Metro New Orleans DISers - check in!!! - Part II

[kmores]

Louisiana Knights win their first game of the World Series 12-7!!! Kyle pitched 5 innings, coach pulled him when the score was 8-3, wants to save his arm in case they fall into the loser's bracket.

woo hoo and congrats Kyle and company!

 

[kmores]

We are looking for a senior apartment for my dad. My brother was here, and we all discussed it. Dad's biggest complain is his sinus drainage. Yes the man had a stroke and a horrible urinary tract infection - none of that phases him but he's worried about some drainage.

I had to put my dad in one when he was 56. (I was 31) if you need any suggestions, please feel free to ask. we used Summerville in Kenner. Sunrise is nice but it was too far for me to go to NO (by City Park) at the time. Sunrise is building one in Metairie in front of Grace King HS right now. the Atrium in Metairie by Lafreniere Park was nice as a retirement/AL home but dad needed more medical intervention than they could provide (nice apartments). sorry not sure where you are looking to help him move in...but here if you need to chat with someone who's been there.

 

[TigerKat]

I have to admit that I'm really going to miss her. She's never gone away to camp before. We're meeting at Target tomorrow at 8:15 and will caravan the girls to the College.

Did I mention we are going on vacation next week? Gulf Shores here we come.

I remember Kyle's first camp away from home, it's tough, but you'll be fine Mom.

WOW an upcoming vacation -

GO Knights! GO Kyle! When's their next game? Are they getting to do any sightseeing while waiting?

They played and lost this morning and are playing again right now. Not sure how elimination works in this tournament. They are getting in a good bit of fun time as well, they went to King's Island amusement park last night. That's all Kyle wanted to talk about when he called....wonder where he gets the love for amusement parks from.

I woke up this morning feeling awful! I just ate some soup and took some vitamins, hopefully it will help. Just started the sweats....

Hope you're feeling better soon.

 

[TigerKat]

OK, now I think I know what's going on. The Knights lost again this afternoon, but they are in "pool play" for seeding purposes only. Tournament play actually begins on Friday evening. That explains why the coach limited Kyle's pitches the other day, he'll need to pitch by the weekend.

Kyle was pretty down when we spoke, he just found out that his BEST friend decided pretty abruptly to go out of state for college. This boy has a pretty rough home situation and I'm sure he just wants to "get away", he pretty much raises his younger brother and that's just not the way he wants to spend the rest of his life. I feel sorry for the little brother, hopefully the Dad will step up, the Mom is useless.

 

[lori1043]

I remember Kyle's first camp away from home, it's tough, but you'll be fine Mom.

WOW an upcoming vacation -



They played and lost this morning and are playing again right now. Not sure how elimination works in this tournament. They are getting in a good bit of fun time as well, they went to King's Island amusement park last night. That's all Kyle wanted to talk about when he called....wonder where he gets the love for amusement parks from.



Hope you're feeling better soon.

I went to Kings Island with my future DH when I was about 20-ish. I have family in Cincinatti and I was standing in my cousin's wedding. It was beautiful up there! The BEAST was awesome!!!

Lori

 

[MrsKreamer]

Hey y'all!

I woke up this morning feeling awful! I just ate some soup and took some vitamins, hopefully it will help. Just started the sweats....

Could it be possible that you are pregnant? How is Miss Sienna doing?

I posted yesterday but got lost in school stuff and forgot to submit it!

Anyway, thanks Lorie, cancer taught us something!! I learned way too much and it made me a bit nutty. I though everything would just kill us/her. Not to mention that we were/sometimes still are, targets for the "next best thing that will cure cancer". I admit to trying ONE really crazy thing that I cannot even remember what it was called, but it was a desperate mom fighting for her dying little girls life, that recommended it, and I caved for her sorrow and friendship. But i cried all the way home(from the westbank to the northshore at 10pm!) b/c the people administering the 'test' told me Ashton still had cancer in her body(this was when we were about a year away from finishing chemo and she was in remission) and we needed to get her on $500 worth of herbs and vitamins. Uh, I called my DH , in desperation, and he ,thankfully, had HIS brain connected to his heart and said, "uh, we do enough, no, and what do you REALLY beleive?" and it whipped me back into shape.
I so wanted to validate my friend, who was losing her baby girl, who was 6, by just putting the $500 on a CC so she knew I believed with her, but we couldn't and thankfully, didn't.
Well, I guess now, looking back, those people were crazy to me. My friend did lose her child to rhabdomyosarcoma a few months later after a LONG and BITTER battle.

