"Diane Fblooms" <fbl...@webtv.net> wrote in message news:19264-422...@storefull-3317.bay.webtv.net...Hi everyone, I just jumped in a bit ago but didn't introduce myself at
the time. I posted an intro in the LDN thread but am adding a bit here
so I can introduce myself in a separate post to get to know all a bit
better.
I have Lupus, Lyme with the co-infection Babes (for short), allergy
problems, and GP (Gastroparesis). Aside from all that and the
digestion/fatigue problems it brings, I have many interests. I am now
doing acrylic painting and just started going to art ledge and Mac PC
meetings.
My last name isn't Fblooms, that is the name of my site page. I have a
profile page on my site that has a bit of an intro. I got the name
Fblooms when I picked my e-mail address. Fblooms stands for flower
blooms. I picked this because I love flowers. Since than I have been
told that Fblooms could stand for faith blooms which I thing is very
fitting to my site. It is about much more but that was the purpose for
my starting the site. My most visited pages are the daily verse page
and my freebie pages. I have the link to my site at the bottom here.
It isn't my original site it is a new site where I'm moving everything
to little by little. The original isn't PC compatible. If you do a
Google search for Fblooms you can see that site as well. Since I
recently found out I do have Lupus when I was told otherwise my site
doesn't mention Lupus much at this time. I am ever updating though and
adding to the site.Â
I would love to hear of all your interests.Â
Diane
Fblooms
I live in an old house and we are constantly doing something to it. And just
when we think we are on track something happens we're weren't planning on
tackling. It's a never ending situation. I did just get my new oven last
weekend and now I'm actually enjoying the cooking, again.
I love to paint but never have time for it. Maybe someday I'll go back to it
but right now the only thing getting painted are the walls in this house.
Right now we are talking about putting a tin ceiling up in the kitchen and
what color to paint it. Color is always an interesting discussion as my
hubby is so color blind but he sees something just not what we see. LOL
I volunteer through my local cooperative extension offices in horticulture.
My specialty is Victorian gardens and other historical gardens. I was the
head gardener for a private estate for years and rebuilt the gardens there.
I also love to take pictures of flowers. I just got a new camera and when I
figure out how to use it I'll be getting pics out to everyone, I promise!!!
My girls are grown and both remarried this past year adding three
step-grandchildren giving us a total of 5 grandchildren My husband is still
here at my side although he's battled cancer, hopefully won and will remain
at my side for many many years to come.
Bev
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> Fblooms
Oh, I hope the pictures come out and you get to see them, too!
I like to read, mostly biographies and autobiographies and history. Am
reading Corrie Ten Boom's "In My Father's House" (the years before the
Hiding Place).
I'm no hand at gardening. I'm death to plants. I do enjoy looking at
gardens and what grows in the wild.
I'm a member of a Freecycle list, too, and like you, because I don't
drive I can't get to a lot of the things. It's kind of fun to see the
kinds of things that get offered.
Nell
> I live in an old house and we are constantly doing something to it. And just
> when we think we are on track something happens we're weren't planning on
> tackling. It's a never ending situation. I did just get my new oven last
> weekend and now I'm actually enjoying the cooking, again.
>
> I love to paint but never have time for it. Maybe someday I'll go back to it
> but right now the only thing getting painted are the walls in this house.
> Right now we are talking about putting a tin ceiling up in the kitchen and
> what color to paint it. Color is always an interesting discussion as my
> hubby is so color blind but he sees something just not what we see. LOL
>
> I volunteer through my local cooperative extension offices in horticulture.
> My specialty is Victorian gardens and other historical gardens. I was the
> head gardener for a private estate for years and rebuilt the gardens there.
> I also love to take pictures of flowers. I just got a new camera and when I
> figure out how to use it I'll be getting pics out to everyone, I promise!!!
>
> My girls are grown and both remarried this past year adding three
> step-grandchildren giving us a total of 5 grandchildren My husband is still
> here at my side although he's battled cancer, hopefully won and will remain
> at my side for many many years to come.
Glad to hear your husband's free of cancer now, Bev.
You forgot the fence, the county fair and how's schooling going?
We haven't heard much from you about that.
