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Good Luck Purwell..I hope everything goes as smoothly as it can... I was in your neck of the woods yesterday, had to take a friend to a PIP consultation..in *H*
 

Today I'm not doing anything of note - apart from making some jam. This is a new mini obsession of mine, due to picking blackberries from my garden and wondering what to do with them. I had never made jam before, so I tried it, and beginners luck made it taste wonderful! So I am trotting off to experiment with some different fruits now!
 
Blessed said:
Son called and woke me up about noon. Back to the upside down schedule. Went to bed at 6am. Anyway, he wanted to let me know he was coming to do the yard work. No rain for two months, yard was dead. Then we get all this rain and the whole thing is back to green and growing like crazy. I let the dogs out for a potty.

For the second time this week,I see a mad dash back to the house by one of the littles. The other day it was the girl with a baby squirrel in her mouth. Today it was the little boy with the squirrel which he promptly took to his bed in the den. You want to talk about lock jaw, both of them had to be pried from the jaws of death. The first one was still alive. I wrapped in a towel and went to find a shoe box to place in hoping the mama would come find it. Alas, when I returned with a proper made nest, it had died. The one today must have died when it fell from the nest.

Breaks my heart, I love my squirrels. I found the nest high up in one of the trees. I had a squirrel tree once a upon a time. Wood peckers had drilled in and made nests, the squirrels took over the tree. The massive tree fell in a bad storm a few years ago. They didn't leave but started building nests of leaves and twigs which are not safe. I hope if there are anymore up there they don't fall.
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I can't tell you how many chipmunks I rescued over the years at my house. From my cats. The squirrels stayed in the woods across the road and did not venture close to the house. The cats would go out there at times so they weren't really safe either.
 
Hollow said:
Today I'm not doing anything of note - apart from making some jam. This is a new mini obsession of mine, due to picking blackberries from my garden and wondering what to do with them. I had never made jam before, so I tried it, and beginners luck made it taste wonderful! So I am trotting off to experiment with some different fruits now!
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I made a lot of jam of every type of berry or grape that grew in the forest around my house. It is so good! Enjoy it!
 
Today I am going grocery shopping so probably not doing much else. So working on my computer until time to get ready for that. That includes paying bills. My son's and my own. I should have done it yesterday but got sidetracked. Tomorrow my aide comes so have to make a list of things I want her to do. So for now I am going with two hours and after that we will see.
 
Mornin All

Since the demise of my thumb and other debilitating areas I am not using stovetop, pots, pans too much but do miss some fried stuff like
nice crispy bacon and egg.
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So later today I am going to try this new way for me to get crispy bacon

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-to-cook-bacon-in-microwave/

Anyone ever done it this way?
Any comments welcome before I do the deed...
Thank you
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Today started off overcast after the heavy rain and thunderstorms last night... Now at 1.30pm the sun is out..and it's quite warm.

Had a friend visit this morning asking if I could print some documents off for them.. and they stayed for a coffee and a natter...

You will all remember my old 101 year old neighbour who I rescued a few months ago when he fell again.. and that he was put into a care home by his son, finally ?.. well his house is being stripped back to it's Bare Bones.. All the furniture which his son left there is been scrapped and thrown outside by the contractors, and they're inside pulling everything apart.. and getting it ready for repairs and decorating... . I just sent his son the pictures of what's happening at the house because he lives quite far away... and he told me that his dad is just lying in a bed in the nursing home, doing nothing but waiting to die.. :(
 
First of three days off after a looooooong weekend (called out all three nights to see patients, lots of sick folks) I slept in but have a feeling there's a nap with my name on it later today ;-) Gotta make stops at post-office, WallyWorld, grocery store, and do laundry and general house-hold catch-up.

Finished a book by Joanne Trollope ("An Unsuitable Match", one of her best, IMO) and working on another. Trip to the library tomorrow =)

Checked into signing up for social security on line. Wow, I have a lot to get together (I love you have to show birth certificate-- it's like "I'm here, aren't I? Why do I have to have proof I was born? LOL) and after 4 years of being away from home-base, I've got to lay my hands on my safe-deposit key. Then gather all these documents they want. I have a feeling St. Anthony is going to get a work out in the next weeks, haha.

Y'all have a good day!
 
Mizmo said:
Mornin All

Since the demise of my thumb and other debilitating areas I am not using stovetop, pots, pans too much but do miss some fried stuff like
nice crispy bacon and egg.
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So later today I am going to try this new way for me to get crispy bacon

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-to-cook-bacon-in-microwave/

Anyone ever done it this way?
Any comments welcome before I do the deed...
Thank you
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Yes, I have…..just make sure you have paper towel on the plate going into the microwave and paper towel on top…..doesn’t take very long.
 
