Tuesday, January 13. 2015

[karlinann]

I'm impressed that I have not written 2014 this year, not even once. The old gal is still cognizant. LOL!


Hugs to Boffler and JoGee! JoGee, did you know that Guava cures diarrhea? Wouldn't it be worth a try? I don't know what it tastes like except we tasted Guava Jelly when we were in St. Maarten. They had a bunch of Guava trees.


So far I have not heard back from the hospital on that interview. It's where I worked last winter, the same hospital, and apparently they have put something on my file because I called in sick the last night I was supposed to work. Long story short, I probably won't get that job, but if not it wasn't meant to be. I signed up with another staffing agency yesterday and maybe they can put me to work instead.


Peace & Plenty.

[Pat B]

Morning all

Wow, is it foggy here. So dense I can't see the neighbors' houses across the street! Will try to get Erin out the door a little early so I can take my time getting to work.

Didn't make the chicken I posted in the kitchen - ended up doing Cajun Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. It was so good! Erin asked if we could have it at least once a week and I had to say NO because I could feel my arteries hardening while we were eating! Sooooo fattening and decadent!

Back to work today - it's my short week, thankfully. Got a TON done yesterday - unpacked probably six boxes and straightened up Erin's bathroom.

Off to the shower and onward. Y'all have a good 'un.

[JoGee]

Good morning.
I'm not ready to siege the day, but I can head on into it.

Karlinann, I did not know that about Guava....however, I don't often see it in our stores. My problem was caused by the medication, and it seems now that I've balanced my daily intake (same amount every day, and same time every day) the problem is taking care of itself. [My condition is that my bone marrow produces far too many platelets and red/white blood cells - caused by a mutant gene]. Today they will be checking my blood & platelets, to make sure the numbers are still in a safe zone. I wonder if I'm still anemic, as my PCP discovered that last month? Well, we will see. Thanks for the hugs, I needed it. I hadn't realized til recently I'd fallen into a personal paranoia after 6 weeks of this and a fear of going places because of this....unwinding isn't an instantaneous thing. I need to be at the Cancer Center by 2 p.m. today. For me, it's an hour's drive. E gets there more quickly. Also, I don't drive on the highways, he always does.

E planned on Red Cross donating this morning. But forgot and took a baby aspirin as usual. They might not want him in there donating because of it.

Half cat doesn't like anchovies! Silly cat. But who am I to talk, I don't either!

Pat, I hate that kind of fog. We once had to drive through it from CA's Bay Area down to Bakersfield, where it finally lifted.
I was terrified the entire time. We could barely see the car ahead of us, or even the edge of the road.

Not much else for today.
Have a great day.

[Schmitty23]

Good morning rounders. Can tell you my family is a happy bunch.....Ohio State won the game last night.....sure each and every one of them stayed glued to the TV watching the win.

Still very cold here.....hate letting the dogs out....especially Duke....he has very short hair....one day he came in walking only on his front paws.....hind paws were up off the ground ....son Matthew was here and he took the dog's towel I keep by the door and wiped his feet off... helped Duke to walk on all fours.

Son Mike and wife Leisa coming in today...called to tell me that last night....Mike works for the Oil Refinery in Lima...and they had a horrible explosion ....big fire too... I thanked God he was not hurt...in fact he said no one was hurt in the blast. He and Leisa are going to take me shopping for my new refrigerator....probably look at new stove as well.... mine is not in good shape...will be sure not to buy one with the same name....did not hold up well. I know I bake a lot ...but have been doing the same most of my married life....never had a stove that ended up as bad as this one in the same amount of time.

So tired of the cold weather we are having...now we are getting snow too.....Marianne had a hard time getting in the drive last night....she went back out and cleared some of the snow behind the car...worst part is when the city snow removal trucks come by and move the snow to the bottom of the driveways.

Karlinann...hope you have good news from the hospital where you worked before...

JoGee....glad your husband will take you to your appointment..... Jo...I have not been out in my car for several days....roads are too slick...and I will not go out under these conditions. Fortunately on this past weekend son Matt and wife Shirley took me to the Library and also we shopped at Kroger's.

Hugs out to all

[Mayebarnes]

Good ,very chilly morning.. only 12 degrees . and only to go to mid 20s.... another good day to stay home?..

my poor shelves are beginning to look like Mother hubbards cupboard... but its forcing me to cook from whats in freezer, and thats a good thing.. I am almost weened away from Walmart. have not been there for over a month..

JoG. thanks for explaining your "condition"... you do walk a narrow line keeping balanced!.
Hi Mickie.. I have the opposite problem..... I have a stove that will not wear out... I have been wanting to switch from elec to gas for YEARs. but kept waiting for this "plain jane" elec. to give me trouble...however... I feel so wasteful to just go buy a stove.
..... to get gas would take some extra installation work or I would just go buy stove anyhow. ... happy shopping.

Hi Karlin..happy job hunting..
Pat. sounds like you are getting your house back together.. are you in a one or two story house.?

Hi Paula.. been a while since I wave at you ..

Hi Elaine, Donna .and all the rest of the 28 regular members ,,,( I seen a summary somewhere that says we have that many reg. Rounders).

[ladyebug]

Good Morning.

Missed checking in yesterday. Spent all day going from bank to bank, but I THINK this mess is on track. I hope.

Weather here is tolerable, although extremely cold - from too much dampness.

Someone coming from our health insurance plan in about 30 minutes. Didn't want this, but I got sick of the phone calls. We'll see what transpires.

Hope all is Well. Have a very good day.