Busy lady, I did not know you did gardens. My grandfather did.
Lovely and multi-talented too !
Really we had to do some work to the front porch and will go back to that
soon - depending on weather. Old houses just keep getting older and require
more work. But the porch is obvious and it has to be done! (Or we'll have
the Historic Society all over us!)
I don't want to think about the County Fair at the moment but I have
paperwork in front of me that I need to complete and send into the fair
office. The fair is in the fall but the work is year round.
School is a big question. I took a mid-term test and then we had Spring
Break. But when school started up again my professor had a family emergency
and so he canceled classes last week. I don't think I did well on the
mid-term test. :-( I really have had problems with his tests. I can learn
the grammar rules but applying them is a different ballpark. It's as if they
are two different things in my brain and they don't intersect! Give me a
simple sentence and I can pick out all the words and tell you what they are,
I can diagram the sentence, but if he gives a complicated sentence I can't
find the direct object to save my soul! This next half of the classes should
be just on writing so I figure I'll do fairly well writing. The bad thing is
I know I can write - what I need is more of the grammar and punctuation
rules.
I don't do the gardens anymore except for lecturing on them. I loved what I
did but it fried my brains being outside like that. I know now it was
because of the lupus. I don't have a whole lot of trouble with the sun. I
stay covered and in the shade but it does take it's toll on me. I get very
tired from it. I'm still not sure if it is the heat or the sun that causes
my problems - I think it's the heat more than the sun but around here they
go hand in hand.
My own gardens need lots of work as I haven't been very good about keeping
them up these last few years - mainly because I was working. This year I
won't have that excuse so I'll have to go out and work in them. They need
attention badly!!!
I have grape hyacinths, daffodils, and dandelions (LOL how can you not love
those bright golden soft blooms?) blooming, and the Lenten roses are still
producing flowers. So spring is almost here. Right now we have temps
yo-yoing up and down. One day it is 70 F (20C) degrees and the next day it
doesn't climb above freezing. We've had thunderstorms and snow falling -
that's really weird! But this corner of Virginia is known for it's insane
weather.
Bev
My husband stopped the car one winter and asked what they were growing in
the field. It was dusk and he thought the field was totally green - I
promise you it was pure dead faded wheat stalks! He has a terrible time with
certain games that require color and is known for picking up the wrong piece
on the game board. Maybe that is why we never play many board games in this
house? He often has to use a volt meter when working with cables or wiring
because he can't tell the wire colors. He can match colors perfectly but he
can't tell you what colors they are. He hates certain greens yet he can't
pass the color test for green - he apparently has NO green color receptors-
but other greens he likes. (Go figure?) I think he learned to compensate for
his color blindness without being aware of what he did. Whatever it is that
he sees it is not what we see.
As for the tin ceiling - well, a real tin or copper ceiling is way too
expensive for our pockets. We even looked at making the presses for the
metal and buying sheet metal. Hubby is real handy at making stuff. (He was
originally in a trade school to become a machinist - that was before the
draft and stint in Vietnam.) So we started looking at alternatives. Well, we
found something that was not expensive and hopefully easy to install. I
have to paint it first and then probably touch it up once it is installed.
It comes in 1 foot square (30cm?) blocks. I'm going to paint it so it looks
like copper that has begun to turn turquoise. I'm using the leftover green
paints from the bathroom and will buy another small can of turquoise blue
paint along with lots of spray cans of metallic copper and metallic hammered
copper spray paint. When I'm done it should look like the real thing and
very old.
Shelagh and I seem to always trade house stories. We are at opposite ends of
the continent yet our house stories are so similar. LOL She's got the better
view!
We've not suppose to post attachments out here so I won't post my photos
here. If you email me I will send you my photos. If I can ever manage to get
my new camera doing what I want it to do..... maybe I'll have photos to
share.
Bev
"Diane Fblooms" <fbl...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:10699-423...@storefull-3317.bay.webtv.net...
> I hope your husband stays healthy now, I know what that is like a bit
> first hand, there's been a lot of cancer in my family.
