Good Morning. Thank God this week is almost over. I am exhausted with working and trying to doctor/care for Ms Sass. She did much better last night. She hates the cone collar. I would too. I had to drop her back at the vet for observation today. They have no overnight staff so can't leave her there. She didn't whimper hardly any last night and seem to sleep in her cage well. Only about 3 times I had to get up and talk to her. Still interrupted sleep makes me tired the next day. Then C left his phone in the living room where I am sleeping by Sass and it went off at 4am. Oh geez I dang near took it to the bedroom and threw it at his head. lol Didn't was to break the expensive pap machine that is paid for now. Up for the day after that. WHen Sass comes home today she will be on 3 meds, one for pain, an antibiotic and the other I forget what it is. I said please make them liquid if you can. Easier to get her to take them. She is too smart for the sticking pills in food business. Plus she cannot have any food to speak of. She will be on prescription dog food. Has to be low fat, which goes against my KETO way of eating. bahahahahhaha Oh and she has pancreatitis. Lo fat is what will help with that. HAPPY...the scarfing of food was probably from getting in the trash part. She doesn't scarf her dog food. First day of treatment was $285. Yesterday they gave me a break on the surgery ONLY $1325. instead of $1600. as estimated. Hows that for a bargain. lol.
On a good note, my shoulder/arm is feeling better and better each day. The doc said it would take about a week to feel the most of it. I can at least rest my head on my hand of that arm without pain. Noticed it last night as I was watching the tube. C and I are watching The 100. Kind of a weird space/earth series but now too hooked and involved in it to quit watching it. It is on Netflix.
HAPPY...I know in my heart that whatever you decide for Meadow it will be what is best for her, not for you. It is easy to be selfish and want them to stay knowing it is not good for M. You are a great fur momma. I may adopt you for me. Hugs my dear friend. The biggest thing on Sassy's food will be keeping her out of Bruno's food. He loves her food and she loves his food. They are nutty. OHHHhhhhh can't wait to get to the commune. It looks B E A U T I F U L!! The updates, renos are such an improvement. Love love love. Thanks for posting on FB..
LAURA...some bosses are just not worth the cells they are made from. Bummer you have to suffer his rath of untimeliness. Maybe the daylilly lady has her fill of them.?? Maybe chair exercises like CHELLE used to do to accommodate your foot. Just a thought. I am good at advice on exercise for not doing any. hahha.
Best get busy. I have not been at all productive this week at work. Hugs ladies.
I went to get my x-ray done yesterday morning and got an email on the way home from the gym that I had messages in my chart online. The x-ray shows that I have degenerative disc in the neck area with multi facets of arthritis. I'm sure it is a sign of age and all the hard work I've done over the past 24 years. My doctor could not believe that I'd worked that long in one place. Also had my vitamin b12, d and iron checked on Tuesday. B12 and D are still low but are coming up. My iron and hematocrit are back in the normal range. In my opinion, I don't think my body is making b12.
Went to the gym yesterday also and rode for 30 minutes on the recumbent bike. It's easier on my foot. When I get the courage I need to have the bunion fixed. I have one pair of shoes that I can wear other than my tennis shoes.
Nephew came last night after his counselling session and wanted to play scrabble. It was a good game.
I watered the back yard last night and I heard it pouring down rain early this morning. Didn't hear any thunder though. We are supposed to get some more rain tonight. It's made August tolerable so far.
Was sitting on the deck this morning and saw a small woodpecker. Also saw a hummingbird so I need to put out some food for it.
My metronome came yesterday and it sure is helping me keep my rhythm correct. My piano teacher when I was younger used one of those to make me play my music faster. I kept saying alright Mrs. Gray (teacher) to myself.
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Happy,
I'm really impressed with how the house and lawn look. You are one lucky person. It's beautiful. Thank you for your input about trust. That helped to shed some light about nephew's wife.
Annie
Poor little Sassy. Lucky she has you and Sam for a mommy.
Laura
I did the push ups yesterday but only 50 and my arms are still sore but not bad. Just enough to tell me to keep going.
