Simple September

[Lavande]

Good evening friends,

Good to see everyone!
I had a nice visit with my daughter today, just the two of us for a change. We went to a new place for lunch where they specialize in dim sum & it was yummy
No DIL drama today which was nice. nothing resolved of course but that's OK for now.

Star, sounds like it's time for your son to be evaluated with some xrays or via endoscope to see what is going on in there. Hope he can see someone soon. I thought I was going to end up having to have my sinuses surgically cleared at one point, seems they were always infected. Then it all just stopped for no reason, weird.

Pauly, I hope your grandson never gets as crazy as mine does at times......geez. I can usually tell if he is overtired or on a sugar buzz, that stuff can be managed. It's when they act up/out for no apparent reason that makes me wonder.

Dill, meditation on a boat sounds awesome
I hope you enjoyed your afternoon.

Cyn, did you get out on your paddleboard? Sounds like a lot of fun!!!

Well, the heat returns tomorrow but just for one day, supposedly.
I am going to meet my old work friends for lunch. Our get togethers have been tough to schedule, everyone has something going on these days.

Hello to kuya & Eloise!
Wishing everyone a peaceful night!

Lav

[SnoopyC]

Good morning...

Got up a little late today so just checking in. Things are going well, feeling better and better, beautiful weather, a little warmer but no build up of several days so OK.

Have a good one.

[treegirl]

Morning all-

Sounds like everyone is chugging along. I had a long work day, and I'm super-slow this morning. I already have the windows open to catch the cool air before it turns warm again today. Yes, Lav for us too it's supposed to be just one day. How can that be? Weird! I think I'll get out on that paddleboard tonight...

Pauly - that's so interesting about the ACV- by all means avoid it. Good for you for keeping journals and looking back, what a great tool.

Lav - hope your lunch is fun today. So glad you got time with just your daughter - dim sum is one of my favorites! I'm hoping on my next NYC trip that we'll go down to Chinatown and get some dim sum. Hang in there - glad there haven't been any more outbursts.

Dill - thanks for the quotes - hope the boat trip was good.

Star - so glad to hear that you are feeling well. Sorry your son is suffering; I wish that he could be seen by the same kind of doc that treated HB - they did all the scans in-office, and also the balloon surgery there as well. Good luck getting into a doc.

Hello to Eloise and Kuya - wishing all a great AF Hump Day (here's to you, Sooty) --

[paulywogg]

Morning friends, Cyn I don't think I've ever had dim sum now that I think about it, jeez,ever have one of those mornings where you wish you were your dog? I look at Winslow laying on my bed all stretched out, no bills, no job,no problems haha,It's so hard to work my job not feeling great and I've learned that when people ask how you are it's better to lie and say "great" cuz when I was having the tooth episode my regular customers would ask how I was and I went into detail and they'd just get quiet and zone out haha, I get it cuz I hate people who are constantly complaining about their health and yet here I am doing it oh well, Lav,glad you had a nice time with your sane daughter Kell has an ultrasound at noon, not sure what they're looking for but hopefully everything turns out ok,I've been reading about the immune system and that allergies can weaken it causing us to catch more colds,however I can't stand allergy meds so what to do? Started the vegetable thing and hubs is on board but whines about gas,I told him it's cuz he smothers EVERYTHING in ranch!! Even foods that already have a sauce, ranch,sandwich, ranch on and on,the only thing that doesn't get the ranch treatment is his ice cream hahaha! Hello Dill and Star I hope we all have a blessed Wednesday

[dill]

Hello All,
Pauly, yes I have in fact had days where I envied my dog, but I don't think I went as far as wishing I were actually a dog! LOL! I remember very clearly one late afternoon when I was coming home from a long day at work only to find my dogs lounging on the lawn chairs! I was a tad bit jealous as I recall.

Cyn, I hope you get some paddle boat time in. We had a great day on the lake yesterday. The water is so calming.

Star, Sorry you were in a rush this morning. I do not like it when I oversleep!

Lav, it's hot here today too, and humid. But back to cooler air tomorrow so no complaints here! Mmm, dim sum!

Another gorgeous day here, altho a bit warm. We had a brief shower not long ago that cooled us off, so it's all good. Had a nice long walk this morning with Mr. D and my gf and our trusty dog as well.