>
> Lucky for me I think my mom had it because of the hormones she was
> taking and I don't plan on taking them. My grandmother was up in age so
> it doesn't mean it is in my genes to get it. My dad died of lung cancer
> but he smoked for years before quiting and what actually took him was
> asbestos poisoning from when he took some of the stuff out of his home
> instead of doing it right. He has been gone 3 years and 3 months now.
>
> I wanted to let you know I hope you get pictures on here, what an uplift
> to all of us that would be. Too bad your husband can't see all those
> flower colors. My dad when he first started his business, he was a
> Locksmith, worked out of the house. A customer came in and same some of
> my mom's crocheting and committed on how beautiful the piece was but
> said he couldn't see the colors because he was color blind but I believe
> he said he could see a few colors a bit but couldn't tell green from
> blue. It was the first time I was exposed to someone that was color
> blind. Is your husband totally color blind?
>
> That tin ceiling sounds so beautiful.
>
> Diane
>
>
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> Fblooms
So if you were designing traffic lights, what colors would you make
them?
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Andy Taylor [Chair, N E Lupus Group]
See http://www.northeastlupus.org.uk for more!
> That should read that he commented on not the mispelled version I put
> down. I make spelling errors a lot so if you ever wonder what I meant
> to say let me know.
>
Not to worry about the spellings. we'll ask if there's something we don't
understand. :-)
While I'm here, could you please have a look at your webtv settings and
follow these instructions..
http://expita.com/nomime.html#webtv
How to Set Up a Signature and Remove HTML coding
Thanks much.
Diane
<snip>
"Beverley" wrote in message
> Less than 1% of all the people who are color blind are totally color
> blind -
> meaning they see only shades of gray. About 1 in 20 people suffer some
> sort
> of color blindness and only about 1 in 100 are females. It's mostly a guy
> thing. (G'daughter doing her science fair project this year on color
> blindness.)
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> Thanks for letting me know. Is it ok to put a sig on with no html
> codes?
Yes. The issue was that yours was in html, not the fact that you had a
signature.
If it shows up as http://www. most people only have to click on it (or
copy and paste it into their browser "address box")
Visit my site about scriptures and medical alert cards/tags
http://www.geocities.com/fblooms/menugeo.html
I hope that answers the question, since I don't know webtv software.
I probably will change the wording a bit more though.
Diane
Visit my site about scriptures, medical alert cards/tags and freebies
http://www.geocities.com/fblooms/menugeo.html
Diane
To designate it as a sig it needs to follow "-- " Dash dash space that is
on a line by itself. This allows compliant news clients to automatically
strip the sig in a reply. Note, this also means that if your software
inserts the sig before the text you are replying to that will also be
stripped in the reply.
Usenet netiquette state that a sig should be no more than four lines. In
this group the only complaints you are apt to see are for posting binary
files like pics or posting in html.
--
Timothy
"-- Visit my site about scriptures, medical alert cards/tags and
freebies http://www.geocities.com/fblooms/menugeo.html"
No, if it were it would not show up in my reply. The "-- " must be on a
line by itself. Close though -). Hmm, it may be that WebTV's editor doesn't
allow this or that a setting in the editor must be changed so that the line
wrap isn't changed when you send. Outlook Express breaks the sig delimiter.
--
Timothy
I have a PC as well but it is down for repairs, has no CD drive right
now. I am actually going to try o fix it with some help on-line. I
don't know how to come in here on he PC, I'd like to have that info (web
address) incase I'd like to do that at some point.
My web address is this: http://www.geocities.com/fbooms/menugeo.html
It is a new site of a few months, I have had my site for over 3 years
but this one is a copy of some of my pages. This new site is compatible
with a PC where my original site isn't it is done on a WebTV.
Diane
I hope this thread helps you, my heart did a little leap when you said
that, I love to inspire others and going out to the art ledge and Mac
club I think will inspire me. I never had a passion of any kind like
your breeding of dog, I think I would of loved that but I started
showing signs I was not well around age 7 or 8. It is just a guess but
that is when I was told I was allergic to the sun, or course it probably
was when my Lupus started. I was surfing last night, I looked up
Gastroparesis medications because the two I'm trying right now are not
kicked in to work yet or I will need to try something else. Well one
site said what the causes of GP could be and it listed Lupus. It is the
first time I see that. I had the symptoms of GP that young as well.
