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Post by motorcitymade on Sept 24, 2013 19:09:50 GMT -6
Do what you love on your special day!
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Post by Dolphin on Sept 24, 2013 21:10:09 GMT -6
Happy Birthday, Monday!!!
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Post by wkw99 on Sept 25, 2013 3:53:00 GMT -6
Happy Birthday, Monday!!! Yes, Happy Belated Birthday! Hope you had a good day!!
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Post by mare27 on Sept 25, 2013 11:46:00 GMT -6
Happy Birthday Monday! Hope your vacation went well.. Missed you on the "rewind."
Have a great day!
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Post by kmmo on Sept 25, 2013 15:54:33 GMT -6
Happy, Happy Birthday Monday!
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Post by mondayschild on Sept 26, 2013 7:53:55 GMT -6
Thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes. Mare, my vacation was very nice, although a bit noisy with fourteen people in the beach house. I am "recovering." As a consequence, I had a quiet birthday. My brother called. Also my youngest called after work and my oldest called me from the Trek convention in Madison, Wisconsin. He drove back from the Jersey shore to Wilmington, NC on Saturday, did his laundry and got on a plane for the convention. He and his co-workers are getting a chance to try out all of the new bikes and are being wined and dined by Trek. They do this most every year. Ahh, to be young again!
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Post by Dolphin on Sept 26, 2013 11:14:17 GMT -6
Thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes. Mare, my vacation was very nice, although a bit noisy with fourteen people in the beach house. I am "recovering." As a consequence, I had a quiet birthday. My brother called. Also my youngest called after work and my oldest called me from the Trek convention in Madison, Wisconsin. He drove back from the Jersey shore to Wilmington, NC on Saturday, did his laundry and got on a plane for the convention. He and his co-workers are getting a chance to try out all of the new bikes and are being wined and dined by Trek. They do this most every year. Ahh, to be young again! Welcome back from you trip, Monday! How's your kitty?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 14:22:55 GMT -6
Happy Belated Birthday, Monday!
Sounds like you had a very relaxing day. May everyday be equally enjoyable for you. Your generous and unselfish caring of others I have experienced firsthand. You are a lovely human. Love, WT
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Post by katcoblue on Sept 26, 2013 21:06:22 GMT -6
Happy belated Birthday as well Monday. Hope you had a GREAT one! I hope your vacation didn't wear you out. Take care.
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Post by mare27 on Sept 26, 2013 21:56:27 GMT -6
Glad it was a good time. Sometimes we need a vacation to recover from our vacation! Have a great weekend!
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Post by motorcitymade on Sept 27, 2013 5:20:30 GMT -6
Monday, at first I thought you son was at the Star Trek convention. LOL I thought "Wined and dined" by Trek That's cool! Ah ha ha ha ha ha. OOps.
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Post by mondayschild on Sept 27, 2013 21:56:08 GMT -6
Oh, mcm. This is why we love you.
Dolphin, my kitty didn't take to his pet sitter. He ate a little bit, but not much for her. When I got home, he was all over me for two days, not letting me out of his sight. His water intake was way down for a few days which I took to be a good sign, but it is back up again. I need to take him for a fasting glucose test. He has lost the "innertube" around his middle. I'm not sure how much he has lost, but he is looking much better and is a bit more active. He is eating the special diet for me, but it's probably for the best that we were not able to start insulin; the pet sitter would not have been able to give it to him as he hid from her when she came. It could have been a real problem.If she had been able to give it to him, he did not eat much for her and if he was on insulin he would need to eat. He seems like his normal self, but I have to have him evaluated by the vet now that I am back. Thanks for asking. You are very kind.
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Post by mondayschild on Sept 27, 2013 23:36:25 GMT -6
westtexas, thanks for your kind thoughts. You are always in my heart. I hope you are well, my friend.
My vacation was a long time coming. We all went to Ocean City, NJ, where my husband and I spent many vacations with our family. It was his wish that his ashes be scattered there.It took a few years before we could get the whole family together. I had not been there since his death, so I did not know if we could do what I wanted. He and I had always gone to the 59th Street beach to take photos and collect shells, but there had been a lot of development since we had been there. When we got there we found that the beach there was still very much uninhabited. There was a beautiful jetty there and the pylons that had been there before Hurricane Sandy were still standing. It was an exquisite setting for his memorial service. My brother, who is a minister, did a committal service and we also returned pebbles that I had collected there years ago to the beach. It wss everything that I had hoped it would be. The whole family was gathered there for what my husband had wanted. I wish I could say that the ceremony brought me closure, but it did and it didn't. Some things have become easier and some have become harder. But it was a good experience over all.
