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I guess it is better late than not at all. Sorry about that but have been super busy and very tired. I am still trying to walk and exercise a little each day and that along with our regular activities and the party I am planning makes my days pretty full. The party will be a week from today and it is really shaping up to be something special, at least that is my hope. I have made up several games to play and also put a lot of things on a flash drive to show on the tv. One game will be a quiz covering a number of items during the 50s. I have questions about singers in several different styles, rock and roll, blues, pop and country. Also questions about songs, movies, television shows, actors actresses, news stories and places like drive ins and car hops and dances. Another game is a sticker on a glass and they will be given the name of a singer and asked to name a popular song by that person and then say or sing one line of it. Or they will be asked to name who stared in a certain movie. Another thing I have is printed pictures of people who live here that were taken in the 50s and they will try to guess who they are. One more thing is not really a game but just a little fun thing. If you know how Jeff Foxworthy says you may be a redneck if, then you will understand this game. I will say if you did certain things like tried to sneak into a drive in in the trunk of a car or if you wore a poodle skirt etc, you may be a 50s teen. And lastly I plan on asking each person if they could go back and capture something special from that time what would it be? Just a moment in time, a feeling or something that gave a special feeling. Example for myself it would be going to pick my mom up from work and the cannery and smelling the tomatoes they were canning a mile before we got there, not about a person we would want back but a moment in time that leaves a special feeling from that time. I also have a lot of pictures that I have looked up and put on the flash drive of the same things the quiz is about, things to bring back some good memories for all of us. Needless to say I have really enjoyed getting it all together. Hardest thing for me is to know when to quit because move things come to mind all of the time Any way food will be burgers, potato salad, homemade baked beans and all of the trimmings and I am thinking about making an old fashioned banana pudding like my mom used to make. Oh yes we also bought an inflatable juke box and we are going to put an Ipod on a table behind it so it feels like the 50s music is coming from it. Wow I do go on too much don't I? Eric I do understand about ending a long term marriage. That is what I did after 42 years, my husband was not a drinker at least not a problem one. The problem was robbed me of me. I forgot who I was always trying to be what he wanted and keep the peace. I gave up my home and my family to follow him and I felt like an outsider for most of my life. My situation is not ideal but I did know for a short time with Johnny what it was like to feel loved and appreciated for who I am not what everyone wanted me to be. I was given a new start in life. Our time together ended much to quickly but he gave a gift to me that no one else ever did. He gave me myself, the love and respect that he treated me with taught me to love and respect myself. Every situation is different but there comes a time in our lives when we have to start thinking about ourselves first. It took me a very long time to learn that and at times I still find myself caught up in things but for the most part I am stronger and and more content than in any time of my life. I wish you the very best of luck and pray that you find the strength and the peace that you deserve. The situation will give you the answer, I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. Well looks like I have written enough to make up for the days I was missing and then some. Take care everyone and Janet know that you especially are in my prayers. Will be back whenever time allows and promise not to write a book everytime

Hi I guess I have been MIA after saying that we need to keep this going. I have been pretty busy and when I get a free minute I get too lazy to do much. Our Blast from the past 50s party is next Friday so I have really been spending a lot of time on that putting things on a flash drive to show on the tv and also printing things for the big board in our rec room that we use for decorations. Also Making up questions for a quiz. All very time consuming. I have also been trying to walk or exercise a little each day and sometimes both. Nothing to make you get serious about losing weight that seeing yourself in a video! Temperature here Saturday was 112 today the high was 73. Sure do love this weather today. Now time to go out and see who is out to play latter golf. Hope you are both feeling alright Janet and Diane. Will try to keep up better. Have a good evening.

