It's me

Has this week felt a month long or what. So much terrible news. I pray about it all, and feel sad.

Tillie, I hope you get moderate weather - I know I'm not ready for triple digits.

Tatoulia, happy for you getting to see your mom, and SubC, your family.

There had been an ominous smell in the laundry room. Roommate had been already thinking sewer line was overdue for cleaning. And it's imperative it get done before her radioactive treatment because it wouldn't do to put repair people in danger of having to work on it with the radioactive stuff in the pipes.

Our guy came today and started to snake it, then discovered the line has collapsed. Big job, how big depending upon how much is collapsed. It may be costly. We just don't know.

Then this afternoon a grinding sound came from the brakes in my van. I'm like, really?

We are both pretty mind blown, weary, dismayed, and stressed. Keep us in your thoughts, please?

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Tatoulia
Crying is alright.
It is a way our bodies release built up tensions and frustration and other emotional things.
Sometimes a good cry is necessary.
(((HUGS)))

I am outraged about that horrid man invading your and your Mom's space.
But happy you got to hold little sister 🙂

Glad you are keeping up with dishes, laundry and making your bed every day.
These kinds of tasks help keep us grounded.

Be careful with the heat but still keep wearing out your shoes with walking 😀

9am. I need to get outside and water my Lilacs before it gets too hot.
BBL 😉

Tillie! Yay for the big bag of polished stones!

It sprinkled a little!

Just enough to get Cowgirl Cat a little wet as she sat on the front porch begging for her supper but not enough to bother her.

She sits by the front porch watching the window looking to see me.
When I see her there she runs around to the back porch and waits for me to bring her the food.

Good Morning

I'm still here.
House needs lots of cleaning like vacuuming and dusting.

Cats are still getting food & water but not brushings or bending over pettings.

Chrysanthemums have lots of flower buds and will be blooming soon. 🙂

It sprinkled a little!

Just enough to get Cowgirl Cat a little wet as she sat on the front porch begging for her supper but not enough to bother her.

She sits by the front porch watching the window looking to see me.
When I see her there she runs around to the back porch and waits for me to bring her the food.

Tillie! Yay for the big bag of polished stones!

Good Evening Everyone

Hi CriticalMass
YEA! the oil has been changed!!!
That was so very kind of them 🙂

WTG! getting somethings from storage for the sale!

Yes, needle biopsies are very minimally invasive procedures and the sedation will have her pretty well floating on a soft cloud.

Best wishes & good luck with scheduling and coordinating all you have to do.

Take comfort in the service for your Aunt (((HUG)))

Today I brewed a batch of cranberry apple tea and added the juice of a lemon.
Also toasted an english muffin, put spaghetti sauce on both halves and then some pepper jack cheese.
Stuck it under the broiler till the cheese melted.

Ok
Decided what I will challenge myself with for June.

Doing the dining area drapes today has motivated me to actually do the Spring cleaning.
Since some things really hurt my back I will slowly chip away at it.
And I won't allow the constantly blowing dust to discourage me.

I need to vacuum and wash the baseboards & up the wall "cat height" to remove dust and cat boogers.
Wash ceiling fan and dining area light fixtures with all it's fussy little crystal dangles.
Finish washing all drapes & curtains that haven't been washed yet.
Wash rugs and wash floors that they lay on.
Wash all wooden furniture with Murphy's oil soap and polish with Pledge or something similar.
Wash refrigerator inside & out.
Wipe, wash & dust everything because it's all dusty.
Also do general house cleaning like bathroom and dishes and such.

I think that's enough to keep me busy. ;D

Hello everyone!

Joan! You are here! And I am excited about the medical progress. I think about you a lot and I do worry so. Praying for some peace for you.

I had worn through my outer soles, if you can believe it! I walk on concrete day in and day out and I finally wore out a pair. I love my Allbirds and I have plenty of other pairs to wear!

Everyone I am not caught up on the posts.

I feel like I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know How else to put it. I cried a lot on Thursday and again on Friday and even small things are getting tome. I'm having trouble with my insurer on one of my scripts and my blood starts to boil then I'm afraid I'm going to start swearing including using some rarely heard cuss words. Then on Thursday I was visiting mom on the patio and some moron (a bit of a self important Boston brahmin type) who wasn't wearing a mask kept coming within four inches of my mother's face and I was yelling at him to stay back so he came face to face to me and I kept backing up and I was in the plantings and the mulch and I said I worked really hard to stay safe and he was all grand in his gestures and his speech, explaining how we are outside and no masks needed. And that my mask is sufficient. And I said get away from us and he said, if you want six feet then go sit in a tree. So I went inside and someone reprimanded him. I was crying and said, I get to see my mother for ten minutes each week. It was pretty upsetting. They made him leave the patio because it was family visit time.

