The Hermit Club

markat

Skittle I'll be back to post a recipe, having problems lol!! Camille have fun tonight!! Whaevah, lol. Your poor tiny hands.

markat

Buckeyes from the great State of Ohio. So good. Peanut butter and chocolate goodness. This might be too involved though.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/buckeyes-i/detail.aspx

• 1-1/2 cups peanut butter
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 cups confectioners' sugar
• 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and confectioners' sugar. The dough will look dry. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
2. Press a toothpick into the top of each ball (to be used later as the handle for dipping) and chill in freezer until firm, about 30 minutes.
3. Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir frequently until smooth.
4. Dip frozen peanut butter balls in chocolate holding onto the toothpick. Leave a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top to make them look like Buckeyes. Put back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until serving.

Skittle

Camille--If your gs says you look beautiful, you look amazing!  You know kids that young are honest about brutal reality!  Just shine and enjoy!  (and people bring everything from fudge to cheese dip to bbq meatballs.  Sky's the limit.  My imagination has just run flat, so I thought I'd ask advice.  I'm rather in a rut and want out of it.)

Ooo--peanut butter and chocolate!  This, I have to try!  Thanks so much, markat!!  Sounds like something I can do.  Wonder if I can cram in that much sugar in such an itty bitty space, though!  I guess the cup of butter can soak up a lot.  Sounds like a yummy playdough process!  Thanks so much for sharing. 

whaevah

markat...little tiny hands ?! What about my snaggle tooth and large forehead ?

Skittle..I can taste test if you need

markat

whaevah

OMG... I am outed !

LMAO

markat

Lol, you said your fingers hurt...so I just figured...ya know...

Hope I didn't break the board. Skittle the string idea is hilarious. I hope the recipe works out for you. Not exactly BC friendly now is it? I think in the comments some people suggested substitutions for all the sugar.

Teka

Wow!

curveball

@whaevah, is deportation having your port taken out? I will be finished chemo in a little over a month and thinking of getting mine out right after that, because it itches. But when I had it put in last month I was even more pooped than from chemo for nearly a week. Did you wait a while after finishing chemo to have it removed, or do it as soon as your treatment was finished? How is the removal affecting your energy level? The infusion nurse told me it's an office visit with just local anaesthetic to take it out, which is wigging me out a little bit, because I had conscious sedation when it was put in. But maybe that will be OK if I cover my eyes and don't look at what they are doing. I remember being glad I didn't see the biopsy needle until afterwards, because it's a whopper!

camillegal

Markat u'r hysterical LOL so funny for whaevah and all of us to share Thank u for being sble to do that posting. U'r very sharp markat-From day 1 U cracked me up remember. hahaha

That recipe sound wonderful--and u don't have to bake--I always screw up cookies baking I never et them out in the right time. So all my cookies are non-bake this is a little more complicted than usual but I'll talk to mu DD and see.

Curveball I'm sorry u'r port is such a pain--usually the dr.s tell u when a good time is, I think--I still have mine, but I have alot of tests all the time and blood draw and such so I'm very thankful for it and it doesn't bother me at all. So u can tell the Dr. and they might just take it right away???

camillegal

Oh the party was great last nite everyone had a great time and loved the way My DD made it so nice--not just the decorations but her decorating of the house itself--she loves having wall painted in different colors--so every room has a personality. And now she takes her small pictures and wraps them like pretty presents--so we have presents hanging on the wall too. LOL

The food was great and of course I ate it and this morning I didn't make it to the bathroom--like usual. And after I was tired and went right back enjoying my hermitude and today too.

markat

Curveball, yes that's what deported means. Or Canada has kicked Whaevah out, we aren't really sure...hmmm I'm sorry you are having problems with it. I've had mine for over a year now and I often forget about it until I realize I have to put the Emla on it, lol. Mine hurt like a mother after it was put in. It was also a huge pain in the rear during chemo. It would trigger the alarm every time I would move. It wasn't as sensitive after my BMX. I think the surgeon added a couple stitches while she was in there.

