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Just jumping in to say hi. Wedding was nice. And this week has been busy. Will give you more details soon - I hope. About ready to head for Bible study now.0
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Good Morning...I'm devastated!!! I had my Scion xB serviced yesterday, routine oil change and lube, tire rotation, etc. and when I pulled into the service bay, the guy came out to sign me in and asked "how do you like your xB?" I said "I love it!"
Him: "What do you think about Toyota discontinuing the xB?"
Me: "WHAT?"
Him: "Toyota isn't going to bring in the Scion xB after next year, they're keeping the FRS, but discontinuing the xB, tC and xD."
Me: "NO! I hadn't heard anything about that."
Him: "yea, don't know why, but after next year, your car will be a classic, ha ha ha"
Me: "I guess I better take really good care of this car. I'll be keeping it a lot longer than I thought if I can't trade it in for a new one in a few more years."
Him: "We'll keep servicing them, but no more new ones."
Me: "Thanks, You just ruined my entire day."
Today, I get to go have lunch with Carol. I'm looking forward to it, I love our visits.
Yesterday morning, John decided "no more coffee!", he does this every so often, but it doesn't last long. He wanted tea and needed help finding the tea bags (they have been in the same spot in the pantry since we moved here, 23 years ago), nothing new there either, he always acts like I moved them on him, but there they are, same place. But, he then couldn't figure out how to use the microwave to heat the water. That's new, he has had no problem reheating his coffee in the microwave in the past. He got frustrated that he couldn't understand the buttons. "What's this defrost time? what does this one mean? what does this one do? I can't read this. this doesn't make any sense." We got through it and he had his tea. I'll see what he wants and/or does this morning. Coffee or Tea? All by himself or need help?
The sun is coming up and I'll go put out cracked corn for the birds. It's migrating time and we are getting lots of wild Mallards visiting us for breakfast. I'll put out extra to make sure everybody gets plenty.
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Good afternoon all.
Yay, the end of another work week, and on top of that it's payday!
As usual, it's been super-busy here. We are modifying a bunch of our forms and I think we are on version 40,000 by now! Just kidding, but it seems like it. Lots of eyes looking at the forms, so lots of revisions.
We woke up this morning to find our Hot Shot (a water heater for hot drinks) came on by itself and was super hot. That was kind of scary. It's really old, so I guess it decided it was time to die. Dad's going on Amazon today to get a replacement. We use that thing a lot.
I went out for Mexican food for lunch today. I guess now I'm on a Mexican kick. I had a beef quesadilla, beans and rice. It was pretty good.
We are starting to warm up a bit again. It should hit about 80 degrees today. I think Dad and Cisco are pleased. Neither of them are fond of the cold mornings.
Throughout the day today I took several breaks and went for walks around the city. It sure does help to relieve the stress and clear the head.
I don't remember if I told you, but I finally have a printer again. It's just a basic black and white printer, but it does the job. The IT manager here is pushing to get my color printer to work with the new PC, but who knows. I'm sure getting my exercise having to walk to the end of the floor every time I need to print something on a color printer.
Sheryl, I'm sorry they are discontinuing your beloved car model! What a bummer. I've been driving a RAV 4 since December 2001 and would feel the same way if they got rid of the model. I hope you have a nice visit with Carol today.
Debora, busy as usual. Looking forward to hearing how the wedding went. I can't believe it the wedding has come and gone already!
Back to work. Have a nice day everyone.
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Hello everyone, we've had a cooler week. We got lots of rain Tuesday. There was talk of baseball hail and bad storms so we cancelled Good News Club. The school cancelled after school stuff too. Thomas' choir concert was cancelled so we had the evening at home which was nice as much as it stormed. Just lot little hair so that was nice too. Did have someone get stuck on a mud road but a neighbor went and got them out. We ended up with 2 inches of rain.
Now let's move back to last Saturday. Got to the church by 8 to unlock. Julie and Lindsey and Kayla all showed up along with the person doing their hair. 8:30, the foods committee arrived to start working with the food. All the wedding party was there by 10:45. They took pictures of Julie with the bridesmaids, etc. and Matthew with his groomsmen - any pictures they could do and not see each other. I had two babysitters that helped with the kids from 10-3:30 and that was really nice. And most of the snack stuff got eaten. It was fun watching guests come and 12:30 came.
Thomas got to seat me. Deacon ran down the aisle straight to his mom (a bridesmaid) so she picked him up and then his dad took him to the nursery. The other two ring bearers came more slowly. The flower girls had fun dropping the petals. They just stayed up front until Julie came in. I kept my eye on the pastor so I knew when to stand and it was fun watching Matthew see her for the first time. He teared up a bit. Of course, Ralph did his part well. The ceremony went well. As soon as family got out, the ushers got the rest headed to the fellowship hall and the food. We went in and took pictures and I was sitting down to eat at 1:40. I enjoyed the meal but it helps that we ate so late. The guys were concerned that we had enough meat and I thought I had bought enough baked beans and potato salad for 400. I didn't but they had enough for the 240 that ate and there was lots of meat left. And lots of sweet baby gerkins and lots of BBQ sauce and some cupcakes and the cake.
The couple took off about 3 and then clean up began. Some of the foods committee helped, all the other kids and some of my nieces and nephews. Some hauled gifts over here and stacked them in the living room. Julie's good friend was in charge of sorting out the decorations, others put away tables and chairs and I think we left about 5. After unloading the last load, a bunch of us headed for Wichita to see the house Derek has in the Parade of Homes and then ate at Braums so we finally got home at 10. I slept good.
