Marilyn, How are you? Has your health gotten better? I pray it is. Having trouble with my B/S today. Some days are bad. Then you have to watch each bite of food. If I get upset, that's when I get a bad reading. Cold here today in tomorrow the weather report calls for a very bad cold day.Be so glad to see summer arrive. Take care Shonda ----- Original Message ----- From: <down-home-chatter-request@rootsweb.com> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 2:01 AM Subject: DOWN-HOME-CHATTER Digest, Vol 4, Issue 17 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. THANK A LOT!! (MARILYN/DON RICKMAN) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:38:50 -0600 > From: "MARILYN/DON RICKMAN" <mdrick@centurytel.net> > Subject: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] THANK A LOT!! > To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <6A1E153E3228427D9735199ABCA950AB@your4f1261a8e5> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > >> I just want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the >> past >> year. I am totally messed up now and have little chance of recovery. >> >> I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel or >> have >> them put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria >> on >> the lemon peel. >> >> I can't use the remote in a hotel room because I don't know what the last >> person was doin g while flipping through the adult movie channels. >> >> I can't sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what >> has >> happened on it since it was last washed. >> >> I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because >> the >> number one pastime while driving alone is picking ones nose (although >> cell >> phone usage may be taking the number one spot). >> >> Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine >> how many gallons of trans fats I have consumed over the years. >> >> I can't touch any woman's purse for fear she has placed it on the floor >> of a >> public bathroom. >> >> I MUST SEND MY SPECIAL THANKS to whoever sent me the one about poop in >> the >> glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every >> envelope >> that needs sealing. >> >> ALSO, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same >> reason. >> >> I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny >> Brown) >> who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time. >> >> I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive >> the >> $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOLare sending me for participating >> in >> their special e-mail program. >> >> I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out >> for me, and St. Theresa's Novena has granted my every wish. >> >> I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant >> freaks with no eyes or feathers. >> >> I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a >> water >> buffalo on a hot day. >> >> THANKS TO YOU I have learned that my prayers only get answer ed if I >> forward >> an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes. >> >> BECAUSE OF YOUR CONCERN, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can >> remove >> toilet stains. >> >> I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the >> car >> so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas. >> >> I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these >> products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans. >> >> I no longer use Saran Wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer. >> >> AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW I can't boil a cup of water in the >> microwave >> anymore because it will blow up in my face... disfiguring me for life. >> >> I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be >> pricked >> with a needle infected with AIDS. >> >> I no longer go to shopping mal ls because someone will drug me with a >> perfume >> sample and rob me. >> >> I no longer receive packages from UPS or Fed Ex since they are actually >> Al >> Qaeda in disguise. >> >> I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our >> American troops or the Salvation Army. >> >> I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a >> number >> for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica , Uganda , >> Singapore >> , and Uzbekistan . >> >> I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have >> their >> recipe. >> >> THANKS TO YOU I can't use anyo ne's toilet but mine because a big brown >> African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when >> it >> bites my butt. >> >> AND THANKS TO YOUR GREAT ADVICE I can't ever pick up $5.00 dropped in >> the >> parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester >> waiting >> underneath my car to grab my leg. >> >> I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas >> companies! >> >> I can't d o any gardening because I'm afraid I'll get bitten by the brown >> recluse and my hand will fall off. >> >> If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 >> minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 p.m. >> tomorrow afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, >> causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it >> actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's >> ex-mother-in-law's >> second h usband's cousin's beautician . . >> >> Oh, by the way..... >> >> A German scientist from Argentina , after a lengthy study, has discovered >> that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their >> hand on the mouse. >> >> Don't bother taking it off now, it's too late > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DOWN-HOME-CHATTER list administrator, send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DOWN-HOME-CHATTER mailing list, send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of DOWN-HOME-CHATTER Digest, Vol 4, Issue 17 > ************************************************ > >

I feel some better but still not on top of the hill. The heart dr. seemed to be sure my blood loss wasn't anything related to my heart, which is good. I am still waiting for them to call me about the upper & lower scopes. My B/P seems to do pretty good unless I get real upset. Maybe someday they will find out why my Hemoglobin keeps dropping. It is 20 here right now & suppose to get bitterly cold for the next 3 days. Down to the single digits. BURR I'll just stay inside & eat Home Made Vegetable Beef Soup. I was ready for Spring 6 weeks ago. LOL Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "shonda dukes" <sdukes@vci.net> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] DOWN-HOME-CHATTER Digest, Vol 4, Issue 17 > Marilyn, How are you? Has your health gotten better? I pray it is. Having > trouble with my B/S today. Some days are bad. Then you have to watch each > bite of food. If I get upset, that's when I get a bad reading. Cold here > today in tomorrow the weather report calls for a very bad cold day.Be so > glad to see summer arrive. > Take care Shonda