Hi everyone. Glad to see you venting Katie and also glad that Diane answered you. I am sorry to have been away for so long but I have been extremely busy. As most of you know I live in senior housing. Who ever designed these apartments was either just plain stupid or knew nothing about having to have meals or cooking. There is not one counter top or one drawer in the kitchen. For 6 years I have been making do with odds and ends of furniture. Last week one of my neighbors moved away. She had bought a counter top and didn't want to leave it so she gave it to me. I had to move all of my odds and ends and make room for it. I ended up with every surface in my apartment piles high with pots and pans, and any number of other things I had stored in those odds and ends. I moved one piece out and as it happens moving one led to cleaning one thing then another. I can't lift at all because of my back so had to wait on my good neighbors to help. as it turned out my aprartment stayed upside down for 4 days and I was unable to do anything. Finally got it in and started to put things in order Sunday night. Nice to have counters and drawers but it has been a long process. Monday we had hot dogs and the trimmings and a day of Wii games. Everything moved inside because we did get the rain all day. Katie never let anyone get you down. You give so much more than most do and you can not be expected to always do it all. It can just over power you. I get so upset sometimes because I put days into planning events and hours of work into them only to have a few people show up. We are getting more and more new neighbors. Turnover has be very high this past two years. I am trying to find a way to get more of the new people to participate. We have some people who will come to an event right when it is time to eat then leave as soon as they are finished. I can't tell you how much that irritates me. Still the ones who do come and appreciate it make it all worth while. I have been told that having 12 or 15 people out of 48 show is a good percentage. Right now working on the blast from the past 50s party. That is the best turn out we had last year and I am hoping for the same this year. Well I think I better get up and do a few exercises then finish some dusting. Hope you all have a great day.

Sorry that I have not been around the past few days. Things just seem to pile up and days get so busy I can't seem to catch up. The weather here is crazy but wonderful. We went from mid 90s down to low 70s for highs and I love it. Nice to just keep the windows open and not run the air conditioner. I just got my bill yesterday and sense it has gone up 25% I am glad to put off needing the air for as long as possible. I guess those of you on facebook saw my post about my cousin Henry. It is hard to believe that I had a whole family that I never knew until just 7 years ago. I am grateful for them everyday but as always when you love people you never know how much heartache is in store. Henry was younger than me and now he is gone. He had had a lot of trouble with stomache issues in the past few years, in and out of the hospital. From what the doctors told Millie it sounds like an anurisium (sp) that killed him. Heartbreaking for those who love him and for Millie his sister just one more heartache on top of all the others in the past 4 years starting with the death of her son about 4 years ago. My heart goes out to the people of Oklahoma. I know I have some family there but I don't know them or where they live. Johnny also had some kids there years ago not sure if they were still there or not. I wonder if Debi still lives there does anyone know? Going full force getting things together for our 50s party. Yesterday I made some poodle skirt cups to put candy in for each table. I have a flash drive full of pictures of people and things from that decade and now am getting together pictures of my neighbors that were taken in the 50s. I plan on putting them on the flash drive too along with all the pictures of neighbors sense I moved here. They will run on the tv while the party goes on. Well getting ready to watch Kelly and Derek and the other finalists from SWTS on Good Morning America. I am so glad that Derek and Kelly won. They were all good but those two are outstanding.

Janet I am glad that you are pain free and able to get outside. That in it's self should do wonders for you. I always wish I had a garden but then I think of the bending and weeding and my back hurts just thinking about it Annuals are a good idea but I always liked the bulbs best. When I retired I had a lot of beautiful flowers in my yard in French Gulch. Where I lived was built on the tailings of an old mining area so it was all rock and very little dirt. To make flower beds I had to haul in dirt and mulch and make everything built up. I had a lot of rocks available and was given some cement blocks so I did what I could If I knew how to post pictures here, oh well I have had it explained several times and just never quite got it. Anyway I had almost every color of iris there is including one that was a deep mahogany. I also had several different daffodils and a lot of tulips and carnations. When I moved and no longer had a yard I dug most of it up and gave them and my yard decorations to my sister in law and my niece. My nieces husband planted the bulbs and they did well. Then she died and he is not well so his kids dug them all up. The yard decorations just rotted away. I had a lot of money in all of that and I hate that it was wasted but there was nothing I could do about it. Diane pokeno is a game that is played a lot like bingo. You have game cards and need 5 in a row or the middle and 4 corners. The card is made up of different playing cards and the numbers are called from a deck of cards. If 2 people win at the same time the one with the highest poker hand wins. I played years ago with a group of ladies and we played for prizes. Here I keep track of who wins how many and black out and booby and give out coupons for a free hot dog and drinkwhen we have our hot dog sale and or a free trip to our ice cream social. We usually charge $1.50 for the hot dog and drink and $1 for all the ice cream and toppings you want. It covers the cost. Well game is over and my boys are on a loosing streak so I think I will play a few slot games then go to b

