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Posted by YarnWright on July 20, 2008, 11:12 pm
ON-t: working on acquiring all I'll need for autumn/winter knitting.
On-t: working on two books.
On-t: recorded two more lace patterns in my own voice/*cadence* and uploaded
them to both my Zune and my iPod.
OT: agonizing on if I want to upgrade my cell phone or not.
OT: agonizing on if I should get a new laptop, or figure out if I can just add
memory to my current....
Ramblings: Our sister-in-law, Kathy (widow of DH's deceased brother) recently
lost *her* mom, and it brought up a bunch of emotions I thought were either "not
there", "buried", or just "gone from thought" for me.
Silliely (sillily?) (sillyly?) enough, I cried, yet I've not cried at all about
my own mom.... am I wierd or what? Actually, mourning my mother would actually
*be* silly, as I know she's got to be in a better place!
Going out to sit on the porch/deck, enjoy the quiet and drink a "Mike's Hard
Lemonade"...
later!
Hugs,
Noreen
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Posted by Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkn on July 21, 2008, 3:32 am
YarnWright wrote:
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> ON-t: working on acquiring all I'll need for autumn/winter knitting.
> On-t: working on two books.
> On-t: recorded two more lace patterns in my own voice/*cadence* and uploaded
them to both my Zune and my iPod.
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> OT: agonizing on if I want to upgrade my cell phone or not.
> OT: agonizing on if I should get a new laptop, or figure out if I can just
add memory to my current....
show/hide quoted text
> Ramblings: Our sister-in-law, Kathy (widow of DH's deceased brother) recently
lost *her* mom, and it brought up a bunch of emotions I thought were either "not
there", "buried", or just "gone from thought" for me.
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> Silliely (sillily?) (sillyly?) enough, I cried, yet I've not cried at all
about my own mom.... am I wierd or what? Actually, mourning my mother would
actually *be* silly, as I know she's got to be in a better place!
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> Going out to sit on the porch/deck, enjoy the quiet and drink a "Mike's Hard
Lemonade"...
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> later!
I cannot help with the ON-t stuff but:
If your cellphone works why upgrade it? Maybe it's worth it if the
upgrade makes the cost of calls much cheaper and you make lots of calls.
Is your laptop fast enough for your email and letter-writing? If so
then hang on to it.
I've wept for every one of the five dogs that we've had over the last
30 years. However, I've yet to cry at the funeral of any friends or
relatives.
It's a bit early (8:30 am) for a drink but I'll go and brew a strong
pot of tea!
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
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Posted by Katherine on July 21, 2008, 12:44 pm
On Jul 21, 4:32=A0am, "Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)"
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> YarnWright wrote:
> > ON-t: =A0working on acquiring all I'll need for autumn/winter knitting.
> > On-t: =A0working on two books.
> > On-t: =A0recorded two more lace patterns in my own voice/*cadence* and =
uploaded them to both my Zune and my iPod. =A0
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> > OT: =A0agonizing on if I want to upgrade my cell phone or not.
> > OT: =A0agonizing on if I should get a new laptop, or figure out if I ca=
n just add memory to my current....
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> > Ramblings: =A0Our sister-in-law, Kathy (widow of DH's deceased brother)=
recently lost *her* mom, and it brought up a bunch of emotions I thought w=
ere either "not there", "buried", or just "gone from thought" for me.
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> > Silliely (sillily?) (sillyly?) enough, I cried, yet I've not cried at a=
ll about my own mom.... am I wierd or what? =A0Actually, mourning my mother=
would actually *be* silly, as I know she's got to be in a better place!
show/hide quoted text
> > Going out to sit on the porch/deck, enjoy the quiet and drink a "Mike's=
Hard Lemonade"...
show/hide quoted text
> > later!
> I cannot help with the ON-t stuff but:
> =A0 If your cellphone works why upgrade it? Maybe it's worth it if the
> upgrade makes the cost of calls much cheaper and you make lots of calls.
> =A0 Is your laptop fast enough for your email and letter-writing? If so
> then hang on to it.
> =A0 I've wept for every one of the five dogs that we've had over the last
> 30 years. However, I've yet to cry at the funeral of any friends or
> relatives.
