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You're my SHINEY GIRL!!! You keep SHINING on! And I'm just so thrilled and thankful that you do. I'm so glad it got there on time. I've added five extra days to your calendar reminders now that I know it takes longer to get all the way across the border. LOL!

THAT just makes me giggle. Alexis is more than welcome to accept adopted Minnesotan citizenship whenever she likes. She's part my <3 daughter too!

ONE YEAR... You made my darling! Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Love you so!

Firstoscartgrouch said:
Carla thank you so much for the special card on my difficult day, you hit it right on, I appreciate it so much. It’s so pretty and it’s got shiny’s on it.


‘’laugh at this, Alexis accent keeps getting pegged as a Minnesotan on tours by other tourists.


the 3rd was overly emotional. One year anniversary since I got all those 7 shocks and my heart decided it wanted to die again and take me with it. A month in hospital, ten days in icu, a external emergency pacemaker, loss of EF of my heart, and still waiting for more help today. Very emotional
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Firstoscartgrouch said:
Carla thank you so much for the special card on my difficult day, you hit it right on, I appreciate it so much. It’s so pretty and it’s got shiny’s on it.


‘’laugh at this, Alexis accent keeps getting pegged as a Minnesotan on tours by other tourists.


the 3rd was overly emotional. One year anniversary since I got all those 7 shocks and my heart decided it wanted to die again and take me with it. A month in hospital, ten days in icu, a external emergency pacemaker, loss of EF of my heart, and still waiting for more help today. Very emotional
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HUGS Sherri, so sorry to hear that you are still waiting for health care for your condition. Our health care is in crisis and something needs to be done soon.

My brother has had 2 heart attacks and 3 strokes in the past 2 years and when he calls 911 they come and assess him but since his vitals are OK they don't take him to the hospital. We are still waiting for over 6 months to get an appointment to get him into assisted living. It is day-by-day with his health!
 
Firstoscartgrouch said:
Carla thank you so much for the special card on my difficult day, you hit it right on, I appreciate it so much. It’s so pretty and it’s got shiny’s on it.


‘’laugh at this, Alexis accent keeps getting pegged as a Minnesotan on tours by other tourists.


the 3rd was overly emotional. One year anniversary since I got all those 7 shocks and my heart decided it wanted to die again and take me with it. A month in hospital, ten days in icu, a external emergency pacemaker, loss of EF of my heart, and still waiting for more help today. Very emotional
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I can't even imagine how you feel. SO many hugs.
 
Love you back carla

karen I’m sorry for your brother going through that too

lynnie I feel emotional the anniversary dates seem to do that regardless
 
Could use some prayers, if you have them. My mom's not doing well. I think it's her time.
The hospice nurse (mind you, that she's had for over a year) says that she's not bouncing back from a respiratory thing like she "should". She's in a lot of pain and her hands and feet are starting to turn blue, which means that her blood is beginning to move to protect her vital organs. She's 94 and I know that it could happen any day, week, month, but now that it seems like it really could... I'm just not ready. :(
 
Sherri, I can only imagine how emotional your healthy anniversary date was. Sending you a big virtual hug from Kansas.


Karen, I hope your brother gets better soon. That would be so scary to have such reoccurring episodes like that.


Lynnie, have you recovered from your amazing trip with your friend yet?

Carla, sending you a big virtual hug, too. I was able to take time off work for a couple of months when my mother was at the end of her battle with cancer. I am very grateful for that time to be with her, but that… waiting for the inevitable… it took a major toll on me mentally, emotionally, and physically. I hope you are showing yourself a lot of self care.


Hubby goes back into the hospital tomorrow for an outpatient procedure… third surgery this year for kidney stones. At least with this one, he is not in severe pain and I should be able to take him home right afterward. He is not a good patient and I think he loves having a team of nurses to wait on him. Oh my. They are probably much more sympathetic than our daughter and me who are much more pragmatic. I will clean the house from top to bottom after work today so he can come home and just rest.


This past weekend, we went to a newly released movie called Fall Guy. It’s silly and hokey and we had a blast watching it. We are both old enough to remember the TV show by the same name, and the movie has lots of nods to action-packed shows, action stars, and the stunt industry. If you need something light and fast moving, I give it a thumbs up!


Hope everyone has a great week!
 
Sherri, I am continually praying for you. (((HUGS)))

Karen, I hope your brother is able to get some health care soon. That is so scary!

Lynnie, it's good to see you slowing down for a bit :)

Carla, prayers for you and your mom. (((HUGS)))

Shana, your poor hubby! I just had 1 kidney stone and that was awful enough! I hope he recovers well and quickly.

Me, I'm just plugging along. We spent the weekend gardening (when it wasn't raining) and making strawberry jam, as well as our usual activities. Hubby took Friday off so we could get things done.
 
