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So sorry to hear all that Pepper and wish I was around the corner and could help out immediately ; can understand that staying at home and not going - I sometimes don't wanna make an effort to call my primary care transport system even!! - How is your "friends base" if you can excuse me from being nosey? Any other NYC members able to assist? This is the real bonus benefit of these sites imo?? or anyone who can be a telephone exchange operator for ya??
 

Pepper said:
My condition is very bad. It seems I should have died but didn't. Surgeon can't figure out how I'm still here, but I am. In agonizing pain left leg. The scariest part is I must take myself, without help, for various tests for my heart. Part of me wants to just stay home and die. Probable surgery again next week.

Sorry to be a downer, but that's the truth.
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Sorry Pepper! I wish I could help!
 
katlupe said:
I am in the process of organizing my kitchen again. I am buying a like new convection Magic Chef glass bowl convection oven from a seller on Marketplace for $10. I was going to walk to her house which is 3 blocks away but when I said I would walk she offered to bring it to me. I use a NuWave convection oven and it is old and I am afraid it will break soon. So when I saw this for ten bucks I thought I'd get it for back up. It is $94. on Amazon and doesn't have the best reviews. I don't always believe that people know how to use a product and then leave a bad review. So looking forward to getting it.
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I never heard of this before so looked it up. Hope it works well for you - it seems like a great gadget when cooking for one or two. Let us know what you think, ok?
 
Morning all folks.....woke way too early again, dang it, getting
to be a bad habit....prob the copd causing part of it, having
great breathing probs last couple days...should get some new
meds for it today,,,,,got the housecleaner/caregver lady coming
today....got to call the Palliative care person today, got a msg from her yesterday....busy busy....and I am just tired as can be...
Lately I know I am much more tired....so need more sleep I think, and maybe some vitamins.....catch u later on.....;)
 
packleader said:
Thanks for the compliment. May I make a few comments?

Living room: my wife sewed all the curtains for the house by herself. I built the large wall cabinet for the stereo and TV. The lamp, as most of our decorative items, was bought in Tijuana/Mexico. Maybe half of our furniture was bought unfinished. We glued the pieces together, stained them, and finished them with a coat of polyurethane. During the last few years, my wife had turned our living room into a playhouse for our grandson, but at age five he doesn't use it anymore. I already talked with my wife about getting rid of all those toys. Well, it has sentimental value.

My wife from Asia (my second wife) had no idea about house work. So, she burnt the turkey for our first Thanksgiving, and burnt a hole in the carpet with a hot iron. But she took home-economic classes and has become a perfect housewife. Her help was essential for improving the house that we had designed ourselves. A college grad student drew up the proper architectural designs, and a contractor (a friend of a co-worker) did the rest. My wife also took pottery classes, and I am using one of her cups to this day.

Well, I could write a book about buying the land, dealing with the bureaucracy, getting the percolation and compaction test done, hiring grading contractors, and all the rest. The builder suggested having the living room ceiling slanted for $500 extra, and I accepted. It makes the room look much more attractive. BTW, I spent $2K for extra insulation, like double pane windows, urea formaldehyde foam in the outer walls, and solid doors. On my own, I doubled the insulation in the attic. The money was spent well because it has saved us in utility bills many times over.

The final costs for our place were $18K for the 2 1/2 acre land and $52K for the house. Thanks to Proposition 13 of 1979, our annual property tax bill has barely doubled in some 50 years and is still less than $1.500. Each of our essential insurances cost more. And our utility bills have increased from $20 a month 50 years ago to about $400 last month (water, electricity, natural gas, telephone, and nowadays also the Internet. About 160 TV channels over the air are free of which maybe 1/3 are non-English speaking. For example, we have 4 Public Broadcasting Service stations with 14 channels.)

Top right picture: we are living sort of isolated, and security was one of our concerns. For example, I took a welding class, and during a practice welding class, I spot-welded all the wrought-iron work to protect the windows around the house. My wife did the rust-preventing painting of the iron work. --- About the center picture: my wife crochets this beautiful wall decoration by herself.

