bklyngal62
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Posts: 4,007
Jun 26, 2014 12:16:11 GMT
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Post by bklyngal62 on Aug 20, 2022 23:21:15 GMT
Thank you everyone for your kind words and great advice. lucyg enjoy your birthday dinner tonight.
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Post by destined2bmom on Aug 20, 2022 23:39:55 GMT
Hi Everyone, leannec I hope you are rested from your nap. Enjoy dinner with your Mum. love the meme. bklyngal62 I am sorry that you are feeling anxious. You are not a Debbie Downer. Anxiety and depression is so debilitating. Take a deep breath and know that we are here for you. sueg It is so heartwarming to read your post. I am so happy for you! Sharing these precious moments with your family is fantastic. I know Lucia knows her Oma! jeremysgirl That cake looks so decadent. I am virtually eating a piece of it. I completely understand the scrapbooking. I still haven’t scrapbooked my sister or my mom. paget That is a great story about selling your house. taylortroop I am so sorry that your MIL is now in hospice. It’s always so hard. Please be gentle with yourself. scrapmaven You have my sympathy with the moving out of stuff and back in with stuff. scrappintoee What a wonderful picture of you and one of your patients. Wow that baby is 23 years old now! quiltz Traffic is terrible everywhere. I hope that you have fun at the yard sale. cadoodlebug How frightening for your old neighbors. I hope they catch the criminals. PLurker I love BLT’s! I can’t wait until I am able to eat raw fruits and vegetables again. That is always one of my favorite sandwiches. stormsts I am glad that you were able to enjoy your GSs games between the raindrops. Delta Dawn I am so glad that you enjoyed your dinner last night with your BFF. I hope that your dad feels better soon. lucy Pizza and chocolate cake for dinner and breakfast is just being consistent for your taste buds! I hope your birthday was fun! scrappinwithoutpeas What is the picture of that you are cross-stitching? Today we brought ODS back to his university. He decided he needed a new fancy coffee maker; so he and YDS stopped on the way and bought a single cup Hamilton Beach coffee maker. We had breakfast at the Pancake Farm. Then went on to the university. We met his new roommate. My living room is now clean; but our hearts are aching. We had a marvelous summer with both of our boys home. He was a great support to me and support and friend to my YDS. YDS is on a drive now to clear his head. We all have FaceTimed with him. I have no idea what dinner will be tonight. I guess it is TBD. I hope all of you have a peaceful day.
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teddyw
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,868
Jun 29, 2014 1:56:04 GMT
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Post by teddyw on Aug 21, 2022 0:42:47 GMT
lucyg pizza and chocolate cake for breakfast sound perfect. Add a Diet Coke and it would be complete for me. That cake looks amazing jeremysgirl. I thought your tattoo was pretty paget I’m a jeans lover too. Even if they don’t have stretch I still like them. sueg enjoy your granddaughters taylortroop I hope your mil is able to get some relief. We were woken up to an alert from the sheriff to shelter in place because there was a police standoff close by. A really nice person 🙄was a fugitive after failing to appear in court for domestic violence. He had a long list of violent crimes. He was shooting at cars last night. He owns a propane co and they were worried he would start explosions. He held his mother & another person in the house. There ended up being a standoff and shoot out with police. He & his brother died. Of course he wasn’t supposed to own guns anymore. The people in the house were unhurt.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 21, 2022 0:51:49 GMT
Wow teddyw that is some crazy stuff... I'm glad you are ok. I feel for the brother that died. These crazy stories just totally freak me out
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Post by leannec on Aug 21, 2022 0:56:27 GMT
We were woken up to an alert from the sheriff to shelter in place because there was a police standoff close by. A really nice person 🙄was a fugitive after failing to appear in court for domestic violence. He had a long list of violent crimes. He was shooting at cars last night. He owns a propane co and they were worried he would start explosions. He held his mother & another person in the house. There ended up being a standoff and shoot out with police. He & his brother died. Of course he wasn’t supposed to own guns anymore. The people in the house were unhurt. OMG! Scary! I have no drama in my cul-de-sac ... other than me and my neighbour complaining about another neighbour leaving their dog outside to bark!
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Post by destined2bmom on Aug 21, 2022 1:38:38 GMT
teddyw How incredibly frightening. I am sorry that you were so close to that ordeal. I am glad that you and your family are okay; and the people in the house weren’t hurt.
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Post by scrappintoee on Aug 21, 2022 2:18:40 GMT
Dinner last night was pizza and chocolate cake I'm gonna assume it was a SCRUMPTIOUS chocolate cake!!! jeremysgirl ...I got so heated posting about the former "president" earlier that I forgot to say your cake made me DROOL !!!! Omg, I hope it's as yummy as it looks! I only say that because just like all of you, we've looked forward to a yummy looking, professionally-made cake like that, and it was disappointing. It took me about 5 years before I could scrapbook my sweet brother. I've completed about half of his life thus far, and not sure if I'll ever finish it. I also feared it would make me too sad, but it was so cathartic, and aside from tears, it was FUN to relive happy memories. I've only been able to make 2 scrapbook pages about Meaty, Sophie, and Little Guy thus far-- it's still WAYYY too raw. And who knows how long it'll be before I can even look at piks of my nephew without sobbing. What a wonderful picture of you and one of your patients. Wow that baby is 23 years old now! Yesss, it's hard to imagine him at 23! I hope he has a great life! He was soooo premature and sick! Very sweet story----we had to move a few months later (for DH's career). I HATED leaving family, friends, my job and awesome co-workers. I stayed in touch with many coworkers who became dear friends. About a year after we moved, one of my previous co-worker took the time to send me an updated photo of him, because she knew I had adored him and gotten so attached. He looked SO happy, healthy, and had chubby cheeks---it made my heart sooo happy! ( I think he'd been born around 28 weeks, so this was a BIG DEAL! ) I also love that my co-worker was so thoughtful to think of me!