My boys planned a dinner for us at a lovely restaurant afterwards. It was sort of a birthday party for me and a remembrance for their dad. We are not Irish, but they invoked an Irish custom of keeping a place at the table for the departed. They gave me a plaque that they had custom made that had engravings of some of the things that were special to my husband with a space for his picture.The date of his memorial service on the beach was included, as were the names of all of our family who attended. This was my most special vacation ever.
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Post by Dolphin on Sept 28, 2013 2:58:25 GMT -6
Oh, mcm. This is why we love you. Dolphin, my kitty didn't take to his pet sitter. He ate a little bit, but not much for her. When I got home, he was all over me for two days, not letting me out of his sight. His water intake was way down for a few days which I took to be a good sign, but it is back up again. I need to take him for a fasting glucose test. He has lost the "innertube" around his middle. I'm not sure how much he has lost, but he is looking much better and is a bit more active. He is eating the special diet for me, but it's probably for the best that we were not able to start insulin; the pet sitter would not have been able to give it to him as he hid from her when she came. It could have been a real problem.If she had been able to give it to him, he did not eat much for her and if he was on insulin he would need to eat. He seems like his normal self, but I have to have him evaluated by the vet now that I am back. Thanks for asking. You are very kind. Monday, I'm so happy you were able to go on this very important trip, have it all happen as you had hoped, and that your kitty was in relatively good shape upon your return. (Our cats 'wouldn't speak to us' for days when we left them. Really gave us the business to make us feel guilty. And it worked, until the next time we had to leave them.) That is so sweet he was all lovey with you. He has a good home.
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Post by wkw99 on Sept 28, 2013 4:10:41 GMT -6
westtexas, thanks for your kind thoughts. You are always in my heart. I hope you are well, my friend. My vacation was a long time coming. We all went to Ocean City, NJ, where my husband and I spent many vacations with our family. It was his wish that his ashes be scattered there.It took a few years before we could get the whole family together. I had not been there since his death, so I did not know if we could do what I wanted. He and I had always gone to the 59th Street beach to take photos and collect shells, but there had been a lot of development since we had been there. When we got there we found that the beach there was still very much uninhabited. There was a beautiful jetty there and the pylons that had been there before Hurricane Sandy were still standing. It was an exquisite setting for his memorial service. My brother, who is a minister, did a committal service and we also returned pebbles that I had collected there years ago to the beach. It wss everything that I had hoped it would be. The whole family was gathered there for what my husband had wanted. I wish I could say that the ceremony brought me closure, but it did and it didn't. Some things have become easier and some have become harder. But it was a good experience over all. My boys planned a dinner for us at a lovely restaurant afterwards. It was sort of a birthday party for me and a remembrance for their dad. We are not Irish, but they invoked an Irish custom of keeping a place at the table for the departed. They gave me a plaque that they had custom made that had engravings of some of the things that were special to my husband with a space for his picture.The date of his memorial service on the beach was included, as were the names of all of our family who attended. This was my most special vacation ever. monday, this sounds so lovely. I'm so glad you were able to do this. Closure is over-rated. Your husband will always be with you, and there will always be things that bring smiles and things that bring tears. Love has a price, but it's well worth it.
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Post by mondayschild on Sept 28, 2013 21:25:10 GMT -6
wkw, I couldn't have expressed it any better than you just did. It's just that closure often brings peace and I haven't reached that place yet. My husband's illness and death were so unexpected and senseless and devastating. My sister-in-law said she had never seen anything so awful in her life. (Her dad had MS for thirty years. This was in the sixties and seventies before the modern treatments that we have now, so I think she knew suffering.) I just wish I could get to the point where I could accept what happened. I just wanted to carry out his wishes and I hoped that that would make things better, but I am not there yet. The experience WAS cathartic, but I don't think we ever come to terms with this kind of loss completely. You are right that love has a price and it IS worth it, but it is bittersweet.
Dolphin, my cats have always been happy to see me and very "clingy" after a separation. However, our little dog that we had for fifteen years, was a different story. She treated us like the scum of the earth for days after we returned. She was a little poodle. Poodles are very smart and very expressive. They have superior personality. She would roll her eyes and ignore us for days. It was actually quite comical.It was like being disdained by a teenage child. So funny.
