Reflections of My Life

hollydolly said:
How did the New Aide work out Kat ?
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She was okay for today. But she only wants to work 2 hours for the whole week. I had her do a load of laundry and clean the bathroom and she did a good job. I am going to call the agency and ask them to get me someone who will work more hours but I will keep her till then. I need someone.
 

katlupe said:
She was okay for today. But she only wants to work 2 hours for the whole week. I had her do a load of laundry and clean the bathroom and she did a good job. I am going to call the agency and ask them to get me someone who will work more hours but I will keep her till then. I need someone.
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It really seems no-one wants to work doesn't it ?.. I wonder why people take these jobs in the first place
 
My aide just comes for 2 hrs every other week, cause that is
how I asked it to be set up....I could get more time, but do not
need it right now.....she just changes the bed and does floor's
and bathroom.....good gal......
 

katlupe said:
I have been watching "Ruled Me" on YouTube. No talking. Just showing you how to make different Keto recipes. I watched the one on making breakfasts that are not bacon and eggs (which just happens to be my favorite meal of all, but sometimes I want a change). Flaxseed meal is one ingredient that I use quite often and I had run out of it some time ago and forgot to order it. Need to do so. It is also one ingredient that can be used to replaced eggs in baking and other recipes. Many times I look at a recipe now and see it uses several eggs and I think no, not at these prices. What if I don't like it?

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Thanks for sharing this! Will have a look!
 
hawkdon said:
My aide just comes for 2 hrs every other week, cause that is
how I asked it to be set up....I could get more time, but do not
need it right now.....she just changes the bed and does floor's
and bathroom.....good gal......
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I need her right now since our elevator is not working. She only had enough time to wash one load of laundry. I do not dry it in a dryer so when she brought it back upstairs I hung it on my shower rod. Then I had her clean the toilet and bathroom sink. That was all she did. She helped but due to the elevator not working I needed someone to do other things as well. I am going to see if I can get another aide who can do more hours. I am approved for fifteen and don't really need that many but at this time and situation with the elevator I need more than two for sure.
 
When you are young you do not see yourself with health issues as you age. Yet those issues creep up on you sometimes slowly, as in my case. Though in my mother's case, it was very sudden because it was like she was great one day and not so the next. She had Cushing's Syndrome and it was a horrible life for her after that. Mine started as having stiff knees that just got worse. And now I have Lymphedema which is in my feet, ankles and legs. So pretty much that is what limits my mobility. My therapist says exercise will help. So I am walking for that. I used to do race walking, so now I say I do slow walking. With a walker. But at least I am moving.

It seems to me, at least in my case, that when I was younger I was focused on beauty more. What I looked like and what I could do to look better. I did skin routines that involved expensive products, like Clinique. Having my hair and nails done regularly. Suntanning. Expensive perfume. Make-up mirrors. Nail dryers. Fancy purses and shoes. Walk-in closets. A home gym as well as a membership at an exclusive exercise club. Even my car was part of my persona.

Now it all about health and my aging process. Learning to make life comfortable, but easier. Making sure when I buy a shirt or blouse I can put it on easily due to my shoulder hurting. Finding shoes I can wear as my feet swell during the day and who cares what they look like. How do they feel is the big thing. Forget make-up. All I use now is eyebrow powder since my eyebrows disappeared. One day they were there and the next just gone......

I make it a point to shower, eat, clean my apartment and Rabbit's cage and do laundry. I fear getting lazy about it and then not catching up. Maybe not now, but if I live long enough, later on. There has been people in my building who have had issues with those things and it seems like once that happens they go downhill. Well, I am not going downhill without screaming and kicking the whole way. Living in clutter or a dirty home causes you to be depressed and unhealthy. So not going to do that.

So on that note...........I have things I need to do.
 
Had a pretty busy morning so far. My friend and I did our morning walk. 7 laps around the hall. Then she went to the store and I had her pick up a bit more bunny food. Even though he is not out, he is hungrier then usual. Gets that way when I get low on food or can't get out. Then I washed some laundry in the bathroom and it is drying on my new rack which fits perfectly in the shower.

I don't want to ask Sonny to do anything for me because I worry about him coming up those stairs. He does not have full capacity of his lungs and I think it best he not try to come up again.
 
I am going to bed real early tonight. I am very tired and my right shoulder has been hurting me so bad. I don't know what I did to it but moving all those hangers of clothing out of the closet and then putting them back did not help.

