Reflections of My Life

@katlupe, you have some nice veggies there.

Will you bake the squash in the oven?

I'm glad to know you can clear up Rabbit's condition. I don't know a thing about caring for them, but I like to see them. I thought rabbits loved lettuce and carrots too, but maybe not all the time. I love when you talk about him. I never knew anyone with a pet rabbit before.
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RadishRose said:
@katlupe, you have some nice veggies there.

Will you bake the squash in the oven?

I'm glad to know you can clear up Rabbit's condition. I don't know a thing about caring for them, but I like to see them. I thought rabbits loved lettuce and carrots too, but maybe not all the time. I love when you talk about him. I never knew anyone with a pet rabbit before.
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No, I make the spaghetti squash in the Instant Pot. Done in 7 minutes! The acorn squash I usually bake in the Nuwave oven but I am going to experiment with the IP and see how it comes out there. I have been adding the squash to other dishes and mixing it in and like the way it turns out.

Rabbits do like lettuce and carrots but it depends on what kind of lettuce has the most nutrition. Iceberg is not good for them at all but they will eat it. Carrots are a treat and should be given as a treat only and very small pieces. I did not know that when I first got him and gave him a lot of them.

This is a picture when I first got him and he was living in my barn and I gave him carrots as a meal. He loved that!

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Today, I turned on my Christmas fairy lights. They are wrapped on my 2 ft. silver foil Christmas tree that is on top of my curio cabinet. I decided to store the tree with the lights there instead of taking it down and putting it in my (packed to the brim) storage area downstairs. Occasionally during the off Christmas season I would turn them on if I did not have air conditioner plugged in. The plug on the air conditioner covers the outlet so hard to plug anything else in at the same time.

I also turned on the blue light inside the curio cabinet too. I rarely turn that on but when I do I can see my cat collection. Right now the curio cabinet is sort of hidden in that corner due to me having too much stuff there. Trying to clean it up so not so cluttered. Some of it is Rabbit's fault. His box is right in front of the cabinet bottom door. Color and music put me in a good mood on a gloomy day.

Yesterday I figured out how to fix my Facebook page. It was giant! I had to remove the FB Purity and instantly it was normal again. It still affects my computer though and even freezes it so I have to shut it down.

The other thing I fixed was my Amazon Fire Stick...........that too, froze on me yesterday. I watched a YouTube video and fixed it. Which was just unplugging it from the outlet and plugging it back in after awhile. Worked too.

Today I am working on many things. Busy, busy, busy.
 
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One rule I made for myself when I moved here in 2018 was, when I talk to anyone who lives here to never repeat what they told me to anyone else. If someone tells me something I have already been told, I just say, "I heard that." It is a good rule since as is common, people living together in close areas there is disagreements. A couple days ago someone taped to the door to the ramp, "Pick up your dog poop. We know who you are." There are only 5 dogs in the whole building. From my windows, I can see who picks it up if I am watching when they are out there (though I am usually not). If it is the person I suspect, I hope not. He is in his 90's and just had surgery on his eyes and can't walk very well. I love this guy and his dog. His dog is old too. He got her from a rescue because no one wanted her because she is not pretty. If I could walk good, I'd offer to clean it up for him. But I can't. Some days, I never leave my apartment.
 
Well, I did not do too good limiting Rabbit to only eating hay. He did not have temper tantrum or anything like that. Instead he was not eating a lot of hay or drinking enough. This morning he had nothing in his litter box, a small puddle but not like usual. So I decided to give him a bit of greens. The greens give him enough water to make up for him not drinking. So I went to the store this morning and got green leaf lettuce, red leaf lettuce and cilantro for him. He ate about 2 cups of greens so far. They say he is supposed to eat 1 cup per every 2 pounds he weighs. Well, he was on hay only since Monday and it is Friday and he has no Cecotropes stuck on his butt. Hopefully, he got them all.

