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Hi Muriel, good to see you. Don't know what an all-in-one computer is but I love new electronic toys lol. The computer I got last year with windows 7 doesn't want to share unless both computers have 7. Stinks. I want a wireless printer too. My neighbor who is notorious for saying she'll do things she never does didn't deliver on the movie. Watched a so-so movie I'd taped. Got bored after that and decided to organize my BR closet a little. That was always my escape when Stan traveled. Of course I made it a major job project then but keep it simple now. Too much up and down on the ladder. Off to watch the TV again and rest up for the doctors day tomorrow. Judy in KW

Morning All! Made the decision to go out to dinner with neighbors last night. A little chilly at "John's," but the tree canopy, a nearly full moon and his colorful exotic birds was just the thing to raise my spirits. Am feeling much better today but instead of what I would normally do, racing around doing stuff while I'm feeling good, I'm going to take it easy again today. Two doctors appointments tomorrow and Tuesday will be fine to get started on the tax package. Got the accountant's "expectant" email this morning lol. My neighbor who was at dinner last night is supposed to stop by today with the movie "The Help." I read the book and am not always thrilled with a movie when I've read a book but will give it a try. It got such great reviews. Nice way to wrap up the weekend. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

First of all, what you are feeling right now is perfectly normal. It will get better again. The most exciting thing in your post is that you are a candidate for gamma knife. Gamma knife, cyber knife--I don't know the exact difference but I've heard great things about them. I think you are fortunate to be able to have the procedure. In the meantime, hang in there and hang out here whenever you need us. Judy in KW

An important and well-written article. I was interested and tracked down the comment you referred to Stephanie. I share your outrage! No shame though, we can't join them all. Judy in KW

Good to see you Jamie. It will be nice to have you around again. And you can tell me about CDMRP also. Judy in KW

Ann, good to see you on a Saturday. Glad you got a day to yourself. Our flea market is all outdoors. It's mostly small vendors if not people bringing things from home. But what it certainly is not is these big new indoor tacky malls posing as flea markets. I'm careful now when we travel before I make the man stop lol. Judy, it sounds like you're facing a real challenging decision. If you haven't yet, pm Muriel. She's had two sections from two different lung cancers and does quite well. Well, when an insensitive friend isn't running her lungs off at MDA. I just didn't realize. But I never heard her talk about being on oxygen. I'm trying to get myself to call and go out to dinner tonight but just don't think I'll make it. I want the distraction but am so lazy today. Judy in KW

Morning All! Well, there is our social butterfly! Eric, I hope you don't think that's too fem--there are male butterflies too lol. So glad you and Dot salvaged the dinner. Good for you! And how nice you got to go to the show and enoy time with Jennifer too. Have fun today with the kids. Speaking of daughters and shows. I booked Wendy and I into a hotel near the Broward Center in Ft Lauderdale later this month. We'll have dinner, spend the night and see a matinee of Jersey Boys. Another night over making it an easier trip for me from the Keys. Stan will be in PSL babysitting the kid and the dog. His idea--what a prince. See I get perks from being gracious about his hunting trips. No flea market today. My friend has a back issue and I was actually relieved. My chemo fatigue is really getting to me and after chemo all day Thur, errands and shot on Friday afternoon, I wasn't looking forward to getting up and out early this morning. Hopefully we'll go next Saturday. Ladies, no dedecorating for me. Stan insists I wait til he gets back. Of course, we'll only have 3 days before we leave again but that's o.k. I need to recup from this chemo funk, do Drs visits on Monday and then dive into taxes. My accountant is used to getting them late Jan, early Feb with our March deadline and I like to get it out of my hair. Haven't felt any inclination to start though. Bud, you and Rose are party animals--clubbing on a regular Saturday. Good for you. I'm going to try to get motivated to see if neighbors are going to our favorite outdoor restaurant tonight. Think if I take it easy today.... Judy, Hope things look up for you real soon. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Dawn, sorry you have to deal with all this. That episode you describe sounds terrifying. No more of those I hope. Hope in Stephanie's description of her friend's experience. Wishing a relatively comfortable life for you too. I need to get back on FB. I miss Becky's funnies. She makes me laugh so much. Will look forward to your update after your next appointment. Judy in KW

