| from
elgan : |
|
6/11/09 - That's just thoughtless behaviour without malicious intent, but which really does hurt. I'm sorry, sweetie. It makes you wonder if people really do think of the consequences of their actions.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
2009/9/25 - When Ron and I emptied, or started the emptying, of my mother's house last fall, I had boxes of books from my grandfather's library, all Jewish in nature, that I couldn't find homes for. I just left them there, hoping that the real estate agent could help. There were some pretty old books. I feel badly that I couldn't do more, but, like you, I had never bothered with them. They had no meaning for me, other than that they once belonged to my grandfather. It's weird. But they're gone, and I don't even know where.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
June 8/09 - This was so sweet. I miss those times, too. You know what I mean.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Oct. 21/08 - Freaky.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Yum!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Sept. 28/08 - My mom was having a helluva time filling her pill boxes as well, so the pharmacy started sending the boxes to her prefilled. You must have that service available to you. Also, many pharmacies now prepackage the pills in blisterpacks. I know that my in-laws get them this way. Check with the kupat cholim. There must be a better way and at least it will cause you a little bit less anxiety. ((((hugs))))
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Sept. 21/08 - (((((hugs)))))
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Aug.14/08 - Here we are together feeling guilty. I think the worst part for me is watching my mother go from the person who made all the decisions to the person for whom the decisions are made. It sucks big time!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
May 18/08 - Ouch! You have my sympathies.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Jan.26/08 - Fantastic news about Zita! Thank goodness she is back.
|
| from
anniesmeadow : |
|
jan 17 2007. hi!! my new spot is:
http://blacknwhitenread.blogspot.com/
and i sometimes post at:
www.my-meadow.com
and Daisy now has her own place:
http://daisy-the-dog.blogspot.com/
hope to hear from you soon!!!!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
15/1/07 - I hope you're feeling better soon.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
10/1/07 - Blog is short for web log. I guess what you do with it is your business, be it a diary, a journal (same thing), a place for a political rant, whatever. What I have here at D-land in my mind is a diary, what I have over at Xanga is a blog.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
23/12/06 - Hi! * waves * I can't believe the rudeness of someone, stealing your buggy like that. If you could bring along some small animal, such as a poisonous snake, to leave guarding your cart, maybe a scorpion or even a small dog with very large and sharp teeth, that might discourage theft.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Nov.28/06 - Oh geez, Linda, I can't believe i forgot your birthday yesterday! I'm such a bad monkey. Happy happy happy birthday, a day late. I love you!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Oct.28/06 - I'm impressed by your blog and that you are writing it bilingually. That must take a lot of mental effort, doing the translation so that you don't make the same mistake you feel the person translating the Flylady articles is doing. The soft addiction thing is quite true. I know I spend way too much time at the computer, and a lot of it is totally unproductive. Thanks for linking to the article. I really like your website design.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Oct.16/06 Your being told the class is canned after one session is like my student switching to the other teacher after one lesson. I can fully appreciate your feelings of rejection and sorrow. I'm sorry, honey.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Aug.6/06 - Hi there. In order to be informed of when a person update's his diary, you have to have him listed as a favourite, and then when you log into Diaryland, Your buddy list will be highlighted, and you will see who has updated since you last checked. Talk to you soon!
