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Hi Crazies

Thought I would check in and let everyone know that I'm still hanging in there. Actually some things never change. A nurse at the hospital yelled at me because I was making the monitoring machine beep. It was her fault, she had a bad attitude!

One more chemo treatment in 1-12 wedks then a Pet scan Aug 1st to see if we are doing any good.

MaryLou....I have lost most of my hair. Now I know how Jim feels everyday! LOL

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July.

Hi Crazies

Got some great news. Lynda and I are back together (actually never left). We are both very happy and thanks for all your kind thoughts and prayers.

Now for the not so good news. Was admitted to the hospital Tuesday morning with severe shortness of breath. They removed 1.6 liters of fluid from my right lung wall. Needless to say this made breathing much eazier. They did a CT scan and decovered cancer in my right lung, 3 ribs, 2 vertibre and the pelvic bone. Still waiting on test results to determine what type cancer it is. We will fight this and do what ever it takes to win. I'm very competitive and don't like to lose to anyone or any thing. I do like to stuff the deck to my advantage so any prayers will be appreciated. My Cruise Crazies friends are the best.

Hi Crazies Nice pleasant 1 hr and 10 min trip home tonight from work. It's only 25 miles. Sure going to miss that.

Andi....Yep, everthing has to go upstairs but that is not a problem. With my superior supervisory skills and the ability to point I'm sure everyone else can get eveything up stairs

Rose...Great picture

Ray...See you still can't slow down.

Tired of fightingthis computer. Have a great evening.

Hi Crazies

All is now ready for the move. Everthing has been arranged, truck leased, and I have more volunteers to help with the move than I have stuff to move. Lynda is happier than I have seen her in the last 7 month. (Doesn't do much for my macho side) Have lots of friends concerned about me so don't see too many problems adjusting. Condo is 900 sq ft upstairs with living room, bedroom, bath, kitchen and dinning area. Yes, the rooms a big with windows coving two sides so lots of light. Downstairs in a storage room, laundry room with washer and dryer and my garage with door opener. No looking for parking spots for this old guy!

Once I get movedd and an save back some more $ it is time for a new lap top. This one is 12 years old and bearly hanging in there.

Remember I'm still lurking.

Hi Crazzies

Happy Mother's Day to all the Crazie mothers out there.

Got one of my old computers working (kinda sorta) so I can get on line again. Also was smart enough to remove the old avatar but not smart enough to put in a new one. Will work on it.

Great weekend. Shelby, our middle grand daughter graduated from high school Friday night then they were all over to the house for Mother's Day. Lobster tail and steak. Not what a diabetic should be eating but under the present circumstances I needed it. Speaking of that. Signed a lease on a condo and will move out May 24th. Papers have gone to the lawyer. Still can't believe it but its time to move on.

Hope all had a great Mother's Day. You mom's have earned it.

Hi Crazies

Have been trying to make this post since last Saturday but just couldn't do it. After 35 years of marriage Lynda and I have decided to part ways. This was not a quick decision and we have been working to solve the problems for over 6 months but nothing has changed. Please pray that Lynda will be able to find whatever it is that will make her happy. Sorry guys, I will still be around. Thanks for all of you being our friends.

Jan....Congratulations on your new grandson.

MaryLou.....Glad you finally go the tent thing worked out. Also, a new dishwasher. Busy day.

Hi Crazies

Well after today I'm sorry to say the Doofus has sliped back into his old ways. Today he got a call on his cell phone. Told whoever called him he would mmet him there and left with no word where "there" was. He was gone an hour which was more than enough time for me to go postal. We had quite a one sided talk when he came back. Yesterday he was 20 minutes late coming to work and left 30 minutes early. I have had it with him.

MaryLou....Hope you find that tent

Rose....Grandma and M&M's, a combination that can't be beat.

Ray....Enjoy your day off. Boys arrive at Parris Island and leave as very confident young men.

Andi....Congrats on gitting your cruise papers.

Hi Crazies

Now I remember why I retired in the first place. I pride myself on doing a professional job every day and when I am constatly approached with "stupid" it takes the fun out of it. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Shari....Hang in there. I've been told there is grass under that white stuff.

MaryLou....Gee, you actually won the battle for the tent. Who would have though that! Thanks for the laugh about the bus ride. Just can't get that picture out of my mind.

Ray...DI in the Marine Corps are not allowed to touch a recruit. Things have changed since I was in the Corps. I remember leaving the airfield at Parris Island and passing a platoon of recruts with the DI showing extra attention to one recruit by placing his right boot on the recruits back side. The DI saw me, stopped and saluted. I retruned the salute and told hime to "Carry on" He replied, "Yes Sir" and started yelling at the recruit and repeating his right boot movement.

Rose.....Has Howie recovered from tax season?

Hi Crazies

Started phase 2 today at work. Everything is running smoothly so moving on to installing a new quote program. The basic program is loaded on my computer, now will start "playing" with it to get it to work the way our customers and us want it.

Rose....Don't go to a hospital today by mistake!

MaryLou....Mind your manners at the casino.

Ray...Congrats on getting your Fun Passes. If it does snow again here I will use my best Parris Island voice and you will be able to here me at your house!

