You might want to try one tomato plant in a container. Not too much work, and if you keep it watered & fertilized you should get a good yield. My dad & step mother grow tomatoes & herbs in pots. Their tomatoes were great last year. I gave my dad 2 artichokes in pots last year on father's day. They survived the winter in the garage and are about a foot tall now. Hope to have some artichokes this year. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:memory-lane- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Louise Valine > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ML] Gardens and back yards > > The kids and I planted potatoes one year. We didn't know what the heck we > were doing but we did have some. Don't know what they were, but progress. > Our ground isn't really good hear. Some really hard. We have planted carots > and really strange looking ones. Ground to hard I think. You have alot of > energy when it is going in, then the summer comes on 100-110. Not so much fun > then and the weeds grow. It was my husband and I the last garden and there > were more weeds than produce. So no more, I have thought some times of > planting in a container on the deck and i could just take care of it. But then > re-think it maybe no. Just running out of energy I guess. I look at the other > ladies my age and usually they are sitting on their butt, no yard work or any > thing,Going to lunch, Enjoying there later years. Usually husband gone. > And here I am, husband with damentia, some days good and some days bad. > Mowing and all. Oh -Oh, I feel tired coming on again. > Kids out yesterday helping us. Tractor not working again so, mowing down some > of the grass in the field with the riding lawnmower. Then cut off some of the > branches hanging down on the black walnut trees because Kenneth doesn't > realize they are there I guess. They are blooming and I gathered them up and > in the wheel barell, well of course a warm day and I was sweating and before I > came in I realized my arms were really broke out and itching. So into the > shower wash hair and every thing, clothes in the washer. Hayfever worse this > year. Hadn't had it for a long time, but starting up again. > I used to get it really bad have to lay down with a cold cloth on my head and > eyes. > But thought I was out growing it. So just hope it isn't going to get any > worse. But my eyes are sure itching. > Well have to get busy. Not really griping, just one of those days. Every one > enjoy the summer coming on. > A couple of my grandchildren are at the BMX bicycle races in Oregon this week > end and it was 24 degrees. Darn can't think of the name of the town. > North of Bend, after I send this I will remember. Oh well. They were going to > be glad to get back to Ca. Then he is having a problem with the reer end of > the pickup. Noises, of course on a wing and a prayer money wise. Of course > grandma has to worry until they get home. > > Louise in northern ca. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 9:26 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] Gardens and back yards > > > > Potatoes need to be planted real early...so you're late already! I found > > a leftover fingerling potato lying on top of the ground, and > > sprouting..from last summer ! Don't know why it didn't freeze and ruin. > > The tops can get killed back by early frost and still grow again...I have > > a bag of heavily sprouted potatoes I plan to plant somehow..Maybe lay > > them on top of the ground in an out of the way garden spot and keep them > > mulched. The potatoes will stay on top of the ground, so easy to rake the > > mulch off and pick up. Not as heavy a harvest, but labor saving...Jeannie > > T > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:06:39 -0400 "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> > > writes: > >> I tried to grow potatoes last year in a bin in compost. The plants > >> were > >> healthy and vigorous, but > >> I only got about a dozen tiny potatoes. I'm thinking they didn't > >> have a > >> long enough growing season > >> so I hope to plant them earlier this year. > >> > >> Lisa > >> > >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Refinance Now 2.75% FIXED > > No cost and no fee mortgage! No SSN rqd. Free quote in minutes. 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Doug: always glad to hear from you. Sincerely hope Sherry gets some quality time for a change, and things improve for both of you. Don't be a stranger. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Crim To: memory-lane Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [ML] A lazy Sunday Hello Shirley..... I want to thank you and everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Sherry is doing so-so... I hate to bore everyone with our woes but here is an update. I'm not certain the last bit of news I've sent to the group, so if I am repeating myself, I apologize. Since Christmas, Sherry has lost close to seventy pounds. Yes, that's a lot especially for a gal that was maybe 20 lbs overweight. What happened was that the chemo drugs caused sores in her mouth, which made it impossible for her to eat. Finally, one day in the office of the Oncologist, I raised hell. I loved that they were keeping her cancer at bay but that I was tired of watching her starve to death. The doctor agreed to cut her chemo drug by fifty percent. Almost immediately, the sores began to clear up and she began to eat again. Sometime next month we'll do more scans and will learn the status of the cancer. Sometime in January, Sherry underwent surgery to remove the Gall bladder. Again, her appetite improved... about three weeks later, she began to develop severe pain in her abdomen....soooooooooo, in mid-March, she was hospitalized for a week while they tried to figure that out. As it turned out, she had a kink in her small intestine, which called for more surgery. Since then, she has shown improvement. She is eating a tiny bit better and is slowly regaining her strength. Week before last, she actually gained two pounds which made her sooooooo happy... Last week, she lost four! <sigh> That, my friends is the latest. Thank you for listening. Gardens seem to be the hot topic of late. Now, I'm the first to confess that I am not a gardener. Although we will not have a garden this year, I did buy a couple of tomato plants 'cuz it just ain't Spring without tomato plants. lol There has been a lot of discussion about planting potatoes....Agan, I'm not gardener but I will tell of an experiment an ex-BIL did a few years ago He planted potatoes in two small above ground planters. Think "Square foot gardens"...He planted his cuttings and when the plant began to grow, he would spread more dirt on top.... let them grow some more and then add more dirt. The end result was that he had an amazing amount of potatoes from those two little plots. The more dirt he added provided more dirt for the plan to make more seed/taters. I found her experiment absolutely amazing... Hope this helps.. Gotta go and finish my taxes... lol The Dougster :-)*** On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Shirley Sullivan <[email protected]>wrote: > Good Morning > > > I want Doug to know I am thinking of him and Sherry, I have been thinking > of you guys for a few days now. I have no words of wisdom for you, all I > can say is hang in there, just think of today, not tomorrow, it will come > soon enough. There are so many of us praying for you, I am surprised that > airplanes can find space, with all the prayers flying up. We are all here > for you, if you need us. > > > I am planning on a lazy day today, it's over cast, a little on the cool > side, they say maybe ?? a few showers tomorrow morning . Maybe I'll curl up > with a good book, and make a easy dinner. > > > Robert, your probable getting a little anxious about now, you are in my > prayers, I know everything will go well with your surgery. When ever you > get a chance, let us know how your doing ? > > > Have a good Sunday everyone !!! > > > Sully in cloudy California > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I use paper plates whenever I can too. But there aren’t any nice holders. I think I have some wicker ones hidden away somewhere. The operative word is “hidden.” Are these chargers? I have to laugh at all the pot roast going around. We just polished off the last of the one I cooked 2 days ago. I bought an electric pressure cooker recently, wasn’t there a discussion of that here not too long ago? Anyway, that’s what I used to cook my pot roast. Connie Buy a good Crock pot, a supply of liner bags, and a recipe book on Slo cook meals. { You might also get a kids or bachelor type cook book.}While cooking breakfast load the 'dinner' in the pot and set it on low. Cereal for breakfast, or oatmeal with sliced banana...I like about 3 or 4 crumbled crackers on top. Build your own sandwiches /soup for lunch...Eat supper, remove bag from pot and refrigerate leftovers in it or throw it out... I use heavy duty paper plates on nice holders...for everyday. Hubby said he'd rather do that than wash dishes ...Little conference we had when HE retired...Told him I was retiring too...I still do a lions share of the cooking, but he can make us sandwiches , heat up soup, Nuke a big sweet potato for a snack, etc {serve cut in half with butter and sugar on it...etc...} Biscuits.....Have found a great way to make them. Put some self rising flour in a mixing bowl, add a little oil, milk to make a soft dough, and drop gobs of it into a small buttered skillet. Flatten out with spoon...Cover, low heat for maybe 5 minutes..Turn over to brown on the other side...tastes as good as regular biscuits to us and takes maybe 10 minutes, tops. I use 2 small skillets, and the dough is spread out well. When it's browned on both sides I slice in half and butter it. Eat with your favorite jam..Mine is black raspberry, but current jar is chunky apricot. Yum ! Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I have been thinking about cooking and recipes, you know your Recipe > file ?? Those little tabs that label what kind of recipe it is ??? > Well I have been thinking about new recipe labels, "EASY TO MAKE", > "EVEN EASIER TO MAKE", "NO EFFORT AT ALL" and than finely "ONLY WHEN > THEY MAKE ME". It would be a lot easier if I could just make dinner > in the morning, when I am not so tired. It's really the combination > of having to clean up the kitchen after the cooking (you really > didn't really want to make in the first place) and your even more > tired now, than before you cooked, that is so tiresome. After I DO > clean up the kitchen, I come back and there is my husband sound > asleep in his chair. It's women's work, and always has been women's > work, always will be women's work !!! ( no matter what they say > about sharing the chores, they are lying) I only know one man that > likes to do the dishes, and he's a bit off !!! and I am not sure if > it isn't because he likes to be with the ladies, if y! > ou know what I mean !!! I'll let this go for now, I need to think of > something easy to make for breakfast, if I could just warm up left > overs from last nights dinner, oh how sweet that would be !!!! > > > Sully, in Cloudy California ____________________________________________________________ Woman is 60 But Looks 25 Mom publishes simple facelift trick that angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/516ce0bad469c60ba398est03duc http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well I hope to get them in earlier this year. I have potatoes that are sprouted and ready to go, I just have to decide where to put the bin. Last year I had it inside of my fenced garden - will probably do the same. I'll have to get out there and get them planted. Our weather is usually not warm enough to plant things before May, although things like peas & lettuce should be fine. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:memory-lane- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ML] Gardens and back yards > > Potatoes need to be planted real early...so you're late already! I found a > leftover fingerling potato lying on top of the ground, and sprouting..from > last summer ! Don't know why it didn't freeze and ruin. > The tops can get killed back by early frost and still grow again...I have a > bag of heavily sprouted potatoes I plan to plant somehow..Maybe lay them on > top of the ground in an out of the way garden spot and keep them mulched. The > potatoes will stay on top of the ground, so easy to rake the mulch off and > pick up. Not as heavy a harvest, but labor saving...Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:06:39 -0400 "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> > writes: > > I tried to grow potatoes last year in a bin in compost. The plants > > were healthy and vigorous, but I only got about a dozen tiny potatoes. > > I'm thinking they didn't have a long enough growing season so I hope > > to plant them earlier this year. > > > > Lisa

With all of you on the cooking, never cared about it. When I was in High School Home Ec. hated it, already knew how to sew and didn't want to cook the stuff we had to. I really wanted to learn to weld and do woodwork but in those years girls couldn't take those classes they were for boys. Wouldn't let girls take science till we threw a big enough fit. My husband was from Louisiana and he and his family lived to cook and eat. His sister was a great cook and loved to. Of course when she had a job and kids they had a lady that came in and took care of the kids, cleaned, and got meals most of the time. After she retired they would come visit as I was going to work she would want to know what we would have that evening I never worried til I got home. After a couple of visits she cooked a bunch of her southern cooking and brought it. She got to cook what she liked, my husband got his kind of food I didn't have to cook. I never seasoned things enough. The months before he died he would think he wanted something in particular I would fix it and then he couldn't eat it or just a few bites. It was hard on him because he had always loved to eat. Now I eat mostly fruit and veggies. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Shirley Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > I feel the same as you gals do, I have cooked over 50 years also, I have just gotten tired of cooking everyday. I too try and make a dinner, that can be turned into 2 or maybe 3 dinners, by warming up for a couple of nights. There are times I like to cook, but those are getting fewer and far between. I have even put in sandwich's on our menu for dinner some times, like home made Chicken Salad, or Egg salad, also I like a home made Rubin, made with Deli. Corned Beef. > > > My son who was in Lebanon is coming for dinner tomorrow night, he is bringing all the photo's he's taken and is going to share with us, some of what he did, and the photo's he took He is not married at this time, so he looks forward to a home cooked meal, so I will make one of his favorites, Pot Roast, I like a meal that can be cooked in one pot, and again I will have left overs for another meal. > > > I have a friend who has never liked to cook, she told me the other day, she gets up, makes the coffee, than it hits her "what am I going to make for dinner tonight"? Oh she really hates to cook, she had a by-pass heart surgery two years ago, and her doctor doesn't want her to sit around and just read, so her husband makes her shop with him and cook almost every night. > I would kick that doctor to the curb if I were her. > > > Sully, still cloudy in California !!! > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

