INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Morning all. I am waiting on my cup of tea because I have DH well trained as he brings me one before he goes to work. I then take my time reading things on the computer, then I get up. Today I will probably go out for a coffee with a friend who has Monday off. 

What a life, so different from up at 6am and away just after 7am getting to school before 8am. usually arrived home about 6pm and then had work to do after dinner. For some reason I don't miss it .

Another Spider solitaire addict here and SAS I play FreeCell - no one is allowed to touch my game as I am trying to get to 100% in Free Cell. I have also started playing Taptiles - a 3D Mahjong - terrible game and so addictive.

Tea has arrived so will have it then consider my day and what wicked thing I can do. At least I fell like doing something today but just hope my drugs don't space me out as they are doing.

I will tell you that this is the toughest thread to catch up on once you get behind. And I get behinder and behinder. I'm on DH's laptop propped up on the couch. I've spent too much time sitting at the desk and my feet decided to swell up. So I have them propped up.

I think I'm on pg 553 but I had some notes from further back on my desktop. Patty I remember that your scans were good. Yay. Susan your pictures are beautiful with your radiant smile. Enerva - I love your walks and go along with you vicariously. Too darned hot to walk here. We did get a bit of rain, airport got a tremendous amount. Love your crocheted tops. I know your niece will too.

Nettie- My MO and BS do not communicate either. One of them schedules my mammo. Has been BS but I think MO felt left out so he sched. the last one. I have a heck of a time getting results to them. I don't go to their preferred place but LOVE, LOVE my radiologist and not changing. Did not care for their "preferred" place who did the needle loc for my lumpie. So they will just have to take it so there. But communicate - no. Not sure what they communicated to begin with. Suppose some records were exchanged. I only saw MO the Friday b4 I went back to work. No idea who will sched. next one - I'm now on yearly only with BS/MO alternating every 6 months. I usually remember to carry a copy to whichever I see 2nd in case they didn't get it.

Nettie I dress at home in lots worse things than that for sure. Usually a tank top (no bra) and shorts. Not a good look for a short overweight woman. You look pulled together - at least what I can see from knees down. Let me tell you a dressing story. Years ago (30+) DH and I along with DB, SIL went for I think Thanksgiving (maybe a week b4) to mom's cabin in Okla. Not so much cabin but log house. I had on sweats that didn't match - didn't care. Warm. SIL had on flannel shirt, matching turtleneck, coordinating pants. Matchy matchy. Love her to pieces, married to my DB for 38 years which is inself a major feat. But no way I could dress for that. I would not have even noticed what you had on. I was trying to figure out what your GD was squeezing.

Gosh and all those NSAIDs now carry such cardio warnings.

Spookie/Sassy - we were req. by mortgage co. to get flood ins. We are on a creek and on corner with bar ditches. We kept the ins. when we paid off the mortgage but raised the deduc. and coverage limit. We both feel if any damage ever comes (and this house did not flood when neighbors down the way did in 2006 or so) it will be sheetrock/floor etc. Not the swept away kind of damage. I don't think the creek could ever flood, it is very deep on our end but the bar ditch is another matter. We've been here 16 years and the premium keeps going up.

Thanks Chevy for the "geep" story. Friend down the road has both; I'll have to keep a lookout for one in his herd.

Sassy - I bought 2 small pieces of brown ironstone English. Not worth much but I like them. Also 2 pretty juice glasses, prob. Anchor Hocking. Store had a bunch of diff. ones. I liked these. Kinda hobnail, certainly not old. Not a place I go frequently. Need to get dog more heartworm med so that will take me to a diff town (if I play my cards right - DH will prob. say he can get pills on his way to work). Some nice stores there but hot weather needs to break some because it has walking around town square involved.

HI1 - just take it slow with the basement. Yes, I would paint first. Glad DH is coming along so nicely. Did you go on your trip yet?

Lovely pics Spookie.

Nettie - I take Femara. Just over 2 years. Had terrible foot pains for a couple of months but only after I'd been on it for a while. They eventually went away. I have osteopenia have had long b4 I ever started it. Some osteoarthritic degen. shoulders, spine so I feel entitled to some pain. But I can trace really nothing to F. in particular. I've been on 3 diff. generics. Never had name brand. Take it in the morning just so I can remember it. Some take it at night. Not any time of day recommended in particular.

