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And Book,,, glad your back, I missed you!
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Fantastic news LadeeC... about time you found someone who really listens, believes as you do and understands.... so happy for you.... and I know you needed that rest so bad.... keep us updated on progress... you may have started a revolution here with not doing Western medicine.... you will have to educate us...
I have my first appt with the cardiologist next monday.....am already prepared to tell him NO on any kind of surgery..... I hear he is a wonderful Dr and does not advocate the 'cutting route' unless it is life saving emergency... so am looking forward to finding ways to get healthier without a ton of other poison being put back in my body... love ya !!!

Book,sooooooo glad to hear from you... I hate the situation you are in... but support you no matter what... and HOORAY for you telling the bosses wife what you did..... that alone will take some of the pressure off.... just like I did with J about the way she speaks to me... she had been a 'good girl' ever since....

Glad, I want to quit my job and you can't find one, or aren't hearing as fast as you would like... life is so crazy..... and then we get crazy....so hope you hear something soon....

And JillyBean, I don't know you, but that was one powerful one word post..... so thank you for sharing that !!!! Awesome... but do hope things are getting better for you....

Everyone else... hope things were at least somewhat manageable for you today... sending gentle hugs and chocolate to you all.
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Started moving things back to my house today. Well, not exactly the truth, my oldest daughter and husband took a truck load. For those that don't know there was a fire at my home in August last year. It has been a long road of repairs. Two months later my best friend that was caring for my cats and home so I could take care of Mom and L passed away. He had been quite ill for a number of years. So, with mom and L now in a community my home is ready I will be moving back the last week in October. Mom's 89th is the 26th, J passed on the 28th, and I do not know what home will feel like. I have not lived there in four years. Just very strange to think about. I hope this job comes through, that will help so much.

My kids all live down there hope I get to see them more often. Looking forward to getting my sewing machine out of storage. Now grands range in age from 4-8. I can make all sorts of cute things for them. My mom taught me to sew when I was in fifth grade she was quite the seamstress and has her degree in home economics and textiles. A bit bittersweet thinking about. I am planning on making xmas dresses for the grandgirls. Purple corderoy, for whatever reason mom had about 10 yards of it, hemmed around the edges, maybe a tablecloth for one very, very long table. Who the heck knows!
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Things are starting to fall into place, after all your hard work, Glad. {{{{Hugs!}}}}
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gladimhere, I am so happy for you. You have a whole new life ahead. Everything you unpack will feel brand new. Enjoy the journey!
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I am so apprehensive, actually scared to death!
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Have family spend the first night?
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Not scared of being in the house, just such a drastic change. Nothing is known. I need a crystal ball!
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Try to look at the other side of the coin also. Right now, you are focused on the fear side of drastic change. Try to focus on the exciting side of drastic change, the dawning of a new day, the blooming a of new life, the blossoming of a new flower, the growth of a seed into a apple tree, and the transformation of a caterpillar in a cocoon into a butterfly.

Since crystal balls don't exist like a GPS for our lives, let us more forward in looking at the other side of what scares us about major changes in our life to the other side of hope and faith that can have some excitement and hope about such a new future with the kind of changes going on in your life right now.

I could almost imagine an fictional discussion between two twins in their mother's womb. One says to the other, "I am not sure that I want to leave this place." Then comes a labor contraction and the other twin says, "I don't think we have any choice but to leave here soon. See ya on the other siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!"

I wish you the very best with these drastic, major changes in your life! May the sun rise to great you, and you find renewed strength and liveliness like a butterfly free from its cocoon as you more forward with your life. Take care. Do something nice for you.

Love, cyber hugs, and prayers!
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Glad, wish I was there with you - and we'd get scared together. I've found that sharing fears is so much better. It forces me to step up and do what needs to be done - because the other person won't.

Just remember to take deep breaths to help find calmness. {{HUGS}}
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Glad & Send - you both changed your avatars! You're being seasonal - Halloween! I like it - colorful.
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Book, I like yours too! Send started a pumpkin carving thread yesterday. On another thread they were talking about all things fall, including pumpkin carving. So, after the move, or before I just may attempt one of the creative tedious carving projects, we'll see.

