please help

livesstrong

Lisa - EVERYONE IS INVITED!!!! 

sueps

Dear Sisters xxx

Really quick here as it is midnight and I have my new vocation at 6 30 am!!!

AE what a beautiful song xxxx 

Judie ...what a corker of a grandaughter ...you meking me broody !!

HERE IS MY SONG TO EACH AND ONE OF YOU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7yaARYi8QI&feature=related

COPY AND PASTE IF IT DOESNT WORK XXX

Ok some other strange thoughts...I would like your comments on...

Did you like DALLAS  I used to love watching that with my mum (

I didnt watch Dynasty ...did you prefer...

Also .... I miss John Lennon even though I was only young I remember being at school....when he was killed.... do you rememeber ...god what questions I know ...but its english and us bonding ...lol.....

I WILL BE AT NYC IN SEPTEMBER ...

I am waiting for tx to end ...and got someone to look into insurance for me as I need it in the US XXX

OK wish me luck tomorra ....in ma new abode with ma new homies xxx

I LOVE YOU ALL XXX

livesstrong

Sue - I love that song - did you ever see the movie??  Tearjerker.

I'll admit I watched Dallas & Dynasty. hahahaha. I liked Dallas better.

Since I am a HUGE Beatle fan I miss John Lennon terribly.  When you come to NYC We will take you by the Dakota where he lived and Central Park where the marker is.  I remember EXACTLY what I was doing when he got killed - watching football with my ex and some friends.  So very sad.  When we get to England I am definitely going to Liverpool - are you far from there??

You are too funny - homies!!!!! hahahahaha 

Where were you all on 9/11?

AE 

portiasproudmom

I cut and pasted it to my browser, AE.  When I clicked on the link, it took me back to bc.org as well.  What concert are you and UB going to see?  I haven't been to a concert in ages.  The dh and I have been talking about going to the Columbia River Gorge for a concert this summer.  It's an amazing venue. 

My last boost is tomorrow!!!  I am so excited!  I'm having Portia bake the therapists some big, chewy, chocolate chip cookies.  They have been so nice.  Even the one that went to my school's rival college (I went to Washington State University and she went to the University of Washington).  She gives me such a hard time, but it's all in good fun.

Good luck tomorrow, Sue!  Maybe this new store will be much better for you.  You just never know until you give it a shot.  I still think the 48 hour work week and the two week notice when asking for time off is ridiculous!

Hugs,

Karen

sueps

I am about a 40 minute drive from Liverpool ...I will take you around Liverpool it is steeped in history and I will take you to where the beatles hung out.My friend met with yoko in a bar last week ...he is a big beatles fan. How tragic .....

On 9/11 I had picked the boys up from school and had their friend over for dinner...I switche the tv on and could not believe my eyes....HORRIFIED ... I was shivering...with fear I cried and cried and will still cry at this ...very very very sad .....all the families   xxxx   atrocity ...

Ok how bout Pirncess Diana ....I was in bed but woke up to the news in North Wales the day I took my kids to Mnachester to have access to their dad xxx..... a month after my daughter died ...very bad time for me then xxx that year was tragedy xxx

portiasproudmom

Oh Sue!  That movie makes me BAWL!  That one and Terms of Endearment.  Oh!  And Somewhere in Time.  That one KILLS me!!!!  A lot of movies make me cry my eyes out.  I'm such a blubber head.

honeygirl

Hi Sue! Only more tx left!!!!!!!!!

You have awoke from the poppy field , and are walking very fast now. And you can see that wonderful , beautiful emerald city!

 Oh what a celebration that will be!

And we're not gonna let you fall. No way. We are all right beside you. Holding you up , arm in arm.Counting down to May 20th!

So Craigee-poo looks like a chipee-poo huh?This could be fun! I mean- yes , I hope he is a excellent employee . It sucks though with all the changes that aren't positive ones. I hope it all works out for you Sue. And hey , after chemo is over , and things aren't any better , you can always get a job somewhere else. Anyone would be so lucky to have you as an employee. Cause no matter what you do Sue , you always "buck up and get it done"! Take care sweetie , hope you're not having to bad of ses'. Oh my , I hope you got you're washer opened! If not , those clothes will be dry without the dryer!lol xxxx Melody

Hi to all the rest of you lovely ladies. Ulla and Lisa , I really want to start doing what you guys are doing! I really need a kick in my a$$ to get going!!!HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Shirlann , where are you!?!xxxx

honeygirl

Oh Sue , thanks for that song. I love , love , love it. Its one of my favs.

