One Step at a Time - July 2014

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

NoraC;1683506 wrote: Fen - oh crap. I just read about your scare. Made me cry. What a horrible fright you must have had. :h We have incidents in our family too. Whatever you want to call it, ghosts/spirits whatever.
I wish that I could just give you a great big hug right now. And one for your Mom and one for my Mom. Hard times right now.
I love you friend. :h

Nora, I feel really okay with it. I think it's a positive thing. I think my mom would LOVE to know that her brother is sitting in her new chair (where his old chair, now at my cabin, was) waiting to escort her to heaven. Or, wherever her family is, LOL!

I have been prone to these sorts of visits for years...an ex gf almost broke up with me due to radio/alarm clock idiosyncrasies, in addition to odd noises/movement of things.

The night Janet's pappy died? Our ceiling fan light turned on/off, blades whirled on/off. It was craziness!

I was so afraid she was gone already, when I checked in today. I think my uncle was giving me a "heads up".

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Alls - what have you been up to? Busy working or busy having fun? I hope that it was having fun.

Pauly - did you say that Louie's mom is moving to Oregon? I can understand how upset you are. :l

Liz - how are you doing? I seem to keep missing you. I need to read back & find out what is going on with you.

Mama - tell hubby, no more slave driving. You are on vacation!!! Thanks for the texts the other day. :h

Ok - I know that I have missed people and I hate when I do that. But, it's just because I can't keep a stupid thought in my head. :upset: So, love & hugs to one and all.

I don't know how to thank you all for the love & support that is shared here. :h

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

fennel;1683511 wrote: Nora, I feel really okay with it. I think it's a positive thing. I think my mom would LOVE to know that her brother is sitting in her new chair (where his old chair, now at my cabin, was) waiting to escort her to heaven. Or, wherever her family is, LOL!

I have been prone to these sorts of visits for years...an ex gf almost broke up with me due to radio/alarm clock idiosyncrasies, in addition to odd noises/movement of things.

The night Janet's pappy died? Our ceiling fan light turned on/off, blades whirled on/off. It was craziness!

I was so afraid she was gone already, when I checked in today. I think my uncle was giving me a "heads up".

I do think it was a 'heads up' in a very loving way. I think that we are lucky to have these signs. :h

[Lizann]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

A. Usually day off for me!

Nora, I'm doing just fine! Hubby and I went to EBs town house. Hubby put some shelves in their laundry room whole EB and I unpacked some of her stuff. We sat by the pool for a bit and then walked along the river front. She lives in a polish community and as my hubby is polish we went to a local deli and got pierogies for dinner. It was a lovely day, until I got home and Lucy (our sweet little dog) was throwing up all over the place. So the rest of my evening was cleaning up after her. She's still a little restless although she did eat dinner. Bland chicken and rice. I gave her meds from the vet and am hoping for a quiet night! CJ is in Montreal with her bf.

Hope you are all ok. I skimmed back and I apologize for my busy ness. Hope you are all well. Sweet dreams

[Lizann]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Darn auto correct. Should be a busy day off for me

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Liz - sounds like a lovely day. :l:l:l

[Zenstyle]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

fennel;1683464 wrote: Zenny, thank you SO much for this useful link!
In the spirit of research, I did some sleuthing...fellow steppers, you shall all be relieved to know that vibrators are not on the list of "prohibited" items...they are fully approved! :H Both "checked" and "carry-on".

Phew!!!!!!!!! :H

I agree with Nursie... you've had a lot of loss Fenny. Life can be very hard, and I think you're doing a stellar job of keeping your head above the water... :l

That's funny about your lighters Nursie!

Hiya Alls!

I hope you're doing better tonight Pauly... :l

Nora, I got goose bumps reading your story about Neenee. On the subject of visits from the other realm, I had a ghost in one house, the first house I had here in USA. I'll try to remember to tell it tomorrow... I'm too tired to type it on the small laptop just now. My teeth are much better today Nora, and lets hope that continues. Crappy assed toofuses that they are.

Liz, that sounds like a really nice day (apart from the dog vomit).

I'm in bed already. We went to Outback for dinner and boy have their portions gotten smaller. We ended up meeting with a friend of Jims that I had to hand legal papers over to so it turned into a quasi business dinner. It was still fun though.

And now...................... Netflix!

Nighty night, see youz on the morrow... XXX

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Nora and all, thanks for your responses.

Going to get my mom going on picking out a marker, quick-like! I know whatever I have is a gift, but it sure feels like a burden, sometimes.

Love you all...

[Dottie Belle]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Morning all,
Where is everyone???
Had K9 abandoned us for the new job..mama off having a good time...gggeeeezzzz
We are off to the funeral home then a graveside service. Then we have to drop the doggies off at the boarding place. Then maybe I can get dh to pack. I have to remember to breathe.....
back later

[Recluse]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Hello steppers!

Fenny, that must have been a real fright for you to find your mom like that, but maybe your uncle just wanted to tell you your aunt is with him and his dad now, in the same way that your grampa spoke to you all those years ago?

I hope the funeral goes as well as possible today, dottie.

