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Hugs everyone!
That's really cute Melinda - lol that LOLcat.
That's a cute one Joan.
Comment by booklover on November 28, 2012 at 8:13am
Comment by booklover on November 28, 2012 at 8:13am Joan, love you too and all our friends here. What a wonderful thing the internet can be- bringing people together who otherwise never would have met. I love the picture of the toddler on the phone explaining how to use the computer! lol. That's about right! :)
Ian, then I guess my digestive-tract/nausea issues are atypical. Ugh. So many things to go wrong.
I'm glad you are doing better and I hope it's a VERY long time before anyone has to say anything at your funeral! We all think you're a great guy here and you can say anything you want!
Hugs to all this morning. Hope it's a nice day for everybody~ Melinda
Comment by Joan Denoo on November 28, 2012 at 12:56am
Comment by Ian Mason on November 27, 2012 at 8:39pm Ah, the pleasure of waking up early to meet all of you :-)
Melinda: atypical because nothing fits neatly into one category. Plus, diagnoses can also be in or out of fashion among the experts, something that sometimes is related to the "efforts" of the drug companies.
It's been a couple of years since I had anything to do with women and several years since i drank but I still want "Oh didn't he ramble" at my funeral.
Comment by Tony Carroll on November 27, 2012 at 6:51pm Kalliope, that is my favorite Monty Python song. I have it on my MP3, and listen whenever I feel a little down. I plan on a natural burial, you know, just a shroud and put me directly in the hole. I have let my son and family know I want this played. Will probably piss some off, but I think it is a wonderful sendoff, even though I won't be there, or anywhere, for that matter. But will let them have a smile instead of a cry.
Comment by Joan Denoo on November 27, 2012 at 3:13pm Signing off to clean my oven.
Comment by Joan Denoo on November 27, 2012 at 3:12pm Melinda, thanks for your kind words and assurances that I hadn't intruded. There are so many tools one can use that we should have learned in our families and education, but I didn't learn many of them until I responded the best way I could to pain and disappointment. I agree, this is a lovely group of people, wise and funny and bold.
Love you and each one.
Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on November 27, 2012 at 12:41pm Thanks for all of your wonderful sharing and support of one another. Yes, why do cats love boxes? Perhaps because there are so few things in their human environments that they can control. Boxes tend to be light and cat sized, as well as resembling a nest.
No fair, GrinningCat. Now I have that Grand Old Cat tune as an earworm.
I was missing yesterday because I'm working on another pullquote/slideshow. But this time I'm more ambitious and will buy Vegas Video to add sound and allow people to control it. It's a learning curve to figure out how to properly credit the pictures. I collected a bunch without getting all of the information I need, and now have to hunt for their sources or replace them.
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