40 th Birthday!!!!!!!

Soon or some may have already reached the 40th birthday.
My hubby turned 40, 1 card he got for his birthday,had me thinking , shortly i would be following hmm.. already aches pains, our parents better than us!
Thought would share the words of the card ,you guys may enjoy it too!
First one said
On your 40 th birthday
The
secret
to staying

young
is
eating Right,
Exercising,
Taking your
Vitamins,
Getting Plenty
of REST...
(inside the card)
And Lying About your Age!

Tryst With Nature

This year on New Year day decided to spend some quality time with Nature with a Wordsworth Poem in my heart..

I WANDERED lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Creek

......Enjoy.

Decline on medical treatments.?

There has been a lot of recent deaths of family and friends due to the same factors which you all mentioned.
They go with pain, they are told nothing on EKG/ no Bp they send u back.. there were cases ,where the patient goes back and then they are told wait, we will send u to another hospital: we don't do it.(kerala). (my hubby's uncle passed away Feb 8)
The patient leaves to be with God. Leaving behind grieving Family ,friends and relative.With thoughts what if we had gone there,or what if i had done this.Lot of this seen .
last time ,i was visiting India,my grand auntie came visiting me(some of you met her) she had swelling on her throat and was tired. one look made me think she had cancer,it took them weeks before she could get admitted and surgery done,her son had come here to help with his sister(undergoing cancer-related issues) .I was surprised they did not push surgery ,although they told her to hurry.
She wanted to wait for her son to come back. After all that, now they have given her time!Her daughter is still fighting for her life. They both don't know each others situation.
I have had Personal experiences in North, where i put my foot down on their treatment methods ,flew back to mds and got just a cream from my local Dr.stopped all the medicines from North .Few days i was better. while i was under treatment with antibiotics which caused ulcers,painful,iodine treatment for month.There was a incident when i went with severe pain, the night duty Dr prescribed meds. My hubby ran got it. I took it and had severe side effects.. told him, he took me back next morning and the morning duty Dr,who had just come in was mad ..she asked which "idiot" gave u this. I told them their Dr, she charged out gave a dose came charging back tore the prescription!
Many incidences i can tell, i know each one of you have your own to tell. I find here too, one has to be careful.Regarding Good Dr coming here,some of us like having Indian DR for treatments,some of us run away from them.Because of their careless attitudes or bedside manners or their money minded nature .We have urgent care system where we can go and they will do x-rays, blood work, prescribe medicines thats open till about 10.Thats where we go, when your regular Drs office is closed. Emergency, if we go we land paying 100$.(With insurance) You pay before they start treatment.
Recently , an Indian Dr was arrested locally for insurance fraud for millions of dollars.Here we ask each other look up Internet sources also check with other Dr.before we take any major decisions.
Another decision of ours we put off, thanks, to 3 different Dr opinions.
Some are Good, its in their system to help.They tell us your insurance will not cover,or will give only so much before they give us a heavy bill.They tell you pros and cons.

some study to become Dr giving money with less marks (back home )one is always worried.Dr also are guessing our problems(one good example).Last time i was in for pain,swelling, the Dr I had were not Indians they told me , sorry ,don't know why- we have to go fishing, well they fished by sending me to all sorts of painful prod, poking, scanning tests and came with- maybe one kind of arthitis and said few names.. no meds,nothing: but pain swelling came down.Still when too hot or cold my fingers, toes swell up.Part of age catching up.
May God bless all of them.

My day

Some pictures from today - pineapple cake, Arabian dinner, bouquets
from hubby and colleagues for the first time ever and catching up with
some long-lost cousins. Just what I needed to make this day the
bestest bday in my 30s.

What I'm reading

Hey guys,

I just finished reading "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova. It is the story about a Harvard professor who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers is widespread here although from what I seehear it is not as common in India. Scientific papers (I've read) show our curry powder, esp. turmeric helps fight Alzheimers. Anyway it was a good read. I would recommend it.

It struck a chord in me because my maternal grandma who's in her 80's is doing somethings similar to that of the main character in the book. But her family won't get her checked for it because they firmly believe it is her age. Maybe I am just paraonid.

Anyway, read it and we can discuss if you like.

Oxymoron

An oxymoron is usually defined as a phrase in which two words of
contradictory meaning are brought together:-

1) Clearly misunderstood

2) Exact Estimate

3) Small Crowd

4) Act Naturally

5) Found Missing

6) Fully Empty

7) Pretty ugly

8) Seriously funny

9) Only choice

10) Original copies

And the Mother of all......

..

11) Happily Married !!!! (Pls take this in a lighter vein !! )

Fantasy land

1. A Hollywood set for flash floods, tankers bursting into flames, mountians..
2. This is where different Disney costumes are made.

We drove to Disney in Orlando (Florida) during Christmas vacation. B-i-l came with his daughter. We drove though Virginia and South Carolina - saw beautiful snow-covered trees and mountainous regions). Halted in a motel for the night. Kids enjoyed the halt as 3 of them were throwing up.
Coming back, we took the Georgia-Atlanta-Ohio route. Saw scenic distant hills, countryside, lakes, rivers. We stayed in Atlanta.
Ohio had snow fall and roads were bad, traffic was real slow, many cars in front of us skidded and was stuck in the ditches... police, accidents. We were blessed with a slow, safe ride.
Disney is really for those who love fantasy. They have live shows, parades, 3D movies, fireworks, rides, a lot of walking.
Lines were, of course, huge with 1-hr waits . They have a system of fast pass, so one goes running to pick those up. Then run from east to west or north, south, depending on where the next pass was for.
The parks are really huge. Their parking areas to the entrance takes 30/45 min. They had some kind of trains/buses to take us in.
They have all sorts of ideas. But tends to make a hole in one's pocket. There were people from Paris, UK who had just come there.
It was tiring with kids whining, cool/warm temps, being on one's feet the whole time. Well, not easy. From morning to night 7ish we were there. Although our hotel was just a 5-min drive away, by the time we reached there it would be 9ish!
But all said and done, it was a good experience. Everyone loved the place.

New Year’s Reflections

Looking back on the months gone by,
As a new year starts and an old one ends,
We contemplate what brought us joy,
And we think of our loved ones and our friends.

Recalling all the happy times,
Remembering how they enriched our lives,
We reflect upon who really counts,
As the fresh and bright new year arrives.

And when I/we ponder those who do,
I/we immediately think of you.

Thanks for being one of the reasons I'll/We'll have a Happy New Year!

It's Christmas Time Again!

Put your problems on probation
Run your troubles off the track,
Throw your worries out the window
Get the monkeys off your back.
Silence all your inner critics
With your conscience make amends,
And allow yourself some happiness
It's Christmas time again!

Call a truce with those who bother you
Let all the fighting cease,
Give your differences a breather
And declare a time of peace,
Don't let angry feelings taint
The precious time you have to spend,
And allow yourself some happiness
It's Christmas time again!

Like some cool refreshing water
Or a gentle summer breeze,
Like a fresh bouquet of flowers
Or the smell of autumn leaves,
It's a banquet for the spirit
Filled with family, food and friends,
So allow yourself some happiness
It's Christmas time again!

"The Road Not Taken"

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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Guys I thought this would be a good moment to look back and see whether you have missed any roads that was not taken by choice or intention....chose this poem as it talks about woods and my imagination flew to MCC campus......you are free to speak your mind...AM