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  • Meadow
    Meadow Member Posts: 2,007
    edited March 2016

    ladies, I enjoyed the ghost stories. Feline, the Spouse and I do that microwave thing too, made me smile! I got to mow the yard today, spring is here and I am glad!

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    Mags- I am glad your trip went well, although a bit tiring? I went to Branson year ago (like the late 1980s) when I was working on a project out in Missouri. I hope you are able to have some good recovery time from the trip. Any fun pics to share?

    I like your ghost story.

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  • Meadow
    Meadow Member Posts: 2,007
    edited March 2016

    Mags I missed that you traveled to Branson, glad for you.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited March 2016

    Feline, that story about the rectory gave me the hipity jibby. I read the story (shuddering).

    Mags, your ex got both the house and the ghost?? Love it!

    Ms. Wren, dogs and cats are mammals like us, so I guess it makes sense that Prozac helps them also.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited March 2016

    I too believe in spirits. Have had a few experiences of my own, swear my house is haunted too. We have had some weird things happen since we moved in. Like smelling cigarette smoke in the house but neither of us smoke. If there is a ghost here, they haven't been of a negative nature. The first day that I was alone here after we moved in, I stood in my living room and said "If there are any spirits here you are welcome to stay as long as you don't harm anyone who comes into this house, if you do, I will take steps to have you cast out!"


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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited March 2016

    Prayers for those in Brussels

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    Good morning friends- the winds here are super high right now, dust galore, and my asthma is BAD! It will be bad again today and I have to go in, but think I will find and wear a mask over my face to keep the dust out while walking to and from the car. When I left work yesterday, I had to lean in to the wind to walk, felt dirt hitting my eyes and grit in my teeth. Ugh! One more day of this crap. Gusts were clocked anywhere between 60-75 mph.

    Sassy- very sad about Brussels. Europe has turned into a war zone.

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited March 2016

    jazzy. Wow. That's some wind. Is it common for people to have to wear masks or just your allergies are horrible ? Wow

    Me and ds's have had fun for spring break. Nothing huge but just being together has been nice. I always wake up in pain but get going I feel better. I think the last few days without resting has caught up to me today. Been up like 3 hours and still no pain relief. Ugh good thing dh took off today to do some stuff with the boys. I think I'll take my psin med and lay back down.

    Hootie hoo

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited March 2016

    Oh MammaRay, that is no place to be in constantly. No peace and rest with that icky state of mind. Some drugs can push you there, especially anti-hormone, anti-depressants, and seizure meds. Vent any time. Hugs

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited March 2016

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    Imagine sitting on this comfortable swing and just meditate on Luke 10:20, Psalms 126, and Proverbs 15.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited March 2016

    MammaR, we are all human.

    Jazzy, hope the winds calm down soon for your sake. Can't imagine feeling like taking in oxygen through a straw. Hope you are better soon.

    Patty, hope you have good rest/ sleep and wake up with less pain and more energy.

    My girls are on spring break here too.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2016

    MammaRay, Vent away. We get it. PMS was an awful way to feel. (((((hugs)))))

    Jazzy, I remember winds like that in Oklahoma. I once had an uninsured contact lens wash out of my eye due to grit. Fortunately it stuck to my lipstick. Whew! We used to say it was Colorado blowing in.

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited March 2016

    Wren44 that is, the contact lens stuck to your lipstick? (I can well imagine the grit stuck in spades.)

    Lover: a nap on that porch swing would be wonderful, but I think MammaRay gets first dibs.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited March 2016

    Hi Queenie and Ms. Wren!

    We are currently at UC Irvine touring the campus.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited March 2016

    Mamma, vent anytime, Ever try a primal scream. It's a cry with screaming. Scream into a pillow and you won't loose your voice. No clue why it works that way. Without the pillow I once lost my voice for several days. Some sort of instinct said to use the pillow. No lost voice. Do it when no ones around. When I needed it, it was always amazing how I felt afterwards. Hard to explain, but it was better. I was drained of the bad.

    Jazzy those wind speeds here are defined as : A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of at least 34 knots (39 mph or 63 kph). Tropical storms are given official names once they reach these wind speeds. Beyond 64 knots (74 mph or 119 kph), a tropical storm is called a hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone based on the storm location. Sheesh, nasty storm. :(

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited March 2016

    mammaray. Rant on. Get it off your chest
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  • Meadow
    Meadow Member Posts: 2,007
    edited March 2016

    Mamma, sorry. Can you get outside? I feel better after yardwork or a walk. Hopefully you will feel better soon.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited March 2016

    Patty, I sit and read Taste of Home and just drool. But so lazy about the cooking part. So, mad at myself. I decluttered last year and pitched all my old copies of TOH.

    Picked up two of these for 50 cents each. Fenton glass. 16$ ea. at R.C. They will go to Cousins DILin Ontario. She's a milk glass afficiando


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  • Meadow
    Meadow Member Posts: 2,007
    edited March 2016

    love that sas

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2016

    Hi ladies- my lungs feel a bit less raw today. The winds were up but no dust. Everyone at work is as sick as a dog from allergies, wind/dust, you name it. We share kleenex, cough drops. aromatherapy oils that help us to breathe. I am in good company with this.