Silver lining: I was told I could stay as long as I like and the concierge let me slip upstairs to see the cat for a minute. Mom was downstairs and I just slipped into her apartment, grabbed the kitty from her condo (the closet) and held her for a minute or two. It was great. But then there was a knock on her door and I panicked. Luckily it was the aide for who, I'd bought the four nightgowns. She said that she was told I was upstairs and she just wanted to see me.

So Friday night I had to take a Xanax. I wasn't holding up. I slept all night and a good portion of Saturday. I did take several long walks despite the miserable heat and humidity. BF took me on errands tonight.

I don't know how anyone else is doing. I'm keeping up with laundry and my table is better than half cleared.

I'm keeping up with dishes and of course I'm making my bed each day.

I hope I don't cry slot tomorrow. I haven't cried all day and it is 10 PM. Not bad.

Love you all.

Ok
Decided what I will challenge myself with for June.

Doing the dining area drapes today has motivated me to actually do the Spring cleaning.
Since some things really hurt my back I will slowly chip away at it.
And I won't allow the constantly blowing dust to discourage me.

I need to vacuum and wash the baseboards & up the wall "cat height" to remove dust and cat boogers.
Wash ceiling fan and dining area light fixtures with all it's fussy little crystal dangles.
Finish washing all drapes & curtains that haven't been washed yet.
Wash rugs and wash floors that they lay on.
Wash all wooden furniture with Murphy's oil soap and polish with Pledge or something similar.
Wash refrigerator inside & out.
Wipe, wash & dust everything because it's all dusty.
Also do general house cleaning like bathroom and dishes and such.

I think that's enough to keep me busy. ;D

102F in the shady back porch and 106F in the carport.

In about 40 minutes I will start watering the grass.
Kitchen is all clean.
Making some ice cubes in the freezer. Think I should have more around the next few days.
Watching movies on Roku.
I never go anywhere when it's this hot unless it's absolutely necessary like an emergency or having to pick him up at the hospital.
Before this quarantining is over I think everybody will get to the end of all the movies offered online.
But I am grateful we have this distraction.

Hey CriticalMass
I really like that moon picture 😀

Good Afternoon Everybody
4pm

The wind is very boisterous blustery today
making it a high wildfire danger day.

Got the trees and Lilacs watered.
Decided to take down and wash diningroom area drapes.
Washed all the hardware.
Washed the windchime I have hanging at that window.
Got the drapes all fresh & clean & rehung.

That kind of work is very taxing on my spine.
I still need to do the livingroom area drapes but not today.

Had to clean up a scarf & barf on the carpet so went around and did a little spot cleaning on the carpet since I already had a bucket of soapy water.

The wind has blown in cloud cover that is helping keep it cooler today.
An early high of only 80 degrees and now it's 77 degrees.

Not much chance of rain because I never get much rain. 🙁

Steven went to the grocery store AND the barber shop today. >:(

The testing of non symptomatic people has not done many tests to date.
But a little over 200 are negative with no reported positives.
The symptomatic testing has not been doing many tests either and not reporting any positives.
I believe they are not reporting positives so that businesses can reopen without anybody protesting.

I plan to keep doing everything I have been doing even though self quarantining has been lifted.

Thanks everyone for the condolences on my aunt. Looks like I'll be riding over tomorrow for the visitation as well as Friday for the funeral, since the funeral starts 9:00 a.m. Friday. This way will get to see family - I plan on wearing my mask and keeping social distancing whether the others do or not.

My friends from MO came to town, the ones who gave me the van, and the husband changed my oil today. So that is a relief. And he got me a new dipstick because the old one was messed up. Bless them.

I got some stuff for the bunny club garage sale out of storage. It is stuff I've been wanting to donate at one of our events with raffle but since we're not having those, this is an opportunity to get that done.

I'm a bit stressed again with coordinating things - travel and garage sale prep but some things are falling into place. Roommate found out she can have sedative for kidney biopsy. Less squeamish and scary for us both.

