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We've missed you, Mina !

Executive secretary positions were big deals back in the day - I wonder if anyone knows Gregg Shorthand anymore?
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It is a food then, not a spelling game, scrabble?
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BH.....I was totally w/you until you got to scrapple......threw me back to childhood. Dad was sick and couldn't work. Mom went out to earn the bread. Got a great job (for a college-educated woman in the 60's who now had to support her whole family).....Executive Secretary to the VP of Amour Foods.....turned out he was the nicest person in the whole world.....

He would leave his exec office, go down to the plant (yeah....back when exec's actually had a physical connect to the plant and the workers) and pack up a big box for Mom: Camay soap, Dial soap, Armour bacon, and.....yesss.....crates of .....Spam.....

LOL....we were, I guess, pretty poor at that point, BUT....we were d*mn near willing to starve to death before we had to survive on SPAM.....

Sorry.....for whatever reason, "scrapple" which I will admit, I do not even understand and have very possibly, never tasted, just reminded of that SPAM.....

I love your cutting wit and incisive posts, BH......thank you for this strange but welcome memory of my very recently late, wonderful Mother.
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sorry no scrapple here but I do like creamed chipped beef
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Also.....scrapple, anyone??
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Sorry to roll back to last month......but liverwurst, oh yes! On rye. Braunschweiger (sp?) on crackers. And the mention of olive loaf sent me reeling on the "way-back machine." Haven't given it a thought in 30 years or so, but I could sure go for some right now. Shout-out to summer sausage, too. (Extra points if it's venison.) Sardines....anchovies....oh how I love my salty-stinky "old guy" foods!
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one of my favorite songs can be found on Youtube..


I can see waters ragin' at my feet
I can feel the breath of those surroundin' me
I can hear the sound of nations risin' up
We will not be overtaken, we will not be overcome
I can walk down this dark & painful road
I can face every fear of the unknown
I can hear all God's children singin' out
We will not be overtaken, we will not be overcome!


The same power that rose Jesus from the grave
The same power that commands the dead to wake
Lives in us, lives in us
The same power that moves mountains when He speaks
The same power that can calm a ragin' sea
Lives in us, lives in us, He lives in us, lives in us!


We have hope, that His promises are true
In His strength, there is nothin' we can't do
Yes, we know, there are greater things in store
We will not be overtaken, we will not be overcome!
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One of my favorite things to listen to on TV on a Saturday night is The Lawrence Welk show.Mother always had to see it and now,without her here,it somehow brings me closer to her for that hour and the music is happy and sweet and I Love the ending song"Good night,Sleep tight and pleasant dreams to you...".
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Cant sleep..but feeling blessed by the private messages I am getting from people who miss working with me.
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What a beautiful sky!
Glad it is not raining just now, as I am driving to pick up hubs...There should be a better way, because I really shouldn't be going out at 10:30 p.m., imo.

With a little fortitude, encouragement, and prayer, I can do this.
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Rained all night here and continued until around noon.
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That's the spirit, Ms.Madge! A walk in the rain.
Did you see how excellent an example that was, slipped by us by Cwillie---
"Walk/run, tidying up the yard and garden, late lunch"

As if it were the easiest and most natural sequence of events....!
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I took the day off work to clean the floor furnace and relax before taking mom to the doctor this afternoon

Haven't done a lick of housework but might go take a little walk in the rain and then have a little warm apple strudel
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There are a few caregivers who it appears from their posts over time, that there would be no doubt how good they are as a caregiver to their loved one.
Since these people will hardly notice I am talking about them due to being humble, I will just say it bluntly-Cwillie-you shine!
Those with a schedule, a self-care routine-and caregiving techniques tried and true will mostly be successful, imo.
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Good job, Cwillie!
Preferring to shower and dress anew daily, I was only good-to-go to pick up our tire. My schedule must be flexible to meet the needs of hub's schedule. If I have to go out, I am always eyeing the opportunity to jump in the shower. Unfortunately that could be midnight, 3 a.m.(bothering his sleep), or 5 a.m.--
(will there be hot water?) So, clean and presentable, always the goal.
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It is good you hear the rain, especially a warm, gentle rain when you really need it, hooray!

The problem with waking up in yesterday's clothes, do you have to change or can you consider yourself ready for the day?

