STFU (Shut the F*** UP)
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Like that, they look like a set of iron boobs! Bet they'll never get cancer-ha-ha. So ds comes over today with a dump truck full of brick pavers to build a little patio off our porch...1500 brick in all, dumps them in the yard and Then tells us we have to clean the old morter off before he can lay them. That means individually cleaning every last one of them..Just glad I cant go out in the yard because of the bugs
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Yes! Iron boobs! Ha, ha! Oh Mary, I don't know what I would do! I've seen that happen beforel..... Lots of bricks, but all have hardened cement on them, and it almost takes a hammer and chisle to get it off! What about laying the bricks, with a little space in between them all, and planting little ground-cover between them? Or just get some of that small sand stuff, and sweep THAT in between them? Our neighbors did that with flag-stone pieces.... Maybe that old cement would not show, if you get the same color gravel? Or it would just make it even "prettier"?
I've WORKED with cement, and man, it just is murder on your hands.... Takes some heavy duty gloves.
I found ANOTHER paper-wasp nest! Just inside our garage door! Damn things! Now I'm getting mad. They were actually chasing me! So I got the hose, jet-stream, and knocked their little butts AND their nest to smithereens! I might leave the other one in the garden.... I'll just stay away from them! I'm pretty patient, but they got my ire up!
(I've heard that somewhere.)
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Chevy that is beautiful... Reminded me of my parents. My dad told the caregiver that he could not leave her (meaning his wife) here alone and he didn't. She died on Tuesday March 19th and he died 4 days later on March 23rd. He was true to his word... They would have been married 71 years this last May 2nd... They both died in there own home where they wanted to be... I tell everyone who tells me how sorry they are for my loss, that what a perfect ending to their love story... We had a double memorial service..
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What a sweet story, Chevy
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Chevy thanks for finding that...it's beautiful. You shared another story recently and I meant to thank you for that one too.
Crog, I remember when it was all happening. You had so much on your plate at the same time. But you certainly were blessed with loving parents
Mary, there's a joke in there somewhere right? Son drops off 1500 bricks , but you have to clean them. Maybe you can sell them to some that WANTS Old bricks, use the proceeds to buy new bricks. Chevy did have lots of good ideas. Is this patio for the new grill dear son is buying you?
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Miss SweetPea....yes we live about 20 minutes from each other...truly helpful as I am going to sit with him during chemo!
Last chemo is next Tuesdays......cant wait! RAD mapping is scheduled for Sept 27th
Works out perfect as my CruiseOne (my travel agency) national conference is from Sep29 thru Oct 6 on Norwegians new ship...The Breakaway...from NYC to Bermuda.....
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Oh Crog that's a story too. they had to be together always--Wow
Who in the hell called Chevy BRILLIANT OMG this is just to much for me to take. BTW Chevy I thought how kind to move that stupid nest then next sentence is u blew the hell out of the other one. BRILLIANT Chevy
My cousin has Lymphoma (sp) he's been holding his own for about 7 ys now, he got it in his late 40's--he's another good guy with 4 kids. They are older now tho. but still---so Chickie I hope that there are good chemos for him too.
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ds is going to do the job, hes a brick layer, but failed to tell us all these brick needed cleaning before he relays them. We got them for free so its saving us at least 800 dollars. I geuss its worth it for a few hours of work, especially if I dont have to do it.
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Staceylee: I agree with sas, that was terrible. Any nurse manager should know better. ..and how embarrassing also to be treated lie that in front f your peers. Please journal and keep track of these remarks and go after that woman. How dare she! BE
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These damn wasps are driving me CRAZY! So I THOUGHT I blew that one off the inside of the garage door! But NOOOooooooo... they are all out there, hovering around "it" and building another one! They must crawl in through the bottom? And then the other one in the bamboo hanging is just THERE! Hanging. Wasps are quiet... They don't bother me, unless I walk near their damn little nest. Not so sure about the one on the garage door. If DH sees it, they are goners.
I'm so glad you liked that story.... I just had to share. That was beautiful Crog.... Even though I sometimes just bite my lip, to not scream, I still love that man, teeth or not. He DOES wear them, but it still hurts to eat... Maybe he'll get them fixed, and maybe not. I give up.... But he is who he is.... and I love him, even WITH all his warts and foibles... I just hope WE have that many years together.... Well, us and the wasps.
Chickers, I think you will find radiation is easier on you than the chemo.... I sure hope so. You will enjoy that cruise! Lucky girl!
Miss Cammi! You little shit! Didn't do me any good to try to get rid of the garage wasps.... they showed ME who's the boss! NEXT time, it will be the RAID!!! I don't know how many times I will have to get stung, before I yell, "That's IT!"