When Ashton was just 3, she told me her cancer was gone for her mommy-2x. My DH decided to beleive her COMPLETELY and I need to "see" numbers-I guess it is the medical background. I wanted to beleive her, but when numbers did not point correctly, I caved. I LOVED those words from her mouth, but had a hard time digesting them-for years.

Now you know why i am kooky!!!

Lori

I am - having a lot of physical anxiety (feels like warm/hot water coursing through arms and chest) and is just uncomfortable....

yesterday was 14 year anniversary and kind of in a funk...but a little better today

will be on the bestbank Saturday for a swim party for dd

I have been having bad anxiety since hurricane season started.

OK, now I think I know what's going on. The Knights lost again this afternoon, but they are in "pool play" for seeding purposes only. Tournament play actually begins on Friday evening. That explains why the coach limited Kyle's pitches the other day, he'll need to pitch by the weekend.

Kyle was pretty down when we spoke, he just found out that his BEST friend decided pretty abruptly to go out of state for college. This boy has a pretty rough home situation and I'm sure he just wants to "get away", he pretty much raises his younger brother and that's just not the way he wants to spend the rest of his life. I feel sorry for the little brother, hopefully the Dad will step up, the Mom is useless.

Sending Kyle some good luck My high school friends and I all went separate ways. All different schools, and all different paths. I am the only married with kids so far, and we only keep in touch through email. It was hard at first, but he'll go to Delgado and make lots of friends, especially since he'll be on the baseball team.

 

[Ms Marigny]

Good morning!

Off to the eye doctor this morning for a follow up appt. My car is also coming home today....I'm going to threaten it with the junkyard if it doesn't stop going in the shop! It is bankrupting me!

Could it be possible that you are pregnant? How is Miss Sienna doing?

Unfortunately, no. I was kind of hoping that I would be for this trip since I was pregnant with Sienna on our 2005 trip. It would only seem fair to have them both trained in utero. Oh well, at least I can have a few drinks this trip.

Sienna is doing fine- she was in a biting phase that has hopefully been nipped in the bud. I can't wait to see what the next terror phase will be. And how are your boys?

 

[Terry36]

Happy TGIF!

 

[FloraFauna]

Hey, Happy Friday everyone!

We got back yesterday from our cruise to Mexico. We went on the one that leaves from New Orleans. I still have my sea legs. The room seems to be swaying right now. I guess this will go away in a few days.

I have to go catch up on our thread and see what I've missed.



Ya'll have a great day!

p.s. I also have to get the house cleaned up for tomorrow. DH invited two co-workers and their families for lunch tomorrow. One of the guys told me DH is always bragging about my cooking. I don't think my cooking anything special. Now, the pressure's on

 

[TigerKat]

Sending Kyle some good luck My high school friends and I all went separate ways. All different schools, and all different paths. I am the only married with kids so far, and we only keep in touch through email. It was hard at first, but he'll go to Delgado and make lots of friends, especially since he'll be on the baseball team.

I know, I lost touch with everyone. He already knows 8 of his teammates at Delgado so I'm not worried about him, he worries about his friend and his family situation, so I think this will all work out.

Sienna is doing fine- she was in a biting phase that has hopefully been nipped in the bud. I can't wait to see what the next terror phase will be.

Happy TGIF!

Right back atcha!

We got back yesterday from our cruise to Mexico. We went on the one that leaves from New Orleans. I still have my sea legs. The room seems to be swaying right now. I guess this will go away in a few days.

p.s. I also have to get the house cleaned up for tomorrow. DH invited two co-workers and their families for lunch tomorrow. One of the guys told me DH is always bragging about my cooking. I don't think my cooking anything special. Now, the pressure's on

Got any pics to share??

Now you've got to tell us what you're cooking!!!!

 

[arminnie]

Hope everyone is well by now and good luck on eating healthy. After my dad's scare in the hospital he has now quit asking me to go get donuts every morning - which is good for both of us.

