Reflections of My Life

This was one of those days that I just went right down my list of things I had to do. Starting with laundry. Not just the clothing I wear, but some bedding & towels too. So I had to use one dryer for the bedding and towels. My clothing I wear, I hang in the shower. Then I also washed all 3 pairs of compression stockings, by hand in cold water and hung to dry. Since I only have 3 pairs, I am not wearing any today and my feet are not as comfortable as usual. My fault.

I will be going out to the dumpster soon, just waiting so the sun is not beating down on the back of the building so much. Then it will be time to prepare supper (chicken today). When I am busy it seems like I have a better day.
 

Today is Columbus Day so there will be no mail. Not sure if our manager will be here today or not. Some businesses take advantage of the day off and some don't. Stores and restaurants usually don't close. Banks and government, of course, do. For some reason, I like knowing we have a real manager now and that she is down there in her office in the morning. She leaves at noon usually.

Today if it does not rain, I will go for a walk. I have only been to the dumpster the last couple of days. Did not want to go out in the rain even though at times it would stop. I really want to check out the streets and sidewalks to see if I can make it to the store on Jazzy again. I do not want to go through the ordeal I did last week. Yesterday, I got my groceries with Instacart. Thank God for Instacart is all I can say!

Sonny is very sick and had a covid test which was negative and so did his daughter because she is sick too. Must be from all the medical places they have been to lately. So not asking him to take me anywhere. I want to see if one day this week I can take a bus run to Walmart and see if I can get back home. If I do it once, I know I can do from now on.
 

Pappy said:
I agree with you Kat about Instacart. Good sent for us. My COPD has been kicking my rear end and it’s just to hard to go shopping right now.
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Oh no, I hope you feel better soon. I will keep you in my prayers.

Having delivery services available is so nice. I can order my groceries and they will be here within a half hour. Probably not so fast if you are in a large city.
 
MarciKS said:
I use delivery. It's getting to be too much spending two hrs wandering the store looking for stuff cuz they keep moving everything. I have COPD & asthma and I just can't do it anymore. Plus unloading the car. OMGosh!
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I am worn out after a day of shopping. But I still sometimes like to browse the store for things I don't usually put on my list.
 
Today I plan on covering my air conditioner for cold weather. It has cooled off a lot here but I don't have it taken out every year. Just winter proof that window. So if we get a hot spell, I can still use it. I like the cool weather but my bunny boy is on the floor and I need to keep him comfortable.

Due to the road work being done in my area, it is still hard to get anywhere unless you can walk or drive a car........not a mobile chair or scooter. The new curbs are too high and I am afraid of ruining my new tires and casters on Jazzy. I can walk as far as the post office but not to the Grand Union.

Maybe they will do the handicap ramps on each corner soon. They took them out to do the new sidewalks and streets. I hear the work being done on the streets through out the night and then they work during the day too. It has been a huge project and I hear there will be more done next summer.

Today I want to make more keto replacement shakes (that I make into ice cream). I make 4 at a time and I have some of the new flavors to try this time. One flavor is dairy-free made with a beef base and is chocolate. I got the one with Stevia but it is available unsweetened also.......for the carnivore crowd. I am anxious to try that one.

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I am out of the chaffles too, so need to make them too. And hard boiled eggs, which I like to keep some in the refrigerator for a quick meal. I used to use them for snacks but I never snack now. Sometimes I forget to eat and then need to eat because I do not like to wake up hungry the next day.
 
katlupe said:
Today I plan on covering my air conditioner for cold weather. It has cooled off a lot here but I don't have it taken out every year. Just winter proof that window. So if we get a hot spell, I can still use it. I like the cool weather but my bunny boy is on the floor and I need to keep him comfortable.

Due to the road work being done in my area, it is still hard to get anywhere unless you can walk or drive a car........not a mobile chair or scooter. The new curbs are too high and I am afraid of ruining my new tires and casters on Jazzy. I can walk as far as the post office but not to the Grand Union.

Maybe they will do the handicap ramps on each corner soon. They took them out to do the new sidewalks and streets. I hear the work being done on the streets through out the night and then they work during the day too. It has been a huge project and I hear there will be more done next summer.

Today I want to make more keto replacement shakes (that I make into ice cream). I make 4 at a time and I have some of the new flavors to try this time. One flavor is dairy-free made with a beef base and is chocolate. I got the one with Stevia but it is available unsweetened also.......for the carnivore crowd. I am anxious to try that one.

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I am out of the chaffles too, so need to make them too. And hard boiled eggs, which I like to keep some in the refrigerator for a quick meal. I used to use them for snacks but I never snack now. Sometimes I forget to eat and then need to eat because I do not like to wake up hungry the next day.
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For me the first meal of the day is a hard-boiled egg taken with supplements. It keeps me satisfied for at least four hours, and the lightness of the meal helps keep my energy level high.
 
gruntlabor said:
For me the first meal of the day is a hard-boiled egg taken with supplements. It keeps me satisfied for at least four hours, and the lightness of the meal helps keep my energy level high.
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One of my online friends, has MS and he keeps it under control with keto. He believes eating 4 hard boiled eggs every day is essential for it. He never skips it, even on the low carb cruise he showed his eggs every morning. He has other things with it, bacon or sausage usually. His doctor is impressed with him because he weighted close to 500 lbs. when he started. He is still losing but has lost a lot though his focus is on the MS.
 
MarciKS said:
I use delivery. It's getting to be too much spending two hrs wandering the store looking for stuff cuz they keep moving everything. I have COPD & asthma and I just can't do it anymore. Plus unloading the car. OMGosh!
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Marci, that is the way for me also...can't walk more than 20ft or so and that makes me gasp for breath...so everything is delivered for me nowadays....what a life huh.......but very thankful that people give me rides and such.........
 