Bottom left: our original access road was poor, especially after rain. To have access to a better road, I had to build a bridge. I channeled the creek into a drainage pipe, laid the concrete foundation, had the driveway graded, dug out the bridge part, pulled up the sidewalls, and covered the job with railroad ties. That was 40 years ago, and we are still using the bridge every day.

With the help of my wife, I built carports for 5 cars, the original garage being first a game room and now a storage place. When my kids went to college and my wife studied for a graduate degree, we had six cars and P/U's and drove jointly about 150K miles a year. That's California where cars are a life necessity. My children got their first cars at age 16 and did some nonsense, like having unauthorized a boy in their car and driving over a fire hydrant. The water company charged me $1K, and most of the car repairs were done across the border in Mexico.

Well, our kids will inherit our house even though they already have their own houses. At that time, our house will need a *major* renovation because we hardly have done anything for the last many years. As a senior, I sort of slowed down a little bit (running out of steam.)

BTW, nothing is left of the original vegetation. Everything you can see has been planted by us, mostly in the late 1970's. That includes 200 Eucalypyus trees that we bought 6 inches tall for $80. In hindsight I regret it because I didn't realize at that time how tall they would grow. Yes, I made a few mistakes even though I did all work with proper permits.

Some building inspectors were a joke. When I dug in our 200 feet gas line 4 feet deep from the house to the meter at the gate, the inspector didn't even get out of his car and look before signing off on it. Otherwise, he would have noticed that I forgot to also place a metal line next to the gas pipe, so the gas line could be traced in the future for leaks caused by growing tree roots or an earthquake. Well, everyone makes mistakes, LOL.

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You and your wife have certainly done a lot of work on your place. I'm sure you enjoy your lovely home.

I liked reading the "saga"; got a laugh over the fire hydrant!

Thanks for your post! :)
 
Yanno that road to hell? Intention for today was to get out in the garden and dig weeds. So far the road has been graded and the base laid. Paving is next;) I don't feel like digging weeds.

It's very, very warm today. Humidity is 68%, and the barometer is dropping like an anchor. Muggy, overcast, smells like tornado, and we actually do have a tornado watch for tonight. It's only a Level 1 (out of five) so probably won't happen. We'll have plenty of rain, though, and maybe even thunderstorms.

It was another day in paradise. Somebody wasn't paying attention and allowed two bakery employees to be on vacation all week. Grrr. One is a part-time person who comes in after hours to get all the dated products off the shelves and tables, marks them down, shelves them in a spot set aside for marked down products. It's about a four-hour job. When she's not there, guess who gets to do it?

Every day we make up at least two racks of breads and pastries and put them in the cooler so they'll thaw overnight and can go into the proofer before being baked. Doing this saves about two hours of work first thing in the morning. It didn't get done yesterday.

When everything has been baked, it has to cool before being packaged. That's usually a couple of hours.

Thank heaven the croissants don't have to be proofed, but laying them out on trays, baking, cooling, packaging and labeling, takes a couple of hours.

There's a hard and fast rule that absolutely must be adhered to: dated products off the tables/shelves, fresh products on the tables/shelves by 9am. No exceptions. Ever. Or else. So far, nobody's told me what "or else" consists of, and it's rare that the hard and fast rule is adhered to. LOL!

I work six hours every morning. Don't do numbers but even I can see that these just don't compute:rolleyes:

Otherwise, it was a fine day in the bakery :) And thank heaven for BG, whose real, honest-to-goodness nickname is "Cookie" because baking cookies? Another couple of hours.

Nap time.
 
caramel said:
My neighbor woke me with his noise again this morning. But I was able to get back to sleep and got up feeling slightly hopeful. I was happy about my dusting yesterday and doing some coloring.

But the day turned negative with technical glitches at Walmart first getting fixed then breaking again.