What I wanted to tell you is I never had the chance to find my passion
but it is now of all times now that I don't have to work that I'm
exploring what I might enjoy. Better late than never, I'll be 50 in Aug.
There are many kinds of art ledges you might be able to join. Near me,
one does only modern art, the one I go to does more paining and drawing.
Another one does just crafts; if I had the energy I'd like to add that
one on too.
I am a member of a gem and mineral club but that isn't working out with
my bad memory since I am not really learning names of rocks and I can't
drive much at all so I can't get to many of the outings. I just don't
feel it fits me much. The art ledge seems a better fit. The Mac club
will be great for me as well I think. These I just started so I feel
I'm starting anew again.
I really had a hard time finding these clubs since our town has only a
few and not all have websites or advertise well. The gem club is almost
next to my house and I didn't know it for years. I took a few art
classes, teacher couldn't explain himself out of a paperbag though, I
didn't get much out of that, but my teacher is now the president of the
art ledge and that's how I found out about it. I got interested in the
Mac and went to the Apple website, I had been looking around the site
for a few months when I saw they had information on local clubs that
could be found by entering ones zip code. That's how I found that club.
If you go to your favorite search and type in your town and the word
club or similar word(s) you will find clubs and such in your area.
There just isn't much in my area I'm interested in since I don't collect
fish, go fishing, have a need for a mother's club, or what to learn how
to do public speaking. I'm not well enough to join a town club that
helps the town with fund raisring or clean up outings and such either.
The senior center have has free classes for seniors, painting classes
and computer classes are a few of them. They have some bus trips that
aren't too expensive and the one here offers free movies once a week.
Diane
No, if it were it would not show up in my reply. The "-- " must be on a
To designate it as a sig it needs to follow "-- " Dash dash space that is
> Thanks for letting me know. Is it ok to put a sig on with no html
> codes?
Yes. The issue was that yours was in html, not the fact that you had a
Hi Diane, see how it looks in my post? Don't put the quote marks around the
"__ " then move to the next line before putting in your signature.
If you would like I am willing to spend some time helping you with your PC
issues. By e-mail it can be a slow process. i can also help with the news
group stuff for the PC> if you would like this write me at the above
address. Be sure to include [ASL] in the subject so my spam filter will not
delete your message.
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from here down is the "sig"
Timothy
> Hi Timothy,
> I haven't seen you for quite a while. How are you and Linda doing these
> days?
> BJ-Sk. Canada
Hi BJ,
We're just plugging along. Linda is working on getting her credential while
teaching algebra. She doesn't have much time (or energy) for other
activities. I get out to Greek folkdance once a week. Linda joins me about
once a month.
Linda's health is staying more or less static. We would both like to see
some improvement but tend not to complain when its not getting worse. The
bothersome symptoms now are leg cramps and feet that don't like to carry
any weight.
No, I don't post much, but i do keep up with the group daily. Glad to see
you posting again. I'll try and send some of our warm weather up your
direction. Please, don't send your cold this way.
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Timothy
> In article <reposted.iwuuj8kzsip$.dlg@tandelshome.attbi.invalid>,
> Timothy Luders <tjlu...@myrealbox.com> wrote
>>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:24:35 -0500, Diane Fblooms wrote:
>>
>>> Timothy is this what you mean?
>>>
>>> "-- Visit my site about scriptures, medical alert cards/tags and
>>> freebies http://www.geocities.com/fblooms/menugeo.html"
>>
>>No, if it were it would not show up in my reply. The "-- " must be on a
>>line by itself. Close though -). Hmm, it may be that WebTV's editor doesn't
>>allow this or that a setting in the editor must be changed so that the line
>>wrap isn't changed when you send. Outlook Express breaks the sig delimiter.
>>
> - by deleting the space after the --, I believe. I also believe that
> there is no way of telling that program not to do this.
That is what Outlook (Express) does. I haven't seen enough post from webtv
users that tried to put in a delimiter and sig to know. Outlook users can
get quotefix to correct this although it doesn't by default. It will fix
the horrible choppy line wrapping in replies that long threads can make a
post almost unreadable.
