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dilettante said:
Called pharmacy yesterday to refill a prescription. Robot voice claimed "it is already in the work queue."

So today I go to pick it up, along with a new prescription from the Doc last Monday. New one: "dated for the 12th" so not available yet. The refill: "not ready yet, do you want to sit and wait or come back?"

The new prescription isn't their fault, but the refill suggests they are getting overworked to me. They weren't like this when I switched over to them last year, but I suppose other orphaned Rite-Aid customers finally got fed up with Walgreen's. Even the staff at the Doc's on Monday mentioned them by name as a pain to deal with: nearly impossible to get on the phone.

Walgreen's: Ack! Ptui!
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You were told it is the work queue not that it is ready.
 
I think I heard it all today. I've been taking a medication for two years to help keep me from developing glaucoma. A young eye doctor suggests I stop taking the medication for 6 six months to see if I develop glaucoma and go from there.

No........I will keep taking the medication and not be his guinea pig. While I'm at it..........I will not see him anymore.
 
Oldeagle66 said:
I think I heard it all today. I've been taking a medication for two years to help keep me from developing glaucoma. A young eye doctor suggests I stop taking the medication for 6 six months to see if I develop glaucoma and go from there.

No........I will keep taking the medication and not be his guinea pig. While I'm at it..........I will not see him anymore.
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Have you told him?
 
Oldeagle66 said:
I think I heard it all today. I've been taking a medication for two years to help keep me from developing glaucoma. A young eye doctor suggests I stop taking the medication for 6 six months to see if I develop glaucoma and go from there.

No........I will keep taking the medication and not be his guinea pig. While I'm at it..........I will not see him anymore.
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What a weird request! I'd find a new doctor too. Or, at least ask him his logic as to why his said that..
 
Had baby grandson for the day today. At 13 months old, he's at that wobbly walking stage. Six steps and he's down on his bum. Too cute, really. His sunny personality makes him easy to be with. We'll have his big brother (3 year old TGS) Sunday.

Before we know it, these two will be past this period. Like our older grandkids, their schools, sports, scouting and other activities will keep them busy. DH & I are savoring this early phase, greedily accepting as much time with them as we're offered and can comfortably manage.

We're grateful that they live nearby and that our DS & DDIL are so generous about giving us time with them.
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DSIL has to leave for work tomorrow morning at 6:30. I was gonna make blueberry scones in the morning but did it now so that he can take a couple with him.

@Mizmo Show up tomorrow for blueberry scones (providing my crew doesn't just eat them all tonight). @hawkdon Want some, too? I'll trade for biscuits and sausage gravy.

The rain is happening a few hours past when it was supposed to. I should have mowed the lawn this afternoon, but oh, well...
 
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spectratg said:
One of my four daughters drove me to Ohio yesterday for my 84-year old sister's funeral. Two of my other daughters joined us plus one son-in-law. (One of them had taken me to Ohio in March to see my sister one last time before she passed away.) My 88-year old, wheel-chair bound sister was also there. Both sisters have very large families and many of them were there as well. (They both have great-grandchildren in the same age range, infant to 14 years old, as my six grandchildren.) We got there in time for the wake, and the funeral was today. Then we drove home; daughters jobs prevented us from staying longer.
To make it worse, the husband (he's 65) of my niece (daughter of my sister who died) is in the terminal stage of advanced cancer. I expect to be going back to Ohio in the near future. :cry:
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Sorry about your loss, @spectratg. It's difficult to lose loved ones.
 
I walked to the post office around noon because I had to mail the RSVP to St. Jude. I received an invite for me and a friend (if I choose) to attend a donor appreciation luncheon. I was surprised to see that it will be held at a restaurant known for banquets, which is not too far from where I live. I invited a friend I met when we attended the senior center. I haven't seen her in a couple of years, but we talk by phone. She has such positive energy, so it's always a pleasure to be in her company. It was nice to feel back to myself again and be able to take that walk. I rewarded myself with ice cream from the convenience store across the street. :p

We didn't have hot water for about 20 hours, so as soon as that got fixed today, I ran the dishwasher, which I had loaded last night. I also made broccoli salad and low sugar pudding pie.
 
