Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Hi and , It’s so nice that you two responded to my post – thanks! In fact it’s been really fun reading all the responses! I like getting to know some other aspects of who we all are – because we’re more than our surgeries (even though our medical problems have taken up so much of our lives). , I know what you mean when you say your cat got you through your spine surgeries. I don’t think I could live without a cat. When I first met my husband my cat had passed away and he didn’t want me to get another one because he has a cockatoo and he was afraid the cat would eat the bird. But after a couple of months I actually got depressed – I just felt sad all the time. Since then, thank goodness, I’ve had cats. Right now I have a Ragdoll. I never had a purebred before – usually I got my cats from shelters. This was a real splurge but he’s a wonderful guy – a year now- and over 20 pounds!!! That’s great that you can garden. Unfortunately I can’t do the leaning over on my knees position so gardening is out for me. It’s too bad because our yard could sure use some color. What perennials have you put in??? , that’s so cool that you love to write – and that you’re a published author! Congrats! What sort of story are you writing about your mom – did she live an interesting life? When I hear my mom or mother-in-law talk about their pasts I’m always fascinated to hear how their lives were shaped – I hear things I never would have guessed – like my mother-in-law who is pretty poor these days grew up in an enormously rich family – they had a 10 bedroom/bathroom house on the Hamptons of New York and had cooks and maids and butlers! Yipes! Thanks again, Andy Re: [ ] Just for Fun-Andy Andy, I love to write. I have had about a dozen poems published and am in the process of writing a book about my " mother " and her life. I love to garden too. Does that count? At 08:28 AM 4/11/2006, you wrote: Dear Andy, I wish I could quilt, sewing wasn't ever a fave of mine, never seemed to have the knack for it. Got my daughter a sewing machine for Christmas, planning to give it a second try. Writing interests me, I'm an avid card writer, do a family newsletter, and arrange all family reunions etc. I have an eight year old cat named Wednesday, gave her the name since it was wednesday when we got her and didn't want to go through the endless naming process with the kids. She really got me through all the spinal surgeries, she knew I needed her, aloof as she was, and is now My cat. I have traveled only by car since my kids are still at home, but look forward to doing more of that when the last one leaves the nest in four years. Paris is first on my list! I love to eat out, good way of getting exposed to new cultures, India is high on my list of places I'd like to see because of friends I've made through eating out. My biggest passion is Scrapbooking and gardening. Can't wait till May till I can start planting again, This house we are in Had nothing when we moved in. I've put in trees, perrinials, bulbs and 40 rose bushes. This year is climbing vines, and some schrubs. Fun to have a blank slate, but expensive. Scrapbooking is so much fun, but I end up doing more of it for extended family than my own. I have done wedding books, and a book for my Grandmother of her entire family to help her put names with faces while she was going the Alzheimers. I did a large book last year for my parents 50th anniversary. I enjoy it so much, just don't have the time to do it as often as I'd like. [ ] Re: Products for Seniors site....Grabbers Thank you dear! kam > > -- > Kam, > Yes, I have ordered it..i'll let you know when it gets here..<pa scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates ! GROUPS LINKS · Visit your group " " on the web. · · Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Here's another kitty-pic: http://www.scoliosis-support.org/uploads/photos/1.jpg That was taken the first day I was back home from my revision surgery, back in October 2002. Fuzz spent so much time with me, and when she'd finished washing herself, she'd generally wash my nose or forehead for me! titch-- " The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. " - H. L. Mencken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Dear Pa, I had my last revision in December, and since we can't put anything in the ground till after Mother's day, that's when I started, still in the brace for about two weeks. While it's not as easy as before revision it's doable. [ ] Re: Products for Seniors site....Grabbers > > > > Thank you dear! > > kam > > > > > > > > -- > > > Kam, > > > Yes, I have ordered it..i'll let you know when it gets here..<pa > > > > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > ! GROUPS LINKS > > · Visit your group " " on the web. > > · > > · Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 ---, I appreciate the feedback..gives me something to look forward too!! , PA In , " Kirkaldie " <.Kirkaldie@...