Magnum, thanks, there is some excitement, actually probably closer to anxiety. I will get there.
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These ghosts can be one of those DIY projects. If you have like a doll, drape fabric around it. Spray very generouslywith Aleene's Fabric Quick Stiffening Spray and let it dry. When dry, remove the doll and sit the fabric back down. If you really want to make it scary, find one of those glowing skulls and somehow find a way of inserting it inside the hood. ... This photo and instructions are in FB.
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Yesterday, they were playing the Halloween pumpkin carving contest. They were great. They have imagination. They are artistic! It's hard to believe that pumpkins can look so scary. I Think it was in the cooking channel.
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Looking forward to getting channels I like best back! Food Channel, HGTV, Lifetime (if that is where Golden Girls are), National Geographic.... Heck I even gave up my favorite TV shows for nightly Law and Order, NCIS and Lawrence Welk! I may not even be able to figure out the remote! Getting Prism, had DirecTV for years, but really wanted to try something different.
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I think the Golden Girls is in the TVLand channel. It's where they play all the oldies - like Andy Griffin, Dukes of Hazzards, etc... Lifetime channel is too depressing for me. Too close to reality. I remembered the last time I watched there, the movie was so depressing (physical abuse), I no longer wanted to watch those Lifetime movies.

I still like watching the Property Brothers. =)
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Ahh, yes, TVLand! Shows how out of touch I am. Don't even know where to find my favorite old shows!
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Cockroaches mating season. They're coming out everywhere and just not the kitchen. One big one flying in the living room. Went to my bedroom and one landed behind me. On my way out, I grabbed and sprayed the roach, closed the door. Came out of the restroom, another cockroach on the linen table.

Midnight and dad is still talking.
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I saw a big one scurrying across the garage and called the exterminator. We are having a weird heat wave in LA, over 100 degrees, and it's bringing out the bugs.
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Yuck!
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Glad, did I read that right? Is cmagnum suggesting you get GPS instead of a crystal ball? Que sera, sera, whatever will be will be, (that's what my mother said to me).

{{{{Hugs, lol}}}}} CMag, knew that would freak you out if you had to explain.
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Book, property brothers, now that can get anyone excited about remodeling, buying, selling, getting new appliances!
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Book and yoga.. I have fruit / drain flyes. They are picking me off big time! I have bleach down the laundry room drain, and some crazy mix I found online in the kitchen . Wish me luck.. or I am going to have to call an exterminator. Which will p my hubs off big time...LOL
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pamz, I think I have fruit/drain flies, too! I sprayed some raid. It took a couple of times, I hope they don't come back. They were in my bathtub and sink. I'll try bleach, thanks.
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I don't even own a TV Glad,! Happy you are getting moved back in.... it will be so much fun to have it all to yourself and sewing purple corduroy drapes for the living room.... !!!! Congrats and then the new job will land in your lap..... hugs .
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There was a time when we had a bad case of fruit flies. They are so tiny, that they can go right through our screen windows. At first, they were only in the kitchen. Then they started showing up in the livingroom. I had to make sure all leftover foods, including the ones left in the kitchen drain were cleared out. Ever since our trash collector declared No Food in the trash, I've been putting it in the ziplock sandwich bag and throwing it in the trash. (Before, I was throwing the food out in the yard for the cats. Except the cats disappeared and the rats came. So, no more throwing in the yard, and back in the trash.) For those that came in the house, I started putting containers with vinegar and Dawn in it. I remember putting one in the kitchen and one in the livingroom. That drew the flies to it, and they died.

I never heard of fruit/drain flies. So, I just googled it. The female fruit flies will lay eggs inside the drain - kitchen and shower drains. Pam is correct about the bleach. The thing is, you need to pour bleach in your drains regularly to keep the fruitflies away. It's recommended to unscrew the drain cover, and then pour the bleach in. By removing the cover, you will be able to cover all around the drain with the bleach. This procedure is to Kill the eggs laid inside the drain.