Going to get supper now, more soon.

Good Afternoon Everybody
4pm

The wind is very boisterous blustery today
making it a high wildfire danger day.

Got the trees and Lilacs watered.
Decided to take down and wash diningroom area drapes.
Washed all the hardware.
Washed the windchime I have hanging at that window.
Got the drapes all fresh & clean & rehung.

That kind of work is very taxing on my spine.
I still need to do the livingroom area drapes but not today.

Had to clean up a scarf & barf on the carpet so went around and did a little spot cleaning on the carpet since I already had a bucket of soapy water.

The wind has blown in cloud cover that is helping keep it cooler today.
An early high of only 80 degrees and now it's 77 degrees.

Not much chance of rain because I never get much rain. 🙁

Steven went to the grocery store AND the barber shop today. >:(

The testing of non symptomatic people has not done many tests to date.
But a little over 200 are negative with no reported positives.
The symptomatic testing has not been doing many tests either and not reporting any positives.
I believe they are not reporting positives so that businesses can reopen without anybody protesting.

I plan to keep doing everything I have been doing even though self quarantining has been lifted.

102F in the shady back porch and 106F in the carport.

In about 40 minutes I will start watering the grass.
Kitchen is all clean.
Making some ice cubes in the freezer. Think I should have more around the next few days.
Watching movies on Roku.
I never go anywhere when it's this hot unless it's absolutely necessary like an emergency or having to pick him up at the hospital.
Before this quarantining is over I think everybody will get to the end of all the movies offered online.
But I am grateful we have this distraction.

Hey CriticalMass
I really like that moon picture 😀

Hello everyone!

Joan! You are here! And I am excited about the medical progress. I think about you a lot and I do worry so. Praying for some peace for you.

I had worn through my outer soles, if you can believe it! I walk on concrete day in and day out and I finally wore out a pair. I love my Allbirds and I have plenty of other pairs to wear!

Everyone I am not caught up on the posts.

I feel like I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know How else to put it. I cried a lot on Thursday and again on Friday and even small things are getting tome. I'm having trouble with my insurer on one of my scripts and my blood starts to boil then I'm afraid I'm going to start swearing including using some rarely heard cuss words. Then on Thursday I was visiting mom on the patio and some moron (a bit of a self important Boston brahmin type) who wasn't wearing a mask kept coming within four inches of my mother's face and I was yelling at him to stay back so he came face to face to me and I kept backing up and I was in the plantings and the mulch and I said I worked really hard to stay safe and he was all grand in his gestures and his speech, explaining how we are outside and no masks needed. And that my mask is sufficient. And I said get away from us and he said, if you want six feet then go sit in a tree. So I went inside and someone reprimanded him. I was crying and said, I get to see my mother for ten minutes each week. It was pretty upsetting. They made him leave the patio because it was family visit time.

Silver lining: I was told I could stay as long as I like and the concierge let me slip upstairs to see the cat for a minute. Mom was downstairs and I just slipped into her apartment, grabbed the kitty from her condo (the closet) and held her for a minute or two. It was great. But then there was a knock on her door and I panicked. Luckily it was the aide for who, I'd bought the four nightgowns. She said that she was told I was upstairs and she just wanted to see me.

So Friday night I had to take a Xanax. I wasn't holding up. I slept all night and a good portion of Saturday. I did take several long walks despite the miserable heat and humidity. BF took me on errands tonight.

I don't know how anyone else is doing. I'm keeping up with laundry and my table is better than half cleared.

I'm keeping up with dishes and of course I'm making my bed each day.

I hope I don't cry slot tomorrow. I haven't cried all day and it is 10 PM. Not bad.

Love you all.

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Tatoulia
Happy you got Mom's banking things all sorted out without a big hassle. 🙂

WAY TO GO! washing dishes and brewing ice tea!!!
Always nice to wake up to a clean kitchen.

I've been drinking iced raspberry zinger with fresh lemon, make up a whole gallon and it only last 3 days at the most.

I watched some protests last night on youtube on the tv with the Roku.

Good luck with all your plans for today.
That is so sweet of you to send kids the "care" packages. (((HUG)))

Have the hose very slowly watering trees this morning.
The wind has already picked up.
The Honeysuckle smells so beautiful in the yard.
A large deep red Rose has bloomed.
My allergies are driving me crazy today.