Good morning everyone. Bright sunshine and mild temperatures expected here today. Bright sun is already here shining in my face so will have to close the blind for a while soon. I am a light person. I don't close the blinds unless I absolutely have to or when I leave on a trip. My apartment is on the second floor so I don't have to worry about anyone seeing into my living or dining areas. Bedroom blinds stay closed but I leave a window opened or cracked all of the time even when it is cold. Don't know if it is from being claustrophobic or what but I want that fresh air. These early mornings can be hard but by 5 or 6 I just can't stay in the bed any more. My back and hip start hurting big time and it is time to get up. The good thing about getting up so early is that I am up each morning to hear the geese as they migrate from one side of town to the other. Besides that as slow as I have gotten I need the extra time to get things done. This afternoon and evening are pretty well taken up so this morning I am trying to make the most of the time that is free. I have to call pokeno at 2 then ice cream social where I serve is at 6. That means missing part of the game but I hope that it won't be too much. I have really made the ball game a priority because I was away for so many years and didn't get to see them play. Now I am trying to make up for lost time. I have an appointment to get my hair cut at noon today. I have been keeping it very short for several years now. I am fortunate enough that when it is the right length all I have to do is wash it and run the brush through and then forget it. My hair is so strange. I will be 70 next year yet I still have a lot of blond hair. When it is a new cut and right after I wash it it looks completely grey then as it grows or when I don't wash it everyday there are times when it looks more blond than grey. I am not sure if it is the oils in it or not. I have always had really dry hair and skin so not really sure. Diane and Michelle how is the gardening going? I really missed seeing a lot of the spring bloom this year. I was down so long after my surgery and then with my back that I didn't get out too much. Now even with a few showers recently the grass is starting to turn brown and I am pretty sure that we are in for a long hot summer. Well I guess I will get on with my morning. I need to do a few exercises then get busy with putting some things on a flash drive for the party I am working on for next month.

I am glad to see that everyone is enjoying some nice weather. We had gone up into the 90s and today we are only at 64 and it is noon. I have one of those little carts and sense I have no garden any more I have used it to sit on when I want to clean something in my apartment that is down low. I can't bend much with my back so bad. In fact I haven't used the cart in a while and not sure if I can get up if I get down on it right now. This time of year always makes me want to get out and plant flowers but realistically I doubt that I will ever be able to do that again. My back has just become too big an issue. I am getting ready to go out in a short while and spend some of my mothers day gift from my daughter. It is a nice day so I should enjoy it. Tomorrow is pokeno and our ice cream social. There is also Wii bowling but I haven't done that in a while. Not because I don't think I can do it but because I don't want to miss the Giants baseball games. I am having too much fun enjoying them. Well time to go hope you all are having a good day.

Diane I am so relieved to learn that for the most part you are ok. I know only too well how that depression can come on and eat at a person. I hope you are feeling better soon. As for family problems we both seem to have similar problems with one of our children. It is no fun being put in the middle. My daughter is doing good and so is my son in lay (yes he has been my son in law for 30 years so will always be). Divorce is never pretty and I am thankful that my grandkids are grown because it is still hard on them. My daughter will always be my daughter and I love her unconditionally. Having been there I know too that no one outside a marriage knows everything that goes on. People grow and people change and some people don't change. I have just come to accept that what is is and there is nothing I can do about it. There is a lot less stress that way. I do pray that you feel better soon. I really have missed the people on this forum and do need to read some of the others but time seems to take wings faster each day and I have so many things that I am doing that I have to choose one or two things a day sometimes. I do love to be home but also have commitments that I have taken on. What is bad is that I had already slowed down a lot and now with my back problems I seem to work at about one tenth of that speed. Oh well getting old but won't complain. It does no good and I see many much worse that I am. Hope you all have a great evening and that we hear from all of our friends here soon and that more of you who just come to visit will stop in and say hello.

ok now let's not make this a one time thing. Where is everyone don't let the spammers drive you away because then they will have accomplished something we don't want.

