Chit Chat (9)

[angelwind]

It is very quiet here on the lake; not sure where everyone is....with the heat you'd think they'd be boating and swimming
Actually the residents are getting up there in age with us, and so it may just be active when the grandkids visit, like ours.

After our walk we had lunch.... then I did a wash, and cleaned out my bird's cage after he had a bath.

Hubby is painting a picture, and I am poking around CF.....

Penny wants to play fetch but it is too warm for that.

No storms in sight yet, so we may get to BBQ a steak for supper.

Last night people were sending up fireworks over the lake; it was a nice touch, as we viewed the PBS Memorial Day Special for the Troops.

Enjoy your break

The area where you live sounds so wonderful....what a blessing to be in natural beauty...

I did take a nap...we brought in salads from a good take out place...watched the Hatfields and McCoys...something I usually don't do. The series is actually a bit boring...IMO
I like history tho...something made those families very angry at each other enough to do a lot of killing.

Good night all.

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

Yes, we are very blessed in living here!
I would have been bored too watching that (but I am not into history) LOL
Glad you had a nice day; it will be steamy and stormy here tomorrow.
Rest well

 

[angelwind]

Yes, we are very blessed in living here!
I would have been bored too watching that (but I am not into history) LOL
Glad you had a nice day; it will be steamy and stormy here tomorrow.
Rest well

We watch the History channel a lot and this series has been highly promoted...the photography and landscapes are gorgeous and the horses...
But people hating and being mean to each other is not entertaining to me...there are descendants of the feuding families alive today.


PismoBeachstairs-3SH by Shirley Kay, on Flickr

My picture of a bridge to nowhere at Pismo Beach...textures applied for added interest.

 

[angelwind]

It is Tuesday...but it feels like a Monday...anyway I am full of joy...PTL!

Today's Verse:
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. - Psalms 95:2 (KJV)​

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

I am not sure what day it feels like
Between the holiday and hubby being home most of last week...I get disoriented

I am beat today....was up until 3am, then slept fitfully after :o

There was an animal under our enclosed porch that we use for storage.
Hubby left the door open the last time he was under there for something, and in it went
All I could hear was munching and rustling (the door is near my bedroom window).
I went out to try and see, but there were so many places to hide....the last thing I needed was to be caught in there with a mad skunk or something
So I left the door ajar so they could leave in the morning (hopefully)
Whatever it was left without a trace by the time we got up, and we made sure the door and all possible entries under the siding was blocked.

One night (years ago) we were up trying to move a porcupine along out of a shed we were building (he decided to munch on the extra wood siding we had stored inside, and there was no door up yet).
At 1am I was banging on the walls with a broom, with hubby at the window trying to prod him out the door with a 2x4.
What a sight we were...with porky running in circles, clacking his teeth at us

I love the wildlife, but there are days LOL

We may try to get a walk in before the heat and severe weather comes later today.

Be blessed

 

[angelwind]

I am not sure what day it feels like
Between the holiday and hubby being home most of last week...I get disoriented

I am beat today....was up until 3am, then slept fitfully after :o

There was an animal under our enclosed porch that we use for storage.
Hubby left the door open the last time he was under there for something, and in it went
All I could hear was munching and rustling (the door is near my bedroom window).
I went out to try and see, but there were so many places to hide....the last thing I needed was to be caught in there with a mad skunk or something
So I left the door ajar so they could leave in the morning (hopefully)
Whatever it was left without a trace by the time we got up, and we made sure the door and all possible entries under the siding was blocked.

One night (years ago) we were up trying to move a porcupine along out of a shed we were building (he decided to munch on the extra wood siding we had stored inside, and there was no door up yet).
At 1am I was banging on the walls with a broom, with hubby at the window trying to prod him out the door with a 2x4.
What a sight we were...with porky running in circles, clacking his teeth at us

I love the wildlife, but there are days LOL

We may try to get a walk in before the heat and severe weather comes later today.

