Something about Nothing, come join in........ Part 3

[loribell]

still waiting for call back from dr, out of office, ds snoozing; guess we're in a holding pattern

fyi, did i ever mention what finally convinced me to stop smoking?

whilst bundled up in an afghan on front porch one cold winter day (didn't smoke in house so as not to harm kiddos once i found out about 2nd hand smoke effects); a gust of wind caught the end of my lit cigarette & i got a nasty burn on my eye. Quick trip to ER, they saved it ; had to wear a patch for a loooooooooong time & continued treatment...no permanent damage. A blessing in disguise for me to finally put them things down for good. almost 10 years, not a day goes by i don't want one

Glad you gave up those nasty things. Nothing makes me madder than the fact that my son started smoking. Even after watching my grandmother die of lung cancer. Just makes me fume!

Hope DS is doing okay. Let us know when you find something out. That is a little scary.

I'm home. I dropped Joshua off at school, Daniel off with the in laws, and headed down to Atlanta. The surgeon was in to see Carol this morning. He is "cautiously optimistic" at the scans and MRI. He believes that the chemo did something positive. When it shrank the cancer, it appears that it pulled away from Carol's chest wall. Now that the cancer is growing again, it seems to be spreading upward... toward her shoulder... instead of back into her chest like it was before. He was able to move the mass when he shifted her skin back and forth, which gives us all hope that the cancer is a mass that he can now remove.

We've gone from hoping to buy her time to having a glimmer of hope that she might just beat this thing.

At this point, I'll take a damn glimmer and hang on.

Surgery will be tomorrow, but they haven't booked the OR time yet. I'll let you know when we've got a set time.

You guys are the best. Really. I can't even begin to tell you how much it means that you're all out there thinking of me/us.

Thanks for the good news. I am going to hold on to that as more than a glimmer. Lets all stay positive and help Carol beat this thing. I'm thinking of you.

Very quick fly by....

Sorry I can't respond to everyone, just very busy.
Feeling a little under the weather yest and today.

DH has been having car problems lately. THe steering column of his car locked up on Sunday, here at home. Had to have his car towed Sun evening. Then had to have it towed again to the car dealership on Monday.
We had to get a rental car last night, as I needed hte van today, to take Matthew to band practice at the jr,. high afterschool today. Lots of juggling here and there with these stupid cars
I htink we are picking up his car tonight at the dealership, I think it's fixed now. Won't be here on hte boards tonight.
My mom called me last night to rag at me, about my DH should have gotten this taken care of with his car over the summer. My mom rags all the time, ever since i was a kid she thinks her way is the ONLY way. I asked if we can borrow my dad's car, she siad NO, which i knew she would. She doesn't want anything happen to their cars. She said it is good to be independent of her, which I never was dependent of her, only when I was a kid.

Ok, gotta run and take Matthew to band practice soon.

Have a good evening everyone.

Some times it just seems like when it rains it poors. Stay positve Rose. Sorry your mom is like that. My mother and I don' thave the greatest of relationships and she can say some really stupid, hateful crap and not ever even realize she said it but if I needed to borrow a car she sure wouldn't say no.

Sorry just trying to catch up and hope your DS is ok cause I know how he feels and under my eyelid is still swollen pretty good and now under that is swelling too and hope this ends soon and was painful but pain is starting to go away but the swelling is taking its time and did i mention the itching

Ouch! Hope it gets better soon.

 

[wwessing]

Hey everyone!

Just a quick check in to say hello. I read though. . . to you all. I've added several folks to my prayer list. . . can't forget anyone.

Oh. . . I've got good news today. . . as of last night, I have been taking Alli for 6 full days. This morning, I weighed in and have lost 8 pounds!!!

Do I get to add a 10 pound banner to my siggie in 2 more pounds??

 

[keishashadow]

Hey everyone!

Just a quick check in to say hello. I read though. . . to you all. I've added several folks to my prayer list. . . can't forget anyone.

