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Good morning everyone, it's a nice day out there right now. 80 degrees and 87% humidity. Humid and warm but not hot and humid so much better to deal with. I hope it doesn't warm up too much because I have to go to big town this afternoon.
Cleanup is slow, still waiting on neighbors and fence decisions. The neighborhood is looking better as the debris and brush are being removed. It's almost looking normal again when I look out my front door and down the street, except for the tarps on roofs and roof repairs being made here and there. I'm on a culdesac so I get to view all the houses in one long view.
It is time to decide what to plant for the fall garden. I don't think I will be having any tomatoes because our Lowe's garden center is still closed and wont be open until the beginning of the year. I didn't take my little seedlings with me when we evacuated so they were a loss and not priority when we got back home. The store itself finally opened back up a couple of days ago. They had a lot of damage.
Still a lot of restaurants and other business's closed all around us for miles. It's been strange not going out like we used to. Our city hall had so much damage they moved into the shopping center around the corner. They could not make that move until the flooding and roof damage was repaired on the shopping center. It's going to be a long road ahead for thousands in our surrounding areas.
I hope if any of you are in the California fire areas, that you are ok. We need a break from all this awful disaster.
Have a great day everyone.
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Good Morning. What a huge clean-up job, Anew, glad to hear that it is continuing and looking better. You see light at the end of your tunnel, Yay! Amazing that you are still thinking of your garden during this time. I would let that go until next year...in fact, that's what I've done year after year, a garden takes so much energy, I just keep putting it off.
Jannie, Congratulations on your Eagle Scout. I can fully relate to putting off the paperwork, even if that delays the reward, but once again, just like a garden, I can just keep putting it off. So glad you popped in. And, still praying for your hip replacement surgery to come to pass. My friends, Gayla and Marilyn, are both so happy with their results. Pain-free and back to their normal activities and loving it.
Well, this is short, John had a bad night and it's continuing this morning. I think I'll skip Bible study today, I never feel comfortable leaving him when he's in a confused state.0 -
Good Morning, a couple things popped into my head yesterday that I should have answered long ago. Someone asked if the essential oils took care of the spider bite, I had put lavender/coconut oil on immediately, I always have that mixture sitting on the bathroom sink. The next morning, after I looked in my books, I used the basil oil and the whole thing cleared up that second day. I think the basil did more good than the lavender, or, maybe, it would have been gone in 2 days anyway, hard to tell.
And now, that I'm sitting here in front of the computer, I've forgotten the other question I wanted to answer. Maybe it will come back to me before I'm done typing.
Had a wonderful morning yesterday, got together with Carol and 4 other ladies from the Women's Bible study group that I attended years ago. I hadn't seen the other 4 for about a year and we had a great time catching up with each other's activities. Two of them had new grandbabies again and older grandchildren who were now dating, lots of info on dating. Scary to be a teenager these days.
Today, I have a therapy session and tomorrow will be a stay at home day. Saturday, we're planning to go downtown to the Vancouver Convention Center to listen to a choral competition. Norma's friend and her husband are in town for it. The husband, Dave, sings in two of the groups competing and we'll sit with his wife, Sarah. Norma and Sarah used to teach at the same school and exercise together every morning at Curves. They will be arriving Friday night and the Barbershop Quartet part of the competition is Friday night. I would love to hear Barbershop, but I'm not a night person anymore and will be in bed when Dave is performing. We'll go Saturday to hear the Chorus Competition part.
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Hi, this week has been a full one. Sunday was different because I went to a different church for 4-H Sunday. We didn’t have a large turnout but it was still fun. I talked to the kids about 4-H during the children's "sermon" part of the service. After the service we enjoyed our potluck meal and then we baked 12 dozen cookies to be donated to a homeless shelter. Ralph went to our church and then to a tractor pull. Then it was time at home. I was going to start on my 4-H stuff but my computer kept freezing up (4-5 times). And I’d have to turn it off and try again. I texted my tech guy but he didn’t really know what was wrong. I made a list on paper – handwritten and went to bed.
Monday was my 4-H Monday. The computer did not freeze up so I could get the calendar and things ready. Then I went to church and got my copies made. After lunch, I got my basket out and loaded up everything I was taking. At the start of a new year, there’s lot of stuff (only forgot 1 thing) to do. Then I got a call from Alan asking if I could pick his kids up from school. Katie was with her mom for the day and he was able to start combining soybeans. Well, I ended up having them till time to go to 4-H. Not too many were at 4-H but had 2 new families. We had a good installation service and several got enrolled. I got home about the same time as Ralph who had taken a load of soybeans to town.
Tuesday morning I got things together for Good News Club and did stuff at home. I went to it in the afternoon and the evening was in town judging 4-H record books. I didn’t get home until after 10. Ralph has been back and forth to town with soybeans about 2 times each day. Sometimes there are lots of trucks in line and other times is faster but is never less than a 3 hour round trip.
Wednesday we didn’t work on the Echoes since Arlene had had her eye surery. So I had the day at home and then went to church in the evening. I’m helping with the nursery there. That’s always fun. Thursday I had some of the day at home. Midday sister and I went to a funeral for a woman from our church. And in the evening I had Bible study and even though I didn’t get home until 10, I got home before Ralph with his 3rd load of soybeans to town.
Friday I went and did the usual errands and was home the rest of the day. I got the house straightened and whatever else was on my list. I had wanted to go to Thomas’ football game but it ended up being a good thing to be at home cause Ralph needed help getting things home from the field since it was supposed to rain.
