Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: LilyFestre
Date: 13 Mar 10 - 12:20 PM

Hey Maeve,

    I wish I was there to see you when you hear the loud and loosely wrapped music....sometimes it's lots of fun!! Sometimes it's even more fun to see some tightly wrapped folk's reactions!!!!   Susan...you HAVE TO send her Wade in the Water!!!!! It's my all time favorite...especially when Father Cootiesniffer belts it out!

Be well.

Michelle

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Mar 10 - 02:12 PM

maeve...we've had fun this morning packing a certain box. Watch your snail mail...it's going parcel post from way out west so no telling when it will get there...all in good time, eh?*bg*

It's a chilly, overcast day here. We were going to clean up the yard, but instead we are inside cleaning a bit and stuff. Hope you've got some sunshine, in more ways than one.:-)

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve
Date: 13 Mar 10 - 07:52 PM

Tired tonight, but we had some good help from friends today. I'll read the new posts when I am properly awake.

Goodnight.

m

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 12:22 AM

How's your face and the nose on it, Sins? I too am bruised. Day before yesterday I was at the beach with the three dogs (I'm housesitting) throwing balls and keeping the dogs busy.   It was an extra low tide, freshly out, and striding to retrieve an errant ball my left foot hit solidly on a small post (this beach was the scene of gold mining and transport a hundred years ago) and I went sprawling.

It must have been spectacular. I landed on my right shoulder, my cheekbone plowing through the wet but packed sand. I remember my hindquarters rising in the air and then landing with a great thud.

The only pain I felt was when my ribs compressed- that hurt on both sides.

Well, I took stock and realizing that nothing was broken I sat up with my legs sticking out straight in front of me A young couple came running, their faces still registering the mirth they had been engaging in. I think they were shocked though at my evident advanced age. Sine my family grays late, from a distance people can't tell.

Anyway, they were very nice and concerned. I told them that at the moment I am very comfortable just sitting there but that I am fine.

After a bit I returned to playing ball with the dogs for bit- with wet rear. Today my ribs still require frequent aspirin but they are definitely on the mend.

Stay upright, Maeve. :)

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 01:19 AM

virtual hug to you, Ebbie.

sandra

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 01:43 AM

Gently, gently... :)

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 07:21 AM

it was a very gentle hug - a mere shadow of a hug! (if I knew how to do HTML stuff it would have been in tiny font to emphasise it's tinyness!)

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 07:46 AM

Group hug, a gentle one!

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: jacqui.c
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 08:18 AM

More gentle hugs from Maine Ebbie.

More robust hugs to my lovely Maeve and Truelove.

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: olddude
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 11:14 AM

In my thoughts and in my heart   Maeve, Truelove, and Ebbie
and Ebbie go to the docs to make sure hon your ribs are ok

Dan

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 11:15 AM

I don't know why my friends think they need to fall down to get my attention. Mary and Ebbie, STOP IT! Should I now confess that in February, one day short of my broken arm anniversary, I also fell on ice? No, I think I'll keep that quiet.

maeve

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: SINSULL
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 11:40 AM

THAT'S IT!
Good things come in threes. Three of us have gone sprawling in less than graceful poses. Enough!

Ebbie, make sure your ribs are not cracked. If they continue to hurt get them checked - LOL just passing on advice from the multiple PMs I am getting. Thank goodness I wasn't there. I cannot help myself when someone falls down I laugh - even me. Were the dogs at all concerned? I have visions of Seamus rummaging through my purse for treats as I lay on the ground.

On the bright side - I mentioned the cranky guy who sits in a little shed in the parking lot, the one who ran over to help me. The next day I knocked on his door and thanked him for the helping hand. He was so touched. He kept thanking me for thanking him. He seems to be one of those people who spends his time arguing over everything. Now he waves happily to me everyday as I leave work.

Maeve,
Please be careful.No more drama. Boring is good sometimes - just follow one day after another. Stay in one piece.
I feel good things coming for you this spring. Not sure what but you will be pleased.
Mary

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 12:43 PM

Why stop at three? I took a nasty slide on slippery grass last week and soaked up quite a bit of cold, wet mud till Hardi came to help me up and off the knee that bore the brunt of it. (But we took off for an evening of scootering fun anyway.)

