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Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! A littly chilly today with 100% chance of rain. I can feel that in my bones too. Right now it's partly cloudy and I can see, via the front entry camera, that the sun is rising. To all appearances it's a lovely morning, but the rain is due shortly. I don't think I have to go anywthere today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmyylNKMqdU
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Well, it said there was an error and to try again, so I did and then it double posted. And it STILL said there was an error and to try again, but fortunately there wasn't anything to triple post as it had moved on to showing both posts, while still claiming the error.
Since we can't remove posts, I decided to reload the page and edit the second post (this one) to change the video, so we get two today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyg2JarrIy8
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That recipe for minestrone did look so amazing that I tried to beat the rain to get out for ingredients and cat food. The cat food wasn't for soup, but it was low enough to warrant getting it while out.
I did get some cat food at PetSmart, and then to Publix. I looked for escarole (no luck) and considered some watercress, but decided to just make something between minestrone and pasta e fagioli instead. It is cooking now in a slow cooker, with the small potato waitilg until a bit later to be peeled, chunked up, and added, and my 1/2 cup ditalini will wait until the last 20 minutes or so.
I say I TRIED to beat the rain. I didn't get too wet, but did get sprinkled on coming out of Publix to the car, and then unloading the car at home.
My soup/stew should be a nice supper for a cool, rainy day, no matter what I call the dish! LOL!
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My dinner included some "heat and eat" lasagna from Publix (the first slice, of 2, was my lunch) and looked like THIS:
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! It is supposed to be warm and wet, with 100% chance of rain, which I can verify.
I just gave Lilo her Tuesday shot, and the required treats that go with it. I have been doing this for a year or two now and think by this time the shot is pretty routine to her, but she isn't about to pass up a chance to demand a couple of crunchy treats, and I better hurry them along after the shot too!
There are three good servings of the soup left, as I did not eat one for breakfast. I will try to get J to eat one for lunch and plan to have one myself.
This afternoon I have to drive J to an oral surgeon for removal of an infected wisdom tooth. Not sure how much (or what kind) of anasthetic they will use so we are going together and I am designated driver in case J is in no condition to drive.
If J (who doesn't really like leftovers much) will eat the last bowl of soup for supper, it would be good, as it's warm, and soft, and shouldn't be difficult to chew with a painful mouth. If not, I can eat it and make something else for J. Maybe potato soup...
Other than the trip to the oral surgeon, I have nowhere I have to be today, and that is fine. Wouldn't be going there if it weren't necessary.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_-wI6BTl7w
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J is from central Kentucky. We do have a few friends in the Nashville area and I have some relatives in that area but for now no news (on the relatives) is good news.
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Well...after taking more x-rays, they decided that they want to take all of J's wisdom teeth and will do that tomorrow morning, having done nothing today but x-rays and consultation. So I get to be designated driver tomorrow morning. The cats will either be fed early or late. I leave it to the reader to make an educated guess as to which is more likely.
Oh, and I have heard now, via Facebook check-in, from one friend who lives in Nashville and another who was visiting Nashville at the time.
Nothing yet from relatives but they may not have power yet.
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful wet Wednesday! Cool and rainy today, apparently all day. Other than taking J to the dental surgeon and back, nothing on my agenda if I can help it.
Relatives in Nashville area are all fine.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABF7vXFxM_o
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We got back from the doctor a little bit after 10:00 this morning, after a quick stop at Walgreen's.
They said the surgery went really well, and id didn't take long at all.
J was still quite loopy from the anesthetic and kept repeating the same questions, forgetting, and then repeating them again. After getting J settled in bed to sleep it off, I slipped back out to Walgreen's to get the extra prescription filled, and since then I have been working on nearly the last bit of the photo scanning, though there are still a couple of photo albums I can't seem to find. I have done everything BUT those albums so next I guess I need to start looking back into the remaining crates of stuff that we already went through once. I may have put them into one for later perusal.
I have been checking on J periodically, and trying to stay where I can hear the doorbell, as J is expecting a FedEx package that requires an adult signature. No sign of them so far!
I guess J will have to nap for me today. LOL.
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J finally felt his mouth had recovered enough to eat something. Lilo watched avidly as he ate! LOL!
