Lorraine

That they are! :) Aren't the flowers absolutely beautiful? They'd be even better if I was a better photographer, but I did the best I could considering I know about 15% of how the phone functions and what it can and can't do. Not even one of the hospice workers, whose job it is to report such things, telling me I look pretty bad, feel bad. Since we first met - maybe six weeks ago? - she said I lost weight, my face looks tired and drawn, and my voice is losing its oomph.

I cannot listen to any music other than gregorian chant. Anything else would rip me to shreds emotionally, and I am already in a bad enough state. But one song that keeps going through my mind is this one: I can't listen to it, but that last plaintive "I just want someone to love" ought to be put my on my gravestone.

That's beautiful. I could sit there for hours and hours and hours. Maybe even fall asleep under one of those trees if I had enough of warm blankets and a fluffy pillow.

Did you make it yourself or buy it? How I love that. My wife bought them, but they had jam in them instead of my favorite, cream. :sigh: Never had them with cream. I love those things. The more deep-fried they are, the better. A feast for clogged arteries! :) Have you tried angel wings? They're made with dough and powdered sugar. Very tasty. My mother used to make them all the time. Real thick. I liked them thinner. Hers were real dunkers. I'm assuming you are referring to Chrusciki? The ones I liked looked like this: My mother's were much thicker. I used to sit and watch her make them. She'd rip apart big paper bags and lay them all over the kitchen table so she could drain the cookies after deep frying them. I'd love a bunch of them now.

Did you make it yourself or buy it? How I love that. My wife bought them, but they had jam in them instead of my favorite, cream. :sigh: Never had them with cream. I love those things. The more deep-fried they are, the better. A feast for clogged arteries! :)

Off to Mass, and I am praying for you whether you want the prayers or not, believe or not. (Watch out, TonyR - you get two candles ;) :cool: ) This is the highlight of my week. I'm all dressed up and ready to go. How do I look? :)

Some sour as all sour can be plain greek yogurt. If I didn't put granola in with it, it would have gone into the garbage by now,

Did you make it yourself or buy it? How I love that.

Autumn has always been my favorite season for many reasons - primarily it signaled the end of heat and summer, and the fall foliage was usually breathtaking. But now I think: this is the last Fall I will ever experience. Please. I'm not trying to be melodramatic. But that's the way I'm thinking because that is what is happening. Everything is finished. My life is over. There won't be a next year.

Thank you. I actually had a peaceful day but I am always so tired. So very tired Now my left eye is swollen. Mostly the pocket underneath near the outer end. Cold didn't help. Heat didn't do anything either.

Don't have the time to watch, but I think it was very nice of them to do that. I'm sure it even got Geddy excited. :geddy:

Someone told me that when I was in high school when I questioned her about happiness. Her name was (probably still is) Karen. She said life was made up of fleeting moments of joy and happiness. She wound up getting this top secret government job and making more money than Earl. I never forgot what she told me though. And now you say the same. Maybe that's the best and the most any of us can ever ask for. Now here I go crying again.

When you stop mowing it. :lol: :cool: Seriously, if you live in a 4-season place, the end of October ought to do it. You can always spruce it up every now and then if you think it is looking too rowdy. I liked my grass always mowed too, but the more land you have, the more you have to mow;' and the older you get, the harder that is to do. We have lawn maintenance where I am here. Now, that's the life!!! :coy: :ebert: :yes:

So will I, but today was not one of them. Maybe tomorrow will be better. :)

A true hive of scum and villainy. The lice will love it.

Unless Goose comes over and cooks for me, it will be tuna sandwiches and new england chowder

Great memory Lorraine. I vaguely remember my parents and grandmother collecting and tallying 'stamps' the early 70's. Remember the little green dinosaurs they gave out?

Cottage cheese, granola and pineapple pieces

That sounds really good.

It was a really good day today. Too good. Days like this make me paranoid. This means I'll probably drop dead tomorrow. Only thing is my appetite is gone completely. I don't have to force myself to eat; I know I have to do eat, but my intake is half of what it was. My breakfast is half now too. So I eat a little bit all day. And the pain in my rectum when I happen to have a b.m. that doesn't look like shredded wheat. That's new and getting worse ' But I still have my sense of humor, and that's what I used to keep me sane this morning on my trip to Walmart while they tried to figure out my husband's prescription dilemma. Then when I stopped laughing (I could've sworn I heard someone from Brooklyn there - all of a sudden I hear a slap on the back and a real nasally "Hey! How ya 'doin'??? Good to see ya!") , I started crying looking at all the old sick people hoping this latest med will do the trick and bring them relief. Hospice nurse calls me tomorrow for end of week checkup. I have an earful for her. Poor woman. ;)

Another two beauties. You know, today was the first day I did not find one bee on any sunflower. We had it in the 30s late night and again it will be the same. Daytime high upper 50s and sunny. Still, no bees. I don't know much about their habits, but it would explain why they were working so furiously at those sunflowers the last few weeks.

Awww! A very happy 17th TRF anniversary to one of the most genuine and nicest people on the forum Hugs to you, dear lady! You deserve the best. :hug2: :hug2: :hug2:

Remember Plaid Stamps? Green Stamps?

Remember when they gave away things for free? You could get your entire dinner and glassware collection just by filling up at your local Sunoco Gas Station.

That made me cry. Here I am sober since June 1987. That actually is a beautiful idea. Stop drinking for one lousy month and give the money to help those with cancer. It you can't manage to stay sober one month, get yourself into either a rehab or an AA meeting because you've got a problem. I could feel all those positive electrical vibs across the ocean. Zzzzzzzzzz ZZZ zzzzZZZZZZZZZZZ. z-z-z-z-z-z-zzzzzz-zzz-ZZ No wonder why I had such a peaceful day. Even though the hospice nurse was here for almost two hours. She didn't have much to say. When she doesn't have much to say, it means that things aren't looking that good. Spent a long time listening to my stomach. Only one side seems to have any type of sound. I appreciate with all my heart not only the positive thoughts, but that you didn't electrocute yourself. You might have come out of that one looking like Joe Jackson. :scared: :yes: :LOLsign: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: "Look Sharp" my dear! Love You! Oh Earl, I could kiss you. You made me laugh. :kisshug: :hug2: