What are you doing today?

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Ruthanne said:
Did some more laundry-washcloths, dishtowels, handy wipes; Did some dishes, cleaned the microwave out good-I don't know why but I kept forgetting to clean it and it got pretty nasty looking...lol...now it looks beautiful again. Had an avocado sandwich as I have half an avocado almost every day--it's good for blood sugar and cholesterol; fed the pets, made the beds-mine and Suzy dog's, also washed the bathroom rug set and it looks better--it was full of dust and hair--I'd let it go for too long. Drank a lot of Earl Grey tea to perk me up and give me energy and it did for awhile but now I'm nearly out of energy again.

It's pretty hot out there today--90 F degrees--not going for a walk until after the sun goes down--I don't know why but the sunshine's heat beating down on me leaves me feeling drained. I look forward to when it cools down tonight.
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Yes, I know what you are saying about waiting until later to go out due to heat. It sounds like you got a lot done, so that's good.
 

Pinky said:
It depends a lot on where one shops as well.
We go to Price Chopper and Chinese markets which have the freshest fruit/veg's and the lowest prices.
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We don’t have either of those. Walmart is usually the cheapest here. Now that the Farmers Market is open, I pay quite a bit more for local. We have had a terrible spring/summer, so the expected lower prices in the grocery store aren’t happening. Also, shipping is really expensive.
 
Jules said:
We don’t have either of those. Walmart is usually the cheapest here. Now that the Farmers Market is open, I pay quite a bit more for local. We have had a terrible spring/summer, so the expected lower prices in the grocery store aren’t happening. Also, shipping is really expensive.
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this is why I stated that these are prices from Tesco...which is the middle of the road supermarket.. as you can see on some of those shelves they have price matched Aldi.. to bring the prices down lower.. but otherwise most of their produce is fairly expensive for the average person on a basic budget..

The cheapest supermarkets in the UK are Aldi and Lidl...
 
Ruthanne said:
Did some more laundry-washcloths, dishtowels, handy wipes; Did some dishes, cleaned the microwave out good-I don't know why but I kept forgetting to clean it and it got pretty nasty looking...lol...now it looks beautiful again. Had an avocado sandwich as I have half an avocado almost every day--it's good for blood sugar and cholesterol; fed the pets, made the beds-mine and Suzy dog's, also washed the bathroom rug set and it looks better--it was full of dust and hair--I'd let it go for too long. Drank a lot of Earl Grey tea to perk me up and give me energy and it did for awhile but now I'm nearly out of energy again.

It's pretty hot out there today--90 F degrees--not going for a walk until after the sun goes down--I don't know why but the sunshine's heat beating down on me leaves me feeling drained. I look forward to when it cools down tonight.

Edit: Just cleaned the bathroom, too, the toilet, sink and bathtub and floor. Glad I got that done, now where's my ibuprofen....my back's hurting...I think I need to do some kind of back stretches.
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@Ruthanne, get one of these at Walmart (much higher price at Amazon)
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They are about $2.00. Splatter cover for reheating food. Works great!
 
I'm alive. Just exhausted and have been too tired to even lurk here for days and days.

It's been a real circus in the bakery ever since the supervisor left on his vacation back in June.

I was supposed to be off on Thursday but just couldn't last that long. Off tomorrow instead, thank all that is holy. I knew I couldn't last until Thursday when I didn't get up until the alarm went off this morning. Usually I'm awake before the coffee pot turns itself on at 4:30. Not today. Tomorrow I am recharging my batteries, then working Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and off on Saturday and Sunday...if the Lord's willing and the creeks don't rise, like we used to say in Texas.

I work like a plow horse so I guess they just figure I can keep on working until I drop. Remember the commercials for Timex watches? Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. Or how about the Energizer Bunny that keeps going and going. Well...this Timex watch/Energizer Bunny has taken all the licking it can and can't keep going and going forever. Tuff noogies for them.

We had two students working part time. One of them was a no-show/no-call on the Saturday before the 4th of July. She was still in the probationary period so no second chance for her. She's not on the payroll anymore. Then there was the supervisor's vacation. Then he got sick...something related to his diabetes...and was out for two days last week.

The other student came in one morning, and nobody was there. Nobody. I was off that day. The supervisor was still on vacation. Student clocked in, waited for an hour, nobody showed up, not the nitwit who transferred from a store in Dallas and was scheduled to be there at 6am, nobody knew anything about anything, so he clocked out and left. Who can blame him? They called him a no-show/no-call until he said he was there. Alone. Time clock verified it.

