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I know Yogamama is getting into it and I didn't like it at first but the more I watched it the more I liked it. Now I'm hooked.
Last night's episode included a story about a woman, played by Natalie Cole, who had an inoperable brain tumor and only a few weeks to live. It was interesting because her character talked about the tumor as a "good friend" and her prognosis as a wake up call. She said she had been sleepwalking for the last fifteen years and that her marriage had suffered. But when she and her husband learned of the tumor they both woke up and their marriage was rekindled. She described herself as "wide awake now".
That was interesting in itself but her attachment to her tumor was another thing they addressed in the show. When the brain surgeon suggested that he could perform a new procedure that might give her decades instead of weeks to live, she was very resistant to the idea. Her reluctance was not because of the risks of the surgery, like bleeding out on the table, but because of her fear that her life would go back to what it had been when she'd been sleepwalking.
The doctor finally convinced her to have the surgery by telling her that the quality of her life was a choice and that she could make the decision, here and now, to live a full and meaningful life. She understood and agreed to the surgery which is successful and they live happily ever after, presumably.
I really liked this episode because it got me thinking about how we handle and view adversity in our lives and even become attached to it. I had only begun seeing my back injury as a precious teacher a little while ago and that has helped me a great deal. Well, that's an understatement. But the show also warned me about becoming too attached to my teacher and that I should start viewing it as temporary, because it is. I'm told by my doctors that it is a permanent injury but that only has a limited meaning. No one really knows if it's going to be with me for the rest my life and it may very well come down to when I choose to let go of it. Like Natalie Coles' character finally agreeing to the surgery. The metaphor is that once we accept the adversity and allow it to transform our lives we have to allow that adversity to go and live our lives with its residue reminding us of how it changed us and forced us to grow.
Yes, last nights episode was great. I just love the show!
So I have some quesitons....at the end of season one, Christina (who is so frekin funny on the show!) was pregnant, but now she is not pregnant. What happened?? Did she have the "procedure" that she made an appointment for? Did her boyfriend ever find out? Also, what happened with Meredith and Dr. Shepherd after his wife showed up?
Christina lost the baby (miscarried) which is when she realized how much she had actually wanted it. I think that was one of the major things that brought her so much closer to her boyfriend (he was wonderful about it and very supportive) and why she eventually decided to move in with him. She actually had to be admitted and her mother came to the hospital. Their relationship was hilarious!! She's hilarious. Last night with the baby was so funny!
When Dr. Shepherd's wife showed up Meredith was terribly shocked because she hadn't known that he was married. There was all sorts of angst all over the place, then Dr. Shephard decided, with the help of the big boss Dr. Webber, that he should forgive his wife for sleeping with that other guy and try to work on his marriage. Meredith's heart was broken and it took weeks (LOL) for her to start to get over it. Now she and Dr. Shepherd have decided to become friends (meeting up in the mornings to jog, etc.) while he works on his marriage, which he is doing as we saw last night. On the website it says that he and Addison, his wife, are going to discuss a more permanent living arrangement on next week's episode. Hmmmm....
Personally I think the "friends" thing is a bad idea and I think the writers want us to feel that way. When I saw Patrick Dempsey interviewed by Barbara Walters, he said he thought his character's heart was still with Meredith, so we'll have to see!! LOL!
bf - can we see some pictures of you wearing your burka???
Since some of you ladies know how to make creams, etc...do any of you have any good homemade facial recipes? My daughter always seems me put my facial masks on, and always wants one, but obviously, at age three, she really doesn't need one. So I thought I could make her a facial cream of her own. Maybe something simple with avocados and oatmeal or something? Obviously, I do not want anything harsh, or any chemicals in it. Any ideas?
Aw, how cute ^_^
I read a recipe somewhere for a light banana cream facial thingy...something like mush up a banana, add some honey and a few drops of fresh lemon juice, mix it up, let it sit on for a while, then wash.
Sounds more like dessert to me, but... :rockon:
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited March 2006
WOMAN'S PERFECT BREAKFAST
She's sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee.
Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box.
Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.
Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.
And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.
WOMEN'S REVENGE
"Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.
As she fumbled for her wallet, I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"So...... do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked.
"No," she replied, "but my husband refused to come shopping with me,
and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally."
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
(A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE)
I know I'm not going to understand women.
I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax,
pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root,
and still be afraid of a spider.
CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS
A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up & down the aisles.
The sales girl notices him and asks him if she can help him.
He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife.
She directs him down the correct aisle.
A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a ball of string on the counter.
She says, confused, "Sir, I thought you were looking for some tampons for your wife?"
He answers,
"You see, it's like this: yesterday, I sent my wife to the store
to get me a carton of cigarettes, and she came back wi th a tin of tobacco
and some rolling papers, cause it's 'sooo-ooo--oo-ooo much cheaper!'.
So, I figure if I have to roll my own .......... so does she!!"
(I figure this guy is the one on the milk carton!)
WIFE VS. HUSBAND
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and
neither of them wanted to concede their position.
As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs,
the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?"
"Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws."
WORDS
A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day...
30,000 to a man's 15,000.
The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men..."
The husband then turned to his wife and asked-
......."What?"
CREATION
A man said to his wife one day,
"I don't know how you can be
so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time!"
"The wife responded,
"Allow me to explain.
God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me;
God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!"
AND FINALLY - OR FIRST OF ALL:
God may have created man before woman, but - isn't there always a rough draft before the masterpiece......?
Thanks for all the info, Brigid! I have more questions now.....I first started watching Grey's Anatomy with the episdoe of the bomb being in that one patient. So Dylan is the guy that walked away with the bomb, and then it exploded, right? What was his relationship with Meredith? They seemed to have some sort of relationship.
I just want Meredith and Dr. Shepherd to get back together!!
No, Dylan and Meredith didn't know each other before that episode. Good episode though, eh? That one had me on the edge of my seat for the whole hour! Dylan's pink mist. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
Everyone wants Meredith and Shephard to get back together. It's really interesting, though, how sympathetic a character Addison, his wife, is. I'm starting to really like her. They let her be vulnerable and more than one dimensional, which is cool. Well, all the characters are well developed really. Love it.
That bib lettuce looks gooooood! Not frilly at all. I'll bet it's sweet and buttery. I'll have to look around for it. I'm not a big fan of Iceberg or Romaine letuce. I like dark frilly lettuces and the more delicate ones because I eat a lot of it. I like Boston and it's almost always available.
I have to get over my dislike of chick peas. I have a hard time eating hummus even. But anything with cauliflower or any member of the cabbage family and I'm in. I love blanched broccoli in salad because the florets hold the dressing and that's just sooo goood. As soon as possible I'll start having salads as my main food. It's still a little early up here but soon we're going to have all sorts of fabulous fresh veggies to choose from (I live in farming country) and I need to eat as much watercress as I can.
What are some of your favourite dressings? I like a nice dressing made with rice wine vinegar and a little sugar and garlic and I also like to drizzle olive oil and a little vinegar (not apple cider, can't do it, I've tried and tried...) and I love a good Greek dressing. Actually I think real Greek dressing is just drizzled olive oil and vinegar with a bit of oregano or something simple like that. I have to confess that I really do like Kraft Greek dressing with feta. I know, that's bad. We also have a great company up here called Rene's and she started making dressing with no preservatives and any other junk because her family was sensitive. Now her company has grown and she has a whole line of amazing pure products that are wicked delicious. I'm a big supporter. I emailed her one day raving about her products and she emailed me right back! She asked if she could use some of my comments on her website and I said sure and she sent me a ton of coupons and stuff. She's the coolest and a wonderful business innovator. I love to support that kind of thing. She was doing the raspberry vinaigrette way before it became popular. Now she does all sorts of marinades and dipping sauces and other stuff. I asked her for a buttermilk chive dressing and she promised she'd come up with something by next year.
What else do you grow? I want to get some ideas to expand my choices. I wish we could still grow our own here but we're not physically able to. But we can get tomatoes and a few other things from neighbours which is nice. Before I hurt my back I had a whole vegetable garden planned all done by hand and companion planting, no pesticides or herbicides or anything like that. I loved weeding by hand but now it's out of the question.
BTW, I spoke with my doc about the yoga and he was very enthusiastic. He said he'd already read a number of articles and new studies showing that yoga was far more effective for chronic lower back pain than physiotherapy was. He told me to be patient because it would take a long time to progress and I had to go as slow as a snail and GINGERLY. LOL!! He also ordered me to walk a lot more and be very mindful while doing so. Living on a farm means there are no paved, smooth surfaces anywhere so I have to be extra alert and slow. So as soon as the last of the snow goes I'm going to walk every day.
I can’t believe you still have snow….yuck!! I am so ready for Spring and for my garden. I can’t imagine still having snow right now. I am going to do my Spring Cleanse on April 10th for 5 days…so if I am cranky, you all will know why! I will be eating only fruits and veggies..nothing else. Should be fun!
