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Rosella and Ted - Yes, through our local senior services, my dad can get transportation to the local hospital that is about 5 miles away but not to the university hospital where his cardiologist works. I'm hoping to get him into the heart failure clinic at the local hospital and even if we can't arrange rides through senior services, it won't mean leaving work for several hours to get him where he needs to go. Keep your fingers crossed that this all works out. Thanks for the advice, though.
Yeah you will find a solution... I had better not to drive boats, as I make bumps on my car every day or two! "Sorry, Mr Killer Whale, I thought you would turn right!"
I just read an MSNBC Science News article titled "End Of The World Delayed" Here's a qoute; "If the calendar doesn't end in December 2012, no one knows when it actually will — or if it has already." So on that note, I am going to bed. Thank you all for being here, and Thank You Captain, for permission to board.
What are all you dong up this time of night? It's nearly 9 PM here which means .... oh no ... are you all "night people"? Hey, joking ... Halloween & now I'm afraid to open any subject!
however - I no longer have teenage children. Grown & gone. The Twilght series is a mystery to me even tho I know the area. Can someone share the intrigue about it's popularity? It's a mushy, dark, squishy forest. Now with a killer goat!
No kidding... a wonderful man was killed by an aggressive Mt Goat! Hideous event! I ache for his family!
Going to shut down the computer now! Good night to all my friends ... Especially happy Cat night!!!
'Nite guys. I am going to work a little more. Which side of the street do they drive boats in italy? It depends. i drive them over the sidewalks (curbs), against other people's boats, into the ditches (where they feel comfortable for the presence of water). I don't have a favorite side to do so. If it happens to the right, or to the left, I don't mind! Rip I don't watch that thngs about vampires. I am afraid of Halloween, too!
good morning ! i woke up at 4 am and starting cleaning house , doing laundry , wow ! thought id get pa s bfast ready , made him sasuage gravy (his fav) scramble eggs , went and found him awake and got him up . it was all waa waaaa wa , brag about how i got up early and got his bfast all done and waiting for him . he thanked me for that then back to wa waa waa . my head starting to throb , he even did that while eating it was mmm waa wa mmm ohh mmmm waaaaaa , all kinds of noise coming out of his mouth , i know he cant help it , that is what i hear every morning when i open my eyes . so now he s all done and very quite watching tv , whew finaly got some quite here . i think after this load laundry is done , i ll go lay back down , if pa lets me . i need to go to walmart , grr hate that store . i try to avoid it but need to go in there , hubby s blue jeans has fullofholes and rip in em , he has been complain here lately , thinkin to go buy him few pairs of 10 dollars jeans . that ll make him happy . rossella , what time is it there ? here its 7;40 am . are u getting sleepy ? lol . i used to work third shift 11pm to 7 am , loved that shift , night time and nobody s around . ah i better get off here , wheres miz , deefer , gerogiapeach ? s.s too . pirategal , mm who eles ? good morning bobbie ! enjoying your coffee yet ? i ve had about 4 cups already , zoom zoom . :-) xoxo
Ted: you and yours are welcome aboard and we are pleased to have you.
Crowe and I go back to when I was so impressed by his posts and told him so!! He knows that he and his wife are welcome aboard. Ted and Crowe should try to come to the boat together!! A lot of healing dynamic can happen when 2 gather 2gether.....
Rossella!! Just like I was taught. Drive the boat and the Captain is right next to me. Harder to blow it! Here we drive the boat in the middle of the channel unless someone is coming the other way and then it's American style and you should pass each other on your port (left) sides.
I did want to put a whoopee cushion under the sheepskin on the helm chair and say to people.... 'hey! wanna steer?' Always a good ice breaker.
Linda!! my favorite is when you write: 'zoom zoom' I just laughed out loud... oh yeah: lol. at your last post. hilarious.
Where's Cast? another of my Fav-o-rite writers! Miz? check in my darling and let us know how you are doing,
Kuli, you are such a sweetheart and we love you! hold on, but not too tight and we will see you on the boat!