Sunday was church and then the usual gang from here, my sister's two kids and families and Jim's (son-in-law) two sisters and father who came from Maryland ate in the gym area of church. We had wedding leftovers and rehearsal supper leftovers. Ralph had gone to another church to teach a class of Kenyans and then returned the guys' suits so missed the meal. Thomas stayed at our house till the Youth Group party .
I took him to the party and then went to a Ladies Edge thing at church. Good refreshments and good things to listen too but it was nice to be home for the evening.
Thomas spent the night and I took him home Monday morning when I went to babysit Maggie. When mom got home at 1, I went to my third visit at the periodonist and then returned the bridesmaids dresses and then to Thomas' baseball game so it was a full day.
I already talked about Tuesday. Wednesday we had to drive an hour away to return the decorations they rented and we stopped at farm store so Ralph could look at the chicks. He didn't get any more. I think he has about 35 and so far has not lost any. That evening was our last Wednesday night at church till fall so before classes, we had a wiener. We ate inside since it was so cool outside. Thursday I got the invitations for the Good News Club party to the school and met with some of the foods committee to discuss some things. In the evening I went to Bible study. Today Ralph came with me and we did our errands. Got home soon enough so Alan could eartag the 4-H pigs before heading out to western Kansas for a couple of days. Today didn't get over 52 and the sun didn't shine plus in rained on and off all day.
Oh I didn't tell you about the one "fun" decorations. It was water beads. They start from a little tiny bead and get to about the size of a marble as they absorb water. She had jars filled with them on some of the tables. We brought them home in a bucket cause she wants them to shrink back down so I spread them out in a lot of containers and am having fun watching. It was kind of soothing to put my hand in the bucket and they bounce. I may get some for Alan's birthday cause he was liking them. And he's hard to buy for.
Tomorrow I'll do food stuff for Sunday and figure out seating. My one table is downstairs covered with gifts and since they are opening gifts Sunday, everyone is coming for dinner (including Matthew's grandparents). I think I can make it work with both card tables though. Then in the afternoon we're going to SAT-7 meeting and then to a local concert deal. I've been home enough this week to feel like I'm back to the normal stuff and moving along. I'm working on thank-yous and bills I still owe and stuff like that. So that's what I've been up too.
Isabella, I hope your cold is gone by now. They aren't any fun. Nice that Dan helped the neighbors with their trash and they seem really nice. That's a relief, I'm sure.
Sheryl, glad you're enjoying Call the Midwife. There's always lots going on in each show. Bummer on Photobucket. Wonder if there's something else that you could use. Yes, Matthew and Julie went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. One day was going fishing. Then they were going to St. Louis and were going to a Cardinals game. That's all I know about. They come home tomorrow. They both go back to work tomorrow. Sad that John is having trouble remember the animals' names. I'd prefer tea - you have an amazing amount of patience but we know God gives what we need when we need it.
Isabella, yay on all the decluttering you got done. 5 bags to give away - yay.
Marcie, bummer on the headache but glad you can take a day off when needed. Nice that your dad got rid of some stuff. Funny that he won't do baskets. Mexican's a good phase to be in.
So glad you can take breaks from work and go for walks. Helps keep your mind fresh and as busy as you are. Wow. Glad you have a printer even if it is black and white.
Oh my, Sheryl, I hope your car lasts a long time. It's sad when something you like is discontinued. The car we are driving now is no longer made but we usually get used cars and we hope this one will last a long time too. Alan is working on getting the one that got hit by a deer looking good again. They put in a new radiator and got a different hood so Ralph is looking forward to driving it again.. Yay on lunch with Carol. It's a good time for you.
Well, here's my usual long email. Hello to everyone who hasn't had time to pop in. I know how it is but I always get excited when there's a new post. For now, I'll get busy on my list for tomorrow. I went several days without list right before the wedding but I'm glad to get back to them. Have a good weekend.
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I forgot to mention (in case you're interested), I got the crocheting done around the edge of the afghan I'm doing. Now I'm ready to start doing the tassels of which there are 44 on each end so it will take a little while. It took me a little while today just to find something that was 20 inches to wrap the yarn with. Each tassel has 6 strands so I'll have to make a lot of them. Hoping I can finish it before the end of the school year and get it to the teacher (just don't look at the back of it).0
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Good morning all,
I'm at the tail end of my cold. Still coughing a bit and blowing my nose. I am SO tired of blowing my nose!!!! Now poor Dan who was still getting over whatever the other thing was that he had for months has caught my cold.
Poor guy!
I took yesterday off from work in the hopes of getting together with an old high school friend who was going to be in San Diego on vacation this week ( I had not seen or heard from her since high school). She contacted me about a month ago to let me know she was coming and wanted to get together. Well, she never did call me or set anything up to see me. Oh well, I was a bit annoyed but I'm over it. I enjoyed a quiet day off with my hubby and he was very happy to have me around.
Today Jami and I are going to a large yearly neighborhood garage sale event that we go to together every year. Then we are going to a "warehouse resale event" whatever that is. So I'd better go get ready because she will be here very soon.
Marcie, taking lots of walks throughout the day sound like a wonderful idea and will add years to your life!!! Glad you finally got a working printer.
Sheryl, did John have tea again? How did it go?
Debora, the wedding sounds wonderful! It would be great if you can post some pics in the picture post. Has Ralph done chickens before?
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Good Morning, John poured himself a cup of coffee yesterday, no mention of tea, we'll see what he does this morning.
I had a great visit with Carol yesterday. So good to just get out of the house and change up the routine. I talked so much, my voice really had a workout, came home very raspy. I had so much to say about John, Mom and Norma and Simon, I didn't let Carol talk about herself at all. I totally forgot to ask her about her daughter-in-law and grandkids moving in June. I know it weighs heavy on her heart, she will miss those kids so much. But, like Carol told me before, it's too hard for her to see her DIL with another man, Kara is suppose to be with Carol's son, so, it's smart to move after she remarries. Carol and Kara have never been super close, Carol's son was the only one holding them together as family.
We're forecast to have three more beautiful, dry, and rather warm days, no hint of rain until Tuesday. I hope to get more done outside.
Isabella, so sorry your high school friend stood you up. But, nice that you are appreciated by Dan and had a nice day with him. Enjoy your day with Jami.
Debora, thanks for the review of the wedding. I'm sure it was a wonderful day for everyone.
My sister went to a women's retreat this weekend with ladies from her church. I hope she has a blessed, restful and rejuvenating time. Mom has really stressed Norma out. And, Simon situation is causing stress too. His visits are fewer, he even texts less and less, so he knows that the relationship isn't moving forward. Unless and until he takes better care of himself, Norma is not going to care for him, so June is a deadline for him to show some sort of progress. He's quite a talker and I think that he thinks that he can BS his way through this...He doesn't know My Sister!!! She won't take any guff and will stick to her guns.
My breakfast is almost ready, I put a couple of fish filets in the oven to bake. I've been craving fish and can't get enough of it, so I'll have it for breakfast before John gets up. He rarely wants to eat breakfast anymore, so I eat a little something before he gets up and then make a big lunch for both of us. I'm still enjoying the Blue Apron meals.
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Saturday went as planned. Had a good time at our afternoon/evening things. Sunday was a good day. Fun time in SS. Good message in church. Everyone was okay with waiting till one to eat. Potatoes (twist on my usual recipe) were good - wish I had more leftover. Gift opening went good - lots of nice things and amazed at how much they got in gift cars and cash. Matthew's grandparents came too. I was writing the gifts down so didn't get to sit with them but now they know what it's like when our whole gang is together. And Ralph learned about some more chicks so think he will be getting some more today. Most of the kids were gone by 4. Matthew and Julie stated longer and opened their cards. They had borrowed a van so had room to take everything home (except they have to come back for stuff left from the wedding). Enjoyed not doing much when everyone was gone.
Getting ready to head for babysitting Maggie. When done with her I need to go buy food for the Good News Club party, get it put away and then go to the choir program that was rescheduled from last Tuesday. Ralph is going to a Historical Society meeting so it will be a full day.
Isabella, sorry the cold is hanging on. They like to do that. Did you get anything at the warehouse event? Sorry your friend didn't call but a day with your hubby is always nice. I would post pictures but the only ones I have are ones I shared on Facebook. If anyone can tell me how to take them from Facebook to here, I'd do it. Ralph has done chickens many many years. From 14,000 and down.
Sheryl, thankful you get the visits with Carol. Good for both of you and this was your time to talk. Glad your sister got to go to a women's retreat - good for her with all she has going on. Glad things have slowed down with Simon. Will make it easier to end it.
Time for me to take off so better send this and run. Have a good day.
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Good Morning.
Debora, I read your comment about the photos and looked for them on facebook. I scrolled and scrolled and couldn't find them, finally remembered that I can search for your name and I saw two, the couple and the cake. Is that what you posted? I can share them here in the photos post for you.
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I'm back again. John's still in bed, so I have more time this morning. Beautiful morning, picture perfect except for the construction behind us, ha ha ha No more nice view of the field, trees and creek.
When I called my Mom Saturday, she relayed to me her "episode", as she called it.
Tossed and turned all Friday night with pain in her leg and she couldn't put any weight on her right leg. Skipped her "during the night" bathroom runs and at 9 am Saturday morning, she pressed her emergency button and Margaret (one of the managers) came and helped her to the bathroom. They decided it was serious enough to call Brent, since Norma is away at retreat. Brent took Mom to Urgent Care at 10:30 am and the doctor couldn't find anything specific wrong with her leg. But, it doesn't sound like he really did any tests either. Her right leg was very swollen and he said her "veins are protruding". Sent her home with Tylenol with Codeine and said to keep her legs elevated.
Brent called Norma and updated her, but Mom said for her not to come home early. Mom got home in time for her noon meal, but had it delivered up to her apartment instead of going to the dining room. She was disappointed that it was cold by the time it got to her and now she has a tray that she doesn't know what to do with. Made a big deal about that. She worries about the dumbest things.
She was feeling fine by the time I called, but she had been off her feet for a few hours. She said that she'd just wait for Norma to come home and see what she should do. I told her that if she feels worse tonight, for any reason, call 911 and go to the ER, she does not have to wait for Norma. They may do more tests at the ER than at Urgent Care. My only experience with Urgent Care was a bad one, but I have gotten treated very well in the ER.
I called yesterday morning, 11 am, and Mom was up and around and getting ready to leave early to make her way down to the dining room for her noon meal. She was taking the pills and said that they helped when she needs to walk. When she is sitting in her chair, she is pain-free. Brent had also called her just before I did. Sweet kid, (ha, he's in his 30's, but still a kid to me). I called again at 3 pm and she was doing fine, and, Norma had just arrived.
I hear John getting up now, so I better go.
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Good Morning, John was up early today, so I just have a few minutes to say "Hi". Lots of activity behind us and John went out to look at what's going on. Big trucks dumping more fill and dirt in an area that looked finished...what are they building next?
Mom's doing fine, I talked to her yesterday and she's back into her normal routine. Got down to the dining room for meals and able to make it to Bingo for fun.
One couple, Paul and Jean, that used to sit with Mom in the dining room have not been coming down for meals due to the husband being in hospice care for several months now. Mom found out that Paul passed away Saturday morning when she was at Urgent Care. I'm sure that's very difficult for Jean, but I hope she will readjust to her old schedule and join Mom for meals again.
The forecast was off 24 hours, no rain last night after all. They say possible showers tonight, so I have another day to work outside. Although, I don't do much at a time, I still get out of breath easily. Maybe I will never get back to the way it used to be. I'll just do a little bit here and there. Hopefully, eventually, the chores will get done.
I hear John coming back in, gotta go.
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Good morning. Cool again - in the upper 40s. But it warms up to 70. We are walking inside today but said next week we'll get back to outside whatever the weather (unless it's raining). Spent 8:30 - 4 helping a friend work on getting ready for a garage sale with her sister-in-law's house. Two other women came too. So we worked but had fun visiting too. I got lots of up and down steps. For our pay, we could find things we wanted - I didn't t find much - guess that's my decluttering mode. We got back earlier than we thought which was nice cause I had about 1 1/2 hours before Alan's kids game. Ralph took them out 2 at a time to see the chicks and the chickens. Oh, O haven't told you about the chickens or did I.
Here we are 24 hours later but at least I still have the post. Ralph bought 11 seventeen week old chickens on Monday. Matthew's grandparents told us about them. They were a bargain at $10 each. And we've already gotten 4 small eggs. He took them over to Alan's for the kids to enjoy. I think he has around 45 birds total now. He's enjoying them. I need to see if I can locate a plastic egg flat. I gave the ones we had away cause he said he would never have chickens again.
Thursday Ralph and I went for his checkup with his cardiologist. About 3 weeks ago he decided to quit taking one pill to see if he had less muscle pain. He did but when they checked his cholesterol, it had gone up by 60 points so he's going back on just 3 days a week (it's a low dose) and see how that goes. So we've had two call backs from the heart doctor - one was to recommend another med - cost made us say no to it and then his regular doctor called today so he's being watched over.
Got my errands run this morning and have been working on my list this afternoon. A half day at home can be a huge help. And it looks like I have the day home tomorrow. Ralph is going to go to a car show so I can have him go get what got left at the grocery store today. (A package of meatballs). I'll go along if he wants but I would enjoy staying here.
Sheryl, thanks for sharing the photos. Can you explain how you did it? - either here or privately. There'll be some other I might be able to share later and it's good to learn new things.
Glad you mother is okay and there are good people taking care of her. Hope Norma enjoyed her time away since it was right back to business when she got home.
Hope the activity is not more building. Glad you have as much land as you do.
Our mornings have been cool - high 40s but today was in the 80s. Next week my friend and I will start walking outside (unless it's raining). I should be able to get the trash out this week (first had to let the heat disappear and then it was so wet and muddy. No excuses now. Enjoy your weekend.
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Good Morning. I have some time this morning to pop in. Almost everyday this week, John's been getting up within a 1/2 hour of when I do, so I don't have any of my alone time. The morning that he slept in, I ended up having my coffee in my recliner and rested there. I didn't want to get up. One day, I had to talk him out of using the ladder again and cleaning pine needles off the roof. This is exhausting work.
Debora, I clicked on your photos and copy/paste them to a folder in my computer. On the photo post, I just clicked on the image icon above, (fourth one from the right), and browse my pictures and click on the one I want to attach. MFP does the rest and copies it here. I think whatever photos are in your computer, you can put them here.
I hear John already and the coffee pot is finished, I desperately need to put fresh coffee in my mug.0 -
Oh, I see now that I have posted...the icons are "above" only while you're replying. Once posted and you are reading this, the icons are not "above" this comment.0
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Hi ladies, Dan got up when I did again this week so we started doing stuff together again. Kinda like Sheryl's experience with John getting up when she does. Today though I got to find out how Tom Sawyer felt when he got his friends to paint the fence. I started to clean and wax the kitchen cabinets and when Dan saw the great results I was getting he had to jump in and try it himself. I got him to polish all the kitchen cabinets while I watched and handed him paper towels and such when needed. It was awesome!!!
Those poor cabinets haven't been waxed and polished since we bought the place! They are so much happier now! We used an all natural orange oil cleaner and a beeswax polish preserver product that I bought MANY years ago and used on the old house a few times. It is amazing! We used it all up so I checked on line and it is still available. It's not cheap but it is so worth it! $35.00 total and it includes a bottle of each.
Jami's dad is visiting and we were supposed to go over and play dominoes this evening but she caught a cold after our garage sale last week (claims I gave it to her but I doubt I was contagious after 2 1/2 weeks). And now her dad has the cold also. So they had to cancel. I more than understand. So we will spend the evening watching some movies we recorded on TCM. We watched Little Women last night. Really enjoyed it. Wow, Katherine Hepburn was REALLY young in that movie!
I got some VERY upsetting news this week. Our boss is retiring after 30 years with the company. We are very happy for her but very sad for us
She is such an amazing woman and mentor. She will be greatly missed. The 25th is her last day. One of my co-workers got promoted to take on some of her duties managing about 10 people (great gal and much deserved) and they are hiring someone to supervise the accounts receivable/billing girls.
It is Dan's birthday Thursday the 12th. I am going to make his favorite dinner of fettuccini alfredo with shrimp and broccoli and buy a lemon cake from Costco. Then on Saturday Jami and Joe and Dan and I will go to Hamburger Factory (one of our all time favorites) for dinner to celebrate.
Marcie, what is a hot shot? Does it give you a cup of hot water for whatever you want such as tea? I am on a Mexican food kick too. Did you get your car washed? I finally got mine washed, so of course it rained this week. At least the wash was free since I had accumulated enough points.
Sheryl, glad to hear that your mom is OK. I agree Urgent Care doesn't usually seem to do much good. How was Norma's Women's retreat? Hope she got some good rest and replenishment. Thanks for posting Debora's pics.
Debora, Julie looks beautiful. Glad everything went so well and that life can get a little bit more back to normal. I didn't realize that Ralph had done so many chickens before. Does he name them? How nice to have fresh eggs and so quickly!
Anew, hope all is going well where you are and that you are not affected by all the flooding.
FYI, Jessica posted a very interesting article on the NM facebook page on why we regain weight after we lose it. I highly recommend reading it.
Well, I am going to go and start dinner. I'll try to check in tomorrow. Have a wonderful weekend my friends!0 -
Hi everyone. I've read all your posts since I was last here, but I'll come back to comment on them a little later. Just wanted to catch you up on my current health scare.
At the end of last week I started not feeling very well. Just overall ickiness. On Saturday night when I tried to go to bed, after being asleep for a few minutes I woke and soon after I took a deep breath to go back to sleep my heart just about jumped out of me and I thought that was it for me. Very scary, and it kept doing it every time I tried to go back to sleep. I finally had to give up on sleep that night and quicly consult with my Dad (since he's been dealing with his heart problems for many years). He called an ambulence and they raced me the hospital. The first time I ever road in one of those things? Very weird experience. They ran tests and kept an eye on me until almost 5 am. I just used a Taxi because I didn't want to wake Dad. The doctor at the hospital gave me her test results and directed me to make an appointment with my primary care doctor.
Then yesterday night Dad woke up to me curled in a ball on the my bedroom floor semi-uncontious with my sticking out sucking in air. He called an ambulence again. The EMTs felt the issue might be be stubance abuse (I guess they've seen it all) so they searched every inch of my room to see if they could find anything, which of course they didn't and they left my room a terrible mess). When they tested me at the hospited they focused the tests on drug abuse, but of course found nothing. I was there until about 1 pm. When I got home I realized why I was on the floor is I was having trouble breathing while the heart pounding again. I probably tried to get out of bed and lost consciousness.
One embarrassing thing about yesterday, when I leaving home frome the hospital was that when the took me in the ambulence the night before, of my shoes must have falling because there was only one in the hospital room, and I was only wearing my nightgown. So when Dad came the next day to be with me and then take me home, he didnt know to bring me the shoe and some clothes. When we left to go home, while he was outside featching the car, I had to walk through the hospital and extremely busy ER waiting room to get outside while in my nightgown and hospital socks. Then when I got outside I couldnt find Dad and was walking all over the place looking for him! Turn out he had parking at the top of the multilevel parking garage and was having trouble getting out of there.
Well, I have an appointment with my primary care physicial tomorrow at 4:45 pm. Im hoping he'll have some answers, or at least direct me on the right. Its so hard not getting sleep. I think tonight I try slepeping in the chair in the living room.
Well that's my news for now. I'll check back with you later.
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P.S. They sure do put a lot of stickers on you to run tests! I've been finding them stuck all over my body throughtout the day since I got. Even under my bra, kept sticking to the residue of the stickers! The last couple days have been my first time as a patient since I had my tounsel out as a young child. One thing I didnt like at the two days is the IV line the immeditely put in and leave in the whole day while you're there. Those things hurt every time you move your arm while lying in the bed! Dad told me that back in the day they actually stiched those lines into your arm, so I probably shouldn't complain.
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P.S.S Parden my typos in the last two posts. I usually preview better!0
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Marcie, how very scary. Sleeping in a recliner might be good - was the chair better? Praying the doctor can figure something out. I'm glad your dad called an ambulance. I suppose they had to think abuse but furtherest thing from your mind. I can' imagine how you can work all day after not much sleep. (((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))) to you. Let us know what you find out.0
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Good Morning,
Oh, Marcie, how I hope you are having a good morning, what a scare. Trying to sleep in your chair is a great idea, sometimes you just can't lay flat without compressing something vital inside. Sorry that they wasted so much time looking for drugs, that must have been so frustrating that they don't believe what you say. Unfortunately, I suppose a lot of people lie and they can't take any chances.
John and I are plugging along, getting the outside of our place a little more presentable and manageable. There are some very high spots in the pasture and many spots that are nipped down to the ground. So, I need to mow and knock down the tall grass. It's hard to figure how and why the llamas graze the way they do, but they know what they like and go back to those same spots. We burned the burn pile a few weeks ago and now it's cold enough to clean that out. Lots of decomposed grass and ashes have left a pile of good fertile dirt underneath and we're removing that over to low spots in the pasture and will reseed. Then, the burn pile area will be much smaller and we can start all over again, piling on branches and weeds, pine cones, etc.
I talked to my mom yesterday and she was in good spirits, not a single complaint, that's a first. Norma spent most of Sunday with her and Brent and his family also dropped in for a short afternoon visit. Hudson will be 4 months old tomorrow and Mom said he's really growing. Mom said that Jackson is talking much clearer now and she can understand him, no more baby talk. He'll really be ready for school, Beth spends so much time with him. That kid is so much more cultured than I ever was, Beth takes him to museums and afternoon concerts in the park and so much more. I never did find a photo of him in his T-Ball uniform, I'll have to ask Norma if they ever took the picture. Maybe, Beth just didn't post it on Facebook, I saw another one of Hudson for his 3 month old photo, I suspect there will be a four month old photo later this week.
I got an email notifying me that Tammy commented on my posts over at One Kind Planet. I haven't been checking over there, seemed that I was alone. But, I'll reply to Tammy and tell her we need her over here. She said that she's really busy and hardly ever gets a chance to chat anymore. Lynn mentioned on Facebook that she and Susan are going to revamp OKP and change it to more of a blog form. I don't know exactly what that means, we'll see.
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Hi again, I just had to come back because I remembered something I've been meaning to tell you for a long time and kept forgetting, except when I was away from the computer.
No more sightings of Oscar and Leroy. It's been many weeks without any little black ants. Yay!
Even when I'm lazy and leave some food bits on the counter over night, no ants. I think maybe they were coming into the house during the really rainy season to get up off the wet ground ?!?!?!? No other explanation in my mind. No other differences in the environment.
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Ah, Saturday was so nice. I didn't have to go anywhere all day. On the other hand Ralph went three places. He went to a car show, book store and grocery store in the morning, An 80th birthday party in the afternoon and men's potluck in the evening. I got things ready for dinner - even did some deviled eggs and just different things here. Haven't had a lot of time at home so I enjoyed it.
Sunday we were at church, getting a little rain and the electricity went off at church. We found out one of our lights has a battery back-up which is good cause we have no windows in our classroom but it still seems different. And one mom decided it would be her son's day to start Sunday School. We were nervous about how kids would react to the room not being as bright and this boy has a kidney disease and when he started fussing, we took him back to mom. Hopefully, they'll try again next week. Still no lights by church so had to listen carefully. We had baby dedication for 9 babies and Maggie was one of them. By the sermon time they had rigged up a guitar amplifier to a generator and figured out how to hook up a mic so we could hear the sermon and toward the end of the service the electricity came back on. I was glad to find out our electricity had not been off when we got home so dinner was ready. I made way to many meatballs but they freeze well. Kids stayed until about 4. Then Matthew and Julie came over later and Derek called me so got to talk to all the kids. While Matthew and Julie were here we got a storm so they stayed longer than planned. It rained hard and hailed. Ralph was out with the chicks and he said they didn't like the hail sounds.
Monday I babysat for Maggie and then came home and finished getting things together for 4-H. About 5:30 another storm came rolling in. No hail but wind and lots of rain so I cancelled 4-H - got in contact with everyone (we rescheduled for the 17th). I was cleared up by 7:30 but I was glad I didn't have to drive in the storm. Tuesday evening was the 4th and 5th grade musical at Sunrise so we had two grandkids in it. The kids did a really good job. We had a stuffed sheep and a pair of overalls to take in so we went early and ate out with a coupon so tried something we don't usually get.
Today I got the invitations to Bible School and Boot Camp (for junior high) and took them to the schools to hand out. Then this afternoon we went to a retirement reception for a friend. She's been a para and helper where needed at the school they said for 40 years. She just turned 80. She'll miss it but has plans to travel and is moving to smaller place and will stay busy.
Tomorrow is the day at home and then Paige's kindergarten graduation in the evening. Lots of going but yet time at home and so I'm kind of getting to some jobs that have been on the list for awhile. I'm also working on the poster so people can sign up to make meals for the married teachers for Bible School. We need 41 meals this year so that doesn't seem too bad. So that's what's been keeping me out of trouble.
Sheryl, thanks for the photo info. I'll have to try one just to see if I can. It doesn't sound hard but sometimes easy things turn out. I miss your posts so I would like John to sleep in but I don't always get my way. Oh wow, I'm glad you kept him off the roof. He's always coming up with something new to do.
Isabella, how fun that Dan pitched in with the cupboards so well. My cupboards need something like that done. Would you send him over please? How fun to play dominos. That was my dad's favorite game. Maybe I'll try it with the grandkids during Bible School week. Sorry you'll lose such a nice boss. Hopefully, the ones that step up will be just as nice. Changes aren't fun. You've got some fun celebrating going for Dan's birthday.
Marcie's hot shot is way different than if I talked about a hot shot. We use them with the pigs (try not to) when they won't cooperate. No names for the chickens. He got 3 eggs today.
Oh my, Marcie, I never knew they stitched IV lines in. They are kind of a pain but they want them in in case they needed. Did you learn anything from your doctor?
Sheryl, glad you can see the progress outside. Little by little you'll get it done. How fun to talk to your mom and not have any complaints. I miss Tammy and the others. I wish they would have come here just to post. You could still log somewhere else. Sure thankful for the ones that are here when they can be.
Yay on no ants.
Off to do supper. Always enjoy chatting here.
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Good afternoon - very pretty day here. Not doing anything major but working on things here in the house. Found water downstairs in the furnace room but can't see where it's from so will keep an eye on it. Hubby worked on the washer yesterday so I thought that might be the culprit but doesn't fit. Thought maybe I need more visuals so doing a trial with conometer (will not keep me away from here). There is more visual and already I see changes I should make (which I really already knew) but some things I don't like too. MFP has reports but I have to click on them - they aren't in my eyesight easily so..... checking it out. Need to get my gift ready for tonight and find out what time Ralph wants to leave. We'll eat a hot dog for supper since we're still finishing up what was left from the Good News Club party. Got fringe put on one edge of afghan. Think I'll skip the second two rows of knows cause I haven't figured out how to do them and I think it looks okay with just the fringe.0
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Debora, I sure would like to see a picture of the afghan when your done! I hope you find that leek soon. We were forever having leeks in the cabinet under our kitchen sink, then figured out the culprit was the sprayer with the extended hose. Tried fixing it, but it wouldn't take, so we just stopped using it. I've had an account set up with Cronometer as long as I've had one here at MyFitnessPal. Just never cared much for that site. Dad's still using MyNetDiary every day and swears by it, but only the paid version.
Sheryl, yay that Oscar and Leroy have moved on to greener pastures! Ants make my skin crawl. Its been several years now since I saw one in the house. The Clark pest control guy keeps them at bay for us. Yay, no complaints from Mom! I went over to One Kind Planet earlier this morning to see if there was any more movement, but there wasnt. I was really hoping that site would flourish.
Isabella, I know what its like to lose a beloved boss! Happy birthday to your Dan!
Well, I went to my primary doctor on Tuesday and they said they didnt have an appointment for me. Apparently there was miscommunication. I thought she had said 4:45 pm, but apparently she had said 11:45 am. Sheesh. So we resceduled for yesterday at 11:45 am. Dad drove me there because I'm still feeling light-headed and wasnt comfortable doing it.
As I expected, the doctor didnt do much, other than question me and give me my marching order to go get blood tests at the blood clinic, which I just got back from, and he gave me a prescription for valium incase I start feeling anxious. So, still no answers. The technician at the blood clinic was blown away that at age 51 I had never gone for blood tests. In the meantime Im going to have to collect fecal samples at home and mail them in. Another first. I just read through the instructions on that process and all I can say is Ick.
I dont plan to return to work until Monday, so hopefully I will be able to do that. I'm so behind on my projects. The doctor did give me a note of the time off.
Take care everyone. Talk to you later.
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FYI, here's a message from one of MFP's admin staff. I'm not sure if it will affect the groups, but wanted to give you a heads-up....
Hi folks,
Starting at 2PM Eastern Time on May 14th, Vanilla's hosting environment will be in a maintenance window for 6 hours. During this time, all nodes in the environment will be rebooted at least once and there will be some instance downtime, which will impact this forum. The expected actual downtime will likely last for approximately 45 minutes.
Thank you for your understanding!
Regards,
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Good Morning.
Marcie, thank you so much for keeping us up-to-date on the technical aspects and goings on of this site. I hardly ever venture from this group, so it's a whole different world out there and I get lost.
Interesting deal...my neighbor two doors down has called out code enforcement on the neighbors in between us. Major problems that I rarely get involved in because I keep my distance. But, Dona has had enough and has reported them. The county guy will be out this morning and I'll take this opportunity to talk to him about the drainage problem that we are having and see if code enforcement will get involved now. I have called that department of the county and got no satisfaction and then started dealing with environmental services. But, since Cary is not getting results, maybe I'll try code enforcement again. At least, I hope he will listen to me. Although I'm prepared to be told that he is out here on another matter and will ignore me completely. I'll give him my letter of explanation and the dvd of photos and videos to take back to his office.
Isabella, I am now jealous of your kitchen cabinets. Mine needed cleaning and sprucing up when we moved in here, and after all these years, I still haven't done anything. I like the way Dan kind of took over and all you had to do was supervise. Great job!
I remember that my Grandpa had a hot shot years ago. He would make himself one cup of coffee every morning. I have never bothered making one cup at a time, I drink the whole pot. Debora, I also know of your hot shot too, not that I've ever had one, but John's folks had use of one on their farm.
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Good morning all, We had a wonderful evening on Thursday for Dan's birthday. His 60th by the way. My Penne Alfredo with shrimp and broccoli came out wonderful (although I over cooked the shrimp a tad per usual) and Dan really enjoyed it. Costco was all sold out of lemon bundt cakes due to mother's day so I bought these little mini lemon cake things instead which are OK but very sweet. I'll probably bring the rest to work on Monday. We are looking forward to a wonderful evening with Jami and her husband Joe tonight at the Hamburger Factory then back here for fellowship and possibly dominoes. I bought a thing of lemon cookie dough that I found at Grocery Outlet Bargain Market that I might make for tonight. Can you tell that Dan likes lemon stuff??!! I'm really looking forward to Hamburger Factory tonight. They have a burger called the branding iron that has pepper jack cheese on it, then sliced jalapenos, then jalapeno sauce. YUM! Do any of you have a Grocery Outlet Bargain Market near you? This is a wonderful store! They have closeouts that they get from other stores and stuff that may be close to expiration. Everything is cheaper that at the regular grocery stores and you can find some great stuff, including organic foods. The one draw back is that if you find something you like you'd better go back and get more while you can because when they are sold out it is gone.
Marcie, How very scary (and frustrating) to have those episodes then no explanation as to what is going on! I am also a bit surprised that you have never had blood work before! And I hate doing those home "poop" tests but I chose doing that over having a colonoscopy. Hopefully you'll get some answers soon. Is this making you nervous about going to sleep? Please keep us posted on the outcome.
