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[mama bear]

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yikes Fen!
my back is still sore....

[sunshinedaisies]

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I have been at work Rubes - my post was on the previous page at 4.20 in the morning !! Yes Fen - I loved moving the books! Had a wonderful morning. Glad you are feeling better jan - sorry about the back though! rubes - I am still confused about the land - but I did ask in my post so won't repeat it all...... Good grief Ruby - you are in the doctors practically every day!! Rather you than me.

anyway - going to go and start cooking dinner I think, or read - maybe read - LOL.

back later - hope everyone is good this fine afternoon!

Hugs, sun X

[NoraC]

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Hi folks - I'm here - just busy at work.

Still thinking of you Ruby. Hang in there friend.

Fennel - glad that you escaped a lengthy visit.

Jan - sorry about your back. Mine was really bad lst night and this morning but suddenly it's better. Don't know if it was the muscle relaxant from last night or the prescription motrin I took this morning. But, I'm no longer limping. Hoping that it isn't just a temporary reprieve.

Hi to everyone & I'll be back after work!!! (Yes - it's a threat :H)

[fennel]

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NoraC;1270035 wrote: Hi folks - I'm here - just busy at work.

Still thinking of you Ruby. Hang in there friend.

Fennel - glad that you escaped a lengthy visit.

Jan - sorry about your back. Mine was really bad lst night and this morning but suddenly it's better. Don't know if it was the muscle relaxant from last night or the prescription motrin I took this morning. But, I'm no longer limping. Hoping that it isn't just a temporary reprieve.

Hi to everyone & I'll be back after work!!! (Yes - it's a threat :H)

Wish I could rub your backs! Or crack them...Mrs. Fen always has me "crack" her back for her. Once, the secretary at work asked me to crack her back...she lay down on the floor of her office, and I straddled her...and a nurse walked in and said "I don't even want to know!", and walked out. :H

[mama bear]

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I would love to have you crack my back and all the HR gods can go to hell....
instead I am on heating pad and using icey hot and will take half a muscle relaxer
Pray I wake up in the am

[mama bear]

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Rubes - i am worrying about you
Hiya Nora
howzit being home?

[rubywillow]

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Funny Fen. I'll teach you crochet. Taught myself at 10. Cautioned against even a chiropracter as my bones are so brittle. New test scheduled for that, then if they're no better, more meds.
Have been miserable all day, but spoke with buyer of land and he's a lovely young man. Asked if I might sell my property and I said never, and I will buy son's if he ever sells, so now that he's met the people he really wants to sell to me. My new mission.
Doc says I have heart damage so that's why I'm so easily tired. He's not easily concerned but was today, and Tay is scared to death. She and JC managed to rent my one empty house today, so good, and if nothing fails JC starts new job on Monday. May be able to take me and Tay to my female fun check on Friday, then cabin till Sunday. Doc says I MUST control stress, and told Hubs, so I'm planning a long trip to cabin to rest, after I get through all the appointments. My new car will be in Wednesday so guess we'll go in it. Left my 'Goldie' at the tire shop for new feet all around (JC asked for the old tires immediately).
Made fresh kielbasa, onions and peppers for supper, so that's done. SO tired from the day. A big upset drains me. Also, a sudden change in position (jumping out of bed, long trip to the dentist) causes something I can't pronounce and my BP bottoms out, sometimes faint. It's fine as long as I'm careful. I'm NOT on death's door, people. Just always have more issues. Still trying to build my stamina, and he's going to help me find a gentle way to get stronger.
Now I have to learn the gadgets on my car. Built in GPS, etc. We want On Star for me travelling alone, so we'll see.
Have a good night all. I'm beat. Have to be up at 7 AM again.

[bird]

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Hi all
Gosh Rubes, sorry for all your troubles but glad you are getting it all seen about...Fen glad you got out of sis visit...just got home had to take kid to ortho and back to school then gym then home and load drums then pick kids then wild bunch then supper then library meeting...reading the Vale book, so far so good but I still want a beer...

[fennel]

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The wild bunch again, bird? I hope the pee pants kid stays home!

[fennel]

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mama bear;1270081 wrote: I would love to have you crack my back and all the HR gods can go to hell....
instead I am on heating pad and using icey hot and will take half a muscle relaxer
Pray I wake up in the am

Mama bear, do you have an exercise ball? Mrs. Fen can sometimes crack her own back by lying backwards over one. :h

[rubywillow]