Ronnie, thanks for sharing your holidays with us. Sounds hectic but worth it to share with your family. So glad you have Erica to be a support when you most need it. Continued good things for you going into 2012. Judy in KW

Jim, I second Stephanie's suggestion to go to the docs at cancergrace. It's free and they are very good at giving an early response. I suspect it's that pesky effusion that they are looking at. It's what threw me into advance stage but mine did have cancer cells in it. But then I didn't have the tumor, so????? I surprised they biopsied the lining. I assumed that was not an option for me--either in the pleura or the abdominal wall. Then again, I suggested a look-see in the abdominal wall and my onc said they didn't want to put me thru it. My RN daughter suggested it wouldn't add anything to the pic. In your friend's case, I can see why. Let us know what you find out. Any chance here for a second opinion? Judy in KW

Morning All! Mike, glad to see you turned off the lights last night. Sun's up and I get to open the window and let in the Air as Ann would say. Got a bare 6 hrs split sleep last night but am not complaining. It will get me through what I plan on being an easy day. In town for shot at 2 pm and a trip to the bank. Going to keep it slow and easy because I'm going to the flea market tomorrow (early I expect) with a friend. A real treat since I've hardly gone the past few years and need some reading glasses I get there. BTW Muriel, I drive myself back and forth to the hospital. It's only a 10-15 minute drive and the bag of benedryl doesn't seem to affect my concentration. Mostly all straight road home. Hope to see you all here again today. It's been fun! Judy in KW

Evening All! What a treat to get done my chemo by 2 this afternoon. It's usually 3 or 4 and I go in at 9 am. Stan's gone and Ann, I'm snuggling by my space heater lol. Knew you'd be loving it. We don't expect to get out of the 70s for ten days at least. One day high 79, most lower. It will be nice wearing some of my warmer clothes. Judy, what a time you are having! I hope things turn around for you ASAP, first getting that private room. I don't like private rooms for my chemo. Had one for awhile at MDA (in a chair) and get one most of the time at this Key West hospital in a bed in a regular room. But I don't have to sleep there. I just miss having someone to talk to. Hope you are walking out of there soon. I slept well last night even though I got up at 5:30 am. I'd had a late am and a 7 pm steroids so I did good going to bed around 9:30. Two pills again today and a bag of the stuff--don't expect much tonight. Have a good evening everyone. Judy in KW

Great video. Short and to the point. It contains all the info I need to send to my local paper and try again to get them to do an article in November. Judy in KW

Oh Kasey, I remember the day we sat at lunch and you told me your inspiring story. I'll be it's as fresh in your mind as it was that day. Congratulations on your 7th year! Hope to see you in Washington in May. Judy in KW

Stan made really big points today when I finally said I really didn't want to go to town. He suggested I didn't need to go. Neither of us need the pizza and our neighbor would be glad to take him in for his rental car. Yippee, seems that's what ailed me all along. Well now Eric, two dinner cancellations in a row would be just too much. Hope it comes off for you. Your connection with Jim at the gym sounds very nice, babysitting the dog once a week not so much. Janet, Stan has travelled most of our lives together. I've never been afraid even minus the dog. I'm with you about eating whatever I want whenever I want. With him not cooking, I may even lose some weight. I wouldn't be the one to recommend Angry Birds, I'm not past level two lol. Wish I could do JBs on Broadway but I hear the troupe at Lauderdale was great last year. Ginny, am sure I'll know the words too lol! As for New Orleans, I was there with a group of girlfriends, I think 5 of us. With enough wine, I remember we joined a congo line. What a blast! We waited in line to get a table and order those famous pastry thingies. Terrific. Hope I didn't miss anyone. Have a great evening everyone. Judy in KW Diane, I was pretty sure it was an obnoxious sounding quacking device. I heard about the lack of snow on the mountains, another blow to local economies. Stephanie, I loved the story of the birth of the Slugs. Those students had their priorities right.

