One Step at a Time - August 2018

[Glass Half Empty]

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Nora – my diagnosis is nothing sinister – just inflammation of the sacro-iliac joint. And all the surrounding muscles have now gone into spasm in sympathy.

Liz – please don’t ever question your decision about little Lucy. Her time to be with you had come and you helped her go to her next place as peacefully as possible. I’m so proud of you for being strong enough to do that.

[Glass Half Empty]

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Rusty it’s funny you say you like being a team of one. The work we do is very hard sometimes, so I’m incredibly lucky that the best thing about my job is my team. I have 5 people that report to me and they’re all gorgeous and so supportive of each other, and me. I don’t think I could keep going otherwise.

[NoraC]

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Working as a Team sounds amazing. Must be nice. :harhar: No, I'm just kidding. I think it is wonderful to have a great team working with you. So, how many days until you leave, Glassie? I know you have told me several times.
You made me laugh about being able to say & type the bad words. Believe me, it's a nice change to hear hubby yell out FORK.

[NoraC]

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I keep trying to get on & post but keep getting interrupted. Thinking of you all. Grateful to have you all in my life. :heartbeat:

[Glass Half Empty]

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Nora - I'd really love to share some stories, especially the one that explains why I have no problem shouting the 'C' word in public, but it would breach too many confidentiality principles.

I'm leaving next Saturday - the 25th. Hopefully!

[paulywogg]

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Hope everyone has a great AF Friday!

[Lizann]

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How was everyone's Friday? Erin has been here everyday this week with Logan. Such a sweetheart! I have managed to keep myself busy. One day at a time, like my mom always says. Thunder storming here tonight. What is everyone up to this weekend. I know Rusty will be busy with her company.

[NoraC]

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Hello all. I got busy this evening and didn't get on here to post.
I will be back tomorrow. We have a caretaker coming in at 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. It seemed to go ok last time so hopefully it will be fine. We are going to go visit our granddaughter and maybe just sit at a park for an hour and relax. We are just going to get out and relax for 4 hours.

Liz - one day at a time is right. :hug:

Glassie - any improvement after being strapped up?

Pauly - I had to laugh at you guarding your salad from Romeo. Funny kid going to get Grandma's salad.

Rusty - hope you are having a blast

Bird - I keep thinking that it's just fine that you don't have furniture yet. Lawn furniture will work out just fine until you find what you want.

[Lizann]

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Good morning and happy Saturday. Did not sleep well at all, it was storming all night. Finally fell asleep and the flood alert on out phones went off.
Nora, your day sounds relaxing. You definitely need time for yourselves. Enjoy your precious grand-daughter. How is Molly doing? What did the vet say about her other eye. Erin asked how I would feel if another puppy just showed up at our house? I'm not ready, I may never be ready.
My niece got engaged last night. Normally I would be thrilled, excited and asking every detail. I am embarrassed by my lack of enthusiasm . I want to be happy, but I just cried. I won't see her until next week, I'll pull myself together.
Mailed each of the kids care packages. Marks birthday is in September and I'm thinking I'll send him something. Hubby paid $81 for an 8lb pkg:egad: to England! Yeah, not gonna be a lot of care packages going to England!
Hope you all have a great Saturday!

[NoraC]

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Morning.
Have to get up and get ready to go have fun. :sad: I am having such a fibro flare that it hurts to walk. Oh well. I'll pull myself up the stairs so I can hug my granddaughter. :victorious:

Liz big hugs. Be gentle with yourself. Keep your sobriety tools in place because you are feeling such grief. Just because of having a moment of saying screw it might pop up and you want to be prepared.
Another thing I was thinking. Since the care package was so expensive, how about just a handwritten letter. I'm sure mark would love getting mail. Logan can even draw him a picture (scribble).

[bird]

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Hi all,
Or you could send gift cards Liz. Not as fun but..I understand about the puppy. When my Pouncer died I said I would never get another cat, it hurt so bad. But then Meow meow started coming to visit me. She was feral. Next thing I new she was preggers and now I have 3 cats...Nora enjoy your day. You look good in the park....so my salmon showed up today and it is so good. 12 jars of it. DD1 and her bf and friend came over today to swim..I really loved that.bought a digital piano. I saw it used at Guitar Center. We had one but it broke. I really missed it...nothing happening. Rain on and off.....b

[NoraC]

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Hello everyone.

Liz - which niece was this?

Bird - good job on finding the digital piano. So glad that you are close to your daughters.

Glassie - are you moving any better?

Pauly - guess what! My pool got all green. :sad: We are draining it right now & will have to clean it & refill it. I was so looking forward to jumping in.

[Lizann]

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[MENTION=5628]Nora[/MENTION], boy did you open a can of worms! Hubby's sisters daughter got engaged. She is 32 about 9 months older than Erin. My sisters daughter is 23 and also engaged. Have not mentioned that, because sissy is not happy about it. My niece is engaged to an individual who she met online through the game she plays. Don't quite understand what's going on there, to be honest. It's an a gender type thing? Just too much to handle mentally right now and frankly we don't believe it will last. Who knows. Story. For another day.
Your day sounds lovely and you looked so pretty and relaxed in your photo.

Bird, I'm just going to deposit money in my sons account. He's got a decent job and can pretty much buy anything he needs. He can't find peanut butter in England, so that we needed to send. I remember that from when Erin lived there. Glad you found that piano. It's so nice how musical you are.

Went to a clam bake at my nephews fire company. Lot of good food. The weather was just awful but it was nice to be out amongst people. My nephew was out on a "call" when we got there. By the time he got back, there was no meat left, poor thing left hungry.
Glassy, hope your feeling better! Rest up your trip is coming up fast.
Pauly, Rusty, hope you're both doing ok.

[NoraC]

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Liz - glad you had a good time at the clam bake. Can't believe your nephew came back to no more meat. osteroops: I'm happy about your niece's engagement. I hope that things work out well for your other niece.

Pauly - did you hit iHop today?

Bird - I'm so glad that your salmon finally showed up!

Glassie - How are you moving?

[NoraC]

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Hubby & I were at the park yesterday and I wanted to take a pic of us to post on instagram. We had been laying next to each other on a blanket and it was a nice time. He makes such a big deal about it that I gave up & posted that one of myself. :welldone: This is just a way that we stay connected with our family around the country. The pictures I took of the 2 of us were ok pictures but he was nitpicking each one.
I don't know if it is my age or just the mental place that I have reached in my life but I have grown more at peace with who I am. I am not ugly but I'm not beautiful either. And, I'm ok with that. I look horrible in pictures - I always have and always will. (If we take 100 photos, I will get 1 with my eyes open) But, I cherish some of those old horrible photos - I have a couple in frames on display. Not because I look good but because it was a good time with my dad.
I just feel like life is short and I'm not going to worry about that kind of stuff anymore.