oh boy, I think we are all the same. I like the pot roast idea. Every thing in 1 pot. I was just thinking today I used to get a 7 bone roast, it was maybe a good 2 inches thick and covered the bottom of an electric frying pan. Add potatoes and carrots and there was your meal. There were 6 of us and had plenty. Now something like that, I havn't seen one for some time, but would probably be at least 10 dollars now or more. I think they must call it something else now. I have lots of receipes but have a hard time to figure out what to cook. Morning have to think whats for dinner as to defrost things. Some times I can think of lots and other times it is just nothing. My husband doesn't understand why it should be such a problem. Living in the country at least 10 miles in and back if you forget to get things to have on hand. One time I was coming down the driveway after working all day and saw that Ken's sister and husband had arrived. So I knew that would be over night and dinner. I was in luck that time had cooked a ham on the week end so of course left overs. Brother in law always liked baking powder biscuits. So through that together with jam, and enjoyed. We could have gone out to eat, but it is more comfortable at home and you can just visit and relax. I sure do miss them. But just hate to cook any more. Some times we have breakfast at night. Have a good pancake receipe, If I have bacon that is good and fix eggs. Once a week isn't going to hurt at this age. Getting old just isn't easy when you do alot of other things. right now more outside. The iside really needs work right now. Supposed to be really windy tomorrow so I think inside. We had to go looking for tractor parts today. So inside work tomorrow. Especially with 45 mi. an hour wind predicted. Every one be careful with all their planting. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Sullivan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 2:55 PM Subject: [ML] Tired of Cooking >I feel the same as you gals do, I have cooked over 50 years also, I have >just gotten tired of cooking everyday. I too try and make a dinner, that >can be turned into 2 or maybe 3 dinners, by warming up for a couple of >nights. There are times I like to cook, but those are getting fewer and far >between. I have even put in sandwich's on our menu for dinner some times, >like home made Chicken Salad, or Egg salad, also I like a home made Rubin, >made with Deli. Corned Beef. > > > My son who was in Lebanon is coming for dinner tomorrow night, he is > bringing all the photo's he's taken and is going to share with us, some of > what he did, and the photo's he took He is not married at this time, so he > looks forward to a home cooked meal, so I will make one of his favorites, > Pot Roast, I like a meal that can be cooked in one pot, and again I will > have left overs for another meal. > > > I have a friend who has never liked to cook, she told me the other day, > she gets up, makes the coffee, than it hits her "what am I going to make > for dinner tonight"? Oh she really hates to cook, she had a by-pass heart > surgery two years ago, and her doctor doesn't want her to sit around and > just read, so her husband makes her shop with him and cook almost every > night. > I would kick that doctor to the curb if I were her. > > > Sully, still cloudy in California !!! > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I feel the same as you gals do, I have cooked over 50 years also, I have just gotten tired of cooking everyday. I too try and make a dinner, that can be turned into 2 or maybe 3 dinners, by warming up for a couple of nights. There are times I like to cook, but those are getting fewer and far between. I have even put in sandwich's on our menu for dinner some times, like home made Chicken Salad, or Egg salad, also I like a home made Rubin, made with Deli. Corned Beef. My son who was in Lebanon is coming for dinner tomorrow night, he is bringing all the photo's he's taken and is going to share with us, some of what he did, and the photo's he took He is not married at this time, so he looks forward to a home cooked meal, so I will make one of his favorites, Pot Roast, I like a meal that can be cooked in one pot, and again I will have left overs for another meal. I have a friend who has never liked to cook, she told me the other day, she gets up, makes the coffee, than it hits her "what am I going to make for dinner tonight"? Oh she really hates to cook, she had a by-pass heart surgery two years ago, and her doctor doesn't want her to sit around and just read, so her husband makes her shop with him and cook almost every night. I would kick that doctor to the curb if I were her. Sully, still cloudy in California !!!