I made him mashed potatoes. Well...technically mashed potato, singular, as it was a single, large Russet baker that I peeled, cut up, cooked and mashed with half a stick of butter and plenty of heavy cream.
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! It's supposed to rain all day, but despite that I am going to get out for eggs as J ate the last 4, soft scrambled, last night. I guess the mashed potato acted as a trigger or maybe the taste buds were finally fully waking up.
Instant chocolate pudding was dessert, and then later a small bowl of bran flakes, soaked in the milk until they were mush. J had not eaten anything prior to the surgery, of course, and it took until quite late in the evening for all of the super-novocaine to wear off. J's 5 hour nap after getting home seemed to eliminate the last of the IV anasthetic nicely.
For me, it was a long feeling, nap-less day, and I went to bed early after an early morning, having roused at around 5 in the mostly dark. At least that did give me time to have breakfast and my usual pot of tea before heading out to the surgeon with my 20 ounce bottle of Powerade Zero, to sip on while waiting.
Today I will brave the rain at least to get more eggs, probably 2 dozen, from the nearby Publix, though if it is light enough rain around 10:00, when the forecast has it at its lightest, I may go all the way to Kroger as there are a couple of things I need from there, though nothing critical. That many eggs should last us through the few "soft food" days I think, as a main protein source.
It's predicted to stop raining about 7:00 this evening but I think we will want eggs before that. I was thinking of some chili flavor vegan instant ramen noodles, with scrambled egg stirred in for protein as J is vegetarian, not vegan, for lunch. Well, at least for J. I like those noodles but don't think I want that many carbs in my lunch so I will have something else.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckkxSPL105s
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I ended up being out a lot longer than I had expected as I had forgotten completely about my appointment with the lab to have some blood work drawn. Fortunately my phone reminded me just after I left, so I went there first, and then to Kroger, where I spent way too much time looking at food. LOL.
But I did get some good deals in the "used meat" section (what I call the manager's special markdown bin) so I have a nice ribeye steak for my dinner tonight, an eye of round roast, now in the freezer, and some more "beef for stew" that is now in the freezer. It doesn't always get made into stew. I may make some boeuf bourguignon with one package of that, as I haven't made that in a while. But I need to buy some thick cut or uncut slab bacon if I want to do that right. Or I could just make a lighter version without the bacon that would probably be healthier for me to eat anyway. And of course there is always the option of making beef Stroganoff with some of the stew meat. My inner chef, Eduardo, is already just about to bust with tasty ideas!
Anyway, I did make the noodles for J and pulled a small frozen meal out for me. Maybe I can actually get a short nap in this afternoon.
Have a great afternoon!
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Howdy all y'all. It's fantastic Friday! The sun is out, but it's rather chilly. I have been up for hours but was distracted by scanning in some more old photographs I found last night.
J suggested mashed potatoes for dinner again last night, as the noodle lunch had maybe a touch more bite than wanted, so mashed potatoes it was for dinner, with the remainder of the chocolate pudding for dessert.
For lunch today I made J a large refried bean burrito, without the tortilla. That should be soft enough, I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGdHX-j-1rA
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday! Cold out there now, but it should warm up nicely later. I have alread been to Kroger but forgot to get more corn flakes. I may have to go out again for that. J's dinner last night was soft scrambled eggs with cheese, and later some soggy corn flakes that finished the box. So of course I knew I would remember to buy those without putting it on the list, right? LOL. I bought what WAS on the list, along with a few other things, and realized I had forgotten the corn flakes when I got home. Oh well. It is a nice day so maybe we will be out and about anyway.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaOZyJF-OS8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_0MaTvjvCA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpP9bLtLpg
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I made it back out to Kroger, and got the corn flakes, along with a few other things that came up in a perusal of the larder.
J was having mashed potatoes for lunch when I left.
Edweirdo...er, I mean Eduardo, has some nice smelling Stroganoff going in a slow cooker. I'll either make same red lentil pasta separately, or mix it in for the last 20 minutes or so, depending on how soupy it seems to be at that point. In the end, the pasta will be mixed in with the meat and sauce regardless. And, of course, the sour cream (except I use whole fat Greek yogurt in lieu of that) will be stirred in at the last minute.