Andi...Congrats on the good dental check-up

Jan....Has to be unpleasant to "lose" your church home. Our church is doing very well financially but if we wanted to close the church we can not sell it. It is part of an historical area (Longview Farms) and is deeded to our use by the surviving relatives of the builder and ownership will revert to them. Off course we have no intentions of closing.

Hi Crazies

OK, we have had enough. It snowed all day today. The average high for this day is 68 degrees. People are getting rather surly (Mean, nasty, unpleasant etc) This is suppose to be the last day of winter weather. We will see.

MaryLou....Just put your hat on, tell Jim you want to rent the tent, and he will come around.

Rose...Glad Adam did OK. They must have done the procedure laprascopic. Lynda's doctor does tons of these. I think we are the bad appy capital of the world.

Jan.....Sorry to hear about your church. Hope all turns out well for you.

Ray....I understand how first resonders park, it's the fact that ther were 4-5 first responders vehicles for every car in the wreck. When I went by it looked like a city work crew. All they needed were the donuts!

Jackie....Good to see you posting. We are still thinking of you and the prayers continue.

Hi Crazies

Fun trip to work this morning. The normal 25 min run turned into 55 minutes because of a 10 car, one 18 wheeler on the Interstate. The five lane highway was down to only one open lane. One lane was blocked by wrecked cars and three lanes were blocked by first responders. Don't quite unerstand that.

MaryLou...Look at the tent as "Good Day" insurance. If you rent the tent weather will be great but if you don't look out

Rose...Glad you got a good night sleep last night. Hope tonight is my turn. Lynda turned the heat down because she was getting hot at night. Problem is the dogs get cold and use me as a blanket. Know my body temp was 1700 degrees this morning!

Ray....As far a Cozumel, sounds like you have a plan.

Sorry all I'm tired have a good evening.

Hi Crazies

Had a good weekend. Got the grass cut yesterday and we got through our elder duties at church and communion to shut-ins. They are some great people who really look forward to the visits and having someone to talk to. A 'disaster" at church today. The decons brought the offering to the front of the church before the Doxology was played. At least several members seem to think it was a disaster. They were all informed by yours truly that if that was the biggest thing they had to worry about they had it made. Will they ever learn that complaining to me about the small stuff is a big waste of time.

Andi....Sorry to hear about your water problems. The Wed before my father's memorial service, with several relatives coming to stay at our house, the upstair toilet water supply broke and ran for 6 hours. Luckily, the bathroom floor was tile and it was located over the garage so not to much carpet damage. Lots of dry wall had to be replaced. I found a deep breath and a stiff drink helps.

MaryLou.....Glad you had a great visit with Page & Colin

Rose....Hope the head ache is better. Lynda is back to running full speed from her tooth extraction

Ray....I ditto every thing Jan said about Tulum. Our favorite excrusion in Cozumel, or anywhere for that matter, is the cigar boat to Pasion Island. All inclusive, bar, food, tables, chairs, white beaches, water toys, and Lynda's favorite, the Cabana Boy to bring your food and drink as you get you tan or sit in the shade and enjoy the breezes. If you are not the adventouris type the have a bus ride to the shore and barge shuttle to the island. We have been to the island 5 times and truly enhoy it.

Hi Crazies

Lynda is doing much better with her tooth extraction. Almost back to normal. Busy day tomorrow. Store, mow the lawn, and anything else we need to do. Have Elder duties and the late service Sunday then shut-in communion Sunday afternoon.

Been back to work for 5 weeks now. I'm ready for a vacation!

Allergies are kicking up and my eyes are killing me so will cut this off. Have a great weekend everyone.

Hi Crazies

Another cold, rainy day. Saw on the news we got a little over 1 inch of rain today. It has cleared out and should be nice for the NASCAR races here Sat & Sunday.

Poor Lynda had a tooth pulled today. Getting old can be tough.

MaryLou....Sounds like someone is ready to distroy the mall with Ash this weekend!

Ray...I think you missed the p[oint of the pacing but I like your idea and will give it a try.

Rose....When I was a kid they no only threw out the book, they threw me out too!

Hi Crazies

Just lost my %^%$# post. Here we go again.

MaryLou....Now that you are in a shopping slump does Jim just sit around with a smile on his face?

Rose...Lets see. Day with Jocelyn, tax season done, a "new" Howie, and a cruise in two weeks. Life is good.

Ray.....Haven't you figured out that more mature people have to pace themselves? On the other hand "use it or lose it" really means something now. We are Platimum on Carnival. All ways cruise in March or Sept, that keeps the kid count down. Those who do show up seem to avoid me.

Jan....Lynda does the same thing when the doctors are not coming into the office for the day. Might as well be comfortable.

Andi....Wish I could have seen you in action at the basketball game. Your daughter was funny with her response.

Gina....Sorry, you will get no sympathy from me for your 74 degree, muggy morning. We got to 55 today and that will be the high for the week.

Hi Crazies

Not much exciting going on here. Everything is going well so no complaint from me.

Gina....Welcome to the dock. Please join us a post often.