I agree with you on the lettuces…I never eat ice berg. Once in a while, I will eat Romaine, but I love the more delicate ones like you. But, I do love chickpeas! I just got done eating some. I make this dessert that is called “Chocolate Chickpea Mousse”…..sounds odd, but it is really good. My daughter could eat broccoli at every meal. That and celery. She loves her veggies, thank goodness. Why do you have to eat a bunch of watercress?
Have you heard of Annie’s Dressings? They are SO good. She has this one called Green Goddess, and I could eat it plain. Her products are like Renee’s. All natural, no preservatives, etc. I also make a Spring Onion Dressing. It’s really simple, and so yummy. You just take a cup of plain yogurt, and puree 4 stalks of green onions in it, add some salt, and Voila!! It’s delicious. I haven’t tried that Kraft Greek Dressing. I really like raspberry vinaigrettes as well. I will have to try Renee’s products. I’ll look at the health food store I go to for them. If not, I found her website and will order them from there. I love supporting companies like hers as well. I love companies that are truly interested in people’s health, and not just all about making a profit. My husband and I always get so frustrated with all the big companies that truly do not care about the products they make, and they don’t care what they put in their products, just as long as they make a good profit. I could go on and on about that subject!
This year, we are growing the lettuce I told you about, all sorts of heirloom tomatoes (I think we will have about 16 different tomato plants), kale, carrots, beets, pole beans, sugar snap peas, broccoli, and all different herbs and flowers, We are going to have 2 butterfly gardens in our back yard. I might be forgetting some veggies that we are growing. I will have to look at home. And we do everything organically as well. No pesticides or herbicides either. I think our neighbors must not like our lawn very much because we refuse to use any chemicals on it, so we get weeds and things, but the neighbors are all really nice, and they know us really well, so I just hope they don’t mind! We keep the weeds trimmed, so it still looks nice! LOL. The farmers markets around us open this weekend, so I can’t wait to get some yummy veggies.
Oh good! I am so happy that your doctor was enthusiastic about yoga for you. Yoga truly is amazing. (I just got done doing my yoga workout before posting this, and I feel great now!). My mom has had about 3 back surgeries, and I keep telling her to try yoga, but you know how parents are…they don’t like to listen to their children! LOL. SO do you think you will start out with a yoga dvd? Is there a yoga studio near you? Since you have back problems, I would think a teacher would be very beneficial for you to have. I love my two yoga instructors that I see. Anyways…keep me posted on your progress.
Since you were talking about yoga, I have a couple of questions that might be a bit related.
The back of my left knee is very "tight", has been for months at least. It almost hurts to straighten it completely. Well, not hurts exactly, but something like that. Is there anything I can do about that? Am I making it worse by sitting on my left foot a lot? (I'm short and have short legs, and though I can reach the floor it's not comfortable to sit that way because the soles of my feet are just barely resting on the floor making it feel unsteady. The fact all chairs we have at home are slightly higher at the front of the seat doesn't make it better.
Also, my right leg feels "thicker" than my left when I'm sitting on the floor or on my knees, etc, anything I can do about that?
Hmmmm...did you injure yourself while doing yoga? It almost sounds like the pain in the back of your knee is realted to a ligament back there. I don't think muscle pain would last that long if you simply pulled a muscle. Sitting on your left foot might be putting pressure on there, so maybe try to not sit like that for a while and see what happens.
If you look at your legs, does one look more muscular than the other? Not really sure why one feels thicker than the other...sorry!
All those veggies you're growing sound great. There's nothing in the world like a fresh, ripe juicy tomato right off the vine in your own backyard. Yum. On flax toast! My favourite.
If you have a good camera or a digital one you can get some amazing shots of the butterflies in your two gardens. With digital you can do so many things like enlarge them and frame them. A cool interior design idea would be to get 9 different photos of nine different butterflies from the same distance in roughly the same position (wings spread, wings folded, just taking off, or whatever), get them blown up and framed in thin black frames (because black makes bright colours pop out at you) and hang them 3 on top of 3 on top of 3, like a square. It's a very ordered look and pleasing to the eye. It would look like a gallery. That would be stunningly gorgeous. Or if you don't get nine different butterflies just do the same one in different positions or whatever you like. You get the idea. It's a really beautiful look and I bet Emma would love them.
I was just going to use the YogaJournal but maybe I should get a DVD. My best friend Stephanie is a very special advanced yoga teacher (she studies in India every year) but she lives too far away and I don't have anybody else to help me. So maybe a DVD would be the best idea. I'll let you know. I couldn't afford an instructor anyway unless my insurance company would pay. Maybe I'll call them.
I'll keep you posted though.
Give Emma big gentle hugs from me.
