Did You Accomplish Anything Today?

Went grocery shopping before the stores get hyper-crowded next week. I had originally thought of bringing my apple cranberry crisp to my aunt's for Thanksgiving, but she mentioned that she had ordered pies, so the desserts seemed to be covered. I emailed her again and asked her to choose between winter squash casserole and scalloped corn. She chose the corn, so I had to get the ingredients. The recipe called for one 8 oz. box of Jiffy corn muffin mix. The store did have it, but it was bundled in a six-pack - more than I could use before it went bad, so I got a 16 oz. box of store-brand mix and will just have to measure it out. The store also had the 8 oz. size of sour cream and shredded cheese which are also needed. I already had the cans of corn (one creamed and one whole-kernel). Always have butter and eggs on hand.

When I got home and finished putting things away, I finished mulching leaves - or all I am going to do with leaves. Let the mower run until the gas ran out, then kicked the mower back in the garage to sleep over winter. I had been keeping it inside to keep it warm so I was sure it would start. I am very happy to have it gone!

I will post the recipe for scalloped corn in the food/recipe section.
 

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The low-income community where I live is very restrictive and even though management won’t do anything about the two groups of feral cats and kittens living at both ends of this place (i.e. catch, sterilize, release), one of the thousand rules is you’re not supposed to feed them. There’s an orange one that kept hanging around my back door that I started feeding last Aug when he looked about maybe 2 or 3 months old. I don’t wanna let him in because he might have fleas and/or parasites, and he’s very territorial so he’ll probably pee on my stuff, plus there’s a dozen rules about pets, including fees. Anyway, so I don’t get caught feeding him and because it’s starting to rain, what I did today was finish an outdoor wood table I built that’s actually a big, nice-looking box with an opening in the back (which faces my exterior wall) and a food dish and little bed inside. The top of the table comes off so I can put food in and keep it clean for him. I call him Danny because he looks like Daniel Tiger on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood that my kids used to watch. He’s starting to get friendly so I’ll take him to be neutered the very next time the county has their free spay & neuter event. They'll check him for various parasites, too.
 
Got a lot done today and yesterday. I am doing a deep cleaning of the house and moving the furniture to do social distancing for thanksgiving when son and girlfriend come over. My husband was whining he wanted the dinning room table to do his hobbies on so put it in ”his study”. The table he had “wasn’t big enough”. 🙄

Its not like we use the table. Not like we can have people over. I asked him if he would like the frig as well in there since he eats 24/7. 😂. He said he doesn’t have the room.

Tried to make a doctor appointment, they said they didn’t receive the referral. After they get it, then we will have a phone consultation before deciding if I need to be seen in clinic. Cause of the virus, some “hero” doctor this guy is. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Told his receptionist I had an appointment December 5 with my primary, why doesn’t he pop in then? 😂. Their offices are in the same place. He can wear a bubble suit. 🤓
 
Murrmurr said:
The low-income community where I live is very restrictive and even though management won’t do anything about the two groups of feral cats and kittens living at both ends of this place (i.e. catch, sterilize, release), one of the thousand rules is you’re not supposed to feed them. There’s an orange one that kept hanging around my back door that I started feeding last Aug when he looked about maybe 2 or 3 months old. I don’t wanna let him in because he might have fleas and/or parasites, and he’s very territorial so he’ll probably pee on my stuff, plus there’s a dozen rules about pets, including fees. Anyway, so I don’t get caught feeding him and because it’s starting to rain, what I did today was finish an outdoor wood table I built that’s actually a big, nice-looking box with an opening in the back (which faces my exterior wall) and a food dish and little bed inside. The top of the table comes off so I can put food in and keep it clean for him. I call him Danny because he looks like Daniel Tiger on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood that my kids used to watch. He’s starting to get friendly so I’ll take him to be neutered the very next time the county has their free spay & neuter event. They'll check him for various parasites, too.
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In my old neighborhood we had an orange stripped feral cat, best mouser in the world! Warned all the neighbors to leave him alone and let him do his thing. Then one year, he’s hunting a lot, three times a day, got a mouse carrying it home. Three months later him, the mrs, and the 3 babies went for a walk about around the neighbor. So cute. 😍
 
