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jerseyangel Proficient
I guess I should get started on the grants, eh? :lol:

Uh yes! :lol: Could you get working on that toot-sweet?


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psawyer Proficient
Infirm Parents for Dummies.. ....... . . . . . .. . . :rolleyes::(

Em, I hear you. My parents are both 84, and the decline is noticeable, more so in my mother. Jacquie is also dealing with aging parents. Her mother has Alzheimer's Disease and can not be left alone anymore. It is hard watching those you love become less and less capable.

I heard something once which may be a fit in Sillyville for this:

May you live long enough to be a burden to your children.
{{{HUGS}}}
Jestgar Rising Star
'.. .. .. . ...How incredible, if you could be here. ALL Psillies, in the hospital with me. . . ..

We are sweetie.

jerseyangel Proficient
We are sweetie.

:):)

We sure are

elye Community Regular
Em, I hear you. My parents are both 84, and the decline is noticeable, more so in my mother. Jacquie is also dealing with aging parents. Her mother has Alzheimer's Disease and can not be left alone anymore. It is hard watching those you love become less and less capable.

I heard something once which may be a fit in Sillyville for this:

{{{HUGS}}}

Thanks for this, POeter. I needed it - - there are always those who have things tougher. My dad has never grappled with the Alzheimer's demon. .. . .this must be absolutely heart-wrenching, to lose a loved parent in such a way, as he/she slowly becomes a complete stranger. Hugs back to you and Jacquie. :wub:

Enuff sadness in Da Ville! Someone start talkin' about penii, er sumphin'. . . . . .. ..

jerseyangel Proficient
Thanks for this, POeter. I needed it - - there are always those who have things tougher. My dad has never grappled with the Alzheimer's demon. .. . .this must be absolutely heart-wrenching, to lose a loved parent in such a way, as he/she slowly becomes a complete stranger. Hugs back to you and Jacquie. :wub:

Hugs to you and Jacquie from me too PeOter. :)

Enuff sadness in Da Ville! Someone start talkin' about penii, er sumphin'. . . . . .. ..

Ok--I just ate a huge bowl of fresh pineapple chunks. :P

There's a start--take it way, pholks.....

Jestgar Rising Star

Next time I get a major owie I'm asking the vet for whatever she gave Lyle. It's obvious that his paw still hurts, but he soooooo doesn't care.


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psawyer Proficient
Ok--I just ate a huge bowl of fresh pineapple chunks. :P

Gaacck. I don't know what it is about pineapple, but I just can't get into it. It is more than just sweet--it is cloying.

For the life of me I cannot fathom why otherwise intelligent people would put pineapple on a pizza, along with ham, and actually eat the thing. :blink:

Give me bacon, mushrooms, green olives and green peppers. I'll take some gluten-free pepperoni if available, all on gluten-free crust. Lots of mozzarella and some tomato sauce, too. B):)

Bad for the heart? Have you heard of the Cardiologist's Diet? "If it tastes good, spit it out!" B)

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Oh no Suz--our wee lil Skit Cat is growing up!!

......where does the time go?????........

I know :lol:

I wants the wee Kitteh who attaks and snuggles and plays and kisses the Weez :wub:

may HE come back!

Uh yes! Could you get working on that toot-sweet?

Okay. Yeah. I've had SO much luck with the Forest Service and guv-ment grants, I"ll start working on ours TOOT SWEET :lol:

Em, I hear you. My parents are both 84, and the decline is noticeable, more so in my mother. Jacquie is also dealing with aging parents. Her mother has Alzheimer's Disease and can not be left alone anymore. It is hard watching those you love become less and less capable.

I heard something once which may be a fit in Sillyville for this:

{{{HUGS}}}

Aw, Poeter. Sending hugs and love. The cycle of life, so bittersweet. :wub:

Enuff sadness in Da Ville! Someone start talkin' about penii, er sumphin'. . . . . .. ..

and tho thillies, your wisth ith my command :lol: <penith - HEE!!!!!!!!!>

Next time I get a major owie I'm asking the vet for whatever she gave Lyle. It's obvious that his paw still hurts, but he soooooo doesn't care.

WHOT? what woz it?? percocet? darvocet? ecstacy? GIVE IT TO US!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

For the life of me I cannot fathom why otherwise intelligent people would put pineapple on a pizza, along with ham, and actually eat the thing. :blink:

:o:lol:

OMG - that was my second favorite pizza - pineapple and canadian bacon :lol: (first being vegetarian in garlic sauce :drool: )

such a bastardized version of anything resembling the original, but I do NAE care!!!!! :lol:

off to bed Sills.

some sombering thoughts but.....not for now, more later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

elye Community Regular

Good Morning, Psillies!

