What's on your plate???
 

Packing and cleaning out the fridge this morning as we are moving down the beach for three more days of this wonderful sunshine before returning to the grey skies and snow, known as northern Indiana. *grin

Very much looking forward to a great Cobb Salad on one of the water taxi stops this afternoon. Thinking about you Barb...:hug: We are having gusty winds today so the weather people are talking about rip tides...:eek:

I am hoping that Addy is feeling better...tried to wonder about lots of people here yesterday and lost a bunch when I tried to edit. (((Doody))) (((Ducky))) & Lonely1 :hug: to name a few. Also hoping Bizi will feel better as she heals from a fall. :Heart:

Hi Alffe.... I tried to write a lot of wonders that disappeared yesterday too! I think it was something I hit on my keyboard and I can't blame anyone but me!

And now I don't have the energy to wonder but I'll say that I'm doing much better because after venting here I stood up to my boss and told him that talking to me with disrespect is unacceptable! Stopped him in his tracks! :D

I'm looking forward to a weekend with Grand-Addy after a long day of work. She certainly is experiencing the terrible twos! While trying to get her ready to see her Daddy and go swimming, she stood in front of me defiantly... hands on her hips and said: "My hands are on my shirt! I'm angry".... :p
LOL.... I followed her around the apartment with my camera hoping to catch it on video but no luck... instead I chuckle to myself with the memory... God I love her! And I still have no idea what she was angry about... doubt she even was! :rolleyes:

Your vacation sounds wonderful Alffe... we all are experiencing weather extremes and keeping warm up here. The sun is out right now!

:grouphug:

well, I am feeling a bit better. I promised the Kid that I would take him to dinner ( never felt less like going out to eat, but a promise is a promise).Not really doing a lot more than that. Just too wiped out from the flu.
:grouphug: to everyone. It's been a rough few weeks here and it isn't over yet...but we are getting by.
Addy, I am proud of you for standing up to your boss!!! You give me hope, lady.
Alffe...we are under flood watches and warnings and may have severe weather tonight. And I still don't wanna be in Florida. LOL. I just don't like it much. Ah well, springtime in KY is an experience in itself....

glad you are feeling better Ducky and spring has a way to showing up eventually and lifting our spirits. I'm looking out the 12th floor window of our hotel and seeing 4 cruise ships in port...Alure I think is the name of the huge one...our oldest daughter and her family are going on it later this month. Also seeing some pelicans "flying in formation"...they crack me up!

Addy I think you are right...it's something I do to lose my edits..don't know how or what. :rolleyes: Good job with the boss!!! Never suffer in silence.

Am trying to make sense of the situation in Libya this morning...:confused:
Looking forward to the all day pass on the water taxi....
Hugs for the room. :grouphug:

Going to visit a friends church this morning. :) Gotta call the dentist tomorrow. I broke a tooth last night eating dry cereal.... should have known better. LOL

hmmm worked the floor today and again tomorrow, surgery on tues and fri. We are expecting 2 large snow storms in the next 48 hours and about 14 inches of snow:eek::eek::eek:
READY 4 SPRING!!!!

Pooh.... i'm just south of you in Oklahoma and they are talking tornadoes lOLOL CRAZY weather......

Last full day here in the sunshine...must admit to missing Cassie. ;)
Good luck at the dentist Goofy...is this the week of the license? *grin

poo_ac, I don't know how you can do your job with all that pain. :hug:

Addy are you still working?? :D

Ducky...did you get the bad weather? and how was dinner out? :hug:

Barbo...still a good weather forecast for tomorrow??? :hug:

I have to wonder how Lonely1 is...:grouphug:

Alffe, dinner out was...exhausting. LOL. I tried really hard to be upbeat, but I was so tired and trying to hide it. LOL. But the Kid had a blast, got to eat steak AND shrimp AND chicken AND ice cream. That was fun to watch.
Went back to work this morning. Man am I tired. The flu seems to have abated but it's left me so beaten down.
My brother is going to fix the brakes on my car (Kathy lent me hers until I could get mine fixed) and I think I should be caught up.
How's everyone? :hug:

A duck on a plate.... lol! ;)

so... Alffe is finishing vacation then back to brrrrrr...
Duck is working too much... and so is pooh.... and goofy eats cereal that sounds like rocks!

I'm pooped ... with a blanket on me... Grand-Addy is down for a nap then its off to the ocean to feed the seagulls with her Daddy here, too!

good flights home..every thing ran on time and it was 48 degrees, felt like 35 after Florida weather. ;)

So happy to get Cassie, who suprised us by being so fluffy...they didn't give her the promised haircut...only a bath (new girl at ck in) so one day soon she'll go back for the cut but not right away...she enjoyed sleeping on the kingsized bed and so did we. :D

Need to get the laundry done and some groceries in. Also need to fill the bird feeders. It's raining this morning..a lot less snow here but still those hugh piles where it was plowed.