Oh. . . I've got good news today. . . as of last night, I have been taking Alli for 6 full days. This morning, I weighed in and have lost 8 pounds!!!

Do I get to add a 10 pound banner to my siggie in 2 more pounds??

good news for a change on this thread!

dr's office never did call back, guess they were off today? DS still looks horrible, sez it's not as bad with the benydryl and i had him soak in aveeno (stuff looks like clay). DH's cobra coverage would've been over $1,000 mo for him, neither he or we could afford it; still i feel guilty now. he's full time/part time not eligible for town's insurance carrier. Need to find some basic coverage for him, BC has a waiting list a fewyears long i'm told for peeps in situation.

st larry - sorry you're still uncomfortable

mac - how did the dentist trip go for you?

lori - my mom worked in a nursing home for years, so many patients hooked up to oxygen would be puffing away; thanks to the courtesy of their families bringing them smokes..lucky the whole place didn't go boom

 

[wwessing]

still waiting for call back from dr, out of office, ds snoozing; guess we're in a holding pattern

fyi, did i ever mention what finally convinced me to stop smoking?

whilst bundled up in an afghan on front porch one cold winter day (didn't smoke in house so as not to harm kiddos once i found out about 2nd hand smoke effects); a gust of wind caught the end of my lit cigarette & i got a nasty burn on my eye. Quick trip to ER, they saved it ; had to wear a patch for a loooooooooong time & continued treatment...no permanent damage. A blessing in disguise for me to finally put them things down for good. almost 10 years, not a day goes by i don't want one

Yay for you. . .10 years!

I stopped too. I went to my ob/gyn when I found out I was preggie with my dd11. I had been having some spotting problems and he said that smoking was thinning some lining that covers the cervix and that if I didn't stop, there was no way I would carry full term. I left the dr. office, cried for an hour in the parking lot, then never smoked again. It was 12 years this month My dh kept that pack of smokes I had in my purse and when I made a comment about being able to smoke again after dd was born, he said, ok, but you're gonna smoke this pack first, and pulled out that 8 month old pack. . . yeck!

 

[keishashadow]

Yay for you. . .10 years!

I stopped too. I went to my ob/gyn when I found out I was preggie with my dd11. I had been having some spotting problems and he said that smoking was thinning some lining that covers the cervix and that if I didn't stop, there was no way I would carry full term. I left the dr. office, cried for an hour in the parking lot, then never smoked again. It was 12 years this month My dh kept that pack of smokes I had in my purse and when I made a comment about being able to smoke again after dd was born, he said, ok, but you're gonna smoke this pack first, and pulled out that 8 month old pack. . . yeck!

that would do it for me too

 

[loribell]

Hey everyone!

Just a quick check in to say hello. I read though. . . to you all. I've added several folks to my prayer list. . . can't forget anyone.

Oh. . . I've got good news today. . . as of last night, I have been taking Alli for 6 full days. This morning, I weighed in and have lost 8 pounds!!!

Do I get to add a 10 pound banner to my siggie in 2 more pounds??

Congrats! Yes you should add that banner.

good news for a change on this thread!

dr's office never did call back, guess they were off today? DS still looks horrible, sez it's not as bad with the benydryl and i had him soak in aveeno (stuff looks like clay). DH's cobra coverage would've been over $1,000 mo for him, neither he or we could afford it; still i feel guilty now. he's full time/part time not eligible for town's insurance carrier. Need to find some basic coverage for him, BC has a waiting list a fewyears long i'm told for peeps in situation.

lori - my mom worked in a nursing home for years, so many patients hooked up to oxygen would be puffing away; thanks to the courtesy of their families bringing them smokes..lucky the whole place didn't go boom

Can't believe the doc office didn't call back. So when is he supposed to be able to go full time so he can get insurance. That really makes me mad. He risks his life to protcet the city but they won't provide him with insurance. Jerks! Hope he is better tomorrow. If not maybe it needs to be a work related injury, especially if he was exposed to something on a call.