--
Timothy
Diane
--
Visit my site for scriptures, medical alert cards/tags and freebies
http://www.geocities.com/fblooms/menugeo.html
Thanks, If I need any PC help I'll let you know.
I join a lot of contests and I win many of them. I never won anything
very big yet though. Most of my wins I gave away but I just won
something I think I will get use of, the aqua weight that I mentioned.
I haven't won anything worth over $250.00 yet. That big item was a
framed Kinkade print.
I got one girl started on this awhile ago in another group and she
recently won a Ipod, wow, that is a big win.
> I think I found it, it's the register page that it goes to so I can sign
> up. http://www.supportalk.com/register.cfm
> Is this it?
>
> Thanks, If I need any PC help I'll let you know.
>
> Diane
Alright, you got the sig set up.
I don't think that forum is right unless it accesses usenet (NNTP) servers.
Normally you will set up a news client to read this group. There are many,
Outlook Express (OE) is the most commonly used and one of the poorest in
quality and security. Others are Thunderbird, Xnews, and the one i am using
40tude Dialog. These are all free and easy to find with an Internet search.
Again if you have any questions e-mail me (remember to include [ASL] in the
subject).
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Timothy
Diane, I think what he meant is
dash dash then a 'line space and then the words to your sig in the next line
space.... so it would look like this:
--
"Visit my site about scriptures, medical alert cards/tags and
freebies http://www.geocities.com/fblooms/menugeo.html"
Hope this helps, and btw,
my sig is below as it is inserted by OE on demand.
--
hugs from Shelagh
http://continue.to/lupus
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Visit my site for scriptures, medical alert cards/tags and freebies
http://www.geocities.com/fblooms/menugeo.html
I like that idea of photograph, I was thinking of that for her too. I
want to get into it myself.
I bookmarked your site, I don't have anything on Lupus on my site so I'm
looking for some site to add, I stay away from any site that has sales
on it unless I have a really good reason to use it. So if anyone has
some sites they think I might want to add to my site let me know.
Diane
--
Visit my site for scriptures, medical alert cards/tags and freebies
http://www.geocities.com/fblooms/menugeo.html
> Do I need to add the " " around my sig?
> I know it doesn't show up in yours but it might hide it after it is
> posted.
> Diane
No, do it just the way you have in the last few posts. It's working fine
now.
--
Timothy
I left town shortly after I posted my response to this thread.
I got "In My Father's House" by Corrie ten Boom out of the library. I
read a lot of books that way and also buy online, mostly at Alibris. I
did buy some books at the prayer advance I was at in Virginia (I live in
New Jersey). They were "My Utmost For His Highest", "Great Nights In The
Bible" by Clarence E. Macartney, "The Holy War" by John Bunyan (author
of "The Pilgrim's Progress"), and "The Christian's Secret of a Happy
Life" by Hannah Whitall Smith.
WebTV is a whole different animal. I use mine to post in WebTV only
groups where I don't have to think about "turning off" my signature.
Here's the links I have in my WebTV signature (with images you click
on): Memory Stirring Music: http://www.nellybly.com/ For God So Loves:
http://nellybly.com/godloves
Nell
I was told I could use my sig here, maybe you might do so too, I was
just told that it had to be put on a special way.
They are taking a field trip to view the stars at their next meeting and
I think I have a ride to that. The club info for each location is on
the Apple website.
I like the way you remind yourself to do things. I use to burn my food
and pots alot until they put new stoves in these apartments that have
nice timers on them. I'll probably wear out the timer way before the
stove goes the way I use it for everything.
This might seem strange but being as fatigued as I am I have learned
sometimes to make a game of thngs. I set the timer for 30 minutes, 15
if I'm really figured, and than I see how much cleaning I can get done
in that time. That way it doesn't seem so overwhelming to me. There is
a website that is called Flylady that teaches tips like this, thats
where I got the idea. I wasn't able to really stick to the Flylady way
much because they'd send an e-mail each day with things to do on it but
that one thing has helped me. There is a Fibro Flylady too which would
be better for us. When I was trying to do it I only knew about the
Flylady. I never tried the Fibro one but I have the link on my health
page.