I loved John Lennon. I was at my parents house in Tenn. watching tv when the report came on. I was so shocked and sad. His music and lyrics came right from his heart and soul I believe. My fav is Imagine. I watched in excitment and awe , at Princess Diana's beautiful wedding. And I watched in horror at her life being taken so tragically. I loved her.

I was at work on 911. Listening on the radio , and just wanting to be home with my family.

honeygirl

AE , I love that song too. Thanks for that post. Yes , what concert are you and UB going to?

Shirlann

Hi gals, I am so far behind, I am just going to say, I love you all and if I can get my computer up and running, I will be a better friend.  I can't get my pix on a disc, either.  I have spent hours.  Just when it is supposed to burn, it says it can't find the files and I am sitting here looking at them.

What is this!  New York!  I know a really good hotel.  Good, as in price and location.  It is the Wellington.  Last time we stayed there.  I bet Marci Beth could get us a visit to CBS, too.

I see Sue bug only has 3 more to go!  ATTA WAY TO GO, GIRL.

Ulla is back and sweet Karen.

When Sue is up to it, she will post a few pix of the trip.  It was a good one.

John Lennon is an icon, for us all.  The music he and the others made is still magical.  Imagine, Eleanor Rigby, Hey Jude, I was old, but my sons had all the records.  Sighhh, seems like only yesterday, ha, that's another one.

Well, I can't stay on long, I lose everything, I am discouraged with this useless piice of junk computer.  I understand why people throw them out of the windows!  It always seemed silly, but I am so frustrated.

Walt and I and Steve and Julie got to go hear Jane Goodall at the local college, I sat there and cried.  She is so marvelous. 

Love to all you dear, sweet sisters, Shirlann

NancyD

Where were you...

John Lennon - I was living on Lexington and 26th Street in NYC. I was watching TV when the report broke in. Almost went up to the Dakota to sit with the others, but decided I didn't want to go alone and boyfriend was out of town.

9/11 - I had just gotten to my office, then at 46th St and Sixth Ave in Manhattan. There were only a couple of other people there that early (8:45). One of the assistants came running down the hall saying a plane had just crashed into the WTC. We all went down to my boss's office which was on the south side of the building and had a clear view downtown. We could see the first tower smoking. Someone ran to get a TV or radio. Others tried to get info via the web. As we watched, the second tower was hit.  One of my brothers (the bossy brother) worked a few blocks away from the WTC. Another one is a NYC policeman. I tried to get in touch with them to find out where they were.

Then the towers fell. 

Everyone was fixed to a TV or their computer. The city was frozen, and that meant no one could leave via the bridges or tunnels. The buses and trains were canceled. So if you didn't live in the borough you happened to be in when the planes hit, you had to start looking for someplace to stay. 

It was one of the rare days that I had driven my car to work as I had planned to leave early. I wasn't sure how I would get home, but I started planning a route that would get me north, maybe into the Bronx via one of the smaller bridges that wasn't closed, and then up to my home. About 4pm they announced that the George Washington Bridge would be opened to outbound traffic only. That was perfect, and I made my way, gave a ride to a couple of stranded co-workers who lived in NJ.

My brothers were safe. Bossy brother had gotten to within blocks of work when the first plane hit. Called his office and was told to go home. Cop brother was off-duty that morning, but got called in and ended up working at the recovery site for about two weeks straight.

portiasproudmom

I was on my way to work on 9/11 and turned on the car radio--it was on every station.  I couldn't believe it.  It was a really strange, surreal day at work. 

Gosh, I don't remember what I was doing when I heard of Princess Di's accident.  I think my mom told me.  I know I went to bed and then found out in the morning that she'd died.

Such horrible news in both cases. 

Hugs,

Karen

portiasproudmom

I can't even imagine what it was like for those of you who live in NY, Nancy.  Probably like a bad dream.  I'm so glad that none of your family members worked in the WTC's.

Poor Shirlann!  I've felt like throwing my computer out of the window on MANY occasions!  I hope you get it fixed so we can see more of you again.  We miss you when you only come by once every few days.

