Aly, drink cranberry juice to help your kidneys flush out whatever... don't worry, we have plenty of cranberry bogs here in Mass., nothing like a Cape Codder (Cranberry juice & vodka)... you won't need your drugs then either.
No more falls ladies, I think Di's right, too much time over at the pub!
Picked our pumpkins out today, got an ice cream cone, and then the great pumpkin lighting at the town common tonight. My son and I made a yummy shish kabob (without the skewers lol) and had those, and then I sent them all off to the pumpkin patch. I wonder what the residents of the revolutionary war cemetary must think about this event, they're on the other side of the stone wall. People are really creative, I saw pictures of one of Steve Jobs of Apple, angry birds, elmo, the headless horseman, mario, and many more.
A friend of mine who saw me at church today came over while everyone was coming and going and we had a glass of wine and chatted, and then she told me that some of the folks at church who never knew what was wrong were like, "how long have you known..." to her. I had made her swear to secrecy on my diagnosis, as I didn't want my boys finding out from someone else. So now it looks like they want to start coming over with dinners, and cleaning and stuff... I told her that I was all set for most things right now, but could use a bit of help for my next Open House which is now next Sunday. I've been avoiding going to church for a while as I didn't want to get into it with everyone, I can't control my tears at times like that... but today was a good day to go, and I only lost it once. It was funny, because when I talked to my minister months ago about this, I know he put me on the prayer list, but I told him I didn't want everyone to know yet. So today during the "Concerns and Celebrations" part of our sermon, when he asked if anyone had any... he kept looking over at me, but I just couldn't say anything for myself. But now that I've been "outed", it will be easier to deal with it all. They're great people, and he's hysterically funny at times. As he said today, if you put 10 Congregationalists in a room together, you'd get 17 opinions on what to do, as the other 7 would call it in! Guess he means we like to get our opinions out there. Funny thing is, half our congregation grew up Catholic or other religions. I went to this church as a child, but only became an official member about 3 or 4 years ago. Went to a bunch of other churches throughout the years, but this one is definitely the one I'm comfortable in. Aly, you'd have a grand time in this church, it's a typical New England church, at the top of a hill, the Revolutionary War cemetery is next to it, on the other side is the Town Hall. White steeple, over 100 year old building. Pretty neat.
Hope everyone is tucked into bed and sleep well tonight, I have a parade to go to tomorrow morning at the end of my street. It goes from the Bank at one end of Main Street to the Library, about 2 blocks, and includes the fire engines, the vets, a couple of antique cars (usually carrying a few of the vets), the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Brownie Scouts (any other scouts that may be in town) and the soccer teams, the Pop Warner football teams, and oh yes, the high school and middle school bands (which my sons are in each of them). So it's short and sweet, guaranteed candy to be thrown by someone, and then off to the library for the book sale, and the field by St. Marks School for the rest of the festivities. Usually you eat your way through the place, pet a few llamas, and then buy a few crafts, see everyone in town. Lots of fun, little town fairs! This one is called Heritage Day to celebrate our town starting in 1727...
Love to all!