chris r I learned about an egg cream from my NY husband. Never heard of them in Philly and I worked at a real soda fountain. I still make them but use soy milk. Still wonderful. Cherry Coke works too.
divvi-very complicated :-) Put ice in glass, open can of soda of your choice and pour over ice, add milk or cream-about an ounce and enjoy. It will foam up so use a tall glass. Haven't tried it with Kahlua but that time may be coming
hellfire and brimstone! i havent mopped or cleaned up yet today..HEY! wait a minute, yall better come AFTER i come down off the 'gas' tomorrow at my tooth pullin party at dentists!! he's revving it up a notch no tellin what i may be game for after that..hehehe...i may be drinking tequila straight tomorrow nite after the 'stetics wear off! i am nervous now thinking now...breathing...all those cats a comin, my DH who is SUPER DUPER allergic to them, well he may have to use an oxygen mask while yall are here partying! divvi good news is my 'huas' LOVE CATS!
Divvi, suck up as much of that gas as you can, and enjoy! We can always party later. Seriously, good luck today. We'll all be sending good thoughts your way.
Just let us know when the party is, What do you think of putting Baileys in that drink. Not bad right. actually, my favorite use of baileys is over ice cream, and sometimes at night, I really need that bailey's and ice cream fix. After a day of 'allrighty then's.
off today at noon for you know 'what' thanks for all the wellwishes! i need them as i am quite wimpy with pain.
tell yall what! i am going to be extra nice to this dentist and ask ;pretty please can i move our party to his OFFICE and so all of us can have a few tokes off his gas machine????? and get everyone one of those digital xrays hes got setup there, of our whole head just to make uhhh--SURE our brains are in tact?? whohooo- going to explain we are a bunch of partially insane spouses of AD victims and hardly any of us get respite or fun anymore! plus the advertisement can be good for business.. i can be quite convincing when i want to..(.lashes flashing...) have to do something with that witchey nurse he has though..hey we can sick GourdChipper on her at the party??? ::))))))
just funning as usual! will give an update when i am able to make my way back to earth and safely here later! love yall!!! divvi
yall are hilarious-thanks for playing along --yes i think we all are 'starved' for some laughs along the way-you get a bunch of wackos with not much on their hands, uh-well MOST of the time not much on my hands anyway:))) and we are up to NO good but do have some fun, right? cyber parties are a hoot! if you havent attended one, they can be downright outrageous and quite silly. if everyone puts in a few lines they are a great escape, which we all need now and then.. ps Gchipper i know you wont let the group down..:) anyway. seeya later, maybe! divvi
Where have I been? I didn't even know there was going to be a party. What can I bring? What time? Where is the dentist's office? Does he have enough chairs for us all to sit down on?/ :)
hi, i am back....it was not that bad..will update more after my vicodan takes effect! whew! divvi uh-oh....i may have batted my lashes too much -i think dentist wants to come to our party! hahadentist gave me gorgeous long stem PINK ROSES for vday before i left, i was hoping to see others with them too....not!..AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW---my DH would be livid..:) divvi
Pink roses , divvi- it's almost worth it to have to go to the dentist. Glad it wsn't a terrible ordeal. I got pulled over by a cop car last evening: first time I've ever been chased by an unmarked van with blinking lights and a shrill beep-beep-beep. I was in the back seat of a cab on my way to a lecture on Trollope's "Last Chronicle of Barset," and the taxi driver was making a left turn into the church parking lot where the lecture was being held. The cabby put down his window and shouted at the police, "I've got an old lady in here!" Gee, I won't be 79 until next Friday. It flustered me to the point that I overtipped him by 25%. The cab driver said, "The police don't go after the gangsters" (we've had 6 murders in the city this past week), "and they take out their frustration on us." I said, 'Well, maybe they thought I was pulling a gun on you." Then into the church meeting room and a sedate talk about a Victorian novel where the greatest crime seems to be not wearing gloves.
Juice of 3 lemons, 4 limes and 1/2 grapefruit Bar Syrup (either buy at liquor store or make your own--2 cups sugar to 1 cup water; mix and boil till sugar is completely dissolved; cool) triple sec tequila
Fill a blender with ice, add 5 oz. of the juice, 4 oz. bar syrup, 5 oz. triple sec, 3 oz. tequila Blend
You should have enough juice to make about 2-3 blender fulls. Depends on how much juice you get.
