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It's a tough drug. Sometimes when the chemo was so bad, I remember my husband saying his hair hurt. Make sure you eat, stay away from germs and work on getting better!
Congrats on the sale, Alex! Such a welcome surprise. :)
I have my first review! It's 5 Stars!!! I am so thankful!
Glenda wrote: "I have my first review! It's 5 Stars!!! I am so thankful!"
Congratulations Glenda!!!
Be happy, Glenda. Let us hope this is the start of many good things
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C.B. wrote: "Today a song in my car playlist had a cheeping bird in it, and it made me take a moment to look around and realize what a beautiful place I live in is, and that I am lucky to be here."hehe Nothing like birds to make you realize things. :P
I can't count how many times after going outside I see the cranes, the ducks, and the geese around the natural pond and I take a deep breath and tell myself, "What a lucky woman I am!"
Thanks for reminding me! :)
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I reminded you of something wonderful. That also fits the theme of the thread!
Today's one of my cats birthdays. His name's Sammy and he's 1 today
Ohhhhhh happy birthday Sammy. Hope you get loads of love from your mommy. :)
C.B. and G.G. - I really enjoy hearing the birds singing in the trees in our backyard and driving by the lake in our town where lots of ducks and swans swim. So nice.Kristen - Happy Birthday to your furry family member!! Sammy is my nickname!
Hugs to All
Thanks, everyone!C.B. I am glad you took the time to enjoy the beautiful place you live. I also love to hear the birds and watch the chipmunks I am so blessed to live in the country.
Happy Birthday Sammy from Bailey my cat and Bud the dog!
Sammy says thanks :) https://www.goodreads.com/photo/autho...I must live in the starling migration path cause they fly past and land in my yard in such huge numbers. There had to have been over 200 birds last week
Hello everyone, this is a lovely thread! Today I inherited a huge artwork because someone in our apartment complex is moving back overseas. We have bare walls and no money so it was literally a wish fulfilled! Now to figure out how to hang it...
Congratulations on your unexpected gift, Rachel. I understand what you mean. If it's that heavy, you don't want to just hang it on a nail. Good luck!
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Since people are talking about their pets, I have to say Teddy, Simon and Lola - just having them in my life brings me joy every day.
And every day I have with my wife is a good day.
I enjoy each and every coworker I have right now, which is weird. I am not a people person at all and generally clash with at least one person at work. But, not this job. Also, my boss is wonderful... because 99 percent of the time he leaves me the hell alone and when he doesn't, he's generally supportive. He's only yelled at me once (and I deserved it).
Well, I should wrap this up. Let's just say I always feel very blessed and every day is a good day in some way.
Fifth 'child' is out there.Wish the poor little bu***r luck.
Alex wrote: "Congratulations on the birth, did you go with an epi or just tough it out?"She's a literary baby
Took me awhile to figure out what bu***r was. lol. Wishing you the best of luck with it.
Alex wrote: "Jane Jago wrote: "Alex wrote: "Congratulations on the birth, did you go with an epi or just tough it out?"She's a literary baby"
I realised that Jane, I was trying to be humorous, guess it didn'..."
Sorry. Sometimes people don't get me at all. Then I get in lumber. Hoped you were making a joke. But you never can tell
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Butler. I bet the baby is a butler.
I was massively discouraged...then I got a five star review. It's inspired me, encouraged me and kind of made me want to sing. (Plug your ears, quick!) !-)
Dwayne wrote: "Carole wrote: "Took me awhile to figure out what bu***r was. lol. Wishing you the best of luck with it."Butler. I bet the baby is a butler."
Haha. I kept reading it as butter, but a butler makes much more sense. lol
Yay, Shannon! Congratulations!! Hugs
Carole wrote: "Dwayne wrote: "Carole wrote: "Took me awhile to figure out what bu***r was. lol. Wishing you the best of luck with it."Butler. I bet the baby is a butler."
Haha. I kept reading it as butter, but ..."
Nah. The baby is called buster
LOL! Took me a second to get it as well Jane, but I think the issue is that in the US, the meaning is very tame and not the same. ;)
I'm Australian so had no doubt what the bu**er was! Congratulations Jane and Shannon, great news all around,
OH how did I miss the new baby...book! :PCongrats Jane. Hope you'll be a proud mother. :)
Congrats Jane!A really cool thing happened today. There's this older gentleman at my job who's kind of down and out. Today he won a turkey through a random drawing. The poor guy said "great! I'll have something good to eat! I only had dollar TV dinners left." Now he can have a decent Thanksgiving with something he can actually eat - being diabetic, most of the holiday foods aren't good for him. But this is, and I was happy to see his smile.
G.G. wrote: "OH how did I miss the new baby...book! :PCongrats Jane. Hope you'll be a proud mother. :)"
Thanks to everyone. I am proud. But there a thing I have learned. It's a weird feeling when you put a book out there. It's tempting to go back and fiddle with it. But that's BAD. Get onto the next project and let the baby wear out its own shoes.
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Smiles on faces.
I want to wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving! Just bought Coconut Custard, Pecan, and Pumpkin Pies for tomorrow at the Millerage Inn, a three hundred year old restaurant that claims George Washington both ate and slept there. (probably after the huge turkey dinner- tripofan.)The whole place smelled of woodsmoke and cider.
Happy Thanksgiving Americans! I always wanted to spend a Thanksgiving in the US eating Turkey and Mac and Cheese (NEVER had either), lol. Hope it's a fun day for all.
Everyday Alex, I enjoy everyday, this one just happens to have turkey and lots of pies involved! lolI know in Canada they have a Thanksgiving- do you have a holiday like that?
Thanksgiving in Canada is... the second Monday of October if I remember right. My family never celebrated it much. In fact, if they did I was too young to remember. As I grew older, it became just an occasion to have a free day of school. I know some people do celebrate it but I've never heard of it being done as much as I did since I moved to the States. (This was in Quebec. I have no idea of how it is in the other provinces.)
It does break up the time during the year, all the holidays. I love reading about Regency England and the way they celebrated Christmas.
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I have behaved myself and eaten clean for the last week. No, that's not my something good that happened. The something good is the homemade pumpkin pie that just went into the oven. Also, the fact that I will eat roughly half of it myself, caloric consequences be damned. Oh, and the gravy. I always make so much gravy so I have an excuse to make black Friday poutine. :D
Black Friday poutine, that sounds delicious. What is it? I've heard of poutine- is it french fries smothered in gravy and cheese? They don't have it in New York. We've been on the Paleo diet for a year now. I love all the trimmings, they are so comforting. Stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, yum. My kids are food police and I will have to eat probably hidden away in a corner. Even the grandkids will rat me out.
Carole wrote: "Black Friday poutine, that sounds delicious. What is it? I've heard of poutine- is it french fries smothered in gravy and cheese? They don't have it in New York. We've been on the Paleo diet for a ..."Yep! French fries, gravy, and cheese curds. They do have it in NY, but only in the far reaches of upstate that border Quebec (not sure if it's an all Canada thing, but it should be!). Me, I'm having it in Texas because I'm a rebel like that. ;P
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So you had to go through Radiation? After my operation the oncologist told me I would have some, but then it turned out that it wouldn't work for the kind of cancer I have. It's too spread out.