Hugs,

Karen

livesstrong

Where I was -

on 9/11 I was on a bus heading to South Jersey.  I work for a company that supplies a major supermarket chain in the Northeast and in some of our stores one of the unions went on strike.  So all of the corporate people had to be "scabs" and work in the stores.  One of my co-workers got a call on the bus from her daughter saying a plane had crashed in the WTC.  Shortly after we got to the store the other plane hit.  They decided to close the store and we had to wait for the bus to come back and bring us home. No one spoke the entire trip back.  I remember how empty the highway was that day.   Nancy, do you remember what a beautiful day it was?  Not a cloud in the sky! I couldn't help but notice that there where no planes flying.  It was surreal. It was the longest 2 hours, I just wanted to get home. When we were approaching our office I remember all the office buildings, including ours, having these HUGE American flags flying and everyone on the bus applauding when we saw them. I found out a few days later one of the employees in my area lost his wife - she was 7 months pregnant.  I still haven't been to the site, maybe some day. I think living so close makes it that much harder. 

If I remember, Princess Di passed on a Saturday, right?  I remember watching it for hours on TV.  Just horrific. She was so beautiful and loved by so many.  I felt the same way about JFK,jr.

Jeez, am I ever sorry I brought this up!!

Good Luck tomorrow Sue.  

Karen - We are going to see Lou Reed tomorrow - ever hear of him?

AE 

AnnNYC

NYC in September ??!!  That is so exciting!!!!!

The night John Lennon was shot, one of the bands I was in had a gig scheduled, at the Mudd Club in NYC.  We were all in a daze, bands and clubgoers.  Terrible.

Princess Di did die on a Saturday -- it was on the night-time news.  I was very upset -- I remember leaving the house and walking, it was a mild summer night -- just walking and walking.

9/11 -- I had a Dr.'s appointment at 9:45 AM at Broadway and 91st Street -- I live in lower Manhattan.  At around 9 AM I was waiting for a bus at First Avenue and Houston Street (NancyD knows where this is) and I saw a huge plume of smoke -- I thought "that's a really big fire -- maybe it's in Chinatown" -- I asked other people waiting for the bus if they knew what the fire was, but they didn't.  Then at 14th Street I got on the L train (subway from the East to the West side of Manhattan) and a woman who got on the train with me said "Did you hear a plane flew into the World Trade Center?  A friend of mine works there and I hope he's okay."  At that point, I immediately thought some little private plane had a crazy accident -- she did too.  Then I switched from the L to the 2 or 3 train at 7th Avenue, and took the 2 uptown to 96th.  No talk of WTC.  But the minute I got off the subway uptown, chaos.  People saying a SECOND plane, and these were both jumbo jets.  Oh my God.  I get to my doctor's office and he's freaking out too.  Just heard on the news about the Pentagon, and at that point news reports (later said to be mistaken) about car bombs in Washington, DC.  Brief doctor visit!  (My ex-husband had been given novocaine for a dental procedure in Brooklyn, in an office with a view of the WTC, and he and his dentist SAW the first plane hit the first tower.  They both freaked out and decided not to continue, even though his mouth was already numb.)  So, about 10:30, I'm heading back down to my job (17th Street and Second Ave) from Bdwy and 91st.  It's of course a gorgeous day.  Buses are crowded and I'm so freaked, I figure I'll walk for a while.  Streets are full of people gathered around, listening to news on radios from the open doors of parked cars, vans.  My plan is to walk to 72nd and get the subway -- but when I get there, the subway is shut down.  I keep walking down Broadway.  At about 56th Street -- the David Letterman theater -- huge TVs in the lobby window are showing the collapse of the towers!  I am completely freaked -- it looks so surreal -- for a minute I wonder if people are making some sick broadcast joke, or if it's a news simulation/speculation -- I say to the people standing around "Did this really happen?"  Yes.  Oh my God.

