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Hello beautiful ladies....

My son and his woman (who is preggers) both are trying to recoup from Covid. I just cannot get this young generation into getting the vaccine AT ALL. Hopefully there will be no repercussions for my DIL and her pregancy. Lord do my kids give me worry all the time.

Have ordered and getting installed a new french door replace the sliding door off of kitchen. I have never like the sliding door. Sadly just as everyone else around here installation is delayed due to help and product.. Will not get door till October sometime.

I had a terrible sinus and upper respitory infection a couple of weeks ago. Over it now, but did miss two days of work. I have had 3 sicknesses since Christmas, I blame it on the covid I had in December and it putting my immune system in jeopardy. I am taking a mult vit, and zinc and have been forever, like years plus every other letter in the alphabet of vitamins. Doingn ok now.

HAPPY...sorry to hear about your momma, I have been sending up healing prayers for her. Hope your travels to Chi are safe. Hugs my friend.

LAURA..did bf get the fence done? That is a monumental task. I have finally reached the age that if I can afford it, I hire stuff done. I am not like our SHADDIE, who does everything under the sun and does it very well.

SHADDIE...the U.S. is getting in the scary zone of covid again. Man I wish this would go away. My thoughts on it are all over the place but I have had it, don't want it ever again, got the vaccines and hopefully won't get it again. My first shot I felt like bleh, my second shot was a breeze. Got me as to why,, but some say if you have had covid that is how it goes. dunno??

SUSIE...Molly is doing so well, see that just reassures me prayers work. How is your shoulder doing? I pray for quick healing for you sis.

CEEG... where have you been? What is going on with you?

Stay safe everyone. Use you common senses when it comes to this crazy covid.

Love youse.

Morning all. Quick post. Busy at work. Frustrating because I'm close to finishing several pieces of several projects, but missing bits of data here and there. And then the budget needs to get done, with some changes to the format this time around. It'll get done. Easier to work more hours since I'm at home and don't have to worry about getting a later train.

Bf and I finally put together the power washer Saturday. It's kind of a PITA, but it'll be useful. That said, our patio and driveway need a heavy duty cleaning - we hose it off now and then, but have never power washed it. I think it'll just be easier to have someone else do that initial job and then we can just maintain it.

I've got a few things for sale on my fb garage sale pages & fb marketplace and also craigslist. One of them is pending pickup this evening. I'm going to keep adding posts for some things from the basement that need to go. Maybe I'll get some momentum going...

I need to fix the flat on my bike - bf ordered the inner tubes and tools for me to keep on my bike for when a flat happens in the future, but for now, I need him to teach me how to do it.

Nothing much else going on. Girls dinner this Saturday, should be fun.

Our new neighbors to our south still haven't moved in, but nearly every night, a big contractor's truck backs up into their driveway and he does a couple hours of work. I can't imagine how much is being done inside because it's been at least a couple months now that they've been working on this place.

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Annie - Wow, hope your son's gf's pregnancy isn't negatively affected by the covid. Will this convince them to get the vaccine now? -- I'm glad you're feeling better now. I've been fortunate to not have been sick lately, and of course it's from working remotely and not having to be amongst the germies - people and surfaces - on the train, and in the train station, elevators, and office. == The French doors sound great. Sliding doors are nice enough but they are a security issue - everyone I know who has one of course has a bar in the track to keep the door from being forced open - and they always end up becoming hard to slide open and closed. Anyway, enjoy your new doors! == The fence is done, but we had hired someone to do the repairs. All bf did was install the copper fence post caps on top of the fence posts - two screws to attach each one...times 20-something posts....it was pretty quick.

Shad - The Lounge Room tv show sounds like this Hot Mess House show - the lady makes them purge a ton of their stuff, and then they put up the pretty organizing stuff...sorry you couldn't get photos of the azaleas posted. Hope your computer is not causing you too much grief...

Happy - I hope your mom is doing better and that your trip here went smoothly. Please keep us posted, okay? Keeping your mom in my thoughts.

Susie - How's your shoulder coming along?

