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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited November 2015

    a little food porn. My niece canceled cuz BF was sick. I put the turkey in the freezer but I'd already started bread the day before. I didn't get around to baking it till late this evening. Pulled this baby out at midnight. it was a first try to do "no-knead" bread since the last time I made bread it put me in a great deal of pain. Isn't it pretty though?

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    So thumbs up on this method. The trade off is time. And of course white flour is much easier than wheat.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited November 2015

    An attractive loaf!

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  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited November 2015

    Looks yummy Katy...bet it smells great at your house. Love the smell of freshly baked bread!

    PB

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  • slothabouttown
    slothabouttown Member Posts: 449
    edited November 2015

    Katy that looks beautiful. I can imagine how great your house must smell!

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  • SueH58
    SueH58 Member Posts: 632
    edited November 2015

    OMG! Hand me that loaf and a pound of soft butter. Yummmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited November 2015

    Bread is dangerous around me - nomnomnomnomnom!

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited November 2015

    bread looks great Katy! I love fresh bread.

    Thinking of you Sharon. Sorry you have so much to deal with. Keep us posted.

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited November 2015

    here's a fix for the Tutti Jack fan club. Devils are looking all innocent n chit.

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  • BBwithBC45
    BBwithBC45 Member Posts: 727
    edited November 2015

    That's quite a fashion statement from Jack.

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  • SueH58
    SueH58 Member Posts: 632
    edited November 2015

    And just goes to prove what a lot of stretching can do for you!!! Lots of stretching and lots of water....

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited November 2015

    Oh BB you have no idea. Jack has his own drawer in my dresser. A real clothes horse. In defense of dressing my dog, he is super skinny with not much fur. He shivers and I have to act.

    Sue-Yes!!!! We can learn a lot from these furry little gurus.

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  • shaz101
    shaz101 Member Posts: 718
    edited November 2015

    Sue. Here's a pic. I'm wearing them to help me through today. They are gorgeous. You are so talented and caring. Thankyou again.

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  • shaz101
    shaz101 Member Posts: 718
    edited November 2015

    katy tutti looks so grown up now. I tried to Skype you on the weekend. I'm not sure if you have to have it running to hear it. Hmm.

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited November 2015

    Sharon- I sent you an email. Had to change my Skype name and refriend you. So sorry. Please write or call or Skype when you get done today.

    I know you don't feel great but you truly look glamorous in that photo.

    Sue- well done for holding our sister up! They are gorgeous

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited November 2015

    Beautiful earrings to go with a beautiful lady :)

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  • Trvler
    Trvler Member Posts: 3,159
    edited November 2015

    Look at all of that hair!! Remember when you thought you weren't going to get any? (I think we all thought that at one point, right?)

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  • rleepac
    rleepac Member Posts: 755
    edited November 2015

    Sharon you are absolutely stunning

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  • SueH58
    SueH58 Member Posts: 632
    edited November 2015

    Sharon, you look so beautiful. I hope it's a magical necklace that will thwart off any bad news. In any event, we are all here to support and love you. Big hugs coming your way.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited November 2015

    Glam shot!

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  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited November 2015

    You look beautiful Sharon!

    PB

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  • rleepac
    rleepac Member Posts: 755
    edited November 2015

    I've made a big mistake....I was reading some of the Stage IV threads! Now I need to be talked off the ledge that I don't have metastatic cancer hiding all over my body LoL!!!

    I know this is a phase but I swear, every little ache, pain, swelling, and weird physical thing is surely mets. This morning in church I bent my head and closed my eyes to pray and my husband had to catch me because I almost fell over. Tonight while putting up the Christmas tree my stomach got really bloated and painful. I'm sure there are logical explanations for these things but of course my mind goes to mets. Blech...

    On a side note...before I started chemo my family took a trip to Carmel and while I was there I bought a Christmas ornament. Hung it on the tree tonight and cried like a baby for 10 minutes. This is going to be an emotional Christmas for sure.

    This year went by and I don't remember much of it. I asked my DH the other day "what did I do these past months? I remember sitting in the chemo chair, but what did I do in between?!?" He just smiled said "you sat in your chair and talked to your peeps online". Hahaha...I'm kinda glad I don't remember much of it but at least you guys were there with me!

    Just some random Sunday night thoughts...

    Bekah

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited November 2015

    Oh Hi! I was wondering who had set up camp with me on this ledge lol. At this point I'm here so often I brought my tent and sleeping bag, might as well be comfortable. Now if only Italy would show up with the s'mores and whiskey....

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  • SueH58
    SueH58 Member Posts: 632
    edited November 2015

    Bekah - I feel the same way. I said to family/friends "I was off 6 months and didn't get a single cabinet cleaned out." They said "you weren't off to clean cabinets, but to heal yourself." I think the mental strain prevented me from doing anything "meaningful." But what was meaningful and healing at the time was spending time with you all on the board. I made excursions, but know I was tied to this board. And I don't reget it. But I agree the year was pretty much a wash. Since Feb. 9, my life was nothing more but dealing with cancer. I don't remember all the details either--weird!

