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Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
8.2 Jewels, I'll be looking for you right after i put her on the bus for the first time <if i can type between my tears>

Wapland
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Today is a dreary rainy day.
2. Funny how the weather often mirrors what is happening in life. Today is a dreary sad day.
3. My teaching friend's neice is clinging to life at 19. Her older brother died 6 months ago and he was only 20. Tragic accidents, but it seems so unfair. How do families cope with so much?....Why do families have to cope with so much? I know that is a rhetorical question but I needed to ask it.
4. 19 is too young to have your life end.
5. Some days are just so full of life and I am awed by its wonder. And then, other days I am reminded about how fragile that life can be. I guess that is a good thing, just wish I didn't get the reminder.
6. I am blessed and today very grateful for those blessings.
7. Anyway, I didn't intend for my facts to be such a downer, but talking about your feelings with friends usually helps.
8. Thanks for listening.
9. Thanks for being such good dependable friends.

Fondly
Wappy


Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Morning all

2. So sorry you are having a dreary day Wappy.

3. Hope things will turn to sunshine for you soon.

4. We could use some rain here, it is hot, hazy and humid again today. around 30C + (88-90+F)

5. We certainly picked a good year to put the pool in..we have gotten a lot of use out of it so far

6. The barn trusses are starting to go up today. So it is really starting to look like a building.

7. I plan on heading back to the barn this afternoon or tomorrow morning to get some pictures..and yes I promise to post some soon.

8. The decking around the pool is starting to take shape, we know have a corner area to sit in, yipee

9. This makes it much easier to get in the pool..and again pictures soon too.

10. Well almost lunch here and I have a load of groceries to get put away.

Bye all

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    

WAPPY


1. I posted a silly new pic of dd in my folder along with her list of "life rules" for anyone who wants to go see!

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1) Herkle and Vee, thanks for checking in on my folder. I've been so sick I haven't had the energy for any long winded posts, but soon I hope.

2) Finally have a diagnosis for why I feel so crappy.............It's E Coli! Not fun.. but am now on Cipro for 20 days to hopefully kick it out.

Legalboxer
Member

11-17-2003

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. i walked out of my house this morning.
2. the door closed
3 as it clicked shut i remembered i had forgotten to grab my keys along with everything else in my overflowing hands.
3.1 i then remembered that for once, i had left my wallet with my always reliable spare key, in my car the night before.
3.2 i still looked in my backpack just to make sure my wallet wasnt there.
3.3 finally get to work at 11:30
3.4 find a parking space but meter is broken.
3.5 need to get a check to finland by friday
3.6 have an email waiting for me to find a retired prosecutor by this week for the assasination plot case in Colombia.
3.7 and did i mention that another of our laureates have been denied a room, that they reserved, because the holiday inn wont let "watermelon pickers" stay there - this after they have stayed at the same holiday inn the last 4 years.
3.8 and how hot is it today?? hot enough to change my shirt just now after walking two blocks to the bank (to no avail).
3.9 should stay late and work but i will go to rowing anyway later tonight - probably :-)

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
3.92 "watermelon pickers", wth??

Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
3.93 - Mocha - you took the words right out of my mouth!!

Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
3.94 - I can see a lawsuit in their future.........

Legalboxer
Member

11-17-2003

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
3.95 very good vision escapee :-)
3.96 mocha and kaykay - what in the world indeed

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I can walk! Without using a cane or walker! Of course I walk like Festus from Gunsmoke but hey, its a start.

2. I still can't do the stairs by myself because of no handrails. By the time hubby gets around to putting them up I won't need them. LOL

3. Its been so hot here lately, with no A/C, that's I've mostly been naked. #1 reason not to have a puter cam. Nobody wants to see that. Not even me. LOL

4. Hubby just got a "thanks but no thanks" letter from a great job he applied for. They said he was "over-qualified". WTH??? People need jobs these days! Who cares if he's over-qualified?? He wrote back to them telling them as much. It probably won't do any good.

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. i have the BEST news EVER!!! my friend got us 4th row center seats for keith urban's concert at our state fair! WOO HOO! i damn near burst when i found that out!

2. turns out that keith will be at the state fair on august 18th....2 days before the kelly clarkson concert in st louis. it was just announced yesterday when he would be there. thank god it wasn't on the SAME day. since we already have kelly tickets.

3. 2 months of waiting now. oh well, still SO excited i can hardly think straight.

4. did i mention how awesome my friend is? LOL

5. both of lola's ears are standing up now...my puppy's becoming a dog.



Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. interesting evening tonight

2. weird weather in ne kansas

3. then there was the cats

4. spooky caught a mouse. - yes a mouse. yes I saw it. I have pictures of it - being the proud mom and all.

