i just said to older son, "i feel like a little old lady, having to use my cane in the house."

his loving & supportive response?

"if it quacks like a duck. . . "

getting back here & trying to catch up over weeks of missed postings . . .been feeling weird but still ok here . . .

but!

i see by the bbc that there is hope for us older ladies yet!

( Man, 24, weds 82-year-old bride )

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another quick update . . .

just got back from the doctor's re the tests that were done after the er visit 3 weeks ago . . .

( blech! waaaay tmi! )

quick note . . .

i am ok - have been pretty ill - still no word, from all the testing they've done, on just what was wrong with me - but i now know why House likes vicodin so much!! (don't worry - took only 8 over 15 days!)

catching up with my flist - miss you all so very much!

( a pretty house pic to cheer things up! )

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*grumble grumble*

the electricity went out within minutes of my posting yesterday - first for nearly 24 hours, then abt 5!! i love living in a really rural area, but i hate the electric/cable going out all the time!

be back tomorrow tho - PG&E permitting!

nighty night!

oh - for those of you not a member of men_daily - ( hugh laurie . . . )

Hi Everyone!i've been here, just . . . slow, tired, depressed, ill - and when i'm not - busy as anything!! i just haven't been able to reach out (you should see a couple of emails i've gotten from friends who don't take kindly to me going 'missing' like this! sigh . . . story of my life . . . i am always amazed at the ones who stay . . .) . . . ( Read more... )

and now for something funny . . .

a friend sends out stuff he culls from a site called, i think, 'overheard in new york' - tho some of them sound much too apocryphal to me to be real, they are funny . . . here's my culling of his culls . . .

( almost makes me homesick . . .almost! )

another interesting email i got - from the latimes:

"USDA may relax standards for organic foods"

( pretty scary . . . )