LeoAutodidact, in response to your message a couple of pages back. Sadly there was enough damage to the building that it displaced 18 family units including mine. Thankfully no one was hurt, a lot of STUFF was lost, but the really important things (the lives of people and pets) were saved.
The damages and upset have been enough to make my mate and I completely reevaluate our lives though and when all is said and done, we honestly believe that the fire was the best thing to happen to US specifically.
It’s motivated us to make some very, very needed and long overdue changes in our lives, and it’s brought my mate and I much closer together than we were before and got us focused in the right direction. Not that my mate and I weren’t close, but it really brought home what was most important to us and gave us a lot of clarity.
For every door that closes, they say another one opens. We are not wasting the opportunities that this newly opened door has given us. I only hope that everyone else has found the silver lining in this very upsetting dark storm cloud.
Brig, things are not quite back in order yet, but we are adjusting and we at least are getting back on the right path. Thanks much for the warm welcome back. 🙂
Gramy… I am glad that things are looking up for you… I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and there is good that comes from seemingly bad things. I am glad that you have found the good in your situation. I hope that things continue to come full circle. Smiles!
Robert… Toyo is a kind of straw made from shellacked rice paper in Japan. It is also slang for a vehicle that appears to be on its last leg but in actuality, will run forever.
Mary… Twinkie has a history of “finding a way into places” and returning from “exile” … we’ll just have to see what happens here, yah?
Pete… Yay! I’m glad you didn’t see this one coming. There’s lots more on tap.
Oh, I’m sure Twinkie will make it back. You can’t keep a cat THAT evil (or is he just misunderstood?) out of the way for very long. As he said before…he just needs to follow the smell of linseed oil and sardines, then he’ll be back tormenting Randie like usual.
Uncool! If you want to get rid of a cat, but don’t want kill it, DON’T take it out in the woods. Forests are full of critters that would be happy to eat a cat. And if you do want to kill it there are more humane ways. (Just don’t tell us.)
Deja…If Twinkie wasn’t already scared of raccoons, I would have wagered he would have started recruiting minions for his takeover of Randie’s place…(well, there ARE squirrels around…Hmmmmm).
Deja Moo… agreed! It is NOT cool to dump animals. Twinkie is an urban cat. What trials might he endure in the wilderness? I disagree with the sushi chef person’s idea of how to get rid of an unwanted trash bin guest. I, myself, can’t bring myself to use mice traps in my own house… (because my darn cat MOUSE brings them in!) … I use the “Tin Cat.”
Jon… Stay away from squirrels! Don’t enlist their help in anyway! They will take over any operation. Wily buggers.
I sympathesize and understand about “Re-Evaluation” I’ve been collection a “Library” (Books, Music, Movies, Etc.) for decades and was looking forward to using my “Retirement” to “put all the pieces together.” Then my diagnosis came and I’m suddenly looking at Months, not Years, left; and how best to use them.
So the most of the Books, etc. are being listed on AMAZON and I’m hoping that they’ll find appreciative homes. As far as the few I’m keeping, it’s mostly as references for the writing I’m desperately trying to finish, before I’M finished. The good thing is that as I’m a “solo” I’ve no dependents or descendents. Given my faulty Genetics, this is a GOOD thing for the Species.
In that vein, I have looked at my “better dead” list, but it’s not like back in the 1930’s when one person COULD have made the world a better place by “Retiring” a couple of the more interesting Dictators. As my physical capabilities have been degraded by my Cancer I really am not up to any kind a “action” anymore anyway.
So other than a few “interesting” ideas, I’ll be leaving a pretty clean slate behind.
“The Game of Life is always called on account of Darkness.” -Lazarus Long
LeoAutodidact, I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis. As someone who has a strong probability of the dread disease (it runs in my family heavily, my mother is a survivor, I lost my older brother to despair due to a terminal diagnosis, and just recently lost an uncle to it.) I can only say don’t automatically accept what the doctors say about your lifespan; it ain’t over till it’s over.
I have met folks who were only given weeks to live who refused to accept the diagnosis and beat it, (one of those was still kicking 10 years after his original conversation with the doctor who told him he needed to get his affairs in order because all they could do for him was make him comfortable.)
All of those survivors said that their survival had to do with their outlook on it. They refused to give up and kept a positive attitude. I have even heard a story about one fellow who got the “You have approximately one or two weeks left” who decided to go out laughing.
He collected all of his favorite comedies and locked himself away and just started watching them. After about a month he went back to the doctor to ask why he was still alive and when they scanned him his cancer was completely gone. The doctors claimed a spontaneous remission for unknown reasons, he claimed it was the laughter.
I do understand that as the pain and weakness of the illness takes it’s toll, it can be much harder to keep a positive attitude, but the moment you give up is when you lose the battle. Some folks are beating their cancer with a simple change in diet alone, look up a movie called “The Food Cure”.
Leo… I am at a loss… I can only offer my hugs (virtual) and hope that you find sunshine here on this site. My dad died of brain cancer, and it was difficult to watch someone who was very capable in life lesson away.
I agree with Gramy on the benefits of laughter. There is a reason they say that laughter is the best medicine. Laughter may not extend your life (although it might)… but it will give you quality of life. I don’t mean to sound Pollyanna and I don’t mean to sound all lecture-y… but where your mind goes, so will your heart.
I will pray for a miracle diagnosis… Now I don’t wish to push anything on anyone, I am not like that… but I do believe in God’s miracles and I will hold you in my thoughts and prayers. Smiles upon you, Leo. And thank you for sharing.
LeoAutodidact I’m so sorry to hear about your diagnosis. We each have our own cross to bear. I had a miscarriage this spring at 11 weeks, my first pregnancy and I’m happy to report I’m currently 13 weeks pregnant and this baby is due next spring. I keep noticing the symetry of it all as the due date is very close to the day I miscarried.
I agree with Grammy & Brig that having a positive attitude helps. Unfortunetly everyone of us has been touched by cancer. I wish you the best of luck for a miracle diagnosis and that you go peacefully no matter when it will be your time to leave this earth. I’m sending you virtual positive vibes and hugs.
Eprinc…. I am sorry that you had a lost pregnancy…. It was, I’m sure devastating… And it makes this one all the more precious…your child will be loved and cherished. Hugs.
Jack… Imma cat person, also, too. I don’t like seeing ANY animal suffer… even boogerhead ones.
Did you see the recent story about “Ugly” the neighborhood cat? It made me cry.
Eprinc… and your baby is most blessed. Love and belonging is a gift not all children receive.
Wait… did Twinky just get dumped off in the woods… with a bit of fish?
LeoAutodidact, in response to your message a couple of pages back. Sadly there was enough damage to the building that it displaced 18 family units including mine. Thankfully no one was hurt, a lot of STUFF was lost, but the really important things (the lives of people and pets) were saved.
The damages and upset have been enough to make my mate and I completely reevaluate our lives though and when all is said and done, we honestly believe that the fire was the best thing to happen to US specifically.
It’s motivated us to make some very, very needed and long overdue changes in our lives, and it’s brought my mate and I much closer together than we were before and got us focused in the right direction. Not that my mate and I weren’t close, but it really brought home what was most important to us and gave us a lot of clarity.
For every door that closes, they say another one opens. We are not wasting the opportunities that this newly opened door has given us. I only hope that everyone else has found the silver lining in this very upsetting dark storm cloud.
Brig, things are not quite back in order yet, but we are adjusting and we at least are getting back on the right path. Thanks much for the warm welcome back. 🙂
Toyo ho, huh? Ta ta.
Well, if the cat investigates the fish, you can drive off before it jumps back on the truck.
Nice! I love an unexpected twist. I had been expecting him to be not-a-bad guy. And he wasn’t. But his solution was not what I thought it would be.
Gramy… I am glad that things are looking up for you… I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and there is good that comes from seemingly bad things. I am glad that you have found the good in your situation. I hope that things continue to come full circle. Smiles!
Robert… Toyo is a kind of straw made from shellacked rice paper in Japan. It is also slang for a vehicle that appears to be on its last leg but in actuality, will run forever.
Mary… Twinkie has a history of “finding a way into places” and returning from “exile” … we’ll just have to see what happens here, yah?
Pete… Yay! I’m glad you didn’t see this one coming. There’s lots more on tap.
Oh, I’m sure Twinkie will make it back. You can’t keep a cat THAT evil (or is he just misunderstood?) out of the way for very long. As he said before…he just needs to follow the smell of linseed oil and sardines, then he’ll be back tormenting Randie like usual.
I’m loving this twinkie story arc. Maybe Grace will look for him?
Glad to hear you’re ok Grammy Pashakitty 🙂
Now Twinkie’s “Incredible Journey” will include his new comrades, Freddie the Festering Fish and Tiberius the Terrible Tapeworm.
Jon… Ha ha! Yes, linseed oil and sardines will lead you right to Randie’s door! And I suppose, evil is subjective.
Ep… Smiles! I am very happy that this story is making people smile.
Dada… ugh… tapeworms! Belcht!
Thanks much Eprinc, yup, we are survivors… we will make it through the storm to see the bright sunny day just on the other side. 😀
Uncool! If you want to get rid of a cat, but don’t want kill it, DON’T take it out in the woods. Forests are full of critters that would be happy to eat a cat. And if you do want to kill it there are more humane ways. (Just don’t tell us.)
