Janet, yes, of course you were there.  We hung around together some of the time.  I didn't know you'd worked on that binding, too.  I only saw Theresa and Carol.   But then, I was really a fish out of water acclimating myself to the retreat and all the folks there.  Also, Joni and her sister, Terri were two of the first I met.  We had dinner together the first night.  Even though he was there, Howard chose not to eat with us.  It's all a bit hazy to me now, after 14 years.  

The Bible study group was canceled.  One of our members ended up in the hospital for observation and since only 5 would be able to attend, we postponed.  He's been discharged already.  Was in for a low pulse and at 86, they can't take any chances.  So instead of the salad I was going to make for that, I'm eating one for lunch almost like it, called, paranzella, using one of the big dinner rolls, cubed, from our lunch out,  plus tomatoes, cukes and onion.  Found the recipe in the paper this week.  Yummy!  
We usually just have our tomato and bacon sandwiches with no lettuce. 

This mornng, we stopped by ML's to leave Andrew's birthday card, first, then went on to W-M for a new Rx for Howard and the stuff we forgot a couple of days ago.  

QB, how fun to run across those books you wrote and stir your old memories.   I've only tried my hand at writing, once.  A few yrs. ago, the newspaper offered a chance to write something but it had to be said in 50 words or less.  They published the winning ones.  I never sent anything in, but enjoyed trying it.  I have never much wanted to write letters but I do like writing these posts to you all.  Unfortunately for you, they're not 50 words or less.    Dave, Howard's lunch partner has written several  fantasy books.  I believe he gave one of them to H., but neither of us read it, I'm ashamed to say.  I don't care for fantasy and am protective of my reading time, so...(poor excuse)

Off to start culling my clothes closet.  I can't get my current wardrobe all in it due to the "dead wood".   I'll see how that goes...
Indy 

 



 
 

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Judy- I remember Howard buried in his laptop. lol.

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Hope everyone has a great weekend, whatever you decide to do. I signed up for Netflix. I'll keep it until the winter months are over.

I started intermittent fasting on Sept. 3rd. I quit eating at 7 and start again at 11, but sometimes it is noon before I eat. I do have my coffee with limited heavy cream every morning. Today I will be having a BLT. My bread will be romaine lettuce. I grew up believing you had to eat 3 meals a day. I am doing 2 meals. I love My Fitness Pal. I've had it for a few years, but am now back to using it.

Judy, Gracie did great when Milo was here. Milo smelled her a few times, then Gracie got in her doggie bed. G&E are really watching Milo since Maverick died. They have leashes now & don't let him go outside roaming alone. I wish I had made his picture. He's much smaller than Maverick was. Maverick's fur reminded me of Lassie. I put these dim lights on the decorative frames beside the dog pictures. They look great there. I'll get a picture.

I went ahead and posted part of this because this is the second time I've had to type it. It went poof! 

Carol, did the Scraps to Treasures quilt have a theme you had to follow or you could do what you want? I'm excited for you and T to go on this trip together. 

Trish, you amaze me with all the exercise you do. I'll always aware of how bad my knees are, mostly my left knee. I'm always careful how and where I step. Lucky you! I also love almost all veggies. 

Today I will start my 5 mg of Tamoxifen. The lowest dosage is 10 mg, so I'll cut them in half. The reason he wants me on this pill is because I had cancer in one lymph node. If the lymph node was removed, isn't the cancer gone? He said there could be microscopic cancer cells that can't be detected so this is a precaution step. If I can't tolerate this, there isn't another pill, as the next one causes bone loss and I already have osteoporosis and on Fosamax. Wednesday we did a phone consult, which was my first and I appreciated not driving to the office. I told him my fatigue was 65-70% better and the next day I had the worse fatigue ever, lol!  Friday was much better! We will do another phone consult on Oct. 1st so I need to get these back in my system. 

 

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TWO-HEADED HEADLINES......
1.  S. FLORIDA ILLEGAL ALIENS CUT IN HALF BY NEW LAW.
2.  10 REVOLTING OFFICERS  EXECUTED.

IT SHOULD HIT 87 TODAY BUT RAIN ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW.  I SURELY HOPE IT FINALLY GETS HERE.  ITS BEEN TOO LONG WITHOUT NOURISHING RAIN.

CAROL AND THERESA.....ENJOY YOUR RETREAT.  ITS GOOD THAT YOU CAN STILL KEEP GOING TO THEM.  THEY ARE FUN TIMES.
I ONLY WENT TO ONE, THE ONE IN N.H. TO WHERE MY DDIL DROVE ME SINCE I HATED TO DRIVE THAT LONG DISTANCE ALONE.  I HAD THE WORST TIME SLEEPING ON THEIR BEDS.  I FINALLY ENDED UP IN THE CHAIR.   I NEED THE SHAPE OF A RECLINER TO SLEEP WELL.  CAN'T SLEEP FLAT OUT.  THE RETREAT ITSELF WAS GREAT.  I MET LOTS OF FINE LADIES FROM HGTV'S FORUM AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.

B J.....I HOPE THE DR CAN GIVE YOU SOME HELP TO RELIEVE THE BOTHER OF THE TWITCHING IN YOUR LEFT LEG.  YOU DESERVE SOME RELIEF.  HUGS.

JUDY.....I NEVER ENTERED ANY WRITING CONTESTS.  I ALWAYS THOUGHT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD DO BETTER SO DIDN'T WASTE MY TIME.  BUT I ALWAYS ENJOYED WRITING FOR MY OWN ENJOYMENT.

DEVONNE......I HOPE YOUR NEW MEDS WORK WELL AND YOU CAN HANDLE THEM OK.  YOU HAVE TO TAKE SO MANY DIFFERENT ONES FOR DIFFERENT RESULTS.  HUGS FOR YOU GIRL.

TRISH.......I AGREE WITH DEVONNE THAT YOUR EXERCISE MAKES ME TIRED AND I HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED THEM.  THE ONES I DO ARE ENOUGH.

LINDA......YOU MUST BE GETTING READY FOR HUBBY DARRELL'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.  I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A GOOD DAY FOR IT.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARRELL. 

WELL LADIES, I FOUND THAT ELUSIVE SCI-FI ROMANTIC MYSTERY. BEYOND THE STARS,  I WROTE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO AND PLAN TO GET SOME READING STARTED ON IT TODAY AFTER A FEW CHORES.
MY SON IS NOT FEELING WELL SO HE COULDN'T SHOP FOR ME TODAY.  HE SAID TOMORROW.  I TOLD HIM TO FORGET IT TIL NEXT WEEK OR I COULD ORDER ONLINE.  HE WON'T HEAR OF IT.  SO I HOPE HE'S WELL TOMORROW WHEN HE PLANS TO TRAIPSE OVER HERE AND RUN MY ERRANDS.  I HAVE LOTS OF FOOD IN MY FREEZER AND STORAGE SO HE NEEDN'T WORRY I WILL STARVE.

THAT'S IT LADIES.  I TOOK OUT MY TRASH BEFORE THE RAINS COME AND I DID MY LAPS.  I ALSO CLEANED MY BATHROOM SO I AM IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE DAY.  
STAY SAFE MY FRIENDS.  ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND.  HUGS, QB S 

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