week before last and we enjoyed talking so very much. God willing she will be with us for a long time. She has to have chemo every 3 weeks so that should tell you her condition. She has a wig picked out as she will not grow hair and I am so hoping she can get it. She stays so upbeat and is determined to LIVE and get as much out of it as she can. No deadbeats and downers for her. Keep her in your prayers please that chemo continues to work and that her blood works stays good enough for more.

[LaBella]

Good morning everyone, hope everything is good. I have been very busy and stress out with many issues, and may not post often but I come in a check everyday.

A follow up on my daughter B, went to the psychiatrist and even though he will need a few more appointments before he can give be 100% sure of what is going on, he does not believe is Conversion. He asked many health questions and questions related to her pains. And one thing that he did asked and nobody else had done and even put together, is the fact that B has always suffered from headaches and that the legs pain comes and the headaches follow, 100% of the times. He said "I am not medicine doctor, just a psychiatrist, but I think your issues have more to do with Migraine than with emotional issues". and he might be right.

Another thing that I found out and asked the peds to order was a vitamin D test, I read that the pains she is having are often related to vitamin D deficiency and her test came back with less than 50% of the normal, so there are a couple of possibilities and what could be causing the problems. But we will see.

Now, my other daughter did not know, or at least not 100% that she was pregnant, but on Sunday got really sick, we went to the ER and found out that she was having a miscarriage of TWINS, and I feel for her, losing a child is though no matter the circumstances, but like I told her God has his ways, and he decided that it was not her time, she is not ready, she can not be responsible of her own things, much less of a child and there were 2. She needs to finish school and make something out there, she is too young and I am not ready to help take care of 1 baby, let alone 2. God works in mysterious ways, but always for the best. Hopefully this scared will get into finally seeing the wisdom of some sort of Birth control.

I am not a fan of Football, just of Futbol, but the commercials and Madonna where good. had to watch half the game from the ER and the rest with my daughter and her boyfriend and home, but I have heard that the game was great, since I do not understand it I usually do not follow.

[houghchrst]

Oh ((((Bella)))) I am so sorry for your entire family's loss. Yes God does work in mysterious ways. I hope your daughter recovers as best can be expected.

My son gets migraines too but we never paid enough attention to see if his other pains came at the same time. We saw a specialist about his pain and migraines and he prescribed vit. D, magnesium, lots of red meat and less dairy and grains.

Diet didn't work out and while the D and magnesium started to work ya can't force a teen who is rarely in the house to take them. Hopefully as he gets older he will revisit the memory of it starting to have an effect and try again lol.

Well I was online browsing for some veggie seeds on ebay and came across a lovely plant called Kochia Scoparia that turns a vibrant red or deep fuschia

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and I looked them up to see kinda what they were and if they grew in my zone. Well yes they do so I ordered some seeds, cost me all of $1.64 to get them. I am thinking along the tree line at the fence since nothing grows there and these grow almost anywhere. So I start doing more research to see where in my yard they would do best and this is when I come across all this information that this is an invasive plant in the plains states and it is quite hard to get rid of. Grows awesome though. Now I live abutting a state pond and I am wondering how they would feel if every fall it looked like their pond was surrounded by big fuschia puff balls. These can get to be 7' tall. I even tried to think of where I could plant them so they wouldn't consume even my grass but I am too ascared lol. So.....anybody interested in some beautiful Kochia seeds. Absolutely Free!

Pati I am glad you finally are getting the last of things cleaned out. I bet it is a huge relief. We bought front loaders a few years ago and I absolutely love them. Tremendous savings in our water bill and the clothes come out great. Yeah I don't like all those extra setting so ours is pretty basic. Found the set on sale cause there was a small dent near the bottom on a side panel of the washer and the dryer was a floor model. Great deal.

Joy I am so glad you are getting your license. Adds a whole new level of freedom. Yer painting? Yer kitchen? Did I mess it somewhere? Shoot I am sure I have. I am thrilled your friend is doing better. Most definitely stay off of your feet.

