Gentle posts for gentle folks

[CallMeKate]

Good morning, everyone... up and at'em. I'm up, but "at'em" will have to wait for a while. I'm so sorry to hear about the illnesses and issues that are coming up for some of you to have to deal with. Glad to hear that the extra rest allowed you to get that grocery order in and paperwork completed, Kaila!

 

[katlupe]

Good Morning, Kaila & Friends! Hope you all have a nice day!

 

[Medusa]

Good Morning, Kaila and Friends.

We have a high of 86F/30C with a 50% chance of rain so it's going to be a steamy day.

Yesterday, I found two (count them) very small dark spots on my left-front teeth. They are tiny and I have to turn my head to see them, but they are there. So... I'll be making another dentist appointment.

I don't get it; I am fastidious about my teeth. Why is this happening to me? I rage to the skies!

Other than that, it's the usuals for me today.

Hope everyone is feeling good this morning.

 

[Pinky]

Hope everyone has a nice day. We're going out for a few hours,
as the a/c is being turned off due to maintenance.

See you all later!

 

[CallMeKate]

Good morning! Everyone ready for the change in seasons? I sure hope so, 'cause here we are! Goodness, Kaila, wasn't it just yesterday that we sat here being excited because spring had finally arrived?!

 

[Pam]

Good morning, all. A beautiful sunshiny day here. I've had my breakfast, washed the pots, washed my hair so looking reasonable again. About to take Rocco out before it gets too hot for him, plus granddaughter is coming round after her final school assembly, probably mid morning.

Hope you all have a good day.

@Kaila - managed to get a photo of the cygnets yesterday.

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Medusa]

Good Morning, Kaila and Friends.

It's just going to be hot today in the Mid-Atlantic Region. No rain and a high of 83F/28C.

Husband is off today which is always nice.

Boyfriend is working, but he's in England so by the time he's off work it's only about 1330 here.

I had a hard day with anxiety yesterday and am hoping for better today. I'm trying to employ tools, which is helpful to an extent, but gets hard to do when anxiety inflates into a giant, scary thing from the basement.

I have therapy on Monday, and we'll talk about it. She'll likely remind me of tools I've forgotten and help me see things I already know, but am too anxious to focus on. Which is why I'm not cancelling therapy, even though I really want to.


Thought this was cute.


@Pam, have a nice time with your granddaughter today.

@CallMeKate, the girl in your meme reminds me of one of my beloved Chibi girls from my coloring books.

@RadishRose, that meme is just sweet. Who doesn't love dandelions and puppies?

@Kaila and everyone here, hope you woke feeling hale and hearty this Friday morning! Let's make today our bitch! (LOL, I'm in mental warrior mode. )

 

[RadishRose]

feel better Medusa!
Everyone....

 

[RadishRose]

Today is DGS birthday.
Won't see him but sent him a nice shirt and some socks via Amazon.

 

[Kaila]

Good morning to each one of you, today on Friday.

Thank you for lifting my spirits, this morning, with your posts!

I got very worn out in every way, yesterday. I hope i can gradually regain a little strength today.

That's a wonderful photo of the signets,
@Pam
They have grown so much, too!

Suddenly very hot and summery here too like all of you.
We haven't been able to get our air conditioner put into our window yet. Hopefully will Monday or Tuesday!

My P.T. went well, early yesterday morning, but I went very downhill afterwards. Which continued thru the evening.

In addition there were problems with the grocery order, and I'm still having trouble eating, from a slow recovery from my recent dental surgeries.

Today, we are trying to make broth and pureed chicken.

I'm thinking of all of you!

 

[Medusa]

Today is DGS birthday.
Won't see him but sent him a nice shirt and some socks via Amazon.

Happy Birthday to your Grandson!

 

[Kaila]

Hang in there, @Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Good morning to each one of you, today on Friday.

Thank you for lifting my spirits, this morning, with your posts!

I got very worn out in every way, yesterday. I hope i can gradually regain a little strength today.

That's a wonderful photo of the signets,
@Pam
They have grown so much, too!

Suddenly very hot and summery here too like all of you.
We haven't been able to get our air conditioner put into our window yet. Hopefully will Monday or Tuesday!

My P.T. went well, early yesterday morning, but I went very downhill afterwards. Which continued thru the evening.

In addition there were problems with the grocery order, and I'm still having trouble eating, from a slow recovery from my recent dental surgeries.

Today, we are trying to make broth and pureed chicken.

I'm thinking of all of you!

