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Good morning, I am feeling better today and thank you for your nice reactions.

Sorry to read about the feelings with daughters. I have a daughter and understand some of those feelings, too.

All those feeling sick today, I wish all of you well along with everyone on here.:)
 

Good rainy morning! It's supposed to rain all day long. Dare we hope? Yesterday's rain got pushed out from 11am to noon to 3pm to 5pm and on and on. I woke up about 2:30 this morning, and it still wasn't raining, but when I finally rolled out of bed at almost 7, the rain was already well under way. Along with the rain, we get cooler temps. Right now it's only 69. Ahhhh.

All I've managed to do so far is empty the litter box and take a shower. Hm. Well, there's all day long to think of something or somethings to optimize. Yanno that closet that really, really needs to be cleaned out? Yeah, that one. The only closet I have. It's one of those spots where stuff gets tossed that doesn't have a home yet, figuring I'll put it away later, then shut the door ;).

For sure there won't be any gardening done, but I can sit in the kitchen and look out there while I plan next year's flower beds.

Carry on. Stay cool and/or dry.
 
Morning all, on my early walk at 6:45, temp was 64 as I walked to the signal light at end of Gates driveway, then crossed the street walked 2 blocks and came back the other way before breakfast
The only plans today having brunch at noon in the dining room, with 3 church friends,Bill,I live around the corner from him, Val lives on 1st floor, Jerry, on the 4th floor He made the reservation yesterday,brunch reservations have to be in by 9:30am on Sun We don;t see each other sometimes during the week, this is a good way to catch up
I won;t be talking with my brother this afternoon as we usually do, he& his family are in Europe,come home Sat 9th.The rest of my day read local paper, take afternoon walk,read my book
 

Georgiagranny said:
I did it, and I'll never do it again! DGD insisted that frozen cherries could be used for cherry scones. I asked that famous chef, Herr Google. He said it's fine. Um. No. They thaw way too fast and turn the dough into an ugly color. They're in the oven as we speak and dammit, they'd better be good.
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The cherries were so good and reasonably priced this year that I was sorely tempted to buy a bunch, pit and freeze. My uncertainty about how well their fleshy texture would fare after freezing kept me from doing so.

GG, how do you typically use frozen cherries and do you find them worthwhile to freeze?
 
I'm back.
Procedure lasted almost 4 hours. They gave me so much drugs even I couldn't handle it. Out of procedure at noon, went home by 4pm.

Son with me. When he left to get the car to take me home I started crying and couldn't stop. Any courage I had left when son went. My primitive brain took over and I lost my humanity. So many drugs, I was so f'd up couldn't think.

On Friday, son and grandson came to visit for the cats' birthday. They are two years old. Grandson brought wonderful gifts to entice them. Son & grandson played with them for hours. Grandson so delighted! He was laughing for hours. Son helped with a little shopping for me.

Yesterday was only able to walk from basement to front of house. Sat on stairs & read book, then would stand for a long time, etc. Made my way back to basement, then back to front. Out for two hours. Great book, too. Watched my soaps that I missed, still have one episode left of Beyond The Gates. Anita Dupree takes stage to sing. That should be fun.

Today? More walking, maybe I can even make it to park to read.

My primitive brain took over these past few days. I am finding it near impossible to calm myself down. I just lose it. I've never been totally "normal" but now, at 76, it's gotten so much worse. My health problems overwhelm me. All I want to do is stay home in peace. Peace. Searching for it all my life. Peace. Peace of mind. Failed, a failure.

This experience was horrible and I feel infantile. Don't know how to deal with myself.
 
hearlady said:
I've had a full day. The vegetable lasagna I made ahead for family dinner tomorrow was very involved. Someone better love it! 😁
I also made ahead some stuffed mushrooms. I cut up both a small watermelon and a large cantelope. The cantelope is good the watermelon not so much. I cheated and sprinkled it with a little sugar. Is that wrong? 😉 I peeled fresh potatoes and put them in a bowl of water in the frig to cook tomorrow for the ones who don't want that cheesy lasagna with the meatloaf I'll make tomorrow.
Salad with fresh tomatoes and cukes, garlic bread. Strawberry shortcake from strawberries picked in the spring.
Should be a feast.
Now, I will let them know I do this because I can. I'm retired and caught up and I know they're all busy, busy. However, they will all retire in the next ten to fifteen years and I expect to re-retire and go to their houses and eat. That's fair right?
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That all sounds so delicious, @hearlady! My mouth is watering. :)
 
Good Sunday morning, all. August 3.