|
| from
poolagirl : |
|
(Aug 5) Sorry about your fall. I do things like that all the time too. I like your diary!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
(Aug. 2) - Sorry to hear about your fall, but congratulations on reaching the 1 km mark. I have been turning into a sloth lately, the heat is so unbearable. I won't be online for a few days, but I'll look for you after that.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
July 18 - I've been leaving Skype open whenever I've been at the upstairs computer, but so far no Linda. It sounds like you're all fine though, so I won't worry until you tell me to.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
May 23 - Yay! An entry, at last! First of all, we have had rain non-stop for a week. No running, no walking, no working in the garden. Second, the dress, which I forgot to mention in my entry, was a vintage dress, meaning it was "used" (hence the incredible price I paid for it), and not available in other sizes. It was that dress or no dress. But it's not just that dress I'm concerned about. It's all the other nice things I got when I had lost weight last time. * sigh *
|
| from
elgan : |
|
April 15-I'm glad you updated. I got all excited when I saw your name highlighted in red. Thanks!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Jan.31--Whoa! Good luck with this. It sounds like you both need it.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Thanks for pointing out that little faux pas. It has been remedied.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Dump the telly for the entire time that M's gone. Just tell the others, sorry, but it's broken, I've taken it to the shop, and remove it from the room, hide it at your mom's, just get it out of there! Then, before M comes home, it'll be miraculously repaired, it resumes its place in the living room, and hopefully O will have found other things to occupy her from school to suppertime.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Happy New Year, Linda darling.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
2/12/05 - Does Bardot do Lamaze?
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Shanah tovah! May you and yours have a sweet year!
|
| from
forty-plus : |
|
Thank you for stopping by and the compliment. I hope you have a very nice weekend.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
July 24/05 - Your first cousin twice removed by marriage.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
July 12/05 - Good job, honey. I'm really glad this is working. That reminds me, I have to go hem pants too.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
June 26 - Hey, have you changed your server?
|
| from
elgan : |
|
May 24 - Oooh! I’m so sorry about your tooth. Hope you're feeling better soon.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
May 13 - Yes! This is a recycled anniversary present and Ofra is perfectly correct. Maybe a bracelet to match?
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Happy Mother’s Day, Linda!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
May 7 - My fingers are crossed, except when I’m typing, of course.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Oh for heavens' sake, I'm not tempted to get my ears pierced, but to spend oodles of money on earrings for unpierced ears! Is it that unclear?
|
| from
elgan : |
|
4/28 Unfortunately, Eat-More Bars seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth in Sherbrooke, again. Briefly they were available at the Esso station, but are now gone. I did see them and buy one at the Toronto airport on our way to Calgary (I was sorry afterwards: I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!) but didn’t check out the Eat-More situation in Alberta. Perhaps it’s a good thing.
|
| from
harri3tspy : |
|
I highly recommend it. I had a great time putting together the clues, which I wrote in verse, incorporating phrases from Sherlock Holmes stories. My son had a great time helping his dad find the clues. He actually cried when he found the present and the game was over. I think I'm going to have to do something similar for his birthday.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
2/15/05 Aw, that was so sweet.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
2/11/05 I knew someone (I didn't know whom) was going to pick up that particular line and take offence, or at least use it as the basis of an an argument. I'm sure you won't be the last. I know that what I had wasn't clinical depression, it was brought on by circumstance and I knew that the situation would change and I would eventually learn to deal with my environment. It was not a depression that needed medication, but time. However, if I hadn't had those responsibilities to keep me from doing so, it would have been very easy to fall into the "can't-get-out-of-bed" kind of trap that afflicted my colleague. Even so, when we were having our conversation, she sounded to me as though she was trying to convince me that anti-depressants were wonderful and a cureall for all of those different kinds of depression. And that is exactly what she thought she sounded like, judging from her apology a couple of days later.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
2/3/05 Amen.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
2/3/05 Nice idea, having your guests date their messages. They say, and I concur, that you don’t get a buzz from your first attempt at smoking pot. You need a build up of the stuff in your system. Also, it is possible that your joint was too stale to be much use. I think I can count on one hand all the times I smoked dope. I never found the effects worth the bother or the discomfort of the smoke inhalation.
