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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 18, 2024 9:43:10 GMT -5
A little something for everyone!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 18, 2024 9:45:31 GMT -5
Did a short run today; I anticipate being on my feet a lot of tomorrow and all day Tuesday, plus my first race since February is next Sunday. I cleaned the bathrooms and the dishwasher is running. Will do one laundry load later.
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Post by busymom on Aug 18, 2024 12:22:38 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! It's about 83 degrees here right now. After cooler than normal temps (for August) the thermometer is moving up. I don't mind the higher temps much, but the humidity is increasing too. Thanks for serving up brunch NancysSummerSip! I'll go heavy on the healthy stuff, as the scale is moving in the right direction again.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 18, 2024 13:19:16 GMT -5
Yummy strawberries!
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Post by snapdragon on Aug 19, 2024 13:48:26 GMT -5
Today has started with a tipped over tea tankard and me actually having to change out of my PJ's due to spillage all over the counter, down the cabinet fronts and ending with a large puddle on the floor. But I have more tea and am ready for another tankard.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 19, 2024 14:10:37 GMT -5
I'm on my way to my cardiologist. I expect it to go well. 🤞
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Post by busymom on Aug 19, 2024 20:15:25 GMT -5
Good Evening Kids! We've gotta get up early again tomorrow so the surgeon can see how DH is healing up. Today was a Monday, so I'm glad for the early bedtime. At least the weather has been good.
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Post by Opti on Aug 19, 2024 20:22:14 GMT -5
I'm on my way to my cardiologist. I expect it to go well. 🤞 TMR, so did it go well?
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 19, 2024 22:36:54 GMT -5
I'm on my way to my cardiologist. I expect it to go well. 🤞 TMR, so did it go well? It did. I need another stress test, which is scheduled in October, because my EKG's show an extra heart beat, so they want to be sure everything is flowing well. I don't like those, but I'll manage.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 19, 2024 22:37:39 GMT -5
Thanks for asking, opti.
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Post by Opti on Aug 20, 2024 2:11:58 GMT -5
Well, I'm up because I woke up and needed to put things away in order to sleep like a normal person. I use my bed as a giant desk during the day and when I started cleaning up, I found the envelope I couldn't find all day. I think this crazy weather has put me off my game a bit. Glad things are working out TMR. I'm making tater tots which I will count as my breakfast because they will put me to sleep. I probably need to do more meditation things again as well, like relaxing one part of the body then the next etc. But I keep thinking of things at work that make me very angry, especially how my boss is marketing me as a less than good employee etc. to save her ass and get a better performance review than she deserves. Not sure how to address that BS, but I will keep praying and meditating on it. I still find it weird that people with children decide that they must be old simply because their child is a certain age. Maybe I should be a little thankful I don't have children and didn't swallow that BS programming. I'm sure watching the DNC convention too long did not help either. It is good they are aware that this time it is a fight until the end. Per one of the speakers we have 78 days left.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 20, 2024 10:45:31 GMT -5
Good luck, @opti
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Post by Opti on Aug 20, 2024 11:19:43 GMT -5
Thanks! I think I am going to take a bath and a nap sometime this afternoon. I ended up being out of the house only about three hours, which was a nice change. The weather today is fantastic, 70s. The grocery store finally had a skillet on sale so I can replace one of the two that really need to go. It will be nice to have a non-stick skillet again. They are also still selling some silicone kitchen tools for half price. The first two have been so useful I wanted to get a couple more. And Poland Spring on sale three 24 packs which was half of what I spent all totaled. I need to start making meal plans so I can stop the panic buys. I like the Spanish market, but there is so much it does not have or has horrible prices because its regular American brand name stuff. They are stocking more exotic pricey stuff again. I hope they remember its construction season and some of the big spenders will likely leave the area b4 Thanksgiving.
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Post by busymom on Aug 21, 2024 8:19:41 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! Today is DH's only real day off from work, and he'll have to waste it dealing with a mistake Medicare made while setting him up on the program. He only wants Part A, as he plans to continue working for at least another 6 years (yes, he loves to work), and the first card they sent him showed he only has Part A, but then he was issued another card (same number) with both Part A & Part B. I was at the office with him when he set it up, so I don't know who screwed up on their end, but I hope this mistake of theirs can be fixed easily. * Well, the phone call was a fail, as they claimed paperwork was sent with the card to "check off" something or other. No such paperwork exists, so he'll have to go in.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 21, 2024 10:04:50 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! Today is DH's only real day off from work, and he'll have to waste it dealing with a mistake Medicare made while setting him up on the program. He only wants Part A, as he plans to continue working for at least another 6 years (yes, he loves to work), and the first card they sent him showed he only has Part A, but then he was issued another card (same number) with both Part A & Part B. I was at the office with him when he set it up, so I don't know who screwed up on their end, but I hope this mistake of theirs can be fixed easily. * Well, the phone call was a fail, as they claimed paperwork was sent with the card to "check off" something or other. No such paperwork exists, so he'll have to go in. Good luck! I hope you got there when they first opened and your wait wasn't too long.