Rabbit is my last pet in my life. I just care about them too much and seems I always am stressed over them. In my previous life, I used to take my cats to vet if they sneezed. Had all their shots and did everything I was supposed to. When I could no longer could afford to do that, I had to learn how to doctor my pets myself. Yes, cats, dog, chicken, horses and a goat. And they lived longer lives and when they died, they died peacefully at home with me and my husband right there. Now the horses, as far as I know are still alive. I just don't know for sure. I learned a lot from an old farmer who I worked with my husband on his farm caring for his horses.........about 25 or so of them. He knew how to doctor and how to get medicines from vets. That is where all my horses came from.

Last night Sonny came over and picked up groceries for me to make us a supper. He brought my hay for Rabbit and water for me. He has been doing that for me since I moved here.

Today, just kind of quiet day here after I went to the store.
 
Editing some posts on my blog this morning. 2018 was a bad year and a good year. I am seeing now why so many of my FB friends said they knew I was not happy. Sonny said he could tell as he read every one of my blog posts (and they go back to 2005). Here is a copy of something I wrote. Not exactly a poem but my version of one. I wrote a few of these that year. This was the first. Reading it now reminds me of how I felt the day I wrote it and how far I have come since then.

Hopes and Dreams Canceled

Busted dreams, I see at night,
Waking up to tears streaming,
on my pillow and cheeks.
Sadness taking my mind over,

Whatever happened to me,
the person I used to be?
She was lost somewhere
and I don't know how to get her back.

I didn't see her leave,
she didn't say good-by.
One day I looked and could not find her.
I cried that day for her.

She had such hopes and dreams, but
they were canceled.
Canceled by bad choices.
Then forgotten for the time.

Years later looking back,
I cringe to think of what she did
to herself and her dreams.
Like they did not matter.

But matter they did.
Now she looks back and cries.
Cries for her sadness consumes her.
Cries for it being too late for her,

too late to have any dreams,
just hardship and heartbreak,
worry, pain and loneliness
visit her daily. Whether she invites them or not.

Nobody to talk to.
Nobody that cares.
All alone in the universe,
not caring whether she lives or dies.

Nobody would notice.
So she goes through each day,
over and over the same
trivial routine of daily living.

Each day is all the same,
nothing to get excited about,
nothing to smile about,
just her every day boring life.

Hating her life and going through the motions,
but nothing affecting that spot deep inside,
where excitement, hope and dreams dwells,
deep inside each person.

Some never encourage it to come to the surface.
They just push it back inside,
like a lump of clay.
There it stays for the rest of their life.

Yeah, my life was pretty pointless back then. Just chores from morning to night. No place to call my own with my bed being right in the living room. Now I seem to spend an awful lot of time on cleaning or just being happy in my life in my little apartment.
 
@katlupe there are parts of the above,, that I can relate to.
Especially as we head into the winter months.
The days all the same,, even with hubby around,, children busy with their lives.

Only things to look forward to trying to get into stores early & going to doctors.

Since our dog died,, tell, hubby,,"I'm taking myself for a walk."

When looking at ads for pets, choice of big dogs, cats or rabbits.

From trying to handle rabbits as a youngster & getting scratches on my arms.
Don't think a rabbit would be a good fit.
 
Sliverfox said:
@katlupe there are parts of the above,, that I can relate to.
Especially as we head into the winter months.
The days all the same,, even with hubby around,, children busy with their lives.

Only things to look forward to trying to get into stores early & going to doctors.

Since our dog died,, tell, hubby,,"I'm taking myself for a walk."

When looking at ads for pets, choice of big dogs, cats or rabbits.

From trying to handle rabbits as a youngster & getting scratches on my arms.
Don't think a rabbit would be a good fit.
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Rabbits are not an easy pet to have. Their system is so strange. Most of the them do not really like to be picked up or cuddled. Mine definitely does not. I would have never thought about getting one if he hadn't showed up at my house. I love him to death. But not an easy pet. I have had all sorts and have to say cats for me were the easiest.
 
Being an only child ,, the barn cats were my playmates.

Chickens were harder to catch ,,until I learned they thought my shoe laces were worms or snakes.
Set on a log, stomp my feet,, chickens would run over , pull my shoe laces,untying them.