Good morning everyone. I hope that you all had a good Wednesday. Sorry I didn't make it here yesterday but it was a fairly busy day. There is a church up the street from where I live. It is called Little Country Church but the congregation is a large, they have 3 services on Sundays and one on Wednesday and there are about 4 hundred seats. I have only gone there a couple of times but they come here often to the Senior housing where I live. Once a year they do a bar b que for us between Mother's Day and Father's Day. Yesterday was that day. It is really a nice day. They do only burgers but they have all of the trimmings plus potato salad and baked beans. All very good. After lunch we have a sing along of praise music. It is very up lifting though I prefer the old songs like Old Rugged Cross and How great Thou are. They did do amazing grace but added another verse and it was more of a rocking tune. At any rate I enjoyed it a lot as did the few that stayed after eating. That is one of my sore points people who come just for the food and run off. Can't change them so have to learn to not get so upset with them. Today is cloudy and cooler. We have a chance for some rain. I really don't mind because we do need it. I thought about going out today and spending some of my Mother's Day gift but the threat of rain and the fact that I was up early with my hip has pretty much changed my mind. I guess I will just make my casserole and a yogurt upside down cake and do a few exercises to see if they will help my back and hip. Janet how is your bird doing? Is he trained yet? I am still concerned about Janet. I sent her a message on facebook but she never answered. I will try to see if I can locate a phone number for her. If anyone hears from her please let me know.

I am wondering if Katie might have a phone number to check on her. Her son lives here in Redding somewhere but I don't even know his name.

Good morning. It is 6:30 am here on the West Coast. Plenty of sunshine and a slight breeze promising to be another hot day. I actually stayed in bed until 6 this morning. That last hour is always a rough one. I want to sleep more but by then my back and hip are screaming at me to get up and relieve the pressure. So now I am having coffee and spending my first hour up on the heating pad. That and exercise seem to be the only thing that helps. I need to do some laundry this morning so I guess I will dress my bed after I shower. Fitness is later this morning and I want to have my laundry ready for the dryers so when I am out of fitness I can get home and fix my lunch. I have become a fanatic for our Giants baseball team and don't miss a game if I can help it. I have always been a fan but lived so far away for so long that I missed all of the games. Now I am having a ball watching them win. Last night there was no game on so I decided to go sit outside for a while. We used to have several people out every night during Spring and Summer then after Maxine died we just all kind of got away from it. Most nights I am watching the game but some days it is on early or and off day so I would go out and no one was there. I hope to get it started again because there are so many new neighbors now and that is the only way we can get to know them and get them interested in attending our different functions. Anyway a couple of us where out when a new neighbor came out and asked us if we were going in to hear Karaoke . I had forgotten about it. When he moved in he wanted to jump in right away with things but he has very bad dementia and follows everyone around wanting to know where they are going and what they are doing. If you have a bag he wants to know what is in it. In other words he can drive you nuts asking the same questions over and over. Still I feel sorry for him. He doesn't seem to have anyone around here and he has to be lonely. I try to put myself in someone's place and not lose patience though it is hard sometimes. Having that determination reinforced by Robert's death I decided to go listen to him. Actually he was quite good. The songs that he sang were from the 40s and 30s a little before my time but I actually recognized some of them. It turned out to be a nice half hour and gave this man something to do. I am glad that I went. Now I have to run. Time for breakfast and shower then off to do laundry before fitness. I am still wondering about Diane. I sent her a message on facebook but have not heard back from her. Does anyone know what is going on with her? I am starting to get concerned. a good day everyone and please continue to post.