My 3 yr old GS came yesterday. We swam, did a little Costco Business Center shopping, came back home to play for a while, watch some Paw Patrol, and before we knew it, it was time for him to go home. I so love my time with that adorable creature.

Last night? Well, as GG says, it was a lacy night's sleep from start to finish. I finally cut bait on the operation and got out of bed at 5. Since TGS came yesterday and we knocked CBC off the to-do, we'll be on our own today with no errands on the schedule. Translation: naps are a possibility.

@Pepper, I'm glad your surgery went well and hope you can pull yourself out of that funk very soon. 🤗
 
Georgiagranny said:
Have y'all noticed that @hearlady seems to be ignoring the fact that "we" have invited ourselves to dinner :D ?
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We'll just show up. Ring the bell and speak a little southernese, "We-uns were nearby and decided to drop in to be neighborly and say, @hearlady, what's that divine aroma coming from your kitchen? Are those stuffed mushrooms? Wanna pass that platter this way, please? Nevermind, we'll come in and get it ourselves, don't want to put you to any trouble."
 
Pepper said:
I'm back.
Procedure lasted almost 4 hours. They gave me so much drugs even I couldn't handle it. Out of procedure at noon, went home by 4pm.

Son with me. When he left to get the car to take me home I started crying and couldn't stop. Any courage I had left when son went. My primitive brain took over and I lost my humanity. So many drugs, I was so f'd up couldn't think.

On Friday, son and grandson came to visit for the cats' birthday. They are two years old. Grandson brought wonderful gifts to entice them. Son & grandson played with them for hours. Grandson so delighted! He was laughing for hours. Son helped with a little shopping for me.

Yesterday was only able to walk from basement to front of house. Sat on stairs & read book, then would stand for a long time, etc. Made my way back to basement, then back to front. Out for two hours. Great book, too. Watched my soaps that I missed, still have one episode left of Beyond The Gates. Anita Dupree takes stage to sing. That should be fun.

Today? More walking, maybe I can even make it to park to read.

My primitive brain took over these past few days. I am finding it near impossible to calm myself down. I just lose it. I've never been totally "normal" but now, at 76, it's gotten so much worse. My health problems overwhelm me. All I want to do is stay home in peace. Peace. Searching for it all my life. Peace. Peace of mind. Failed, a failure.

This experience was horrible and I feel infantile. Don't know how to deal with myself.
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*Tight hug* It's ok Pepper. It's probably just anxiety. I know mine gets wound up whenever I have an event. Glad you're ok and getting around the house alright and that you have some help.
 
It's been a fairly busy day today.. relatively speaking.

My friend came over today to help clean my house.. well when I say ''help''..I mean SHE cleaned it..

It's really strange seeing a friend clean your house... but I was desperate to get the bathrooms done, and the floors all over the house vacc;d and washed... in particular.. so she did all that , and she changed the bedding on my bed, thank God

the laundry I can do... it does itself... the washing up I can do even if it;s very awkward, the tidying I can do..albeit slowly.. but the deep cleaning.. no...


DD rang today... she was talking for about an hour.... .. she'll aways ring for a long time if she's driving back from somewhere.. hands free phone of course. ..She has terrible signal at her house , so she usually rings a couple of times a week in her lunch hour at work, and again when she;s driving at other times..
 
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hollydolly said:
It's been a fairly busy day today.. relatively speaking.

My friend came over today to help clean my house.. well when I say ''help''..I mean SHE cleaned it..

It's really strange seeing a friend clean your house... but I was desperate to get the bathrooms done, and the floors all over the house vacc;d and washed... in particular.. so she did all that , and she chnged the bedding on my bed, thank God

the laundry I can do... it does itself... the washing up I can do even if it;s very awkward, the tidying I can do..albeit slowly.. but the deep cleaning.. no...


DD rang today... she was talking for about an hour.... .. she'll aways ring for a long time if she's driving back from somewhere.. hands free phone of course. ..She has terrible signal at her house , so she usually rings a couple of times a week in her lunch hour at work, and again when she;s driving at other times..
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Aw, that was very nice of her! I know that helps a lot.
 
Finally got off my butt, hit harbor freight and bought some plastic sheathing, nitrile gloves and a 3/8" breaker bar.

Have to remove all those seatbelt fixtures which are installed with torx bolts, then adhere the plastic sheathing to the top of van ceiling before I install the insulation, wearing the gloves.

The beauty of the breaker bar is, it's a ratchet one, cost $20 but well worth it.
 

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