~S~

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 06:40 PM

Just hope you like the CD Jacqui passed on from us... if not,just give it back to her because I promised her a replacement!

All best wishes

Kitty

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 06:46 PM

Maeve, just think: Had you told us of your own sprawl you would have healed much faster. And, Susan, the same is true for you. We already know all about Mudcat Mojo.

Last night was my worst night. I woke up at 4:00 trying to figure out how to roll over to my other side in bed. Finally realized that without aspirin I wasn't going to feel any better, even if I got rolled over. All I had to do then was figure out how to get out of bed without waking my hosts (They got back from Italy last night and I'd been housesitting during these three weeks) with my groans.

Finally got downstairs and into a big chair were I napped until everybody got up.

I know that as pain goes, mine is small potatoes - but it still ain't nice.

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: gnu
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 06:58 PM

Big hugs to all of you. Sigh.

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: ranger1
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 07:12 PM

Yeah, well, you all should have seen me tap dancing on the ice-covered bridge before I went down. With witnesses, wouldn't you know? I told them that I was doing a visual example showing that the bridge was slippery, in order to warn others.

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: gnu
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 07:18 PM

r1... duty first! You are a trooper!

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 Mar 10 - 08:43 PM

No ice here, but I spent a careful afternoon cutting up and boxing and bagging a very large and rather ugly prickly pear cactus. I have three varieties out front, and this one was taking over the other two, which I like better. So with various implements of destruction from both the garden and the kitchen (tongs to move these things around) I was very careful NOT to go sprawling on the job. I didn't want to have to come over here later and explain why I was a pincushion. Perhaps the tide is turning. I got through the task with only a couple of finger pricks. It'll be a hale and hearty spring from here out!

I'm shaping the garden, and finding the volunteers out there in fine form. I suspect that the garden is going to tug at maeve pretty hard soon, if it hasn't already. Even after a fire, things grow. Sometimes they grow more.

SRS

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve
Date: 16 Mar 10 - 04:31 PM

We cleaned up along half of the front foundation line today; bagging trash, burned clothes, and paper. TL hauled away lots of bricks from the three chimneys. We'll use them to help fill in the foundation hole once we've cleaned it out. I need to call to rent a dumpster for the things we won't be burning during the clean up.

Herga Kitty- I love ALL of the music we've been sent. I can only listen to a little each day; right now most music is painful for TL. Thanks to you and thanks to everyone who took part in the cd collection project. Gratitude is too small a word for the way it makes me feel to have beautiful music again. Even though I can't make much music right now myself, I need to hear it and can do so, thanks to many thoughtful music makers here.

maeve

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve
Date: 17 Mar 10 - 11:29 PM

The dumpster arrived this afternoon. Soon we'll have the blowing trash contained, and we can say goodbye to thousands of ruined books, cassettes, cds, and every manner of record.

TL found a few pieces of my lace and our two silver baby spoons today. The level of the debris is now lower than the previous head-high; we can see across the ruin to the top of the lilac garden.

Sleep is always elusive. Goodnight.

maeve

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Mar 10 - 11:52 PM

That's a lot of hard work in many ways. Impressive depth from the sounds of it. Is the lilac garden intact? What wonders to find, though...your baby spoons and some lace!

Maybe you could have a private saying "goodbye" ceremony for all of the stuff to be hauled off? If it would help, that is.

One thing I've finally learned about sleep...take it when I can get it which is when my body tells me it is ready - no sense in fighting it, otherwise. I hope you are getting enough to keep from being completely exhausted. I imagine it will be better when you are settled in on your own land, again, may that be soon.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 05:03 AM

it's amazing how very fragile stuff can survive, I was reading an article yesterday about an ancient textile, either 5000BC or 5000 years old.

We have 17th century lace from a shipwreck in one of our museums.

sandra

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 08:01 AM

I have nothing to add but my virtual hugs. I'm here, always, my dear.

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: SINSULL
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 08:21 AM

Daffodils just starting to open. Any signs of spring around you, Maeve? This weekend is supposed to be in the 60s. Warm and dry and clear.
Mary

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: My guru always said
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 08:35 AM

Have been thinking of you, glad to hear of your new finds!
Love & Hugs,
Hil

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 11:45 AM

In case you missed it upthread, Maeve, I can scan anything stinky/ruined you want to save as a virtual, visual memory.