Give me bacon, mushrooms, green olives and green peppers. I'll take some gluten-free pepperoni if available, all on gluten-free crust. Lots of mozzarella and some tomato sauce, too. B):)

Hey! POeter, you had this when we had our pizza lunch together, methinks. . . .. :)

Certainly the mushrooms, as that brought about the discussion of their different life level and questionable value as human food. . . . ...

and tho thillies, your wisth ith my command :lol: <penith - HEE!!!!!!!!!>

OMG.. . . ....PENITH! :lol: Somehow sounds like a Biblical term. . .... ...O brandisheth thy penith...... .. . ... .

:huh::ph34r:

Jestgar Rising Star

oh who invented work anyway??

want to stay home and lounge with Lyle in bed. He's claimed his spot, next to the open window where, if anything exciting happens he can open one bleary eye and say 'hey'.

actually this kinda describes me at work, so maybe going in isn't so bad.

jerseyangel Proficient
Give me bacon, mushrooms, green olives and green peppers. I'll take some gluten-free pepperoni if available, all on gluten-free crust. Lots of mozzarella and some tomato sauce, too. B):)

Me phave, too--except swap out black olives fer the green. I also like pepperoni much better on pizza than sausage (Mark and I disagree on this). Never tried pineapple on pizza--can't fathom it wif tomato sauce :blink: <yuckphace>

O brandisheth thy penith...... .. . ... .

Sounds like Em's throwin down the gauntlet :lol:

He's claimed his spot, next to the open window where, if anything exciting happens he can open one bleary eye and say 'hey'.

He sounds so comfy :wub:

elye Community Regular
Sounds like Em's throwin down the gauntlet :lol:

Yup. . . . .....rattling my sabre.. . . . ..... :lol:

nikki-uk Enthusiast

Afternoon!!!!!!

Larphing hard at civkeb costumes :lol:

they aren't allowed to show up in a dirty gui.

and

(I rode English and competed in dressage and did a little jumping)

Not being familiar with either of these..... they sound somehow dirty :huh::lol:

We are sweetie.

*gulp*

Yes Emmel, always wiv you ;)

Pineapple, ham and mushroom on me pizza please!!!!!!!!

Pineapple upside down cake WITH CREAM!!!!!! :P

:lol:

I just put on 5 pounds <_<

Penith!! :lol: *snort*

Kittle-kattle super alooph???....... yeah, they do that BUT they come back to you when they get a bit older (like kids? :unsure: ...... please tell me they don't COME BACK)

Viruses on pc's :unsure:

How can you tell where a virus comes from???

My old computer died of a virus (bf...before facebook) ...so I suppose FB's as safe as anything on t'internet :shrugsshoulders:

Ptaumn!!!.....missed yer fella <_<

Ray-chull!.....has yer wee broke up for summer now?????.............. ours are not 'til the end of July

OK, my eldest gave Tel a box set DVD's of 'The Wire'

Holy crime addict!!!.....am currently limiting ourselves to 2 episodes a day

but it ain't easy :rolleyes:

Everybody peeps!!....turn that frown upside down :lol: (sooo cheesey)

jerseyangel Proficient

Okeydokey....I know I live in Texas...and it's the south....and it's hot.....BUT pseriously Sillies--this is the hottest day I've ever felt in me life! I ran to the store (drove, really) ... planned to get there and back asap. Well, I got back here, and first couldn't get into the parking garage, and then my keypad wouldn't work on the building door. :angry:

I had to park the car, traipse around the freakin building to the front door, groceries in hand, praying it would open....and luckily one of the property managers was there showing an apartment er sumphin.

I need another shower <_<

How do people LIVE here????? HIH did they live here before air conditioning???? :blink:

I feel better now :lol:

Swear to gawd--it's like an oven out there :o Literally.

nikki-uk Enthusiast
Okeydokey....I know I live in Texas...and it's the south....and it's hot.....BUT pseriously Sillies--this is the hottest day I've ever felt in me life! I ran to the store (drove, really) ... planned to get there and back asap. Well, I got back here, and first couldn't get into the parking garage, and then my keypad wouldn't work on the building door. :angry:

I had to park the car, traipse around the freakin building to the front door, groceries in hand, praying it would open....and luckily one of the property managers was there showing an apartment er sumphin.

I need another shower <_<

How do people LIVE here????? HIH did they live here before air conditioning???? :blink:

I feel better now :lol:

Swear to gawd--it's like an oven out there :o Literally.

See now, I LOVE that kind of heat :blink:

Poor PadT :angry:

jerseyangel Proficient
See now, I LOVE that kind of heat :blink:

Really?????? :o

I wish I could send you some :lol:

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
Thanks for this, POeter. I needed it - - there are always those who have things tougher. My dad has never grappled with the Alzheimer's demon. .. . .this must be absolutely heart-wrenching, to lose a loved parent in such a way, as he/she slowly becomes a complete stranger. Hugs back to you and Jacquie. :wub:

This might sound a tad macabre, but I'm actually a bit jealous of you guys.

