Hey all, sick as a dog here no pun intended since I am dogsitting! Hubby and Olivia are on the mend though. Sandy how did Jim's appt go? Just trying to take it easy today,have to take Dayton for his CT scan tonight though.

Renee, sorry to hear your not feeling well.

Kay, Really hoping for a slow hurricane season for ya too.

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Begging coffee to wake me up for my last day. Not feeling too hot this morning, but hoping it's just me waking up - LOL.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Hey Fin . . .It's your last day today! WHOO HOO! I hope you have an awesome last day.

Vonn - Hope the job works out for you. Is it something that can be done via the internet so that you can move where you want and work from home? That would be cool.

GJ - Glad you are starting to see some signs of spring coming. Thanks for popping in to say hi.

Barb - I wish I had some dirt to play in and plant. All I have is cement. Enjoy!

Kay - I checked out the Wok Wok thread last evening. Thanks for that. Your pictures are amazing and I really think that you have a calling there with that. Your "conversations" with Olivia would be enough to put that book together and get it published. Go for it! Think of all the smiles and excitement it would bring to not only little ones but adults as well.

Hi Carolyn - It is nice to see you posting more. How's the studio doing? Thanks for sharing the information about LDN with us. It sounds like a great option for those who don't tolerate the DMD's well.

Renee - Sorry you are all sick again. I hope you get through this quickly with out any MS issues popping up. Sending you a big cyber.

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Today I am going to crack down and get that painting done for DBF. Canvas is stretched, primed and set for 24 hours, colors and design are finally settled in my head and now it is time to get cracking.

Oh and our weather, oh my word. I am not complaining here but Monday it was in the 90's and the heat was blazing, yesterday it was in the low 60's, windy, and cloudy - not the norm for this time of year. What is up with that? Crazy.

Man, I can't keep up with you all! lol We dropped off Jim's specimens and they took some blood. We wont know about the culture for three days. They better not lose it like they did before. He's feeling Ok though, no fever, just muscle spasms. I haven't given him his Beta shot for a few days because it makes the spasms worse. Once he gets on some antibiotics we'll start it back up.

The weather here is typical, wet and dreary. Seems the whole week will go like this. BUT, I came home and my dead tree was gone!!! I didn't even notice until Jim pointed it out. lol My yard looks huge now. lol

Gone? What do you mean gone? Where did it go?

I hope Jim starts feeling better soon and that the culture comes back negative. Wouldn't that be awesome!

LOL TK, it was a dead evergreen. I hired some tree guys to come and take it down. It's in a mulcher about now. lol

I can only dream his culture will come out clean. It would be nice but I am pretty sure it's going to come back with some crazy bacteria.

howdy howdy howdy .. (shark from Toy Story)

well, not sure about moving or the job(s) yet ..

going to put my business plan together for my non-profit: making quilts and things to bring warmth and comfort to others ...

and anything I make and sell - the $$ would go thru the business ... so I'm supporting myself and enjoying what I do .. AT MY OWN PACE! what do I have to lose? then I can paint, quilt and make things ... and do things when I want ... does this sound like I made up my mind?

right now - it would be getting the business funding to get this rolling ... I could even by a bigger trailer or find a house with garage to buy .. and pay off my debt .. just need a little miracle!

okay - off to school I go .. have a good day!

p.s. Tricia - are you posting your paintings to the creative corner section? if so, let us know! thanks!

I couldn't figure that one out. I was thinking tornado. I knew that some bratty kids did not come and steal it. LOL. But still to come home and you have a tree missing would be a shocker.

No. My photography skills are not that good especially when I have tremors. I did post some of them somewhere on this thread. But here are some. You have to use your imagination on some of them as they a little blurry. LOL. All of these were given away as gifts to family members.

The cross was done for one of my sisters for her birthday. As she didn't have a cross in her house and religion is so important to her, I designed and painted this one. The photo does not show all the fine details I did on the cross.

The "bubbles" was a thank you gift for my brother for letting us stay at his house for the weekend.

The flower was for my Mom for her birthday.

And the abstract kind of one (the blurriest one as DD18 took it and was in a pissy mood on Christmas) was a Christmas gift for another one of my brothers. (We pick names in our family and I got him. As kids we had to hand make the gifts and many of us still do that.)

Sandy, glad to hear the dead tree is gone, even though it changed your yard, lol. Hope Jim's results come back ok.

TK, Thanks for sharing the paintings. I like them. Just sitting here getting ready for my last day wondering what it will bring. Excited and sad at same time.

Vonn, you have a lot of ideas, it sounds like whatever you decide to could be cool.

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Last day, and it's yucky outside - LOL. Seems to fit with everything that's going on. I'm hoping for a good last day, but I am in the insurance biz and one never knows what's gonna happen

Just have to remember to take my ipod home. Hubby's been reminding me since last night, lol

Just returned from geting my hair cut. It is also a cold and dreay day here in Central Illinois. My allergies are driving me crazy this year.

I am going twith a few friends to see Maid of Honor this afternoon and then out to dinner.

Fin -- Happy last day of work!!! I am sure you will find more activities to fill up your time on good days.

Carolyn -- I do not think my neuro will prescribe LDN. He won't even prescribe anti depressants or stimulants to help with fatigue. I am going to talk to pcp about it. Would I have to stop taking baclofen and neurontin if I was on LDN?

TK -- I thought your paintings were cool. I have no artistic talent at all.

Sandy -- I know we keep asking you, but have you heard from Frank?