Hi Ceejay.

Okay, I have to get back to it. TTFN!

LAURA....sadly the kids are being little sh*ts about getting the vaccine. Now they are saying they are immune for a few months since having it, and they are, but holy poo get the dang vaccine. Have fun at diner with your friends.

Tonight we are going to dinner with my bro from St. Louis. He is here for the weekend but really visiting an old friend and not us. So we are going to dinner this evening then not entertaining him the rest of the weekend. Ok by me. Tomorrow I am meeting a friend that I have known since grade school for lunch then my brother and SIL are coming over in the evening for cards. Sunday is a double header baseball games for Royce. Kind of dreading it as it is supposed to be in the 90s and humid. Bleh. My SIL, Pia that was married to my bro Mike (RIH), is home for a few weeks as she moved to the south of France to live with her momma a couple of years ago. So I am having dinner with her on Monday. Tuesday night I am going to go to bed and hibernate.

Everyone have a great weekend. Get some rest for me. lol.

Morning all,
Donna,I was so sorry to hear about the passing of your mother. My condolences to you and you family. She will be missed by all.
She had a long life and has lived through good and bad times and survived, she has loved and mourned and now passed peacefully. What more could anyone want from a good life. I hope Thursday goes well for you and no doubt you will be busy with arrangements and clearing and cleaning out her house and personal stuff. I wish you all well and peace.

I did post the other day, but the site was having problems and apparently it didn't post. Not that I had much to say. Covid is still raging in NSW and Melbourne, spreading to the ACT and no doubt it will soon be here - and there is much debate and protests and people acting completely stupid.
The garden is producing, and I have beans, carrots and beetroot coming along. Tomatoes are prolific and I am giving them away. I'd like to plant some more peas but have run out of room in the garden. The potatoes, onions, garlic and tomatoes take up a lot of room.

Annie - I don't like my sliding doors either and am looking at changing them. Have to find some time to go looking for french doors to fit.
Sad that your son and partner won't get vaccinated but that's the young ones. They think they are immortal and we are finding here that it is the 18 - 39 year olds that are the superspreaders around the country. I hope it doesn't affect the baby, I heard that there were some complications with covid and advanced pregnancy over here.

Laura - I have a power washer and it does a good job on the concrete and bricks. However I can't use it when the dog is here because he just loves it and wants to play in the water all the time. Hope you get to sell all you stuff soon. I've a bit to get rid of as well, but there isn't the money around that was there previously.

That's about it from me. The rain has stopped and the sky is becoming blue again but boy is it cold!!!!! I still have to take the dog for his walk, so out with the gumboots and off we go.

HAPPY...my thoughts. prayers, and love are with you always. Annie

Hi ladies,
Thank you for all your good thoughts and wishes. This happened quite quickly. I got a call from my sister on Monday, my Mom had fainted at her house. They diagnosed her with a tear in her aortic artery and I was on a plane the next morning. I was glad I was able to be there with her. I got in and we went to the hospital an she was all cheery like nothing was going on - looked better than I have seen her in a while from pics my sister was sending me. They downgraded her from intensive care and were preparing to send her home on Wednesday much to the horror of my sister and I. She was advised not to strain - cough, sneeze or poop hard because all that was keeping the tear dammed up was a clot. She was a time bomb waiting. We brought her home late Wednesday. Our friend who is a retired nurse brought over a commode from her mom and gave mom the finger wag NOT to go up or down the stairs to the toilet. USE THE COMMODE. My mom promised but did not say the words USE THE COMMODE or take the stairs. We gave her a good meal of her favorites and she settled in for the night on the recliner as usual. I slept on the couch to keep an eye on her. I woke up about 2:50am to go to the potty and as soon as I got back my Mom said “my turn” Refused of course to use the commode in the room, insisted on the stairs so I was on one side, my nephew at the bottom and we let her go her way. She got back up the stairs, settled in and started clutching her chest. I thought - those darn stairs and my stubborn Mom. In a minute she started panting and got unresponsive. We woke up my sister, called the ambulance and they wheeled her out only to find by some magic that she had awoken to flirt with the young boy ambulance drivers. We got her to the hospital an because her blood oxygen was so low, they put her on a bypass ventilator. She was not intebated but the next 8 hours were hellish. She had something that looked like a full c-pap face cover which pushed air and breathed for her. We could not understand her as she tried to talk and said she could not breathe. We begged the doctor to give her something to relax her. Anyone who balks at the Covid vaccine I will punch now because that ventilator is horrible. I would not wish it on anyone. I have never prayed so hard in my life. Eventually she started to “actively pass” as they call it and they were able to dope her up with morphine, and remove the ventilator. The palliative care nurse we had was wonderful. She passed peacefully that night after we said our goodbyes and left for the evening. My sister and I are both relieved and emotional. It’s been a rough week. We made arrangements and things are working out. DH is coming down for the funeral and I will ride back with him. I am looking forward to some quiet time to decompress and absorb it all. Thank you for your all your good thoughts - they are much appreciated. If you are the praying kind please say a prayer for my Mom Helen for peace. I hope she is settling in with her family. She passed on the day we buried my Dad 30 years ago so the gang is all together again. I will touch base when I get back in town again. Love to you all ladies.

