How is your day Today? Chat about your plans and achievements 2026....

Today so far, no rain. The sun is bright. Perfect time to get the tractor out and pick up deadfall so the mowing can begin. Got one dog on the table, he hates it, and got him all brushed out and trimmed. Next? Either outside mowing or inside vacuuming.

All in all, so far a productive day.
 
Well, I achieved a lot today. I set the day aside to get all finances in order. Do you believe I've been at it since about 8:00?
That's ok because now I feel I can go about the day without that weighing on me. It's taken a while to gather everything, cancel and close things, and organize bills on a spreadsheet. Just all-around organized finances.
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HoneyNut said:
My tongue is slowly getting better, applesauce and runny-mush ("grits") are no problem now, and I nibbled a few inches of soft ripened banana.

Oatmeal is still too difficult, so I didn't even attempt making egg salad. I'm getting so tired of Greek yogurt already. But I'm proud of myself for throwing away unopened a pint of Haagen Dazs ice cream (but have kept the individual size ones I bought). Don't know how to eat any vegetables other than pureed baby food but 'pears and peas' was yucky, 'apples and broccolli' was barely better, no wonder babies spit this stuff out.

I woke up several times last night with bad leg cramps, so I had some Cream of Chicken soup today and added a bunch of salt.

I'm used to eating being fun so this liquidy soft food experience is challenging, though I think the real problem is I'm constantly low-grade-nauseous, not sure why, maybe the tongue is weeping drainage fluid. Bizarre to not even want to eat ice cream.

Yesterday's protest was disappointing because I was with a disability-friendly outing and so we were bused to an alternate protest site (not the main downtown mall) and walked a couple blocks, stood and listened to speeches, then walked back and were bused home. OTOH, I was still in the 'no exercise' post-procedure time period, so it was conveniently appropriate.
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I understand that pickle juice is good for leg cramps. I think it replaces some electrolytes
 
hearlady said:
Well, I achieved a lot today. I set the day aside to get all finances in order. Do you believe I've been at it since about 8:00?
That's ok because now I feel I can go about the day without that weighing on me. It's taken a while to gather everything, cancel and close things, and organize bills on a spreadsheet. Just all-around organized finances.
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Oh I believe it... that's so easy to do.... I just asked Alexa what time it is in NC.. it's 1.50pm...... it's almost 7pm here....

Thankfully you've got that weight off your shoulders...

I've been the same many times here for hours working on finances or similar...

Today is another one of those days delaing with Estate agents, and property searches... the day has just flown by. I just realised I hadn't eaten all day so a few minutes ago I popped a Chicken & Asparagus pie into the oven.

I was reading a 65 year old who had downsized from his house to an apartment, and he was saying that despite him being realtively fit for his age, it took a big toll on him which he wasn't expecting both physically an emotionally...

He recommended that anyone of our age who is doing it all alone whose thinking of moving, should set aside 3 months to sort decades of STUFF.. ... so I'm going to remember that because I have a ton of stuff !...but I'm really going to spend this year actively tryinng to find a place suitable for everything I need befre my knees get much worse and stop me from climbing the stairs completely

I've looked at a few apartments now.. new builds.. beautiful inside, but I can't believe that so far not one of them has parking... can you even believe that ?.. Either you have to park on the street and pay for a Parking permit for the local authority.. ( expensive).. or park at the public car parks nearby.. at a cost

Ridiculous.. building apartments with no car parking spaces... !:cautious:
 
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I'm home, had a good day in town.

I got the insoles for my shoes, I'll cut them to size later.

I also got a new wrist guard to replace the junky one that I wear on my right wrist while skating. I like this new one and I'm thinking about replacing the one for my left wrist, too. That is a really good brace, that I got from the Orthopedic Surgeon that I had over 20 years ago. It still works and feels OK, but it's starting to shred.

Also, I got a new nail file!!!!!! YEA!!!!! All of my files are over 40 years old. I've been wanting to look for a new one, but I keep on forgetting to put it on my list. I'll try this one for a while. If it passes my criteria (I'm super fussy about my files), I'll get a few more.
 
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I'm home, had a good day in town.

I got the insoles for my shoes, I'll cut them to size later.

I also got a new wrist guard to replace the junky one that I wear on my right wrist while skating. I like this new one and I'm thinking about replacing the one for my left wrist, too. That is a really good brace, that I got from the Orthopedic Surgeon that I had over 20 years ago. It still works and feels OK, but it's starting to shred.

