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i'm here - a bit tired tonight - listening to classical music in a semi dark room -
darn diflucan had me really nauseated earlier today but it has passed now
tomorrow I will take it with food - I will stick this dose as long as I can to deal with the imbalance

dd taking me out to lunch (aren't I there already?lol) tomorrow or wed for b'day treat - as long as I am Ok, then we will tackle the basement or something around the house - bless that girl!

last night Gary, who is away roofing a barn, called and asked me to find the 2 pictures of the white stallion - O- Kay - on the one external hard drive he only has 1117 (not kidding) pictures all mixed up of horses, family and safety stuff - yeah right - guess what? I found them in about 10 min,, thankfully he only has one white horse - the next request was for a palomino stallion -well he has a palomino mare too and from the pics unless there is a foal nearby you can't tell - at least I can't -sent them all and haven't heard - good enough
shopping done, laundry to do and fruit to freeze or preserve - strawberries don't last long even in the frig but they are a good price these days

ladee - think u done well in figuring out ur way through sonny and marie -I did that in the last years at work - it was worth putting up with the increasing bs cause I liked teaching and it paid well - saw-off's, always saw-off's -and it helped my pension and I never wanted to have to rely on any one else ever again

shawna - I am native by marriage and by heart still to some extent - I learned much - woodlands Cree (Mikisew Band) in northern alberta and have my treaty card and proud of it!

time to settle for the night I think - may have a busy day tomorrow
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Evening my dear caregiving friends! It is late...got lost in the day. It was cool enough this morning that I was able to work in mom's flower beds some a little weeding.. Felt good to be outside. Dad had a fairly decent day. I was grateful.
Ok ladee...toys R us! Woohoo!! I thought alum foil was just plain redneck!! What works right! Love ya girl
Shawna... Your moms right, try not to let the drama get you down! Too sad your sis didn't respect you dads outfit, if for nothing else the pride of it being your fathers. Keep the faith girl?
Stormy...we will all be waiting to hear about your dad, you will be in my thoughts and prayers tomorrow.
Where is Starri?? Hooe she is finally getting some r and r!!
Semme....hope that all is ok and that you aren't running more ragged than usual. And that mom is as ok as possible.
I pray for all of you to have a good night and day. You all make my days easier, I thank you and appreciate you so much! So grateful to you Jam!
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oh shawna - glad ur mum spoke up - keep the family treasures safe!!!

ladee - duct tape and foil - love it - here they use it on windows to keep out the light so the guys on night shift can sleep - whatever works lol - I'm not tellng u my little household secrets lol
nite all
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I am not native by marriage or blood. My mom's dad was half mohawk... but there's not enough in me to claim but that's okay. We got into it because of boy scouts what my daddy was doing. When the bottom fell through with the stupid councils we just went to pow wows. I had an adopted Cree grandma named Dearheart .. along with another set of adopted grandparents that were Apache. They always said i was a native stuck in a white girls body lol. Right now the outfit is at my niece Erica's and they don't dare go near her house that's a whole mess of worms I don't want to get into that has to do with the old house. It's protected in a garment bag and that's dang where its going to stay! If they don't like it too dang bad you promised yoru grandfather when he gave it to you that you'd take care of it and you DIDN"T so suck it up bucko not gonna happen. What REALLY got mom was we coudln't find my father's wampum belt which his life long friend had made him by hand... its large and gorgeous we looked EVERYWHERE i knew that my sister Kathy had given it to us when we moved before. Well it came up missing .. come to find out low life scum nephew stole it from OUR apartment then proceeded to give it to my sister Jeanne a LONG bit ago .. she didn't know that mom didn't know. Well to make a long story short its back where it belongs in the tote with the rest of my dad's stuff. that's not GOING to anyone. I'll have to go through my pics and scan a few to show you of my daddy in his outfit. We are what they call hobbyist we enjoy the social aspect of the native pow wows ... We don't do anything to do with the religion or anything that would encroach or offend ... we just like the dance.
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Shawna....I agree with ladee about putting up the shirt. Talking about the powwow reminded me that my daughter-in-law's family goes to one every year and she and my son got to go last year. It's in Ohio......they dress up in appropriate clothes....she had me keep her moccasins for her when her grandmother was living with them because gma wanted them. Dil's father had bought them for her and were very special to her.

