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Post by Sharon on Sept 4, 2024 19:12:37 GMT -5
Well the layoffs that we were expecting happened today, I'm safe at least for now. I lost my cell phone stipend. I used to get $20 a paycheck as a cell phone stipend since I'm required to be on call. They also added 5 more "holidays" between now and end of the year. We are required to use our PTO for all holidays and office closures. We don't even get the option to just take the day off unpaid, nope your off it comes out of the PTO bank. My boss has already said that all the time off around Christmas doesn't fully apply to us because of who we support. They will be working, so we have to have coverage. I found someone, to reluctantly, cover my on call this weekend. That means I can go to the valley and attend my great nephews birthday party. DD and the kids will ride along with me. It will be an in and out one day trip but it will be good to see family. In preparation for that trip and Mom coming out next week I vacuumed out the car. It was so bad. I had been hauling yard debris to the and bales of straw for the cows.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 4, 2024 19:30:59 GMT -5
Well the layoffs that we were expecting happened today, I'm safe at least for now. I lost my cell phone stipend. I used to get $20 a paycheck as a cell phone stipend since I'm required to be on call. They also added 5 more "holidays" between now and end of the year. We are required to use our PTO for all holidays and office closures. We don't even get the option to just take the day off unpaid, nope your off it comes out of the PTO bank. My boss has already said that all the time off around Christmas doesn't fully apply to us because of who we support. They will be working, so we have to have coverage. I found someone, to reluctantly, cover my on call this weekend. That means I can go to the valley and attend my great nephews birthday party. DD and the kids will ride along with me. It will be an in and out one day trip but it will be good to see family. In preparation for that trip and Mom coming out next week I vacuumed out the car. It was so bad. I had been hauling yard debris to the and bales of straw for the cows.
Have fun and safe travels! You had bales of hay in your car?! 😳
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Post by busymom on Sept 4, 2024 20:27:38 GMT -5
I'm glad you survived the round of layoffs, Sharon , but being one of the "survivors" doesn't sound like that much fun. Are you looking at other job opportunities, or just trying to hang tough until you decide to retire? (I've been through the layoff game, & it's no fun.) It's only Wednesday, and I made a run to the liquor store. That should tell you how things are going lately.
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Post by Sharon on Sept 4, 2024 20:37:58 GMT -5
I'm glad you survived the round of layoffs, Sharon , but being one of the "survivors" doesn't sound like that much fun. Are you looking at other job opportunities, or just trying to hang tough until you decide to retire. (I've been through the layoff game, & it's no fun.) It's only Wednesday, and I made a run to the liquor store. That should tell you how things are going lately. I'm trying to hang tough until retirement. I will be 63 later this month. No idea when I can retire but I'm trying to hang on until I'm ready to give it up.
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Post by Opti on Sept 4, 2024 20:55:47 GMT -5
I'm glad you survived the round of layoffs, Sharon , but being one of the "survivors" doesn't sound like that much fun. Are you looking at other job opportunities, or just trying to hang tough until you decide to retire. (I've been through the layoff game, & it's no fun.) It's only Wednesday, and I made a run to the liquor store. That should tell you how things are going lately. I'm trying to hang tough until retirement. I will be 63 later this month. No idea when I can retire but I'm trying to hang on until I'm ready to give it up. Congrats on surviving the layoffs. Given the PTO and everything else you listed, do you think there will be another round before the New Year?
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Post by Opti on Sept 4, 2024 20:56:49 GMT -5
Well the layoffs that we were expecting happened today, I'm safe at least for now. I lost my cell phone stipend. I used to get $20 a paycheck as a cell phone stipend since I'm required to be on call. They also added 5 more "holidays" between now and end of the year. We are required to use our PTO for all holidays and office closures. We don't even get the option to just take the day off unpaid, nope your off it comes out of the PTO bank. My boss has already said that all the time off around Christmas doesn't fully apply to us because of who we support. They will be working, so we have to have coverage. I found someone, to reluctantly, cover my on call this weekend. That means I can go to the valley and attend my great nephews birthday party. DD and the kids will ride along with me. It will be an in and out one day trip but it will be good to see family. In preparation for that trip and Mom coming out next week I vacuumed out the car. It was so bad. I had been hauling yard debris to the and bales of straw for the cows.
Have fun and safe travels! You had bales of hay in your car?! 😳 I feel compelled by my mom's spirit to ask what kind of cows were the hay bales for?
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Post by busymom on Sept 4, 2024 21:55:57 GMT -5
Have fun and safe travels! You had bales of hay in your car?! 😳 I feel compelled by my mom's spirit to ask what kind of cows were the hay bales for? The farmers in my family raised cows for 2 different purposes. Some were for milk, and others raised beef cattle. Holsteins & Herefords.
