Sudokuaholics Anonymous 10

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Woodrow Wilson

Thank you to all my friends for being my cement.

Timmy is really coming out of his shell. He's playful and very affectionate. He wants to be next to me or IH at all times and has progressed to the full body wiggle instead of just wagging his tail. I think he's happy here.

IH just commented on what a nice dog Timmy is.

Gekko and Good Evening, Everybody! It looks like I've let 3 pages accumulate without reading.

Vicki and Tami, I hope your hubbies don't have to have surgery, but if it's necessary, I hope it goes smoothly and hope recovery will be quick and nearly pain-free!

June, I hope the visit to Clown Town was enjoyable! Thinking of you and your friend! {{{HUGS}}}

Heidi, I'm glad the beers didn't affect the work the men did! I can't imagine working in a tight crawl space in the heat we've been having! It sounds like they are conscientious! I hope the bunk house will soon be ready for occupancy! Don't beat yourself up for not being able to get as much work done as you would like. You get so much done without any breaks or vacation and with only the help that Robert can provide!

Tami, I hope all your errands got done quickly! What was the treat for the boys?

Heidi, Timothy sounds like a great name for the rescue! I hope he begins to re-learn trust while he is with you and also begins to gain some weight while he is there!

Mamacita, thinking of you as you remember the good (and less than good) experiences with Sully! We're here for you if you need a shoulder or just want to "talk"!

Broni, remember to take your time when working on the boat. Everything doesn't need to be done at once. Pace yourself!

MizT, thinking of you and hoping all went well with the CAT scan. How awful what happened to Joy's parental figure, but a blessing that she went quickly. Sending prayers her way.

On to page 137, and an excellent TOPP, Tami! What a great quote, and your observation is so true!

Joining all of you in a toast to our absent friends! Gone too soon!
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\_/ Absent Friends

Heidi, what a shame that the plumbing supply store was closed. Oh well, there's always next week, when you'll also be working with the hay bales and getting them stored in the new barn!

Theresa, Rolanda and Suzy, good for you for going through things in preparation for donations! I really need to do the same thing!

Brenda, I hope your son is soon feeling better! A viral infection sounds like a much better diagnosis than glandular fever! I hope you have many years of fun with the new car!

Theresa, it's so reassuring when you encounter one of the nice people. How thoughtful of her to bring food for the feral cats!

Suzy, I'm sorry the SA site is not being very thoughtful and considerate today! I hope it improves!

Tami, another great TOPP on this page! We have all be fortunate to find our "cement" here! Thank you all!

Wow, Heidi, IH commented on what a nice dog Timmy is! That's amazing!

I'm starting to fall asleep at the keyboard, so I think it's time to hit the hay! Positive thoughts, , {{{{{HUGS}}}}} and prayers for all!

Night-Night!

Who are you and what have you done with IH???

Hello and goodnight Julie!
Heidi - for some reason I feel really pleased that IH likes Timmy.

My body hurts.
Love and hugs to you all.
Heidi, you sure Timmy has good taste? Perhaps he could be the one to bring out the good in IH?

Trying again...


Mamacita, I'm still in shock about the 3 years... more hugs and thoughts winging their way to you..

Broni, are you fixing up the boat to use or to sell?

June, your day and dinner with friend sound good. I wish friend was feeling better, but glad you had them anyway.. ♥♥♥

Brenda, I love your new car! Your son has been sick for a couple of weeks and the doc decided it was viral??? I hope he at least has done some tests to confirm.

Look at that, I finally get my copy/paste working and it breaks the site.

Did I tell you all that the musical was fantastic! Judy, you'll have to let me know if yours is doing anything closer to me and if there is a chance that I could see it I will. If you know what I mean.. that was kind of a mixed up sentence.

Did I also tell you that I am word stuttering? It's really weird. It's happening more now that I am teaching but not only when I'm teaching...

Still broken..

I woke up this morning to the sounds of IH and Timmy romping and playing outside. Something tells me that IH won't want him to leave. Timmy seems to bring out the best in IH, too.

Poor Broni. I hope the aches and pains ease up very soon.

Word stuttering, Suzy? Rare, but I've done that, too. I hate being a stutterer.

I used to have a severe stuttering problem. Really severe. Then I read a theory that the cause of stuttering is from normally left handed people being forced to be right handed, which screws up the 2 hemispheres of the brain.... causing stuttering. I then started doing more things left handed (my natural inclination) and I got my stuttering under control for the first time in my life. I still stutter, but it's slight. That single thing did what years of speech therapy couldn't do.

Hi all. This is Tami saying hello from my mom's house. I had to fix her screening and now I am taking a break. I will read the posts when I get home.