I have to handle some boat bidness... back in a few hours.
It's true, crew! Hold on, but not too tight! (unless we're in rough seas)
Always remember that on the Grossed Out thread: sacred cows are shot while you wait!
Oh my. More turmoil on here. Man, I'm already stressed this morning. Sure not looking for more. Rip, I know you have everyone's welfare in mind and in your heart. You're a lovely person and I know you meant no harm. I have learned so much about forgiveness lately. It's a beautiful thing. I do know one thing. If we can't laugh we might end up crying and not being able to stop. I hope that makes sense.
Life around here is about the same. Lots to worry about and not much energy to do it anything about it. Still fighting Mom's sugar levels. One of the caregivers spoon fed her and she ate all of the spaghetti she made her for lunch. It's so weird for me to spoon feed her. I mean, she's not a baby. I do put food on her fork and hand it to her. Gotta go get Mom changed.
Love you all. Thanks for being here. You're the best. Boat boat boat boat boat. :))
Hey everyone, Good morning! Been AWOL for a few days and just caught up on posts. HELLO!!!! It's time for everyone to lighten up again and stop taking every comment personally! We are all in this together and I agree that the past can be hard to deal with, but can we please all play nice together and support each other through this wretched time we are all enduring! I for one will take humor in any way shape or form! It's a great way to keep the "black hole" at bay. So, when someone is venting or trying to make us feel better, let us be able to express our feelings without having to worry about backlash! We are all here for the help, not the hurt!
people leave because they just don't know what to say or maybe they know exactly what to say and just don't want to get into it.
I am not leaving and I will reach out for those who disappear for a moment when we hit a wave,
My way of handling it is just to take it as a wave and keep driving the boat.
Ponder on the word: Recovery. In context, how many uses?
In a boat it is when you take a wave or some kind of incident and it knocks the boat over but hopefully you know where/what/why the 'righting moment' is and that the boat will recover from that incident.
Of course the term recovery is in AA, NA, MA, OA, SA, etc. At AAA it's when they recover your car after you went to an AA followed by a SA meeting and decided screw it, I'm having a beer and getting laid and then you forget where you parked the f^^king car and then had to recover from worrying that you have the early onset.
That being said, on to the real business! Miz, so happy you got Sandy back safe. We now have 4 cats! That's kind of what I have been dealing with these last few days. A young woman on our street put her 2 indoor cats out on the street a couple weeks ago, because she didn't want them in her house any longer. They were confused, hungry, and dirty! the neighbors were getting ready to call MSPCA to come and get them. Well, they found their way to my front porch where we put out food for strays when the weather turns cold. When hubby and I found out what she did, we decided to adopt them! Ar first I thought there was just one, then a little "scrappy" get this, Lynx point Siamese showed up with the other! Fed them and put a box of blankets on the porch for shelter until we found out where they came from. Took both of them to the vet yesterday, and $500 later, I took home to clean, happy, very grateful cats. The little guy is around 3 and fairly healthy. just had fleas and was undernourished. The big guy is at least 10 years old and was very bony, had an abscessed tooth, fleas, filthy ears and a cough! He is now minus the bad tooth, clean, and on an antibiotic. Both were very happy to be in a warm house last night! my other 2 cats are a little PO'd right now, but behaving well towards the intruders. We do not let our cats outside, so we know they will be safe now that they are with us. Of course we didn't adopt them, they adopted us! Hope you all have an easy day! Kathy
biz is anybody's heart that's hurting as Miz's was with Sandy and Sassy and Crowe's and Ted's and Rip's.
those are the waves we ride. some waves are bigger than others and therefore require more crew to handle them.
What we know in these 5 thousand plus posts is that this crew sticks together and we get the boat home. We cool.
Another welcome to our dude sailors.
