Re: Marti

January 14, 2008

Marti how I wish I was up there in Connecticut with you! 15 inches

of snow and blowing - I would love it. When I was younger, way back

in my single days, I was a weather observer at the Hartford airport

weather bureau. (Brainard field) I dearly loved the 2 years that I

spent there and all the snow. Actually I was born in Bridgeport

Connecticut. Having moved around the east and midwest a lot when I

was single, I still love New England best.

Sorry to hear you have pneumonia but don't blame you for wanting to

keep out of the hospital. As long as you are able to fix healthy

meals and I hope you have someone to shop for you. Hope you get your

toilet fixed very soon. Please get well soon.

Margaret B

> Hi Tigger,

> I was off for a while too because I've been sick.

> I've missed you.

> I'm sorry that you have been having such a tough time. Does the

> upped thyroid med help you have more energy? When my thyroid was

> changed I had more energy and lost a lot of weight - that was years

> ago.

> I've been tested for Lupus many times over the years. I always

> seem to have all the symptoms, but it ends up being ruled out. I

> hop you don't have Lupus. And I hope you feel better soon.

> What a storm we had. I don't know how much snow you got in RI,

> but in CT we have so far had 15 inches and yes the wind is

> blowing. I'm gonna be inside for a while and I'm cold now.

> I have pneumonia complicated by my sarcoidosis and I'm trying to

> stay out of the hospital. I'm is an on going battle with my doctor

> over it. I have people who look in on me and call me. My son in

> law made me some homemade chicken soup yesterday and it's great -

> good medicine too. I'm trying to be as careful as I can be -

> would love to trade in the stairs though. My toilet broke

> downstairs and now I have to go upstairs just to go. Really energy

> consuming.

> Please feel better. You're going forward and it will get better.

> Take care of yourself,

> Marti

>

January 14, 2008

Hi Margaret, Thanks for writing. I moved up here in 1982 from Georgia and cried

for two years wanting to go back. My daughter was 8 and she cried for her

friends for 6 mons. After a couple of years having a hard time making friends,

which had always been so easy for me back home, I finally started making friends

at PTA, church, and other things I joined. I also started my own business which

kept me really busy and played lots and lots of tennis, meeting and making

friends at both. I was divorced in 1995 and most people thought I would move

back home, I had no desire to leave Connecticut. Of course my kids and

grandkids are here too so that had something to do with it. But I really do

love New England, all of it. I live in Glastonbury which is about 20 minutes

from what is now Hartford International Airport. It has really changed, but is

still a nice smaller airport to travel from. My son lives in Boston and flies

out of Logan to go anywhere. I much prefer the

smaller.

I wish you were up here with me too. I'd have someone to be snowed in with.

Although I have someone who clears my driveway, my car is sitting outside and I

of course don't have the energy, or the height, to clean it off. But as my

daughter Andi said " you don't need to go anywhere anyway! " Children tend to get

bossy when they are grown. But she's right as long as I have this pneumonia.

It's particularly dangerous for me because I have sarcoidosis in my lungs and it

makes it affect my breathing even more.

I've started having my groceries delivered. Stop & Shop up here lets you

order your groceries on line and have them delivered at the time you specify.

It costs $6.95, but if you pick an off time they take $1.50 off so it's really

not bad. They have the same weekly flyer on line and you can give your coupons

to the person who delivers them. I had to give up going to the grocery store,

because after shopping I couldn't even put the stuff away. I still get worn out

just putting them away. When my kids would come home from school when they were

in high school and I still did everything, if I was laying on the sofa, they

would also know I had been grocery shopping.

Thank you so much for the warm wishes. It means a lot to me.

Marti