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Post by Opti on Aug 21, 2024 11:24:48 GMT -5
Went to my initial PT appointment and now I have exercises to do twice a day. Made my next three appointments. I am supposed to pay OOP for the first eight of them before my high deductible is met. My deductible is roughly 6 weeks of take home pay so this is going to be tricky as I am already horribly underfunded and staggering to the end of the month.
Luckily I went with early appointments, so I was able to book medical transportation as well when I got home.
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Post by jerseygirl on Aug 21, 2024 11:33:35 GMT -5
Went to my initial PT appointment and now I have exercises to do twice a day. Made my next three appointments. I am supposed to pay OOP for the first eight of them before my high deductible is met. My deductible is roughly 6 weeks of take home pay so this is going to be tricky as I am already horribly underfunded and staggering to the end of the month. Luckily I went with early appointments, so I was able to book medical transportation as well when I got home. Would it be possible for you to get a (temporary?) WFH job while you’re home? Customer service answering? You need more income even when you go back to your bank job
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 21, 2024 14:00:53 GMT -5
Well, good Wednesday, peeps! Bit of a catch up day for me, after working the polls for 16 hours yesterday. Did not eat or drink much during that time, as we were steady busy with voters. It went well, and my fellow clerks were surprised that as the lead clerk, I actually worked, rather than just sat and bossed people around. That could never be the way I do things. I had a lot of learning to do, and this primary was a good time to get educated, as November will be a lot busier.
So I did laundry and ran the dishwasher, a bit of housecleaning. I will head outside shortly to weed the yard, while dinner is in the oven. I am really glad to have some frozen dinners on days like this, so I don't have to do a lot of cooking.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 21, 2024 15:25:54 GMT -5
Bit of a catch up day for me, after working the polls for 16 hours yesterday. Did not eat or drink much during that time, as we were steady busy with voters. It went well, and my fellow clerks were surprised that as the lead clerk, I actually worked, rather than just sat and bossed people around. That could never be the way I do things. I had a lot of learning to do, and this primary was a good time to get educated, as November will be a lot busier.
This was the major reason I decided to stop being a poll worker. Our person in charge refused to learn how to use the computers and the system is all computerized. That meant she sat and bossed us around and gossiped with the voters. She was very resistant to change. Once we got computers, the sign in sheets should have been with the computer where the voter ID's were given to the poll worker. She refused to do this so I complained to the person in charge. People were complaining about going in a circle from her desk to our desks and back to hers to get their ballot. A directive went out as to how to set up the system. Not much eating or drinking when I did it either as their wasn't time.
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Post by Sharon on Aug 21, 2024 20:53:36 GMT -5
My mom was a poll worker when I was growing up. She knew everyone in the neighborhood because of that. We always like voting days because Dad would bring pizza home for dinner. My irrigation system is finally up and running. It still needs some fine tuning but things are starting to turn green again. Not sure when the roof people will be here to fix the nails on the shop roof, but they said it would be this fall. Then because my life hasn't been interesting enough lately I called and am getting my septic tank pumped next week.
Work is a nightmare and I'm not sure I really want to keep working there anymore. I'm on call this week and then normal week and then back on call starting Monday labor day for another week.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 21, 2024 21:43:13 GMT -5
My mom was a poll worker when I was growing up. She knew everyone in the neighborhood because of that. We always like voting days because Dad would bring pizza home for dinner. My irrigation system is finally up and running. It still needs some fine tuning but things are starting to turn green again. Not sure when the roof people will be here to fix the nails on the shop roof, but they said it would be this fall. Then because my life hasn't been interesting enough lately I called and am getting my septic tank pumped next week.
Work is a nightmare and I'm not sure I really want to keep working there anymore. I'm on call this week and then normal week and then back on call starting Monday labor day for another week.
Good luck with all that.