Julie, it is not my hubby that needs surgery but his father. FIL will be having surgery in a week or so. I will let everyone know when I get more details.

Be back later.

I'm back. Time to take care of stuff at my house. I have to replant a few small trees.

Heidi, are you sure you will be giving Timmy away. I think Timmy has claimed his home.

Julie, hope the woodturning workshop went well.

Don't really remember much else. I will be back later. Hope all is well in Sudokuland.

Unfortunately, Timmy is not mine. He belongs legally to Cedaridge Collie Rescue. I'm just his temporary foster home. I would LOVE to keep him, tho.

I just got back from the horse trainer's. I sent Challenger (my Gypsy Vanner) over there a month ago for a much needed refresher course. I went over there this morning, harnessed him up, and took him for an hour long drive. Then brought him home. On Tuesday, the trainer is gonna come over here, we'll harness him up and take him for an 8 mile drive here. The problem before is that he came home and decided that he didn't have to do the stuff here that he did there.

#5500

Now for a nice nap and a cool down. I also need to make some Jello with fruit for a pot luck party at my best friend's house.

Just replanted my Ponytail palm. It needed a really big pot and they are expensive. I found a great alternative. I bought a 17 gallon plastic tub with rope handles. It is usually filled with ice and drinks for a party or with kids toys. It makes a really cute pot. I did remember to poke some holes in the bottom for draining. I took pictures and will post later.

I need to share what my day was like yesterday, and it needs to be on this page that has the very best topp for this group that I can think of ...Thanks Tami...its simply a wonderful, meaningful and true saying:
Okay...I was really in the deepest funk that I remembering experiencing....one of those'no one has EVER gone through what I'm going through things'. I knew that others had suffered loss, as I had before...yet their pain just couldn't touch mine....you get the picture I'm sure...I played all of the music Sully and I had shared....BUT, I made sure to play the ones that really pull on the heartstrings the most rather than the more upbeat, wouldn't talk on the phone to anyone, only went outside to let Jazz take care of his needs but stayed away from human contact...Oh I was covering myself with layer upon layer of self-pity! I turned to the computer and played mind-numbing game after game, tears streaming unchecked...when I decided to go down memory land on SA...I read post from Ruby, post I had written about Sully, post where we'd commiserate with one another about a variety of illnesses, deaths, etc...I read the very touching toast to 'absent friends' (which I absolutely loved) and as always, my spirits lifted some...but it was a video submitted by MIZT showing small of the unbelievable damage wrought by Mother Nature in Alabama in March of this year that really brought me back to reality... It didn't make my loss seem better...What it did was helped me focus on the things that Sully and I had spoken of ... He never wanted to die in a tragic manner or a long drawn out illness...he didn't. I had mementos that we had shared and could be touched at will...I had pictures....and I still had an in-tact home untouched by the wrath of Mother Nature...I knew where Sully's remains were...In other words... I was blessed and not looking at the picture quite right!!! Sully lived to a good old age, had had a good life and knew he was well loved...everyone who died or lived in Alabama on that day of storms could say that....in many cases they didn't know the where bouts of the dead...homes were lost as well...the red tape they faced in regaining any normalcy would go on for such a long time...and here I was indulging in all of this self-pity...instead of the blessings of all that I do have... So much cement keeping me together and holding me fast in this world...I am really lucky to have you in my life.
The past is gone..I remember it fondly
The future holds promises yet to be revealed
BUT Today...You guys are my present...and I
glory in the cement covered goodness you all have given me!!!!
Thanks for the peace you have instilled
deep inside of me one again!

Mamacita, I am glad that in some small way, I could help you feel a little better. I was not blessed with knowing Sully, but I am blessed by knowing you. You are one of the most thoughtful people I know, and having met your son and granddaughter, I realize what a wonderful person you truly are. I also feel a closeness to the people here. Even if I don't always share my troubles, just coming in here and knowing I have the support of my friends helps. I am glad that you feel the same way about us, as I am sure all of us feel about you. Keep smiling as you remember the good things. Sully had a beautiful life, blessed by having you in it.

Greetings friends. Tummy problem here today, so I am not good company today. Stand back, very far back, you do not want this bug. I have washed and sanitized my hands, though, fore touching the keys.

This is one of the bugs that makes the tummy HURT, in addition to the other unspeakable ills. As if I did not have enough things hurting, but this does make me forget the back pain for a while.

I did read in bits and pieces, but getting so sleepy I think back to bed is what I need. Be back later.

