Sudokuaholics Anonymous 5

Thank you all so much for you support and words of wisdom as we wade through this difficult stage of our lives. I did a lot of venting here yesterday and, as usual, it was very therapeutic.
MIL is still in hospital and I hope will be until the weekend. We'll see. I agree with the comments supporting the reasons for her to stay in her own home. Two of my siblings orchestrated the selling up of my mothers unit and relocating her and she never ever quite got over the distress resulting from that trauma. It was a trauma for her to leave her home... she never wanted to live with any of us or be a burden on her children.
It seems to me that the advances in medicine has ended up with us having a lot more quantity of life without a lot of quality at the end. I certainly don't want to end up like my parents or inlaws. Mad old world where we don't let our pets suffer like this.
Must fly.... hospital to visit.

Vici - feel free to copy the 'friends' smiley. I love it and there are times when it says it all.

Wow...and i wasn't even trying.
CynB...today is the big day isn't it?
Did everything go ok?

Vici, at the moment you are 17 hours behind Sudoku time..
I am 2 hours behind sudoku time,
which means time diff between you and I is 15 hours.
my date today is 31st July, where as you are still 30th July
When Daylight savings begins or ends, it changes all of the above !!
Hope that clears it up for you !!!

Hi Bean - no big day deferred until next Friday or possibly the one after (has to be a Friday).
Not happy but what can you do?
Thanks for update on your MIL.

Gosh, it is 31st July - my late Dad was born on 31/7/1915 so he would have been 93 today!

Re your comment about showing up online and not being here.... since I started doing the 16 x 16 the poor old pooter doesn't get tucked up into bed at night if I haven't finished!!! To say it takes me a while is putting it mildly. Must start logging out tho when I toodle off to bed.

my late dad would have been 92 next week CynB.

Looks like we won't be in WA until September now, Rolanda.

bummer CynB..but what can you do!!!!

The world was a different place back when they were born! Dad's mother was pregnant with him on the ship to Australia. Can you imagine being pregnant on a 6-8 week sea journey. They were more stoic than we are these days.

ooohh CynB.. let me know when you know when.. Peter and I are away down Bunbury mid Sept for a loooooonng weekend. Thurs Eve - Tues morn..
Bunbury is 50ks north of Busselton. if you are down in Busselton visiting your Cousin then, we could catch up.

Getting clearer about it, Rolanda - thanks for putting into such concise detail. Sorry I missed Bean before she left, but still keeping her MIL in my prayers (Bean, too)

hopefully we catch up in Perth, and in Bunbury..

I liked that bit Bean said at the end of the post at the top of the page about the quality of our lives not being able to keep up with the quantity - very profound!

Cyn B - thanks for letting me be a copy

yes, will definately let you know, Rolanda - not game to book yet but hope to be there in first few weeks of September before school hols in Qld. When are school hols over there?

hehe Vici.. sounds all double dutch to me..

ooops hang on.. I am a little Dutch girl

Rolanda - so funny! you are so cute with your blonde braids!

some of these avatars havent seen the light of day in a while

CynB.. the end of September.. last day of term is Friday 26th September

Yes Vici, I agree with what Bean said about quantity vs quality. What's the point of living to be 100 with no quality of life. My Mum is nearly 86, has had dementia for four years but is physically good for her age. Potentially she could live for years - in utter terrifying confusion!!

Thanks Rolanda, I think ours are the same over here.

the little dutch girl avatar was my first one.

I really am going now - watch for me to disappear of the list!! Bye all - chat later.

phew.. I need to sit down for a bit..
changing avatars sure is tiring

Bye CynB

Well I have cought up with reading the posts. That takes some doing if I leave it too long. A lot of chatterboxes here lately.

Rolanda - I'm getting dizzy watching your avatars change...I must admit they are all so lovely...colorful chair and love the tulips, too.

Guess what, I'm back, hubby is asleep in front of the TV. No rush to go out really so I'll leave him there for a while - this business sale has taken it's toll on him - very stressful.

Broni.. your avatar name is great as well..

Glad you could hang around, CynB...Hi June!
I just went and grabbed a chair so I could set a spell with you all.

Think I'll play Letter Rip - my fave at the moment.

hehe Vici..

umm I think Cindi used to say she would get dizzy when watching my avatars changing too..

noice Chair Vici

MzT shopped around and found me this plush rocker-recliner...she's so efficient. Maybe she could go out and get your shopping done for you, CynB?

Thanks Rolanda! Nice just sitting here and relaxing with youse alls!

Hi CynB

I suppose I could grab a chair for a while.

Ahh, so here we all are

MzT told me I needed a chair for meetings like this!