Ceejay, you were typing over my head.

Are you excited to get the opportunity to play more at church? What songs are yiu practicing ? I think you have a good plan in place.

Good Morning All Ya'll...

Whew what a night. Sassy has the poos now. The stench is awful. She, of course, pooed on my carpet. We cleaned it up with 409 then used oxy carpet cleaning for pet stains and odor. Still bad smelling. At 1:30 am I got up and went to the couch. C couldn't smell it because of the pap machine. I gave her some children's immodium 1mm dose for her size. Today I am feeding her plain white rice. She ate it well before I left for work this morning then went outside. Hope she did her business then. Sam is keeping Jacob home today again as he had to bouts of poos last evening. Sam got the children's immodium and started him on that. She didn't want him to have an accident at school. He is so sensitive and would definitely freak out. Hope today is better for J and Sass. At least Sam is home with both of the sickies to take care of them. Makes coming to work easier for me not to have to worry about Sass being home by herself in her cage. REMIND me of this if I EVER talk about getting another dog. Both boys were still asleep when I left for work therefore I don't know how they are this morning. Royce is probably too ornery to get sick. Last famous words.

Dinner last night was oh so yummy. Fried up some cabbage, onion, red sweet pepper in butter. Sliced smoked sausage then fried it up till crispy and added it to the cabbage. We scarfed it up with no leftovers. Oh so good. I added a bit of garlic powder and this spice I got in Amish land called Farmer's Dust. Forget what all is in it but makes everything taste so good. Meats, veggies everything. I think tonight I will make baked pork chop dipped in eggs then pork rinds. Some kind of veggie. Might make potatos for C. He said he misses them but knows he doesn't need them. Maybe something is clicking in his brain about food???? :)

SUSIE...good for you for exercising with a bum foot. See I would use that as an excuse not to exercise...lol Goo Goo Dolls...don't even know any of there songs or if I do I don't know it is them. For the past 5 years all I have listened to is KLove. I have no idea any of the current popular songs. Only time I get other music is when Sam has the station on in her car or has the HD on a music channel. I know, I am lame. KLove keeps me on track with God.

CEEG...soon you will be confident enough to play for the church. Keep practicing, you can do this! Geez that cat that bit the organist must have been rabid or something. Poor lady.

HAPPY....are you ok? Need to post lady!

SHADDIE...how's the reno coming along. Everyone coordinated yet?

LAURA...no train accidents today?

Make it a great day/night all. Hugs

Sam is going to take Ms. Sassy Cakes to the Vet at 3pm today. Just worried as she is so little she might get dehydrated with all the pooing she is doing. Poor little girl. Heart is breaking.

Afternoon all.

Annie - Sorry to hear about the sickies. Hope they feel better soon. Poor J and poor Sassie. :( == I hope the cortisone shot and the PT helps your shoulder. I've gone through the shoulder PT before - they gave me an elastic thing that I tied to the post in our basement so I could do the exercises they assigned. Oh the fun. == Re the trains - yeh, we have rails all over the place and all types - elevated, subway, on the ground. I really wouldn't like having a long auto commute (over 15 minutes), and it would just be awful because of all the distracted drivers. BUT... the train commutes are getting kind of crazy now. Metra was so mismanaged for so many years that all the capital improvements were put off and now our trains are having mechanical issues on a frequent basis. No accidents today (so far), but a mechanical problem on a train that was thankfully behind my train. And last night I was on a train in which the door to the car I was exiting from wouldn't open (deja vu of that morning's commute, except that time the door finally opened). The conductor used a manual release and so I and my fellow commuters were on our merry way. But when I got home I saw the email alerts stating that they ended up having my train combined with another and pushed it to the end of the line due to a mechanical problem (I'm assuming it was the door issue). Sigh. .

Ceejay - I'm so glad you made the move to MO and are enjoying your life now. :) Re the pushups - the instructor had us do two types, one that was the ones with the elbows at your sides, and then the same ones again, but when you pushed away from the edge of the pool, you lifted your arms over your head before you did the next rep. She'd wanted us to do 3 sets of 15 reps for each type. :yikes: So that's a total of 90 - as I said - way too many. I should have known better for myself and stopped sooner. If she has us doing that at tonight's class, I'll certainly know better!! The good thing is that this instructor likes to change up each class, so I doubt we will be doing those again. == Enjoy your piano and organ time! My bf has a metronome too.