The one who transferred? She didn't show up at all but when asked why she wasn't at work said she'd requested the July 4 weekend off. She didn't bother to check to find out if her request had been confirmed and approved. It hadn't. Why? Well, first of all, it was the July 4 weekend! Second, she said she requested it off but there was no request from her. We make requests via a computer program to verify that we've made the request, and the approval or denial are entered into the program. Nope. Nothing there.

What a sh!t show. The one who transferred from a store in Dallas hates it here because it isn't Texas, says there's a "hostile work environment" and shows up if and when she feels like it and works while she's there if it suits her. She belongs to the union so unloading her isn't just a matter of documentation. We've been told that management is "handling" it. Mmhmm.

The good news is that because there's a union at Kroger, we all got a 50 cent/hr raise on July 1. I don't have much use for unions, but I'll take the raise even though it had nothing to do with me. That is, nothing personal...not a raise for doing a good job or a better job or being responsible and dependable or for working hard...just a raise because the union said so.
 
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DS said he thinks there are only two people left in town who have a good work ethic...me and his husband. We always show up, work while we're at work, and definitely earn our pay.

And yes, I'm gonna attack weeds. Also gonna deadhead spent blooms. I have a t-shirt that proclaims "I garden so that I don't choke people." Yup. I take out my aggression and hostility on those blankety-blank weeds. Apparently I'm not agressive and hostile enough because the darned things keep coming back. They haven't taken the hint that they aren't welcome.
 
Jules said:
When it became obvious my mother wasn’t safe on her own, I had to fib to get her to move. I told her the doctor said she had to spend the winter in an assisted care home. That got her there and she adapted and never asked about moving back home.
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That lie was a very touching act of love! 💗. Unfortunately, my Mom would never fall for it. (sigh)
 
Bad news.....
I broke my wrist last Sat when I was 80 miles away from home. I went to Urgent Care, where a PA put a temporary cast on it, and told me that I would need surgery, and I should follow up with my orthopedic doctor on Mon. Oh, and they did not give me any pain meds!I

I was in a lot of pain for the rest of the weekend. This morning, I started to call my Orthopedic doctor at exactly 8:00 a.m. and no one was answering. It turns out that my Orthopedic Surgeon is not in the office this week!!

I ended up going to the ER. The ER Dr talked to the Orthopedic Surgeon on call, and he came in to see me.

I will have surgery on this Wed. Oh, and I came home with some pain meds!! The day ended much better than it started!
 
Trila said:
Bad news.....
I broke my wrist last Sat when I was 80 miles away from home. I went to Urgent Care, where a PA put a temporary cast on it, and told me that I would need surgery, and I should follow up with my orthopedic doctor on Mon. Oh, and they did not give me any pain meds!I

I was in a lot of pain for the rest of the weekend. This morning, I started to call my Orthopedic doctor at exactly 8:00 a.m. and no one was answering. It turns out that my Orthopedic Surgeon is not in the office this week!!

I ended up going to the ER. The ER Dr talked to the Orthopedic Surgeon on call, and he came in to see me.

I will have surgery on this Wed. Oh, and I came home with some pain meds!! The day ended much better than it started!
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Oh, I'm so sorry you broke your wrist! Must be very painful.Injured hands hurt worse than feet in my opinion. I wish you a successful surgery and good recovery.😘
 
I'm sitting and freezing in a cold room in Stewart, BC. This joint, I mean hotel, is called The Ripley Creek Inn. The room is nice; I have 2 big beds, a computer desk, private bathroom but it sure is cold. I think I will have a rum and coke! I wonder if that will "warm" me up. Oh well, I have done that silly ArriveCAN app to make Monsieur Trudeau happy and tomorrow I visit Hyder, Alaska to view more glaciers and maybe some salmon loving bears. Hey, it might be darn cold here but really life is better than sitting at home and thinking all the time about dying.
 
My midnight adventure: The dog going crazy, me asking her what's wrong, weird noises - then, fluttering in my hall and my bedroom. The birds got out of their cage and the dog went after them, perhaps just to herd them instinctually. First step, herd the dog into her crate. Then, locate birds who both sought out bathrooms, fortunately. I closed the doors and determined a plan. Turned on the flood lights and got the net I use to clean the pond. Found out it was only useful for chasing the birds down to ground level. Caught each in towels after a bit of a chase.

Twilight now has no tail feathers and Sunny is a bit frayed, but they both appear uninjured. My typically wild Pete and my good bird Quin were content to just stay in the cage and wait to see what happened. I had made a new cover for it recently and evidently didn't realize there was a wide gap between it and the floor. Hopefully, all are tucked in and secure now, all of us having enough excitement for the night.
 
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