Have an awesome AF evening.

[Lavande]

Good evening friends,

Warm day here but not too awfully bad I suppose.
Met my girlfriends for lunch & enjoyed that. Out for lunch two days in a row - hitting the big time for me, ha ha!!

Everyone sounds pretty good, thank goodness.
Pauly, getting another person to change their eating habits is tough. It's hard enough to change your own habits, right? I have given up trying to talk to YB about why he should make some changes. Now I just cook something & let him try it or not - his choice. It takes a while to change your tastebuds & get rid of that salty & sweet habit. He's changing his preferences slowly, without even realizing what's going on, LOL

Star, Pauly, Dill, Cyn & Kuya - wising you all a peaceful night!

Lav

[SnoopyC]

Good morning all...

My cat woke me up today, so some time to post while drinking my cherry flavored coffee. I love it. Work is super busy, that is OK, then coming home and relaxing. I work with lots of people with little kids and I have to say I am lucky in that I can just focus on doing for me, in a different stage of life. I like it. Having family and some old friends over on Sunday, a young person my kids grew up with and her family, so seven adults and three kids, fun. I like something to look forward to.

Lav, sounds like a peaceful few days, you deserve them. I agree about the changing diet, you have to want to do it, and a spouse has to too. We went out for pizza last night and it was soooo good, but had a salad first. I love this time of year, it is so beautiful, I bought some fall decorations for my front porch on Sunday and have been enjoying them every since! Pumpkins next and maybe some mums.

Cyn, its great to be busy, then enjoy your leisurely morning. I love how life gives us time for both. I bet the autumn season in your area is just beautiful, I know you will enjoy the cooler weather when it arrives.

Pauly, hope you are feeling better, it stinks to get sick, but I have caught my share of illnesses from my grandson in the past year. It is hard not to. I also noticed that we got sick alot less often when we quit smoking, it seemed to lower our immune systems, and makes allergies much worse. You are almost there, no cigs. It is so hard, I get that. I am lucky I have no one in my life who smokes around me, if you do it is really hard.

Kuya, I am going to try and listen to that podcast, thanks.

Thursday already, have a great AF day.

[treegirl]

Morning all -

Sunny, bright and cool this morning - heaven. (But we really DO need rain - it is so sad to see the grass all gone and the trees stressed... maybe in the coming weeks...)

Yes, I did get out on the paddleboard, but just because I made myself do it! It was not the best weather for it - very windy, with clouds that threatened rain. But I'm not sure I'll get the chance again while the weather is warm-ish, so I went for it. It was pretty 'exciting' waves breaking over the front of the board, pretty tippy, but I stayed on! Then got to 'surf' back to the shore on the waves, very funny. The wind was so strong that when I was walking down to the lake with the board, I nearly flew down the hill! But standing on the edge of the water and sand afterwards was wonderful - wind, waves, clouds, and a sense of accomplishment.

Pauly - maybe your Hub's GI isn't used to raw foods - I can't really do too many salads, I have to do cooked vegies. And it takes time for the GI to adapt to a change in diet, so good luck to him. Great that you are making those changes I bet it will help your immune system.

Kuya - thanks for the link, I look forward.

Star - wow, that's a big gathering on the weekend - glad you are looking forward to it!

Dill - you sound like you are in a peaceful place, how wonderful.

Lav - things staying quiet at your house?

Eloise - hope you are doing OK with your time-change scheme.

Off to work again with my move clients - there's plenty to do there, and fortunately they are glad to have me help.

Wishing all good things for all today - AF of course.

[paulywogg]

