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I have bagged up 2 large bags of clothing.. and yes I bit the bullet and even added some that have never been worn..to take to the charity shops...

This week I have my Consultants appointment at the Private hospital in London about the OA in my knees..... then at the weekend hopefully I'll be able to go to the big vintage car show locally... and of course Sunday I had all the garden restructured.. ..so I'll be happy to get a little bit of clearance in the house done this week as well... ..and consider it a good if not eclectic week's worth ...
 

Pappy said:
We both had our semi annual physicals this morning. All our numbers look good and no need to change meds.
At 2 pm I hand my hand therapy. Molded me a new hand support and I think my old one I bought from Amazon is much better. Charged me $25 for the dumb thing.
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I found that with my Patella Support, Pappy.

£50 a session at the Physiotherapist every week to try and sort my knee out.. then his recommendation for a patella support.. expensive.... and really I couldn't get on with it soo I bought a different much cheaper type from Amazon which was so much better ...
 
hollydolly said:
I found that with my Patella Support, Pappy.

£50 a session at the Physiotherapist every week to try and sort my knee out.. then his recommendation for a patella support.. expensive.... and really I couldn't get on with it soo I bought a different much cheaper type from Amazon which was so much better ...
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I now the feeling Holly. $20 co pay twice a month is not going to fit well in our fixed income. $160 per month.
 
I made crab cakes using the imitation crab meat. I made enough for several servings, so will freeze some. As much as I hate wasting food, I wound up throwing away the pack I left in the fridge (and meant to cook a couple of days ago) because it didn't small quite right. I tasted a small piece and it didn't taste funny but I didn't want to take a chance. I took another pack out of the freezer and thawed it in the microwave, which is what I'll do from now on.

Anyway...this batch tastes good. I boiled eggs to make egg salad for our avocados but cooking and cleaning up the kitchen wears me out (seriously). Since my son said he was making avocado toast tonight and won't have his other avocados with egg salad until Friday and since I still have leftover broccoli quiche, I'll wait until tomorrow to make the egg salad.
 
okay why didn't you stop me??? I went ahead and moved more furniture,
and got the living room the way I want it, so back will be more sore
tomorrow, ....oh and the guy I was hiring will be here thursday t0 do other
work outside mainly......but it is so hard for me to stop once I have some
project going on.......ah well......nitey nite........o_O
 
hawkdon said:
okay why didn't you stop me??? I went ahead and moved more furniture,
and got the living room the way I want it, so back will be more sore
tomorrow, ....oh and the guy I was hiring will be here thursday t0 do other
work outside mainly......but it is so hard for me to stop once I have some
project going on.......ah well......nitey nite........o_O
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Awww Hawkie, we didn't know! I do hope you haven't damaged yourself too badly. I know what you mean tho', when we really want something done, we just give it the old heave-ho.... and lie to ourselves. Be well, my friend.
 
I'm still coming to terms with the trees all chopped to half their size..I keep looking at the garden , and thinking how light it looks without all the canopies of branches... not that it was really dark but only now it's been so severely chopped do I realise that it was darker...

I was just thinking how hard I make my own life sometimes..

They say that Death, Divorce , Health issues and Moving home are the biggest stress causers.. and what am I doing..?

Going through a very stressful divorce, suffering with painful health issues while considering moving house all at the same time... WTH.. am I thinking? 🥺😩
 
hollydolly said:
I'm still coming to terms with the trees all chopped to half their size..I keep looking at the garden , and thinking how light it looks without all the canopies of branches... not that it was really dark but only now it's been so severely chopped do I realise that it was darker...

I was just thinking how hard I make my own life sometimes..

They say that Death, Divorce , Health issues and Moving home are the biggest stress causers.. and what am I doing..?

Going through a very stressful divorce, suffering with painful health issues while considering moving house all at the same time... WTH.. am I thinking? 🥺😩
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@hollydolly

From what I can see, you are doing everything right. You could be sitting and doing nothing at all, which wouldn't be a good thing.

Instead, you are maintaining your home, taking care of your health issues, and looking ahead to living
somewhere that will be a better place for you to be.

You are still thinking right, Hols. Just keep trusting yourself.
 
Pinky said:
@hollydolly

From what I can see, you are doing everything right. You could be sitting and doing nothing at all, which wouldn't be a good thing.

Instead, you are maintaining your home, taking care of your health issues, and looking ahead to living
somewhere that will be a better place for you to be.

You are still thinking right, Hols. Just keep trusting yourself.
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thank you for the support dear Pinks... I can only keep doing whatever I can to try and improve my current situation..
 
hollydolly said:
They say that Death, Divorce , Health issues and Moving home are the biggest stress causers.. and what am I doing..?

