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SEPTEMBER 2015 - Back Fence

Bird mama — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:14:49 GMT

Welcome to September, Back Fencers.

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Winifred — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:15:22 GMT

Nice and cool this morning here in Sou Cal and temps not expected to go above 90 - maybe not even that. Now I can deal with that.

"Davey says he does not feel good so am waiting for Urgent Care to open. He has developed such an attitude quite frankly I must wonder if he doesn't have a test or something at school. LOL. Later will call his counselor as I had already planned to do that - he is NOT doing well and school has only been in session going on the third week. This is ridiculous.

Blueberry bagels again people - they are really good and of course I also brought along some coffee.Dig in.

Hope all have a great day.

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Bird mama — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:41:52 GMT

Hi Freddie - I'm sorry that the school year is off to a rocky start for Davey.

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Epicurean — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:35:21 GMT

Hi all!!!!,

Gee whiz, I thought Sept. Would mean cooler weather,guess not!!!! 93 deg. Today and tomorrow.

still having a lot of pain,saw Dr. Yesterday and am on steroids. not at all crazy about them but desperate. it's only for a week.

still busy at the homesteed. Calling the painter today to decide on start date to paint our downstairs and stairs and upstairs hallway. Had no idea what to do, as our floor plan is very open. we love it but have no idea what to do with it so I called the paint store. the owner is a designer and paid her for an hour, she was here for hour and a half!! Picked out three colors to go with.Ne t step is to make appt. with painter to go to carpet wholesaler to pick out new carpet. We are redoing carpet on main floor and up stairs two bedrooms.

That is it for a long while!!!! Have to put back all this money we are spending. It will be well worth it I Know.

Hope everyone is well.

sorry Winifred, agree a meeting at school is called for. You are a saint for all you do for yout family!!!!

Birdmama, Hope things are better at work for you. Queen, have you tried the peach and blueberry crisp yet? try it while you can still get good peaches, it's REALLY GREAT!

Talk to you all later....

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Winifred — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 22:50:08 GMT

Davey was truly sick - not bad, but they said to stay home for ONE day. LOL. He has a stomach virus of some kind - and I think his biggest problem is his eating habits. He did get a nice lecture - and it was nice, but they stressed getting a better handle on good eating. He just woke up after sleeping most of the day. Have started fixing some homemade chicken soup using the chicken broth and not pieces of meat. Cut up carrots and have peas in the pot with the broth and rice. Wonder how it will taste? Well if not the best - have not made that stuff in probably 30 years - I have 3 cans of chicken and stars soup as a backup. LOL.

Got a tad warmer than the experts said and they probably did not tell the truth about the next couple days either. Going down to 51 tonight and tomorrow - YEAH!!!!!! - and highs of 80 both days. Do not think I will hold my breath but that is what it is suppose to be.

Just brought the two grandcats in from their outside condo - they are super happy but actually they do very well out there.

My house has been somewhat clean for two days now - one of the reasons perhaps is that Davey and I are the only two legged people who have been here - sure helps when the house is not quite as full as usual. The change is coming as Tessa and her Mom should be here a bit later - the quiet was heavenly while it lasted.

Epi, hang in there - you WILL get cooler weather. Do wish your pain would ease up a lot faster - you all are certainly doing a lot of work there I do NOT envy you.

Hope all are having a great day!

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Bird mama — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:26:46 GMT

Epi, it's hot here. Not as hot as 93, but upper 80's with thick humidity - blah. Are you on steriods for your GI issues? I apologize if you mentioned the source of your pain - sometimes I have a hard time keeping things straight when my work responsibilities are hectic.

All of your home improvement activities are so exciting. I need new carpet in 2 places - family room and upstairs stairwell and upstairs hall. Everything else is hard wood or linoleum/tile (whatever lol).

Freddie, I hope Davey is feeling better. It's going to be hard to get him to eat right when he spent the beginning of his life eating wrong. Sorry the other two are descending on your house again :-)

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Epicurean — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:34:44 GMT

Birdmama, I am on steriods for pain. I always have pain, I have had it for at least 15 yrs. I have fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, coccyx pain, and had back surgery. sometimes it just all flares at once. but,mat of the time I manage. have no choice and I always tryo think I'm way better off than a lot of folks!!!

I a so looking forward to having this work done.I am starting to take things off the walls,and going through "stuff", it's a good time to get rid of things we just don't use and take up space and extra cleaning,LOL,That I don't need.

Ourheat is worse by the high humidity also....

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Bird mama — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 23:59:21 GMT

Janey Mack!

Epi you have the trifecta - RA, OA and bad back. I'd throw in the tailbone but I don't know what is greater than trifecta (honestly).