Isn't it amazing the things that used to be done that are now considered so dangerous.

Yay for you. . .10 years!

I stopped too. I went to my ob/gyn when I found out I was preggie with my dd11. I had been having some spotting problems and he said that smoking was thinning some lining that covers the cervix and that if I didn't stop, there was no way I would carry full term. I left the dr. office, cried for an hour in the parking lot, then never smoked again. It was 12 years this month My dh kept that pack of smokes I had in my purse and when I made a comment about being able to smoke again after dd was born, he said, ok, but you're gonna smoke this pack first, and pulled out that 8 month old pack. . . yeck!

I bet that was very scary for you. Glad you were able throw that habit away.

 

[the Dark Marauder]

ok.....great.....I am stuck now.

6 balls 2 card keys 2 keys and a drawing

HELP!!!!!

Search everywhere. Above, below, on clocks, click ducks (and wait). When you get 7 balls, use the computer.

 

[Metro West]

ok.....great.....I am stuck now.

6 balls 2 card keys 2 keys and a drawing

HELP!!!!!

I'm at the same place.

Search everywhere. Above, below, on clocks, click ducks (and wait). When you get 7 balls, use the computer.

I also figured out the key code of "631" but don't know what to do with it.

 

[the Dark Marauder]

631 comes later.

 

[Metro West]

631 comes later.

I don't know where the 7th ball is and I played that computer game umteen times.

 

[Sharon G]

OMG, I've been trying to log on and post for 15 minutes. Got the first one done, and it just went poof. Gone.
So here I am trying again.

Hi guys,
I haven't been around much for the last few days. Plenty of hockey with the kid and hosted a team dinner at my house. shoot me, please! What was I thinking. 30 high school boys under one roof in the middle of the winter is just crazy. I still have not recovered.

Do you remember me telling you about how James had of school the other day because some kids piled up snow in front of all the entrances?
Well, the 3 kids have confessed. 5 days suspension, community service and reimbursing the town for the locks that were broken trying to unfreeze them.
One of the kids posted some photos of himself and his buddies doing the dirty deed on facebook.

 

[KStarfish82]

 

[KStarfish82]

I slept very soundly and feel great today.

We lost our meet...but it's ok. Have another on Fri.

Tricia, I'm keeping Carol in my thoughts tonight and tomorrow and hopes everything is successful.

Hope everyone that is down is starting to feel even a little bit better.

 

[bubba's mom]

Tomorrow is another day....going to be a bright, good day for a change! Think positive

HA! What did I know?

Yeah the doctor said should not be a problem just as long as when ever I touch him I don't rub my face or eyes ......ok I will admit it I love the little booger too

Yes...make sure you wash your hands after petting/touching pupperdog..... "ok I will admit it I love the little booger too" ---->

supposed to be 70 degrees here today, 61 tomorrow, then I think the bottom is going to drop out and we will be back to winter.

Did we almost hit 70 today Tracie? It was such a beautiful day!!!! (I really wouldn't complain if the entire winter was like today )

Hey , I am here. Just for a moment.
Hugs to all who need them. Get well, and good thoughts to all of you.
I am heading down for the services. Will be back sometime Friday.

Penny

Hope your travels are safe....wuz thinking of you today.....

I also would advise the Canadian side, but I suppose with the dollar now around par, it might just be easier to avoid the border crossing.

We stayed Canadian side too.....forget where tho...will have to look it up. Dontcha need passports to drive over the border? ...or not yet?? (Not up to par with Canadian regulations regarding passports).

The surgeon was in to see Carol this morning. He is "cautiously optimistic" at the scans and MRI. He believes that the chemo did something positive. When it shrank the cancer, it appears that it pulled away from Carol's chest wall. Now that the cancer is growing again, it seems to be spreading upward... toward her shoulder... instead of back into her chest like it was before. He was able to move the mass when he shifted her skin back and forth, which gives us all hope that the cancer is a mass that he can now remove.

