Calling Harleigh

[Linda W]

Hi Harleigh,

Let me check with my hubby on those dates. I moved our topic over here, so we wouldn''t hijack the other thread.

Did you mention it to your FI yet?

Linda

 

[Harleigh]

Hi Linda,

Thanks for moving on over here! Just let me know about the dates...if not, we can figure something else out.

And no, FI has been down in Visalia at a training and is sicker than a dog, so I''ve hardly gotten to speak with him at all. He is also on duty the next several weekends, which is why I chose some of those dates! He won''t be available until after SuperBowl weekend, then I think he is off for a few Saturdays after.

 

[Linda W]

OK, I''ll get back to you. Hope he feels better soon. There is so much junk going around, it seems everyone is sick up my way too.

Linda

 

[doxielover]

Hey gals,

I''m new posting, but have been a long time lurker. I saw your posts on the other thread. I live in Sacramento, so I just wanted to say hi neighbors!

 

[Harleigh]

Hi doxie! Welcome to PS! We''re so glad to have another Northern CA gal here!

 

[Harleigh]

Linda,

I know you are dealing with a lot right now with your poor dear Mazie''s accident, so let''s just try for some time in February to maybe get together. I''m sure you won''t want to leave her anytime soon, but please let me know if I can help you in any way.

I also made plans for Rusty and me as an early Valentine''s gift, so we are now planning to head to Reno on the 26th and 27th, so those dates are out after all.

I hope Mazie''s surgery goes well tomorrow morning...please keep me posted and know you''re in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[Linda W]

Thank you sweet Harleigh,

We will pick a date in February then.

UC Davis is great, it is such a huge place. The doctor''s and students were wonderful to us. A few vet students looked at Mazie, along with the Doctor, they were all so gentle with her.

Linda

 

[Harleigh]

Hi there,

I hope Mazie has rested well today! I saw your picture of her in your other thread, and she is a little doll...I can see why you love her so much.

I am looking forward to meeting you in February, as well...once the SuperBowl is over, I am on intense wedding planning with Rusty, so I''m pretty sure he''ll be positively thrilled if I leave him alone about it for a few hours one day on the weekend ro meet up with you! It''ll be 3 weeks since I''ve seen him on Saturday, and he is SO afraid of what I''ll ask him to do to help! Poor guy!

Take care of your sweet girl and I''ll chat with you soon!

 

[Linda W]

Hi Harleigh,

Thank you for your sweet note.

Yes, she is resting and getting very spoiled. Her eye looks like it is healing very well. She still has a hard time with her good eye, like grabbing things, but I know she will adjust.

Looking forward to seeing you next month. I am sure you miss Rusty, must be very hard on you.

Love, Linda

 

[Harleigh]

Hi sweet Linda! I just wanted to check in with you and see how you are feeling, how your dear Mazie is fairing, and in general say hello and catch up with you a bit...it''s been way too long!

I''m so sorry I haven''t been in better touch. Lately I have been on a quest for a new dress, stressing over wedding details and some silly problems at work, and basically just losing my mind. Rusty has been really sick and I didn''t see him for 3 weeks, then he was still ill for our Reno weekend, and then I didn''t feel very well last weekend for the big superbowl party we had. I am keeping my fingers crossed that we are both feeling better this weekend, but we will spend it helping my parents move some things in Rusty''s truck from Granite Bay to Lincoln both days...ugh!

If you happened to catch some of my dress threads in BWW, you know how much I''ve dreaded that adventure, and am still in the midst of trying to figure all of that out as my girlfriends HATE the way the ebay dress looks on me...they say it doesn''t fit very well and that I look preggo.

Hopefully I''ll fall "in love" with a dress one day soon (which would actually require my going to try them on in person, but I''d rather gnaw my big toe off with blunt chisel if that tells you anything!) and get things a bit more in order. I have a little more than 5 months left until the wedding, and I am feeling the pressure here lately, which apparently makes me a bad PS''er as I just can''t keep up around here!

I only have 21 actual work days left until my Spring Break, and I have started counting each and every one of them down...that is about the only thing getting me to and from work right now. I am really looking forward to getting together with you one day in the very near future...maybe I''ll have something accomplished by then!

I really hope all is well with you...please take care of yourself, know I''ve been thinking about you and I hope to catch up with you soon!

 

[Linda W]

Hey sweetie pie Hareigh,

You must go and try on some wedding dresses, that is half the fun of it. That way, when you try on a dress, you will know that is The ONE!!!

I haven''t been feeling well either, have had some stupid bug since Christmas. It went away, then came back in January and decided to stick around. Just that awful icky feeling.