This morning I went to Lori’s at 7. I stopped by the grocery store to get some cranberry juice for Ralph since we think he has a UTI (TMI). I was there until Lucy got off for volleyball and then I brought the two youngest home. The plan was to go to a wedding (with my sister watching the girls) but Ralph said he couldn’t be far from a bathroom at the moment and it was an outdoor wedding so we stayed home. I’ve since seen photos on facebook – beautiful bride. I had the girls until 6;30 tonight. We played outside for awhile and Paige did a lot of drawing with the sidewalk chalk. It was gone within an hour when a storm came through. Rained so hard I couldn’t see the road south of the house for a few minutes.
Tomorrow is church and then we are going to Matthew and Julie’s for dinner. We are supposed to eat outside so hopefully, they got less rain than we did.
Isabella, glad you got your chores done last week. Are you feeling settled back in? Caught up with things at work? (Read your next email and I see you are).
My NM feed is weird – none of Sheryl’s posts are showing – just her picture and kind of in faded colors. Hope I just need to log our and in and it will be okay.
Jannie, congratulations to Austin. Getting there is a lot of work. So glad he got the paperwork done. Great picture. Did you find out what was stinking in the kitchen? The unknown is the worst. Austin sounds like a hard-working kid – doing school and the job. I would think they would work with him next year since they can see his work ethic. They sure make hip replacements hard to get. Hang in there.
Anew, I’m glad you can see improvement each day. And yet there’s so much yet to do. How was your trip to town? I have a brother that’s about 50 miles from the fires but he doesn’t seem worried about them getting much closer.
Oh my, I opened a new window with MFP and Sheryl’s comments are still gone. Hope it doesn’t stay that way. Got things I’m to take ready and now going to check email and try to finish getting my 10,000 steps in. I had almost 4000 when the girls left and getting closer.
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Hi Ladies, I worked today until 1:15pm then got home just in time to pick Dan up and go to the free Library concert. The performer was a woman named Veronica May. She has a wonderful voice and I really like her bluesy style. After the concert we went to a new little Mexican restaurant called Adela's. It was very good and pretty inexpensive. Total was $18 for everything. Of course, we went to Trader Joe's and Sprouts afterward. I did pretty good keeping the cost down this time. We only spent about $40 at Trader Joe's instead of the usual $60-$75. Soon, we'll go and watch one of our recorded movies.
Have any of you watched any of the new shows? We are recording Young Sheldon, Kevin "Probably" saves the world, The Mayor, and The Good Doctor. We like them pretty well so far.
Jannie, nice to have you stop in! How wonderful that Austin made Eagle Scout! That is a huge achievement! Sounds like he has a good job for a student also. I agree about the thank you notes but it is so rare that anyone sends them nowadays that I am surprised when I get one. The Wedding gifts that you make sound lovely. I can't believe someone wouldn't send a thank you for a hand made gift! Those are SO much more special! You'll have to let me know how you like the Fresh Thyme store and if it is like Trader Joe's or more like a Sprouts or Whole Foods. Has the kitchen odor gone away? You should try diffusing some essential oils or burning a vanilla candle (supposed to absorb odors) and see if that helps. Hope your hip doesn't bother you too much until they are willing to give you a hip replacement. How funny about the rapper doing the llama books!
Anew, SO great to hear from you!!! It is hard to imagine that clean up and restoration are still such an on-going thing there. I guess out of sight, out of mind on my part. Sorry! Hope the rest of the repairs get done soon. What have you decided to put in the garden? We are not close to the fires thank God! It is fire season so we're praying that the Santa Ana winds will stay mellow. I don't remember if you saw the posts about Marcie passing away suddenly last month? Very sad.
They don't know the cause of death yet.
Sheryl, Norma looks so beautiful! What a wonderful picture. So very happy for them. He looks like a great guy and they look very happy. How was the Choral competition? Did John go? How were the truth about cancer seminars? I'm sure there is always some information that you're happy you heard.
Debora, Wow, I couldn't believe that you said your week was busy even for you!!
Looks like we were posting at the same time. Sounds like your week while still pretty busy was a bit more restful this week. You actually had some time at home!
Well, Dan mentioned ice cream before our movie so I'd better go!
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Hmmm, Sheryl's posts are still non-existent for me this morning. I don't understand it. I did get my steps in last night. I like my line to turn green.:)
Isabella, another nice Saturday for you. The concerts give you a nice activity to go to - good music and free. Good job on your shopping at Trader Jo's. I've been recording Young Sheldon and The Good Doctor. Also a couple of others but the titles escape me right now. I try to be picking cause I have plenty to watch.
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Hi Ladies! Good news-- the stinky culprit might have been found! I googled stinky sinks and they said to make sure and clean the dishwasher. So I ran 1 cup of vinegar through the 'hot 1 hour cycle' and the smell seemed better. Today I ran more vinegar again and so far the smell is gone! I sure hope that was it The cleaning of the Keurig was my first step, then I did the baking soda/vinegar down the garbage disposal and now the dishwasher. Fingers crossed that this was the issue.
Nothing really new here. Yesterday was hot (82-85 degrees) and today it didn't make it to 65! I love the fall crisp weather! Nothing makes me happier than a little chill in the air I love being able to have the windows open and needing a blanket at night.
We have been so busy at work and have 3 people out on FLMA. So, Friday I did a 12 hour shift to help them out. I got Overtime and a bonus so hopefully my paycheck will reflect the extra time! These darn boys of mine like getting Christmas presents I have been trying to put aside $50 a paycheck to have for Christmas but it's hard to consistently do it . (I only started in August ) With my hip, I haven't really been able to work any extra--my hip was sore yesterday but it seems ok today.