Deja…If Twinkie wasn’t already scared of raccoons, I would have wagered he would have started recruiting minions for his takeover of Randie’s place…(well, there ARE squirrels around…Hmmmmm).
Deja Moo… agreed! It is NOT cool to dump animals. Twinkie is an urban cat. What trials might he endure in the wilderness? I disagree with the sushi chef person’s idea of how to get rid of an unwanted trash bin guest. I, myself, can’t bring myself to use mice traps in my own house… (because my darn cat MOUSE brings them in!) … I use the “Tin Cat.”
Jon… Stay away from squirrels! Don’t enlist their help in anyway! They will take over any operation. Wily buggers.
Gramy Pashakitty,
I sympathesize and understand about “Re-Evaluation” I’ve been collection a “Library” (Books, Music, Movies, Etc.) for decades and was looking forward to using my “Retirement” to “put all the pieces together.” Then my diagnosis came and I’m suddenly looking at Months, not Years, left; and how best to use them.
So the most of the Books, etc. are being listed on AMAZON and I’m hoping that they’ll find appreciative homes. As far as the few I’m keeping, it’s mostly as references for the writing I’m desperately trying to finish, before I’M finished. The good thing is that as I’m a “solo” I’ve no dependents or descendents. Given my faulty Genetics, this is a GOOD thing for the Species.
In that vein, I have looked at my “better dead” list, but it’s not like back in the 1930’s when one person COULD have made the world a better place by “Retiring” a couple of the more interesting Dictators. As my physical capabilities have been degraded by my Cancer I really am not up to any kind a “action” anymore anyway.
So other than a few “interesting” ideas, I’ll be leaving a pretty clean slate behind.
“The Game of Life is always called on account of Darkness.” -Lazarus Long
LeoAutodidact, I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis. As someone who has a strong probability of the dread disease (it runs in my family heavily, my mother is a survivor, I lost my older brother to despair due to a terminal diagnosis, and just recently lost an uncle to it.) I can only say don’t automatically accept what the doctors say about your lifespan; it ain’t over till it’s over.
I have met folks who were only given weeks to live who refused to accept the diagnosis and beat it, (one of those was still kicking 10 years after his original conversation with the doctor who told him he needed to get his affairs in order because all they could do for him was make him comfortable.)
All of those survivors said that their survival had to do with their outlook on it. They refused to give up and kept a positive attitude. I have even heard a story about one fellow who got the “You have approximately one or two weeks left” who decided to go out laughing.
He collected all of his favorite comedies and locked himself away and just started watching them. After about a month he went back to the doctor to ask why he was still alive and when they scanned him his cancer was completely gone. The doctors claimed a spontaneous remission for unknown reasons, he claimed it was the laughter.
I do understand that as the pain and weakness of the illness takes it’s toll, it can be much harder to keep a positive attitude, but the moment you give up is when you lose the battle. Some folks are beating their cancer with a simple change in diet alone, look up a movie called “The Food Cure”.
Leo… I am at a loss… I can only offer my hugs (virtual) and hope that you find sunshine here on this site. My dad died of brain cancer, and it was difficult to watch someone who was very capable in life lesson away.
I agree with Gramy on the benefits of laughter. There is a reason they say that laughter is the best medicine. Laughter may not extend your life (although it might)… but it will give you quality of life. I don’t mean to sound Pollyanna and I don’t mean to sound all lecture-y… but where your mind goes, so will your heart.
I will pray for a miracle diagnosis… Now I don’t wish to push anything on anyone, I am not like that… but I do believe in God’s miracles and I will hold you in my thoughts and prayers. Smiles upon you, Leo. And thank you for sharing.
LeoAutodidact I’m so sorry to hear about your diagnosis. We each have our own cross to bear. I had a miscarriage this spring at 11 weeks, my first pregnancy and I’m happy to report I’m currently 13 weeks pregnant and this baby is due next spring. I keep noticing the symetry of it all as the due date is very close to the day I miscarried.
I agree with Grammy & Brig that having a positive attitude helps. Unfortunetly everyone of us has been touched by cancer. I wish you the best of luck for a miracle diagnosis and that you go peacefully no matter when it will be your time to leave this earth. I’m sending you virtual positive vibes and hugs.
Eprinc…. I am sorry that you had a lost pregnancy…. It was, I’m sure devastating… And it makes this one all the more precious…your child will be loved and cherished. Hugs.
I’m a cat person and that cry a cat does when rising in a car breaks my heart. Poor Twink!
Thank you Brig. This baby is already loved and has two loving parents and four grandparents very excited to meet him or her.
Jack… Imma cat person, also, too. I don’t like seeing ANY animal suffer… even boogerhead ones.
Did you see the recent story about “Ugly” the neighborhood cat? It made me cry.
Eprinc… and your baby is most blessed. Love and belonging is a gift not all children receive.