Sorry things went a bit downhill for you, @Kaila. Sending positive thoughts and .

Don'tcha hate that when the grocery order doesn't arrive as you've ordered it? Ugh. I usually ask my husband to do "no substitutions" because I really don't want other than the thing I ordered, but then, of course, I have to deal with it if want I ordered isn't in.

Hope things go well with your broth and chicken. Hey, there's also, yogurt, mashed potatoes and gravy, pureed soups, applesauce, ice cream (you've already picked the best one ), hummus, mashed avocado, oatmeal, and maybe, pancakes? They're soft and squishy.

LOL. This is on my mind too, of late as I'll be having fillings again soon.

Wishing you good things!

 

[Elsie]

Good Morning, Kaila and Friends.

It's just going to be hot today in the Mid-Atlantic Region. No rain and a high of 83F/28C.

Husband is off today which is always nice.

Boyfriend is working, but he's in England so by the time he's off work it's only about 1330 here.

I had a hard day with anxiety yesterday and am hoping for better today. I'm trying to employ tools, which is helpful to an extent, but gets hard to do when anxiety inflates into a giant, scary thing from the basement. View attachment 431497

I have therapy on Monday, and we'll talk about it. She'll likely remind me of tools I've forgotten and help me see things I already know, but am too anxious to focus on. Which is why I'm not cancelling therapy, even though I really want to.

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Thought this was cute.


@Pam, have a nice time with your granddaughter today.

@CallMeKate, the girl in your meme reminds me of one of my beloved Chibi girls from my coloring books.

@RadishRose, that meme is just sweet. Who doesn't love dandelions and puppies?

@Kaila and everyone here, hope you woke feeling hale and hearty this Friday morning! Let's make today our bitch! (LOL, I'm in mental warrior mode. )
View attachment 431503

Good Morning, Kaila and Friends.

It's just going to be hot today in the Mid-Atlantic Region. No rain and a high of 83F/28C.

Husband is off today which is always nice.

Boyfriend is working, but he's in England so by the time he's off work it's only about 1330 here.

I had a hard day with anxiety yesterday and am hoping for better today. I'm trying to employ tools, which is helpful to an extent, but gets hard to do when anxiety inflates into a giant, scary thing from the basement. View attachment 431497

I have therapy on Monday, and we'll talk about it. She'll likely remind me of tools I've forgotten and help me see things I already know, but am too anxious to focus on. Which is why I'm not cancelling therapy, even though I really want to.

View attachment 431501
Thought this was cute.


@Pam, have a nice time with your granddaughter today.

@CallMeKate, the girl in your meme reminds me of one of my beloved Chibi girls from my coloring books.

@RadishRose, that meme is just sweet. Who doesn't love dandelions and puppies?

@Kaila and everyone here, hope you woke feeling hale and hearty this Friday morning! Let's make today our bitch! (LOL, I'm in mental warrior mode. )
View attachment 431503

You have my sympathy over your suffering anxiety. Anxiety is also a component of Essential Tremor and when it is bad it is very hard to bear. And quite scary. Harder to bear even than full body badly shaking! I breathe deeply, pray for relief, and force myself to do some activity, till it passes. When it pops up during the night and wakens me, it prevents me going back to sleep. Avoiding high histamine foods I think has been helping to lessen its occurrence and severity. Fingers crossed. Best wishes for you receiving permanent help.

 

[Fritz]

Good morning Kaila and friends.

Glad to see you're doing alright Kaila. Mmmm...pureed chicken. Nummy! *grins* I know it's good when you're super hungry. I hope today is a better day for you!

 

[JustBonee]

Wishing you strength @Kaila and a day of less pain. You need a rolling A/C that doesn’t need to be lifted. They work as well.

The summer heat is on all over the country which then brings bad storms …can’t win.

Happy Birthdy to your Grandson @RadishRose .. probably his son will enjoy it more.

.. to all

 

[Medusa]

You have my sympathy over your suffering anxiety. Anxiety is also a component of Essential Tremor and when it is bad it is very hard to bear. And quite scary. Harder to bear even than full body badly shaking! I breathe deeply, pray for relief, and force myself to do some activity, till it passes. When it pops up during the night and wakens me, it prevents me going back to sleep. Avoiding high histamine foods I think has been helping to lessen its occurrence and severity. Fingers crossed. Best wishes for you receiving permanent help.

Thank you, @Elsie. I'm wishing healing and peace for you as well.

