What's Happenin'

[clouds z]

sleeping ok and its not hot here-but im depressed im poor i guess--poor i wonder why? i wont say-gov should increase my ssi check and for others increase minimum wage

[dawnmn]

Oh where, oh where did everyone go!!!!! Three days and no ones posted what the heck...we all can't lead boring lives?

Clouds, I agree with you.

[tic chick]

hey everyone !

well, i have been kind of planning the rest of my garden now that the patio is there. there are a lot of perennials on sale now, so i'm looking for some unusual ones to plant. i saw some lime green coral bells last year that almost looked neon, they were so bright. i want to find those again and incorporate them somewhere. of course, i have some dirt to fill in andthinking of where it will move stuff. i think i will move plants at the end of summer so they will have a chance to get rooted well before winter.

my gentleman friend takes me to breakfast once a week and tomorrow is the day we are going. we also get together on saturdays for watching movies or whatever . so far, everything has been nice.

my dryer has something wrong with it and my son took it all apart to help me save some money. only problem is he works and so he has to do things when he has time. i have been dryer-less for almost 2 weeks, but i rigged up a clothesline above my gate between 2 posts and i hang all my stuff on hangers to dry. so far it's been inconvenient, but not a total disaster. i hope he finishes putting the dryer together in the next 2 days.

it's been pretty cool here lately, mostly in the 70's, but kind of humid. we are getting light showers every couple of days. it actually feels more like spring! we've prolly only had about 6 days where the temp was above 90 this year, so i think it's been cooler here than it usually is in summer. fine with me. there is a big garbage pick up this friday and i swear i am going to clean a bunch of junk out of my basement! i also have to patch some shallow holes in the concrete on the porch because my home insurance company told me to. i just want to get a couple days of sunny weather and no rain or chance of rain.

and this and that has got to be done, too.

i'm sure once football season starts, everyone will be back .

thank you all for sharing and caring ,
jeannie

[Buttons2]

Jeannie glad you have so many projects. and having fun with your new guy! Dawn, nice wedding eh? don't blame you one bit for not liking those trips to Mt. i've been there alot myself. Clouds, try not to let the deprssion rule your life. reason I'm not here much is the beautiful weather keeps me outside all day & my eyes are getting worse by far. fawn twins come around to eat most mornings now. think might be 2 different sets!no rain all summer!

[Buttons2]

using my old glasses. hope it helps! still having summer weather here. little bit of rain. nice day yesterday cause a lady came & cleaned the house! best thing that's happened here in years!! she's young & strong,very busy gal: firefighter soon to be EMT,studying for BA in infant nursing, commercial fisherwoman, was here 3 hrs & coming back nxt. Sunday to do more! woke up this morning still excited.brought back memories for me cause I used to be the cleaning person myself. now I can't do much of anything.


Sissy got one of the bunnies last night. & a baby mouse this morning. still won't sleep in the house-knows Mister is gone figure she will come back inside by winter.

oldest son has a new GF. he's very excited, me not so much cause she's still married, has 4 daughters & 2 grandkids. I'm afraid he's gonna get hurt.

youngest son still gone & dread him coming back! he's scary & dangerous & hopefully will be gone for good soon. should never have let him back into my life. kids always come first but I'velearned my lesson finally!

hope everyone doing well hard to believe summer is over almost isn't it? my health is worse especially my eyes. maybe next year I'll finally get a diagnosis? I just know I can't do much of anything.

[sly4626]

Sorry I haven't stopped in in a while! Miss you all - hearing what you're all up to.

It's been a month since I posted and wow am I feeling much better:

Joy, are you sleeping better?
Pati, congrats on keeping off the 30#! Sorry your eyesight isn't much better. I agree with you on the weather - Clouds, have you had nice weather by you? I love being outside. Really helps me feel better.
Jeannie, a new man?! Good for you!!! I hope it's working out for you if you do like him!
Dawn, so glad the Wedding went well!!
Clouds, you are SO right, minimum wage is AWFUL. I can't believe that it's only gone up by a few dollars in the last 20 years. Sucks.