Mama.... Indulging in self pity is a normal and necessary part of mourning. And just because others have suffered worse doesn't make your pain any less valid. You lost a major part of your life when you lost Sully, and the healing can take a long, long time. You're fortunate in that some of Sully lives on in your kids and grandkids.
((((( HUGS )))))

Hello all, I have almost 2 pages to read.

June, when my mom passed away, one of the hard realities I had to face was that now I was really part of the oldest generation on my side of the family. As you said, absent people are happening more frequently as I get older.

Brenda, hope your son is feeling better.

Heidi, hope you are feeling better too.

I had a small tear in the rotator cuff of my right shoulder about 10 years ago. I didn't have surgery, the tear was too small, but I did go for physio for 8 months. I finally ended up having a few sessions of acupuncture (I was very sceptical) and the pain pretty well went away.

Suzy, I only feed dry catfood to the feral cats. I used to give them a can every Sunday, but it was getting too expensive. They go through a large bag of dry a week approximately.

On to the next page ...

Yes, Tami...I'm glad you helped me feel better too...:-) . MizT...Thinking of you and hope the tummy feels better soon.
Heidi, I wasn't denigrating the need for self-pity...I too think its a good cathartic part of mourning, but I was relating to the way that I was digging a hole for myself with pity that was going beyond good...balance is important in moving forward and I was moving backwards... I needed to get a grip and did. Life is good again... BTW, just to make that point greater...I will become a great grandmom again around Christmas...what a gift God is sending...This is courtesy of my middle grand..Imani. Angelique will have a cousin. I would have preferred marriage had come into the picture, but no such luck there...such is life...it doesn't take away from my pleasure.

Heidi, is there any possibility that you can keep Timmy? He seems to like you guys so much already that it seems a shame he will be uprooted again. Your place would make an excellent forever home.

Julie, hope you can find some time for yourself soon.

Mama, HUGS. Sometimes a day like that is almost good for us - a release of sorts. I usually feel better after a good cry if I am feeling down. We are here no matter what.

Feel better soon, MizT.

I have gone through at least 5 boxes - I am working on the 4th box for an eventual yard sale. I am being brutal in what I am getting rid of.

Very humid today and I am very sore. It was almost enjoyable getting the groceries this morning in an air conditioned store.

Mamacita!!!!

Yeah Mamacita ... congratulations!!!!

Mamcita, congratulations on the newest great grandchild. I wish an easy pregnancy for the mother.

brrrr -0.02c/32F 6.45am

Morning all,
Mamacita, congratulations both on the upcoming birth (marriage is an endangered species here, we don't even call them spouses anymore, it's partner, even our Prime Minister isn't married), and on finding your way out of your rut! That's not easy to do... impossible alone.

Heidi, I too think you should talk to the Collie Rescue association about being Timmy's forever home. Who says you can't adopt as well as take in the oldies???

Theresa, congrats on getting through your boxes. I thought i was going to get rid of a bunch of fabric this week. There was a story in the newspaper about a 15 year old who was making pillowcases for the children's ward at a well known hospital - she has spent quite a bit of time there over the years. They asked for donations of fabric. I called to find out how big the pieces needed to be and went through my stash. Unfortunately I only had enough pieces big enough for 7 pillowcases - so I still have a huge stash..

Brrrr Rolanda, a couple of weeks ago we had feels like temps of that or less in the middle of the day, but it is almost too mild to be winter now...

Rolanda, that is cold. I will make you hot chocolate instead of coffee if you would like.

Tami, how is summer school going? And camp? I was telling hubby about your trip to the movies for $1. Our cheap days are $8, and apparently we are a lot better off than Sydney. Though maybe for those in the know there are cheaper places.

Nice hot cup of Tea Tami thanks...

just got Mum up. We (and my sister) are out and about today with the Monday Club Christmas in July Luncheon Trip to one of the Dams.

-0.04 7.15am... heading for a warm sunny 15C

♥♥♥ Mama ♥♥♥

Suzy, summer school is going great. It is already half way over. When it ends I will have 3 weeks off before I have to go back Mommy Camp is going well. We try to come up with things to do each day, even if it just staying home and watching a movie.

June ....... ((((( HUGS )))))

I can adopt, myself. I adopted Willow, who was only 2 and Lucky, who was 3 months old. Timmy is happy here, but he might be happier with a family with children. He has a lot of energy and wants to play a lot. I wouldn't mind keeping him.... he's very clever.... but there may be a better home for him somewhere. Maybe he can stay here until that home appears. Bonnie found the perfect home, tho' I would have loved to have her here permanently. Being a foster home, and being able to help these dogs, means that I have to give some up if the right forever home comes along.