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Ladee, I'm sitting hear almost peeing my pants after reading your comment and remembering many similar incidents happening with my Mom. Ahhhh! those were the days! Over time we learn that invaluable instinct of when to GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!!!!! One time Mom got the stomach flu and I didn't get her onto the toilet fast enough. Let me just say that it looked like someone dumped a bucket full of poo on the toilet, the back of the toilet and the floor all around it. Fortunately I was laughing so hard at the sound effects that I didn't even start gagging like I usually do. Mom and I just sat there and laughed our asses off. What else could we do?
Juju, Bonnie is right! Things will work out and you will find a way to survive like we all do. You definitely have had a time of it and all alone, too. Just the fact that you have made it this far should tell you how strong you really are and that you are a survivor. You will do fine!
Bobbie, it would be great if we could all get together someday! I'm still hoping to get to the boat and visit you and I will definitely get back out to Seattle to Rip's and over to Spokane to spend time with you Jen! And if anyone needs to get away, I have no plans to rent out Mom's apartment, so I have a place for you to stay.
Meanwhile, this house was originally built as a boarding house by the Otis Company. My town is 250 years old and has a river running through it, so it became a mill town and the company that owned the mills built boarding house for their employees. It's very similar to most New England mill towns. The main house is 3 stories tall and then there are 2 wings off the back of the main house. There are 2 doors in every room in the main house with one leading to the hallways so that the boarders each had their own private entrance. Lots of history here! Used to be outhouses out back too!
Sharyn, my best friends daughter just gave birth to a little girl in the wee hours of the morning. She is my daughter's best friend and also never wanted children, but didn't plan right and got pregnant anyway! She is in the process of finishing up for her PHD and plans to get a good paying job so that the father can stay at home with the baby.
I found some of my daughter's Polly Flinder's smocked dresses in the attic today. Guess I will give them to her!
Drained the pool cover again today while it was warmer. Rained yesterday and was sunny and in the 40's today. Supposed to be in the single digits by the weekend.
Austin, I'm working on another neck wrap in cotton yarn. Always knitting when watching TV!
Okay, got the decorations off the tree today and hauled everything up 2 flights of stairs to the attic. Tomorrow I have lots of errands to run and I need to get to Blanche's with lunch and then take her shopping. That should be fun!!
Off ti finish the dishes and clean the litter boxes!
Hope you all have a good night!
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Ah… explosive farts….and pass the haz mat suit.

And here's to the new posters and dodging spraying food and those things that have been seen and cannot be unseen.

I remember the last time I took my mom to a restaurant. It just didn't work anymore and the looks on the faces of the other diners were too much for us to bear.

Aging and the indignities it brings. Oy.

On a lighter note:

This morning in the predawn glow before the sun was up we saw:
3 dolphins
3 otters
(yup… in the same water.. welcome to the salt marshes)
pelicans
Great Blue Heron
Egrets
various and sundry ducks
5 Rednecks
2 Crackers
6 Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

one of the Rednecks lost out haha.

lovbob
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Love those herons! Have the blues here and a couple white ones. The white one likes to sit on the rocks below the dam and looks really cool in the bright moonlight. Otters!!!! they are so sweet!
Does anyone remember the Muppet's "Emmet Otter Jug Band X-mas"? One of my daughter's favorites!
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"You don't stop laughing when you get old,
You get old when you stop laughing"

A Senior Love Story

Sarah and Bill both 91 lived in a
retirement community. They met in the
social center and discovered over
time that they enjoyed each other's
company.

After several weeks of meeting for
coffee, Bill asked Sarah out for
dinner and much to his delight, she
accepted.

They had a lovely evening. They dined
at the most romantic restaurant in
town and Bill gave Sarah a gift to
show his affection. Despite his age,
Bill was still a charmer.

Afterward, Bill asked Sarah to join
him at his place for an after-dinner
drink. Things continued along a
natural course and age being no
inhibitor, Sarah soon joined Bill for a
most enjoyable romp in the hay.

As they were basking in the glow of
the magical moments they'd shared, each
was lost for a time in their own
thoughts.

Bill was thinking: "If I'd
known she was a virgin,
I would have been more gentle."

Sarah was thinking: "If I had
known he could still do it,
I would have taken off my
pantyhose."
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IS THERE SEX AFTER DEATH?

A couple made a deal that whoever died first
would come back and inform the other
if there was sex after death. Their biggest fear
was that there was no after-life at all. After a
long life together, the husband was the first to die. True
to his word, he made the first contact:
"Sue..........Sue…" "Is that you,
George?" "Yes, I've come back like we
agreed." "That's wonderful!? What's it
like?" "Well, I get up in the morning, I have sex.
I have breakfast and then it's off to the golf course. I
have sex again, bathe in the warm sun and then have sex a
couple of more times. Then I have lunch (you'd be proud
– lots of greens). Another romp around the golf course,
then pretty much have sex the rest of the afternoon. After
supper, it's back to golf course again. Then it's
more sex until late at night. I catch some much-needed sleep
and then the next day it starts all over again."
"Oh, George, are you in Heaven?"
"No, I'm a rabbit in Kansas ."
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Very funny, I am LOL!! Cuz, we have natural wet lands here, in the winter the Sand Hill Cranes over winter, Blue Herons, Egrets, mud hens, lots of ducks.

