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[Grainne]

Esther wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Also, I'm glad I'm not the only one talking to myself."

Thanks to my cats, it does not happen to me. But I must be talking to them more as well. I have been working from home for yea..."

haha your cats sound adorable 😍 probably not used to you working at home!

[Margo]

Grainne wrote: "Margo wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Margo, I hope you can reschedule your pain injection soon, Margo.

Esther, that is hilarious. :D"

The next free appointment is 21st February :("

I hope they can find ..."

Apparently noone is cancelling during lockdown 2.0. In 1.0 all pain procedures were cancelled (along with many more serious thinys that normally go on in hospitals) so it's close to 100% take up.

All went better than expected today with my uncle. It's inoperable but they propose chemo plus radiation so they left him with hope. It isn't secondry cancer. Apparantly 20% of mouth cancer patients go on to develop this type of lung cancer. It sounds like there'll be a lot of hospital trips so I may go off the rader for a bit but I'll be back. You guys are great at taking my mind off things. I need more YLTO laughs than ever!

[Cherie]

I talk to myself too, while I am working.
Last Thursday, I was muttering to myself while I was working on a problem being displayed on my external monitor and waiting for someone to join my meeting that was displayed on my laptop screen. I did not realize that my mike was not on mute, until the guy started laughing. He had joined and was listening to me talk to myself. He thought it was pretty funny.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "All went better than expected today with my uncle. It's inoperable but they propose chemo plus radiation so they left him with hope. "

That is something to hang on, Margo. You two will be in my prayers.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "I talk to myself too, while I am working.
Last Thursday, I was muttering to myself while I was working on a problem being displayed on my external monitor and waiting for someone to join my meetin..."

That is funny, Cherie. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Margo - We'll be thinking of you. I hope the treatment goes well. I'm glad they were able to give him some hope.

Cherie - That's too funny. That's something I'd do.

[Renee]

Margo I am praying for you. I know how hard it is when you cant get the pain relief you need. I hope you get relief soon

[Esther]

Margo, I hope everything goes well.

Cherie, it seems a mike have this way of not being on mute when it should be and to be on mute when you speak (and you are sure it is unmuted)

[Shirley]

Cherie, that made me laugh.
Margo, all the best for your treatment, and for your uncle as well. Where there's life, there's hope.

At last I have found the time to scroll through some of the discussions. A lot of time lately has been spent at the hospital. My husband is having an operation next week to insert a stent to repair a tear and bleeding inside the wall of the aorta. He suffered severe chest pains last week and I had to ring the ambulance. What stress that was!

[Janice, Moderator]

I hope the surgery goes well for your husband, Shirley. It's certainly a stressful time for you.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Shirley, I hope everything goes well with the surgery and your husband feels better after it.

[Sarah]

Wisshing you and your husband all the best Shirley. I hope everything goes well.

[Margo]

Shirley wrote: "Cherie, that made me laugh.
Margo, all the best for your treatment, and for your uncle as well. Where there's life, there's hope.

At last I have found the time to scroll through some of the discu..."

Oh Shirley, that must be very stressful. It is luck he can have have the surgery so soon. Hope all goes well, be sure to let us know. Don't forget to look after yourself too *hugs*

[Saar The Book owl]

Wishing you al the best, Margo and Shirley. This must give you all a lot of stress.

[Grainne]

I hope the surgery goes well Shirley. Big hugs!!

@Margo I hope the treatment for your uncle goes well too and big hugs as well.

[Shirley]

Thanks for all your kind thoughts. Gary's operation was a success, and now he is itching to come home.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Great news, Shirley! I hope he can come back home soon to a quick recovery.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Glad to hear it went well, Shirley. I hope he has a quick recovery.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Great news Shirley!

[Jenn]

Glad to hear Shirley 😃

[Janice, Moderator]

That's super, Shirley! Glad to hear it.

[Margo]

That's great news Shirley!

[Shirley]

Thanks everyone.

[Renee]

That's wonderful new Shirly

I have been battling insurance again. I take some meds for my atypical lupus that they are trying to not cover. I go through this every time someone new takes over my case. The notes as to why i have the meds are in their files. I just need to make them read their notes. It usually take 10 or more phone calls. The wait is longer right now. It makes me insane. I wish they would get some decent hold music.

[Roz]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating today. We usually had our kids with families and girlfriends for the entire week. Not this year. My Texas group is staying put and my son in Brooklyn is too. It's just not worth risking anyone's health. It'll make next year all the more happy. Even so, my husband got a turkey (small) and we'll have all the trimmings for days to come, I'm sure. We have a Zoom meet with some of my husband's family and I have to come up with something to be thankful for this year. I'm going with "a renewed respect for breathing".