Isabella-- the concert sounds really good! I love blues (but hate jazz) and love when someone has a raspy/bluesy voice! $18 for two is pretty cheap, I can't take the boys anywhere with out it being at least $35 and that's a cheaper meal! I haven't watched any new shows I have so many oldies that I still watch 'dancing with the stars', 'Jane the virgin', 'the Voice', and 'Big Bang' are my go to's. Plus almost any and every HGTV remodeling show--they relax me! I haven't made it to Fresh Thyme yet but my friend said it's more 'Whole Foods' (which isn't my thing)
Sheryl-- hope all is well with you! How did the Choral Competition go? Glad the spider bite is gone with the essential oils. How are the animals doing? Any new shenanigans?
Aerobed-- you are busy as always! Do the 4H'ers spend the winter caring for their pets or do they sell them and then get new animals? My niece had 2 goats while in high school but I can't remember what happened to them after she showed them. She is a vet now so those goats worked for her! Hope Ralph is feeling better. Have you tried Cranberry pills? My friend's mom has a neurogenic bladder and gets frequent UTI's. Her new urologist suggested the cranberry pills because they are more concentrated and supposedly work better. He told her mom you can't drink enough cranberry juice to help your bladder. I had never heard that before this--just a interesting piece of info.
Anew--so glad that you are all ok! I hate that you are still dealing with the whole clean up process. I hope that each day brings more openings and fixes for your area! It's nice to hear from you
That's all for now, will try to check in by the end of the week
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Good Morning, so sorry that I've been MIA, but so much going on. I have so much to tell you, but once again, no time right now.
John's been having back pain, severe enough that he's ready to see a doctor, so I need to find him a doctor.
I did want to pop in to share Marcie's obit. I finally remembered to google her and there was a write up in the Sacramento Bee, but no cause of death yet. I'm still waiting to hear back from Jim.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sacbee/obituary.aspx?pid=186817753
We finally see a photo of her, she has always had colorful pictures or photos of Cisco and Simon as her profile pics.
I'll be gone most of today, but finally staying home for the rest of the week so I trust that I'll be able to spend time here and get caught up.
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Sheryl, thanks for sharing Marcie’s obit. It’s funny but even though you only see her head, to me she looks like she was tall. We may not ever no how she died, we’ll just keeping feeling the hole she left.
For some reason, I have to click on Sheryl’s posts but at least they are available then.
We had a good time at Matthew and Julie’s. The food was good (and we got to bring some potato salad and hamburgers home). They have a cute little house and a nice big yard. All there had a good time. Alan’s had gone out to see Katie's Grandpa. They thought he had a blockage and might not make it through the night. But her surprised them again and is back at home again.
Monday morning I took my Uncle to his appointment. We got there and were first told the doctor was out sick and then she asked his name and he wasn’t even in the system. He didn’t want to go very bad anyway so he got his wish but we drove across town to find it out. So we went to McDonald’s and had parfaits and pop. Then I took him home, got gas and came home. Already need to fill up again and I heard the price is going up.
Tuesday morning I babysat during the Bible study. There are two of us doing it. We have a couple of older kids (5th graders) who are homeschooled so it went okay. Then in the afternoon was Good News Club.
Wednesday I went and got Arlene and we went to the church and worked on the Echoes. She has another week before she can drive. Church was in the evening and I’m in the nursery there. Today has been mostly at home. I did load up the recycling and take it in. When I got home I grabbed my purse and headed for the door. I got to the porch and realized I needed to put my containers back in the garage so I set my purse down and went and did it. Well, I put the containers in the garage and went in the garage door. About 4 hours later I went out to get the mail and was surprised to see my purse sitting there. Oh my. Ralph has two loads of soybeans in and will load up with a third. The semi is trying to overheat so he is carrying water with him.
Tomorrow morning we’re going to 2 different towns. I’ll go do the regular errands. He’ll go to another that is having a library book sale.
I finally got my mammogram set up. Since I don’t have insurance, I went to MDsave and was able to set it up for $99.00. Just had to buy it in Oct. My app. Is Nov. 2.
Was flossing my teeth the other night and a piece of tooth broke off. It’s not bothering me so not worried about it. Just strange to have it happen.
Jannie, the overtime is nice as long as your knee holds up.
The kids get their animals after the first of the year and then sell them at the fair. One animal gets to go through an auction and the other at base bid. Some kids will take more than one animal but ours just do pigs.
Thanks for the info on the cranberry pills. I’ll look for some tomorrow. He is drinking the juice but not really enjoying it and he says it comes and goes. And he takes enough pills that he won't notice another one.
Sheryl, I’m sorry John is having such bad back pain. I hope you can find a doctor who can help him. Pain is no fun.
Well, we ate lupper about 3 so guess if Ralph is hungry, he’ll just snack.
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Good morning ladies, Didn't have to work today so I've been puttering around the house. We are going to meet our friends Jackie and Ken for lunch at 11:30 today. We don't get to see them very often because they are really busy so we are very much looking forward to it. We'll do our usual Trader Joe's and Sprouts later in the day. Sprouts is having their quarterly 25% off health and beauty with an additional 10% off when you spend over $100 so this will be a BIG grocery spending day for us. I'll try to keep the rest of the groceries down to a dull roar!
My week started out on a sour note at work. When I tried to bring up my computer at work I got an error message saying that restart had failed. I tried several times then tried shutting it down and got the same message every time. Nothing worked so I called the IT dept at home office thinking they would be able to bring it up but he took one look at it and said it is gone. He set me up on a spare computer but I don't have the files that are saved in my desk top nor the extra files in my Outlook. I had to ship my PC to FL so they can try to extract those files and put them on the PC I am now using. They received my PC on Thursday and I still haven't heard from them as to if/when I'll have my files back. It's been a bit difficult working without them but I am more or less functional so I can't complain too much. The interesting part of all this is that the PC that died was on Windows 10 and the one I was switched to is Windows 7. I'm actually enjoying being on Windows 7 again. And for some reason the Windows 7 program on this PC is even better than the windows 7 I had last time. It is very user friendly. So perhaps this is a blessing in disguise.