Some of you may remember that a couple of months ago I wrote about my neighbor Robert and the problems that he had understanding that one night at Wii bowling. He ended up in a nursing home a few days later. Last weekend his family moved out the last of his things because we all knew that he wasn't coming back. That was sad but they all said that he was happy there. I didn't go see for myself. I prefer to remember him at his best like he was when I first moved here. A few hours ago I was informed that Robert has died. This deeply saddens me but a part of me knew that it wouldn't be long. Now soon I hope to find out about another of my neighbors, She has had to start treatment again for colon cancer and she has not been home. We got a card and a hat for her and hope soon to hear something positive. In the mean time I will be asking for prayers for Helen. I will come back again soon and post again. I just can't see this forum end. It has been too important to me and so many others.

I am glad that people have those resources. It is so important that they have that kind of support, especially those who are just starting out on their journy. I wish I had it in the begining of mine and Johnny's journy. Anyone who has experienced LC in any capascity knows that there is no lighter side to lung cancer. We all know that it can test your heart and your very soul. Having said that I do believe that this forum is needed just as much because so much of LC is so intense. This forum offers a place where people can come and see everyday life. They can see that life may never be the same but people do keep their sense of humor, they do face other challenges in life and often overcome them. They see that grief can be born even when we think we will collapse under the weight of the pain. It gives people, especially those who are just starting out a place to come and be accepted and not have to explain because there is always someone here who understands without explainations. We all agree that LC is one of the most life changing events that anyone will ever go through and because of that they need it all, everything that LCSC and Lungevity can offer. They need everyone and everything that we can say, share and do for them. By doing that maybe just maybe we will begin to get a climpse of the answer to that old quesion why did this happen to me or my loved one. Maybe it happened because it takes so many and so much support to keep people going until that blessed day when someone finds a real cure. I see that people are reading so please come on and let us know what you think, what this forum has meant to you or what you would like to get out of it if you are just visiting.

I woke up this morning with a purpose on my mind. Yesterday I came here and checked to see if there had been new posts. It is sad to say that there were none. How many of us remember that yesterday was a year that we lost our dear friend Judy? She kept this forum going for a very long time and we have let her down now that she is gone. I have to admit how guilty I am. I come here and sometimes I see a post and I read then rush away to something else. Once in a while I write a post but when no one responds I start to feel like no one is interested any more so I back off. I know the reality is that we have moved on to different places. It is easier to go to Facebook and check in there and we have busy lives that we need or want to get back to. That is understandable but I think it is time for a reminder. Why did each of us first come here? I know I came because I was overwhelmed by grief and found a place where people understood. They understood that grief is universal but having been on the ride that comes with Lung Cancer that grief takes on a different meaning. Once I felt accepted and understood here I started to move out of that deep pit of depression that I was in. I didn't do it alone. It took the support of everyone who came here daily. It took words and kindness from others and it took having a place to let out the anger. It took finding an understanding and realizing that I was not alone, that there were others who had been there and were there and we could share our fear, anger and grief. Now I come here and see that days have passed and not one person has posted. Not only is that sad but it makes me feel like we are letting all the people who were there for us down because we are not playing what we were given forward to others. How many are there out there that have came here for support and found no one here? How many more would have reached out for help if they could have found some of us here waiting just as we had found others waiting when we needed them? One of the things that really helped me to start to want to get moving out of that pit of depression was a sermon that a visiting preacher gave one Sunday at our little church when I lived in French Gulch. He told about his wife and their battle with alzhiemers. He told about how he was so lost in his grief that he wasn't doing the things he should have been then one day he realized that his grief had turned to sin. Why? because he kept questioning why and he hadn't done anything to use what he had been through to help others. He said that when we go through something so painful, when our grief or fear has dominated our life for so long it is our duty to take all of the pain , fear and anger and use the understanding it has given to us to help others. Our Katie is probably the best example of that you will find anywhere. So now I will get off of my soap box and promise to try and do better, to try to come here more often again and welcome those who like us would never have wanted to need this place but deserve the same support that we were given because what they want and what they need are two very different things. Please join me in welcoming them and let's get this site up and active again. Let's do it for all of the people out there who need us but also let's do it for Judy and Sara and Annette, Dean Carl and so many others who have became a part of our special memories of this wonderful group that we have called family, this place that none of us ever wanted or expected to belong to but who have been blessed to find it when we needed it most. So please come and visit again and someone please let me know if you have heard from Dianne.