Also, I got a new nail file!!!!!! YEA!!!!! All of my files are over 40 years old. I've been wanting to look for a new one, but I keep on forgetting to put it on my list. I'll try this one for a while. If it passes my criteria (I'm super fussy about my files), I'll get a few more.
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Do you use metal files?
 
hollydolly said:
Oh I believe it... that's so easy to do.... I just asked Alexa what time it is in NC.. it's 1.50pm...... it's almost 7pm here....

Thankfully you've got that weight off your shoulders...

I've been the same many times here for hours working on finances or similar...

Today is another one of those days delaing with Estate agents, and property searches... the day has just flown by. I just realised I hadn't eaten all day so a few minutes ago I popped a Chicken & Asparagus pie into the oven.

I was reading a 65 year old who had downsized from his house to an apartment, and he was saying that despite him being realtively fit for his age, it took a big toll on him whcih he wasn't expecting both physically an emotionally...

He recommended that anyone of our age who is doing it all alone whose thinking of moving, should set aside 3 months to sort decades of STUFF.. ... so I'm going to remember that because I have a ton of stuff !...but I'm really going to spend this year actively tryinng to find a place suitable for everything I need befre my knees get much worse and stop me from climbing the stairs completely

I've looked at a few apartments now.. new builds.. beautiful inside, but I can't believ that so far not one of them has parking... cn you even believe that ?.. Either you have to park on the street and pay for a Parking permit for the local authority.. ( expensive).. or park at the public car parks nearby.. at a cost

Ridiculous.. building apartments with no car parking spaces... !:cautious:
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I hope you can find a place. Seems you got discouraged last time you looked.
 
hearlady said:
I hope you can find a place. Seems you got discouraged last time you looked.
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yes absolutely HR.... the difficulty for me is 3 fold... 1....this country has a great shortage of affordable housing... and even less affordable housing for older people in areas where older people would prefer to live...ergo..near public transport.. hospitals shops etc..
2.. secondly having looked at new build apartments.. some are very badly built..looks beautiful from outside but have gone up in a hurry and in a very short period of time are suffering a myriad of problems.....
3. I have discovered so many places now don't have parking.... and you have to park on the road, at a big annual expense of a permit. Which apparently doesn't even guarantee you a space... it just means you're allowed to park there during certain hours IF there's a space...
 
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Trila said:
I'm home, had a good day in town.

I got the insoles for my shoes, I'll cut them to size later.

I also got a new wrist guard to replace the junky one that I wear on my right wrist while skating. I like this new one and I'm thinking about replacing the one for my left wrist, too. That is a really good brace, that I got from the Orthopedic Surgeon that I had over 20 years ago. It still works and feels OK, but it's starting to shred.

Also, I got a new nail file!!!!!! YEA!!!!! All of my files are over 40 years old. I've been wanting to look for a new one, but I keep on forgetting to put it on my list. I'll try this one for a while. If it passes my criteria (I'm super fussy about my files), I'll get a few more.
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40 year old Nail files ?...wow !.... I go through nail files like there's no tomorrow..lol
 
Babs2u said:
Make it easier on yourself. Don't look at anything that doesn't include parking.
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yes but that's proving very difficult, because now parking has become a premium which means the cost of the apartment is sky high....

The trouble also is that agents lie.. No chit sherlock.😖. but blatent lies...

The last 2 said they had parking..in fact one of them specified there was 3 spaces... yes but they failed to mention they were on the road outside... where you had to buy a permit where 50 other people were vying to use them...
 
Completed most post processing from my recent 3 wildflower road trips. That gives me time now to start more planning for a potential 9-day backpacking trip mid to late July that still requires obtaining a wilderness permit on recreation dot gov. Thursday eventing may drive up to San Francisco to a 500 person venue for a touring Los Angeles rock band. Street parking for free in San Francisco is difficult, requiring avoiding areas with parking meters and residential parking permit zones. Of course, they want people to you expensive parking garages and lots. Thus worked on where I might do so legally.
 
hollydolly said:
yes but that's proving very difficult, because now parking has become a premium which means the cost of the apartment is sky high....

The trouble also is that agents lie.. No chit sherlock.😖. but blatent lies...

The last 2 said they had parking..in fact one of them specified there was 3 spaces... yes but they failed to mention they were on the road outside... where you had to buy a permit where 50 other people were vying to use them...
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I was watching a video of a couple who sold their big home and moved into a tiny house community. It is an option but not if you want company. Everything has to be just right to have room.
They had lived and travelled in a motor home In between for three years so they were somewhat used to it.
 
