For Older People with Sense

macatacmv

oooh chrissy, I love the bed and head board!! Looks very comfy and the comforter looks great too. Is that one that you made? The bedside chests look new! What a great picture in low light. Enjoy your feeling of accomplishment. 

The painter stayed until 9pm last night at the other house. I think he has been read the riot act by the contractor. He is suppose to be finished up and out of there Friday at the latest.

Yes, Lisa your pool looks so inviting. 

Lily, enjoy your respite from treatment for a week. Is your rad center close by? Hopefully, they will only take a small part of your day and you can get the rest you need to recover. 

Wren, a grand niece! wonderful. That is so nice that you can be so involved with your grands. They will remember it forever. My DS still talks about how his Nana would pick him up from day care with a little container of m&ms. Of course, then he would be completely surgared up by the time he got home. lol

SoCalLisa

sugared but happy

chrissyb

Thanks Nancy, I made that quilt about twenty years ago it has been used and washed and washed and washed!  I've even had to mend it.  It still looks good enough to use and I do love the colors in it.  I'm happy with the overall effect of the bed and the cabinets although the giant pillows won't arrive until next week.  They will be at the back nearest the headboard and cover the whole width of the bed.

That painter must be very slow or just plain slack!  I can't believe he has taken so long......hopefully he will finally be done by Friday for you.

Love n hugs.   Chrissy

SoCalLisa

Chrissy, you must have patience to make the quilts..they are lovely

Wren44

Really beautiful, Chrissy.

Alyson

Hi all from sunny Australia - Queensland

Took this yesterday morning from cousin's place.

QCA

Thanks to all for your prayers and positive thoughts about DGS.  Good news--no hospital, and he'd actually improved a bit today.  His blood oxygen level was back up to 99% from 89%, and he was playing and happy when I took his brother home this afternoon.  Still on antibiotics for pneumonia and double ear infections, and also on steroids.  Ever seen 'roid rage in an almost 2 year old?  It's a real picture!

Lilyrose, I was thinking of you a couple of days ago and was glad to see your post.  It's such a relief for us when a scan shows nothing of concern.  Chrissy's so right about the rads---moisturizing is the key!  Hope all is good to get started next week.  How nice that you got to meet your new granddaughter and saw both your girls, and a phone call from your son to boot!

Chrissy, I love the bed and headboard, and the quilt is simply beautiful!  I'd have never believed it was older because it looks brand new.  The room looks like a very relaxing place to sleep, too.  

Alyson, love the swan picture!

Lisa, is Balboa Park near your home?  You post such beautiful pictures from there.

We're under a severe thunderstorm warning, flood advisory, etc, for about another hour, but so far no rain and no thunder.   Hope it stays this way, too!

Kathy

Wren44

Kathy, Good news about GS. I had a friend who's child at asthma. She said mothers would bring in kids who could barely sit up. After they got the steroids they were running around the walls and ceiling. Hers was included, of course.

Wilsie2

Getting geared up for retirement Oct 1  I played bridge at the Senior Center with some really nice ladies  I have missed so much, working all the time, and want to make up for lost time .  So will mix my time up with the volunteer job, Senior Center and the exercise classes  There needs to be something to get me out of the house every day.

I enjoy this thread so much with all the beautiful photos and you nice ladies .  Wilsie

Wren44

I think you'll love retirement Wilsie. I volunteer as a receptionist one half day a week, volunteer with an animal shelter on two days and will start an art class Oct. 2. Still working on getting myself to an exercise class. Right now tendonitis in an ankle is my excuse, but I'll find another one when that's gone.

Wilsie2

I am trying water aerobics and arm chair yoga  its a start, anyway!

QCA

Wilsie, I think you'll love being retired too!  Now I wonder how I had time to work.

The good feelings about Aiden were premature.  Back to the doctor today and he's actually worse.  Doctor said the enterovirus is over and the problem is the pneumonia that resulted.  Oxygen levels were too low again, so he got another breathing treatment at doctor's office and those will continue at home.  Also got another antibiotic.  I will not be surprised if he's not put into the hospital tomorrow or Sunday and put on a ventilator.  The main thing now is to get this one better and to try to keep his older brother (age 5)  healthy.  Truly, you wouldn't know the child was sick just to look at him---happy, smiling, playing all the time.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.  Looks like a busy one for us!

Kathy

SoCalLisa

nothing worse than worrying about little folks...hugs to your family

my yucca is blooming

Wren44

Lisa, Do they die after blooming? Or is that some other cactus?

SoCalLisa

no just the bloom dies

QCA

Lisa, that's gorgeous!  Wish I had one, but not the right climate here.  

Wren, we saw a cactus blooming this summer at the beach and DH said it would die afterwards.  Don't know what kind it was and DH is, as usual, asleep on the sofa!

Kathy

SoCalLisa

sounds like my DH.

lilyrose53

Kathy,  I am so sorry to hear your DGS is still so sick.  Little ones do tend to turn things around rather quickly, so hopefully, the new antibiotic will do the trick.  I will keep him in my prayers.

Alyson,  Beautiful photo of the swan!