Morning All! Good to see you Lily. Glad you are enjoying your time with family. Sorry you all have to deal with yet another loss. We're on count-down for Stan leaving for OH again. I've been feeling down and out this week and he asked if I was sad he was leaving. There's no good answer to that. Yes makes him feel bad for going, no means I don't care lol. Truth is I'm starting to get this way every week going into chemo. I'm so tired of it. I will definitely inquire about that break in February. Am charging my ipod and nook color for the day-long infusion. I will never master angry bird! We're going to town today to run some last minute errands and then for pizza. Don't think there'll be any eating it at the beach. It's cold! Diane, I'll have to google "quacker" and see what comes up. Bet it's a feathered friend lol. Ginny, what a great idea giving yourself a BDay party. Sorry you're taking a turn with this winter's cold/flu. Ann, we did start cold yesterday but even colder today. The local Weather on Demand said it was going to be 39 last night. I prefer Miami's forcast for us--low forties. It's just the thought of it. Janet, I'm still digging deep for energy and it's returning gradually. Just in time for another infusion tomorrow. I'm trying to plan a trip to the mainland to see Jersey Boys and hope I'm up to it. Have to get busy on MEI taxes first. Sigh. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Eric, you don't know confused! Judy, after I read your post, I went looking for "errant" post. I didn't know you could edit someone else's post lol. I can see how your recipe would work. Growing up, I saw my Aunt boiling them on top of the pot the chicken was cooking in. When I tried it, they were still gooey on the bottom. Judy in KW

O.k., I did it wrong and give up now. Can't figure out how to fix it. Judy in KW

Morning All! Eric really started the Air but thinks it's Wednesday. That NY's party must have really left you a little dizzy. Yesterday I forgot to report on Sunday's fishing trip. It was fun. I caught three or four little fish my first casts. It was like the old days catching crappy bass in PA. The end of the day we put three lane snappers, one grunt and a lovely rosey grouper in the cooler. No real size but enough for three little bags of filets for me to cook while Stan's away. It was rough so we couldn't go out far and three hours was enough for me. We were glad to just be on the water wetting our lines. Stan wasn't ready with the office stuff yesterday so I did laundry all day. Sounds like the office stuff will be the last minute before he leaves as usual. Never on my schedule lol. Diane I L'dOL at the quacking. Never heard of them but think they'd send me running too. Love your new pic. Anne, glad you're feeling better and hope you're enjoying the cool weather. Hope you're doing o.k. too Katie. Judy, that dinner sounded fabulous. I love dumplings but never really got the hang of them. Wait--are they the ones that cook on top of the pot or noodles? I learned to make homemade noodles they called dumplings in PA but never mastered the others and love them. Eric, I'll try to merge your Wed with Tue. Don't you need a rest after all that holiday socializing? It sounded like great fun. Oh, the rooster was back crowing this morning according to Stan who is up before the bird. I'm on the other end of the house and don't even hear him if I'm not already awake. Hope I didn't miss anyone but have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Morning All! Glad so many of us had a happy and healthy holiday. Thinking of you Katie with the shingles though. Hope they give better pain meds now than they did years ago when I had them. Stan's mourning the new rooster that moved into the neighborhod for a few days. He didn't show up today. The first day it was in our tree. If some of you don't know, KW has roaming chickens that cause quite a controversy from time to time. You have the love the chickens group and the hate the chickens group. Frankly I love them for the baby chicks. Makes my day when I come across a brood in town. Funny but we have few of them out of town and this is the first we've heard in the neighborhood. Stan's a love the chicken guy but I'm sure there are haters when he crows at 5 in the morning lol. It's a work day for me today so I'm off into the office a few feet behind me lol. Have a good day everyone. Judy in KW