We've gone from hoping to buy her time to having a glimmer of hope that she might just beat this thing.

At this point, I'll take a damn glimmer and hang on.

Surgery will be tomorrow, but they haven't booked the OR time yet. I'll let you know when we've got a set time.

You guys are the best. Really. I can't even begin to tell you how much it means that you're all out there thinking of me/us.

i'm glad to hear that too.....i like 'glimmers' of hope...they still 'count' as 'hope'. For the surgeon to say "cautiously optimistic" is good too....doctors tend to be more of a 'preparer of negative news' instead of the good. Well wishes for tomorrow..I'll be at the h*llhole working, but will think of Penny and Carol.

My mom rags all the time, ever since i was a kid. She thinks her way is the ONLY way. I asked if we can borrow my dad's car, she said NO, which i knew she would. She doesn't want anything happen to their cars. She said it is good to be independent of her, which I never was dependent of her, only when I was a kid.

That's awful Rose....tell your Mom there is a difference between being 'independent' of her and 'asking a favor' of her Unfreakin' real..... heaven forbid you ask her for a favor.....Tell her what I told MY Mom.... 'remember, I am the one who will take care of you when you're old and can't do it yourself....you reap what you sow." Can't believe your own Mother couldn't help you out with a favor

Stay positve Rose. Sorry your mom is like that. My mother and I don't have the greatest of relationships and she can say some really stupid, hateful crap and not ever even realize she said it but if I needed to borrow a car she sure wouldn't say no.

speaking of... I hope we all don't turn into our Mothers My Mom helps me out & does me favors, but she can be selfish. Drives me nuts. Do for me, do for me...... I won't get into it, but certain situations have risen where I've had to tell her, "How you take care of Grandpop is how I'm gonna take care of YOU...." So, basically...she will 'reap what she sows'....and I'm not kiddin'.... Part of the problem is my sister is disowned from the family and I am (literally) all she has

. . . I've got good news today. . . as of last night, I have been taking Alli for 6 full days. This morning, I weighed in and have lost 8 pounds!!!

Do I get to add a 10 pound banner to my siggie in 2 more pounds??

CONGRATS!!!! Heck...add it now with the word "almost" in front of it

my mom worked in a nursing home for years, so many patients hooked up to oxygen would be puffing away; thanks to the courtesy of their families bringing them smokes..lucky the whole place didn't go boom

Congrats to you and Jennifer for being smoke-free Definately something to be proud of!!!

Sharon....loved the pix of the school snow

Kfed...Glad to read you're feeling okay....sorry you lost your meet...

Great big HEY to everyone not addressed personally..... not intentionally missed, but a general 'hi' to everyone (and, i've maxed out at smilie's i'm allowed per posting)

Bubba's soccer (2nd session) starts next week....so, starting with a clean slate!! AND his clinics start next Saturday (19th), so he'll get some formal training in goalkeeping......ANY he gets is better than the NONE he's gotten thus far.....

So, I thought today would start off good...boy was i WRONG!!!! While getting ready for skool, come to find out, I thought Bubba had a head injury yesterday.....long story short, 2 conversations with the nurse at skool today and a trip to the doctor, he's fine....of course...doctor needed $15 to tell me that...duh....I already knew that..... and...(good news)was working 'mummydust with SW air'.... 'nother story for 'nother time.....

Gotta hit the waves....nite!!!

 

[t-and-a]

Hey Barb! I'm glad Bubba's OK! Kids can really give you a scare sometimes! I know my older one is good at that, but I usually don't get out of the doctor's office that cheap...he's always got to have X-rays and/or blood work. We had two broken bones last year in three weeks!! And he took two more hard falls that required X-rays in the same school year, but different insurance deductible years....He was the only one in the family that met his medical deductible during those two years.

