Hi, y'all, read all your posts standing up as the restless legs are really bad tonight; can't sit, perhaps because I sat through a French(I think) movie this afternoon, mesmerized. The name was Frantz and I didn't nod off even once! My legs are letting me know I cannot sit so long. Have a lovely weekend.
Buzz

................Always believe something wonderful is about to happen................

Oh RATS! I have an eye infection and I look pretty bad! I am having a difficult time seeing as well. I look like some one poked me in the eye. It is very red and swollen. I will need to get into the DR. Tomorrow. This has been developing for a while. I can bump up the size of the writing on the iPad. That helps for a while.

Anyway...dear sneakers...don't get an eye infection! They are a bummer. We are going to be roasting here in Oregon for a week or more. Really roasting! It will be dangerously hot. All construction will stop and the fishing will stop. Special cooling stations are being set up for the homeless with clean cool water available as well as orange juice etc. and there are folks who still say global warming is a hoax!

Stay cool and positive, I will try to do the same,
Patsy

Now, why did my post simply disappear as I was typing? Hope I recall what I was saying! Another weekend come and gone! They do that so much more quickly than I ever recall! I mentioned seeing a beautiful French film yesterday in our auditorium, "Frantz", and I never nodded off, not even once! There were unexpected twists and turns and an ending that was unexpected for me....My attention appears to be switching from legs to hands! My hands recently developed a condition that developed from pins and needles and "falling asleep to a terrible burning sensation, and my BioFreeze cannot ease it. The Doctor says it's neuropathy, and after tests, I do not have diabetes; so he can't figure out the cause. His best suggestion is hold an ice pack! Yes, sure, all day and night? I've discovered many people have this, and so far no one has found a way to deal with it! I spent all afternoon Googling neuropathy burning, topical pain help, and other things and the only thing I learned is buying BioFreeze retail rather than at a health or massage facility is no longer the same product! It is a weaker gel so the therapists should not lose sales! If you buy any, make certain it says "Professional" on the bottle or tube or whatever!
MAE, I cannot tell you how I admire you for staunchly enduring your medical problems! I'm happy you have your gardening to brighen your life!
SANDY, poor BABE! But he has only himself to blame! I hope he understands that not only his, but your life is totally different than planned! The way you have dealt with it is amazing! Answering your question, there are evenings I actually am relieved to bring my dinner up to my apartment and eat in my own kitchen. Mostly I eat in the Ding Rooms and once in awhile eat on the patio of our nursing floor with friends who are staying there. Reminds me of those months I ate up there with Mike (RIP)!
LIN, love, I suspect SANDY and ANNE are correct in assessing the poor social skills of that plumber! I don't believe he was so much a misogynist as a lousy joke teller! Your friends with the will "from beyond the grave" actually were given excellent advice! The prenup takes care of the survivor for life, but protects the children from losing the natural parents inheritance to a strangers progeny! Picture this: had your Dad remarried, upon his death, your inheritance might have gone to the new wife's children instead of you! Of course, then THEY would have the plumbing problems !
PATSY, oh no! How unfair! Hope your eyes heal very quickly! I agree totally about global warming! Florida is loaded with deniers, as is the Environmental office in D.C. these days! I don't think they doubt the warming. I believe what they are saying is mankind had nothing to do with it so don't bother trying to control it. Just keep cutting forests, burning fossil fuels and ignore anything that might cause us the slightest discomfort.
Hey, Facebook Friends, somehow I ran across some of your messages yesterday (could probably never find them again!) and I think I left remarks to you! Honestly, I'm a dinosaur on that website!!! If it weren't for Messenger video calls, I would not have rejoined, because I cannot figure anything out! I agree it was nice seeing Gayla there, and I suspect BARBIE, too. I know SANDY, LIN, and some others, but some I couldn't recognize names! Oh well!
Gotta get some sleep so I can get up early and try to make the shopping bus! Manana, dears!
Buzz

..............Always believe something wonderful is about to happen................