Didn't realize how much the col hates her hair until we put her to bed. Target told her how nice she looks and she hollers "It looks like shit"!!!!!! She is mad because she didn't get a perm and isn't getting to wear it hanging in her face and down past her shoulders. You know that electrified Q-tip look. It really does look cute on her.

Hope y'all have a good night. Rest well........pleasant dreams to all of you!

Love and Hugz,
Jam
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Hey gang, well i didn't sleep worth a shi# last night! Don't really know why. I was having crazy dreams. And when I finally did go to sleep it wasn't a restful sleep and then i woke up at 4:00 got up for a few minutes and then went back to bed. Had to get up a 6:30. Maybe it's because hubby is gone. He had to go to hendersonville for a class for a few days and he left yesterday. It's going to be one long a$$ day today. Probably going to get sleepy and I am going to have to drink a pot of coffee to stay awake. I hope everyone had a better nites sleep than I did.
Love and hugs Stormyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Vic, the duct tape adds a certain little sparkle that just makes everything "pop"...I have to go outside to use my phone... too much interference... lol
emjo, hope you are feeling better today... hope you have a good time with your daughter today....let us know what you had for lunch..
Stormy... sorry you didn't sleep well, we'll be waiting to hear about your dad,
Jam, can't make a silk purse out of a Qtip, I'd get a perm so tight she couldn't get a comb thru it..... her and Marie are carbon copies of each other, bitch bitch bitch....
Ok going to my high priced maid's job.... talk to ya'' later. love and hugs across the miles to all of you...
Seeme, angels sent for your heart.... love ya
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Hey everybody...Just dropping in. Miss everybody so much. So much to catch up on Im not even gonna try.Some wonderful. new faces:) Its quite here right now the kids gone to school I dont even know wht to do with myself Lol. trust me though im kept plenty busy. I still say a prayer for everyone on her at night, rest for the weary,strength for those at the end of there rope, and relief for those that have done this for far to long. I"m convinced this is one of the hardest things any of us will ever do, whether we sail through this with love and patience or have had this thrown in our lap. I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Keep your chins up, because our home is there temporary home. I always play that song and try remind myself of that the when I'm at the end of my rope.
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Good Morning Posse!

ASG.....woohoo, glad to hear from you and thanks for the words of comfort. So what do you do with yourself now since the kids are in school? Long, hot bubblebaths? :) :) :) : ) love ya!

stormy....will be waiting to hear......don't nod off while you're sitting on the floor not letting the doctor out of the room.....on second thought...............................

Prayers and angels sent to you seeme........

emjo......where ya been? Feeling under the weather?

starri.......out there in the freedom of the wide open spaces.....

John, Vic, Shawna, ib4, mis, cwgrl, holler at me please.....my brain is on short-circuit this morning. Going to start sending out messages for weekend help.

Will check back later..........have a wonderful day everyone!

Love and Hugz to all,
Jam
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I give up on trying to get caught up...lol.. just glad everyone made it through the hurricane allright.No need to call out the national guard to come find me, or the blood hounds to find hubby's body..lol.. we're doing ok.. just have had some personal issues to deal with, along with learning how to deal with camping.. The personal issues might be ok, the camping is about to kill me.. NO ONE ever get a truck camper to camp in, I believe that a tent would be easier.. less stuff to move.. or do what I am going to do if we ever even think about doing this kinda thing again, buy a class c,

