What are you doing today?

[Georgiagranny]

@Mizmo I was just thinking about you and wondering how you're doing. Is the phantom pain gone (at least for now)?

My mother was an amputee and said the only thing that helped with phantom pain--the only thing!--was Bufferin buffered aspirin.

I'm glad you posted and glad that you were able to get the batteries in.

Whatsisname, The Father of My Children, paid more than $5,000 for his hearing aids. He still can't hear and has asked the kids to email him because talking on the phone is the next thing to impossible. He says the TTY feature for the phone is less than desirable. $5K for hearing aids that are useless! He doesn't even bother to watch TV anymore because the closed caption feature is so annoying. He gets his news from reading online.

 

[Leann]

The weather here has been perfect today. It's the kind of day where you just live in the moment because you want this to last forever. I have dishes to do and laundry to fold but it's not happening until this evening, when the sun has set and this incredible gift from God is a memory.

 

[MickaC]

@hollydolly ......Holly, don’t mean to be nosy.....did you mention on this thread that you were starting a two day a week job......how’s that going?

 

[Mizmo]

@Mizmo I was just thinking about you and wondering how you're doing. Is the phantom pain gone (at least for now)?

My mother was an amputee and said the only thing that helped with phantom pain--the only thing!--was Bufferin buffered aspirin.

I'm glad you posted and glad that you were able to get the batteries in.

Whatsisname, The Father of My Children, paid more than $5,000 for his hearing aids. He still can't hear and has asked the kids to email him because talking on the phone is the next thing to impossible. He says the TTY feature for the phone is less than desirable. $5K for hearing aids that are useless! He doesn't even bother to watch TV anymore because the closed caption feature is so annoying. He gets his news from reading online.

The phantom pain apparently sticks around...early days yet.
I cannot take aspirin or opioids so have to make do with Tylenol..helps a little.
My whole arm is aching and with lymph-node procedure..apparently the arm was strapped down for one and a half hours so lots o bruising and muscle hurt.
Yes hearing aids are not the most wonderful things for hearing loss. I still have to use subtitles for most shows.
The in ear buds are expensive and not the answer, at least for me.( i really object to hearing my stomach gurgle and burps)
I use speaker function on phone for some people
..... still okay with a one on one conversation but in a group discussion....forget it !!!
Ah.... c'est la vie with the ageing process eh!!!

 

[Marie5656]

Well, first I put away the laundry I did last evening. Then went outside as it was a nice day. Got some groceries and now am just hanging out bingewatching some stuff on HULU. Just a normal day

 

[Georgiagranny]

@Marie5656 Does your apartment have a balcony?

 

[Llynn]

Took advantage of a break in the rain to mow the lawn around my house. I still need to fire up the tractor and mow the orchard and fields but I didn't have it in me to bounce around that much. I'm scheduled to have an injection in my spine next month which I hope will help with my back pain enough to make such activity bearable.

 

[Jules]

@Mizmo, it really is wonderful that you’re through with the surgery and are recuperating. You type better with nine fingers than I do with 10.

 

[Marie5656]

@Marie5656 Does your apartment have a balcony?

Sadly, no. But we have benches and picnic tables outside

 

[Autumn72]

Cleaning for a annual inspection.
Cab hardly do the simplest cleaning due to breathing issues.
Tried to get estranged grand daughter and dsughter to help yet one is nursing her daughter and the other saidcshes trying to get a second car, due to it being 18 yrs old, her father refuses to help and she worked 3 jobs to keep her house she has now.
Her car has a leak in the gas tank so she can only fill it halfway her way to get to work unbelievable. Ivwish I won the lottery. ...

 

[Sliverfox]

Seeing doctor for my quarterly check up.

Going with hubby for his check after mine.

 

[Mizmo]

@Mizmo, it really is wonderful that you’re through with the surgery and are recuperating. You type better with nine fingers than I do with 10.

oh but i am typing with only 5 fingers.... other four numb fo now.......well occasional poke for the alt key and it is great fun mousing with left hand.....wheeee..... sometimes can' find the cursor

 

[StarSong]

Oh yes of course we have facebook market place, and now "nextdoor'.. Car boot sales have always been a huge thing here over the decades.. but now with the ease of Ebay, FB, Vinted, et al for selling online, they're nowehere nearly as popular and tend to have overpriced Tat being sold. Further to that they're more often held Early on a Sunday morning.. in a town about an hour away... so really , they have lost their appeal

I couldn't imagine people lining up their cars in parking lot with their boots (aka trunks) open with who-knows-what small things for sale so I looked up "car boot sales." From web photos, they appear to be very much like what people here would call an outdoor flea market or swap meet. Well, that makes a whole lot more sense!

Like your boot sales, our flea markets and swap meets carry mostly overpriced oddities and junk so don't bother with them. When looking for a specific used item, most recently a baby stroller, it's so much easier and more efficient to shop on FB Marketplace or Craigslist.

 

[Georgiagranny]

@Mizmo I once had an infection in my "social" finger, requiring a huge gauze wrap and needing to be held pointed up. It was an interesting conversation starter and a darned nuisance trying to type.