[bethina]

Good morning...work yesterday was LONG and stressful!!! Something was bothering one of the supervisors and she was snapping on everyone...I do know she is trying to quit smoking and has made it 12 days...that in its self could be the problem but I think there was more to it..

Will play bingo tonight..

I need to get some stuff to begin my packing process...I move in a about a month and a half...none of my friends have a good feeling about letting me go...I keep telling them I will be fine. They are all just nervous and a little clingy. I should be safe in the house mom and dad are going to put in a security system...and I have an escape window in my bedroom...and know the alternate ways out upstairs...so there is not exactly a way for me to get trapped in the house...I am actually really excited about the move...I think that I will get a better job...and more friends and a church that is a better fit to me...that will be my own church..not one that I share with my family..if that makes since..

Off to the shower...leaving a little later today as I have an appointment.

[Nalani]

Good morning all!

Maye, think I caught your cold. So will stay in my apartment all day as I don't want to pass it on. Not a fun thing to have is it, Maye.

Beth, keep on downsizing slowly. You'd be surprised on stuff that you can collect but really don't need. Your future looks bright.

Have a good day all!

[JoGee]

You're welcome, Maye. I might add that we all have dormant mutant genes that we carry....a good number of them in each of us. This one of mine just somehow decided to activate about 25 yrs ago. Worse, this gene I have likes to pretend it's something else. I even have notes somewhere that pinpoint it's exact spot in which chromosome! It took one very dedicated doctor several years to discover what was going on, and took a specific test to find it....and BINGO. She and I have learned to deal with it. I was the one who figured out the med in question needed to be balanced....so she adjusted it under a very watchful eye before we were both satisfied.
I've done very well since then....til now. (She went to live/work in NY early this year to care for her ailing mother.).
I don't know what this doctor is thinking, but he won't accept I have this condition, and says it all falls under some Thrombosis anyway. I passed that stage 18 years ago! If he doesn't change his way of thinking, I will certainly look for another doctor. Trouble is, when you have a complicated condition (not at all contagious, BTW), most doctors don't want to deal with it.
--- If this doesn't stay balanced, the result may be severe internal bleeding, perforated veins/esophagus, and that could be fatal.
Yes, it does seem I walk a narrow line sometimes. But when it's all working well together, I actually forget I have the condition until it's time for my meds.

[BarbCA]

Good morning, all. A bit cooler this morning,but the predicted storm for the weekend has disappeared from the forecast.

Joyce is coming to take me grocery shopping this afternoon. Hope she gets her car running soon so I can sell mine.

I was driven through that kind of fog one Christmas week. My husband was a terrible driver and used to scare anyone who rode with him. As I wouldn't drive in heavy fog, he drove.
Coming back from LA and headed for Oregon. By the time we got to Willows (north of Sacramento) I put my foot down and insisted we get a motel.
Next day was better but at Weed near the state line it was so cold that the fog had frozen onto everything. It was truly beautiful but I was glad to be done with the cold.
Central Valley fog is deadly at times and stupid people drive like there wasn't any.

[JoGee]

Barb, I think most drivers simply don't know how to drive in those conditions.
I think cars should come with (mandatory) laminated instructions for driving in heavy fog, snow, rain, and haboobs (we also get heavy sand storms here sometimes)....and any other hazardous conditions.

[Pat B]

Jo - I had to google "haboob" to see what it was. Never heard that term used before.

[JoGee]

Southern AZ is pretty arid, so the sand/dust storms occur. Haven't had that in Tucson (knock on wood), but between Casa Grande and Phoenix, there are almost always dust devils "dancing" in the open lands; during monsoon winds, though, they become part of the haboob that is known to reach and cover the Phoenix area as well. That's a lot of miles of dust.

[maxie]

Up and dressed early and saw we had a wind chill of -4....decided to stay in again today. I have errands and would be in and out of the car wrestling with a coat and it just isn't worth it. Maybe tomorrow. Sometime this week because my glasses are so crooked I look like a cartoon character. Haven't picked up mail since last Wednesday..winter is such a bother! My cold is much improved this morning so that is one good sign. Cleaned house yesterday but forgot to dust the living room. Hopefully I will do that today but you never know what urge will hit or not hit. If I don't want to do it I pretty much don't. Nothing new just cold and that is old news...January thaw at the end of the week...yahoo!!!!

[Paula A]

Good morning! It is chilly this morning, but another nice day going up into the 60's.
My adult niece in MN posted her temp: -22. Another nephew in San Diego asked "what is that dash in front mean?"
I hope he was kidding, but it did make me laugh. My niece grew up in ND so she knows what cold feels like. She said she just didn't know how long it could last!
Jo, any chance of contacting your former doctor in NY and getting her to call the present doc?
Thank heaven you are capable of staying on top of this.
Maye, I really wanted gas here, but after hearing all the work and cost to change over I decided to keep it electric. When we moved here the very small kitchen had a small wall unit oven...when we were able to remodel that was the first thing to go!
Right now I have soup simmering on the stove. I made Mickey Mouse waffles for the kids.
That fog! We used to drive from San Diego to Red Bluff for Christmas. One time there was a 100 car pile up. We missed it by an hour. I can remember one trip to the Sacramento airport that took Gary and me and our family 3 1/2 hours. It usually is a 2 hour max drive, but it was December and we left early just to have the time to drive in the fog! Gary drove, I white knuckled my way beside him.
Congratulations on the Ohio win! Majority of my friends were Duck fans, but it has been exciting to watch the process.
Keep the tea pot on and stay inside...if you have to go out, stay safe!
Karlinann, you know we are all cheering you on! Pat, can we have that chicken once a month?
Maye, waving right back, every day, and checkng in....keeping up on the west coast!





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