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Today is 3 weeks since my double knee replacement surgery. I am making progress, but it seems to consume much of my day and thinking.

Pain is going down, but not away. Mobility is getting better, but not great. I have started walking up and down full sets of stairs, it ain't pretty but I am doing it. More than I need to for exercise.

Physical therapy is helping, and they tell me I am making great progress, of course I have noticed they tell everyone that, LOL. I do know my extension and flexion measurements are ahead of the goals that were set in the beginning, so that's good. My extension, leg straightening, is now at 0 degrees in both legs, perfectly straight. That hasn't happened in 30 years!

Sure will be happy when this is all behind me. And I am really glad I got both done at the same time, it may be a little more pain and trouble, but I would not want to do this twice!
 

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Babies find the tiniest crumbs (and other stuff) on the floor because...they're closer to the floor than we are;)

Now pay attention y'all: that word is not snow. It's sNOw. Got it? It's sNOw.

A day off tomorrow. I'm gonna finish cutting back the cannas, plant the pansies and snapdragons and dianthus that I bought today and plant the allium bulbs. Sure I am! I'll do one of those things first, then probably decide to rest a while. If it's a good day, maybe one other thing will get done...
 
My interview went well, the pee test did too. I’m on a first name basis with that gentleman that administers the test. I told him “good job” as I said three Hail Mary’s over the samples. God willing I start Friday, on a Friday for Pete’s sake! Lol.
 
Aunt Mavis said:
My interview went well, the pee test did too. I’m on a first name basis with that gentleman that administers the test. I told him “good job” as I said three Hail Mary’s over the samples. God willing I start Friday, on a Friday for Pete’s sake! Lol.
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What have I missed? What kind of job are you accepting? Congrats, I hope it's law enforcement of some type.
 
Alligatorob said:
Today is 3 weeks since my double knee replacement surgery. I am making progress, but it seems to consume much of my day and thinking.

Pain is going down, but not away. Mobility is getting better, but not great. I have started walking up and down full sets of stairs, it ain't pretty but I am doing it. More than I need to for exercise.

Physical therapy is helping, and they tell me I am making great progress, of course I have noticed they tell everyone that, LOL. I do know my extension and flexion measurements are ahead of the goals that were set in the beginning, so that's good. My extension, leg straightening, is now at 0 degrees in both legs, perfectly straight. That hasn't happened in 30 years!

Sure will be happy when this is all behind me. And I am really glad I got both done at the same time, it may be a little more pain and trouble, but I would not want to do this twice!
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This is the best news ever! Thanks for the update, we will expect more of the same goodness in the coming weeks.🙂
 
Georgiagranny said:
Now pay attention y'all: that word is not snow. It's sNOw. Got it? It's sNOw.
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You're telling me. Overnight we went from, "Such a beautiful day! Life is good!" to "Oh well. Grumble."

I'm trying to cut back on dairy, but I felt the need for hot drinks with cream. So I walked to the store (in the snow -- both ways!) and bought cream.
 
Full garbage bin to the curb this morning….full bin due to sorting.
Finished going through my fabric inventory yesterday……have several yards of different pieces, ready to give away to fellow sewer friends.
Now, will put the fabric into heavy storage bags……not keeping them in the bins, because I want to sell the bins.

The rep from the moving company didn’t make it yesterday, got tied up at the office……rescheduled for tomorrow morning.

Had hired my leaves and grass pickup, was done last Wednesday………
What a waste of $180.00……watched the wind switch over the weekend, which was a bad direction for my back yard……have no trees in my back yard…..but now my grass there is buried under all the neighbours leaves.
Is a reminder as to why, I’ve never hired this done……waste of money……just like snow removal……all it does is snow some more.
Hopefully we’ll get some good winds and maybe blow them away……my front now contains a lot of the neighbours leaves too, sigh.😩🥺😦.
So…..in a bit of a mood.971EB660-F670-466B-939C-F0D68B8A132B.jpeg
 
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Good morning, and happy Coosday!

It poured all night!!!! We got 3" of rain! The last time it rained here was over 8 weeks ago. Good sleeping weather, I stayed in bed an extra hour. 😴
 
I'm not doing but.....today I am having new patio doors installed, something I should have done ten years ago. lol

I never like to have contractors do work at my house because I have a tendency to be a bit fussy, usually I prefer to do everything myself. Hopefully they will do a good job.
 
Okay then. Warm and sunny here.

Showered. Dressed. Litter box cleaned. Breakfast eaten.

Snapdragons planted. Pansies planted. Most of one flower bed cleaned up. Still need to plant dianthus. That's coming up next. Then maybe the rest of the cannas will get cut back.
 
Quite a nice day here but plenty to do inside. Repairing some of the lounge wallpaper that has come loose. The room really wants totally redecorated, but we're having trouble deciding on how to do it. It's a tad bland at present and needs a bit of colour.

Made a batch of beef and vegetable pie filling. We'll fill individual pies tomorrow and get them into the freezer.
 
Yesterday: laundry. Finished washing the windows. More sorting to get rid of stuff. Combined one of the walks with searching for flashing arm bands to wear when walking at night.

Today, no plans yet. More laundry. More cleaning. Try ordering flashing armband from Amazon.
 
Done and done! Before I started cutting the cannas back I remembered that there were allium bulbs that wanted to be planted. Instructions said plant in clusters of three. There were eight bulbs. Now I'll be the first to admit that I'm not good at numbers, but I do know that eight bulbs aren't divisible by three. Duh. Anyway, they're in the ground, and the cannas have been cut back.

Proud of myself for finishing.

It's a gorgeous day. A bit windy. That flower bed that got cleaned up? Leaves. More leaves. Sigh.

Maybe a short nap. Then? Vacuum up all the dirt that got tracked inside over the past few days and especially this morning.

Yo, @Mizmo I thought about you this morning while drinking coffee on the patio and wondered if your new tea mug has proved to be satisfactory.
 
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Full garbage bin to the curb this morning….full bin due to sorting.
Finished going through my fabric inventory yesterday……have several yards of different pieces, ready to give away to fellow sewer friends.
Now, will put the fabric into heavy storage bags……not keeping them in the bins, because I want to sell the bins.

The rep from the moving company didn’t make it yesterday, got tied up at the office……rescheduled for tomorrow morning.

Had hired my leaves and grass pickup, was done last Wednesday………
What a waste of $180.00……watched the wind switch over the weekend, which was a bad direction for my back yard……have no trees in my back yard…..but now my grass there is buried under all the neighbours leaves.
Is a reminder as to why, I’ve never hired this done……waste of money……just like snow removal……all it does is snow some more.
Hopefully we’ll get some good winds and maybe blow them away……my front now contains a lot of the neighbours leaves too, sigh.😩🥺😦.
So…..in a bit of a mood.View attachment 246512
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Yeah, those leaves that aren't yours ... The octagenarian homeowner next door sometimes does yard work around my apartment building, because she doesn't think the maintenance guy does enough. She wants to be an overachiever, fine with me.

The other day I was sweeping my balcony. She asked me if I wanted to borrow her rake to rake up the leaves in the parking lot. Heck no! I live in in apartment. I'm not going to do yard work.
 

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