Happy – My sympathies to your family for the loss of your mother. I’m glad she passed peacefully, and that you were able to be there to say goodbye to her. What a rough week for you, your sister and rest of the family! My thoughts will be with you as you say your formal goodbyes at the funeral tomorrow. I wish your mom peace and comfort now that she’s free of her physical troubles and reunited with your father and other family members. Safe travels to your DH on his drive down here, and for you two on your way back home.

Shad – Sounds like a real bounty from your garden – enjoy! I generally don’t have trouble with the 3fc site…I did notice recently, however, that the old blogs are now gone. I’m not sure what took them so long to remove them from the site – It’s been many years since anyone could even comment…== Yeh, power washers aren’t something to play with, though our electric one isn’t as forceful as I thought it would be. Our patio has years of dirt and mossy green stains on it and the most forceful setting comes out of the nozzle as a very thin stream, so it would take a loooong time just to clean even a small portion of the patio...

Annie – Maybe now that the one vaccine is FDA approved your kids will get it? You can certainly hope and pray they’ll come to their senses. I hope you enjoyed all your recent social plans and are going to get a good rest tonight!! My girls dinner on Saturday was alright. We ended up going to Benihana. The show by the chef was fine, but the food was unimpressive and we felt kind of rushed after the chef was done because we were still eating when the waitress came by passing out to-go boxes. My friend D is still recovering from her knee surgery, so we couldn’t stand around and chat outside the restaurant for very long as there weren’t any benches. Still, I did learn that she and her lousy boyfriend broke up late last week. I’m hoping he really does move out within two weeks as was reported by D’s sister...

Hellos to Susie and Ceejay!!

Nothing much to report. Last week and the past couple days of this week were super busy with work, but I finished up most of my pressing projects yesterday, so today is a nice lull until I jump back into the thick of another project tomorrow.

Right after I got back home after dinner out Saturday night, my right ear started hurting, and it still hurts. I went to immediate care first thing this morning, but the nurse practitioner didn’t find any sign of infection. She thought it might be a fluid build-up, so recommended Benadryl and warm compresses. I’ve been taking pain relievers, but will also try to do the compresses a few times a day. It’s always something. Guess I should be glad I don’t have to take an antibiotic, and that this isn’t as horrible as that stabbing pain in my skull from the pinched nerve a few months ago. Very thankful for that.

On Monday I sold the drop-leaf dining table and two chairs that I had in the 3-season room. Bf called the table & chairs (and the sofa that I sold last week ) a “hodge podge” and is glad to see it all gone. I liked all those pieces well enough, but they weren’t right for the room due to their size. Bf likes a very “matchy-matchy” look, so he’s interested in a matching furniture set for that room. I’m not in any hurry to run out and buy new furniture right now. We’ll bring up the old rattan loveseat and dinette set from the basement to put out there. I’ll probably put those pieces up for sale as well and then worry about refurnishing the room some other time. As long as I have a comfortable chair and ottoman in which to sit on Sunday mornings with my tea and newspaper, I’m fine.

