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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited September 2011

    Carrie - lots of cute B&B's along the way!  Or one of us could be the hostess with the mostest! 

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited September 2011

    I have to say my DH is the same with the remote too.  Will fall asleep with it in his hands too.  And the channel surfing just drives me nuts.  As soon as I'm actually interested in something, click.... and something else is on.  I used to hide the remote.  Now I just don't watch tv much any more.  My DH's new vice.......Dance Moms.   It's a reality show on lifetime about a dance competition team in Pittsburgh.  My DD is on a dance competition team, so that is why the interest.  DD loves the show too.  Thank goodness her studio and team are nothing like the one on the show though.  We have been at a couple of the same competions though and have seen some of the teams or people from her studio in the clips.  I think that is part of what makes it interesting as well.

    Pickety Place sounds so nice.  Wish I were closer to make it there.  Have a great time.  Hauntie, so lucky you are making another get together.  And this time, you won't have to rent a hotel room.  Good for you!

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited September 2011

    If anyone wants to friend me on FB, my name is Kay Mulhern Greenblatt.  Can't be more than one of me.  LOL

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  • Hauntie
    Hauntie Member Posts: 483
    edited September 2011

    Hi Joy - looking forward to meeting you and the others at Pickety Place. I'm not the only one taking care of Dad. I have 4 brothers and we all take turns making sure he gets taken care of. My mother passed away from Alzheimers 3 years ago.  My second oldest brother lives with him, so he does the brunt of the care taking and MD appointments. I only live 3 miles away, so I'm number 2 care taker. We all take turns on Saturdays and I typically do dinner with him at least one night during the week. We also have a housekeeper, who comes for a couple of hours a day.  She's a saint. If not for her my Dad would not be able to live at home. He's in good shape physically, but his memory is totally shot. Very different from my mother's Alzeimer's, thank God; but it's still requires a lot of patience, repeating things, writing notes, etc.

    If you gals ever get a group together for a trip to Foxwoods or Mohegan - count me in. i've been there a few times. I've never had any luck, but it's fun anyway. Poker tournaments there seem to be recently retired  Brother *2's new career. He's had much more luck than I have. He's such a frequent visitor he gets all kinds of "free" stuff. His girl friend usually accompanies him, so she gets her own "free stuff". So, DB gave me the Pandora bracelet he got a couple of weeks ago.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited September 2011

    Hauntie and Joyce- My Dad is only 75 I hope he lives as long as your dads, dont know what i would do with out him, your dads are lucky to have both of you.

    Kay- You were easy to find for me.;-)) Lol on hiding the remote too funny!! I have been watching dance moms too, those ladies are somthing else.

    Michelle- beautiful picture of the lake, i never used ot like the cold, but now i love all the seasons and im ready for winter.

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited September 2011

    My DH does the same exact thing.  He calls it his royal scepter of the castle.

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited September 2011

    I ended up having a crazy afternoon/evening!  My DS called around noon and invited us over for an impromptu  football watching party.  DH was golfing so I decided to go.  He lives about 40 minutes from us (in Merrimack).  I made a couple of stops along the way, which just added to my day.  My first stop was WalMart to pick up a few things to make shrimp dip and I needed some Patriots attire.  While I am in the store, this little girl - maybe 4 or so - is screaming hysterically, "Daddy, I want it all!  Daddy, I want it all!"  Over and over and over again!  It was such a comical scene and the parents were at their wits end trying to calm her down.  But I thought it interesting that even at the age of four, she KNEW she wanted it ALL!!!  So then, on to Marshall's - not for anything special, just one I don't get to very often.  I'm walking around with my cart, when I hear this girl - probably 9 or 10 - say with her loudest "stage" voice, "Mommy, I know why that lady is wearing a hat.  She's BALD!!!"   Well, I just about died laughing!  I knew she was talking about me and all I could think was that her poor mother was probably mortified. 

    My son made chili and left out all the hot stuff so I could enjoy it. And I made shrimp cocktail dip (shrimp, cocktail sauce and cream cheese) to eat with ruffled chips. We left after the Patriots game (DH came after golf) and there was still lots of loud happy partying going on!   I had to choose...alcohol or Tylenol. Went with the Tylenol so I'm feeling a bit less bone pain this evening. I guess the worst of chemo #7 has passed, other than the fatigue. 

    Hauntie - yes, casino excursion!  When we lived in Missouri, I was a far too frequent visitor to Ameristar and they were so nice to me...gave me all kinds of goodies...that I could have bought myself with all the money I dumped into the slot machines!  But I always had a good time.  Maybe we can pull this off before winter sets in and the two hour drive becomes a bad idea!

    Hope everyone is having a nice evening!

    Michelle

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited September 2011
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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited September 2011

    My DD owns a house in Merrimack which she is renting right now cuz she lives in Bermuda.  The Birch's, nice place. 

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited September 2011

    I have always wanted to go to Bermuda! 

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited September 2011

    http://www.seniorlivingresidences.com/nashoba-park-overview/

    My Dad is 83, he lives in assisted living and loves it.  He has a lot of heart and health issues, dementia and has to use a walker to get around, he if very unsteady on his feet is prone to falls.  He has been living there for 3 years now.

