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hawkdon said:
Todaay I will be feeling sorry for myself as I'm in a lot
of pain, I want to go back to age 52 instead of 82...seems
like that was a good age for me.....my right knee sort of
took a dump about 3am today woke me with terrible pain,
some swelling on inside of knee, used heat/ then ice...have taken pain pill...tried to lay back down, no joy, so excuse me while I cuss, cry, and groan and moan......:cry:
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awww @hawkdon, so sorry you're in such pain, it's got to be very depressing for you.:(💊💉 I hope you've managed somehow to get a little relief from it...
 

Today it's been grim and grey outdoors, and even slightly chilly. We've had a rubbish August... but tomorrow it's supposed to start getting hotter again..

I had the Vaccination on Thursday, and yesterday and most of today I felt really quite under the weather.. flu-like symptoms.. etc.. so not been up to doing anything anyway .. just starting to feel a little better now after an afternoon's sleep..
 
I moved the 1/2 yard of landscape stones from the front to my garden area in the back. Tired now.
I'm done with stones for the added areas i did this year.
Now, i just need some to put in the bottom of the water troughs, probably 1/3 the way up.....i'll order 1/2 yard, and see how far they go.
Don't want any left over.....because i have them dumped on the driveway.....don't want to shovel snow around any.
 
Well it's a glorious sunny day today, but my gardens don't need tending, which is what I would usually do on a sunny day if I'm at home alone... so instead I've been painting, the interior window sills downstairs.

I noticed they'd started to get a little marked with objects that had been put on them , so I sanded them down the other day.. along with the Bannisters on the stairs.. and I've given them 2 coats of paint today...

Cleaned the bird feeders out in between waiting for paint to dry..and refilled them with seed and mealworm...

On here now with one eye watching the Dutch F1 Grand prix Racing ...hoping for a win for the Dutch driver Verstappen against Lewis Hamilton
 
StarSong said:
No love for the British driver?
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he's a local lad believe it or not, comes from the wrong side of the tracks in a town about 10 or 15 miles away... and we were always rooting for him at the start and throughout his career and rise to the top !!..but sadly since he's become extremely famous, and the worlds' numero Uno F1Driver over and over again, ... as often happens .... he's not the nice guy he once was... so enough said...

ETA...he came second... and the local lad Verstappen won, the Dutch fans are over the moon... but of course it's not all over yet.. there's still several races to go next week etc, and it all goes on points at the ned of the season
 
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Today is a busy one prepping future meals.

Cutting 11 lb. pork loin in half. One half to smoke for sugar cured hickory ham. The other half for roast pork for Cubano sandwiches. They take different brines that I let marinade for a day. Ham brine pretty basic. Prague #1, water & some dark brown sugar. For the roast I make my own combination of orange juice, rum & spices. Tomorrow I'll smoke the ham & roast the portion for the Cubano sandwiches. My wife will be making cream of cauliflower/parmesan soup to go with the sandwiches.
Tomorrow another busy day smoking the ham & roasting. While those are in process, baking peach cobbler & peach muffins.

Freezing that batch of food in portions makes future meals a breeze. And fills up days doing something constructive.
 
Morning all......what ever I do it is going to be done slowly....Knee is about 85 % better today....so walking very slow, even to clean up 3 cat barf's....yes he's old as I am I guess...so got to do it....about to go start on bacon n eggs....while I was laying down yesterday I liften my right leg to try and stretch it some, and suddenly my "knee" seem to move under the skin all by itself!!!! ah well, cain't do nothin about nothin....have a good day all !!!!!;)
 
As little as possible. Must do chores done already. It's a habit from single Mom days; Saturday was for big grocery trips, laundry and cleaning (retired now i can get a lot of that done spaced out over week--which i need to do due to not have as good a 'recovery time' from exertions), Sunday was for quiet time--reading, watching movies, spending more time with the kids, tho we talked some every night, watched shows together--often talking about them.


i'm thinking when i get off my desktop computer i may not do as much, if anything on Social Media today as usual. Sometimes you need at least a short break.
 
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This might seem like a measly accomplishment.
I finally got the drain plug out on the metal troughs i got.
It needed two 1 1/2" wrenches.....went to the stores on a hunt for them......$56.00 to use once.....nope.
Tried to thick of who would have some.......farmers would.....mechanics would......scratched that plan.
Bought a small saw, can cut metal, plastic, etc.
Worked great.....sawed the plastic nut on the inside to split it.....took out the whole fitting, not just the drain plug.

What i should have done......was have them removed at the store before they were delivered.
But
Doing things the hard way seems what i end up doing.🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
 
looks like I'm spending the day with ice pak and hot pad...damn knee went to hell overnite...was feeling good all day, then went to bed at 10pm, woke at 5am and boy it was back full force....
dunno what I'll do about the damn knee, swollen moderately, but the pain is a b***c.....oh well....have to have something to complain about...have a good day if you can.....☹️
 
hawkdon said:
looks like I'm spending the day with ice pak and hot pad...damn knee went to hell overnite...was feeling good all day, then went to bed at 10pm, woke at 5am and boy it was back full force....
dunno what I'll do about the damn knee, swollen moderately, but the pain is a b***c.....oh well....have to have something to complain about...have a good day if you can.....☹️
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Sounds like you may need a knee replacement.
Sorry you're suffering with so much pain.
 
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