Originally Posted by Angelina55

I love chinchillas! I used to have some. They were my world. I am looking forward to adopting more soon. They are the cutest and most loving animal. And boy do they have personality! lol My daughter would love a cat, but we only have a yorkie terrier right now. I think she sometimes thinks he is her dolly. lol but he loves her! Animals can be so comforting and they always seem to know when you are hurting or down. I also love to read. I am reading a series by Pitticus Lore. It is really good. What kind of shows do you like to watch?
Always follow your heart, it will lead you to your right path. It may not be the easiest path but it will be the right one.
Angelina

Originally Posted by cinders999

Hi Andelina, I know from the replies to your thread that some people seem to be in legal things with their RSD so can't really post, but as I'm not I love the idea of talking about things other than RSD.

My name is Mandars (Amanda, but nobody calls me that), my late husband shortened my name to that & it's stuck I'm 50 this year, although I've had RSD for nearly 1/2 my life I have tried to ignore it & get on with life where possible. I'm a widow now & have been since 94, like you I have a daughter but she's grown up now. Suzi lives with me still & is engaged to a lovely lad, they plan to live with me even when they're married.

I used to run an animal rescue centre for cats, rabbits, guinea pigs & birds. I even had a little owl for several months. Although I stuck to taking only those I've told you about I did take in an iguana from some one who was posted abroad. I was living in a military area at the time in the south of England so had a high turn over of pets needing homes as people were posted else where. I had to give the centre up when I moved, but I still miss it. I have pets again now, an assistance dog that I trained myself, a guinea pig, 2 zebra finches & a quail. All the birds are rescued, some habits die hard

I do a lot of crafts also, I crochet, knit, cross stitch & sew. I have a grip thing to help me when I'm bad, the rest of the time I tuck the knitting needle down my brace & knit away! It's probably a sight that would give the avid knitter heart failure, but it's fun

I also love dolls housing, I use my ot therapy to make mini things for the houses we have. I use clay & femo to make foods & accessories, I sew fancy dresses for the dolls & make all sorts of soft furnishings for the houses. Whilst I was running the rescue centre for pleasure I was also working from home. I designed & made ball gowns for the military wives, also some wedding dresses.

Nice to chat to you

Originally Posted by tkayewade

I love that!! That's so cute! Animal rescue is so selfless. I think that's sweet. Our dog and cat are rescue animals. Now they are the most spoiled animals in Texas haha. They're great, and we make up for the love they didn't get in the beginning. My 10 year old daughter crochets. Each of my kids had to choose a non electronic hobby to try that wasn't sports related. One chose painting, one chose clay/pottery, and the youngest chose crochet. I also chose painting. Sometimes it hurts, but I do it on my good days.

TK

Originally Posted by Angelina55

I was just trying to make a place where we could talk about happy things in our lives. I guess I was wrong. It wasn't meant to get people in trouble or try to find out about people. It just seems like all we have to do in our lives when you have this disease is talk about how crappy it is, so I wanted to talk about the good things. To take joy in our lives, to express ourselves in anyway you wanted to other than the fact that I have CRPS and my life is all about pain. I am so sorry, it won't happen again. Please forgive me.
Angelina

Originally Posted by tkayewade

I agree! I also have been reading on my iPad because I can see it easier. My eye issue is making it ard to differentiate between letters and numbers at the moment. I told my cousin, who is running a marathon today, that someday even if I have to walk the whole thing and stop to rest, I will do another 10K. Lol I do love having the kids because it makes me focus less on my disease and more on them. Im so glad to have kids that recognize my limitations and know that sometimes we can't do everything. I try not to lose hope. I'm going through a rough period right now. I was approved for a scs in mid Jan (I may have said this-rsd brain lol) and the dr and hospital are in a huge fight so I've been in limbo since mid December when we started it in motion. Anyway, I tend to do retail therapy when I'm depressed so I've tried to stay off shopping sights haha. I also play words. I can't remember my ame, but I'm logged through Facebook. Oh yeah Facebook. I spend a lot of time there, here, and I funny. Oh my! Now it can be off color, but it never fails to make me smile.

Originally Posted by jrosiebd

hi! i am joan from tn,im am so proud of you for being able take care of a family and further your career while going thru this horrible disease, i am a big baby with my pain, i seem to always whine about it, it takes a strong person to keep going on,i have a husband been married 33 yrs and to grown sons that dont want to leave home, it is so difficult for me they dont understand how i feel,i hope you keep staying strong and do all you can in life

Originally Posted by Angelina55

fbodgrl,
I just love Bones. I used to watch it all the time, but I missed a season so I don't know what is going on now. I will have to catch up. I also enjoy watching HGTV House Hunters is one of my favorites. And I have been good about watching the news lately. I try to watch it every morning, but I don't do a very good job about watching it at night. I also watch Vampire Diaries. It is a show my sister and I watch together. I really like watching cooking shows. And then of course it seems I am always watching educational cartoons! lol because of my daughter. Other than that I am always watching movies.
Angelina
Angelina

Originally Posted by fbodgrl

TNT has bones on for 4 hours a few times a week. Right now they are in the 2008 season. That is how I have been watching all the old ones that I never saw. I just DVR them all.