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited September 2011

    www.pickityplace.com

    I have 3 old recipe books from here.  They don't sell them anymore.

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited September 2011

    Every Sunday DH and I go to Londonderry Flea Market via Hudson, NH.  On the way home we usually stop at Walmart then Ayotte's, DH smokes cigars.  P U.

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited September 2011

    Geez, Deb...you're passing very near Joyce and me!   We are less than 20 minutes apart.  She's in Hudson and I'm on the Windham/Salem line. 

    Ick on the cigars! 

    Michelle

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  • carberry
    carberry Member Posts: 1,153
    edited September 2011

    Love the pics everyone.  Michelle, I love staying in B@B's,  really cant wait for my husband to retire.  We own our own business, open 6 days a week and my DH works 24/7 , even on Sundays....we have not had a real vacation since the kids were at home, about 6yrs ago!

    So we went boating yesterday..the sun was warm..and my DH got in the water..YIKES it was cold. We drank some wine (my DH a little more than me) and when we got home he locked his keys in the car.  Ha ha love when he does dumb things like that...gives me a little wiggle room for when I do dumb things!

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited September 2011

    I agree love the pics.  Imagine if all women everywhere stood up and took control of the remote?  I am sure a few would have a heart attack if they couldn't hold onto it! 

    Last night we had ham and cheese and rice, it was so yummy.  My husband was very happy with his dinner after eating garbage all weekend.  I'm hoping to make either meatloaf or pot pie tonight for dinner.  I woke up this morning feeling horrible, sore throat, head ache and achy all over.  Both boys have super runny noses and I think have it too.  Although they don't seem to feel as miserable.  I took 1000 mg  of vitamin C and I am going to make some chicken noodle soup to have for lunch, I think we all need it.  Hopefully between the vitamin C, some homemade soup and a nap woth the boys this afternoon I'll feel better.Yucko!

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited September 2011

    Icky Laurie!  Kids do spread germs!!!  I was much healthier after they all got out of school! 

    Speaking of pictures, I just took a trip down memory lane picking out photos of my son who's turning 40 on 10/1.  His SO is having a surprise party on Saturday and I told her I'd give her some pictures.  OMG, too funny!  The party has a 70's theme and these pictures will certainly reinforce the concept of leisure suits, Star Wars, etc.  And while I was picking through all these pictures, I found a four-generation picture of my great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mother and me.  I was maybe five or six months old.  You would not believe the hair...I can only hope that once chemo is over, those "strong hairgrowth genes" take over, I could have record-setting growth if I am lucky. 

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited September 2011

    Carrie- I'm with you on that one, love when our DH let us know they are human once in awhile LOL!

    Laurie- Hope you and the kids feel bette soon, i just got over being really sick with pnemonia, one of the worst cases i have ever had, its going around, I started taking a lot of zinc the last few days and it helped I think.

    Michelle- Love the picture of all 4 of you, so cute.

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited September 2011

    Michelle- I agree, love the picture!  Fingers crossed for you that your hair growth gene takes over too!

    I made my chicken pot pie and manages to function pretty well today.  Thankfully the kids went easy on me.  I made it clear this morning that we were all sick and there would be no fighting.  They took pity on me, thank God!

    There have been different things going on in my life lately that has had me thinking.  I had a friend pass away last week at the age of 35.  I hadn't seen her in years, and she drank herself to death.  She passed from liver failure.  I had another friend, from high school diagnosed with stage II BC, she is 35.  So I started looking through old photo's and thought I'de share something kind of nice and weird with you all.  (you might think I'm nuts!!)

    The day my mother passed away there was a huge snow storm.  My brother who does photography went for a walk after and took a bunch of nature pictures.  Just to get out of the house and kind of deal with things.  he took a handful of pics and sent them to me.  He titled only one and called it "Still Here".  When I looked at the picture I called him right away and told him it was eerie, why did he do it?  (He did a project a long time before of combining two photos sometimes putting peoples faces in tree trunks etc.)  He had no idea what I was talking about.  I described to him where I could see my mothers face in the water, and then he saw it too.  I asked him why he titles only that one picture and he said he didn't know, he just did.  whats weird is that women see her face right away while men take longer. 

    Like I said this is kind of weird, but kind of nice too.  I'm going to post a picture of me and my mom so you know what she looks like and the nature picture.  Can you see what I saw?

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited September 2011

    How can you post pics here, I don't know how.

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  • zumbagirl
    zumbagirl Member Posts: 308
    edited September 2011

    I made whole wheat penne pasta with spinach and beans from the pink ribbon diet book, I just started the eating plan today. very tastey. Before today, I never cooked much with olive oil. It really brings good flavor to things :O)

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited September 2011

    Tacos of dinner with chocolate mousse yum!

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  • carberry
    carberry Member Posts: 1,153
    edited September 2011

    Laurie  so sorry you are not feeling wellFrown   Yes, when the kids are in school the germs become rampant...always have them wash their hands when they come inside the door at the end of the day. i used to tell mine to wash before lunch at school too ...dont think that ever happened,,,but a mom can try right?  Are your kids even in school yet?  they look young in the photo.