~S~

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: bhb
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 12:08 PM

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve - PM
Date: 19 Feb 10 - 09:48 AM

Possibly, Susan. I don't want to send them away from us; I know that. Perhaps you'd send me a PM? Thanks.

maeve

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 12:40 PM

Thanks, bhb. Nice to see your "name" here. Thanks for stopping by to read our fire thread. I hope you are well.

Susan, I do so appreciate your willingness to handle and scan our scorched paperwork. For now we need to clean, dry, and bag it and file all such things away for another day. We need some papers in case of an insurance question, and frankly we don't want to be sending anything away at this time. It means a lot that you and Hardi would offer.

Hil, Allison, Sandra, Kat, Sins, Maggie, gnu, mg, Dan, Ebbie( You ok?),Jacqui, Liz, Herga Kitty, ranger1...and anyone else- Thanks, as always. As grumpy as I may sound from time to time, I deeply appreciate your presence here.

Signs of spring- Golden Bunch crocus, single and double snowdrops, and , Johnnie-Jump-Ups (in bloom all year, even under snow!) are all in bloom and feeding masses of honeybees. Plump daffodil buds are shooting forth from the earth and will open any minute. Daylilies are showing as are lupin(e) plants. Lilacs are full of fat little buds waiting for May and June. Star Magnolia's fuzzy snowparka buds are full and waiting just a while longer to open...soon. Beets, carrots, lettuce, kale, and chard from last October's sowing are growing and soon will be ready to eat. The brilliant gold and green basket willow bed is breathtaking from the north end of the foundation, and gives a flash of beauty to offset some of the dismal pit we're working on.

maeve

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Ebbie
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 01:10 PM

:The brilliant gold and green basket willow bed is breathtaking from the north end of the foundation, and gives a flash of beauty to offset some of the dismal pit we're working on." Maeve

Lovely sentence.

Grumpiness may not change anything but is perfectly understandable when it occurs. Grump away. I just think the whole incident with its attendant losses is just so sad. It is hard to fathom how when it is 'over' things will be even more beautiful, but that is generally the case, or at least is so reported.

(I am OK, thanks. My upper rib still hurts a bit when I breathe- but who needs to breathe? :)

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 01:16 PM

Thanks, Ebbie. You need to breathe. We need you to breathe.

Back to the home place.

maeve

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 01:30 PM

Maeve,

Sweetie, I'm not offering to scan paper, tho I would.

I'm offering to scan burnt fabric scraps and any other stuff you'd snap a photo of-- if it didn't smell so bad that you can't do anything more than pitch it. I'm offering to receive boxes of THAT, scan, and pitch it for you. Just as I would do for a nearby-neighbor I didn't even know.

You see, I remember all the stuff WE pitched that, if I'd had a nearby neighbor offer, I'd dearly love to just SEE one more time, right about now. Just the photo. For me-- I'm so visual-- that would bring all the good memories back to the surface.

And that too is part of healing-- the reclaiming of what was good that PTSD makes feel retroactively bad.

I have such a box of my own, now, that I've been going through and scanning. It would be EASY to do such for you, if you have any old mailers any of your MudGifts came in. I can even send a few postage bucks from church.

Please just keep it in mind. It's a small enough thing I could do. I would bet other Catters might want to do that for a neighbor as well.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 07:46 PM

It's good to hear that the flowers are coming back. They'll help a lot with the mood and further healing. How can you be grumpy with sunshine on your face and a garden full of crocus and daffodils?

SRS

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 09:03 PM

I see, Susan. Thank you. I have a system in place for cleaning and keeping the bits I care about, but I appreciate the offer.

m

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Mar 10 - 09:42 PM

Okiebokie.

~S~

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 11:56 AM

Maeve,
I have been thinking of you and am really disappointed we won't see you Saturday. Maybe for Martyn Wyndam-Read?
Yard Sale season is upon us and I remember you said that TL's tools needed replacing. We often see really good stuff and can have Kendall vet it before we purchase. If it is of interest, get us a list. If not, no problem.
Question: I have bulbs and seeds that never made it into the ground last fall. Are they any good now? Some are obviously dessicated but some seem to have life. Seeds should be OK as long as they don't get wet - right?
SINS, not a gardener.

