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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 26, 2024 17:57:35 GMT -5
Cardiologist added another med for high blood pressure today. My PC dr increased my BP med, 2 weeks ago because it was so high.
BP was higher today than I've ever known it to be. (201/104 was the lowest) Cardiologist was fairly concerned. Said come back in 4 weeks, then changed her mind. Said come back in 3 weeks.
I stopped at the liquor store on the way home. LOL Too bad I hate the taste so much! I need someone to drink with. I don't like drinking alone. I need a distraction. 🤣 (That might be a good thing!)
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Post by Opti on Apr 26, 2024 18:00:13 GMT -5
Cardiologist added another med for high blood pressure today. My PC dr increased my BP med, 2 weeks ago because it was so high. BP was higher today than I've ever known it to be. (201/104 was the lowest) Cardiologist was fairly concerned. Said come back in 4 weeks, then changed her mind. Said come back in 3 weeks. I stopped at the liquor store on the way home. LOL Too bad I hate the taste so much! I need someone to drink with. I don't like drinking alone. I need a distraction. 🤣 (That might be a good thing!) Does she have any idea why it is so high? Are you staying hydrated?
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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 26, 2024 18:14:29 GMT -5
I'm annoyed because our homeowner's insurance renewal came in the mail, and they want an extra $450 a year. I think it's time to shop around once again. I shopped around. I did find something better for me. It is still more than I paid a year ago.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 26, 2024 18:26:06 GMT -5
Oy gevalt, peeps! What a week! Good to be here with you all. Mostly a stuff to do kind of weekend. Taking the car in for service then going to the bank and the hardware store for plant food and stainless steel polish (I have coupons).
Sunday is wash the car day; I just checked to make sure I have all the stuff I need. Also want to check my bike and see why it seems a bit wobbly. Make some breakfast cookies for myself, wash the kitchen floor, and do laundry, too.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 26, 2024 19:01:19 GMT -5
Cardiologist added another med for high blood pressure today. My PC dr increased my BP med, 2 weeks ago because it was so high. BP was higher today than I've ever known it to be. (201/104 was the lowest) Cardiologist was fairly concerned. Said come back in 4 weeks, then changed her mind. Said come back in 3 weeks. I stopped at the liquor store on the way home. LOL Too bad I hate the taste so much! I need someone to drink with. I don't like drinking alone. I need a distraction. 🤣 (That might be a good thing!) Does she have any idea why it is so high? Are you staying hydrated? Nope. No idea. I do my best to stay hydrated. I carry a "water" bottle with me all the time. Ever since I found out getting dehydrated makes you really sick. Thanks so much.
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Post by Sharon on Apr 26, 2024 22:10:02 GMT -5
What a week. I mentioned that I had both the well guy and the irrigation guy out on Wednesday. Today I had both of them out again. They are both somewhat still pointing fingers at each other but not as much, now they want a plumber to come in since the pressure issue right now is in the house. The well also isn't pumping enough to support the irrigation system, so it is turned off.
The plumber is already scheduled for Tuesday to replace two toilets. I need to get in touch with them on Monday and let them know there will be additional work needed. I was also left a box of papers from the previous owners and in there I found the well test from when the well was drilled in 1994. At that time the output was 25 gal per minute, it is now down to 4 gallons per minute. I scanned that in and sent it to the well guy. I am so tired from all this chaos and the two guys having a pissing contest over whose fault it is. I don't care, just fix it. More to come next week.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 27, 2024 11:06:32 GMT -5
So sorry, Sharon. That sounds like a nightmare. I agree. Just fix it. That's what is important, no matter whose fault it is.
I finally found my iron and my food saver (seal a meal) yesterday. I've been looking for both since I moved here.
As much as I dislike ironing, it was nice to be able to iron the blouse I wanted to wear yesterday and not have to wear a t-shirt again. Wrinkle release spray can only do so much.
Happy Saturday, everyone!
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 27, 2024 11:36:27 GMT -5
Ugh. It's still raining here. It's so dreary.
Did anyone else have trouble getting on the boards last night?
I almost didn't bother trying to get on, this morning. After failing so many times yesterday.
And the message about what the problem was, was so small, I didn't even notice it, for several hours. When I did, I couldn't read it, because the font was so small on my phone (not adjustable).
