INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Good thing about Ebola-  the odds of you contracting it are nil. Even if you are in the same room with someone that has it. There HAS TO BE bodily fluid contact. You have a higher chance of being hit by space debris than contracting it. 

I can't fathom the logic- if you can't take care of a dog, how can you take care of a kid? If you give one dog away like this- you should never be allowed to have another. That kind of crap makes my blood boil. 

Lost this board,

How is everyone, yep i am still up

Hey there jen, am ok  sick, coughing alot, mucus in my lungs trying to get it up, neck n back hurt, but i am ok, really, hru sweetie

Jeni, so glad you sent the painting, I'll bet they appreciate how much you care. Glad they acknowledged receiving it

Okay....  Morning gals!  Ha, ha Spookie....  YOU were busted!  I didn't want to say anything,  but your "Berns" explanation just didn't DO it....

LilGoats said it first.... I was going to wait, and see if anyone else noticed!  Because I thought, well maybe she knows what she is talking about....  Ha!

You guys I didn't EAT that.... My breakfast was those HUGE bisquits topped with homemade gravy, and 2 eggs...  But the plate was full....  And it came with fruit... and a sprig of Rosemary on top!   

I love fried chicken, but I don't make it anymore...  I used to soak it in Buttermilk for about an hour...  Then roll it in flour, until it's all coated, and let THAT sit for about 15 minutes on waxed paper....  Then heat a big black cast-iron skillet with about 1/2 inch of oil or Crisco, until HOT, then lay the pieces in there, and cook until browned....  THEN carefully turn it over.... but only once...  ONCE..... Not twice!  Only turn it ONE TIME...  Do not cover the skillet either....  My Grandma said.

OR another way is to flour the chicken pieces, fry it in "not so much oil"  with sliced onions....  until it's all browned.  THEN slowly cover it with water, and let simmer, turning occasionally, until it's all gravy-like and tender.    You can add potato pieces the last 1/2 hour.... Or make your own mashed potatoes.

I'm so glad that dog has a home....  I can't stand people who don't think they want their dog!  Or who don't take care of their pets!  My DD just officially got "Tooter".... this sweet cat who adopted HER !   These moron neighbors have too many pets, and just lost their house, so asked Janie if she would keep him...

Well HELL, he has been staying at her house for the last year!  She made him his own bed, outdoors, but now he has taken over her house, trying to pester her other cat... He is soooo sweet...  We've all nearly fallen over him, because he is always around our feet!  

Thanks Sass for offering...  guess we all think alike.   

Yes!  Who is sick?  Do I have to go back a page?  Take Mucinex, or even those nasal-rinses?  And ClaritinD...  And drink lots of hot things!  Don't cough...  It hurts too much, and you can break a rib, if you wear an underwire bra!   I did that....  I also like Nyquil.... it helps that cough, when nothing else will.

I love reading you guys!   MOMOM...  just don't do Nothin'!  There!  That's solved.

Just did the dishes from yesterday, still contemplating the rest of the day

lol

just put 'em in the dishwasher is all

I have a 6 month check with my BS.  I like how that sentence could be taken two ways.  I think I found a new hobby.  I'm going to try some custom framing.   My sister takes beautiful photos and some are unusual sizes.  I've made some furniture over the years bit want something smaller that i can do in the warmth of the house.

Morning all!!  We did get some terrible weather last night, it didn't do any damage that I've heard about, but boy was it noisy!  Couldn't sleep through it and just when I'd like to be lurking around here, we had no internet service due to that nasty weather, so I just sat around bored until it past, then back to bed and now I'm a zombie because I didn't get enough sleep!