Be blessed

Maybe you should write a book......

 

[birdie29]

Thank you Gail Sis'

I have used EXTRA MINTS,
to provide the saliva in a dry mouth and throat [just, as you have described]
Also, last night I used Kilkoff Lozenges...
but, I have found, that the sweeter the item used, the greater the cough becomes

We do have HALL's Honey and Lemon /Cherry Menthol 'sweets' here too!


Maybe I will purchase some and give them 'a go'







Thank you Bro' Tom




:roflmbo:





In bed with you ?

No! that is a no-no! and, with good reason
This, [bed] is my territory...
Your 'place' is downstairs
AND... this decision, is final

This 'distance', for several hours per night, helps to avoid
Attention Deficit' problems...when say;
we leave home without-them fo a few hours [up to 7 hours, on a 'trip' for-example]

They must be comfortable [left-alone] for up to half a day
or, we could return.... to find all-sorts had taken-place [in our absence]

Back in Bristol, when we kept the German Shepherd [Family] Pack
I was quite happy to have them chasing each other from the garden
into the ground floor and then back out into the garden
But, when I saw 'tempers-rising'..... I just called-out "BED!!"
and all six of them would go to their individual bedding places [game-over]

The "PARENTS" must, call the time of day... or-else the "children"
will become insolent and even seek.... to lead the pack
This, would not be good, for the parents or, the children





LOL



dave

hello dave shirley tom and gail.
dave glad glad you are okay once again... I get concerned about you now and again... we forget how fragile our bodies really are until they act up... or at least I do...

Ive been trying to lose my gut... situps and walks... can't walk as fast as I used to and I certainly am not going to try jogging. lol...

 

[davedajobauk]

hello dave shirley tom and gail.
dave glad glad you are okay once again...
I get concerned about you now and again...
we forget how fragile our bodies really are until they act up...
or at least I do...

Ive been trying to lose my gut... situps and walks...
can't walk as fast as I used to
and I certainly am not going to try jogging. lol...

Hello Connie Sis'



I didn't have a 'tummy' before I came to Manchester [2007]
and often joked about it being "My Baby"
It isn't the result of overeating, but is apparently very-common
amongst ingesters of anti-cholesterols and water tablets [fighting blood pressure]

Becoming 'conscious' of it's prominence, has me pro-actively reducing FAT intake
[Lifestyle-Changes]
and controlling the extra girth very-effectively

Recent weight-loss of some 9 lbs, is being blamed upon this 'cough'
for it has altered my ability to taste my food
~roast beef...tastes like chicken... tastes like dry cured ham
I couldn't possibly, tell which was which, if, I didn't see it first

Otherwise, I feel fine and, am breathing 'a-ok'

I am now, 'blaming' my femoral calcifications for my night cramps
and will raise this matter with my new doctor on Friday [this-week]
I may be given Quinine Bisulphate, to relieve me, of those cramps

Wishing you success with 'control' [out front]

your Bro'

dave

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

Maybe you should write a book......

I could.... with all our experiences here the past 27 years

hello dave shirley tom and gail.
dave glad glad you are okay once again... I get concerned about you now and again... we forget how fragile our bodies really are until they act up... or at least I do...

Ive been trying to lose my gut... situps and walks... can't walk as fast as I used to and I certainly am not going to try jogging. lol...