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hearlady said:
I was watching a video of a couple who sold their big home and moved into a tiny house community. It is an option but not if you want company. Everything has to be just right to have room.
They had lived and travelled in a motor home In between for three years so they were somewhat used to it.
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here it's a little different, most of us don't have great big houses like in the USA... our standard houses are 3 or 4 bedroom with 1 or 2 bathrooms.. so downsizing to a 1 or 2 bedroom..isn't as much of a stretch for us, as it might be for an American..

Anyway it's not so much the size..its that I really don't want stairs any more.. the arthritis in my knees is not getting better, so it's painful to climb the stairs sometimes.. and I want to move to a single floor before it gets much worse
 
Afternoon peeps of SF...
It's been a day of calling medical institutions...

I finally got through to the hospital that I tried to contact yesterday, and then was transferred to 3 different departments, before they said '' if you haven't heard from us in 3 weeks give us another call''... that's for the follow up for my Biopsy :unsure:

Then I called my GP.. because yesterday they said that they would send me an appt to see a doctor.. they didn't.. and when I called today to see when the appt would be.. she said..

quote' ''oh it looks like your apointment was emailed to ourselves instead of you''... :cautious: so if I hadn't called today to chase this up, it would have gone down on their records that I just didn't turn up for my appointment .. which is tomorrow..

bear in mind with both of these calls..I was on hold for approimately 20 minutes before they answered the phone...


NHS on it's knees

then lastly ,,I called the dentist, they answered the phone within a few seconds , very nice receptionist unlike the miseries that answered the phone at the hospital ... ...they couldn't give me an appt this next 2 weeks because the children are off school for Easter so they're fully booked, but she told me to chose an appt for when i was available which I did...

Difference?.. the dentist is privately run not NHS
 
Happy April Fools Day, peeps!

No GKs today, so I'll be diving back into the business spreadsheets after hanging out here for a while and having breakfast. It rained overnight - the only March rain we got this year (and it got here right under the wire!). The weather people say it was roughly 1/3". Enough to give the plants a nice drink. Rain will be scarce from now until December.

Getting a haircut today - it's been ages. It seems no matter what I tell stylists, they always cut it shorter than I want, and I'm enjoying wearing it longer than usual.

When my hair was still wet this morning (and therefore straight) from my shower, I made a mark on the side of my neck with a Sharpie(!), and will tell her that when it's wet I don't want the bottom length any shorter than that. Top layers, yes, bottom layers, no. When dry, my hair loses 1.5 - 2" in length from the curls.

Hope all of you can enjoy a great, prank-free, pain-free day!
 
StarSong said:
Happy April Fools Day, peeps!

No GKs today, so I'll be diving back into the business spreadsheets after hanging out here for a while and having breakfast. It rained overnight - the only March rain we got this year (and it got here right under the wire!). The weather people say it was roughly 1/3". Enough to give the plants a nice drink. Rain will be scarce from now until December.

Getting a haircut today - it's been ages. It seems no matter what I tell stylists, they always cut it shorter than I want, and I'm enjoying wearing it longer than usual.

When my hair was still wet this morning (and therefore straight) from my shower, I made a mark on the side of my neck with a Sharpie(!), and will tell her that when it's wet I don't want the bottom length any shorter than that. Top layers, yes, bottom layers, no. When dry, my hair loses 1.5 - 2" in length from the curls.

Hope all of you can enjoy a great, prank-free, pain-free day!
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I find they do that with me Star... that's a great idea of yours to mark the place where you don't want it cut any shorter.

My hair is becoming thinner and thinner.. and now the salons tell me that I'm better not getting any layers any more, because one length makes hair look thicker...
 
hollydolly said:
My hair is becoming thinner and thinner.. and now the salons tell me that I'm better not getting any layers any more, because one length makes hair look thicker...
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Mine has stayed about the same thickness. My kind of curls lend themselves well to layering.

I'll also have some blond highlights woven in, which I have done a couple of times a year. Not a lot of color, just enough to take some of the edge off the white and grey. I'm not about return to slavehood for maintaining hair coloring. Been there, done that, stopped when the pandemic hit and never regretted the decision.
 
StarSong said:
Mine has stayed about the same thickness. My kind of curls lend themselves well to layering.

I'll also have some blond highlights woven in, which I have done a couple of times a year. Not a lot of color, just enough to take some of the edge off the white and grey. I'm not about return to slavehood for maintaining hair coloring. Been there, done that, stopped when the pandemic hit and never regretted the decision.
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I've only ever had my hair coloured Once at a salon.. and that was just a half head highlights.... so far my hair is not grey..altho' its starting to go that way slightly around the crown
 
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