Saturday Greetings

Hello Vickie....I am so glad Carrie is there. She always seems to make you feel better. Like my Carrie...she will be here anytime  now!!

Maybe you can get away for another long weekend by yourself. If that is what you need then do it!! Everything will be there when you come back. 

No need to talk about your mom. You can keep it to yourself if you want to. I am just sorry that it has been so hard for you. I am at least glad to hear she loves the idea of Carrie having this baby. That is a relief!!

Carrie's cake sounds so delicious and refreshing!! Benny and Carrie on a date...that is so sweet. Gracie loved The Minions!!

Poor Carrie...morning sickness is no fun. I hope that gets better soon! Sending prayers for her and Pita.

I use to always shop at "Once Upon a Child". They have so much to choose from!!

You china cabinet is beautiful!!! It looks so good lighted up with your beautiful things in there!!

I agree with your SIL. I too believe you are suffering with PTSD and depression. 

Why wouldn't you be, you went through some very difficult times these last few years especially the last year. I am still praying for you every day, more then once a day!

You needing solitude isn't hard for me to understand. You and Butch had such a tremendous love for each other. Maybe other family members never had all that! You take all the time you need!! Runaway to the lake home if necessary. This is going to be a long ride. I would do anything for you if I could...you know that!!

It is nice that you are taking time for Benny and Budder too. They are such a blessing!! 

Enjoy your Carrie Birthday Day!!! 

My kids are here ...time to go.. I love you so much..HUGS...connie d

Sweet Vickie,

I'm sorry you are having such a hard time.  It sounds like you are definitely grieving, and that is to be expected.  It doesn't mean you have to go through this journey alone.  Grief counseling is a good idea.  You don't have to go through this alone.  There are experienced counselors and therapists who can guide you through this transition period, as well as help you adjust to your Mom living with you.  

Hugs,

Trish

Arlene here. Vicki, I am sorry you are hurting so much. I think what you are experiencing is part of the grieving process. You tried to be so strong for so long. Crying is normal. Anguish is normal when grieving. Cry, scream, do whatever it takes. I remember when I was going through my divorce a while back. It was so ugly because ex was being a horrible person. I couldn't work, I was so messed up.  One day I got in my car and screamed and screamed on top of my lungs. It was so traumatic and it scarred me forever. So do what you have to do to get through this most difficult time.

Don't write off Greek food ... there's always gyros, which is seasoned meat with onions and a sauce on pita bread. Yummy. I had a dish at our Greek restaurant here it was stuffed chicken with cheese and spinach ... it was really good. Too much to eat, so I had it for another day. 

Hello..........well I started out early this morning to post but then KNOCK KNOCK...Rick's mom is here!!!!!! Been running around ever since our pay checks came...lol. While in the store Rick asked if I could make some potato salad for his mom...yeah...I can do that...not what I wanted to do...was going to have corn on the cob and burgers. I also was going to make some Cherry Swirl Brownies...posted the recipe on the thread Vicki started today. Never made them til today.

Just got a call from a tenant abou****er running into the street not sure from our complex or the house next to us...Rick just went tearing out to see...OMG I hope its not ours!!!!!!!

Anyhow I got the potato salad made and also the brownies and yummmmmmm for both!!!!! LOL Rick's mom is snoring away on the couch...OMG LOUD!!!!!! LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Got the grill ready for the burgers...now for the bellies!!!!! Diane HAD to buy all of us meatball subs...told her no...we were going to eat when we got back home...NOPE...Meatball subs it was...YUCK!!!!!!! So subs and Sci-Fi...YIPPPEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it 5 O'clock yet???

Ok need to check FB out see if anymore wedding pictures on it...if not...see whats happening with the water ordeal...

Thoughts and Prayers for ALL that need them!!!

HUGSSSSSSSSSSS

Good evening Trish and OFF-

Trish your trip to the Zoo sounded wonderful.  Hope you are resting up a bit today.  I used to love to take my nephews to the Zoo.  I would buy them a disposable camera and let them take whatever pictures they wanted.

Mary glad to see you posting today without troubles from your tablet.  Enjoy your visit with Taylor.

Kathy glad to see you posting as well.  I just read that Verizon is going to dump all their contracts.  I would suggest that you might want to check the internet and see if that's true.  It popped up on Facebook this morning.  I'm unbundled at the moment with just cellphone and WIFI hotspot with Verizon but reading about your issues makes me wonder if I want to bundle when I finally get to Texas.  Kathy, perfectly normal to be nervous before surgery.  Just take one day at a time and you'll get through it.

Jeannie I will be curious to read what your dinosaur poop is?  My Dad was trained as a geologist before getting into the Navy.  Everytime we moved from coast to coast we drove and along the way he would stop and teach us about rock formations.

Judy I hope it was the neighboring house and not one of your units leaking water.  Mommie dearest will only be there a short time so just breath deeply and you'll get through it.

Connie, excited that your kids are visiting and that they will be able to take you shopping for the bargains.  I wrote an email to my Mom's facility about arranging for a home health care aide to take her shopping every two weeks.  We'll see what response I get.