Tricia, Carol's news sounds hopeful; I've been thinking about you today, I thought her surgery was today. I'll say more prayers for you and your family and send some more hugs your way Oh, and I meant to tell you that I enjoyed seeing the photos of you and your family at the wedding! You all looked so nice all dressed up!

Lawrence, Penney, and Rose I'm still thinking about you too. Hugs for all of you!

Wwessing, (I don't know your first name), that's great that you've lost 8 lbs. already! I tried Alli over the summer and I didn't use it very long, but the diet is really a good one. My DH and I both were losing, although we were quite naughty from Thanksgiving to New Years and gained it back......we've got to get back into the groove and start eating right again. The diet isn't really that hard, it's just really eating healthy and we've been eating too many sweets and fried foods to even consider taking Alli right now. While I was taking Alli, I never had any of the "treatment effects" because I was so afraid to cheat on the diet!

Sharon, I guess those boys thought they could just post those pics on the internet and nobody would figure it out.....What were they thinking?

Lori, Did you get any bad weather today? We got a little, but not that much. My sister was able to get Hannah Montana Tickets for New Orleans and she gave them to my niece for her birthday (which is today). My sister and her husband have friends in Baton Rouge with a daughter the same age and they are going with them. They have vacationed together many times, so the girls are really good friends.

Hey Mac, Tracie, Marcie, Katie, Todd, Mike, DM, Jennifer, Janet! Hope I didn't miss anyone!

 

[the Dark Marauder]

I don't know where the 7th ball is and I played that computer game umteen times.

The computer only has two uses: to get a keycard and to click on the balls in the pattern on the drawing. The remaining white balls are whereyou put the 7 in the grate.

As for the 7 balls, check under the desk, under the couch, on the clock, in the drawers, and on the coatrack. The ducks give you keys, as do the card readers. When you get new keys, try opening new drawers.

 

[Motherfletcher]

I have to share this with ya'll.
The day before Christmas break at work we all had a mandatory sensitivity training workshop lead by some PHD from Minnesota. One of the high school principals in town and a couple of people in admin. was fired for sending pornographic emails to one another which was likely one reason for the workshop. Some of the sexual harassment do's and don'ts in the workshop seemed ridiculous to many of us but some I wasn't aware of and I had to clean up some stuff in my office and computer. The instructor warned us about calendars and screen savers, etc. I told her that my screen saver was of my daughter's first kiss and I could feel a few ears perk up. I said it was her kissing a dolphin and I wondered if some might be offended thinking that it was some form of bestiality. The class had a good laugh and she thanked me for injecting a little humor into what was a pretty tense class.
Yesterday I was called to the director of human resource's (HR) office. This really dates me and I know that most of you will not remember this but the director of HR was the lady from Romper Room. Remember the Do Bee a Do Bee? I didn't think so. Well I get in the office and she asked me to sit in a chair that she called "the hot seat". There was a court stenographer and another suit at the table. They started the recorder and it was like a deposition. State your name for the record kind of stuff. I had heard there was an incident in the office where one of the guys patted a female co-worker on the butt in the hallway and that was the Genesis for the workshop. I had also heard that he and my immediate supervisor were called to HR. So when they ask me why I think I'm there I say, "The sensitivity training?"
They tell me a that a women had filed a grievance, or whatever they call it, that named me as well as others. The women is someone that I may see once a month so I'm really searching my brain for how I could have offended her. The Romper Room lady says did you have a parrot that said, "Show us your T*ts?" Hearing that from her it was really hard to keep from laughing.
I had to explain that for Halloween I had dressed as a pirate and one of my best props was a little stuffed parrot that had a "press here" button on it that I had pinned and taped to my shoulder. I had spent the day ducking and dodging people who wanted to press the button. Late in the afternoon my secretary caught me in the hall wanting to get a photo along with a girl that I didn't know who had a pretty weak costume of a hockey player. While we were posing the girl reached over and pressed the button and out comes "squawk...Hey, Baby, show us your t*ts!, followed by the wolf whistle." The girl said, "What did he say?" And all I did was laugh as did my secretary. The women that turned in the complaint was not present but must have heard about it. So that's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God.
When they shut off the tape recorder Ms. Romper Room said I shouldn't worry. I told her that I didn't touch anyone and I didn't say anything to offend anyone but someone grabbed at and poked something I was wearing as a costume and another woman was offended by what she heard the stuffed animal's recording said? Pretty weak.
The woman's complaint for my boss was that he had a candy jar full of chocolates that he kept on the book shelf above his desk requiring someone to reach above their head maybe on tip toes to get the chocolates as he allegedly ogled the women's body. Pretty simple solution here- Don't go for the candy!
We may be dinosaurs here but I hate to think what society will be like in the future if complaints like these continue and receive merit.