Quite some time ago I informed my husband that having cooking 3 meals a day for a family of 10 for over 50 plus years I was resigning only cooking full meals in the eve when I wanted too. So far it has worked. Still cook but not big meals. Just trying to figure out what to cook was overwhelming at times. Just a thought -----Original Message----- From: Connie Leaman Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 1:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ML] Monday You hit the nail on the head. I only enjoy cooking some of the time, and it’s mostly not 3 times a day! Since my husband has been on the disabled list (2 and a half years and counting) I’ve done it all. By the time the dinner dishes are done I am dragging and I’m still not finished with all I have to do. I do leftovers as often as possible but it still uses up plenty of dishes in the process. Connie I have been thinking about cooking and recipes, you know your Recipe file ?? Those little tabs that label what kind of recipe it is ??? Well I have been thinking about new recipe labels, "EASY TO MAKE", "EVEN EASIER TO MAKE", "NO EFFORT AT ALL" and than finely "ONLY WHEN THEY MAKE ME". It would be a lot easier if I could just make dinner in the morning, when I am not so tired. It's really the combination of having to clean up the kitchen after the cooking (you really didn't really want to make in the first place) and your even more tired now, than before you cooked, that is so tiresome. After I DO clean up the kitchen, I come back and there is my husband sound asleep in his chair. It's women's work, and always has been women's work, always will be women's work !!! ( no matter what they say about sharing the chores, they are lying) I only know one man that likes to do the dishes, and he's a bit off !!! and I am not sure if it isn't because he likes to be with the ladies, if y! ou know what I mean !!! I'll let this go for now, I need to think of something easy to make for breakfast, if I could just warm up left overs from last nights dinner, oh how sweet that would be !!!! Sully, in Cloudy California P.S. Do we really have to have dinner every night ???? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6246 - Release Date: 04/15/13

Glad to hear from you Doug, haven't heard from you for so long, was worried that you might have fallen off that tractor you love so much, hit your heard, and forgot about us all ?? I am beginning to think that life after a certain age is one trial after another. If your not battling some ailment or another, your other half is !!! They say "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". I think someone made that up, because they just couldn't explain how hard life is sometimes !! Sending love to you and sherry, keep up the good fight !!! It is gloomy and a little on the chilly side outside, doesn't put me in any kind of good mood ! Was up late last night, did fall asleep for about a hour, but than woke up and couldn't get back to sleep, my finger ached all night. I have been thinking about cooking and recipes, you know your Recipe file ?? Those little tabs that label what kind of recipe it is ??? Well I have been thinking about new recipe labels, "EASY TO MAKE", "EVEN EASIER TO MAKE", "NO EFFORT AT ALL" and than finely "ONLY WHEN THEY MAKE ME". It would be a lot easier if I could just make dinner in the morning, when I am not so tired. It's really the combination of having to clean up the kitchen after the cooking (you really didn't really want to make in the first place) and your even more tired now, than before you cooked, that is so tiresome. After I DO clean up the kitchen, I come back and there is my husband sound asleep in his chair. It's women's work, and always has been women's work, always will be women's work !!! ( no matter what they say about sharing the chores, they are lying) I only know one man that likes to do the dishes, and he's a bit off !!! and I am not sure if it isn't because he likes to be with the ladies, if you know what I mean !!! I'll let this go for now, I need to think of something easy to make for breakfast, if I could just warm up left overs from last nights dinner, oh how sweet that would be !!!! Sully, in Cloudy California P.S. Do we really have to have dinner every night ????

