Wacky Wednesday What's Up?

 Good Morning OFF Family,
I am up late again.  Can't sleep.  Feeling nauseous, and anxious.  Had to speak the truth, in love, to a friend today.  She has a ton of physical health problems, but always ignores doctors' orders on how to take care of herself.  I got tough with her today, and told her I don't want to hear her complain about her health if the problem is the result of not following doctors' orders.  She can't drive, so I have been helping her out with rides a lot.  I also told her that if she continued to ignore doctors' orders, I would stop driving her to appointments.  

Anywho, I have physical therapy this morning.  Nothing else is on my agenda.  I do have some cleaning in my kitchen to do.I'll get that done for sure.

I also am going to a Special Olympics basketball game my nephew is in tonight.

Blessings,
Trish

Hello, Trish and all the others who will follow:

Trish, that is called TOUGH LOVE and it is HARD to do but the RIGHT thing to do. To continue to help when she does nothing to help herself is the very same as making excuses and giving $$ to a drug addict, my sister, trust me, I know all too well. That is called ENABLING (Mom did that for my sister..it made our family situation a living hell). Congratulations to you for having the strength and courage to confront your friend about this...stay strong.

Today is my birthday...or, as I tell others, the 40th anniversary of my 24th birthday! My family is taking me out to dinner on Sunday...I always enjoy my boys with me, laughing and exchanging experiences and stories.

Yesterday, I had my LAST appointment with my Radiologist..we never want to see eachother ever again! He was VERY pleased that my incisions so spontaneously re-healed as burned skin doesn't heal well at all. He said he had been very concerned for me since I have such pale skin and though I had severe complications compared to most patients, I am coming along well. I've learned how to handle my hot flashes, courtesy of my five year relationship with Arimidex which starves the cancer cells all thru my body since they already had passed my nodes before surgery. I have little estrogen left in my body now (it feeds my particular kind of cancer)..I'm losing my eyebrows!

I refused pain meds for the bone pain- simply do not want MORE chemicals in my body. I will tough it out the best that I can.

Dan came over last night and luckily I had roasted a turkey breast w/ fresh garlic, pepper, rosemary & summer savoury, made baked potatoes too, so I slipped a quick apple crisp into the oven. I sent half of everything home w/Dan. Although it's just JB and I at home, I still seem to cook for 4-6 people. 

Danny told us that he is only one hour short (of "instrument only"-flying - meaning they are blinded so they fly w/o being able to see outside and are forced to rely only on what the INSTRUMENTS tell the pilot, like what happens if you fly in deep fog) to write his Private Pilot's Licence! This is a very difficult level to attain- they are so very strict for safety reasons to make sure that pilots actually KNOW what they are doing up there! Imagine, he has excelled at every stage and exam (lowest mark was 94%) and has only just started flying in June 2011 and already earned his Recreational Pilots WINGS *s*!

Derek dropped in (from next door) and ate apple crisp. He had just returned home from Rochester, NY, having bought some serious hydraulic pieces (don't ask me, I'm blonde) ..he is creating a special hydraulicly-driven timber cutter that not only slices each huge 10x10", 14 feet long, timbers in six long slices but also chops them off in 18 inch pieces (perfect for the fireplace) then a conveyer belt takes the pieces up and dumps them into Derek's dumptruck. He bought a volkswagon diesel car for the engine to power the wood cutter and has sold random parts off the car already, for more $$ than he paid for the entire car. JB is helping with mechanical advice and welding expertise.

Nature here is so confused..Two weeks of SUMMER weather and now back down to freezing..flowers are blooming, trees breaking into leaf..everything is 3 1/2 weeks earlier than ever before here. The fruit trees are budding and so are the grape vines. Last night it got so cold, minus 6 celcius, that the farmers all had wind machines going the entire night and helicopters over close to the Niagara River and to Lake Ontario to keep the air moving, trying to prevent the cold from freezing the buds. Frozen buds at this stage in tender fruit, will destroy the entire year's crops! And that means little or no income for farmers and HIGH fruit prices! We could hear all the turbines running all night but, once my C-pap machine was turned on, I hear NOTHING! *s*

Next week I see my Oncologist for the next stage.  We have driven the one hour each way trip to the cancer centre THIRTY EIGHT times so far. Even I, with NO sense of direction, can find my way there now.

