Housework support group!!???!!

I shouldn't even be here.  I don't do housework, haven't for years.  My son has a cleaning service and he cleans for me every 2 weeks.  My first excuse was this house is too big.  My second excuse was my orthopedic problems.  My overwhelming excuse is I don't like housework. 

2new1s- GREAT onc!! And yeah for the good news!

Cheyanne- You don't do housework? Well then this is not the place for you, hon...wait a minute...neither do WE! Welcome!! My nephew (like a son to me) is at Texas State right now. He came up yesterday and I got to see him for a few minutes. Not long enough but it was nice. He loves San Marcos.

Pull up a chair, grab some coffee and make yourself at home!

Welcome Cheyanne!!! So glad you've joined us. Everybody is right about the cleaning...hehe We do SOMETIMES. IF we feel like it and when there's just absolutely NOTHING else to do. I think you'll love it here.

Hey Caligrl I love your avatar!!! You look so cute without hair!!! You wear that style very nicely:) I've been waiting on your mom to get to my house, but she hasn't shown up yet. Was she going by Canada first?

2new1s I'm soooo thankful about your dad's good report. I wish all doctors were as considerate. Waiting over the weekend is torture. It was very kind of him to let you know. Still praying for you and your dad!!! And your son:)

Made it back from my errands. I think I'm gonna actually get some laundry done today....whew, well, I better if I want to wear clothes next week:) Hope all you ladies are enjoying your weekend.

Mom are YOU having a yard sale? That's alot of hard work, isn't it? I had a garage sale once and I worked for days getting that organized. And I think I made a grand total of 23.87 !!! hehe

2new1's, so glad to hear the news about your dad.

Barbe, honey!!  Bless you, girlfriend.  Is your husband's condition stable?  What is it, a glioblastoma?  I only ask about that one because that's a sadly common kind of brain tumor for us middle-aged folks.  Good golly.  Hugs to you.

Mom, that's great that resp therapists do home care in KY.  In PT school, we do learn a lot about resp therapy because we need to know about endurance and also there are all these differences from state to state about whether there even is a separate license for RT or whether PTs do it or not.  Weird.  Anyway, we have licensed RTs in RI, but for some reason they don't do home care.  But I do a fair amount of it myself, often preparing a homecare patient to be able to tolerate outpatient cardiac or pulmonary rehab, where they will work with RTs.  I really enjoy it.  Very rewarding, especially with pulm patients who are soooooo debilitated by poor endurance, when a patient can see some real, tangible progress.  Have a patient right now who's just about ready now to go to outpt. pulm rehab.  We've been at it for about 2-3 months.  Really proud of him.  And you're right.  If smokers wanted some motivation to quit, spending some time with someone who has emphyzema and can barely take a full breath even on 4L of oxygen would surely cure them.

Didn't mean to talk shop so much, girls!!  But I do love my job and it sure keeps me from feeling sorry for myself when the cancer monster bites.

Welcome Cheyanne!  I must say, you must have done something incredibly right to raise a son who has a cleaning service!!!   God bless you, I say!   You ought to write a mom's manual so that more women could pull this off!  Wish I lived in TX so you could send him to my house!  How's this?  I'll help you with your orthopedic problems and your son can clean my house.  Deal??

Barbe heres hoping the DH is just having a headache -maybe it's pollen time there???? I gotta tell yeah though Ed can not smell a thing either,  he is in charge of cleaning the liter box and puppy yard poop, that he can see.  But when it's time to change the liter box he has no clue, it's back in what he calls the "man cave"  a work shop, laundry room sort of thing, the cat has a kitty door that lets her in and out.  Anyway I just take the jug of liter and set it in the middle of the floor - he knows it's time.

I am so excited he took the entire weekend off, today we have been doing chores all AM, he emptied and cleaned our entire front screened porch, top to bottom, now doing the yard, I have done inside work. He said today is work day,  tonight is the beach party and Sunday we will just hang out at the beach -  so wonderful to have him all weekend.  YEAH - See me smile.

Yeah for everyones GREAT-GREAT medical news -  WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

HAPPY WEEKEND ALL - XOXOXOXOXOXO

LORI! Welcome back, heal well! (((((((((( hugs ))))))))))))

Kathi, have a blast at the beach partay dahlin'....yes, I am jealous!

Hey, Cathi & Barbe, at least you can make someone else clean the litter box!  I have to clean my own!

Ok girls be nice, it's my 1st go at posting pics from the web.

Mum, thank you for the lesson.xx

Now I'll need to try it out with my own pictures from my computer, not sure if that will be as easy.

