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I'll do some laundry today and I have a flower bed full of weeds that needs some attention, not looking forward to that.
@hollydolly, I noticed your landscaping lights in your picture, I'm thinking of getting some for my new rose beds, do you like them and do they work well?
 

This morning I took all my vases off the top of my kitchen cupboards. It was not easy but easier than I thought it would be. I have to replace the string of fairy lights that was up there so figured I would take the vases down to clean them. There are 27 of them. I had to use a stool to step up onto a chair to do this. But I was very careful and I have done this before so I know what I am doing. I kept my phone by me and had unlocked my door......just in case.

Now I have them all washed and on the counter drying. I will not be putting them back up today. Not going to do too much in one day or that would be when I would have a problem.

Air conditioning going since I got up and now thinking about breakfast.

Have a beautiful Saturday everyone!
 
HoneyNut said:
I'm having an upsetting day. My doctor's office called and said my mammogram didn't look good and they have scheduled both an ultrasound followup AND same day appointment with a SURGEON, which kind of sounds like the mammogram looked extremely bad, but I'm hoping it is just the typical American biopsy-crazy medical system. I googled and found that only 20% of biopsies find breast cancer. On the other hand, if it is breast cancer there is a 1 in 3 chance it has already metastasized which apparently has an extremely poor prognosis.

So, in addition to trying to clean out the house I have the added confusion of backup plan, like maybe I should move a subset of the furniture to a storage place after all, in case I need to rent an apartment locally for a while for treatment.

The timing is just awful, the sonogram+surgeion appointments are on the 24th and I have to be out of my house on the 27th, and I have a truck coming to get rid of almost all the furniture on the 19th. Plus once the house sold I had changed my Chicago hotel reservation to the cheaper pre-paid/not refundable option, but I feel sure sooner is better for biopsy or other treatment so I may just have to let go of that money.

I am trying to be flexible and have looked online for short term lease apartments in Omaha, but gee I was already at a completely stressed out level just trying to get out of the house on time and now everything seems up in the air. Though, worst case I would be able to quit worrying about whether my money is enough for my retirement and I could spend it instead! And probably I'd quit worrying about Covid and head off to my long-delayed African safari.

Instead of the usual sorting the house I'm giving myself the afternoon off and going to go mow the yard and enjoy nature.
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@HoneyNut I am sorry for that you've gotten this news but there are a few things to keep in mind about your upcoming appointment. Your ultrasound may (and typically does) include biopsies. It's called an ultrasound-guided biopsy. A surgeon or pathologist is present to take the biopsies while the ultrasound tech is performing the ultrasound. Also, if you've been getting routine (annual) mammograms and if this is cancer, it could be in the very early stage if your previous mammogram from last year was negative.

I know the panicked feeling that washes over when the word 'cancer' is said. But you don't have a diagnosis yet so please try to keep that in the forefront of your mind.

The timing seems unfortunate but perhaps it's not. You'll get a diagnosis (praying for you that it's benign) before you start your new journey and you'll be able to travel with a clean bill of health.

Be of hopeful heart.
 
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About 2 hours ago I was allowed to leave the hospital after 3 days.I went to the ER to get my mouth checked. AS soon as the Doctor checked me he said I probably had a stroke. They immediately took me to the hospital. They did so many Tests. I only remember a cat scan and an MRI. After all the test's a New Dr. came in and said after going through all the results she was positive I Have Bells Palsy.Now I am going to sleep
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@Sassycakes I am so sorry to hear this. I didn't know much about this so I googled it. Did your doctor give you a time frame for when this might resolve?
 
Jackie23 said:
I'll do some laundry today and I have a flower bed full of weeds that needs some attention, not looking forward to that.
@hollydolly, I noticed your landscaping lights in your picture, I'm thinking of getting some for my new rose beds, do you like them and do they work well?
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I do like them..they're solar lilies, and they light up very well in the dark, surprisingly well, tbh I didn't expect them to be so pretty... 😊
 
We've had the hottest day of the year here today.. I've had a completely eclectic day
Started off by filling the bird feeders, and cutting back the Ivy on the brick shed... then sat in the sun for 1/2 hour feet up.. listening on my headphones to Lady Colin Campbell talking about the disingenuous Amber Heard, and comparing her to Meghan Markle ..

..My awaited parcel arrived, (annoyingly with half the contents missing) and I was able to go out earlier than I was expecting. Drove south to a large town in the next county.. trying to hunt down a specific style of picture to put on the wall above my fireplace. No luck , but I did manage to get some Night Blooming Jasmine scented sachets from HomeSense. I adore that smell, we have Night blooming Jasmine growing outside our front door in Spain, and I miss it very much.. 🥰

Also got 2 table lamps I've had my eye on for a while, and they were reduced by almost half in the sale... Crystal and silver coloured base for the livingroom , and a lovely perfect match latte pottery base one for the spare room ..couldn't believe it was only £8... I'll take photos of them both later.. (it's already 8.10pm and still hot)...

From there I picked up my friend , and we went to the pub and sat outside with a ice cold drink and a little creme brulee desert topped with pistachios...
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On the return journey I went to photograph the Mustard rape fields near my house, but they're all dying back so they're not very photogenic..Instead I took a few pics of my friends house, and of the village... just in case anyone is interested.. I'll add them to the ''Photos you've taken on your phone''..thread, in the Photo section...in a little while..

..but here's a couple which might interest some of you.. our village phone box ,.. and I went in and took the pic of the defibrillator, because someone asked the other day about the phone boxes still housing phones.. but no , all those here are now used to house defibrillators

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Yes, actually, I have had a productive day. Mostly. Thanks for asking ;)

I piddled around in the gardens. Fertilized and then soaked the lawn. After work, of course.

Then the computer that does the scheduling at work apparently had a "spell" and effed up next week's schedule. It took supervisor an hour...an hour!...to straighten it out.

The best I can figure is that the Texas lady came back from her two-week vacation today, although she wasn't on the schedule, and when she clocked in everything exploded. Maybe the scheduling computer doesn't speak Texan and didn't know what to do with her (or me).

At least it keeps telling payroll to issue money to me every week💰

I'd said two weeks ago that I'd work tomorrow because it's inventory time and supervisor can't do both bakery stuff and inventory. Texas lady will be there, too. Sigh. At least she no longer wears her phone and spends her whole shift on it. That's something.

@hollydolly Your garden is positively gorgeous. Gorgeous, I tell you🌹🌷💐🌼🌺🌸
 
Raining now, and quite chilly.. complete opposite to yesterday but apparently we're going to have a very hot week ahead. ..so any rain is welcome

Thank you @Georgiagranny for your compliments on my garden, as a gardener yourself you'll know how much time I have to spend on it to keep it looking nice 😊🪴🌳

Today I cleaned the whole of the office room from the ceiling to the floor, every nook and cranny, and hung a new picture of wild flowers on the green wall... those of you who saw my home office before when I had it decorated in 2020 will remember the striking green wall.. 😊
 
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Hot, dry and breezy - a good drying day, as they say.
Gardening today. It might have been nice to go to the beach, but it would probably have been busy (that means more than 20 people + dogs).
We prepared a bed in the polytunnel and planted out the French beans. Then a bit of general tidying and a lot of watering. It's been really dry here and we need to water the plants every day. It's OK, it's not metered so we can use as much as we need.

Making Beef Bourguignon for dinner.
 
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