That’s it for me so I'll get this posted. TTFN.

Happy
My deepest sympathies for you and your family. So glad you got to be with her.
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I'm doing okay. Turning another year older today.

Hi everyone,
Thank you for your good thoughts and prayers - meant a whole lot to me! ♥ ♥ ♥

Back in town for a while. DH and I are like 2 ships passing in the night. I was gone for 10 days, he drove down to attend the funeral, was back for 2 days and then headed off for a week up north to attend a somewhat disappointing photography class. We will be together for 2 weeks, my sister is coming up on Sept 11 for a week at the lake. I will head back with them for 2 weeks while Sis and I go through my Mom's house and clean out as much as possible and get it ready to sell which I hope will happen before the end of the year. I come back for 2 days and DH will head out to Maine. When I was at my sister's I realized this is not the right time for me to go to Maine as much as I was looking forward to this trip. I "dropped the bomb" on DH when he came for the funeral. He was really, really surprised and disappointed because he looked forward to us doing something together. But I realized going to my sister's that I have a really hard time walking very far. I was supposed to be on a walking program before vacation to build up strength and stamina. Not only did I badly injure my leg when I fell but walking any sort of distance really strains my hip now too. I have to HAVE TO lose weight. No ifs ands or buts about it. And with me being preoccupied with settling my Mom's affairs, it's just not the right time right now. I hope not to lose my airfare but I will lose nothing other than that. We were going to have a catered garden party for our friends which I had to cancel the day before our private dinner on the first night. Unfortunately the caterer had already purchased all of the food. Lots of it because we had an extensive menu and some pricey stuff because DH had a few expensive dishes he requested. The caterer refunded about 1/3 of our money so at least we got something but it was still quite a hit to the wallet. DH was really disappointed about the Maine trip but he said he understood. Also with the drought it's negatively affecting the color season, and that was one of the big reasons I wanted to go there - to see the New England colors. We will plan a trip for next year for sure.

I am slowly getting back to a routine again. There's a lot of disruption right now and things to do and some things we aren't sure how to properly handle after someone dies. Fortunately Mom left things up to my sister and I who agree on most everything and the things we don't aren't enough to put up a stink about, one or the other let's the other decide. That helps a lot. It will be a disruption being home and taking off again. I didn't sleep well at my sister's or the hotel DH and stayed at and I have had a few crippling bouts of anxiety that took me by surprise. I have a few mild tranquilizers from my dental appointment days so was able to take something to calm me down - the nights are the worst where I feel suffocated and closed in and overwhelmed. I don't want to rely on them or give in to the anxiety. I was fine once I got home but know enough about the phobias and anxiety that I can't give in to it or let the anticipation of a problem do me in. I did not expect that, part of what has happened and needs to settle in I suppose. I still feel like Mom is here, it just hits me when I think to pick up the phone and call her. My sister on the other hand said she feels like Mom has been gone a long time already. Perhaps because we both agreed as my Mom aged, she changed a whole lot from the person we loved. She rallied out as her world closed in and she lost more of her sight, hearing and physical strength and movement. We each deal with it in our own ways.

I am looking forward to my sister's visit next week. She doesn't want to do anything except sit on the deck, look at the lake and vegetate. She really does need to decompress as does my BIL. He's mad because his Dad was around some friends one of which who tested positive for Covid and BIL will go beserk if his much anticipated lake vacation gets compromised. Although they are in a remote cabin, I could drop off groceries and they could potentially quarantine without any issue at all. They have both been vaccinated.

Happy Belated birthday to you Ceejay. Thank you for your sympathies, I hope that you had a nice birthday.