Cat humor: 2 people working on boat as we speak. Doors opening and closing, engine room door opening and closing. I'm in my cabin forward ,where the desk is and, concerned about the cat stood up and yelled: Anybody seen the cat? And the cat, tucked into the corner 2 feet from my head said: I'm right here you ridiculous idiot.
Hey everyone, Amazing what a good night's sleep can do!
Listen, I'm beginning to feel very badly about last night's post and my part in it (The New Guy's causing trouble on deck!) but I want to go out on limb and say something. I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds with any of this.
I can only speak for myself, but I believe that Rip and Crowe might both agree with me that the whole thing was just a common miscommunication caused by the challenges of trying to have somewhat serious discussions on-line rather than face-to-face with all the nuances and subtle expressions of intent and irony and humor that face-to-face allows.
I do not believe for one second that anyone meant to hurt anyone, and if any feelings were stepped on, I firmly believe it is regretted by all involved.
As far Just Leaving when things get tough, Miz, I agree with you that you don't just walk away from a debate when it gets too intense, But I think that what happened last night was that we understood that wires were crossing, as Crowe said, and that the thing to do was to step back a bit before it all starting spiraling out of control. I respect that.
I sincerely thank EACH of you for being here for me, and hope you don't make me walk the plank.
Morning Cgivers, Miz, Please give up the worry.....never solved anything. I pray you become worry free. Concern & compassion we know you have, but we don't want to see you damaged by worry. Sassy is OK, Sandy is OK and worry didn't help any (just stressed you & wore you out). You are so good & we care about you sweet lady. Worry is one of the works of evil, that little p___k on your shoulder saying "what are you going to do?" over and over......Don't listen to him! Do the breathing that Deef told us about. Sorry about your mom's sugar levels. I just recently learned that carbohydrates turn to sugar (pasta, potato, rice, bread). My mom has been much better since we cut out most of the carbs. Her sugar gets low overnight too, but keeps some prunes & little bits of food near for a quick boost. Hope you find some balance. Rosella, How lovely that you won a trip to Italy! How nice that you can drive your boat on the streets & in the ditches! Venice is it? LOL Ted, Thanks, we need more sharp, silly, twisted stuff. A quick wit is a joy! Are you an Irishman? Bobbie, You've created a monster...well over 5000 posts of laughter & tears, joy & mourning. A HUMAN experience we are blessed to be a part of. Rip, I think cargiving is one of those things people don't want to know about & don't want to experience, but one of those things we so should know about upfront! It sure is a brick wall when it happens without any prior knowledge of the how toos or what ifs. I had changed a few diapers as a teenager, but that was the extent of my caregiver knowledge. What a kick in the teeth it was to be thrown into it (even gradually) & how I wish we had all had an education earlier. Would we have rejected the role had we known? Is that why no one told us? Sorry....tooo deep. GP, Sorry your daughter is such a snot. Couldn't you choose your own NH for the future & leave your daughter out of it? If she resents you so much now.....I have no kids & will rely on either a quick death or the love of GOD in my later years. I hate to see you have to kiss up to a manipulative brat. How old is she? How old is your granddaughter? Chances are she will reject her mother when she's older & love on you! I hate politics, especially when it comes to families. I'll stop now...starting to rant. Love & best to you all.
Hey Ted! Nice to meet you! At this point, I think we all could walk the plank with our eyes closed! Good nights sleep? How did you manage that? Lucky you! I don't remember what that is like, but would sure like to do it again someday. Preferably sooner than later! All is cool here. As Bobbie said, we move on, otherwise we all wouldn't be here for so long! Hope you have a great day!
Ted I have been on here since 08 and shit happens but we talk about it and carry on-we speak our feelings and sometimes others get upset we are one big family and that happens -you can see how long this thread has been going and there has been more than one bump in the road I think we do pretty good comming from all over the U.S. and Italy, I have been trying to give stars today but when I do it I get an offer to join which I did years ago. I had my own bump went to get in my car and the battery is dead so had to cancel my plans because it will be over two hrs until the motor club gets here-at times being a widow is not fun.
