For Older People with Sense

I'm not sure if I qualify as an older lady and I KNOW I don't have any sense.......but I just had to say I LOVE that pic of the doggie looking out the window!!!!! TOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you're having a wondermous time Lisa!!!!

Thank you Lisa and Barb!!!!!!!! This may be the closest I get to Bruges, but Lisa, you capture the essence of what you see. Thank you so much!

Oh Dragon, you are not alone - and you're not so far down the road to be feeling guilty!  I guess depending on the individual, and the invasiveness of the procedures, it can take quite awhile to feel up to par.  It took nearly a year after my ooph - 8 yrs ago.  I was warned this time that rads can be fatiguing long after they're "done", and experienced that.  SO grateful I have the luxury of napping.  Sleep can be healing. Are you eating well enough so that your blood sugar stays stable? Sounds like you're active enough to warrant extra sleep time; take advantage of the rainy weather and follow your doc's good advice. How fun!

hey ladies!!good to get on sat morn and find you all!!

   lots of choices here this wkend to do.. the onr i really wanted to do, i "got punished: and cant do. jays #1 took wonderboy to the 9:45 movie to see Rio. which i begged him to call me to join him..

   currently, bc "i CANT get up early, im not invited.." 8am i can't do, so he won't call me for two hrs almost later...

   to h***with him, im gonna take fish to see it again, if he liked it, by myself this week!!if not, im going alone!

  Murs parents are doing passover on Mon, nite, but the MS eval is in miami Tues early in the morn; so im sending him by himsellf. having his mom sick, and me in pain, will only cause Cirrus, anyway, so its' a pass for me....

 im so pleased for Marybe that she's holding her own, and for Marianne, as well. they can be NERDS: but im calling them NED!!!they can dance their life with the stable boy, God willing!!

   mazy, you are so right.. this is such a pleasant place to come since we moved! i just can't abide with sniping, etc...woulkd rather talk to myself...LOL

   Alyson, im sure part of my pain in the sternum was adhesions,, as well. twice, they dug in there, and in the beg. it  was where the tumor started, and was at its biggest! so, stretches help, (ir ya don't over due like i did) and, every little twinge serves to remind me its' GONE!!!

  i don't use my skype much, either, but i do try first.. then, i use the phone...  weird, reception is better all the way to Aust, than to Marybe. but we'll hook up, Barbara, and see. im so medicated (for me) that right now, im sleeping more, but that won't last, im trying the time released  meatonin this wkend. i hate not seeing mornings most days. i hate to miss any of life that i now have to enjoy..

   Barbe, i have a hoveround, which is /was wondrful.. the truck we had to take it with us broke down permanently, and our little Honda won't carry the trailer behind, it'll flip the car...

    we're now searching for a used van.. i'll need the prayers to get one cheap enough, but then, my world will open up...Mur and i were tsalking last night, and he wants to look up your walker.. what make and model is it? im so glad  im not the only "gimp" in the crowd!!!

    have a greatwkend ladies, ill be checking in tonight...         its beautiful out, and i want to get to my garden today. gonna put lights in that blew out over the winter!!         3jays 

3jays, the brand name is Pride and the model is GoGo. It's a smaller version and folds into a regular trunk. I am very strong (go figure!) and can lift it in and out myself. They say it's for indoor, but I use it for malls and stores, not all terrain riding! heheehehehehe

Lost_Creek, thanks for the input!  It is a luxury to be able to nap.  My DH and I chose early retirement and poverty over working longer and dropping dead on the job.  He got cancer at only 53 so we both had that "life is so short" awakening that you get.  Baking bread with olive oil and oatmeal and flax in it.  We'll see how it tastes!

You got me on this one Marybe.  I've lived in PA all my life and never heard of that one.  I'll look it up.

3jays, the only thing I know for sure is it's NOT Nexxus. The Nexxus ones don't allow you to stand within the frame, it has to be pushed in front of you. I liked the security of being IN it. Make sure you are comfortable. Brakes, basket, seat, etc. I LOVE my walker. Now how dumb does that sound??

Lisa just ROCKS!! I live vicariously through her!!

So, 3jays, you're passing over Passover this year.....

Lisa, the pictures are beautiful.

It's 3:30 AM here so I'm off to bed. Had a long nap today but then did some baking tonight for Passover (2 chocolate cakes and 4 trays of brownies). Yum

Leah

Hi Christie,

I'm only 43 but I'm new to this forum and wasn't even aware that there is bickering...lol..

Funny thing is that when I write something its always in the back of my mind how people will interpret it..would never want to offend anyone.  This is a great forum to support each other and that is what I hope it will be for me as well.

Tammy

Looks like everyone is having a good weekend.  I have been mostly resting today as I kind of over did it yesterday with running errands and then 3 hours roaming the garden center and then coming home to plant the trees in the big pots by the front door.  The plan was to paint the front door today, but I was just too tired.  I guess it was just as well since we have had rain and wind all day then this afternoon we had tornados!  Spent 2 hours in the downstairs closet, lost electricity until around 8 pm, but everything missed us so we are fine.  I can alway repaint the front door next week.

Lisa - the pictures are beautiful.  Thanks for sharing them with us Barb.

Welcome to all the new ladies - you will enjoy this bunch of ladies.  We have a lot of good things to share and encouragement to give. 

Have just seen the images of the twisters on our news. Pleased to hear you are OK Amyjo. It must be so frightening. Hope everyone else if fine.

Been a lovely day here but getting a bit cooler. (The news says there will be snow in the south) Took GD to the park for a while which she enjoyed. Then have done the supermarket shopping, so now must get something for dinner, well its going to be pasta, the water is boiling. 

Good Morning everyone....i lost this thread (part of my CRS condition) but found it again today and marked as a favorite. What a relaxing beautiful train of thought you all have going here...wonderful way to start a Sunday...I read through most of the pages and come away with a thought or two...

whoever had their doctor tell them to stop dieting- I will try not to bear a grudge:)

ditto for BarbaraA and her 102 lbs....:)

bubble and squeak! I just had when I was in New York...waiter suggested it at PJ Clarkes- I like mush anything as long as it has a crisp to the outside. When I was little every once in awhile my dad would make breakfast on Saturdays and when he did- it was corn beef hash and eggss..oh my goodnessm I am not sure if it tasted so good just because he made it and t was always a little treat when dad cooked...but thanks for stirring the memories...

I have been thinking so much about dad who passed in 1988, so, the other day I bought a tin of sardines. I put them with a big slice of raw onion on a piece of toast and inhaled it-so wonderful. Growing up I thought that was the most disgusting thing I had ever heard of-eating dead little fish with bones in em-ugh...but dad said- the oil in the fish is good for you and with the onion, it just tastes GOOD. ..well, turns out he was right (again). Mom has told me that one of her favorite memories from very early on in their marriage when it was just the two of them and they were living in Toronoto was listening to the radio eating sardines/onions on toast and a bottle of cold beer....

i think we sometimes forget how the simplest things can make for the most enduring memories...since Mom is 84 and she is talking about well over 60 years ago...