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Howdy chicks,
Spent the morning in a round robin of emails. It's cold and raining heavily. At least things got watered. Thank you for the comments about the commune - we are trying to make it nice for you ladies
Got WONDERFUL news about Meadow this morning. Outside of elevated blood sugar from the diabetes - the vet said she is in Fantastic shape. Everything is is REMARKABLY and unbelievably great. She said to try a new dry cat food that may help with the nausea. So far Meadow is not interested in it but give her time. $40 for a 5 pound bag - heck this girl is eating tenderloin!!!! But at least she is not terminal so I am happy. DH got a new rug cleaner today to keep up with her.
Ceejay - you sound similar to me with the vitamin shortages. The doctor said I have Pernicious Anemia - it means that my body has a hard time ABSORBING vitamin B - that's why I get the booster shots every other month although I am 3 weeks overdue for my last shot. I tend to forget as well as taking the Vitamin D tablets. I guess it's a sign of aging that so many ladies are lacking in these 2 critical vitamins. I guess when you have a hard enough time with shoes fitting, it will persuade you to get the bunion surgery. And that's all I will say about that. That was a cute memory you had of your music teacher - made me smile. Thank you for the comments on the house - yes I do feel lucky and blessed although part of me says we both worked very hard for things too. I am glad we are healthy and have "enough" - enough for what we need, enough to enjoy a little bit of life. I'm also glad we are not terribly bitten by the urge to travel as that can also drain the pocketbook quickly although at this point we would love to go somewhere - at least for a week.
Annie - OMG - $1300 for the vet bills. ours was just short of $300 for Meadow - now I will shut up. Holy geez louisers !!!! But they are our babies. Why is C's phone going off at 4am?? I hope you can get back on track for sleep - you have far to much to do to be sleep deprived. I'm glad your arm is feeling better but PLEASE do your therapy. Cortisone masks the pain and reduces inflammation but it is not a cure all. Strengthen that arm back up before the shot wears off. PLEASE!!!
I started to watch the Handmaid's Tale on Hulu. Got through about 4 episodes. I will have to find time to watch the rest. Not sure I want to keep my subscription to Hulu - DH didn't find anything of interest for him.
2pm. I haven't gotten anything here done. Need to go through the fridge and freezer to purge things for garbage day. Only one more trash day until the new fridge and freezer come so trying to clean things out ahead of time.
Have a good day everyone. Cold and rainy here. Not really up for bingo tonight, especially with stronger storms moving in but they are depending on me. At least my partner won't have to worry about people trying to come to his golf range to play while he is at bingo tonight...
Laura - where are you? Buried in that crisis project your boss sat on???
Afternoon all. Busy morning spent on the rush-rush stuff for the boss. Back from a quick/late lunch, so I’ll get in a post.
Happy – Great news about Meadow! I hope she’ll adjust to the new food. == Your new landscaping is gorgeous, along with all the changes to the house. What a giant deck! So what are the two tree-looking things on the south side of the house? == We’re getting similar weather as you in the next day or two. I won’t mind the change too much as long as we don’t get endless rain. That gets old fast.
Annie – Sounds like Sassy’s recovery is coming along. How tiring for you to work all day and then be nurse to her at night. But that’s what a good mom does. Oh, and become a pauper paying the vet bills – that’s a LOT of money!!! A new diet and meds for her – what a challenge. You might have to feed her and Bruno in separate rooms!! I don’t think I have to go as far as chair exercises to avoid too much stress on my foot, but I’ll give it some thought. Before I register for any more classes, I’ll do some workouts at home and see what works best. You wouldn’t think that mat Pilates would be an issue – a lot of work on the floor on a mat, but there’s also standing work that involves getting up on tip-toes for balance moves. No good. But then there’s squats, in which your weight is on your heels, not toes, so the top of the foot isn’t getting stressed. Just a matter of figuring it out.
Ceejay – Sorry to hear about the arthritis in the neck. Another thing to try and treat and work around in your daily life. Sigh. I have a feeling I might end up with bunion surgery someday. But right now it doesn’t bother me if I don’t wear flip flops and if I don’t wear shoes that are too narrow for me. It doesn’t bother me if I wear supportive shoes. Which is limiting. When I see other people walking around in flip flops, half the time I feel they’re being stupid about their feet, and half the time I’m envious they can wear them with apparently no problem…for the time being! == Good job on the pushups!
