INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Rosevalley

Wasn't that moon something yesterday?! It was boldly orange here and then got darker and darker. We kept running out in the back yard to check it out, good viewing between the trees. Then the whole moon lit up again sliver by sliver.. magnificient show. I can understand how things like this wow-ed the ancient people. Jazy great shot!!! You are quite gifted with a camera.

Loverof life- more coffee??? The effect of the magic beans... haha Ya'll have a wonderful Fall day. The leaves are changing and there is a crisp chill to the morning.

Freygea

Happy Monday everyone!

Missed the Eclipse here last night since it rained. Had a nice quiet weekend. I hope those up north are enjoying the changing weather. Cannot wait for e little break in the humidity here ion the Keys. Purchased some pumpkin spice creamer and some fall theme kitchen towels and the house inside looks like fall.

luvmygoats

Sassy - that's the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque which are east of the city. I had a local live feed on but I think it was actually from the national news (CBS). The other 2 I watched were storm chasers who had telescopes out. They were pretty good. I never could get any of the NASA sites to work. We saw basically nothing here. I could see like thru a sheer curtain the eclipse happening then the moon totally disappeared - couldn't see nuttin from it. Then it reappeared in eclipse form. I'll be 81 in 2033 haha. I don't even remember 1982, I was deep in nursing school mess. I do know it was in July 1982, forgot exact date.

Cute video Chevster. He's got his own teeter-totter. My dog is terrified to go on the porch (metal roof) in a heavy rain because it's so loud.

Got DD on Saturday and came home exhausted. Traffic and more traffic. Went exactly where I wanted to go with no problems. Found what has to be the nicest chain grocery store ever - a Krogers. It even had a wine tasting bar though not open - not sure why, 4 o'clock on a Sat. afternoon. Good thing it was my last stop or my pocketbook would have been in serious trouble. Her plane was almost 30 minutes early - unbeleeevable. I don't think she's moving to Boston anytime soon. Crowds and public transportation did her in but in general she loved the city. And don't see her fellow moving anytime soon either till he gets more job experience/reputation under his belt.

Jazzy - I could gobble up the breakfast you had with your friend. Agree with Sassy the sauce looks fantastic. You have been such a good friend to the gentleman with brain CA.

I'll be walking in honor of those whose last sunsets came too early. Chevy that hit hard from the article you posted.

Mema - curious if you feel you can share what Ancestry DNA will do for you and your PCP. I've toyed with the idea of getting a Color Genomics test done but that will probably only happen if I win the Lotto. I cannot change that I chose not to have an Oncotype done (with my MO's blessing - I think I would be in the dreaded intermediate) but am still pretty comfortable with the choice. I'm getting closer to 4 years out anyway. Just wanting to know what the value is for oncology. Certainly understand for family tree purposes. I know some things about my family tree but certainly not as much as most people even though my DM/DF were both from N Texas. It's a couple of generations back I know little about. I only recently found my paternal grandmother's parents' names.

Yes I made some pumpkin spice tea yesterday. Only on my 1st cup of high octane and need more. I have just lost my taste for coffee - weird. And I was stuck on honey roasted peanut butter and suddenly it's too darned sweet. Not that I've lost my sweet tooth altogether - wish that would happen.

Good to see you Frey and Eeyore. No more from Patty??? (((hugs))) sweet sister of the heart

Jazzygirl

Sassy- those are our mountains here in Albuquerque behind the trees. They are called the Sandia's, which means "watermelon" in spanish as they turn this awesome pink during sunset for about fifteen minutes. When the sky is pink and the clouds are good and the moon is full, it is like nothing you can imagine! White Sands is about 3 hours south of here.

Here are some pics from others that were taken at White Sands (bottom), over the Sandias in a different vantage point (middle), and adjacent to the Old Church in Santa Fe (top).

Jazzygirl

OMG, hot off the press. I love this one. My guess is it was taken from the Natural History Museum here.

grammakathy

Thank you for inviting me to your group! The photos you are posting are amazing. We are in southern California and sat outside on our deck to watch the eclipsed moon rise over the hills. So fun! I feel tied back to the many centuries of people who watched it in the past.

Spookiesmom

Goats Krogers started in Cincinnati looooong time ago. Goes head to head with Publix. Great chain for stuff, but like all of them , pay lousy.

sas-schatzi

Welcome GrammaKathy glad you came, Chevy will be along to give you a nick name. She's thread mom, I'm the playground monitor. Loverly will be along to describe everyone. She did it once, it was masterful. It's kind of quiet on the playground, but folks will be along in their time. I'm getting ready for up-north company tomorrow. BBL sassy

Freygea

Love the pictures! Viewing these pictures makes it very clear how small we really are. Not that that is a bad thing.

glennie19

Moon pics are amazing! Thanks for posting! It was cloudy here, so no view at all. Have to live until 2033 now.

Mema: curious what the Ancestry DNA profile shows. I see the commercials on TV, where the guy thought he was German but was really Scot. I could see that would be interesting, but wondering if it has medical use?

Goats: Color Genomics test? I must google. New stuff here!

Jazzy: love that moon pic with the dinosaur teeth!