Susie - I'm glad your change in exercise is helping your foot feel less painful. == Re the trains - I'm betting the DC Metro is like the elevated and subway trains here - light rail? The train I take (Metra) is on a real railroad with real locomotives. The train I was on that struck a pedestrian last week was leaving the station, so it was probably going slow, but starting to accelerate. Those trains are so big and heavy, that they could never stop in time when someone who is committing suicide just leaps in front of the train. Sadly, it's my understanding that a very large number of the pedestrian fatalities are actually due to suicides, not "accidents". I hope you enjoy your concert tomorrow. :) I'm like Annie - I don't know who sings what. I don't listen to music that much, usually I listen to podcasts instead. The only new music I would hear would be when I used to take Jazzercise or Zumba classes, LOL.

Happy - Come up for air and visit us here!! :comp:

Hi Shad! :wave:
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Nothing much to report. Tonight is aqua fit class.

Tomorrow the new entry door will be installed. Fingers :crossed: everything goes okay with that.

That's it for me. TTFN!

Hi there,

Man - come up for air is RIGHT. This past week has been a whirlwind. The more I try to focus on what needs to be done, the more I get interrupted. It's been awful. I am getting constant phone calls and emails - several a day about things going on at the shop. I have a big fundraiser next Monday that I am trying to get organized for. We need big time help with the books. I am trying to appease DH with spending time with him and on top of all of this I think my cat Meadow is very sick and perhaps at the end of her time on this earth which tears me to pieces. She's been vomiting for over a week every day - no obstruction - I think the diabetes is taking over. She looks comfortable and alert but you can see she is losing weight. We are taking her to the vet first thing in the morning. She already suspects something is up as she won't let DH get anywhere near her. Rustling her up tomorrow will not be fun. Just taking things a minute at a time and trying to make some headway.

I did get my hot tub drained, cleaned out and refilled. We did get 25 boxes of books sorted and repacked at the shelter. I did send out the 50 individualized emails to all the fundraiser volunteers with all the info for their part in the event on Monday. I did get my bathroom deep cleaned and am on top of dishes and laundry at the moment. So I'm making some headway. And I have lists and lists of things I need to remember.

Today is the last hot day we will have for a while. It's going to drop down to only a high of 58 degrees Thursday with lots of rain and will take it's time to warm up after that so I don't have to worry about spending time on the boat. It would be nice to take an ATV ride after it rains as the trails are crazy dusty at the moment. But my calendar is quickly filling up. I didn't work again at the shop today - I need the time to spend on other things. Was hoping to get over to work on books today but was caught up in a round robin of emails between 4 people and a series of phone calls. I need to move to a new town where I can be anonymous. But wait, we have put FAR TOO MUCH money in to this house to move yet. :lol: They FINALLY got the last of the landscaping in - DH was getting really peeved but it seems that they don't get all the shrubbery / flowers / plants in at once and they have to make several trips to come back and plant as things arrive at the suppliers. We are all done now. Just let it grow nicely. I will have to take pictures soon.

Laura - that's really frustrating with all the Metra problems - we never had that many mechanical problems when I was riding - and they were just starting to replace all the equipment when I stopped riding in '98. The biggest issue was the switches freezing in winter. Now delays and reroutes seem to be a matter of course. :rolleyes: I didn't think that there were so many suicides but it makes sense - in my day I just saw alot of stupid stupid STUPID people running around and under trains - yes UNDER them because they were running late and could not wait 10 minutes for the next train. I'm like you though - I'd rather take the train than drive in that horrid traffic any day. And you get all that walking as a bonus! I hope your new door comes out nicely. And yes - the DC metro which used to be fabulous and clean (hope it still is ) is like a pristine version of the subway system - all underground.

Shad - thanks for including the pictures of the ensuite. We have fancy port a potty rentals for events but I have never heard of such a get up over this way. We had only one bath tub in our house in Chicago and I remember taking a frosty shower when DH was renovating and we had a giant hole in the ceiling and bitter cold winter air was blowing in from the attic. Brrr. But at least we always had 2 toilets. I'd never buy a house with only one toilet. :lol: I hope your guy can get everything together quickly. What an awful shame about the extent of the damage from wet and rot. Is that from humidity or did you have a slow leak?

Susie - I hope your foot feels better. Have a great time at the concert tomorrow - sounds like a great line up!