Your house is going to be so beautiful when it's all done (not saying it's bad now). I have been looking at the wallpaper that starts in the upstairs hall, goes down the stairway and goes into the entrace hall. The lady who owned the house before me was a school teacher who likely did this work on summer break. I wash my walls and have been known to hang a mean wallpaper, however looking at that job just takes the wind out of my sails.

I've thought more than once about hiring that job out - really, I don't need to kill myself trying to hang wall paper over a flight of stairs - even with a little giant ladder.

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yock — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:41:57 GMT

Oops looks like I posted on August bf. Honestly. Thought I was watching it. Lol

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Bird mama — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:26:13 GMT

Here's Sue's post from September 2

Greetings all. Well, my appt. with my rheumatologist went stupendously. I was so impressed with him, his nurse and the speediness with which I was ushered into the office and his subsequent appearaqnce. He looks to be about 18 well that's a slight exaggeration more like 28 but he is very bright, very professional not to mention very nice. He asked various questions, a few pokes and prods of my joints commented on my previous lab reports and made some further comments about those results and said he wanted a more comprehensive lab workup before prescribing as some of my labs could be from my lung disease and not RA and he wants to be sure to prescribe the appropriate drug as the wrong one can actually cause a lung disease. The nurse came in and drew blood and then I was sent up to the X-Ray dept to have my hands X-rayed. The wait there was very long, but at least I had a good book and an ongoing dialogue from another patient on the remodel of her home which I had a bit of interest in as though it was a verbal version of HGTV the TV version which I was missing at the time. I actually only half understood the last chapter of the book I was reading as I was combining murder with bathroom backsplashes

I thought Jim was going to have a heart attack this afternoon when he opened the mail and saw that our water bill was over $130.00! He called the city and they checked and said it was posted correctly and that they'd send someone out to double check, but in the meantime Jim checked under our house and saw water standing and realized we indeed had a water leak. We'd had one a few years ago and a pipe had to be replaced and I'm sure that's what will be required this time as well as our house is an older one and seems to always be needing some repair.....sorta like us

Happy Hump Day all. Sue

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Bird mama — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:27:30 GMT

Here's Betty's post from this morning, 9/3

More hot and humid weather here. Don't care for it at all. Our summer just arrived late this year. We got very spoiled. Going to have to take a brief trip to the store Senior day was Tuesday so they should be restocked by now. Queen im so glad you enjoyed your new doctor. He sounds a lot like our heart doctor. Looks young but confident.

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yock — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:28:00 GMT

Thanks, Bernie

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spix — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:41:48 GMT

@Bird mama wrote:
Janey Mack!

Epi you have the trifecta - RA, OA and bad back. I'd throw in the tailbone but I don't know what is greater than trifecta (honestly).

Your house is going to be so beautiful when it's all done (not saying it's bad now). I have been looking at the wallpaper that starts in the upstairs hall, goes down the stairway and goes into the entrace hall. The lady who owned the house before me was a school teacher who likely did this work on summer break. I wash my walls and have been known to hang a mean wallpaper, however looking at that job just takes the wind out of my sails.

I've thought more than once about hiring that job out - really, I don't need to kill myself trying to hang wall paper over a flight of stairs - even with a little giant ladder.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Did that once Bernie, never again lol, those stairs are treacherous so I'd advise not too, finally had mine taken off & painted, but would love wallpaper again. I'm still pondering putting shutters on the window in the stairway,would not be as bad as wallpapering but still iffy with the stairs

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spix — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:49:12 GMT

Good afternoon all, it is hot & muggy again today, just cannot take it for long, watered my plants, cleaned up doggie do, that's it till supper which I'll cook on the grill , keep the kitchen cool

Did run some errands today, but that in & out of the a/c car I think is worse than just staying out, but had a bag of stuff for the Salvation Army, pick up DS mail as he's out of town, & grocery shopping, nothing exciting but it did me in.

Hoping all with health issues are resolved, it can be so frustrating but it sounds like all are doing well.

Tomorrow is Labor Day celebration at O'Hare so we have bands in all terminals, fun times.

Hope all have a fun Labor Day Weekend, we have Soccer tournaments with grandson, hope it cools off

Take Care

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Bird mama — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:51:28 GMT

Sue, I am so happy that you had a favorable experience with your new doctor. Sorry about the water bill and the leak. You are right about our houses and us needing repair - always somethin.

Betty, it's hot and humid here. Thunderstorms continue to roll through this afternoon and I know when I leave work, it's going to be clammy out there - yech.

Spix, I waffle between wanting new wallpaper or maybe painting then overlaying with stencils. For now, I like the pattern of the wall paper and it;s vinyl or something not quite paper, which washes nicely.