Laura - we too got matchy, matchy furniture for the deck this year. Took a long time with delivery and we had some problems with it. It's a woven rattan and twice we had to get a replacement because the side piece was coming undone. I have my misgivings about how long this will actually last. And we didn't use the cushions much this year although I made it a point to sit outside, even for just 15 minutes as much as possible. I can see the cushions are starting to wear with "butt indents". I give it 3 years. We are trying to decide where to store it as winter is coming faster than we'd like it to. So perhaps your "unmatchy stuff" may have held up longer. We looked at several furniture places this year and last and had a difficult time finding something we thought would work out so not lots to pick from. Good luck with it. I hope you got some relief with your earache.

Annie - my sister's son just got his vaccine but my brother's 3 kids did not much to our disappointment. I did give 2 of them the finger wag, especially after watching my Mom struggle with the ventilator. But everyone has to decide for themselves. I did not wear my mask all the time and I know several of the people at the wake were not vaccinated or masked. DH and I wondered about the possibility of catching or spreading something. I have to say I DID NOT "enjoy" the humidity when I was down in Chicago! It made moving around all the more difficult. Ugh. Was glad to return to the dry and cooler air up this way. Congrats on the new grandbaby. I'm sorry to hear you are having respiratory issues. I hope that does not mean a rough winter for you. I will consider a booster when they make it available to us.

Shad - I came back to an abundance of tomatoes in my garden. We are getting into the 40 degree (F) temps at night. That's like refrigerating tomatoes so they are not as flavorful as they can be. I will have to pick a bunch and make some sauce so as to not waste them because they will certainly rot and be no good when I return. I am glad I did not plant a veg garden this year. I returned to find my huge basil plants had wilted to nothing - not sure DH watered them or perhaps the night air got to them. I still have bunches of parsley to perhaps make pesto with and the last sweet corn of the season to freeze up before it gets all starchy and tough. I had to see autumn come so quickly. But super glad to see the tourists leave.

Well I have sat here long enough. Almost lunch time and I am hungry and I still have lots to do, starting with finding my motivation! Happy September - I suppose I should probably start one more thread before the end of the year but not today. Be well friends!

Happy Wednesday, sunshiny and very lovely outside. No humidity today and cool temps. 80. This weekend will be horrid with high temps 95 and humid. I just love it, not. Especially since we are still having double header baseball games for Royce. We have 3 more weekends then it is over. On to basketball, but it it is like last year, we will not get to watch due to covid and close encounters. Only two people can attend each childs game which means mom and dad. Ok by me but would like to see at least one game. I welcome basketball and warm gyms.

I am having the family over on the 10th for white chicken chili and corn bread. Probably SIL will bring dessert. I told her chocolate since I do not like it and will not eat it. Good thinking for a change. My SIL is still here from France and is coming over also. My bro from St L is coming over also. Thank the good Lord I can put the wcc in the crockpot and be done with it. Only thing I will have to make will be the cornbread. Maybe some sort of salad. Shoot I don't know.

24 days till our sibling vacation and I ain't doin nuttin' once we get to Destin. Just enjoying the sun, pool and beach. Hopefully no hurricanes or bad weather will come in while we are there. My bro is wanting me to cook some things he misses. I said not this trip bro. haha.

HAPPY. ..it will be tough job cleaning out your momma's house. It was hard for me and my parent's house. Of course I think maybe I am a bigger baby than you are. Either way, I pray for strength during this time. I hope your sister's visit goes well and she can decompress somewhat. Tell DH I said Hi and good luck on his trip. Sorry you cannot go with but I am sure you are doing the right thing. I love you GF.

SHADDIE...we have an over abundance of tomatos also. I have made salsa twice. Which is about 10 containers each brew. So I have about 20 containers of salsa in my freezer. I am sure I will be more grateful come winter and want a good snack. We have a lot of zucchini too. Our neighbor gave us the plant and she did not know what it was, we planted it and it was zucchini. The cucumbers have all dried up, vines and all, just brown and gone. The pumpkin vines didn't do much cause the place we had them this year, our yard mow person kept weed eating the end of them. duh

LAURA...you always have so much luck selling things. You should come to our house and sell our stuff. Be sure to look for sturdy wood, metal and material on your next bunch of matchy furniture.

