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Today I am going to a funeral service for my longtime friend Ernst. He died in his sleep recently after a serious illness. He was 88 years old and as fine a man as I have ever met in my entire life. I will miss him a great deal for a long time.
I will be grieving today.
 

@Pecos
I'm so sorry for the loss of your dear friend.
He will always be a fine man to you.....but....now in the way of your heart, memories, and daily life, he will still be with you.
Another fine man in my opinion is yourself.
My thoughts are with you as you grieve and visit your memories of your dear friend.
 

Oh Dear , pecos... what a terrible loss for you.😔 A friend for a long time, someone you've had confidential chats with that you've probably not with anyone else.. someone who was always there for you and you for him for many years.. what a great loss, and your grief is palpable

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R.I.P Ernst...
 
Pecos said:
Today I am going to a funeral service for my longtime friend Ernst. He died in his sleep recently after a serious illness. He was 88 years old and as fine a man as I have ever met in my entire life. I will miss him a great deal for a long time.
I will be grieving today.
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I know this is a difficult day for you, my dear friend. Please take comfort in the fact you brought him great joy in his life, just as he did in yours. 🤗
 
Bretrick said:
I went and had my first physiotherapy session for my broken ankle.
Had an Air Pressure bag fitted to my foot for twenty minutes
Alternating cold and hot, high pressure to help rid the ankle of built up fluid.
Returning on Monday for second session.
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I hope the ankle heals up good with the help of the pt. Before you know it you will literally be on your feet again!
 
dseag2 said:
Usually I'm posting about going to the gym or walking by the lake. This was not only to stay healthy, but to help alleviate the stress of having my mother in end-of-life care since late September. She passed away yesterday and I'm glad I retired so I could spend her last days with her. (I'm also an only child.)

Today we finished clearing out her things at Assisted Living. The positive in my day was having 5 of the staff members hug me and tell me what a wonderful person she was. The final goodbye to the staff in the assisted living facility was really difficult but it was amazingly cathartic.

Tomorrow I will start a new chapter in my life, back to the gym and the lake. I will just be reflecting on what's next. I'm sure this forum will still be a big part of it!
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I'm very sorry for the loss of your mother. She sounded like a great person.
 
Usual daily routine here with getting up and having coffee, walking doggie. I went grocery shopping and got 1 single beer and some other groceries, not much. When I got home I realized, after looking at my receipt, that I was charged 12.99 for a single beer! I was also charged way too much for yams. I took my bag back to the store and, of course, told the manager about it. He refunded me the 12.99 plus tax. Next time I go I am going to watch every item rung up. I usually do but today I wasn't paying attention.

Last night I had a problem with too low blood sugar--I found it out because I got weak in my legs, was clammy, heart palpitations, dizzy. I took my blood sugar reading and it was 65--should be no lower than 70. So, I ate and continued to take it a few more times till it got up higher. It was lower than usual this morning but not too low. I blame this on not eating on a fixed schedule. I let too much time go by before I have something to eat and then sometimes don't eat enough, too. I'm going to keep a better watch on having my meals at the right times. I never had this problem before I got Diabetes Type 2.

Listening to some music now, relaxing, bird is singing, doggie is sleeping. All is well. Maybe watch a movie tonight. ;) ✌️ 🦆🐦🐶🐝🐛🦞🐳🦒🦬🌿☘️💐🌹Have a good evening to those who read my post.
 
My sink suddenly started draining very slowly the night before last and I called a plumber company yesterday and they came out today and now I've agreed to a new hot water heater (with a new garbage disposal + fix the slow sink thrown in).

They are going to bring it out on Tuesday. I guess I am doing the right thing, the hot water heater is 11 years old and maybe it is best to replace it before it starts leaking or stops heating water. They are going to reinforce the floor under it as well, because when he opened the hot water heater closet we discovered it is slightly tilted sagging down one side of the floor under it.
I will use the rest of the money the insurance company gave me for the appearance of the barns after the big hail storm (tho really the barn needs repainting it does look bad, will worry about it someday I guess).

That big hail storm was like winning the lottery, I got a new roof, will be getting new siding and a bunch of new windows, plus the 'barn appearance' cash which I'm spending on some extra new house siding (they only are paying for three sides and I want to get the 4th side redone as well) and now a new hot water heater. I am so happy.

But with typical human desire to worry, I now will fret wondering when the well or well pump will die, or the furnace, or the refrigerator. Retiring is kind of scary, I don't remember worrying about things like this in the past, but now that there are only 4 more months of work income I am really stressing about potential future expenses. It would probably be more sensible to work longer, but I feel so old and tired and I really want to retire.
 
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HoneyNut said:
My sink suddenly started draining very slowly the night before last and I called a plumber company yesterday and they came out today and now I've agreed to a new hot water heater (with a new garbage disposal + fix the slow sink thrown in).

They are going to bring it out on Tuesday. I guess I am doing the right thing, the hot water heater is 11 years old and maybe it is best to replace it before it starts leaking or stops heating water. They are going to reinforce the floor under it as well, because when he opened the hot water heater closet we discovered it is slightly tilted sagging down one side of the floor under it.
I will use the rest of the money the insurance company gave me for the appearance of the barns after the big hail storm (tho really the barn needs repainting it does look bad, will worry about it someday I guess).

