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We too are having unusually warm weather (after a cold snap last week) - I wore my blazer over a short sleeved blouse when I went out yesterday afternoon. Everybody says 'great weather we're having' or something to that effect.
It worries me -
short term - if it stays warm with little snow and spring comes early, aren't we looking at a long, hot, dry summer. I don't do well in hot weather. Crops don't grow well in hot dry weather. Forests burn in hot dry weather
long term - global warming!!!
Bring back an old-fashion Canadian winter. Please. (we had one last year)
 
I agree seeler.

On a side note, I was awake way too early for me. A consequence of having napped too much yesterday
 
Always be concerned about nappies ... someone might sneak into them as a dream ... and you know what the fundamentalists belive about imagination, intuition, forethought and all those parallel words systems ... a cosmos all their own ...

Did you know that many classic story-tellers make up their own vocabulary? It depends of the go Lem ... and where the mined recessed to ... Black 'ole Theory!
 
Pinga said:
I agree seeler.

On a side note, I was awake way too early for me. A consequence of having napped too much yesterday
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Yes, you'll need to establish new rhythms for your new period of life. (Speaking of new periods, I am, rather reluctantly, back to work today after my 6 week leave...however, my dog walker consistently walked Lucy her usual M-F 7:05 a.m., so my hours at least didn't drift around while I was off.)
 
Pinga said:
I agree seeler.

On a side note, I was awake way too early for me. A consequence of having napped too much yesterday
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I should have napped more yesterday. Still kind of zonked from Saturday night. My company celebrated it's 35th anniversary in style, with an event that included a dinner, a talk from Jennifer Botterill of the national women's hockey team (played with them for 3 Olympic Golds and 5 World Championships; she had her gold from Vancouver 2010 with her), a performance from Toronto jazz singer Alex Pangman and her band (as mentioned in another thread, Alex is a former client of ours), and a dance with DJ. I'm usually not a "night person" but I managed to last through the midnight buffet, finally got to bed only to be awakened by the building's alarm system acting up at 2:20am. Then had a 2 hour drive home (the event was North of Toronto) yesterday. A good time but I'm not used to partying anymore.

Had a neat little coincidence last night. Picked up Little M from a birthday party that a girl from school was hosting for a friend of his. The girl and her mother met me at the door and I was surprised to find that the mother knew me! The daughter had played Under 6 soccer with Little M and I had been a coach on their team. The girl's name had rung a bell earlier but I thought it was just because they had been classmates before in elementary school.
 
This has been a rough school week. I have a book report and a presentation both due this coming Wednesday.
 
A friend who has been in and out of my house on a weekly (or monthly) basis for forty years came for coffee and a cookie (oatmeal raisin - I baked yesterday). She sat in my livingroom for about fifteen minutes before I asked "How do you like the new couch?" She quickly looked around, then down to what she was sitting on, and exclaimed "You've got a new couch. Oh, I love it." I guess that she visits for the pleasant company and friendly conversation, not to notice the furniture.
Today I phone my sister in Ontario to find out what her specialist has told her about her cancer treatment. I want her to be able to visit and sit on my new couch this spring or summer.
 
Seeler, I am not sure that I knew about your sister's cancer. I am sorry to hear of it. I hope she can visit you.
 
A wee biscuit of trouble ... or a cookie of what's wrong with mortals ... if they don't believe the existence of their wee mortal chit ... a bit of something beyond what we'd understand after biblically putting down understanding as manifest non-sense?

To Hoo's advantage? Those still inside the storage of grain-Eire? If you wander you could suffer imagination of the psyche or an OBI ... comes as a shock to many dark zones ... some say Zions if flighty ... Darkly Angelic? Photonic radiation ... appearing a violet streaks in the sky ... the purple peeper ...
 
Pinga said:
Seeler, I am not sure that I knew about your sister's cancer. I am sorry to hear of it. I hope she can visit you.
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I don't know if I've mentioned it here. It's my younger sister who lives east of Kingston. We usually visit either at her place or here at least once a year. She and her husband are great fun. They are the ones who got us started square dancing.
I always figured that she'd be 'there' - she's 2 1/2 years younger. It's our older sister whose been in poor health for years.
Last fall I really hoped little sister would come down for a visit and a square dance convention Fredericton was hosting - but she declined.
Shortly after that she admitted to Seelergirl, and then to me, that she has breast cancer and was having a lumpectomy. Radiation was supposed to start after Christmas.
Well, instead of radiation they are doing more tests. What first seemed a bit worrisome (if Cancer can ever be 'just a bit' - but compared to the grade and stage Seelergirl had this seemed more benign) has now turned into something more - possibly a total masectomy, then chemo or radiation. And unlike Seelergirl - my baby sister isn't young anymore.

I'll give her time to get up. It's almost 9:00 am here and I'm an early riser. It's only 8:00 there and she's always been a sleepyhead.

Many years ago she came to help when I came home from the hospital following a bowel resection. Each morning I got up and made her coffee so that she could get out of bed and take care of me. :)
 
I'm not sure that liking that post is appropriate, but, I love the last line. You have a way with words, Seeler, as witnessed by your book. I had a concern for my lil sis who had a biopsy a few weeks ago which thankfully was benign. Breast cancer is prominent in our family so always cautious.

I do hope the news is one that the two of you can accept, and that there are visits ahead which are equally as fun as the ones you have had in the past.
 
*sigh* Have an appointment with my clinic in early March. Once again, screw ups with that. I have a pulmonary function test scheduled an hour before my appointment that no one told me about and likely do not need. I do not have a form and nothing is on file to get testing that I do need prior to the appointment. The person responsible for arranging these things is on holidays of course.
 
My sister was giveen a choice - she's already had a lumpectomy. She could go for radiation, and then regular followup checking that the cancer doesn't reoccur; or she could have a mastectomy. I didn't give her any advice until she told me that she's chosen the mastectomy; then I told her that is what I would have gone for too. In fact, I think if it had been me, I would haave requested the mastectomy from the beginning. But everyone is different, and not all cancers are the same. The person involveed has to get the best medical advice available and then make up her own mind. Those that love her have to respect and support her choices.

Nasty weather today resulted in a small turn-out for our Wednesday lunch outreach program. Not busy; I had time to have a game of cribbage with our of our guests. He, in his own words, has a 'child-like mind' so the game was a bit slow, but he counted his own points - brushing away a friend's offer to help with 'I have to do this myself.'
 
slowly getting through my appointments. It's a busy week for them. Specialist (not related to diabetes) today and eye doctor-need stronger glasses. Diabetes education session tomorrow. and the cat got her rabies and feline leukemia shot and check up.
 
Sometimes it seems that appointments just cluster together, don't they.

When we look out the window today, the world is covered in a thin white coat. I hope it is snow, and not ice.
Yesterday, my travel was timed out of sheer luck that I missed all of the ice in the early afternoon. It was snain on the way to work, and rain on the way home.
 
It'ss thundering#! And I'm getting ready for Presbytery.
(that explanation mark(s) was just the result of aa tremor pre-morning meds. But it expresses my sentiment so I'll leave it
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Hello friends - so much going on in this room - I'm grateful for it being a soft place to land.

I'm presently in BC - where the sun is shining through the ancient cedars outside my place, the grass is green, the daffodils are blooming, and the cherry trees are bursting into bloom. I'm here with my daughter who is such a blessing to me. We've been celebrating my Dad's 90th birthday with him, had a few brief visits with my brother who is now in palliative care, visiting some other friends, enjoying doing a jigsaw puzzle & just hanging out together and taking in the beautiful countryside. Homeward bound tomorrow.
 
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