Finished watching "Dark Shadows" and have started watching "Dark Shadows, The Beginning".
It has been a lot of fun. 😉

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Tatoulia
Thanks for checking in and hope you are getting rested.

I don't know why but last few days I have really been craving a donut.
Thought about all the different kinds of donuts and I would seriously eat any kind.
Even a simple plain donut dipped into a hot cup of tea would be lovely.

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Tatoulia
Happy you got Mom's banking things all sorted out without a big hassle. 🙂

WAY TO GO! washing dishes and brewing ice tea!!!
Always nice to wake up to a clean kitchen.

I've been drinking iced raspberry zinger with fresh lemon, make up a whole gallon and it only last 3 days at the most.

I watched some protests last night on youtube on the tv with the Roku.

Good luck with all your plans for today.
That is so sweet of you to send kids the "care" packages. (((HUG)))

Have the hose very slowly watering trees this morning.
The wind has already picked up.
The Honeysuckle smells so beautiful in the yard.
A large deep red Rose has bloomed.
My allergies are driving me crazy today.

Finished watching "Dark Shadows" and have started watching "Dark Shadows, The Beginning".
It has been a lot of fun. 😉

Bunny, Kitty, Puppy smiles would be so cute 🙂

I like the island quest!
Could also be a magical coconut or conch shell.

Yes, the emergency chocolate stash always seems to run out too quickly.
Especially now with everything going on.

I'll quit worrying about you getting to see the Baby once you have seen the Baby (((HUG)))

WTG! for sorting out papers and getting outside getting your hands dirty 😀

Checking in. Cm I am sorry for your loss.

I am not up to date. Thinking of you all. I'm doing well, just a bit exhausted.

Yay SubC!!! Great to have your family around!!! I'm so happy for you!!!

Tillie, mineral oil mixed into the lotions sounds so soothing! Great idea!

There was a fence between mom and me but it made no difference. She sat in a chair and looked very comfortable. She wore a dress and a pink sweater. Adorable.

I'm up. I streamed some of the protests last night. I'd been watching them and hit up fir a glass of water when I decided to do my dishes and brew iced tea. So I woke up to a clean sink and fresh iced tea. First of the season abs it is delicious.

Today I have to run up to mom's; she gave one of the workers her new debit card so I'll pick it up. I've been paying for everything since March 13. I'm pretty sure I'm the one who has her debit card but it's hard to say so she ordered a new one and then her banker was very kind and helped me choose a new pin since mom couldn't read it. Im lucky that there are good people in my life and mom's life and I can just solve problems without a lot of rigamarole.

I'll ttyl. Want to get to PO today. Mail some office paperwork and mail a package to our friends' kids. Sunglasses, seed packets, little care package.

Yes tillie,

I am very eager for the baby! The stream won't flood over our bridge. It only comes up to a foot below the bridge and then it overtops the downstream neighbor and stops getting deeper. As long as they don't raise their bridge, I think we are fine.

I have some soft light flannel that could go inside the mask, and I have thought about doing appliqué on the outsides. simple stuff like a smile or rabbit mouth.

I sorted out and recycled some school papers that were left in the table on my dining porch.(Still behind Tatoulia) and then the rain stopped and I was tempted out to weed a little in my long neglected flower bed outside the windows. There were two, year old volunteer sycamore trees in the bed that I had let grow up for transplant, and Dh came by, so we moved them out near the pond. Then we had some blackberries, and I butchered the cantaloupe and had some with a salad laced with fresh cheese for lunch.

Now the clouds are rolling in again.

My map will be an island with jungle and volcanic tunnels. They start out shipwrecked on the beach. The final challenge will be the magic (crystal? Portal? Something, haven't decided yet) They find in the hideout carved into the top of the volcano that teleports them off the island. We only have 4 days.

Justin does a pretty good job with my pantry. He hasn't always, but now he tends to limit himself to things like bags of rice and oatmeal, an extra bag of flour, salt and sugar, things I canned, and emergency chocolate (except I can always think of an emergency that requires chocolate, so that doesn't last long.)

Bunny, Kitty, Puppy smiles would be so cute 🙂

I like the island quest!
Could also be a magical coconut or conch shell.

Yes, the emergency chocolate stash always seems to run out too quickly.
Especially now with everything going on.