Juju~We have come across an error my parents made when they converted the garage to a family room back in 1964-65. They did not get permits to do it. If they had...the additional sq. ft. would show in the public county records. Now we are looking at having to get the permits to correct the problem...$720 plus we have to provide 2 covered parking spaces which mean we will have to get a carport for the driveway. Do you know how unattractive it will look with a carport right out in front of the house??? I am hoping that whoever buys mom's house has the option of using the carport or not using it. Maybe the real estate agent will have more info on how to get around the carport. We are a little disappointed with this turn of events.

Deef~How great of you to give her the Polly Flinder's. My dil will most likely not be able to have children. It is something the seems to run in the family, her grandmother and mother had the same issue, but they did eventually have children..so we are hoping my son and dil will too. My daughter has a boxer dog named Buffy. My daughter just loves her dog...I found a one piece body suit for 12 months old, with a silhouette of a boxer saying, I ♥ My Boxer. My daughter will love it!!

Have a good night everyone...tomorrow is another day and I hope it is stress free.
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Jen~I hope you are feeling better. Take care of yourself.
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i think I am actually getting worse here, may need to go to doctor as this seems to me to be making my chest hurt, gotta worry about pleurisy....

hmn exploded poop, yep been there cleaned that...he fell again tonight had to get him up and mom cleaned him up.... I just don't know,,,she's talking about getting baby monitors now....
Jen cough cough
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Jen feel better soon..if you need to go the dr...then go!! Lots of bad flu's this year. Hugs to you!!
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Here in NorCal, we have had 8 people die from H1N1. I thought we got through that flu during the winter of 2009-10. Apparently the flu shot for this winter included H1N1...i worry about my mom getting it...so take care of yourselves and see your dr.'s if you have flu symptoms.
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Gah!!! I got my flu shot in Sept so can't be that...
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Jen! Hope you get better right now! Ow Ow !

Cuz! How is Mike doing?

DEEF!

sharynmarie and austin and juju and and and everybody!

lovbob
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bobbie we will find out friday morning when I take him to a new heart dr. The dr isn't new to me because he is my heart dr. When I find out what is going to be his approach I will let everyone know. Luv ya
Cuz
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Oh Sharyn lovely. I hope it doesn't cost too much outright to build it, and in curb appeal. Shop around, this contractor and plumber I did hire were half of some of the bids I got. anyway surprise surprise, so many people do things on their own not even aware they need permits etc... lets hope it is an easy process to rectify
You and your family are in our prayers Cuz
Mame...how are you and mom doing there?
Hello to everyone! Hope you are doing well today!
Now waiting for insurance to approve the cabinet bid, will start working on wall prep for painting and trim work...I didn't think I could get it done myself but my CG can help me, for signifigantly less, than contractor pricing! Between the two of us i'm sure we can paint and hang some trim.
I shudder everytime I hear a tree snap out back, murderer's .....still haven't had time to figure out what they are doing.
Love to everyone...XOXOXO
Peace
Juju
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oh the washer doesn't work anymore, a sensor or something broke in the move...it overflowed everywhere last night when I finally got it here and hooked up. it wont stop filling the tub. argghhh more costs! and a pile of soaking wet laundry to deal with. and I almost posted last night "never been happier to do a load of laundry". oh well!!
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juju! oy!
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And My Senior Companion just quit, they forgot to call me......I left the big dog home with her last time when I went to the shower, and she did not like that, she is fearful of dogs and has bad allergies but dog was not feeling well and I didn't want her in the car for 6 hrs, spur of the moment, I didn't think it thru I guess. They have no replacement but I am at the top of the list! Oh well #2 ....Scratch the plan for the day!
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Deefer...I saw your post on the wellness briefs, those look amazing, I am going to try them. I have kept her in the depends adjustable underwear so she could do them herself if I got her on the pot. since her hip she no longer walks or pots, too so we change in bed and I have tried a few and they all rip, but I wanna try these for nighttime...she does the same thing sometimes, just lets loose at night.
Funny few weeks ago I woke up smelling pee so bad, never has that happened. I thought what the heck, ripped back the sheets and she is buck naked waist down... im looking around, what the heck did she do, with her diaper, she could not have got it off....
well turns out our late night diaper change I made a boo boo and forgot to put the new one on....never in 9+years have I done that, lol.....inside out or not closed properly but to not even put it on her, I had to laff, as I stripped the bed! What a lesson on how much they do hold!

Sharyn, we have 2 H1N1 deaths here....I did hear a news clip that children are the most at risk, not the elderly??? anyway it seems to be popping up a lot again lately
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Juju~You forgot to put on a new diaper, LOL!! You must have been very tried. I could see how that could happen.

The city said all we have to pay is the $720 for the permit to correct the additional square footage with the county records and then buying the carport from home depot. Gladimhere told me to check with the city to see if they have a variance procedure to waive the requirement for the carport. I would think whoever buys the house would not have to keep the carport up if they didn't want it. I know I wouldn't want it.

