Couch 194: The Floral Couch

ArtleyWilkins · 11:26 AM

My mother and my sister have a way of staying present in my life, long after their deaths.

I was in church last night with my husband. We sit in the back pew because of his walker. No one sits behind us. I realized I was hearing someone humming a hymn behind me. I turned to see who it was, and there was no one there; just a very vivid image of my mother smiling and humming. (She was an organist and this was her element.)

Then, this morning on my Facebook page, a post pops up from the Lutheran church in El Salvador that was named after my sister who (along with her husband) had done a great deal of work there. (They rarely actually add posts to their Facebook page.) When she died, we asked for memorials rather than flowers and those funds were sent to that little bitty church in El Salvador which was able to put on a new roof, expand a little, paint, etc. and renamed their church after my sister in honor of her lasting spirit.

Their spirit lives on and finds a way in at the most unexpected times.

atisketatasket · 11:44 AM

Am baking parmesan crisps. The gf ones in stores are way too expensive.

Trying garlic on some of them.

Eta: verdict, good, but either I overinterpreted “heaping tablespoonful” or they needed to bake longer. Bit chewy in the center. Or maybe try grated instead of shredded parmesan next time.

unaluna · Apr 20, 2019 at 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

ahaha! and the potato in a box?! that's cracking me up!

A potato in a box? As long as it waren't rotten!

WarmFuzzySocks · Apr 20, 2019 at 01:11 PM

I slept til almost 10, then got up to shower. I had great intentions of finding something quiet and easy to do like clean the junk drawer, but by the time I made it downstairs I only had enough oomph to pour coffee and find the Tylenol, then I went back to bed and fell asleep.

susannahsays, I’d just read your post about whether therapy is helping. Three times in my dream, I asked you: Did you ask C (something)?
Which is totally useless because my head is too full of fever and snot to remember what the something was. That’s what I get for reading posts before falling asleep.

Apr 20, 2019 at 01:56 PM

So I decided to walk home from the grocery store (a little over a mile). About 1/4 of the way home I somehow managed to trip over a crack in the sidewalk and flailing my arms & run-falling, making a huge spectacle I'm sure on the sidewalk next to a busy road I then fell down and skinned up my knee and shin and sat there for a few seconds laughing at myself, then I jumped up, brushed off and walked the rest of the way home. Slowly, and gingerly. Good thing these old bones have padding

LostOnTheTrail · Apr 20, 2019 at 02:29 PM

Evening Couch,

Time with my nephew always makes me feel a little brighter. I'm so grateful for that. I'm learning to find light where I can.

chihirochild · Apr 20, 2019 at 02:43 PM

I have been in line in this crisis hotline for 45 minutes now. Oof.

unaluna · Apr 20, 2019 at 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

So I decided to walk home from the grocery store (a little over a mile). About 1/4 of the way home I somehow managed to trip over a crack in the sidewalk and flailing my arms & run-falling, making a huge spectacle I'm sure on the sidewalk next to a busy road I then fell down and skinned up my knee and shin and sat there for a few seconds laughing at myself, then I jumped up, brushed off and walked the rest of the way home. Slowly, and gingerly. Good thing these old bones have padding

Are the ice cream and the wine okay??

Apr 20, 2019 at 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Are the ice cream and the wine okay??

Haha! H's ice cream (which I no longer want to eat, thank goodness) was safe in the car with him. No wine this time !! But I did buy a little bag of peanut m&m's as I wanted those.

Just went for my first swim of 2019. Since its 91 degrees F this afternoon.

unaluna · Apr 20, 2019 at 03:58 PM

Artie

sorry and thanks! i am in a weeeird mood!

Apr 20, 2019 at 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Artie

sorry and thanks! i am in a weeeird mood!

Don't be sorry be una it was funny!

LonesomeTonight · Apr 20, 2019 at 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by chihirochild

I have been in line in this crisis hotline for 45 minutes now. Oof.

Ugh, this happened to me the other night and I eventually gave up. Hope they're able to help you or that you feel better soon.

LonesomeTonight · Apr 20, 2019 at 04:58 PM

Survived D's family birthday party--think it went OK? But when she was ready to leave, there was no changing her mind. Made it through about 2 hours.

Apr 20, 2019 at 05:01 PM

Hey i forgot the couchies could help eat the ice cream cake. As much ice cream cake as you want the top layer is super rich chocolate and the bottom layer is hokey pokey. Dig in. I am over ice cream.

Apr 20, 2019 at 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by chihirochild

I have been in line in this crisis hotline for 45 minutes now. Oof.

I hope someone got to you. and they helped.

Apr 20, 2019 at 05:11 PM

instead of just signing up for the art course i emailed the lady some of my works in progress and pointed out what inwas having problems with in the hope she might know someone who can help. I felt maybe this was more proactive than paying money for a course i would find boring and would begin to resent it. At least asking for what i want is becoming a bit easier since i began therapy. I no longer think its all about people wanting to hurt me in some way. I understand boundaries abit better.

healed84 · Apr 20, 2019 at 05:17 PM

I am trying to be proactive and not stew in my current miserableness. So, I made homemade carrot cake and homemade cream cheese frosting. I can’t wait to eat it tomorrow after Easter dinner.

Apr 20, 2019 at 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by healed84

I am trying to be proactive and not stew in my current miserableness. So, I made homemade carrot cake and homemade cream cheese frosting. I can’t wait to eat it tomorrow after Easter dinner.

wow thats self control. that wouldnt last more than half an hour out of the oven in my house. Good on you.

Apr 20, 2019 at 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemoncake

It's perfectly normal to have ambivalent feelings and there's nothing wrong with telling him that you loved him.. I think you said you'd hear by the 22nd if he could still see you. I hope he get's back to you soon.

No my next session would have been the 22nd but my appointment with my gp when i find out what my t, ex-t? says will be the the week after on the 29 th.

88Butterfly88 · Apr 20, 2019 at 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chihirochild

I have been in line in this crisis hotline for 45 minutes now. Oof.

That's an awfully long wait.

Feel better.

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atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,149 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Apr 20, 2019 at 11:31 AM #162 Am baking parmesan crisps. The gf ones in stores are way too expensive. Trying garlic on some of them. Eta: verdict, good, but either I overinterpreted “heaping tablespoonful” or they needed to bake longer. Bit chewy in the center. Or maybe try grated instead of shredded parmesan next time. Last edited by atisketatasket; Apr 20, 2019 at 11:44 AM..

chihirochild Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: North America Posts: 2,360 7 4,865 hugs given	Apr 20, 2019 at 02:43 PM #167 I have been in line in this crisis hotline for 45 minutes now. Oof.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,866 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Apr 20, 2019 at 03:58 PM #170 Artie sorry and thanks! i am in a weeeird mood!

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,754 (SuperPoster!) 9 75k hugs given	Apr 20, 2019 at 04:58 PM #173 Survived D's family birthday party--think it went OK? But when she was ready to leave, there was no changing her mind. Made it through about 2 hours.

Anonymous42961 Guest Posts: n/a	Apr 20, 2019 at 05:01 PM #174 Hey i forgot the couchies could help eat the ice cream cake. As much ice cream cake as you want the top layer is super rich chocolate and the bottom layer is hokey pokey. Dig in. I am over ice cream.