    MammaRay- I am sorry you are having a tough time right now. Rant away here, we understand.

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited March 2016

    jazzy glad your lungs are better

    Sas. I have made 2 recipes from the first magazine but just been drooling on the 2nd. It all look so yummy.


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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2016

    Queenmomcat, Yes it was the contact lens stuck to my lip. Possibly some grit too.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited March 2016

    Morning Owlies, We are having weird weather. It's been as low as 46 and into the 50's. Back to long pants and sweatshirts.

    Meadow the milkglass for the cousins DIl. She is very much a collector. I found a pitcher and 8 tea glasses matched set for 15$. R.C had a price of 8$(64$)a glass and 34$ for the pitcher and a snack set 3 plates 85 cents ea. and 6 cups a 1$ a piece. One place had the complete set of 6 at 50$ and another at 100$.She was so funny she packed it on her back to fly home. I could hardly carry them in. How you feeling?

    Patty which recipes did you try? They had a slew of slow cooker recipes. The snack recipes hmmmmmm. Did you see the Smores tart? I bet the boys would love it. You could substitute a premade graham cracker crust and melt some marshmallows in a double boiler for the merangue. Less work.

    Jazzy, BUMMER a wind storm equal to a tropical storm almost cat 1 hurricane no fun. Sorry, it's messing with you.

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  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 3,728
    edited March 2016

    mammaray, we all go there. Meds sometimes take awhile to get in your system, and sometimes they are not the right ones. My fav is Valium, but I don't think you can take it regularly I use it in extreme anxiety break down, works in 20 minutes or less. Enters system quick. Only had to use it a handful of times in 4 years.

    Also my counselor helped a ton....who retired recently!!! He had some nerve:)

    If I can function in some level, like walking or biking, doesn't have to be my marathon stuff, I feel better emotionally , not great, I mourn what I can't do anymore, but still a bit better. It been a long time since I have been out doing that stuff, so this winter I too was in a mess of a funk. I somewhat held it together, but internally I was mad at everyone. I have walked twice now, and got my screen porch set up, so my moods are better. Chemo yesterday, so I will be in a bad mood and angry till Sunday, amazing how people stay clear of me. Not even a call or text from anyone. They must call me crazy sue around this time. I can hardly walk down steps for those days, so I am really really pissed. But I am back to normal Sunday afternoon, and should keep that perspective in my head but don't. Oh well, the life of a cancer patient.

    I am do for my tests in the next couple weeks. First time in 15 years I don't want to know . Last 4 years no chemo lasted more than 4 months. Ripping through to quickly and that is shortening my life span. The one I am on now, I have been on for 15 months..yeahhhhh I don't want to know if it stopped working. Gotta go anyway. That might be a Valium day.

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  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 3,728
    edited March 2016

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited March 2016

    Susan, please forward these to Claire. I ran into the NYT's article when it first was printed. Then forgot. I posted them yesterday on the weight thread. Few plan on C-sections, but then things happen. It would be nice for Claire and Andrew to be able to at least discuss it. Thanks.

    Know you aren't going to feel good, but hoping any way. L&H&P's


    http://www.theestablishment.co/2016/02/03/vaginal-bacteria-c-section-natural-birth/

    How C-Section Babies Could Benefit From (Yes) Vaginal Bacteria

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    http://www.nature.com/articles/nm.4039.epdf?referrer_access_token=q12zqdaVo_Wnj3wBULxhVdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N52P-sU0SaylioNKJaxyGdBjwIdD_rbzx5nhtex-QKrHAO2un_jL6-UpeN7Qo0QDNxFa_t1l2-A2mH6Q87ASAkyxKGss-Jh6rh75XTAypd4WFa5rZhjpbRdbG1btRwJZRe1g2ulmrAgSSAu4M_-xnY1sKMdEk3nXxa0figQ-KnokjzxlHc5SQC6hvDlyuAv88%3D&tracking_referrer=www.nature.com

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    Using a Mother's Microbes to Protect Cesarean Babies

    By
    Sandra Blakeslee
    February 1, 2016 11:00 am


    http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/post-cesarean-bacteria-transfer-could-change-health-for-life-study-shows/?_r=1

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    Reciprocal interactions of the intestinal microbiota and immune system.

    Maynard CL1, Elson CO, Hatton RD, Weaver CT.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22972296

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    PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e36466. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036466. Epub 2012 Jun 13.

    A metagenomic approach to characterization of the vaginal microbiome signature in pregnancy.

    Aagaard K1, Riehle K, Ma J, Segata N, Mistretta TA, Coarfa C, Raza S, Rosenbaum S, Van den Veyver I, Milosavljevic A, Gevers D, Huttenhower C, Petrosino J, Versalovic J.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22719832

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited March 2016

    susan. Hope you are recuperating from chemo. Fingers crossed. the testing shows it is still working.

    Hugs all around

    Hootie hoo

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    kathindc Member Posts: 2,042
    edited March 2016

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