I still wish I could take, what I consider to be, my "granddog"!  Heck he was my first!  But it's just impossible right now!  I'm still heartsick about all of this!  However, one detail that I have omitted until now is that the family that he is going to is actually related!  We are not close, but we have contact through facebook and I think he will be OK, but I have made it VERY clear that if for some reason they find that they can not keep him, they are to let ME know and at that point, I'll make arrangements if I have to force my Son to take him back! I won't have him passed to another stranger, and if son would refuse, then DH and I will be add odds because he WILL come to me!  This family has a little girl that had a Boston Terrier and he got sick, something that is common to this breed, and passed so they were trying to find another little dog for her but didn't want to go through the training if they didn't have to!  They live on 17 acres and I think he will be fine, but it still hurts!  The little girls dad is my 2nd cousin, but as kids, due to be close in age, we were raised more as cousins, but because of time and distance we haven't stayed in close contact!  But thanks to facebook, we have been back in touch for several years!  They live close enough that if I wanted, I could make a day and check out that he is ok, but I think that may confuse him!  Just don't know yet!    She has promised to send us updates and photos and if she doesn't, I will point blank ask!  I'm like that!

Anyway, I'll try to make this my last post about this, I'm sure you all are probably tired of it by now! 

Good luck Dutch!!

Spookie, love your little one!!!  Heck, I love all pets!  I can watch movies about people and never shed a tear, but let the movie be about any type of animal being abandoned, hurt or mistreated and I cry like a baby!  Heck, I can't even watch Rudolph at Christmas without crying!  I even cry during the 101 Dalmations!  I'm such a sap!

Happy Friday!!

Thank you Nettie for the good luck.

Tang, share away.  Restoring/refinishing furniture is not something I have the energy or patience to do.  My first FIL did it so well.  And yes, I would say start smaller

The hospital called and set up my latest CT Scan. Just waiting for them to call back and register me! Worst part of the CT Scan is that I hate the crap they give you to drink!  

Yes Tang, mine only hurts during the walking and it starts within just a few minutes of "exercise" walking!  And if I stand at my sink to do anything, wash dishes, clean veggies, anything, my back will feel like it's on fire! 

And also, as soon as I stop walking, the pain immediately stops!  Now as for the back pain, that takes a while to go away and as I'm sure you've read on this thread, I've had back issues since the end of Rads, but Doctors keep telling me there is no need to scan!

Mags!  You crack ME up.... !  Ha, ha!  We have to keep our eyes on these girls.... they just run rampant if we aren't watching....  What was that Spookie was talking about again?  What were we supposed to Google?  Something about a Restaurant?  Or is she just trying to fluff over her flub?  

And Nettie, if we have to come out there and straighten out all those people, we WILL!!  I mean what kind of people are these?    Don't they know that our pets are our kids? And I LOVE the little Black  one!  Ah Geez, if I go back a page to find her name, I will lose this....  But she is beautiful with her bows!  

Sass?  The Press is castrating the Pres?  Is that what you said?  Or Presbyterian?  I don't exactly know what we are talking about....  

Ebola.... okay.... But they all say.... even Smarty says, that you have to come in direct contact with this sick person.... I mean CLOSE!  It just doesn't sound that pertainable to me....  I have to get Cammi to weigh in on this....  Maybe we should be worried, but I'm not right now....  

And Spook?  WHAT?  You are feeling puny?  What is wrong with you?  

Okay.... I have to go look busy doing something......

Sas-it sounds like alot of work to refinish...haha, maybe I'll try something REALLY small first.

I saw that the hospital was trying to blame the mistake on their software. It seems to me that if someone came in presenting those symptoms and said they are from Liberia...that it would be a huge alarm! idk, I'm not experienced with how the ER works, it just seems very hard to understand how it happened. When I've gone into the ER I've had to tell 3-4 people including the doctor why I'm there and what the circumstances are.

nettie-I feel you on all of the walking/housework thing. It sucks and while I am ready to kick start life again, my body is just not quite there yet.

btw ladies, I am forcing dh to the doctor tomorrow. I've been on him this last year because he has diabetes and doesn't take care of it at ALL. He told me that twice this week he's felt sweaty, dizzy and really tired at work. I said that is it you are going. Tomorrow he's seeing the doctor and he's scared he's gonna get yelled at. He's a baby....He never would have made it thru BC tx! anyway...I love the goof and can't have him getting sick on me.

I'm type 2.  Ask your DH how he feels about loosing his feet, going blind, and kidney dialysis over something that can BE CONTROLLED . We can't control bc.