Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: billybob
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 01:38 PM

Just so so sad to hear about the passing of our dear Kat, this crew has lost one of the most loving and supportive people,always here to give wonderful and thoughtful words to us when our troubles were overwhelming us, she never complained although her health was so worrysome.

God bless you Kat RIP

Wendy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: LilyFestre
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 12:56 PM

Ok....someone please tell me what UPs are???!?!?!?

Spaw...how'd it go with the port?

I still have mine (3 years now) and am keeping it as long as I possibly can...love it!

Hope it made things easier for you!

Michelle

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 12:26 PM

UP we go again!.
lovely stories maeve.
we,ve had the teenage troubles with foster kids also,spaw.we see some of them still - and still helping them out!
our latest addition came to us one day old.we call her "angel" as the mum did,nt designate a name till a few weeks after birth.
not my idea, but becky is baby mad.but its gone better than expected.
so thats some of what we,ve been UP to.   blessings   pete.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Ebbie
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 12:13 PM

Thinking about you all this morning. UP, Spaw.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: LilyFestre
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 12:11 PM

There is a thread in the music section above....our sweet Kat has passed.

:( I'm so sorry to share this. :(

Michelle

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ranger1
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 11:56 AM

Stopping in for a communal hug for any and all who need it, myself included at the moment.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 11:41 AM

UP, UP, all ye sailors.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: catspaw49
Date: 21 Jul 13 - 10:38 PM

Thanks for that one Maeve! And CL thanks for those wishes.

Was talking with Nigel and he reminded me of a time many years ago. For a number of reasons, all pretty trivial but together in a pile they looked mountainous, I decided to unplug the computer and the TV and and damn near everything else until we all had our bearings again. This included some teenage foster kids who began to freak out. A month later we all felt better for the experience.....or maybe they were fibbing in fear I might make it permanent......LOL.

I was glad to hear that Nigel and Ann were going to do a "bearings check" of their own.....and I think all of us on this crew would agree. In the meantime I think Maeve gave us an idea. I have a few tales of recent happenings that haven't been told including one I had not planned on but.......I think I will. I'd bet dollars to donuts some of you have the same but you're too sheepish to say so.....Yeah? I dare you!

Let's also not forget to keep checking up and checking in. Anyone got anything additional on Art Thieme. Kat is doing better right now with some new thing the Doc is trying. And I quite selfishly will ask for any UPS you might find lying around. What's the plan for Tam to not do the stomp? Pete, Billy and Wendy?

I gotta' tell you that this group is about the only reason I come here anymore......a few others but this is the biggest part of it.

Love to you all and GO FOR IT NIGEL.....BIG UPS TOU YOU!!!!!!


Spaw

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Jul 13 - 09:56 PM

Spaw, good luck with tomorrow's Vidaza treatment. Maeve, I'm glad to read that your mother is home and doing better.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: maeve
Date: 21 Jul 13 - 03:17 PM

Sometimes what we can offer one another is distraction by way of a window into each others' lives.

My 90-year-old mother has gotten through surgery, rehab, and the first couple of weeks at home, with daily and overnight visits from yours truly for the last six weeks. I chose not to post about her here for privacy reasons, but you should know your stories helped me deal with my own stress and worry. Thank you.

Now a fun sort of busy has commenced, with three different bantam hens hatching out broods starting one month ago, with the second batch starting hatching on Friday, and the third expected to begin tomorrow.

Our last house chicken, who can not stand, much less walk, has been in our care for nearly three years. I've been working with her on rehab (swimming in a sand box, learning to push herself upright, learning to tell us when she needs water, food, cleaning, a different position, etc.) . She has amazed us all by becoming so strong she can stand on one knuckle and a wing. She has given further cause for rejoicing at her restored health by laying her first two eggs this week.

Although our outside work days here on the farm begin by three or four in the morning and end somewhere around 7 in the evening, I keep all of you in mind- the seen and the unseen, ailing and healthy, those who raise high many reasons for joy and those struggling with sorrow.

I am happy right now, looking through the north window out into the young apple orchard, watching my dear husband teaching yet another young man how to plant and tend fruit trees. We've never met him before. He stopped by to ask about the giant pine cookie slabs we have for sale with the potted trees, and an hour later he's deep into the orchard tour.

Peace to you all,

Maeve

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 21 Jul 13 - 02:58 PM

I have been meanin' to at least speak up and let folks here know that I'm still checking in here almost all days, and pullin' for the crew members who need it.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 21 Jul 13 - 10:50 AM

once again I'm adding my good wishes & helping the good ship Rainbow move forward

sandra

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 20 Jul 13 - 04:50 PM

pleased to hear wedding went well.hopefully the feet will heal up soon.you got more than enough to cope with i'm sure VT.
best to the rest of the crew too.    pete.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 Jul 13 - 09:14 AM

Best to our Tm doing the "VT Flipper Stomp." Hope the performance is short.

Hope we hear from Nigel soon. Med issues and adjustments to certain scrips can be a serious problem as well as the problems. Sometimes the cure is a bigger problem than the disease.....Anyway.....