Susie – How was the concert last night? I think the Lollapalooza festival going on here will suffer from storms going through this afternoon and evening…
Shad – I hope the project is going well. What’s the current estimate for completion?
Hellos to Susie and Shad.
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The door guy was at the house from about 11 am until 9 pm yesterday. There’s a lot more work to installing a new door when the house is old and nothing is standard size. But now we have a new door, new jamb, and new trim around the door on the inside. And we ended up getting a new storm door for free. Our old one was apparently a custom size (I didn’t recall that when we got it, but it must have been.) And our new entry was redone to be a standard size, so we ended up getting the same door but in a standard size. Dunno why it was comped to us, but I’m not gonna ask. So the door was open pretty much all day. For part of the time, the installer had the entry area closed off with plastic because of all the dust being created, but when I got home, it was partially down. So we had some insects indoors. I killed several, but I don’t think there are many more lingering or we would have probably been bitten up overnight. One thing to get accustomed to is locking the door behind us when we leave the house. Our previous door had the lock in the handle. This one’s a deadbolt. Also , the doorbell no longer fits where it used to be so I don’t know what we’ll do about that. I’d hate to have to drill through the brick just to run the wire through for the doorbell. Hmmm. Anyway, bf was impressed by the precision of the installer, and everything seems to be done properly. Then again, I really didn’t have much of an opportunity to scrutinize it all last night or this morning. I’ll take a photo in the next day or two and get it posted so you can see it. Dang, don’t think I have a “before” photo. Oh well.
Sitting at the vet with Sunday the cat. How is it that an 8:30am appointment is already running an hour late?? 😗🙄😣. As if I don't have anything else to do. Sunday has developed an eye problem so I am at the vet specialist. More $$$$$.
Bathroom is waterproofed and tonight the tiler will be here to screed the floor. That's the beginning of the end since then the tiles will be laid and the fittings can go in. Looking forward to the toilet going in more than anything else.
Apparently the vet isn't even here yet. Bummer.
Loved the photos on Facebook Happy. You will all be very comfortable in the commune.
Something is stirring in the eye department of the vets. Maybe. Just maybe they might be ready for me.
Oh what a night, late December back in '63...A song for HAPPY's head.
Actually not a bad night. Got to bed a little later than I wanted. Sassy stayed in her cage pretty peacefully last night. I stayed in my bed pretty peacefully. She is doing well. Eating a bit. Just waiting on her poo situation. Pain meds are messing with her poo. She loves her "special" food. Hopefully this will continue.
I made a fabulous dinner. Pork rind parmesan crusted pork chops baked. Very tasty. Fried radishes and cauliflower sides. Everyone raved.
Came back but no better. Keeps jumping around. Nerve racking...
HAPPY...Good news on Meadow's front. Is she on special food? Cs alarm goes off at 4am for him to leave by 4:30. Sometimes he beats the alarms snooze for an hour. FOr this I could smack him. For the 3 day total on Sass it ended up being right at 2 grand. Makes me sick to think about it. She is my baby. No worries HAPPY my first and only PT is on Monday morning at 8:00am. I am going. Promise to do the exercises...maybe.
CEEG...bummer on the ole arther. Seems to run rapid with the worldlies. Did nephew come over to play games to escape wife? lol.
LAURA...sounds like they did a good job on the front door. Bet is looks awesome. Actually Bruno is be real sweet to Sassy. He is real slow moving around her and comes up and sniffs her face like he is saying he will take care of her. Last night he came over and plopped in front of the chair she and I were sitting in. Guard dog. lol. He is a HUGE baby.
SHAD...hope Sunday the cat is doing well. How did her appt come out? Reno's any closer to being done?
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Hi all,
Well I guess we all got whacked in the pocketbook with vet bills this week. Funny, I never remember joining a club ... I am glad that all the "kids" are doing well. I hope Shad that Miss Sunday's eye can be taken care of with drop and with minimal scratches to yourself. Tip I got from the vet was to approach them from behind their head when giving eye drops. Can't be fun no matter what...
Meadow barfed last night - this may be a usual thing. DH's new rug cleaner works well. She has yet to eat her new dry food. The vet said cat's love it (not ours) but keep it away from Nina because it's high fat and protein and Nina does not need more food to make her even more chubby.
Bingo went well. DH did not win even a single game. After 3 weeks he is about ready to give up. I said this supports the Meals on Wheels program - it's like making a future investment in us
It was so cold and rainy last night that I actually turned the heat on for a hour to take the chill out of the house. It's 58 now and overcast - still chilly . Fall is in the air.
Annie - I'm glad that Sassy is better and Bruno is also watching over her. Did you get a little more sleep last night? The last thing I am going to say to you about P.T. is that it won't hurt ME if YOU don't do your therapy work. BUT I have asked Mellie to poke you occasionally if you are slacking because we need your pitching arm You've been warned. Thank you for the song that will be circling my head all day Those pork chops sound dandy fine and tasty. I will have to try that sometime. Not sure what to do for supper tonight...
Thanks for the compliments Shad - what?? you are not coming to live in the commune? You will get used to the winters - for sure. How is Sunday?
Laura - I don't remember Pilates with such foot movements but perhaps when I took mat Pilates they meant mat - but it's also been a long time since I have been in a class. That sounds like that would really stress your foot. Yay on getting your door comped!! Like you said - don't question it, count your blessings. And that was probably good that you have a standard sized door too.
Hello to Susie and Ceejay - I talked to Sis on the phone for an hour today and I am off my mark. Have to get busy before the afternoon thunderstorms move in.
Morning all. We had an all-employee meeting this morning. It was held across the street at the building where we’ll be moving at the end of next year. We’ve had meetings there before, but this time the new office space was discussed. Well not so much our space, which is in the early planning stages. But staff from the building discussed the building, the renovations, and security. Massive renovations are planned, and I’m glad because the amenities currently in that building are nothing special for a building of its size and status (Sears/Willis Tower). So I’m happy we’re going to have great new amenities, but construction will still be going on when we move in and for several months after that. Oh well. Another thing to get accustomed to is taking two elevators to get to our office space. Not thrilled about that, but I’ll have to adapt.
Shad – I’d be very annoyed at a doctor running behind first thing in the morning! But I’m sure something must have come up. Hopefully he/she didn’t just decide to sleep in... Poor Sunday, I hope the eye problem is something that can be easily treated. Aging is crummy for everyone, human and furries alike. == Things appear to be moving along on the bath project. I’m sure having an indoor loo again will be a BIG relief. I only had to live through a few hours of our entry door install and was so happy when that was done. When we finally get to our bathroom reno someday it will not be a fun time. But worth it in the end, I’m sure.
Annie – Glad Sassy is getting her rest so her recovery goes more quickly. The only reason I brought up separate feeding areas for Sass and Bruno is that she can’t be eating his food - she needs to eat her special diet now. I’m glad they get along and that Bruno’s nice with her. == LOL re your comment about Ceej’s nephew stopping by – it also occurred to me that he might want a break from the wife for a bit.
Happy – Discouraging for dh not doing well at bingo, but you're right, his money is going to a good cause. But he might just rather be at home watching something good on tv. Hey, did he ever catch his muskie?? == We’ve got the same chilly weather you’re getting. Maybe not as chilly or rainy, but this morning it’s overcast, windy, and only 60 degrees. Brrr!
Helllos to Susie and Ceejay.
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Nothing much to report. I did the aqua fit class last night. If I ever mention doing a Thursday class again, remind me not to!! I just don’t like this class. I could not stop watching the clock! When I picked up my pass after class was over, a post-it note was on there saying I have three more classes left, which would be correct after I told the aquatics director that they double-scanned it a couple times.
So glad it’s Friday! I have no plans tonight, but I really should spend some time in the home office getting rid of some paper. Tomorrow morning is the document destruction event at the public works facility in town. I’ve been totally neglecting the office. I’ve been putting paperwork in the “in” box for month and it’s overflowing… Aargh.