Aneeda72 said:
In my old neighborhood we had an orange stripped feral cat, best mouser in the world! Warned all the neighbors to leave him alone and let him do his thing. Then one year, he’s hunting a lot, three times a day, got a mouse carrying it home. Three months later him, the mrs, and the 3 babies went for a walk about around the neighbor. So cute. 😍
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I agree, and if we had mice and lizards and such I wouldn't feed him, but this place sprays regularly for pests and vermin so all the cats have to eat is the occasional bird, when they can catch one. Most of the kittens die or wander off to more fertile hunting grounds but Danny liked my tiny back patio for some reason. Probably because it's the only one here that faces south and gets sun all day.
 
StarSong said:
Please tell us about these miraculous hearing aids that operate without batteries. Are they rechargeable via USB or something? Wow! ♥
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Yes StarSong, they are USB rechargeable. Plug them in at night and good to go the next day. Also come with a gadget that lets me listen to tv without bothering anyone else at the volume I want. But the neatest thing is no more changing the domes, the part that goes in my ears. They took a mold of inside my ear and the earpiece will fit into each individual ear.
 
Murrmurr said:
I agree, and if we had mice and lizards and such I wouldn't feed him, but this place sprays regularly for pests and vermin so all the cats have to eat is the occasional bird, when they can catch one. Most of the kittens die or wander off to more fertile hunting grounds but Danny liked my tiny back patio for some reason. Probably because it's the only one here that faces south and gets sun all day.
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It’s great that you made him a place. I put a dog house in the front yard for the tabby but he had a place elsewhere. We lived in houses that backed against apartments at the end of the block which was a dead in.
He went down there to catch the mice, traveled back and forth through my yard. I had garden snakes but never saw him grab one or a bird. I think he got enough mice. The forth year there I did not see him. He might have got caught.
 
Not much done today at all. It's been very heavy rain this morning, which suits me while I can't get out and about, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. Woke up this morning and the pain in my back & shoulder were pretty bad, so I had to take PK's and sit with an ice pack for an hour before it eased a little. I watched a TV show I'd recorded, while waiting for the meds to take affect.. nice and cosy indoors while it lashed down outside.. :coffee:

Had to pull out some large ( albeit lightweight) boxes we're storing for DD.. in the shed so I could get to the freezer... and get them back in again, more awkward than heavy, but my shoulder is obviously starting to heal, just a few days ago I couln't even have thought about it much less do it..

Managed to find some curtains online for my livingroom.. I've been searching for days.. double aspect windows, so they're quite expensive , but exactly what I've been looking for.

Just got to find a new TV entertainment unit..( also proving elusive)..because I promised my daughter ours for her new rental place when she gets back to the UK

Just baked some sausage rolls ...letting them cool down now before I go and have lunch in front of the TV 😋
 
hollydolly said:
Not much done today at all. It's been very heavy rain this morning, which suits me while I can't get out and about, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. Woke up this morning and the pain in my back & shoulder were pretty bad, so I had to take PK's and sit with an ice pack for an hour before it eased a little. I watched a TV show I'd recorded, while waiting for the meds to take affect.. nice and cosy indoors while it lashed down outside.. :coffee:

Had to pull out some large ( albeit lightweight) boxes we're storing for DD.. in the shed so I could get to the freezer... and get them back in again, more awkward than heavy, but my shoulder is obviously starting to heal, just a few days ago I couln't even have thought about it much less do it..

Managed to find some curtains online for my livingroom.. I've been searching for days.. double aspect windows, so they're quite expensive , but exactly what I've been looking for.

Just got to find a new TV entertainment unit..( also proving elusive)..because I promised my daughter ours for her new rental place when she gets back to the UK

Just baked some sausage rolls ...letting them cool down now before I go and have lunch in front of the TV 😋
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Ah, you found new living room curtains. Please don't be hanging them yourself, please ☝️ and don't be doing too much, too soon!
 