Now I think, I'll get on a bus around Times Square or 42nd Street -- but when I get there, no VEHICLES are being allowed below 42nd Street.  Police officers are saying there are reports of bombs in subway tunnels, parked cars near WTC.  I keep walking.  Around 28th Street, I start smelling the smoke.  Acrid.  About 25th, we see a wave of people covered in ash.  Most of us walking downtown stare silently at the ashen people walking uptown.  I see one young woman, tiny, in her 20s, no shoes, looking freaked, covered in ash.  I ask her very gently if there is anything I can do to help her -- cash, water -- she says, no, she's been given water, she has reached a friend, she has a place to go, but she says in a voice that is trying not to cry or scream -- "I could have died!  I thought I would die!"

But she is now near her friend's house and insists she'll be okay.

So, soon I get to work -- a hospital at 17th and 2nd -- gurneys and IVs and nurses and doctors are lined up at the front entrance -- we're not a trauma center but specialize in non-life-threatening joint injuries -- apparently there had already been a first wave of people needing treatment -- but that was the most tragic thing, that there was never a second wave.

Anyway, I get up to my desk -- lots of emails from family in Midwest, friends in Texas, etc. -- I tell them I'm okay.  Phone service is nearly nonexistent.  My son had just started his freshman year of college about 40 miles outside the city -- we finally spoke late in the afternoon -- he said school was called off for the next few days, but I told him to stay put for at least 24 hours.

So at the end of the day I headed to my apartment, where I live alone, below 14th Street -- there were National Guardsmen on every corner -- you could only walk below 14th if you showed ID with a home address below 14th.  No vehicles allowed at all.  Just as I was walking home, there was a freakout of police vehicles rushing to Con Edison power plant at 14th and Ave C/D.  Some (false) bomb threat.  That one really got my heart rate up.  There were so many false alarms that day, and the next few days.  I still wonder about that: crazy people, malicious people, paranoid people, overanxious people?  Or part of the attacks?

A woman in my building was a security guard at WTC -- she survived the 1993 bombing, and 9/11, thank God -- her two kids were in high school -- downtown -- at the time, and kind of ran all over the place freaking out trying to find her -- but fortunately the whole family was physically okay.  Financially -- well, the Red Cross was far stingier with security guards going without pay than they were with stockbrokers.  This is true, and I'll never understand it.

Okay, that was longwinded...

But someone on this board lived right near the WTC and a piece of falling plane and building crashed into her building...  I can't imagine.

Lilly50

thank you so much for the warm welcome ladies and its an honor to join you all in this great thread,i honestly don't know how i would've coped without it in the days i was waiting for my results.

after i got the all clear,i was around 30 pages into this and when i came home from the hospital,i deleted the thread from my bookmarks...only to add it again an hour later as by that time,i felt i knew you all and i wanted to be with you all in your journey to good health.

All you ladies here have helped me understand this horrible Bootface,the types,the treatment and emotions thats attached to it,before my recall,BC was a condition i didn't want to know about but now that i'm more informed,i feel more confident in speaking about it to a couple of ladies i know thats going though what your going through.

Sue,i live near Sunderland which isn't that far from you,in the cold northeast lol.

all my best to you wonderful girls and once again,thanks for being here xxx

livesstrong

Lilly - come back anytime!!

Anne - WOW!!  Living in Jersey I know allot of the streets you were talking about.  I heard many stories of people just walking & walking- going nowhere in particular. My brother works in Jersey City, right by the tunnel, and he watched the Towers fall.  I remember the first attack years before - UB was suppose to go there that day but wasn't feeling well - he was heading to the Path trains and saw a bunch of people all disheveled, he thought it was unusual for that many people to be heading to the trains at that early hour.  It wasn't until he got home did he realize he just missed it!

Anyway, Anne- what kind of music did you play???

Sue - hope today is going well for you.

bbl,

AE

livesstrong

Karen -  - Congrats!!!!! 

YOU HAVE MADE IT TO OZ!!!!!!!!

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

Hugs,

AE

NancyD

Val, re: the nice day on 9/11...I do remember it distinctly. As I said, it was one of the rare days I drove in. I came down the Palisades Parkway and I thought to myself, it was a perfect late summer day. As I came over a crest, there was just a wispy touch of fog drifting through a little valley and the clear, bright blue sky above as the sun was rising. I was looking forward to leaving work early.

Everytime I drive through that same stretch, I think of my thoughts that morning, and how beautiful it looked, what a great start to the day it seemed to be. And how terribly it ended.

