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Dec 22, 2017 03:51PM
Thank you, Jeanne...I love all my GRs friends. But Joy was one of the first ones I met through Meredith's blog and we bonded over similar likes and health concerns.
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Sheila wrote: "Friends, last night in the dark I tripped on a curb and landed on my face on the concrete. Went to both an emergency care facility and then to the ER for a CT. I am OK except for abrasions down the..."Oh, major OUCH! So glad your injuries weren't more serious, but I'm sure you've got some soreness in addition to those abrasions and black eye. And make sure those new glasses are really stylin'!
so sorry Shelia that you got hurt. I had both knees replaced last year and have fallen 2 or 3 times since then. not fun you get better quick
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lenora wrote: "MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"Thanks and same to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Christmas to all! Hope you enjoy the festive season whatever way you choose to celebrate it! ☕️🍰🍷🎉🎄😊
Blessings everyone at this time of the year. Peace and Joy to you and yours and I join the others in saying enjoy the rest of the season in the manner in which you celebrate. We want everyone to feel the joy and love we are sending to those across the pond and around the world. Happy New Year!!
Lenora wrote: "so sorry Shelia that you got hurt. I had both knees replaced last year and have fallen 2 or 3 times since then. not fun you get better quick"Thank you for your thoughts. I look worse than I feel. Merry Christmas to all. I am reading Mr. Darcy's Christmas Carol...we had our family celebration yesterday and the weather is so bad we are not going out.
We had flurries last night and I knew it was headed your way Sheila. I thought about you and hoped you'd be safe and snug at home. Blessings my friend and if anyone asks... just tell them they should see the other guy. Happy New Year!!
What better way to spend a bad weather day Sheila. Take care.
What better way to spend a bad weather day Sheila. Take care.
J. W. wrote: "We had flurries last night and I knew it was headed your way Sheila. I thought about you and hoped you'd be safe and snug at home. Blessings my friend and if anyone asks... just tell them they shou..."laughing...Happy New Year!
Teresa wrote: "What better way to spend a bad weather day Sheila. Take care."You take care also. Are you still suffering with your latest?
The tonsillitis was getting better but I can feel it again tonight. I have another lot of antibiotics so if it's still bad tomorrow I'll be starting back on them.
Sheila -- I must tell you my "black eye" story.Some time ago, my sister needed a shot of Novocain at the dental college. The student hygienist hit a vein in her cheek. Her face swelled and reddened immediately. By the time she reached home, her eye was black and the side of her face was swollen and bruised.
They had plans to eat out with friends and go to a movie. Since it wasn't too painful, they didn't cancel. All night long, everywhere they went people looked at her and glared at her husband.
At the end of the evening, her husband told her he wouldn't go anywhere with her again until her face was healed.
wosedwew wrote: "Sheila -- I must tell you my "black eye" story.Some time ago, my sister needed a shot of Novocain at the dental college. The student hygienist hit a vein in her cheek. Her face swelled and redden..."
I was thinking that someone might believe the same about me with so much in the news now about abuse. But my spouse has never done anything close...I would leave him...for sure. Sad that our minds jump there.
Teresa wrote: "The tonsillitis was getting better but I can feel it again tonight. I have another lot of antibiotics so if it's still bad tomorrow I'll be starting back on them."Growing up I had any number of sore throats and even one bout with strep throat. We didn't have central heat until I was in the 4th grade and when I would wash my hair and set it in curlers I would get a sore throat...wet head, no heat! So I can feel for you.
I remember that feeling well Sheila. Never had any heating growing up. We lived in a small cottage and I remember getting up on winter's mornings and there would be frost inside on the window glass!! I've suffered from tonsillitis since I was a child but back in the seventies they wouldn't take them out unless you were actually choking. It's too late now. The doctor wouldn't recommend it at my age. So I'm stuck with them! Some years are not too bad but I've had a particularly bad one this year. Have had about six or seven bouts so far.
Sheila and Teresa -- I can identify with both your comments. Our house had central heat but my parents had grown up with unheated bedrooms and it was unthinkable to them to pay for heat for the upstairs "just because the kids slept up there!" We learned to dress very quickly!
Teresa -- my tonsils were removed when I was about 4 years old because my SISTER had a sore throat! My older brother and I were rounded up for the surgery at the same time because the doctor "didn't want to be bothered" having to take tonsils out one at a time. My baby brother was judged to be too young and had to develop his own sore throat years later.
Ah Sheila, I'm just doing a bit of a catchup here and read about your fall. Hope the 'shiner' is starting to fade a bit now, or is it a bit early for that yet? Sending hugs and best wishes for a speedy recovery. Some kind (!) person gave me a heavy cold, which started on Christmas Eve afternoon. Was feeling a bit rough yesterday but at least managed to cook the Christmas dinner this year, unlike last when I was bedridden with flu. Felt like a wet dishcloth by evening though. And it's back to work tomorrow in advance of a second trip of the year to Hampshire. Don't think there'll be any visits to Austen-related places this time, as hubby will be with me and the friends we're staying with aren't Janeites either. Still, one can live in hope!
