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GeorgiaXplant said:
@StarSong I'm the biscuit maker at a local fast food place that used to cater to the elderly and now "caters" to everybody. Most folks use the drive up window since the pandemic started and our dining room was closed. It's open now but not used a lot.

I'm at work at 4 am (!!) cranking out biscuits right and left. At the end of my shift, around 10 am, I often feel like I've made thousands of the darned things. Actually, it's probably only about five to seven hundred. Everybody else there is cross-trained to do every job there is. When I applied I said I'd make biscuits, period. They wanted a biscuit maker so they agreed. Lucky me! Making up the orders, manning (personning?) the grill, prepping? Yuk. The only other thing I do is clean up after myself.
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My husband knew of a biscuit lady on a different forum, called Miss Rigby....is that you?
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
@StarSong I'm the biscuit maker at a local fast food place that used to cater to the elderly and now "caters" to everybody. Most folks use the drive up window since the pandemic started and our dining room was closed. It's open now but not used a lot.

I'm at work at 4 am (!!) cranking out biscuits right and left. At the end of my shift, around 10 am, I often feel like I've made thousands of the darned things. Actually, it's probably only about five to seven hundred. Everybody else there is cross-trained to do every job there is. When I applied I said I'd make biscuits, period. They wanted a biscuit maker so they agreed. Lucky me! Making up the orders, manning (personning?) the grill, prepping? Yuk. The only other thing I do is clean up after myself.
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If you have the time please give us a lesson/recipe for those wonderful cake like biscuits used in restaurants. The closet that I can come is with the old Angel biscuit recipes that used a combination of baking soda, baking powder, yeast and buttermilk.
 

I am up early today because I went to bed too early last night. I figure I can always take a nap later if I tire out. My plan for today is to catch up on filing a pile of papers that accumulated on my table (which is my desk too). Maybe doing a load of laundry of sheets and towels. Organizing two cupboards that I store food in. Not sure what the rest of the day will be like.
 
mellowyellow said:
So sorry to hear you are going through chemo, I had no idea. I can tell you love your little dog, I had to see what a Wheaten looks like, so cute.

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No. When I registered my dog with the AKC, I discovered he was owned by an Amish guy and sold by the alleged breeder to me. I was furious and told the seller what I thought of him in no uncertain terms. However, I wasn't about to give Aidan back. Aidan is a very healthy dog, at nearly 11, which surprised me. I worked for a Wheaten rescue for several years, and placed many retired puppy mill dogs, so I was a bit worried about that. Aidan is bigger than a breed standard male. His tail is too short - maybe 2" long - and I am completely against docking ears and tails, especially for pets. Aidan weighs about 57 lbs and that little dog weighs 35-40 lbs. He has the merry temperament of Wheatens, in spades.

He had a fall (the hair falling from the forehead and between the eyes) once. I cut it off. He is not a show dog and he needs to be able to see. He had a long beard for years, but I cut it off because I figured it couldn't be comfortable with all that dripping water constantly being a problem. The dogs get rid of the water by running their beard across the furniture and rugs and people's pants legs. He used to have pretty long hair in the winter. But I don't go that far any more - he has a warm winter coat, and his hair is about 2"-3" longer in winter. Aidan's hair gets curly when it is wet.

I am pretty sure the Wheaten in the photograph has an Irish coat. It is silkier, not as thick and fluffy, and has those soft ripples you see. I prefer that coat. But Aidan has an American coat. The Wheaten in your photo is absolutely gorgeous. One interesting thing about Wheatens is that they have long eyelashes (2" on Aidan). We trim his because at that length they sometimes fall over his eyes - which must irritate him because it impedes his being able to see clearly. They don't all fall -- just enough to bug me (and maybe him).

I do love my dog to bits. The vet put across his file folder in red Sharpie: She really loves her dog!!! That must be a warning to the techs. When a new one comes along, I tell him or her about my rules. The first one is that Aidan doesn't go in the back without me until I know I can trust the tech. That rule arose when Aidan got his nails dremeled. I put him in the car, and every nail was bleeding. I dremel or cut his nails and he doesn't bleed, so you would think a trained person would be able to achieve that lofty goal.
 