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Bird, I've wondered how do your girls feel about the new truck? Do you have it yet? What is it, type, etc. Really, I'm so tickled when you get new things, sweetie. Like I said, JC jumped on our used tires like a skinny buzzard, but then Hubs is hyper-vigilant about auto safety.
I really hope you're giving some thought to visiting when Fen is here. Obviously, I can't begin to keep up with her hiking, though I have some friends in the area I might call on. You talk about your weight, but you are fabulously fit in my eyes, and love the trails too. My friend there, Denise, knows a nearby trail that starts in Helen and ends at Unicoi State Park, at the dam. The start and end are very close to the cabin. Then there is Duke's Falls, and so many more less than an hour away. You could probably get Fen to hike down to the floor of Tallulah falls. We can always drop your girls in town and let them browse and shop to their hearts' content. It's SUCH a safe area I never worry about my girls. Brasstown Bald is a relatively easy climb to the observation tower (I've done it in the last years, take the van now) and the views are spectacular. And I did the walk to Anna Ruby falls with Sunny and MB, but there's another climb to even better views there I've not done. Lot's of remote falls and trails that ya'll would love. You deserve a break too, and I'm sure we can get creative to help you finance the trip. Maybe MB will try for a 3 day weekend.
Sunny, when to you go to England? Will you take me, I could fit in a large bag or animal crate. :H
T, I so hope you check your BD thread today. I miss you, and hope you had a good day.
Despite all the bad news today, and the plethora of tests I have to do, I feel better now having talked to the young buyer. Told him if I can manage to buy it back from him, I'll lease him hunting rights. He works with disadvantage youth, and wants a safe place to take them camping, which I told him sounded wonderful. I promised to show him around the area, point out the wonderful things I know of that are a bit obscure and unknown. We both agreed regardless of what happens we want to meet and get to know each other. He has no family other than his wife, and has the same views as I (and my Daddy) about the powerful feeling of owning real land. And I can help him find a more suitable site if he wants. This one comes with some real problems for a stranger. AND I told him if he's there and anyone hassles him, tell them he's my friend and call me. He seemed to really appreciate that.
So, I think I'll live, it's not so bad, (except he says I REALLY have to give up my huge Diet Coke habit), and I'll be good as new when Fen visits. Resolved to start physical therapy again (will have a prescription) so have to be on my best behavior to straighten this stuff out. Can't have a stress test till my BP is tamed more, but will do that too. He asked about a colonoscopy and I told him been there, done that, doc said I'm good for life, but he really needed to make Hubs do it. He said doing it against his will was assault and battery, but I told him I really liked the sound of that. I'm really going to slow down, put my foot down, quit smoking, take slow easy walks each day, and learn to say 'NO'. I've got another 40 good years, I'm thinking.

[NoraC]

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Ruby - I am so sorry about everything going on. I so hope that you can work it out & buy your land. I'm also very worried about your health. You MUST take care of yourself. :h:h

Fen - I used to be able to pop my back and my neck. Just can't do it anymore. It always made me feel so much better. Now, I have to go to the chiropractor. Oh well.....that's cause I'm old. :H

Finally sitting down to chill. My back is feeling some better and thought about getting in some exercise but scared to push it. It was hurting so bad this morning, I was almost in tears.

[fennel]

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Rubes, you taught yourself to crochet? When you were little?

I guess you'll be the one to teach me.

Thanks for the links...I can't wait to hike at your place! I hope bird can make it to hike with me. Trying to talk Mrs. Fen into accompanying me. :h

[ATLThrash]

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Rubes-- I am thinking of you. I admire your wonderful attitude, your strength, your passion and wisdom. I know I have not posted the extent of some of my chronic health issues (not AL related except for the weight gain) preferring to focus on things that happen because of them-- like strep throat or other of those nagging issues-- I admire your ability to relish life and live through your health issues. I wish I could be more like you in the way you approach things. Thank you ruby-- you are an inspiration. I have been wallowing a bit in inertia with this and that and I need to STOP IT!! You all give me much inspiration.

Today was the actual official Bday of hubs. Made his favorite -- filet mignon, loaded potatoes, creamed spinach and red velvet cupcakes. Luke and I made him a cartoon card-- we cut pictures of hockey players out and wrote a story about his Bday and at the end had a player on the Blackhawks saying that he wanted to invite him to Chicago for the last regular season game in Chicago... My BIL got us tickets-/ they were SRO-- and my MIL is caring for Luke-- we will leave on Sunday April 1 and come back the next day. Luke was so happy that his GPs were coming in and you could have knocked Mark over with a feather. So despite being miffed about the marathon poker I am glad I did it as it should be a fun trip for me too. I am hoping to move out of the rut which has been caused by not sleeping in large part-- which causes the domino effect. I have not done much lately except provide food at my Childs school instead of working there. I just finally told one of the volunteer coordinators that I had just not felt well enough lately for the more regular gigs-- like hours of filing every week. Now of course I feel guilty when used them when I get Luke but I have learned through these years of illness much to my chagrin that there is not alot of understanding of chronic conditions which don't involve the hospital or big visible deterioration. Frustrating but I am trying to move past that.

Sorry for the long post-- just contemplative tonight. Thank you all for listening

[NoraC]

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ATL - You are also amazing. I know how hard it is to have chronic health issues. But, you do so much. :l Give yourself a break and realize that you're a wonderful person. I am so glad that you are having a getaway. I hope that you have a wonderful time.