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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited October 2013
    Chrissy glad you are getting your hearing back. Hearing loss can be a very bothersome. Makes conversations and watching tv difficult. Good luck with it.
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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited October 2013


    Oh but we're tooo quiet around here! How's everyone doing? Hope we're all too busy with good things to post. Leah, your nails sound great! Hope you went out somewhere great after you got all gussied up.


    It looks like DH and co-horts will get to the Outer Banks after all, since all that's left is the President signing the bill. DH got an email from the ferry owner tonight saying that the ferry will be operational again by 1:00 pm tomorrow if the shutdown's lifted. Rats! That means DH will be gone 8 days instead of 5, so it'll get a bit lonely around here with just me and Bud The Dog. At least it'll be a good time to clean out the spare bedroom, something I've put off forever.


    Hope you're improving, Chrissy, and hope everyone else is doing well too. Hugs to all.


    Kathy

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Hey Kathy, I am improving but at a very slow rate.......I'm hoping that one of these days I wake and its all gone and I am back to my normal self. I have been needing DH to drive me around as I'd be dangerous right now and have not long returned from my monthly trip over to a larger town 40 km away from where I live to replenish my fridge and pantry......oh, and get my nails done........lol......my treat to myself as I do like well manicured nails.


    Good to hear that you DH is going to get his fishing trip after all but not happy for you to be left with just the dog for eight days instead of five. I do hope you get the energy to get that room done as I'm sure it will keep you occupied.


    When I was dressing today I wasn't sure what to wear so I pulled on my jeans, slipped on a pair of sandals, donned a cami and then slipped the crocheted top that I made for DD's wedding over my head and checked out the effect in the mirror........wow! how to make jeans look dressy in one easy step! Looked good, felt good and I was so very comfy!


    Hoping you are all just busy getting prepared for Halloween and raking those fallen leaves.


    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2013


    Hi girls, been busy, helping my sick friend. The chemo is starting to work and the tumors are starting to shrink a little bit. She is something else, I have a hard time keeping up with her even tho, it is me doing the driving. She wanted to get her car fixed and do some clothes shopping. So I had my doc appt on Wednesday. We took her car and got so much done, I am just starting to recover. She wanted to buy some capes and large sleeved items, her arm is so swollen she can't move it well at all. So she found some capes and scarves for fall, we got the car fixed and even got to my appt.


    I saw the physiatrist. He was very nice and through. He thinks I might have fibromyalgia. It probably started before I got dxed and has just gotten worse and worse with tx. He wants me to see a rheumatoligist, also to rule out anything else. So more will be revealed.


    Chrissy, hope you are feeling more better as each day goes by.


    love the image of Leah all gussied up.


    kathy, with your hubby being gone, you'll just have more time to hang with us.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Nancy, that sounds like a good report from your doc and hopefully you will start to get some answers for your pain pretty soon. Wow! talk about a busy day! So glad your friend managed to find some capes and scarves.......it makes you feel better knowing that you have something to wear. Some people seem to do very well while doing chemo while others fall in a heap.......some systems for some reason just seem a little tougher than others.


    Doing better each day but the improvements are small.....the biggest pain right now is the double vision and the need to turn my head slightly in order to see straight.......lol.......yeah, it paints a very funny picture of this old duck walking around holding onto furniture, doors and walls all the while with head tilted to the left, yes it must be the left.........talk about being picky!....hahahahaha!


    Hope your day has been a good one!


    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • Alyson
    Alyson Member Posts: 4,308
    edited October 2013


    Hi all.


    Hope things improve for you Chrissy. You have to get to Sydney do you hear.


    I am feeling really sad. Just rang my best friend in the UK to see how her SiL was and she had passed away this morning. CANCER SUCKS. Anne had 3 different primaries and only recently discovered it had spread. Just the loveliest person. I am so upset.


    Sorry but it has really hit hard.


    Big hugs

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Oh Aly, I'm so sorry that you got that news.......it's just awful. ((((((hugs))))))


    I'm improving slowly and am now, with care able to at least make a meal and read for a while. Believe me, there will be nothing short of a disaster that would keep me from being in Sydney! I am so looking forward to seeing you again. I was checking air fares as I do on a daily basis and noticed that Jet Star are advertising Auckland at $159.......but the time of flights just doesn't jell for me :(. I'll keep watching and hopefully next year make it over there.


    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited October 2013


    I hope you keep improving Chrissy.


    Love Ginger

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited October 2013


    Alyson, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. And you're so right--nothing to say except CANCER SUCKS. It's so hard at any time but especially so with those who've touched us personally.


    Nancy, sounds like your friend's energy is still high, and that's good news. I hope with you that whatever is causing the pain will be found and treated successfully too. Hopefully this doctor's finally on the right track.


    DH is packed and ready to leave at 5:30 AM, and I'll say my goodbyes tonight. (I have to work at the church bazaar tomorrow and will definitely not get up at 5:30!) I hope never to see a chicken pot pie again due to having to make 10 of them. And DS and GS#1, along with SIL, 2 other men and 3 other children of various ages, are on their way to the Blue Ridge Parkway for a camping weekend. That should be interesting. DIL and 9 month old GS#2 are spending the night with DD and the baby.


