INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Chrissy, squirrels are cute but I think the feral cats consider them delicious! I wonder why you don't have squirrels and possums? I'd trade them for koalas!

Sas, there are about 8 to 20 back there at a time. One buck has a deformed front leg and was having a lot of trouble walking and keeping up with the herd. We've contacted the Humane Society and they're going to see what they can do about getting the deer tranqued and have surgery to repair the leg. They're worried about whether the deer can handle the anesthesia. I'm hoping for the best. To me, they have faces as sweet as puppies. Oh, and they're white tails.

sas, the only good thing to come out of our little town growing so quickly is that the area I live in is now considered "city limits" and it's illegal to discharge a firearm in this area. Which is funny because there's 10 acres of woods behind my house and my city boy DH considers this the sticks. I had heard about that disease a while ago but it hasn't been mentioned lately. Hope it doesn't spread to Tennessee because the deer population here has really exploded.

I don't know about butterflies, but the mosquitoes are as big as condors! I'll stock up on Citronella!

Sheila, yes I've heard of those pickles and I LOVE them.....lol......I prefer to eat savoury rather than sweet but I'm a sucker for pastries with fresh cream.

Ro no probs, the mozzies don't like me, they always go for my DH....lol

If they are that big, maybe we can tether them and use the beat of their wings to fan us and keep us cool.

sas, the mosquitoes here consider the avon stuff "special human sauce". We're in the delta so it's really humid here. During the summer, there's an article on the local news every night that posts how many cases of West Nile virus we have. So not only are they pesky, they're dangerous. When I go outside, I have one of those Off mosqito repellers and burn citronella candles. I hate those little bloodsuckers!

chrissy, I want a pygmy possum!

sas, are you near Miami? I visited there a decade ago and LOVED it!

Ro the pygmy possum is no bigger than a mouse and they are so cute!  They are nectar eaters and feed on the blossoms of the native trees.  They are nocturnal and have their nests in the hollows of gum trees.

Now I definitely want a pygmy possum! Why do ours have to be so ugly and destructive? I'll definitely have to post a picture now. Ours are nocturnal too but they're carrion eaters. They've even been found inside humans who die in the woods! Gross!

Hi ladies,

Sorry to hear about your mets, Chrissy, I have much the same mets in spine, hip, since dxed 3 yrs ago, and am still on the same type of meds for them.

About the diverticulitis girls, keep yourselves very aware of it and any changes to your normal bowel routine.  I was told I had mild diverticulitis about 6 yrs ago, but was told not to eat things with seeds in them such as corn, passionfruit, tomatoes or hard grains.  

After weeks of diarrhoea, I went to my local hospital five weeks ago when I experienced sharp pain around the belly button area.  Mind you, I went a week earlier for pain across the lower pubic area and was told to take Buscopan and it would clear up in a couple of days.  The second time, a different Dr sent me for an x-ray and I went from about to go home to emergency surgery in the middle of the night.  Woke up, in shock, with a Colostomy bag which I will have to endure for at least three months and if/when it is reversed I still run the risk of having it happen again if I'm not very careful.

The surgeon was quite emphatic that the bowel perforation was caused by the Diverticulitis.  I will be seeing him next Thursday, for the first time since leaving hospital, and have a list of questions a mile long to ask him because I didn't know enough when I was in hospital.  

Believe me when I say this is one of the yuckiest things I never dreamt of having to deal with and I can't seem to get my gag reflex to back down.  It certainly makes you think twice about putting anything solid in your mouth, in fact, the only good thing to come of it was losing 12 kgs which took some pressure off my knees, hips and feet.

Hope this wasn't TMI, but just felt that it might help us all to be more careful.

Sheila. 

sas, next time they're looking for volunteers to be shot into space, let me know. That's the only thing on my bucket list. I would love to "boldy go" before I take the dirt nap! I cried when they retired the last space shuttle. They had a team of astronauts come to our school before I retired and I was like a little girl at a Justin Beiber concert. They're my rock stars.