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Yesterday was a success! I did 7 loads of laundry, 4 were my daughter's clothes. I asked her how she had anything to wear to work, and she said, "Don't worry, I have lots of clothes." I bit my tongue to keep from saying that if she ever won a huge lottery, she'd be broke in a few years. My husband is a clotheshorse so she must have gotten it from him. I had 4 very large laundry baskets full of her clean and folded clothes.

The dog was despondent last night. I washed his bed and the main pillow that goes in it did not have zippers (which it should have since the directions say to unzip the cover and just to wash it. So I washed the entire insert pillow and it still isn't dry. He wants his living room bed. Suddenly the couch is not enough. He led me to the laundry room and just stood in front of the washer waiting for me to get the idea.

I gathered up all my daughter's stuff and filled an Amazon pantry box with it. I cleaned out the fridge and put the expired stuff plus a couple of extra large pizza boxes into a 30 gallon trash bag. Thank heavens I caught Aidan trying to get into the bag (one of us left the door to the laundry room open) before his entire body disappeared inside it (that has been known to happen).

I swept the laundry room and my daughter's large (formerly empty) closet. I put the couch back together. When Aidan is happy, he throws all 6 cushions off of it to celebrate, among other Good Ideas. Yesterday, he was happy and leaping all over us, kisses galore, jumped from my bed onto the dresser and back again, got the zoomies, and generally celebrated my daughter coming home from work.

The chores took me 4 hours, and by the end I was very tired. I used to be able to clean a 1500 sf condo in 4 hours. Now I look around and marvel at how little I've done. But at least it's something, and if I keep plugging away, eventually the house will be organized, orderly, clean, with everything in its place. I may have to get rid of my daughter and my dog, though. :)

I woke up at 4 and spent 3.5 hours awake because I felt awful. Not from cancer treatment effects, but from eating DQ for dinner (chili dogs). That's it, I am not eating fast food again. Terrible heartburn, a bit of nausea, and my head felt like it was filled with cotton. I woke up at 10:30 and felt just fine.

Today my goal is to move all those laundry baskets to my daughter's room. The Amazon box full of stuff will fit in her closet. Hopefully she will move all of that. There are about 6 boxes on the hearth from when she moved in 9.5 months ago .... I want those moved too.

I am going to clean out the pantry, and finish organizing the kitchen, clean the bathroom, tell my daughter to clean her bathroom, and make my bed (the bedding was washed today). I am also going to groom the dogs head and dremel his nails. Luckily my dog cooperates when he is groomed.
 
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Kaila said:
And I am wondering if their eyes are more sensitive to light, than other dogs generally? @WheatenLover
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No, they do not have sensitive eyes. What they do have is a remarkable ability to go nuts barking at something no else can see. Actually it's probably at a sound. They have great hearing. My husband used to come home from work and the dog would be at the window when he turned onto our road, a mile away.

From my experience at the rescue and with the many Wheaten owners who participated in our FB pages, most people who have pet Wheatens don't keep the fall and beard. This leads people who are unfamiliar with the breed,to think, 99% of the time, that Wheatens are Labradoodles.
 
There is a resemblance to Labradoodles for sure, but any Doodle owners like our family know the difference instantly...

These are ours ( well my daughters' actually)... we lost the elder one Scruffy.. a couple of years ago age 13..... they are all different sizes, but all with the best temperaments.. especially the white one Digger... he's now 13 and Stan the miniature black doodle is 14 and has dementia now and sleeps 22 hours out of every day, but is in no pain .

these are photos I took myself, Digger actually poses for me when I ask him.. it's true , he loves to have his photo taken:D🥰


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this was just days before the scruffster died... he was such an easy going loving dog you would never have known he was ill..no pain because of the meds he was given after several strokes

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katlupe said:
I am up early today because I went to bed too early last night. I figure I can always take a nap later if I tire out. My plan for today is to catch up on filing a pile of papers that accumulated on my table (which is my desk too). Maybe doing a load of laundry of sheets and towels. Organizing two cupboards that I store food in. Not sure what the rest of the day will be like.
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Please ... filing .... come over here and do mine! The only respite I ever got from it was once, when I had a secretary. Take pity!
 
hollydolly said:
There is a resemblance to Labradoodles for sure, but any Doodle owners like our family know the difference instantly...