I am SO GLAD I "ditched"- as Joy said and I loved it - the Bipolar med! Two months now and I am doing really well. It's been tough but therapy keeps me going. I would have not had the strength to get off these meds had I not learned the skills as to how to deal with myself. DBT is amazing. I am so much better at catching myself before I react poorly. Whew. I ended up going completely off Lamictal and down to a 1/2 dose of Effexor. After I got off the Lamictal I was feeling a lot of anxiety and having panic attacks. The doc thought lowering or going off Effexor might help with that. Just cutting the dose in 1/2 has done so much. I just can't even explain how much better I feel. I was Definitely misdiagnosed. Who cares what the labels are anyway. I know I have OCD and I work really hard to not do the rituals - Prozac helps and therapy of course too. I'm a 47-year old woman with a bunch of peri menopausal symptoms - that would depress anyone haha!! But seriously, I feel Adderral had been a Godsend for me. I love being able to focus.

Is Julia OK? I have to go read the prayer circle thread now. I so hope she's all right.

I'll work harder to be here more often. I want to.

Love to all,

Sly

[joy]

it is always good to hear from you sly. i don't know what has happened to our group, surely everybody can't be so all busy as to not have time to post anymore.

it sure is lonely when no one posts much. i do not have anything going on and do not even feed the birds like i use to do. so don't have that to talk about these days even. hopefully everyone is well and staying busy. and not anything else healthwise detaining them.

[tic chick]

hey everyone !

it has been VERY warm and humid here the past week. we're getting a break today and then next week the temps are supposed to drop into the low 70's!

i went and got my haircut last week and i also had a doctor's appt. to get a physical and some blood work done. my bloodwork is all fine and my doc is happy with me. he wants me to see a dermatologist for a mole he thinkgs looks suspicious, just as a precaution. i also have to see an opthamologist. i have appt.'s next week tuesday and wednesday .

i got some flowers last week. something that has dark leaves edged in chocolate brown with bright white flowers, it's related to joe-pyeweed. i also got some more coral bells, they are apricot and orange and tan colored, very pretty. i found some ground cover for under my yews and some coral colored phlox. the phlox i bought last year started to bloom in august and it is SO fragrant. i can smell it's fragrance every time i pass by it. that's why i bought 2 more and i am planting them all around my patio so i can smell them when i sit down and relax. one of my rhododendron's leaves are curling under. i read about it and it's a kind of fungus. i have to dig it up and throw it away.

i am moving my daylilies to against the back of the house, so i had to dig a trench and put up a black hard plastic barrier, so the plants don't naturalize into other areas. i planted some plants yesterday and i was sweating from the humidity. of course i have to dig up dirt and move it and mix it with organic manure and peat moss because my soil has so much clay in it. i sit on the ground and mash the soil with my hands and throw away any clay clumps that don't break up. then i mix in the other stuff and wheelbarrow it back to the area i dug it out of and refill it. then i plant my plants. it is a lot of work, especially when it is warm and humid.

i am still doing my zumba class every monday because i need to do more exercise in addition to my garden work...NOT. i just love zumba, that's all.

so, i'm sorry i haven't been around. when i sit down at 9pm after playing with the dogs and gardening, i don't get up. my dryer is still not working, so that adds to stuff i have to do casue i have to hang clothes outside.



thank you all for sharing and caring ,
jeannie

plants1.jpg plants2.jpg plants3.jpg plants4.jpg

the first plant is the joe pyeweed, the second is the caramel coral bells, the third is the coral phlox and the fourth is the groundcover called ajuga. you can click on the pics to see them bigger :)

[clouds z]

Oh where, oh where did everyone go!!!!! Three days and no ones posted what the heck...we all can't lead boring lives?

Clouds, I agree with you.

facebook?twitter?

[clouds z]

its a cloudy day but the deadly UV rays still gets to us

its been a hot summer around 80 with sun

i know its hotter elsewhere

[Buttons2]

some rain here but still way too hot for me! never thought I'd be complaining about day after day of sun! still have 2 sets of fawns. haven't seen one snake all summer-yeah! went to my new foot doc yesterday & she has a puppy in her office now. Short haired German duck dog,maybe what Jeannie has? cleaning lady has been her twice now. love having clean floors! got a new carpet remant for the LR. didn't cost much more than to rent a machine & buy spot remover. drinking vitamin water for energy-have to admit it does help a little bit.

oldest son is in love & has been coming over on weekends to gab about her. I don't even want to meet her til her divorce is final. at least he's happy & I'm glad. hope it works for them!

garden is almost dead now. so are my flowers. thinking this will be a bad winter & come early Maples are turning color already & everything is just producing or flowering weird this year.

also wondering where everyone has gone-guessing facebook.

hope everyone is doing OK. I haven't fallen for awhile. brain still scrambled though. my lifetime friend lost her mom couple weeks ago she was 97. other longtime friend & her DH will be here next month for a quick visit.

kermit the frog has been hanging around in my plants. Sissy the cat has finally begun sleeping in the house again. dog is OK too.

hope to hear about all you that are busy. NO more sickness/ hospitals/ bad stuff.

