The "I have a life...really" thread

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (Karen and Cuddles) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:35:16 GMT

Thanks Rats, it really sucks he's only 44. But can I take a vacation from life now? Apparently Cuddles didn't get any of her pills while we were in the hospital and her heart stopped at the vet yesterday but they got her going again. Her potassium was so high their machines wouldn't read it after 2 hours of fluids it was 9 and needs to be a 3. So now I have a $2000 vet bill on top of the hospital bills. I can't win. I started trying to sell animal portraits on my dog and horse...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (RatsinFleight) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:35:09 GMT

Karen, I hadn't read this thread til now. I'm so sorry to hear about your husband's health. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Please stay strong, and know that you have friends pulling for you at this end.

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (Karen and Cuddles) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:37:12 GMT

JessieLilley wrote:
Karen:

What matters is that he's home. Keep him there.

Jessie

Jessie thanks but 2 hours after I wrote that he was back in the hospital. We JUST got home. He's got another cat scan next week for the lung nodules, a different dose and blood pressure pill, an upped dose of insulin, more restrictive diet and an eye appointment because now he can't see...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (JessieLilley) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:24:41 GMT

Karen:

What matters is that he's home. Keep him there.

Jessie

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (catmandu7) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:00:08 GMT

My life now is caring for and feeding my 10 Found Cats and doing my best with the Animal Welfare Association and Help a Furry Friend to catch and rehome some of the poor strays who come here for food.
Sometimes we can like Phillip who was eating out of the tins in the blue box.
Other times they are too il , and have to be released from thier pain and suffering.
It can be frustrating but rewarding as well when they do find Furr Ever Homes where they are loved.

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (Dankerdine) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:13:01 GMT

horrorheadfred wrote:
hey Dankerdine, that's a great story.
congrats on your weight loss AND getting your life back. things can at times, if you let them, bring one down in the most heinus of fashions. basically, been there, done that. how wonderful things turned around for you.

Thanks HHFred! Funny! Until I was well into the weight loss, I hadn't realized just how bitter and unpleasant I...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (evilskippy) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:29:28 GMT

Wow. Karen I am so sorry to hear about all of this.

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (horrorheadfred) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:55:48 GMT

karen, allow me to echo mr. lanes sentiments. it is just awful.

likewise my prayers and best wishes are with you all. apologies for not mentioning this in my last post, but i posted my comments above before i got to page 2 of this thread, then got called away before i could read it.

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (HalLane) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:42:39 GMT

Karen, what an awful turn of events.

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family.

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (horrorheadfred) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:19:06 GMT

hey Dankerdine, that's a great story.

congrats on your weight loss AND getting your life back. things can at times, if you let them, bring one down in the most heinus of fashions. basically, been there, done that. how wonderful things turned around for you.

as for moi, i'm currently working thru some new songs for my follow up cd, and contacted the chamber about performing at spring and summer festivals. oh yeah, big fun. my best friend (and psuedo agent) Mike gets...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (Karen and Cuddles) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:24:14 GMT

Well wrote the house ost and then went to the hospital with hubby and just got back. He has pancreatitis, diabetes diagnosed while there, a fatty alcoholic liver and never drinks, a dead thyroid and nodules on his lungs and we don't smoe anything of any kind. 4 days fighting with nurses really sucks plus the fact that after $15,000 in tests and the stay and more procedures and no insurance, they wanted him to stay another week. He's home after he threatened to just walk out. So much...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (JessieLilley) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:38:36 GMT

House-building and sword play. WOW! My kinda guys!

Karen: the place sounds gorgeous. I love your choice of color and wood. It just so happens that I adore maple. I had some lovely pieces that, sadly, have all gone over the years to pay this bill or that. *sigh* But I keep reminding myself that these are just "things." Good health yada yada.... one of these days I'll live in a real house again with actual furniture and book shelves and a fireplace. How I DO miss a...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (BijouBob8mm) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:32:45 GMT

That was around 1975? Has it been that long...

