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The path brought me to a place I used to frequent before the trail to it was closed the usual way!
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The path brought me to a place I used to frequent before the trail to it was closed the usual way!
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Howie's da foist, you betcha!
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Gorgeous place, listener. Thank you for sharing it.
Yes we shall gather by the river,
ReplyDeleteThe beautiful, the beautiful river;
Yes we shall gather by the river,
That flows by the throne of God.
Indeed, listener, a lovely place to bring a book or just to sit and think, or dream.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, sunny though cold day here today.
Woke up this morning with this song running in my head. No idear why; it doesn't follow from anything I was dreaming. That's okay though. It's a beautiful, very sweet song.
All the World and the Seven Seas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfNenCs7-l8
Regarding the cover photo,
ReplyDeletethat's a stream I love to sit by in any season.
The funny thing is that I never knew it was there when my children were little.
But they did! And they kept it a big secret
lest we not allow them into that part of the woods unaccompanied.
So I can attest that FIVE can keep a secret!
I finally had days, when they were older, to just go off on walks by myself.
And that's when I stumbled across it.
Eventually they fessed up.
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
ReplyDeleteThe path lab report from Hubby's brother's pancreatic cancer surgery is back.
It was cancerous, but it was self contained and has not spread!!
But since the lymph nodes were a little bit involved his surgeon had the foresight
to put radiation marker seeds in place to facilitate very precise, less impacting radiation.
He'll meet with the oncologist in a few weeks, and likely have some combination of
radiation and chemo. It looks like they may have knocked this out of the park!
We are all smiles and all joy over it!!
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.”
As for me, I'm still waiting to hear back from the doctor about my strep test.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling (dare I say?) a little better today. I had the humidfier on and slept really well for the first time all week.
Of course, the doctor did tell me on Friday that one can get over strep without antibiotics,
but remain a carrier of it, so they prefer folks to have the antibiotics and not be carriers.
So I figure either it WAS strep and now that I may be getting over it they'll finally prescribe antibotics,
or it wasn't strep and I'll have a slow recovery. Heh.
I wish we had a National Nurse! http://nationalnurse.org/
Excellent news, listener!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're feeling better♥
ReplyDeleteSince my pharmacy closes at 3pm EDT, I called the office and had the answering service send a request to the on call doctor. She just called me back. The strep test was negative.
ReplyDeleteSo I have to tough it out and can't return to work until 24 hours after my fever stays down. It would probably help if I got my voice back too. Heh. She said I can continue to double the pain medication until the swelling in my throat goes down. So that's something at least.
I really need this crud to go away. I'm supposed to lead a Quiet Day for area clergy next week. I may have to simply write out what I was going to say with rubrics about how I was going to present it, and let one of them lead the day instead. Blah. Meanwhile I need a clearer head and inner space to be able to gather something to offer in the first place.
Having said all that, I have to tell you that the news about my bro-in-law lightens the spirit of this day greatly!
{{{ {{ ♥ Thanks for all your caring, and prayering, and vibing! ♥ }} }}}
Help please. I need a reality check.
ReplyDeleteAbout how long would it take a healthy young woman to walk half a mile to the general store, do a light shopping for party/snack foods, walk home and have three separate but concomitant phone conversations with her boyfriend about what they would be doing that evening? I have it all taking about an hour. Is that even remotely realistic? Please advise.
listener, can you drink cocoa or tea? If so, my advice would be to settle down with a nice cuppa, maybe by the window that has your favorite view, put your feet up and relax. What you need for your retreat will come. But it can't come if you're stressing about it.
ReplyDeletelistener, glad to hear you're mending. Please up the Vitamin D3 dose, eh?
ReplyDeleteGot three hours on the phone wit ma hunny! Heaven.
Awh, Puddle. *grin*
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I call that getting too much into the part!
An hour sounds about right to me too.
ReplyDeleteLOL!
ReplyDeleteRight now being able to talk for three hours to anyone would be heaven! Ha!
I can barely speak at all!
Good point about the D.
ReplyDeleteIs it best to take it alone or is in a multivitamin okay?
I have the latter.
Hi Cat,
ReplyDeleteThe really odd thing about this virus is that it doesn't respond to the usual things. Gargling has no effect whatsoever. Hot drinks and even cold drinks change nothing at all.
(Mind you, I made homemade cocoa anyway!) The only things that touch it are: having a humidifier on, eating green olives (even though the salt water does nothing), and sipping just a little wine (much better than cough syrup). So I think it must be an Italian virus. LOL!