My brother is having some back pain and the MRI showed an inflamed kidney. They said it is not a kidney infection so they are trying to figure out what else is causing it. They also found a double hernia but don't want to operate until they take care of the kidney. Poor guy is always having hernia problems. You may remember that the last Dr. went to perform hernia surgery but said there wasn't one when he went in so he just cleaned up some scar tissue from the last hernia surgery. Thank God it is a different doctor this time.
Debora, I understand about having to be picky on what new shows you record. Dan says that all the time - "we're recording so many shows now, you have to choose only a few very carefully". So far, so good - no conflicts yet. We'll see how it goes if/when the rest of the shows we have programmed come back from hiatus. The hope is that they will be scattered enough not to conflict. It seems that most shows only come back for 6 or 8 episodes before they are gone again now a days. Glad that it was really nice to have the gathering at Matthew and Julie's. Nice for you to have a break and you even got some leftovers to take home. I'm surprised you don't have insurance. Good job on finding an affordable mammogram. I know it is expensive and our insurance doesn't pay much until our deductible is met but we figure it is basically "catastrophic care" insurance in case anything really expensive comes up. The insurance companies are such rip offs and no one is willing to reign them in. They must really pay off a lot of people. I agree with Jannie. The cranberry juice might help a little but it is MUCH better to take the cranberry capsules. He'll get much better results much quicker.
Jannie, Good sleuthing on the kitchen odor. Hopefully that did the trick. I never would have thought of the dishwasher. Of course, we only use ours about 4 times a year. Most of the time I use it for storage.;) It is only Dan and I and I don't own enough dishes to let them sit in there until I have a full load. Another thing to check if there is still some tell tale odor is the rubber ring that is in your sink over the garbage disposal. People clean their disposal with vinegar or whatever but they don't realize that food shoots up onto that rubber ring and collects and rots there. Some of the newer disposals have a ring that you can pull out and clean, otherwise get one of those disposal brushes and scrub it. Be careful though because when you brush it, yucky stuff can spray up if you don't do it right and it can be NASTY! We really enjoy Jane the Virgin and Big Bang as well. My friend Jami really likes all those remodeling and "flip it" shows so I watch those with her when she colors my hair. I thought that Fresh Thyme would be more like a Whole Foods. Maybe it will be a good "Whole Foods" at least.
Sheryl, you've got me on pins and needles - "so much to tell us"! I'm waiting with baited breath (whatever that means!). Hope all is well with John's back. Did you find a doctor for him to see? Perhaps one of your doctors can recommend someone. Look forward to hearing from you.
Anew, hope the cleanup and restoration is progressing. Did you decide on what plants to put in the garden? Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for the warning in your separate post not to open an email from myfitnesspal stating that you have $40. That is really helpful! Why are people so evil these days?!
Well, on that note, I'd better get started on my day. It will be time to leave for lunch before I know it. Talk to you all soon.0 -
Good afternoon. Went to the 4-H deal this morning. Just visited with some other leaders during the first session and did the parliamentary activity during the second one. I had 6 girls and we made trail mix with motions. Couldn’t believer that they moved to put in some minced onion and it passed. And it didn’t actually taste too bad. Two from our club didn’t show but heard what came up. One family ended up with sick ones and the other didn’t come cause she knows how to do her job. Others that weren’t there will get one on one training so I can count it on our club summary.
Since coming home I’ve been plugging along on my list. Making a blueberry salad and brownies yet. Nice not to have to push to get it done even wit being gone for the morning. Hmm, I hear thunder – guess I should go out and get the mail.
I started a “good” cleaning this week and realize that there is plenty of dust in the office. We’ll see how much gets moved around by Thanksgiving. Still have some time.
I ended up buying more cranberry juice cause I could decide which cranberry pill to buy – any suggestions.
Isabella, very interesting that they put you on a computer with windows 7. Hope they can recover all the files you need. Probably nice to have a Saturday at home. Have a nice lunch and fun shopping.
Sorry your brother is having back pain. What can you do for an inflamed kidney?
Yes, shows don’t seem to go for near as long as they used to. But I can always find something to watch, it seems. Right now, I have Hell’s Kitchen (taped) on. I don’t like all the drama but enjoying watching the food being done.
Insurance – we’ve always had to insure ourselves as farmers and would have a high deductible. We didn’t use it much but my premium (Ralph is on medicare and insurance for over which cost less) kept going up so I went with Samaritan ministries which helps (“premium” helps some family) and it has saved us quite a bit of money. Anything under $300 you try and cover yourself and I put out about $225 a month. So it’s been good for us.
Hope you all have a good weekend. I plan too.
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Got the mail out - sure dark looking. Then I remembered I needed to take the trash out and got a few sprinkles then. So we'll see if it does more or not.0
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And now it is pouring. Hope it's short-lived. It's great for the wheat we planted yesterday but not for the Fun Night they are having at the school Lori's family is at.0
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Hi Debora, sounds like a nice relaxing day. Interesting info about the insurance. Makes sense that farmers would have to self insure. I didn't think about that. What is Samaritan ministries? That sounds really good. I wonder if it is nationwide? Did the school activity get rained out?0
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Hello, I enjoyed the day at home. I loaded up some boxes to take to the thrift store, made a lot of dust fly around. Went through some shelves (only ones visible to the eye) and filled up another box. I got through the magazine table and recycled some and am donating some. Every little bit helps. We had Sunday leftovers for lunch so that was an easy meal. I feel like I made some progress even though there is lots more to do.
