Category Archives: Message

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Signs of improvement

Wednesday, May 29, 2013
9:06am
Good morning!  Raining so I’m planning to run errands.  
Hope you have a great Wednesday!
9:19am Phil
Going to be warm here.  
I have a big project to get done today so I will be gainfully employed all day. 
Have a great day!
9:04pm
Hiya kid. Mom seems a little better… Day 8 and I finally see signs of improvement!  Phew.  Still in ICU but a little more aware and awake today.  Wishing you were here to hug.
1:21am Phil
Glad to hear that

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Giraffes diving

Tuesday, May 28, 2013
11:01am
Good morning!  Happy Tuesday!

11:05am
Saw the new Star Trek movie yesterday. Always wanted to be JT Kirk. Still do.

11:49am Phil
Happy Tuesday!
12:01pm
What’s on your agenda this week?  
I’m off from work to help Mom.  
Hope to get in some fun when she starts to improve.
12:02pm Phil
Work work and work, that’s about it

12:37am
Giraffes make me smile

High Diving Giraffes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3aZEGIZMMI

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Fat Bottomed Girls

Monday, May 27, 2013 Memorial Day
9:51am Phil
Happy Memorial Day. Hope Mom has a good day. You too!

9:53am
Remembering those who’ve served and thanking those still serving on this Memorial Day!

9:55am
Thanks kid!  Just posted something for you on my wall. 
Have a great day!
10:11am
Mom was a little better yesterday – I got her to eat lunch!  But it’s very tough to see her so out of it, saying she’s miserable, not talking, won’t eat… ugh.  I thought going through this with Dad and my own adventures would help me deal, but it is very hard and different with mom.
11:20am
Fun a cappella singing from the Cottonwood Chorus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhP4jtrF58
Fat Bottomed Girls
Are you gonna take me home tonight
Oh down beside that red firelight
Are you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls
You make the rockin’ world go round
I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad
But I knew life before I left my nursery
Left alone with big fat Fanny
She was such a naughty nanny
Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me
Hey hey!
I’ve been singing with my band
Across the wire, across the land
I seen every blue eyed floozy on the way
But their beauty and their style
Went kind of smooth after a while
Take me to them dirty ladies every time
Oh won’t you take me home tonight?
Oh down beside your red firelight
Oh and you give it all you got
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round
Now I got mortgages on homes
I got stiffness in the bones
Ain’t no beauty queens in this locality
Oh but I still get my pleasure
Still got my greatest treasure
Heap big woman, you gonna make a big man of me
Are you gonna take me home tonight, please
Oh down beside that red firelight
Are you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round, yeah
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round
Get on your bikes and ride!

11:53am Phil
One of my favorite Queen songs!

Oh my! I love the Brits! I have got to get back into singing. I loved it so much and I could see myself in the middle of that group, hamming it up and having a blast. Thank you, put a huge smile on my face and in my heart!

12:05pm
I was thinking you’d have fun doing this… remembering the a cappella group you had in high school

12:06pm Phil
My deal. Guys all cutting up and laughing. So me

12:07pm
They’re being British makes it all the more fun somehow…. they were British national barbershop champs 5x.

12:16pm Phil
A hoot!
7:33pm Phil
Enjoying the day
[photo of him outside in shorts]
7:36pm
Thanks! Mmm…you have sexy legs!  
I’m with mom.  Tough duty.  Not much I can do. Glad I could brighten your day!

8:45pm Tried a new sushi place.  Spectacular!

Volcano roll @ Genki Ya, Cambridge
Shrimp tempura maki roll buried in baked scallops, king crab, mushrooms and spicy mayo. Covered in tempura flakes and sprinkled with flying-fish roe

Soft shell crab tempura and fresh rolls 
@ Genki Ya, Cambridge

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Praying away

Sunday, May 26, 2013
8:32am
Good morning!  Back to see Mom in ICU.  Yesterday was bad…keep praying please. Hope you’re having a great weekend!

3:07pm
Sipping a raspberry lime ricky at a diner!  Nothing like comfort food!

9:23pm Phil
Praying away girl

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Keep praying

Saturday, May 25, 2013
9:31am
Good morning!   Off to the hospital again!  Have a great Saturday kid!