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 27, 2024 11:38:02 GMT -5
What a week. I mentioned that I had both the well guy and the irrigation guy out on Wednesday. Today I had both of them out again. They are both somewhat still pointing fingers at each other but not as much, now they want a plumber to come in since the pressure issue right now is in the house. The well also isn't pumping enough to support the irrigation system, so it is turned off.
The plumber is already scheduled for Tuesday to replace two toilets. I need to get in touch with them on Monday and let them know there will be additional work needed. I was also left a box of papers from the previous owners and in there I found the well test from when the well was drilled in 1994. At that time the output was 25 gal per minute, it is now down to 4 gallons per minute. I scanned that in and sent it to the well guy. I am so tired from all this chaos and the two guys having a pissing contest over whose fault it is. I don't care, just fix it. More to come next week. I want to do like Moe of the Three Stooges and knock their heads together.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 27, 2024 11:41:09 GMT -5
And good day to all the gracious peeps! Been up since 4 a.m. doing all the things on the list. Swam first thing. Got a load of laundry in the dryer. Dishwasher ran while I went and got my car serviced. stopped at the bank, Walgreens and Ace Hardware. Emptied that. Cleaned the kitty water fountain. Made breakfast cookie dough, and cleaned another kitchen shelf and also got rid of the old and ugly and expired on it.
Dinner will be a turkey sausage and peppers and onions baked casserole.
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Post by jerseygirl on Apr 27, 2024 12:22:14 GMT -5
Trying to remove some carpet stains upstairs . Think maybe drops of tea? I drink with milk and sugar. Capet is really good quality but off white. Used acetone ( nail polish remover) on stain that seemed to have gummy coating on some fibers. Then washed with lots of water wet rags. Seems much better and didn’t affect rug color
If still there next week I’ll repeat
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Post by Sharon on Apr 27, 2024 12:23:35 GMT -5
12 hours of sleep and a long hot shower and I feel human again. It is very windy today , 30mph winds, so I don't feel like working in the yard. I was going to primer the living room but I may go for some less strenuous pursuits.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 27, 2024 13:10:42 GMT -5
I need to go to DD1s today, to drop off some items I have for her. I am not motivated. I want to stay in bed. The dreary weather doesn't help.
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Post by busymom on Apr 27, 2024 14:50:46 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! We started off the day with DH on my s-list, for setting the alarm for 6 am, and cranking the volume much too high, so I started off the day with a big headache. I do feel better now, fortunately, as I just got back from a gathering with DD & her bridesmaids. They're "kidnapping" her this weekend, for a bit of fun, and no I'm not worried, as these were the "good" kids back from school.
It is cloudy & a bit gloomy here today, but tomorrow is when the storms are scheduled to arrive. But the weathernerds have been wrong before, so we'll see.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 27, 2024 15:18:09 GMT -5
It's been nonstop shouting next door -- the kids must be having an all day play date or something. I am going to go do some dinner prep and then go outside and work the yard.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 27, 2024 15:30:36 GMT -5
It's been nonstop shouting next door -- the kids must be having an all day play date or something. I am going to go do some dinner prep and then go outside and work the yard.
Kids shouting, or adults?
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 27, 2024 19:04:01 GMT -5
It's been nonstop shouting next door -- the kids must be having an all day play date or something. I am going to go do some dinner prep and then go outside and work the yard.
Kids shouting, or adults? Kids. I went out to do yardwork and it magically stopped. It was around 5, so I guess they ran out of energy and needed to eat.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 27, 2024 19:07:25 GMT -5
I need to go to DD1s today, to drop off some items I have for her. I am not motivated. I want to stay in bed. The dreary weather doesn't help. I got the stuff dropped off. Then I stopped at KFC on the way home. I haven't had KFC for so long. It's probably been a couple of years. Maybe longer. Their food is so dang expensive! But DD1 can wear the shoes I bought, that didn't fit me. I probably will never buy shoes online again. Especially not off FB. (Fake Skechers, fake leather, no arch support and not adjustable.) I was not impressed with the quality. I leave negative comments, every time I see an ad for them.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 28, 2024 10:12:20 GMT -5
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 28, 2024 10:16:08 GMT -5
Been up since 6, took 2 hours to completely do the car. She does look pretty, though. All nice and shiny and smells good inside. Enough big stuff to run the dishwasher again. DH had French toast, but I did my traditional end of Passover matzoh brei. Very good; eggy and indulgent. Not sure if eggy is a word, but it does describe this dish. I plan to bake chicken and potatoes tonight and serve with corn. I also picked some broccoli last night, so we will have that too. I do need to wash the kitchen floor as well.