Jeannie your garden is going to be awesome this year. Hopefully mine will too lol. I have learned also not use use a sprinkler or a nozzle to water my roses. I usually take the nozzle off, turn the water down and lay the hose near the base and let it do a slow soak. This has cut down on leaf loss and black spots on my leaves and my rose bushes need less watering. Am thinking of getting soaker hose for my trellis bed.

This is what it looked like last year lol

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those clumps are day lilies that I planted for my mom. Last fall I got all the lilies out and dug it all up, separated them and replanted them along with some tulips, crocuses and some allium along the back. That is if the squirrels didn't get to them last fall. I tried to regularly check but they are sneaky. Down there at the far right of the first pic you can see my almost done pallet compost bin and the little barn was a shed my grandpa built. I am hoping to turn it into either a garden house or a chicken coop as soon as I get them to let me keep a couple of chickens lol. That is if any of it is salvageable.

Okay there is always more but I will just keep talking and talking lol so time to go get the kid from school.

[Buttons2]

[B]thanks for responding to my question Chris (front loaders). HM came home with 3 brochures & told me the drawers cost $250. each & being the tightwad I am not sure want them so high up now. actually I don't want them at all but HM already told my son he can have his set back!

my Asian Lily is coming up. I want LOTS of color this year since last year was such a weird weather time I gave up on planting much.

Bella,sorry about your daughter. hope she's OK. my niece lost twins & it hit her really hard.I lost a baby many years ago & was taken off guard how much it affected me ( I didn't even know I was pregnant & luckily worked @ a clinic @ the time).

well my HM is finally seeing a local lawyer to have a will drawn up. I'm supposed to make a list of everything in the house that belongs to me. this doesn't make me happy,do I list my toothbrush? I've made certain not much inside the house does belong to me. perhaps I should take everything to my trailer????

just watched the movie "Prayer's for Bobby" a real tear jerker for me. I hate to cry. it was a true story & I think I'll tell the homophobic's in my life to watch it!

/B]

[Deedeelyn]

Labella I am so sorry your family is going through this.

I have been keeping up with reading BT but so much is going on I could rant alittle but there is so much history it would be a long book to cover everything. Anyway, we had our follow up as a family therapy session. It's kinda keeping me up. My daughter was not well so she did not attend and was very missed and I think she would have been helped alot. But there will be time for that. Her health is most important as she is in a middle of a crohn's attack. I can understand.

Bad cases of insomnia last night too. Bummer,

I'm hovering around here.
Dee

[houghchrst]

Pati I tell ya they are expensive but it is worth the money. At the time we got ours we bought one for the washer cause they were expensive. I don't remember them being that much but who knows. It saves on the back even more and you can store all of your laundry supplies in them and whatever else ya wanna stick in there . We have yet to buy one for the dryer but hopefully soon.

Been out looking at some gardening stuff and bought more seeds. I went out and checked and I think I have more than enough pots and buckets to take care of most of them. The corn of course is going in the ground and beans cukes and baby watermelons are going in a bucket behind the trellis. I found a way you can trellis melons so I am going to plant them in a five gallon bucket.

Okay no long babbling post today.

Leo haven't heard from you in a while. Wheeeeere are yooouuu?

That goes for everybody else that is missing too.

[dawnmn]

Bella, sorry to hear about your DD.

Pati and Chris, I can't even begin to talk about gardening because it will be two more months of winter. I have penety of time to dream.

We are going to Las Vegas for DH;s job. I don't mind sitting in the room as long as I have the laptop. The hotel last year didn't charge for internet access but this year the hotel that we are staying in is charging. Will have to see how much it cost.

In March we are going to New Orleans. My youngest DD is coming with us. Should be fun.

Pati, maybe HM can put in his will that you are not to be kicked out for awhile. DH's dad has put that in his will because of his girlfriend lives at his house. I don't know why he's so worried about it because she has her own house. Her clothes are at his house and a few personal things that they have brought together.

Dee, hopefully you are getting some sleep. I've been having a hard time sleeping. Tuesday night I stayed up all night. My mind just won't shut down. So I got up and went through some papers. Last night I woke up at 3:00 a,m, I was wide awake. So I got up again and read until morning.