I love that idea for the pictures of butterflies! That would look great in Emma's bedroom. We do have an excellent digital camera, so I will tell my husband your idea. He is an artist, so I am sure he would get some amazing pictures. He took this picture of our daughter last summer, and I just love it:
Also...YogaJournal magazine is an excellent place to start. I subscribe to that magazine and I just love it. There are also some great beginner dvd's out there that would be great for you. Check out Yoga Journal's Step-By-Step dvd's with Natasha Rizopoulous. She is amazing, and her dvd's walk you through each pose, thoroughly. You can go at your own pace, which is nice. You can find her dvd's on the YogaJournal website. Have you been to their site? Tons of good info there as well.
That photo is amazing!! It's gorgeous! I love the sepia tone. I'm so glad you like the butterfly picture idea. I bet your husband would do a beautiful job! He's got the eye, that's for sure.
I don't have YogaJournal as the mag, only the website. I'll look for Natasha Rizopoulos' DVDs. Thanks for the tip.
That photo has such great textures and I like the gentle lighting, too. Beautiful composition. And I love Emma's hat. LOL! So cute. And the tilt of her head. Sometimes I wish I could remember what kind of things I was thinking about at that age. Probably happy thoughts because I remember being very happy when I was little.
Hi Ladies. I received this link from my cousin today. It is something I have never heard of and is quite scary...take a look...another thing we need to look out for....:eekblue:
Of COurse! This was actually found on the 'click-a-day' link you had sent, Fede!
It was a video of a newsbroadcast in Seattle, Washington. It featured three or four woman who have either been misdiagnosed, not diagnosed, or are being treated for Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
Not very many woman have heard of it. Many think that if there is no lump, it isn't cancer. Therefore they don't get checked out. The scary thing is that a self exam will not detect it -even a mammogram may not!
The reporter called three different cancer support centers and not one of them had heard of it!
I copied and pasted (taken from the official website, http://www.ibcresearch.org/) some of the symtoms.
Symptoms of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, IBC
One or more of the following are Typical Symptoms of IBC.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LUMP TO HAVE BREAST CANCER*
Rapid, unusual increase in breast size
Redness, rash, blotchiness on breast
Persistent itching of breast or nipple
Lump or thickening of breast tissue
Stabbing pain and/or soreness of breast
Feverish breast
Swelling of lymph nodes under the arm or above the collarbone
Dimpling or ridging of the breast
Flattening or retracting of nipple
* If you suddenly develop a lump or mass, have it checked immediately. We have one reported case where a 9x8x5cm lump developed in only three weeks.
Use caution when relying on the interpretations and reports of the mammogram or ultrasound! Inflammatory breast cancer usually grows in nests or sheets, rather than as a confined solid tumor. IBC may not be detected using either mammography or ultrasonography. Increased breast density compared to prior mammograms should be considered suspicious. Remember: You don't have to have a lump to have breast cancer.
Please see the IBC Slide Presentation, and especially slides 12 and 13: a mass was found in only 15% of mammograms of IBC patients in a peer-reviewed retrospective review of mammograms and IBC.
Pictures of some symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer, effects of steroids, and how skin metastases may appear can be viewed at Pictures.
The National Cancer Institute, NCI, describes the symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer as:
A lump or thickening in or near the breast or in the underarm area
A change in the size or shape of the breast
Nipple discharge or tenderness, or the nipple pulled back (inversion) into the breast
Ridges or pitting of the breast (the skin looks like the skin of an orange)
A change in the way the skin of the breast, areola, or nipple looks or feels (for example, warm, swollen, red, or scaly)
Please do not forget that, whilst about 1% of all breast cancer diagnoses are among men, 0% of testicular cancer cases are women.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited June 2006
The same can be said, in reverse, regarding ovarian cancer.....
Cancer is a shit illness, wherever it is...... but thanks to research, new advances in medication, and quicker and more efficient intervention, less cancer is terminal than it once was.
And we can all give up a prayer of thanks for that, can't we?
I have just read this whole thread.......I love this.....If anyone wants to go back to the menopause issue.....I'd love to go there.
I think this would have been a better place to bring up the book I'm reading........
This is a great thread, isn't it? Tell us about the book, ITD. I'm interested in what you think about it. I haven't read it but my sister has and she loved it dearly. I've also heard a lot of other people talk about it. How about a synopsis so far?
I just found this thread and becuase I am squeezing in soem computer time this AM , have not read whole thread. But I love it.
Menopause posts? Which? How about perimenopause. It can last a decade!!