Unfortunately, that does sound about right! I was listening in junior high/early high school. Then, one day, I tuned in to WVUD and the format had changed...drastically! (So much of the cool stuff stopped after I got my driver's license. No more WVUD, no more Underground, no more dusk-to-dawn marathons at the drive-ins...it was a conspiracy.) WVUD also ran King Biscuit and Wax Museum, which was great...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (timothymayer) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:27:12 GMT

Yes I do remember when WVUD was the cool FM station to listen to. That was around 1975? Has it been that long...
The "Underground" you are thinking of was the Underground Cinema 12 series which was shown at the Art Theater on (I think) Wayne Ave. It showed pr<0>n in the daytime and on Saturday nights it would show the "hip" underground film series. My friends in high school would go there to check it out. Being a General Motors town, Dayton had more than...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (Karen and Cuddles) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:57:11 GMT

BijouBob8mm wrote:
Sounds like Karen's going to have her hands full! I gutted and replaced both bathrooms a couple of years back. Got finished just in time for Halloween. (Thankfully, one of my buddies does carpentry and plumbing for a living...otherwise I'd probably still be working on them!)

We have a new house being built so it's ground up. We're at windows and door installation stage then...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (BijouBob8mm) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:54:21 GMT

I dabbled a bit with swords, just enough to get by in a school play and a student film. At the time, there was no place local to really learn fencing of any kind. (A buddy of mine is into broadsword fighting, these days, and has done some work with the local community theatre when the need for that sort of thing arises.)

Do you remember when the University of Dayton used to broadcast a lot of album rock in the Seventies, on their WVUD station? (Even though I was next door in...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (timothymayer) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:26:22 GMT

Loved your post about the Drive-Ins, Bob. I think Dayton had more of them than indoor theaters in the summer months.
What I did last Saturday:
(from by Blog, "Procreation", www.kraftcreation.blogspot.com):

As I have mentioned in the past, one of my other pursuits (when I'm not building Kraftmark into the Greatest Producer Of Engineered Polymers In The Known Universe), is medieval sword fighting. No, I don't use real steel-sharpened blades, wooden ones of...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (BijouBob8mm) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:20:48 GMT

Sounds like Karen's going to have her hands full! I gutted and replaced both bathrooms a couple of years back. Got finished just in time for Halloween. (Thankfully, one of my buddies does carpentry and plumbing for a living...otherwise I'd probably still be working on them!)

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (Karen and Cuddles) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:43:04 GMT

Geez you guys have been busy! We picked out cherry cabinets and saved $3000 by going with maple boxes (who sees the back and insides of a cabinet with the door shut???), hand picked 2000 sq feet of red pine in 8 inch and 10 inch wide pieces for flooring, ordered dark tung oil an custom cast iron railings for the stairs. Great to have friends with bar stock and welders! Picked out appliances and for once Home Depot was cheapest. Shocking. Picked out paint colors, colonial red under the chair...

Re: The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (BijouBob8mm) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:51:39 GMT

most here do interesting things in their off time.

I vaguely recall having a rather rare commodity called "spare time." For several years I spent most of my waking hours in a speedboat, because I worked as part of the security team at a lake resort and state park. (Which probably sounds more glamorous than the reality of it actually was.) Even on off time, back then, I spent a lot of time outdoors, hiking and some horseback riding. Used to do a lot of...

The "I have a life...really" thread

feeds@yuku.com (GhostofChaneysLiver) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:58:44 GMT

Sometimes one might get the feeling hanging around here that all we ever do is go to work, watch movies and post comments on the CHFB. I'm sure that's not the case at all -- that most here do interesting things in their off time.

I my case, I HAVE been guilty of being a couch potato of late. My one and only New Years Resolution this year has been to get out of the house more, do things, take a bigger bite out of that apple calle life.

So, I thought I'd start a...