Raining pretty hard right now, but I like the way it sounds. Good Night.
 
katlupe said:
I am going to bed real early tonight. I am very tired and my right shoulder has been hurting me so bad. I don't know what I did to it but moving all those hangers of clothing out of the closet and then putting them back did not help.

Raining pretty hard right now, but I like the way it sounds. Good Night.
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Rest well sweet girl. I hope you feel better tomorrow!!
 
Sitting here at my computer this morning with my first cup of coffee. Rabbit is under my walker, waiting for me to get up to get my 2nd cup. He knows he gets his morning banana treat then. Already had a big pile of spring mix. Having had cats most of my life, I was used to the demanding manner of them. Rabbit is just the opposite. He is waiting, sometimes not so patiently, but he will wait. Then when I am getting the banana in the kitchen, he is waiting eagerly on his blanket. Stands up on his hind legs because I am just not fast enough. So good as he takes his first taste while I am still holding it. I think it must be even better to him than my first sip of my coffee is to me.
 
katlupe said:
Sitting here at my computer this morning with my first cup of coffee. Rabbit is under my walker, waiting for me to get up to get my 2nd cup. He knows he gets his morning banana treat then. Already had a big pile of spring mix. Having had cats most of my life, I was used to the demanding manner of them. Rabbit is just the opposite. He is waiting, sometimes not so patiently, but he will wait. Then when I am getting the banana in the kitchen, he is waiting eagerly on his blanket. Stands up on his hind legs because I am just not fast enough. So good as he takes his first taste while I am still holding it. I think it must be even better to him than my first sip of my coffee is to me.
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That must be so sweet, I did not know a rabbit could stand up on his back legs. I guess my little girl dog is part rabbit and part prairie dog. LOL I just ate a bowl of oatmeal as a good night snack. Maybe one day I can return to being a normal day and night person. Have a great day!
 
Good morning Kat. It's been raining all night, and it's so loud in my little cabin. I wish I could say it "soothes me to sleep", but nothing helps. I just don't sleep very much anymore. I hope your shoulder feels better today. I think we might get snowed in later.
 
katlupe said:
Well, I just put my 2nd person on ignore! I am happy to never see another comment or post he makes. Just a rude, tactless troublemaker who thinks he knows all.
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It's my favourite Toy... I have no qualms about putting people on ignore, if they P me off.. I don't need toxic people in my home.. and by reading their Toxic BS I'm effectively inviting them into my home.. so with a quick flick of a Mouse, they no longer exist to me..
 
CathyHorn said:
Good morning Kat. It's been raining all night, and it's so loud in my little cabin. I wish I could say it "soothes me to sleep", but nothing helps. I just don't sleep very much anymore. I hope your shoulder feels better today. I think we might get snowed in later.
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Good Morning, Cathy! I can't really tell if it is raining unless it hits the air conditioner or look out the window. I can't go outside so if it snows or not does not affect me at all (except that I like to go out in it when the sun is out). I don't want Sonny coming here till my elevator is running again because coming up those stairs is hard on him (his lungs especially).
 
This morning I am feeling a bit more encouraged. Even though the elevator is still not working, I learned the part is coming from Mexico. And IF it is a motherboard, it is not something to be bought off the shelf. Had to be built for this particular old elevator. That could be a good thing though. So everyone moaning and complaining.......even on fakebook now (a big thread about it on the scanner nerds page started by the guy who lives upstairs), is not going to get it fixed any faster. And no, the inspection we had did not include anyone from Code Enforcement. It was commercial real estate appraiser for a possible buyer of this building.

I have been washing my laundry in the bathroom as I mentioned before. My pile is going down. From now on, I am not letting to go thinking the elevator would be working soon. I love the new drying rack and it was just what I needed. Fits inside my shower with room to spare. The plunger thing was a rip off. Stupid purchase. So still doing it in the sink because I do a better job there. When I am doing it, I am complaining............after I was done and look at the clothes hanging, I say to myself, "good job! I can do this stuff!"