We are looking at places for him in Little Rock. I would love to have him in New Orleans - and I don't think it would matter about a new place because at his age he has to make all new friends anyway. But my sister would like him to stay in LR. Plus my brother will be paying for it so I don't really get a vote on where.

I need to start buying lottery tickets so I can afford to live at the Ponchatrain when it is finished! My very first date in New Orleans was to go to church and then to lunch at the Ponchatrain. We were not allowed off campus during orientation except to go to church - so my date took me to church and then to lunch - in a convertible even. I thought college life was grand!

Remember I was a poor (literally) little girl from Little Rock - I was on total scholarship and loan. No one had ever taken me to someplace like that before!

We are looking at independent apartments for Dad. He gets up bathes and dresses himself. He seems to get stronger every day. But he does need someone to cook for him and to be here in case he needs someone. But most of all I think he needs the socialization. He has not spoken to another person except for his children and doctors for about 2 months now.

There are two places fairly close too us. About the same price. One has a full kitchen - Dad did love to cook - but it only offers dinner as a real meal - continental breakfast just put out. The other has a kitchenette - kind of like at a studio at a DVC property but has 3 full meals a day and a few more activities.

Kathy I hope Kyle makes it home safely - and in at least 3 hours shorter time!

 

[TigerKat]

But most of all I think he needs the socialization. He has not spoken to another person except for his children and doctors for about 2 months now.


Kathy I hope Kyle makes it home safely - and in at least 3 hours shorter time!

Tricia - The socialization will make a huge difference for him. When we moved my parents to an assisted living center my Dad just blossomed. He had only had me, Johnny, Kyle & the doctors. Mom was already lost in her world and really no company for him at all.

We're hoping the bus driver got a GPS for the return trip. He hasn't gotten them lost in Cincinnati yet.

 

[arminnie]

Kathy - did the little old ladies just flock to your father? When my uncle moved into a retirement apartment community his wife had to go to a nursing home about a week later.

He went to visit her every day and was just devoted to her - but that didn't keep the ladies from dropping by at all hours!

That reminds me of a funny - my family is always good for a funny story. This is the uncle who finally had to go into a nursing home at about 85. He was incontinent and very forgetful.

He asked me to go by his apartment to get his watch and glasses (which it turned out he already had with him). I was looking everywhere for the watch and glasses, and I found condoms! His wife had been gone about a year - but this 45 year old woman was really after him. We couldn't figure out how a man in his pitiful shape who didn't even know when he had wet himself could have a need for a condom.

The young chick soon stopped coming by once my cousin (a judge) took control of his finances, and she couldn't get anymore money from him.

 

[lori1043]

Tricia, I am not looking forward to this time for my parents. I am thankful my mom has remarried and will have a little more support, but my dad is not in the best shape and we know he'll be living with someone(either me or my DB in Gonzales) sooner than later. Hugs to you for all this-it has got to be hard. I will have more understanding of this time from reading about Kathy's journey with it and now yours. Blessings.

Kathy, I hope he did get a GPS!

Lorie- hope you feel better-who has time for being sick! Take some echinacea and C!!!

Off to get my LAST book needed to start school all the way-Haley's math workbook! We have been learning multiplication the old fashioned way! We have been doing everything except her "official" math workbook. We have been doing school in the afternoons and it works out nicely so far-but come September, we will need to do it earlier.

Lori

 

[TigerKat]

Kathy - did the little old ladies just flock to your father?

They sure did, they knew how much he liked to eat so they were always dropping by with some goodies for him, which he always shared with Mom.

That's too funny about the condom , but women like that burn me up....

Off to the gym.......

 

[Ms Marigny]

I just got my car back, and of course they found another problem (another bad part), BUT they fixed it basically for free! They charged less than half on the labor for the whole job because they wanted to keep the price as close to 1K as possible. They really are good people over there- it makes me feel good that not everyone is a crook out there, which is how it feels sometimes.

And I'm feeling better- I'm pretty sure it is all sinus related.

TriciaII- That is hilarious about the condoms , but yeah, too bad the woman was a gold digger.

Kathy- I hope they get some directions and make it home without any big "detours".

 

[shovan]

Afternoon Y'all,

I hadnt checked in for awhile, cus I had a dentist appt this morning & my neuro dr. yesterday.