I have a HUGE crock pot of chili cooking overnight for tomorrow's supper.lots of beans and lean ground beef, very high in protein and fibre. I will have a good batch to send to Dan, next door to Derek & Kathy and a batch to Kathy's parents as well. They seem to have adopted JB and I into their family. They invited us to their annual (Polish custom) Good Friday Dinner. Appartently it is a MEATLESS dinner and at first, I thought, being a carnivore, I'd better eat some meat before we go.  However, to my delight, I was told that though it is MEATLESS, they serve SEAFOOD!! Lobster, shrimp, scallops! I have died and gone to heaven!!

I apologize for babbling...it all builds up when I'm fighting for energy then, when I have a good day, it all bursts out of me!!

Much love to all..special healing energy to those fighting battles..everyday is another step forward towards a successful conclusion!

Nancy B   :  }

 

 Hi Nancy,
Happy Birthday.  Never apologize for writing a lot.  It is always good to hear from you.  

I am happy for your progress in fighting the cancer.  That is awesome.  

I love cooking and eating homemade chili for the same reasons you did.  High protein, high fiber.  It is a great source of both.  

Enjoy the Good Friday dinner.  I was raised Catholic, and did the meatless meals on Fridays, and enjoyed the seafood, when Mom cooked it.  I ate a lot of tuna and PBJ sandwiches in school lunches back then.

Hugs,
Trish

Nancy,

Love your posts, always uplifting no matter the things you have going on. . . 

Happy Birthday, hope it is full of special moments for someone as special as you are!!!

Hugs, Laureen

Nancy,

    Have a wonderful birthday.    Mag  

Happy Birthday Nancy....hope it is a good one!! 

Still keeping you in my daily prayers. You are such an inspiration to me!!

HUGS....connie d

Hi Trish and Nancy and the rest of my OFF family to follow:

I made a mistake on my work schedule yesterday: Didn't realize I was supposed to be at work at 2:30 p.m. until 2:15 ... then I had to drop what I was eating, which at that point had started to pull out my temporary crown again, quickly get dressed and headed out to work. I stopped at Starbucks for iced coffee, knocked over a big sign in the store, then went to Panera Bread for soup (about the only thing I could eat) ... someone almost hit me running through a red light. My soup was good, at least.

Anyway, that was the beginning of my night ... the rest wasn't much better. I'm going to bed. Nancy, good to see you again.

Good day Trish,

Having a busy day (week) here, been taking on more and more word processing jobs as a way to pass the time, as well as keep my skills up.  Amazing how much technology has changed our jobs (Legal Administrative Assistants) and now with talk of virtual offices, it won't be long before a snow storm won't be an excuse for not getting your job done (lol), or working from home altogether, which I have mixed feelings about.  Anyway, for today, I show up, put in an honest days work, for an honest dollar and hope that I can get 10 to 14 more years in. . .

I am meeting with a new sponsee for lunch today and after work I am going for a pedicure, after my pedicure, it will be home for some R&R before bed.

Have a great day and I wish each and everyone of you peace and strength to give you what you need to face life challenges as they arise.

Hugs, Laureen

Afternoon OFF family!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nancy!!!!

Better day today here! 70* woohooo!!!!!!!! After last couple days being so darn cold again I will take today!!!

Great news!!! ALL of my apartments are now rented!!!!! So happy that I can FINALLY get out of the office after this week but then its the first of the month and rents coming in...lol But that is ok because that only takes a little time to get done!! Boss is so happy with me she is on cloud nine!!! :-)

Waiting for delivery of new stove for last tenant that moved in monday. Wish I would have known her stove was shot before but things happen. She is happy.

Well time for lunch and back to work.

Thoughts and Prayers for all that need them!!

HUGS

Hi Trish and OFF peoples,
    I'm sorry you are having trouble sleeping, Trish.
Not much going ion here except spring cleaning. Going through drawers and other places to get rid of things I haven't used in a long time. No energy today, but can do sit down jobs.

   Ellen has turned the corner and seems to be much better today. Finally. I was beginning to wonder what was going on. She is rarely ever ill. Took her a long time to feel better. I guess she will try going back to work next week.
     Hugs,   Mag