I am starting my morning making cornbread flavored chaffles. Two batches take 6 eggs. I am going to make the hard boiled eggs in the IP also. So that takes a whole dozen right there. I will need to get more soon.

Already cleaned off the windowsill so I can clean it and then need to cover the windowsill where it connects to the wall below it. That is where the most cold air comes in. It might screw up my fairy light decor but I'd rather be warm than pretty. I am putting a box over the air conditioner and the things that secure it to block cold air sneaking in. Then I am going to cover the box with some of my pictures that I colored to make it more attractive.

If I can get this done this morning, then I will do laundry.
 
katlupe said:
I am starting my morning making cornbread flavored chaffles. Two batches take 6 eggs. I am going to make the hard boiled eggs in the IP also. So that takes a whole dozen right there. I will need to get more soon.

Already cleaned off the windowsill so I can clean it and then need to cover the windowsill where it connects to the wall below it. That is where the most cold air comes in. It might screw up my fairy light decor but I'd rather be warm than pretty. I am putting a box over the air conditioner and the things that secure it to block cold air sneaking in. Then I am going to cover the box with some of my pictures that I colored to make it more attractive.

If I can get this done this morning, then I will do laundry.
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:) Don't forget, you need some fresh-air circulation.
 
Why don't they have separate apartment buildings for senior citizens and disabled citizens who are not seniors yet? I know it sounds good to have younger people around you but instead there is wall between them and seniors. Since this is a low income apartment building the kind of disabled people who move in here have been the cause of conflict.
gruntlabor said:
Even to open your door for twenty seconds daily would help. Or maybe a fan.
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My door doesn't go to the outside. Just a hallway. I had my window open most of the day yesterday and it was nice. I run two air purifiers daily and they have a fan built in them. Plus right here behind my computer I have one of those small clip on fans they I run almost daily. This morning though, I had to turn my heat on as it is chilly and even though I could stand it, Rabbit's ears were cold. Now he is closer to the heater on one of his rugs.
 
I love early morning, what I call first light. All is quiet then slowly I hear sounds of morning, maybe a bird or two (here I don't hear many it is not like living in the country). Since I am on the back side of this apartment building, I hear delivery trucks pulling up to the back doors of the restaurants, bars and stores. I have gotten used to the sound of them by now. A big difference going from a quiet place to a noisy one, but not as noisy as I was expecting.

I wasn't quite sure what I would do with my day today. I accomplished things yesterday and now hope to do the same today. As I write this, I am cleaning off the windowsill and going to try fastening some old flannel sheets over the top of it and include the overhang where it is attached to the wall. I was going to buy some type of weatherization covering......but SO expensive for me! So I will test this and see how much it blocks the cold air coming in. I want to keep it looking nice even though I am the only one who sees it.
 
It was worth covering the windowsill yesterday because last night and this morning it was warmer in here. Rabbit's ears were not cold this morning.

It seems like Saturday was just here and here it is again! If it is not raining today, I might try to make it to the Grand Union with Jazzy. If I can't do it, maybe I will have to use Instacart again. Sonny has been pretty sick so not asking for him to take me. Besides I do not want to catch whatever it is that he has. It is so weird how the medical field operates..........he is very sick, but goes to his cardiologist (for his heart check-up) and they don't even mention the fact that he is sick. Same with the other doctor for his knee. I guess they only do what they have to do.

I have been trying to avoid the negative people in my building. They always find something to complain about and want to keep talking about it. No thanks. Funny how they applied to live here and wanted to move here and once they got here all they did (and still do) is complain. No place is going to be perfect but it is up to me to make my apartment perfect for me and Rabbit.

No matter what happens outside my apartment door I try to make the best of it. Personally nothing bad has happened to me here. Nor to them really. I could not imagine having to live anywhere else so I hope and pray nothing bad happens here.
 
I have not been coming here as much as I used to. Since I try to stay positive most of the time, I don't feel positive after having been here anymore. I know I should not let it bother me but ever since that topic of giving too many likes..........I have to think before I give one. I admit to giving loves or hugs a lot and maybe I did it too much. I just read the topic of what are you doing today and I see many likes, loves & hugs...........so other people can give them????? Or do certain people start a topic to try to start trouble or make other people uncomfortable here? It feels like some do.
 
katlupe said:
I have not been coming here as much as I used to. Since I try to stay positive most of the time, I don't feel positive after having been here anymore. I know I should not let it bother me but ever since that topic of giving too many likes..........I have to think before I give one. I admit to giving loves or hugs a lot and maybe I did it too much. I just read the topic of what are you doing today and I see many likes, loves & hugs...........so other people can give them????? Or do certain people start a topic to try to start trouble or make other people uncomfortable here? It feels like some do.
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Don't allow someone else's negativity stop you from doing what you normally do. I, too, give many likes, love and hugs. It makes me feel good to do so.

Just be yourself, Kat.
 
katlupe said:
I have not been coming here as much as I used to. Since I try to stay positive most of the time, I don't feel positive after having been here anymore. I know I should not let it bother me but ever since that topic of giving too many likes..........I have to think before I give one. I admit to giving loves or hugs a lot and maybe I did it too much. I just read the topic of what are you doing today and I see many likes, loves & hugs...........so other people can give them????? Or do certain people start a topic to try to start trouble or make other people uncomfortable here? It feels like some do.
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:) Do you remember what thread that was, Katlupe? I would like to read it.
 

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