CEEG...hope all is going well for you. Happy birthday'd you on FB but here is another late one. Happy Birthday!!

SUSIE...come out come out wherever you are. How's the shoulder coming along? Are you back to work yet?

Girls, I am not gonna lie, I am struggling with my weight. I need to lose that dang 20 lbs again. Back up and need to go down. Clothes feel awful and I am not happy with myself at all. It truly does make me unhappy. I know do something about it. My knees are beginning to hurt again, that is another way I can tell. bleh.

Make it a great week as possible.

Hello all.

Nothing much upbeat to report since my last post. My SIL passed away two weeks ago tomorrow. She was 66. She fell, broke her hip, went to rehab, ended up with infections, surgery, and just couldn’t survive all that. I’m heartbroken for my nephew, who’s now lost his entire immediate family. I’m so glad he has his girlfriend by his side. It got me thinking about how precious our time and health are. I’d really like to enjoy some retirement life before I’m unable to do some of the things I want to do. I’ll have to take a close look at my finances to see if an earlier retirement is feasible.

Here's a positive - my sister had a couple things done to my mom’s condo (painting and replacing the bathroom floor) and it was listed and sold quickly. Glad that’s finally done.

Speaking of mom…she had another fall the other day, but apparently didn’t injure herself or have to go to the hospital. One of the things I kept from her storage unit was a walker! Fat lot of good it was doing there. She just won’t use a cane or a walker, but we'll keep trying.

I got called for jury duty and it was yesterday. We were dismissed early and I took the opportunity to enjoy part of the day, which was just beautiful. I went for a walk at a park one village over. They have a lake with boat rentals, but either it was too windy or they don’t open on weekdays after Labor Day. One of these days bf and I will go there and rent kayaks.

Happy – Glad your sister will be visiting next week – hope nothing happens at this point to interfere with that – your sister and her BIL need the time to decompress and “get away from it all”. I do not envy you the huge task of going through your mother’s house to ready it for sale. Having gone through that twice now (mom’s house, then her condo), I know what a challenge that is. The last thing that was finally completed just yesterday was clearing out the storage unit. I’d been there a couple times working on it, and so was my sister. Things were put in there when she first moved in and were never touched in nearly five years of mom living there! Anyway, I hope you can get through that quickly, or at least quickly enough to take advantage of the hot real estate market we have here right now. My sister and I didn’t get my mom’s condo in the senior community listed for sale as quickly as we wanted, but once it was listed, it went quickly. The closing is next week. Fingers crossed it goes smoothly! == Sorry you won’t be going to Maine with your DH. I don’t think you would have been able to fully enjoy it with the prospect of prepping and selling your mom’s house hanging over your head. I hope you can plan a great vacation for next year. == I have to say I can totally relate to your sister saying it feels like your mother has been gone a long time already. My mother’s not the person she was due to this dementia, but I’m thankful that for the most part she seems content and comfortable in her current home. == What a shame that the deck furniture isn’t all you hoped it would be and might not last as long as expected. The more I think about it, I would really prefer to just have “indoor” furniture out in our 3-season room. Maybe that’s something to put off until the windows out there are replaced. After that, I should think it wouldn’t be nearly as damp out there. == My ear ache finally went away - on the same day we had our break in the weather, oddly enough. I guess it was more gradual than that, but I was just so happy about both the earache and the heat & humidity being gone! (Sorry you had to suffer through that while you were here.) I’m still keeping my ENT appointment on the 15th because I want to know what they think it was. I’m thinking it was a blocked Eustachian tube?

