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[maillotpois]

Chocolate pie, cinnnamon almond, gournet pizza - you guys are making me HUNGRY!!!

Fish - sorry about the rain. Come here and ride in our perfect weather - I can't!

Knotted - bummer about the PMS. I also cry easily - usually when I am mad. And it doesn't happen professionally (thank heaven - how effeictive would I be as an attorney then??) For example, when I got the big blow off from the pulmonoligst's scheduling troll last week who wouldn't get me in for 3 1/2 weeks - hey I'm coughing up blood here, folks! Anyway I had a good cry after that!

Went to the ER this morning. Was woken up with stabbing chest pain at 4 am - exactly the same pain I got the weekend before I was daignosed with the PEs. Now that I am a teeny bit smarter (stabbing chest pain can be bad - duh!), I decided I should get it checked out. Had another CT scan - fortunately it was the SAME tech as last week, which was super cool. She is becoming an old pal! Anyway, the clots in my lungs actually look better (even though I am not yet responding enough to the anticoagulants) - the pain is basically pleurisy - irritation of the lungs/lining from the clots being there and being broken up. They kept wanting to give me pain meds, and the thing is I want to know what hurts and how badly it hurts. But now I know that it's not a new clot or lung tissue dying (a highly possible thing given that the clots block blood to the lungs) or something terrible.

I am planning my comeback. I just ordered new trail running shoes. I hate running. At least we have good trails here. What I do is more fast hiking anyway.

[DrBee]

Running??? I know you've said you hate running. You do fast trail walking - that's unfortunately about the pace at which I run on the road. Whenever I feel the urge to gripe about not being able to ride - I'll think you MP and squelch the urge. I'm sorry to hear you had more chest pains, but glad to hear the clots are improving. I totally understand not wanting to take pain meds. You can't tell what's wrong if the pain is artificially deadened. I'm the same way.

Are you doing anything special for the 4th? Seeing fireworks? I saw a rather large old bottle rocket-type dealy in the road this morning. Biggest bottle rocket I've seen. Yeesh!

They're awake - why is that family visits are always one day too long??? MP - you can have my food. I think I'm about done eating for the day. Ugh! Unfortunately, that chocolate pie will be calling me later. It was yummy. Another Cooks Illustrated recipe.

[Jones]

Nancy,
I thought you might like this. I am so technology challenged I couldn't get the caption with the picture and am actually somewhat impressed that I got the picture to open.

[Nanci]

Seen it before- I love it! I love the way animals use roads. There was a study recently about how homing pigeons fly down (over) roads rather than cross-country, and I've noticed crows doing that, too.

Nanci

[Nanci]

(I'm recovering from my accidental drift at Peter Reid)

FOUR missiles launched by North Korea now? I am turning on TV...

[Nanci]

Nothing on network TV, which is all I get. It must not be a big deal...

(Why can't I make the smilie icons work? I can't figure it out! I get the html with them, too!!)

[DrBee]

Nanci - It took me a while to figure that out, too. Select them from the top, not the smilies box. It's right next to the font color (the "A"). See it?

[DrBee]

I heard about the missiles (DH checked the news online). I've been watching Clifford and Winnie the Pooh with FishFry - he's being a couch potato and quite attached to me while he's sick. Poor baby! FishJr and the grandparents are in the pool. Mr. Fish made me a candle holder today from cedar - lucky dog got to spend the day in the workshop playing on the lathe! Works for me!

[Nanci]

Lise, I found the perfect guy for you. Check out Beta's RAGBRAI thread. Look at the bottom, on the right. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nanci]

PS, Isn't BG a cute little photogenic thing? I wish I had _one_ pic so nice in my entire life...

Twin Peaks is REALLY weird. I have to go to bed now. I made it through eps 2 and 3, though.

What's up with the weird dwarf?

Nanci

[snapdragen]

I LOVED Twin Peaks! At least the early episodes - it kind of went into bizzaro land (well, more bizzaro land) towards the end.

Why, when I have a glass of wine at dinner, do I get SO warm, and red? I think I'll blame it on slaving away at a hot stove.......

[jobob]

Thought I'd share something I learned on my ride today.

Yoo-hoo is nectar of the gods.

[snapdragen]

I have not had Yoo Hoo in a while, but yes, I remember it being quite nectar_of_the_gods_like...

[KnottedYet]

And now yet another lovely side-effect of PMS.... I WANT some nooky. NOW NOW NOW.

Gawd, hormones suck.

(and I ain't gotten any in 1 1/2 years)

Hormones really really suck.

When does menopause kick in??????

(TMI, I'm sure, but if I can't rant here, where can I rant?)

MP - girl, you gotta take care of those lungs! I think you should call the scheduling troll and tell her "oh, by the way, I had PE's and would be dead if I'd done like you said." but then, I have PMS and am being all passive-aggessive and spoiling for a fight. Hey, gimme her number and *I'll* call her! I so want to call my quack-neurologist and tell her she sucks, too. And the co-worker who is making my job hellish. Heck, just give me the phone!

Knotted rolling up her sleeves, putting on her sunglasses, pushing her Levis to her hips, and dangling a cigarette dangerously out one corner of her mouth... (ummmm, do I have to light it to look threatening?)

[salsabike]

KNOTTED, YOU WILL NOT LIKE PERIMENOPAUSE. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE. IT WILL REALLY P*** YOU OFF IN MANY WAYS. I personally do not enjoy the feeling, for example, that someone is holding a blowtorch to my face when I have a hot flash. Arrrr.

All sing together "I enjoy being a girl!" Then we'll go find Nancy Kwan and paste her one right in the teeth.