I'm in love!

No, that's not why I have been MIA! More about that in a minute.

Seems like forever since I last posted here. I've had a series of health issues... several bouts with bronchitis/pneumonia, a mammogram scare (clean bill of health after repeat mammogram and an ultrasound), pinched nerve and 4 bulging disks in my neck (ongoing physical therapy working miracles) and diagnosed with sleep apnea. Sounds bad but so far 2008 is looking good! I went to the doctor originally because of debilitating exhaustion then all this other stuff happened! That'll teach me! :) The PT is down to one day a week (w/ lots of homework including neck traction) and I'm am starting to get used to the BiPAP headgear which is surprisingly very small... so all things considered life is better than the last few months! I can actually sit at the computer again for more than a minute!

Had a good week or two around Christmas... good thing because I was crazy busy with orders from family and friends and am still working, slowly, on finishing up some extra work that resulted from the Christmas necklaces. I'll post some pictures in a few days when I stop procrastinating. :)

Anyway... about the love thing... ;)

He has long grey hair with long white streaks and big black eyes. He's quiet and happy but not quite potty trained yet! :) :) :)

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The promise of a guinea pig was a Christmas present from my mom to my grandson. I made them wait until I did some research, decided we were ready for another animal AND found a healthy surrendered guinea pig. I don't like Christmas pets and refused to be rushed into anything. But the little guy stole my heart at first sight! He is very shy but after 3 days is starting to get curious about us. I made the boys limit how much he was handled (read: annoyed) by them to give him a chance to acclimate. But the last couple of nights, when the house was quiet, I wrapped him in my shirttail and just let him be close. OMG he is so wonderful!!! Regardless of the research, I still have a lot to learn about him but he seems to be a perfect match.

And since he doesn't steal the remote or leave socks on the floor I am still happily single!

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Polly S.
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OMG!! POLLY!!! I'm waving excitedly!! It's so good to "see" you! And you new love is adorable - I would have melted just as quickly to his magical vibes. Hee! I'm sure Jerri will have lots of helpful hints for you about his care and feeding. Will we see costumes for him too???

And I'm so sorry to hear about all your health problems, but as a CPAP user of almost a year now, I can tell you that you'll feel increasingly better as you use the machine more. And that neck! Wowsa. Sounds like some of Kathy N-V's problems. I'm happy, happy to hear that the PT is helping. Many gentle cyber-hugs to you, lady.

I'd like to see some pictures of the boys when you have a moment, too! This is so great to see you here!

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Mj

Too funny you should reappear (finally!!!) after I emailed Sandy (who had also disappeared) with a list of who also went missing, which included you.

How are your general circumstances now, did you get through all the 'fallout' of Katrina and Rita (finally)? Remembering that you're also a plant person, how are your plants?

Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry

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Hi Polly!

Good to hear from you. I'm sorry about your health issues, but it sounds like you are dealing with it well.

We're dealing with some illness with my 14 yr. old, so I'm no around as much.

Congrats on Gandalf! What a lovely boy he is!! We lost Butterbean in Nov., and got another rescue pig, Bella, in Dec. (I should be doing a Valentine's picture of her today, I hope.) She's a wonderful girl.

It sounds like Gandalf is a cuddle pig, which is what I love. Bella also loves to be held, and I think it's good relaxation for us to sit and cuddle them!

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I sincerely hope it's very temporary and that all will be well right away.

Sorry to hear about Butterbean, she was such a part of so many lives and brought so many smiles... sometimes when they were greatly needed!

I was about to start 'yelling' for you a few minutes ago... I had him in my lap, petting and scritching behind his ears, when he started making a strange noise! I've heard of 'popcorning' (?) but this was more like a deep rumble/purr/growl!!! I worried for a moment and thought "Jeeerrrrri!!!" :) Then I decided it was just contentment. He has been so quiet and shy that it was a great feeling to feel that rumbling from him!

