Re: Hi Y'all
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  • Subject: Re: Hi Y'all
  • From: T* G* <t*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:05:11 -0800
Nice to hear from you with the update. Good luck on the surgery- I'm sure
everything will be fine.
Theresa

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Catharine Carpenter
<cathycrc@comcast.net>wrote:

> Let me know how to keep wisteria under control! I deliberately got a W.
> macrocarpa, supposed to be less aggressive than the asian species. If that
> is so, I'd hate to cope with them.
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2009, at 4:52 AM, andreah wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone-I wanted to wish all a Happy New Year. I haven't been much of
>> a
>> participant lately, who knew life at 40 would get so busy?
>>
>>
>>
>> I try to keep up with what's going on (Happy late birthday, Zem). Anyway-I
>> hope you all had a fabulous Christmas. I flew to Illinois to spend it with
>> my sister's family  and my Dad and his wife. We had a great time. Sis and
>> family have TWO ten week old Great Dane puppies, Daisy and Duke, in
>> addition
>> to their Yorkie, Peppy, and Wheaton terrier, Peaches. SO, their house was
>> loud and eventful and QUITE entertaining.  I never knew Danes were so
>> vocal.
>> They did a lot of talking and yodeling and other noises. I can only begin
>> to
>> imagine what their house will be like in 3 months when they are 3 times
>> the
>> size they are now. At 10 weeks they're as tall as my Vidalia who is now a
>> full grown, if small, boxer.
>>
>>
>>
>> I got to have a white Christmas and then come right back home. Or almost
>> right back home. I was stuck in O'Hare for 13 hours on Saturday. That was
>> no
>> fun at all. Finally I told them just to get me south and I flew into
>> Jacksonville, FL as all the flights to Savannah were either cancelled or
>> booked. My best friend (God Bless Her) came and got me. It's about a 3
>> hour
>> drive to JAX from Beaufort so we got back home about 3:00 am. I could have
>> kissed the ground.  Next time I'm going through Atlanta. MUCH easier. LOL!
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a gorgeous dark purple Dendrobium orchid on my kitchen counter. The
>> spikes must be 2 feet long and full of blooms. That was wonderful to come
>> home to. All the other plants are in the greenhouse. We're having our
>> first
>> big freeze this weekend and after that I can get in the garden and start
>> cleaning out.  I've borrowed a friend's Sawzall to help me with some
>> pruning. I've still got mini trees and wisteria to get under control in
>> this
>> yard. I still say Wisteria is Satan's Vine. I think we should move to
>> rename
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, I have lots to do in the next 2 weeks as I have surgery on January
>> 25th.
>> Total hysterectomy. I cannot wait! I scheduled it for that date so by
>> March
>> I'll be back on my feet. I've been doing more exercise so I'll have some
>> stamina built up. My Doc assures me that if all goes well I'll recover
>> quickly.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway-I think about y'all a lot, even if I don't read every post. I hope
>> we
>> all have a great 2010! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrea
>>
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