> wrote: > > Dear Pa, > > I had my last revision in December, and since we can't put anything in the > ground till after Mother's day, that's when I started, still in the brace > for about two weeks. While it's not as easy as before revision it's doable. > > > [ ] Re: Products for Seniors > site....Grabbers > > > > > > > > Thank you dear! > > > > kam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Kam, > > > > > Yes, I have ordered it..i'll let you know when it gets > here..<pa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---------- > > > > ! GROUPS LINKS > > > > · Visit your group " " on the web. > > > > · > > > > · Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Hi , Wow – what a great idea – to bargain for all those plants!!! And to give new life to other people’s plant overflow! You sound very industrious! I wish I could hire you to come work on my yard! It must feel great to look out your window and see how beautiful you made it. And it must feel good to know that your neighbors are emulating your efforts and the whole block is looking better! You go, girl! All we have in our backyard is some purple coneflowers, spreading petunias and a couple of other small flowering shrubs (plus the usual rhododendrons). I wish my husband was into it since I can’t add anything due to my back. I’d love to put in bulbs, butterfly weed (to attract butterflies!) and those cone-shaped red flowers that hummingbirds seem to like. Oh well…. Keep up the good work! Andy > > > > Dear Andy, > > > > I have too many types of perennials to mention. When we moved in > the yard was waist high in weeds in the bricked off boarders and the > lawn was crunchy, and completely yellow. Took me four weeks to get > the boarders cleaned out after my husband turned it all with a > shovel. So I had a blank slate, so in late august a nursery was > having an end of season sale on perennials, what was 2.99 was now 99 > cents so I thought I'd go spend a hundred dollars. When I got there > the owner was complaining that even with the sale she wasn't getting > rid of them, so I offered to take them all off her hands for a > hundred dollars. So I got 169 plants for a hundred dollars! While a > lot were repeats, I got a huge variety, and now despite the fact they > were in 2 !/2 inch pots they are growing like weeds, and two summers > later I'm dividing them and sharing with neighbors. Thats how I buy > everything, Walmart sells sad looking plants 1/2 off or more, How I > get everything. I've been known to get things from stuff people throw > out, got all my Irises that way, some one bought a house and had two > entire garbage cans full of them, guess they didn't like them, so I > took them home and today they are beautiful, Rootbeer colored and > Lilac colored. I'm cheap, but doesn't mean you can't have a pretty > yard. When we moved into this house you knew it was the rental on the > block, and now it looks great. By doing work in the yard it's also > inspired the neighbors to keep theirs up better, and got our Landlord > to paint the house. She even put in new windows, and now says she'll > put in inground sprinklers for us. Gardening for me is fun, and I'm > able now with my revised back to do it comfortably. > > > > > > > > [ ] Re: Products for Seniors > site....Grabbers > > > > > > > > Thank you dear! > > > > kam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Kam, > > > > > Yes, I have ordered it..i'll let you know when it gets > here..<pa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---------- > > > > ! GROUPS LINKS > > > > · Visit your group " " on the web. > > > > · > > > > · To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > > · -unsubscribe > > > > · > > > > · Your use of is subject to the > Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---------- > > > > > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---------- > > ! GROUPS LINKS > > > > a.. Visit your group " " on the web. > > > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > -unsubscribe > > > > c.. Your use of is subject to the Terms > of Service. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ---------- > > > > > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Oh my goodness – how cute!!! Don’t you totally love when your cats sit on your face??? I do! I love the way they smell. OK – so I’m a nut. Thanks for the photo! I’ll try to send one of my cat, Phinney. Andy Re: [ ] Just for Fun-Andy Here's another kitty-pic: http://www.scoliosis-support.org/uploads/photos/1.jpg That was taken the first day I was back home from my revision surgery, back in October 2002. Fuzz spent so much time with me, and when she'd finished washing herself, she'd generally wash my nose or forehead for me! titch -- " The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. " - H. L. Mencken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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