LIN, BUZZ is so right regarding the will. For example if my ex dies before his second wife, all his assets will go to the second wife and then onto her children and grandchildren from her first marriage. He's provided everything in their marriage because the second wife never worked. However, and more unlikely because of the age gap, should the second wife die first there is a chance all four offspring might get to share. His and my two sons and our two joint grandchildren have never expected to inherit anything so they won't be disappointed!
MAE, you are indeed amazing and stoic when it comes to health problems! I knew you would see your grandson soon. He's not going to let go of his grandma!
PATSY your eye sounds terribly painful. Please get well soon.
And as for SANDY you do indeed seem to have found yourself the perfect life!
One thing JACKIE and I share apart from country of birth and Canadian experience seems to be a love of all creatures great and small. Oh, and friends that talk too much on the phone! I try to do little things during our hour long conversations, put the dried dinner dishes away, or put on a load of laundry, throw Jilly's ball etc. Anything one can do with one hand. Bonus, I don't have to say too much, just the odd "oh really!" or "you don't say", because my own life is pretty unexciting to anyone but me!
Hi JERI how's the tooth.
Anne about to wash her hair in the trickle from the hot water tap.

Good morning sneakers! Here is one for the BOOKS! I woke up with a very swollen and red eye. I could hardly even open it. John jumped on the internet and after some hasty research, we washed my eye with a very mild soap, applied a cool wet compress while a black tea bag soaked in cold water. Then I held the tea bag on my eye for a 1/2 hour. Wow! Red is almost gone and swelling is reduced dramatically. Old home remedies are still very useful.

Buzz: have your doctors ever suggested gabapintin? Sorry about the spelling. Can't come up with the correct spelling. It is an off -use of a prescription normally used as a anti-seizure drug. It is often prescribed for stinging feet and hands for diabetics. I use it. It makes life so much better. The big side effect is feeling sleepy after you take it. It is used often when nerves are damaged. Back pain for example. Just a thought, I am no expert but I use the internet a lot. Might be worth asking your doctor about.

Take care everyone. This talk of wills has me thinking. My dad always said to be as generous as you possibly can. Don't be a burden. Plan your life as if you can only depend on yourself. Because, under most circumstances, that's the case. If our savings out last us, the kids will share what's left but they must deal with all of our junk. Sorry kids! I'll try to ditch some of it now. Our sweet Katie is in our will. There is a small account to be used for her care. Weird, I know to put the dog in our will. I just want to make sure she will live out her life with all her needs being met. I need to think of more uplifting topics. Like freezing some apple juice into popsicles for the hot days ahead. Watermelon balls and cantaloupe balls for lunches. I will freeze some strawberry yoghurt for a sort of ice cream.
Still need to have the DR. Check my eye condition.
Patsy

Good evening

The meeting today was very good and the drive out and back was very interesting as well. In the last year all the towns along that stretch of highway have continued to grow into each other. It was a notable difference from last year. The place the meeting is held is outside of town on a gravel road. The surroundings are very nice and the room is not overly cold and the parking is ample. Surprisingly development has hit out there and earth movers and other heavy equipment were working today. I hate to see the havoc of ripping the earth and killing all the trees and vegetation as they work to make roads etc.

The crops in place looked excellent, the information was very good today and I was able to have a short conversation with the specialist from the university regarding cover crops. So a very good end to my season of attending meetings.

I had a number of errands and phone calls and spreadsheets to work on this afternoon. I have made a bit of progress but have lots left to do. A friend started sending me texts and had a number of items she wanted me to order from Amazon for her kids as she does not have a Prime membership. Glad to do it but I did get side-tracked. Easy for me to get de-railed! Haaaa.

Well, I will get back to it one of these days. Meanwhile, Mah Jongg tomorrow and Senior discount day at Walgreens, need to find some type of treat to take to book club tomorrow evening.

Patsy, glad your eye is better. So happy John found a remedy!!

Sandy, yes!! A Sandy day. Love it. That sounds so pleasant. Well, I don't have to worry about all of these complications of complex families. I am well and truly content with the status quo.

Jackie, I hope the feral cat is captured. It would be the best for everyone wouldn't it. And I hope your laundry dried out.

Wishing everyone well.

Hugs.

Lin

THANK YOU JACKIE!! I bet no body else knew that, and I bet it's cooler in Yorkshire than here! Have you a white rose in your garden to put in a bud vase for me! Remember, "she wears no fancy clothes" yep that's me and no Yorkshire rose these days - IF I ever was one of course! I'll practice a few sayings on yappity Jill!
"Tha's got a trap like dock gates" sort of thing, lol.
Anne.

Aloe LIN! Interesting!!!! It's normal! LIN. No wonder I have trouble over here re. speech!

I'm cooking early because it's ruddy hot over here! I'm cooking my very own beetroot as well as Jilly's dinners. I've actually put on a pair of cotton shorts which means it really IS ruddy hot over here. Wouldn't dare wear them amongst folk my age in Yorkshire. Not in the rural parts anyway! I'm just surprised I can still wriggle into them because they are the same as me, ancient.