Camille, so glad the party was a success. I do that with the large pictures on my walls-wrap them to look like presents. DH thinks I'm nuts, but whatever. Glad you liked the photo for Whaevah Sorry about the D...I hate that for you!

whaevah

curveball..the deport is easy, you do not need sedation, just needles to numb the area. I turned my head LOL. There is nothing to be worried about really. I was a little sore  for 2 days but that is expected considering my port was in for 7 months. Energy level is tough to answer , I just finished a long chemo so I cannot separate the two. My port was never comfortable, always hurt ...everyday. I hated it and there were issues with it. 

As for removal time line, that depends on many factors. My gf kept hers for 2 years, insurance issue and her staging. Many chose to keep it for a year or two as a safety. I asked my Oncologist when it could be removed and she said "let's make an appointment today". I went to a Thoracic Surgeon as I was traumatized by the idiot (RO)who inserted it. This was irregular as well. So just ask your MO on the next visit. Some woman here get deported the  next day after the last infusion.

Good luck and relax, it is simple and straightforward, 20 mins tops.

whaevah

cami...glad the party was fun ...and oh poop, again..wish they could sort that out for you

markat...are you getting any swarovski this year..LOL, it was like they had chemobrain Thought our show was funny, liked the courtroom scene as well.

Today I am purging my closets for donation. Just in time for the cold weather. So off I go, DH will be shocked to see he too was purged. LOL

Happy Sunday All

bgirl

Hope everyone had a good weekend.  Been busy for a few days.  After my pre-op on Thursday, hubby and I decided to head across the border. Spent the night in the lovely U.S of A and did some shopping.  Really tired yesterday as we got back really late Friday night.  Had to leave hermitude today for that party I really didn't want to go to.  Wasn't awful, but glad we went late.

Trying to go back through and read all the posts.  Quiet all week, then I go away and you all get chatty.

Teka

camillegal,

Daughter had a really fun party!  

Husband and I were busy this weekend with the Fire department X-mas party and a little X-mas shopping in the stores.   Upside, good eats.   Downside, had to leave the house.

curveball

@markat, I wouldn't say I am having problems with the port. It doesn't itch all the time, only every now and then, and it's only a mild itch when it comes. Anyway, even if it itched a lot, that's better than being a human pincushion. After four months of weekly IV's when it worked on the first try all but once, the poor little veins in my forearm just went on strike. The last time before I got the port, it took four tries to get the IV in, and three tries the week before that. After that I had had enough and requested the port.

markat

Curveball, that's good. No one wants constant problems. Hopefully you can have it taken out as soon as you want.

Whaevah, our show was pretty good. I thought about crystals all day, lol...and Ding Dongs. I think they're in a weird transition time when they only have a couple "names" that people know. Hopefully the writing picks up a bit and things get really good. I think the new women have some good potential. (We are talking about Saturday Night Live for those just entering). To be completely honest, I wasn't a fan of Kristen Wig in the beginning, but she totally grew on me. I miss Tina, Amy, and Maya. I watch Maya's show Up All Night with Christina Applegate and Amy Poehler's exhusband, and it's really funny. I think 30 Rock may have jumped the shark this year   I love, love love Parks and Rec. And now you guys know my TV addiction, lol.

Bgirl, sounds like you were busy!! Was this a party with drunky McSlut? Thinking about you for tomorrow!

Hi Teka!