Morning All and Happy New Year! Good for you Judy getting in the first post of the year. Maybe you can come back with some cool stuff like colored hats and confetti and stuff. Me, I almost made midnight but thought better of it. I didn't get up til after 8 as it was. The early evening party was great. Good food, nice people and conversation. The couple who had it are really into Christmas so the decorations were awesome. We're going fishing! I'm really nervous. I know that sounds strange. I was an avid fisherwomen most of my married life but it's been so long. Wonder if it's like riding a bike? Oh no, the last time I tried to do that I fell off lol. Stan's out getting the squid. We are just going to drift close to home for Lane Snapper so I should be o.k. The holiday is over and I need to start shedding some of the pounds I knew I'd gain. I don't eat a lot of food, it's just the party variety that does it to me. Too bad I still have a bit of it in the house sigh. I know tomorrow is another holiday for the d@m# postal workers. I know it wasn't my regular mailman but he/she put the mail on top of the mail to go out. We didn't get the mail from the box that day, so now our quote and invoice and worst yet my sister's BD card are sitting here waiting til Tues. Bummer. Hope you all have a great day. Judy in KW

Morning All! Bud, I deleted two spammers just before I started the Air yesterday. Thank goodness he apparently wasn't online when I was. Sorry for the mess. I know what it is. I deleted about a dozen once but they were already there when I came online. Katie, I can't be sorrier for you. I've had shingles and it is the worst! I hope they give you good drug because the pain is hideous. Judy, thanks for the poem. It was lovely. Eric, Sally stayed sober at the party, what about you? Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Hope you all have a good time at your parties tonight. We used to go to one--an old folks party that started at 6 pm and ended at 9 pm. I didn't mind at all. I haven't made it up til the ball dropped (on ABC in Times Square of course) for several years. Think I DVR'd it last year lol. Anyway, I digress, the male of the couple who had the party died this year. No one has stepped up to replace it yet. We will be stopping in early for a little open house a friend is having to show their Christmas decorations I hear are awesome. Our little gatering was great last night. Just seven of us around the dining room table. I probably overdid the appetizers but no one would have to have dinner when they got home lol. It lasted about 3 hrs and that was just about as long as I could handle. I was really tired when it started! Have a great evening all and Happy New Year if I don't get on early or at all tomorrow. If the wind lays down, we are going fishing. Happy day. Judy in KW

Thanks for posting Paula. We need all the good new we can get. Sounds like you are a strong survivor. It gets a little tough on the nerves when they start extending the time between scans. We just have to focus on the fact that means you are doing WELL. Judy in KW

My condolences on the passing of your Mother. It's really tough that you had to experience it the way you did. I'm sorry the whole load for caring for your father and all the household stuff is on your shoulders. Wishing you strength in the year to come. Judy in KW

Morning All! Happy Friday for those of you working outside your home. Some of you might be lucky enough to already be off. Congratulations Bud! How nice it must be to be knocking off those 5 miles a day early. Your shoulder is bad but your knees are working. Stan stopped riding a bike years ago because it bothered his knees. But then, he is a bit older than you. For that matter, he's older than I lol. Judy, are you in trouble!!??!! With all docs gone, I wouldn't be able to even remember what was missing until I went to get it. On the crime shows, they have techs who can find stuff still hidden on the hard drive. Any chance of finding on of them. I have an AT&T Mobile device and am thinking of getting rid of it. It costs a bit of money (my phones, cable and internet are next to the biggest bill we have a month) and I get frustrated traveling through areas when I can't get on. I think of all that money I'm paying....We'll see. Ann, that's so funny. It happened in the company BR. Edges and corners that had obviously not been cleaned in awhile. Another edge of floor going into the main living area--very visible and obviously neglected for some time. Oh well, I'm finishing the touch up in the LR, DR and kitchen today. Think I'll do it with one eye closed lol. Stan was dressed and ready to go to his appointment early and came back in saying he forgot the doctor's name. I got up to help but by the time we found it, he'd be just on time. They ask (like all docs) you to come in early to fill out all that paperwork. That's why I wish I could have gone with him. He HATES paperwork and will be a bear by the time he gets to see the doc. O.k., up and doing to get ready for tonight. Just drinks and appetizers so without the cleaning, it would be a snap. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW