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Sorry. Been very busy today. Will be back tomorrow.
Lin 🙋🏼♀️
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Happy Thursday!
Walking Cheryl's dog before I go to my meeting. Nothing else exciting going on.
Still trying to find my two packages but getting very frustrated with post office. Lady yesterday said she would call me back but never did. I hope I can file a claim somehow but there just doesn't seem to be enough help from the post office.
Have a good day all I have an earlier start then normal so must hurry along.
Sandy
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A busy day and dry! I shopped early at the supermarket while a load of laundry washed so I was able to hang it outside for a few hours. Before I walked George and Betty I phoned Sheila and the great news is she is out of pain. She is feeling tired so I didn’t visit but instead walked across the moors then came home to potter in my garden. So many jobs need doing I find myself going from one to the next then back again! The grass is almost dry so I managed to strim back the footpath so I can now see where I’m stepping and George was so impressed he lay on a stepping stone and sunbathed. Betty prefers the garden room. Plants in pots that survived Winter in the greenhouse have been tidied but I won’t put them outside for another week because it’s supposed to get cold after the weekend.
Nothing other than the CT scan on my lungs tomorrow morning and I might meet up with Sheila on Saturday for a walk. If not, I will take a birthday card to her at home.
How annoying Sandy that those 2 packages are still missing. Nowhere is efficient anymore!
Love the teapot Lin. At first I thought it was a cabbage but realise it’s far too exotic!
I’m now going to make chicken, potato and pesto bake for my evening meal. Easy preparation and won’t take long to cook.
Take care.
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Good evening. Another day of stuff to tend to. I had an account that needed to be closed so I ended up on the phone listening to music for quite a while. Eventually I was told they would stop the automatic charges on my credit card BUT they didn’t send any type of confirmation of that fact. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out if I could stop the recurring charge myself on my credit card app but they will only accept the direction of the company making the charges. Now that is a bit distressing. I will be watching and if charges continue, I will try to dispute them.
I got all of my Easter cards signed and sealed up. Ready to go to the post office.
Late this afternoon, I received a bundle of papers in the mail from my tax attorney and I have been reviewing them and did have a question. I already received a response so I think I am ready to write all the necessary checks and get the papers signed.
Rain and/or snow for the next few days. I wonder when it will warm up again.
Jackie, what a productive day. I hope the CT scan doesn’t take long and that you are able to spend some working on whatever you wish to do.
Sandy, I hope your packages have surfaced or that you at least have a lead on finding them. Holding your mail hasn’t worked out too well this time.
Barbie wow, the changes to your wills is going smoothly. So nice Annie was invited in.
Well, off to get some rest, I have had some kind of headache for a couple of days. Wish I could figure out what is causing it. My neck feels kind of out of place. Wonder what I did.
Be safe everyone.
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Colder today but at least the sun is shining. We walked round the block dodging crazy car drivers, then I attended the mobile scanner. The whole thing took less than ten minutes so normally I would have popped to the shops but had left my purse at home so drove home, collected it, then drove back to the same car park because the ticket didn’t run out for another half an hour. I couldn’t find the makeup I usually buy so wonder if it’s no longer available, but did restock my dry eye drops. I will now change into gardening clothes.
I trust everyone is well, ready to enjoy this Friday. Headache gone Lin? Packages found Sandy?
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Nuts. Ready to post and it all disappeared!
Jackie, I hope you can find your missing in action make-up. Sometimes someone has one to sell online.
Need to move along. I don’t think I wrote anything all that interesting.
Be well.
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Had my injection procedure this morning and it has been one of the worse I have done. My eye is bleeding, it is painful, tearing like crying all day and almost shut. The freezing injection and regular injection did not hurt just the after affects.Hopefully things will be better tomorrow with a good nights sleep.
I hope it is worth it and not a placebo!
Good night,
Sandy
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Oh no Sandy, that sounds awful, I’m so sorry. I do hope you are feeling better today. ❤️
It’s going to be a day of dodging the nasty showers for me and the pooches. Nothing new!
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Oh Sandy, what an experience. Feel better soon.
Hugs.
Lin
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Happy Saturday! Feeling much better this morning, yesterday was really tough. If I have to go through this with the regular eye injection for my other eye, I doubt I will do it. I have a high pain tolerance but that pain really hurt. I am staying in today and doing nothing to rest my eye. Tomorrow I am dog sitting from Sunday to Wednesday so will be relaxing there as well. I go back on Monday for a check up to see what they have to say about all of this. I just think it would be an awful thing to put someone through if they just get the placebo.
Have a good day and stay healthy.
Sandy
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I did dodge the showers and managed to walk the dogs to the next village and back. Later I drove to see Sheila and wish her happy birthday with a card and a box of my hens’ eggs. The injection in her back worked really well so she is finally out of pain. She must keep a diary of how she is for a couple of months and if she remains pain free should be able to be injected every 3 months. Other than that, a quiet day but too many heavy showers to make it worth my while working outside. Perhaps tomorrow!
Take care.
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Happy Sunday! Will be doing online Mass today as my eye is still weird looking. I will then be heading to my sons until Wednesday. I have a follow up appointment tomorrow but otherwise will just stay in and rest my eye. Expecting rain the next couple of days so I hope it is nice for Easter.
Have a good day and stay safe.
Sandy
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Waiting for Palm Sunday service to start.
Wet day
I awoke to a dead furnace. What a morning! 👀
Back later.
Lin
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We enjoyed a breezy, cold walk across the moors and since I’ve been home I’ve carried out several chores in my garden. George and Betty are loving having the door open so they can go outside without asking. I think they will both sleep well tonight and hopefully me too. My two Hibiscus shrubs in pots that I feared had died over Winter are showing tiny buds so that’s promising and I’m also repotting geraniums that will sit outside on the deck and next week will check what seeds I have in my treasure trove to get started.
Time for a cup of tea and decide whether I need to light a fire. Torrential rain forecast for tomorrow, so what else is new, especially when Barney is booked to take out tree tops. It will be the third time of trying, having been rained off twice!
Happy Sunday and take care.
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Back again. The rain is very light now and the temperature is just over 40 degrees. Tomorrow, the high temperature may be as high as 60 degrees F. In any event, we haven’t received any snow and it doesn’t appear we will have any. Yippee! March may not go out as a Lion. 😊 not much time left in the month.
I did have a service tech come out to check my furnace. He was able to get it running again. Same thing as last October apparently. Nothing that they can fix, it’s more like resetting/rebooting a computer. He thinks the main control electronic panel is failing. I see a major expenditure in my future.
Jackie, glad you got out for a walk today, especially since your weather forecast sounds really wet! Wonderful that your hibiscus shrubs seem to be alive. Yes! Rest well. And happy to hear Sheila is seeing good results from the injections in her back. Hope she stays on that path.
Sandy, hope your eye gets back to normal and happy dog sitting this week. Best wishes on your follow-up appointment. I admire your high pain tolerance and wish I had one of those.
Hello Barbie, Diane, Jeri, Joy, and dear Anne—we do miss you.
Take care everyone.
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By the way Jackie, I was getting back injections every three months as well but my next one is in six months. Progress.0
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My the time flies since I was on here last. So many things have been going on with everyone.
Lin....I just read that your furnace has gone out. Also saw in tonights news the stormy weather you are having back there. Hope you are able to get the problem resolved quickly. Dress warmly too. I suspect it will be a few difficult days for you to get this all resolved.
Sandy....Getting that injection in your eye scares the dickens out of me. So sorry it turned out to be a very painful shot. I don't I think I would go for a second shot particularly if it might be a placebo. Get some rest so that your eye can heal
quickly. My opthalmalogist appt was a good one. My eye pressures were even better than my last ones. Thats what I need
to hear when I go for this appt.
Jackie.....More rain again I see, but glad you were able to get some clean up done. The chickens must be very happy with you right now. Doubt the tree trimmer was able to reach the top branches with a lot of wind. Hopefully the weather settles down a bit so he can complete this job. I need to go get some new geraniums because the ones I have in two pots are probably 15 yrs old. Not looking that great anymore. Thinking of picking up two hanging pots of something also. Two days of clear weather and four of rain. The nursery says it is overstocked with plants right now.
As for my colonoscopy procedure they came at me in two directions. Thankfully I was sedated. They got 2 specimens, but both turned out not to be cancerous. I was glad to hear that. It was worth every bit of getting this done. I hadn't been feeling up to par for several years. Finally was able to get the GI referral that I needed. Also more recently had a stress test done letting me know how that is going. Heart problems in the family and I had some questions. Have an appt with my internal med dr in a couple of weeks to get a run down on all of my results. An optometry appt in 3 wks then I think I am finally done with all of my appts. Glad to have this all behind me.
I haven't seen Anne on here for a while. I sure am hoping that she is starting to feel a lot better. I am concerned about her.
Hello to Jeri, Barbie and Joy. Hope you are doing well.
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Dropping by just to say happy birthday Barbie🎶🎶
Lin
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Happy Monday! Uber picked me up at ten, took an hour to get there, appointment was for 10 minutes, Uber took another hour to bring me back to my sons. Just checked pressure and took some pictures. I go back on April 3. Now it is just relaxing and enjoying the pups until Wednesday.
Barbie, happy birthday, hope you have a wonderful day.
Diane, since this is a trial I will only get one shot in my right eye. The shots I need in my other eye should be fine since it is less dosage and shouldn't cause any issues like this eye. I did find out that I will know at the end of the trial if I had had the placebo or not so here's hoping I am getting the meds. I do feel like I am on the right course because of the prednisone and how it makes me hungry but we will see.
I am glad your procedures were good news and highly recommend colonoscopies. I get one every five years since my mom died from colon cancer. It is the easiest cancer to cure if caught early. I agree when all the doctor's appointments are done for the year life is much easier. I still have several to go this year but at least they are spaced out.
Lin, I am glad you got your furnace fixed and the snow never showed. I was pleasantly surprised by out warmer weather today although raining on and off. I am sure my eye will be fine but hope it is in time for Easter Mass.
Jackie, more rain, just what you need.
Have a good day everyone,
Sandy
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Hello, between Zoom classes right now. I went to the post office very early this morning and stopped at the convenience store to use the free coupon I had for a lottery ticket. It had an expiration date of 3/31 so it was time to use it or throw it out. I never win anything but fun to have a free play!
Diane, glad you finally had your tests and that all was well. Now if the rest of your tests are equally as good news, that will be great! I am in the hunt for a new eye doctor. One of the tasks on my list. Hoping for a quick appointment with my regular primary care doctor on Thursday with a few blood tests, a lecture and a renewed prescription. Just no new medical problems. 🤞🏻
Sandy, glad that appointment is out of the way. Enjoy the pooches! They are real cuties. Do they get sad when their people are away. I had a dog who wouldn’t eat when we were away on vacation. Her little dog heart just broke.
Well, we had rain, hail and more rain today. Right now, it is actually sunny. We may have storms later and tomorrow back to wi tear like temperatures. I cannot believe the daily roller coaster.
Jackie, have you floated away with the continual rain? Maybe your tree trimmer should just sneak up and trim the trees without an advance appointment. 😆
Missing Anne, Joy, Jeri and the rest of the Sneakers.
Wishing you health and happiness.
Lin 🙋🏼♀️
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A terrible day of heavy, nonstop rain so I decided it wasn’t worth walking George and Betty because I knew without checking, the roads would be flooded. I should have done some housework but with the pets curled up snoozing most of the day, I didn’t want to disturb them. That’s my excuse anyway! As soon as I looked outside this morning I messaged Barney to say don’t worry about the tree trimming because it was windy so another delay and soon it might be too late and I’ll have to wait until next Winter! It’s nearly 11pm and I just let Betty into the garden and it’s still raining but it might be better tomorrow so I might strip my bed and be able to hang laundry out.
An email from the water supply company advised me I owe them a princely sum of £2.10 so first I tried to pay online but hit a problem, then phoned and a recorded message told me there was a long delay in answering so decided to deal with it another day as it’s such a small amount.
Anne replied to a Jacqui Lawson card I sent. Her heart condition is leaving her feeling very tired but Mike is getting changes made to his apartment so she will move out of the home and I think will feel better and able to join us Sneakers for regular catch ups.
Past my bedtime so I’ll say stay safe and take care. Happy birthday Barbie and so pleased for Diane those procedures are over so now you can enjoy pottering. That elderly geranium had me smiling because I struggle to encourage mine to overwinter one year! Hello Lin and Sandy.
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Happy Tuesday! Another rainy day but hopefully it will stop so dogs can enjoy being outside. The white of my eye is still red so I hope it goes away soon. My granddaughter from Minnesota is coming to spend the night with me on Friday before continuing on to Tennessee Saturday morning. I want to take her to dinner but don't want her to freak out with my eye looking like this, it won't be very appetizing. Maybe I can wear sunglasses. lol
Jackie, I know you have no choice but I just don't think I could handle all that rain in England. Rain depresses me and makes me sleepy. I do hope the sun comes out for the both of us sometime today. Thank you for updating us on Anne, I do hope she gets settled in soon with Mike and can rejoin us here on MFP.
Lin, I don't think they are sad with their family gone but I could be wrong. I think they might be enjoying the rest away from the kids for a short time. The little one will eat but the older one does not eat as well as he should so yesterday I gave him some yogurt in his food and he gobbled it down. They are both good boys.
Have a good day everyone.
Sandy
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Stopping by to say hi. Just working in the house today, doing some cooking and doing Zoom classes. It feels like winter today and we had some light sleet earlier today. I put off my trip to the store. Maybe tomorrow. Oh and I did get some laundry done.
Sandy, I think you could just put on a pirate eye patch and all will be well to go out to dinner. 😃. Looks like fun with the pooches. Glad they are eating.
Jackie, we have had enough rain that my stump pump started running late this morning. I was very surprised. I did think we had that much rain this week.
Well everyone, be safe and enjoy everything you can.
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Thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes and all your news. I'm not much for birthdays and Jake knows that so he doesn't make a fuss. We got take out Mexican food on Friday because he is charge of lunch on my dance days. The food was great and lasted for two meals. At 3 AM on my birthday when we took the dogs out for their middle of the night potty walk, Jake sang Happy Birthday to me. My dog walking friend made me a beautiful bookmark and I got cards both online and in the mail from entities like Google, AARP, my financial advisor, my part D prescription plan, and the management of the community we live in. It was a great day.
