I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

YramAL

We live in Seattle and I think the Hawaiian lei tradition has travelled across the Pacific the last few years. 

Mary 

gardengumby

That's cool.  I live in Seattle, too - but haven't been to a graduation in MANY years.  I love leis, and think it's a grand tradition. 

bluedahlia

Very Handsome mom and son.  Now are you sure he wasn't born in Hawaii.  Wouldn't want the birthers getting their teeth into that notion.  hehehehehe!

Busy week for me.  Colonoscopy on Thursday YUK YUK YUK and tyroid doc appt. today.

crazy4carrots

Mary, congrats on two college graduates -- does that make you a "snob"?  (Hahahaha)  Or maybe you're a west coast "elite"......

The mark of a successful nation is the attention paid to the education of its young.  Your kids are on their way, and you and DH get some well-deserved pats on the back. 

 

Enjoyful

Elitist college graduate snobs of questionable birthplaces.  Ay yi yi.   ;-)

Congrats, Mary!  Lovely photo! 

YramAL

Thank you everyone! 

Mary 

riley702

Rest in peace, Richard Dawson.  He really made me laugh on Family Feud. This was one really funny (clean funny) part of an episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J05Dzd_8OjE

Richard can't stop giggling at a strange answer in the Fast Money segment, then can't control himself long enough to ask the second player the same question. Then SHE gives an answer that sets him off again. Very infectious.

YramAL

OK ladies. Starting to get in anxiety mode. I have my screening MRI next Monday. It's the first one I've had since presurgery. I'm not expecting anything bad, but then again, who ever does?

Mary 

3monstmama

My dear Mary what you need now is CHOCOLATE!!!  Lots and lots of chocolate. Because you know, it calms the nerves. . . .come to think of it, martinis aren't half bad either!

I was where you are in May/April--first MRI after everything (there should have been another one but honestly I was too scared to schedule it.  when they did my MRI after I was diagnosed it led to all these other tests and "maybe" cancers so I logically enough NOT decided if I never went for another MRI I would never get another cancer diagnosis).  It helped me to acknowledge that I was scared poopless and to cut myself some slack.  I watched whatever bad tv attracted my fancy, gobbled dark chocolate, slept and chilled. And when I did the MRI it was boring boring boring.

That said, I shall be in your bag with a big bar of Theos dark chocolate on Monday.  Many many hugs.

YramAL

Thanks 3monstmama! There's such a thing as a chocolate martini you know. I think I'll have one of those.

Mary 

Bren-2007

Hi Everyone!

Hope all my buddies are doing well.  I've been struggling with the decision of having surgery on Maggie's knee.  I decided against it tomorrow.  I asked them to take some xrays first and I would review them to see how much damage there was to her ligament.  She has to go in anyway to have a tooth pulled.  Poor baby.

Mary .. Congrats on the graduations!  Your son is really good looking.  I remember when my son graduated from college ... I was still getting radiation treatment and had to travel across country to be there.  It was one of the proudest moments of my life.

I'm keeping you in my thoughts for the MRI this coming Monday.  Ever since my best friends cancer came back, I never take my health for granted anymore.  I'm praying for an unremarkable scan!

hugs to everyone,

Bren

bluedahlia

Mary, I'm thinking BORING!

rosemary-b

Mary

I will hold your hand. Ultrasound on my "other" boob tomorrow, results Friday. 

duckyb1

Blue.......haven't been on for a while..........when I was I didn't see you posting, and got worried...........just checked in, and girlfriend.....there you were...........glad to see your ok................hugs.

YramAL

Yes, Rosemary-I'll be holding your hand as well. I know your ultrasound is tomorrow. When will you get results? I've been told to not expect results until the following week for my MRI, and even then, my onco is on vacation so I don't see him until July 5th. 

Good to see you Ducky!

Bren-I'm a tiny bit biased in thinking my son is handsome, but thanks for confirming my belief. I totally get what you're saying about not taking our health for granted anymore.

