oh wait, this is the hqappy thread.... retract that. no don't ....puppies turn into dogs. :(

get a kitten, iM. u can has kitteh. ;)

Making me happy? not a whole fuckload but I'll give it a go.

1) The effects of the paindkillers i took in order to be sensible and follow the guidance of those who know about these things have worn off. NEVER AGAIN.

2) I found Thor's phone

3) I got some cleaning done (the type hat no-one ever notices until it doesn't get done, but hey.....)

4) I took a nap! I actually slept and everything, albeit at 6pm rather than 11am when i really really needed it. Baby steps......

5) um..... maybe I'll get back to you.....

5)

Nor:

I thought John was dead. It doesn't matter, so long as you get that Rocky Mountain high. Stop by the Denver Mint and ask for free samples.

Too late.

I didn't go to my friend's house to watch Puppy Bowl, since I was sick, but I watched it from home. It was heeelarious! Just a bunch of puppies on a gridiron playing with toys and jumping all over each other and stuff. Halftime show was kittens playing with kitten toys, theh mounds of confetti raining down. It was really adorable and funny.

I maybe get a kitteh this spring? Ill see how it goes. :kittysmilie:

Get a kitty. It will love you and snuggle with you. :)

I'm happy thinking about my upcoming weekend away with an old friend. It's been so long since I had any time where there wasn't at least one kid around one way or another. Years. I don't get time to myself really because Dazza is away so much. It's no wonder I go a bit crazy at times. The problem is too that his travel is never on a schedule, so I can't even go to a regular thing each week for me time or anything like that.

Sux.

That's why I'm sooooo looking forward to this weekend. Two whole days of no kids, pets or husband. I may even turn my phone off!

Have a great time, Ali. Relax with some 'your time.' :)

Had my latest blood test results yesterday,
Almost all in the normal range - one at the high end of normal, but showing an increase (good) since the last test.

The important enzyme is still too high.
But it started at 400. Now 148. Needs to go down to 50-60.
Quite dramatic progress shown. Fair enough. More work to be done. Doc doesn't feel I need I need another test for 6 months unless I go on a significant bender.

Almost all minor symptoms absent now - bowels reasonable (eating habits - meh), no nosebleeds, no more nausea or bloating or severe abdominal pain.

As per the apprehensive post though, it may all have been for nothing.
Which doesn't belong in the Happy Thread.
But then this is not about papering over the cracks any more, this is about staying alive.
Doc says if I get my enzymes down to 60 my liver can be classed as recovered.
But it does rely on abstinence, probably for life.

I had no idea how close that bullet came.

Fantastic improvement, Sundae! Well done grrrl!

What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone?

One climbs the wall, the other makes you want to climb the wall.

Consider the source. You ought to know that I know the difference so you are right in expecting the punchline:

You can't hear an enzyme

Excuse me Foot.
I am not particularly vocal during intercourse, neither do I charge for it.

The fact that I moan on the internet is neither here nor there.
I resemble your remark.









































(j/k of course, made me laugh)

I just discovered that my mom snuck a bar of Cock Soap into the basket she brought when she came to visit....http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/09/e9a7ugur.jpg

uh huh huh.... My mom is cool [/butthead]

It's not on a rope, Jim. What is she implying?

I just bought an infrared sauna [cheap]I can't wait for it to get here so I can sweat. We start calving cows in 2 weeks and the oldness in my bones is lurking. Should this be in post whore? [winter brain go away]

I would love a sauna right now.

all of you but your hand :)

I'd keep that part out the door

Would love a sauna, too! Can we all come try your sauna, Nirvana? :p:

I am seriously happy this morning. No vomiting, not even any nausea!! I feel like I can take on the world.

I built a counterflow wort chiller and it is amazing. Wort goes in at 190°f and comes out at 70° a few seconds later. They look something like this:

It's awesome that I can chill 5 gallons of wort in about two minutes. Last month I put a 5 gallon pot of hot wort outside in the snow in 10°f weather and it took 8 hours to go from 190° to 87°.

Timer is calling me! Time to chill.

Sounds like it was wort your while.

Chillus Convolutus

Love to have you share the sauna unfortunately it is the "Two Broke Girls" kind, one at a time please :) {cheap, portable}

Yeah, never let 'em see you sweat. ;)

Two Broke Girls?

I'll bring my toolkit.

Leftover brisket sandwich and chex mix for lunch.

I am wearing my £5 cardigan. Is fur trimmed. Probably real cat!
It may not survive the first wash, but unless I spill something down it, I can put that off for a while; I'll always be wearing it over clothing.

Diz now seems used to it. He only needs a little dissausion to stop biting it. I think he thinks I've grown some fur, because he was proper snuggled in to me earlier.