5. wendy stole the mouse.

6. I chased wendy made her give the mouse back to it's proud owner (and distracted her with the shower - she likes dripping water)

Legalboxer
Member

11-17-2003

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. i wanted some more drama in my day :-)
2. i decided to go to Macy's to get a wedding present for a coworker who is getting married saturday - even though i wasnt invited to the wedding
3. so i venture into the daunting NoVA after rowing - eventhough i just wanted to get HOME.
4. it supposedly is only 11 min to Pentagon City Mall from the boathouse.
5. i expected to get lost - and did - but only an extra 10 min.
6. i find the mall and parking but then i couldnt find my ATM card or drivers license which i thought i had taken from my desk when i left work.
6.1 i look through all my bags and clothes - nothing.
6.2 i know i wont sleep unless i go back to my office and make sure they arent there.
6.3 i head up 395 NORTH but somehow i end up on 295 SOUTH, exactly where i usually am after rowing.
6.6 it takes me way too long to get back to my office,
6.7 the cards arent on my desk
6.8 i check my car again and they are on the other side, underneath the seat = somehow.
6.9 I get home at 10:30, two hours AFTER i should have gotten home.
6.10 i have no gift, am spent on energy but at least i have my cards, keys and wallet all with me and am home.
6.11 and to think i am supposed to be out late tomorrow
7 yikes, do i have that update too....

Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Puppylov, your post literally made me laugh out loud. You just described life as we know it with PussPuss and Max;

2. Jbean, you have the best girlfriend in the world. Ummmm - who is Keith Urban again? Doesn't matter, as long as you love him;

3. Twinks - get it on, girl. You don't need no stinkin' handrails;

4. What does watermelon picker mean? I just know it's a job I wouldn't want to have, especially because I'm not that fond of hot weather or watermelon in general;

5. Puppy, we get chipmunks instead of mice - PussPuss thinks we can't feed ourselves, but considers his job done by bringing them in live then leaving us to catch them once they're inside;

6. Two kittens on the bed looking for warmth and love doesn't encourage alot of warmth and love between mom and dad, especially when both kittens love to play with the feet monsters under the bed;

7. How do couples with children manage?

8. Yes Legal, you have to do that update whatever it is, because I need to post 9 and this is it.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Yesterday, we had five "cheepies"* in our lagoon. Today we have four.

2. I have to fly to Banff, Alberta on Sunday.

3. It's cold (for June) here in the Pacific NW -- last 2 days only around 50 degrees for a high. Some of my plants are going to die if it remains this cold. I know many of you are sweltering. Here, I've got my slippers, pants and a sweatshirt on.

4. In 2 weeks or so, I'll probably be complaining cause it's too hot (and I don't have a/c). It's just the way life is.

5. I started work at 7AM today. And am still not caught up. I'm never caught up. It's always something...

6. My grandmother has been officially diagnosed as having moderate "dementia/psychosis." Sigh. At least there's a diagnosis and my mom can quit thinking that my grandmother is just "playing games." Sigh.

7. I was a tomato picker for one summer back when I was in middle school. We were paid by the pound. It was miserable.

8. I still have work to do but I think I'm going to bed soon.

9. I went to a "function" for another board on Monday (yes, there are other boards!) and had fun, but not as much fun as with TVCHers.

* cheepies = ducklings

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 9:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. This has not been the best week.

2. Four school days...Caleb's been sent home early three and missed one. Headache after headache, it's effecting school and home, baseball and playtime and everything in between.

3. The school nurse did a vision screening today. She called to tell me he was blind. Couldn't see well with his glasses or without them. She sent me a form to take to the doctor.

4. Go to the doctor, he reads the note and the numbers they came up with, asked if the test was with his glasses, yes, says this is bad. I want someone to tell me something I don't know! More, I want someone to get his appointment for the eye dr immediately.

5. I have to wait "a day or two" for the insurance company to approve the referral. I can't even make a damn appointment until they do. Doctor did say he would call the eye doctors office to try to get Caleb in sooner, but he can't make any promises. Usually it takes us 4-6 weeks to get an appointment.

6. In the meantime my poor boy is hurting. He's nauseas, he's struggling to see, he just sits and cries when it's bad. I'm treating it like migraines, couple of tylenol jrs, a coke, a nap, hot showers. I am frustrated. As a life long headache suffer and after years of migraines, I know how bad he's feeling and theres not much more I can do to help. Doctor says to keep doing what I'm doing, but how long does this have to go on? I keep reminding myself that when I call for an eye appointment I have to keep calm and explain the urgency for getting him in and not to jump through the phone and strangle the receptionist til they give him an appointment immediately!