Sherri, Still thinking about you with love and hugs.

Karen, that is scary about your brother. I can't believe they just assessed him and let him stay home without a proper exam by a doctor.

Carla, It has been two years since my mother died. She was 93. She was in hospice at home, but it happened within days of being put on hospice, so it was rather quick and unexpected. She deteriorated very rapidly. I was hoping for some months of a comfortable life for her before she died. I think she just gave up. At least I was with her. You have my deepest sympathy and hugs going through this tough time.

Shana, your poor husband. Oh My goodness. I am glad he is not in too much pain this time. I don't think I realized you had a daughter. Hopefully, she will help him keep his mind off his health. I need to clean my house from top to bottom, but it doesn't appear to be happening. I wonder why hahaha.

I would like to be able to say I was rested up from the trip, but the day my friend Karen left, I stopped on the way back to my house (after dropping her at the airport) and took my grandson and his girlfriend out to lunch. They were leaving the next day to move to Ohio, so it was my last chance. It has been a long saga with my grandson, who is on the spectrum and is not managing life well. Anyway, he is in Ohio now and I hope his girlfriend helps keep him on track.

Then Friday through Sunday morning I was at my son's babysitting. Then on Sunday, we went to "Ramona," an outdoor play in Hemet that has been running every April/May for 101 years! On Monday, I cleaned the house, washed sheets, and did 100 other things that needed doing after Karen left, and in the afternoon, I had my book club. On Tuesday, I rested a bit and did a bit of scrapping. Wednesday, I had to make an hour drive to get a bank issue sorted out. A local branch couldn't do it. Thursday, Friday, I babysat again. I had a meeting an hour away on Saturday that lasted all day. Then babysat again on Monday.

I have to say, I don't feel that rested :) Today I have two appointments and have to stop some stuff off at someone's house. Tomorrow I am crafting for charity. Thursday, babysitting again. It is an endless cycle.

Still, I love my life!!
 
Hugs Carla...I hope that if the time comes soon, it will be peaceful. It's not easy I know.

I've been busy with socializing in my community and also have been out birding more too, now that the weather is warming and more birds are coming back to the area. I am loving mahjong and have finished my lessons, the club plays every Thurs so this week will be my first time joining in.

I am looking for some gluten free dessert and bread maker recipes. I have been tolerating some whole grain products but I notice my fingers are getting a bit sore and my back is bugging me a bit more so I think I need to back off the wheat a bit. It's hard with an intolerance (not celiac like my daughter), I never know when I cross the tolerance threshold and aches and pains ramp up, so I need to be more mindful and try to stick to gluten free when possible. Since the move I can't find my go-to recipes for brownies, muffins, banana bread and a few other snack recipes so will have to start a trial and error period of trying out different recipes to see what is good (and easy). I also want to find a few bread machine gluten free recipes to try out.

Did I say we have a family doctor now? Finally, after about 5 yrs without one, we all got a doctor in Calgary. He's wonderful. I have been busy with getting baseline tests done for him and so far all test results are good.

Nothing else going on with me. Need to find more scrappy time but I'll figure it out :) I've got to go get ready to head out now. Have a good day everyone.
 
So much going on w everyone! Time has flown, a year for Sherri, 2 for Lynnie (mom), and Rae, you're already settled and having a whirl wind social life in your new home... just to name a few.
Lynnie, just looking at your trip album exhausted me, how do you do it? Next week I'm heading to the continent, as na kanaka now prefer us to call those lower 48 states. Just for a week to visit my kid in Arizona.
I can't believe you just had snow...I'm expecting to be hot in AZ, but maybe cool nights when we go to Grand Canyon?
 
First question... is it Friday yet? No? Sigh. LOL!

Hubby's kidney stone surgery went very well, but my dearest beloved is the worst patient ever. The poor guy was in more pain after his outpatient surgery (spasming) and he wanted the nurses to give him more pain meds than they were authorized. Originally, I had expected to be able to take Randy home around 5 or 6 p.m. Finally, at around 9 p.m. last night, the nurses gave him the option of being admitted to the hospital or getting a prescription for an additional pain med that we could pick up at the pharmacy on the way home. He was very cranky at this point, but he chose to go home. The prescription meds helped him immensely and he was finally able to get to sleep around midnight. I, however, feel exhausted. I plan on working a partial day at the office, and then will work the rest of the day from home so I can be there for him.

Lynnie, yes... when I met Randy he had had a son and a daughter from his first marriage. Ridge was 18 when we met, and Morgan was 9. Sadly, we lost Ridge to a car accident when he was in college. Morgan will be 25 at the end of the month. We also have (spouses included) 9 nephews and 5 nieces - most of whom are all adults now, and 5 great-nephews and 3 great-nieces - most of whom are very little. I'm very close to these kids and they are the ones you most often see featured on my pages.
 