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Post by Sharon on Sept 4, 2024 22:24:02 GMT -5
Have fun and safe travels! You had bales of hay in your car?! 😳 I feel compelled by my mom's spirit to ask what kind of cows were the hay bales for? We have two cows, they are both beef cows, one is mine and one belongs to DD's family. We actually have one steer and one heifer but they are both black angus. DSIL actually hauls in the alfalfa for eating. We can buy it from the farm he works for at the employee rate, which is cheaper than the going market. I like to get straw and put it in their little shed. I don't have a barn but I did get them a shelter. It is enclosed on 3 1/3 sides. Now that winter is coming I need to get them some more straw. In the summer they don't use their shed at all, they like to sleep in the corner of the pasture under a tree. The neighbor cows sleep on the other side of the fence in the same general area. They have a little slumber party back there. lol.
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Post by Opti on Sept 5, 2024 7:25:48 GMT -5
I feel compelled by my mom's spirit to ask what kind of cows were the hay bales for? The farmers in my family raised cows for 2 different purposes. Some were for milk, and others raised beef cattle. Holsteins & Herefords. My mom grew up with just dairy cows. As her dad was winding down farming, I think they only had Holsteins.
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Post by busymom on Sept 5, 2024 9:07:37 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! We're supposed to hit temps in the low to mid-70's today, but that is cool for this part of the country in September. Next week we're supposed to get some 80's again, but you sure can feel Fall in the air. Makes me wonder what kind of Winter we'll be getting. Chickens were another thing that were normal to see when I visited relative's farms. They may be cute, but they sure don't like strangers. My Aunt sent me & one of her grandchildren to go gather eggs with I was little, and the chickens chased us away. I still think chicks are cute, but don't care for them as much when they're bigger.
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Post by Opti on Sept 5, 2024 9:34:53 GMT -5
Our high is the high 70s today. Going to reel in my eating. I think I was in a sugar induced bender since Tuesday lunch. Just rememberd the movie Milk, where a gay activist is killed by a straight guy who had been mainlining too much candy for months. I think that might have been when the "Twinkie" defense came up. In any event, I know I am more sensitive to sugar since the end parts of menopause. I thought since I was long past that, so I could overindulge for a couple days since I had nothing special for Labor Day. I think I was quite mistaken, so I am going to put this in my journal, so I remember. Usually, I try to be pretty strict about my sugar. And salt. Since I avoid dairy for health, I don't have quick cheats at home for when I have too much sugar. I know real cheese helps and I think I used to have healthier meat jerky on hand, to cut off the reaction. In any event, I need to behave today and get back on track. My knee is still unhappy from that short bought of weeding on Monday. I slept in to get more sleep, because with the changing temps lack of sleep makes me less of myself too. Really wish I had someone living with me. This is when I miss Moon Shadow the most as the way my pets act can clue me in I am off, or off enough I need to address it stat. A good male person plus a pet(s) would be even better. <Thinks hopefully> So pray for me. Going to do these a bit opposite today so I get my hair washed. Then I will make my lists and calls. Hopefully I will eat well enough to reach out to Chase and sis to get this dad IRA thing done before returning to work. Need to post up all my calendars as well. Going to try singing with the choir. Someone is picking me up, and I am going to feel guilty about that as choir is very small now.
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Post by Opti on Sept 5, 2024 9:38:33 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! We're supposed to hit temps in the low to mid-70's today, but that is cool for this part of the country in September. Next week we're supposed to get some 80's again, but you sure can feel Fall in the air. Makes me wonder what kind of Winter we'll be getting. Chickens were another thing that were normal to see when I visited relative's farms. They may be cute, but they sure don't like strangers. My Aunt sent me & one of her grandchildren to go gather eggs with I was little, and the chickens chased us away. I still think chicks are cute, but don't care for them as much when they're bigger. I never aspired to have chickens but some of them are super cool. Well Sweep Farms specializes in herbs but also has interesting varieties of chickens they raise. I love seeing them. The only time I do think about it is when I happen to be at Tractor Supply, and they have hatched chicks in cages that you can buy. I think about all the great MPL chick and rooster stories.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 5, 2024 13:33:32 GMT -5
Happy Thursday peeps! I gritted my teeth and mowed the yard early (well, around 9, so at least the neighbors would not get mad). Then we went grocery shopping. The feel-like is 104 now, so I am glad I am not outside. I am going to get a short move on and vacuum the house now. Tomorrow, I will get my race packet for Sunday (the pickup is at a firehouse, so hopefully, a few hunky firefighter types will be around ) and then go to a small family-owned Mediterranean food store a couple of blocks away. I have not been there for a long time. The place was wonderful - it smelled so good and had such delicious food, likes lots of olives, homemade salads, hummus, marinated vegetables, fresh sandwiches, hot foods and Middle Eastern groceries. I checked current reviews online and it seems all is still well.
