May your Monday day be ever so nice to you as your doing your daily duties. We are abit cool up north for we just might make it to 70 for the temp sometime today. Cant believe that July is half over already and it just started. Enjoying all the moments of summer as the late summer flowers are now starting to bloom in the flower beds. Smiles Gloria
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you — not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author unknown
May your day be ever so nice to you as you do your daily duties of the day and take some time off to enjoy the moments of the day with a fresh cup of coffee and or tea. We are having very cool temps this week so a nice hot cup of coffee sounds delicious to me right at the moment. Smiles Gloria
Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness?" ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
I would love to have it rain 'round here, but our forecast is dry as a bone for the long-range (15 days) and probably beyond that. Summer has definitely arrived and it's heating up, with the holiday to come soaring into the 90's. Makes it a little scary, you know? I am hoping people will use common sense and not start any fires. Speaking of which, are you still needing to cope with the smoke from the Canadian wildfires? I've seen photos of some places and it's really thick, which must make going anyplace difficult. I posted a bulletin about a couple of ways to scrub the smoke out of indoor air and I hope it helps anyone who may not have known about the furnace filter/box fan combo. I know it really helped us when the Eagle Creek fire was roaring up and down the Gorge where we live. Man, that was scary times that I'd rather not have happen again!
Your mother and that appliance salesman were absolutely right in passing along the information that the more 'bells and whistles' an appliance has, the more chances there are for things to do wrong with it. Keep it simple and it may last you for a much longer time, even if you don't get all of those "new" features. Like on refrigerators where they have a screen that tells you what's in your fridge...gee whiz, whatever happened to just opening the door and LOOKING...? Yeah, sometimes they go pretty far overboard with some of their designs, I think.
You had asked if I am taking any medication for the TGA spells/episodes I get. Nope. There isn't anything that prevents this, as far as the medical community knows. My doc did recommend that both my husband and I take one low-dose aspirin a day as a preventative for strokes and heart attacks (to prevent clots). The ER doc wanted me to go on a Statin drug, but my regular doc says my cholesterol is very good and I don't need to be on them. (YAY!) Until they figure out what causes TGA's, I am stuck just living my life and hoping I don't have another episode. Our daughter suggested that I should write up an index card that tells me to relax, that I am having an episode of TGA and my short term memory isn't working right now, but this will pass in a few hours and I'll be just fine. Something my hubby can have me read--probably over and over again--so he doesn't have to answer the same questions from me a gazillion times while waiting for my head to get back to a more normal state. I think that's a good idea, so I'll write something up and let my hubby know where it is...just in case it's ever needed.
I thank you so much for the sweet birthday wishes! My birthday is in September, so you've definitely gotten to be the first one to celebrate the day!
I have no real idea why, but my hubby has lately been watching the DUMBEST things on TV...I think he is amused by how truly dumb they are. Horrible acting, non-existent budgets so the "special effects" are definitely not special, but hokey and fake. I'd rather spend my time watching something good, but to each their own, huh? We have recently gotten a hanger for our flat screen TV and my son and hubby have installed it on our living room bookcase and put all the electronics tied into the TV onto the bookshelf unit, too. I am getting rid of my old records and record cabinet and we've gotten rid of the ugly black cabinet that used to house all the electronic stuff. Trying to declutter the house and get rid of stuff that we no longer use or enjoy. Our next trip to Goodwill is going to be a doozy, but it's so nice to free up space, isn't it?
It's time to go start up my washing machine and get dressed for the day. Oh, I wanted to let you know I really like your page--very exotic background and the spangly border really compliments it nicely! Have a great weekend and keep it cool (and smoke-free, I hope!!) this summer!
May you have a glorious day doing this and that and hearing the birds singing. Many nests in the trees this spring so now I am watching the little birds flying around to and fro. It is so cute to watch is off and on as one is doing their daily duties. Smiles Gloria
A Happy Friday day to you. My goodness this week just flew by enjoying the moments of life. I am so excited for we should receive some rain showers today and for the next days. Looking forward to splash in some puddles while singing a song and giggling! Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain. ~Author unknown
A glorious Tuesday day to you. Extra warm today so better enjoy some ice tea and or coffee to cool myself and then maybe some refreshing lemonade . Now to find my book and head outside and enjoy the summer breeze for awhile. May you have a very pleasant day. Smiles Gloria
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you — not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author unknown
I wasn't aware you worked in dentristy; thank you for sharing that! My niece (who just graduated from the dental hygenist two-year program) has received her "bonafides" and is looking for a job in the Bothell area of Seattle, which is where she wants to settle--at least, for a while. It was good to have her come visit for a couple of days while her Dad was here, too. She went fishing with my hubby and her father and she was the only one to catch a nice salmon--woohoo! What a prize to take back with her, huh?