I'm not stressing, just planning. I know that what I need in order to be able to have something to offer the clergy group is some time sitting still. It's hard to sit still when you feel like crap. Yet thus far I have discerned the topic and written some notes (in the middle of the night a few nights ago when I couldn't sleep). Plus I've gathered some related and pithy quotes to sprinkle in. I just need it to come together and be coherent. That will happen...as long as this illness doesn't hit a new and perhaps more sloppy phase. Heh.
Some sites offer an option to wait to ship until all items are ready.
ReplyDeleteOr simply make a note of that in the shipping instructions box, if there is one.
Hmmm, Italian flu.
ReplyDeleteGlad that, despite feeling crappy, you have your sense of humor. Being sick usually makes me morose. Not that I'm not usually morose anyway...
Yes, amazon does offer that option. The point is, they go ahead and ship when they feel like it anyway, no matter what you tell them.
ReplyDeleteReally good news. It's rare enough when you whip pancreatic cancer, but sounds like this is one of the times.
ReplyDeleteCan't get enough in a multi. My sister's doc has her on the expensive, prescription version 50,000 IU/wk. I take the immensely cheaper and very easy to get 2,0000 IU gels. Five a day. Zero side effects except, finally, I don't get viruses any more. . . .
ReplyDeleteAND pretty much all D that's added to food or is in multis is D2. Which is pretty much useless. The D3 that works is *always* in an oil cap.
Can't get enough in a multi. My sister's doc has her on the expensive, prescription version 50,000 IU/wk. I take the immensely cheaper and very easy to get 2,0000 IU gels. Five a day. Zero side effects except, finally, I don't get viruses any more. . . .
ReplyDeleteAND pretty much all D that's added to food or is in multis is D2. Which is pretty much useless. The D3 that works is *always* in an oil cap.
ARG! Concomitant isn't the right word. That means at the same time. I meant one right after the other, like concatenated. Sorry about that. Glad you figured out what I meant.
ReplyDeleteThanks, listener. It's good to know my sense of proportion is about right.
Boy, that brought back memories. . . .
ReplyDeletehttp://eatapyzch.blogspot.com/2006/09/someone-else-that-few-knew-edwin-was.html
Glad I saved that article: google says it doesn't exist anywhere else now. . . .
Amazon has always *given* me super saver shipping automatically if anything I'm buy applies, but since so much of what they have is sold/shipped by others, it seems impossible to get more than one or two things in a shipment. Not even sure how that would work? The vendor ships it to Amazon, which opens it, tracks it, adds it to your shipment?
ReplyDeleteBut it seems more like you need a sister training manual. . . . eh?
Amazon has always just given me super saver shipping automatically if it applies to anything I'm buying, but since so much of what they have is sold/shipped by others, it seems impossible to get more than one or two things in a shipment. Not even sure how that would work? The vendor ships it to Amazon, which opens it, tracks it, adds it to your shipment?
ReplyDeleteBut it seems more like you need a sister training manual. . . . eh?
Does sound really really good!
ReplyDeleteYAY!!!
:-D
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos from around the world
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/national_geographics_photograp.html
Shopping local totally rocks, whenever it's possible. Not only is there little to no shipping, but it doesn't take long, and far less fuel gets expended. :-)
ReplyDeleteNo nausea, so not flu. But I'd call it Italian virus or Italian sore throat. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteMy shopping is for digital books on-line. Instantaneous and no fuel expenditure at all. :)
ReplyDeleteDitto for digital downloads from Audible. However, some things either don't come in download or are better/more comfortable for this old fogy in tangible form like CD and DVD.
ReplyDeletelistener, shopping locally is lovely for those who can go out. For shut-ins like yours truly, cyber shopping, as on amazon.com, is not merely a luxury, it is pretty much the only way to go.
Hot damn!
ReplyDeleteStrep throat was considered a "self-limiting" disease. But the possible sequelae include rheumatic fever. That's why it's treated routinely these days.
ReplyDeleteAn adult can walk about three miles per hour, so walking time to the store and back would be about twenty minutes absent dawdling. Figure another twenty minutes shopping, and three three-minute phone conversations at intervals of three minutes, and you are up to about an hour. Sounds good.
ReplyDeleteThe storefronts of other vendors that are managed by Amazon are in fact different, so the Super Saver shipping and combination of orders don't apply. Maybe that's the problem. Amazon has been pretty good for me, and I have found they carry stuff Barnes & Noble doesn't.
ReplyDeleteLoved it. I sent it to my bro-in-law to read. ♥
ReplyDeleteWell, Cat, consider that at the little bookshop I used to work at we were always happy to mail any item and since it was coming from right nearby it only took a day. Sometimes we'd even drop books off to people if they were on our way home! We always made an extra effort for folks who couldn't get out. Small means personal, caring and fast. :-)
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