It is a beautiful, sunny Fall day here, temps rising to 50ish today and up to 60 for the weekend and halloween (thanks to TWN for converting degrees C to F). Lots of leaves were on the trails when I went for my run/walk this morning and I have been busy tidying up the yard and garden before I get mom up for a late lunch. I am always looking for the easier way to do things so I buzzed off flowers with my hedge clippers, raked the debris onto the lawn and went over the whole yard with the lawn mower. No raking leaves and bagging yard waste for me! LOL
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Cwillie,
That was an interesting favorite thing.
Because you are not going to work.
Is it just my imagination, or did I get a sense of sadness or melancholy in your post?
It is raining harder now, and would be inconvenient to get in the car and drive dH to work in the rain. But the joy of having rain and that he has a job to go to later this afternoon, that is a favorite thing for me.
I don't expect that with your job caring for your Mom it would be all joy, but hoping you do have something to sustain you, encourage you, help you, and make you joyful. Best of today, take care of you! Me thinks that sooner or later, that frost has gotta go anyway? Is it that cold yet that the frost won't melt all day?
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Yeah, Sharyn,
Gentle, soft rain, IN CALIFORNIA!
Me too, yay!
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Heard the rain! It might as well have been Santa Claus arriving on Christmas morning the way I jumped out of bed, ran outside (wear slip-ons), backed the car out into the rain, where it is being washed right this minute! It was not still dark when I did this, and yes, I was still dressed from the day before because, exhausted, fell asleep in my clothes. Yay! Everyone should try that on purpose, just once, because one really can get outside quick, first thing this way. imo.
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Frost on the car, but I don't have to stand out in the dark scraping it off because I'm not going to work :)
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Warm outside, gentle soft rain.
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I am sorry.
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The cemetary scene in Steel Magnolias can be googled on Youtube, when the actress Sally Field cries: "I want to hit somebody", and her friend offers up her other friend, here "Hit Ouiza".
Loss, Heartache, tears, hysteria, laughing, anger, friendship.
Another character, M'Lynn says: "That wasn't a very christian thing to do".
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One of my favorite songs was also my mother's:
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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My favorite thing next month will be all the weight I am going to lose on my favorite diet I am going to try. After getting so busy driving willy nilly, sitting in parking lots waiting, rushing around on other people's schedules, eating on the run, I am not feeling very good. If I can stop the gain, that will be a start. It is not recommended to start too many major projects all at once-it sets one up for failure.
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I made a big Old Fashioned Baked Rice Pudding on Friday, and it turned out beautifully, just like my Moms. I would cook it more often as it is so simple, but I would be the onebto eat the entire thing, and I don't need the calories! Once in a great while is OK though! Yumm, bowl #4 for me, and my doggy likes it too!
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Good luck Stacy! I got back tomorrow and get more xrays, and if all looks good no surgury. I have been SO careful not to put wieght on it,, the wheelchair and knee scooter help alot but once we get me upstairs at night I am stuck on a rolling office chair.. and it;s a pain to get into the bathroom.. So we are going to try to get a script for a small wheelchair for the upstairs! Borrowed the downstairs one and the scooter too,, thank goodness for friends! I did go out thursday when we took mom to aunts, and we ate out... that was an experience . Yes they had a ramp... but the double doors pulled OUT!! and I was not attempting the bathroom..LOL I can see me still stuck in there!
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Oh I Love Liverwurst too! We are going back years, back whan my Grandpa was alive, and her would share his sandwich with me! God Love him! Have not had Liverwurst in Forever, and will havevto get some next time we shop!

Pammyz, hope you are doing better with your leg/ankle fracture injury! I broke my baby toe on Tuesday, and re-injured it yesterday, having to leave the house for the first time, just that little bit of careful walking made it swell right back up, and I think I broke more blood vessels in there, as there is new bright red bruising between my toes. I hope I have not done anything serious to it, and may have to get it checked out, though no numbness, and I can wiggle it OK. Hmmm, not my finest hour! Hubby is feeling guilty for leaving the box on our bedroom floor which I ran into, so he has been waiting on me hand and foot, so not all bad! 😈 Take care Girl!
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Oh amy I have not thought about liverwurst in ages!! My dad used to eat "olive loaf,, and barbeque loaf", and our small local grocer still sells this!! I grew up on Summer sausage, or white bologna,, on white bread!
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