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My Stroganoff turned out delicious! I put in more pepper than anyone would ever put in a Stroganoff but I like pepper and since it is only me eating it, that is just fine.
I made J a large omelet with white American cheese, and then a small cinnamon roll mug cake with cream cheese topping. We are starting to move toward more solid foods for him.
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Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday! It should be another warm one, with no chance of precipitation. I woke up obscenely early but got on up. I need to finish setting all the clocks that don't set themselves. Thank goodness the smart phones and computers take care of it automatically, as does my fitbit.
Not a lot else an the agenda today. A bit of housecleaning that I got started yesterday can be continued today I guess.
Last night I made a somewhat more solid omelet for J with white American cheese, topped with hot salsa. I saw that some kind of cereal was eaten after I went to bed, and a single serve bucket of chocolate pudding. Today we can start trying to migrate toward more solid food.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIHbv9o9rvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VISlRyqGdY
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Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! Another warm one, with no chance of precipitation.
A lot nicer than it was the other night. At least according to the weather page...
Not a lot on the agenda today. I may step out for a bit and make some vitamin D.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXAoLk3MdRU
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DON'T FALL FOR THIS SCAM!
If you get an official looking email purporting to be from payment-report@kroger.com congratulating you on your successful order, it's a scam to get your personal information, probably for identity theft purposes.
It's another clever variation on an old scam.
I got an official looking email from
payment-report@kroger.com <newsletter@foodgolds.com>
Subject: Dear redactedname@redactedemaildomain, Your Order at www.kroger.com was successful.
followed by a graphic boldly shouting CONGRATULATIONS! and then redactedname - CLICK HERE
And then the Kroger emblem.
Needless to say, clicking there (or any of the other clickable areas) would not have taken me to the Kroger web site, but this is, I would have to say, a VERY clever new version of the old scam to make someone think that they may have been charged for an item they did not order, and to click to find out.
I do shop at Kroger, as do millions of shoppers, so it's a good bet on their part that at lease some portion of recipients will click and give up information they should not.
The email to which it was addressed, however, was not the email I use to log into the Kroger web site, and the address they ACTUALLY sent it from has nothing to do with Kroger.
In addition, Kroger addresses me by my name, not my email address.
If I HAD ordered something from Kroger I might expect an email (to the correct address) acknowledging the order, and perhaps giving an estimate on delivery, and possibly even offering tracking information, but not CONGRATULATING me on successfully making an order and then, obscurely telling me to "CLICK HERE" without even telling me why I need to click there.
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! It's supposed to be rainy all morning, but nicer this afternoon. I need to get to the vet for Lilo's next bag of lactated Ringer fluid, as there are only two more treatments in the current bag, which will be used for Wednesday and Friday. Yesterday's fluid treatment went easily. I took care of her Tuesday shot of Adequan first thing this morning, and of course the subsequent treats.
While out I need to get some more milk, and some alcohol wipes, as I go through those wipes pretty fast. I test my blood glucose four times a day. And Lilo thinks SHE gets needled a let! LOL.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elinh_7wp3g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugElBfp0j98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am95bSANQJg
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Tonight's dinner (and several more meals worth) was a chicken thigh and cornbread dressing, with my wine of choice. It was served with English peas, lightly buttered. Eduardo had fun with cream of mushroom soup, and some herbs, tonight.
Needless to say, I have several more meals coming out of this.
J will be having vegetable fried rice, being now back to reasonably solid food.
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! It should be warm and cloudy today with 20% chance of precipitation. I may sneak back to Kroger to see if they have stocked any more alcohol wipes. Breakfast was a repeat of last night's dinner, but with hot tea instead of wine. LOL. I must say, chicken and dressing with creamy mushroom gravy, and green peas, makes a divine breakfast. Six large chicken thighs (bone in, skin on) were cooked. Four remaining now to be consumed. Lilo gets her next home fluid treatment early this afternoon.
I don't have a medical degree, but did have some training, when much younger, to be a medical assistant. We learned how to draw blood (and I don't mean with a pencil and paper!) give shots, subdermal, intradermal, intramuscular, and intravenous, though in Tennessee one had to be licensed to give intravenous shots, and we only practiced that on a dummy. Our school didn't do that licensing, but that could be arranged through the state.
