Reflections of My Life

George1959 said:
My parents had "parties" too and I miss this kind of company. Sometimes our living room was thick of smoke. I don't smoke, drink alcohol only every now and then (only beer but no other stuff) and am a very boring person.
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LOL!!! Well, then, I must be very boring, too! I don't smoke, and rarely drink, too! 😁

You are right about the socialization of having those parties. I would come down into the basement before going to bed. I would go around the room saying good night to everyone there! (If it was early enough, my Dad would let me sit at the bar and he would make me a "Shirley Temple" with extra fizzy stuff on top! 🍸) They were special times.
 

Yesterday, I ended up sitting in my recliner with my legs up. Not due to my Lymphedema but for some reason my bone in the thigh was hurting bad. I babied myself the rest of the day and this morning it seems to be almost gone. Now I have to catch up on all my work.

It is a very gray and gloomy morning so far. My water delivery is coming today so the first thing I will try to do is to empty the last opened bottle I have the pump on now. Make ice cubes, fill a few jars with water, fill the teapot, etc.

The new maintenance man did not start on the 8th like we were told. Plus the new manager has not been here for at least a week that I know of. We are on our own as far as I can tell. If I had to move from here I don't know what I would do. Especially because of my son.

Now I am having a lot of trouble with my computer and there is nobody I know of that can help me with it. Because I don't use Windows. I hate Windows and do not want to ever use it again. I am trying to learn what I can do about it on YouTube.
 
It is funny to me (or not so funny) that chores I used to do all in one day is now taking me so much longer. Sometimes I have planned to do one and cannot do it. Not because I am lazy or chose to do something else. Mostly because my knees, legs, feet or shoulders will not work properly to do whatever. It is SO frustrating!

I would have never believed this would have happened to me. I am the one who helped everyone else. In my mind I figure I can do whatever I need to do until I go to do it. Ever since yesterday, I cannot bend down to pick up something off the floor. So today I am working through the pain. Forcing myself to do something even if it hurts. I know I can do this. To tell you the truth, I would rather have a shorter life than a life of not being able to do what I want to do.
 

hawkdon said:
I understand completely Katlupe !!! jUST this morning, my day
has turned to pain day, copd day....I could not stand long at
the sink to do a few dishes, and have used my nebulyzer about 4 times already today....took a pain pill but will probably just goof-off the rest of day....take care.....(y)
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Goofing off is something we can do! Nobody to report to and I love that. I cannot stand in one place for very long either, not even 5 minutes. So doing dishes I wash a few, go sit at my computer then go back and do a few more. Same with cooking. My doctor told me not to stand longer than 5 minutes anywhere.
 
Yesterday I learned that our manager is sick and that is why the new maintenance man could not start work. At least in our building. Because the manager is not here to introduce him to his job (not to us). Truthfully, we could have told him what needed to be done. Or he would have seen it on starting anyway. Cleaning, answering the work orders in his box, etc. Our previous maintenance man appeared to be more in charge than any of the managers. He just had that type of personality and he was a worker.

Today I have a closet and a cupboard to go through. I have put together a box of things and an afghan to return to my husband. Not sure if I will mail it or get someone to drive me to the house to give it to him in person. I want to get rid of any unnecessary things I have here.
 
katlupe said:
Yesterday, I ended up sitting in my recliner with my legs up. Not due to my Lymphedema but for some reason my bone in the thigh was hurting bad.
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I feel that @katlupe I've even ended up making weekly visits to the Wound Care clinic and then had a nurse coming in every 2 weeks to assist with silver dressings and compression wraps. Still dealing with compression stockings and with them dry skin issues. I need to double up on moisturizing and healing compounds in the Winter. Scarring has faded a lot but I'm not there yet.

Your bone issue sounds like something different. Keep an eye on that. I'd try to log reoccurrences to track it if that comes back.
 
dilettante said:
I feel that @katlupe I've even ended up making weekly visits to the Wound Care clinic and then had a nurse coming in every 2 weeks to assist with silver dressings and compression wraps. Still dealing with compression stockings and with them dry skin issues. I need to double up on moisturizing and healing compounds in the Winter. Scarring has faded a lot but I'm not there yet.

Your bone issue sounds like something different. Keep an eye on that. I'd try to log reoccurrences to track it if that comes back.
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It mysteriously disappeared today.