Hi Connie
I am walking and crunching with you

I am now, 'blaming' my femoral calcifications for my night cramps
and will raise this matter with my new doctor on Friday [this-week]
I may be given Quinine Bisulphate, to relieve me, of those cramps

Wishing you success with 'control' [out front]

your Bro'

dave

Praying for your leg comfort Dave

 

[birdie29]

Hello Connie Sis'



I didn't have a 'tummy' before I came to Manchester [2007]
and often joked about it being "My Baby"
It isn't the result of overeating, but is apparently very-common
amongst ingesters of anti-cholesterols and water tablets [fighting blood pressure]

Becoming 'conscious' of it's prominence, has me pro-actively reducing FAT intake
[Lifestyle-Changes]
and controlling the extra girth very-effectively

Recent weight-loss of some 9 lbs, is being blamed upon this 'cough'
for it has altered my ability to taste my food
~roast beef...tastes like chicken... tastes like dry cured ham
I couldn't possibly, tell which was which, if, I didn't see it first

Otherwise, I feel fine and, am breathing 'a-ok'

I am now, 'blaming' my femoral calcifications for my night cramps
and will raise this matter with my new doctor on Friday [this-week]
I may be given Quinine Bisulphate, to relieve me, of those cramps

Wishing you success with 'control' [out front]

your Bro'

dave

lol... i've gained a lot of weight over the past two or three years... I let myself go after my mom died... I just couldn't care... now I want ot lose the wieght and get back on track again. I think... I'm not as vain as I once was but I have learned that people treat you better when you are attractive. lets just call it a professional skill. lol

 

[birdie29]

guys... i'm having a hard time wanting to be around people... and I'm really beginning to earn my family's view of me...my long lost uncle.. lol a gay hiv positieve man from the other side of the united states that I have met twice in my entire life now wants to bond with me... I'm not going to travel across country to see him. and apparently he is the female side of gay because he is a bundle of emotions that I cannot possibly know what to do with.he doesn't work and he takes medical marijawanta.. I try not to critisise but I'm not really all that proud to call him family... I try to be polite and compassionate...he is in contact with his long lost family (my sibling and my son and my dad) all of which I have no contact with... He wants to talk about them in conversation.. I want to forget them.... any ideas... besides prayer.. ?

I really got upset today because he wanted to tell me that my nephew had a motor cycle accident but he was okay (his girlfriend is still in the hospital though) and my dad is apparently getting married. I really did not want to know family gossip/drama from someone who is basically a stranger to me. and ---- i told him so. then my best friend (here) gets mad at me for pushing people away.... i'm confused... truly.

 

[davedajobauk]

lol... i've gained a lot of weight over the past two or three years...
I let myself go after my mom died... I just couldn't care...
now I want ot lose the wieght and get back on track again.
I think... I'm not as vain as I once was
but I have learned that people treat you better when you are attractive. lets just call it a professional skill. lol

I was happy, to regain my 'normal weight' of 10.5 stones
after successful treatment of my breast tumour \o/
and could never see-myself, in-bloat

But, while we are, the sum of our past
we remain 'adaptable'

Best wishes to your intended future 'dress-size'

your Bro'

dave

 

[angelwind]

guys... i'm having a hard time wanting to be around people... and I'm really beginning to earn my family's view of me...my long lost uncle.. lol a gay hiv positieve man from the other side of the united states that I have met twice in my entire life now wants to bond with me... I'm not going to travel across country to see him. and apparently he is the female side of gay because he is a bundle of emotions that I cannot possibly know what to do with.he doesn't work and he takes medical marijawanta.. I try not to critisise but I'm not really all that proud to call him family... I try to be polite and compassionate...he is in contact with his long lost family (my sibling and my son and my dad) all of which I have no contact with... He wants to talk about them in conversation.. I want to forget them.... any ideas... besides prayer.. ?

I really got upset today because he wanted to tell me that my nephew had a motor cycle accident but he was okay (his girlfriend is still in the hospital though) and my dad is apparently getting married. I really did not want to know family gossip/drama from someone who is basically a stranger to me. and ---- i told him so. then my best friend (here) gets mad at me for pushing people away.... i'm confused... truly.

Hmmmm....I will pray for you about this...my first, gut reaction is to hold steady...You are free to make choices, no matter what the others say. I would have trouble with the "gay" issue too...we really do need to be careful about how we relate to these folks...they are openly living in sin as they say.

