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@hollydolly One word: Karma. Sooner or later, Karma. You may not even be aware when it strikes him, but it will strike.

@muffin Welcome. Sorry about the carpel tunnel syndrome. I hope it gets sorted...and soon!

I'm done in the garden for today because it's already too hot, but I did get a lot done. Yay me.

Time for the second cup of coffee and a blueberry muffin, then just marking time until leaving for eye doc appointment.
 

The birdies woke me up this morning around 4:30,went back to sleep woke up again around 5:50
When I went on my early walk at 6:30,temp was 63
I had my annual eye exam this morning at 9, glad I remembered to bring my sunglasses
My real estate agent, Patrick {who lives in the other building} asked if he could show my apt this Weds at 5:30. Another resident,Bob told Patrick he's interested in a bigger apt,he lives in an efficency apt
I'm keeping my fingers crossed
 
Note: I'm also starting a new thread on this, but didn't want to this promising info to be missed:
Some very promising news on Alzheimer's prevention and reversal

Last night I watched "The Last Alzheimer Patient", a documentary hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN. (I have great respect for Dr. Gupta - CNN, less so, but I'm not one to throw the baby out with the bathwater.) It will likely be broadcast frequently over then next few weeks and will stream on MAZ beginning June 18.

This deep dive into Alzheimer's discusses current research and clinical trials showing dramatic results in delaying, avoiding and/or reversing early Alzheimer's.

Nothing good comes easy, and preserving or improving our cognitive function is no exception.

My takeaway on the steps this program:
Diet: Whole Food Plant Based, i.e., very healthy vegan. So despite Twinkies and berries both being vegan, opt for the berries.
Exercise: Lots of it, including high intensity
Yoga/Meditation: An hour per day
Socialization: Frequent
Reading and other intellectual stimulation: Frequent

When Dr. Dean Ornish's clinical trials report (on which this is partially based ) is released next month, I'm eager to read it.

https://www.cnn.com/alzheimers-risk-test-sanjay-gupta/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/18/health/alzheimers-blood-brain-improvement-wellness/index.html
Alzheimer's Disease | Preventive Medicine Research Institute
 
Hubby had his last gel shot for his left knee this morning.
Doctor told him to take it easy.

We went shopping for flowers to put on our parents graves.
Not counting the potting soil we use to plant the flowers in,,,I've haven't spend $100, yet!


Nice to get out & about.

By the time we got to the biggest garden center, I just looked for whatever I hadn't bought.
I saw dark red Clematis in a large container priced at $37!
Couldn't think where I would plant it.

I did buy 2 flowers to go in front of house garage.
Thinking about potting them tonight
 
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Sixteen pages of information and instructions from the eye doc. Another appointment with a different eye doc on Wednesday afternoon because there's another hole in my retina that needs to be fixed and healed before cataract surgery. Then an appointment on June 21 with the actual surgeon and if the lord's willing and the creeks don't rise, as we used to say in Texas, then the surgery will be scheduled. Oy weh!

I had to wait three months just for this appointment. How the heck much longer before the surgery is even scheduled?

Doesn't look like I'm gonna get that "vacation" any time soon. I need a vacation.
 
Trish said:
Has your solicitor not explained it to you? If not, you should probably ask them. Good luck for tomorrow (y)
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yes she called me today and I said.. I'm freaking out here at the thought of potentially what's going to go on.. she said.. No.. it's exchange by E-Mail... .. so then I said E-mail?.. no-one told me that....I've had all these forms filled out, and all the copies of my bank statements as hard copies.. all legal documents regarding outgoings and incomings.. for the last 12 months... which I was asked to do by His lawyers... and now I'm told these all have to be scanned into my computer.. and E-Mailed... There's over a hundred documents.. and I'm only now being told that I have to scan all these in ( presuming I have a scanner).. and do it all literally at the eleventh hour..? I was horrified..:eek:

I was just on the point of throwing it all in.... I could've done this months ago when they first made the demand for the information..

Now, at literally hours before I was due to exchange I had to ''learn'' how to scan documents from my printer and into my Mac.. I literally have never done this before..I only use my printer as a copier... so I had to spend quite some time, trying to find some kind of tutorial, and there wasn't any.. so I literally had to teach myself, and for the first half hour it all kept going wrong.. . 😖

Finally I got it to work, and then I spent 7 hours scanning, uploading, making folders saving to several areas of my computer, and harddrives...It's not helped by the fact that my printer and my computer are in different rooms.. so I sent all day running from one room to the other, every minute or 2...