Hi to GrammaKathy!

Most everyone pays lousy, Spooks. Sucks, but what can you do? And Publix has no pumpkin pies yet! The price of eggs in the Midwest is apparently really high! So no pies yet. Damn it,, it's almost Oct and I need pumpkin pie.

luvmygoats

Glennie - there is a Color Genomics thread on here too.

Oh yes Spookie been in lots of Krogers. But this one was just elegant. I didn't have much time to explore and it's not likely I will ever get there again - a NE Dallas suburb, Irving, way way out of my territory. We have Central Market which is an offshoot of a south TX company, very nice, very expensive. Don't go there looking for dish detergent Palmolive lol. But it is a niche market. The Krogers just surprised me.

Yes bird flu has hit egg prices really, really hard. Many midwest flocks decimated/euthanized. Millions of birds. I don't think it's getting any better. I get forwarded health bulletins (livestock, etc) and still think it's bad. And now birds are migrating thru. Not good. Makes me wonder what price eggnog will be - DH does loves his eggnog - egg not nog lol.

Welcome GrammaKathy. We are a fun thread but can get serious if needed. What did Granny used to say - Come in and sit a spell.

glennie19

Yikes, bird flu! That sounds bad. Poor chicken farmers.

will look for color genomics,, thanks for that info, Goats.

Chevyboy

GrammaKathy! Okay if we just call you Grams? That's what my youngest GS calls me.... He's 27 And you live in Southern Calli? I'll bet you saw him, his Brother, and my 2 Daughters last week! They drove through there... Landed in LA, and drove down the coast, through all the Beach towns, then back up to SF to see the AC/DC concert at the Giants stadium.... DD coming back here tomorrow, and the others are flying on to Orlando!

It was a dream trip for them.... Fisherman's Wharf, Berkeley, went to Spengers for Dinner, over to Telegraph Hill, Oakland, back to North Beach, and all the memory places we have visited before....

Janie has lost her voice! Probably from screaming at the concert, and Lord only knows what all else those kids did! Besides all those Lobster sandwiches, and Clam Chowder they ate.... Mmmmmmmmmmmm! I only asked for a loaf of sour-dough bread.... they better not forget...Ha!

Spookiesmom

Glennie, just buy a can of pumpkin, frozen shel, make your own!! I just spent almost $7 for a small bag of black walnuts for pumpkin bread. I had a black walnut tree up north.

magdalene51

Hi Owlettes! I too saw the eclipse and blood moon, it was clear last night. I didn't take pictures tho, as my iPhone doesn't do good moon pictures, and I haven't taken my good camera out of the case since we got home from the cruise where I found the lump in my breast on the last day. I don't even know if there are pictures on it.

Jazzy, great pic of White Sands. We lived right down the road, on the missile range, and went there often. Had my 16th birthday party there, sand surfing and picnic.

DH is out of town this week, had to go testify at a trial for his company. I baked a batch of brownies today for our cancer support group tonight. It was hard to do because my back is so bad now I can't stand without pain but the brownies are great.

glennie19

I'm trying to avoid wheat anyway,, so maybe I can find a recipe for pumpkin mousse,,, that would probably cure the craving.

sas-schatzi

Oh my Friends, Di is trying to kill me. But she is making it so pretty. I used to be so anal retentive. Now I'm not. Honest. I begged her to let me take a break. She cajoled me into getting the mattresses out of the living room. She is so sweet.

mema4

I quit eating wheat last year and it made a big difference. Now, if I could keep my wits and leave the fried foods alone I'd never have digestive problems.

DNA data, doc says there is a slew of info in there. It's the same as the 123 testing, these tests are just cheaper than the prescribed ones. . Once you upload the data you just gotta figure out how to sort it - not easy. She says she can get dosing info from it. If not, I'll go the other test cause they'll do the analysis for you. These tests are so easy, it's just the analyzing you are paying for. I'll keep ya posted.

susan3

Chevy, great letter. Thanks for posting it.

Sas, some people will never understand cancer. Still so many family members think I did something wrong and that's why it came back. The friends that think that I walked away from. But family is forever...lol

My take....almost 14 years on treatment programs......I think.....damn my body has held up for a long time. That's a positive. And when it starts failing, it's none of our faults.

I think the first words out of my mouth when I am dead from all this will be REALLY.

I looked back at my journal from 2002 when I was diagnosed. I wrote.....I thought cancer would be the hardest thing for me to deal with, but who knew that wouldn't be it, it would be people. Didn't see that coming.

On a stinky note, had a half gallon of milk in my car locked up for 5 days. Ughhhhhhhhh. Almost 2 weeks. We have done everything. Now we have to replace the padding under the carpet. We think that will do it without replacing carpet. Wouldn't have been as big of an issue if it wasn't 5 dates. If I only had a brain.lo

Spookiesmom

ewwwww Susan. Try baking soda? Charcoal? Trash can might be best!!

luvmygoats

Loosely wadded up damp newspaper (in something to contain the ink stain)? Works for stinky plasticware. Maybe cut open useless plastic bags and place them everywhere with it on them.