Morning friends, cold seems like it's on the way out didn't wake up with a sore throat or runny nose today so I'll take it,Star,I had pizza last night too as a TOM treat but I couldn't taste a darn thing so it was just a waste of calories, I didn't talk to Kell yesterday but she sent me some ultrasound pics,seems more real now I'm not sure when she sees the new doc yet,I've been writing little quotes to myself on my wrist where only I can see them between the fitbit and my watch cuz sometimes at work I start getting a bad attitude and I don't like that, yesterday it was "just be" cuz I don't want to overanalize how I'm feeling at the moment if I feel tired,just be tired,lots of people are, if I feel grouchy just be,lots of people feel that too,I'm not abnormal cuz I feel a certain way sometimes and I'm tired of feeling like I'm not normal cuz I feel something if that makes any sense, had to deal with a drunk ass first thing in the morning yesterday he was so mean!!ironic thing was that he kept talking about his friend who's a cab driver who's always drunk saying"yeah I drink but he drinks to get drunk there's a difference" I thought shut up,there's no difference, your an asshole and he probably is too to be hanging out with you,I'm tired of dealing with these derelicts! Now that Kell got a job closer to where I work she sees the quality of people went down compared to her other jobs that were across town, just lower income,elderly, disabled people, it's totally different, on my health kick grocery shopping I bought some shrimp and salmon, meh, I don't feel like eating that crap hahaha! It' ll probably stay in the freezer for months, hello to all, I've rambled for too long,I hope we all have a great AF Thursday

[dill]

Hello All, it's a late check in here. It's been a nice day, productive and just gorgeous to boot! I was up early and out with the dog looking up at the stars, looking for the constellations. I could only see a few due to the trees around the house. I was afraid to walk much distance out because the cows had been in the pasture recently so it was not safe walking in the dark, if you know what I mean! LOL. If I could have walked out there away from the trees I might have been able to find the north star. Ah well.

Pauly, Star, Lav, Cyn, have a great AF Thursday evening.

[Lavande]

Hello friends,

Things are quiet around here but that's OK. I can use this time to grow back all the skin my DIL tore off of me last weekend - just kidding.
I am somewhat surprised that we haven't heard from our son yet. Maybe he just doesn't know what to say....
YB & I decided to take a ride up to a good old fashioned county fair just north of here. We spent a few hours walking around, checking things out but decided to pass on the food offerings. Just what the hell are batter dipped deep fried cheese curds anyway??? SOUNDS AWFUL, Lol
It ended up being a pleasant way to spend a few hours

Hello to Star, Dill & Cyn. Pauly, this cold will pass soon & you will feel more like eating healthy foods.
It's 10 pm & I am tired so I'll just wish everyone a peaceful night!

Lav

[SnoopyC]

Good morning...

Yay it's Friday, no plans but the weekend is coming!!!!!

Cyn, what a lovely day. I am surprised that you need rain so badly, I thought the northeast was hit with rain recently. Hope you get some.

Pauly, I bought one of the Three Principle books recommended, so will try and find time to read that this weekend. How are thoughts create our life, so notice them and let them go. Or something like that. I woke up thinking crabby stuff, started to feel down then thought, I can think whatever I like and redirected to more cheerful stuff, starting to feel better already. Amazing for me, I wish I knew this when I was younger, I suffered so much emotionally. Geez. It is hard to work with individuals of lower income, lower everything, I tried to be really kind but it can be wearing. Drunks, if you are cutting hair, you could have fun! Haha, just kidding.

Dill, the moon was out full and bright last night, Harvest Moon, just beautiful. Enjoy.

Lav, so sorry your DIL is such a hard person to get along with, I feel badly for your son too, you know she probably lets loose on him too. And your grandsons. What we do in one life area, we do in all, usually. My heart goes out to you, you love your grandsons and are such a good grandma. Wonder how she is managing without you? Hope things turn around soon. So good you are not drinking, this would be a great excuse, but instead you and YB are doing fun stuff, and avoiding that nasty fair food. Yuck, that sounds disgusting. How about this: fried butter! Can you imagine how gross? As gross as fried cheese curds. Hope your Friday is sweet.

Another weekend AF to look forward to.

[paulywogg]

Morning friends, I'd more than likely try the fried cheese curds haha,Star,no cutting drunk people is not fun or funny, it's annoying, they STINK!and we know how drunks can go from laughing to yelling at a drop of a hat,I'll pass.what is cherry flavored coffee??? I'm dying to know is it a creamer or the coffee itself? Lav,i can't believe your son hasn't reached out yet,wonder what kind of nonsense she is telling him,I was talking to the doctor yesterday and I told her that hubs' naturopathic suggested I take Estroven but she swears up and down that I'm "too young" to be perimenopausal,I have done research and I'm right in that age group plus look at my symptoms I have nearly every single one, shejust wants to push her antidepressants I swear she thinks they're the answer to every woe I'm not joking, I hardly doubt that an AD is gonna help my flow not be so heavy(sorry gross!)and time between getting shorter, etc hello to Dill and Cyn,hope everyone has a nice AF Friday