    2016 is right around the corner, and I hope it's the most fantastic year any of us can imagine. We'll all still be getting "back in the groove," but I hope that "normal" will come soon.

    I'll never forget 2015--the bad of course, but also the good that I found in all of you. I know I couldn't have done it without you.

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  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited November 2015

    littleblue, I'm here! Ready with the s'mores and whiskey and whatever else works for the pains that ail us! Bekah, I've done the same thing and finally blocked the forums. Remember, the women who post horror stories are in the minority, most go on to do fine, and you had a complete response to chemo which you were able to measure. It doesn't get much better than that! But I get it. Had some pain on right side, kinda like gas pain, sent me to a bad place. Then I remember Whitney went through it, and she did an ultrasound and is fine. Hubby said gas, so I call it my gas cancer.

    2015 is going to be the year of the shit sandwich, and 2016 will be the year of the bacon or chocolate sandwich! We are all still here, kicking and screaming and living, and should all plan on being here for a long time to come!

    On an unrelated note, went to beach, somebody got into my truck, can't figure out how, and emptied all the cash from my wallet and my husbands, and took my American Express card. So I got to spend the night cancelling all my credit cards and getting them reissued. Happy holidays I guess. They made off with about $300.00. Oh, and my Christmas stamps that I stood in the line at the post office for.

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  • shaz101
    shaz101 Member Posts: 718
    edited November 2015

    I've toppled over the ledge and I'm hanging on by my fingertips! I rang the breast clinic and the soonest they can get me in is next Monday at 9 am. I've told my boss and work and fell in a heap. They sent me home. I'm such a mess. It's 4pm and I've decided that it is 'wine o'clock '

    Theresa I'm so sorry to hear that!!! It's a horrible feeling having someone break in. 😢

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  • jumbledbamboo
    jumbledbamboo Member Posts: 158
    edited November 2015

    SOrry to hear that Theresa. People are such inconsiderate asshats. Its really violating too.Just glad that you are ok. Im doing ok. I got to talk to my friends which was awesome.

    My dad had managed to catch his pants on fire and burned his leg very badly. He is out of state and I know he doesn't take care of himself. I worry.

    I also have a small lump in my right breast. The doctor says it feels cystic but that is how the other one felt too and that bitch had a baby. Ok so they were too different cancers but I am taking no chances. I am waiting for my mammogram to be scheduled. I told my doc about this on Tuesday so it should be soon. She felt it too. SHe says it feels like it as at the end of a roppe. So I guess that's good. I just don't know

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  • shaz101
    shaz101 Member Posts: 718
    edited November 2015

    Oh amber, you must worry about your dad a lot.

    As for the lump, I know exactly how you're feeling. I'm not so worried about my lump but I am about the indent. That's how I found my cancer before. I keep telling myself that the chances are so low that it is cancer, but it's not helping today. I was doing ok until a couple of hours ago now I'm so stressed.

    Doesn't anyone know what the recurrence risk is so soon after treatment

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited November 2015

    I'm sending a huge tight hug to all of you. Bekah, you get a hug & a spanking - stay off the stage 4 boards!!!!! I have 3 topics on my fav list - I never browse any threads any more. I was getting wonky and discouraged.

    Amber so sorry about your dad - it's hard to live far away when things happen. Sharon, how is your friend doing? T, how's the family?

    I'm up at dark o'clock waiting to see if I get called to sub today. This is the worst part. I'm on call from 6-9 every day that I say I'm available. Last week they called the night before, yay. The day of is stressful, don't know where you might be going, what grade, if the teacher left plans.....I hope I don't have to do this long. I have a job interview tomorrow. Oh, and my Let's Make a Deal episode airs Dec 10. I'm 95% sure they won't show the part where I won the money at the end, but my sister & I are in the background. My friend who was supposed to go w/ us that day but got called to work went on recently & won A CAR!!!

    I also don't quite know what happened to 2015. Except that now I can't wait to see it in my rear-view mirror. I'm trying not to set my 2016 expectations too high. I did that to 2015 and under 2 weeks into it I got cancer.

    I've got this fun thing going on where I have been so hot @ night that in order to sleep some I need to turn off the heat & open the windows a bit. Problem is when I wake up it's about 60 degrees in the house. Also got some insomnia kicking in.


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  • SueH58
    SueH58 Member Posts: 632
    edited November 2015

    Sharon, I would call them again in the morning and insist they get you in this week for a 10 minute apptmt. Surely they can understand the panic you must have. Or, show up and sit there and tell them you're not leaving until they get you in. That's crazy!!! You continue in my prayers.

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  • Trvler
    Trvler Member Posts: 3,159
    edited November 2015

    Ugh, Sharon. Sometimes the front desk people can be such asshats. They just don't understand what you are going through.

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