It's a warmth choice as well as a fashion choice - if something bought off Milton Keynes market can be called fashion! I am saving my "good" clothes for school (if I am ever allowed back) and t-shirts and strappy tops no longer cut it in this weather now I'm not over-heated by drink.

Saying that, it is 18 (65) now, next to the radiator. I might have to take my hat off soon.
Probably go out for a walk first though, good for me as well as having a cooling effect.

3 of my beehives have good activity today, the 4th is probably ok, just a different strain of bee.:D

Good to hear. The bees in our area have suffered in the past few years. I wouldn't mind keeping a few hives (in future) - sort of minimalist beekeeping if there is such a thing.

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Early Valentimes pressie!
A Money Tree!

Permission to be jealous, sir?

Nice!

I had a money tree, once.

It died.

I imagine that can't have been good for my financial mojo.

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It works!

And the copper will keep the powdery mildew at bay during the hot, damp summers!

Double bling from Mr Limey today :)
The single stone ring is our wedding ring (he has one, too). I couldn't make up my mind and neither could he,so he got both!

Sent by thought transference

Limes that's gorgeous!
Happy VD, bling-girl :)

Give Mr Limes an appropriate kiss from me.
Maybe just a buss on the cheek for being such a good man.

And give the boys one too.
But you can be all cuddly and extravagant with that one.
In fact Mr Limey might want to share that duty.

Diz got all my cuddles today (still poorly - am a little concerned).
It's not quite steak and a BJ, but I cleaned his dirty bottom and was sanguine when he dribbled on my neck. Can't say that about any man I've ever dated.

VD?

Valentine's Day.
As abbreviated by dried up old crones.

@ Limey:

I thought I was white, but, dayum girl! I bet you glow in the dark!

:p:

Oooooh! Shiny!

Beautiful, Limey!

Oh golly that's come up huge - perhaps a mod could make the pic a little more modest, please???
Thanks peeps! I'm well please :)

I thought they were bracelets. Seriously. I couldn't figure out why the wrist looked so unwrist-like.

Nice bling!

Jim took my words! Shiny! :O Very nice Limey!

And Sundae you are as juicy as a plum :) Anyone would be lucky to pick you!

I got my car back after a week of no car. I am happy. :)

Taking a day off.

ditto

Jan's thinking of doing a masters at my uni, so when I went in for my office hour today, the two J's were in the foyer for the open day. We had a coffee together and a natter before I went to the office and they went off for the funding talk.

was kind of nice seeing them on my turf so to speak. Made all the nicer by the way lots of people coming through the foyer said cheery hallos to me.

One of those 'yes, this is where I belong' moments :P

Mind you...this is in theory the last year of my PhD...no idea what I'll do after. So...may not belong for very much longer lol

Going home today. Wheels up in a few hours. I'm tired, sad; my aunt died. But I did my best for her and my uncle and my mom and that makes me happy.

Knowing I'll see Twil and the rest of my family in a few hours makes me very happy.

Well done V. You did right by your people.

*hugs*

Safe trip home hon.

Goodbye to Denver

Come on SEATTLE!!!

Wrote a midterm yesterday that I'd honestly thought I couldn't manage. It wasn't my best work but I got it done. Small victories. Two more to go this week. (That prospect isn't making me happy but ... one half-day at a time. What would make me truly, deliriously happy: a good night's sleep.)

Diz is eating again.
He's more lively.
And HE DID A POO!

I think he is on the mend.
Really wish I could have taken him to the vet, but it does look like it was just a bug.
Need to start a Diz Welfare Fund (ha ha ha - me saving!) so I never have this worry again.

Also had my scan today.
Don't get the results until next Thursday.
But at least it's out of the way.
She proper jabbed it in under my ribcage though. Ouch.

Well done, V. Did what you had to.
Ditto, Ortho, just in a different way.

Glad to hear that Diz is on the mend, Sundae. I hope your scan results next week are good. Any chance of you posting more of your excellent menus and even a few recipes? I don't have enough energy yet to cook at night but reading your healthy menus keeps me looking forward to it.

@V, a wearing week but important and well done. You must be glad to be home.

You know what they call the woman who graduates at the top of her class?
Doctor.

You what they call the woman who graduates at the bottom of her class?
Doctor.

If they gave handicaps for chemo brain on papers and exams I'm sure you'd have aced it.

Has anyone told you you're absolutely fucking amazing, lately? :corn:

Thank you, foot and Bruce ... I don't feel amazing, just so exhausted that I could lie down on the floor and go to sleep at any given moment. Except at night, when I lie awake staring at the ceiling until sunrise! Chemo definitely messes with Circadian rhythm. But thanks for your encouragement; it's been a disheartening few weeks. One half-day at a time.