Sorry about your Cousin little one.... I'll say a prayer for him.... ((( Cammie))))
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Chevy, you have seen Alfred Hitchcocks "The Birds"? Yes? Is this Chevys "The Wasps". You do know that if you swat and kill one they give off a chemical that causes them to swarm? Maybe that's just bees? Sure hope it's not wasps. But maybe it could be wasps. What is it wasps do in the hierarchy of bugs? Don't swat any okay. Can you run? How about carrying RAID just in case of the attack?
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Oh Chevy if it's not chickens it's wasps--WTF It's that time of year to hold up for winter- and the Chickens have their jobs even without u--So do it right or don't do anything. I destroyed mine at night, they never saw it coming. LOL
I've just watched 3 episodes of HOUSE and so far I've had 3 different diseases, so I really have to pay attention to how they are treated. I'm sure when I help my Drs. they'll appreciate it.
Chickie Chevy is so right, after chemo rads are a walk in the park, well u might want to rest on a bench sometimes, but nothing like chemo. Use good lotion--usually aloe or other things.
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Chevyl...wait till the sun goes down, get a can of wasp killer, and spray the shit out of the nest....it worked for me down the shore...at night they all go back to the Queen, so that is when you get them.....remember....not till the sun goes down......
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Stacey, Sassy is right but here's another tack. Calmly call HR and let them know you have an ADA concern and need their guidance. Meet with them and ask them to advise you. Sounds like your manager is undereducated or doesn't have the proper coaching skills. You want to apear to be the calm, knowledeable, competent professional nurse, undergoing chemotherapy for a life threatening disease, and want to work out a win-win path while you are having treatment.
Here's a website that explains federal law: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/cancer.html Your state may also have statutes that businesses need to follow.
14. Does an employer have to grant every request for a reasonable accommodation?
No. An employer does not have to provide an accommodation that would result in "undue hardship." Undue hardship means that providing the reasonable accommodation would result in significant difficulty or expense. However, if a requested accommodation is too difficult or expensive, an employer should determine whether there is another easier or less costly accommodation that would meet the employee's needs.
An employer also is not required to provide the reasonable accommodation that an individual wants but, rather, may choose among reasonable accommodations as long as the chosen accommodation is effective. If more than one accommodation is effective, the employee's preference should be given primary consideration.
15. May an employer be required to provide more than one accommodation for the same employee with cancer?
Yes. The duty to provide a reasonable accommodation is an ongoing one. Although some employees with cancer may require only one reasonable accommodation, others may need more than one. For example, an employee with cancer may require leave for surgery and subsequent recovery but may be able to return to work on a part-time or modified schedule while receiving chemotherapy. An employer must consider each request for a reasonable accommodation and determine whether it would be effective and whether providing it would pose an undue hardship.
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Mornin' Hoolies--I've been up for while Ugh, took my shower fed the cat and di some detective work on email--which never pans out---so I'm smellen good--so far--I love the feeling of after the shower, but so much energy to take the damn thing. and now I'm going to be tired so my first nap will come soon.
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Okay, with heart pounding, short of breath, I DID it! I went out with bag in hand, barely light out, stealthily crept up to hanging wasps nest.... slipped bag over from the bottom, unhooked the top, carried it gingerly over to another area by the irrigation ditch, in the corner of my butterfly garden!
Mission accomplished. I just checked it again.... One wasp woke up, looked up, and rubbed his eyes, and said something "Where the hell am I"?
I just moved them to a new neighborhood..... I won't get NEAR it. The one in the garage door can stay. I just won't open the door.... If DH sees it, he has a can of some sort of foam.
Cammi, you took a shower? You clean little Dickens you! Hope you all have a fun day!
Sass, yes I know.... One wasp (the garage wasp) zoomed right in on me.... THEN his friends came out of nowhere! Don't want to make THEM mad!
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Chevy - you are DEFINITELY a nicer person than I am. I am absolutely terrified of hornets, wasps and other things that sting - even some things that don't sting. If I come across a hornet or wasps nest I spray the bejesus out of it. Hubby has gotten stung more times than he can count from hornets. The first one we thought he was going to die, his throat swelled up and of course he wouldn't go to the doctor, he stuck a spoon in his throat to keep it open!! Anyway, by the umptee-umpth sting, he didn't react anymore, they just kinda mellowed him out. Now we've moved to a different home, so will keep our eyes open for new hidey holes for wasps/hornets and suchlike.
The last sting I got was from a bumblebee. Other than giving me a bullseye on my beehind, I didn't react too badly to that one. Hornets and I, though, don't do well.
(I like honey bees and bumblebees, though, and won't spray them!!!!!)
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I'm LOLing with u 2 (chevy and GG) u actually moved the nest-Holy Chit Chevy u will no doubt find another one where the first one was and GG--I like the way u said I hate everything that flies but I won;t kill certain types of bees. That is so cute. U are natures friend, I'm not--I'd blast them all. Well at the end of the summer I would-They do have a job to do I know.
It's still so effin how here and humid, I know I shouldn't complain but I am complaining. All it is is swimming weather not good for much more.
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Cammi Im with you. I blast them all. I know my situations different with my allergies but I still hate the little suckers.