[tic chick]

hey everyone !

guiltily missing

i had a care conference for my mom in the nursing home today. they wanted to put her on antipsychotic meds and i had to arm myself with some printed material from the internet about that.

i also am starting to clear out my kitchen and i am going to wash the walls with tsp before i put kilz primer on them and then paint them. they are really greasy.

ummmmmmmm, chris...what kind of melons are these? i can't imagine heavy watermelon's growing up a trellis. are they those miniature melons? also the bigger the melon the longer it takes to ripen, so it
s prolly best in michigan's short growing season to plant smaller melon varieties, unless you start them inside, of course. tell me how they do.

hey dawn, heard you've been getting out and having some fun lately, glad you are .



i also have a date this saturday with someone new. i talked to him a couple hours the other day and we got along well. this is guy #9. i went to my chuuch social last month and of course, there are no single men there. where else but on the internet can you meet and reject and get rejected by so many guys in so short a time ? i am laughing at this because i am not expecting to find love out there anymore.

labella , i am sorry for your daughter's loss. sometimes women also need counseling after a loss like this. a lot of people don't realize how deeply this effects some women, but i hope she is okay.

dee, i'm so glad your family is continuing the counseling session. i'm sorry your daughter is having a hard time with her crohn's right now. i hope she feels better soon.

pati, i wouldn't bother listing your toothbrush. i'm pretty sure they mean things that are yours, like jewelry, furniture, bedding etc., so that if something happens to hm his sons can't say those things were your hm's.

joy, i'm sorry to hear about your legs. i hope this won't stop you from getting the driver's license or driving if you already got it.

i had my overgrown bush/tree in front of my house cut down and my maple in the yard trimmed back and thinned. the sun rise's in the back there and as soon as it clear's the fence, all the parts of the garden where my perennials are have sun on them. i think they will have sun on them a good 9 hours a day during the summer month's.

so, thank you all for sharing and caring,
jeannie

[Buttons2]

had 4 deer here today & momma didn't want her wee ones to eat! then a young buck created a ruckus. I'd never seen deer so active.my big thrill for the day......

Dawn,that sounds exciting to do some traveling. especially New Orleans.

Dee,is your daughter on a gluten free diet?

it's back to rain here. I'll need my rubber boots soon.

it's been a dull week so far for me. guess that beats trauma/drama though!

[Deedeelyn]

Pati , we have talked briefly about it. She knows potatos will cause her pain. We don't know much about the diet. I will spend some time looking into it more. I hate to see her suffer. I have a hard time seeing her give up her fav foods yet. I think her hope is in medication. They upped her steroids so hopefully it will kick in.

Dee

[joy]

welll Donna did get to ocome tonight. I could tell she did not feel all that well tho. We both were on pain medications but hafta say, cancer wins hands down in that department. She tried her best to get into painting. When I got out my oil paints today I found some of my pain pills and one of my inhalers and the date for the meds and inhaler expired iaround 2000.

I had told Donna that I stoppd paint class because I could not handle the broushes hands being dead and I was so slow I could not keep up. But was determined to try if she wanted to. Sadly I am NOT a paint teacher, I lack bad skills for trying to get accross how to show someone painting. The teacher always had a completed picture and painted another one just like it along with us. And if necesssary she came around and put her hands onto ours to show the movement needed to make the brush do what it was suppose to do. So I was not good tonight.

Dona picked a sky and water scent so that made it harder. I usually did mountain scenes and even did one with a pallet knife which she had admired. I admit that would have been an easier one to try. Maybe next time. I wanted her to have a picture to take home with her after it dried. She was so much faster than I was. we had a Bob Ross book to goby and she read aheadf. I kept getting hung up on the clouds, LOL. O odoo did not make it to the water and waves. did get most of the rock in but without the water it wsn't much. Maybe next time.