    Debbie  pnuemonia? thats tough.  I wonder if the docs are recommending flu shots or pnuemonia shots for us ca pts?  Last year , as health care workers we were highly encouraged to get a flu shot, but i was going through chemo and could not get one, not so sure I beleive in them anyways, have never gotten one.  I have always been healthy and felt if I did get it my body could fight it.  Ha Ha little did I know!

    Michelle   very cool pic.

    I did one pan chicken and rice last evening, had fresh sliced tomatos on the side.  tonight, not so sure what the plan is

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited September 2011

    DH made boneless fried chicken tenders (from scratch), mashed pots and buttercup squash with apples and cinnamon (with a little supervision from me).  Quite impressive - his cooking skills are getting better and better.  This morning he whipped up bacon and eggs.  I think he's trying to fatten me up...lol!

    Debbie - pneumonia...yikes!  That had to be rough!  I've had bronchitis dozens of times in my life, but I have not had pneumonia since I was a young child.   Glad you are feeling better!

    Laurie - hope you and the kids are on the mend this morning.  Nothing like homemade chicken soup to make you all feel better.

    Deborye - I have had luck posting pictures by using the copy/paste function.  Right click inside the picture and then select copy.  Then click in the text box, right click again and select paste.  Interestingly, it doesn't work every time.  But I always try it first.  You can also click the little tree icon in the grey area above the text box and then paste a link to a photo from some place like Picasa, Shutterfly or Flickr. 

    Thanks, all, for the compliments on the picture.  I am impressed at how well these old photos look after scanning.  I have thousands of old pictures...it would be a lifetime project to get them all into digital format.  But I need to do some of them so my kids have them.

    Not sure what dinner will be tonight...maybe we'll go use some of those gift cards that our DHs won in that golf tournament last Saturday.

    Michelle

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited September 2011

    Love the pic Michelle.  It is so cool to have 4 generations of women in the one photo.  Both my grandmothers had died before I was born, so I really appreciate pics like that. 

    Debbie, sorry to hear of the pnuemonia.  It sounds like you are recovered now?  I hope so.  Laurie, I hope you're feeling better.  I definitely used to get the colds my kids had when they were younger too.  It seems impossible not to.  Washing hands as often as possible is the best advice any one can give I think.  My DD carries around hand sanitizer with her now.  It apparently is a "cool" thing to do.  Bath and Body Works sell small bottles that can be hooked on to a purse or back pack or lunch box or such.  And they come in different scents.  Some even seem to be aimed at boys.

    Met a few friends from high school last night for dinner.  Had chicken quessediallas.  I know I butchered that spelling.  Probably not the most healthy thing, but the conversation was good. :)

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited September 2011

    Zumba- Good luck with your new pink ribbon diet!

    Carberry- What is your one pan chicken and rice recipe? 

    Michelle- Your dinner last night sounds really good.  Everytime I amke my kids pancakes I think I should try the chicken tender recipe on the back of it.

    Debbie- I hope you are all better now!

    I am a little better than yesterday.  All three of us were pretty pathetic.  We laid around and watched cartoons pig piled on the couch with a box of tissues.  With the kids doing that gross kid sneeze thing- you know where it explodes and hangs?  Gag!!  We had the pot pie for dinner last night.  No one ate very much.  I didn't have much of an appetite, the kids didn't seem to either.  My DH spent the afternoon in Boston watching the Red Sox game and I think he had filled up a bit on sausage subs, hot dogs and beer.  Ohwell, I did my part and made it despite feeling yucky. 

    Tonight I am making meatloaf and mashed potatoes.  I am craving it and looking forward to it.  It's so dreary here today, perfect weather for it.

    The mason starts to rebuild our chimney tomorrow and he said it will take him a week to a week and a half.  I'll be glad when it is done and I know I can light my wood stove if it gets chilly.  I suppose it's time to start thinking about winter...sigh.

    I don't think I ever posted a picture of what it looked like after the lightning strike?

    I hope everyone has a great day!

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited September 2011

    i've been gone.. stayed with my seed eating, washed fruit sister...

    i eat healthily but PUHlease give me some real food.

    Tonite, grilled pork steak and Indian vegetables over rice.

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited September 2011

    Welcome back, JO-5.  Love the new diet!!!  Maybe it would put a little padding on my meager butt...lol!

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited September 2011

    Apple- thanks, once again for the smile!

    Jo5- that is one heck of a "diet"!

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited September 2011

    Yup, meager butt is genetic in my family...lol.  When my son was little, I bought him extra-slim pants, he wore a belt, and he could still pull down his pants without undoing the belt, zipper, snap, etc!  He wasn't that thin...just suffered from meager butt!

    I am diabetic so I'm afraid your diet might send me into diabetic shock!!!  But it sounds good, especially the Snickers bars!

    Lunch was clam chowdah and a garden salad with good blue cheese dressing.  Supper will probably be some leftovers.  We need to clean out some stuff!  Unless DH comes down from work and says the word...pizza!!!  Why does that sound good tonight?  I'm not going to tell him, but I won't deny him should he bring it up Wink

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