So far here in Cali, the deaths from H1N1 are people ranging in ages 41-62. I am not trying to scare anyone with this, I just find it strange that this flu has popped back up again.

Juju, that really sucks about the washer and the companion quitting. I hope you get that resolved soon.

Take care and take deep breaths.
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Well here is an update on my brother. According to the dr he doesn't have the right numbers to qualify for the difulator. He is at 55% right now and needs to be at 35% or lower to get the insurance to pay for it. The dr wouldn't tell us how much the thing would cost but to say he couldn't afford it. The dr did look at all of the ultra sound tests and did say that both my brothers dr and the technition had read the results wrong and he was going to look into why they were saying he was in conjestive heart failure when he is not. He said that from what he read he should be good for at least 10 yrs + before they would have to do any repair on the bypass that was done in April. That was the best news we have heard yet. So now the new dr ordered a test to be run next Monday that should give a diffinent answer to what his problems are. He said not to worry at all with his heart because he doesn't see anything wrong at present time.
Other news is we have the wife's mom in the hospital for severe back pains. She has been coughing bad for about a week. They are thinking pluracy. No pnumonia so that is a good thing. By the way she is almost 96 with a strong mind yet so will let you know when she gets back home. Hugs
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Great News about your brother Cuz!
Hope your mother in law's back pains go away and she can come home soon.
So glad my other cuz is not in the trouble we thought he was.

Jen! How are you feeling? Rode hard and put away wet.

Just woke up and thought I would check in. Going to try and lay down again.
Still have a hard time sleeping through the night but don't want to take anything.

Hi to all!
lovbob
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Bobbie hope you are able to get better rest at night-just listened to the weather report cloudy skies no snow-better tell the weather man it is snowing to beat the band here -hugh snowflakes-good day to houseclean. Some big bad animal is knocking down my bird feeders and they are in cement-do not want to see that animal in person-will have to start bringing the feeders in at night again-we do get bears around here from time to time.
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Bears in the bird feeders, most people complain about squirrels. Glad to hear the new Dr has better news about your brother, Cuz.
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Good news cuz!
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Eeks Austin, careful. We get quite a variety of wildlife here as well, had evidence once of what we thought was a Mt lion kill! Keep all the pet food indoors, the coons like that! I love the deer that come for the apples....and when I watch the different birds have a feeding frenzy in the yard, no bird feeder required,lol they go crazy out there! so many different kinds!!
Hey Meanwhile, you got to ride!!!

I hate that Bobbie...Hope you got back to some rest... W & TH I was up at 3 finally round 4.30 just got up. No point in just laying there and I am definitely a early riser/morning person! I like your early morning wildlife recap the other day! That sounded so lovely and peaceful, delicious as well, I sure do miss the KrispyKremes! We had just got in our area shortly before moving but man they sure are tasty!!!!

Jen how are you doing, did you get to the dr's? Hope you start feeling better!

It's now gravel and boulders in and out all day! it is a road in my view, no house at least, well not directly or yet. Off to the laundrymat one last time, hope...least I can dry here!
Have a good weekend everyone XOXOX
Peace,
Juju
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Jen, how are you feeling? hope it's not pleurisy again! I know how bad it was for you the last time.
Juju, sorry about the washer and your help. Hope both situations can be fixed right away. If your mom ever starts taking off her diaper during the night, put a pair of her undies over them and if that fails, put her arms on top of the sheet and tie the sheet down so she can't get under it. I had to do that with my mom and it worked like a charm!
Cuz, great news about your brother! Hope all goes well with the new test.
Austin. it's snowing like heck here too! Went to the hairdresser where my niece works, one town over from here, and drove home in blinding snow! Got my head buzzed short and now it's getting cold again. Better drag my hat out!
Bobbie, sorry you aren't sleeping well! It's been over 20 years since I've been able to sleep through the night. Between RLS, stress, and too many worries, I can't even get a good night's sleep with medication. I'm so tired I literally pass out, but then my legs start jumping and I'm up again. When I do finally get so tired that I sleep for 5 or 6 hours straight, I'm so sore I can hardly get out of bed. I have to agree with my mom when she used to say "the golden years, my ass!"
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We are suppose to take in the bird feeders at night so will have to start doing that bird seed is getting more expensive every year and now the feeders themselves are getting pricey.
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THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE!!!

don’t miss the last line




WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY!

*Our Phones ~ Wireless
*Cooking ~ Fireless
*Cars ~ Keyless
*Food ~ Fatless
*Tires ~ Tubeless
*Dress ~ Sleeveless
*Youth ~ Jobless
*Leaders ~ Shameless
*Relationships~Meaningless
*Attitude ~ Careless
*Wives ~ Fearless
*Babies ~ Fatherless
*Feelings ~ Heartless
*Education ~ Valueless
*Children ~ Mannerless
*Country ~ Godless
Everything is becoming LESS but still our hopes are ~ Endless.
In fact we are ~ Speechless
And Congress is --CLUELESS !!
And our President is WORTHLESS !!

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A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
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another tea bagger rant ~ useless
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Have to admit .. not fond of seeing political rallies in here. Get enough of that out there.
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