Ray....Sorry to hear about Trixie's gas leak. That happened to a Triumph TR4A I owned. Think it was a gasket but can't remember, that was 47 years ago!

Rose....Gald all is going well with your Dad and Howie made it through tax season. Can't wait for the pictures of Howie w/o the beard.

MaryLou...Now I'm worried about you. Two shopping trips and nothing. Maybe your bout with the flu was worse than first thought!

Debbie....Good luck to Evin on his job search.

Debbie(AZ)....We have coyotes here also. Last summer my boxer was outside when the coyotes started howling. My boxer ran behind me, stuck her head out and very very softly went "buff". My protector.

Hi Andi

Hi Shari

Hi Crazies

My computer has gone nuts. Hope this prints in a larger font than I am typing. It won't let me change it.

Cut the grass for the first time Sat. Here we go again. Yesterday decided no cruise this year because I'm going to my Marine Corps reunion in San Francisco this Oct. Debated it for quite awhile but just couldn't turn down the chance to see everyone again.

Rose....Howie without a beard! Now that is different.

MaryLou....Enjoy that shopping therapy.

Ray...Glad to hear you are having some good weather.

Hi Crazies

Glad its Friday. This old man is out of energy. Very busy week and the battery seems to take longer to recharge. Busy day tomorrow with trip to store, cleaning the parrot cage and cutting the grass for the first time since fall.

MaryLou....Now you have incentive to clean up the basement. Don't want to wear winter clothes to Bermuda.

Jan.....I have been to Japan. You should really enjoy it. I agree, the air fare should be scarry.

Ray....Have a great evening out with Yuki and dinner.

To tired to think. Will check back in the morning.

Hi Crazies

Another great day. Now if we could only get Spring to come back and stay. Don't know how well we are doing recovering from the drought but we have to be making some headway.

MaryLou...You can deep the hail, we get enough of that around here. Be sure and wear your "hat" during a hail storm.

Ray....After all these years you have summed up my feelings on meetings. "maximum amount of words into the minimum amount of thought" Sorry but I'm going to have to steal that phrase.

Shari...The Twins wer here for three games and flew home late last night after the game. Announcers said they weren.t thrilled about going home to those temps. Bet they wished they still had a domed stadium.

Rose....Glad to hear you Dad made it home. Hope recovery goes fast and smooth for him.

Enjoy the evening.

Hi Crazies

Well Heidi's Thunder Shirt got a test last night. Had a thunderstorm come through about 4 AM and she got upset, and started panting. Put the shirt on her and she immedately settled down and was back asleep in minutes. Didn't think it would work but appears it does.

MaryLou.....See you had some great weather today. First book a cruise now great weather. Life is good!

Shari....Sorry about your crazy weather. All I can say is think warm

Ray....Don't you just love meetings.

Tim....Great news about your cruise. I agree the timing couldn't be better for you two.. Enjoy.

Since my heart to heart talk with Doofus hes has done a complete turn around. He is doing a good job and I think he is starting to understand how the game is played. Wasn't expecting it but am enjoying it.

Enjoy the evening.

Hi Crazies

Just got back from the pet store buying Heidi a "Thunder Shirt"..Supposed to relive the dog's anxiety from thunder etc. We will see tonight as thunder storms are do here.

MaryLou....Sorry about the show. They should at least offer you some more tickets.

Rose....Glad to hear you Dad is doing well and the surgery is over. Continued prayers to your Dad and family.

Ray.....I've been in the store but never thought to look at the inside of the window. Must have been distracted.

Ed.....Bon Voyage. You and Roe have a great time.

Enjoy the evening.

MaryLou......Way to go. Cruise is much better than a dishwasher. Now you have to get busy packing. Have a great trip to NYC. Love that town for a short stay.

Debbie.....Welcome back. Glad you had a great time on you cruise. Can't wait to hear about your trip home adventures.

Ray.....I looked in every corner of that window and couldn't find a name any where.

Hi Rose.

Enjoy the day.

Hi Crazies

Three mile walk done and back from church. Ther rest of the day is mine! Lynda will be back this afternnon so will do some grilling later.

Ed....Regarding the Royals it is always too sone to buy World Series tickets! It's almost cruise time isn't it?

MaryLou....Glad you had a good time at the party even if the birthday girl slept through most of it.

Ray....Our theater closing is bad but worse is Victoria Secrets store was right by the theater. I just loved their windows!

Rose...Have Howie take a deep breath. It's home strech time.

Enjoy the day everyone.

Hi Crazies

3 mile walk done. Foors vacuumed. Cookies baked. Now its my time for fun. Going to work on my Jeep. Tow bar is rusting so will remove a treat what rust there is on the body. Don't I know how to have fun.

Got some bad news yesterday. The Heartland theater we go to will be closing this summer after 26 years. We have had season tickets for the last 24 years and really enjoyed the theater. This is the theater we went to last Sat.. Guess we will have to find something else to do.

Jackie.....Our prayers are with you.

Jan....Glad yuo survived you electrical box change out.

Rose....Only one more weekend after this.

MaryLou....Enjoy the party.

Ray....Willamsburg sound like a fun place. Royals are now 2-2. Here we come.

Enjoy the day.