See, my dad was NOT an awesome guy. Not most of my life. He was angry, rather mean and abusive, and very difficult to live/work with. During the year he was sick, a great deal of that changed, and I got to have a year with my dad as my Daddy, as loving and kind and wonderful as I knew he always could be. I know exactly how evil his mother was (a woman with whom I will NOT associate), and how extroardinarily hard he worked to improve himself enough just to be the mean bastard I grew up with.

Part of the reason I grieved so hard when he died was that I didn't want to give up the 'new' & improved Daddy I had. So I find myself (uncharitably) jealous of those of you who've been able to live your whole lives with such special parents. I can only imagine how hard it must be to contemplate losing someone who's so deeply imbedded in everything in your life, who's so well loved. I sincerely hope he gets better.

And hey, so when did I become the traveling chef?!?!?! Who's gonna shell out for all that equipment, huh? Don't I get a vote in this?!?!?

DingoGirl Enthusiast

SILLS - am at work - can't quote things. <_<

BORED OUT OF MY SKIN and so very restless. :( This has been happening a lot lately, I do nae like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nicola - yer whole post :lol: :lol: :lol:

what is The Wire? American show? I believe so...haven't seen it......

Padt!!!!!!!! :blink: are you sure you're not living in Fresno in July??????????? <_<

It is unbelievably, ridivculously, egregiously HEINOUS, that kinda heat yer talkin' about. Trust me on this. :angry:

For four months every year here (or five), walking outside is just about the worst thing imaginable....a hot, scorching oven smacks you and nearly knocks you down every time you exit a building. :angry:

I hate living here :lol:

BUNNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o

OMG - I am a little in shock - you've written something taht is almost identical to my story!!! I had my dad for the last year of his life, only. My grieving was so incredibly complicated when he died. And about three months before he did go, he looked at me one day, tears in his eyes, adn said: "I finally found my daughter." *gulp* and I replied: "I finally found my daddy." We had dropped our lifelong weapons of defense, and in his prolonged illness, he softened so.

:blink:

<this post edited to remove sad family ranting. I do that a lot. The sad ranting on the worldwide web, and then removing it :lol: >

and OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Janey joined Facebook!!!!!!!!!1 :lol: She's not official, but I'm going to make her become official......

Jestgar Rising Star

:ph34r::ph34r:

i have a second interview

:ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

Darn210 Enthusiast
Yup. . . . .....rattling my sabre.. . . . ..... :lol:

and just who is attached to that sabre . . . if you know what I mean . . . *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*

:ph34r::ph34r:

i have a second interview

:ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

*giggle*

YaY!!!!!

good luck . . . use us as references if you like . . . we'll be good . . . promise!!! . . . :rolleyes::lol:

JNBunnie1 Community Regular

:ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

wif who?

:ph34r: :ph34r:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
:ph34r::ph34r:

i have a second interview

:o <what in hell? it let me quote at work?????????????????????> :unsure:

Um, Geoss, didn't really know you had a first one? did I? :huh:

but YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you think it's a job you want?

*********************

am going

CRRRRRRAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

today :angry:

crazy, crazy, crazy......but not the fun kind of crazy where you lose touch with reality, unfortunately

<_<:angry:

:wacko: :wacko: :wacko:

I think what I really want is a lobotomy.......

:wacko:

and guess what.........OMG guess what.........

you know on facebook when it suggests friends you may know or people to add? POPPING UP FRANTICALLY and ENDLESSLY?

well guess who in HELL showed up on there today. A day I did NOT need it. :angry:

Yes, that ASS HAT from my former life. The most ruinous man alive. The man I will never forgive and loathe the thought of. HE pops up as a "potential friend." HOW IN HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?????? his WIFE pops up also, all the time. Ass Hat and I have NO mutual friends.

WHAT IN HELL???

did NOT need this today. did not. :(

<I think I'd better skulk away now as am feeling particularly vitriolic> :ph34r:

jerseyangel Proficient
Part of the reason I grieved so hard when he died was that I didn't want to give up the 'new' & improved Daddy I had.

he looked at me one day, tears in his eyes, adn said: "I finally found my daughter." *gulp* and I replied: "I finally found my daddy." We had dropped our lifelong weapons of defense, and in his prolonged illness, he softened so.

Bunnie and Souczie--you both brought tears to me eyes. I sometimes think that this is how it might go with my mom and me. A lot of you know there are issues there--but I'd love for the walls to come down now that we're still both here but she just cares about how things look--not real things like feelings and loyalty. :( So complicated...but then, these things always are.....

Don't think it's ever gonna happen.....just wanted to commiserate with you two. I really understand what you're saying and I'm so sorry.

:ph34r::ph34r:

i have a second interview

:ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

Well now!!!! :D Good luck--knock em' dead!!

good luck . . . use us as references if you like . . . we'll be good . . . promise!!! . . . :rolleyes::lol:

Good gawd--we want her to GET the job!! :lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
well guess who in HELL showed up on there today. A day I did NOT need it. :angry:

Oh no Sooz--there ought to be a law!!!! :angry: :angry:

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