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Happy Wednesday! Last day of dog sitting. I didn't sleep well last night so will be happy to get to my own bed tonight. They are going to stop and see Rob's brother on the way home from Tennessee so they will be a little later than I expected. I am glad they are stopping though, they haven't seen John's house yet and it will be nice for them to be together for a couple of hours.
My eye continues to get better although still red but maybe not as noticeable. My next check up is April 3.
Barbie, glad you had a good birthday and enjoyed your special day.
Lin, the only eye patch I own is with a pirate on it. lol I am sure it will be fine in two days, at least I hope so. It has been nothing but damp weather since I got here, sure would like to see the sun come out so the pups could enjoy more yard time.
I see a nap in my future today so enjoy your day and keep staying healthy.
Sandy
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My fire is lit because not only rain falling but hail too! To top it all my car warning lights are scaring me with every fault possible showing up. Thankfully I grocery shopped first thing before walking the dogs and at that stage only a lit up spanner symbol concerned me but when I later picked up Linda everything flashed, from tyre pressure to failing brakes, suspension and lights! We carried on to the coffee shop and caught up with news of her new granddaughter Darcy Margot, born last Monday. Just like Sandy, Linda has been assigned dog sitting and walking duties while parents adjust to sleepless nights! I stopped at my garage on my way home and the mechanic did his best to listen to the engine in the middle of a hail storm crashing on the roof! No obvious clue to what’s going on but he had a cancellation in the morning so I will return the car and leave it so it can be properly analysed. I’m afraid it won’t be cheap! Sheila will be driving into town about the same time so can pick me up then get me home after her appointment. I might just be staying home throughout the Easter period but do have projects to entertain me and plenty of food in!
It seems we are all enjoying plenty of rain! My weather app shows no change for the next 10 days! 😳. If I was a few years younger I would move to Spain or Portugal because right now, drought seems a better option.
Sandy, Lin’s suggestion for an eye patch had also crossed my mind yesterday. You would look wonderfully mysterious!
Take care everyone. I must change bed linen and think about an evening meal.
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Hello everyone. Wow, a cold day! I ran a few errands throughout the day. Each time I left the house, I wore a different hat but my ears were cold no matter what! I got a few groceries on one trip. Another trip was a trip to the credit union and I hadn’t known they were having construction/repair. All of the parking lot was torn up. Luckily, I just wanted the drive up window. Back home again and later, I drove to the pharmacy to straighten out my new insurance for prescription drugs.
Tomorrow is my doctor’s appointment and I hope the insurance and other paperwork goes easily. Maybe not likely but we will see.
Jackie, my gosh, I hope your car doesn’t have any major problems. I hope they don’t need your car for a week or so. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Good thing you are usually supplied quite well at your house. Good for you.
Sandy, home again this evening. Yippee! Keep healing up poor eyeball.
Barbie, glad you had a good birthday. Love that Jake sang happy birthday to you! ❤️❤️
Need to move along again.
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Happy Thursday! Felt good to sleep in my own bed. I am skipping my meeting as my eye is still funky. I did order an eye patch for dinner tomorrow and for Easter. Hopefully, it will clear up by then but just in case. Kids thought my eye looked weird so hopefully I didn't freak them out. lol
Lin, terrible spring weather, when will warm weather ever arrive? Good luck at your doctor today.
Jackie, I do hope you do not have major car expenses, maybe it is a computer problem.
Just taking it easy again today, maybe I will order some groceries so I will be stocked up for weekend.
Have a good day.
Sandy
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Hello. The appointment with the doctor and the commute ate a huge portion of the morning. Now waiting to see if he will get my synthroid renewed or if he thinks the numbers justify a dosage change. Hoping I don’t see him for another year.
A lady from church asked me to call her. I did call her and it was nice to hear her voice but she needed someone to vent all of her frustrations to and I hate that I cannot help her. Lots of financial and health problems. Poor dear.
This afternoon I received a call from a friend who used to live in the area but moved away. That was enjoyable!
Good grief, I am having problems fitting in enough exercise today. Well, I got some moving and will do a stretch class in a little while.
Sandy, good job getting a new eye patch! Now you’re set no matter how your eye looks. Did you decide to stock up on supplies for the weekend? I think my church will do a Live stream of the Maundy Thursday play. I am going to check later and if they are not there, it’s okay. And really, you freaked out the kids? Awwww, it’s okay. They love you and can handle that! Enjoy the dinner out tomorrow evening.
Jackie, hi, is the rain stopping? Any word on your car?
Hello Barbie, Diane, Anne, Joy, Jeri and the rest of our Sneakers.
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