And, you do not owe this man an explanation of your life and your feelings about the family stuff...all hard issues, some I am dealing with in a less intense way.

 

[birdie29]

I was happy, to regain my 'normal weight' of 10.5 stones
after successful treatment of my breast tumour \o/
and could never see-myself, in-bloat

But, while we are, the sum of our past
we remain 'adaptable'

Best wishes to your intended future 'dress-size'

your Bro'

dave

I do not know what a stone is.. lol.. however in us sizes I WAS a size 6 and am now a 14... lol... quite a change.... i'll be happy at a size 8 which puts me back at right around 130 lbs... I'm 5' 6" tall which makes 130 a good weight for me... at a size 6 some thought i was too small even though the smaller size is much more comfortable than any larger size could ever be... at my present size I find it hard to leave the house. I'm simply embarrassed..

 

[birdie29]

Hmmmm....I will pray for you about this...my first, gut reaction is to hold steady...You are free to make choices, no matter what the others say. I would have trouble with the "gay" issue too...we really do need to be careful about how we relate to these folks...they are openly living in sin as they say.

And, you do not owe this man an explanation of your life and your feelings about the family stuff...all hard issues, some I am dealing with in a less intense way.

i learned to accept gay when I worked at a university a few years back... lots of gays in education... the vp was gay and my boss was a closet gay man married to a woman with two adult children.. He was actually having affairs with the foreign athletes. ... very confusing... lol... I learned to deal with it... as otherwise he was quite pleasant. ... but the hiv thing is a problem for me..I find it difficult anyway to use public restrooms because of things like that.... and to go see someone who I know is hiv positive and actually stay inside their house is an issue for me... I wish I would not have told my friend about the encounter because now my friend thinks ill of me. that's the real problem. lol

he invited me... i'm definately not going... he's lonely and that is not my problem... I know that is cold... i can be his facebook friend... however, not talking with him about my sister or my dad or my son... that is my past and I want it to stay in the past... There is no need to reunite with people who are not capable of treating me with respect. that is how I feel. I wish I had a family but I do not and I want to learn to exist that way.

 

[davedajobauk]

14 lbs = 1 stone
ergo 10.5 stones = 147 lbs [english pounds]

 

[davedajobauk]

I do not know what a stone is.. lol..
however in us sizes I WAS a size 6 and am now a 14... lol...
quite a change....
i'll be happy at a size 8 which puts me back at right around 130 lbs...
I'm 5' 6" tall which makes 130 a good weight for me...
at a size 6 some thought i was too small
even though the smaller size is much more comfortable than any larger size could ever be...
at my present size I find it hard to leave the house.
I'm simply embarrassed..

Awwwwww, whoever looks at the wrapping ~doesn't view the parcel's content
It is, 'what is inside', that truly matters

I don't have such a superficial 'hang-up' myself
My Mary, is only 4 foot 10 inches
and, is an angel [through and through]



your Bro'

dave

 

[birdie29]

14 lbs = 1 stone
ergo 10.5 stones = 147 lbs [english pounds]

I would love to get down to 10 stones again.. maybe even 9... however... I know I weigh more then 12... sadness... lol

 

[birdie29]

Awwwwww, whoever looks at the wrapping ~doesn't view the parcel's content
It is, 'what is inside', that truly matters

I don't have such a superficial 'hang-up' myself
My Mary, is only 4 foot 10 inches
and, is an angel [through and through]



your Bro'

dave

lol.. well dave the wrapping is important when you are trying to earn a living... it is a proven fact that people are nicer to attractive people.... its just science... i've played with my hair color and found that anything but red works... people are not nice to me (perceive me as uncooperative) when I'm a red head... lol... hair color / weight / attractiveness gets certain responses out of people... and i need a favorable one of i am to survive.

 

[davedajobauk]

for your being grateful for what you have
also, for good stewardship to give you better self-appreciation
and for the heart to remain strong in faith
and for those shallow people that value 'skin-deep appearances'



dave