Debora, how nice that you actually got to have a whole day home on Saturday. That is unusual for you! Also great that you got to work on some things on your list that you've been meaning to get to. Did you figure out where the leek was coming from yet?
Sheryl, how did it go with the code violations guy? Did he talk to you at all? Great that the ants moved on. We don't get them in our house. Knock on wood!!!!!! I too was hoping that One Kind Planet would take off. I went there finally after a long time away about a week or so ago and noticed that you were there pretty much by yourself. Too bad cuz it's a great site.
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Saturday evenings here and I have slowed down and I don't think I worked that hard. I made potato salad and a fruit salad for tomorrow. I added more fringe to the afghan. I played in the water beads - they are getting smaller. It was a cooler day - started out at 42 and only got up to 60. Everyone comes tomorrow so I brought up the third table and got the chairs out. I also spent some time looking for concrete steps. The ones are the back door are not in great shape - maybe they just need to be raised up but thought the boys could make them safe for Father's Day. We weren't using them much but now with the chickens, he's using the door a lot. So I don't want him falling. I'll talk to the boys about it. Dessert tomorrow is the middle layer of the wedding cake so will get it out of the freezer when I get to church.
Marcie, I'll get one of the kids to take a picture when I'm done. I checked out youtube and know how to do the triple know fringe so may try it. We'll see. We're pretty sure the water was from the part Ralph didn't get put on tightly. Cause everything dried up and no more has appeared. He had worked on it in the morning and it was evening before I figured out where the noise was coming from so... He even did a load of laundry to check things out. So I think we're good there.
I like the charts on cronometer but several other things I didn't. Mynetdiary is only paid (well, there is a two week free trial). I might check it out but even though I'd be willing to pay for nutrimirror, I don't know if I am for any other place. I thought that was the one your dad liked.
Glad you had your dad drive you. Even ask him to take you to work next week if you feel like you can work but don't need the pressure of the drive. Blood work is the start - cool that you've never had to have any before. It's a process to figure things out unfortunately but if you're still feeling under the weather, there's sure something going on.
Guess, the admin note didn't affect too much. I've not had any trouble today. But it was good to know in case it would have.
Sheryl, let us know how the meeting with code enforcement goes. Use any chance you get.
Isabella, what did you use on your cabinets? I need to do something badly. I just figured I use Old English but you're sounds like it did a great job. Glad the meal for Dan turned out (I wasn't surprised). Hope you have a fun evening tonight.
Guess that's it for now.
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I said I had no trouble but I left here and clicked on something else and it came up as maintenance but then I was able to get back to things so...0
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Good Morning.
Oh yea, Debora, Marcie told us about the maintenance but I had forgotten about it already, that it was yesterday. Well, I guess that's done and over with, I can forget about it again.
I got zero satisfaction from County code enforcement. Same pat answer, they are on private property and the County can't force anything. So, I asked what he is doing out here for Dona's call...our neighbor in between is private property. Somehow it's different, not sure why or how, but it just is! This is ridiculous. Another neighbor suggested that I skip the County and start contacting at the State level. When I told the County guy that the County Commissioners flat out lied to my face by telling me the County would enforce this, he smirked and said "well, they are my boss, so I'm not going to comment on that". He told me to contact a lawyer. Gee thanks, I have this bundle of cash that I can throw at a lawyer.
It's raining this weekend, so it's a mess outside. We ran errands yesterday and John was even willing to go out to breakfast. The guy at NAPA was very patient and helpful and we finally found the correct connector for this special part. John was so happy, all the rest of day he commented on how nice the NAPA guy was and how he spent so much time on us for only a 99 cent connector terminal. We bought 6 of them though, so he got more than 99 cents for his effort, ha ha ha.
Then, we searched for a 33 mm wrench, unheard of in the stores. Even when their web site shows it's available, it's not actually in the stores. They stock up to 32 mm and then, a couple stores jumped to 36 mm, but nothing in between. We want to tighten some nuts on a tractor attachment and 1 1/4" is too small, but 1 5/16" wrench is just a tad too big, so I figured it's metric and checking the conversion chart, I think 33 mm is the answer. I found one on Amazon and I guess I need to order it and take a chance. An adjustable Crescent wrench and/or Channel locks are too big to fit into this area. We've tried every tool that John already has and believe me, he has a lot, but nothing is working. Actually, a socket would work even better, but I can't find one in that size either. I'll have to take this attachment off so that I can use the tractor for mowing the pasture. I don't want to have the attachment rattling around loose on the back and get ruined.
My sister has just about hit the tipping point with dealing with my Mom. Mom is totally unreasonable when it comes to Norma and makes demands on her that Norma has tried her best to meet, but enough is enough. A friend of Norma's told her that she has to stop and be firm, or Mom will just continue to beat her down and walk all over her. The latest thing is that Norma wants to take Mom to the DMV and get her California ID updated with her new address. She needs to have her Social Security card and the old ID, plus something with her name and new address on it. Mom said that she doesn't have any mail with her name and address on it because she shreds all the envelopes. So, Norma said to go downstairs to the office at Mission Commons and ask for a copy of her rental statement. Mom said that she can't do that, what? she can't stop in at the office when she goes down to the dining room? She doesn't even have to make a special trip, she goes downstairs everyday for meals. Norma calls me to vent, she has had it, Mom expects Norma to do every little chore for her. Mom does nothing now except sit and complain. Norma has given up inviting Mom to join her and her friends to do fun things. Mom doesn't know how to have any fun. So Sad!
John is up now, so I better get going.0
