For Older People with Sense

Yes, half the battle is always having the camera. My niece takes incredible photos and takes her camera absolutely everywhere with her. She even takes advantage of all our traffic jams to get shots of downtown.

Wilsie, I'd say to discuss the hepatitis shot with your oncologist and go by what he/she says regarding whether it would be wise to get it. And volunteering with hospice is such a wonderful thing for you to do, too.  When I was going to nursing homes, I always left with far more than I gave.   I hope you'll enjoy being retired.  DH and I love it!

I too am so enjoying all these lovely photos!  Weather here is cloudy, rainy and just generally drab these past few days--not many photo ops and everything's so soggy anyhow.

We surprised DGS #1 yesterday and picked him up from school for a sleepover.  He's missed us so much (and vice versa!) since his kindergarten started so we tried to make it a special night for him.  Those swimming "noodle" floats ( placed between the mattress and bottom sheet)  are wonderful for preventing falls out of bed, so I'd gotten them.  They don't prevent a child from getting out of bed if they want to, though, and at the first midnight clap of thunder DGS was thundering into our room.  So, we had a very talkative bedfellow between us until first light, when he proclaimed it was morning and time to get up.  We'll start babysitting DGS #2 two afternoons a week this coming week, so here we go again!  We're fine with it now that we no longer keep anyone full time, though.

Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

Kathy

Hi ladies!

It's been awhile since I was on here.  Had lots going on.  My visit with my youngest daughter was fun, but those ten days flew by!  She took me to my last chemo on August 27th!  Then I had a wonderful surprise.  My middle daughter flew in from Maryland with her baby!  So I got to meet my newest grandchild at two months old.  It was a wonderful visit but short.  We had a day of fun shopping with my oldest daughter joining us.  I can't remember the last time I had all three girls with me!  Then I had a phone call from my son.  He was in port in Dubai.  I hadn't been able to talk to him for months.  We chatted for almost an hour!  Lol

I also had another UTI which I am thankfully over now.  I had a CT scan on Friday and will hear results this week when I see my MO.  I should also be starting rads soon.

I'm feeling better...a lot of the brain fog is clearing.  But my body isn't co-operating yet.  Still have terrible muscle aches in my arms and legs.  I'm losing most of my fingernails and now a few toenails look like they are following suit.    oh well. They will grow back.  I just hope my neuropathy goes away!

Wilsie,  Volunteering with a hospice is a wonderful idea!  I also am in the camp that says check with your onc before getting that vaccine.

Chrissy,  Stay away from that OJ!  Lol. And keep on taking your camera with you wherever you go!

Lisa,  your photos are stunning as always!

Wishing you all well,  hugs,  lilyrose

I went for my routine ultrasound for my liver this am. The doc will tell me what it shows at the end of the month. 

I am not in the hurry I once was to find out results..

stopped by the rose garden on my way home

Chrissy RAW is used normally when you want to do post-photo work on it and/or blow it up pretty big. It will be too big of a file to upload here so don't do your best shots in RAW.

Lisa, I, too, am calm after a test knowing it's now out of my hands. I remember before I lay down for the MRI that confirmed my breast cancer thinking, "If I don't lie down, I'll never have to know...."

So are you going to take ALL your pics in RAW?? That will take up a ton of space on your memory disks too. Hope it all works out for you. Where are you going to sell them? I've sold some of mine and it's gratifying for sure.

Chrissy, you are so right about the grandchildren.  I know that one day they'll balk at coming over here but for now, they love it, and it's apparent they love us too!  Unfortunately our first day of keeping DGS#2(Aiden) after preschool didn't work out too well.  He was sick when we got him and we were told he'd gotten increasingly worse in the last hour.  I called his mother and by then he was wheezing.  Doctor is almost sure he has enerovirus, and x-rays also showed pneumonia.  This was his very first "sick visit" to the doctor.  

Kathy

glad he was taken to the doctors..I hope they did what needed to be done

wow, all this "camera speak" is above my head. lol I'm having a hard time just getting out the door to take pictures of the house. They are still painting. You know that saying "watching paint day" well, this is dragging on and on and on. I am trying to have patience and also to cajole my DD to have patience also.

We have been shaken by two rather sudden deaths lately. One was my kid's father twin brother, we had not had much contact with him lately. As soon as I was out of the country, DS got a call that he was in hospital on life support. I guess he had be dxed with lung cancer, checked himself out AMA and gone on a bender. By the time he got back in the hospital he was going thru the DTs and went into respiratory arrest. Poor DD had to deal with it on his own. But he was able to be there even if Marty didn't know, and he signed the papers and was there when he was let go. That whole generation of that family is now wiped out from addiction. It was hard for DD because he looked so much like his father, who had died almost 15 years ago. I am not looking forward to seeing my cell phone bill, I had to switch to a global plan to be able to speak to the US while I was on "vacation".

Then this weekend a young man on the island overdosed. He was only 25. It is so sad how the disease of addiction tells us we are not worth anything to anybody. One of the young women I sponsor went with his girlfriend to check on him and found his body. They are traumatized for sure. So I've had some emotional days. I am trying to take it easy on myself. 

Lisa, we will wait with you on the scan results. 

lily, yay for being done with chemo!!!!

kathy, hope little guy is doing better and liking it back at gramma's. And your little guy, too, barbe!

My brother is almost nine years younger than I . He graduated from Rochester Institute for Technology with a major of photography. Whenever I have a real question, he is my resource..He really knows the business and was high up in Kodak before the fall. He saw it coming and retired with a lump sum while there was still a company to pay it. Anyhow he moved to Colorado and worked for IBM/Ricoh and then went on to EAZL which does canvas printing. The tragedy is that I rarely get to see any of his photos...but they are beautiful. But he is so far above what I need to do it is amazing..He sent me my first digital camera when they first came out with no instructions. It took a while to get it!! I am the kind of learner who needs to see what on earth we are talking about in a hands on way....hard to do that anymore..

I had the most glorious swim today. Just me in perfect conditions. 

Congratulations on the new little great niece, Wren.   I'm sorry the father chose to leave the family, but it sounds as if it wasn't such a bad loss!  Best wishes to all of you with this sweet little girl.

Beautiful picture of your pool, Lisa!  It must still be very warm if you're able to swim too.  Not that warm here, I'm afraid--seems rather like fall.

Thanks everyone for thinking of DGS.  He looks better, but actually is worse.  Pneumonia is now in both lungs.  He got another antibiotic shot this morning and goes back to the doctor for the 3rd straight day tomorrow.  If no better, he'll be hospitalized, and that probably would be a good thing.   When  I took his older brother home today, the baby was dancing in the living room.  so to all outward appearances, he seems  better.  We're on standby to keep DGS#1 over here if #2 has to be admitted tomorrow.  They're basically treating the pneumonia, as there is no treatment for entero virus.  Very serious scary stuff.  I'm so hoping DGS#1 doesn't get this too.  Had a talk with him today about the importance of washing his hands with soap as often as possible.

Kathy