Okay, gonna get this posted and run out for a quick lunch. Have a great weekend everyone.
I had a nice time at the concert....music is my therapy for everything!
I had a .04 gain at TOPS....no idea why. I have been eating at the top of my calorie range so this week I plan to eat more toward the lower middle and I am exercising more this week then I did the previous week so that should help towards next week.
Our new air conditioner was installed today. I worked from home today as well. My Director is out on vacation so it was easy to work that out. I did send him a email so that he knew.
Hair appointment in the morning. Like Laura, I need to tackle some piles in the office so that is on the schedule.
I am so glad that Sassy and Meadow are on the mend, and I hope the same thing for Sunday.....those fur babies are precious to their owners.
It is late and I am tried...I will post more over the weekend.
Evening all,
Been a busy day again.
Nephew came and screed and levelled the bathroom floors. He will be back in the morning to lay the floor tiles. Hopefully he might get some of the wall tiles in as well so we can get the toilet installed this week. I must remember to ask him. Photos attached. The first are the tiles to be laid. The creamy one is the floor tile, the white and mosaics are for the walls. The second is my nephew on his knees screeding the area where the shower will be.
Sunday the cat is just plain getting old. Her eye is okay, although he mentioned the beginnings of a cataract. She no longer has full function of the muscles that change the size of the pupil. One eye is fine the other not. There is no hypertension there such as often seen in cats that have hyperthyroid. So she carries on a bit longer.
I've been in the garden all morning and fed, watered and mulched the vege patch. Photos attached. Lots of green tomatoes on the plants that you can see. Slowly ripening. I'm picking two or three per day. The potatoes are looking good and I dug up a couple of decent size ones last week. 1st lot of Broccoli and Cauliflower are finished. Corn should be ready next week or so. Likewise a couple of beetroot and the roly poly carrots.
Not much else to report and it is time to try to clean up the house a little bit. Really tired of having everything in strange places. Will be good to get the house back together. Only clean and dust free room is my bedroom.
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Good morning ladies,
Sunny day today but still cool. We are taking a ride to Minneapolis because DH is jonesing for some fast food from a favorite place of ours back in Chicago. It was the one place I HAD to bring back food on the plane when I went to visit the family. Now they have expanded out this way. Only a 5 hour round trip car ride ... What he will do for a sandwich I guess it will be a nice ride through the country.
I did make some headway cleaning the refrigerator out. My new appliances are scheduled to come in on the 14th and I'd like to get as much out of the refrigerator and freezer as possible. I'm thinking although the square footage is bigger, these french doors look like they don't hold as much as the old refrigerator. And I don't want to jam the shelves like I did before - that will make DH happy.
Today is blown with the car ride, tomorrow I am working at the shop, Monday is our fundraiser, Tuesday is stay home and do things, Wednesday I am working at the Senior Center, Thursday I am sitting at the shop with a buddy who had cataract surgery last week - I am helping her because she had bad vision like me and is between surgeries so it's kind of hard to focus so I said I'd stay with her. Then it's bingo. Friday I have a doctor's appointment. I have not lost weight like I should. Stopped the Contrave 6 weeks or more ago when I got the spider bite and I kept screwing up my medication. I've been meaning to get back on program again but haven't. Ugh. Too much going on. And the calendar days are flying by...
Laura - no, DH has not caught his Musky yet. His fishing guide was busy with tournaments and trips to Canada. I'm sure they will pick up the quest again. So you are moving to the Sears Tower??? Yikes That is my claustrophobic nightmare intensified!!! And TWO elevators??? Even worse That sounds like you will be up on a higher floor so I hope you get good views of the city and surrounding areas. At least you'll be closer to the train station - or will you? So what is it about the class that you didn't like? The class itself or the fact it was on a Thursday?? Isn't it awful to be hating a class so much you can't take your eyes off the clock? Been there myself on that one. Were you able to cull some of your office documents for shredding?