> =A0 It's a bit early (8:30 am) for a drink but I'll go and brew a strong
> pot of tea!
Welcome, Bruce. I can't remember seeing you here before.
Higs,
Katherine
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Posted by Katherine on July 21, 2008, 12:43 pm
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> ON-t: =A0working on acquiring all I'll need for autumn/winter knitting.
> On-t: =A0working on two books.
> On-t: =A0recorded two more lace patterns in my own voice/*cadence* and up=
loaded them to both my Zune and my iPod. =A0
show/hide quoted text
> OT: =A0agonizing on if I want to upgrade my cell phone or not.
> OT: =A0agonizing on if I should get a new laptop, or figure out if I can =
just add memory to my current....
show/hide quoted text
> Ramblings: =A0Our sister-in-law, Kathy (widow of DH's deceased brother) r=
ecently lost *her* mom, and it brought up a bunch of emotions I thought wer=
e either "not there", "buried", or just "gone from thought" for me.
show/hide quoted text
> Silliely (sillily?) (sillyly?) enough, I cried, yet I've not cried at all=
about my own mom.... am I wierd or what? =A0Actually, mourning my mother w=
ould actually *be* silly, as I know she's got to be in a better place!
show/hide quoted text
> Going out to sit on the porch/deck, enjoy the quiet and drink a "Mike's H=
ard Lemonade"...
show/hide quoted text
> later!
Why do you want to upgrade your cellphone?
Why do you want to replace your laptop?
What books are you working on?
I think that, when we cry after a death, we are really crying for
ourselves. I have cried, but I am a selfish person. Actually, I'm not,
but I still miss my parents. I think I always will.
We were just told that our little dog has a heart murmur. Add this to
her cataracts and her diabetes, and I am ready to cry in advance. No
more pets! They just don't live long enough!
Higs,
Katherine
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Posted by Mary on July 21, 2008, 2:31 pm
So sorry to hear about your dog! When an elderly neighbor died her 11
year old Yorkie needed a home, so I took her, and am glad I did!
Molly had cataracts, arthritis, collapsing trachea (which made her
cough), and heart disease. However, she lived another 4 years and was
a sweet little thing. When Molly first came to live here she would
sit in my driveway, look through the fence at her old house and yard,
and cry -- it was heart-wrenching! She and my dog, a mixed breed 50-
pounder, had known each other as "through the fence neighbors", but
actually sharing a home is another thing, and it took a while.
However, neither dog did anything nasty or physical to the other, so I
stayed out of it and just watched carefully at first while they sorted
it out between them. (Early on, Clara wouldn't let Molly walk from
the front parlor into the living room, and made her walk through the
front parlor, through the kitchen, through the dining room, and then
into the living room from the other doorway. She also made sure Molly
stayed only in one small area of the living room at first.)
Everything did settle down, and although the dogs didn't become best
friends or playmates, they accepted each other as roommates. When the
end was coming and Molly was getting sicker and weaker, Clara would
take her favorite toys over to Molly -- dogs know far more than we
think! It was awful to lose Molly at last, but she was here for 4
years, mostly good, and I wouldn't hesitate to do it again.
Sometimes I think that dogs "just happen" in our lives. Clara was born
with a deformed and hairless front leg, ankle, and foot, and was
rejected at birth by her mother. The homeowners were going to let the
puppy die, but neighbor children rescued her and took her to their
grandma and grandpa, who already had 3 dogs. Well, grandma and
grandpa took her in, not needing another dog and not knowing what
might happen with this poor little pup with the bad leg. However,
grandma worked for me and knew I was planning to get a dog from the
local shelter the next month, so she came into work the next morning
and said that grandpa had a day-old puppy and would bring her to the
office that afternoon, and if I wanted her and was up to a challenge
that she would be mine as soon as she didn't need round-the-clock
care. And that is how Clara came into my life. Her leg, ankle, and
foot are still badly deformed, but did grow and finally got hair, and
Clara doesn't know she has a problem and gets along just fine. She
walks a little funny and runs a little funny and has uneven muscle
development, but I don't care -- it's just part of being Clara.
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> On-t: working on two books.
> On-t: recorded two more lace patterns in my own voice/*cadence* and uploaded