I am out of work temporarily and have been working in beauty industry alst decade probably going to go after a make up artist type thing. It is so hot here and having to wear the 'chic or fashionable" cloths - usually black - and makeup of course (cuz you have to model what you use) will be a hasle. on the plus side, I love working with women and touching people and connecting.
Go to the thread Women Who Run With the Wolves to get my thoughts on the book.....
Hey LatinaMermaid,
Yes, perimenopause is a pain and can be worse than menopause. I started at the age of 37 having serious issues with it. The hotflashes, night sweats, serious mood swings, but my personal favorite was the preasure in my ears causing dizziness,light headedness and my most favorite of all anxiety attacks. Thought I was going crazy!! Didn't know what they were or what was happening to me until I started researching it on the internet. My doc. was no help. "You're fine, it's just your age" I stopped driving, going into a Walmart sent me running for the car. Thankfully I have a very understanding husband who stood by my side. Bless his heart!
I'm 47 now and menopause started at 44. They said after 2 years the hotflashes would go away etc... In Aug. it will have been 3 years and I'm still having them but the anxiety attacks are better. But I give my Specific Chiropractor credit for that one. I became allergic to most meds. Couldn't take anxiety meds., couldn't take hormones due to past medical history nor did I want to. So I looked for alternative ways of dealing with my issues.
If anyone is having any of these issues....... A great book to read is.......
"The Pause" Positive Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopause
By Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D.
I noticed too that some of the women on this site knows about herbs.......I would love to talk to one of you about herbs to take. Since I'm allergic to so much stuff it's hard for me to figure out what I can take and what I can't.......So any advice would be wonderful.
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I know Yogamama is getting into it and I didn't like it at first but the more I watched it the more I liked it. Now I'm hooked.
Last night's episode included a story about a woman, played by Natalie Cole, who had an inoperable brain tumor and only a few weeks to live. It was interesting because her character talked about the tumor as a "good friend" and her prognosis as a wake up call. She said she had been sleepwalking for the last fifteen years and that her marriage had suffered. But when she and her husband learned of the tumor they both woke up and their marriage was rekindled. She described herself as "wide awake now".
That was interesting in itself but her attachment to her tumor was another thing they addressed in the show. When the brain surgeon suggested that he could perform a new procedure that might give her decades instead of weeks to live, she was very resistant to the idea. Her reluctance was not because of the risks of the surgery, like bleeding out on the table, but because of her fear that her life would go back to what it had been when she'd been sleepwalking.
The doctor finally convinced her to have the surgery by telling her that the quality of her life was a choice and that she could make the decision, here and now, to live a full and meaningful life. She understood and agreed to the surgery which is successful and they live happily ever after, presumably.
I really liked this episode because it got me thinking about how we handle and view adversity in our lives and even become attached to it. I had only begun seeing my back injury as a precious teacher a little while ago and that has helped me a great deal. Well, that's an understatement. But the show also warned me about becoming too attached to my teacher and that I should start viewing it as temporary, because it is. I'm told by my doctors that it is a permanent injury but that only has a limited meaning. No one really knows if it's going to be with me for the rest my life and it may very well come down to when I choose to let go of it. Like Natalie Coles' character finally agreeing to the surgery. The metaphor is that once we accept the adversity and allow it to transform our lives we have to allow that adversity to go and live our lives with its residue reminding us of how it changed us and forced us to grow.
It was very interesting for a prime time show.
Love,
Brigid
So I have some quesitons....at the end of season one, Christina (who is so frekin funny on the show!) was pregnant, but now she is not pregnant. What happened?? Did she have the "procedure" that she made an appointment for? Did her boyfriend ever find out? Also, what happened with Meredith and Dr. Shepherd after his wife showed up?
When Dr. Shepherd's wife showed up Meredith was terribly shocked because she hadn't known that he was married. There was all sorts of angst all over the place, then Dr. Shephard decided, with the help of the big boss Dr. Webber, that he should forgive his wife for sleeping with that other guy and try to work on his marriage. Meredith's heart was broken and it took weeks (LOL) for her to start to get over it. Now she and Dr. Shepherd have decided to become friends (meeting up in the mornings to jog, etc.) while he works on his marriage, which he is doing as we saw last night. On the website it says that he and Addison, his wife, are going to discuss a more permanent living arrangement on next week's episode. Hmmmm....
Here's the website.
Personally I think the "friends" thing is a bad idea and I think the writers want us to feel that way. When I saw Patrick Dempsey interviewed by Barbara Walters, he said he thought his character's heart was still with Meredith, so we'll have to see!! LOL!
Love,
Brigid
I read a recipe somewhere for a light banana cream facial thingy...something like mush up a banana, add some honey and a few drops of fresh lemon juice, mix it up, let it sit on for a while, then wash.