7. So tonight he had another game. Their star player got in trouble at home and mom wouldn't let him come as punishment. The boys were disappointed, but did well the first inning. They only let the other team score one run, and though they didn't score, they did everything right, but the other team was just outplaying them.

8. Second inning rolls around and things go down hill. Caleb is over telling me his head hurts, he's got the little wrinkle between his eyes and is really straining. I give him tylenol and he runs out to the field. They gave up six runs that inning. I don't know what happened, it was like the team as a whole took a mental vacation and left their bodies behind. They also did not score that inning.

9. Caleb's back in the third inning, his head still hurts but he thinks he can tough it out. He heads out to the field and his team seems defeated. They give up another six runs. Score is now 13-0. It's only been going on an hour but feels like forever! Caleb's feeling crummy enough by then he asks his coach to pull him out that inning and let the other boy who was supposed to be out bat in his place.

10. This boy hits a home run. Our second batter gets hit and takes a base. Third batter hits a triple (I got to say the wind was blowing like mad and wehn all of the boys connected with the ball, they were hitting em out of the field with a little pick up from the wind.) Score was 13-4, no outs, we've got bases loaded and one of our top hitters is up. And the coach calls out that she needs me now. Caleb's sitting on the bench hunched over, tears streaming down his face, talking about how bad it hurts and the light is bothering his eyes. We leave just as I heard the crack of the bat and the crowd going wild. Considering how long they screamed it was a good hit and we got a couple points but we won't know til tomorrow how they did. Got Caleb home, threw him in a hot shower, got him settled on the couch with a wet washcloth over his eyes and within an hour he was feeling fine and wanting to know if they won or not.

10.5 All I know is that if they don't have him an appointment by Monday someone better hold me down.

Sage
Member

07-20-2000

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{{Caleb}}} {{{War}}}

Sage
Member

07-20-2000

Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 10:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Unfortunately, I'm still waging this internal war. It's a roller coaster ride of feeling fine for a while, then all dark and gloomy for a while. However, I know I'm rising out of it slowly and gradually.

2. I've been keeping myself occupied with an art project. I'm practicing drawing and decided to draw a fish. I'm not 100% happy with it and think I should have left the space around the fish blank instead of the swirlies... I dunno.




Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 4:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. War...I had a migraine yesterday. Or at least that's what I think it was. It's very hot and the weather was turning to storms later in the evening, but I got a "blinding" headache and nausea while driving along with the overwhelming urge to fall asleep. Thankfully I made it home. Put an ice bag on my head and slept soundly for about 3-4 hours. Got up for supper and couldn't eat much (I'm eating the leftovers for breakfast!) Slept more. Feel sluggish today.

2. I have a load of laundry in the washing machine. I was supposed to do this last night. I have to leave this morning for Springfield where I am playing a church service at 2 pm. I have to have clean clothes to pack. SIGH! I also need to stop by my office for some music that I couldn't pick up last night. I'm hoping that I feel more chipper soon!

3. They are having "Superman Days" down in Metropolis, Illinois. Too bad I'm going the wrong direction. They are putting on quite a festival.

PS....on the road trip thead...I'm leaving Tuesday for Germany and have a bed in a "girls dorm" booked for the first two nights. Then I move up by the Olympic Village for a week in another girls dorm. I can't believe how broke I'm going to be on this trip. I have printed off all the free concerts, so at least I won't be bored at night.!!!!

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 5:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. (((war and caleb))) - I suffer from muscle tension headaches that have gotten bad before. Poor kid. He's in my prayers.

2. Looks like we might get more rain/storms today.

3. I'm on day - wait what day of the week is this? oh yeah thursday FOUR of no caffeine. Still a tad headachey. And tired. No rest for me though. Have things going on this evening.

4. I had to 'dispose' of last night's catch this morning. It was still laying in the living room. The things cat mommies must go through.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. War, I used to work for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware. So I'm familiar with managed care and insurance companies. I also know doc's set aside a certain number of minutes for emergency visits.

2. If it were me, I would (1) request the referral thru whatever the normal channels are; do you actually need a paper referral? Most times as long as it is recorded in the computer system, you are covered (2) call the doc, requesting an emergency URGENT visit-- to have him seen TODAY; (3) call the insurance company and let Customer Service know that this is an urgent visit and that you are taking him today, in advance of the official 'paper referral.' The point is, his health should not be compromised by the bureaucracy/paperwork.

3. I sure hope the doc is able to help. I wonder if he got the wrong prescription?

4. If he truly has migraines (and it sounds as though he does--with his reaction to light), then there is a medication out there to help him.