Annie – I’m loving this weather too!! Cooler temps, lower humidity, sunshine. Nice! This is how September should be! == The family chili gathering sounds nice, and hardly any time now until your sibling vacay!! Woohoo! Fingers crossed for good weather!! == Salsa!! Sounds good. Especially knowing it came from your own garden. LOL re the zucchini. Hope you’re sharing the harvest with your neighbor…Do you harvest them small? I like baby zucchini cooked on the grill. == Too much of our own stuff - and mom's - to deal with, so I'm Sorry, can't even think of selling anyone else's. Though I have to say, I don’t mind writing the ads and posting them. I just need to commit to picking a few things consistently to make a dent. == I’m struggling with my weight too. Before these virus variants came along, I was ready to get back to the gym to at least do some of the cardio machines and my mat workout, but now that we have the mask mandate back in place I’m totally not interested. Same for the group fitness classes. Bleh. I just need to really make an effort with exercising at home. At least it’s nicer weather right now to go out walking. And I need to stay out of the grocery store since I always end up buying a bunch of junk!!! And eating it, of course. Let’s get back on the weight loss wagon sister!! I’ve been really good about tracking my eating for a while now, so I know very well what needs to be cut!!!

Hellos to the rest of you. Have a lovely Friday and a great weekend girls! TTFN.

Good morning ladies,

Shad - remember Teel from England? I got a friend request from her on FB but I don't know if it's legit. I was never that close with her and I don't think she knew what my real name is. You are the only one remaining I think who knows who she is. Not sure you keep in touch with her anymore.

Sister arrived just fine on Saturday. Booked it up here with the "pedal to the metal" and made it in record time. Said the traffic was easy peasy. Their lake house is beautiful. But now my BIL is rethinking the whole idea of his dream of owning a lake house up here when they retire. He sees how expensive it can be and neighbors are right on top of you. You go to one end of the deck and you can clearly hear the conversations of the people at the house right below them. He is enjoying sitting on the dock and fishing. I will head back with them on Saturday. Not looking forward to cleaning out my Mom's house. My knees are killing me lately - it's hard to get around. I will talk to the doctor about options when I return next month. Debating about a cortisone shot before I go. We have a busy day today. Pick up the check from our loan and deposit it in the bank so we can proceed with the remodelling plans. My sister (bless her) took care of all the paperwork for the title transfer to us from Mom and the insurance policy so things are rolling along to close out her affairs. Mom is not haunting me in my dreams so I am hoping she is happy and comfortable as I pray for her each night.

I don't have a lot of time for personals right now so I'm going to come back tomorrow to post. DH wants to get a move on to go pick up that check and drop it off in the mail and no one likes an antsy person pacing behind them (especially when that person had not had her fill of eye opening COFFEE yet ) so I'll be back later. I just wanted to post the question about Teal / Teel ??

Hello Everyone,

My apologies for not posting sooner. The time that I have been off for DB has flown by. I have been pretty busy and I take a lot of afternoon naps and I have read a lot of books. I go to the library about every two weeks.


My PT schedule is very busy. I was going 3 days a week and just moved to 2 days a week. I also have instructions to do the exercises at home every day and I have done that. which has helped me to have a great recovery. I have full range of movement and I am almost at being able to lift 10 lbs weights overhead 10 times each for 3 sets of 10.


I do have some soreness that comes and goes and it comes from where they shaved the bone. My surgeon said that can take a year to completely for the soreness on the bone to go away. Ice helps and it isn't all the time.


I am still sleeping with a wedge pillow so that I don't lay flat and roll over on my left shoulder. I find I sleep really well with the wedge pillow


I will return to work on September 21. (I am grateful for my job, but I sure liked the time off.) I will work from home that week and then in the office the next week I work in the office and that rotation continues as we are going in a two teams and rotating weeks.


Happy: I am sorry I didn't get here to send my sympathy to you at your mothers passing. I did post on your Facebook page and I hope you saw it as I was thinking about you and praying for all of you. I know your mother was older but we are rarely ready when it happens and there are so many emotions come for a long time. My heart goes out to you.


I hope the visit with your sister is a good one. You need each other right now,


Shad: I would love to see your plants and flowers; I hope you can post them here or at least on your Facebook page. I am sorry to hear that the vaccine you got had such a rough reaction for you. It is so strange how it affects everyone differently.


My DH didn't have any reaction but I had a slight one with a little bit of upset stomach and a rash.