Tomorrow is the day to hit the road again, we're starting to pack things up for moving, not sure how far we are going to get before going, "we've gone far enough for today" lol... The next couple of days are going to be go, find some place to camp for the night and go again.. then we'll find a place to hole up for a couple of days.. and try and rest, had hubby post some pictures, but instead of putting them on my face book, he put the majority on his..lol.. glenn johnson. will get some more posted today sometime. Love to all, Carmen
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just woke up for the second time this morning so doubly sleepy - need MORE coffee
stormy u r n my prayers this morning - more than usual -waiting to hear
jam - how is the eviction going? good luck with finding weekend help
asg!!! great to see u here - having the kids back in school must take off the pressure
shawna - u have native blood - I think it shows in ur art - my "babes" (Gordie) was 1/4 cree - he loves to "stomp" when he was little - glad u found the wampum belt - keep them all safe - r u on facebook? I want to see pictures
ladee - hoping 4 a good day 4 u - and a cool evening - that would keep the phone bills down
starri - glad u r working out the personal stuff - not sure a tent would be easier and harder on the bones - gather the babies are all alright
seeme - I know u r not lost so maybe u r in the spa...or picking up shingles - hope mum is OK
vic - time to garden - that is great!!! Gary helps with his mum's flowers and his dad's vegs - and brings me rhubarb
YR - trhinking of u - prayers for dad
54 - have you found some help yet - I know u r at the end of your tether and u need a break
worried - seeing the lawyer tomorrow I think
john - picking up branches - hope no more storms
mismiley, 1b, cwgrl, and anyone I have missed - have a good day and let us know how u r doing
love, hugs and prayers ♥♥♥
Joan
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Yes I am on facebook. Look for Shawna-Lee Hynd The belt is safe and secure no one is getting it. Its in the tote in my office where my computer and eveything is. someone tries to touch it I'll break their fingers. Still branches here no clue when our landlord is going to deal with it. But there are others with worse so I understand. Oh and update on scum and idiot ... scum went into my other sisters house while she wasn't there this weekend and took things he said he gave her out of her house. Sis says thats IT all ties are severed she don't want him in her house and he can go rot... along with idiot sister and her idiot husband and our crap arse brother.... I told her I don't blame her and that I am here for her if she needs to talk...
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Shawna, sounds like you have to much drama going on, wonder if your brother knows that could be considered burglary ??? probably just better off, writing him off and telling him he shows his face again, he'll get a free ride in the back of a cop car.

Jo, what is up with you? detoxing off a med again or what? your suppose to be celebrating still..lol.. the girls are doing fine, Squeek is out running around somewhere, Claire and Maggie have figured out if they stick around camp, they get their freedom, take off and make me go chasing you, you end up in the pen for a while.

Heard out of baby brother this morning, his eye surgery went well, and he can see again..good enough to drive, so I know he has to be tickled pink about that, fussing that he has to go back down to Columbia (3 hrs. one way) to get it checked, but reminded him, it's better to make that drive than not be able to see, plus the fact that when we were working on getting his VA disability, he said that if they paid him travel pay for his trips, he'd do it everyday..lol.. He's finally realized pay or not, that isn't a fun trip.. never have gotten a thank you out of that kid... but have reminded him he owes me double lobster when I get back.

Waiting for Glenn to get back and we'll start breaking down the canopy he had to have..told him that we have to be staying more than 3 days for this thing to get set up..lol... to much work. Hope you all have peaceful nights and sweet dreams.
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it was my nephew and yeah she did. His mother my idiot sister came down to my sister Jeanne's with a list siince she told her my sister told her ... that she didn't want him at her house anymore so she came down to get his stuff. The kid had a list ... my sister put all his stuff on the porch and then handed her his games said she had enough called me after and said that's it shes done severed the ties and they can go screw themselves for all she cares ....she's done with them.
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Oh and they are takin the tree down today I just forgot to meniton it. I talked to my landlord and he's getting it down and also he's gonna try to put my grill on as a loss on his policy and see if he can hook us up with another one .. I do like my landlord even though he doesn't do much around the house *shrug* its okay .. I can do stuff for myself I rather and pay the lower price for the house than try to move mom again cause THATS not gonna happen.
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starri - glad ur babies are doing fine - squeek is running around??? guess she is not too hard to round up. sounds like the dogs have figured it out well - nice that they all can be out
I am sure u are right that u have to be there 3 days to make it worthwhile -we had a tent trailer once - prefer a camper on the back of a 1/2 ton better but not a pop up - a stay up lol - gary is a tent man - his concession will be cots in the tent - my need is a tent toilet or a hotel with a swimming pool and toilets lol - and beds!!!