MickaC said:
Yes, I have…..just make sure you have paper towel on the plate going into the microwave and paper towel on top…..doesn’t take very long.
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So I made it tonight with scrambled egg.
Very good but will give it less time when I make again. I feel it was a little too hard
It sure makes a lotta poppin noise.
I was getting a bit nervous but the paper towel was still on top, no problems.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
First of three days off after a looooooong weekend (called out all three nights to see patients, lots of sick folks) I slept in but have a feeling there's a nap with my name on it later today ;-) Gotta make stops at post-office, WallyWorld, grocery store, and do laundry and general house-hold catch-up.

Finished a book by Joanne Trollope ("An Unsuitable Match", one of her best, IMO) and working on another. Trip to the library tomorrow =)

Checked into signing up for social security on line. Wow, I have a lot to get together (I love you have to show birth certificate-- it's like "I'm here, aren't I? Why do I have to have proof I was born? LOL) and after 4 years of being away from home-base, I've got to lay my hands on my safe-deposit key. Then gather all these documents they want. I have a feeling St. Anthony is going to get a work out in the next weeks, haha.

Y'all have a good day!
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St. Anthony won't fail!
 
Today I went to the podiatrist for my gimpy foot. I have capsulitus or some word like that, and have to use a metatarsal pad that holds down the problem-toe, and take a lot of ibuprofen for ten days, and torture myself daily with alternating soaking the foot in ice water and warm water for 15 minutes. And I need to tape the toe bent down when I go to sleep to keep the tendon from having any pull on it.

Supposedly I can walk around on my foot again while using the pad, but I find it very annoying and not sure I will want it on my foot long enough to go into Boston, though I read the reviews of it on Amazon and one person said it was comfortable after he got used to it. So I hope I get used to it. I used the treadmill here at the hotel until I met my daily step goal, so that was a relief to do that without foot pain.

I may never sleep again though because last night when I went to bed I moved the pillow and a spider sprinted away across the sheet. I killed it (feel bad tho, when I had a house I'd catch them and release outside), but the horror may never leave me!
 
Pinky said:
Was prepared to stay in today, but O/H wants to go for a drive out of town. Gray day, lower temps, high
humidity. Won't be much open. Maybe get an ice-cream at McD's.
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Oh, @Pinky we did the same yesterday, but here in Brockville to Gananoque everything was open, guess because it's a tourist area...
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Something has been digging around the chicken yard, during the night. We have had raccoons kill our chickens before, and we are always on the look out. Dio set up the live trap, to see what he could get. The next morning, low and behold, the trap was sprung. Was it a raccoon? Nope! Just an opossum! So, he let it go and reset the trap. The next morning it wad sprung again! Raccoon? Nope...it was the same opossum!!! This time Dio took the trap far away from the chicken yard, before letting him go. I guess he just couldn't resist the bacon grease that was used for bait! 😁
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When we lived in the other house, I was looking into breeding opossums and selling them to people who owned lots of property, and farms because these animals eat thousands of ticks a month, Just one of them...

So as mentioned above what we did yesterday, went for a drive on a grey, cool day...

Today we took Carl for his walk down on the St Lawerance at Block House Island... Then we checked up on the drywall I bought a few weeks ago... Little damaged drywall, I got it for $2.00 a sheet, rather than $15.00 a sheet, So I bought 60 sheets, so I can drywall the shop, and finish the bathroom down stairs this winter... So they will have it ready to go in the next few days, I will pick up 20 sheets at a time...

Then Lorie went and got her haircut... Looks very beautiful... Then we came home, and I wanted to dig up all the weeds growing in the laneway up in the cracks of the pavement... We got 3/4's of it done... Have to spray a few more weeds and dig them up... So that's about it...

Tomorrow morning, we will take Carl for his walk down to Block House Island... then to the dump to get rid of the bags of weeds and grass cuttings from the summer... then home, and if it doesn't look like rain... finish painting the shutters on the front of the house, and the front door, and the Shop Door...
 
Today is raining again. My aide is coming for the 2nd time today. I have some jobs for her to do. As for myself, I am making keto yogurt and coleslaw. Making breakfast earlier than I used to so I am all done by the time she gets here. I will be writing my story probably most of the day since it is just coming to me. So while my aide cleans I will sit here at my computer and see how comfortable I can get with that. Hard for me not to jump up and help! Going to try though.

Oh yeah, pay bills too! I almost forgot.
 
We had torrential rain through the night, much needed rain , and fortunately now, our very arid yellow grass has turned back to Green...

I had to climb on some ladders this morning in the garden to clear some guttering of leaves and Moss in the barn and shed.... before according to the forecast the rain will return later today..

I've also framed a new poster that I bought from Etsy... for the office room above my desk..

The pictures I have framed there are ones I took myself.. , so this new one will be the only standard generic picture on my wall.. but I like it... so as long as something brings me joy I don't mind where it came from..
I've just got to hammer a picture hook into the wall and hang it... ( we have concrete walls)... and when I've done that I'll take a pic and show you ...all :D.. you know me , any excuse for a piccie..

Got an Amazon delivery of Duck feather cushion inserts coming today... otherwise there's nothing planned for the rest of the day
 

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