Susie - glad the concert was enjoyable. Now that you have your new air conditioner it, watch -- the weather will cool off and you won't need it. Bummer on the gain at TOPS but I'm sure you'll make quick work of it, it's great that you are keeping tabs to stay on course. Heck, I found - or at least it's my theory - that even a rainy day bumps us up a bit Yeah my team leader didn't like that either even though all the ladies in the room found that funny and agreed
Shad - your comment about Sunday's eye muscles was very interesting to me. Meadow's pupils are almost always dilated - that could be why - age. It never occured to me. I'm glad she is otherwise doing ok. You have given her a good life. I can't seem to get the tile picture to load but it looks nice from the thumbnail. How nice that the nephew is helping you out. I hope things go quickly and everything is back in order again. The garden looks flourishing. I am hoping to get a tomato or two before it gets too chilly here. Already we are looking at overnight temps in the 40's (F). That's not good for tomatoes. And I have tons of blossoms, not sure I have any cucumbers from them but I keep looking.
Anyway have a good weekend chicks - hellos to Ceejay and Annie
Morning all. So nice to have this cooler weather. Today is shaping up to be very nice. Great to have the windows open and the AC off. I also turned off the whole house fan - we'd had it set to run frequently to keep air circulating in warmer weather, but I'm enjoying the quiet without it.
I spent a little bit of time last night purging a few files of old bills, and some time this morning. Even so, I only have one shopping bag of paper to drop off. I keep too much... I came across bills related to when we had the big sewer pipe replaced and the sewer basin ( can't remember what it's called ) cleaned out a few years ago - thinking I should keep that for whatever reason. And that's why I have too much paper. Do any of you do that? Maybe I don't need the paper so much as a notebook with a log of what we do with the house. So we know the last time the chimney was cleaned and who did it and how much it cost. I dunno.
Shad - Poor Sunday, but I'm glad she still has one good eye. == What a job getting a new level floor in the bathroom. Those are pretty tiles. It helps to know someone who can do the work. Hang in there!
Susie - Maybe that tiny gain is due to the change-up in your workouts - less treadmill , more recumbent? == BTW - how's your foot feeling? Do you have the doctor appointment next week? == Yay for new AC!
Happy - Safe travels to Minn. Is the restaurant Portillo's? == Re the office move - distance to train station for me will be a wash. A block further west (closer), but a block further south (further). We'll be on floors 50, 51 & part of 52, so we'll have good views at least. == Thursday class is the instructor who just doesn't motivate me and the moves are just so monotonous.
Hellos to Ceejay & Annie!
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Gonna get the bag of paper dropped off for shredding. Tonight friends are coming by to hang out for bf's b-day (which is Monday). Tomorrow is nothing as bf told me I don't have to go with him to the family party for some relative visiting that he hasn't seen in decades.
That's all for now. Have a great weekend everyone.
Hi Ladies--it was a very busy day for me today. Had my hair done...I love when I get new color on it and it is vibrant again, and having it cut and shaped up. It makes me feel pulled together and pretty.
After my hair appointment, DH and I did the grocery shopping together (DH had a pedicure while i was having my hair done. I have been taking him to get a pedicure when I get my hair done because his feet and nails were in bad shape. He wasn't taking good care of them and when his toe nails needed trimmed, he would just peel them off! I freaked out 3 months ago when I saw them and have him a good talking to and decided to take him to get pedicures and get them back in good shape. They are looking good and he says they feel better....well of course!
I went and bought a new Fitbit today. My 2 yr old one came apart when I took it off the charger this morning..and of course it was under warranty for 2 years..which were up in May 2017. The new one is the new Charge HR. Or something like that I had a Charge and it the new one of that. The part that broke they have changed it from metal to stainless steel. I have to set it up with my Fitbit account and will do that tomorrow sometime.
While we were out we went to "The Root Beer Stand" for dinner and also stopped and got a ice cream cone at "The Cone". These are all local places and we love them. They aren't where we live but rather down in Cincinnati and we have been going to them for 32 years when we first started dating. We burned the roads up today! lol
It is tax free weekend in Ohio (maybe other places?) where you can buy clothes and school supplies up to $75 and not pay taxes on the purchases. I did buy a new pair of jeans and 3 new tops that are more "early" fall clothes. The jeans i bought in April are getting baggy so I am buying a few things now so I will have things once the weather starts cooling off in about 6 weeks. We will still have warm days but the sleeveless tops and shorts will be going away about then.
