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Georgiagranny said:
I'm up. Maggiecat allowed me to sleep "late" again.

Geez. Where is everybody? Nobody posted since my last post at 6:02pm yesterday? Have we all gotten so old that we hit the hay immediately after our early-bird dinners?

Remembering my friend who died. When we were seniors, she had a Christmas party. That was back when we actually talked to others, danced, played games, didn't all get high or drunk, didn't turn off the lights so we could sit in the dark and pair off to play kissy-face. It was a fun party in their rec room. (Nowadays they would be called finished basements; back then they were called rec rooms.) I spent the day before the party making a party dress of silk pongee...a pretty pale green and white plaid.

Imagine a time when a social gathering of people didn't get co-opted by electronic "devices."

So. Remember last week when I said I was thinking about dusting? Still thinking.

Could be that I'll make a cheesecake today that'll get frozen for Christmas. Or maybe I'll wash the kitchen floor.

The list of things that I might do is endless.
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Sorry about your friend, @Georgiagranny . I like that you told a little about her.

Party in the rec room. I think that term replaced "rumpus" room- what a stupid name.

Hey, don't feel too bad about not dusting. Altho' I did go out and buy bird seed I never did wash and vac the kitchen floor. :coffee:
 
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I have been very gloomy & out of sorts for the last few days...just dealing with
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I refuse to bring my negative energy here, so I haven't posted in a while. I woke up feeling better this morning, so here I am.
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Our overnight lows are going down, and we are expecting our first freeze next week. So today we will put away
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summer house, and put out his winter house. This will be his first time seeing it.....it's going to be a surprise!!
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For now though, he'll just have to make do the best he can...Sy1xr_kindlephoto-72596137.jpg

Yesterday I started my restricted diet, in preparation of next weeks colonoscopy. Oh, joy! I can hardly wait! 🙄

My Mom got her new chair yesterday....she loves it!
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Tomorrow is expected to be clear, dry, and sunny. Guess where I'm going?!!!
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Lovely sunny day but not warm enough to dry the lawn so I can get it cut... *sigh*...

I used the new Shark to vac the whole house this morning...

Ive been trying to find what I've done with my BIG Tarps, so I can cover the workbench and all the tools in the Barn before the snow comes on Monday.. but I can't find them, and it's just occurred to me while I'm typing this where I've stored them, (y)... so I'll dig them out and get it covered..after I've finished here .

I had to cancel my dentist appointment for Monday.. because I got a text this morning from the Knee Consultant at the Private hospital in London that I have an appointment on Monday almost at the same time as the dentist.. so as I've waited 9 months for this appointment I wasn't going to cancel.. so I rang the dentist and they were able to make me another appointment for Tuesday

DD rang, she's got today off, so she drove an hour and a half to her nearest Ikea.. only to find they had nothing in stock that she went for... and people wonder why so many prefer to shop online...
 
A chilly day with a high of only 61°. Jeans, long sleeve tee shirt, heavy sweatshirt, knee socks and fuzzy slippers this morning. It's been a while...

Bummed that there's no rain in the short or long term forecasts, the latter going through until November 29th.

Yesterday I made some cookie dough to freeze in anticipation of some holiday baking. A couple of hours into the process my shoulders, arms and back ached so much that I wondered how I was going to get through the season, never mind future years.

It wasn't until early evening when DH asked me how I was feeling due to my Covid shot the previous afternoon that the penny dropped. I wasn't achey because of the kitchen work, it was the Covid vacc!!!! Took a 1/4 of a THC gummy and the pain went away. I feel fine this morning and hope/expect to make another kind of dough this morning.
 
Well I got the tarp out, I;ve already covered a lot in towels, but I won't cover with the big heavy tarp until Saturday ( they're now saying the snow will start on Sunday, )...so I can still acess things until then

It's almost dark now at 4.20pm so that stops everything in its tracks that needs doing outside..

Ive got to clear the storage under the ottoman bed of everything, so the bed people can dismantle it next week.. problem is theres a huge amount of stuff under there, and I can't even think where I can put it until they clear the bed out.. :unsure:...I might have to trawl all those heavy storage boxes and everything downstairs and into the barn...
 
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This morning was a wash because I went to the supermarket with DD/DGD. They were just going to "pick up a couple of things" so that we could have sausage with red beans and rice for supper. $185 later... 🤷‍♀️

I spent the last half hour of the trip sitting on a bench at the store waiting for them.

This week's Aisle of Shame had warming pads for kitties to lie on. They don't get plugged into anything; the kitty's body heat is what generates the pad's heat. Maggiecat is the happy recipient of one, and I swear that the only way to get her off it would be with a crowbar! Every now and then she gets up to stretch, get a drink of water or visit the litter box, then goes right back to lie down on it.

Maybe I'll make the cheesecake tomorrow.
 