Ceejay - loved your pictures of the butterfly house. I was going to say with your nephew that once trust is broken - from infidelity, gambling, drugs - I think the hardest thing about reconciliation is re-earning and regaining that trust again. I know it would be hard for me and I told DH many many years ago that if he ever decided to cheat on me make sure it was worth his while because that would be the total and complete end for us - I could not recover from that. It sounds like your nephew needs more committment - perhaps his wife is naggy for a reason. :^: It's nice that they want you to play more at church - sounds like they are counting on you in fact. Keep practicing and you will build confidence.

Annie - I'm sorry to hear about Sassy. I hope she can get to feeling better soon as well as Jacob. Poor guy - no one wants an accident at school - the kids are mean today. I loved your comment that Royce is too onery to get sick. :rofl: Has C gotten to feeling better now that he's eating cleaner or does he still get the occasional stomach flair? Suck it up sister - don't make me cattle prod you on your sore rotator cuff :rollpin: Get the shot, do the therapy - think of it as therapy not exercise and get that arm feeling better. Believe me, I see the pain my Momma goes through and there's nothing they can do for her. You don't want it to get that far.

My Mom got 2 shockers this week. First her beloved family doctor who she will NEVER find a replacement for - is retiring. Very sad but the system beat him down - it's a true loss. And then 2 days later her cardiologist is leaving his practice and as part of the deal, he can't take his patients with him. Right now he's lying low - we are trying to find out where he went to so Mom can follow him. It is not the end of the world but when you are 91 - your doctors mean more to you than your kids. ;) Just kidding but almost accurate.

We are going to Tuesday supper at the senior center tonight. My former Tuesday partner is in her 80's - a lovely woman but is caught in a cycle of everyone dying on her. So I drag her out to supper once a week - good to get her out of the house. Tonight is pork chops and salad bar. I hope they don't over cook the potatoes as they have been and that they restock the salad bar after the Mongolian Hoarde pillaged it at lunch today. Last week was slim pickins. I only had a bowl of cereal at breakfast so I'm kind of hungry for dinner.

Let me get a few things done before I hop in the shower to get cleaned up. I am still in my pj's from this morning. :o

:wave:

Good morning everyone.
I am working from home today and tomorrow too. I usually work fron home on Thursdays, that is one of thr Flexible work arrangements we have available at work and I decided last year to take advantage of it. I really enjoy it.

My boss is on vacation this week and he was ok with me working from home all week if I wanted. I decided only Wed and Thursday. I decided on today since the concert is tonight. That way we can leave earlier than if I was working in the office.

Annie: I hope Sassy got some help from the vet and I hope J is on the mend too.

I also listen to KLove, usually on my way to work. It keeps me from yelling at all the idiot drivers. Lol

Laura: i didnt realize you were on a locamotive type train. How was aqua fit last night?

Happy: I am sorry to hear that news about Medow. What did you find out from the vet?

Hi to Ceejay and Shad.

I am off to get my workout in this morning before starting work at 8 am. That is another perk about working from home.
I will stay in my workout clothes all day until I take a shower around lunchtime and get ready for the concert.

Have a great day everyone!

Wow WICKED Wednesday...

Prayers for my Sassy girl. She did not pass whatever is in her tummy last night. Surgery is this morning. Her pain meds wore off and it was a long night. I put her in the lazy boy and me on the couch. Yep I woke up at every moan, groan or movement she had. She was really in pain this morning when I took her to the vet. Of course I said a prayer over her before I left her then cried on the way to work.

HAPPY... I believe the more you say your are taking time off from volunteering the more you do. Your life is just crazy busy right now. Can't imagine if you had a full time job also. JUST SAY NO!!! Do post pics of the landscaping, I would love to see them. C is trying to eat cleaner for the moment. You know how long it lasts for him. A couple of months. Whoa that is a LOT of boxes of books to pack. Just remember to take care of YOUR needs first. Hugs sweet friend.

LAURA..hope the entry door installation goes smoothly. Are you still enjoying your aqua class?

Hugs and loves. Need to go to page 3 and read.

OK...HAPPY...how is Meadow, do report back after the vet visit. Must be the week for animals instead of us.

SUSIE...I just can't work from home.. I have tried and get caught up in too many other things to even work. Oh laundry it won't take but a second. Empty the dishwasher maybe 5 minutes. Oh look the carpet needs vacuumed....on and on....work, what is working from home. I work AT home instead. lol. How's your exercising coming along and the OP eating. You are doing such a great job of it. Have fun at the concert. Hugs.

