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Pip-nice camper. Notice that there is a king bed for you and Kirby and a fold out for the kids-or do they get the big bed? Your leg mad me hurt. Take care of that burn.2
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April So happy to hear your son is awake. Also good news on the blood work.
Heather I know you will make the best decision for you!
Lisa Scary about the tree!
Pip OUCH!!!! Take care of that! Aloe? Congrats on camper! She's beautiful!
Lanette I still have a rand McNally! I however truly depend on waze.
Absentee ballots dropped in ballot box and massage tonight. Tomorrow early 7 am is boob squash-ugh. My truck hood latch sensor wasn't working. Sent to dealer today. $620 later because of SQUIRRELS! They ate the wires while we were in Maryland. They also chewed the lower cover of my Flex when I left it out one day. No other damage that we've noticed yet. So far the vehicle damage tally is over $2500 since Fall! We didn't have these problems when we had large dogs! Still not ready for more, but getting really close!
At least truck is fixed! And it was the work truck.
Time for sleep.
Congratulations on maintaining and losses!
Proud to call you ALL friends!
Keep on keeping on!
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Did a spining workout toay The plan for tomorrow is to do a Lower Body Total Body DVD.
Rori – I can just see you enjoying every minute
My eye still hurts a bit, I think it’s more allergies than anything else. But it’s a real pain, with the bright sun down here my eyes want to close.
When the kids were little we’d color eggs, I hid them, we always took baskets to church to be blessed. Oh, the memories
Allie – HUG
April – yippee for you and your son. Good blood work but take it easy
After the spinning workout wet on the elliptical for an hour. I guess my pedometer only registers steps if you pick your foot up. Then took a walk to the grocery store just to put some plastic bags in for recycling then to the dollar store to get a birthday card for Jess. On my way home stopped at the post office to mail the card. Then in the sun and pool only it stared to rain. Then again, this is Florida, in 5 minutes the sun was out.
Pip – when do you get it? Congrats
kylia – too bad we can’t bill squirrels! So sorry that happened to you
Michele
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Lisa, Yikes on the tree! You sure did get lucky with that one! I wasn't here when your granddaughter was born, thank you for posting that pic, she is adorable!
Heather, I wasn't here when Bea was born either, thank you for posting the pic, another adorable baby! And she's growing up into quite the little lady, loved the dress and bolero! I'm sorry that the results from the X-ray were difficult and that it's so hard to get in to see a Dr. It can take up to two years for joint replacements here. I'm not sure when that time is calculated from, I believe it's from the time the surgeon sees you and as I understand it, it can take a year or so for that to happen. I totally understand your not wanting to spend your money on private care, I would not be happy about that either. When you have a publicly funded health program, you're supposed to be able to use it when you need it!
Pip, the trailer is gorgeous! The burn looks quite painful, sure hope it heals quickly!
Kylia, bleeping squirrels..... Here they just eat my flower bulbs. Or at least they did til I "planted" chicken wire over top of them To be clear, I put the chicken wire over the bulbs, not the squirrels....
Allie, I'm glad you were able to get together with Carmine for her b-day, sorry that it was so difficult. I just can't help thinking that she's acting just like Kyle.... I hope the antibiotics for Alfie will do the trick!
Tracey, are you finished your course now? I know you still have to do a practicum, when will you be able to start looking for work?
Machka, I truly admire you for all of the adjustments you have had to make since Rowan had his accident. I know you had some pretty tough times at the beginning and it seems to have been a pretty steep learning curve, but you've rocked it!
Debbie, how nice that you had a lovely weekend with your mom and it's so great that the "young" man is going to help out with planting etc. Hope you are able to find out what the problem is with your car soon.
Rosemarie, it's too bad that your "friend" felt it was her place to tell you how to deal with your grief. After all, it's your grief, not hers and only you can decide how to go through it. I loved the photo of the tulips and am very glad that you enjoyed yourself on your weekend getaway! Was this the yoga retreat? Or is that still in the future?