I think I'm kina caught up. Hugs to all..Apologize for length. May make for good snoozing after you read it.

spookiesmom – you live in an amazing place!

Smaarty – what a cool quilt!

Thanks, badger….

Holeinone – some days it’s two steps forward, three steps back. This too, shall pass, though! Thank you for asking.

spookiesmom – you live in an amazing place!

Smaarty – what a cool quilt!

Thanks, badger….

Holeinone – some days it’s two steps forward, three steps back. This too, shall pass, though! Thank you for asking.

3rdtimenow – hope you are feeling better; looking forward to Thursday for you…

Sassypants – some days are a real challenge. Yesterday was a call the waaaaaaaambulance-feeling-sorry-for-myself day, but I know it will pass. What’s really hard is being aware of all these deficits. It’s not like a broken leg, where healing is linear. Good days, not-so-good days, we all have them. I am hoping they are not permanent. Will probably be seeing a Neurologist soon. Still slamming into walls, forgetting things. Ah, so what else is new?  Pretty glass that you posted!!!!

Enerva – Girl, you should be SELLING those cute crocheted creations you make! And you are the perfect model!

SailingWind – hope you are feeling better!

Hi to all I didn’t mention by name!

I think there’s a place on the couch with my name on it… off to search for a nice uplifting movie to watch. Or a nap. 

Hope y’all have a nice, relaxing rest of the weekend!!!

xoxoxoxoxo 

I'm going to take femara after rads. Dr said to take in the morning so I don't for get. Bu I'm going to start nights. Put it on night stand. Swelling has not gone down. I KNOW they will not let me go back to rads . Probably new antibiotics 

Nettie - I just posted a question to the Mods as to why my personal info at the bottom of my post does not show QUIT DATES for the hormonals...

They show up on my Profile when I look at it, but not when I post.

I was on Arimidex for six months when the SEs started. I lasted a year and quit because of severe SEs. (My MO took me off it.) Then I got a two-month drug holiday before starting Femara. 

After six months, the SEs started again, and together, we made the decision to just stop. My husband has incurable kidney disease, and if I wait 3 more years (until I'm off the AIs) he may not be able to travel. (That was always our goal for retirement. Then we both got sick.)

So it was a quality of life thing.... and a decision that was blessed by my MO.

So no, I'm not on Femara any more. I quit three months ago.

Hi Alive Welcome here--it's not just for people who can't dleep, it's mostly for  people who can't think a lot, OK not everyone just  couple of us (no names mentioned, but it a cars name)

2nd I like u train of thought about weight, Well with that in mind I'm a genius.

My D kind of knocked me out today, like I need any reason, but I think it's gone for now. I've got the chills so I put my scocks on (kinda like that word..)

Enerva if I had a body that was WOW I wuld wear tht--it's adorable and with the sweetheart neckline. Love it. U'r hands must move like a tornado--wisssshhhh.  do them so quickly.

Nettie how's the med going? I've been always on Aromasin and just took it---(that was plain stupid) now all the damage has been done so I've just stayed on it.--so go ahead and pay attention, but as we all know we all have different reactions from all these stupid bone sucking horrendous meds. I think I made my point.

I'm so sad school is starting, but I'm the GM so to me I'll be missing Joey all day.

Blessings do they have any idea how long this will last? I hope u see a Dr. soon, like very soon, it's been long enough.

And I have no idea about any games, people invit me to play, but I don't play anything, Another addiction I'm trying to avoid.

OK I'm going to quiet down now. So I hope everyone rests well, but if not I'll see u during the night.

hi ladies thank you,  I will try to send the tops to cancun so my sister sells them. The white top is coming along really nice. I will finish it tmw cuz today I had to clean, and laundry and grocery shopping all the fun stuff I do on Sunday so didn't get to crochet much only maybe 1/2 hour the most. Tmw I will finish and post a picture. 

Hope you all have great week.

Badger congrats on your 5 years of Tamoxifen. 

Just wanted to share this picture, so cute 

No Cami actually I faked it. I composed on the last page and kept reading back and adding to it.

I did find my old notes on Word.

Tang - I'm sorry about your stepmom's mom. Hope you are taking care of yourself also while helping with arrangements. My DH is an ice clinker, turn glass upside down, yes, there is nothing left in it. Cabang goes the ice cubes. He can't chew ice since he teeth wouldn't take it. He accuses me of being a plate stabber.