All for now from me. Make it a great day/night.

11:15 am nothing from vet yet. This is so hard.

Sass is out of surgery. She did very well. Just a mass of compacted dog food. Probably from gobbling and not just eating slowly. Which she never really does but has been lately. Little goofball. I can pick her up around 4 pm.

Morning all. Not thrilled with work today. And the boss set up a meeting this afternoon for something that came up nearly two months ago and now it’ll be a rush-rush thing. As a boss, he’s a major disappointment. And that's putting it mildly.

Annie – So glad to hear that Sassie got through the surgery and did well. Hope that doesn’t happen again!! Does she eat fast so Bruno can’t get her food? Coal always scarfed his food down – he’d even gag sometimes from taking such big gulps. We ended up buying a suction thingy that we stuck into the center of his food bowl so he had to eat around it. It definitely slowed him down. == Aqua fit is okay. Not my favorite, so I’m counting down the classes I have left on my pass. Yesterday was about half cardio type moves and it was sort of boring. The strength part was good.

Susie – Nice to be working from home for a couple days. Enjoy your concert tonight!

Happy – Sorry to hear Meadow isn’t doing well. :( I hope the vet can help her. == Sounds like you’ve been super busy – hectic time for you. I hope you can slow down some with the volunteer activities after the big fundraiser is over next week. == I’d love to see photos of your landscaping. I need some ideas, LOL. :D == Oh, what a bummer for your mom to be losing her doctor to retirement. I hope you can find out where the other doctor ends up so she doesn’t have to lose two docs. == Enjoy your supper at the senior center.

Hellos to Ceejay and Shad. :wave:
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Nothing much to report. Aqua fit was okay. I’m looking forward to finishing up my pass and trying to do my own exercise. I also check out what other classes I might be able to do that won’t bother my foot since fall sessions will be starting all too soon.

The woman who has taken the daylilies off my hands a couple times in the past has not picked up the latest batch. I posted them on 3 of my FB garage sale groups yesterday afternoon, but they were still at the curb this morning. :mad: I hope they don’t die out there. They’ve been out there since Sunday afternoon. If they’re still there when I get home from work, I’ll put up a “FREE” sign.

That’s about it for me. On with the day.

PS - Happy - can't see the photo. Unless it's the one about third party hosting, in which case - I don't get it...:?:

Sorry I should clean up the text in these pictures but they were a pain to upload as the website is super slow and annoying. Please let me know if you can / can't see the pictures - otherwise I will just post on FB since you all can see them there.

The vet said Meadow can be throwing up because she is nauseated - the diabetes. She has lost a pound and a half since the last visit. Up to then she was holding her weight. No doubt she lost because she has been upchucking. I will have to make sure she has steady food all the time - she licks alot of the broth from the wet food. They took a blood test and we will get the results tomorrow. I am hoping we have more time with her but we don't want her to suffer.

It's still stupid busy here. I again have spent all morning on emails. We don't have enough volunteers and don't have enough coverage for the weekend. I will go in on Sunday to help but mostly spend my time with books. STOP ALREADY PEOPLE. :rolleyes:

Laura - sorry the boss is a bummer - people don't get promoted any more because of sheer talent and ability. :( Sorry you must suffer for it. Ugh - sounds like the exercise classes are not that challenging for you. That's unfortunate. Is your foot still tender to exercise?

Annie - I am so very glad to hear that Sassy made it through surgery. Just because she ate too fast? Wow. Yes, they have those bowls that look like donut makers with the raised center edge that slows them down from eating too fast. We had to get one of them when Nina was a baby because she scarfed her food without chewing it. They work pretty well. So does a bundt baking pan :lol: Yes, working from home takes alot of discipline. I considered it a big privilege so I always made sure I did my work and even worked longer hours but got alot done. DH on the other hand - like you - got very distracted :rofl:

Susie - you are so right about a perk from work from home that you can get in a morning workout. I used to work with a trainer on my WFH days and I loved it. Yay for getting back on the exercise again - although it's more about being taken away from it than forgetting about it. Get lots done today!

And now it's lunch and I have blown the whole morning and not touched a thing from my to do list. So I'm going to walk away from the computer and get busy.

Have a good day everyone.

Can't see the photos either Happy. Photonuclear is not what it used to be.

Can't see the photos either Happy. Photobucket is not what it used to be.

thanks for letting me know - I will post on Facebook instead because the thumbnails on 3FC will be too small to see anything.