I think I'm giving up on the day.
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I hope your day gets better @caramel. Try not to give up :)
 
Um...we now have a Level 3 threat of tornados tonight. Level 3? Eek. That means a more than 50% chance.

Today's pollen count is...are you sitting?...8740, the third highest pollen count since record keeping started. I wonder who has the job of counting pollen and how they do it? Picture a person sitting in an enclosed space with pollen, like a clear, Lucite cubicle, counting each particle...how do they keep track of what's been counted? I mean, they all look the same, right? :ROFLMAO:
 
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hawkdon said:
wMorning all folks.....woke way too early again, dang it, getting
to be a bad habit....prob the copd causing part of it, having
great breathing probs last couple days...should get some new
meds for it today,,,,,got the housecleaner/caregver lady coming
today....got to call the Palliative care person today, got a msg from her yesterday....busy busy....and I am just tired as can be...
Lately I know I am much more tired....so need more sleep I think, and maybe some vitamins.....catch u later on.....;)
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Seems like the pollen here is making me more sleepy lately. Do you have it?
 
Well here I am home from my travels..now racing towards 6pm...

I had to go and see my consultant at the hospital today. and indeed I am to be admitted. He's not sure when exactly that will be because he needs some ''government'' signatures on my records to give the go ahead/... ( I don't know why )... but anyway he said depending on how long that will take it could be a week before he gets the paperwork back, or it could be 4 months.. either way it will be happening. When I do go in I'll make a point of asking why the signature was needed..

After leaving the hospital I drove to the garden centre... which looks rubbish when it's overcast, not pretty at all.. but anyhow, I got myself a pair of blingy summer sandals, and a Cheesecloth tie/die top.. from the Clothing department, then had a cuppa tea in the cafe, before venturing into the Plant area.. where I was looking for some Rhododendrons
and azaleas... however then it suddenly dawned me that I have a potential buyer coming to view my house next week.. so I better hold back on buying any plants for a while yet..

very quiet on the roads and in the garden centre because so many people are away for Easter week.. so I wouldn't ordinarily be on the road between 3 and 7pm here because of the sheer volume of traffic but today was almost a joy...

@hearlady yes we have a lot of pollen here at mine . I'm not allergic but my daughter is, she suffers all summer.... she tries not to have too many plants in her garden
 
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Just a gorgeous morning walk. On the left are the San Gabriel Mtns. and on the right the San Bernardino Mtns.
If the last storm had been colder, the snow level would have been lower.

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I leave the pups tied on to each other when taking pictures. I learnt my lessons. One time, I tightened the collar on my 75 pound Doberman when she slipped out of my hands and gave chase to a coyote I hadn't seen. I searched and searched fearing the worst. In tears, I finally gave up and walked back to my car. There, Betsy was waiting and seemingly asking, "where have you been?"

Another time, Dobie Betsy and Boxer Heidi (Heidi 1; now I have Heidi 2) saw a deer and gave chase ... in the coyote country. I called my family and we searched and searched all over the 3,000 foot tall mountain. When it got dark, I went up one more time on the trail we usually take. Halfway up, both came down being totally thirsty and exhausted. I just hugged them in tears.

And a third story about Betsy: I walked on a narrow trail with Betsy leading and Heidi behind me without a leash. When I looked back, Heidi was gone. I told my Dobie, "look for Heidi," and she understood, leading me back on the trail, and then sharply turning left into thick brush, up and down until I finally saw Heidi in the distance. Luckily, coyotes are usually not active during daytime. Otherwise, my Boxer Heidi wouldn't have stood a chance in a coyote encounter. They look like a cute puppy but are so ferocious.

When we drove in my car, Dobie Betsy in the back seat, then she always rested her head on my shoulder. She was so sweet. Now she is sleeping peacefully in our pet cemetery together with a dozen other of our pups.
 
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Damp and gloomy here today. Rain, drizzle, mist, rain, drizzle...