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Good morning my little hooloigans! Okay, it's really 2:40 p.m., but who's counting? I hope everyone is doing well and spraying, not swatting, wasps and other stinging, flying things.
I use a little WD-40 on the nests. It doesn't make them mad like the insecticide sprays and they never come back to that spot. Try it, you'll like it! I like it because I ALWAYS have WD-40 around and it doesn't stink.
sassyplants - I love that handsome doggie face! It's much like a scottish deerhound.
sweetpee - sorry you have an ass for a manager RN. Shells was so polite.."undereducated". Hahahahaha!
And yes, it's always good if you can appear to be the calm, knowledgeable, etc one. However if that doesn't work, get ready with your hammer for their little punkin' heads. Some organizations have great HR departments and benefits. Others, not so much, and Human Resources departments are there to protect the company. There I said it. As diplomatically as possible and saying the positive part first!
Shells - I don't disagree with what you wrote. I just think that sometimes there is more than path you have to take. Also, I LOVE, LOVE LOVE the info you posted. I'm keeping it.
Now that I've solved the worlds problems. bahahahhahahaha, I made me laugh! I am climbing out of the ultra-low WBC and ANC counts and feeling like a naseated slug into something that resembles a human bean! I had neupogen shots on Monday and Tuesday. Today is the first day in more than a week that I haven't had to take nausea meds.
Even when I'm feeling like shit, I can count on you hooligans to cheer me up with weird stories of wildlife like wasps, bees, chickens, lizards, etc. Although, technically a chicken isn't wildlife, it's domesticated. Right?
Time for my afternoon nap! Love you all, even the rabble rousers! Even the rabble!
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Hi hoolies, rascals and larrikins
Have been so busy, pictures later.
Alyincanada
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Oh hey Alyson. We miss you!!! Dd called with good news today, her lawyer called and they've raised her child support double what it was. Her ass-wipe ex was making 3 times the amount that he was reporting to child resources and they confiscated his work records. Little shit had it coming. She was paying 700 dollars a month in child care alone. Im so happy for her.
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See, I'm thinkin' that if I don't have any wasps or bees around, I won't have any tomatoes! I read where that is one of their "jobs" is to pollinate my tomatoes and strawberries, and they damn well better DO it. So the ones I relocated, to an even quieter place seem happy. I don't CARE if they are or not, I'm just glad I can work in that little garden where they won't claim it as THEIR territory.
Phillidone, I am soooooooo glad you are feeling better! I just can't imagine what it would be like to go through chemo. So I'm glad you are "back!"
We met a standard white poodle this morning.... Sam is his name.... As soon as he saw us, he came over wagging his tail! He is like a service dog, that his "Mom" takes to hospices, etc. to visit the patients. He just leaned against me, while I rubbed his head, and give him kisses. WHAT a big Sweet-heart he is! Lacee of course loved him too.
We started talking, because "Mom" had the same type of sling that my DD had when she had Rotator Cuff surgery... She had hers a week ago, by the same surgeon! Small world...
Went with my DD to lunch today at the Olive Garden.... Met my childhood gal-friend there, so we had a lot of fun talking and just being silly. Then we stopped on the way home to pick up Chinese from this little place, for dinner.....because it is sooooooo good AND cheap!
Mary! I'm so happy for your Daughter! THAT crap goes on all the time, until they get caught! It's a wonder he even got caught! So MANY people try and abuse the system... like with bogus claims for medicare, and disability, then the ones who NEED it have a damn hard time trying to get it!
I know I can think of a few in my extended family that have tried the same thing! Or they at one time "have it all" and then because of bad decisions, blah blah, they LOSE everything, and then whine to the government, and family begging for money.
I can remember my in-laws.... oh never mind. But at MY age, I've learned a lot.... and we don't make the same mistakes twice.
Man! Where did THIS rant come from? I just thought of you gals trying to get disability, or retirement who have been SICK and have to fight to get ANYthing. So I'm thinkin' about cha! xoxoxoxo
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Mary that IS great news for u'r DD--it's a bout time they actuall catch someone.
Oh Chevy u missed my whole point--I said they can die now cuz they already did their work for the summer--so u see it's time. Oh u had a great time today--wonderful--isn't it hot out there, or can't u tell the difference--Well I mean as we all get older we get cooler and not in the good cool way. LOL
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Phyllylikesdogsreallybig--This is an irish wolfhound. Met a person in the grocery parking lot that had five of these guys and gals in there standard size van, very similar to the scottish. Thought the GWP had some deer/elk hound in the mix, but they don't. There are lots of similarities though.
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Kind of looks like the werewolf in Harry Potter.
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An Irish Wolfhound goes to our big dog park. He is such a sweetie. His head is bigger than all of Spookie. His name is Seamus Not sure I spelled it right.
The giant breeds life span is only 7-8 years. My little shrimp could go 17. It's hard at any age.
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