Going to make a few calls today and check on Kat.......My next round of Vidaza starts Monday but this time with port!


Spaw

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 19 Jul 13 - 09:54 PM

VaYam, I'm glad the wedding was lovely, but I am so sorry to read about your feet!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,VaTam in Ambleside
Date: 17 Jul 13 - 02:54 PM

Oh everybody. Step daughter's wedding went very well. However, my feet now really could serve to paddle the Rainbow. Who needs sails or oars? I have massive foot power.

Love and hugs and good energy to all on board.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 06:11 PM

Nigel, I hope your new medication works well for you, and Spaw, I hope your port soon finishes healing.

My condo unit in Rhode island has central air conditioning, and while I was still working and later when my health was poor I used it sparingly. For at least the last three summers and so far this summer I have not used it. Nor have I used any window air conditioners or fans. It's an environmental issue and a desire to use my money for other things. (I'm solvent, but we all have to make choices!) And I'm lucky to know it is there if I need it! This summer is hot and humid with little breaks, and in this state we have been warned that there may be power brown-outs because of the high energy use by air conditioners.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 12:18 PM

good news from spaw - keep heading UP.

less good from kat - sending lots of love & gentle virtual hugs

love to all on this thread from sandra

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 10:23 AM

glad to hear its on the UP SPAW.
UPS and a prayer for the others too who are still struggling through.
blessings all    pete.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 09:19 AM

Up Spaw, VT and Kat! Still having a "heatwave" in the UK and it's due to last all week.

We used to call it summer...

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 09:10 AM

I've been a bit too pre-occupied myself lately as my prodigal son Michael has returned home and within 48 hours the Sheriff showed up at my door.......***sigh***.......Anyway, we got that all cleared up and we're working on the college idea. He's morose over the breakup of a long term relationship but we're giving some time and space and he's doing better already.

Healthwise.....The port is in and it works but we're giving it time to heal properly. When you have been on Coumadin as long as I have it causes problems in even the simplest of surgical procedures. And when you have such a lovely combination of assorted bodily failures everything becomes a balancing act where you trade a bit od this to fix that. Hopefully you make the right choice and if not you equally hope to have time to correct!!!

Right now I am feeling pretty damn good (knock on wood) and we're decently balancing. I'm working at regaining strength too. That botched surgery a couple of years ago and the following two months flat on my back took more out of me than I can believe. But working at doing things right now and seeing progress on the blood problems cheers the hell out of me. Thanks for all the UPS .....and thanks in advance for a few more. LOL

We too have the heat wave and no central air. We have new window shaker in a large size which keeps part of the house very comfortable though plus the fans keep the colder air moving about. Hopefully this heat breaks on schedule by Saturday.

AND NOW-----I talked to katlaughing yesterday and dear kat is going through a tough period. Like me, she too has assorted issues but her balancing act is out of whack right now. UPS, thoughts, prayers, and any other Mojo you got needs sent out to the Western Slope of Colorado!

I love you all,


Spaw

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,maeve, avoiding the current trojan
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 07:31 AM

"PS. Don't forget, Folks..."
Same over much of the US, Nigel. AC costs money to buy and to run- money many of us do not have. Our little machine is the result of a barter with a neighbor. We don't run it in the morning or at night, just when we take refuge from planting and tilling outside as we eat lunch.

Thoughts and blessings raining down to cool those who suffer from the heat, to comfort those in physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual pain, laughter to those who are sad, and companionship to those who are lonely.

"Take Joy!"

Maeve

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 16 Jul 13 - 05:15 AM

Janie & ChanteyLass have said it all for me. Very preoccupied with my own health issues at present, mainly around transitioning from one drug regime to another. Combine that with the heatwave in London at present (unbearably hot, humid nights = very fragmented sleep), so 'zombie' would sum me up pretty well!
             Much Love, Hugs & Kisses to you All,
                                                                      Nigel.
                                                                      xxxx

PS. Don't forget, Folks, in the UK, AirCon in the average house is still the exception, rather than the rule!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 15 Jul 13 - 10:40 PM

Hello, fellow crew members! I wish smooth, or at least smoother, sailing for all of you.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Janie
Date: 14 Jul 13 - 07:40 PM

Selfishly too preoccupied with my own life to give time to think of anything truly thoughtful to post, but want to let you know I check in several times a week and catch up. Don't have my wits about me well enough to post without fear of forgetting to include some one who has posted regarding a trouble, trial or tribulation, and know that personal noting/acknowledging by others is powerfully supportive. So....while not leading any verses, I'm still here with the crew and in the chorus.

Peace be with all.

Janie

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 14 Jul 13 - 05:53 PM

greetings all from a very warm and sunny england.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 14 Jul 13 - 06:48 AM

What gnu and Pete and ChanteyLass said.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 11 Jul 13 - 11:52 PM

What gnu and Pete said.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Jul 13 - 05:15 PM

hope it works out VT and the feet reduce and its a good day.
blessings    pete.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 11 Jul 13 - 03:48 PM

Hang tough, VT.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 11 Jul 13 - 03:08 PM

Glad to read that Wendy's brother is on the mend. And that Pete Twitchett posted to his thread.

