tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post2439430067409765757..comments2023-10-29T22:19:10.204+11:00Comments on Merle's Third Try: Better News.Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763778255535640633noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-12466747870105038062010-03-19T06:41:57.184+11:002010-03-19T06:41:57.184+11:00Oh my gosh, that trampoline looks awesome up there...Oh my gosh, that trampoline looks awesome up there. Glad to hear that about your heart, what a relief, but too bad about your lungs. I know you have a lot of living to do, saying prayers for you, God Bless. I liked those first jokes, very funny. That was a good one from Sue and Bob. Very nice post as usual. Take care friend and have a nice day.Margaret Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193782261129586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-62523986329831408022010-03-18T14:19:00.871+11:002010-03-18T14:19:00.871+11:00WONDERFUL post, as always!! :-) I am glad you are ...WONDERFUL post, as always!! :-) I am glad you are doing well, except for your lungs. :-( AMAZING photos you have, btw!! :-)Art Is Life, Life Is Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794410937800180366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-51681473184701973002010-03-17T06:57:35.841+11:002010-03-17T06:57:35.841+11:00The trampoline in the tree must have looked like a...The trampoline in the tree must have looked like a giant sized Frisbee when it was flying through the air!<br />I hope the emphysema can be controlled with med's merle.Like you, I smoked for several years. I have some shortness of breath too but attribute it to weight and not getting enough exercise. Now if my back would just cooperate, I could exercise more. If it isn't one thing it's another!I just trust the Lord to take care of me in the areas I can't. Loved Your jokes!<br />Take care.<br />Hugs!Mountain Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484592294033354129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-60812517766366738392010-03-17T03:44:18.911+11:002010-03-17T03:44:18.911+11:00everything gave me a chuckle, but I especially app...everything gave me a chuckle, but I especially appreciated the one liners.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-18214691689896855172010-03-16T21:03:53.693+11:002010-03-16T21:03:53.693+11:00"teh outback"
grrr!"teh outback"<br /><br />grrr!Gledwoodhttp://gledwood2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-23403019968335161552010-03-16T14:48:57.893+11:002010-03-16T14:48:57.893+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-62223741839062920292010-03-15T23:16:04.592+11:002010-03-15T23:16:04.592+11:00A trampoline in a tree... that is hilarious!!
Hey...<em><strong>A trampoline in a tree... that is hilarious!!<br /><br />Hey maybe that means the famous Aussie drought is over now??... or has the rain only been costal?<br /><br />Do people farm very much in teh outback anyway?... When I read the Thorn Birds by Culeen McCullough, they said the first sheep stations were staked out by a man riding on a horse. As far as he could ride in 24 hours, shoving stakes in the ground as he went, those were the borders of the new settlers' land. Hence multi thousand square mile properties... in what sounded to me like the outback. Surely people still farm sheep out there to this day?...<br /><br />I heard Australia was like a giant population donut... ie houses and people all along the coastlines, especially in Membourne-Sydney-Brisbane... but hardly anyone at all in the interior...is this true?<br /><br />Hope you had a cheery weekend? Spring is springing here, so it must feel decidedly autumnal your end...</strong></em>Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-15418611862953397962010-03-15T22:16:38.024+11:002010-03-15T22:16:38.024+11:00Great post as always Merle... I especially love th...Great post as always Merle... I especially love the one with the cukoo clock!<br /><br />AND... great news about your health! WHOO HOO!!!<br /><br />Just take care of the lung part please!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15759192880485404885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-29634263866933787982010-03-15T18:58:47.096+11:002010-03-15T18:58:47.096+11:00We haven't had any violent storms but we have ...We haven't had any violent storms but we have a category 5 cyclone heading towards Queensland...lovely.<br /><br />Love the story of the girls' night out...must remember never to buy a cuckoo clock.<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear you've got emphysema, Merle. Harold (mum's husband) has that too and puffs and wheezes like a grampus at times. He does take Ventolin, though (when mum nags him too, that is).<br /><br />I smoked for some time, too, so that's probably why I have asthma...but, as you say, there were no warnings about it. In fact, it used to be advertised as a very sophisticated thing to do. And now we're paying the price for that sophistication.<br /><br />Take care and stay well. Hugs.Puss-in-Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313418336654760327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-39992433473700244922010-03-15T17:06:08.458+11:002010-03-15T17:06:08.458+11:00Hi Merle. You had good news and bad news about yo...Hi Merle. You had good news and bad news about yourself. I am sorry you had to have the bad. I started smoking in high school but quit in my early forties. No one has looked for damage from that.<br /><br />I like your meerkats. I would not have known what to call them. Now I can if I can remember the name.<br /><br />I liked your blonde jokes, thank you for putting them on. For a fellow liking blondes you'd think I would be against those jokes.<br /><br />You have a good idea for ladies to avoid a girls night out after they are married. Our daughter belongs to a book club. No one ever reads the selected book but they sure all do enjoy a night out.<br />Cheers,<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-48881533869994350052010-03-15T16:13:44.688+11:002010-03-15T16:13:44.688+11:00Good heavens, did you have a tornado? That was qui...Good heavens, did you have a tornado? That was quite a storm.<br /><br />I'm glad your heart is fine, but I'm sorry you have lung disease. <br /><br />This sounds like my husband: Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have any film.<br /><br />Take care of yourself. <br /><br />Janice~Janice Seagraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576031935823587485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-15445704151124273032010-03-15T13:43:31.220+11:002010-03-15T13:43:31.220+11:00Merle