Blue-boring couldn't be a better word! 

Mary 

bluedahlia

BORING for you too Rosemary!

Thank you Ducky.  I'm OK just a little bit nuts but that's allowed.  hehehehehe!

suzieq60

Mary and Rosemary - Hoping you are both really boring.

208sandy

While you're all thinking "boring" please think "boring" for me - results from last week's round of tests on Tues. the 12th - I've been in "nutty" mode for the last two weeks (and "eating" everything bad - I'll need to start at diet on the 13th I think).

suzieq60

Sandy - I'm sure you are really boring too. Why are you having to wait so long for the results?

rosemary-b

Ack, what is with all the tests. I hate hate hate this crap. Cancer sucks. I get my results Friday. I am glad I only have to wait 2 days. Mary and Sandy I will be with you.

208sandy

Susie - it's just the way my onc has it set up - she is only at our local cancer clinic a couple of days per week - so just to be sure all test results are in they set the onc appointments two weeks from testing - if I wanted to I am sure I could get the results early but I try not to rattle the cage bars unless I am worried about something.

YramAL

Sandy-Here's to boring results for you as well. June must be a popular testing month. 

Mary 

1Athena1

While we wait for booooring results for everyone - is anyone following the recall election of Gov. Walker?

Here's hoping he gets the boot!

From the NYT:

MILWAUKEE - Sixteen months after Wisconsin erupted into one of the fiercest political wars in residents' memories, voters began streaming into polling places on Tuesday to decide whether to remove Gov. Scott Walker, the Republican whose decision to cut collective bargaining rights for most public workers set off the fight.

Mr. Walker, who cast his own vote at a school in this city's suburbs not long after the polls opened, is only the third governor in the nation's history to face a recall election. Under Wisconsin's provisions for recall - never before tested when it comes to a governor - Mr. Walker finds himself competing for his job against Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, the Democratic challenger.

While the outcome will decide Mr. Walker's immediate political future, it will also be looked to as a sign about how this state will approach fiscal and other policies in the months ahead, how comfortable other states' leaders will feel challenging collective bargaining rights and unions, and about President Obama's chances come November in a state that he won four years ago.

In many cities, lines were reported at polling places, even before they opened at 7 a.m. In Janesville, not far from the Illinois border, about 20 residents waited among a landscape of ferns and flowers in front of the Rotary Botanical Gardens.

"It's going to be a big one today," said Lois Altmann, 83, a volunteer poll worker, as she taped maps of the county on walls inside the garden's visitor center where voting booths were being erected. "Soon we can stop hearing about this."

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/results/live/wisconsin-recall?hp

3monstmama

Rosemary, I shall buy another big bar of chocolate and tag along tomorrow in your bag.

Heres to you and Sandy being the very most boring people EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

bluedahlia

Sandy........BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have my prep for colonoscopy on Thursday all ready for tomorrow.   I'm gonna be in a bitch of a mood.

suzieq60

Blue - YUKKK I never want to have one after watching Steve have so many.

RetiredLibby

I am so convinced that all the test results will be boring that I will be sleeping late tomorrow after staying up late to watch election results. Boooooring! Blue, I am sorry about the colonoscopy prep ... I had to do it for my BSO, which means I will have to be hungry AGAIN in another year and a half for my regularly scheduled colonoscopy. I HATE BEING HUNGRY! Sending sympathy vibes, Blue, and booooooooorrrring vibes to our testy women! And hugs all around.



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208sandy

Blue - you are SO allowed to be bitchy. Hugs, Sandy

gardengumby

Athena - unfortunately they just predicted a Walker victory - ugh.  I'm beginning to lose hope.

duckyb1

Blue.............nuts, great............straight jacket type people..........love them...........colonoscopy prep..........priceless.....................lol..................been there, done that, every three years...............my Mom died from colon cancer................so how lucky can you get.........................hugs.