    I told DGS#1 today that I wouldn't have anyone to talk to except the dog while Papa's gone, and he said that when he got back from camping he'd teach Bud to talk so I wouldn't be lonely. I'm really looking forward to that!


    Keep getting better, Chrissy, and try not to list too far to the left! Hope all of us have a wonderful weekend!


    Kathy

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Kathy, you'll have to give us a running report on the speaking lessons........lol.......that is just so darn cute! Don't you just love grands?!


    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • Alyson
    Alyson Member Posts: 4,308
    edited October 2013


    Story about Grands. Last weekend DD and family attended a friends wedding in Canada. DD had wanted DGS to wear a kilt because several of the men would be. DGS was told and he said no he had to wear his wedding clothes and went and got his shirt and tie which he had worn at his uncle's wedding in April. We wear ties to weddings he says. So here he with Argyle vest (and Dad's hat) all ready to go. With DGD and friend. DGD is wearing her flower girl dress.


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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Oh Aly! How cute! He is sure growing up fast!

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited October 2013


    Absolutely precious, Alyson!!


    Kathy

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 2,042
    edited October 2013


    Absolutely the cutest!

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Hi girls! I'm being brave today as I'm going to attempt my first drive since the vertigo hit. I'm feeling waay better and not so wobbly just totally deaf in one ear which is a little off putting but I guess or I hope it will settle and hearing will be restored soon.


    I'm heading to the city to enjoy a performance of the Russian Ballet doing excerpt from six different ballets........it's a two and a half hour program so I'm really looking forward to getting my cultural fix........lol. I used to dance my self when I was young and fit and still love to watch others perform.......I know just how hard it is to make everything look so effortless.


    I'll let you know all about it tomorrow when I return!


    BE well all!


    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2013


    Chrissy, have a wonderful time. Enjoy!


    I'm off to see the rheumatologist tomorrow.


    But the kids and I are going to New York City in a couple of weeks for my birthday trip. We are going to a broadway show!! We'll play the part of the country bumkins in the BIG city. LOL

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited October 2013


    Chrissy, I'm so glad the vertigo has lifted enough for you to drive! Great news, and great also that you're getting your culture fix!! Now, we'll hope the deafness goes away soon too. Have a ball!!


    Oh Nancy, I so envy you. I love going to NYC even though I've only been 3 times, all of which were to see Peter, Paul and Mary concerts. And sightseeing, the Metropolitan museum, the WTC site, etc. I'd have been lost without DH on those trips, but he used to teach pottery at a college on Long Island and was very knowledgeable about getting around in NYC. The first time we drove but the next 2 times we flew. Much better to fly from here, to be sure! Have a great time!


    Kathy

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Well girls I made it to and from the city driving myself......yay! Felt a little weird for the first few km but settled down and the trip was uneventful.


    The Ballet was incredible! I was transfixed through the whole performance.........those tiny little girls....so much grace and strength and the guys?! Well what can I say.......they were so powerful with their lifts and their athleticism was mind blowing! They performed the whole first act from The Nutcracker, an excerpt from Don Quixote, and then they did the lead dance from Romeo and Juliet, Carmen, Aladdin and Bolero and finished up the performance with a comic adaptation of the Cancan. Wonderful!....... I think we well and truly got our moneys worth. They also announced that they will be returning next year to do the whole ballet of Don Quixote so I think DD is booking our tickets as soon as they are released.


    Now to recover before returning to the city tomorrow night for DGS graduation..........they say there is no rest for the wicked, all I can say is I must be very, very wicked......hahhaha!


    Have a good day all!


    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2013


    it sounds like you enjoyed yourself, Chrissy. Good for you, staying safe while driving. I don't believe you are wicked at all. Congrats on your DGS's graduation!


    I saw the doc today. She agrees with the other doc that I probably have fibromyalgia. She did an informational lecture for a clinic that my DD and I attended. I think it was good for her to hear it all. Now I can rest up for my trip.

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited October 2013


    Congratulations on your DGS's graduation, Chrissy. I know you enjoyed it.


    The fishermen have returned from the sea at last. Actually, DH got home late last night. I was very happy to see him, beard and all, but my happiness was nothing compared to the dog's! Bud dog had slept all week long except for trips out, but he was dancing around DH with absolute joy! It was a sight! A bit of the rose may have gone off this trip, though, because DH said perhaps 4 or 5 days might do for next October because he got homesick! They had one man with a kidney stone and one with impending back surgery, and another who can barely walk, none of whom would would give up this trip. The only time DH ever missed was when I was having radiation.


    The weather's changed suddenly here, with upper 20sF last night. Supposed to be a bit warmer next week, just right for getting colds. I'm hoping to get my flu shot tomorrow, but wanted to have DH home when I get it. Had a bad reaction when I was in college and didn't get the shot for many years until the Christmas I got the flu. Now, I get the shot.