I'll quit worrying about you getting to see the Baby once you have seen the Baby (((HUG)))

WTG! for sorting out papers and getting outside getting your hands dirty 😀

Yay SubC!!! Great to have your family around!!! I'm so happy for you!!!

Tillie, mineral oil mixed into the lotions sounds so soothing! Great idea!

There was a fence between mom and me but it made no difference. She sat in a chair and looked very comfortable. She wore a dress and a pink sweater. Adorable.

I'm up. I streamed some of the protests last night. I'd been watching them and hit up fir a glass of water when I decided to do my dishes and brew iced tea. So I woke up to a clean sink and fresh iced tea. First of the season abs it is delicious.

Today I have to run up to mom's; she gave one of the workers her new debit card so I'll pick it up. I've been paying for everything since March 13. I'm pretty sure I'm the one who has her debit card but it's hard to say so she ordered a new one and then her banker was very kind and helped me choose a new pin since mom couldn't read it. Im lucky that there are good people in my life and mom's life and I can just solve problems without a lot of rigamarole.

I'll ttyl. Want to get to PO today. Mail some office paperwork and mail a package to our friends' kids. Sunglasses, seed packets, little care package.

Good Morning Everyone
"Clink!" tea toast.

Hi Subclinical
So sorry about that nasty nightmare.
But it makes sense that you would have a nightmare about the worst case scenario that could possibly happen.
Sometimes nightmares help us sort out our fears and work through them. (((HUG)))

Only thing I worry about for you right now is that you get to see that Baby.
But now that your bridge is all done I worry less incase that stream should flood.

Justin Case is not all bad.
Good to have on hand things we use and need with some extras on the shelf for Justin.
We just need to be realistic about how much and what kinds of things we allow Justin to have.
Six broken down lawnmowers rusting away in the yard are not reasonable and will not help during a zombie apocalypse.
LOL 😉

Ooooo, map making!
Forests and bridges and caves and castles all full of challenges. 😀

Do you have any soft enough cotton fabric with prints that would make fun face masks?
I don't and there are so many pretty and sweet masks online to get ideas from.

Will be over 100F today.
I got out early and watered the garden.
Jack was there so I fed him on the back porch.
After he ate Cowgirl came over so I fed her out there too.
Came back inside and fed Twinkles and Scooter.
Scooter barfed.
Plan to do some kitchen stuff today and then clean the kitchen when I'm done.
Will water the grass this evening.
Meanwhile, I can just sit and stare. 😉

LOL CriticalMass 😀

Thanks for the new pics.
Those flowers are beautiful! 😀

Good Evening Everybody

Very glad Dh's back is a little better and he is cooking again.

Happy the open houses had more people in there!
YEA! getting to hang out with S and G!

WTG! getting the dishes almost caught up !

I got all the dishes done.
Did the glasses then rested.
Did the plates then rested.
Did the bowls then rested.
Did the silverware then rested.
Got it all dried and put away.
Then washed all the Kitty dishes and they are filled with food & fresh water.

Supposed to water grass this evening but decided not to.
It has only been high 80s not all those 100+ days any more.
The smoke was moderate today, not light but not as thick as before.

Good Morning Everyone
"Clink!" tea toast.

Hi Subclinical
So sorry about that nasty nightmare.
But it makes sense that you would have a nightmare about the worst case scenario that could possibly happen.
Sometimes nightmares help us sort out our fears and work through them. (((HUG)))

Only thing I worry about for you right now is that you get to see that Baby.
But now that your bridge is all done I worry less incase that stream should flood.

Justin Case is not all bad.
Good to have on hand things we use and need with some extras on the shelf for Justin.
We just need to be realistic about how much and what kinds of things we allow Justin to have.
Six broken down lawnmowers rusting away in the yard are not reasonable and will not help during a zombie apocalypse.
LOL 😉

Ooooo, map making!
Forests and bridges and caves and castles all full of challenges. 😀

Do you have any soft enough cotton fabric with prints that would make fun face masks?
I don't and there are so many pretty and sweet masks online to get ideas from.

Will be over 100F today.
I got out early and watered the garden.
Jack was there so I fed him on the back porch.
After he ate Cowgirl came over so I fed her out there too.
Came back inside and fed Twinkles and Scooter.
Scooter barfed.
Plan to do some kitchen stuff today and then clean the kitchen when I'm done.
Will water the grass this evening.
Meanwhile, I can just sit and stare. 😉