10:15pm

Mom had a rough day.  She is a stoic, so if she is complaining we know it’s really bad.  She kept saying she felt miserable and to leave her alone to sleep.  I couldn’t get her to eat any lunch.  She refused the PT person who was there to help her walk.  Her heart is not working… lot of fibrillation, so lungs filling with fluid, swollen legs and her brain is iffy.  She starts sentences then about 6 words in… stops.  And never starts again.  I talked with the doctor who said he knows, they are trying different medicines… ugh.  It is very hard to watch this.  My nerves are shot.  Sis said she was mostly comatose tonight, only ate about 6 bites of sherbet at supper time.  They put her back on oxygen.  
Hubby took me out for a late lunch about 2:30 pm, then I came home to nap.  It’s odd how draining all this is!  
Please keep praying kid.

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I’d do you

Friday, May 24, 2013
9:28am
Good morning!  Off work, headed to the hospital.  Mom flatlined last night while I was there.   Freaky, kid. Great to see staff run in and hook up her pacemaker.  Strange days.  They say just swelling around her new valve, won’t go on after she heals.  Keep praying!
10:00am Phil
Oh lord! Good that it’s a good place!
6:42pm
Big weekend plans?  Quiet here, awful weather.  Will focus on Mom.  Have a great one!
3:32am
Hiya kid.  Fell asleep at 6:30 pm.  The nerves of dealing with Mom wear me out. 

Here’s my thought for today:

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Dilation

Thursday, May 23, 2013
7:39am
Good morning kid!  God is good!
9:53am Phil
Yep, sure is. Have a great day!
11:37am
Eye exam. I despise the dilation drops!
12:10pm Phil
Me too! Sucks but gotta be done!
12:36pm
Odd thing is, when I made the appt, I asked how long the appt would be and if they’d dilate.  They said 20 min and no.  So I let them book me midday.  If they’d told me the truth – 45 min and yes – I would’ve asked for day-end.  Grrr… So I’m at my desk but unable to do much for about 2 hrs.  Bleh.
Mom is sitting up!  She looks so much better.  Phew.  You doing okay?
6:27pm Phil
That’s awesome news!  
Yeah, I’m good.  Heading to the gym!

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Heart

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
8:08am
Good morning kid!  Pray hard for Mom – open heart surgery 10 am – 3 pm.  
Getting a cow valve and triple bypass.  
Have a wicked awesome Wednesday!
9:24am Phil
Praying! Please let me know.
9:27am
Thanks, Philip.  I thought I could compartmentalize, but it’s tough. The what-ifs are creeping in.  Bleh.
9:41am Phil
I hear you.  Have faith.  I’ll be thinking of all of you.

11:48am
I didn’t know this was a thing!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/the-25-most-epic-cat-beards-of-all-time

9:58pm
Mom’s in ICU, doing well. Phew.
10:03pm Phil
Thank God! Thank you for letting me know.
10:06pm
I’ve been asleep since 6:30, only way to cope.
Took so much longer than they said.  I was so scared.

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Great doctor’s appt

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
7:49am
Good morning! Have a terrific Tuesday kid!
7:59am Phil
You too Sass!

5:37 pm
Tried another Chinese place tonight.  Food was tasty but too pricy.

 Hot & sour soup @ Changsho, Cambridge

Chicken with lotus seed, and salt & pepper shrimp 
@ Changsho, Cambridge
6:47pm
Hiya kid.  Stuck in the car, wicked thunderstorm!  
Had great doc appt!  Blood sugars good, weight down – so happy!
6:48pm Phil
Awesome! Good for you! Keep it up!

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BEACH

Monday, May 20, 2013
10:49am
Good morning, kid!  Beautiful morning, headed to 80! 
I’m off work… thinking BEACH!  Have a super fine Monday!  Mwah!
3:37pm Phil
Good day!  It’s out for dinner and drinks followed by cigars and sipping tequila.  
Hope you made it to the beach!

Lazy Man’s Lobster and the Shrimp & Scallop Penne in white wine sauce with spinach and roasted sun-dried tomatoes @ Lobsta Land Restaurant!
Twin lights – tide so far out island looks twice as long!


Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester

                                                        Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester

Gloucester inlet
3:58pm
See my wall for beach and LOBSTER photos!  And a 1 minute video of the waves!

4:22pm
Wish you were here!
5:58pm Phil
Gorgeous, the beach too.  Lobster looks amazing! Glad you had a good day!