You hit the nail on the head. I only enjoy cooking some of the time, and it’s mostly not 3 times a day! Since my husband has been on the disabled list (2 and a half years and counting) I’ve done it all. By the time the dinner dishes are done I am dragging and I’m still not finished with all I have to do. I do leftovers as often as possible but it still uses up plenty of dishes in the process. Connie I have been thinking about cooking and recipes, you know your Recipe file ?? Those little tabs that label what kind of recipe it is ??? Well I have been thinking about new recipe labels, "EASY TO MAKE", "EVEN EASIER TO MAKE", "NO EFFORT AT ALL" and than finely "ONLY WHEN THEY MAKE ME". It would be a lot easier if I could just make dinner in the morning, when I am not so tired. It's really the combination of having to clean up the kitchen after the cooking (you really didn't really want to make in the first place) and your even more tired now, than before you cooked, that is so tiresome. After I DO clean up the kitchen, I come back and there is my husband sound asleep in his chair. It's women's work, and always has been women's work, always will be women's work !!! ( no matter what they say about sharing the chores, they are lying) I only know one man that likes to do the dishes, and he's a bit off !!! and I am not sure if it isn't because he likes to be with the ladies, if y! ou know what I mean !!! I'll let this go for now, I need to think of something easy to make for breakfast, if I could just warm up left overs from last nights dinner, oh how sweet that would be !!!! Sully, in Cloudy California P.S. Do we really have to have dinner every night ????

First of all, Shirley, have you tried hand warmers to help the pain in your hands? They have several different kinds, battery, shake, etc. Cold bothers my arthritis also, use a lot of Deep Heating muscle rub. Yesterday I took 3 of my grandkids, 2 boys 14 and 18, girl 18 to Woolaroc Museum and animal reserve near Bartlesville, OK. It was Frank Phillips country home, beautiful place, lots of Western and Indian art and artifacts. The boys spent lots time in the rooms that display all the guns. Granddaughter took lots of pictures of the flowers. We ALL climbed the tower to the observation deck. My legs tell me today it wasn’t a smart thing to do. Doug, I am going to keep layering with the potatoes in to water tank. Has anyone planted in wooden palettes? The north end of my garden has grass that just spreads when I till, so we put plastic down then the palettes and filled with dirt, will plant in the cracks. Hope it will also kill grass. I’ve got prom and wedding dresses to get done. Everyone have a good day. Pat

Hello Shirley..... I want to thank you and everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Sherry is doing so-so... I hate to bore everyone with our woes but here is an update. I'm not certain the last bit of news I've sent to the group, so if I am repeating myself, I apologize. Since Christmas, Sherry has lost close to seventy pounds. Yes, that's a lot especially for a gal that was maybe 20 lbs overweight. What happened was that the chemo drugs caused sores in her mouth, which made it impossible for her to eat. Finally, one day in the office of the Oncologist, I raised hell. I loved that they were keeping her cancer at bay but that I was tired of watching her starve to death. The doctor agreed to cut her chemo drug by fifty percent. Almost immediately, the sores began to clear up and she began to eat again. Sometime next month we'll do more scans and will learn the status of the cancer. Sometime in January, Sherry underwent surgery to remove the Gall bladder. Again, her appetite improved... about three weeks later, she began to develop severe pain in her abdomen....soooooooooo, in mid-March, she was hospitalized for a week while they tried to figure that out. As it turned out, she had a kink in her small intestine, which called for more surgery. Since then, she has shown improvement. She is eating a tiny bit better and is slowly regaining her strength. Week before last, she actually gained two pounds which made her sooooooo happy... Last week, she lost four! <sigh> That, my friends is the latest. Thank you for listening. Gardens seem to be the hot topic of late. Now, I'm the first to confess that I am not a gardener. Although we will not have a garden this year, I did buy a couple of tomato plants 'cuz it just ain't Spring without tomato plants. lol There has been a lot of discussion about planting potatoes....Agan, I'm not gardener but I will tell of an experiment an ex-BIL did a few years ago He planted potatoes in two small above ground planters. Think "Square foot gardens"...He planted his cuttings and when the plant began to grow, he would spread more dirt on top.... let them grow some more and then add more dirt. The end result was that he had an amazing amount of potatoes from those two little plots. The more dirt he added provided more dirt for the plan to make more seed/taters. I found her experiment absolutely amazing... Hope this helps.. Gotta go and finish my taxes... lol The Dougster :-)*** On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Shirley Sullivan <[email protected]>wrote: > Good Morning > > > I want Doug to know I am thinking of him and Sherry, I have been thinking > of you guys for a few days now. I have no words of wisdom for you, all I > can say is hang in there, just think of today, not tomorrow, it will come > soon enough. There are so many of us praying for you, I am surprised that > airplanes can find space, with all the prayers flying up. We are all here > for you, if you need us. > > > I am planning on a lazy day today, it's over cast, a little on the cool > side, they say maybe ?? a few showers tomorrow morning . Maybe I'll curl up > with a good book, and make a easy dinner. > > > Robert, your probable getting a little anxious about now, you are in my > prayers, I know everything will go well with your surgery. When ever you > get a chance, let us know how your doing ? > > > Have a good Sunday everyone !!! > > > Sully in cloudy California > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My son is home safe and sound, got a e-mail from his I-pod phone, he gets a chip to go in his phone, or something like a chip when he goes to a foreign country, different chips for different countries. That way he stays in contact with everyone, all his advisors and us his family too. He sent me all kinds of messages, and photo's he took with his phone to show me the beautiful country of Lebanon. I want to thank all of you for keeping him in your prayers, it meant a lot to me, for the safety of our son !! I believe in prayer, it is the our best weapon against EVIL. Barb, I have heard about that kind of foot pain, they have clinics out here for that very thing. Sounds just excruciating, you can't do much when your feet hurt, at least I can't. I can see why you have to lie down, with your buttocks hurting, your feet feeling like pins going through them, it almost seems like to much to bare. We go through a lot as we age, and our health isn't good. Oh Sopharia I am feeling your pain, I do the same thing, I'll be making something, not from a recipe, but from memory, when I am ready to put it in the oven, I am hoping upon hope I haven't forgotten something. My husband said I should write them down, or type them up on the computer, and check off each ingredient as I put it in, so as to not to forget something. I am thinking that's not a bad idea !! yesterday I made a meatloaf, I said to my husband I hope I haven't forgotten anything, he said check you recipe, I said I don't have a recipe, I made this one up from a lot of different meatloaf's I have made over the last fifty years. I put in the oven, and when dinner came, I ate it and said to myself, something is different !!! Guess what I forgot to put in ??? EGGS It seemed to be falling apart, oh well, I think I'll take my husbands advice !!! So your not the only one Sopharia. I am sorry to hear your in so much pain, it sounds unbearable. Pain is a terrible thing, wears me out, make me grumpy, I become a very disagreeable old women. I have a lot of arthritis in my hands, I have all kinds of lumps on my finger joints, my pinkie on my left hand has a big lump on the first joint from the tip of the finger, it has been aching for two days now, the finger is now at a slant to the right, soon it will touch the next finger. I believe the finger aching is because we are to get rain tomorrow, and the temperature is to dip too. I was taking Advil for the pain, but last time I saw the doctor, he said when my blood test came back, I had some liver damage, so I take Tylenol now, but yesterday morning, I woke up with a back ache, than I noticed the pain was right where my kidneys are. So I might have taken to much Tylenol the day before, so I have tried not to take anything today, but boy does my finger hurt, it aches all the time, the only thing that helps at all, is when I hold it under hot water, but than it only lasts a little while, and it's aching again. It not fun getting old !!! Sleep tight, Sweet Dreams everyone !! Sully

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YOU TOO ? I thought I was the only one ....Sure makes me want to lose a lot of weight...then my area of pain wouldn't be so much. *g* I keep on thinking about it......I actually feel blessed with a pain in the posterior only when I remember my two late sisters that had to take the strongest pain meds because they hurt all over all the time...Makes my problem minor...plus it doesn't hurt all the time...and it quits when I lie down on my heavily padded bed and read a book. This' princess and the pea disease 'is a curse all the females in my family have to bear..and a male or two....Sigh...Parts of my body hurt when poked or squeezed but not all the time...JneT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:33:18 -0400 Barbara Mangan <[email protected]> writes: > Sully, you are so funny and you always make my day. I can't wait to see what you posted. Talk on girl, talk on. I haven't been on a lot lately because of the fibromyalgia in my 'butt' muscles. OK guys, you can get off> the floor now. Seriously, the pain was so bad that I couldn't even sit, to hard to drive. I put some of this gel on that I have for arthritis and it helped a little bit. > Barb ____________________________________________________________ Unusual Sleep Trick Scientists in Boston have revealed a natural sleep formula that would have everyone talking. Try it tonight. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/516b8009ee92094b61st01duc