We also learned how to centrifuge blood, do a few exaiminations of the blood, do manual blood counts, and some urinalysis. We took advantage of student pollen allergies or the like for practical demonstrations of how that might affect the white blood count and the ratios. And we learned how to test for a few common diseases and do a "rabbit test" which, in case anyone didn't know, hasn't actually required a rabbit in a long time. No rabbits were harmed in our pregnancy tests.
I never did get my certificate because the school claimed I owed them more money, though we had an agreement that I would work that off doing janitorial stuff around the school. I HAD done the work but they claimed I still owed some money and I got the strong feeling it was just a scam to get as much money from the students as possible, especially when I found out some classmates were in the same predicament.
The school closed about six months later, so there was no chance then to get it. All the same I never regretted my taking the training, as it did give me some skills that I still use.
I still don't particularly want to see BIG needles as they go into ME, but once in I can look. And I have NO issues with sticking needles in someone else, be it another person or a cat, and could give myself a shot as long as the needle isn't too big. I am sure I could, with effort, use a larger needle on myself if necessary, but would rather not have to go there. LOL.
I hear the garbage truck, so I guess I will bring that bin up and pour myself another cup of tea.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeOWpqUj_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnwiFaESTU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6lznk3NKW0
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »
Interesting about your medical training. When did this happen in TN? I got my Lab training in TN, and was licensed in TN. 1981-i think. I've let that license lapse. For sure don't need it anymore.
Oh, that training was way back in the late 70s or early 80s. The only thing that really stuck is being comfortable, in general, with needles.
J just can't give Lilo her shot or fluid treatment. Well MAYBE, in desperation, her shot, as that is a relatively small needle, but J is just NOT OK with needles. As for the fluid treatment, he had to take her to the vet for that when I was in the hospital. The bag of fluid, with 10 doses (currently 10 doses anyway) and the kit to administer costs $22 plus change. Getting ONE dose administered at the vet (though they did do a double dose) cost $30. I save a lot being able to do that myself, and it saves the cat a lot of stress as we aren't dragging her to the vet three times a week for the treatment. The treatment itself is stressful enough, I am sure.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling throwback Thursday! Another warm one, with 40% chance of rain this morning. It's not even officially Spring yet but Summer is trying to creep on us here in Georgia. Lilo gets one of her three days a week off from any medical procedures today. I am sure she's thrilled.
Since it's throwback Thursday, here's me on May 6, 1989, at 29 years old, finally graduating from college with my long awaited computer science degree.
Oh, and here's a holiday I will try to celebrate! International napping day!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4jx6VOPuNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEAihLQgQeo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyxnRXD-nMk
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Howdy all y'all. It's fantastic Friday! It should be another warm one, with some chance of rain. I need to stay home today since I am expecting a postal delivery that requires an adult signature. They USUALLY come in the afternoon but you know if I try to count on that and leave in the morning, it will come and go while I am gone, leaving me with a pick-up slip.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dnecuBmLo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dotWWDtT-rs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SWadFOMxtM
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday! It's looking like a typical day around here. Warm with 20% chance of precipitation.
I don't think I need to be anywhere today, but we'll see.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1lHx0pxZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI-cXmAi4ic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kFrpkAg6-o
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Oh, and HAPPY Pi Day!
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Well, we managed to stay home all day. I could have done laundry, but Eduardo got creative in the kitchen and instead of making barbecue from the pork I had thawed out, as I had kind of originally planned, supper (for me) was slow cooked chili colorado, made with pork, and with the addition of beans, which don't really belong in that but actually worked well as far as I was concerned. I allowed myself a small handful of corn chips with it, and a sprinkle of shredded cheese on top of the serving of chili.
In a separate slow cooker I made vegetarian "melt your face" spicy chili for J who is back on solid food again, though carefully as healing is not complete. All the same a small handful of corn chips went with that chili too, and a larger, very generous sprinkle of shredded cheese.
Last night we had pizza, though not the thin and crispy that J generally prefers. We will get back to that, maybe the next time we have pizza.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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