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Post by scrapmaven on Aug 21, 2022 2:21:09 GMT
teddyw , that story is scary and heartbreaking. I feel for the mother. destined2bmom , I'm sending ((((HUGS))) to both you and your yds. jeremysgirl , this is a completely different scenario. My mother had tons of crafting hobbies, apart from her beloved piano. When she died I felt guilty when I tried to craft or scrap, I refused to listen to classical music and I stopped singing, because I felt guilty for having fun when she was unable to do the things she loved, anymore. I wouldn't listen to classical music, because she wasn't the concert pianist playing the pieces. Looking back, I know that my mother was probably very sad when she was watching over me and she was probably very sad that I had stopped singing and crafting and listening to beautiful music. Years later I recognize that all I did was exacerbate my grief, because I refused to allow any sort of joy into my life. After therapy for complicated grief I was able to start living my life fully. This is a completely different scenario, but I hope that you can see some similarities and learn from my grief process. You have permission to craft, scrap and have fun eventhough you are a grieving mother. You're a wonderful mama and you deserve to enjoy your life as much as possible. Your love for Esther is not measured by the amount of sorrow that you feel. In fact, it's apparent that you love Esther beyond words and nothing will change that. I apologize, because this got heavy. I truly say it w/love. ((((HUGS)))).
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Post by scrapmaven on Aug 21, 2022 2:29:55 GMT
I apologize for hijacking the thread w/repeated posts, but I want to address scrappintoee . I must ask, how many times did new mothers walk into the NICU and not recognize their own baby? W/yds I walked into the NICU (in my defense I had surgery that am and was on morphine)and looked at 2 babies. I had a hunch that one might be yds, but I wasn't 100% sure. The nurse was sitting in a rocker, feeding a baby and giggling. She finally looked at me and said, "you don't know which baby is yours do you"? Then she told me to walk to the baby that I thought was mine. Luckily, I walked up to yds. To this day the big joke here is that he's probably our son, but we aren't 100% sure. He looks like a cross btwn dh and I and he has dh's scary smart brain. So, we're good! Probably!
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 21, 2022 3:32:48 GMT
Speaking of “and” - I think I told you this before, but it helps me so much. I miss her AND I can have fun. Two things can be true at the same time. No guilt needed (easier said than done, but try to think about that “and” concept). This really resonates with me. Hugs to all our dinner friends working through loss and grief, which might not be quite so sharp over time, but never really disappears. I hope your day improved, bklyngal62. I hope your MIL is pain free and comfortable and your family at peace, taylortroop, I think you need a special hug, too, destined2bmom. When will your ODS be back for a visit? jeremysgirl, your cake is killing me. Is it wrong that I checked to see if there is a box of Trader Joe's chocolate mochi cake with peanut butter frosting in the pantry? It isn't as lovely looking as your cake, but it is in the house and should satisfy my sudden need for chocolate and peanut butter. Your post was a delight to read, sueg! Enjoy all the snuggles and cuddles with your sweeties. Great looking salad, pantsonfire! Shocking stories from your communities, cadoodlebug and teddyw! I had a great day, starting with a super early walk. There was a body surfing competition going on that I wish I could have stayed to watch, but one of DH's cousins (third cousin once removed?) was in town so we headed down to tour them around and have lunch. It's always a bit of an adventure to spend the day with someone you have only met a couple times, haven't seen in 20ish years since their first wedding and their new to the big Greek family 2nd wife, but we had so much fun we are seeing them tomorrow. We had a very late lunch (avocado & ceviche for me), so dinner if anyone needs it is fend for yourself. With 25,000 steps so far I don't plan to leave the couch until bed time. Unless I decide to make that cake.
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scrappinwithoutpeas
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,928
Location: Northern Virginia
Aug 7, 2014 22:09:44 GMT
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Aug 21, 2022 3:57:11 GMT
destined2bmom, I am cross-stitching this pattern, called Sea to Sky. I just thought the mountains, trees, and water in this one looked like something DD2 would love. I'm about halfway through with it - I'll post a picture when it's finished.
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Post by Marina on Aug 21, 2022 6:13:01 GMT
destined2bmom it's never easy when they leave. Hugs to you scrappintoee yes my once preemie is the one my little wonder adores. bklyngal62 I am sorry that you are struggling right now. I hope you can find things to help you right now work through it. We are here for you. sueg I love that you are the giggle master!. taylortroop I am so sorry. My dear step-mom is in the hospital and not making it easy. She is refusing to do certain tests because they are uncomfortable or may hurt. MRI and a contrast CT. She may have had a stroke but no way to know for sure without those tests. Sigh! This evening our neighbor brought us two big plates of Chinese dumplings. What a treat. So that was our dinner. I'm glad she gave us warning and I hadn't started to cook.
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