|
| from
zuzus-petals : |
|
1.30.05 - She, Secret Agent Dog, is a trooper. Just the most awesome creature on the planet. (perhaps since I don't have children I pour all my neurotic caretaking and tending and mothering stuff on her - inspite of how much I love and dote on her, she heals!) I'll post a picture of her - likely a lab/basenji mix, but it's a guess.. she's a mutt, a rescue dog, perhaps she's a touch ferral. She's athletic and graceful and runs like the wind. Her behaviors are very catlike, she pounces on reflected light, lazor beams, like a cat. She's fickle and aloof like a cat. She'd never allow us to rough house or play with her - this totally freaks her out. She makes a strange kackling/yodeling sound when she's excited - some say it sounds like a wounded animal. Yet when she's actually wounded she's very stoic and I don't think I've ever heard her yelp, even.. despite her many follies. She won second place in the Tennis Ball catch at the K9 games last year and an honorable mention in the frisbee catch (which she wasn't allowed to enter for some technicality - but we were assured that HAD she been allowed to enter she would have won.) She is fearful of adult.. she flinches and backs away. She LOVES kids.. she is attracted to them... finds the smallest ones on the planet and gently puts her ball at their feet and waits (it's so sweet.. the parents in town bring their children to the park where we play in the summer JUST so they can play with her.. to acquaint the little ones to dogs so they won't grow up fearful and/or just to entertain the little ones.) oh.. er... ummm... heh.. you asked.... (can you tell I just adore her?) - Zuzu
|
| from
zuzus-petals : |
|
1.29.05: I used to have terrible neighbors too, I'm SO sorry you have to deal with it. Used to be when people complained about their neighbors I'd think to myself, "get over it, stop being so nosey and worry about your own home." Then I had really bad neighbors and learned a keen lesson in empathy over the situation. Now, with the exception of the business that boarders the back lot, all my neighbors are fabulous. My bad neighbors are gone as of two weeks ago! - Zuzu
|
| from
elgan : |
|
What a great story. I've heard that one before, actually. I think it has its origin in the guniea worm infestation, which is disgusting and true. You're a very resourceful mom. I don't know if I would have thought to do that.
|
| from
krugerpak007 : |
|
Your husband sounds so sweet. Kind of like my Trevor. I really think you should go. It will be wonderful for the two of you. Take care. xoxo Kathy
|
| from
krugerpak007 : |
|
I would go for it. You only live once. India is amazing. Trevor and I were there together. it was the first time we told each other we loved each other. There in India, where everything is amazing and different and hard and funny and sad. Do it! Treat yourself. xoxox
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Sounds like a great date! Which pants did you end up wearing?
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Didn't you take riding lessons at some point briefly in the long, dark, distant past? Congrats to Odelia. Bardot is taking flamenco lessons? Wow! That's some dog. And what the hell does that previous comment mean?
|
| from
krugerpak007 : |
|
Elgan is a mutual friend. I hope we can keep in touch. I am in Israel to. If you would like, drop me an email at krugerpark007@hotmail.com for my password. I am crazy! thats why I had to lock up. i know its irritating but anyway. Looking forward to going back through your entries and getting to know you. xoxox Kathy
|
| from
elgan : |
|
I am all in a dither waiting for the potato latke story.
|
| from
elgan : |
|
This is very interesting. When I view your diary with Safari, I see a beautiful template. When I view it with Internet Explorer, I just get a massive amount of empty space before your entry kicks in. I really like this template. It is very elegant. Now if only it would show up as well on the other browser. Hmmmm.....
|
| from
elgan : |
|
I am exhausted just reading your update. It's a good thing I discontinued getting all those flylady reminders. They were making me feel so incredibly guilty. You are truly a wonder!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Congrats to Oded! Yup, the fun is just about to begin. In a few years, he’ll be looking back on his school days with such nostalgia!
|
| from
elgan : |
|
Yes, it is my mom's house, except that last year she put the deed in both her and Ron's name, so it is also Ron's house. See the problem?
|
| from
elgan : |
|
He's a guy, that's what's wrong with him. I have to say to mine: I need a hug and hold my arms up like a toddler. Could I be any more explicit than that?
|
| from
elgan : |
|
I was just talking to the travel agent this morning about exactly the same thing. She was telling me how the father of an Italian friend of hers who lived through the war in Italy started saving scraps of bread in his dresser drawers against famine during wartime as he started suffering from Alzheimer's, not that your mom is in that boat. It's like my dad not being able to throw out anything that had an ounce of use left in it. Same mentality.
|