Found out what the problem was I did have to sign in again and hope to be able to resume giving stars Maxine are we all ok here now folks? We need each and everyone here.
Austin,it takes 2 hours here in the country for car club also. Being a widow does suck, the good thing is you have no one to argue with, the bad thing is ..........you have no one to argue with.
Hey friends... I'm at a point where I am not sure what's the best option for everyone with my Mom. I'm sure being with family is the preferred method for most parents, but when a person is just not the 'raising kids type" of person and has very little tolerance abilities for a aging parent, I start to think she woud be better off in a friendly caring environment where they like to chit chat, dance, play bingo, etc at some point it will need to happen, I can't be a 24 hr caregiver.....Why is this so hard?
HC. I went through the same thing recently (I'm a single man with never any children and certainly not wealthy), and I had a bit of a break down over it until I got myself as together as possible and gave it all, (everything, and there's plenty), a good thinking through. For myself it came down my feeling that it would be best for mom AND me if things would stay as they are for the time being with some adjustments to my own innerworld, It seems to be turning out to be a positive and growthful thing for me to make those changes, and I am now glad that i came to that crisis point and am now moving on.
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I had better not to drive boats, as I make bumps on my car every day or two!
"Sorry, Mr Killer Whale, I thought you would turn right!"
"If the calendar doesn't end in December 2012, no one knows when it actually will — or if it has already."
So on that note, I am going to bed.
Thank you all for being here, and Thank You Captain, for permission to board.
What are all you dong up this time of night? It's nearly 9 PM here which means ....
oh no ... are you all "night people"?
Hey, joking ... Halloween & now I'm afraid to open any subject!
however - I no longer have teenage children. Grown & gone. The Twilght series is a mystery to me even tho I know the area.
Can someone share the intrigue about it's popularity?
It's a mushy, dark, squishy forest. Now with a killer goat!
No kidding... a wonderful man was killed by an aggressive Mt Goat! Hideous event! I ache for his family!
Going to shut down the computer now! Good night to all my friends ... Especially happy Cat night!!!
Which side of the street do they drive boats in italy?
It depends. i drive them over the sidewalks (curbs), against other people's boats, into the ditches (where they feel comfortable for the presence of water). I don't have a favorite side to do so. If it happens to the right, or to the left, I don't mind!
Rip I don't watch that thngs about vampires. I am afraid of Halloween, too!
I have to sleep next night, seriously!
thought id get pa s bfast ready , made him sasuage gravy (his fav) scramble eggs , went and found him awake and got him up . it was all waa waaaa wa , brag about how i got up early and got his bfast all done and waiting for him . he thanked me for that then back to wa waa waa . my head starting to throb , he even did that while eating it was mmm waa wa mmm ohh mmmm waaaaaa , all kinds of noise coming out of his mouth ,
i know he cant help it , that is what i hear every morning when i open my eyes . so now he s all done and very quite watching tv , whew finaly got some quite here .
i think after this load laundry is done , i ll go lay back down , if pa lets me .
i need to go to walmart , grr hate that store . i try to avoid it but need to go in there , hubby s blue jeans has fullofholes and rip in em , he has been complain here lately , thinkin to go buy him few pairs of 10 dollars jeans . that ll make him happy .
rossella , what time is it there ? here its 7;40 am .
are u getting sleepy ? lol . i used to work third shift 11pm to 7 am , loved that shift , night time and nobody s around .
ah i better get off here ,
wheres miz , deefer , gerogiapeach ? s.s too . pirategal , mm who eles ?
good morning bobbie ! enjoying your coffee yet ? i ve had about 4 cups already , zoom zoom . :-) xoxo
Can't say 'Ladies' anymore!!
Ted: you and yours are welcome aboard and we are pleased to have you.