Today has been a fairly good day. I had expected to have a few friends over this afternoon, but one was feeling like she might be coming down with something and another had just come back from Disneyland and wants to make sure she's not coming down with something before she ventures out too much. A third is currently in Disneyland so we just cancelled and we'll try again next week. I went to the gym in the morning (33 min on elliptical, 23 min on treadmill, almost 10 of that walking backwards. Would have been 10 but I backed into the emergency stop button - GRRRR) I then went to a couple of stores and bought some gladiola bulbs and mini daffs, got mini irises yesterday. Also got 6 primulas yesterday and got them planted yesterday. Today I tackled the others and then hubby and I washed the car. And then, just to round out the afternoon, I swept all the flora off our deck. Had to bag it and haul it outside (no ground access from our deck) as we had just swept off the lower deck yesterday! Hubby would not have been impressed had I just swept it off the edge (I've done that before! But not when we've just cleaned down below) It wasn't horrible, only about half a large garbage bag of dry cedar (mostly) "fronds", messy but not heavy.
I was very much done after all that! My apologies for the long post, apparently I had a lot to say today!
Evelyn, Vancouver Island, where the weather has been stunning and is supposed to be the same tomorrow! YAY!
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Annie - you are doing so well.
I have only used real butter since 2015. When we were cleaning our parents house out we found a “new” tub of margarine in the cupboard that was so old the writing was faded on the tub. We opened the container thinking mom had rice or something in it and it was never used margarine. No smell, no oils on top nothing. My brother and I both stopped using it then, when I told my son-in-law who works at a dairy he said he would never eat margarine, and a lot of other stuff.
I think a lot of what they have said in the past is “better” for us has been proven to be worse than the original. Even eggs are good for us again now.
In truth it’s all a guessing game I think, one study says one thing another says something else.
I am not having a traditional Easter dinner this year, my best friend comes the week after Easter and we are going to have a family dinner then.
Heather - did the clinic have any suggestions about what might be happening?
Lisa - I am in need of bras so looked up Genie bras, Walmart here doesn’t carry them. A 3 pack here on Amazon is $51 what a difference.
Kim - those sound like some good memories.
I did scavenger hunts with my girls for Easter instead of doing eggs a few years they loved it. No I usually buy everyone a chocolate bunny, but I’m not doing that this year
Tina - I was telling Rodger the other day that I thought Galveston looked like a nice place to visit someday.
Lanette - I remember a story from NB regarding GPS. A travelling nurse followed her GPS blindly, it took her onto an old logging road. She ended up running out of gas and cell service. She was found 3 days later. This occurred in January, luckily she had food and some candles in her car, I always look at a map as well as using my GPS when I need to go to an unfamiliar area.
I don’t have any physical maps, but will look at maps online.
I broke off a friendship when she stole from me. She even had the audacity to try to friend me on FB a few years ago!
I have also had to step back from a friend for my own mental health for a bit, but she has gotten the help she so desperately needed and we are friends again, never as close as we were though. When she spiralled before her diagnosis she shared some of my secrets online. We have been friends since I was 14, her children are my Godchildren and I understood it was her disease causing the behaviour. She was 50 years old before finally being diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, I know she suffered for years with it.
April - great news about your son and your cardiologist appointment.
Lisa - what a lovely photo of you with your granddaughter. I wasn’t around at that time.
Ginny- I throw bananas in the freezer and when the freezer needs a clearing I bake some bread. It’s the only thing I bake on any sort of regularity. Yesterday’s baking was because Michaela wanted dessert. I didn’t think we needed it and she can take muffins to school this week.
Pip - will you need a new vehicle to haul that trailer? I think that’s the brand my cousin has and they really like theirs.
I hope your burn heals fast.
I started a new session this morning, it’s for English language learners. I need to conduct an interview with a bilingual person. I guess my first step is to find someone bilingual.
Evelyn - This is a two week course, then I have two one week courses and start my practicum on April 15th or ends on June 20th. I’ll be hopefully getting hired on my practicum to start in September.
I went into the city and met the new doctor, I guess he’s going to take me on. He seemed nice enough, he checked what meds I’m on, asked about family history and looked over my last tests to see what I need coming up.