Good morning. I woke to sunshine and a few clouds but we are told there is a good chance of rain for tonight and tomorrow. Temperaturs are still wonderful. I am sitting here at my desk with the window open next to me and a fan on. All of the talk about acctivities for tomorrow remind me of when my kids and grandkids were little. I have to say that I do miss being with them for those holidays but things are still different with them all now. My oldest son and my granddaughter and her familh have all gone to spend Easter weekend at a campground. His other daughter and her husband are about 4 hours from them stationed at Fort Polk so they will not be with the family. My daughter spent yesterday evening with her kids helping my oldest grandson and his girl friend move into the new house that they just singed on yesterday. It is so beautiful and we watched it being built while I was there. I am really proud of them. The plans for tomorrow is for them to go to my youngest son's for a bar b que. The only small child who will be there to recieve Easter baskets is McKenna, my one year old great granddaughter. Needless to say being the first child, first grandchild and first God child she will have enough to make up for 20 others As for me I will be spending Easter alone. I am still not able to get out and even though I can probably drive I am afraid the my car will leave me stranded and right now I sure don't need that. One day soon if I ever get back on my feet financially and over all of these problems acquired sense my first surgery last August I will get it fixed. So I have a chicken I thawed out to cook and I know that sometime during the day one of my neighbors will drop by. For now that will have to do and I am ok with it. There was a time when I would have been miserable just thinking of spending a holiday alone but that was before someone very special taught me that I am a strong and able person. He taught me to respect myself and that it is me who makes me whole not the ones around me. So again I will say happy Easter to all of you. May your days be filled with happiness and an abundance of love.

I had written a long post and hit the wrong button somehow and erased it all. No wonder I do not like to write on this lap top. I am doing better but still having a major problem with sciatica. S eems like things not really associated with the surgery has been my biggest problem both times. I have had a bone spur in my heel act up so I couldn't walk at all and the already bad sciatica flared up even worse when I started using that leg and foot to pull myself around my apartment in my roll around desk chiar. We have a service co ordinater here and she got hold of my doctor and got her to write a prescription for a shower chair and a walker. I am now walking with just a cane except when I leave my apartment and when I get up during the night and first thing in the morning when the sciatica is at it's worse. Eric sorry to hear about your friend Rober passing. Sounds like he was a real fighter and inspiration to others and will be greatly missed. Janet I pray that your new treatments will be just what you need to continue enjoying your bird and all of the other things in life that you love for many many more years. Katie the pooch is adorable and I am so happy that you were able to allow yourself a new companion. I know how hard that had to be at first but happy that it has worked out. Diane we have had a few clouds and sprinkles but for the most part our weather has be beautiful. Looking forward to getting better so I can sit outside and enjoy it soon before it starts to get too hot. All of the trees here have bloomed and most are leafed out. Can't wait until I can get around a little better and am able to sit outside for a while before the heat of summer hits. Just got a note to go sign papers for my rent for the coming year. That is a very sore subject for me. This so called non profit organization that owns our housing are ripping off the government by charging outragous prices for these small apartments. They are getting total from us and the govenment almost double what other apartments in the area that are bigger are renting for. Upkeep is not that great either so that excuse doesn't fly. I got a $20 raise in my Social Security and my rent is going up again. It already went up $10 last month and will probably go up $6 or$9. So much for the cost of living!!!Things like food and gas and utilities that I have to pay keep going up too. The least little raise seems to cost me double what I get. Sorry for venting but that is one of my pet peeves. I understand the % we are supposed to pay but when a company that is supposed to be non porfit finds a way to take even more for their own pockets it really burns me up