shawna - u and ur good sis are doing the right thing - get the cr*p out of ur life - nobody needs that - glad the tree is getting dealt with and your landlord is going to try to get you another grill - sounds like a decent guy even if he does not do much

jam - had my b'day lunch with dd - grilled chicken, spinach salad with berries, almonds, avocado, and champagne vinagrette (no feta as I can't take dairy). the dressing was great though I never use much - just a few tastes and brought 1/2 the salad home for supper

going to make a list for dd - I will pay her for her work - they can use the money and I can use the help -she took my sewing machine back to her place today. what little use I have of it I can do over there or she can do for me - one more item gone from the house which suits me just fine - really need to get rid of stuff that has been sitting around - dd is good at that and she will help me clear things from the laundry room now that the hot water tank is fixed.

we will probably only be here another few years and it will likely take me that long to get rid of things I don't want to take when we move -think Gary still has stuff he wants to bring here - his art supplies for example

still weaning off the antihistamine and doing OK with that - not going to change it till I have this other stuff (diflucan) figured out - took it with food this morning and am fine so guess that is the answer - with a wisdom tooth extraction coming up Thursday want to have the pills figured out - mind you, never took a painkiller after an extraction before - didn't need it

beautiful cool sunny day here - 61 degrees and a little wind -good day for a walk. need to get movng again before winter arrives!!! - first it was the forest fires and the smoke, then one ailment or another, then the bear - best to stay the path so at least you can see them coming - gotta build up a little muscle lol -get the blood moving -
stormy -waiting to hear wbout dad and u and sis
ladee - hope Sonny and Marie had a good day - always think of sonny and cher lol
seeme -where r u???
Vic and YR - hope the dads r good and everyone else - hope it was a decent day for y'all
love
J
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I'm glad to hear that your sister has cut the strings, sad when you have to do that to family, but look at what family does to us.. I understand fully about just doing things around there yourself to be able to afford the place and not have to look at moving mom, I learned how to work on my own car that way..lol, had a mechanic who knew I could not afford to have him work on my car, so he'd tell me what the problem was, I'd get the part and then he'd tell me how to fix it.

I forgot to tell you ladies what Squeek did our first night here.. We've been keeping her in the cab of the truck over night, with her little sandbox and water, the next morning I get up, go to get her out and put her in the crate we had, she's locked the door to the truck, lol, Glenn's keys are in the front with her, thankfully something had told me to get my purse out of there so I had our extra set, could just see us having to call roadside to come and open the door so we could get the cat out.. here it is 7 in the morning, I'm standing in the site looking in the window at the cat, and the cat is standing up on the seat looking out the window at me..it was funny...

Hope all are doing well this evening, we've pretty much got everything as packed as we can get it short of hooking up the trailer and loading the bike, that will be for in the morning..
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ouch Jo, wisdom tooth? had all 4 of mine out at the same time, swollen up like a duck for 2 weeks..lol.. yeah, squeek is out running around, I'd had her on the harness, she can back herself out of it, going to have to take her to a pet co or something to have her fitted in one.. she backed herself out of her harness, got away before Glenn could grab her, and off she went.. so we've let her loose, she'll take off for a couple of hours, and wander back, does this all day, she's good for following me and the dogs where ever we go, so that works out well, she's pretty good about coming when I call her, she's actually better than the dogs for doing that. rattle the package the treats come in and she'll mow you down..lol.. don't know what the temp is here, but we have a breeze and man does it feel good.. time to pack up a few more things and get ready to hit the bed... hugs all.
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smart kitty - locked the truck door lol - bet she is enjoying wanderng around in the bush - toonie - my cat - goes across the street into the woods lots
smart kitty too - guess you do need a better fitting harness - aren't u glad u brought her with u?
not worried about the wisdom tooth - never had a problem - one dentist said I have shallow roots and seems to me they come out pretty easily
just had a walk - nice out - 63 degrees and some in shorts and tank tops -some like me with more on

hope u have a good night's sleep

stormyyyyyy where r u?????
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Good to hear from emjo and starri......