Another time, my wrist was in a cast from my knuckles halfway up my arm. When I tried to type, my fingers looked like a crab crawling across the keyboard

 

[moviequeen1]

The birdies woke me up at 4:45,was able to go back to sleep until 6:10
My early morning walk around 6:30,2 times around our apt complex,the flowers in our community garden are beginning to blossom,notice 3 rabbits aka 'thumper/thumperina busy chewing the grass.The temp was 67
This morning,calling Canopy of Neighbors members as I do every Mon to see how they are. I've been given 4 new members added to my list,{total now is 14} I start at 9:15 end around 10:30 or longer
The rest of my day try to get another walk in before the rain comes this afternoon,read NYT/local paper, do couple games on my smartphone

 

[MickaC]

The phantom pain apparently sticks around...early days yet.
I cannot take aspirin or opioids so have to make do with Tylenol..helps a little.
My whole arm is aching and with lymph-node procedure..apparently the arm was strapped down for one and a half hours so lots o bruising and muscle hurt.
Yes hearing aids are not the most wonderful things for hearing loss. I still have to use subtitles for most shows.
The in ear buds are expensive and not the answer, at least for me.( i really object to hearing my stomach gurgle and burps)
I use speaker function on phone for some people
..... still okay with a one on one conversation but in a group discussion....forget it !!!
Ah.... c'est la vie with the ageing process eh!!!

Hope you're going to feel some ease from everything you're going through.
My prayers and well wishes go to you.
Keep staying strong.
Take care.

 

[Sassycakes]

It's still early in the day where I live yet I've learned a lot. I love playing words with friends. I was talking to one of my friends today and I told her I was amazed at how many words she posted that I had never heard before Like Xu. She laughed at me and said, "Don't you have a cheat book?" I said what is that and she said it's a book that has all kinds of odd words in it that most people wouldn't have ever heard of. I must be a real dummy because I just use my brain. Then she mentioned 2 of our other friends who we play with who have the same book. She suggested I get the book. I told her I would just rather use my brain. Of course, she laughed at me and said "Wow you do pretty good just using your brain."

 

[katlupe]

Today looks like it will be a nice day. I am saving my energy and walking ability to go shopping this afternoon with Sonny. I am thinking of going to the new dollar store location. It is much bigger and a really nice building. Use to be a drugstore. When I shopped with my mobility chair I had trouble getting in the door at the old location (next to Tops). This one has an electric door. That is my only plan for today.

 

[AnnieA]

Taking the van in to replace a cracked windshield.

Recovering from hosting these precious girls for the weekend at my brother's house (niece at the back). They had just finished makeovers in this pic. Lovely ladies ...too much teen energy though! Wish so that I still had it.

 

[hollydolly]

I couldn't imagine people lining up their cars in parking lot with their boots (aka trunks) open with who-knows-what small things for sale so I looked up "car boot sales." From web photos, they appear to be very much like what people here would call an outdoor flea market or swap meet. Well, that makes a whole lot more sense!

Like your boot sales, our flea markets and swap meets carry mostly overpriced oddities and junk so don't bother with them. When looking for a specific used item, most recently a baby stroller, it's so much easier and more efficient to shop on FB Marketplace or Craigslist.

typical Boot sale.. pre Pandemic...

 

[hollydolly]

@Mizmo I once had an infection in my "social" finger, requiring a huge gauze wrap and needing to be held pointed up. It was an interesting conversation starter and a darned nuisance trying to type.

Another time, my wrist was in a cast from my knuckles halfway up my arm. When I tried to type, my fingers looked like a crab crawling across the keyboard

Social finger...

 

[Jules]

Sure wish we had Boot Sales here, though not as busy as that one. Our strata doesn’t permit Garage sales, which I can understand. I’m not fond of dealing with people online and it’s definitely not worth it for items that have low prices. There are some things I just don’t want to give away.

 

[Sassycakes]

It's still early in the day where I live yet I've learned a lot. I love playing words with friends. I was talking to one of my friends today and I told her I was amazed at how many words she posted that I had never heard before Like Xu. She laughed at me and said, "Don't you have a cheat book?" I said what is that and she said it's a book that has all kinds of odd words in it that most people wouldn't have ever heard of. I must be a real dummy because I just use my brain. Then she mentioned 2 of our other friends who we play with who have the same book. She suggested I get the book. I told her I would just rather use my brain. Of course, she laughed at me and said "Wow you do pretty good just using your brain."

I left out a part of the fact that I cheat on words with one of my friends. She had a stroke and doesn't play well so I cheat and pick the word with fewer points to make her win.

 

[hawkdon]

Welp, my homecare lady just left, so now I'll prob lay down
for a bit, don't sleep but just rest...just fed the feral momma
cat again...she is eating for a bunch of kits I guess.....

 

[StarSong]

typical Boot sale.. pre Pandemic...

WOW! That's a monster of a sale! It looks like a lot of this is overflow from people's homes - they're selling their own possessions rather than things they've bought (sometimes new, sometimes used) for resale. Is that correct?