Good morning everyone. I decided that if no one else was going to open I would. Not a whole lot going on with me sense I am pretty much grounded for a while. It turned out that the surgery to remove the skin cancer on my leg was a much bigger deal than I expected. The one on my face healed so quick and no pain but this is a whole different ball game as they say. The cancer wasn't deep but it sat right above a major nerve and blood vesel. In order to get something to sew the graft to he had to go deep around those to find something solid. Can't sew it to weak skin or fat. As a result I have a hole in my leg. Seems that anything below the heart is a different deal all together. Also where he took the skin from on my upper thigh is like a very bad burn and I am not allowed to put anything other that a bandage on it for now. All in all the pain could have been a lot worse I suppose but it is hard being down so much. It really is doing a number on my back and muscles. Slowly trying to do more and follow doctor's orders. Do not want to have to go through this again. Weather here is still beautiful with a few clouds and temperatures in the 70s after a few days of 80s. We are supposed to get some rain later next week but that will be ok because we sure do need it. I can finally sit up enough to work on some of my projects. I got a lot done on the baby blanket I am working on until I ran out of yarn. Now it will have to wait until I can get up and around and walk in a store. Hope that is not as long as it feels like it will be. Anyway I have several other projects to work on. I have few more pieces to put together for my little great grandson's quilt before I can start putting the whole thing together. I also have an afghan I am working on and a small wheel chair size afghan to donate to a nursing home or rehab hospital. Once I am on my feet I am going to try and get a group together to make some small lap quilts. That is something that most can work on if the want to help out. Some can cut and some can sew also instead of quilting them we will just tack them. It has been a while sense I have done one like that but decided it would be easier and quicker for a group to do. I have a good bit of scraps to get us started them we can use our funds to buy more. Well I guess I will get off of here and check out my ancestry site before I either read or start working on those quilt pieces. Have a great day everyone.

Wow all of the pet talk makes me feel like a real bore. Not much going on here. I still have to be down with my foot up at least until Monday when I get the bandages off and the stitches out. Not easy for me to be down and up only for the bathroom. Still the pain makes me obey doctors orders. Just when I first put the foot down the pain is really bad then the first step. After that it eases up but I do walk stiff legged because the bandage won't let me bend my ankle. Never had pain with my face but then I never had to put my weight on my face to get up I have been getting a lot of visits from my neighbors and having a good visit with my friend Lynda who is staying with me until I am back on my feet. She really is taking care of me and catching up on some of the housework that I have had to let go for a while. This is all a new experience to me. I am used to being the one taking care of everyone. After a few showers a couple of days ago it has turned beautiful here again. Got to say I sure love this weather in Northern California just hope we don't end up with too much of a rain deficet this year. Well I have a good mystery/ghost story waiting for me to get back to it. Hope eveyone is staying warm, healthy and safe.

Good to know that you are feeling better. Still warm here but cloudy. Rain is expected later in the week. As for your doctor I think sometimes they don't tell us things so they can keep that feeling of being above us. Not a good thing to say I know especially when I am having surgery tomorrow. It is just a simple skin cancer removal like he did on my face with a graft again. Still any proceedure always has me on pins and needles. I am not a good patient and a big coward to boot Pre op in a couple of hours so I need to get up and get busy. Take care eveyone and have a great week.

Good to know that you are feeling better. Still warm here but cloudy. Rain is expected later in the week. As for your doctor I think sometimes they don't tell us things so they can keep that feeling of being above us. Not a good thing to say I know especially when I am having surgery tomorrow. It is just a simple skin cancer removal like he did on my face with a graft again. Still any proceedure always has me on pins and needles. I am not a good patient and a big coward to boot Pre op in a couple of hours so I need to get up and get busy. Take care eveyone and have a great week.

Thank you. I do appreciate all of my wonderful friends.