emjo....that lunch sounds like heaven. Beats the tuna sandwich I threw down my throat..:) My daughter used to clean for me around 10 yrs ago, but I saw slowly that she wasn't doing anything but vacuuming and still charging me for cleaning the whole house. I asked one day what she had gotten done that day and her response back was "that's it, I will never clean for you again"........and she hasn't spoken to me since. I thought that reaction was a bit extreme, as I had been paying her for weeks and keeping my mouth shut, but there comes a point when you just have to ask. Do you have anyone going with you on Thursday? I normally don't need anything for any kind of dental work, other than a local, but there have been those times when I couldn't get enough pain medication. Not too fond of dentists anyway.

starri.......I got a good laugh from Squeek.....thank you. I can just see her standing there...."what Mom?" Off again tomorrow...wonderful!

Temps for the next 2 days.....100 degrees......time to melt again. The col wants to take everyone out to dinner but told her we would have to wait until the weekend...don't want her out in this heat. So we will venture out to Red Lobster....her favorite place to go. Can't pass up lobster or crab legs!

Hope everyone has a good evening.....

Love and Hugz to all,
Jam
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hi jam - I will go alone to the dentist -not worried - had a root canal done without anaesthetic -went alone, drove myself home etc -actually back to the hotel as it was in downtown edmonton - totally freaked out the dentist -I prefer, if at all possible, no anaesthetic but I do allow it for an extraction - had tons of dental work done since teenage - no, not candy, just no fluoride and poorly calcified teeth they say though the roots are fine. I will be in at 9 and expect to be home and fine about an hour ot two later - the hard part wil be getting up and getting there by 9 -I am getting lazy these days - like my coffee and relax in the mornings - the dentist is only a couple of blocks away

dd and I work it out by the hour - and she does not sit around -if anything I have to tell her to take a break. Sorry about your daughter -sounds like she has "issues" - definitely an extreme response - and not responsible behaviour

I have not many choices when I go out to eat with gluten and dairy allergies -so usually meat, chicken or fish and a salad or veg but i enjoy getting out and some one else's cooking is always good.