Happy New Year to you!
wosedwew wrote: "Sheila and Teresa -- I can identify with both your comments. Our house had central heat but my parents had grown up with unheated bedrooms and it was unthinkable to them to pay for heat for the u..."
I would be better off now if I had that doctor when I was young but jeez what a a weirdo!!!
Teresa wrote: "wosedwew wrote: "Sheila and Teresa -- I can identify with both your comments. Our house had central heat but my parents had grown up with unheated bedrooms and it was unthinkable to them to pay f..."
I think that was a common practice for doctors at the time but would be unheard of today. As a side note, my sister and I had hysterectomies the same week too -- but that's a story for a different day.
In the 1990's, we had to plead with the ENT department at our local hospital to take our son's tonsils out. He'd been hospitalised twice with what turned out to be tonsillitis, as the symptoms came on so quickly that it could possibly have been meningitis. He was due to start school, and we didn't want him missing days, or a week or more, every time he had another bout. Thankfully, they agreed and we had no more problems after that.
No kidding... Wose... I was about 5 or 6 when they took my tonsils and my mother thought I did so well that she would have her's out too. Lawd! There is a big difference between a kid and an adult having the surgery. She thought she was 'gonna die' or nearly. It knocked her off her feet. Bless her heart. The 70's was really big on hysterectomies. All you had to do was nod at your doctor and off you went to surgery. Times have changed.
Anji wrote: "Ah Sheila, I'm just doing a bit of a catchup here and read about your fall. Hope the 'shiner' is starting to fade a bit now, or is it a bit early for that yet? Sending hugs and best wishes for a sp..."Sorry to hear you are sick. I had family Christmas Eve and my son called ahead of time to inform me that his daughter, Mae, had a bad head cold and should they stay home due to my immune system being compromised and due to Pop-pop's age (96). A flu like virus has been making the rounds here. I, of course, could not say to keep Mae at home but avoided hugs and kisses. So...we'll see.
Thank goodness my daughter had them out when she was six. She was off school every second week with them. My doctor told me to fight to get them out at the consultancy. I went in all geared up for battle, he took one look in her mouth and said 'well they're definitely coming out' . I felt very deflated:-)Hope you stay well Sheila.
Dang Sheila... that was not right having you make that call. We had a gathering and someone was sick and it was a given that they would avoid Dad [92]. I pray that you all remain healthy.
Take a large pill of Vitamin C plus Cold-eeze.
286.) Crossed in Love by Maria Grace. She offered a free pdf download of this story which she has been posting chapters of on her blog.
Oh Sheila -- two 2-Stars in a row!That shouldn't happen to anyone but congratulations on your total for the year
Dang Sheila... that is a shame... especially when I also have your #288. Oh well... I'll just have to grin and bear it. :-)
It was (maybe still is) free, so I have it too. Whenever I look at the description, I move on to a different book to read. Not one that would've inspired me to pay for. Seeing you give it only 2 stars, Sheila, I think I'll just leave it in the bottom of the pile!
289.) Letters from the Heart - By mrsdarcy2032 “What if Mr. Darcy returned to Hertfordshire only to discover it was too late and Elizabeth had been forced to marry a vicious Mr. Collins? With Elizabeth all but stranded in Kent and Darcy determined never to love another, how will they find their way to happiness and each other? Follow the journey from heartbreak to happily ever after in the personal correspondence of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy.” http://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show... 5 stars - this one had me crying copiously at the end. There is a HEA.
290.) What Might Have Been - mrsdarcy2032: “Darcy never learns of Lydia's elopement. She is never recovered and the Bennets leave Hertfordshire under a cloud of scandal.” http://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show... This short story gives us both Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s POV. It, too, has a HEA. 4 stars
291.) One Great Love by mrsdarcy2032 A modern story in which a romance writer looks back at the one who got away. “Writer Elizabeth talks about her one great love, can she get it back?” http://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show... 4 stars. (I'm on a roll with stories from the same author.)
Glad to see you like this author too.I've read the 1st two you list but not the modern.
On FFnet she posted the first one as "Letters from Elizabeth" and then "Letters from Darcy". A sad story with a HEA and a sympathetic Lady C.
I just downloaded all three, as well as some other unpublished I've been eyeing. Going to have to start with Letters from the Heart!!
292.) One Great Reunion By mrsdarcy2032 “What happened in that 2 weeks between the interview and Liz waking up with Will?” (A fleshing out of One Great Love.) http://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show... 4 stars
293.) I Shall Know How to Act by mrsdarcy2032 In a spoof of Lady Catherine’s visit to Elizabeth at Longbourn it is a topsy turvy use of canon’s long conversation about Darcy’s engagement. 3.5 starshttp://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show...
They all sound pretty good, Sheila. Now I have to remember my log in details for that site. I know I've registered there but haven't had time to visit often enough to know them by heart!
I went through that exercise last night, Anji. I knew the "user" to get into the library on that site was/is JaneAusten, but I had an old passcode. No longer Love2Read. Now it's Gr8tNovel$.
Cheers for passing on that info.Debbie! Like Anji,I've registered on that site but as I don't visit it very often,I too forget the sign in details.
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