[Sarah]

Happy thanksgiving to those celebrating.

[Janice, Moderator]

Oh yeah! It's Thanksgiving in the States. Happy Thanksgiving to our American members.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Thank you! We are getting ready here. It is only us, but that is quite enough people.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thank you! Strange Thanksgiving here today, just the two of us. But, that's ok. It'll be a nice day anyway. :) Turkey is already in the oven and desserts are ready.

[Saar The Book owl]

Great news, Shirley and a happy Thanksgiving for those who celebrate it. I know it's a strange time, but I hope you all can enjoy it a bit.

[Roz]

Sandra wrote: "Thank you! We are getting ready here. It is only us, but that is quite enough people."

Your immediate family alone probably reaches the limit of the number of people that can congregate in one place. Enjoy the day.

[Sandra, Moderator]

You are right! We are 10, and that is the limit. lol

[Cherie]

I had turkey and all of our normal sides, including desert, delivered to me by my oldest daughter, her boys, and her boyfriend. They delivered food to his mother and his sister too. It was wonderful of them. I think they had fun doing meals on wheels for us. 🦃🦃🦃

[Janice, Moderator]

That sounds wonderful, Cherie!

[Jenn]

Awe, that sounds awesome Cherie 🥰

[Grainne]

Very nice Cherie. It’s always great to be treated by someone. I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving whether it’s a special day for you or not.

[Sarah]

Sounds wonderful Cherie!

[Sarah]

Rob's doing a drone job today and he's listed me as crew so I get to go with him. It's a beautiful sunny day today so it will be nice to get out and about. I'm really noticing the difference this lockdown now it is colder weather. I'm definitly not leaving the boat as much and need to make more of an effort to do so.

I made polenta fries last night from scratch for the first time. I was very happy with how it all turned out. I don't have the best track record with polenta but this has made up for it. I guess i just needed a good recipe for the polenta base.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Cherie, that sounds fantastic! How nice of your daughter and her family.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Sarah, I love polenta fries! My mom used to do them all the time when we were growing up. I haven't eaten them in years.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Happy thanksgiving you guys! I love the meals on wheels idea, Cherie. Sorry that every ones having a new, 2020, experience of it.

I've had hits and misses with polenta fries Sarah. Glad yours worked out!

Shirley, I missed your update about Greg's surgery. Hope he's still doing well!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Lexx and I have spent the past three days ripping down a chicken coop, and then pulling out 20m of ivy, multiple bushes and the like, and then Lexx's nemesis, the 10m high tree that we discovered at 5pm tonight had grown through concrete.

The fencers are coming at 7am tomorrow to help with the last two stumps/nemesis tree, and then replacing the whole back fence. I think we may collapse in a heap on Sunday. But then have to build a new chook pen post haste, as we are up to day 3 of the girls living in the study which was cuter when they were tiny but now they are 4 grown hens... it's stinky.

I have photos but my brain is so dead I can't remember how to do all that thing.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Spoiler - Lexx and I will not be quitting our office jobs any time soon to become labourers or landscapers.

[Esther]

Sarah wrote: "I made polenta fries last night from scratch for the first time. I was very happy with how it all turned out. I don't have the best track record with polenta but this has made up for it. I guess i just needed a good recipe for the polenta base."

I have the same track record. If you can share that recipe with me, could you please?

[Kristie, Moderator]

That's so sweet, Cherie.

Sarah, good that you could get out. I think being stuck inside makes it more difficult. I tend to stay indoors too and have to make an effort to get out even if it's just to walk the dogs.

That is not my idea of fun, Rusalka. I'm sure you'll be glad to have it done and your ladies will love their new pen.

[Janice, Moderator]

That sounds rather fun, being a drone co-pilot! There have been some fascinating pictures online taken by drones. I've never tried polenta fries.

Rusulka, I had to chuckle about you not changing your day jobs.

[Sarah]

Esther/Rusalka/Janice - I'll post the polenta fries recipe in the recipe thread.

[Sarah]

Rusalka, Yeah I bet the chooks in the study is not only smelly but loud. Hopefully you''ll grt the new pen built quickly.

[Sarah]

Janice wrote: "That sounds rather fun, being a drone co-pilot! There have been some fascinating pictures online taken by drones. I've never tried polenta fries.

Rusulka, I had to chuckle about you not changing ..."

Yeah drone footage is pretty impressive. It was overcast unfortunately so not sure how the photos will come out. It started off so nice for the first filming job. The weather changed so quickly.

[Cherie]

Sarah - your polenta fries sound good. I love polenta!

Rusalka - I agree about keeping your day job! Chooks in the study??? My daughter in California had hers on the front porch when they were building her chicken shed. (No back porch to enclose.). Quite the conversation piece for visitors.