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Post by Opti on Aug 22, 2024 3:09:58 GMT -5
I hate when I wake up, stay up too long and then can't sleep. I know its part physical, did not hydrate enough earlier in the day and part mental. The latter is yet more cash flow issues and more stuff to do. There is money from Dad's IRA but finishing that is a problem since the person giving me some rides to places is struggling worse than I am. A/C went out in his apartment and he needs to clear stuff in order for maintenance to fix it. He lost a lot of ground during the pandemic, got Covid and had factors like being over 65 and diabetic so it was very hard on him for months. Plus, he is shepherding his brother through his issues in an AL. His brother did some reckless spending and he's trying to address lawsuits as they come up. Too much stream of OMG, so back to the topic. I do need to get to a branch of where his IRA was in order to complete the process. My friend was thinking of dropping me off at one two weeks ago, but I did not have everything in order, nor did I call ahead. Within days of that, his car died and he had to wait for SS to drop to even be able to address repairing it cuz $$. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Weirdness afoot. Its 4AM, someone is dumping stuff in the recycle bins it sounds like. Car doors slamming and some guy in a hoody just walked down to that area with his phone on. WTE? There are three garbage bins but only one set of recycle bins by my building by the maintenance shed/garage. There's one guy folks feel is shady and might do drug deals and other stuff. Hope it is not him. Now its really going to be hard to go to sleep in spite of making my tater tots and tea. Will drink tea now, but downstairs neighbor is up and active in less than an hour.
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Post by Sharon on Aug 22, 2024 21:42:09 GMT -5
We will be celebrating a couple of birthdays this weekend and I finally got the presents wrapped this evening. I don't know why it took me so long, it isn't that hard to wrap presents. One of the birthdays is DGD1 and I have the most beautiful fake fur childs chair that looks like an unicorn in my closet. DD stored it there until this weekend. The goes up to a horn and has the eyelashes on it. Then down the back is a strip of hot pink fake fur for the mane. DGD1 knows she is getting it, she picked it out, but she has to wait until this weekend. Oh to be that age again where a unicorn chair is just the best thing in the whole world.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 22, 2024 22:07:17 GMT -5
We will be celebrating a couple of birthdays this weekend and I finally got the presents wrapped this evening. I don't know why it took me so long, it isn't that hard to wrap presents. One of the birthdays is DGD1 and I have the most beautiful fake fur childs chair that looks like an unicorn in my closet. DD stored it there until this weekend. The goes up to a horn and has the eyelashes on it. Then down the back is a strip of hot pink fake fur for the mane. DGD1 knows she is getting it, she picked it out, but she has to wait until this weekend. Oh to be that age again where a unicorn chair is just the best thing in the whole world. I agree. That sounds WONDERFUL! Have fun!
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Post by Opti on Aug 23, 2024 6:29:49 GMT -5
I hate YM know it alls. There must be a bad star alignment that is making me mad and not focused.
Have to focus. Had someone tell me on the declutter thread to immediately look into knee surgery after I have had one visit with the ortho specialist and one initial PT visit. I'm not on my game, but WTE? Boss thought my knee issue was merely pain because she doesn't pay much attention and frankly treats me crappier than anyone in the office now that her second number two is gone. Weird but true fact, she was jealous about the fact that I and this guy from down south had the same birthday. My supervisor also has her birthday in that same month too. So she felt outnumbered?! Now that she hired golden child with a birthday in the same month, golden child can do no wrong and she is kind of a surrogate for her own daughter.
I am grateful I am not at work while all the campaign stuff is going on.
Might delete soon, do not quote. TY
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Post by busymom on Aug 23, 2024 8:58:08 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! DS doesn't have to work today, so I stayed up guilt-free to watch the convention last night. Glad I didn't miss much this time. It is cloudy & gloomy here, so it's just as well I need to stay indoors & fill out paperwork. Then I don't feel like I'm missing much. We had roadwork in front of our house yesterday, so I'm kinda hoping they stay away for awhile, so I can focus on the paperwork. Oh, and regarding DH's Medicare: he went into the office without me, because someone has to be here when DS's work van drops him off. The SS employee was a good guy, muttering something about those newly minted college kids always screwing something up (their new employees), and he put through a form which will hopefully correct DH's Medicare. Sometimes it's best to get an experienced employee that knows what they're doing.
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Post by Opti on Aug 23, 2024 9:49:14 GMT -5
I need to call the county dispatch office. My transport to and from my PT appointment went fine. However I made the mistake of picking up the robocall confirmation. It really sounded like it had booked me another trip late today. Hopefully it was a software error.
PT went well, had a nice post and it got dropped into the bit bucket. Guess it wasn't needed. On the good news front, the mini rose on sale from the grocery store survived being put outside and getting way too dry. I watered it last night and the two blooms that are not red came back. I moved it outside as I do not have good luck at them surviving the low humidity inside. Plus at least outside it rains.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 23, 2024 10:20:46 GMT -5
Pest control is scheduled to come to my apt today between 9-5. I just woke up and don't want to be awake. I need to get up and get things done. Ugh.
I hope your day goes well.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 23, 2024 11:51:33 GMT -5
Pest control is scheduled to come to my apt today between 9-5. I just woke up and don't want to be awake. I need to get up and get things done. Ugh. I hope your day goes well. While there is always more that can to be done, I have completed enough that I won't be concerned when Pest control shows up, if they do. I need to dress, I'm doing laundry today and possibly changing my bedding. I got a new mattress cover, I have washed and need to put on.
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