Georgiagranny said:
This morning was a wash because I went to the supermarket with DD/DGD. They were just going to "pick up a couple of things" so that we could have sausage with red beans and rice for supper. $185 later...

I spent the last half hour of the trip sitting on a bench at the store waiting for them.

This week's Aisle of Shame had warming pads for kitties to lie on. They don't get plugged into anything; the kitty's body heat is what generates the pad's heat. Maggiecat is the happy recipient of one, and I swear that the only way to get her off it would be with a crowbar! Every now and then she gets up to stretch, get a drink of water or visit the litter box, then goes right back to lie down on it.

Maybe I'll make the cheesecake tomorrow.
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That pad sounds like just what the cat doctor ordered! 🐈
 
Georgiagranny said:
This week's Aisle of Shame had warming pads for kitties to lie on. They don't get plugged into anything; the kitty's body heat is what generates the pad's heat. Maggiecat is the happy recipient of one, and I swear that the only way to get her off it would be with a crowbar! Every now and then she gets up to stretch, get a drink of water or visit the litter box, then goes right back to lie down on it.
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Is it like this? Ozzy dog might like one of these.

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Pepper said:
I have been so angry and depressed since Nov. 5th. that it is starting to affect my health. My blood sugars going wild from very low to very high (319 this morning). I can't get a grip and I need help. Please help me.
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I'm settling for being kinda informed these days. I read the headlines on The Guardian and a couple of other places during the day, but no in depth political news. Some of the time I formerly spent reading news now goes to solving the NY Times crossword and other puzzles.

I've also been watching fluff-type movies and reading light fiction to rinse my brain before going to bed.

My mental health is at stake, as is yours @Pepper. No good comes from churning over that which we cannot change just yet.
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Fell asleep before I could post about yesterday, which was productive. I reorganized my shoe cubby and hanging shoe organizer. That led me to start the process of uncluttering the walk in closet floor, something I've been procrastinating about. Of course, I didn't finish but it sure is nice to be able to walk in without tripping over something. With the shoe organizing (I threw away a pair), I made room for three pairs of slippers that had been in the way on the closet floor. I also did a double load of laundry.

This morning I went to Mickey D's to get another 2 for 1 egg and cheese biscuit deal. I ate half of one there with decaf; both were very good. From there it was on to the supermarket to get only four items. I ate the other half for lunch and froze the second one. I loaded and ran the dishwasher, as well as decluttered and disinfected the counter so my son could do his juicing as soon as he got home.

For the last three days I've been working on my album submission. It's become a PITA! Some things were confusing but I figured them out. However, one thing still has to be clarified before I finish the submission, so I just sent a request for help. That also wound up being a PITA (chose what turned out to be the wrong, but related subject title which generated questions and requirements no applicable to me). Decades ago it used to be possible to call CD Baby and speak to a human. Now they have a basically useless AI Chat feature and a support submission form. :cautious:
I'm happy and excited right now because my Honorary Son is up here from Florida for his daughter's wedding tonight. He is planning to breeze by to see my son (his BFF) and me for a couple of minutes after the reception. I hope he's not too tired to do that...he just flew in today.
 
It's gonna be a nippy night tonight so I'm wearing my Ladies Loungewear (with pockets!) to bed🛌.

Tomorrow's reallly gonna be cheesecake-making day. Y'all will be glad to hear that I've got all the Oreos crushed for the chocolate crust for Kahlua cheesecake and all the graham crackers done, too, for the caramel apple cheesecake.

Not only that, but the brandied cranberries are gonna be made. Tomorrow.

Y'all know that the sloth🦥 is my spirit animal. It's my excuse for procrastinating.
 
Pepper said:
I have been so angry and depressed since Nov. 5th. that it is starting to affect my health. My blood sugars going wild from very low to very high (319 this morning). I can't get a grip and I need help. Please help me.
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Remember you are not alone. This is a crisis for many many people. It is okay to feel angry, it is okay to be scared, it is okay to withdraw if you need to and just focus on fluff and diversions.

I've personally been on a roller coaster of emotions all day every day since the 5th, and every time I wake up at night to pee I have to fight so hard to not start thinking. Sometimes I feel so murderously angry I scare myself. Other times I sit and wonder if I would be risking becoming an alcoholic if I get some alcohol to numb the feelings.

We need to stick together and support each other, and we will fight (hopefully the younger people will do the hardest parts and we can get away with just donating to the ACLU or whatever is least risky). Don't give in to despondency.

I'm not finding that counting my blessings helps much because of the anxiety of those blessings getting messed up, so lately my strategy is to think of all the ways it could be worse, like, I could be living in Germany in 1940, or in China during the great famine of 1959-61 where their stupid government caused 40 million people to starve to death.

Also, I remember reading long ago that the happiest people were ones that took action to get out of bad situations. So, I guess there is always an option to retire to a more civilized country.
 

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