As a plus I look like her (or did when I was younger) and haha yes. Welcome home @Niffler75 ❤
Photo 4 years ago I think. Believe me if I could find earlier photos. I’m Morticia like.
@missy hello Marvelous Missy! aw the Autumnovirus that John and I have now is getting worse, I was up half the night drinking tea with honey, sore throat, etc as was John, we are hoping this plague upon us will leave as quickly as it came since Cara was sick for 3 days then fine.. of course she is 61 not 67 or 69... Mike didn't get it! yay, but little Miss Bubonic Plague
April in Seattle and I'm going to CT in June for my HS reunion and then on down to the city I'm pretty sure.. not sure if John is coming either time, hope so! I need a porter.. it's overcast in Austin today, glum..
but glad you are doing well and the week hopefully is going smoothly. Sending you big hugs and lots of love. XO.
And look at Bobby's paws when he was little. Here we go again...
I cannot find a great photo of his paws when he was a baby so you are going to have to please take my word that Bobby's paws were HUGE too. You can see the comparison next to Francesca. They were the same age here. Both babies. Just including this photo because well, look how precious Francesca and Bobby were here.
Fur babies are the best. Thank you for the hugs @missy, lithotripsy tomorrow, am basing my low anxiety level on Gregs outcome, didn't you guys ride miles in a day or 2 after as I recall? 
I have to go & get a few household items done & checked off the list, Jack to his beauty appointment etc...have fun today & see you all later!
) my mother loved supernatural movies etc.. love your ring again, very unique.. xo@Tekate
@Austina Hi, yep painting in our house just can't be put off any longer. We are doing some ourselves and then getting a decorator in to help. Planning a bathroom makeover too.
@Mamabean hope you haven't been diverting overhead aircraft with your new ring! It's a beauty!
Take care everyone x
I keep trying to get some super cute photos of my cats but they are less than impressed and scarper! 
Good idea to do what you can, and then get someone else in to do the more difficult bits. I like decorating, but I’m going to get someone else to paint the bannister and balustrades, I just don’t have the patience for all that fiddling.? Unfortunately, Shirley seems completely disinterested in the baby which is so sad. 
Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow(wednesday). My poor postman. I really don't know what he thinks of me! 
He is so gorgouseI think at around 2 years old. Oliver is about 10 months old? Rough guess. He’s going to be huge. And he’s hard to handle now at under 10 lbs. Uh oh...we’re in trouble.
Good luck with your son's education@marcy
My little boy had such an awful time when he first started school we took him out to home educate him. He couldn't cope with a busy classroom or school environment. Now we have a diagnosis and greater understanding of his needs we are ready to try again. The problem is in the UK the options are generally mainstream or special school. Most special schools do not offer a full curriculum for kids who are academically able. So we are hoping a much smaller specialist school where he can access the full curriculum will meet his needs.
Had a nice lunch out with and old friend--she is taking up art lessons again and is really enjoying it and I enjoyed hearing about what she is creating. I can't draw to save my life. Stick people are my forte!
My friend told me her adopted cat woke her up @0200 by licking her face/jumping on her chest. LOL. I think the cat wanted to be fed....sleep all day and eat all night....cats life!!
NIRDI shout out
It is very saturated and glowy as I know some sunstone can be rather pale. There is a slight bi colour to it and is red/orange red depending on the light. Sparkly copper platelets under loupe. It's 11x9mm and has yellow beryl side stones. It's a bit shifty to photo but see below. Did I get an ebay bargain (£79)?
My sunstone ring arrived! I am really happy.
www.parathyroid.com
For everyone who has had kidney stones here I would please like you to ensure your calcium level is good, not even remotely raised. I believe my sister died of this:
Hyperparathyroidism: High Calcium Caused by Parathyroid Gland Tumors.
Hyperparathyroidism makes people miserable, causing fatigue, osteoporosis, heart problems, and even cancer. Learn about parathyroid disease from experts.
My sister had kidney stones about 6 years before she died. When my sister was 4 she had this, although at the time they called it polyneuritis rather than poliomyelitis, nerves vs muscles, my sister had a trach scar that was huge, her heart stopped beating, and she was paralyzed from the neck down, but gradually came all the way back due to the nature of autoimmune disease and my mother working vigilantly and constantly re-teaching her how to walk, it was a very hard time for my sister and my parents, me? I was 2 and lived basically with my grandparents while my sister was in the hospital in the city. But for the rest of my sister's life my mother was uber, crazy, insanely, schizoid worried that my sister would relapse or die, it really screwed up my life in many ways.
When my sister arrived at the hospital in '16 she was in heart failure, she had pancreatitis, her kidneys totally failed, after her first go over etc the doctors told my BIL that he kidneys would never work again, and her had a lot of calcification but they thought she would make it, well she didn't. That pancreatitis must have been horrible for her, my sister was stoic and stupid and highly intelligent and well educated.
So she up and died and my BIL declined an autopsy so we will never know. He death cert. said heart failure. One doctor said to my BIL that maybe it was a blood cancer that caused the high calcium, but no way to know. She didn't have lung cancer which I believe she thought she had.
So please ensure if you have elevated calcium to not let your doctor slide it by.
she has a wonderful family and friends. Dementia is the robbing of one's soul almost, I saw it in both y inlaws.. my MIL did the slow dance to decline over 14 years it was heartbreaking, my FIL was stealth he was a very very quiet man, an EE and said little until my BIL visited his parents and found checks all over the place from dividends etc and after this he found dunning notices that my FIL had not paid is monthly fee at the retirement home in over a year! this system had a entrance deposit which was 90% refundable when one leaves (whichever way ) My MIL died last April and we have yet to get that back.. so the retirement home had plenty of money they could use, but they had to pay late fees of a year, quite expensive in the long run. It was a great place, they moved from apt living, to assisted care to the dementia unit. I will say it was very expensive, (12K a month), so the interest was a lot. a whole lot of stuff had to go on for my BIL to get control of his parents assets, what a messy situation, and extremely costly to my Inlaws because they had refused to allow any of their children to be privy to their assets, so my BIL had to go to court.. then it was over a year, lawyers, lawyers and more lawyers, judges, guardian ad litems, John was interviewed several times by lawyers attesting to his brother's character (okay his brother has more money than John's parents) which is was and always will be stellar, he's a very good man.. Took 2 years to get everything settled. THIS is why we have allowed our son's access to our bank accounts and be able to view everything we own to ensure we are on track, both our sons are good guys. Long story.. sorry! xoxoxox hope all is well in your neck of GB! xo xoxoxo plus I have plans to repurpose some of my old stuff, just gotta slowly bring it by the hubster! I woke up this a.m. feeling worse today than yesterday and was again up on and off all night coughing.. dreary day here.. sending love and hugs your way girl! xoxoxox
@marcy
My little boy had such an awful time when he first started school we took him out to home educate him. He couldn't cope with a busy classroom or school environment. Now we have a diagnosis and greater understanding of his needs we are ready to try again. The problem is in the UK the options are generally mainstream or special school. Most special schools do not offer a full curriculum for kids who are academically able. So we are hoping a much smaller specialist school where he can access the full curriculum will meet his needs.
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