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: maeve
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 01:59 PM

Sins- Plant 'em. See what grows, then you'll know. That's what I do. Bulbs and seeds can surprise even an experienced gardener.

I'm very disappointed to miss David Jones' concert, Tami's birthday celebration, and the friends who will be gathered at your welcoming home. Life is full of surprises, but right now I don't see any likelihood of me getting to hear and meet Martyn Wyndam-Read (although I've long wanted to; same for David Jones) or any other trip away from the work at hand.
***
Our housing is about to get challenging. I'm likely to be away from electricity, running water, telephone, computer, etc. for an undetermined time. I'll keep folks here posted as well as possible.

Thank you all for the encouragement, music, stories, PMs, quilt fabric, and various other treasures Mudcat friends have bestowed on us. We appreciate you all. I don't know when I'll be disappearing, but soon. I don't know when things will ease up.

It seems this thread has perhaps run its course, judging from the time between refreshes. I don't know if there is interest in my posting to it when I can. I've opened a special email account for those who want to be in touch but don't have my private contact information; Mudcatters are welcome to use it for that purpose. Send me a PM if you'd like to have it.

I'll try to post here prior to our disappearance from internet and telephone access.

Love and gratitude,

maeve

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 02:12 PM

still peeking in here, gleaning for news and depositing positive thoughts.

best wishes to you both in this next stage.

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 08:08 PM

I don't know if there is interest in my posting to it when I can.

If YOU are interested in us posting the odd good wishes from time time during your "absence," so they pile up for you to see as you are able-- perhaps that would be a better use for this thread for a bit.

We can trust that you are moving forward (you always are), and calling upon us as needed, even if we do not hear from you in this thread, and just add prayerful/loving thoughts here, eh?

~Susan

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Mar 10 - 10:43 PM

Yes, of course there is interest in your posting whenever you feel like it and are able, maevedarlin'! One thing I've learned about Mudcat threads is they don't die.*bg*

May your circumstances improve, daily and bring you back home, literally, and to Mudcat. You WILL be missed and we will continue sending support, thanks-givings, etc. with no strings attached...don't worry about responding to any and/or all!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: My guru always said
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 03:12 AM

Our positive thoughts will be winging their way to you Maeve, whether you're able to see them here or not, wherever you are. Wishing you joy with your hard work, no accidents please!
Love & Hugs,
Hil x

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 07:01 AM

Thinking of you, on or off the 'Cat...

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit
From: gnu
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 11:09 AM

Well, I hope you didn't sleep at the farm last night. -13C, -23WC here this AM.

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 27 Mar 10 - 11:32 AM

continuing to wish you all the best & sending hugs

sandra

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit
From: SINSULL
Date: 29 Mar 10 - 09:44 AM

Maeve - hope you can still see this. Jacqui and I are planning to be in Damarisotta on Friday for Martyn W. Read's concert. Save the date. We are hoping you and TL can join us.
SINS

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit
From: wysiwyg
Date: 29 Mar 10 - 09:58 AM

Dear Maeve,

Love,

Susan

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 29 Mar 10 - 02:58 PM

Hi Maeve,

I just sent an e-mail - hope you get it. We're always thinking of you.

Warmly,
Dan

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit
From: maeve
Date: 30 Mar 10 - 08:02 AM

Caught it, Dan. Thanks.

We're doing fine, and seem to be making some progress with housing. We found the remains of my fiddle; very sad. When I can, I'm thinking we'll make a blog or such-like so those who wish to can see some of the photos we're making of the fire remains and the moments of sad and happy discoveries. I've started packing- funny to already have so many things to pack!

Thanks, all. Remember; Mudcatters who want email contact are welcome to PM for an address.

maeve

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit
From: wysiwyg
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 11:05 AM

Resurrection takes so many forms.

(((Maeve)))

~S~

Subject: RE: Tribulation/ Blessings Maeve & Truelove-off 4 abit
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Apr 10 - 11:46 PM

You are amazing, darlin'...thanks for the visit...smilin' still.:-)