For Older People with Sense

Today I went to look around a new place.....but don't think I shall bother to move !

I have always liked the look of this place, on the edge of a small village, about 3 miles from where I am now, and noticed today a 'For Sale' board had suddenly gone up. I rang the agent, and she arranged for me to view at 3 o'clock this afternoon....so off I trip, pulls into the yard only to see two doors ....TWO doors? I thought this was one house? Oh no, someone has made 2 smaller houses from one original farmhouse, so that set me off on the wrong foot to start with ! I nearly turned tail at this point, but someone came out, so I had to carry on the viewing.

Quite a nice house, this 'half house'....but so small. From outside it looked like 4/5 bedrooms. On the inside it was 2 medium sized bedrooms, and a VERY small box room. The owner admitted it was impossible to get a bed into that room, 'but would be fine for a babys crib'   WHAT?? No intentions of adding to my family at my age !! Downstairs was a kitchen a quarter the size of mine, a small sized sitting room....well was  described as  14'x 14' LARGE sitting room, and NO dining room at all ! Someone had not put their specs on when they wrote this! Very claustrophobic indeed. The funniest bit was a half decent hallway. The staircase was a beautifully carved, intricate mahogany job, up against the side of the room, but something was not quite right at all. I asked about it, and the owner said they had split the house in two, and bricked up right down the centre of the staircase....the other half of the house had the other half of this lovely old staircase !!

Then I was shown the garden, which was absolutely massive.The owner was a plant freak, and it was her pride and joy, and I got all the history of many of the very mature plants and trees. I would have given a lot for this garden a few years ago, but just would not be able to upkeep something like that now. There were also a lot of farm buildings, which had been one of the main things I wanted to see, but was told no buildings were included in the sale....so, I made my excuses and came away...that's the end of that, what I thought was a decent smallish farm, on the edge of a village turned out to be half a house with a neighbour in residence with a shared parking yard .  The neighbours husband was a night worker, so I don't think he would have appreciated my dogs barking and rushing around all day stopping him sleeping. Shall just have to stay where I am !! Which I suppose I wanted to do all along, but just push the whole place 2 miles nearer to civilisation.

Lisa, I love it there too.  I live very close to there.

yes, I did..wonderful..I think I need another visit

LC, sounds like fun for all!!

there is always next year for the grand prize

Hello Everyone,

It's been so long since I've posted that I don't know where to begin.  I think of all of you often but find it hard to write sometimes.

Our second grandchild was born on 8/4 and my daughter gave me the greatest gift by letting me help her give birth.  The baby's name is Audrey Elizabeth and she weighed 8'10".  I'm going to try and get a picture on as soon as I can.

Healthwise, I've had it a little rough these past 6-8 weeks.  I've had heart and ulcer problems and am now having issues with the tumor on my parotid gland.  I'm having a CT/PET done in a couple of weeks to get a better handle on what might be done.   I didn't expect it to get bigger since I had originally responded so well and my scan in March was so good. 

I have been on to read some of the posts and am trying to keep up with everything but seem to keep getting into this funk.

I've missed you all,

Marianne

 Oh, Dragon, I am the opposite in my thinking....I worry about the dogs outliving me since even though my husband loves them, he doesn't take very good care of them.  I have a friend who says she will gladly take the cat, but the dogs I worry about.  Am not being negative here, but like to plan ahead.   That Rainbow Bridge makes me cry every time I look at it Barb....even when my pets are here alive and healthy.  

Chabba, I still miss my Sydney who lived to be 17 1/2, but Harley is the same breed and reminds me so much of him that I catch myself calling him Sydney....they always say not to get the same breed because you will compare them, but I found him on Craigslist and he seemed to need a new home.  Harley is much smaller, but they have the same face.

 Kathy, Glad you had a good vacation. 

 3jays, hoping that new pill kicks in soon. 