[treegirl]

Hello all - Happy Friday eve ---

I am pooped from a long day yesterday and today of working with my clients - I hadn't heard from them this morning, and so headed out the door with a million errands, dog and dog laundry in tow. Then I heard from them, and they needed help in several areas, so I wrapped up quickly (good thing the dog laundry was dry!) and got over to work with them. The HB client is very crotchety and a bit of a miser, so he's always quizzing me about $$ issues, but underneath he's a good man, and he likes me (which his wife says is remarkable). So I'm trying to be great at my job so that I don't mess up!

Lav - sounds like you and YB had a good day out. 2 weekends ago we went with SD went to a local county fair. Very sweet - except the chicken barn, where they had cocks as well as the ladies, and the poor ladies were totally freaking out - the constant crowing got on my nerves just while I was in there a little while! Some of the girls were pulling out their feathers; I felt so bad for their obvious stress. Also some of the sheep - they were panting and looked stressed out. But the rabbits (holy cow are Flemish Rabbits huge!) seemed cool as cucumbers. I have an adorable photo of a girl and her cow in the dairy barn - using the cow as a pillow while she checks her iphone...

Dill - you were North Star hunting, huh? Sounds lovely. Today I had to pull over to the side of the road so that I could soak up the gorgeous cloud formations - they were just stunning. Nature is endlessly beautiful to me.

Pauly - poor you, having to deal with drunk customers; that's asking too much! I'm so sorry that your place of work isn't attracting easier and better clients -- you deserve it! I love your idea of creating awareness of how you're feeling - we can't get anywhere if we're not aware! Sounds like you're doing great - keep at it.

Star - TGIF! I know you have company coming, so I hope that will make for a happy weekend for you. Enjoy, and also give yourself lots of love, right?

Hello Eloise and Kuya - hope all is well.

Last night I actually watched a couple of episodes of a show on Netflix - it's a BBC series based on a book; "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell". I read the book years ago, but I guess I don't remember much of it, as the series is still interesting to me - beautifully acted and great filming. If you like history (England, 1700s - during the Napoleanic wars) and magic (sci-fi kinds of effects) you would like this.

I'm off tomorrow to NYC for an overnight - hopefully I'll be able to post before I take off.

Wishing all a happy AF evening --

[Lavande]

Good evening friends,

Boy is it ever getting dark earlier & earlier. The harvest moon has been big & bright, for sure!

Star, I haven't heard a word from my son yet this week. I imagine he is pretty baffled. I am just going to sit tight & hope for the best. Every time I feel a bit of irritation building up I just distract myself. I am not going to let this sh*t get to me. I hope you have a great weekend.

Pauly, several times today I imagined you giving 'those customers' a very, very 'special' hair cut, ha ha!! I'd love to show those idiots some of my Lavan-ittude.
I was 40 & experiencing perimenopausal symptoms. By the time I was 42 I was up most of the night sweating my brains out in addition to suffering all day. I was told I was too young but INSISTED on being tested. The next day my doc called me at work & said she was shocked that I was in menopause. I wasn't shocked, I knew I was
I had no choice but to go on Rx HRT, the OTC stuff did nothing. I was also offered Zoloft but I said No Thanks. I wasn't emotionally depressed I was physically suffering - geez! Btw - the excessive bleeding for me was caused by unbalanced hormones & two uterine fibroids (which were detected on ultrasound). I was given a choice about treatment for them but decided to wait it out & see what happened. The fibroids do eventually shrink but not before you think you're going to bleed to death. Sorry, gross but true.

Cyn, we are expecting rain here Sunday afternoon & evening so I'll send it up your way.
I'm glad you have been busy with clients but hope you don't get overdone.
We have about 15 roosters growing up with hens right now but they will be gone before they get too annoying, They are already starting to pester the girls, ugh. I was outside filling their water cans with the hose yesterday & turned the hose on one of those thugs just to 'distract' him. ha ha!! These are YB's meat birds & they are weighing in just over 4 lbs now.

Hello to Dill. Did you go to your volunteer job today? Happy moon gazing

Peace to everyone tonight!

Lav