Old? NOT!!!!
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Posted:Apr 12, 2009 8:04 pm
Last Updated:Aug 9, 2012 6:53 pm
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Most of the time I'm happy to be far from my home and family. The distance makes it all that much better when we do get together. We all get along very well and always have. We have fun, we laugh together, and it seems like we have some cause to cry together now.
My older sister is the closest of the five of us in proximity to the parental units. It seems that she, along with her -in-law and my youngest brother, have noticed in recent months that our father is having more than his share of "senior moments." She was trying to determine how to approach mother, but it also seems mom doesn't have her head as far in the sand as we all believed. Dad was referred to a neuropsychologist a couple of weeks ago for testing. He failed whatever tests they gave him. He is now on Aricept. I sure hope it helps. I've heard good things about this drug, but I've also heard about some ugly GI side affects. Hopefully, Dad won't suffer from those.
I'm having a little trouble with the parents getting old. Dad will be 83 in June and Mother will be 82 in August. Maybe I'm having trouble with it cuz it means I'm also getting older. I love my life. I don't want to feel old. I truly believe old is a state of mind. I don't think Dad kept his mind active enough after he retired. I do not want that to happen to me. Keep thinking...feeling...creating...living...learning...if I can do that, then I won't be old. I refuse to be old.
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don't need no stinkin' teddy bear!!
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Posted:Feb 5, 2009 8:11 pm
Last Updated:Feb 27, 2009 10:50 am
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I see and hear these annoying commercials every year as Valentine's Day approaches. It's the teddy bear folks up in VT land who are trying their best to convince men that their women don't like roses, diamonds, furs...they'd MUCH rather have a freakin' stuffed bear all dressed up in some sort of costume. The TV commercials show a bunch of dufus women in an office cooing over this delivered "gift." Fellas...trust me on this...most real women would toss you out on your tushie (at least this real woman would) if a teddy bear arrived at her door in lieu of more traditional Valentine's Day gifts. That having been said...this real woman would much rather have you up close and personal than a dozen roses.
I'm done...rant over...*mutterin'...freakin' TEDDY BEARS????*
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I'm back!!
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Posted:Oct 10, 2008 1:44 pm
Last Updated:Dec 19, 2008 7:25 am
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I drove today for the first time in a week. I decided it was now or never. (not really never, but you know what I mean!) I have my private graphics students on Friday morning and they're in the next town over, so I figured that was a good way to start. I had to make sure I could drive without straining the abdominal area, which is still very tender. I had zero discomfort and actually spent the rest of the day out of the apartment. What a fabulous day it was!! I had a very successful shopping trip and came home with exactly the treasures I had planned to come home with. That is a rare and beautiful thing!! I'm more than ready to go back to work. Since Monday is a holiday, I'll have one extra day to recuperate further and then I'm off and running!! Life is good!!!
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Today is...
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Posted:Oct 5, 2008 7:13 pm
Last Updated:Oct 8, 2008 8:56 pm
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...the second day of the rest of my life. My surgery was on Friday...2 days ago. I came home yesterday afternoon. My surgeon said it took him 3-1/2 hours to get the job done (he had given me a "ball-park" figure of 1-1/2‒2 hours). His partner urged him to "convert" and do the surgery the traditional way...giving me a "bikini" cut. Dr. C knew how important a quick recovery was to me and insisted on completing the job as he had promised me. I am now uterus-free and in my second full day of recovery. It was a pretty good day. The length of time between pain meds is growing longer. I got out a couple of times to stretch my legs and get a breath of fresh air. I only fell asleep a few times and briefly. The phone seemed to ring all damn day, keeping me from getting any work done, but I'll do it in a minute. I have to get some info out to the folks covering my classes tomorrow. I feel better today than I did yesterday. I felt better yesterday than I did Friday evening. If all continues in that manner, I'll be up and running in no time!! I'm very excited to be a normal person again. I can hardly wait!!
