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@hollydolly Much better, thanks. Since I usually work Tuesday through Saturday, I get confused about what day it is. DD thinks it's from the meds. Um...have only taken the antibiotics in the past 24 hours!

The bruising is uglier today, but the pain is much less. Yesterday I had a smoothie and ate some ice cream. Still not ready to try to bite on anything. This morning I had Ensure for breakfast.

This is one of those times that I'm really glad for my living situation. There have been times when I've hated it, but having all of us under the same roof now has been a lifesaver for me. Nice that I only have to text (because I for sure can't talk!) for DD, DSIL or DGD to come running:)

On another note, @hollydolly , might it help your arthritic paws if you used braces on your hands/wrists? They can be had just about everywhere, pharmacies, supermarkets, etc.
Good to hear the pain is manageable and you're able to eat something soft already.. that bodes well ..:)

With regard to the OA in my hands ( currently just the right that's causing the pain).. I am actually wearing a brace right now, I do find it helps a lot, and last night the pain was so bad I had to wear it to bed, but of course during the day I have to take it off to work.. gripping something is hard wearing the splint.. , and of course it's too bulky to wear under rubber gloves when I'm cleaning, so that makes the pain worse....
 
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On my early walk around 6:30,walked halfway down my street,temp was 57, wearing shorts/knit shirt with sweatshirt was refreshing with no wind,birds were chirping,saw thumper/thumperina in our community garden very content chewing on grass
This morning I have an appt to have a CT scan on my partial right knee,a friend is taking me to this facility which is located in Williamsville{burb of Buffalo}. I've lasted 18 yrs with the knee,2 yrs ago I was diganosed with a conditon in the knee where calcium crystals get in between joint cartiledge made it painful to sit for long periods of time{I got out of jury duty}.A couple months ago, the knee was stiff/sore/ at times painful when I was walking, I can still bend the knee back. I saw my dr last Mon,she suggested I take Aleve twice/day which is helping.I'll be interested to see what the results are
The rest of my day, take a longer walk since the weather is sunny/warm,read NYT/local paper, after dinner tackle NYT crossword puzzle
Good luck!
 
It's stormy here today.. heavy rain and quite breezy winds, so I'm pleased to have an excuse to stay home.. I'm painting the downstairs doors .. but unlike previously, I have to take my time doing one at a time because of the arthritis in my dominant hand it hurts like Billy-o to grip the brush. It's amazing how fast this OA has got me.. about 5 years ago I was diagnosed with it, it was a little sore, and had started to swell, but that's how it stayed until this last 6 months and now it's really affecting my grip, my sleep and my life tbh..

I wonder if Stress has got anything to with it
Might I suggest doing a search on "arthritis exercises for hands"? It helped me.
 
Just got back from shopping. Most prices up, and lots of empty spaces on shelves. Strangely, the cost of fuel was the same as last week.
Still £1.52 ?... My god I wonder why ours are so much more expensive in England.. . I have an app that updates me on the cheapest garages for fuel within 5 miles of home.. and usually it's the supermarket... today that's £1.68..per litre...
 
I slept in this morning. Yesterday, it was sunny and about 91°F (32°C). We spent several hours spraying weeds around the electric fences....hot, tiring work. I'm glad that part is done.

Today, we have to go to into town for some new mower blades....the current blades had an altercation with some rocks. The rocks won. Later, in the evening, we will continue spraying....we have the entire driveway to do. I expect to sleep well again tonight.
 
Oh I have , believe me... I have squeeze balls which I use every other day, because my fingers now are too painful to close in a fist...
So sorry to hear about your OA and how it is affecting your grip and quality of life. I've developed little involuntary movements in my fingers which is especially noticeable to me when I'm using the computer or using a touch pad. I hit extra keys when typing or my finger accidentally touches something on the touch pad. It happens quite frequently. I've been doing some hand stretches to try to alleviate it.

I hope the squeeze balls help. I made need to try those, too.
 
Today is Wednesday, May 11, 2022 and I am orienting myself as usual! Other than that, I'm using my foot to toss a fetch toy for the dog and reading posts on SF. So much for drive and ambition. What I should be doing is preparing for the neighbors' multi-family garage sale. But, they have changed the weather forecast and I'm using the threat of thunder storms as an excuse to bow out of participation. Later, I will likely be spending more time with my 6 month old twin great-grandsons. They were supposed to go back to PA yesterday, but their dad returned home from a road tour trip with Covid. That's sad, but ... The babies are here for an extended stay - Hooray!
 
I understand ya.. I'm in just about exactly the same position. I've had this house for almost 43 years.. and like you , all repairs and maintenance kept up over those years , .. decided not to take the carpet up in the livingroom because altho' many do it here, my house would just feel too cold without it in winter. ( California is a whole different kettle of fish)>. Really the whole house could do with a big new makeover .. ..but today I started painting the doors in the hall, just because they looked kinda off white, and now I soon realised that with the arthritis so bad in my right hand, it was painful to do that job, and I still have several more to do.
I've been mulling over whether to get decorators in for the hall stairs and landing.. and perhaps the livingroom.., but , I'm thinking.. hmmmmm.. I don't know whether to spend that money if I'm not going to stay here, and then I'll need the money to furnish and potentially decorate a new place.... but by the same token I don't want to find myself not doing it and still living with it 5 years from now.
You described the dilemma perfectly. DH & I were having this very conversation seven years ago. Now we're wishing we had the work done then. The pandemic changed our attitudes about the wisdom of downsizing to smaller quarters.