Back to the original topic...Alrighty then...three times in the last couple of months, my husband's 84 year old cousin has called and asked him, "Did our cousin Betty die?" My 69 year old husband always answers, "Do we have a cousin Betty?" They then carry on a 30 minute conversation about whether they have a cousin Betty and if she is dead.
By the way, they do and she isn't. Betty does have Alzheimer's though. Maybe we should try for a three-way phone call! That could be interesting.
Janet, I think you need to have a luncheon for the three of them, Interesting to say the least. Alrighty Then moments seem to be part of our everyday life!
My DW loves to sing along with gospel/country/bluegrass music, so we often play CDs for her to harmonize with, but oftentimes she seemingly thinks she's actually singing with real live musicians (sort of the same thing with TV -- I think I had mentioned earlier that when Obama and his wife were taking their inaugural stroll down Pennsylvania Ave. and waving at people, my DW waved back....). Well anyhow, she had been singing along with one of the CDs just before dinner tonight, and when I allowed it to continue playing after we had sat down to eat, she asked, "Are those guys eating here too?" I tried to explain (again) that it was just a CD and the people weren't here in person, which didn't seem to be getting through, so I said, "they're like on a record" -- and thought I had gotten through to her. But a few minutes later when we were getting up from the table, she asked again, "Did you prepare food for those people too?" Alrighty then!
Once a month my High School Graduating class meets for dinner and DH doesn't really like to go (prefers not to socialize) and he also doesn't want me going without him. I decided today we hadn't gone for a few months so I told him we were going to my class dinner at The Windmill this evening. No complaints. As, we pulled into the garage following the dinner, I turned to him and thanked him for going with me. He said I didn't know where we were going until we got there. Well, alrighty.....
Yesterday I visited my husband and had dinner with him in the dining room. One of the other residents got stuck with his walker, and I went to help him out, then returned to my husband. Next thing I know, the man was heading towards our table. "I have to tell you," he said, now parked right beside me, "you're one of the kindest people I've met." Basking in his words - it's not every day I hear this - he leaned forward as if to kiss me. I drew back. My husband stood up. "That's my wife," he said.
Mary75, In the South, it is not at all uncommon for someone to plant a light kiss on the cheek of someone to say 'thank you',.. or "hello" and "good by". It's just an unconscious, natural thing to do. Does anyone remember the incident when President Jimmy Carter first met Queen Elizabeth, and as he shook her outstretched hand, he leaned forward and kissed her cheek. Highly inappropriate protocol...but I betcha it felt good to her, after she caught her queenly breath.
Southerners are by nature more feely-touchy... My "across the street" neighbors are from Monterrey, Mexico. When I visit them, I'm greeted by a feather-like kiss on each cheek. If a child comes into the room, they acknowledge me and also give me the little "besitos"..(kiss). I just love them.
an alrighty moment...the other day we had brunch with all of the 'extended' DH kids and grandkids. he had some racy bday cards with gorgeous bikini clad girls they thought he might enjoy..he kept looking at the blond bombshell on one card and as we were eating just quietly held it up and turned it around for everyone to see and said ' this is my Wife, (****)...and wanted to make sure everyone saw it..we all looked at each other then i blew it and began laughing. everyone laughed, and i said to him you are 'right', that IS your wife and shes gorgeous!!!! wow...he was so happy and held that card all day and kept showing it to everyone . i am glad i still look that good in his mind..there is finally a good thing associated with his having AD.awww...divvi
Another alrighty moment - Last year we stopped at the local Mc for breakfast and while waiting for our order, a male acquaintence of both of us greeted us and gave me a hug. He is a "hugger" and most of you are familiar with them, anyway he hugs all the ladies when he sees them. Made DH furious. He was mad all day and said we are not going back to that Mc because he (the hugger) would be there. He said he would beat him up the next time he seen him. To keep peace, and not add more stress we travel 6 miles to the next Mc or else go through the drive-through.