really good news about the heart. I am afrai...Merle<br />really good news about the heart. I am afraid lots of folks smoked for years and now have found it was not a healthy thing to do. My BIL started smokin at six or seven. His father was workin long hours makin ends meet and his Mother had run off so he had to more of less raise himself. He saw other smokin and thought he should too. I hope they can find something that will help you with your breathin. Glad the storms have subsided . Those jokes were a hoot. Thanks for makin us lol. PeaceLady Di Tnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314994067842063387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-67624116040270164992010-03-15T08:29:32.976+11:002010-03-15T08:29:32.976+11:00Well said, Gattina! Twelve years ago, my brother ...Well said, Gattina! Twelve years ago, my brother died from a vicious throat cancer and he never once put a cigarette to his lips, not once, not even as a teenager.<br /><br />So Merle - I'm glad a huge weight has been lifted from your mind. We're all getting old as are our "parts"! If I had my way, I'd stick around being 40-45 years for the rest of my life. Dammit! I lost my magic wand somewhere along the way! ;)<br /><br />Take good care, Merle.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-52347608446464670152010-03-15T06:23:35.042+11:002010-03-15T06:23:35.042+11:00Good news about your heart, bad news about the lun...Good news about your heart, bad news about the lungs. Abe has it also, along with asthma. He uses two inhalers, one four times a day, two puffs and one two times a day, two puffs. He also has a nebulizer he can use every four hours as needed. They gave him that after his lung collapsed twice with in a few weeks. Since he's had this upper respiratory problem since right after Christmas, he's been using it a lot. Thank goodness we don't have to pay for the medicine that does into the machine. It's rather expensive. But it does seem to help him. He's to go in April for another breathing test to see how well he's doing. I know when I had that problem with my lungs called (sarcoidosis) I had a horrible time breathing. Would get short of breath walking from one end of the house to the other. Thank goodness Prednisone cleared it up. Sometimes for some people it doesn't. Good luck with yours. That's more or less what Abe's first lung doctor told him, something else will kill him before his Emphysema will. That doctor retired, and he now has a different doctor. Abe also sleeps with a machine that makes oxygen at night, so he can breathe and sleep better. They checked him out and found he has sleep apnea. Have they ever checked you for that? Have to sign off, have a good Sunday, what's left of it. Hope you don't have anymore storms.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106461789118388241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-82660143830982766802010-03-14T15:15:45.723+11:002010-03-14T15:15:45.723+11:00My 95 year old Dad used to tell me that none of us...My 95 year old Dad used to tell me that none of us are getting out of here alive. Then he would giggle.<br />So happy about your test but I know it must not be easy living with lung disease. I am sure you will just have to learn to do everything in moderation as to not get out of breath.<br />Take good care my friend.<br />Hugs,auntpearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18200555684340717816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-62710807077969764152010-03-14T07:15:11.153+11:002010-03-14T07:15:11.153+11:00Merle, as usual, your post is great. Those photos...Merle, as usual, your post is great. Those photos are something else. Nature can be quite destructive.<br /><br />Loved the stories, jokes and comments.<br /><br />While I had seen Linda's joke about the Cuckoo Clock before, I still laugh a lot. <br /><br />Glad to know your doctor has discovered what has been causing your discomfort. Take care of yourself.<br /><br />Our best to you.Jack K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10619303846748379807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-54583460620227585482010-03-14T06:29:00.583+11:002010-03-14T06:29:00.583+11:00I love your meeerkats! But the bad weather, not so...I love your meeerkats! But the bad weather, not so much. We just had 24 hours of rain, so the streets are flooding and stuff, but nothing too bad and we needed the rain. usually this is our bone-dry season! I'm sorry about the emphysema diagnosis, that's no fun; but sometimes it is nice to know what you are dealing with. Thanks for all the funnies, i was reading them to hubby and we both got a good laugh.Rosezilla (Tracie Walker)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12265953530935691847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898025342845778058.post-73970683687662055692010-03-14T02:37:29.471+11:002010-03-14T02:37:29.471+11:00Wow, that must have been a terrible storm ! You kn...Wow, that must have been a terrible storm ! You know it's not said that lung Disease is due to cigarette smoking ! I know people who never smoked and have it too. It's fashion today to put all desease on smoking ! (even a broken leg, lol) Most important is that you feel good now !Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com