I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Going a bit off topic here but it is a great present....  /Daily Kos says R. Limbaugh is off the air in Vero Bch. Fl and that means all his Fox cronies as well.  Bye-bye. 

Jackie      

Bren:  DO NOT apologize for anything!  Reading that book was serendipity, and sort of the same thing happened to me today.  I was driving home from a little shopping trip and listening to NPR.  A Dr. Katz was the guest on The People's Pharmacy and he was talking about how we seem to measure the state of healthcare by the number of years lived.  He said that instead of docs trying to "add years to a patient's life" they should instead be concentrating on "adding life to a patient's years".  Well, that makes so much sense!

Bren - do NOT blame yourself, really.  I had no idea Medicaid didn't cover root canal work - seems absurd, not wanting to help someone save a tooth?  Goes on Enjoyful's list of Medicare StrangeThings.....thinking of E, hoping your spirits are getting better too.

Back to Bren - do you know about Time Banks.  Not sure what it might be called in your area - Bartering, Time Banking.  People organized to put in their services in exchange for others work too.  No $ exchanged, TIME and the work expertise of each.  Started by Edgar Kahn in Washington DC years ago - now in most of the USA.  Local organizations.  Know there is one near me, and also know a Dentist who is part of it.

I am in complete agreement, understanding with Jackie about the "timing" of events, things.  Carl Jung coined the word "synchronicity" - interesting concept. I try to keep open to it, but it's SO HARD when going thru a really DIFFICULT time. Bren, you call it a "pity party" - some noted historical figures ( Winston Churchill) have called it "the Back Dog" - whatever, "dark night of the Soul", it's somehow humbling to know we ALL experience those times.  I was talking with a friend yesterday, and we both shared how it seems to be so much easier, more natural to be GENTLE with someone else, than with ourselves, when we're in difficulty.

Complicated by PAIN, aaauuggghhhhh...TOOTH PAIN is one of the worst.  Even the numbing gel you can buy at the drug store desont' seem to help.  What is it about those silly little things, teeth, that makes them so disruptive?  Anyhow - hope YOU are healing, and pain free and happier sooner than you can even imagine, book or no book.

COLD - and tomorrow it's supposed to rain, so ice, Wake me when it's SPRING!

pip57 - LOL.  With you on that one too :-)  BUT, it's sure a blessing to have  friend come along & say "party's over" - whatcha' doin' today? ;-)

Meant to say - BREN - you're gonna STILL have the MOST GORGEOUS SMILE IN THE WORLD!

My best pity party was during chemo.   I was whining and grumpy.   My dh picked up the phone, dialled an unknown number and told the person who answered that they were invited to a pity party.  Then he handed the phone to me and left the room. Of course I was a bit annoyed.    But when I heard the familiar voice of my childhood friend he was forgiven.  He knew she was the only one who could make me laugh in spite of myself. That is why I love him so much.  (He is also a great cook!)

Pip, I second what Sunny said! You won the husband lottery with that guy! Mine's pretty awesome too though! 

Morning Girlfriends!

PiP ... your hubby is so special!  Mr. Tim panics when I get to feeling that bad.  He just doesn't know what to do. I'm glad he's home today.

Yorkie ... your hubby sounds wonderful too.

Sunnyflowers ... we're right at freezing level ... weather doesn't know if it should be freezing rain or snow outside!  You guys up north and in the Midwest really have it bad right now ... that is a huge cold front coming down.  We're keeping a heater going in the bathroom to keep the pipes from freezing.

My bad tooth really hurts.  I can't believe how much the cold air affected it yesterday.  I walked the dogs and was hurting really bad when we got back to the house. Thankfully the weather sucks today so I won't have to walk them in the cold.

I hope everyone has a great day!  Going to watch my "cutie pie" (that's what Tim calls him) Kaepernick play in Greenbay this afternoon.  Geez ... I hope he's got some long underwear.

hugs and love to all,

Bren

Jackie, so true! Imagine if Rand Paul got his wish and there were no municipal services to clear the roads!  

Revised estimate on going out to feed feral cats.  After having to shovel our way to my car......I felt that even shoveling a path would not likely produce them coming out from whatever place of safety and comfort they might have....so we are staying in.  We will be having later on to shovel again I'm sure.  Quite the storm out there -- like nothing we have seen since we moved back to my home here 16 years ago.  This was the second time we had to shovel to my car.  Just incredible, but with the light snow....my car would go fine down the lane. 

Dh will go out later and blade the driveway.  So feeling for anyone in this stuff.  We will be fine as frog hair split up the middle as long as our power stays on.  Got lots of food.....so it is not bad at all for us.

Jackie

Wow! Jackie ... you guys have a lot of shoveling to do!  That's neat that your DH has a blade for the mower to push away the snow.  My dream is to some day own my own John Deere!  I have the cutest shirt that my sis got for me ... it's pink and says on the front "Will Trade Boyfriend For Tractor" and below it is a picture of a John Deere.  Sure could use one to bushhog away some of the wild stickery blackberry vines!  Those things stick me all the time when I'm mowing the fields.  Glad to hear you have plenty of food and are safe and snug in this storm.

hugs,

Bren

Made the last run of the evening to take another five inches or so off the deck and sidewalks.........also the walk to the back dog pen and dug out all of the area in front of the pen.  Wow, my arms are feeling it, though the snow was a lot lighter this time.  We will have to hope that we don't get much more tonight but some blowing snow may leave drifts here and there.  Should have burned a lot of calories anyway....but I took the opportunity to nibble some left over Christmas candy knowing I could likely get away with it right now.

Still hoping we keep out power.....so far, so good.    Hope everyone else is staying fairly warm.  Dh got stuck with the snow blade -- waited to late and should have gone out there early and used it twice.  With the drifts  and 15 inches of snow....it is just not big enough to get through.....we may have to do some manual removal in the morning first.  

See you all later.

Jackie

Blue - LOL.  I confess, I'm getting tired of it.  Yikes, blasphemy? Beginning to feel like Brideshead got caught in a "reality tv show" - becoming MUCH TOO MUCH written for the USA audience...alas...

Sunny, it's all marketing, as you know.  U.S. is the biggest market for Downton Abbey -- expect to see more of Shirley MacLaine in it this season!  I recorded it last night (had to watch Revenge and The Good Wife instead!).  Now that the freezing cold weather is moving in to our area, I think I'll hole up inside this afternoon and watch it!

And.....I must be one of the very, very few who never watched Brideshead Revisited!

BTW, I just read that Darth Cheney's evil daughter has dropped out of the race for Senate seat.  Hahahahaha!

Linda - I am with you - I watched Revenge and Good Wife and always tape Downton - I never did see Brideshead Revisited - wonder if they'll show it again one of these days - another favourite of mine was The Jewel in the Crown - I read the books years ago and fell in love with the series (I borrowed it from the public library at some point and "binge watched").  Of course Downton is skewed to the U;.S. audience - PBS is paying for at least part of it.