Barb it is okay to feel that way. I was in the hospital, for 2 yrs i have gained more and more weight I could't walk 2ft and the drs still don't know what causes they gave for fluid because everythingin me was floating Imean everywhere just knew I was going to drown. Istarted the med. and lost 45 pounds in 2 1/2. I still keep getting keep getting it but the med helps I am so tired of today I was making bread I forgotthe salt and whythat broke the straw so to speak and I sat and cried and cried. My knee is rubbing on bone but there again they want to replace but can't till the know what is causeing the fluid. On Apr 15, 2013 11:11 AM, "Barbara Mangan" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am really very very sad this year because I don't know how much planting > that I will be able to do. I love it and wait all year for spring and > summer to come around. Sadly, I have diabetic neuropathy in my feet and > they hurt all the time. Also, because I used to get on my tippytoes to > reach my plants, I injured the bottoms of my feet to the point that all > that is there now is a bone sticking out in the middle of each foot and > nothing but mosh on the sides of each foot. Extremely painful because I > land on these bones with every step I take. My diabetic shoes do nothing > for this pain. I wonder if some kind of operation would help? May inguire > about it. If I have to have this pain all the time sometimes I think > 'whats there for me. Kids prefer miserable (even after what he did) with > one or two exceptions, grandkids prefer him to. He shows his true self to > one of our kids and to one of the grandkids. He treats 3 of them > completely different then he does the others, he is so very nice to them > and speaks gently to them. The others he screams at. He has them fooled > and he plays them. Guess I am feeling sorry for my self and this is the > first time that I am. > Barb > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Barb potato's are a root crop thetgrow much like peanuts. The kids always love to get the peanuts. On Apr 15, 2013 10:57 AM, "Barbara Mangan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Marilyn, could you please send the info to me to? I bought a tomatoe plant > in a container last year and got 3 tomatoes. I would love container > planting because I have bad lousy dirt. Mostly clay. I used to get so > many cucumbers and tomatoes that I was giving them away like crazy. I > don't any more, tried changing area but didn't help. I bought, crap, I > can't think of the name but I got them at home depot. Very expensive and > very disappointing. Will try different brand this year. > Pat, how do you grow potatoes? One year I planted some and didn't get > anything. I told my mother and she said that they grow underground. Is > that right. > Barb > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Have to go now, butt muscles hurting a lot. Quit laughing. Barb

I am really very very sad this year because I don't know how much planting that I will be able to do. I love it and wait all year for spring and summer to come around. Sadly, I have diabetic neuropathy in my feet and they hurt all the time. Also, because I used to get on my tippytoes to reach my plants, I injured the bottoms of my feet to the point that all that is there now is a bone sticking out in the middle of each foot and nothing but mosh on the sides of each foot. Extremely painful because I land on these bones with every step I take. My diabetic shoes do nothing for this pain. I wonder if some kind of operation would help? May inguire about it. If I have to have this pain all the time sometimes I think 'whats there for me. Kids prefer miserable (even after what he did) with one or two exceptions, grandkids prefer him to. He shows his true self to one of our kids and to one of the grandkids. He treats 3 of them completely different then he does the others, he is so very nice to them and speaks gently to them. The others he screams at. He has them fooled and he plays them. Guess I am feeling sorry for my self and this is the first time that I am. Barb

Barb, As for potato planting after we till draw rows with the old push plow and drop them in, cover and let them grow(hopefully). Last year we had put out a lot of old alfalfa hay for mulch, it was still to deep to be able to till so just made holes with the hoe stuck potatoes in and pulled the hay back over them. They did pretty well for as dry as it was. they sure were clean. This year I have an old cow water tub that the bottom is no good in, put straw in it and potatoes in that just to see what happens. My granddaughter said she grew them in a pillowcase when she was in college. She went to a green college Warren Wilson at Ashville NC. On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Barbara Mangan <[email protected]> wrote: > Pat, how do you grow potatoes? One year I planted some and didn't get > anything. I told my mother and she said that they grow underground. Is > that right. > Barb > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message