Vickie I'm glad your Mom took Carrie's news well.  The picture that you posted of she and Benny at the movies was terrific.  I like your china cabinet/hutch.  It's always nice to display our pretties.  Your waincotting in your dining room is similar to mine.

Vickie there is no set schedule for grieving so please just take one day at a time.  I did grief counseling when my Dad died.  It at least helped me to understand that my feelings were normal and that there is no set timeframe.  Please be good to yourself and stop putting so much pressure on yourself.

Well today was post office, dump and little town grocery store day.  My foot is still sore but as long as I wear a shoe it doesn't hurt so much to walk.  Came home and tried to start myself on the pre-surgical liquid diet to drop some pounds.  Well that didn't last but about four hours.  My stress eating had really kicked in.  I know it's the packing, the move and the financial decision I have to make.  

I did pack eight boxes today and just about got the loft packed up except for some sewing stuff and a file cabinet I have to go through and throw out papers or rather burn papers.

As for the realtor, yes Kathy there is a surplus of homes for sale in the area and on my road there are several "camps" for sale.  The realtors up here in Northern Maine are not like what I experienced when selling a property for my Mother in NH or when she sold her house in NC.  They don't make brochures about the property and they don't hold open houses.  I don't think this guy sells real estate full time but rest assured that when the contract is up it won't be re-newed.  Another neighbor posted a picture from her front deck yesterday and I shamelessly advertised my house to her friends in Long Island.  

I know that I have forgotten someone and I apologize.  I'm in a funk which is ridiculous compared to some of the things you are all going through.  Just one of those days.

Trish have a great time on your little trip.  I remember staying in a cabin in Michigan as a kid.  My Dad walked down the road and bought home made cherry pies from a local woman.  We fished and caught a slew of fish!  Happy times.

Positive thoughts going out to all of you in need.

Cindi B.

Cindi,

My samples of dinosaur poop AKA as coprolite came from very different dinosaurs. One very large piece, my friend said, came from a very large carnivore because it is full of bone fragments. A few of the pieces came from strictly from only plant eating smaller animals.  But, one piece came from a very large bird and she said she can tell because of the splatter pattern, I know gross, but also, it had pieces of other large birds in it, which she said would only come from a large flying animal because big birds such as the one in the poop built their nest on very high places that other animals wouldn't have access to and unless it was a very large bird would not dare eat the young...it's all interesting to me.  The piece that I thought was an egg, is in fact, a large dinosaur egg with a partially developed embryo.  Because she was so excited at seeing that piece and when I told her where it came from, she has asked me to get permission for her to take a couple of graduate students there to dig a little and my niece said, hell yeah...if you come Auntie so I will be going back next summer with a group of diggers. LOL.  And, I am donating the egg to our science department because they don't have an egg like that...they have eggs that are round and in tact but not one that is a perfectly cracked egg.  

I am also donating some of my dung to them as well.  When we go next summer, we are taking many university vans and trucks to bring back rocks, fossils, and whatever else they can dig....my niece is already getting our dig spot marked and the good thing, during the summer, the cattle and horses get driven up the mountain so the ranch is empty of ranch hands and livestock...other than a few horses they ride and a few bulls whose sperm is very valuable...you don't want to know what they do with the sperm...it's disgusting.   

Anyway, Cindi, that's the scoop on the poop...

Jeannie-  That's wonderful news about your dinosaur poop and egg.  Good on you for donating to the University.  Where is your neice's place?  Are you with the University of Arkansas?  My grandfather and several great uncles went there in the early 1900.  In fact my grandfather lettered the sidewalks for three classes while he was there.  If you need volunteers to go on the dig to cook or catalog or dig let me know.  That would be fun.

Cindi

Hi Trish and my OFF family:

Taking a break here while I'm waiting for the page designer to do something to the sports front; I've done all the inside pages. Kind of at a standstill until he does the front. 

I have read everyone's posts but I can't remember everything that was said, so forgive me if I don't respond. I can't even remember where I put my glasses from yesterday (yes, I lost my glasses again; has to be at the post office). I don't remember taking them out of my purse but then when I got to work, they weren't there. I have my old pair from last year and they're fine. 

I have a lot to do in the next week before Gary and his stuff arrive in Evansville. I haven't done much. Got to get cracking. Plus now that we have an apartment, I have to start packing. I don't know how I'll do it. Plus I have to come up with the pet deposit by Sept. 15 and moving money. I guess it'll all work out. 

Anyway, I'm hoping our designer is going to take a crack at the sports front at last. He's done every other page, I think. I've been here since 2:30 p.m.; I had two pages done before everyone got here. Oh joy, he opened up the sports front. Finally. Sorry for *****ing. 

Vickie, grieve in whatever way you need to grieve. I can imagine it's going to be tough living with your mom again (I know I couldn't live with my mom). I hope she can be happy with Carrie's baby ... got to tell you that a former coworker of mine from Grand Rapids had a baby girl the other day and named it Piper. Thought it was kinda funny.

Anyway, just wanted to pop in and say hi. Got a full nine hours of sleep last night and not dozing off in front of my computer right now. Of course, the night is young. 

Have a good night.