I feel better knowing I have a doctor.
I think my dishwasher has decided to die. It’s making a terrible noise and won’t start.
It is only 4 years old. Of course, no warranty left. When it wasn’t draining last year the repairman told me it wasn’t worth fixing. I have been able to get it to drain most of the time, I’m hoping I can figure out how to get it working a few more months at least.
Kylia - that’s getting to be pricy.
Kaitlyn is coming tomorrow to help me go through more pictures.
I’m really enjoying doing this with her.
Their GoFundMe had stalled so I hadn’t mentioned anything about it, but there was a $1000 donation this weekend.
They are about $500 away from being able to do the first part of the process. She has been looking for work since her last job closed its doors, she has found a job to apply for, so hopefully that works out for her.
I did not sleep well last night. I don’t think I shut my light off, for any length of time, until 1am. I then woke up at 430 and tossed and turned for quite a while before reading, then watching the end of a movie. The movie was so terrible I thought for sure I would fall asleep. Of course, when my alarm went at 8 I was sleeping nice and sound.
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Lisa - That really is WOW! Amazing luck!
The wheels of the NHS grind extremely slow. To see the hospital doctor is a minimum of 21 weeks after referral. I am feeling so low about that, that I really am coming around to private treatment. It would take all my savings and it is against my principles. But I do not want to waste away in misery.
Allie - So sorry about the Lymes. <3
April - Wonderful news!
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
From my experience, those in Allied Health are much more likely to get things moving than a public GP.
Thus, I went back to my optometrist today and asked her to send a letter to my GP about my ultra-dry eyes and possible Sjogrens. That will have a greater chance of encouraging my GP to send me for further testing than would me making an appointment and going in out of the blue.
It seems sort of backward to the way it used to be.
Have you had obtained a referral to a public specialist yet?
For something like hip replacements here, you'd be waiting a long, long time to see someone and even longer for a surgery. It might be something like 5 years.
But that's why I have private insurance ... to shorten the wait on notoriously long-wait things.
M in Oz2 -
This morning I bit the bullet and booked an appointment with a private consultant. I felt really weird and guilty. However, I am not prepared to suffer on, taking loads of painkillers. No quality of life.
I've booked for after the ANP is going to ring me next Monday, so I have an idea of what to expect from the NHS. Mr Gibbs also works at the hospital, which reassures me. With his assessment, I will feel more confident if I ring Saga to cancel the cruises on medical grounds.
Moving forward.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx
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I forget to start making dinner early enough to be done eating by 6.
Will catch up with more later. Have a great week!
Tina in CA
Why does dinner need to be finished by 6 pm?
That's about when I get home from work, and we often eat dinner about 7 pm.SophieRosieMom wrote: »I read something about keeping our brains young. When we become too dependent on technology - mapping/GPS on our phones and in our cars and even calculators, for example, these important parts of our brain eventually atrophy. People who hike on unfamiliar trails often fail to pay attention to visual clues and landmarks as they walk, thinking if they get lost they can find their way back to the trail via their phones. And get nearly hopelessly lost when their phones die or there's no service. Interesting, isn't it?
I started out a map reader with 911 and working with the county road department and will continue, although I generally glance at online maps before I head out to a new spot to identify cross streets. I still try to use addition, subtraction, multiplication and long division on paper when I'm solving a math problem instead of automatically using a calculator. Makes me wonder if kids who always depended on this technology will ever develop that part of their brain that served us and our ancestors for eons, or maybe they'll develop it in other ways to deal with technology? And does failure of development of this part of the brain alter other parts involving problem solving or something else?
Who of you still have your Rand McNally US road map? or Metzger maps?
I still have all my paper maps of places around the world. But I rarely refer to them anymore. I use Google maps.SophieRosieMom wrote: »I sat glued in my chair yesterday and finished "Lessons in Chemistry". Brought back a lot of painful memories about getting a job in a "man's world", lower pay and the expectations we dealt with not only from men, but from other women as well. It had a very good ending. I always feel guilty when I consume a book in an a day that the author probably labored months or years writing.