As it turned out, I didn't know anyone killed, only friends of friends, third parties. My father was a police commissioner in our town at the time, and he ended up going to close to 50 funerals for firemen, police, and adult children of friends who were killed from our area. They seemed to go on for months. 

AnnNYC, I remember so many people trying to find a way around the city with the subways and buses diverted. Everyone walking to get to their destination. I had parked on the west side and when they finally lifted the ban on using the GWB late in the afternoon, I decided to get home ASAP. It was eerie...there was so little traffic. At one point, I was the only car I could see on the West Side Highway...in the middle of the day...now that was very strange.

These moments are the ones that are seared in brains. And for those of us old enough, I'm sure the assasination of JFK has a similar place in our memories. It's partly the shock of the incident, and the horror, and the magnitude. And so often, the juxtuposition with the mundane or physical opposite (the beautiful September day...) makes it all the more distinct.

lvtwoqlt

Lilly welcome to the family, we are all on the way to OZ and the more the merrier.

Penelope is doing much better today. I think that she will be known as Toto from now on.

Yesterday was fun at the photographer. My mom and I had a great time. Sally made us feel at home even though we were wrapped with black shawls across the chest area. Katheryn could not take her eyes off my boobs/foobs when she was wrapping me in the shawl!  She also had bilat done about 5 yrs ago but opted not to do the nipples or tattoos. She said that she had not seen any in person and thought that they looked great. I told her that the tattoos were still peeling from the session last Monday but they were looking better than last week. I can't wait to see the proofs. Sally took about 20 to 30 picts.

I will write later where I was on 9/11. I need to get back to work.

Sheila

sueps

YOOOO HOOOOOO xxx

Dear Sisters .... I just got in from work ...I left home at 730 am and it is now 7pm !!! 

However I am loving my new abode and my new homies!!!!  I have sniped a lot of my regular customers from my other shop....who were all so pleased to see me!!! HAHAHA ....Tom called in to see me today and I fictioned a load of high figures to make him JEALOUS lol...we were so busy today ...and I have a shed load of paper work to do every day... my deputy manager seems ok..... My field consultant is in with me for a week or so to train me on the paper bumph.. AND I am getting a new office and a staff room WOOP WOOP !!!

Downside is I will be doing a lot of 10 7 shifts...which beats getting up early but I will miss my boys sooooooooo much ...so I have this to contend with xxx

I have absolutely gained from the recent posts and other insights to events in life ...its been very interesting reading .....

I am soooooooo whacked right now.... I love you all so much xxx

Shirlann I cannot upload the pics you sent me as they are not in the right format.... would you be able to save them as individual jpgs and use the paper clip to attacht them .... they are so beautiful and it is so frustrating not to be able to post them...failing you not being able to do this ...the last resort would be to email everyone ..... I love you xxxxxx

Shirlann

Hi Sue, I am soooo glad that things at work are not like a Dickens novel.  Sooo glad.  I know what you mean about the boys.  It is hard to not be home when they get home. 

Do not worry about the pix, I will try again.  I am so discouraged, I cannot get the "whole" bunch on a disc.  Bought a $100 Roxio Creator 10 and it ran 3 discs, then just won't burn them.  I need our computer genius, or a gun to shoot this computer with.

Honey, you are on the upward swing, life is going to give you some gifts soon.  One thing I can personally guarantee to you, you will never, ever think anything in your life is hard to do, ever again.  Huge price to pay for this, but it is true.

I love you, sweetie, take care.  Shirlann

lvtwoqlt

Sue, Glad to hear that you like the new location and the 'homies' that came along with the location. Sometimes there are perks with a change of location. You and your sons will adjust to the new hours, you will be able to spend time with them in the mornings. when John was in school, I was working at the factory and had to be at work at 7:00 am and got off at 3:30 pm, I always had to drop John off at the school age wrap-a-round program at 6:30 am with breakfast in a bag (bowl of cereal and a thermos of milk)and pick him up at the wrap-a-round program at 4:00 pm. I would have liked to fix him a proper breakfast and drop him off as the bell was going to ring to start the day. (wrap-a-round program = before and after school day care at school)

shirlann, I can't wait to see your picts.

I need to get back to work, orders piling up....

