Thanks Dianne. You are so funny about wanting to do laundry. I just finished a load of laundry, and put in dryer for several minutes to get wrinkles out then hung on line to finish drying. I am sweating, thought really dumb to do laundry when it is so hot, then I read your post and now I am glad I was able to do laundry, so thanks Dianne.

Washer repair man came today. Of course he had to order a part and it will be over a week before it can be fixed. Funny how I can let laundry go for weeks (some of it for years) but when I can't do it that's all I want to do.

Laura got home this evening. Rested, tan and relaxed. Her furbabies went crazy. Good to have her home. 🙂

Diane, so glad you had some rest and recharging in nature.

Keep taking good care of yourself. 🙂

Short on sleep again, but I hope to be able to catch up now that things are less hectic. I had supper early, now waiting for people to show up in the Tuesday chat.

Ali, sounds like all went well with surgery, happy you are being well taken care of, thanks for letting us know you are ok.
Thanks for the hugs Dianne, Roxie, Janie, sure needed them and appreciate reading all you wrote and also helpful suggestions.
Yesterday a friend picked me up and took me to a lake, since I was a sobbing mess, she decided the best treatment would be nature, and she was so right. We climbed up towards a higher lake for an hour, then realized I was too out of shape to go another hour, very steep switchbacks, so we went back to lower lake. I did a happy dance in the water, my first happy dance in many months. So grateful she talked me into leaving my problems at home and just go with her. The heavy exercise would lift anyones spirits I think. Such a beautiful area, so many beautiful trees, clean cool water, so grateful. This morning I moved all the stuff I haven't gone through yet to one area, it was all over the place, thus I could not see progress. I feel better even though there is a huge bunch of bins, boxes and bags full, I can see how much is left to do. And I do not have to do it this week, just nice to consolidate. Cleaned and painted more of the floor this morning. Caught two more mice. 5 down, 600 to go, lets hope not.
Yesterday did some painting before she picked me up at 8am. Last night watered yard, did dishes.
Today would like to bag up a wool rug I don't want Molly to pee on, and will put in garage until she is gone. I have plastic, blankets, and towels for her on couch and daybed. Carry her out to yard, doesnt want to pee out there today, did last night, I am working on doggie underwear today. She is not real keen on it. Thanks again for all the support.

Started a 3 day film making course. I'm getting a voice.

I am out if the hospital & recovering at my daughters home. Being spoiled with really good food and wide open spaces. I will probably return to my home Thurs or Fri. Hope you are all doing well. Must admit I thought about Karl every time they offered me ice cream in the hospital. (Smile)

Keep On, Keeping On.

Good morning 🙂

Been a rough few days here but today things are starting to look up.
Marty (the cat) is doing better and so am I.
Temperatures are supposed to be better with a chance of thunder storms.

My To-Dos for today are...
Cat stuff- water/food/scoop boxes. Remember Marty's meds.
Take it easy and rest.
Make and eat some real food. Maybe brown rice & veggies?

Wonderful to see everybody here! 😀

DIANE - Just wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you and sending some {{HUGS}} your way.

Roxie - First of all, big CONGRATS on maintaining your daily dental routine! So proud of you!! Give me an "S", give me an "M", give me an "I" "L" "E". What does it spell? SMILE!! 🙂

NOTE: I've been through this process before. When my DD moved back home last year she brought with her bags of cat smelly clothes. I don't think she ever hung up anything and the floor was her closet. Which meant her cat had all those clothes to cuddle up on (and sometimes pee on). Using the Odo-Ban cleaner really helps. It's a disinfectant and deodorizer and I think it's great. I used this in the washer, in addition to detergent, when I washed all her clothes back then and was pleased with the results. To keep the clothes fresh, I always put a small amount of Odo-Ban in the rinse cycle (as recommended) whenever I did her laundry after that. I was able to salvage most of her clothes, only throwing out those that remained stained.

Oh, dear, I am all upside down and befuddled. Went to sleep around 11pm and awoke around 2am and here I am, reading long articles and postings and such, waiting for the sun to come up in another hour or more.

I did pick up meds yesterday (yesterday?...I think so?). I also rounded up the outdoor dishes (cats) in order to wash them later.

I've been having to fiddle with the computer crashing too often. Grump.

Diane, Janie, how you doing? Janie, I vote to toss those kitty icked things. IMHO the smell never fully comes out but maybe only the cats notice.

Hi all. Looking forward to your posts. I'll sign on again later. Already brushed my teeth for today's count. If I finish out July with a successful once a day routine, in August I'll shoot for 2x a day. yes.