Isabella, Samaritan Ministries is a Christian based (there are 2 or three groups that do the same thing) organization. Each month my payment goes to a person who has filed a claim. You can google it for fun if you want.
The school activity didn't get rained out but some of the outside events didn't happen, Lori enjoys the auction and got 2 cherry pies (among other things). She paid $80 for 1 and $50 for one. I could never bring myself to do that.
Tomorrow we are going to half price day at Etc. and some other errands. I'll go to Good News Club in the afternoon and we are gong to a dinner (customer appreciation) in the evening. So I'll be gone about as much as I was home today.0 -
Hello everyone. It's been awhile again since I've come to post. We have the fence planned for replacement and just waiting for the bank to cash the check insurance gave us. It's in ours and their name. Also waiting on neighbors regarding their half of the cost.
The crape myrtle is doing well and I hope the cold snap coming doesn't harm it. I don't know if the roots are strong enough yet for it to withstand the cold. I'll be wrapping it to make sure it stays warm enough though. It's in the perfect spot for our small yard.
Sannferris-Good to know you have your mammogram scheduled.
Arobed53-So very busy as usual, I really could not walk in your shoes.
Isyvanek-Yes, I was aware that marcie had passed. I had logged in the very day it was posted about her dad finding her. She is sorely missed and I think of her often.
Well that farm game took over my life with all the championships and challenges, so I quit the co-op so I can just build my farm on my own time. What a waste of time, I have no idea how people can sit there day in and day out playing this game. So, I will build it slowly and have gotten back to normal life. We have our friends who lost their home coming on thursday so I have alot of work to do before they come.
Have a great day everyone.
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Good Morning...I'm still here, alive and kicking, just no time to write everything out. Looks like I have 8 comments to read, but no time again this morning.
John never consented to go to Urgent Care this past week and a half, but we have the scheduled appointment today to get him established with a doctor and hopefully, x-ray his back and make sure nothing is broken. Did I tell you about his constant complaining about back pain? Now, I can't remember what I've told you and what I simply thought about telling you.
Anyway, I trust that I'll have time over the weekend to play catch up and tell you everything. We'll see.
Oh yes, I gave John a beard trim and got him into the shower yesterday, so we're clean and ready to go.0 -
Sheryl, I was just going to get on and say we were missing you and hoping John was not worse but if he hurts, there's more to deal with. Yay on getting him cleaned up and ready for his appointment. Hope you can find out what's wrong. Have of those comments are silly ones from me.
Anew, glad the crepe myrtle is doing so well and that the fence will be taken care of soon. Wow, good to quit the game if it was consuming you. Doing it on your own can make it a fun when you have time thing to do.
It's been a busy week here. Sunday was church and the kids here till around 3. Monday was my one whole day at home so a bit more thorough cleaning done. I straightened up form Sunday and other stuff. Tuesday was half-price day at Etc. so we went there. Ended up being there extra long cause a friend needed help getting something she bought home so Ralph helped. Then we went took care of Ralph's insurance for next year, visited the Goodwill store (I found 2 tops), ate at Burger King and home in time to go to Good News Club. Wednesday we worked on the Echoes, worked at home in the afternoon and to church in the evening. Thursday I took a friend to an appointment. She was excited cause she got the okay to drive this week (had eye surgery 3 weeks ago. I met with another friend in the afternoon to do the prayer guide for the month and then my sister and I went to Thomas' football game. We wore coats, took blankets and it was still cold. Game started at 6 and ended in the 3rd quarter when Sunrise got a 45 point lead. Sad part was one player got hurt and had to leave via ambulance. Today was the errands and Ralph went along. It was customer appreciation day at the bank so we ate there. We realized something was wrong with one of the tires (a bulge) so Ralph put on the spare and is off buying a new tire now. Glad I didn't have problems in all my driving this week. We are going to a conference on the Reformation tonight so the afternoon will seem short. Hopefully, I get what I bought put away. I fix up goodie bags for the kids for Halloween so bought the candy for them. Tomorrow is get ready for Sunday (meatballs and hash brown casserole) and go to a double 50th anniversary celebration.
Take care all.
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Hi there...Good Morning, just another quickie to let you know John's appointment got rescheduled. About 40 minutes before we were to leave the house, they called and the doctor had gone home sick. We're now going in next Tuesday.
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Good morning all, not much going on today. Doing laundry and catching up here and FB and email. That's fine with me - I'm all for a bit of R & R. We had record breaking heat this past week. Triple digits for 3 days then high 90's the rest of the week. I thought of Marcie and how she often commented on the heat. I finally got the rest of my files back on my PC at work on Wednesday. A week and a half later when I suspect that they should have been able to fix it right then, is a bit much but I'm happy I have all my files back. Lesson learned, I will keep certain files on the shared drive going forward instead of keeping them on my desktop.
Debora, Samaritan Ministries sounds interesting. I'll have to look them up. I'm not sure what Joe needs to do about the inflamed kidney but one thing for sure that will help is to drink more water. He definitely doesn't drink enough. Wow, sounds like it has gotten pretty cold there when coats and a blanket weren't enough. Nice that you found a couple of tops at Good Will. I like resale shops. Very happy that the tire with the bulge didn't blow while you were driving. A double 50th sounds wonderful! You always have the most interesting recipes! What does a meatball and hashbrown casserole have in it?
Anew, good that the restoration plans are moving along. Hope the neighbors come thru with their share of the fence costs with no hassle. Smart to make sure the crepe myrtle is kept warm until she gets established. It will be good to see your friends that lost their home. Are they going to stay with you for a visit? Where are they staying while their home is rebuilt?
Sheryl, MISS YOU!!!! Keeping you and John in my prayers. His back pain could be a kidney issue like my brother Joe. Look forward to hearing the results of his doctor visit.