I've never been a huge dog/cat person. Our cat is the typical independent sort who rarely accepts affection and only on her terms! But this little guy is AWESOME! You don't know how many times I have thought about you and Butterbean through all the researching guinea pigs and deciding to do this! Don't know about dressing him up though! :)

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Polly S.

LOL I'm not so sure about that! :)

Just have to get used to using it. I am so used to drifting off to sleep reading (waking up with glasses on and book on the floor!) it's weird to have to be more awake just before sleep! :) And I find myself being too conscious of my breathing and trying too hard until I do drift off. But the Swift II is really so much smaller than I expected that wearing it is not too bad.

Thank you and back atcha!

I really have to get it in gear as far as taking pics. I set up my light box in a more permanent place and got an awesome tripod for Christmas and still I procrastinate! My cell takes such great pics (of the boys mostly!) but I need to upload them. That's me... Queen of Procrastination!

Its good to be back. I missed SO much but there were just far to many messages to read.

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Polly S.

We're doing good... We found a great house with a huge yard in an awesome neighborhood! At the time I found this place there were not a lot of options. Unfortunately rents have gone through the roof and I'm paying more than double. I've thought about moving but hate to leave where we are now (1 blk from Austin's school and 4 blks from main library) so I've cut back a lot in other ways (no more browsing ebay when I'm bored :) ).

I have a large carport that I closed in with visqueen so all my plants are inside for the winter... such as it is down here. We've only had 3-4 freezes, none below 28-30, and will probably have only one more. They are so packed in the carport on stands and tables and hanging that it's like a jungle in there. I am SO itching to start moving them out again!!! Need to get dirt under my nails! :)

I planted 5 trees (acacia, palm, Japanese Magnolia, shefflera, hibiscus) and a sago in my yard last year and they are doing pretty good. The small palm froze back a bit but is coming back. The acacia was blown down in one early storm but I went out in the pouring rain and cut all the heavy blooms off of it and staked it back up. I hated cutting it back so much but it was that or lose it. All my cannas got some kind of fungus so they were cut down to the ground and are already coming back out. I lost a passion flower vine and a sweet pea but am waiting to see if they come back. It's so hard to know what will make it through our mild winters!

See what you did!!! Ya *never* should have gotten me started talking about plants! Now I REALLY want to get out there and get dirty! :)

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Polly S.

Here too. I have a new office mate, he's straight out of college, and he's renting a _room_. A computer engineer with a college degree. I'm so glad we got this house when real estate was still cheap here, we couldn't buy this house anymore now, old as it is and work that it needs.

Sounds great! But, yes, I can see that driving you stir crazy after winter. I'm getting a bit like that after the 30" rain we had this month. Like picking coffee when it's only drizzling rather than pouring.

I got some canna seeds last year, and 2 of them are actually growing. I'm getting kinda excited about what color they're going to be, even if most of the seeds came from yellow flowered plants, there were a lot of red ones in the area where I got the seeds, and there has to be some cross pollination ...

Eh, I got you writing . How cold and/or soggy are you down there? (Actually, looking from here I should say "up there" )

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Maren at google

With a hairdo like Gandalf's who needs costumes? LOL He's adorable.

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Vibrant Jewels

:) Thanks... he's just so shy but the best animal family member ever!

shhh don't tell the cat!

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Polly S.

Cute Smile

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Vicky

Glad your doing better Smile too

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Vicky

Sounds like your a nurse. Us nurses are the sickest ones most to the time.

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Cindy

Nurses, teachers, students, telescope operators, everybody who has to deal with either a lot of people or people who just came in on airplanes.

Where I work they encourage us to stay home when we're (contagious) sick. I hope they do for you too (of course the other side of the work never ends, and cats don't realize when you're sick either). They do that because they know that more people will get sick if people who are sick come into work (no, I don't have anybody else picking up the slack either, but if you think it through it makes a lot of sense.)

Aloha, Maren

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