 Lisa, I have been there....my sister lives in Portland so we have traveled around when I am out there and I think it is beautiful country....although when we went to the beach, I was expecting heat and about froze to death.  Talk about gardens.....she has the biggest butterfly bushes I have ever seen....like trees.  But this year she says all her flowers are behind because it took so long for summer to arrive and just stayed cool.   I am going out to work in my yard since we got rain last night and that should have perked everything up.  Maybe I will get some new pics. 

Isabella, What's with posting and then deleting it?....I got all excited thinking Oh good a post from Isabella and poof, it was gone. 

I have been using bag balm and gloves and socks, but just read a little more about Xeloda and it says the SEs occur about 12 days into treatment so I am being a bit premature on this I think.  Oh and I looked in the mirror yesterday and noticed that my eyebrows are just about gone....a month after my last halaven treatment!!....so how long does this stuff stay in my system?  I am just going to go without eyebrows as I don't want to look like Joan Crawford. 

Hope you all have a good day.   Marybe

I was typing and missed the post about your grandaughter.....I like the name Audrey. 

I hope this doesn't come out too big.  This is my new grand daughter born on 8/4

She is ready for the world!!

congratulations...

Marianne,  Noted something else in your post....the tumor on your parotid....I may be confused here,( seems like I am most of the time) but is that at the base of your brain?  If so my sister had that and oddly enough my cousin, although he is a step cousin so no blood relationship there.  Both had surgery to remove it, my sister through her nose and cousin through the palate.  In Diane's case they could not get it all so she gives herself injections to keep it from growing.  Is yours BC related or a separate issue?   

Wow, a new blessed life for us old folk to dote on!!! How wonderful is that! Congrats Marianne!!

Funk. Yep.

VERY cool on the tattoo!!! What a GREAT idea....now who would I want to sign me.....?????????

Yes, Barbe, I just thought it was so nice that he actually took notice of people in the audience like that....I would have fainted on stage probably.  He was giving people hugs and everything.  They say his one true love was Linda and in the slides that were showing before the show and during onthe big screens there were pics of her mixed in.....no Heather Mills that's for sure and I don't even know who the new girlfriend is...did he marry her also?  He did mention watching the royal wedding with his 6 yr old daughter so I assume that is the child he had with Heather...he was talking about the song he wrote called I will and was saying how wouldn't it be cool if they said I will instead of I do and sure enough when it was Andrew's turn and they asked will you take this woman, he responded with I will.  Listen to me go on....I am 61 yrs old and still have a crush on Paul McCartney. 

Marybe, as odd as it is, my breast cancer is in my Parotid gland.  Since at my scan in March it had gone down in intensity (SUV went from 8.2 to 5.1) I thought it was getting better.  Onc still isn't convnced it's getting worse but it feels to me that it is.  I will just have to wait until the end of this month to find out. 

It's hard to remove since it's entangled with the gland and nerve. Until the last three weeks when it started looking bruised and a little swollen, I thought it was getting better since I could feel more of my jaw bone.

Marianne, what a beautiful baby!  So sorry about your parotid tumor.  I've heard of mets to that area but it must be rare.  Why do so many of us have to be the exception to the norm?

Going today to pick blueberries, our Oregon specialty.  It has been a rather cold summer so many things aren't growing well but the blueberries are dependable.  Taking the grandkids who will no doubt eat more than they pick.

Happy Sunday to all, Dragon

I'll catch up on all the reading later, headed to the hospital to see new baby.

We have a new Grandson finally!!!! Micah James Meeker, 8 lbs. 11 ozs., 21 inches, born August 6th, 2011 at 1:53 p.m. PST.  He was born just as we were taking off from Raleigh to go to Monterey so we did not know until we landed in Las Vegas and could turn the cell phones back on.  Mother and baby are doing great.  Headed to the hospital in a few minutes.  I will be MIA for a while as there is a lot to do around here before they come home.  I'll post pictures as I have time.