Rae, I will try to dig out some gluten-free dessert recipes. I do have some lovely ones. It sounds as though you have been settling in just fine where you are. That is wonderful.

Glee, for a few minutes I was thinking "It is not that far, I could drive and visit Glee!" I am still recovering from the 2000 miles I just drove! The weather at the Grand Canyon was lovely when we were there.

Shana, I knew you had lost a son, but I had somehow missed knowing you also had a daughter. You do so much with so many young folks, she just blended in :) My husband is not a great patient either, but I think I am a poor patient also, and he is infinitely lovely with me when I am down with something. To be fair, he is not that sick that often, so I don't have to deal with it much. It sounds as though your husband needs extra TLC and you need a vacation.

Ane, I have been thinking about your strawberry jam. I love homemade preserves, but never make them. I have to get my daughter into it so I can get some.

Carla, I am thinking about you and your mother. What you are doing through it is so difficult. All you can do is be there for her and say all the lovely things you want to say to her. I am so grateful I had the time with my mother to do that.

I am still running around trying to get stuff sorted out. I forget if I have told you about our bank difficulties. I belong to the Daughters of the British Empire. At the State Level, we have just had an election and we had to change signers on the account. There had been some changes in the rules at the bank and it ended up taking ME days to get it taken care of and I don't even have anything to do with the bank account. The rules say the Recording Secretary is in charge of changing the account. Anyway, none of the banks agreed and I ended up having to make an hour and a half journey to a bank that knew how to take care of it. So I did that. Then on my local bank account (for my local chapter), they had our new account flagged with limited access, so I couldn't create an online account. I had to go into the branch and it took almost two hours to figure out how to set it up properly. I am tired of banks :)
 
Hey my friends. Just popping in to say "hi" and try to do some catch up. LOL.

Shana-Glad hubby's kidney surgery went well.

Glee- When are you going to Grand Canyon? That is on my bucket list. I think I may end up going with friends as hubby doesn't really want to go.

Carla- Hugs!!! You need anything?

Sherri- How exciting for Alexis, is she sending you photo updates? LOL. I get eye rolls when I ask for the photos.

Anybody into juicing? Hubby and I are considering adding that into our life. While I know the juice is good, let's be honest, its just as much about the fun gadgetry for me.
 
Thanks all...

Just prayers, Esther, Thanks.

At this point, now... I just want her to pass quickly. It's so sad. I hate seeing her this way. She's my strength and my best friend and she's just not there anymore. She misses Daddy and wants to go. She's tired of being here and she's really ready to go. I want that for her even though I'm not "ready" for her not to be here. She's really not here already.
 
Hi all.
I've missed all of the INSD, but will catch up as I can. Hubby is home. 12 days in the hospital. 6 were in CardioVascula ICU. To say life has been bumpy is an understatement!
He came home on Saturday. However was released without all the necessary assistance we needed. Thank goodness older daughter was here staying with me! Things are slowly coming along.
Home Health came Monday- Wed. Physical Therapy came on Tues. Occupational Therapy on Wed.
A cardiologist appt today and he changed his Rx from the hospital.
Primary dr. tomorrow.
Several more next week.

I would not wish this experience on anyone! As the patient or the caregiver.
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Carla minicooper452 said:
Thanks all...

Just prayers, Esther, Thanks.

At this point, now... I just want her to pass quickly. It's so sad. I hate seeing her this way. She's my strength and my best friend and she's just not there anymore. She misses Daddy and wants to go. She's tired of being here and she's really ready to go. I want that for her even though I'm not "ready" for her not to be here. She's really not here already.
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BIG HUGS Carla!

My Mom passed a year ago today and it still is hard even though I know she is reunited with my Dad.
 
So sorry Michi, hoping things improve with hubby. BIG Hugs!

msbrad said:
Hi all.
I've missed all of the INSD, but will catch up as I can. Hubby is home. 12 days in the hospital. 6 were in CardioVascula ICU. To say life has been bumpy is an understatement!
He came home on Saturday. However was released without all the necessary assistance we needed. Thank goodness older daughter was here staying with me! Things are slowly coming along.
Home Health came Monday- Wed. Physical Therapy came on Tues. Occupational Therapy on Wed.
A cardiologist appt today and he changed his Rx from the hospital.
Primary dr. tomorrow.
Several more next week.