Dutchy - I remember about you pushing your cycle. Has the pain settled down any? Amazing the # of muscles we have that we never use until something like that happens. When I used to squat for hours at goat births my thigh muscles (gosh name escapes me) would just ache - from serious non-use.

Chevy - I love the garden arch. What are you planning on planting on it? I found a Bluebird flag to honor our Fierce BlueBird, one of those flags on the little carrier rod. I have it out front, can see it from side window when curtains open.

Yay for PhylloinHouston doing well on chemo.

JWoo - sorry for your friend and his accident. Sounds like he is getting great care.

Blessings - so glad fog is clearing a bit. When is neuro appt?

I have spent the last few days watching a giraffe's hind end waiting on her to give birth. Live cam at the Greenville SC Zoo. One reason my feet have been so swollen. Seems she gets more active labor at night. Supposedly the giraffes at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs are very cute. The way they march out to grounds and back into pens at night.

http://www.cmzoo.org/animalsPlants/animalCams/gira...

I love those cams watch the panda cam often

Welcome alive

HAPPY MON DAY

That's the way I feel about you! 

Morning little lovelies!  Ha!   

LilGoats!  I have Virginia Creepers? (I think) coming up on both sides of the arch...  I HAD a flimsy arch there a few years ago, but the weight of the vines almost took it down, so this one will be a lot stronger.   Those vines come up EVERYwhere now....  Even all around our front fence...   They are beautiful in the Fall....  Red, yellow & bronze!  Those leaves look like MaryJaneWanna, right?

Alive....  There goes Cammi again, talking about me.... "the car!'  Ha, ha!  Don't let her scare you...  but yes, we are here all the time...  We like to keep this place Jumpin!"   That's because we love each other...  and we think we are both nuts.

Hi 2222222222nd!  Yes... lots of upkeep on the garden.... I am ALways moving stuff around, but I just love working out in my gardens when it's early morning, and cooler out!  

I found MICE out near the ditch, inSIDE my yard!  Now I don't care if they hang around in their designated areas, but those little chits tend to pile dirt in a heap, and it is not attractive!  So I moved all "their" dirt barricade back under the fence, and put brick borders up!  Damn things!  I mean it isn't as if they don't get enough to EAT!  The Squirrels and birds are always dropping food & snacks out of feeders, but I prefer them to dine elsewhere!   Not go and makin' their own lounge area!

Ha,ha!  222222, that was funny!  You said what Sass says is sometimes over your head!  It has BEEN over our heads for quite awhile now....  Ha, ha!   But actually we have to pretend we understand...  Just say yes....   We have to keep that girl working, and researching!  

Sort of like Cammi....  she "works"..... so she says....  And she is going to be lonesome without her Joey...  Joey is a Kangaroo... and she keeps him in her room.  BUT the kid is growing up, and going back to the damn school!  So we must hug Cammi lots, and tell her it's only for a few hours.... every day.   

Cammi!  Why don't you "home-school" the kid?  Oh wait... maybe not!     You will ALways have him close to you, you know!   Even after he grows up, and gets married, you will always stay close in his heart!    I TOLD you this once before, and you go and forgot it!    

Yes Blondie, I LOVE the Panda Cams....  (that's short for PandaCami) I used to watch the SD zoo Cam, and now the Washington Zoo ones!  

LilGoats, I'll watch that Cam..... Did the baby Giraffe get born yet?  Or how do you say it?  Was the..... wait....  Oh hell....  never mind..

I made a few of these Memory Quilts for my Grand-Sons, and myself....

I used old photos, then transferred them to iron on paper, and used mirror-image, and put them on blocks, then sewed them altogether...

Also part of the crochet blanket is underneath....  But I CAN'T do patterns like Enerva and Smarty do.... Ha!    I just free-wheel it!

Chevy, love your quilt. I made several photos quilts like that from my dad's shirt after he passed. For many of the grandkids.

Still haven't got the new PC up and running yet. Still waiting on the upload to the cloud to finish. Didn't realize I so much stuff on there. It's been about 15 hours so far. Probably tonight after I get home from the dentist. 

Have a good Monday you owls.

Thinking of Tang and Susan.