Sounds more like dessert to me, but... :rockon:
She's sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee.
Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box.
Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.
Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.
And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.
WOMEN'S REVENGE
"Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.
As she fumbled for her wallet, I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"So...... do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked.
"No," she replied, "but my husband refused to come shopping with me,
and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally."
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
(A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE)
I know I'm not going to understand women.
I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax,
pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root,
and still be afraid of a spider.
CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS
A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up & down the aisles.
The sales girl notices him and asks him if she can help him.
He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife.
She directs him down the correct aisle.
A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a ball of string on the counter.
She says, confused, "Sir, I thought you were looking for some tampons for your wife?"
He answers,
"You see, it's like this: yesterday, I sent my wife to the store
to get me a carton of cigarettes, and she came back wi th a tin of tobacco
and some rolling papers, cause it's 'sooo-ooo--oo-ooo much cheaper!'.
So, I figure if I have to roll my own .......... so does she!!"
(I figure this guy is the one on the milk carton!)
WIFE VS. HUSBAND
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and
neither of them wanted to concede their position.
As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs,
the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?"
"Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws."
WORDS
A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day...
30,000 to a man's 15,000.
The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men..."
The husband then turned to his wife and asked-
......."What?"
CREATION
A man said to his wife one day,
"I don't know how you can be
so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time!"
"The wife responded,
"Allow me to explain.
God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me;
God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!"
AND FINALLY - OR FIRST OF ALL:
God may have created man before woman, but - isn't there always a rough draft before the masterpiece......?
I just want Meredith and Dr. Shepherd to get back together!!
Everyone wants Meredith and Shephard to get back together. It's really interesting, though, how sympathetic a character Addison, his wife, is. I'm starting to really like her. They let her be vulnerable and more than one dimensional, which is cool. Well, all the characters are well developed really. Love it.
Love,
Brigid
That bib lettuce looks gooooood! Not frilly at all. I'll bet it's sweet and buttery. I'll have to look around for it. I'm not a big fan of Iceberg or Romaine letuce. I like dark frilly lettuces and the more delicate ones because I eat a lot of it. I like Boston and it's almost always available.
I have to get over my dislike of chick peas. I have a hard time eating hummus even. But anything with cauliflower or any member of the cabbage family and I'm in. I love blanched broccoli in salad because the florets hold the dressing and that's just sooo goood. As soon as possible I'll start having salads as my main food. It's still a little early up here but soon we're going to have all sorts of fabulous fresh veggies to choose from (I live in farming country) and I need to eat as much watercress as I can.
What are some of your favourite dressings? I like a nice dressing made with rice wine vinegar and a little sugar and garlic and I also like to drizzle olive oil and a little vinegar (not apple cider, can't do it, I've tried and tried...) and I love a good Greek dressing. Actually I think real Greek dressing is just drizzled olive oil and vinegar with a bit of oregano or something simple like that. I have to confess that I really do like Kraft Greek dressing with feta. I know, that's bad. We also have a great company up here called Rene's and she started making dressing with no preservatives and any other junk because her family was sensitive. Now her company has grown and she has a whole line of amazing pure products that are wicked delicious. I'm a big supporter. I emailed her one day raving about her products and she emailed me right back! She asked if she could use some of my comments on her website and I said sure and she sent me a ton of coupons and stuff. She's the coolest and a wonderful business innovator. I love to support that kind of thing. She was doing the raspberry vinaigrette way before it became popular. Now she does all sorts of marinades and dipping sauces and other stuff. I asked her for a buttermilk chive dressing and she promised she'd come up with something by next year.
What else do you grow? I want to get some ideas to expand my choices. I wish we could still grow our own here but we're not physically able to. But we can get tomatoes and a few other things from neighbours which is nice. Before I hurt my back I had a whole vegetable garden planned all done by hand and companion planting, no pesticides or herbicides or anything like that. I loved weeding by hand but now it's out of the question.
BTW, I spoke with my doc about the yoga and he was very enthusiastic. He said he'd already read a number of articles and new studies showing that yoga was far more effective for chronic lower back pain than physiotherapy was. He told me to be patient because it would take a long time to progress and I had to go as slow as a snail and GINGERLY. LOL!! He also ordered me to walk a lot more and be very mindful while doing so. Living on a farm means there are no paved, smooth surfaces anywhere so I have to be extra alert and slow. So as soon as the last of the snow goes I'm going to walk every day.
I'm a chatterbox today. LOL!