These are ours ( well my daughters' actually)... we lost the elder one Scruffy.. a couple of years ago age 13..... they are all different sizes, but all with the best temperaments.. especially the white one Digger... he's now 13 and Stan the miniature black doodle is 14 and has dementia now and sleeps 22 hours out of every day, but is in no pain .

these are photos I took myself, Digger actually poses for me when I ask him.. it's true , he loves to have his photo taken:D🥰


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this was just days before the scruffster died... he was such an easy going loving dog you would never have known he was ill..no pain because of the meds he was given after several strokes

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They are so freaking cute! The Labradoodles I've met are great, calm dogs. I think people identify Aidan as a Labradoodle because they aren't familiar with his breed. There are a lot of Labradoodles around here. My dog doesn't pose for pictures. He will be still but he usually looks away. The most unusual Labradoodle I've met loved to watch Disney movies. She would sit on the couch in my dentist's office all day, watching tv, interrupted only by people who wanted to play with her or take her for a walk.
 
WheatenLover said:
They are so freaking cute! The Labradoodles I've met are great, calm dogs. I think people identify Aidan as a Labradoodle because they aren't familiar with his breed. There are a lot of Labradoodles around here. My dog doesn't pose for pictures. He will be still but he usually looks away. The most unusual Labradoodle I've met loved to watch Disney movies. She would sit on the couch in my dentist's office all day, watching tv, interrupted only by people who wanted to play with her or take her for a walk.
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I'd love to get a Labradoodle!
 
Checking my blood sugar:

Finally got my Libre2 hooked up to my cell phone. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 5am, sleeping after Stella‘s pee break. Alarm goes off, I take my blood sugar it’s 69. But since the app is off by 20 points (tested by a stick blood test), my sugar is 49. 😮

Get up, make my morning pancake, eat (just pancake and butter, no syrup). Two hours later, alarm goes off, test my blood sugar, adjusted blood sugar is 229. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Now it is too high. There is no winning with diabetes.

As usual, going to see Joey this morning. His staff asked if I am coming to see him every day. 😂. Why, yes, yes I am. Everyday until is non Covid, or I am dead. 😉
 
It's a glorious sunny day today and altho' not warm at 60 deg F... it's really warm in my sun-trap of a rear garden....all my windows which I open every day regardless of the weather are open extra wide today..

I've cleared out some pictures I had stored in the Barn, and got them to the recycle centre this morning..then I got the tall ladders and hung a large picture up on the stairwell wall... it was fine on the ladders despite being so high because I could rest them on the 3rd stair from the top.. and up against the stairwell wall where the picture was going . Then I swapped 2 more pics, from one bedroom to the top landing hallway wall..



Cleaned the bathrooms... and vac'd the downstairs...

Now I've got the Sunday roast on.. in fact the roast potatoes are almost done ... and I'm having them with chicken thighs, Yorkshire puddings, and broccoli... with gravy 😋...and I'll eat on a tray watching the recorded Strictly come dancing show which was on last night
 
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Just had dinner.. and watched SCD..:p. still an hour and a half of sunlight left, (sunset is 5.45) altho' the heat has gone out of the sun now, and I was debating whether to get the mower out and give the lawns a once over, but no, I've got nothing much planned for this week so I'll do it on another dry sunny day
 
Kaila said:
Be careful on those ladders , while holding items, and while reaching and putting up pictures, @hollydolly !!:oops:

Okay, I guess you wrote to us, afterwards, so we'll assume you got down in one piece!:)
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yes I did lol..:D.. but I am heeding your advice for the next lot.. I've got a big job ahead of me later in the week, I'm going to hang a montage of pictures in the livingroom, so that will take quite precise measuring... and of course standing on a high ladder..
 
I spent a few hours yesterday, and this morning, going through the 2022 Medical Advantage/Vision/Dental plans. I was pleasantly surprised that the insurance rates haven't gone up substantially...as a result of the massive bills being run up due to Covid. I signed up for next years plans this morning...hope I did it right.
 

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