To kill or cut back the fruit/drain flies, you will also need to make your own fruit fly traps (4-5 traps) depending how bad it is. There are different fruit fly traps that you can make. Google: thebugsquad - fruit fly trip

It's not only food that draws the fruit flies into the house. Fruit flies are also drawn to the cat litter. You need to change the litter regularly, and strategically set one of your home-made fruit fly trap near it. This way they go to the trap and not to the litter.

So, for you guys, it's fruit flies season.
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Correction: Not "fruit fly trip"... "fruit fly TRAP". Wish I could blame the kindle. It was my fingers that misspelled it while typing on the laptop.
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As I mentioned previously, I've been handling 2 big clients. One company, it's like every department making travel requests for several people, with different flight options. Most are last minute bookings like within 2 weeks from now. Due to TSA requirements, i need to make sure I have their passport name, DOB, etc... Sometimes, the person handling the reservations is Not paying attention and give me names that's not based on their passport. Some airlines won't allow me to make name changes. I would have to cancel and rebook it with the correct name. Response,"Oh, I thought I can just give you the passport name later on." No! That's why I asked for their Full passport name.

Yesterday, I was able to grab the last 2 seats to Singapore with an airfare of $890.00 but it was 7-8 hours layover in Japan in Each Direction. The airfare with short layovers was over $2200.00 per person. Today, I found an airfare of $990, with a shorter layover in Japan on the Return flight. I called the coordinator and gave him the good news.

AGAIN, I asked him to please verify if his co-worker's name is what he gave to me. He said that he still has her boarding pass from the last trip. Doesn't that mean it's what's on her passport? I said "no". Like now, you gave me her name as "Julie Andrews". I will book it as Julie Andrews but that may not be her name in the passport. Hours later, he sends me an email: Her full name is: Julie Jones Miller." I tried to change her name - and I couldn't. I called him up to break the bad news. He was upset and tried to blame it on me. I said that that's why I ask fo r the passport name. The airlines don't do name changes.

Anyway, I had to cancel her reservation because there's no way she can travel as Julie Andrews where there's not even an "Andrews" in her passport. We stayed on the phone while he was panicking. I rebooked the flights for her, and kept coming up with $2200-some. After a while, I found the same fare on the same flights. He was sooooo relieved.

I said, "I got it! The same flights, the same airfare! You guys are soooo fortunate!"
He replied, "NO! YOU are brilliant!"

=) Me smiling here. Ladee, I am grateful that this client appreciated that I do my best to get what they want - best route, best airfare. Now if he can just tell my bosses!!!!
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I think God and Ladee and all of your well wishes are coming my way. Also today, I went to the bank to make a deposit into the company that does our payroll. As I walked up to the teller, I smiled and greeted her. A little background info. This bank is not the bank we deal with - personally or business. I only come here to pay money for our payroll. I have noticed for years, that the tellers of this bank are not very friendly - as in islander friendly. I have bank accounts from 3 different banks. Two of them are very friendly. The third one - is more business like- quick, do the job - and NEXT!

So, this bank, today, is the payroll bank. She said, "Good morning!" without a smile. I greeted back with a big smile, "Hi! Good morning!" She paused and smiled. She said, "Every time you come in, you are so cheerful, perky!" Then she asked my name. Sigh.. Finally!!! Most tellers (and USPS postal workers) tend to be very friendly with me quickly.

I never want to be a teller. I have stood in line for years. And eavesdrop a lot. These tellers are treated as non-person. People walk up to them, do their business with no greetings or smile. So, I make it a point to smile and be very friendly to them. I just feel so sorry for them. Now, when i go to different bank branches or different Post Offices, I'm greeted out loud with my name. =)

Another gratefulness. Wow, 2 in one day! All of your thoughts/prayers are working. Thank you!
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Ladee, are you also resting up? Sounds like a stressful job with the time limits, deadlines, and re-do's. Some are not as kind as you and won't go out of their way
to find the cheaper flights.
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