Crowe and I go back to when I was so impressed by his posts and told him so!! He knows that he and his wife are welcome aboard. Ted and Crowe should try to come to the boat together!! A lot of healing dynamic can happen when 2 gather 2gether.....
Rossella!! Just like I was taught. Drive the boat and the Captain is right next to me. Harder to blow it! Here we drive the boat in the middle of the channel unless someone is coming the other way and then it's American style and you should pass each other on your port (left) sides.
I did want to put a whoopee cushion under the sheepskin on the helm chair and say to people.... 'hey! wanna steer?'
Always a good ice breaker.
Linda!! my favorite is when you write: 'zoom zoom' I just laughed out loud... oh yeah: lol. at your last post. hilarious.
Where's Cast? another of my Fav-o-rite writers!
Miz? check in my darling and let us know how you are doing,
Kuli, you are such a sweetheart and we love you! hold on, but not too tight and we will see you on the boat!
I have to handle some boat bidness... back in a few hours.
It's true, crew! Hold on, but not too tight! (unless we're in rough seas)
Always remember that on the Grossed Out thread:
sacred cows are shot while you wait!
lovbob
Life around here is about the same. Lots to worry about and not much energy to do it anything about it. Still fighting Mom's sugar levels. One of the caregivers spoon fed her and she ate all of the spaghetti she made her for lunch. It's so weird for me to spoon feed her. I mean, she's not a baby. I do put food on her fork and hand it to her. Gotta go get Mom changed.
Love you all. Thanks for being here. You're the best. Boat boat boat boat boat. :))
love,
miz
love,
miz
HELLO!!!! It's time for everyone to lighten up again and stop taking every comment personally! We are all in this together and I agree that the past can be hard to deal with, but can we please all play nice together and support each other through this wretched time we are all enduring!
I for one will take humor in any way shape or form! It's a great way to keep the "black hole" at bay. So, when someone is venting or trying to make us feel better, let us be able to express our feelings without having to worry about backlash! We are all here for the help, not the hurt!
love,
miz
good to see ya shipmate.
people leave because they just don't know what to say or maybe they know exactly what to say and just don't want to get into it.
I am not leaving and I will reach out for those who disappear for a moment when we hit a wave,
My way of handling it is just to take it as a wave and keep driving the boat.
Ponder on the word: Recovery.
In context, how many uses?
In a boat it is when you take a wave or some kind of incident and it knocks the boat over but hopefully you know where/what/why the 'righting moment' is and that the boat will recover from that incident.
Of course the term recovery is in AA, NA, MA, OA, SA, etc.
At AAA it's when they recover your car after you went to an AA followed by a SA meeting and decided screw it, I'm having a beer and getting laid and then you forget where you parked the f^^king car and then had to recover from worrying that you have the early onset.
It's all about getting back by going forward.
love you guys,
lovbob
lovbob
Miz, so happy you got Sandy back safe. We now have 4 cats! That's kind of what I have been dealing with these last few days. A young woman on our street put her 2 indoor cats out on the street a couple weeks ago, because she didn't want them in her house any longer. They were confused, hungry, and dirty! the neighbors were getting ready to call MSPCA to come and get them. Well, they found their way to my front porch where we put out food for strays when the weather turns cold. When hubby and I found out what she did, we decided to adopt them! Ar first I thought there was just one, then a little "scrappy" get this, Lynx point Siamese showed up with the other! Fed them and put a box of blankets on the porch for shelter until we found out where they came from.
Took both of them to the vet yesterday, and $500 later, I took home to clean, happy, very grateful cats. The little guy is around 3 and fairly healthy. just had fleas and was undernourished. The big guy is at least 10 years old and was very bony, had an abscessed tooth, fleas, filthy ears and a cough! He is now minus the bad tooth, clean, and on an antibiotic. Both were very happy to be in a warm house last night! my other 2 cats are a little PO'd right now, but behaving well towards the intruders. We do not let our cats outside, so we know they will be safe now that they are with us. Of course we didn't adopt them, they adopted us!