Sorry your dishwasher is a little on the fritz; I hate having to replace a major appliance of any kind, but none of them last forever and it seems like they last a whole lot less than they used to. "Planned obsolescence" hard at work, I'm afraid. Sad that more pride isn't taken in what is being manufactured--especially the high-dollar items. I hope that when your old machine finally gives up the ghost, that you snag yourself a really good one that will give you plenty of years of excellent service!
I had a little visit to the hospital the other day. It seems my brain needed another break and I had my second episode of transient global amnesia. I sure as heck hope I never have another one, even though it doesn't hurt. It's like part of my brain doesn't wake up or something and I do things that I don't have a memory of. Oh, nothing bizarre...like I had a shower while I was in that state and don't remember doing so. Life is so funny, isn't it? However, it's good to know that my arteries are clear and it wasn't a stroke. Now we just have to wait for the bill(s)...
We are having some really nice weather; breezy, blue skies with a few clouds, and the temperature right now at 8:30 in the evening is 69 degrees. Of course it will warm up and summer will take over the helm of the weather, but I will enjoy each and every cooler day we are allowed before that happens. There was a story on the weather channel site about their being 6+ inches of snow in the Colorado mountains. Yeah, I think that fits my idea of summer just fine!! Well, as long as I nor any of my loved ones have to drive in the stuff, that is.
That's all the news that's fit to print for now; keep it cool over there and sorry you've had the Canadian smoke to deal with. Which reminds me, you had asked where the smoke from California fires goes. Sometimes it drifts up our way. Bleah! Here's to decent weather and cleaner air and best wishes for those firefighters up in Canada to be able to get the fires under control and OUT!
The prediction was for thunderstorms today and tonight, but we had one or two rumbles and that was it. No rain, and we're under a flood watch. Ha, we don't really get flooding around here but I guess there may be homes that were sited too close to some body of water that may be at risk in the county someplace. We could use the rain, but I see they have drastically lowered our chance of having any. Fizzle weather today, my friend.
I sure wish your back wasn't an issue for you. You're right--it's nothing you'd wish on your worst enemy. (And like you...I don't really have one.) It's a pity the adjustable bed didn't help. At the very least, I find it helps me to get out of bed in the morning and if that is the only benefit of it, I will count myself lucky.
I think your sister must like to keep busy. I am just fine being idle as long as I have a book to read, but I know some people need to be "doing". Whatever money she's making with her part-time job at the YMCA will come in very handy if you need to either replace your dishwasher, stove or refrigerator. I'm amazed that both your stove and fridge have been so long-lasting. 24 years is so much longer than many new appliances "last" these days. We have had to replace all kinds of major appliances over the years (and more than once), but we do have a freezer which is 42 years old and is still plodding along. Every once in a while you luck out and get a large appliance that lasts a lot longer than you expect--and isn't that a wonderful surprise?
I think some people are just better at drawing blood and giving shots. Mostly I've had good luck with those who have to do this on me, but sometimes you get someone who either isn't paying attention or else they really aren't good at that skillset and then either they can't find a vein or else you wind up with a big bruise. I never hold it against them, though, as I know they're not intentionally messing up. Maybe I'm an extra practice they needed on their way to getting better. I can live with that.
Your niece is a smart cookie!! My cousins and I wish like heck that at least one of us would have thought to get a tape recorder and position it where it would have recorded our grandmother's ramblings while she did her "fancy work" (embroidery). The number of family stories we could have saved and enjoyed if only we'd thought to do this...alas, it was a colossal missed opportunity. That your niece thought to record you, your sister, and other relatives while she was visiting is such a good thing!! I hope she makes copies to share with any other family members who may want them. Such a good way to preserve family history, especially if she types out what was said on the tapes and includes that. That way, if something should happen to the recording, at least she will have a written record, too, as will any others she shares with.
Going to have my brother-in-law stay with us for at least a few days starting Friday. His daughter is graduating from an intensive 2-year dental hygenist program and he will be up here so he can travel up to the Seattle area and watch her graduation ceremony and probably take her out to dinner afterwards to celebrate. We're all proud of her, as this hasn't been an easy couple of years but she has learned so much and will now be able to earn more money (though she will have student loans to pay off and Seattle is an expensive place to live so she's not going to come ahead until she can work her way through paying off her debt). '
That's the news from over our way for now. Take it real easy and don't overdo things where your back is concerned!!