[Fig]

Hey there! I'm still around, just haven't posted in quite a while. Sorry.
I'm tired of this tedious heat and sooo ready for brisk Autumn weather.
Still working at the zoo....it's my therapy, really, being with those wonderful animals!
My dear birds are fine. They save me, with their love and companionship.

Take care. Love from Marion

[Jo6]

Hello everybody. Good to see your post, Marion and yours too my dear friend Pati. Yes, it looks like its been kinda quiet these days. I have missed posting and reading what others are doing.

Sorry Pati, I seem to take 2 steps forward then 3 steps backwards. I get to going along thinking all is getting back to normal, then I do something like fall and hitting my head very hard on a grove on the door. How I stumble over great toe I'll never understand and I end up sailing thru the air. That door is very hard and it stopped me in my tracks.

Things aren't going too well today. I hope to hear from the Neuro Dr. one day this week and get the results from the EEG I had done Thursday. I want to go off the Keppra ((for seizures)) It didn't sound too encouraging Thursday.

Like Joy,, these things will pass, I hope for all of us. Pati, I miss talking to you.. You don't sound like the bouncy full of life Patti that I know. What's wrong sweetie?

I did smile for you when you said you had a cleaning lady twice a week. Now that is the Pati that deserves to be treated like a Queen. You take care and I'll be in touch.

Joy, it was good to talk to you. Sounds like you are still racing around like I try to do and it will catch up with you. now you behave now!!

To everybody else here I hope you are doing well. I seemed to have missed spring and summer and fall will be here soon. I can't remember so much and I don't like that!! When I have one of those horrible seizures it takes so much from me. The fall last night didn't help'.

Where's "lil queenie"?? I miss her and don't see a post from her in ages. Guess I'll have to get the County Mounties out and hunt her down. I do miss you lil queenie. Write me and let me know how you are, OK ?

Clouds, I hope your depression is better. We all are very fond of you and want you to be well and happy.

Jan, glad you got back safe and had a good summer. Sly, please forgive me for forgetting your name. I haven't forgotten you and I'll come up with your name soon. Gosh where does the energy go? Maybe I have "iron poor blood", reckon?

Jeannie, as always, you cheer all of us up. I hope you are well. Dawn I missed the wedding. Did you post some pictures? Now I do remember a few things.

Mike, how is school going or are you already through? I know you have done well Well, I'll go for now, but I do thank all of you that have prayed for me and encouraged me along the way. I hope to be back real soon.

All my love to each and every one of you, Julia s to for all

[dawnmn]

Pati, good for you on having a house cleaner. I do wish that I could have one. Maybe someday.

I check in everyday and then realized that I haven't written anything in a while. We are in the 90's today. We do need the rain. Will be doing the rain dance soon. Every thing is turning brown which is not how it usually is. At least the 90's are not going to stay around long. thanks havens.

I have the wedding post blues. Not much is happening around here. I was always busy with something going on with the wedding.

I do need to lose some weight but am having a hard time due to the meds that I am on. It's a bummer working out and nothing happens. I also need to find a job working part time. I would love to find a job that I could work 15 house a week.

Chris, please check in with us and let us know how you are holding up.

Julia, so great to have you back. Hope you are getting better everyday.

[Jo6]

Thank you Dawn. I'm working as hard as I can go to try getting back to some kind of normal. Hope the wedding went over great. It is a bit of a let down when all is over and done and everybody goes back on their merry way. Hope you can find something to fill your time.

Pati, I think we got all your rain this year. It has rained everyday since I can remember from last of winter. At least we are not in a drought and the lakes have all filled back up. Glad you are enjoying the sunshine. Ken walks with me every evening, just a little more everyday. It helps, but its slow going.

I'm glad you haven't fallen lately. That has been a problem for me. I fell last Sunday night. It was a hard fall, don't have a clue what made me fall. Head still has a knot and it is sore. I have had a headache everyday since.

Oh well, I shouldn't be so clumsy. Well, since I haven't done anything in months except fall, hospital, a host of other things I'll close for now. I know it is depressing to hear things and I can't remember if I've said the same thing over and over or not.

I'm glad things are going better for you, Pati. You take care and hope the sunshine will continue to give you pleasure.

my love to all, Jo