OK ladies, gonna go now. I 'll try to check back again tomorrow.
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Hi Isabella, nice to have things to do and this week, some r&r. I cannot imagine triple digits. Today we made it up to 41 but it's moving back down (although we may have a day in the 70s later this week). Keeps us guessing.
Glad your files are back and you'll make sure that won't be a problem again.
The two couples celebrating were married about a month apart. The husband of one couple was a brother to the wife of the other couple. They served yummy cake - nice and high. I didn't know a lot of people but enjoyed seeing a set of triplets (almost 1) and visiting with a friend I have not seen for some time.
The BBQ meatballs were one dish and the hashbrown casserole was another and I made way too much of it but Lori didn't mind taking a pan of it home. I sent some dinner rolls with them too. I have two weeks now that I won't have anyone here due to other activities. Hopefully, I keep the house picked.
Sunday evening we went to a fellowship meal. We each bought a part of the meal. The hostess had fresh out of the oven dinner rolls and Greek spaghetti. I'm going to get the recipe for that so I can make it some Sunday. We had a good time visiting too.
Monday I had the whole day at home. That seem to often be my one day. So I got another set of shelves in the office sorted through - so little by little. I also got the goodie sacks for the kids pretty much done and decided I had enough to also do sacks for Good News Club kiddos.
Today I babysat for the Bible study. Headed for Good News Club and almost to town realized my purse (and key) were still at home. Glad I was only about 5 miles away cause I came back and got it. We did have less kids but it was still a good meeting. No trick=or-treaters but there aren't any kids in the neighborhood.
Got the stuff out to cut Ralph's hair - don't enjoy doing it but it needs to be done.
Sheryl, have been praying for you and John. We know you get to us when you can but that also says something is keeping you from us.
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Good Morning. As I said long ago, I had so much to say, but no time to write, and now, so much time has passed by, I doubt I'll remember everything. I guess I'll start with recent and work backwards. Yesterday, I got John to shower again (Yay, I hope he continues to cooperate) and we went to meet his new doctor. Really great impression, a "young" man, (probably early thirties, but looked like a kid to me), and hit it off with John. Terrific bedside manner. First thing he asked is what can I do for you? Of course, John looked at me and said "ask her". The doctor said "no, you tell me what you want from this meeting". John said "I want you to look me in the eye and tell me I'm OK". So, the doctor looked him in the eye and said "you're OK, but you didn't tell me not to lie". We all laughed and got down to business. Naturally, by the time we finally got to see the doctor, John's back wasn't nearly so bad. This past week John's been back outside and raking and picking up pine cones and barely complaining about pain at all. I haven't given him any pain meds since the 25th. So, it was more of just getting established with a PCP and starting a medical history. The doctor was happy to hear that John is so active outside, with the exception of a slight heart murmur, John's in excellent health. The doctor asked if John has any chest pains or dizziness or fainting, all no, so he said that the murmur is nothing to worry about. If any of those symptoms appear, then we'll deal with them. John refused both the flu and pneumonia vaccines and we all agreed that that is fine, he's rarely exposed to the public anyway. The doctor did say that John needs to take vitamin D. I take it already so I have it right here and will now give John a pill when I take mine. Then, we went on to the dementia part of our problem and the doctor and I got John to consent to see a specialist to assess him. That's a big step. We don't have an appointment yet, but got the referral put in. This doctor said that the specialist is so good and in great demand and he predicted that we would probably have to wait a few months to get in to see her, but we should get a call this week to set up the appointment. I am so thankful that John said yes, now, I can tell him we're going (no matter what) because he said he would. And, I'm extremely thankful that I have not had any problems giving John pills, he took the pain pills with no complaint and if I have him used to taking the vitamin D everyday, then if the specialist prescribes anything for dementia, I think I can slip it in with the vitamin fairly easily. We'll see.
Isabella, thanks for the suggestion about checking the kidneys, that's another thing on my list...get John to drink more water. I hope Joe is doing better too. Wow, kidney problems and a hernia, he must be in pain. Will keep him in my prayers.
Catch your breath, you mentioned that I got you on "pins and needles" but there's really no big BIG news, just everyday stuff that accumulated since I didn't get here every morning. And, like I said before, some things will go by the wayside because I've forgotten previous comments that I was going to expand on.
Glad that your record heat has calmed down, I also thought of Marcie when I heard of your triple digits. So funny, my Mom mentioned how hot it was every time I called and I thought, how does she even know? She's hold up in her apartment with the A/C on all day every day. Oh well, I guess she's repeating what she heard at lunch.
I'm with Dan, recording too much tv and I doubt that I'll ever get the chance to watch all these programs. Maybe someday, I'll binge watch a whole season. I'm recording Poldark and The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece and This is Us and The Good Doctor. I plan to watch The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon. My fear about Young Shelton is that so much of what he goes through is bullying and I hope that doesn't glorify bullying. On Big Bang, we all laugh when they refer back to their school days with wedgies and swirlies, but I don't want to see it happening to this little kid, that won't be funny.
Debora, I saw your comment about not being able to see my comments, I thought about emailing you my comments, but I guess you got that straightened out. "Enjoy" your mammogram tomorrow. I had mine in September, a 6 month after surgery follow-up and I suppose I'll be having one next March, marking one year after surgery. Then, it should calm down to a longer period in between.
Glad your tooth isn't bothering you too much. John is having teeth problems and every so often, another bit of tooth will break off during a meal. He refuses to go to the dentist. His last experience with the dentist (about 15 years ago) was a disaster and he won't go back.