My mother couldn't figure out I was getting my shoes laces untied, especially after double tying them.:rolleyes:
 
I've had dogs and cats. I prefer cats. Now that I can't have any pets I just feed the squirrels. There is one stray cat in our hood and he won't come near anyone. He will eat your food but soon as you show up he bolts. Weirdest stray I've ever seen. LOL! I don't see too many of them here like I did in Hillsboro. I think it's because we have an animal shelter here.
 
MarciKS said:
I've had dogs and cats. I prefer cats. Now that I can't have any pets I just feed the squirrels. There is one stray cat in our hood and he won't come near anyone. He will eat your food but soon as you show up he bolts. Weirdest stray I've ever seen. LOL! I don't see too many of them here like I did in Hillsboro. I think it's because we have an animal shelter here.
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I have always been a cat person. I just see a cat and love it.
 
For days now, I have been studying my bookcases. One big one and one small one. They are not fine furniture. My Daddy made these by throwing together scraps of wood he had on hand and painting with the porch paint. He just needed them for books and was not concerned with looks or anything of that nature. The little one, he had given to me to use in my house next to my computer for my books. That house was a disaster so looks did not matter. The big one I brought home when I cleaned out his house after he died in 2012. I brought both of them to my apartment when I moved here. They work and I don't really need to spend money on furniture for something I already have.

Like I said, I have been studying them, trying to see how I could make them neater and make my entrance way nicer. Yesterday, I got my answer...........when I came in on Jazzy (my mobility chair), the wheel caught the bottom of the small bookcase and it tipped over on me. The only thing that saved Jazzy was the bottom shelf had big loose leaf notebooks on it that stabilized it from falling completely over. CDs everywhere! What a mess I had!

But.......it gave me the idea to move it to the corner on the other side of the big bookcase. I measured it.........it fit perfectly! Thank you, Lord! I love it there and then bare spot where it was????? Staying bare because I will have more room to get around with my walker or Jazzy.
 
First snow of the year.......we had a sprinkling but nothing lasting till now. Not sure if this will last but at least for the morning.This snow is all over the cars in the parking lot. I see my neighbor across the hall from me left on her mobility scooter before I got up. Her tracks down the driveway. My dog, Nikita, loved the snow. When it snowed, first thing in the morning, she'd be outside rolling and rolling in it. I always think of her when it snows.


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My horses, just like Nikita, hated summer time and loved winter. Cold and snow and they were happy. People say Thoroughbreds don't like cold weather but mine sure did.

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katlupe said:
First snow of the year.......we had a sprinkling but nothing lasting till now. Not sure if this will last but at least for the morning.This snow is all over the cars in the parking lot. I see my neighbor across the hall from me left on her mobility scooter before I got up. Her tracks down the driveway. My dog, Nikita, loved the snow. When it snowed, first thing in the morning, she'd be outside rolling and rolling in it. I always think of her when it snows.


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My horses, just like Nikita, hated summer time and loved winter. Cold and snow and they were happy. People say Thoroughbreds don't like cold weather but mine sure did.

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I really miss the dog 😥
 
Katlupe, I also have had cats and dogs. I love both! To me, both are affectionate animals but cats are funnier.

I have a little dog now but wish I could have a cat too. The problem is no room for a litter box and I really don't want to deal with one.

Is Rabbit feeling good now?
 
@katlupe , you are doing it the hard way. Take your charging cable and plug it into the USB port on your PC or laptop. You can access and download your photos that way. I do it all the time.
 
RadishRose said:
Katlupe, I also have had cats and dogs. I love both! To me, both are affectionate animals but cats are funnier.

I have a little dog now but wish I could have a cat too. The problem is no room for a litter box and I really don't want to deal with one.

Is Rabbit feeling good now?
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Yes, Rabbit is doing much better. No oats. Less banana. But the big difference is oat hay. And he seems to love it.
 
bowmore said:
@katlupe , you are doing it the hard way. Take your charging cable and plug it into the USB port on your PC or laptop. You can access and download your photos that way. I do it all the time.
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That's what I do with the camera. Are you telling me it works with the phone too? I will never be comfortable with the phone but would like to do that.
 

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