Hugs for the room....what's on your plate? :grouphug:

working...... all day and half the night...... long story....... missing my mom. Today is her birthday. :(

Maybe, in light of the terrible news coming from Japan, the media will stop talking about Charlie Sheen...I feel like we are all watching him die..:(
The wind has picked up here and shredded the end of our flag so I took it down and will replace it.

There was an awful story in this mornings newspaper about a young woman, in a neighboring town, sitting down on the railroad tracks and waited for the train to run over her. They found her purse nearby with a note to her family saying that she was sorry. :(

I've learned that our support group will now meet two times a month because of an increase in attendees....a sign of the times. :(

Have I cheered anyone up yet? :o

Alfee
 

Where does the support group meet?

Same place as before...:rolleyes:

To Alffe
 

It's a wonder ANYBODY ever found that place!

Hurrah!! I've changed all my clocks even complicated ones like the microwave and kitchen range. Sound like a small accomplishment? Not for me!!
AND --- ta da --- I put new batteries in two smoke detectors. I did it, I did it all by myself.

good for you wren and thanks for the reminder...I just changed the clock on this computer.

I have to rant a bit here,am listening to Cspan's call in segment, like I do every Sunday morning and it is ALL about nuclear power...the pro's & cons..and coming up they will talk about ALL THINGS POLITICAL...:mad:

The media ticks me off....what about all the people in Japan who are thirsty and hungry and missing and afraid and their children...????

I know Dad..I can "hear" you talking about the importance of a free & vigorous press but our priorities, our compassion are surely "out of wack".

Like Abbie said.....please send prayers for this country.

Alffe, that's why I listen and watch BBC ... or I turn the tv off... I am now having flood dreams (was involved in a small flood when I was a teenager).

I'm doing what I can to remain positive about my job future, watching the rain fall, organizing my life and researching my options.

I'm happy.

W.O.Y.P=


More than i want/require or can cope with......i would prefer to leave most of it..

.even share it out with others/ or then again

i might just eat eat it all myself..

.in the hope and belief others then... dont have to cope with more than they can tollerate.


hopefully in time........... my plate will be lighter...............

containing.... the more digestible and lighter delights of life

I LIVE IN CONSTANT HOPE

David

I'm starting to feel quite sick about all that is happening in Japan... watching CNN right now and Anderson Cooper is saying that they might be evacuating all the workers at the nuclear plant... those poor workers are risking their lives more than anyone in this world, it seems...

and I can't stop watching... just like every other catastrophe in this world... I'm sitting here helpless.

had a really wasted day today... nothing accomplished at all... perhaps little things... but nothing really... in the scheme of things...

this is when the thoughts of winning a lottery would seem to whisk me away so that I would have no worries... or perhaps running away... to somewhere I could live on pennies a month...

but then... where would be my family and friends...

not sure but I think tomorrow will be a much better day... I will make it that way!

I know just what you mean Addy..:( I feel like the least I can do is watch it unfold..and remind myself that it isn't about US...why do we always try to make it about US...Our Father...who art in heaven...~sigh

Busy day today...Getting my car serviced and the snow tires taken off (that's a guarantee that it'll snow some more...like getting it washed guarantees a rainfall) And our Cassie has her yearly ck up, shots etc..I can hardly believe we have had her for a year..I have to wonder how much weight she's put on..:o

The weather people are saying the sun will shine both today and tomorrow and the temps will climb into the 5oties and sixties....hopefully the last of the piles of snow will melt.

I wonder if Addy talks back to the tv like I do....

I saw a robin yesterday... my mom always taught me that seeing a robin was definitely a sign of spring!

I am very appreciative of the music links David posts...

I'm feeling more motivated today, thank goodness... as I made a huge decision last night about not putting pressure on myself to sing at the next Chorus contest (meant travel, hotels, etc)- a burden has lifted. I will still sing but the monetary commitment has been removed!

I have granddoody tonight so will be picking him up in about an hour. And I had a nice lunch with a couple of ladies.

My kids want me to stay there this Friday and discuss with them my thoughts on moving to the town where they are and being granddoody's before and after school care starting this fall. That's a big decision.

I know you'll have fun with grandoody tonight...and that is a big decision!

It turned out to be a beautiful day...walked around the yard collecting trash and picking of branches. Realized that one of the big pines had lost a huge limb and it's laying in the neighbors yard...Justin coming in the morning to cut it down...guess I better make some cookies!

Mr.Alffe has taken Cassie for her yearly exam, shots etc. I can't wait to see how much weight she's put on in the year we have had her. :o

It won't snow.... I bought a new winter coat a few weeks ago and it hasn't dropped a flake.... I think we are in the clear. :D

:D From your lips to Mother Natures ear......:hug:

The pigeon's plate
 

i planted my little strip of garden in stripey tomatos, verbena, red onions, roma tomatos, marigold, and sunflower. I came home to a pigeon eating sunflower seeds. he was so cute though i didn't mind.

