What are you doing today 2023

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Got a one day reprieve from putting away the Christmas decorations. Yesterday when the baby got picked up from us we learned that DS's window replacement project hit a glitch so we told him we'd take the baby again today, but only until 1:30 because we have an appointment. Hoping DS can get his project finished today. It seems to be one of those "it should take 3 hours" projects that turns into 3 day snafus.

Ozzie dog is outside in the mobile groomer's van. He's still far too skittish for us to take to a regular groomer - can't imagine how much of a setback he'd have if he were crated. Fingers crossed that he tolerates this well.
 

hollydolly said:
It's coming up to 4pm, and the sun is getting low in the sky. been a dry day but cold... Kept the heating off until a short time ago..

Fell against my solid wooden kitchen door when I tripped and fell off the little plastic folding step stool..... hurt my back a lot , but what's worse is the force took the door off the frame at the bottom, and off the hinge.. so now I have a door that's not fully connected to the frame, just hanging by splintered wood and the screws not affixed to anything.:(

It means I'm going to have to pay to have a new door and have it fitted.. not something I've ever had to do in the past because the O/H always hung the doors here..

taken some painkillers, and applied a heat-pad to ease the pain, and now I'm about to go and have a hot shower..

On a brighter side, the new bathroom chrome light pull I ordered arrived, along with a new cordless mouse.. :)
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Soooo sorry to hear this, @hollydolly. I hope the meds, heat pad and hot shower offer some relief.
 

This has been such a busy week. I finally decided to just slow down today which meant staying home and attempting to relax. But then there was laundry to be folded and put away, the floors needed to be vacuumed ( a twice-a-day chore here because my fur baby sheds) and I decided to make a quiche and a pot of stuffed cabbage so I can divide them into individual servings and freeze for later. And then I did more housework after that and am now listing some things for sale on ebay. Oh and I ordered two books.

I'll try again tomorrow to slow down and relax. :rolleyes:
 
MickaC said:
She seemed quite nice, very hard to understand with her accent.
Every doctor has different opinions on medications…..hers apparently are different from my doctor,
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This is happening here too. My friend can barely understand what her doctor from Nigeria is saying. Also those trained in a different system have different approaches and attitudes.

With a shortage of doctors, we have to take what we get. A SS in Vancouver is on a one year waiting list for a family doctor.

Pepper said:
little plastic folding step stool
I've been thinking of getting one for ages, but they seem flimsy to me.
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For years, I’ve had a really solid one. I‘ll try to post a link to it.
 
@Pepper This is the stool I have. $10 when on sale. Actually, I have two, one for each floor. It’s just that bit extra that I need to reach into a few places. I find a small step ladder more dangerous; a couple of times I’ve caught myself missing a step.

After holly’s fall, I will be checking it for signs of deterioration.
 

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Jules said:
@Pepper This is the stool I have. $10 when on sale. Actually, I have two, one for each floor. It’s just that bit extra that I need to reach into a few places. I find a small step ladder more dangerous; a couple of times I’ve caught myself missing a step.

After holly’s fall, I will be checking it for signs of deterioration.
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that's the exact same stool... ^^^
 
Been a little slow the last few days. Thought I was getting a cold, but still went out and plowed, and worked in the shop. Took a home covid test this morning, and it shows positive, so I guess I finally contracted it. Wife just did hers and she is negative, but says she is feeling sick so will test again tomorrow. She has already had it twice. If this is as bad as it gets for me, I'll be fine.
 
As you can see.. the big screws and Rawlplugs holding the door onto the door jamb, have not only come right out of the door and splintered it.. the force of my crash , also pulled the hinges half out of the door jamb as well..

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Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly Two words: Holy moly!!!!! That had to have had some force behind it. No wonder your back is black and blue and hurts.

In the future, I respectfully request demand that you be somewhat more careful!
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well I thought I was being careful, stepping on the stool to reach into the cupboard but the stool had other ideas. It didn't even give me time to step off.. no cracking.. just an instant break into smithereens.. and I hit the door backward with the full force of my body.. :cry:
 
No drama here from me, folks. I have a plastic stool I've used for years, I love mine, but maybe it's a weight thing?

Anyway, my shopping spree and my lunch out with a friend resulted in a 2 hour gab fest, lots of laughing, some sober business, and the waitress said a gentleman paid for our lunch! How about that!
A wonderful Friday end of my week....tomorrow...another lunch out with another friend for the closing of a nearby restaurant. It's a private party type event, I know it will be another fine day. Ahh, life is good.
 
Yikes, I left a store without picking up my prescription. It was busy when I walked in. Two staff were discussing what they should take when ill; once was obviously not in great shape. I went down quiet aisles to avoid people. Looked at the long lineup to pickup my order, put my mask on and turned around and left. Tomorrow or Sunday I’ll try again.

My friend did some shopping there a week ago while his wife stayed in the car. By the next day he was really sick with the flu. Now his wife has Covid. She has COPD and is in bad shape. He’s still testing negative, but that could be false.

Doing laundry is seeming like a more exciting way to spend my day.
 
In the wee hours of the morning, Deja and I were playing ball. I'd bounce or roll it to her and sometimes she'd push it back to me. Other times she played with it by herself. She's been eyeing the pictures over the sofa that are in matted frames with glass then reaching up like she wants to hit at them. That was making me nervous so I removed the glass from each of them. It took me about 1-1/2 hours because I had a bit of trouble reassembling a couple of them. Also I had to find something to wrap them in. I wound up using what was left of bubble wrap and packing paper on one of them. I used 2 large vinyl table cloths that I've had for over two decades and am so glad I never got rid of, on the other two. Blessedly, there was storage space under the bed on top of a wide box, otherwise I don't know what to do with glass.

Played WWF2, took an afternoon nap, loaded and am running the dishwasher and visited the forum a couple of times today. I also watched a couple of shows and will be continuing my T.V. watching after I get off SF.
 
I had a perfectly lovely day. I got to go to work and was joined by Retired Lady. It's so nice to work with her because she knows all kinds of things that never occurred to me and is happy to share what she knows.

She's also a neatnik like me. It's hard to work in a messy kitchen. I'm a clean-up-as-you-go person, and she is, too. Sir is a get-it-done-and-clean-up-later kind of person. It drives me right up the wall, but it's the way he is. Sigh. Keeping it neat give us more room to work in our small space, right?

It was a nice day so when I got home I gathered up most the leaves I raked yesterday and disposed of them. It's supposed to be nice again tomorrow so the rest will get disposed of when I get home from work.

It feels like Saturday. It's not Saturday. It's Friday. Tomorrow is Saturday. I have to keep reminding myself which day it is when it doesn't "feel like" the right day:oops:
 
hollydolly said:
yep that's the one. The white one that Jules posted is exactly the same as the one that snapped on me as I stood on it.. and shattered into pieces.. It's in the wheelie bin otherwise I'd take a pic and show you..
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I have one of those very stools in our RV and TBH I never felt fully secure using it. After reading about your experience I'll ditch it and replace it with the kind that doesn't fold.

I've had a couple of these since my kids were young and they're still in perfect condition. Very useful for me to get into upper cabinets, and also for visiting children who can't quite reach bathroom sinks.

https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-Roughneck-Stool-Bisque-FG420087BISQU/dp/B000VAZ4AU/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=rubbermaid+step+stool&qid=1673049614&sprefix=rubbermaid+,aps,150&sr=8-2&th=1

I'm so sorry you were injured, Hols, and hope you're fully mended soon. (Maybe you can trade the ex: he fixes the cabinet, you pony up his passport that you spent two days hunting down...)
 

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