Good Evening Everyone!

Today was physio for my shoulder in the morning. It's coming along nicely. I have range of motion back and they extended me to another 3 weeks to work on strength. They're also adding laser therapy to help heal the tare quicker. I am glad as I don't want to do cortisone shots unless absolutely necessary. Had a quick visit with a couple of friends, did dishes, laundry and played cards with Hubby. Dinner is going to be spaghetti squash pasta, ceasar salad and cheese garlic bread. Tomorrow more cleaning and who knows what.

Another 80 degree weather today. Winds have picked up again, but I got outside for a bit anyway.
Hope everyone has a good Thursday!

Nice, @jeanhickokhaley1 !
It's raining every day from Saturday thru the end of the 10-day forecast, so I'll be getting in some outdoor walks today and tmo 👟👟👏

👏👏👏👏 Tabatha excitement! 😄

Happy Thursday, flyers 🛩️

Happy Thursday, have a great day.

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@Tabatha_Cain ,,, Awww Tabatha may your wedding day be ALL YOU WISH it to be!! Expect some things to go astray, but later on some of it may be humorous or at least survivable!! Nothing goes exactly as planned, but all that counts is the sweet happiness you and Joe have. The wedding is only 1 day out of so many though awww the love you have for each other, with the love of family and friends, PRICELESS!! HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!!

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Good Evening Everyone!

Yesterday started out very stressful. Discovered we have bed bugs. I hate bed bugs. Have spent yesterday and today steaming furniture and still have lots to do. I can't afford to get rid of it all and start over. But will if I have to. Son was supposed to visit for the weekend but with the situation he won't be coming for a while. At least he is more understanding than I thought he would be. The new tenant upstairs has a male friend that is over every day. Today he decided to come knocking to give me crap that there was 1 pile of dog poop in the yard. I told him that it was raining when the dog was out and had not had a chance to pick it up when the rain had stopped for a few minutes. I also informed him that I would respect that they didn't leave garbage in the yard. He said he'd clean it up then didn't. I am sooooo tired of the new tenant, her kids and male friend.

I typed this for another group, but I thought I'd share it here too 💖

(Photo = me stalking, then catching!, the UPS truck! 🥳 🤣)



Btw, nice blue sky! 🟦💙

It's not raining today!! (Rain returns tmo 😝)



So, I had a crazy morning 🤪. First of all, my daughter has fallen in love with her Turkish spice boy, who she met in December, and has traveled to Turkey once a month to visit 💕.

It's almost impossible for him to get a visa to visit her. He tried in March, he was going to meet my daughter in Barcelona, when Katie (dd) was going to visit my niece who spent a year in Spain teaching English. Murat (spice boy) put on a suit, went to the Embassy for his visa interview, thought he was going to get it, but got denied bc he has no bank account.

(Turkish lira has been in free fall since '20/'21 - their central bank is not independent, and their president dictates monetary policy. Turkey has had massive inflation for years ... 40%, 89%, other crazy numbers. So the Turks keep their money in euros if they can, not in the bank in local liras.)

Anyway! they've decided to marry in a courthouse in Turkey 💕, and apply for a marriage visa (which can take a yr). Then have a real wedding ceremony next summer. There's a tonnnnnn of paperwork. She has a lawyer here, a lawyer there, they're rounding up all the documents, dotting the i's, crossing the t's ... and then they hit a snag. Her birth certificate needs not just the state seal, but a special type of notarizing that's done by the state, for international purposes, called an apostille.

She requested (she thought) an apostilled birth cert from MA (she was born in Boston), two copies! just in case .... But when it arrived in Turkey, no apostille. 😬

So, she requested overnight delivery if three more copies - the kind that are 'to be apostilled), at $150 each or some ridiculous number. Then found out last night they were 'signature required', and she was going to be at work. So I drive up to her place to meet the UPS truck and sign for it. Got there just after 1p. UPS tried to deliver st 12:28p 😩😩😩😬.

"Oh noeeesss!"

Okay, so she's flying to Turkey tmo, needs to have the thing, so I look around, what to do? Try to call UPS, ofc get the automated "push this number for ..." menu. That's not gonna work! 🤔

Ok, fine! So, I drive out the driveway, to the downtown, and start looking for the dsm UPS truck. 🤣 Drive awhile, down past Bowdoin college, a bit more ... realize I'm too far, not gonna find the truck this way. And I turn around. Three blocks back towards town - 😱😳 I see the UPS truck!!! It's stopped, guy in it, hazards on, on the other side of the street!