I need to step my game up today. I'm supposed to go to a gathering of friends tonight and I don't wanna. I don't want to drink and they will all be hammered. I'm going to try to go for a couple hours and have 1 glass of wne and then sneak out. Maybe someone will need me to come home early by calling my cell phone at a designated time, "Oh, DH can't find Katie's homework and it's getting so late, guess I'll have to leave".

bgirl

Markat ... yep ... the one with the crazy girl who thinks I have the hots for her DH.  Yes that is me, so hot with my part fake boob and with BC the last year and my dad dying of cancer this summer, and a 21 yo in crisis, and stupid SEs from treatment, and surgery tomorrow, I have had nothing else to think about besides her husband!!  I think she must have been sober enough to remember what happened last time.  Would not even make eye contact and her and hubby did not say anything or come anywhere near me.  Tried to take the high road and just chat with a few people before dinner, but still felt uncomfortable and awkward.  Maybe I should have had a few, but didn't feel like it.  Came home, crawled in to lounge wear and spent the night on the couch.  Knitting, tv, computer, book ... all so much easier to get along with.  Already thinking of excuses for next time.  Had a conversation with DH about what had happened.  He is a guy, so he just thinks it is stupid ... has no doubts that it could remotely be true.  Figured it was time to clue him in before we went.

Good luck with your event ... hope it goes better than mine ... I would call you ... I could pretend to be some crazy friend in crisis who is having surgery tomorrow... or maybe that is too close to the truth.

Cami ... hope you are feeling well today.  Thinking of you.

Slept crapy so tired today, brain wouldn't turn off so I then start obsessing about stupid stuff and people ... and then hate myself for wasting my time.  Sorry for the rant, still in bad mood from yesterday.

camillegal

Jane tomorrow is the day and whe its over u'll be so relieved. i hate all this stuff. Jane it will get better.

I'm still cacooned after 1 party geeze--WTF. Tere's mor coming up so I'd better double up on my vitamins LOL

U gals have been busy with this season---good when u have kids u need to be and it does make it mor fun for u.

I'm going to get mu GS clothes plus something fun, but I don;t know what. LOL Thank God he loves clothes so much--or it would be boring to get clothes and he's so into legos lately more than ever--we watch Lego City on TV and he's so impressed with older people working on it so I might get the ones that light up. He can sit and do projects for hrs. so it's fun for him anyway.

OK I'll check in later Have a ood day and Jane just think tomorrow at this time thins will be ettin done.

bgirl

Cami ... thanks, sounds like your GS is what is going to get you through the holiday season.  More vitys or something.  Nice that you have family around you.

I was trying to refocus yesterday in my mind .. hate being negative.  So I tried to think of a couple of good things that happened yesterday.  1) at this awful party for me ... the kids had a great time seeing Santa Claus. 2) my youngest DD called, some of the life lessons I have given her seem to have sunk in ... on her residence floor at university they get the name of a family to help.... when she was home a couple of weeks ago she took some baking stuff back with her ... she signed out the kitchen and organized some girls to bake cookies .... they made $50 on some home-made goodies to use to help their family.  I am so proud of her.  So I guess yesterday wasn't all bad.

camillegal

Jane I love whst u'r DD is doing--that is so sweet--hmmm u taught her well--a reflection of u.

curveball

oooh I just had such a sneaky devious idea for those of you who want to get a phone call to get out of a party you don't want to be at. What if you sneak into the back bedroom and call your own cell phone on your host's landline? Your phone rings, you answer it, listen in silence for a minute, and then hang up your cell and say, "sorry, got to go", grab your coat & hat and out the door. No explanations, just bye-bye.

camillegal

h curveball a gal after my own heart. Good thinking.

curveball

on second thought my sneaky devious idea won't work, because there won't be time between dialing and you being in the other room to answer on the cell. I'm afraid you will need an accomplice to pull this off. Oh well, I gave it the old college try. Right now I am responding to almost all party invites except office with "Chemo is really making me tired and I just don't know how my energy level will be by that time." So far this works just fine, and I can decide on the day if I want to show up or not. The office, I tell 'em right off the bat that I ai'n't coming.

camillegal

Curveball hahahahahahaha-Well u can always have u'r friend who isn't there call at a certain time, but right now if u have the chemo thing going USE IT.

Teka

bgirl,

Tomorrow evening you'll be on the mend, and looking forward to X-mas.

Teka

bgirl,

Sorry, I almost forgot.   Crazy girl is an A-hole!

camillegal

Thinking of u Jane. Let us know as soon as u can how u'r doing.

camillegal