Hope you all have an easy day! Kathy
lovbob
those are the waves we ride. some waves are bigger than others and therefore require more crew to handle them.
What we know in these 5 thousand plus posts is that this crew sticks together and we get the boat home. We cool.
Another welcome to our dude sailors.
Cat humor:
2 people working on boat as we speak. Doors opening and closing, engine room door opening and closing. I'm in my cabin forward ,where the desk is and, concerned about the cat stood up and yelled: Anybody seen the cat?
And the cat, tucked into the corner 2 feet from my head said:
I'm right here you ridiculous idiot.
lovbob
Listen, I'm beginning to feel very badly about last night's post and my part in it (The New Guy's causing trouble on deck!) but I want to go out on limb and say something. I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds with any of this.
I can only speak for myself, but I believe that Rip and Crowe might both agree with me that the whole thing was just a common miscommunication caused by the challenges of trying to have somewhat serious discussions on-line rather than face-to-face with all the nuances and subtle expressions of intent and irony and humor that face-to-face allows.
I do not believe for one second that anyone meant to hurt anyone, and if any feelings were stepped on, I firmly believe it is regretted by all involved.
As far Just Leaving when things get tough, Miz, I agree with you that you don't just walk away from a debate when it gets too intense, But I think that what happened last night was that we understood that wires were crossing, as Crowe said, and that the thing to do was to step back a bit before it all starting spiraling out of control. I respect that.
I sincerely thank EACH of you for being here for me, and hope you don't make me walk the plank.
Miz, Please give up the worry.....never solved anything. I pray you become worry free. Concern & compassion we know you have, but we don't want to see you damaged by worry. Sassy is OK, Sandy is OK and worry didn't help any (just stressed you & wore you out). You are so good & we care about you sweet lady. Worry is one of the works of evil, that little p___k on your shoulder saying "what are you going to do?" over and over......Don't listen to him! Do the breathing that Deef told us about.
Sorry about your mom's sugar levels. I just recently learned that carbohydrates turn to sugar (pasta, potato, rice, bread). My mom has been much better since we cut out most of the carbs. Her sugar gets low overnight too, but keeps some prunes & little bits of food near for a quick boost. Hope you find some balance.
Rosella, How lovely that you won a trip to Italy! How nice that you can drive your boat on the streets & in the ditches! Venice is it? LOL
Ted, Thanks, we need more sharp, silly, twisted stuff. A quick wit is a joy! Are you an Irishman?
Bobbie, You've created a monster...well over 5000 posts of laughter & tears, joy & mourning. A HUMAN experience we are blessed to be a part of.
Rip, I think cargiving is one of those things people don't want to know about & don't want to experience, but one of those things we so should know about upfront! It sure is a brick wall when it happens without any prior knowledge of the how toos or what ifs. I had changed a few diapers as a teenager, but that was the extent of my caregiver knowledge. What a kick in the teeth it was to be thrown into it (even gradually) & how I wish we had all had an education earlier. Would we have rejected the role had we known? Is that why no one told us? Sorry....tooo deep.
GP, Sorry your daughter is such a snot. Couldn't you choose your own NH for the future & leave your daughter out of it? If she resents you so much now.....I have no kids & will rely on either a quick death or the love of GOD in my later years. I hate to see you have to kiss up to a manipulative brat. How old is she? How old is your granddaughter? Chances are she will reject her mother when she's older & love on you! I hate politics, especially when it comes to families.
I'll stop now...starting to rant.
Love & best to you all.
Good nights sleep? How did you manage that? Lucky you! I don't remember what that is like, but would sure like to do it again someday. Preferably sooner than later!
All is cool here. As Bobbie said, we move on, otherwise we all wouldn't be here for so long!
Hope you have a great day!
Bobbie, You're speaking for the kitty now? That's not a good sign! LOLOLOLOLOLOL....esp if she's calling you names!!!