Sorry that I haven't been around more but trying to get a few things finished before my surgery on Tuesday. Also just doing a few things to make myself relax. I am not good at getting things done. I always get nervous. Weather here has been outstanding but a change is coming next week. Can't complain. I will be home bound for several days so it won't really bother me and we do need the rain. We were ahead but January and February were very dry and if you know California you know that if you don't have enough rain by May you are not going to get it. Summers are about 99%dry. Yesterday I spoke to Robert's nieces. Didn't know he had even one but he has two. They live a distance south of here but have came up to see to his needs. They told me that he is doing really well and wanting to come home. Really not sure when that will be but they are sitting up a few things to help him out when he does get home. Not sure what his problem was diagnosed as but his niece agreed with me that it sounded like a siezure or stroke due to the bleeding of some kind of cut in his mouth. He has siezure medication but may have not been taking it. Always good to hear good news about someone. Bad news seems to ge so much more attention. Well I have a few things to take care of then will have a busy afternoon and evening. I plan to take advantage of all of our activities today because next week I will be missing them. Take care everyone and have a great week. Not sure when I will post again. When I can I will put a quick update on facebook and maybe someone can relay it here. Will be back here in a week or so.

Come on people let's get this moving again! Think of Judy and Sara and Annette and Nick and so many more that used to come no matter how bad they felt or how busy they were. We owe it to them to keep this going. To give back to others what they so graciously gave of themselves. Busy day today with sunshine pouring in my windows I am ready to tackle it all. First some exercises and stretches to get this only body going then put my spagetti on and then take out the iron to ready some pieces for the quilt I am working on. Bible Study this afternoon then home to see what else I can get done. Still no word on my neighbor Robert. Having no family I am afraid it will be hard to find out unless he gets better and comes home. Tomorrow it is fitness, I hope we do the beachball volley ball again. I have to go by the doctors office again to get my stitch out from where they did the biopsy on my leg. It wasn't ready yesterday and started to bleed. Then I am going to the dollar show with a friend to see Parental Guidance I have heard that it is great. Saturday is Pokeno and then wii bowling. Sunday I am thinking about going to church with some neighbors. I am actually the one who told them about it. When I lived in French Gulch our congregation was so small that we were invited to that church once a year to share in a night of fellowship. They called it a senior soup. They provided different kinds of soup and bread and we all had a great time. They also had very few members. My neighbors were looking for a small church so I told them about it and they really like it. Monday we distribute commondities then have our town council meeting to plan next months activities. After that I am meeting someone from high school for lunch. We connected on our high school site on facebook and found that we only live a few miles apart. She lives in Anderson about 13 miles south of me. Then after lunch it is to the plastic surgeon for him to see the thing on my leg and decide what will need to be done. Just hoping he can do a local and I don't have to lay on my back again for 2 hours. Still not over that. Wow I guess I am making up for no one else being here. Hope I am not scaring anyone off. Please stop in and say hello. We are all family here.

I guess sense no one else will open the air it is up to me this morning. Cool cloudy and a few light showers here in Redding. I don't really mind. It is a vegetable soup kind of day. Sense I have dental problems that is a good thing for me.lol I just looked out my window and saw that the young eucolyptus tree in the creek out front is falling over. Didn't hear any wind that high during the night but guess it was. Don't know what they can do with it because the creek is protected. I love that tree so hope it can be saved. We still haven't heard anything about our neighbor. Not having any family my make it hard for us to get news. Just keep praying that he will get what he needs. My doctors office called to inform me that the place on my ankle that was diagnosed years ago as psorisis is the same kind of skin cancer that I had removed from my face. Same one diagnosed that one too. I guess it could have formed sense then but makes me wonder. At any rate I will be seeing the plastic surgeon again to have it removed. He did a great job on my face I just dread to have it done right when fooling with my teeth. Am hoping that I don't have to lay flat on a table again. That did me in with my back and it has never been the same again. Hope everyone is safe and well take care and stay warm. Please stop in and say hi.