Reflections of My Life

Just soaked my feet in cold water and will be putting on the compression stockings soon. Makes a difference!

Frustrated with the process of getting a new debit card and putting it in everywhere I need it. For some reason Walmart could not take it. So I removed the old one (same number) and put the new one in. Still would not take it. I had ordered groceries so had to put them on a credit card which I did not want to do. This is an example of why I hate changes. Every time I have to update or change something it is difficult.

I suppose that could be why some people do not want to learn how to be online with a computer or phone. I feel I have to keep learning new things and even if I do it all on a computer it is good for me. I accept the fact that I will most likely never have good mobility but I can live with it. I am not really a physical person anyway.

Even though I used to love race walking and working out with weights. I can walk though even if I have to do with it my walker. Maybe I can't use heavy weights (for me) on a barbell, I can use my dumbbells. I am going to order a 5 lb. set so I can increase the weight on my set. I only have 1# & 3# right now. But that is okay for starting out.
 

The district manager was here today. Before she left she put a notice on every door. Nobody can have unauthorized people staying in their apartment. One guy on the 3rd floor in a studio apartment had 3 homeless people living with him! If you violate that you can have your lease terminated. I must say, I am happy to see that. We have had a lot of homeless people hanging around here.

Yesterday one of them had 3 grocery carts and he emptied everything out of them on the picnic table. It looked like a hoarder's house! His girlfriend stays here because her sister lives here so he is always here. They both smoke all the time so must be they have a way to get money for that. And of course, their phones. So maybe they could use that money for rent somewhere.

Aside from all that, I have had a nice few days. Ever since my legs and feet have started feeling better. Got a lot of organizing done and trying not to put things off. Do them when they need to be done.
 
katlupe said:
@RadishRose

In Connecticut. Don't know if it is near you or not. But thought of you when I saw this.

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Yes it is near me about 15 miles. We have the black bear here too. They've been seen at our condo area trying to get into the trash dumpsters and there's woods behind the condominiums so they roam through there too. They're all over Connecticut .

Thanks for showing me this one.
 
They decided to organize their household better I guess.

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Then a few hours later............. someone must have called the police

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He tied all the carts, wagon and stroller together with a rope. It must he heavy and I can't imagine how he was able to move it. I noticed his girlfriend was not helping him very much. Just puffing on her cigarette. He is gone now and so is everyone else for now.

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These homeless people up close, make me thankful I do not have to live like that. There are problems living in this apartment building but they are the kind of problems you get when you live anywhere near other people. Just comes with the territory. I remember when I panicked if my car broke down! Now I don't even have one. I am thankful for that also. Vehicles are a big drain on the bank account.

When I think about it I have many reasons to be thankful. My life has not been that hard. The only hard things was my relationships with men. When I was younger I was attracted to the "bad guys" for some reason. When I married my first husband he was not a bad guy by any means but a business man. Up until then I did not want anything to do with men like that. He won me over by becoming friends with me at the bar I worked at. Bought me presents and took me out to dinners.

Yet he is the only one that had an FBI agent come to my house to question me for over two hours! One other guy I went with that would have been a not surprising outcome but not that husband. Well, that is life. Things are not always what they seem.
 
For some reason my feet and calves are not swelling much at all presently. Probably because I went back to the compression stockings. They are not hurting my knees now at all or the spot on my shins. Makes me wonder what was going on. Now it is only my shoulder that I have a problem with. I dealt with that yesterday by reaching that point of pain that I ordered a otc pain reliever from Walmart and started taking a very small dose. Almost immediate relief! So I can see now why people give in and take medications. I will be careful with it though.

Remember my friend with Dementia? She is living in the nursing home now. Her husband came to my door yesterday to tell me she had fallen. Flat on her face and has 2 black eyes and cut her forehead and got 7 stitches. She is using a stationary walker and tripped on it. Her husband is doing much better since he is not caring for her at home. He sees her daily at the nursing home.

My other friend who lives across the hall was taken to the hospital on Friday and no word back on her yet. I am afraid she won't be returning. She is a very special lady, 86 years old and has had a lifetime of health issues. I miss her a lot too.

Anyway right now I am making those baked eggs with pepperoni and cheddar cheese right now. Then going to make my supply of Keto Chow so I can have ice cream this week.

I experimented with a couple new products the last time I got groceries. One is called Real Chicken strips. It is frozen breaded chicken strips but is gluten free and low carbs. I wanted something in the freezer I could just heat and serve for those days when I want something I do not have to fuss with. Oh my gosh! That was SO good! Now I can bread things myself with my own recipe but these are good when I need that break.

The other product was Starbucks cold coffee. No sweeteners or creamers in it. Just plain black coffee. Very good! I am impressed! I won't be buying it regularly but from time to time. I just added heavy cream and it was good. I have sugar free syrups that would probably be good in it. But didn't do that this time.
 
Woke up this morning dreaming about Rabbit and me being somewhere outside. Moving to another house and I was carrying blankets and him. He got away from me and I could not find him. There was snow on the ground and a big dog running loose. I was frantic..............then I woke up! So glad for that I hate to think what might have happened to my little bunny boy.

4 big pigeons on the roof of the building next door looking down at our building. Wonder what that means? Now if it was a hawk or an eagle it would be a good sign (I think). Not sure about pigeons.

Yesterday I ended up being sick most of the day. Bad stomach for some reason. Maybe it was from taking those 2 tiny pain pills. That is the only thing I had that was different from my normal food. So as much as I didn't want the shoulder pain again (which it relieved) I didn't take the pills again. Still feel queezy this morning but am getting better. Coffee helps. That is why I never take any type of medications, OTC or prescribed. They never work for me or if they do, (as those did) they affect me in another way.
 
gruntlabor said:
:) Advil will destroy our kidneys in short order. My husband' s cardiologist told him that, if he MUST have something for pain, to take otc Tylenol as sparingly as possible.
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Well, I am not taking anything from now on. I will suffer through it. I never take anything and it was just that the pain in my shoulder was so bad. Now it seems to be gone.
 
katlupe said:
Well, I am not taking anything from now on. I will suffer through it. I never take anything and it was just that the pain in my shoulder was so bad. Now it seems to be gone.
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:) That's great!
Often when our pain seems to go chronic, if we take half a otc pain pill, the pain doesn't come back. Pain is not good for us. Inflammation raises cancer risk and raises blood pressure and all sorts of bad stuff.
I guess.
 
I hate being queasy @katlupe Do you have some ginger ale zevia? I'm sure you would have had some if you did.
I was contemplating taking some Tylenol for this bee sting I got this morning. Right on my stomach and darned if I didn't feel queasy. DH couldn't see a left over stinger. I put some lanocain on it and it helped so I'll skip the pain pill.
Hope you feel better soon.
 
hearlady said:
I hate being queasy @katlupe Do you have some ginger ale zevia? I'm sure you would have had some if you did.
I was contemplating taking some Tylenol for this bee sting I got this morning. Right on my stomach and darned if I didn't feel queasy. DH couldn't see a left over stinger. I put some lanocain on it and it helped so I'll skip the pain pill.
Hope you feel better soon.
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Ouch! Bee stings are the worst. I got so many of them at my house before I moved here. Usually from yellow jackets who made ground nests in our compost pile! If you are outside in your yard and get stung what works really well is to pick a leaf of plantain and tear it in half to get the juice out of it and put it on the sting. I used that all the time.
 
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