I work with a lady that is about 13, 14 years older than me. Nice God fearing woman, hard worker, good daughter, good mother, lovely person. She hasn't been feeling 100% the past couple of weeks. She went to a new doctor earlier this week, was advised to go to ER yesterday by her doctor as initial test results looked like a liver infection and the doctor knew the only way to get it looked at quickly was ER. When I asked how the doctor appointment went, she showed me initial reports that suggest she has tumors in her lungs and liver that could be cancerous. It took every ounce of control for me to not burst into tears. I remained calm and we talked, the way we always do about things.

I am struggling with this from a faith perspective. She planned on retiring at the end of 2016. She is a good person, salt of the earth. Criminals are roaming the street healthy as an ox. It's not right and I need to hit my knees tonight and pray on this.

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Bird mama — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 23:50:28 GMT

Sue's post from today 9-3

@Queenofo2

Don't blame you for loathing that humid weather, Betty! I cannot tolerate humidity, hence the reason we live in this part of the country. The weather here is a little cool so much so that I turned off both of the ceiling fans in the kitchen and den areas.

Freddie, I've been watching the Q and seeing so many Irish sweaters and wondering if you ordered one this year. I remember how you love them. I saw one or two I sort of liked, but I knew I didn't need any more sweaters though I don't have any of their quality. I did order two of their poncho's years ago and I've really enjoyed them. They just showed a one time only sweater.

The plumber turned off our water this morning and has been by to see if it's dry enough under our house for him to access the area, but he said there is still lots of water down there and I thought later I should have said "I know - $132.00 worth of the stuff"!

The access to the crawl space is through a small closet in our master bathroom. The plumber took the door off of that closet and mud has been tracked throughout the room and a big glob on the scale and I'll be surprised if Robin can come tomorrow as the plumber and his helper wiil likely be working or at least I hope they'll be here. I told Jim we may have to go to a motel if this goes on much longer as we can't be without water indefinately. We shall see how much water has evaporated when the plumber returns this afternoon. It's a mess, but messes happen and we just have to roll with the punches.

Happy Thursday all. Hope your mess is less messy than my mess! Sue

Update: Plumber was here and says still too much water in the crawl space and he plans to be back tomorrow afternoon. So looks like Marine bath's and using distilled water to flush and we'll see what tomorrow brings, but no Robin to clean

....and I kept watching the Rose of Tralee show until I saw a sweater I thought I had to have: The long cardigan with capelet in garnet. Just couldn't resist!

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MacDUFF — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:30:40 GMT

Hey bird!

Handsome and I had a relaxing weekend at the beach...oceanfront view with private balcony! What do ya think of that!?? LOL. No news, no computers, no cooking/cleaning/laundry, no phones...cool breezes. I sat on the balcony reading and watching Handsome fish in the ocean. Lots of surfers to watch, too. We don't get away often, so it was a real blessing.

Returned to high temps and humidity, which I'm trying to ignore and hold on to the ocean life a little longer lol...they're calling for cooling this weekend...I'm just glad it's Sept as I always think of it as summer being half-way over.

I'm sorry to hear about your friend and co-worker, and I so completely understand the faith struggle in such circumstances. At this early stage, anything can happen...incorrect diagnosis, treatment, healing, etc. I'll say a prayer for her...you sound like a great friend, and I bet she feels blessed to know you ("for such a time as this?").

Hello to all you back fencers...have a great evening.

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Bird mama — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 01:16:15 GMT

@macduff

I'm glad you and handsome had a good time :-)

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Bird mama — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:48:37 GMT

Happy Friday Fencers :-)

It rained steadily last night and actually helped to put me to sleep. It's kind of hazy and still hot and humid, but at least the threes and shrubs got a drink of water.

The construction guys poured the concrete for the street (on the other side of me) yesterday morning. They were squeegeeing water off of it today so I guess the rain didn't bother it.

Hopefully in a couple of weeks they will do my side (length of about 7 houses). My side is the final part of the street and then we'll be done.

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Winifred — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 19:57:01 GMT

Someone will have to explain to me why I have TWO Back Fence threads and TWO Bird Nests threads. Are there gremlins afoot again? Just drives me insane - these boards that is.

Not as hot today - in fact past couple days or so it has not been bad at all.

Davey is doing fine - - now to get him to OPEN his school books, READ them and then DO some work. What a royal pain he has become. Now if I could only get him to show even half the energy in school work that he does in cleaning out the food in this house - he would be getting STRAIGHT A's!!!!! Sigh.

Sue have not figured why your post had to be sent here via someone else - but perhaps I will.

Hope all have a great day.

Epi, slow down and smell the flowers. LOL.