Oh so looking forward to my small raised bed garden...I can see it now, the snow melted off it. Think I will plant some lettuce asap...just thinking about it makes me grin. Tied, what are stripey tomotoes? :D

I had to lol about the pigeon!

Yummo Heirlooms


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Oh wow, Doody... big decision... I'm sure you'll write the good and the bad list and find the bad list is very short! :hug:

I woke up with a super headache/flu... suffered a bit... and now am better... and then the light bulb lit up - aha, no wonder my depression took a major dip these last 2 days (not to mention losing a job and worrying about my future!... :eek:)...

Decided that I really shouldn't give up my opportunity to sing in our next Chorus Contest (they have an "Angel Fund" which I can apply for should I feel the need... !)... actually wasn't going to chorus last night and then realized that all I would be doing was watching TV... and singing is so good for depression... man, I hate being so controlled by this demon at times! Our rehearsal rocked!

No garden planting here but perhaps some veggie patio garden wouldn't be such a bad idea!

love love reading what we're all up to.... imagine David is busy celebrating the Irish :) :D

well now I know about both my heritage and tomatos! :D So nice to have the tree cleaned up from the neighbors yard...he said it was a fresh break so it hadn't been down long...tg..I have a history w/them..he cut my bushes to the ground when they first moved in and I called him an a**h***. We have coexisted since then.:rolleyes:

Loving this unseasonably warm weather...trying to resist getting the rockers out of the barn.


LOL...Addy and I were posting at the same time so I'm editing this. Glad you are feeling better Addy and the headache is gone. :hug:

I know this sounds stupid........but, I have so muxh on my plate that i am afraid to go to the DR with chest pain. He said if it doesn't get better with meds I will need a pacemaker!!! Guess what its no better!!

I have so many people that count one me......I cannot be admitted to the hospital..........This has happened before, I have an irreguar heartbeat that gets painful when I am STRESsED. So I am waiting it out!! I KNOW......I know I can't care for others if I don't take care of me.

I am kicking myself in the ***** for how much I put on my plate........I just don't know how or won't ask for help! something has to give!!!

I'm OK all..... don't worry, REALLY I am fine!!! Just need some down time LOL that NEVER happens!:grouphug:

Jaded
 

I have an uncle in Atlanta who is 92. He called me yesterday and said he is going to get a pacemaker Monday. He said it is just an overnight stay in the hospital. I live in a building where there are lots of other rettired folks, many of whom have pacemakers - and have had them for years. I guess I'm trying to tell you not to be afraid of the procedure. It's more common than people think.

I have a pace maker battery ..it is for my PENS which is nothing to do with my heart but it is the same type of battery. and jaded... you need to be here for the ones who need and count on you. and that includes your sos family here . my dad had 4 heart attacks and then a triple by pass he had massive attack when i was 13 and I watched him pass away . trust me my dear sweet sister that is nothing you would want anyone to see or deal with so if you can prevent that . ... TAKE THE TIME AND GO SEE DOC!! PLEASE. Take Care Of You so you can take care of those you love.. dont put it off cus itd be like you are putting all those things and all those people you love and care about in the trash. I care we all care and love you Please do not be afraid to go to Doc!!! t. :smileypray::smileypray:
:hug:
:grouphug:
things dont get better by chance they get better by change... someone very wise wrote that some where just recent. hint hint.shall we chant that over and over?? love you sweetie now get in to see doctor okay. pretty please??
PEACE
BMW

:hug:You will be calling the dr. today....right? I don't want you to get some permanent down time. We love you....do it for your wonderful granddaughter...as David would say...you take care of YOU. :grouphug:

Well Jaded :hug: ...
you spilled the beans ... and look at everyone scrambling, urging you to get the help to pick them up!

now... you gotta spill the beans to your family and friends so they can actually do some of the work...

cuz when you're gone... well... there is gonna be no one to pick up those beans!!!

:hug:

I've got a doc appointment today... not sure what good it will do but its a follow-up to my "crisis" visit last week after I lost my job. I feel frustrated that we have such a short time together... she can't possibly know what I'm going through...

I made an appointment with a recommended therapist - and I'm not sure if I'll be able to afford her or whether my extended health benefits will cover it. Like most things I do, I procrastinate in finding out... like, what the heck is stopping me from phoning them right now and finding out?!!!

Oh ya, I'd have to get up off the couch and dial the phone. :(

Still feeling a bit yucky from the flu I have ... but I think :confused: I'm determined to get some things accomplished today.

Anyway, the "flu" was my excuse for saying no to one of my best friends who invited me out to lunch... sigh... I do this all the time.....

:grouphug:

Today...I'm hoping to endure the pain and be able to get my home in order...last Saturday I did the Master bed and bathe and living room so today I hope to get the kitchen and dining room done...maybe my second bath and on and on and on...the Olhipie said he wants to help and work on the floors...;)

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Tamiloo
 

I'm thinking of you Tamiloo.

Mr Stripey
 

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