I am marinating a pork tenderloin for supper. Going to make up a batch of Keto Chow for ice cream for the next four days. It has to set 24 hours in the freezer for the Creami. So can't have any today. I went back to using Cronometer to keep track of my carbs and that works for me. When I don't track it, I don't eat right. I am used to low carbs (only 20 total) but it is the protein I don't get enough of. I need at least 120 grams. Protein is what helps your body heal and be healthy definitely not carbs. High carbs in the form of sugars, grains and starchy vegetables are not part of a healthy keto food plan as well as certain cooking oils. I do my best to keep them out of my apartment.
 
Good morning Kat! I have always enjoyed washing laundry, well, the end result, as you said! I like looking at a pile of freshly folded clean clothes, it's more satisfying than a just mopped floor. I've been eating better since the first of the year. I haven't purchased any baked goods, crackers, snack type stuff. I really need to go food shopping, I'm out of almost all produce. I rarely get anything from Gregg's market. The produce quality is not good, and the prices are soo high. I'm glad that darn elevator is getting fixed.
 
Sorry, management has no real excuse for your elevator being out for so long. Criminal negligence, IMO. I live in an elevator bldg too and problems are fixed immediately despite needing a part from Mexico.

I don't want you to get sick over it, I like your attitude and think it is a healthy one, but you people are definitely being taken advantage of. Outrageous.
 
Pepper said:
Sorry, management has no real excuse for your elevator being out for so long. Criminal negligence, IMO. I live in an elevator bldg too and problems are fixed immediately despite needing a part from Mexico.

I don't want you to get sick over it, I like your attitude and think it is a healthy one, but you people are definitely being taken advantage of. Outrageous.
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It is a more common problem than you know. I have watched many videos about it all over the country. I came to the conclusion that getting stressed out or angry about it does no good. It is like when you own an old vintage Harley and have to search for the parts for it or order them special. Sometimes you wait for months to get it. If you don't want to wait, how can it be fixed? Not without a new part to replace the broken one.
 
CathyHorn said:
Good morning Kat! I have always enjoyed washing laundry, well, the end result, as you said! I like looking at a pile of freshly folded clean clothes, it's more satisfying than a just mopped floor. I've been eating better since the first of the year. I haven't purchased any baked goods, crackers, snack type stuff. I really need to go food shopping, I'm out of almost all produce. I rarely get anything from Gregg's market. The produce quality is not good, and the prices are soo high. I'm glad that darn elevator is getting fixed.
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I used to buy meat from Gregg's market and thought it was pretty good. We (Larry & me) used to go out to breakfast to that Country diner or whatever it is called in Whitney Point. They used to have teddy bears fastened all over the walls. So then we would stop at Gregg's.

The elevator will take some more time just have to be patient.
 
katlupe said:
It is a more common problem than you know. I have watched many videos about it all over the country. I came to the conclusion that getting stressed out or angry about it does no good. It is like when you own an old vintage Harley and have to search for the parts for it or order them special. Sometimes you wait for months to get it. If you don't want to wait, how can it be fixed? Not without a new part to replace the broken one.
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I agree with your analogy.. Having a Vintage Camper Van, we've always had to wait for parts from far flung places etc... and yes I agree with your attitude, no use getting yourself stressed over it when there's nothing you can do...

However going back to the analogy.. and the lift... when one has a rare item like the 52 year old Camper Van.. then one ensures that it is not one's only means of transport.. if you get my drift
 
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hollydolly said:
I agree with your analogy.. Having a Vintage Camper Van, we've always had to wait for parts from far flung places etc... and yes I agree with your attitude, no use getting yourself stressed over it when there's nothing you can do...

However going back to the analogy.. and the lift... when one has a rare item like the 50 2 year old Camper Van.. then one ensures that it is not one's only means of transport.. if you get my drift
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I suppose that they figure they have stairs too. But unfortunately, most of the residents here have physical issues. I have tried several times to go down the stairs but I can't. The people who are using them are having problems while using them.

If they would provide an employee who could handle our deliveries, laundry, garbage, mail, etc. that would be a big help. But our manager is only here two days a week, part time. And she is the only one I have found to help.
 
katlupe said:
I suppose that they figure they have stairs too. But unfortunately, most of the residents here have physical issues. I have tried several times to go down the stairs but I can't. The people who are using them are having problems while using them.

If they would provide an employee who could handle our deliveries, laundry, garbage, mail, etc. that would be a big help. But our manager is only here two days a week, part time. And she is the only one I have found to help.
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yes that would go a long way to be of help to people.. , but it sounds as tho' they wouldn't want to pay anyone to be on standby
 

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