Sheila

sueps

Shirlann  ..... thankyou for such a beautiful thought provoking post.... I do hope you get your pc sorted ...I love you xxx

Sheila... I love you so much too ...we are all so gelled...its like we live down the same street!! In my minds eye now Penelope is becoming our mascot..... I love reading about her...so much so that I feel like I have known her for years...and I can almost reach out and touch her warm fur .... Strange  xxx

Ok I am going for a bath .... cos  I sure do need a relax.... I will be back later .... I hope .... I dont have to get up so early tomorrow...I just hope I sleep as I only got half an hour or so last night xxx

Have a lovely afternoon  xxx

Ulla

doing my happy crazy dance for my dear karen ,go girl..

now u can get ur normal life again,,

sweety sue,,happy to hear that u liked ur new homies,,

i enjoyed watching dallas with my mother too,but i dont remeber that i understood everything well as i was just about 7years old thenn

we too didnt watch dainsty,,

i dont remeber anything about john lenon death ,,am sorry for that,,

where i was in 9/11

it miight be interisting for all of u to know about me as an iraqi woman who will tell u somethings that u never expect,,

well well well

i was in a very far southern iraqi city ..working as a trianning dentist,,who just started her proffession,,i was so fresh and so nieve these days ,,but i do remeber wat my parents told me about not to express my real political ideas as it was really dangerouse thing in SADDAMS DAYS..

so i was just having my breakfast in the doctors cafeteria when the tv started to show those sad movies..i couldnt belive my eyes it was so scary thing for me that i started to talk loudly against the whole idea of killing enocent ppl in such crazy way ..

then i left the cafeteria and went to the dental clinic in the small hospital to do my work for that day,,

in the next day i was so shocked when i was informed by the security man in the hospital that i am eing wanted for invistigation due to the dangerouse ideas that i have,,,

i discovered that as long as SADDAM is feeling happy i cant feel anything other than happiness,,i was shocked strongly about the whole subject ,,i couldnt believe wat i was going through..

i called my father who tried to help me in such really dangerouse thing..and he had some friends who could help me to get out of any seriouse expected results ,,and it ended with a punishment for me and being transfered from the center of that southeren city (NASSIRIYA CITY)to a very small villige on the borders with IRAN,,god knows how dangerouse were those days,,,

anywy,,i completed my 18 months service in this lil villige..and then been transfered to baghdad to be with my family again as i practitional dentist,,

but since then i learned (in the jard way)that i must shut my mouth up wen it comes to express myself till i make sure who is sitting near me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!just to be safe,,,lol

sad memories,,,i dont like to remember these days ,,,,

i love u sisters

AnnNYC

Oh, Ulla, that must have been so terrifying.  You are right, it is incredibly informative to learn what it was like for you on 9/11 and in the days after.  Thank God you have gotten through all these dangers!

Hugs,

Ann

Ulla

yes dear ANN,,they were really hard days ,,

i love u sisters..

sueps

(((((ULLA ))))))  You are so very courageous in spirit... with such a special intensity ....  I am so happy you are safe now .... and have come through so much .... but still YOU .... you are an incredible inspiration to us all and we ALL love you ....

I think we all add another dimension to each others lives.... full of enriched sister hood  xxx

OK  ...off for my bath ...hahah ...I never got up 2.5 hours ago ...just slutching on the chair as usual xxx

Also Nancy...Ann......your insight was very very poignant xxx

Ulla

dear swet sue..

thanks alot for ur kind huggs and nice words,,

u all make me feel great day by day,,

evrytime i come here and read ur all words i feel that i  have sisters all around the world..

i love u all

portiasproudmom

Hi ladies!!  Thank you dear AE and Ulla for the congrats.  I feel FREE!!!!  I thought this day would bring mixed feelings for me, but I feel nothing but relief and happiness.  I really do feel like I've finally made it to Oz!

Ann, your story was really riveting.  I couldn't breath as I read it.  How scary it must have been for all of you living in NY.  And for you too, AE--being so close

It was also very interesting to read about your experience, Ulla.  What a terrifying time that must have been for you--to have to watch every word that came out of your mouth.  Thank God that you're still here to talk about it! 

Sheila, I can't wait to see the pics of you and your mom.  The photo shoot must have been so much fun. 

I hope you can figure out a way to show us your pictures, Shirlann.  I'm itching to see them!  This computer stuff can be so frustrating, can't it?  

Hugs,

Karen