I don't know if anyone else has purchased the My Pillow, I know that Marcie did and I have and really like them. Anyway, John had a nose bleed during the night a few weeks ago and I washed his pillow. It came out great, all the stain came right out and it's still pliable and even, did not bunch up or anything. Thought I'd share. I've washed poly fiber pillows in the past and ended up throwing them out, they were never the same after that.
Jannie, I have heard of the Llamas in Pajamas series, in fact there's a huge series of llama books, but you saying that it being used by a rapper is news to me. That would be interesting, and hilarious.
Anew, hope your fence replacement goes smoothly. It's difficult when you have to coordinate with neighbors, Good Luck.
We lost another chicken the other night. I woke up Monday morning to find her dead and took care of her before John got up. That leaves us with only 2 hens now. Robin and CeeCee, both Rhode Island Reds. They are both very old and soon, we'll be without chickens. Even if they survive the winter, I doubt we'll have any more chicken eggs, they are so old. The ducks are even older and no longer lay eggs, so come Spring, we'll just have goose eggs.
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Good Morning. Today, we're going to the eye doctor. John's been complaining about his glasses, they're always dirty and he can't see out of them. Well, they're all scratched up and will never be "clean enough". It's been over 2 years since his cataract surgery and new glasses, so it's certainly time to have a check up. We're going this afternoon and since his doctor/Vision Works is in the mall, we'll go shopping for new pants too. When we went to the doctor on Tuesday, he wore jeans (he always wears overalls here at home) and they were falling off of him, even with his belt tightened to the tightest notch. He's lost a lot of weight. It should be an interesting day.
Well, the rat saga continues, really getting me down. I have bought more new and different traps and he outsmarts me at every turn. Either avoids them altogether or is able to maneuver them out of his way and/or get the treats out without tripping them and getting caught. He's a wizard. One morning I went out to find the glue traps at the door gone and could hear the thrashing about under my lawn mower and other equipment. I did not want to confront him while he was still alive, so I left and hoped he would die quickly and I could just pull out my equipment, find the trap and dispose of him. John got up about 1/2 hour later and I told him about it and he wanted to go out and see. I said there's nothing to see, I only heard him. Oh, by the way, I brought in the surveillance video which records until 6 am and the traps were still in position on the video, so he came into the barn after 6 am and I had gone out about 6:30 so he must have just encountered the glue traps and was still strong and fighting and that's why he was making so much noise. When I went out with John, it was silent, I thought he'd be dead. NO!!!! We found the glue trap with gobs and gobs of hair in it but no rat. He managed to free himself and now there's a bald rat out there somewhere.
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Wow, I bring you up and there you are Sheryl. Good to hear from you. So very thankful that John's back got better and he was still willing to see the doctor. Sounds like a positive visit and that you made the next step with a specialist. Wonderful.
I tape most of the shows you do but pretty much am current in watching them.
Nice to know that the mypillow handled a washing well. We talked about it but never made the step.
Sorry to lose the chicken. Nice that you found out before John.
Yesterday we worked on the Echoes in the morning, ate quickly and went to watch Derek's boys. I was happy to put them down for their nap cause I got a little nap in too. I took them their treat sacks and dropped off Lori's on the way home. Got home and did a few little jobs and then went to church. Easy night - we only had 2 little ones to watch.
Today I had the morning at home and pretty much kept up with my list. I'm proving to myself that if I clean I don't get to other stuff and vice versus so today was the other stuff. Went to town this afternoon and got my mamogram done. The lady knew how to do it - no pain at all and done in 15 minutes. We did a couple other errands and then home. I just got done making an appointment for a root canal - dental work is expensive but at least when I see my dentist next week, I can tell him I finally made the first step. Still have my physical to set up - in time. in time.
Lori got an extra ticket to White Christmas so am going to go to it with her tomorrow night. That should be fun.
I have 4-H Council meeting tonight. We'll have tuna sandwiches here or if Ralph wants to go along I think we're going to McDonalds for our annual McRib. Kind of misty today so the 50 degrees has felt cool to me.0 -
We got our McRibs (not as good as deal as last year but still good tasting). The place was really full. Found out a local grade school was having a fundraiser. It was much quieter when I went to pick Ralph up. 0
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Good Morning. Yesterday went fairly well. John's appointment went smoothly and his eyes are good. With correction, he's 20/20 and the prescription changed very slightly. Vision works had a big sign promoting their special, 2 pair for $89.00, but when we talked to them, John's glasses did not fall into that category and his would cost over $200.00, so we left and will check the vision place at Walmart. Last night, I realized that I should have asked how much it would cost for just the one pair and put the lenses into John's old frames. That would be cheaper, but I don't know by how much. So, I'll be pricing before buying. While at the mall, we stopped at Penny's and Sears, they both carried the Dickies brand of overalls and they were both outrageously expensive, $64.00 and $68.00. They were not made any better than the Keys, so I told John he'll just have to deal with what we already have. I get Keys for $29.00. When we started buying Keys Brand, 30+ years ago, they were made in the factory in Fort Scott, Kansas, and we got them at the farm supply store in Nevada, Missouri, on our annual visit to his parents. Extremely well made and good material. Now, they sell nationwide and are made in Mexico, like every thing else, the material is lighter duty and they are sewn very poorly, but so are all the other brands we've looked at. After walking the mall, we just didn't feel like going to Walmart, so will go another time. I didn't even feel like going out to eat, that's surprising since I love to go out to eat, but we came home, ate here and sat in our big comfy chairs and dosed off. What a day, I'm Old People!!!
I am still following quite a few web sites that put on seminar/webinar series and I received emails from 3 of them regarding their new series and they all started last night. The Sacred Plant (cannabis) was re-airing their "re-mastered" series, so I figured that I had already seen it even though they said there was some new additions. The Chris Beat Cancer one was an "advanced protocol" series and would have cost money to join in, so I ruled that one out. The last one was new to me, on nutrition, and free, so that's the one I chose to watch. HA, I fell asleep and missed it. I narrowed down my choices for nothing.