 

[keishashadow]

morning guys!

got mac & marci's weather last night, lost our power for awhile (good thing i'm an insomniac lol & my arbor went airborne into the street. Waiting to take a final survey once it gets abit lighter and the wind dies down.

Officer J (still unseen by dr) is almost as miserable looking; benydryl seems to be working on the itching & calamine lotion. He had to work midnight & off to court today, sez he hopes nobody sees it on his head "no honey, you can't notice it" .

MF - i laughed, i cried (no really lol)... bizarre!!! btw cool costumemummy dust for a speedy resolution...to paraphrase Principal Skinner hope this doesn't become part of your permanent record.

DM i have yet to master brain age (actually haven't loaded it in to ds DS) so i'll pass on your game, sounds challenging. I have a hard enough time cranking out a soduko every day.

barb - Do you have a "in" w/SW . Rest of us waiting with our CCs hot in hand for the starting bell @ 11 am today. geez, better safe than sorry for bubba; but still? kids do take tumbles Hate to say this (sounds like i'm a sports mamma psycho-who me lol)...in PA be careful of this assigning "head injuries" to your son in sports...3 strikes (concussions whether slight or major) and you are prohibited from play in WPIAL. Middle DS has 2 (1 minor, 1 moderate); cleared to participate in sports by a battery of specialists after repeated testing. Fell on bleachers during a running up & down Pres. Fitness Test; gym teacher made such a fuss (he said he didn't hit his head); was a pia to get it cleared.

sharon - same kids probably wouldn't shovel snow @ home if you paid them - buttheads. Generation of kids who think they can post anything on MySpace & future employers won't find it in a background or security clearance?

mac - u okay?

 

[RVGal]

Fletch - Which Romper Room lady? There were dozens. Romper bomper stomper boo, tell me tell me tell me who...

I had a pair of Romper Stompers... and watched faithfully to see if Miss Sally would see me in her magic mirror. Miss Sally was replaced by Miss Yvonne somewhere during my youth. There was Miss Nancy when my older siblings watched. The show was a franchise and local stations could either carry the syndicated show OR simply buy the rights to produce the show locally with their own host. I think we had the syndicated show first and it was replaced by a local personality later. We also had Officer Don and Orville on the Popeye Club, but I think that was local Atlanta stuff. I could be wrong. My memory ain't what it used to be. A nice trip down memory lane...

Anyway, it's a shame that some people scream sexual harrassment/misconduct so often these days. It makes it hard for the genuine cases to be taken seriously. It's like playing the race card. It is done so often now and for the most ridiculous reasons. That's a shame for the people who really have grounds for a complaint. It sounds like the only grounds your coworker is standing on is the "lack of a sense of humor and looking for problems" grounds.

 

[RVGal]

Okay guys, Carol is scheduled for surgery at 3:30pm this afternoon. They said they may be in to pick her up as early as 2:30pm. I don't know anything else at this point.

I woke up this morning with a sore throat and fever, so if you are wondering why I'm here instead of the hospital it's because I have no choice.

I'm sitting here trying to find some good pictures of the boys so I can make a bouqet of photos for Carol's room when she gets home. Positive forward thinking, right?