Laura: Our weather is cool as well and it is very pleasant. We have a whole house fan and I have never used it. I am not familiar with how they work. I should google it and maybe you can bring me up to speed on it.
I do get my foot looked at on Wednesday of this week. It is feeling much better since I'm not using the treadmill as much but I really want to make sure what is going on with it.
I seem to have a lot of paper in my home office as well. I think a note book would be a good idea and maybe you could scan the receipts into an electronic file? I have thought about doing that sort of thing...but I haven't done it yet.
Enjoy your Sunday and the down time while your BF is gone.
Happy: How did the trip to Minneapolis go? Was the food good? I saw that DH said he was eating his fries there while they were not!
You have a very busy week coming up. I think you are as busy as me and lady you are retired!
Shad: I like the tile you picked out. It will look really nice when you get things all in and get to clean that dust out of the house..and it will feel better too. I get crazy when things aren't in place like it should be.
Ceejay: I am sorry to hear that you have have degenerative disc in the neck area with multi facets of arthritis. It doesn't sound like any fun at all. I think you are correct that your body isn't making the B12.
My friend Carolyn has bunion surgery done on both feet a couple of years ago. She said it wasn't easy but she was glad she did it.
Annie: How is Sassy doing? I hope you are getting some rest this weekend after dealing with all the sickness in the house last week.
Time for me to head to bed. I need to do my work out in the morning before church so I need to get hp an our earlier.
Oh and she has pancreatitis. Lo fat is what will help with that. HAPPY...the scarfing of food was probably from getting in the trash part. She doesn't scarf her dog food. First day of treatment was $285. Yesterday they gave me a break on the surgery ONLY $1325. instead of $1600. as estimated. Hows that for a bargain. lol.
It's cold and raining heavily. At least things got watered. Thank you for the comments about the commune - we are trying to make it nice for you ladies 
I tend to forget as well as taking the Vitamin D tablets. I guess it's a sign of aging that so many ladies are lacking in these 2 critical vitamins. I guess when you have a hard enough time with shoes fitting, it will persuade you to get the bunion surgery. And that's all I will say about that. 
That was a cute memory you had of your music teacher - made me smile. Thank you for the comments on the house - yes I do feel lucky and blessed although part of me says we both worked very hard for things too. I am glad we are healthy and have "enough" - enough for what we need, enough to enjoy a little bit of life. I'm also glad we are not terribly bitten by the urge to travel as that can also drain the pocketbook quickly although at this point we would love to go somewhere - at least for a week. 
Oh, and become a pauper paying the vet bills – that’s a LOT of money!!! A new diet and meds for her – what a challenge. You might have to feed her and Bruno in separate rooms!! I don’t think I have to go as far as chair exercises to avoid too much stress on my foot, but I’ll give it some thought. Before I register for any more classes, I’ll do some workouts at home and see what works best. You wouldn’t think that mat Pilates would be an issue – a lot of work on the floor on a mat, but there’s also standing work that involves getting up on tip-toes for balance moves. No good. But then there’s squats, in which your weight is on your heels, not toes, so the top of the foot isn’t getting stressed. Just a matter of figuring it out. 
I am glad that all the "kids" are doing well. I hope Shad that Miss Sunday's eye can be taken care of with drop and with minimal scratches to yourself. Tip I got from the vet was to approach them from behind their head when giving eye drops. Can't be fun no matter what...
You've been warned. 
Those pork chops sound dandy fine and tasty. I will have to try that sometime. Not sure what to do for supper tonight... 
Aging is crummy for everyone, human and furries alike. == Things appear to be moving along on the bath project. I’m sure having an indoor loo again will be a BIG relief. I only had to live through a few hours of our entry door install and was so happy when that was done. When we finally get to our bathroom reno someday it will not be a fun time. But worth it in the end, I’m sure. 
I guess it will be a nice ride through the country. 
That is my claustrophobic nightmare intensified!!! And TWO elevators??? Even worse 
even though all the ladies in the room found that funny and agreed 