5. Check out the thread I started about Migraines. There is an herbal (OTC) approach that is now recognized by docs as being safe for kids and being very helpful. If you think it might help, ask his pediatrician about it.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I actually have to have the paper in hand when I call to make the appointment because I have to give them a referral number. 9 months ago when this started for the first time (the headaches, the straining to see, etc.) it took us 7 weeks to get an appointment because after getting the first referral and setting up the appointment, we got there and found out the insurance company had used the wrong numbers or code or something and they couldn't see him til they had the right one.

2. I have had migraines since I was 10. My father had them starting in early childhood as well, my grandmother started in her teens, and Darren's mom has had them for years. They're all over our family medical history which worries me with him. And while some of the symptoms he's had (I talked to his ped yesterday about it) like the sensitivity to light and the vomiting he had last week fall in line with migraines, the legnth of his headaches don't come close. Most of the time he's back up and running around an hour or so after he has tylenol. Last night was a bit odd in that it lasted longer, but even that was only a couple hours. Doctor said for now they aren't ruling out migraines, but with the school vision screening (which we know isn't a full check up and can be off somewhat, they do usually point to a problem an eye dr will find) and his history he feels right now it's most likely a vision problem.

3. Can you tell how hard I'm praying its not migraines? I never want my children to have to go through that, especially this young.

4. Puppy, I'm on day five of no caffiene! I don't think I've ever gone this long without it and was seriously considering starting a thread for others who might also want to join. Headachy and shakey is how I'm feeling and I don't like it, but I'm doing pretty good without so I'll just suffer through it. I was having so many sleep problems (that had roots elsewhere) but figured anything that would help, I'd try. It has a bit.

5. One of these days I'm going to sneak myself into Marm's suitcase when she goes to Germany. I won't be a bother, I promise!

6. Next Tuesday Caleb's class (and all the third grade classes) are having their end of the school family picnic. Darren has to work and Dakota will be in class, but me and Caleb will get to have some fun alone together! And then on Friday Dakota's class (and all the 1st grade classes) are having their 1st annual picnic and water day that I will also be attending, so me and Kota get to have fun alone together. They said the kids could bring water toys, but then said no water guns....what the heck does that leave, LOL?

Jewels
Member

09-23-2000

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I'm sorry about Caleb, War. I hope they figure out SOON what is going on with him.

2. Great fish, Sage. I like the swirlies!

3. I am trying to pack to go out of town for the weekend. Don't think I am ever going to get it done.

4. First, I folded all my clothes and put them on the bed.

5. Then Jenna threw them all on the floor.

6. Now both Jake and Jenna are sitting in the suitcase, eating goldfish crackers, watching a Chip and Dale movie.

7. Sigh.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Sorry Jewels, the thought of the two of them in the suitcase sent me into a fit of giggles. I remember so many days like that!

2. Well good/bad news. Got a call at 10:40 from Caleb. Talked to his substitute teacher who said he started complaining during math and cried all through pe. How long was that? 50 minutes. I was sure I heard wrong and she said 15, but nope, she let him cry almost an hour before calling home.

3. I beat him to the office. Talked to the nurse who threw a fit he wasn't sent to the office immediately. Sub knows he's having problems, she got a page long letter about Caleb from his teacher, she talked to me yesterday and the school nurse who came and got him out of class for his vision screening yesterday. If it was a sub we don't see often, I'd chalk it up to her not realizing Caleb really doesn't play being sick and the times he does you see it immediately. She knows Caleb, she knows me, because not only is she a sub, she's a volunteer parent at the same school with kids my kids ages and in their classes and has worked with them for 3 years!

4. Before I'd left the office, I called the doctor. Asked how long before I could bring him in, I said 20 minutes because I had to run home and get my wallet and money. 10 minutes later, and lots of speeding (did I mention he was sobbing the entire time?) we're in the doctors office again.

5. He checks Caleb out, says he still isn't ruling out migraines, but still thinks it's his eyes/vision and asked if I'd picked up the refferal yet. I haven't because they haven't called. He went out and asked the receptionist who said the insurance hadn't faxed it over yet.

6. Good news...Dr. Tim got angry. He called the insurance company and gave them hell, let them know it was an emergency that Caleb get to the eye doctor immediately and there was no reason it should take this long to get the referral. I'm hoping he stays angry long enough to get the eye dr on the phone too!

7. In the meantime he wants Caleb to take Ibiprufin on a regular basis, before school, during school, and at bedtime and thinks that for now at least it will get him through the day until we get to the eye doctor.

8. After going to the doctor and sitting there so long with his head hurting so bad, he came home, laid down on the couch, and is now taking a nap.