Anyhow, this is a 7 minutes walk from my house, where I walk to feed the ducks and swans. It's a shame I don't feel safe doing the walk on my own cause i'd do it everyday, but did used to go with kids everyday, now just occasionally. (The "safe" thing is down to stuff way back when, but it keeps you over cautious,shame). Anyhow, thats my little bit of pretty nature, a nature reserve on my doorstep. It is a blessing.

Barbe, you sure are a fabulous person, of course you are brave, but sometimes that is non negotiable, but it's the spark and vitality and generosity with which you live that makes you outstanding. hugg.

Mom! You have finaly had your yard sale! yeha! How was it? Is there anything left in the house?You insipre me, I have been so sillillyyy tired, but I so want to banish any clutter (well except the art cupboard) as it is too fun to do that stuff with the kids! I am even contemplating the idea of getting rid of all that doesn't fit in my wardrobe. That would leave me with very little but, then if I hang on to my "littler" stuff and never get back into them, that's not good "fen sweeeee" is it? I think I shall do that.. Oh, do any of you ever fantasise about having a "little helper" that comes along for a week and helps you get on top of all your "to dos"?? What am I saying! you are always in one and other's houses "virtually"! Boy could I use some of that magic right now.

Anyhoooo, Lori and all you post surgical ladies, have yourself a super indulgent, in your bathrobe and slippers week. Wishing you the best recovery. You are to work VERY HARD at doing NOTHING at all, except taking care of YOU!

Bless you all, sending my best over to you right now.

xx Shiny 

Yippeeeee for you Shiny!!! The pics are just GREAT!!! Once you get started, there's no going back:)hehe....it's an addiction!!! I just love your vocabulary....I'm learning some new words. Down here in the boondocks we just say things like........gitter done

Hoo Coonie,

 xxxx you are so lovely.

Bless you, and I can see what you mean, I could get addicted to that, but 1st I would have to get aquainted with all the sites you all find such hillarious things on!

Can you beleive I am in bed again. Just get the shakes and whooped, but BC wise, still NED so go figure..

Hug luvvy

(ps: Sorry re my spelling but cannot get spell check working on this site anymore!)

Shiny

Oh, Shiny, how very wonderful and magical for your kids!  And you.  I once had a robin family nesting in a grape arbor over my front walk, but I didn't know it right away.  All of sudden, as I would walk to my front door, a robin would be perched on the lattice work, talking to me very loudly.  Thought he or she was saying hi, so I would say hi back.  Finally, after 5 days of this, I thought to look up, and there above my head was the nest, with 4 little scrawny babies sitting in a circle, with their heads facing up to the sky, their eyes closed and their beaks wide open waiting for Mom or Dad to drop in a meal!!   I told Mr. & Mrs. Robin I would not disturb them & congrats, and then I got some blueberries from the frig & placed them in a little mini bird-feeder dish just below the nest.  Well, as soon as I got back in the house to watch from the window, Mom & Dad started taking berries and feeding them to the kids.  And neither of them 'shouted' at me anymore when I walked down my walk.

Can you record any of the images from your spy-cam?  It would be great to see some stills!!

Gotta love Spring!

Night night....sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite:)

KAK......that's a GREAT story! Mr. and Mrs. Robin were probably so thankful for the meal. Probably made Mr. Robin very happy that he didn't have to go out digging for worms or something! And hey.....blueberries are MUCH better than worms any ole day

OOOOOOOOOOh I LOVE the birdie stories! I, too am afraid of birds if they're flying around me. Not if I'm just looking at them through a window. What a great way to get your son over his fear of birds, Shiny!

We throw stale bread out for the birds and bunnies. I called them rabbits last night and my husband said they were bunnies! I said, what's the difference, he said, bunnies is such a cuter name....okay, bunnies, it is!

Well Ladies I'm back...still NOT doing any housework either...The DH took it seriously when they said don't lift anything for two weeks.........snicker...........So I haven't lifted a finger...

Am still kinda sore...mostly where she took the port out..oh and got great news the other day. The BS called, said the 5 nodes, the first one had slight cancerous cells in it, the other 4 were clean...as for the breast, well she said evidently she didn't get clean enough margins as there is still a 1mm spot or so of DCIS. She said she's pleased and normally they would rely on the radiation to get something that small, but she would have to talk to my onc, see if he wanted her to go back in and get cleaner margins. Knowing how anal my onc is, I will most likely be getting a reincision........I'm so happy, NOT!!!! Kind of down in the dumps about that, I don't mind the surgery, in fact, my breast hasn't hurt at all, it's just that I wanted to hurry and get to radiation and be done with all of this...But would rather be free of cancer too!

Well just an update to my non cleaning friends! LOL............I am getting exercise, I'm lifting that coffeecup!