My Lymphedema therapist said I have a very mild case so I am making sure to do all the things she told me to do. Plus I have a couple of books on it and follow a YT channel that has helped me immensely. Lately, all my swelling has gone way down so I think I am going to stick to what I do. I know a few people here (in my apartment building) who have it also but they don't listen to me or try to do anything for it. Just complain if they have to do the compression wraps or stockings. Wear them for awhile then quit.
 
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I have been watching the television show, Dynasty, which was a show I watched when it was on television. It was one of my favorite shows. The thing is now I am noticing things I never thought about before. Right off, I love the clothing, the hair and the jewelry. Plus the cars and the houses. But.......do rich people really drink that much? Almost every scene shows people drinking alcoholic beverages. In one scene in a bar, Alexis (Joan Collins) did order a Virgin Mary.

Alexis smokes cigarettes through her scenes and one time she ground out her cigarette in her plate of food that she didn't finish. How disgusting is that??? Every office has its own bar set up and they automatically offer a drink to whoever. Some of the characters go to the bar and help themselves to a drink. Now I am not a prude or anything. I even worked as a bartender in my past life. But I just can't picture that being realistic. As soon as someone gets home they have to have another drink (after drinking all day at the office) and of course drinks after dinner and brandy before bed.
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I agree with you, I don't think rich people drink that much! Whenever I see these types of scenes in a movie or TV show (smoking/drinking) the first thought that comes to my mind is that the author is an alcoholic or likes to smoke. The second thought that comes to my mind is that companies that sell liquor and companies that sell cigarettes are sponsoring the show.
 
Since it rained all night I hope the lower level did not get flooded. Our maintenance man used to get here early and try to dry it up. One time he was pushing the water in the hall with a big broom and then said he didn't know what to do with it. He had big fans he would set up down there to dry it out. The water comes in the ramp door every time.

My first cup of coffee this morning had to go down the drain......my cream had spoiled! It was almost gone so no big deal on that but a whole cup of coffee wasted! I had a new container of cream so my next cup was good. Now I have to make more because I need at least 2 but I think I will make 2 more.

Today I am doing laundry for sure. I like to do it on the week-end because nobody else usually does it then.
 
How is it going with your basement during this last storm?
If it flooded try using a "Simmer Sump Pump"
Here's an excellent video... very easy to understand

 
Lara said:
How is it going with your basement during this last storm?
If it flooded try using a "Simmer Sump Pump"
Here's an excellent video... very easy to understand

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I live in an apartment building. It is not something I can do. Luckily, it was not flooded last night. I just went outside to the dumpster and it looks okay.
 
As soon as I finish my cup of coffee I will be going downstairs to the laundry room. Going to get that job done this morning. Then I am cleaning out my closet. I did the other one last week and what a difference!

I was thinking yesterday that I spend a lot of time on doing household chores even in a small apartment. But I have always done that no matter where I lived. I was never into sports or socializing. My friends usually consisted of one or two close ones. The closest to sports for me was working out with weights either at home or in a club. Plus walking. I started doing race walking after spending a week at a health spa. Not to race others just by myself.

I have always been married to men who did not do those type of things with me. So it is no wonder that I can be alone but not lonely. I was alone in my marriages as well. My second husband and I did many things together but he was a bad alcoholic. I never felt like I could be myself. I was always afraid of his anger when he was drunk so avoided that type of confrontation.

Though one time after having breakfast at a diner in the wee hours of the morning, I just left him there. Drove home (about 4 or 5 blocks away) and went to bed. He came in angry as could be. Yelling and carrying on but did not do anything. After that I figured it was okay to get him angry. Just a lot of noise. I only stayed with him as long as I did because his dog. Then the dog did not live long after I left. I felt guilty about that.
 
I did get my laundry done today. Loved doing it early because then I had the whole afternoon to do whatever I wanted. Ended up doing those Find A Word puzzles.

I made beef tips with broccoli and mushrooms for supper. It was quite good. I topped it with shredded cheddar cheese. I have leftovers for tomorrow's supper.
 
I had to turn my heat up when I got up because Rabbit's ears were cold inside. Last I checked they had warmed up. Of course, eating helps and he already had his spring mix and piece of banana. Food warms you up when you are cold. I would feed my horses extra hay when we had extreme cold temperatures. They would choose the hay over their feed when it was very cold. Sometimes my husband would go out in the middle of the night if we had below zero temperatures.