Thinking of the wolds and the moors and the icy North Sea.
Anne.

well, somewhere between yesterday and today, my post disappeared. Knowing how I tend to doze off, could I have neglected to click on post? Oh dear! I do recall answering PATSY that I cannot add Gabapentin to my medications since I am already on Mirapex, which sends me off to sleep without notification! Adding the Gab would have me sleeping all day.! I've had a busy day with early meetings, exercise class, looking for lost things (!) and trying to figure out my finances (heaven help me...please!). Now it's time to shower and dress again for dinner. And tomorrow is cleaning day and where do I stick all the paper piles I should examine? Perhaps I'll return later to read your posts!
Buzz

..............Always believe something wonderful is about to happen................

Buzz, I hope you did not experience any flooding. Saw the photos from Miami this morning.

Hugs.

Lin

Now you've got me wondering JACKIE? It's hot, hot, hot here, and I'm saying b....r it, I'm wearing my shorts anyway. In the garden, I still wouldn't venture into the road in them. I've "mopped up" - Yorkshire for eaten - all the good size beetroot and boy were they ever good! Hope I'm fit enough next year to grow even more. The potatoes, beets and onions well worth the effort and I've oodles of carrots on the way. Forget the zucchini, absolute dead loss with numerous bunnies I presume everywhere. It was a bit of a scramble with the red currants as well. The American Robin who's actually a thrush beating me to it with quite a lot of berries. I'll miss the red currant liquor this year JACKIE. The apples are green and coming along nicely after last years rest up.

The problem with feral cats they become very wiley at avoiding predators and Jackie chasing them.

I'm beginning to be glad I rent this house judging by all the paperwork you gals are enduring. Of course I could get chucked out but Mark and Mary Jo seem happy enough having me here. Mark was twittering on about another bannister but I don't need it, especially now Jilly isn't scared of going down the stairs anymore since she acquired big dog status and height of 10". I had to carry her before.

Think I'll join Jackie in a cup of tea in the garden with The Bean who likes to toss little fallen green apples in the air. Oh to have her energy!
Anne.
PS it might be hot, hot, hot but I refuse to whine about it, it will soon be beautiful fall and then...........old man winter!

A very "hot " good morning sneakers! We are very toasty here in Oregon these days. I need to adopt Anne's great attitude about this heat. I am whining and confess...I just hate this heat! But attitude adjustment is in process.

This talk of feral cats reminds me of a family story. Our son was just out of film school and living in a studio with the "girlfriend of the moment." They heard a sad mewing from a trash dumpster out in back, in the alley. They found two new born kittens. A vet friend Told them that most likely they would die but gave them some special milk and a feeding bottle. He taught them to massage their tummies to stimulate their bowels etc. they fed the sad little kittens every two hours for weeks. Our son kept the kittens in a shoe box lined with an old sweater, in his desk drawer close at hand. The cats lived. They lived to the ripe old age of 22. They were the worst pets anyone could have. They peed constantly in the wrong places...fireplace, corner of the living room on the carpet. They scratched furniture, tore curtains, and did not like to be petted. Our son bought them scratching posts, toys and those cat condo things to sit in front of windows for them to look outside, many litter boxes, special food, they really never acted domesticated. Huge efforts went into providing for these sad (and very unattractive) cats. They had a good life, even if they didn't appreciate their good fortune. True story!

Have had lots of summertime visitors, that has been fun but a lot of work and extra laundry and cooking. My eyes will require more shots it appears. Swollen and red and blurry. I do feel like an old car that keeps breaking down. First this part breaks,then that part breaks. Some old friends are in worse shape than I am, some a lot better! Attitude is everything!!!!

Hey, I'm going down to dinner with a great big smile after reading your posts today! And SANDY, I'll hunt down my keyboard size pillow, which I seem to recall seeing when I cleaned out the car trunk! No, we didn't flood here. But then, I didn't go outside, either. The dining room ceiling sprung a leak though !
Got a few really nice cards finished, and think I'm getting my groove back! I love designing the envelopes.
My weight is slowly climbing again, and I think I'll stop carbs for a bit! I'm too swollen, fingers, toes and all. I turned my wrist peculiarly yesterday as I was picking up something and I heard several crackles and felt movement toward my palm and believe it or not, the burning has softened quite a bit! Maybe it's carpal tunnel? Things come an go, lol! XOXOXO!
Buzz

..............Always believe something wonderful is about to happen................