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For J...#12
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Posted:Sep 21, 2008 12:02 pm
Last Updated:Aug 9, 2012 6:55 pm
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I came across this poem today. The minister at the church where I work keeps it above her desk. She made many copies available to the congregation. When I read it, you came immediately to my mind. This is about you and all you touch. Whether or not you realize it, (although I think you have in the past few months) you touch so many lives in so many ways, all of which are good. Enjoy!
I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible.
To loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance.
To live,
so that what came to me as a seed
goes to the next as blossom,
and that which came to me
as blossom
goes on as fruit.
Dawna Markova
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For J...#11
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Posted:Sep 19, 2008 9:42 am
Last Updated:Sep 20, 2008 9:38 am
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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed
to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Helen Keller
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For J...#10
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Posted:Sep 14, 2008 6:17 pm
Last Updated:Sep 17, 2008 8:39 pm
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Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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What was he thinking?????
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Posted:Sep 2, 2008 9:12 pm
Last Updated:Oct 10, 2010 10:33 pm
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I got an email today. That happens now and then. First I was questioned about the age of the testimonials on my profile. Then I was questioned about my length of membership on this site, followed by an inquiry about my lunch plans, an invitation to the "wild side," followed by a request to see my "sexy pics." So the first thought that crossed my mind was, "damn that's a great way to win friends and influence people." (aka...get laid) Can ya see the sarcasm dripping?? Later in the day, I noticed an increased number of network invitations. Yep you guessed it...there he was...equally eriudite..."show me what ya got baby." Then I actually looked at the profile. He claims to be a former Marine, a former Army Ranger, and a former State Trooper. I'm thinkin' this fella spent WAY too much time with other men and has NOT A CLUE about how to approach real women. NEXT!!!!!!!!!!! (What a freakin' DUFUS!!!!)
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Free at last.....
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Posted:Aug 25, 2008 9:29 pm
Last Updated:Aug 9, 2012 6:59 pm
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Sorry Dr. King...good words with many applications...this time very personal.
Those of you who know me well know I have suffered for many years from a myriad of feminine issues which plague so many of us...especially as we approach the end of our reproductive years. I finally reached the end of my rope. I have tried to be the good soldier and let nature take its course, but after 10 weeks of misery (not the first time it's happened but never quite that long), I called my GYN and said, "I've had it!!! Get this shit OUT of me!!!" Well...I didn't quite say it that way...but she got the message!!! I'll spare the details, but I have a date with the surgeon (and his partner surgeon) on October 3. Now that I see light at the end of the tunnel, I'm even more impatient!!! It's been so many years since I've felt really terrific physically, I won't know what to do with myself!! A woman who is the principal horn player in the orchestra I play in had a hysterectomy last spring. She came to the concert she was unable to play since she was post-surgery at that point. She looked fabulous!!! She had lost weight, felt better than she had in years!! I want that. I'm looking forward to that. I want to feel like a normal, sexy woman again...ALL the time. I want to never have to say, "I'm sorry...I'd love to see you but..." again. I want to never have to make a call to a special friend and cancel a much-anticipated play date. I want to be normal. I have learned to listen to my body and it's telling me I have made the right decision and according to my sister..."it's about damn time!" So hallelujah!!!
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For J...#9
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Posted:Aug 13, 2008 9:49 am
Last Updated:Aug 13, 2008 9:44 pm
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Just as life continues
Renewing itself forever
I discover a new passion today
And life springs up in me again.
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For J...#8
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Posted:Aug 12, 2008 6:02 am
Last Updated:Aug 12, 2008 7:32 pm
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...the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
Martha Washington (1731-1802)
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For J...#7
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Posted:Jul 28, 2008 12:42 pm
Last Updated:Mar 18, 2009 11:24 am
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From one of my personal heroes, Beverly Sills (1929-2007), who also said upon her retirement from the stage, "The sign of a good soprano is one who knows when to stop singing." Truer words were never spoken!!! *S*
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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For J...#6
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Posted:Jul 27, 2008 1:59 pm
Last Updated:Apr 25, 2024 7:30 am
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Life begets life.
Energy creates energy.
It is by spending oneself
that one becomes rich.
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)
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