Roxie and Janie, thanks for sharing so much of your self, and congrats on all you accomplished!

You are a Rockin' Roxie today!! What a productive day and it's not even over. Woo-Hoo!!

The washer full of icky laundry just finished and the rinse water was still a gray-ish color. Going to run the clothes through another cycle, hoping to get clear rinse water this time. Then I will put in another load to soak overnight.

Dang, I wrote this long post in the middle of the night, and it disappeared. 🙁

Yesterday: brushed teeth, bathed, shampooed, clean clothes, grocery shopping, grocery putting away, put clean dishes away, did another load of dishes, emptied two dresser drawers for clothing donatins, watered plants, brought big garbage bin back up to the house, took two bags of books to the car for donation.

Slept until just now. Have to go off to pick up meds and start my real day.

Hugs to all.

Getting a slow start to the day. Took care of morning animal chores then went back to bed for a bit. Today I plan on widening some goat trails where stuff has sorted of creeped together leaving only inches for my feet.

This morning I picked up foul icky cat smelly towels and clothes from the kids bathroom floor. My DS was last home in March, my DD moved out in May. And who knows how long before that the towels and clothes were laying there. The first load is soaking in hot water, Tide, Oxi-Clean and Odo-Ban. I plan to let it soak until I get home from work later. Whatever still smells after laundering will be trashed.

Diane - As hard as it is, and as much as you will miss your friend, sometimes the best action is to let her go with the dignity she deserves. I'm crying while I type this, so you know I only mean this in the kindest way. {{HUGS}}

{{{{Diane}}}}

Thanks Dianne and Janie, really difficult day today with incontinence and her legs giving out at times, I know what is coming and it is so difficult to deal with the decline knowing I will have to live without her, she is the bright spot in every day. I will miss her so much. 14 years is the longest relationship I have had

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becoming a minimalist

Diane, I have more advice, but of course you will know in your heart what is best.

Only you know what you are able to do and everyone's choice must be honored. I sincerely hope my opinion is not too overbearing. I offer it in love and compassion for you and your dear baby's struggles.

Diane - From what I can remember our dog was becoming very lethargic and having a hard time getting up and walking. She also started having seizures. We would have to hold her tightly during the seizures until she recovered and then she would be disorientated and panicky for a while. We took her to the vet and was given two prescriptions. I think one was for pain and the other was anti-seizure. It seemed to help for a while, maybe a few weeks. And then she started drinking lots of water and having accidents. You could tell she was embarrassed when it happened. I tried to let her out as much as possible but she just didn't have the energy to go out much. She was basically just laying around, struggling to get up to drink water, hardly eating and her eyes looked so sad.

Diane, I don't envy the decision you have to make. But only you know what's best for your friend.

Today has been productive but more importantly, balanced.

I ate healthy and simple. Mentally I was kinder to myself and quieted the cycle of thoughts that drive me too hard.

Kara, your vision of a meditation bedroom sounds lovely.

OMG! I have just read up on Hoarders High. At least nothing come into the home apart from my vision.

Roxie, your little raccoons sound so cute. The feral cats will probably tolerate the new creatures and even let them have first pick of food. How are the kittens? (cat kittens?)

I'm sure your tender care will be felt by her and much appreciated. {{{HUGS}}}

Sorry for not writing for a while. Been in mental darkness.

I hope this encourages other.

thanks for the update Janie, I was wondering how you are doing. I understand about the horror of a cleaning person seeing our mess. I am impressed that you are maintaining downstairs, congrats. Good girl for buckling down and studying.
Yes, my dog has been on Canine C/D prescription food for kidneys for several years, so I assume it is kidney shut down. What was the progression of your dogs decline, if you don't mind sharing. She has been drinking a lot of water for a few years, and urine is almost clear, as you described. She doesn't appear to know she is peeing, usually asleep when it slips out, she awakes with a start and looks around to see what woke her up, then tries to lick it up, poor girl. Thanks so much for sharing your dog story.

Yesterday I cleaned out the top shelves of the hall linen closet. Threw out anything that wasn't useful and then organized the remaining health and beauty products. Today I tackled the bottom shelves. Not much there because that's where the kids towels are stored and every single towel is dirty at the moment. I did throw out some ratty bed linens and organized what was still in good shape. Also restocked the closet with toilet paper, kleenex and soap. Oh, and I put a roll of paper towels and windex in there to have it readily available for cleaning later. Also made room on the floor for a jug of cat litter so it wasn't sitting in the hallway anymore. The closet isn't that big and although it took me two days, I am happy it's done.

My break is over. Now I need to get back to studying! Hope everyone has a good evening!!