Kathy, It seems odd to me to read your "off to the gym"! You go girl!

It's always something. I was hoping to start spending some $ on updating our kitchen (change out some of the decor, replace the dated hardware), but then I realized the car is due for a brake job.

Hope this works! If the River Road markets don't pan out, try linking to the Red Stick Farmer's Market site.

We've got a beach weekend planned just before school starts too! Can you do some "research" and let me know if there are any new restaurants (or undiscovered gems) we need to visit?

Thanks, I'll take a look! Sorry about your car!

so where is this Farmer's Market I keep hearing about? and do they accept debit cards or checks? I just rarely have cash and hate going to the bank..

here's a link to all local farmer's markets: http://www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org/

For most of them you'll need cash. The Crescent City Martkets do have credit card machines that you can use to purchase "market tokens" in $5 increments.


Lorie, Glad you're feeling a little better. And happy that you found an honest mechanic!!

Tricia, Hope y'all find a nice place for your Dad! Love the story about your date!

I think I'll be looking at assisted living for Bob & I, before I have to worry about my Mom. She's the only parent we have left, but she's doing really well. She had one aunt who lived to 99 & another until 103, and they were both sharp witted til the end. I hope my Mom has those genes!

My dr appt. went okay. He explained the results of the MRI's, and I have several herniated discs & spinal column narrowing in my neck that will probably need surgery eventually. He wants me to try a spinal injection of steroids first. I have to go see an anesthesia/pain mgt. doctor for this. The dr. said it will either work very well & could put off surgery for a few years. Or it won't help at all or it won't last long enough to make the injections worthwhile. They want you to be able to manage with 3 injections per year. So I'm waiting for that to be scheduled & I'll just have to see if it helps. He also said that even if it helps I will have to have frequent MRI's to watch for further deteriation of the discs & spine.

On one hand I'm happy I don't have to have surgery right away. But if I have to surgery this year, now would be the best time to do it. I asked him why not just do it now & get it over with. He said because my condition is likely to repeat itself, so we have to put off surgery for as long as possible. That was something I didn't want to hear.

Bob came with me the dr., so we went wine & grocery shopping after the visit, and out to eat at Carreta's Grill on Vets. Totally blew the diet, but they have the best mango margaritas!

 

[FloraFauna]

Kathy, good luck to Kyle this weekend

 

[FloraFauna]

kmores, I hope your feeling better today

TriciaII, you need to write a book. You crack me up with some of your family stories.

Tricia, have a great time in Gulf Shores

Lorie, I'm glad your car is fixed (I know you are too). I was kinda thinking you might be pregnant too. Maybe you'll get a "little souvenier" from your Disney vacation

Sheryl, yesterday sounded like a perfect day for you to have a Mango Margarita. You desserved it.

Kathy, I'm not sure what to cook. I was thinking maybe grilled salmon, burgers, baked beans and grilled corn on the cob. I was going to make a pumpkin crunch cake for dessert. Any ideas???

 

[shovan]

Hey, Happy Friday everyone!

We got back yesterday from our cruise to Mexico. We went on the one that leaves from New Orleans. I still have my sea legs. The room seems to be swaying right now. I guess this will go away in a few days.

I have to go catch up on our thread and see what I've missed.



Ya'll have a great day!

p.s. I also have to get the house cleaned up for tomorrow. DH invited two co-workers and their families for lunch tomorrow. One of the guys told me DH is always bragging about my cooking. I don't think my cooking anything special. Now, the pressure's on

I missed your post earlier. How was the cruise?

It's hard enough to figure what to eat after a cruise much less entertaining?

Don't you hate that about husbands! I mean I glad Bob likes my cooking, but he has co-workers constantly hinting to be invited for dinner! I can make nice dinners when there are no expectations and no pressure, but dinner guests scare the heck out of me!

Kathy, I'm not sure what to cook. I was thinking maybe grilled salmon, burgers, baked beans and grilled corn on the cob. I was going to make a pumpkin crunch cake for dessert. Any ideas???

Mary, Will you have to work the grill? If your DH is going to help that sounds like a great meal, but I know I don't like sweating over the grill when we have company. Grilled Salmon with a maple & pecan glaze is really yummy & looks "fancy".