Booky wrote:

I'm taking those Meryl and Fedor break-up rumors with a grain of salt.  They've been back together for some time now, maybe way before Maks decided to hook up with Peta again.  She never stopped following Fedor on twitter and instagram, and after the new year, she started following his watch account.  She's been liking his pics on this account and he likes hers as well from this account.  In fact, she liked one of his pics just a couple of days ago.  Her close friends also follow Fedor on instagram but not Maks.  Also, months ago when she posted a pic of a cup of cappuchino from a restaurant in New York, Fedor posted a similar pic that same week.  And of course there was that Christmas pic of the two that Meryl's uncle posted.  I'm not going to believe they've broken up until I see some proof of it.

The tumblrs seem to believe that Cheryl Burke has broken up with her boyfriend because she hasn't posted any pics of the two of them lately.  Wonder if that's true?

What do they base the Cheryl thing on, Booky?  I assumed that her big birthday bash last night that so many were at (even without much picture corroboration) was held at his restaurant--- Warwick's. Not so?

Here's Nastia in her costume...they are doing a Paso...she's looking fierce.

https://instagram.com/p/2Rikk7toqT/

CEK40 wrote:

Just a really quick stop to tell you that I am not sure if I will be on except for maybe the show...
My mother-in-law was admitted to the hospital this afternoon with fluid in the lung and congestive heart failure...I called the doctor to make an appointment for her today because we thought the new blood pressure medication was causing her BP to be so low and her exhaustion too...well guess that was not it...

They are going to do several test and and are giving her IV fluid medication and the heart doctor told hubby that they are going to treat it aggressively.  She is in her 70's so they need to do so...

I am not going to the hospital tonight because 5 of her grandchildren(adults) and her two daughters and my hubby are there.  I will let you know more when I find it out.

So I guess our prayer circle is getting much bigger then I wish it was....

Will be back when I can!!! 

Oh Dear !!!  You are right about that prayer circle getting bigger.   I hope that she will be okay and that the Drs. can find the right medicine to help her.  I am not even close to 70, but I still think that is young.  She has so much more "life" to lead.  I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers, as well as the rest of your family. 

Oh, those dear mothers.   Would that they never  had to age.

I’ve maybe told you that when my healthy and vibrant mother was 97, I sold out from under myself a house that had been rental property.  We were divesting ourselves of that property and aiming to simplify our lives in preparation for retirement in a few years.  In order to have a capital gains exemption, we made it our primary residence for 2 years.  My husband was on the road, doing his thing as a construction superintendent…but I was no longer traveling and working with him, really because of mother’s advancing age, and the grandchildren etc.

So for two years I painted, stained old hardwood trim, had a 2 car garage built, and so on.  Many improvements to the house and yard.  It was a cute little gem in its price range, iidssm.  I advertised it in the paper as “for sale by owner” and had two offers within the week.

I called my mother – and told her it was scheduled to close Oct 1st and that I might have to spend the winter in her basement apartment.  She said she’d love it.

And the rest, of course, is family history.  God’s perfect timing…never to be underestimated.
 
We had 5 wonderful months together.  My little grands lighting up her life.  She peeling potatoes, folding washcloths, ironing beautiful hankies while I did the real work. She started failing after her 98th birthday – pneumonia.  And over the next few weeks of rallying, coming home, going downhill again, I cared for her and we all came to grips with the prospect before us. 

All this to say – what a privilege to care for her as lovingly and devotedly at the end of her life as she took care of me at the beginning of mine.

You only have to become a mother yourself to realize this truth.

CEK40 wrote:

Just a really quick stop to tell you that I am not sure if I will be on except for maybe the show...
My mother-in-law was admitted to the hospital this afternoon with fluid in the lung and congestive heart failure...I called the doctor to make an appointment for her today because we thought the new blood pressure medication was causing her BP to be so low and her exhaustion too...well guess that was not it...

They are going to do several test and and are giving her IV fluid medication and the heart doctor told hubby that they are going to treat it aggressively.  She is in her 70's so they need to do so...

I am not going to the hospital tonight because 5 of her grandchildren(adults) and her two daughters and my hubby are there.  I will let you know more when I find it out.

So I guess our prayer circle is getting much bigger then I wish it was....

Will be back when I can!!! 

 

Adding your mother-in-law to my prayer list now, CEK.  Keep us updated.