My back got so bad that I had to have an overnight stay at the hospital. Still waiting to see how much that's going to set us back; hoping Medicare covers most of it. The upshot of this episode is that we got a new (to us) adjustable bed. I'm still getting used to it but hope it helps prevent future problems with my back.
I don't have a particular day that I do any household chores on, other than changing out the bathroom hand towels and kitchen towels on Mondays (if I remember to--this is something relatively new for me). So I wash clothes whenever one (or more) of the hampers gets full or overflows. My Mom used to have a set of towels that had one of the days of the week on each one and each one had a chore to do on that day. But somehow, I never got into the habit of doing chores on a particular day, as you have with your laundry. I can see how it would work, though, to have the housework better organized. Maybe that's why housewives used to do that (and some still do, I'm sure).
It's so nice that your sister was able to pick up the slack and do so much for you when you were sick, but I know if your sister were to become ill (though I pray she does NOT!!), you would do the same for her. It's so nice that you share a home and are there to be company for each other and to help each other out when it's needful. Lucky for both of you!
I have been caught in the grocery store when a rainstorm moves through, too. I don't mind having myself get wet, but I don't like the groceries to get soaked--especially anything in a cardboard/pasteboard box. If you can wait out the worst of it, it's better for the food and if the rain is cold, it's likely better for you, too. But sometimes it goes on too long and you have to bite the bullet and run like crazy and move as quickly (and safely!) as you can to get those sacks loaded up, the cart returned and yourself (or selves) into the rig. And then you have to hope that your wiper blades will cope with all that rain, too. Yikes, it did sound like you and your sister got caught in a real gully-washer! I hope you were able to warm up and dry off once you got home and that neither of you caught a cold from that particular shopping trip.
Have you ever needed to have a blood draw and the medical practitioner couldn't find a vein? I had that happen last Thursday. Poor guy tried once on each of my inner elbows and called in a co-worker who tried once and they said they didn't want to turn me into a pin cushion, so sent me home with instructions to drink a lot of water before the next attempt as that plumps up the veins. Well, I went in early this morning and the gal put the needle in, moved it around a bit while it was in place and had those two vials of blood pumped out so quick it surprised me! Happy to have that successfully done.
My lilacs are starting to bloom; I hope you have some beautiful flowers opened up where you are for you and your sister to enjoy! Stay healthy and take it easy!
I would like to send greetings to you on this glorious Thursday day. May your day be ever so kind to you as you go through your daily duties. Don't forget to have another cup of coffee and or tea , find time to put your feet up and continue to read another chapter in your book. Smiles Gloria
Be happy, and a reason will come along. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
I know spring is not in the air (especially when we have snow on the ground), but I felt like sending some flowers around as a last hurrah to February. The day after tomorrow, it'll be March and I'll be switching my china cabinet over from red items and Valentine-themed things to green and St. Patrick's Day stuff. IF my back is up for it, that is. It's been giving me what-for and I've been trying to keep it from going out on me, so taking it easy has been the way my days are going.
You've lost eleven pounds, huh? Wow, that old "sickie" diet does whittle the weight number, but being so miserable that you're not eating enough isn't so good on the ol' body. It was good to read that you are feeling better now and I hope you're able to keep the weight off, if that's what you need. And congrats on getting a refund with your taxes! I need to copy off some forms so I can do ours and have that mess out of our hair. Whether we'll be paid or have to pay...I won't know until I'm finished, but it's sure nicer to get a refund, isn't it?
When Dennis and I go "to town" (Vancouver, WA, mostly), we go to multiple stores to shop and are away from home for most of the day. So we're pretty much wiped out by the time we get home and get the car unloaded. We tend to put away the perishables and leave the rest for the next day. Den's knees give him fits and my feet get very tired after a long day on those hard floors in town.
With gas prices as high as they are, I bet a lot of folks are only going out to medical appointments or to get groceries or other essentials. I'm thinking it's a pattern developed during Covid that has yet to be broken wide open. I'm wondering if there are any statistics on how many places that depend on tourist dollars lost out...it must be a fortune.
Keep on taking it easy as you get back up to speed after having been ill, my friend. Keep warm and stay safe!
I sure hope you're feeling better and I'm sorry that you were sick on Valentine's Day. No chocolate for you, I suppose? Well, I didn't have any, either. Den gave me two pink-flowering plants (a miniature rose and a primrose) and a Beanie panda holding a heart. I'm pretty sure I can do without the chocolate.
It's rainy here, but we have half of a chance at having some snow in the night. I may or may not wake up to a blanket of white on the ground, but with the electric blanket going, I will stay warm no matter what. I hope that you, too, are keeping warm, safe, dry and that your sister is, too. Have a good week, my friend!
Hello friend, so thankful for all this day represents. 💕