I turn around, go down side street, try to park - nothing. Pull into a church driveway, and leave it there, blocking the long driveway lol. I figured - it's not Sunday 🤷‍♀️

Trot back up the block, UPS truck still there. Guy inside now, getting pizza and Arizona Tea. So, I casually saunter inside, walk slowly but with a friendly smile 🙂 up to the guy, and ask if I could interrupt his lunch. He says ok, and I go through my story. He says, he's not the guy for that area, doesn't know the guy who is, said he might be at lunch now, but doesn't know. I thank him, and pay for his lunch (we're at the register now, lol,). So, he tells me a few places to check. Says he'll be doing pickups, check this place, this place, Bowdoin College mail room, Gelato Fiasco, Cool As A Moose, UPS store on Main St, etc. 😁😁😁

I thank him, and off I go. I'm looking ... I'm looking ... see nothing ... drive a bit through Bowdoin campus - nothing. Head down Main St. Looking ... Looking .... O. M. G. there's the truck!!! Other side of the street! Guy in it! By Bank of America!

I make a 'questionably legal' U turn, lol, and follow the guy. He turns down a side street, I follow at a distance, slowly. He pulls over at a Real Estate agent. I park behind him, get out and start to walk towards him ...

... He's talking to himself (no one else around, he doesn't see me yet). He's saying "Uhhhgh I'm so tired!" He rang the bell, door locked and no answer. I speak up - "Hi! I'm sorry you're tired, I hope you don't mind if I bother you .... "

Lol He turns around, smiles at my story, says, "Sure! That's me! I have the letter in my truck. I heard the dogs barking (at dd house), but no answer." 🤷‍♂️

I thank him profusely! Take the letter, send daughter a pic, she's SO happy! Can't believe it! Over the moon!

Okay, now I have to get to Augusta, the State Capitol, to get the thing apostilled. Drive another 45 min north, arrive in plenty of time, a little confusing finding my way through the campus maze of state buildings, but I find it. Only one person in line! Great!

Get to the window, take out all my stuff, the lady at the window gets the lady who does apostilling ... and she can't do it! It's an out of state document. Has to get apostilled in MA! 😱😩😓


Mumblemumblemumble

Reach daughter on phone after some doing, tell her what's the what. She is obvs disappointed.

But, lawyer in Turkey says they will send over everything they have, get the translation process started, get her appts set for next week (has to get a health exam, and a bunch of other stuff), and hopefully if I can get to MA Monday morning, get the thing apostilled before 11a ET (which is 6p Turkey time), send them an img, hopefully it'll be ok. (Follow up digital img with FedExing physical document.)

So. That was my day. Monday should be interesting! She'll already be in Turkey, so I hope I can get everything done in time. 🤞

Okay, I was going to post this on the weekly chat, but I feel like there will be a follow-up here on Monday, so imma put it in a new post 😉

Hi all, I'm new here. But I think a handful of people may remember me from SparkPeople. Username there was puppybug. Been a while since I've done one of these challenges! I'm so excited to have found y'all!

Enjoy your 80s dance party, Annie!

CSeguin, 😬😬😬 ugh so sorry! GL! LindieMae gave you great advice with the diatomaceous earth!! Also, get bedbug/dust mite proof encasements for your bedding - mattress, box spring, pillows, duvet, all of it. Fingers crossed for you 🤞

LindieMae, lol "spice boy" is just a cute name I'd taken to calling him, he works at the Spice Bazaar 💕. And yes, you're right, Turkiye 🇹🇷. Altho, I have to work hard to type that, my autocorrect 'fixed' it back to the old way twice 🤪. She met him last November, on a 3-week trip to Egypt and 🇹🇷. She's gone back every month since. 💕.

Hi, lj/puppybug, nice to "e-meetcha"!

Tabatha .... So excited for you! 😍😍😍

Kurtize wrote: »

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”
— Golda Meir

I love this! Just what I needed to read this morning. Thank you for sharing

ddainiak wrote: »

@mkksemail Crazy day. The things we do for our kids. Your a wonderful mom!

Lol, ty! ☺️🤗
It was a highly unusual day, lol 🤣.

Cheers!
- mk

Oooo, exciting!!
Happy Wedding Day, Tabatha!!
🥂🔔💍💒💕💖✨

Good Evening Everyone!

Happy Wedding Day Tabatha!

Thanks to all who provided me tips for the bed bugs.

Today has been a good day. No rain today and several walks. Got dishes caught up, laundry on the line and more in the wash. Also did a run to the grocery store for things to last till the end of the month. Took a day off from cleaning as the stress of the situation is taking its toll. Son stopped by with my birthday card with money for the fair in September. Tomorrow is church, laundry and more cleaning.

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