I would not wish this experience on anyone! As the patient or the caregiver.
m
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msbrad said:
Hi all.
I've missed all of the INSD, but will catch up as I can. Hubby is home. 12 days in the hospital. 6 were in CardioVascula ICU. To say life has been bumpy is an understatement!
He came home on Saturday. However was released without all the necessary assistance we needed. Thank goodness older daughter was here staying with me! Things are slowly coming along.
Home Health came Monday- Wed. Physical Therapy came on Tues. Occupational Therapy on Wed.
A cardiologist appt today and he changed his Rx from the hospital.
Primary dr. tomorrow.
Several more next week.

I would not wish this experience on anyone! As the patient or the caregiver.
m
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huge hugs, I can understand from his viewpoint better than I can yours. It’s so frustrating to not be able to do what you want when you want. The meds are yucky. And you just never feel like the you , you used to be. Be patient, and if he gets overwhelmed don’t be surprised. Huge hugs.
 
Esther, how lovely to 'see' you :) I did juicing for a while but got tired of cleaning out the juicer.

Carla, continued prayers for your mum and your family. This will be my third Mother's Day without my mum and I miss her. I am grateful for all the good times and I remember how lucky I was to have her as long as I did. When I talked to her at the end, it was all about wonderful memories and how amazing she was. I know she might not seem there, but part of her hears you and treasures those words. Tell her everything you ever wanted to say.

Michi, It must be so rough right now. My brother had a quadruple bypass; fortunately, before he had a heart attack.We had time to plan. Even that was awful. I can't imagine all of this as an emergency, with the time you have spent in ICU and now dealing with it at home.

Sherri, you had some great insight into how he must be feeling right now. Big hugs. I love that Alexis is having a great time. She deserves that :) She is so good about pictures, too. This is the trip of a lifetime. She doesn't let all her difficulties slow her down too much. What a woman she is!! I imagine it is because she has an amazing mother.

Today my son, Chris, would have been 52! WOW. He has been gone over 27 years now, longer than he was alive. I am eternally grateful I had him as long as I did. I celebrate birthdays and anniversaries as a way of remembering him with great joy! I have been so blessed in my lifetime and he was one of my blessings.
 
Happy Saturday to all.
Our week has had several positives with it for Bill's recovery. The primary doctor visit was a wonderful one. She and the cardiologist concurred on Rx. The HH, PT and OT have been wonderful. "We" have been on our own since Tuesday evening. Megan has popped over some.
He is now able to stand up alone from the sofa, chairs, toilet and today the shower chair! We celebrate these positive progressing moments.
The not using arms at all yet is definitely frustrating. His leg [groin] hurts the worst.

Sherri- I know you get it from the patient side.

Carla- prayers for you.

Lynnie- Our older daughter is 51. Her brother would have been 52....and I get the 'gone' longer than alive.

I'm going to attempt to scrap something today.
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Big hugs for those dealing with medical issues and with losses. I know that Mother's Day can be very difficult for some, and I hope everyone was able to find a way to relax and restore over the weekend.

Our weekend was filled with graduations, soccer tournaments, and one really cool thing... we were among the lucky ones to be able to see the Northern Lights from our backyard. This has been on my bucket list for a long time, so when we heard that those colors MIGHT be visible much further south than normal, we were excited. It was strange as what we could see with the naked eye (basically shades of grey on the black night sky) was not what I was able to capture on my cell phone's camera. I set the exposure for 10 seconds and wowzers... the colors the camera captured were amazing. We had so much fun taking photos and seeing what colors would come out!
 
Thank God for answered prayers? I guess. Mom died at 1:16am this morning. I’m supposed to be sad. I am. But right now, I can’t even cry. I’m happy. I’m thrilled… for her. She’s free from her body that was failing and her mind that was leaving her ever-so-slowly. She’s with Daddy now and she’s happy and healthy again. It sucks for me and my kids and grandkids and everyone else. But I am at peace today, right now. I suppose that’s because I know she’s not suffering anymore and I miss who she was. I’ve missed that for a long time. It was so hard to even go see her like that. It was hard to talk to her on the phone… when I could get ahold of her. LOL. So many times she would have her phone on mute or the volume turned down so low that she couldn’t hear it ring. Then there were the times (yes times, plural) that she actually blocked me. BLOCKED ME! We figured out that it had to be some button that she inadvertently clicked as she was hanging up. She didn’t even know that she’d done it. SMH. She was a good egg. She was my best friend. I’m not crying today. I know I’ll cry later. I’ll cry at her funeral and I’ll cry a bunch alone. I’ll cry when I remember things and I’ll cry when I talk about her. But today I feel like everything is right with the world, except that my Mom is gone. Both my girls said, "She hung on through Mother's Day. She always loved Mother's Day. Her Day." Just like Mom.
 
Carla, So sorry for your loss. I am happy that you were able to enjoy your last Mother's Day with her, like you say "It Was Her Day"!
 
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