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@StarSong said: "Before we know it, these two [kids] will be past this period. Like our older grandkids, their schools, sports, scouting and other activities will keep them busy. DH & I are savoring this early phase, greedily accepting as much time with them as we're offered and can comfortably manage."

You can say that again. Between the time when they start talking till they start going to school, you are God for them. That's they only time in their lives that they are truly yours (aside as toddlers.) While camping at the Scammon's Lagoon in Baja California, where we went for whale watching, my younger daughter at age 5 gave me under the table her best cards because she wanted daddy to win. I wish it would be possible to freeze children at that age, to keep them forever at their golden age of childhood.

Starsong, you made me looking at our dozens of photo albums (before the advent of digital photography) to re-live the most precious time of my live. I would like to share some, but how to select the best among hundreds if not thousands of pictures? I am closing my eye and just grab a few.

They played at home where I built this for them ..................... and on playgrounds.

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Kids need different relationships, and pets are essential. On this pix: six months later, our Doberman puppy was taller than our daughters. And I will never forget: when my wife called the kids and they didn't come, then Ginger pulled them on her own by their panties to my wife (never under-estimate the intelligence of dogs.) Once I scolded my older daughter, and she run out in the garden. When she didn't come back, I searched for her. Then I heard a noise in the doghouse. I placed my ear on the wall and heard my daughter bitterly complaining to our dog how cruel daddy is.

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Children love camping. For them camping trips are unforgettable adventures. I will never forget: when we joined friends, who were camping in the boondocks, then my 4 year old daughter grabbed a five year old boy, and danced with him around the campfire. She also searched for firewood and dragged / brought back logs that were almost heavier than her. She just wanted to have a huge fire for our 4th of July camping trip. Over the fire, they roasted marshmallows and placed them between graham crackers, called "S'mores."

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Now my three Boxer dogs are my children. Yes, for them I am God. And they are more obedient than my kids ever were.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to handle them. At 66, 85, and 96 pounds, they are heavier and stronger than I am at 89 y/o.
 
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Another glorious , beautiful Sunny day.... 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌞

Both lawns and hedges look lovely after the gardeners work on them yesterday...

No plans for today.. this week has been very busy for me, so I'm looking forward to the rest.. altho' I might get up on the ladders and trim back the IVY ...

a few more pics from the garden centre yesterday.... they also have a miniature railway there too which was closed yesterday but will be open again this holiday weekend ...

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spectratg said:
One of my four daughters drove me to Ohio yesterday for my 84-year old sister's funeral. Two of my other daughters joined us plus one son-in-law. (One of them had taken me to Ohio in March to see my sister one last time before she passed away.) My 88-year old, wheel-chair bound sister was also there. Both sisters have very large families and many of them were there as well. (They both have great-grandchildren in the same age range, infant to 14 years old, as my six grandchildren.) We got there in time for the wake, and the funeral was today. Then we drove home; daughters jobs prevented us from staying longer.
To make it worse, the husband (he's 65) of my niece (daughter of my sister who died) is in the terminal stage of advanced cancer. I expect to be going back to Ohio in the near future. :cry:
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Georgiagranny said:
DSIL has to leave for work tomorrow morning at 6:30. I was gonna make blueberry scones in the morning but did it now so that he can take a couple with him.

@Mizmo Show up tomorrow for blueberry scones (providing my crew doesn't just eat them all tonight). @hawkdon Want some, too? I'll trade for biscuits and sausage gravy.

The rain is happening a few hours past when it was supposed to. I should have mowed the lawn this afternoon, but oh, well...
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Thank you GG. I will be in coffee shop around 11am for couple of the scones.
Such a treat ahead !!
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My lazy @zz is actually a sloth, my spirit animal🦥

DD is going to Sam's Club this morning. I don't wanna go because the store is too darned big, and I wear out before we're even halfway through. And because I get the "I wants" for stuff and spend money that's better spent on the garden. One can never have too many flowers.
 

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