Love,
Brigid
I can’t believe you still have snow….yuck!! I am so ready for Spring and for my garden. I can’t imagine still having snow right now. I am going to do my Spring Cleanse on April 10th for 5 days…so if I am cranky, you all will know why! I will be eating only fruits and veggies..nothing else. Should be fun!
I agree with you on the lettuces…I never eat ice berg. Once in a while, I will eat Romaine, but I love the more delicate ones like you. But, I do love chickpeas! I just got done eating some. I make this dessert that is called “Chocolate Chickpea Mousse”…..sounds odd, but it is really good. My daughter could eat broccoli at every meal. That and celery. She loves her veggies, thank goodness. Why do you have to eat a bunch of watercress?
Have you heard of Annie’s Dressings? They are SO good. She has this one called Green Goddess, and I could eat it plain. Her products are like Renee’s. All natural, no preservatives, etc. I also make a Spring Onion Dressing. It’s really simple, and so yummy. You just take a cup of plain yogurt, and puree 4 stalks of green onions in it, add some salt, and Voila!! It’s delicious. I haven’t tried that Kraft Greek Dressing. I really like raspberry vinaigrettes as well. I will have to try Renee’s products. I’ll look at the health food store I go to for them. If not, I found her website and will order them from there. I love supporting companies like hers as well. I love companies that are truly interested in people’s health, and not just all about making a profit. My husband and I always get so frustrated with all the big companies that truly do not care about the products they make, and they don’t care what they put in their products, just as long as they make a good profit. I could go on and on about that subject!
This year, we are growing the lettuce I told you about, all sorts of heirloom tomatoes (I think we will have about 16 different tomato plants), kale, carrots, beets, pole beans, sugar snap peas, broccoli, and all different herbs and flowers, We are going to have 2 butterfly gardens in our back yard. I might be forgetting some veggies that we are growing. I will have to look at home. And we do everything organically as well. No pesticides or herbicides either. I think our neighbors must not like our lawn very much because we refuse to use any chemicals on it, so we get weeds and things, but the neighbors are all really nice, and they know us really well, so I just hope they don’t mind! We keep the weeds trimmed, so it still looks nice! LOL. The farmers markets around us open this weekend, so I can’t wait to get some yummy veggies.
Oh good! I am so happy that your doctor was enthusiastic about yoga for you. Yoga truly is amazing. (I just got done doing my yoga workout before posting this, and I feel great now!). My mom has had about 3 back surgeries, and I keep telling her to try yoga, but you know how parents are…they don’t like to listen to their children! LOL. SO do you think you will start out with a yoga dvd? Is there a yoga studio near you? Since you have back problems, I would think a teacher would be very beneficial for you to have. I love my two yoga instructors that I see. Anyways…keep me posted on your progress.
I better run….Kim
The back of my left knee is very "tight", has been for months at least. It almost hurts to straighten it completely. Well, not hurts exactly, but something like that. Is there anything I can do about that? Am I making it worse by sitting on my left foot a lot? (I'm short and have short legs, and though I can reach the floor it's not comfortable to sit that way because the soles of my feet are just barely resting on the floor making it feel unsteady. The fact all chairs we have at home are slightly higher at the front of the seat doesn't make it better.
Also, my right leg feels "thicker" than my left when I'm sitting on the floor or on my knees, etc, anything I can do about that?
If you look at your legs, does one look more muscular than the other? Not really sure why one feels thicker than the other...sorry!
All those veggies you're growing sound great. There's nothing in the world like a fresh, ripe juicy tomato right off the vine in your own backyard. Yum. On flax toast! My favourite.
If you have a good camera or a digital one you can get some amazing shots of the butterflies in your two gardens. With digital you can do so many things like enlarge them and frame them. A cool interior design idea would be to get 9 different photos of nine different butterflies from the same distance in roughly the same position (wings spread, wings folded, just taking off, or whatever), get them blown up and framed in thin black frames (because black makes bright colours pop out at you) and hang them 3 on top of 3 on top of 3, like a square. It's a very ordered look and pleasing to the eye. It would look like a gallery. That would be stunningly gorgeous. Or if you don't get nine different butterflies just do the same one in different positions or whatever you like. You get the idea. It's a really beautiful look and I bet Emma would love them.
I was just going to use the YogaJournal but maybe I should get a DVD. My best friend Stephanie is a very special advanced yoga teacher (she studies in India every year) but she lives too far away and I don't have anybody else to help me. So maybe a DVD would be the best idea. I'll let you know. I couldn't afford an instructor anyway unless my insurance company would pay. Maybe I'll call them.
I'll keep you posted though.
Give Emma big gentle hugs from me.