Didn't have one drink... it was a beautiful day and I didn't step one foot outside... finally finished at 9.30pm ....but the RUB..is that his lawyer did not mail me the time for exchange ... as she said she was going to do today....

I'm just shocked at how tardy his lawyer..is..

It's now almost 11pm, and I've just had something to eat ... I'm exhausted.

Incidentally, all the copies of everything has to be emailed to his lawyer at the precise time they state .. and they will email his back to me...this is how it's supposed to work.. but I'm concerned given their laziness that they won't stick to the rules.. by law they have to, so let's hope... but then this is only the beginning ..I have to then send all the documents that I have of my own scanned, and filed... to my lawyer as well ... and all of the documents that his lawyers sends me of His Financial Info.... and believe me he has many more than me , I know that because he has many more bank accounts than me... and then there's his pensions which he has to declare and mortgage papers and so on..

I'm telling you all... if you're even thinking of divorce beware.. this is far from easy....
 
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hollydolly said:
yes she called me today and I said.. I'm freaking out here at the thought of potentially what's going to go on.. she said.. No.. it's exchange by E-Mail... .. so then I said E-mail?.. no-one told me that....I've had all these forms filled out, and all the copies of my bank statements as hard copies.. all legal documents regarding outgoings and incomings.. for the last 12 months... which I was asked to do by His lawyers... and now I'm told these all have to be scanned into my computer.. and E-Mailed... There's over a hundred documents.. and I'm only now being told that I have to scan all these in ( presuming I have a scanner).. and do it all literally at the eleventh hour..? I was horrified..:eek:

I was just on the point of throwing it all in.... I could done this months ago when they first made the demand for the information..

Now, at literally hours before I was due to exchange I had to ''learn'' how to scan documents from my printer and into my Mac.. I literally have never done this before..I only use my printer as a copier... so I had to spend quite some time, trying to find some kind of tutorial, and there wasn't any.. so I literally had to teach myself, and for the first half hour it all kept going wrong.. . 😖

Finally I got it to work, and then I spent 7 hours scanning, uploading, making folders saving to several areas of my computer, and harddrives...It's not helped by te fact that my printer and my computer are in different rooms.. so I sent all day running from one room to the other, every minute or 2...

Didn't have one drink... it was a beautiful day and I didn't step one foot outside... finally finished at 9.30pm ....but the RUB..is that his lawyer did not mail me the time for exchange ... as she said she was going to do today....

I'm just shocked at how tardy his lawyer..is..

It's now almost 11pm, and I've just had something to eat ... I'm exhausted.
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I am so sorry this is happening to you this way. I get really nervous when asked to do something new on a timeline. It seems that is when things go wrong for me. I am glad you finally got to have something to eat. Hopefully this is the last time you will have to scan these documents. Hugs
 
Glad I got the Batmobile washed today. No rain yet, but it's coming (even though Alexa say it's raining right now and I have full sun). It was nice not parking next to other vehicles looking like some sort of filthy version of a salted peanut with the layer of yellowish pollen and sporadic "bird badges" here and there.
 
Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly Sure does sound to me like it's all been designed to wear you down and in hopes that you'll simply give up so that he walks away with everything. You with nothing.

I'm sorry. This is sh*tty.
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yes Gigi, it did cross my mind this might be the MO.. and really it would make you want to throw in the towel. When I spoke to my lawyer.. today.. she said that even her as a lawyer who has dealt with these hundreds of times in her career, it still takes her the best part of the day to sort it out...
 
Yanno, I've been trying to tell "them" at work that the biggest reason I don't complete all the silly crap stuff on the handheld computer is that I simply cannot see it. On a phone or laptop, at least the screen can be expanded to make the print bigger. Not so on the handheld. "They" don't come right out and say so, but I can tell that I'm not believed. So I took a picture of the 10 (yes, 10!) problems that make my vision so bad. I'm gonna show "them" at work tomorrow. It might--might--get them off my back.
 
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yes Gigi, it did cross my mind this might be the MO.. and really it would make you want to throw in the towel. When I spoke to my lawyer.. today.. she said that even her as a lawyer who has dealt with these hundreds of times in her career, it still takes her the best part of the day to sort it out...
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@hollydolly

Something is askew here, if you ask me!

Your lawyer, and his lawyer, should have better communication between them .. as well as with you - their client.