I think today will be a day at home, unless later, we decide to venture out to Walmart. I just don't know what to expect yet. I'm still feeling like doing nothing, but I've done plenty of that for quite awhile now. I looked at my list of summer chores/projects and hardly anything got completed this past year. Oh well, another day, another season.0 -
Forgot to tell you about my interesting experience the other morning. I opened the basement door to go downstairs and saw a shadow. Flipped on the light and there was a little mouse scampering down the step. Hopefully, he has no friends. We've set a mousetrap - no luck so far but hopefully in time.
Did my shopping along this morning - Ralph needed to grind some feed. I told him my shopping list wasn't very long but just made it home before noon. Checked on leftover Halloween candy that I could use for verse candy at Good News Club. Got a little bit. Picked up a bag of candy corn taffy in town we were at Wednesday that I took to a friend this morning. She was very happy cause when she went to buy some, they were out.
This afternoon I'm doing things like the dishes, putting what I bought away, getting started on getting 4-H activity sheets ready, cutting the verses I had run off, wrapping more soap in washcloths for OCC shoeboxes and matching sox for Lori. Tonight Lori and I are going to see the play of White Christmas. That should be fun.
Nice, Sheryl, that John did the eye check-up fine and doesn't need much correction. Shopping around for glasses is a good idea. If he has bifocals or trifocals, those always cost more. I can never get those cheap deals. Yep, things aren't made like they used to be. A day at home is always nice. Well, if nothing got completed this year, the nice thing is you already have your list made for next year. Now it looks like you're thinking ahead.
Weather is right around 40 today and it sure feels cold. Haven't broken out the long johns yet (except for the football game) but their day is coming.0 -
White Christmas was so good. It was done by CYT - actors were between 8 and 18. Great job.0
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Good Morning. I like your thinking Debora, thanks, I'm not behind, I'm just looking way forward with my to-do list for next summer. Although, some of those projects would have made this coming winter a little easier. I guess I can look forward to next winter being better. ha ha ha
Nice that the play was good, glad you enjoyed your evening out.
John's glasses are progressive, plus, last time he got the light weight lenses which he likes very much. The deal at Visionworks was 2 pair for $49.00 for single Rx and 2 pair for $89,00 for bifocals, but does not include the special light weight lenses. And, she said that the frames have to be the same, so we could not use one of John's old frames (even though it still looks brand new). We got the 2 pair deal last time (for the over $200.00 price) because the Rx was due to the cataract removal and Medicare covered it. Now that we have to pay the whole thing, John is not willing to pay so much.
Yesterday was a lazy day for us. Drizzly outside, but we kept toasty warm inside with the woodstove going. John rearranged all the wood again, he goes through it constantly as it gets burned and the crates get emptier, he'll change all the wood around to put all the same size logs together. When I bring it in, I deliberately put all different sizes in the crate so I have choices when I'm stoking the fire. Sometimes you need a little piece and sometimes a big log. John also strips all the bark off the logs and makes a separate pile. While I think that's unnecessary, it sure does keep him busy, so I let it go. I clean up the mess later.
The outside colors are gorgeous right now and John was enthralled when we drove to the doctor's. He's ready to take a drive up into the hills again. I don't feel like going in the rain or drizzle, so I'll wait for a good weather day and we'll take off again. I'm always happy to get John out of the house.
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Good morning ladies, this week has been MUCH cooler, in the high 60's and next week is supposed to be in the mid 70's. Maybe fall is finally here. Another morning at home today. I don't really feel like having eggs for breakfast this Saturday like we usually do. I have some amaranth in the cupboard that I'm trying to use up. I made some a few weeks ago kinda like rice pilaf style. It was just OK. I think today I will cook it for breakfast with some maple syrup and apple chunks in it and see how that goes. We have our library concert this afternoon. They are having it a week early this month since next week is a holiday. Then our usual lunch/dinner and grocery shopping afterward.
Sheryl, SO very glad to hear from you! Good that John's back isn't bothering him too much now. His new doctor sounds great! Thank you Lord! Also very happy to hear that he agreed to see the dementia doctor. Information is always a good thing. Getting him to take the vitamin D is also great. What dosage are you taking? Do you have a Costco card? Costco usually has great deals on glasses also. Let us know what you end up with. Too bad he won't see a dentist. Gum disease can be a real problem. Are you going to be OK with not being able to walk outside and get fresh eggs? Are you going to start getting them from a local farmer or maybe from the place where you get your honey? I've been getting mine at Trader Joe's lately. They have "dark yolk" eggs that are higher in omegas that are really good. My co-worker that used to sell eggs got rid of her chickens and they are too expensive at the farmer's market $7.00 a dozen!!! I can't believe the continuing saga with the rat - we're going to start calling him Mighty Rat!! Man, I bet that makes you mad! Are you going to put out a fresh glue trap? Have you received your highlights subscription yet?
Debora, You are having some good "home time" and getting things done. Slow but sure is a good thing. What will you do with 2 whole weeks of no one coming for dinner?! Sounds restful. I keep saying I'm going to try one of those McRibs one of these days but I just can't bring myself to go to McDonalds. I saw an ad that Carl's Junior offers some sort of rib sandwich that I might try some day. White Christmas sounds like it was great. I often think about attending a play at the high school and our Church's school puts on a couple of plays every year. They are performing "Aladdin Jr" this month. I won't go to that one though. Dan isn't really interested in going to plays so I'll have to find someone to go with if I ever find one that grabs me.
Well, I think it's finally time for breakfast so I'll close for now. Have a wonderful week ladies!0