Chrissy,  I'm loving your new bed and side tables!  I started quilting a few years ago, and I know how much time it takes to finish one!  Yours is lovely!  I really like the design.  I still have only made crib quilts and lap quilts.  I would like to tackle a larger one.  

Wishing you all a peaceful evening,  lilyrose

barbe1958

Oh dear, Kathy! Your grandson is in my prayers!!

Elisimo

Hey there ladies, just checking in. Been MIA for a long time and wanted to let you know I am still hanging in there.  It has been a very rough year the year and at times DH has wondered if I was nearing the end with all the hospital stays this year.  He worries too much about me, but he takes really good care of me.  He is enncouraging me to do all the things I want to do that my current health will allow me to do.  Anyway, I will go beck and try to catch up on some of the pages I have missed this year.

Chrissy, I love the quilt. So glad you are using it. To me there is nothing sadder than seeing a quilt that is not being used and loved.  I am finally back to making my quilts and all the grands have their orders in for new one this year for Christmas so I will be busy with those from now until them.

Hugs all around

AJ

macatacmv

AJ, so great to "hear" from you!!! Glad you are back to quilting and doing some things that you love for people you love. We missed you here.

Kathy, there are over 150 kids in Children's Hospital in Boston with this virus. It is horrible! I hope your little guy gets better soon and big brother stays healthy!

love the yucca, lisa. 

I just did some fall plant shopping to spruce up the front porch. Mums and other fall annuals. Then I bought a pumpkin and a little small bale of hay. lol my DD thinks I've lost it. It will give me something to do today to get them into the boxes and set up the way I would like.

Here is a picture of the pergola in front of the house. I think we might be able to get inside today with our shoes off. 

Connie07

Hi Ladies, 

I'm here to say hello and that I have missed you all. It's been a long time and I'm glad to be back and see so many familiar names and so many new ones. I've had a difficult go of it for quite some time and dropped this activity when I should have kept the love, care and support that I find here. 

I always believed that maturing, getting older would bring so many ridiculous expectations and that wisdom would make life better. HAHAHAHAHAHAA then I had to question all the decisions I've made that got me here and do some purging of my Wants and accepting of my reality. 

That's hard. And nobody can really help one come to terms with how our choices have created our present.  There's more yet to do, but I hope the worst of it is over. And I could use some friends.

Glad to see you all, look forward to meeting new ones!

~Connie

macatacmv

Hey Connie, glad you're back! I know the pain of accepting the reality of some of my past choices. But as chrissy would say "it is what it is." Let's move forward together. 

QCA

What a great day to see posts from both AJ and Connie!!  I'm delighted to see you both, but so sorry you've had hard  things to deal with in the interim.  Looking forward to more posts from each of you. Welcome back! You have been missed.

Aiden seems to be a bit better today, so I'm cautiously hopeful that the new antibiotic is helping.  DIL says his breathing is much improved and that's good.  Next recheck is Tuesday.

Nancy, love the pergola.  Hope you can get your bare feet on that shiny new floor  too.

Today is the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo, which has to be the most significant weather event of my lifetime so far.  Hope we never see anything like it again!  Eight massive oak trees were uprooted in our yard, but the line of wind was such that not one hit the house.  Many were not so fortunate.  We had recently gotten city sewer so we could flush at leash, but no hot water for baths, cooking, etc, since the power was out for 2 weeks.  The bricks on the front of our house were scrubbed absolutely clean by the force of the wind, and later I noticed lots of fine dust inside the window screens.  Took me a while to figure it out, but it was actually pulverized leaves that had been driven through the holes in the screens.  

Have a good week, everyone!

Kathy

barbe1958

Wow, the power of nature, eh, Kathy?

Welcome back strangers! You do not fail when you fall, you fail when you don't get up. 

macatacmv

Where is everyone? 

I had to go to the city on Tuesday to see my dermatologist. My 6 mo check up. He froze that spot on the top of the end of my nose, so that will be nice and scabby again, soon. But he found "something" on my back that he wants to do an excisional biopsy on next week. He wants to get clear margins. He "thinks" it is Basal Cell. I hate where my mind goes. I have started a new jig saw puzzle that I brought back from Austria.That will keep me occupied.

The appliances should be moved into the little house on Saturday. So that is exciting, but the tile and finish electrical and plumbing is still to be done. The floor is covered with paper still, so no great pictures yet.

QCA

Nancy, I'm wondering the same thing, but sometimes this thread seems to grow dormant for a while.  Anyhow, good luck on the excisional biopsy next week.  I'm hoping for clean margins so no repeat performance.  You can't help but worry, I know, but I'd doubt it's associated with bc.  Things seem to have slowed on your house and I hope they'll pick up again once the appliances are in.

DGS Aiden is much, much better, I'm happy to report.  He went back to preschool today and I do think he'd missed it a lot.  We keep him Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and he took a 2 hour nap today.  I can surely deal with that!

DH is gearing up for the great Outer Banks fishing trip, which is week after next.  He and a friend went to a fishing store 4 hours away yesterday and I think spent most of their time trying to find their way there.  Neither took a GPS or even a road map, and neither remembered that they could access GPS by their cell phones.  DH returned at 8:00 PM with a two fishing lures, saying what a great day it was.  Outer Banks fever has set in already.   

