Teena Thank you for the love. It's nice to meet you by the way. With everything going on here I haven't had the chance to say hello.
Betsy Thank you always for your kindness. DH is feeling better. We think it was a 24 hour bug or something. He was still a little queasy yesterday but overall he's fine. Grandma was released from the hospital on Saturday and is doing fine. The next POA is to have her cardiologist appointment this week to get more info and figure out what all she should be doing. DH had seen where if you take the tire off the front it is easier to get to the bottom part of the AC compressor and he said he mentioned that to the mechanic so he's thinking that's what he did and forgot to tighten the nuts. My only worry is that the nut that you screw them on to is stripped...hoping not. Hoping your weekend was swell and you had fun with all the doggies
...Clean up I'm sure is going to be fun. Enjoy your sunny day!
Fi Thanks for keeping her in your thoughts. I love my grandma...I've had a close relationship with her for most of my life. We aren't as close as her and my cousin who she practically raised and I guess growing up that made me a little jealous. They are inseparable and that's what I always wanted with my grandparents...especially losing my father at a young age and my mother who wasn't there when she should have been. When I look back on everything I should be happy with what relationship I did have with her and appreciate all that she has done for me instead of being jealous of what someone else has with her. We aren't sure what her life span will be now with this but even if she has a few extra years I think it will be ok. She will be 84 in May so she's no spring chicken. She's lived a nice comfortable life for the most part so I think when it's her time she'll be ok with that. I haven't been reading up on the posts but I see you've gotten some cannabinoid medication...Glad it's working for you!! The new collage is so eye catching! I love it!
Cindy Thank you for being so sweet. You're right when life gets in the way it's hard to focus on yourself. I'm back on the saddle as much as I can today and hoping to get moving again. Glad to hear you are slowly making progress with your weight loss and enjoy it because you deserve it! The AC is fixed and running good...No issues at all and fixed my visor yesterday for $1.60 instead of spending $50 on a new one.
Tootsie Thanks so much, it means a lot. Everything as far as the car is done and going good..FINALLY!
Seems like the Nutrisystem is working for you. I too worry about meeting goal and maintaining weight...It's something all you can do is deal with once you get there. That's what I tell myself anyway.
Karen Thank you for your kind words. I think she's going to be ok...well as best as you can be considering what she is up against now. I haven't beaten myself up about what I've put in my mouth probably because I've been so worried about other things recently, but if I didn't have that in my brain that's exactly what I'd be doing. I hope the hay fever goes away for you soon. It's also nice to meet you too...I haven't had the chance to introduce myself and welcome you to the thread since I've been in and out here for the past week.
Well my grandma was released from the hospital on Saturday. They gave her an rx of diuretic to help with her swelling and has told her to keep watch of that. She also has to eliminate salt as much as possible which I think is going to be the biggest task with everything. Growing up we always had pretty healthy meals at her house. Nothing over the top bad, but as she's gotten older she doesn't like to make cooked meals so she snacks all day long. Potato chips, ice cream, candy, etc. Plus she's from the time where everything canned is good and easy which we all know is laden with salt. My mom had to go through the entire kitchen and take everything out of it because the majority of it she could not have anymore. Surprisingly my mom said she didn't go in there and make a fuss about getting rid of the food. My mom could not believe that even something as simple as some frozen Pilsbury biscuits had 500mg of salt per biscuit!! I told her uhhh hello!?!?! that's why I read everything LOL...My grandma is either going to embrace change and do what her doctor tells her, or she's going to say screw it I've lived a long life I just want to enjoy what little time I have left and do what I want. As much as I love her I think she'll end up falling into the later. She goes this week to see a cardiologist to get more info and decide the POA that needs to be taken to keep her healthy so we'll see what happens from there.
DH is feeling better. We think it was just a little bug. Hoping it is nothing that's still lurking around to where I catch it.
We got our seeds planted this weekend. We ended up finding those little planter greenhouses that have the peat discs in there that puff up when you add water to them so we've got a lot started in there. Hoping we haven't bit off more than we can chew here lol...I have cucumbers, onion, two types of heirloom tomatoes, fennel, brussell sprouts, basil, thyme, sage, chives, dill, and I'm sure I'm missing something else. So we're pretty excited about it to have fresh veggies this year and to have our balcony looking so pretty with the veggies and flowers growing and all of our other spring/summer decorations.
Not sure if I ever mentioned this before but I'm pretty sure I have a herniated disc in my neck. For a few years now I've always felt the back of my neck do something weird when I move it. For the most part it never bothers me. Sometimes if I sleep wrong I'll have a crick in my neck and sometimes at the nape of my neck it will hurt and I'll get a headache. I don't know what has happened this weekend but it has been on fire. It's burning pretty badly and giving me an awful headache. The sides of the neck don't hurt just the very back. I've been popping ibuprofen all day and it hasn't done much. I don't keep or take painkillers in the house because of DH's history of addiction but if it gets too bad I'm going to go see a doctor and see if I can get some sort of muscle relaxer or inflammatory medication. I didn't sleep well last night and woke up with a headache. It's still pretty painful and DH has advised that I shouldn't work out if it's hurting that bad because it probably won't help any. I really wanted to get back in gear today but he's probably right....and I'm not sure if I could take it if it got worse than it is now. If you guys can think of anything OTC that I could take that may help please let me know.
Dinner tonight is going to be rotisserie chicken...no skin for me with collard greens and sweet potato. I cooked some chicken breasts for a chicken salad this week that I'll be making and tomorrow we're going to have Lebanese chicken kebabs...It's that time of year again! I'll be doing the marinade tonight.
Sorry this post is so long but wanted to give you guys and update and thank everyone for being so kind and loving with everything going on. I didn't want to go on a hiatus because posting daily helps me keep on track. I plan to be back on here every day now even if it's a short hello. I need to be here.
Take care friends <3