 

[Kaila]

Sorry things went a bit downhill for you, @Kaila. Sending positive thoughts and View attachment 431508.

Don'tcha hate that when the grocery order doesn't arrive as you've ordered it? Ugh. I usually ask my husband to do "no substitutions" because I really don't want other than the thing I ordered, but then, of course, I have to deal with it if want I ordered isn't in.

Hope things go well with your broth and chicken. Hey, there's also, yogurt, mashed potatoes and gravy, pureed soups, applesauce, ice cream (you've already picked the best one ), hummus, mashed avocado, oatmeal, and maybe, pancakes? They're soft and squishy.

LOL. This is on my mind too, of late as I'll be having fillings again soon.

Wishing you good things!

I too, always put on grocery orders, in more than one spot!!!!!..... Not to substitute anything other than the specific substitute I list for Only the specific items.

Therefore they've never given me the unwanted dreaded subs!

However, they sometimes give me a bad date code, even though i note that also. Not to give me any meat or dairy, that doesn't have at least 2 or 3 days left on it.

****
This time, they did not give me Any chicken or Any potatoes. They printed reasons that I have no acceptable subs , But I DID list acceptable subs for those. UGH.

AND those were the most wanted reason for the entire order yesterday.

It necessitated extra steps, in order to get the subs that i Had specifically requested.
Whew.
I can't walk the aisles, now, and neither can dh!

But we're working on the cooking today.

 

[Medusa]

I too, always put on grocery orders, in more than one spot!!!!!..... Not to substitute anything other than the specific substitute I list for Only the specific items.

Therefore they've never given me the unwanted dreaded subs!

However, they sometimes give me a bad date code, even though i note that also. Not to give me any meat or dairy, that doesn't have at least 2 or 3 days left on it.

****
This time, they did not give me Any chicken or Any potatoes. They printed reasons that I have no acceptable subs , But I DID list acceptable subs for those. UGH.

AND those were the most wanted reason for the entire order yesterday.

It necessitated extra steps, in order to get the subs that i Had specifically requested.
Whew.
I can't walk the aisles, now, and neither can dh!

But we're working on the cooking today.

I feel your pain there with not getting the things you ordered, or put in acceptable replacements for! That's why I stopped with the replacements; oh forget it. Husband has been on the phone with InstaCart, explaining, getting refunds, more than once.

It is worth the convenience, most of the time, but I can't say much about it either way as husband is the one who does the shopping when not having it delivered. But it is frustrating when you've taken the time to provide explicit instructions and they are not followed.

Glad you ultimately got what you needed.

You know, conversely, it is really nice and does make it all the more appreciated when you get a really good shopper.

 

[Kaila]

Thank you for those easy- eat food ideas,
@Medusa

I sure would gobble up some hummus, or some mashed avocado right now!

I had to give up ice cream for now, because i got a bad fungal infection (yeast.. thrush) in my mouth mostly due to that.

And regarding yogurt, I switched off of husband's sweet vanilla treat yogurt, to plain, and it's good, but I have limited capacity to digest dairy.

But let's see.....another grocery order for avocado and hummus????

Should I call 911 for that emergency?

Or could I call emergency car road service for that?

 

[Medusa]

Thank you for those easy- eat food ideas,
@Medusa

I sure would gobble up some hummus, or some mashed avocado right now!

I had to give up ice cream for now, because i got a bad fungal infection (yeast.. thrush) in my mouth mostly due to that.

And yogurt, I switched off of husband's sweet vanilla treat yogurt, to plain, and it's good, but I have limited capacity to digest dairy.

But let's see.....another grocery order for avocado and hummus????

Should I call 911 for that emergency?

Or could I call emergency car road service for that?

Yeesh, sorry about the thrush. That's all you needed.

Or could I call emergency car road service for that?

 

[Kaila]

I had a bit more strength later in the day, but used it up too quickly.

Ah well, we got the chicken cooked, and half of it pureed. Which was delicious with the potato.

Will finish the broth tomorrow and the other half pureed.

Very tired and worn out... heading to bed very soon.

Good night to all of you.
🕰

 

[Jules]

Tell those teeth to hurry up and heal. You’re getting hungry for some good grub.

 

[CallMeKate]

Happy Saturday, everyone... and happy summer! I'm gearing up for the much-talked-about heat wave that is about to hit. AC is good, I have enough fans, I'll be fine and hope the rest of you who'll be dealing with it will stay cool enough as well! Kaila, if you're in the heat wave zone, I hope you were able to find someone to install that AC for you!