Kathy

chrissyb

Hi girls!  OMG!!  I just looked and it's been a week since I was here!!!  Now that's just plain slack on my part....lol.   Thanks for all your lovely works over my bed and after sleeping on it for just over a week I can honestly say, it's like sleeping oon a cloud and is just sooooo comfy I really don't want to get out of it in the morning......lol......lazy me? nooo just loving it!!!

Aly that's a great pic of the black swan, love the reflection on the water, lovely!  I hope you are having fun touring around!

Lisa that Yucca flower is beautiful......I wonder is that is the same plant we have here........there are great stands of them and they do have a huge flower spike like yours but I've never actually seen the flower just the spike after the flowers have dropped.  Note to self to keep a check on the Yucca stands that I see on the way to the city.   If I think on it, I will get a pic of the plants we have here so we can compare.

Lillyrose, how are you feeling now?  I sure hope you are on the up.

Yay AJ is in da house!!!!   It's so lovely to see you pop in but I'm saddened to hear that this year has been so rough for you.  I do hope that things settle a while so you can get back into your sewing room and get those quilts done for your grands.  Yes, I like to use my quilts as otherwise there is no use putting all that time into making them.  Sure hope you can get back here soon.

Nancy the little house is really looking great!  Love the pergola and can just imagine it covered with a flowering creeper in summer!  At least the appliances can go in and hopefully the other stuff will get done soon........all things good come to those who wait and girl that little house is going to be a wonder considering how long you have waited.....lol.

Connie!  Oh how great it is to see you back!  We all look back on our lives and question some of the choices we made but as the saying goes, hindsight is twenty/twenty.  Glad you are getting through all the sorting and what is left to do is nothing like it was when you started.  There are always friends here.

Kathy, how is your DGS?  I sure hope that he is well on the mend by now......poor baby, he has had a lot to contend with.  That Hurricane sure was a bad one (we call them Cyclones and we have had a few badies here as well).  It sounds like someone was really watching over you during that storm and that's for sure!

Nancy I hear you on the worry over that 'thing' on your back!  It's even worse as you can't see it......been there, done that......lol.   Basal cells aren't too bad if they are caught early enough.......had quite a few of them as well but mainly on  my face and ears.  Hope your dermatologist gets clear edges first time round but I know it is a worry for sure.  Yipeee for the appliances going in!!  It's all advances so don't knock it!....lol.....it's another thing off the to do list.

Yay Kathy!!  so good to hear that DGS is feeling way better and has been able to return to pre-school!  Lol Kathy at your DH's great trip for two fishing lures......that is just so, so.......well yeah.  Mind you if we had done that over a piece of fabric or such they would call us all the idiots under the sun........lol.  I so wish that I could jump in his pocket to get be back to the Outer Banks....it is just so beautiful!

Yes, I have been slack this past week but I have a reasonable if not a good excuse......lol.  My 2nd DD has returned to body building comp after a hiatus of ten years.  Her first comp for the season was held last weekend in the city and of course I had to be there to support her.  I know body building is not the cup of tea for everyone but having watched what they have to go through to achieve their shape leaves me in awe of their commitment  and dedication and just so proud of my DD.  She won the Masters section (she is 41) and was runner up in the Open section.  This pic was taken just after her win.

These two pics were taken in a studio by a professional photographer after the comp.  She wanted them done for an update on her web site.  They really show her form and I think they are beautiful.... but I could be biased....lol.  She is fully flexed in these where she is relaxed in the above pic.

Been doing a lot of playing and deleting with my camera and I think I am finally learning.....sometimes I think I've worked stuff out and go yeah, got that and then go to use it only to find I have forgotten......gosh I hate that!  Oh well, I have nothing pressing so I guess I can spend a little more (or a lot more) time trying to get it all pounded into my brain.

Have a great day all!    Love n hugs.    Chrissy

macatacmv

wow, chrissy, your DD is just amazing! I was like that's relaxed? OMG. That is some commitment and determination. 

Well, I've come back from the dark side, lol. I was thinking about my friend that passed last year and how her BC had spread to the outside of her body. I think it was because I pulled a sweater that she gave me out of the closet since the nights and mornings are chilly now. So I just had to talk about it and stew over it for a bit, now I'm back. I won't know anything until I know it. So for now it's basal cell and I'm good.

Thanks Kathy, for replying. I am so glad your little gs is getting back to his normal self. We have a blue fish derby happening here now. It lasts a whole month. Every day the fishermen and women get their fish weighed and post the results. There's daily prizes in a bunch of different categories and then weekly prizes and then of course the grand prize, which is either a new car or boat. So needless to say there is a fishing frenzy going on. Most of the men look all scruffy from being out all night and they drive around with lots of fishing rods and coolers on their trucks. And all they want to talk about is fishing. lol

Each their own passion!

Wren44

Chrissy, Your DD is lovely. I worked with a body builder and could see all the work she put in. You really have to be dedicated.