I'm very upset for you, that you've had to rush around to do all the work :mad:
 
Georgiagranny said:
Yanno, I've been trying to tell "them" at work that the biggest reason I don't complete all the silly crap stuff on the handheld computer is that I simply cannot see it. On a phone or laptop, at least the screen can be expanded to make the print bigger. Not so on the handheld. "They" don't come right out and say so, but I can tell that I'm not believed. So I took a picture of the 10 (yes, 10!) problems that make my vision so bad. I'm gonna show "them" at work tomorrow. It might--might--get them off my back.
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Good for you..don't take any BS from them....
 
Pinky said:
Something is askew here, if you ask me!

Your lawyer, and his lawyer, should have better communication between them .. as well as with you - their client.

I'm very upset for you, that you've had to rush around to do all the work :mad:
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there's more to it Pinks.... that would all happen if I could have afforded £14k..like he did for his lawyer...but I couldn't , so I could only afford a fraction of that which just gives me ''lawyers advice'' throughout the process.. which means that aside from a portal where I can email her with info, and questions.. and she will reply immediately or call if it's more involved she won't do anything more than that..

....altho' she did write to his lawyers earlier in the year because she was so appalled at his actions which prevented me being able to afford to have heating on etc ( she called it Abuse).. she wrote to his lawyer asking them to tell their client to get his act together, .. and stand up to the plate....they passed it on , he ignored it...

My husband OTOH, has paid for his lawyers to do everything.. he only has to send her the details and paperwork and they do all the work for him...
 
hollydolly said:
there's more to it Pinks.... that would all happen if I could have afforded £14k..like he did for his lawyer...but I couldn't , so I could only afford a fraction of that which just gives me ''lawyers advice'' throughout the process.. which means that aside from a portal where I can email her with info, and questions.. and she will reply immediately or call if it's more involved she won't do anything more than that..

....altho' she did write to his lawyers earlier in the year because she was so appalled at his actions which prevented me being able to afford to have heating on etc ( she called it Abuse).. she wrote to his lawyer asking them to tell their client to get his act together, .. and stand up to the plate....they passed it on , he ignored it...

My husband OTOH, has paid for his lawyers to do everything.. he only has to send her the details and paperwork and they do all the work for him...
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@hollydolly

This is all so bloody unfair - it makes my blood boil!

Considering it was he who did wrong, he should at least be man enough to deal with the divorce in a fair manner.

However, you know all this. It just makes me so angry :mad:

You've handled things so well, and I know it isn't easy. Just know that you have me, and so many others, on your side 🤗
 
Pinky said:
@hollydolly

This is all so bloody unfair - it makes my blood boil!

Considering it was he who did wrong, he should at least be man enough to deal with the divorce in a fair manner.

However, you know all this. It just makes me so angry :mad:

You've handled things so well, and I know it isn't easy. Just know that you have me, and so many others, on your side 🤗
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Thank you so much Pinks, it really does help knowing that people are supporting me... and you're right, I wish I had £1 for every time I've said that exact thing... '' he caused all this, he instigated it, he created the problem.. why can't he just man up and say he won't put me through any more angst.....but that seems to be far from his mind...
 
I refilled some of my dispensers from the bulk size containers, straightened up a bit and did light cleaning, including vacuuming the living room floor. I also loaded and ran the dishwasher; meant to do it last night but I fell asleep. And you know the deal...I had to play Words With Friends, Cody Cross, watch a little T.V. and take a nap.
 
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It's difficult getting my wife's birthday celebration right. So, we are doing it piecemeal. Yesterday we had lunch at the Mission Inn. Today everyone went to Disneyland although I stayed at home. It's not worth it paying almost $200 when I am too old for even a kiddy ride. Instead, I prepared a "sweet" homecoming for them. My wife loves strawberry pies. Driving to buy the pies, I took the pups with me because they love driving, always getting so excited. And the last picture is my grandson sleeping with (squashing) his puppy. The two are inseparable. I think the puppy is now 1 ½ years old.

Flashback: when my daughter was 7 years old, I scolded her. When it got dark and she hadn't come back into the house, I started looking for her in the garden. Finally I heard something in the doghouse. I listened, and here my daughter cried and complained to our Doberman how cruel dad is. When I peeped in, the Dobie was licking and licking my daughter's face. I think children need to have a variety of relationships. And I think dogs sense our emotions better than we give them credit for.

5-19-2024 Mission Inn.jpgIMGP3947.JPGDSCF0038.JPGEthan + Zero.jpg

We were embarrassed when our little children called us in public by our first names. So, my wife and I
started calling each other Mom and Dad for the kids sake, and that stuck till today.
happy b-day mommy.jpg
 
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