After having lived with wood stoves for so many years, when I first moved here it took some getting used to, having electric heat. For the most part I like it but I worry like everyone else does too about the power going out. Never had that worry at my house as our power never went out and if it did, it was because one of the components malfunctioned. I think I have had my power out three times in the the almost six years of living here.

When my bunny is gone then I could deal with it easier. He is not a lap animal like a cat is. If he was I would just keep him on my lap when it got cold and the power was out. Cats will sleep on you even if it isn't cold so they always kept me warm. These last years here is the first time I have lived without at least one cat. I used to have four. Sun is shining now and that warms up my apartment quickly. Soon I will have to turn my heat back down.
 
I recently bought the Hot Logic personal mini oven. It is a canvas bag with a zipper and a little hot plate inside. I guess people use them for work. I thought it would work for leftovers. I can put the food in there and it is ready when I want it. I really like it. Works good. I have my leftovers from supper last night (beef tips with broccoli and mushrooms topped with shredded cheddar cheese) in it right now. Best thing is the small Pyrex baking dish I heat it up in is what I will be eating out of. So no pans used to heat it. Less things to wash!
 
It has been snowing all day. Doesn't really matter so much to me since I had no place to go. My son came here earlier and got some more food and I gave him my laundry money so he could get his own tobacco. I usually buy it for him on the 3rd with his money at the smoke shop. I had no way to get there so am trusting he will get the bag of it and not cigarettes. Too expensive that way! As much as I hate smoking, I have to get it for him. I will get my laundry money back from his account when I finally can get to the credit union or the ATM.

I love to color in the adult coloring books but I cannot find any gel pens that last or don't have a good share of them that are usable when I take them out of the package. So I was trying to quit doing it. But I missed it so much! I tried to do the word search puzzle books but they are too boring. I cannot watch a program or a video while doing those. At least not as I do them when coloring.

So I looked back through my Amazon orders and found the first package I bought when I first started doing it. I remember I loved those so I wanted the exact same brand and type of pens. I ordered it. Hope they work or at least most of them.

I am about to start my supper as I like to cook it in advance and let it sit for a bit. Tastes better that way. I already cleaned my bunny's cage and got my delivery from Amazon. So going to do my water and make ice and after supper I will wash dishes and make coffee for tomorrow morning.
 
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It has been snowing all day. Doesn't really matter so much to me since I had no place to go. My son came here earlier and got some more food and I gave him my laundry money so he could get his own tobacco. I usually buy it for him on the 3rd with his money at the smoke shop. I had no way to get there so am trusting he will get the bag of it and not cigarettes. Too expensive that way! As much as I hate smoking, I have to get it for him. I will get my laundry money back from his account when I finally can get to the credit union or the ATM.

I love to color in the adult coloring books but I cannot find any gel pens that last or don't have a good share of them that are usable when I take them out of the package. So I was trying to quit doing it. But I missed it so much! I tried to do the word search puzzle books but they are too boring. I cannot watch a program or a video while doing those. At least not as I do them when coloring.

So I looked back through my Amazon orders and found the first package I bought when I first started doing it. I remember I loved those so I wanted the exact same brand and type of pens. I ordered it. Hope they work or at least most of them.

I am about to start my supper as I like to cook it in advance and let it sit for a bit. Tastes better that way. I already cleaned my bunny's cage and got my delivery from Amazon. So going to do my water and make ice and after supper I will wash dishes and make coffee for tomorrow morning.
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We also had snow today, about 3 inches or so. I am grateful that my neighbor cleared the driveway for me.
That's one of the things I love about Amazon - being able to look back at the orders and reorder something. I also like that it keeps a list of my orders.
Have a wonderful rest of your day!
 
katlupe said:
I recently bought the Hot Logic personal mini oven. It is a canvas bag with a zipper and a little hot plate inside. I guess people use them for work. I thought it would work for leftovers. I can put the food in there and it is ready when I want it. I really like it. Works good. I have my leftovers from supper last night (beef tips with broccoli and mushrooms topped with shredded cheddar cheese) in it right now. Best thing is the small Pyrex baking dish I heat it up in is what I will be eating out of. So no pans used to heat it. Less things to wash!
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I looked that up. That is really nice. I put it on my list as a good gift.
 

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