And I hope you're doing better pauly. FWIW, it may not have been such a bad thing that you bought beers to control the shaking as it can dangerous to stop drinking too suddenly, but you obviously need to take care that those beers don't lead to yet more beers.

Zenny, your dinner sounds delicious! I must try that broccoli/blue cheese sauce combination soon. Errm...I have to confess that the recluse in me has been backing away from the idea of going to those classes lately.

Good luck with stopping smoking nursie. Maybe your lighters gathered themselves together to make it easier for you to get rid of them?

That is a spooky story of yours nora! I would love to know what was behind that coincidence. To answer your question, I live in a village with a population of about 1500. There are a number of small towns several miles away.

Liz, I hope you had a quiet night and Lucy is back to normal today.

We had an amazing electrical storm last night, and now we have a little sunshine for a change, so I'm off out into the garden to try and do something useful.

Have a good Friday, everyone.

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Morning all. Quick check in.......I'm late for work of course.

Hope everyone has a fantastic day.

Where is EW??? Does anyone know?

Catch you all later. :wavin:

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Hang in there, Dottie...:h

Reccie, maybe you're right about my uncle. If I see him again, I'll try to stay asleep long enough for him to explain! :H

Zen, I knew you'd be relieved about the vibrator news. :H

Woke up at 4 a:m, because of a cat fight. Had a lot of trouble getting back to sleep. Now, it's just a general chorus of dogs. I HATE living in town!

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Geez, I really miss K9!

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Nora, that's wild about your niece talking to "neenee". That must have given the folks some pause, after your history!

Reccie, that mountain range is gorgeous. Too bad you're so far away from it. That's my favorite type of hiking, straight up a mountainside.

[Zenstyle]

One Step at a Time - July 2014

Hiya!

Reccy? The blue cheese sauce on the broccoli worked out well? I used some grated mozerella (not the fresh kind) in there to thicken it up and so the blue flavor wouldn?t be too strong. Re the classes? I think you should talk to the recluse in you and get him to agree to you joining! Have fun gardening (teehee)!

Dotts? Good luck with your day? it sounds fraught between the funeral home, graveside service, kennel and packing.

Nora? EW tends to come and go. I seem to remember he started a 2 week course so he?s probably busy? and I just checked on him in Facebook and seems he?s doing great, some really cute recent pix of him with his little girl.

Fenny? With the night-time caterwauling outside your house, how CAN you stay asleep long enough to hear what your uncle has to say?

:wavin: at everyone else!

Re the ghost I had? buckle up for a looong story... You?ll see why I didn?t want to write it last night!

We were in San Remo, Italy and the yacht was on the hard (out of the water) having the hull worked on. My friend Bob was our chief engineer, he moved with my ex-husband and I every time we took on a new yacht and us three had been working together for years. One night he fell down the set of stairs to the crew mess and suffered a compression and stopped breathing. Getting an ambulance was a nightmare and then they had to bring the stretcher down a dangerous flight of metal steps to the dock, stopping every minute so the first mate & I could work on him. (The paramedics refused to do CPR, the tossers.) (We worked on Bob from when we found him till we got to the hospital in the ambulance... I did mouth-to-mouth and he did chest compression.) Sadly, although his vitals signs were still there, they couldn?t bring him back. Who knows, had we been in a medically advanced country he may have had a chance. I was in clinical shock by this time and what happened next was horrendous. We got back to the boat to find the police there and they arrested my ex and I and threw us in a cell, on suspicion of killing Bob to collect the life insurance the yacht had on him. I know? no rhyme or reason and of course the money would be going to his family? but it was Italy and the police are not known for being rational. They finally let us go but kept our passports (we got them back after we hired a lawyer). The next few days were just a blur? getting Bob a nice casket, suit, and getting him back to the UK? followed by the service in England where they arranged for 2 bag pipers to play at the Church (that?s when I totally lost it).

Anyhoo? fast forward a few months and we buy a house outside Ft. Lauderdale and from the get-go I felt a presence and assumed it was Bob... I even used to talk to him. A year and a half later I was alone one night (we were getting divorced) and woke up at 3 in the morning at what sounded like a metal tray being dropped on the tile floor outside my bedroom. I found my cat MacGregor flattened on the floor in a pool of urine so obviously something had scared the crap out of him (there was nothing there but the cat, nothing had fallen). In the next couple of weeks I started feeling the presence stronger and realized it wasn?t Bob. Then one day I caught sight of a dark cloaked shadow flitting across the hallway where I?d found Mac in a pool of pee? scared the bejesus out of me. Well, that house went on the market pronto and I was outta there. Friendly ghosts are one thing but what Mac and I saw didn?t seem very interested in being friends, I think it had really started to want rid of us. I asked around and it?s possible the community may have been built on an old Indian burial ground.

The other thing about ?my? ghost is my uncle saw a ghost in Scotland and it looked the same as the one I saw (he thought he saw the devil). And Jim and his friend Mike saw one TOGETHER that looked identical too.

And, no, I didn't disclose the ghost in the sale. Naughty Zen. They low balled me horribly and weren't nice people at all so can't say as I felt that bad! :H