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Tested negative today. Dave is still positive. I’m actually looking forward to PT and grocery shopping tomorrow.

Thanks for all who weighed in on my continued positive testing, i did a little research on it and as some of you said, it looks like 5 days from first positive then mask for another 5 days and you are good to go if your symptoms are gone. I am still not comfortable going in crowds like church, lay servant academy, etc. I…

I am still testing positive for Covid. How long does this last? I am going stir crazy. I have not really been sick other than the cough. No fever, no loss of taste or smell, I woke up yesterday morning feeling so good. I just knew I was going to have a negative test. Nope. Not yesterday. Not today. I am supposed to deliver…

Flea, I hope your case of Covid is as mild as mine and Dave’s. We are just staying in and taking it easy. Not pushing it. I still have the cough but it is sporadic. Watched church on FB.

Betsy, hugs. There are no words. Cry with us anytime. Mary, condolences on the death of your nephew. My sister lost her son at 30. All you can do is be there for your family. Well, after 2 1/2 years of avoidance, I finally have Covid. No earthly idea where I picked it up. We got our flu shots 3 weeks ago and our Covid…

Barbara, thanks for the birthday wishes. I was in a funk so kind of kept it on the down low. Beth, thanks for asking about my mom. She is doing well physically and has her good and bad days mentally. Overall, she is ok. Mary, thanks for the explanation. That is some crazy stuff! I’m so sorry it happened to you. I am doing…

I am feeling much better. I actually changed the sheets on the beds today and experienced no pain doing so. I’m doing my back exercises. They are really quite fun. Mainly stretches. Mary, are you saying the assault in the bathroom is what caused the $10,000 in medical bills? Goodness gracious! I need more details. That is…

Rosemarie, thanks for the prayers for my back. It is definitely better, although not well. Knowing it is just my regular degenerative disk and arthritis stuff is helpful news and relieves my worst case scenario fantasies. I don’t know why, but this happens to me every single month! I log on to catch up, see just a few…

I went to the orthopedic walk-in clinic today and had my back evaluated. It was as I suspected. My degenerative disk disease had flared up. The PA gave me a prescription for a round of steroids and some Flexeril to help me sleep. She also gave me some floor exercises to do and wrote a prescription for physical therapy. I…

Checking in. Big pity party whine in spoiler. Feel free to skip. I have been reading at least every other day or so, but have not had the energy to reply. Please know I think of you all often, rejoice in your happy photos and pray for your struggles.

Carol, good news from your sister. I love her name, by the way. Barbara, are you saying that taking the alendronate is what caused your teeth problems? Yikes! I may or may not have told y'all that my daughter and her husband bought a new house, in the same county (the county Carol lives in) but a better school district -…

Ketone Karen, could setting letter tray/paper organizer things on the existing shelves work for organizing your brother's supplies? Barbie, condolences on Bernie's passing over the rainbow bridge. Thanks for the suggestion, Heather. I am always looking for another good podcast. I am slowly but surely attempting to use up…

Barbara, you go girl! I love me some drawer organizers. Beth, prayers for you as you continue to help your mother. As for me and mine, I'm taking her to a lawyer on Monday to at least get a will in writing. She never felt the need before because everything was in Daddy's name. Even with a will, it's going to be a mess one…

Barb, you can learn a lot from just reading Dana's blog posts at aslobcomesclean.com. She has youtube videos, too. some people find them helpful. I love her, but she does tend to ramble. If I was new to her, I might like the youtube videos, but I find them too long. She has one where she goes through her five step…

Tracey, the course is on sale right now for $94. The all day declutter is this coming Saturday. I signed up when it first launched with a 50% code from Dana. It does have some good stuff, but can be overwhelming. I don’t participate in the FB group and the all day declutters have always been at an inconvenient time for me.…

Kim, I am interested in any and all information on estate planning, since we are in the throes of helping Mama with it. It is tough and brings lots of raw emotions to the forefront. I found a free on Kindle Unlimited book yesterday that was specific to my state that is being somewhat helpful.

Well, I'm bummed. I had to fire my house cleaner today. She has had trouble scheduling us in for our regular every two week Monday cleaning for a while. Today she said she'd be here at 2:00. Dave and I made plans to go do errands while she was here, but we couldn't leave until she got here. When she didn't show by 3:30, he…

Beth, hugs and prayers for all you are dealing with. Your poor mother! Barbie, I was thinking the same thing during the marker discussion yesterday. I do enjoy seeing the marker posts just as a reminder that my fitness pals are still here.

Beth, I am so sorry about the military failure. I don't know all the circumstances, but I feel like the funeral home was at fault there. I have heard of people not getting their ideal service time due the military folks being booked already, but never of them just not coming. There are people whose job in the military is…

Oh, Beth, I am so very sorry. Hugs! Barbie, good luck with the retina specialist. My DH saw one for a while after he had retinal tears from glaucoma. His next steps will be a glaucoma specialist. We have to go to Atlanta for that. He is not looking forward to it. Welcome, Rosemarie! As Carol said, I am also a Georgia girl.

Tracey, YNAB stands for You Need a Budget. It is budgeting software. When I started using it, it was a one-time fee, but it has now gone to a yearly subscription. You customize the categories and assign your money to the categories as soon as it is available to spend. It comes with lots of online support for learning how…

Barbara, so sorry about the washing machine. I cannot stand for things I depend on to be broken. You can buy a new machine for what seems like just a few trips to the laundromat around here. They are crazy expensive! Kelly, somehow I missed your post about your silent heart attack. Glad you are ok. We probably need to get…

Rita, wow! Thank goodness they missed your camper. Finances, I am the spender in my family. We use YNAB, though, so I only spend what I allocate in the budget for spending. It helps to not look at the total in the bank, only the total in the budget category. It’s the electronic equivalent of the envelope system. Clothes…

Ha! Got your card today. Thank you so much! It is a beautiful card. My husband was like, "Who is that?"

It’s really the other way. You have to turn it on. Somewhere in the MFP settings, you can allow access to certain Fitness trackers. When you allow access, the data syncs and MFP automatically adds your step calories to your daily total. I like seeing my exercise calories, even though I don’t eat them back usually.

Did I tell y’all about my new scale? I can’t remember. It is a Renpho, very reasonably priced, bluetooth. You can use it like a regular scale or you can download the app to your phone, turn it on before you weigh, and it will record your BMI and body fat percentage. It detected that I had a Fitbit so asked to share with…

There is a quote button at the bottom of each post. If you click it within the post you want to comment on, then their post appears in the top if your reply, like yours did here. I went within the quote and deleted the things that I was not commenting on.

Thanks for telling us about July 2. I love new beginnings. I am so working on one right now.

Beth, I am so impressed with your calmness. We really don’t expect to encounter deer on the interstate, yet they are there. My cousin hit one in Mississippi en route to NOLA from GA for my brother in law’s funeral. Talk about crazy and inconvenient. My son’s jeep is at the dealership now. The body shop fixed the body but…

My father’s service was very nice. My mother’s pastor spoke, my pastor did the remembrances. He was at their church before mine. A military pastor spoke about Daddy’s service in the Korean war, told all the places he served and what he did. We sent him Daddy’s discharge paperwork and he researched it. Daddy was a mechanic…