    Hope all are having a good weekend!


    Kathy

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Yay Kathy! Glad DH is home, beard and all......lol. I know that reaction that Bud gave as it's the same one DH gets when he gets home from the shop each day and is welcomed by Tinker as though he had been away for months.......lol......they are so funny. Our little girl is getting old, she's 12 but she still insists on the greeting.


    I did enjoy my GS's graduation! It was so special! but it brings tears to my eyes to think that his childhood is now behind him and all the struggles, joys and tears of adulthood is now to be faced by him.


    I am really whacked right now.......lol.......my third night out till the wee hours of the morning last night.......a fund raiser for The Royal Flying Doctors. It was themed on The Great Gatsby so was a dress up dinner with raffles, auctions and silent Auctions......it was a fabulous night and the music was a live jazz band and they were very good. I am so looking forward to resting up over the next few days.


    Hoping all are doing well and not feeling too cold.


    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited October 2013


    My goodness, you're quite the party girl, aren't you Chrissy? Sure sounds like fun!


    Got the flu shot and was amazed at the ability of the young woman who gave it. No pain whatsoever, and that kind of shot I don't mind getting.


    DD and DGD came to church this morning and if I didn't know better I'd swear she was a different baby than last week. Not a peep. Maybe she's growing out of the colic/stomach issues she's had.


    And today I bought Halloween candy for treats. We're always inundated with children, some too old to be doing it too, but I love to see the little ones. Both of our children usually come and we make chili. The kids get so excited for DD to open the door because she teaches most of them in school.


    Happy Halloween week!


    Kathy

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited October 2013

    When we were first married we lived in an area wheere we always got 120 or so kids.  There were two little boys and a dog that I've never forgotten.  They lived nearby and were about 9 and 10 the first year.  The dog was less than a year old and about half grown.  Mixed breed but must have been half St Bernard.  The kids were hobos and the dog had a bindle stick and an eye patch.  My butcher always kept me supplied with huge knuckle bones for our little dog.  I grabed one from the refrigerator for the dog and all three of them were thrilled.  They came back every year as long as Bandit lived.  When they got too old for trick or treat, 12 and 13, they still dressed him up and brought him by for his bone.

    They told me that when the kids would start coming to the door on Halloween the dog would start whining and wanting to go. As soon as he was "dressed up" and outside he would head right for our house.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited October 2013


    Oh, Cabba what a great story

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited October 2013


    Last night I had my dryer repaired. Yippee! It works again!


    About an hour later my washer broke.


    Sigh.


    You can't make this stuff up.


    Leah

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  • Alyson
    Alyson Member Posts: 4,308
    edited October 2013


    Oh Leah. You can say naughty words you know but it doesn't really help.

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited October 2013


    Oh Leah. And you probably had lots of laundry to catch up on too. That's terrible.


    Chabba, loved your story about the sweet dog.


    Nothing much going on around here so I'll say good night all.


    Kathy

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited October 2013


    Leah, sympathies. I had washer trouble last year and just hated taking the clothes to the laundromat. I would bring them home wet to dry in my dryer because the ones at the laundry are uncertain about the heat. They tend to be too hot.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited October 2013


    And we had a car once that would need a repair that cost almost all our extra money. This happened several times. We finally decided the car knew how much was in the bank and changed banks. Maybe it was true, because the repairs stopped.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    Hi girls! Sorry I've been a bit slack these last few weeks but getting over the wedding and then the chest infection, vertigo and still the deafness with a bit of gadding about thrown in for good measure........lol.......I think I'm almost back to my usual energy levels......phew!!!!! The next big thing on the list is my GS's eighteenth birthday in a couple of weeks........here in Australia, that's the big one........they become legally an adult........now that's a real scary thought and really does make me feel old!


    Chabba, love the dog story, how cute!


    Leah, been there and done that, get one thing fixed and then something else breaks down..........just hate that. Sure hope you manage to get the washer fixed quickly as that is one appliance that is hard to do without.


    Lol Wren about your car knowing what was in your bank account........it does feel that way sometimes but I'm glad the change cured the car......hahahahaha!


    I didn't get my first washer until my eldest DD was nearly two.......until then I used to do all the washing by hand and I must admit, and I'm not skieting (fibbing) here, that my cloth nappies (diapers) were whiter than the girls in the same apartment complex! Don't know what they did but you could sure see the difference. At that time my DH needed a white shirt everyday as well so I had to make sure they were up to scratch as well.


    There are so many washing aides around now that hand washing would be so much easier with all the pre soaks and spot sprays that are available but back then and we are talking forty three years, there was washing powder, bar soap and bleach. I never used bleach as it rotted the cloth a lot quicker. My favorite aides were a nail brush and a board.........they came in real handy when there was a tough spot of grunge to remove.


    Oh Aly, by the way, your antimacassars are half done so you should be receiving them in a few weeks.


    Hope you've all had a great day!


    Love n hugs all! Chrissy

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