Our age difference shows here. I was often the only woman or one of just a few women in the areas in which I trained and worked, but I don't have any painful memories regarding lower pay and expectations.
Very early on, when I was 20 and had just got married, I had a few older women (like my grandmother's age) tell me that they supposed I was going to quit working and quit school and be a housewife ... and they were a bit taken aback when I told them that I was not quitting anything! But that was the closest I came to a "man's world" barrier.
So thank you for paving the way!SophieRosieMom wrote: »I took another stab at contacting McAfee customer service yesterday. Of course the call went to the Philippines again but this time I had a male on the other end of the line. After telling him repeatedly to SLOW DOWN when he talked or get someone whose native language was English on the line, It helped. I read recently that if a person is speaking to a senior who is hard of hearing, keep your voice low and speak slowly - we lose the upper range as we age so a high pitched female voice can come out garbled.
He helped me a little bit, at least steered me in the right direction. I did get a few slams in on McAfee's dirty tricks but told him it wasn't his fault and thanks for listening. Didn't have to use any "fowl" language, lol.
It took me a little while, mainly because I didn't have the time, but I figured out how to disable and remove McAfee from my computer. Problem solved!!
Machka in Oz
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Today’s gratitude: MRI today
Allie ((hugs)) Poor Alfie.
Heather ((gentle hugs held extra long)) You are so right, about your pain, your life, your decisioni. It is horrifying you have not yet been properly examined/diagnosed. Hard to make decisions in the dark. What Lisa said about Johnny wanting you healthy more than any cruise. Brava for booking the appointment!
April, thanks be for the good news about your son. Fingers X’d Friday’s tests give you the all clear.
Rosemarie my heart hurts for you. Thankful you were somewhat prepared, so very sorry for what your friend did, glad you took steps to distance, protect yourself, sorry it was necessary.
Lisa the pic of you with newborn GD. Thankful the tree fell how it did. Was it wind or just rotten?
Pip, wow! That trailer looks luxurious! Has a fireplace?!? Oww! That burn looks painful. “putting up the lights”???
Kylia those are some spendy squirrels. ((hugs)).
Evelyn what an accomplished day!
Tracey I feel better, too, knowing you have a doctor.3/18: Move mins- wii:0 PT:0 d:0 x&a:0 dogs:0 line dance class:92 Steps:5438Later, lighter, lovelies!
Fuel: sugar in vs mfp=38 CI<CO net=542 vits=1
Live: Joe, readings, BP, ptT, ptS, Wt:134.0
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD
March: Move more than yesterday, fuel better than yesterday, live NOW.
Open heart and mind before mouth.
2024: Strengthen: body, mind, heart-connections.
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LisaInArkansas wrote: »I was walking around the side of the house, checking on a large dog that came running through the yard, and ran into this.
In order: Walked around to the side and saw that stump sticking up. Looked at it again, and realized it was almost exactly centered on that end of the house - had this tree not slid down as it was falling, instead of breaking off clean, it wouldn't have slanted its fall so it missed the house by a couple of inches. The last picture is looking back toward the path of its fall.
We got lucky on this one...
I heard only a bump a couple of hours ago, about the same loudness as Egg pushing something off a shelf, and even walked back to that bedroom to see if she had broken something. I never looked out the window though!
I wonder if Egg pushed it over! 😀👀😈😍
Still saying "Wow."
Later, y'all,
Lisa in AR
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Good morning ladies!
Tracey thank you. I was brought up on margarine because of dairy allergies. Now I use something called earth balance, I forget what's in it. They don't even call it margarine. But I only use it once a month or so on a baked potato.
Kylia sorry about the squirrels. My friend once had mice in his car and it smelled so bad!
Lisa Wow that tree was a close one!
My car got revived yesterday for $1200. They flushed the cooling system, the fuel system, the brakes and the transmission, as well as the oil change. It runs so quietly now! I'm hoping to get another 25,000 miles out of it. I really like the shape of it, and the fact that I don't worry about it. If I won the lottery I would look at the BMW X1 but then I wouldn't want to leave it in parking lots. And what would I drive down the gravel road to the stable?