I suggest maybe we could go get her, she ives about 20 miles from us and bring her to our town where her husband works. We could eat suypper out and then the men could go to fire department, tho in seperate vehicles. Last time they went together and hubby stayed until about 11:30, much to long for Donna to tough it out. mThe men went in seperate vehicles and it was better for me even as I was hurting so bad. The bones under my breasts have been hurting so bad lately that I can't keep my mind on what I am doing, like now fr instance!!! oh wow eee and pills don't touch the pain either it seems. So I know dfonna is bad off for sure.

Jeannie when my legs swell up I don't even try to drive at all. They will feel so tight and when I tyry to walk they really are numb and that dead feeling lets me know I have no businss trying to be up doing much so I stay down until they improve. But. hubby is getting to be a pasenger for the first time and I must say he does NOT make a good one, LOL. He is not use to sitting on the right side and seeing the road from there for one thing. and of course he has to comment on everything. arrgh. Does not make for easy driving. I just try and block it all out and do my own happy thought while driving carefully. Works for me anyway. I often think to myself he was manager over a group of people far to long for my own good, LOL. Well I was manager of house and home for the same length of time minus about 5 years the last time I worked. Okay don't know where that come from except I am hurting pretty bad and it must have influenced my mood :ambivalence: :o

Normally I would erase this but I need to get into bed so will just leave it for you all to decifer,haha.

Dawn you upcoming trip sounds lovely. Be sure and tell us all about it okay? I got to drive by on the interstaate once In New Orleans and wanted to SEE more.

[Beader]

Sorry, I just need to vent today & sort out my feelings in words. I can't stop crying, but I guess I need to let the tears flow since I must have been holding them in a long time. Makes typing harder, tho'. My best friend from college called last night after not hearing from her for 6 weeks. She also has CFS & now has breast cancer & is choosing a non-standard way of treating/handling it, so I'm worried for her. Still, our conversation was very interrupted, first by her grown daughter, then by another 45 minute phone call. I just wanted to bond & let the conversation flow since we're so close we can talk about anything with each other. It was just too short for me.

I started crying after we hung up & started again this morning. Just howling & moaning -- it felt better letting the sounds out. The only person I get to talk with in person is the sdqBF & he lives on some other planet that I can't relate to, he's constant frustration. My few new neighborhood friends are off in FLA. My old neighborhood friends are stuck in PA. Somehow I've fallen into the habit of eating very late & then not wanting to call my friends because of the time. Or maybe I've withdrawn or some reason.

The sky is falling. I've missed two mortgage payments & have so many financial problems going on that it's like those guys who keep 89 plate spinning on pool cues. Talking about money is my biggest "phobia" -- I can talk about sex & death & everything in between, but not MONEY, it's so taboo. Taxes, unpaid credit cards -- they've all been pushed to the No Fly zone for a year and a half while I mucked thru another Major Depression without the right meds. Now the meds are kicking in, but not the ability to face and deal with my fears.

OK, enough. Thanks for listening/reading.

[houghchrst]

Dawn you should check out a site called Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register... you can actually start most of your flowers and veggies in January. If I had gotten my stuff in time I would have but since it is so close to time to plant I am just starting most of the stuff inside. Many seeds need to be started 4-8 weeks before they go outside so those I am just going to start, many in the pots I intend for them to grow in and some I will start in plantable starter pots.

Almost everything I am planting for veggies is going to be small. I am planting radishes, carrots, roma tomatoes, leaf lettuce mix, snap beans, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, green peppers, cucumbers, green onions, and cabbage. So far lol. Still thinking of getting some canteloupe. If all goes well then maybe more stuff in time for fall harvest.

Jeannie the watermelons are the small round ones. I saw on some websites that with melons you can buy a bunch of cheap nylon stockings and put the melon, when it gets almost too big to hang, in a sling made from the stocking and tie it to whatever is being used for the trellis. As it grows it stretches the stocking. In one of my pictures it shows the flower bed with the chain link fence piece in the back of it. I am going to put my pails behind that where the sun shines for most of the day and use the fence as my trellis. Nice and strong. Cukes and beans going there too. Nice thing about the fence is that it won't block the light. The right side of the trellis gets a bit of shade later in the day so some of my stuff will go there so they don't burn up in the sun. I have a couple of camp tables that I will put my pots on. The stuff on the trellis is going in five gallon pails. Corn is going in the ground at the left end of the trellis. Sun almost all the time.