Annie: I think you made a good choice for the French doors versus the sliding Patio doors. I am not a fan of those or sliding shower doors.


How exciting to have your upcoming vacation on the horizon. We are going away this week for a long weekend. We are traveling to Springfield MO for a wedding on Saturday. We are driving on Thursday and have Friday to ourselves to do some sight-seeing, the wedding is on Saturday afternoon and the reception is at the hotel we are staying at so that is nice.

I am just ready to go look at something different, than Ohio. Lol!


Regarding the 20 lbs that has come to visit once again; I hear you sister. I have about 25 to get back off. I have lost 7 and it hasn't been easy. We can do this! We just need to focus and commit. I find I get back on track when I log my food in My Fitness Pal, even if I am off track with what I am eating...putting it in, even when I am not eating correctly, after a few days I start getting back on track.


Laura: It sounds like you are doing well with selling your items. I am excited for you that you get to work from home through the end of the year. I feel like my stress level really went down when we were all working from home. I was busy but I felt like I could concentrate more and did better work because people couldn't come find me in person and I had time to think.


Ceejay: Happy Belated Birthday.


It's good to visit with all of you. I have missed each of you!

Hi all,
Just a quick hello from me. My sister is having a great visit here - very restful for her. We spent more time at the front part of the week and now I am scrambling to get things done around here before I leave. I anticipate I will be in Chicago for about 2 - 2-1/2 weeks. I don't want to be gone that long but it's cheaper to fly back mid week and we simply won't get much done in just one week. I imagine we will toggle back and forth with 4 days at my Mom's and then back to my sister's again. I might even stay at my Mom's while my sister goes back for a few days. I'd like to get things wrapped up as much as possible with the fewest amounts of visits.

I am in a state of flux - not a super organized person but so much going on that it's messing with my head and really shook up my anxieties big time. I am struggling to stay in control and not let things get to me. I just have to stay focused. And the doctor gave me some very mild tranquilizers in case things get bigger than I can handle. My knee is also killing me which doesn't help. And it feels even worse in Chicago. I am hoping the doctor will give me a cortisone shot before I leave on Saturday. That doesn't always work but I have done nothing outside of wearing good shoes and doing some P/T exercises to try and make it feel better. I also missed last month's monthly B12 shot because I was out of town and I noticed a major difference when I don't get it each month. If I can't get the cortisone, at least I'll get the B12 before I leave. I will also get the booster for Covid as soon as it's available. My partner I worked with at the Senior Center for bingo and the thrift shop tested positive for Covid. He was one of the first to get vaccinated last year because he had some bad cancers which left him with 1/2 a stomach, esophagus and part of his lungs removed. The doctor told him if he didn't get vaccinated and caught Covid it would surely kill him. He is running a fever and has respiratory issues. They were going to give him the mononuclear ?? antibodies treatment. I have not heard how he is doing but reached out and left a message for him. It is a Hatfield and McCoy type of feud in this town about masking, children and vaccinations. We are in the red zone for Covid cases, hospitals are diverting patients in Duluth and still they fight it. Very sad. I'm doing as little with the public as possible this fall. We have some unvaccinated people in the shelter organization and I refuse to be around them.

I'm sorry I don't have time to do personals right now. I have so much to do the next 2 days - I debated about going back with my sister (in the car) on Saturday or just flying back down on Wednesday to give myself a little more time. There is no easy answer to either one. So I think it will be more comfortable to drive and that's what I'll do. So the clock will spin 5 times faster these next 2 days. I won't even have any time to spend with them up here but that's ok - they came to relax and I will be in their faces for the next 2-1/2 weeks. I just hope we don't get on each other's nerves.

I'm not taking my laptop with me - not even sure if I'll take the iPad so will probably be out of touch until I get back.

Thank you again my friends for your cards and notes and expressions of sympathy. I think it's really going to hit me that Mom is really gone when we go through her house next week. I appreciate all your love. Stay well. ♥

Susie - I am really happy to hear that you are doing so well with your recovery!! I knew you would put your all into it.