Murrmurr said:
The low-income community where I live is very restrictive and even though management won’t do anything about the two groups of feral cats and kittens living at both ends of this place (i.e. catch, sterilize, release), one of the thousand rules is you’re not supposed to feed them. There’s an orange one that kept hanging around my back door that I started feeding last Aug when he looked about maybe 2 or 3 months old. I don’t wanna let him in because he might have fleas and/or parasites, and he’s very territorial so he’ll probably pee on my stuff, plus there’s a dozen rules about pets, including fees. Anyway, so I don’t get caught feeding him and because it’s starting to rain, what I did today was finish an outdoor wood table I built that’s actually a big, nice-looking box with an opening in the back (which faces my exterior wall) and a food dish and little bed inside. The top of the table comes off so I can put food in and keep it clean for him. I call him Danny because he looks like Daniel Tiger on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood that my kids used to watch. He’s starting to get friendly so I’ll take him to be neutered the very next time the county has their free spay & neuter event. They'll check him for various parasites, too.
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What a genius idea, making a little home for Danny posing as an outdoor cube table. Bless you.
 
hollydolly said:
Not much done today at all. It's been very heavy rain this morning, which suits me while I can't get out and about, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. Woke up this morning and the pain in my back & shoulder were pretty bad, so I had to take PK's and sit with an ice pack for an hour before it eased a little. I watched a TV show I'd recorded, while waiting for the meds to take affect.. nice and cosy indoors while it lashed down outside.. :coffee:

Had to pull out some large ( albeit lightweight) boxes we're storing for DD.. in the shed so I could get to the freezer... and get them back in again, more awkward than heavy, but my shoulder is obviously starting to heal, just a few days ago I couln't even have thought about it much less do it..

Managed to find some curtains online for my livingroom.. I've been searching for days.. double aspect windows, so they're quite expensive , but exactly what I've been looking for.

Just got to find a new TV entertainment unit..( also proving elusive)..because I promised my daughter ours for her new rental place when she gets back to the UK

Just baked some sausage rolls ...letting them cool down now before I go and have lunch in front of the TV 😋
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What color are your new curtains, @hollydolly ?
 
hollydolly said:
Not much done today at all. It's been very heavy rain this morning, which suits me while I can't get out and about, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. Woke up this morning and the pain in my back & shoulder were pretty bad, so I had to take PK's and sit with an ice pack for an hour before it eased a little. I watched a TV show I'd recorded, while waiting for the meds to take affect.. nice and cosy indoors while it lashed down outside.. :coffee:

Had to pull out some large ( albeit lightweight) boxes we're storing for DD.. in the shed so I could get to the freezer... and get them back in again, more awkward than heavy, but my shoulder is obviously starting to heal, just a few days ago I couln't even have thought about it much less do it..

Managed to find some curtains online for my livingroom.. I've been searching for days.. double aspect windows, so they're quite expensive , but exactly what I've been looking for.

Just got to find a new TV entertainment unit..( also proving elusive)..because I promised my daughter ours for her new rental place when she gets back to the UK

Just baked some sausage rolls ...letting them cool down now before I go and have lunch in front of the TV 😋
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Buy a comfy recliner, sit yourself down, and REST. 😂. I am going to have to stop reading your posts on this thread. They make me tired, just thinking about how much you do. Rain always makes my arthritis worst. So sorry you hurt, let me teach you how to be a couch potato.
 
Swept the kitchen floor and swept out the garage (a lot of leaves get blown or tracked in this time of year), cleaned turnips, went grocery shopping at my second-choice market, cleaned off the car windows (I have no idea how they got so spattered), read 5 chapters in my latest book from the library, photographed all the knitted items I found in a box, and, of course, browsed the Web.

https://www.seniorforums.com/media/albums/knitted-items.609/
 
I have accomplished a lot the last few day. Directed the husband to rearrange the living room, looks great now and has a much better flow. Moved stuff from his study to his bedroom. Rearranged the study. Got a lot of pictures hung. Supervising is so tiring.

Cleaned and sanitized the kitchen and living room, living room socially distanced as much as possible for turkey day with son and girlfriend. Today is payday for husband and shopping day. Pick up most of the stuff for turkey day.

I need about 3 lamps for the living room. Some more screws for picture hanging. Various other stuff. A bit excited to get out and about since I mostly stay home.
 

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