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Post by Sharon on Apr 28, 2024 11:06:14 GMT -5
toomuchreality I agree KFC has gotten so expensive. They just opened up in my town and I have to admit I have visited them a couple of times since they opened. DD and family stopped by after church yesterday evening. I don't know if they are coming back by today.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 28, 2024 11:13:27 GMT -5
toomuchreality you had me at the idea of fried chicken. I did not grow up in a fried chicken society. I love it and would happily eat it every single day. Don't really get the chicken and waffles thing, though I do like those things separate. But crispy outside, juicy inside...OK, now I am hungry.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 28, 2024 11:37:42 GMT -5
Although I still ate it, I didn't think my chicken last night was amazing, like I normally do when I get KFC. My guess is that it had been made and then sat under the warming lights for a few hours. It was okay, but stringy. And just okay. Not much favor, really.
I expect more, when I spend $9 for 1 breast and a small mashed potato w/gravy.
Normally LOVE their food. It will be awhile before I go back there.
Thanks for brunch Nancy! I'm starving!
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 28, 2024 21:30:44 GMT -5
I bought/ordered another tv antenna (Boost) a few days ago. I wonder if it will work well?
It's an indoor/outdoor which is good. But the one I have doesn't work well if I put it outside and close the door. I certainly can't leave my door open 24/7!
I was going to buy an antenna from someone on FB, cheaper. But I don't know anything about them (antennas) and she was very slow to respond to my inquiry, so I didn't.
Hopefully, it will arrive soon. It would be nice to be able to sit on my couch to watch TV, instead of lounging on my bed.
I still would prefer to have cable. Oh, well.
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Post by busymom on Apr 28, 2024 22:51:38 GMT -5
Good Evening Kids! It was a long day, and I'm about to turn in. Tried cleaning the kitchen floor, but once the rain began to fall, the dogs just tracked in more dirt. So, now I have dirty floors AND dogs with that lovely "wet dog" smell.
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Post by Sharon on Apr 29, 2024 7:01:56 GMT -5
Yesterday afternoon I got the bathrooms cleaned, except for mopping the floors, hopefully I can get that done today. I'm getting new toilets tomorrow and wanted the bathrooms clean for the plumber. I think this afternoon I will have the two youngest grandkids while DD works on getting kids registered for school next year.
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Post by busymom on Apr 29, 2024 20:36:41 GMT -5
Good Evening Kids! It was gloomy, with light rain for much of the day. I got some errands done and paid some bills. I know, so exciting...
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 29, 2024 21:44:45 GMT -5
I did basically nothing all day. Talk about exciting, busymom! Just mundane things like the dishes and checking the mail. Woo-hoo! I didn't hear from maintenance, to change the batteries in my smoke detector. Shocker, I know. Every place I've ever lived, I've thought they were terrible about maintaining the property, for the most part. Although some were certainly better than others. But when you're in the middle of "it", it feels really bad. Like it's the worst. DSonIL sent me a text today, asking me to send an email to the Apts, authorizing them to talk to him about my apt. I sent it, authorizing both he and DD2. Then I sent him a list of the things that need to be done. I haven't heard anything more since then. Things aren't great, but they certainly could be worse. I think DD2 and her husband don't want to have to go through everything it takes to move me again. I don't either.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 29, 2024 22:58:47 GMT -5
On a positive note, my blood pressure has come down into what I think is the normal range, for the first time ever (other than a brief moment here and there). For which I am very grateful!
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Post by busymom on Apr 30, 2024 10:56:19 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! We've got stormy weather that may arrive late this afternoon, so I've been getting as many errands done this morning as possible. I may have to temporarily turn in my YM card once again. I just spent $35 on a Lancome lipstick, but in my defense I've had a lot of trouble finding a color that matches or compliments my MOB dress, and this one should work.
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