So I ate a little extra yesterday worrying whether the taxi would get me to the shop in time. But I mostly stuck to things on my diet ( except for the chocolate covered raisins). All this reading didn't help when I was emotional. I think next I will try the Beck book.
Nothing much on the calendar today. Just
groceries.
You all have a great day! May you be happy, healthy, safe, and free! Love you,
Annie in Delaware5 -
I have one of these which I am supposed to use twice a day to melt the "butter" that is the oil in my eyes. Evidently my eyes are attempting to produce oil but it's coming out like toothpaste ... or butter. So the the theory is that putting a hot pack over my eyes will help to melt it.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Eye-Doctor-Compress-Removable-Hygienic/dp/B07NQGQRC7?th=1
Then I have eye wipes to clear the goo that my eyes might produce as the oil ducts ooze out the "butter".
And I have special (expensive!) eyedrops to use 4 times a day.
I must say that the drops do feel nice and the liquid doesn't immediately evaporate like it does with most eyedrops. For a short time after I use the drops, my eyes don't hurt and don't feel like someone has rubbed gravel on them.
M in Oz
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Machka hope your eyes feel better! How annoying that must be.
Annie in Delaware2 -
Tuesday
Walking and climbing stairs (16 flights)
Machka in Oz
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Machka - Sorry about the eyes. How annoying.
I went to the pharmacy to collect my BP meds, and asked to see a pharmacist about the pain meds I am taking. I saw a trainee, but he seemed OK. He said I was doing all the right things, limiting ibuprofen, changing them around. I bought some more Anadin Extra, which suits me, and he suggested a Deep Heat patch. It's too expensive to use a lot, but I can use it if I have to be out and can't use a heat source. At home I use a heat pad , or hot water bottle.
John doing the honours picking up Bea today. I'm cooking pasta with broccoli, prawns and fresh pesto for his return.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx3 -
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Lisa - Ok I'm intrigued by those Genie bras. I found them on Amazon and Walmart both. I decided to get out a tape measure and actually measure the band and the bust. WOW. Two band sizes smaller than I'm currently wearing, and a cup size bigger. Do you find that sizing is accurate? I will admit the ones I'm currently wearing, not Genie type, don't fit right and maybe that's why.
Close call with that tree, glad no harm done. Was it dead or just rotten in the middle/weak for some reason? You might have said, I sped through here.
Machka - my eyes get dry from allergies and just being older I guess. Quite often after I wash my hands in hot water, I place them, still wet, over my eyes and it's really soothing. Those compresses sound great.
Lessons in Chemistry -What I liked about that Lessons in Chemistry book is that even though women have dealt with a lot of biases, probably much like folks of a different races have encountered, finding the gumption to work around them and stay on course pays off. Makes us tougher and more compassionate. So I identified a little with Elizabeth in the book as would many of you ladies. Don't let what takes you down take you out. I think that applies to most areas of our lives, not just the workplace.
Heather - that surgeon sounds wonderful, bravo for moving forward with that.
Annie - glad your car is running smoothly again. That's not a bad price for all they did.
Barbara - hope you get the MRI results soon so you and your doc can formulate a plan.
April - such good news about your son and also your bloodwork. Crossing fingers your stress test has good results as well. You have definitely been under huge stress in your life recently.
After the pre-diabetes finding, I decided to try, once again, to close the kitchen early. Finish eating at least 3 hours before bed. I tried this many times before throughout my life and I would always be hungry and head for the after dinner snacks. I finally figured out that if I pack in a lot of protein and some fat during my last meal of the day, that last meal holds me fine through the night. I've been doing this for a couple weeks now and hopefully it will improve my FBS. I can tell I'm sleeping better.
I'm kinda sore from hacking off branches from bushes in the backyard these past 2 days and dragging them next to the shop. My landscaping maintenance guy will be out Friday to take a look at what else needs to be done, and I'll let his crew finish the job.
Back later.
Lanette
SW WA State4
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