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what first wife?

jinger is really such a pretty gal.

i LOVED her shoes! and at least she wore shoes.....i actually have higher hope for her than i did with jill or jessa. i think her life is gonna change in such a good way (and not the obvious that i know ya'll are thinking). she may finally see what they have all missed out on growing up so self-contained.

from what little i can see in the pictures, i think it looks like it was a lovely wedding.

yes, i knew that but i still don't know why they were....

we had a small number of t-o-t'rs at our house. i walked my grandson around but he( at age 10) was not that interested in GETTING candy. he wanted to stay home and hand out candy!

right there with ya, cherrymallotte. did you see last nights game? it was intense!!!!

they did say, on the show this week, that the wedding was just a few weeks away. i wonder when they filmed it?

we got a little sprinkle of rain this morning....we need it so much here in southern california - drought is killing us. i was so excited to see it when i opened the blinds. i love PNW weather.

muffyn, your post was excellent and so informative. i too have had both stress tests and will take the chemical over the treadmill. it is a bit scary when they race your heart because you cannot control it but as you said, its over quick. and now friends, guess where i spent the weekend? at the hospital with my husband (thats a first - i am usually the sickie). we went out to breakfast and he didn't even eat half his plate (VERY unusual). i went on home and he went to get tires for the car. he returned home and said he did't feel too good and went to the recliner chair. after about 15 minutes of him sitting there, he says to me 'get the blood pressure cuff thingy and come check me; i feel weird'. so i did. his b/p was on the lower side (like 115/58) BUT his heart was racing at 129 bpm while resting. he says to me to look online to see what to do and dummy me, i sat here and did that. (did i say that i have had a-fib/a-flutter and two heart attacks)? when i saw that medical attention was called for because of the heart racing, i calmly told him to get his shoes on so e could get to urgent care. his face was grayish and then purplish. i calmly got him in the car and kept talking to him as i drove him to the HOSPITAL! he says 'uh this doesn't look like urgent care, its an e.r.'...i said 'yes, babe, it is, now get out of the car and go in'. needless to say, after an abnormal ekg and 4doses of meds, his heart did not regulate and he was admitted. overnight, after more meds, he was able to get back in normal sinus rhythm and go home yesterday. it really shook him up. he is committed to changing his stress levels, eat better and exercise....at least that what he said yesterday. today, he is at work.

this is interestig, Jyn. my friend is turing 80 and has COPD as do i. (she smoked, i have asthma and was raised by smokers). she was so short of breath recently that i ran out there with my fingertip o2 meter and checked her. she was 97%!!!!! she could not get her breath for anything. i think her COPD meds are very inadequate. could he be having asthma?

totally agree with ya!!!

yes it has! i feel much better in fact. but i did have an episode start but caught it right away and took the anti-emitic meds prescribed. still have to figure out the cause though. our new place is FABULOUS and i literally walk around with a dumb grin on my face out of pure joy. i am so much at peace and actually living my life again....like i said i have had a couple VERY busy weeks. but i take a moment (or three..) to just sit and enjoy our place as often as i can.

hi everyone, last week and this week has been so busy. had a 2 hour test this morning where i layed flat on my back and not able to move....feeling pretty yucky now (the injection stuff has upset my tummy and the migraine won't go away). but i wanted to check in and see whats up. i read along but dont always have anything to say.

ts 104 here.....ugh.

We keep canned pumpkin all year round. Our cats love it, plus it helps hair balls go into the litter box, rather than where you don't want them.. i give pumpkin to my little dog to help her stay 'regular' its good for them...extra fiber.

agreed!

i think what she meant by her comment of praying for years for a spouse is this: as a christian we are taught to pray that God leads and directs us to the spouse that He would have for us. we pray that this person is growing in the Lord, following the correct path, provided for and protected and that we will be brought together to meet at the optimum timing.

hi all. sounds like lots of good news and some stressful news. i hope, HFC, that you can be strong for your daughter so she won't cave and go back to him. she will need your backbone! doing well here -- a little shaky due to 2 cups of real coffee. those kinds of mornings are hard. i can't type well as my hands shake when i drink more than one cup of real. (i spell check before posting or you would never be able to read what i typed). my pink hair is fading too fast. gonna call the girl and tell her i dont like the new product. too much money for it to be all washed out already. time to get busy around here. have a lovely day, my friends.

what is funny about this is that my friend made the mini cupcakes and decorated about 100 of them!!! i was handing them out to my new neighbors after everyone left because i can't eat gluten. you could have had a bunch to enjoy!

you guys know how to make a girl feel loved!

my blog for today: 60 and sassy! today, i am 60 years old. i am thrilled to reach this day! it is a date i did not think i would see. but i have made it. usually my birthday is just another day with a card in the morning and phone calls periodically throughout the day. this year i made sure it was different. i had a party celebrating ME on saturday. many of my friends and loved ones were there to share pizza and cupcakes in my honor. i loved it! i decided a long time ago that if i was blessed to turn 60, i would throw a party. i had believed that if i was lucky enough to reach an age that my poor mom did not get to see, it is my obligation (besides my genealogy searching for her family) to get healthy and enjoy my gift of life that she did not receive. so i did!! recently we moved into a new house that has changed my view of life. i was miserable in our old house every day. beyond the mental duress that place caused, there were physical consequences to my health. from day one here, i have breathed better and felt happier than i have in a long while. i am settled in already and enjoying myself daily making it our home. so turning 60, and living here and being healthy and having people like my husband, family and friends around me that love me has made all the difference to me. let's not forget all the tons of F/B messages and phone calls i have received to as well. it has been a wonderful birthday, one i won't soon forget. maybe dying my hair hot pink was just what i needed to let loose and be happy. thank you all!!

yep - the 2nd time around i was WAAAY picky about who i trusted and loved. its been work but the love is there and no evidence of any similarities to the first.

there could be another side to this story of daughter giving up contact with her people, HFC. sometimes there are husbands that just blatantly discourage that communication. we have no idea if he has been abusing her or the kids. i can speak with experience here. she was in a foreign country with her babies and this 'man'. i am sure she tried everything she could to keep her marriage, even at the expense of her family. as a christian, which i am, we are taught to fight for our marriages. she probably believes with all her heart that she needs to fix her marriage at all costs, thus her hope of reconciliation. she will need help, support and hope when she comes home, especially when she figures out that her marriage and her life as she knew it is over. not judgement. for me, after 10 years of abuse directed at me specifically, it took a single beating to my child to wake me up. we separated IMMEDIATELY per my kicking him out. i second guessed myself for a long time but finally realized that God does not condone evil, abuse or mind games. again, as a christian, it was a process for me and it will be for her too. may you be her strength in the storm that coming. its a tough road....

whoa HFC, that is bizarre. i would be terrified to be her down there alone. i hope you can get to the bottom of it.