Is Rusty feeling better now? How about you? We can get together soon, whenever you have the time. I can''t wait to meet you

Mazie is doing fine. She is adjusting with one eye. She has a little difficulty playing catch, but I am sure she will adjust as time goes on. We still feel so sorry for her. She has become insecure a little bit and a bit more cuddly.

You mentioned your parents lived in Granite Bay. Some dear friends of ours live there. It is a beautiful city.

Take care of yourself, I know you have a lot to do in the next 5 months, but take time for yourself.

We will chat soon and let me know when you want to get together.

Linda

 

[Harleigh]

Hi there, Sweet Linda, dear,

So glad to hear from you and thanks for letting me know how you are doing!

Sorry you''re still feeling a bit icky, but good to hear Mazie is adjusting all right. Rusty is doing okay, but I just don''t think he''s had a chance to just try to get healthy at any point recently. He''s still been working on getting the fence back up that blew down in that big storm about a month ago. He had to take it apart board by board and completely re-do it, which his dad came up to help him finish it off today, actually, so hopefully it will be completed when I get there tomorrow. The weather and his work schedule hasn''t been very cooperative for him on that, poor guy!

And yes, my parents live in Granite Bay but are currently moving to a house they completely gutted and remodeled up in Sun City. My brother, Rusty and I will try to help them move some of the bigger things this weekend, but I''m not sure when they''ll be completely out of the GB house...it''s not even up for sale yet!

As for dresses, I think MINIMS and I are going to try to hit one of the higher-end salons in Sacramento next week after work, so I''m keeping my fingers crossed that I find a dress I like during our outing. I''ll let you know how that venture pans out...

Try to get to feeling better soon and I''ll look at my calendar and see when a weekend day might work to meet up for lunch or din-din with you. I am in need of some relaxing time one day VERY soon! (I broke out in hives last Friday and can only imagine it''s from stress, so I am trying to not worry about so much right now, but being around my mother this weekend may make that impossible, but I will endeavor to try to not let her get to me!)

I hope you have a great weekend!

Love,

 

[Linda W]

Hey Harleigh sweetie,

You poor sweetie, you are breaking out in HIVES!!!

That is not good at all. Stress will do that to you. I break out in rashes when I am under stress. I broke out in a rash when Mazie had her ordeal.

I hope you find the dress of your dreams, after all it will be your special day and something you will always remember.

Your poor mom, I would love to meet her too. She must be close to my age, perhaps younger. I love that picture of her when Rusty gave you the ring. She was so cute.

Let me know when you are ready to get together. March 8th we are getting our taxes done. ICK. We always have to pay.

Love, Linda

 

[Harleigh]

Date: 2/10/2008 1:16:10 PM
Author: Linda W
Hey Harleigh sweetie,

You poor sweetie, you are breaking out in HIVES!!!

That is not good at all. Stress will do that to you. I break out in rashes when I am under stress. I broke out in a rash when Mazie had her ordeal.

I hope you find the dress of your dreams, after all it will be your special day and something you will always remember.

Your poor mom, I would love to meet her too. She must be close to my age, perhaps younger. I love that picture of her when Rusty gave you the ring. She was so cute.

Let me know when you are ready to get together. March 8th we are getting our taxes done. ICK. We always have to pay.

Love, Linda

Well, the hives are gone, but a cough has taken over, though I don''t feel sick! I am hoping it is just allergies!

I am heading out tomorrow to look at dresses...I am definitely keeping my fingers crossed that I fall in love!

As for my mom...she is 58, almost 59. I don''t know if you''re remembering someone else, but she wasn''t around when Rusty gave me my ring (in fact, she was irritated she didn''t have a say in THAT, too!), and there are no pictures of her on here...just my descriptions of her.

She and I don''t get along all that well, actually...in fact, I am much better friends with the parents of my friends and some of them are the moms my mom was never able to be to me. Two of my favorite "moms" are in their late 60''s, and I wouldn''t trade my friendships with either of them for anything else in the world...they''re the best!

My mom, however, is, well, my mom...she will never change and my brother and I have tried to accept her the way she is, which is difficult much of the time, unfortunately. I don''t mean to be negative, but she doesn''t seem to think I can do anything right even though I have tried to please her for the past 35 years, with little to no success. So, I do the best I can, respect the way I was raised and try not to let her knock me down too often. I am one of those dutiful daughters who doesn''t like to make waves, but she''s testing my patience on that here lately!

So, still want to get together with me even though I don''t get along with my mother???

Seriously, though, I am free on the 18th, 23rd or 24th of Feb., or the 1st or 2nd of March. On Sundays I go to church in the morning, but am usually done by about 11 AM or so, so anytime after that is good for me on those days.

Let me know if any of those dates will work for you!

Love,