But I got it in gear and got indoor-busy and even washed two more windows. Went out to bring in the trash barrel after pickup and I started slowing down. Late lunch, turned the heat up and put on a sweater, watched a little Rifftrax having a go at Plan 9 From Outer Space on Pluto TV under a throw blanket.

Before long though instead of nodding off somehow I was back to the races again and put a load of laundry in. Maybe the calories finally kicked in?

I guess April is always an erratic month, teasing us with nice days alternating with wet stretches.
 
Good evening
Was one of those days!
Started off by knocking over my cup of hot chocolate,then sat down to eat my Fried ( it is not FIRED autocorrect!)Egg on toast only to realise I hadn’t buttered the bread.
Then there was a serious medical emergency on the bus to Cardiff.Fortunately there was a nurse on her way to work at the hospital the bus serves aboard.
She was superb.As was the driver.Might have been a different outcome without that nurse.
Then the rain arriving early prevented my cricket team from wrapping up what looked like being certain victory.
So I’m glad to be back back home and am relaxing on the bed as I write this!
 
wow, it's been a day... got up at zero dark thirty to be at my daughter's to stay with the girls while she had an MD appt. (got like 5.5 hrs sleep)
Came home, crashed in bed
Just got up, made pancakes (was that brunch I just ate, lunch, early supper?? I don't know), watched the rest of the "Touch of Frost" episode I was 1/2 way through last night.

I really dislike feeling so muzzy-headed.

One son is mowing lawn, the other is preparing to sweep the carport and spray for spiders so I'm inside for the rest of the day. And of course it's supposed to storm tomorrow

I think I'll curl up with my new library book and just veg. TTFN
 
StarSong said:
I never heard of this before so looked it up. Hope it works well for you - it seems like a great gadget when cooking for one or two. Let us know what you think, ok?
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I have been using a NuWave convection oven for 6 years now and I love it. It is my oven. The stove in my apartment I have not used. In fact, they are taking it out and building a counter top with shelves underneath for my pots, pans & lids (which is what I stored in the oven of the stove). The Magic Chef I ran across on Marketplace yesterday by accident and thought I'd get it because the NuWave is old, it was used when I got it.
 
Georgiagranny said:
Yanno that road to hell? Intention for today was to get out in the garden and dig weeds. So far the road has been graded and the base laid. Paving is next;) I don't feel like digging weeds.

It's very, very warm today. Humidity is 68%, and the barometer is dropping like an anchor. Muggy, overcast, smells like tornado, and we actually do have a tornado watch for tonight. It's only a Level 1 (out of five) so probably won't happen. We'll have plenty of rain, though, and maybe even thunderstorms.

It was another day in paradise. Somebody wasn't paying attention and allowed two bakery employees to be on vacation all week. Grrr. One is a part-time person who comes in after hours to get all the dated products off the shelves and tables, marks them down, shelves them in a spot set aside for marked down products. It's about a four-hour job. When she's not there, guess who gets to do it?

Every day we make up at least two racks of breads and pastries and put them in the cooler so they'll thaw overnight and can go into the proofer before being baked. Doing this saves about two hours of work first thing in the morning. It didn't get done yesterday.

When everything has been baked, it has to cool before being packaged. That's usually a couple of hours.

Thank heaven the croissants don't have to be proofed, but laying them out on trays, baking, cooling, packaging and labeling, takes a couple of hours.

There's a hard and fast rule that absolutely must be adhered to: dated products off the tables/shelves, fresh products on the tables/shelves by 9am. No exceptions. Ever. Or else. So far, nobody's told me what "or else" consists of, and it's rare that the hard and fast rule is adhered to. LOL!

I work six hours every morning. Don't do numbers but even I can see that these just don't compute:rolleyes:

Otherwise, it was a fine day in the bakery :) And thank heaven for BG, whose real, honest-to-goodness nickname is "Cookie" because baking cookies? Another couple of hours.

Nap time.
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It is interesting to read how the process of behind the scenes of a bakery works. I never really thought about it before. That is a lot of work!
 

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