OK who's next???
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I'm here Emjo- Sorry I'm so late been a hectic day. And I have been soooo sleepy all day long. Maybe I can get some sleep tonight. Ok dr said that the pet scan looked alright. Just some fluid on the lungs. We asked him about the biospy of the lymph node in his groin area and his said that he did not think that we needed to do that right now until the cellulitis healed up on his leg and then he would do it. Maybe in a month. I asked him about the lymph node under his jaw and he felt it and he said that it did feel like a swollen lymph node. I asked him about the knots, muscle, or lymph node under his trach plate. And told him that sometimes they are swollen big and other times they are smaller. He said that they were probably lymph nodes if they were changing back and forth like that because a muscle would not do that. It would stay the same. The gallstones he said as long as they were not giving him any pain then to leave them alone. Because it is a bad surgery for him to go through especially with all that he has going on right now. He told us to go back to the dr that saw him last week about maybe giving him another round of antibiotics for his leg. He said that he doesn't know how bad it looked before today. So he doesn't really know how much it has improved that's why he is sending us back to the other dr. He said the lymph nodes in his chest (enlarged ones) were probably coming from the fluid on his lungs and the other lymph nodes from the cellulitis. I think that was about all he said. All I can remember right now, but i think that was pretty much it. He has told us more than any of the other drs. thank the lord for that and that it hasn't spread. I will write back in a few minutes. But i wanted to get this out to ya'll. Love and hugs Stormyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Oh Jam, so sorry for your 100 today.... it was only 102 here today and we are acting like a cold front has gone thru...75 days and counting of 100+and no rain.... supposed to get some rain tomorrow, sorry, we are a tad cynical at this point......
Squeek, my new hero....... I love cats, sometimes more than people.... how cool that she just sat there, like, what are you upset about.......she is doing great on this trip. The Diva has always been an inside cat, I would never even attempt to put a harness on her, i'd have to go to the emergency room after she got done shredding my hands and arms.... she is a very snooty, moody tortie.... she even hissed at my son yesterday when he came over..... kinda reminds me of me... lol
and we are all waiting to hear from Stormy....
Shawna, what a mess with the family... that's why the people on here are my family... Haven't seen my family in years.... it's just better that way... for all involved....life hands us enough stress without volunteering to walk into a sh^t storm.....
Emjo, what a wonderful lunch.. you have a relationship with your daughter like I had with my mom... still miss her 28 years later.....she would have loved all of ya'll.... was thinking today how much she would have enjoyed a computer.....
Jam, sure wish we could all pile up with Starri and take a vacation, sans the husbands, wouldn't that be fun..... It would be like a pack of hyenas let loose for the first few days.... then we'd decide what take- out we were having for dinner...
Hope Seeme is ok today, if you are reading, love and hugs....
I know I missed someone, I'll check back in later.... love ya'll
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well stormy, finally a Dr. that talks, sounds like things as are to be expected at this point with all your dad has going on....now, get the other Dr. to talk and you will know where ya'll stand with everything... I know it was a relief to hear nothing major was going on.... hope you get some sleep tonite.... hugs to you..
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Just want to let you know that a heart doctor is being brought in for mom. She had an echo done today, but the cardio doc didn't come in. She still thinks she is close to the end and she is having a lot of trouble breathing. Her pulse got down to 77, BP ok, has another UTI....go figure.... and before she dies she wants to buy a new white truck.....what can I say.......I slept 12 hrs last night and got up only because the phone rang.....going to bed now so I can get up early and hopefully get to the hospital by 6:30. I think of you all daily and wish I had more time to read up and reply to all of you, but I will do so later.

Ladee, it did not rain in your bathroom last night.....or it dried overnight. I saw lightning, but never heard the rain..........

Goodnight all.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Love to you Seeme, angels being sent to you and mom..... let her buy the truck if she wants to.....
Are any of the sisters coming in??? let us know how things are.... get a good nights sleep, and I am so grateful I wasn't the one calling....
hugs across the miles to you....
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seeme.....good to hear from you and get caught up on what is happening. Prayers to you and Mom. Yep, like ladee said, let mom buy the new truck. So glad you are getting some sleep...catch up helps. My thoughts are with you.......love ya girl.

Jam
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(((((((seeme)))))) oh my - yes prayers, and let her buy the white truck - more (((((((hugs))))) glad u got some sleep - hope u get a good one tonight

luv ya
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Hi all, I know I haven't been here for awhile. My internet was down for sometime after the storm on the wknd. The weather here has been so hot going onto the third wk. Tomorrow it will be 112 and than 111 and than 110 and after that it will cool down to below 110. I am sooooooooooooooooooooo ready for the cool down. I really need to do some yard work.
Well, dad was assessed for hospice today and he meets criteria. So I will be able to get some pain meds for him that work. I hate seeing him in pain.
I am glad that you are all OK.
I am still working on that diet and have lost 17 lbs.
Well duty calls, night all.
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So good to hear from you YR, and finally some help for dad.... pain meds hospice gives helps so much....and it helps you too to not see him suffering.... you are in my prayers and much love sent to you...
Congrats on the weight loss...... that is great considering the stress you are under...
Know what you mean about wanting it to get cooler..... we are all worn out....
Happy you are letting us know how you are and what is going on, hugs across the miles to you....
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