Reminds me I need to clean out my car. Volunteered to drive tomorrow to movie after Bible Study.

Spookiesmom

Humph,Watch it Goats. I took my car to the full service car wash yesterday. I'm a lazy slug and won't do it. Needed it bad!!!

Of course, ITS RAINED ALL DAY TODAY

sas-schatzi

Helloooo. The house is clean..... Di is wonderful. I gave her some stem ware. We have a deal Yea or Nay. If she doesn't like something. No hesitation or thinking she's hurting my feelings. Today she was delighted. Set of eight wine glasses from Import Associates, Claudia. Popular around the 70's & 80's. Nice and light. Sparkly. Feels elegant in the hand. Replacements.com has them for 10.00--6 oz. or 20.00 --8 oz. ea. Didn't realize they had two sizes. SPCA .50cents ea. Thrifted over months from one to a few at a time.

Dear nursing school mate is coming tomorrow just for an overnight. Only mate from nursing school that I kept in contact with. We get to see each other about once a year. Her family is a Disney family. A Disney family are folks that visit often to Disney parks. I love it when all the kids come too.

Chevy, glad you meet GrammyKathy and gave her a nickname. Grams Remember when you posted about doing 'preview' ,thanks! Been doing it ever since haven't lost a post

Jazzy, those, pics are stunning. Almost unreal. The one in town. Surreal in it's beauty. The mountains too.

LMG and Spookie, Krogers I thought they were out of business. LMG nice to have a fun grocery, takes the drudgery out of the chore.

LMG is DD seriously thinking Boston. Was this a test run. Your right driving is insane. Thenthey have all those roundabouts. Feels like dodgem cars.

Glennie besides the bird flu, there was a virus killing piglets. Haven't heard much recently. Lot's of piglets lost b/c it was unknown what the problem was. It was figured that pork prices were going to go up too. I know my grocery bill has for sure. Big difference in the last year

Spookie, did you see the eclipse? What did the boys think of it?

Mags sorry about your back, so wish you could swim. I've noticed a real difference--big--since I got the solar panels. Warm water and laps. I can do things for more time now. You can come to my house and swim. Just a hop skip and jump.

Where's MammaRay?, Jwoo,? Patty? Marley? 2nd..... Rsoie and Loverly--Waving

Mema fascinating about ancestry.com. Your doc can use the info for treating? Is they're a line to how it can be used for medicine? I wanted to do Color genomics, but I'm too cheap. It's only 250.00$ for 18 different gene thingy's. Lots of bills this year. FarmerLucy started a thread. She got tested and they all were negative. The time went from for test return went from 6 weeks to > 12 weeks. I looked at 123. Retained the info for a few seconds.

Frenchfrye how you feeling?

Grammy Grams lots have nicknames. It kind of gotten to be a tradition. Then you get more as time goes on. It does make it challenging to keep track of everyone. Even to figure out that it's you someone's talking too.

Talked with 2nd the other day. She still working at that new place. They have a 'fly by the seat of your pants' orientation. She talked to Blessings. 2nd posted before that she had been given the Traumatic Brain Injury dx. Neglected to ask her why now. When the injury was so long ago. Forgot. why? But it was a change.

Yakking on the phone....BBL

Jazzygirl

Susan- my thought about people who blame you for your problems (including cancer), is that they are giving themselves permission to NOT care about you. I learned early in life people will blame you for anything that goes wrong, like you just made it happen. Sometimes our decisions result in things going wrong, but many things in life we have zero control over. We just have to deal with it when it happens. And I also have come to know those who blamed me for things in the past found themselves in the very same situations sometimes. Karma has it's way with people.

They say people who blame others for everything in life do not have successful lives. I say people who blame other people for their problems also have very unsuccessful relationships too.

Cancer helped me me to improve the quality of my friendships, for those I did tell. Several other have gone away or I just stopped communicating. I find I am grateful when trash takes itself out!

Jazzygirl

I am moon obsessed. Some gorgeous pics on FB as the day has gone on. This one coming up behind the Organ Mts in Las Cruces, NM.

kathindc

Well said Jazzy about the people in our lives!

M0mmyof3

Bought some new sheets for the bed and put them on the bed. Got them at Kohl's!

Loveroflife

Mommy, I am more visual.....hint, hint.

Welcome Grams!!!! I usually introduce myself and the other ladies. But I am brain dead lately so, I am afraid I will mix up everyone. Some days I forget who I am. I am very grateful for everyone here. Learn different things from different people.

Rose, I can't do coffee because my heart and stomach are usually mad at me if I do. I can do a few sips, but that is not enough to keep my neurons to communicate with each other.

BBL breaks over

Jazzygirl

Mommy- I love Kohls and bought some new sheets there recently too. Great store for so many things! Did you have one of those 30% off coupons too?

sas-schatzi

Jazzy, love your assessment re: trash. .......Firstly, please continue with the Moon pics. It's hard to believe some are real, they are so beautiful. Secondly when the moon pics start to fade. Hardly. But sometime in a few weeks, if you could post them as a group on Warm & Fuzzies Then I will put a pg link in the topic box. Then we can find them easily in the future. What do you think?

Sure wish Marley would post.