I am paddling with big flippers (badly swollen feet) on a little skiff behind the Rainbow, trying to catch up with all the events since my last read.

Also worrying about how I am going to get my feet into the specially decorated boots for step daughter's wedding next week. Right now I can barely wear crocs. Started prescribed diuretic today.

Need special wishes and ideas for foot reduction by next Tuesday, please. I have cut the salty foods, meat, dairy and bread. Have to drink lots of water because I am perishingly dry since being taken off of Hydroxchlorquine. Sjogren's coming back with vengeance. I am spending evenings with feet elevated above heart trying to keep hips straight.

Gotta go lie down again. Boring! :(

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 10 Jul 13 - 06:43 PM

pausing to offer a prayer for the bereaved and unwell,with thanks for their kind thoughts for others,and for some better outcomes for some.
blessings all   pete.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 09 Jul 13 - 06:25 PM

Art... we need ya bud. Hang tough. Yer one a the good guys whats looked up to by many in this here madhouse. Kinda like Spaw when he ain't bent over showin us his ass and askin us ta pull his finger... not that he always asks er nuthin eh?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 09 Jul 13 - 06:13 AM

A rather belated Welcome Home to Wendy & Billy. Wendy, I trust your Brother is making a full recovery....'Big Sis'; 'Big Daughter'; 'Big Wife'....you really do have to spread your energies far & wide. Keep some of that R'n'R you garnered on holiday in reserve.
         Janie, I love your words: "....Row together. Walk together. Sing together. such respect and support for each person or family's journey". May I add: "Laugh together, cry together, think together?"
                      With Much Love to You All,
                                                             Nigel.
                                                             xxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 08 Jul 13 - 08:54 PM

Wendy, I'm glad to read that your brother is home. I hope he heeds the advice from his medical team and big sister.

Of course good wishes go out to Art and Carol, too.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Jul 13 - 08:09 AM

Good news Wendy. Heart disease really does make us pay for our lifestyle.....***sigh***...........Go get him Big Sis!

ALSO......I just read that ART THIEME is having some infection problems again. He's in the hospital and his son says they are working at getting this one cleared early so he doesn't have a repeat of the last time. So let's send out some Rainbow Mojo towards Art and Carol out in Illinois.


Spaw

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: billybob
Date: 08 Jul 13 - 07:02 AM

Well my brother is home thank goodness, bit shocked and fragile but how lucky he was to go to Basildon hospital! Fantastic place and wonderful staff.
Now to look at his musicians lifestyle, no more take aways and late night Indian restaurants after gigs for him! Big sister on the case!!

Thanks for all your kind thoughts
much love

Wendy xxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 08 Jul 13 - 05:05 AM

Rats!... "Heel to starboard all YA want or have to... "

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 07 Jul 13 - 08:47 PM

And, Janie's video was made during a rhythm and blues cruise! How appropriate for those of us who sail aboard Jane's Rainbow!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Jul 13 - 07:03 PM

like the vid janie
never heard of her before - gospelling the blues!
,,,happiness is knowing your blessed..

trust your brother continues to mend well ,wendy.you obviously needed that break at that time before the added concern.

UP SPAW Glad its coming together better.
blessings all   pete.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Janie
Date: 07 Jul 13 - 06:26 PM

It occurs to me that what we do here, is help one another to
walk on.

Row together. Walk together. Sing together. such respect and support for each person or family's journey.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 07 Jul 13 - 02:01 PM

Heel to starboard all want or have to but ya just gotta heal to port man!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Ron Davies
Date: 07 Jul 13 - 09:26 AM

(Very belatedly), thoughts and prayers for all who need them.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Jul 13 - 08:36 AM

Since the port is starboard, I'm heeling to starboard although healing to port............wait........uh........yeah...............


Spaw

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 07 Jul 13 - 05:43 AM

Wendy... oh my. Hope all turns out well.

Spaw... heal to port! Full sails!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Jul 13 - 08:47 AM

Me too Wendy.....You have a bag that is way too full....but I was glad to hear how well your vacation worked out!

My best to all as well. We have a bit of a mixed bag but things seem pretty decent for the moment. I'm still trying to heal the port....damned Coumadin slows everything. Looking better every day though!

Some extra good thoughts to you Pete......


Spaw

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 05 Jul 13 - 09:53 PM

Oh, Wendy! If it's not one thing it's another! I hope your brother recovers quickly.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: billybob
Date: 05 Jul 13 - 07:51 AM

Good job I had the holiday, spent all yesterday at Basildon Hospital, my brother had a heart attack in the early hours, rushed to the cardiac unit and had the artery unblocked and a stent fitted. All going well so far going to see him this evening.

Wendy xxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 04 Jul 13 - 09:11 PM

Wendy, I am glad to know that you enjoyed your trip and that all went well for your mother while you were gone.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 03 Jul 13 - 04:00 PM

so heartwarming to hear such a lovely report of your holiday wendy.
continued blessings    pete.