Dawn that is awesome that you will get to go to New Orleans. I have always wanted to go during Mardi Gras.

Jeannie I am glad you are getting out and doing things. We've got a bunch of trees that need trimming here. I just bought a chainsaw and am considering buying one of those long branch trimmers with an itty bitty chainsaw on the end of it. Mostly cause it is cute lolol.

Pati I am jealous. I have seen one deer since I moved here and they use to get them all the time. I am going to try putting out some feed corn in the spring and see if that draws anything besides two million squirrels and the skunks lol. There was so much shooting here in the woods that I am thinking they must have been wiped out. So close I have had to call the police three times.

Beader you definitely are not alone with the financial issues. Nor with the crying. Some times things seem to jump on ya. Sorry about your friend, I will keep her in my prayers.

Joy I am glad you got to spend some time with your friend. My grandmother did china painting. I still have many of the things she painted. She was into flowers. All kinds. Some really lovely things.

Dee lots of prayers out for your daughter. I am very happy that your therapy is going so well.

I need to make an appt. for mine.

[Buttons2]

more entertainment from bambi's!

well turns out the momma deer was wacking the wee ones cause they were not hers! I'm getting confused which young'uns belong to which does. sure would help if I could see better. HM has moved the feed trough up closer to the house.

Joy,can I ask how often you go for blood tests check on DVT meds? HM goes every 2 weeks & they are puzzled why he can't be consistent with his numbers. I'm worried about your legs being swollen,not a good sign ya know. and have you considered laser therapy for your PN? about Donna,sounds like a good idea for using 2 vehicles. she needs some control afterall. I pray she will become a cancer survivor! my friend changed alot with her cancer. she says "I love you" for one thing.

Dee,please have your daughter do some gluten research. my HM is on a gluten free diet for his IBS & claims he feels more energetic. I LOVE the gluten free cookies! some stores have alot of gluten free products & some don't. the pastas made from rice are best. my dog only eats gluten free dogfood & doggie treats. gluten can be in many products (shampoo for instance). lots of info out there nowadays.

Sher,go ahead & cry & holler if you need to. the idiots that say money can't bring happiness have never had to deal with being poor or in debt I'm thinking. if I had money my entire life would change! as for your friend with cancer? just be there to listen & encourage. this is her battle & her choice to make on treatment. she might not have many options unless she has excellent health insurance. I will also say a prayer she becomes a cancer survivor.

Jeannie,happy dating! forgot to say that yesterday. you have far more energy than I can imagine with so many projects going on now.happy scrubbing & painting too!

HM brought home a pot of red tulips. we got into a fight this morning so maybe his way of an apology? he actually yelled at me which is totally out of character for him.between him & my son I feel my own sanity is slipping daily. in fact I know it is! I wake up from horrid dreams that stay in my mind for hours.

well I have the Westminster dog show to look forward to. more new breeds this year too! most of which I cannot pronounce of course. and I just saw a show of George Cloony with his black cocker spaniel so that made me happy. they are sweet little doggies if they feel secure & get their way.

hope everyone will have a good weekend! ((((hugs to all)))) Pati

[houghchrst]

Okay I'm gonna make this short lol. Bored and while there is housework that needs to be done no one wants to spend a Saturday cleaning. Or Sunday....Monday...well anyway so I went and got some boxes this morning to really dig into my brother's ex room lol. Thinking something for pain, some loud classic rock and I can get to work. He doesn't have a whole lot in there I am just afraid to look under the bed LOLOL. No, seriously. There is no telling what I will find under there.

We got about 4 inches of snow yesterday. For the first time in two winters it blew snow in through the patio screens and covered the entire porch in a layer of snow. So now I have to get out there and shake it all off before it melts which will probably be sometime tomorrow afternoon. Too cold to go out today. Windchill was -8 at ten this morning.

Okay time to get off the computer and get to work. Ugh.