No matter what, we need to address some additional lighting in part of our kitchen and a few minor issues.

Our daughter's neighbor's son is handyman (grown man with a family of his own). DD recommended him after having him do some repairs at her house so we hired recently to take care of a couple of things. We've all been quite pleased with his work and fair prices. The nuts and cherries on top of the sundae: he shows up on time and doesn't play the "oh, I didn't know about this so I'll have to charge you more" game.

Finding a good handyman is like stumbling over a gold mine.
 
You described the dilemma perfectly. DH & I were having this very conversation seven years ago. Now we're wishing we had the work done then. The pandemic changed our attitudes about the wisdom of downsizing to smaller quarters.

No matter what, we need to address some additional lighting in part of our kitchen and a few minor issues.

Our daughter's neighbor's son is handyman (grown man with a family of his own). DD recommended him after having him do some repairs at her house so we hired recently to take care of a couple of things. We've all been quite pleased with his work and fair prices. The nuts and cherries on top of the sundae: he shows up on time and doesn't play the "oh, I didn't know about this so I'll have to charge you more" game.

Finding a good handyman is like stumbling over a gold mine.
I'm with you, @StarSong and @hollydolly. I thought I was getting closer to having my house where I wanted it to be in terms of having things reasonably up-to-date but then not one but two unexpected issues came up that will cost about $20,000 total when completed. These aren't decorative issues, their functional ones. Luckily I've found two good tradesmen to address the issues. Neither problem is an emergency just yet but could easily turn into one.

I was hoping to have some shelves and cubbies built into a few of my closets to make better use of the space (my house was built in 1964 so closets were much smaller then). But that's on hold as are some other smaller projects.

Beautiful day here. The weather is perfect. Thank you, God, for such a lovely day.
 
I did mention this to the neighbor across the street when we were chatting a few days ago. His house is probably the same age as mine (around 30 years) and he said he had all new windows put in 5 years ago. Seems to me window should last a lot longer than that.
Quality windows should last more than 5 years......clearly weren't quality.
Installing high quality windows gives you a really positive return on the house value.
Had these particular doors and windows installed in the house on the farm.....triple pane, glazed, 30 year warranty.
Had the same kind installed in my house in town, 5 years ago.
Polar Windows is the company.....they stand behind their products......any issues, if there is any, are taken care of promptly.
I would never have any other.
 
@ Holly,, when I paint doors I use those square pads that I think are originally used to paint edges .
They have a handle on the back & pads can be taken off to wash when you are done painting.
Good lord I'd forgotten all about those, I remember using them way back in the 70's before I learned how to paint properly with a brush.. but what a great idea, they will definitely be easier to use than gripping the handle of the paintbrush.. . Thanks SF..I'll go find some of those in a little while.. (y)
 
Today while it rained hard outside... I got another door and frame painted..., took delivery of another pack of finger splints before they go shooting up in price like everything else. Now I've plenty to be going on with..

For the 3rd time in the space of 2 months the bin men didn't empty my recycle bin, or anyone else's in the road..this is more than annoying because every household pays for bin emptying in our council taxes, but the recycle bin has an annual charge separately ..

Sorted out some storage boxes, and found a box with new key chains in I'd forgotten about. I like key chains, it stops me losing my keys when I'm out by leaving them on a cash till counter or somewhere

Took a shower after painting the door.. and gave myself a bit of a beauty treatment with some new lotions and potions .. then cooked Mac & Blue Cheese/cheddar with chopped bacon and chopped lambs liver... it was absolutely deelishus !!:p
 
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Went out to find summer shorts for the o/h .. got more books from the library. Enjoying the Thomas Mogford books these days. Got take-out Japanese food 😋

It's a sunny, beautiful day today. Perfect humidity level. Hope it stays this way for awhile. I don't do well in high humidity. Thank goodness for a/c.
 
I felt up to being...um...coerced into visiting the garden centers. Coerced. Y'all know I wouldn't have thought of it on my own :rolleyes: much less having insisted upon it :rolleyes::rolleyes:

We were only out for about an hour and a half, but I was wiped out when we got home. Not wiped out enough to keep me from planting the white guara and evening primroses that followed me home, and not wiped out enough to keep me from planting some globe amaranth seeds. Speedwell will be planted tomorrow after work.

Now I am wiped out, though, because it's hot out there in the sun (82F) and because I washed up some dishes that were in the sink. It's nap time🥱🛏️:sleep:, right after I eat some ice cream. This soft diet has advantages. Ice cream is soft.
 

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