That big hail storm was like winning the lottery, I got a new roof, will be getting new siding and a bunch of new windows, plus the 'barn appearance' cash which I'm spending on some extra new house siding (they only are paying for three sides and I want to get the 4th side redone as well) and now a new hot water heater. I am so happy.

But with typical human desire to worry, I now will fret wondering when the well or well pump will die, or the furnace, or the refrigerator. Retiring is kind of scary, I don't remember worrying about things like this in the past, but now that there are only 4 more months of work income I am really stressing about potential future expenses. It would probably be more sensible to work longer, but I feel so old and tired and I really want to retire.
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I hear you, @HoneyNut! I ‘hit a wall’ last weekend with my job but can’t retire now. Wish I had a plug for the hole into which my $$ keeps disappearing !
 
I haven't done much all week besides sleep and read. I have been so tired (chemo fatigue which can take 1-1.5 years to go away). I did wash dishes twice. Fed the dog twice, and gave him his meds twice.

My daughter bought a turkey for Thanksgiving. I will be in charge of the gravy and stuffing, because I trust no one to get it right. She will learn how to make everything else, with my supervision. We are having turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole (for my daughter), green beans with cranberries and almonds (for my husband), steamed naked broccoli, and pumpkin and apple pies. This is our idea of an abbreviated Thanksgiving dinner.

I mainly want the turkey bones. If I put the broken bones in the slow cooker for 24 hours, the broth is delicious. I use it for soup.
 
dseag2 said:
Usually I'm posting about going to the gym or walking by the lake. This was not only to stay healthy, but to help alleviate the stress of having my mother in end-of-life care since late September. She passed away yesterday and I'm glad I retired so I could spend her last days with her. (I'm also an only child.)

Today we finished clearing out her things at Assisted Living. The positive in my day was having 5 of the staff members hug me and tell me what a wonderful person she was. The final goodbye to the staff in the assisted living facility was really difficult but it was amazingly cathartic.

Tomorrow I will start a new chapter in my life, back to the gym and the lake. I will just be reflecting on what's next. I'm sure this forum will still be a big part of it!
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I am so sorry for the loss of your mother. Glad you had that time with her in those last days.
 
It's grey again.. but quite mild. I had all the windows open as I usually do regardless of the weather.. but one of the neighbours a few doors along is having an extension built on their house so the constant hammering got to me in the end and I've closed all the windows, at the front of the house anyway..

I have no plans for today all my neighbours have gone out , there's' no cars in the neighbours 'drives at all out there....it looks like there's been a mass exodus...:D

I'm sure there will be a lot of Christmas shopping getting done today because so many people get paid in the middle of the month and this is the penultimate pay cheque for most people before Christmas Day
 
WheatenLover said:
I haven't done much all week besides sleep and read. I have been so tired (chemo fatigue which can take 1-1.5 years to go away). I did wash dishes twice. Fed the dog twice, and gave him his meds twice.

My daughter bought a turkey for Thanksgiving. I will be in charge of the gravy and stuffing, because I trust no one to get it right. She will learn how to make everything else, with my supervision. We are having turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole (for my daughter), green beans with cranberries and almonds (for my husband), steamed naked broccoli, and pumpkin and apple pies. This is our idea of an abbreviated Thanksgiving dinner.

I mainly want the turkey bones. If I put the broken bones in the slow cooker for 24 hours, the broth is delicious. I use it for soup.
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I dislike turkey, couple of bites and I am done-as in, yup, 🤮, still tastes like turkey. 😂. We are eating out. But everything else sounds yummy.
 
Picking up Joey, early, and taking him for his blood test, then breakfast, then Costco for new glasses. Yesterday, picked up his dental records. Just walked in and asked for them and they gave them to me. They didn’t even ask who I was. 😮. Apparently they never heard of HIPPA. Will be getting him a different dentist, already spoke to group home.

Got a call from home health care saying his oxygen will end soon. OMG, I told them the doctor had ordered it on till 12/01. Apparently the nurse did not send the order in. Home health care will call them and get a new order.

Then asked about the connector he needed. We will be going to home health care and getting him a connector so he can have his c pap machine and oxygen both on at night. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Another thing the group home could not accomplish. Stupid people.

Got a text from the psychologist that the group home manager now understood about Joey’s diet and what he should have to eat. Later got a call from my oldest son saying Joey called him and was having pizza, again, for dinner. Kill me, just kill me.

Learned Joey had traded a lot of his DVDs with a roommate so need to get those back, removed the two large supposed to be but were not anchored to the wall closets from his room, and today taking the new closet system over and putting it together. Getting his laundry, which still has not been washed in a month or more, bringing it here and washing it. Cleaning his room. Taking hm shopping, hopefully getting him new shoes as well.

Busy, busy day.
 
Waiting for FedEx.

This is the first time I’ve relied on home delivery for my refrigerated injectable medication.

The other day the FedEx delivery person left a sack of my maintenance drugs out on the stoop!

I retrieved them as he was walking away but it made me wonder what could happen if children or pets got hold of them.


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Today we are staying warm inside. 45 is the high. BUT yesterday we went to town. I had a few blood draws from a Lab to get, and we did $30 of laundry.

Thought I would share the journey

This going east on old Hwy 40 just before sunrise

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This sunrise! Yikes!
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This in Columbia. The public library. ( notice the weird statue that looks like french fries ) :)
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Just before the Lab I stopped to take a pic of this gorgeous maple tree
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