Going through a very stressful divorce, suffering with painful health issues while considering moving house all at the same time... WTH.. am I thinking? 🥺😩
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Yabbut...you're alive! Embrace the stress. If you were dead, you wouldn't be the least bit stressed:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
hawkdon said:
okay why didn't you stop me??? I went ahead and moved more furniture,
and got the living room the way I want it, so back will be more sore
tomorrow, ....oh and the guy I was hiring will be here thursday t0 do other
work outside mainly......but it is so hard for me to stop once I have some
project going on.......ah well......nitey nite........o_O
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Oh, Hawk! Don't you know that furniture is supposed to stay in the place that it's always been? It's much safer for your toes when you get up during the night to use the loo!!!! 😄

I hope you can take it easy tomorrow, and give yourself a break!
 
hollydolly said:
I'm still coming to terms with the trees all chopped to half their size..I keep looking at the garden , and thinking how light it looks without all the canopies of branches... not that it was really dark but only now it's been so severely chopped do I realise that it was darker...

I was just thinking how hard I make my own life sometimes..

They say that Death, Divorce , Health issues and Moving home are the biggest stress causers.. and what am I doing..?

Going through a very stressful divorce, suffering with painful health issues while considering moving house all at the same time... WTH.. am I thinking? 🥺😩
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I also did it all at once completing it in 6 weeks. My body was trashed and I was exhausted. I was 3 years younger and don’t think I could do it that fast now. It really sucks! Sorry you are dealing with this crap.
 
I'm in a pickle. My son going back to work next week after July and most of August off (he teaches). He needs me to come over very early next Wednesday to watch my grandson. Even though I'm up very early anyway, I don't think I have the strength to actually get ready to leave very early and deal with AccessARide. I feel guilty, and I'm getting a panic attack at the thought. I feel I should do it, but don't think I have the ability at that hour. I can force myself? I don't know.

Help me. Help me, please.
 
Pepper said:
I'm in a pickle. My son going back to work next week after July and most of August off (he teaches). He needs me to come over very early next Wednesday to watch my grandson. Even though I'm up very early anyway, I don't think I have the strength to actually get ready to leave very early and deal with AccessARide. I feel guilty, and I'm getting a panic attack at the thought. I feel I should do it, but don't think I have the ability at that hour. I can force myself? I don't know.

Help me. Help me, please.
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@Pepper

Tell your son about your anxiety. I'm sure he will understand. Is it possible for you to stay overnight at his place on Tuesday night, instead?
 
Pinky said:
@Pepper

Tell your son about your anxiety. I'm sure he will understand. Is it possible for you to stay overnight at his place on Tuesday night, instead?
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That's what I'm going to ask him (((Pinky)))
Around his anniversary, they, son/dil asked me for the first time to stay overnight in six years. That was early August. Then, the next week they asked me again. I did both times. It was hard for me, I'm old, I have my habits, etc. First time in the six years of my grandson. How did my son get his wife to agree to this? He told me "You don't want to know how the sausage was made" meaning he had to armtwist his wife in some way.

Her parents have a studio apartment near them, as well as their home upstate. So, for them, it's easy and they have been doing the early mornings easily while it has been a real struggle & hardship for me and until this month I have never stayed over till the sausage was made.

I'm in a panic just thinking about it. Has nothing to do with love for my grandson. I'm 75 and I feel every minute of it.
 
hawkdon said:
okay why didn't you stop me??? I went ahead and moved more furniture,
and got the living room the way I want it, so back will be more sore
tomorrow, ....oh and the guy I was hiring will be here thursday t0 do other
work outside mainly......but it is so hard for me to stop once I have some
project going on.......ah well......nitey nite........o_O
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I did the same thing yesterday! I wanted to rearrange some things before I vacuumed which meant not waiting for the menfolk to get home.

Our living room sofa and chair was the biggest, heaviest set that in all of Sofa Warehouse, so it is heavy. I pushed against it and it didn't budge -- then I got some thin plastic cutting sheets from the kitchen, put them under the legs and was able to push everything around easily!
I still should not have done it.
 
Pepper said:
I'm in a pickle. My son going back to work next week after July and most of August off (he teaches). He needs me to come over very early next Wednesday to watch my grandson. Even though I'm up very early anyway, I don't think I have the strength to actually get ready to leave very early and deal with AccessARide. I feel guilty, and I'm getting a panic attack at the thought. I feel I should do it, but don't think I have the ability at that hour. I can force myself? I don't know.

Help me. Help me, please.
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That's a hard one. It's so much more difficult to say no when it's your kids and they don't take advantage. You jump at the chance to help. However, they also are understanding when you can't and wouldn't want you to feel guilty.
 
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Della said:
I did the same thing yesterday! I wanted to rearrange some things before I vacuumed which meant not waiting for the menfolk to get home.

Our living room sofa and chair was the biggest, heaviest set that in all of Sofa Warehouse, so it is heavy. I pushed against it and it didn't budge -- then I got some thin plastic cutting sheets from the kitchen, put them under the legs and was able to push everything around easily!
I still should not have done it.
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Those furniture sliders are a godsend. I keep them under a table that I move when the family comes and I need the room. Also, under a heavy chest at the end of my bed. I used to get my back moving it when I changed the sheets but now I just glide it out of the way. You do need help getting them under the furniture but they can stay there Della and @hawkdon
 

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