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Worked in the shop yesterday morning cutting and sanding door trim. Then headed up north to visit friends, one of which came up from Wyoming. Took Lil Bit along to see some new territory, and meet the 4 other dogs that were there. She had a great time playing outside in the snow with the other dogs. She was the bell of the ball, and made some life long friends. Should have gotten some pics, but we were already getting into the Tequila, Which is why I'm moving a little slow today. Cleaned up the shop this morning, and stained a batch of door trim that has to still get two coats of urethane, and get installed before I can move on to the facing trim. One pic below shows the two garage door opening, and two entry doors, that are being worked on. Lil Bit has of course been a great help with all the work here.

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She is adorable! Keep posting pictures of her.
 
Had my meeting to re-certify my lease today. Everything went well. I finished the yogurt I was making in the Instant Pot and it came out perfect. Tonight I am hoping to try to sleep in my bed and not the recliner. I laid down on it today, without the wedge under my knees, just to see if I could. I did okay and even fell asleep. So I will see how that goes.
 

I don't know a lot about the Canadian medical system, but down here, the doctor would be history! I would find a new one if I had to drive a hundred miles...leaving stitches is completely unacceptable! Wonder what he might leave in your body, or maybe cut on the wrong hand...he is a quack!
 
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Update....
Finally got a call this morning from the cancer clinic and have appointment for consultation with cancer doc on April 14.
That is the best date they can give me..... would have been earlier had the referral gone in March 1 which was when I last saw surgeon.
It would never have happened if I had not got on the phone yesterday and 'ranted'
Meantime second cyst keeps getting bigger and more painful
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hawkdon said:
I am attempting to repair a lamp on my chairside table, one of those swing arm...so far my shaky weak hands have let me take
the socket apart, but I am having probs with stripping back the wire to re-install it....ah well got lots of time and no place to be!!;)
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Did you remember to unplug it first? :rolleyes:

I am just kidding! Hoping the laugh might help your day, and someone else's who might be reading.
 
Jules said:
@Mizmo, can you ask to be put on a cancellation list, explaining that the referral was delayed. It wouldn’t hurt to try, if you haven’t already.
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I did that right away but that is nearest date and I was told there will be no cancellations before then ?
Also waiting to hear from surgeon re the present cyst....duh!
If I don't have a heart attack or such in the next few days with all this stress it will be a miracle !
 
Despite having no intention of leaving the house today, I saw the reports of people panicking for fuel as the prices have risen through the roof overnight.. BP forecourt is selling their unleaded ( cheapest fuel) at £1.66 per LITRE, other petrol garages Esso, etc are selling fuel for around £1.60..per litre .. and BP had Diesel at a whopping £1.70 per litre, so I knew I had to go and fill my tank before it reaches £2.00 per litre.

I refuse to go to BP.. they're always the most expensive, so I drove to a town 10 miles away to Costco.... where there was a huge queue for fuel, but it was an incredible 18p cheaper per litre than BP.. at £1.48... so I filled my tank, and a Gallon Can extra, to store in the garage..

The funny thing is that the BP garage and Costco in that town are just about 1/2 a mile apart, and yet the difference in prices are huge!!

I haven't been in Costco since before the pandemic, so I had a wander around.. didn't buy much..got some Olive coloured jeggings.. .Big bag of frozen Pork Sausages (40) .. and 3 kilos of Chicken thighs.. the latter was just $4.40.. and when I got home I divided them up into bags of 4 thighs for the freezer.. and got 7 bags , which is fantastic value for money....

Been off and on sunny today but with a cold wind.. very sunny driving home through the woods but it's now 5.15 so it'll be dark in about 1/2 an hour..
 
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We have one gas station in a mile area with at least four others in that strip and one directly across from it. It is regularly 5 to 10 cents a litre higher and the pumps are still busy. Maybe people will start reading the signs. Though it varies by area, we’re paying $1.95 a litre.

Planning an efficient route to the grocery store so any other needed stops are done at the same time. I‘m totally out of flour.
 
Jules said:
We have one gas station in a mile area with at least four others in that strip and one directly across from it. It is regularly 5 to 10 cents a litre higher and the pumps are still busy. Maybe people will start reading the signs. Though it varies by area, we’re paying $1.95 a litre.

Planning an efficient route to the grocery store so any other needed stops are done at the same time. I‘m totally out of flour.
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I just put $1.95 Canadian into currency converter.. ..if you were paying as much per litre as us, you would be paying $2.80 Canadian dollars..

or on the flip side.. $1/95 Canadian dollars is equal to UK £1.15.... gosh I can't even remember the last time we had petrol at £1.15 per litre.. it was before the pandemic I 'm sure.. :(
 
hawkdon said:
I am attempting to repair a lamp on my chairside table, one of those swing arm...so far my shaky weak hands have let me take
the socket apart, but I am having probs with stripping back the wire to re-install it....ah well got lots of time and no place to be!!;)
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WELP, had to give on on that little project, after rewiring and all it turns out there is a short somewhere in the tall column of
the lamp...so took it all apart and pitched it...will buy a new
table lamp to replace it.....
 
I've been dogsitting now for over a week, and I've got another week to go. The pay is good!
So, I've been outside piddling around and trying to keep the dogs company.

Planting some more flowers, watering, shoveling leaves in to the bottoms of pots, so as not having to use so much potting soil. It's a beautiful day out too.

Our family is also on baby alert. My nephew and his wife are expecting their first baby. She's in the hospital now.
They're out of town, so we're communicating through the family texting chain.
 
Another storm forecasted for tomorrow......just had one yesterday :(:(:(
So, did the grocery thing today, only needed milk and bananas......picked up some medication.

Has anyone noticed i haven't been complaining about snow and shovelling.
Still getting lots of snow crap......still shovelling.
Thought i'd give all of you a break from my whining......breaks over.
 
Today I have spent some time trying to figure out what to do about all the old photo albums. I feel like it would be best to scan the pictures. My printer/scanner hasn't worked for years, I tried to google how to get it to connect but one solution had millions of steps and required a cable I don't know whether I have, but mostly I found negative comments about how impossible it is to get to work, and one old YouTube eleven years ago of someone throwing it out a window to smash it. So, I've despaired of that plan.

Plan B - I searched scanners on Amazon, but the affordable ones have so many bad reviews (lots of good reviews too but I'm not sure if they are trustworthy), and I don't want to waste any money.

Plan C - I tried taking a picture of an old photo using my phone. It looks okay to me! And I think it will magically upload itself somewhere, tho perhaps there is a limited size to where-ever it is the pictures go (someplace in my Google account, I found my way there once but would have to figure it out again).

I just don't know whether plan C will get extremely tiresome to do (tho probably scanning them in would be just as tiresome), and I don't know what to do if the upload area gets filled up.

Does anyone know of a good solution for storing pictures online? Preferably free but perhaps a very tiny monthly fee?
 
tortiecat said:
My hairdresser came and did my hair this morning, then the nurse came
to cut my toenails, then my son came with my groceries and something
f0r supper; he told me not to look at it, just pop in microwave for 5 mins.
Hope its something I really like.
Dobielvr....boy or girl?
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Boy!
They're naming him after my father. ❤️
 

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