Love,
Brigid
Kim
I don't have YogaJournal as the mag, only the website. I'll look for Natasha Rizopoulos' DVDs. Thanks for the tip.
That photo has such great textures and I like the gentle lighting, too. Beautiful composition. And I love Emma's hat. LOL! So cute. And the tilt of her head. Sometimes I wish I could remember what kind of things I was thinking about at that age. Probably happy thoughts because I remember being very happy when I was little.
Love,
Brigid
That's great that you remember being happy as a child. I hope my daughter always has happy memories of when she was little.
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Sharpie, could you elaborate for me, please?
It was a video of a newsbroadcast in Seattle, Washington. It featured three or four woman who have either been misdiagnosed, not diagnosed, or are being treated for Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
Not very many woman have heard of it. Many think that if there is no lump, it isn't cancer. Therefore they don't get checked out. The scary thing is that a self exam will not detect it -even a mammogram may not!
The reporter called three different cancer support centers and not one of them had heard of it!
I copied and pasted (taken from the official website, http://www.ibcresearch.org/) some of the symtoms.
Symptoms of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, IBC
One or more of the following are Typical Symptoms of IBC.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LUMP TO HAVE BREAST CANCER*
Rapid, unusual increase in breast size
Redness, rash, blotchiness on breast
Persistent itching of breast or nipple
Lump or thickening of breast tissue
Stabbing pain and/or soreness of breast
Feverish breast
Swelling of lymph nodes under the arm or above the collarbone
Dimpling or ridging of the breast
Flattening or retracting of nipple
* If you suddenly develop a lump or mass, have it checked immediately. We have one reported case where a 9x8x5cm lump developed in only three weeks.
Use caution when relying on the interpretations and reports of the mammogram or ultrasound! Inflammatory breast cancer usually grows in nests or sheets, rather than as a confined solid tumor. IBC may not be detected using either mammography or ultrasonography. Increased breast density compared to prior mammograms should be considered suspicious. Remember: You don't have to have a lump to have breast cancer.
Please see the IBC Slide Presentation, and especially slides 12 and 13: a mass was found in only 15% of mammograms of IBC patients in a peer-reviewed retrospective review of mammograms and IBC.
Pictures of some symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer, effects of steroids, and how skin metastases may appear can be viewed at Pictures.
The National Cancer Institute, NCI, describes the symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer as:
A lump or thickening in or near the breast or in the underarm area
A change in the size or shape of the breast
Nipple discharge or tenderness, or the nipple pulled back (inversion) into the breast
Ridges or pitting of the breast (the skin looks like the skin of an orange)
A change in the way the skin of the breast, areola, or nipple looks or feels (for example, warm, swollen, red, or scaly)
Cancer is a shit illness, wherever it is...... but thanks to research, new advances in medication, and quicker and more efficient intervention, less cancer is terminal than it once was.
And we can all give up a prayer of thanks for that, can't we?
I think this would have been a better place to bring up the book I'm reading........
inthedhamra
Menopause posts? Which? How about perimenopause. It can last a decade!!
I am out of work temporarily and have been working in beauty industry alst decade probably going to go after a make up artist type thing. It is so hot here and having to wear the 'chic or fashionable" cloths - usually black - and makeup of course (cuz you have to model what you use) will be a hasle. on the plus side, I love working with women and touching people and connecting.
Go to the thread Women Who Run With the Wolves to get my thoughts on the book.....
Hey LatinaMermaid,
Yes, perimenopause is a pain and can be worse than menopause. I started at the age of 37 having serious issues with it. The hotflashes, night sweats, serious mood swings, but my personal favorite was the preasure in my ears causing dizziness,light headedness and my most favorite of all anxiety attacks. Thought I was going crazy!! Didn't know what they were or what was happening to me until I started researching it on the internet. My doc. was no help. "You're fine, it's just your age" I stopped driving, going into a Walmart sent me running for the car. Thankfully I have a very understanding husband who stood by my side. Bless his heart!
I'm 47 now and menopause started at 44. They said after 2 years the hotflashes would go away etc... In Aug. it will have been 3 years and I'm still having them but the anxiety attacks are better. But I give my Specific Chiropractor credit for that one. I became allergic to most meds. Couldn't take anxiety meds., couldn't take hormones due to past medical history nor did I want to. So I looked for alternative ways of dealing with my issues.
If anyone is having any of these issues....... A great book to read is.......
"The Pause" Positive Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopause
By Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D.
I noticed too that some of the women on this site knows about herbs.......I would love to talk to one of you about herbs to take. Since I'm allergic to so much stuff it's hard for me to figure out what I can take and what I can't.......So any advice would be wonderful.
inthedharma