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Post by Dolphin on Sept 29, 2013 3:10:28 GMT -6
Dolphin, my cats have always been happy to see me and very "clingy" after a separation. However, our little dog that we had for fifteen years, was a different story. She treated us like the scum of the earth for days after we returned. She was a little poodle. Poodles are very smart and very expressive. They have superior personality. She would roll her eyes and ignore us for days. It was actually quite comical.It was like being disdained by a teenage child. So funny. We've had the exact opposite experience with our dogs and cats. Isn't that funny? We have to pull out the suit cases as the last minute because the cats know what they mean and will try and 'go with us' by climbing in and hiding. The dogs are fine for a day or two after we leave, and then they are like, "Hey?" They notice it's been a long time since we've been there. We've had several breeds of dogs ... terrier mix, Alaskan, dauchsand, pomeranian. They are all ecstatic to see us when we come home ... whether they've been left at home with a sitter or boarded. The cats? We always leave them at home with a sitter. They always royally give us the business. And then, they are very sweet and lovey. Like you, our pets are like people, true members of the family. My daughter now has a ragdoll. Sweet baby. She gets upset when my SIL has to go to the hospital (he goes a lot). She doesn't like the hospital smell and won't have anything to do with him until he takes a shower. He is her favorite, and it took him a while to figure out why she as acting that way, but he finally did figure it out. I think our furry babies are fascinating.
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Post by wkw99 on Sept 29, 2013 4:04:09 GMT -6
We've been thinking a lot about our old Lab this week, since he just died a year ago yesterday. He would snub my husband every time he came home from playing golf. He'd go out into the backyard and sit facing away from the house and pout. If both of us went on a trip, we always had a sitter, and he'd be fine when we got home...but, if just my husband went, when he got back, he'd get the cold shoulder for days. LOL.
Our new pup doesn't have those kind of quirks yet. He's just always happy to see us.
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Post by weegieburd on Sept 30, 2013 8:29:51 GMT -6
Happy Birthday Monday, hope you had a great one.
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Post by meowtwist on Oct 4, 2013 19:14:47 GMT -6
Happy belated birthday Mondayschild.
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Post by mondayschild on Oct 4, 2013 23:24:49 GMT -6
Thanks, meowtwist and weegieburd. Good to hear from you!
Wkw, I know that you are hurting,even though you now have Gunnar. He seems to be a total love, but we never forget our beloved pets. We lost our "Sandy" ten years ago. My husband was dying at the time, so I was a total basket case. Sandy was the most loveable cat. (I have been lucky in the loveable cat department, but he was just one of the best.) Like I said, I don't think we ever forget. People who say "It's just an animal" just don't get it. And I actually pity them. They don't understand one of life's most wonderful relationships. (These are the people who get a dog and keep it tied up in a dog house in the yard. (I call them imbeciles.)
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Post by mondayschild on Oct 6, 2013 21:21:56 GMT -6
mcm, I don't check my e-mail on my phone very often--I get it on the computer. (Easier for the old eyes to read!) I just got the JibJab birthday message from you and Jon. Thanks very much and rest assured that I am doing everything I can to fight off the zombies. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it!
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Post by motorcitymade on Oct 7, 2013 16:29:38 GMT -6
Heh heh heh. That was a good one, No?
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Post by kmmo on Oct 8, 2013 16:12:47 GMT -6
westtexas, thanks for your kind thoughts. You are always in my heart. I hope you are well, my friend. My vacation was a long time coming. We all went to Ocean City, NJ, where my husband and I spent many vacations with our family. It was his wish that his ashes be scattered there.It took a few years before we could get the whole family together. I had not been there since his death, so I did not know if we could do what I wanted. He and I had always gone to the 59th Street beach to take photos and collect shells, but there had been a lot of development since we had been there. When we got there we found that the beach there was still very much uninhabited. There was a beautiful jetty there and the pylons that had been there before Hurricane Sandy were still standing. It was an exquisite setting for his memorial service. My brother, who is a minister, did a committal service and we also returned pebbles that I had collected there years ago to the beach. It wss everything that I had hoped it would be. The whole family was gathered there for what my husband had wanted. I wish I could say that the ceremony brought me closure, but it did and it didn't. Some things have become easier and some have become harder. But it was a good experience over all. My boys planned a dinner for us at a lovely restaurant afterwards. It was sort of a birthday party for me and a remembrance for their dad. We are not Irish, but they invoked an Irish custom of keeping a place at the table for the departed. They gave me a plaque that they had custom made that had engravings of some of the things that were special to my husband with a space for his picture.The date of his memorial service on the beach was included, as were the names of all of our family who attended. This was my most special vacation ever. Monday- I was touched by your post. I'm so glad that your experience was good, and that you were able to have such a special time with your family. I don't have a lot of experience with loss of this kind, but I've always thought that the thing that heals is time. It doesn't heal completely, but it surely lessens the pain of loss. I've been watching my sister go through this. Her husband is very ill. He's been in and out of the hospital. She can't leave the house for more than a few hours at a time He needs her help so much. I visited her this weekend, and it really hit me how stressful this is for her. I'm glad your kitty is better. Sounds like he missed you.
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Post by motorcitymade on Sept 26, 2014 17:52:02 GMT -6
A Happy 2014 birthday Wish to Mondayschildfrom all us regular folks
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