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Post by Sharon on Sept 5, 2024 23:26:50 GMT -5
What a day. It is almost 9:30pm and I have been working since 6am, except for 2 hours off for a doctors appt. I have at least another hour to go.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 5, 2024 23:36:12 GMT -5
What a day. It is almost 9:30pm and I have been working since 6am, except for 2 hours off for a doctors appt. I have at least another hour to go. Wow. I hope you finish and get some good rest/sleep tonight.
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Post by busymom on Sept 6, 2024 7:55:32 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! Happy Friday! Wow Sharon! My DH sometimes works some crazy-long days too. Hope you get the chance to rest up this weekend. DH hasn't had any open to close days this week (yet), but he's working 7 days straight.
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Post by busymom on Sept 6, 2024 10:31:47 GMT -5
Well, I got a last-minute appointment for Lola to get her nails trimmed. Crazy how fast those nails grow on that girl. She looks like a cat if I don't get 'em trimmed & smoothed.
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Post by Opti on Sept 6, 2024 12:54:22 GMT -5
Feel better today, going low to normal sugar seems to have helped. Feel more like myself. Risked the TJ's Chocolate babka, one slice, whose ingredients read OK. I remain worried that something I have eaten or drank had unlisted Aspartame Sucralose in it. Once I got sensitized to it from drinking soda with it, it affects my mood badly and very quickly. Just sugar shouldn't have made me so unreasonably angry to sad in two days. But Aspartame Splenda has in the past. I have some juice, and most brands have low sugar versions with sugar substitutes in them. I wonder if the line was not cleaned enough or something.
Going to avoid that juice for a couple days. Maybe longer.
Knee still not recovered from Labor Day weeding. Therapists had to eval me today. I am getting better, but I wonder if it's not as fast as expected. I really would prefer to not be out much longer from work if possible. A week or two I suppose I could deal with ... but more than that? Going to try my short walk without the rollator if the weather cooperates this weekend. Really need more cushioned shoes ...
ETA: I did not even remember it is Sucralose usually sold under the name of Splenda that is my worst sugar substitute nemesis. It was supposed to be better for most people, and perhaps it is, but there are numerous articles on how it can be mood altering for some people. I accidentally bought juice more than a year ago with this in it. Still had it in the fridge about 3/4 full. Poured it down the drain and recycled the bottle. Thinking the 100% juice bottle I have now might have been contaminated on the line. Hate to waste money but hopefully I hate the risk of being not me more and pour that all out soon too. Have not had any since Wednesday to be safe.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 6, 2024 13:15:17 GMT -5
Happy Friday! I picked up my race packed, ogled some hunky fire dudes and stopped at the market. Got some cheese stuffed olives, spinach pies and their incredible pita bread. Made a turkey sandwich with it; like eating turkey on a cloud. I wish the store was open Sunday during the race, but they are closed. Hey, I can allow it; it's their only day off. Their food is soooooooo good. People wait for 30 minutes to pick up phoned-in orders made fresh. Love these family places. I will spend the next two days watching my hydration; this race is a late start and it will be hot.
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Post by Opti on Sept 7, 2024 8:11:29 GMT -5
NNP I read on the YM OT thread about the loss of your best friend. That's a long time to know someone and I am sure it is a hard loss. Ninety-two years old is pretty good, but I understand how it can feel too soon.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 7, 2024 11:10:44 GMT -5
I will be dog sitting this afternoon. DD1 and wife are going to a university football game.
It's going to be a long day. Football games last so long.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 7, 2024 11:29:49 GMT -5
I will be dog sitting this afternoon. DD1 and wife are going to a university football game. It's going to be a long day. Football games last so long. And it takes 2 hours to get out of the parking lot. But alas so worth it to see live and be in the stands!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 7, 2024 11:54:18 GMT -5
I am doing laundry but mostly resting today to prep for tomorrow, which will be a long day. And drinking a lot of water. I may get outside later to stretch and pull some weeds. Late afternoon exercise seems to help me sleep at night.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 7, 2024 13:41:04 GMT -5
I will be dog sitting this afternoon. DD1 and wife are going to a university football game. It's going to be a long day. Football games last so long. And it takes 2 hours to get out of the parking lot. But alas so worth it to see live and be in the stands! But I'm home (their house), with their crying and crying dog. Obviously her CBD gummies haven't kicked in yet.
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Post by Opti on Sept 7, 2024 13:55:04 GMT -5
Time to do some inside stuff while the rain hopefully waters the rose for me. Dark and windy but no rain yet. Packing up the dishwasher. Hope to finally do salmon cakes and maybe make the other box of brownies today or tomorrow.
Hope to get laundry quarters somehow as well. Would like to do laundry tomorrow if possible.
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Post by Opti on Sept 7, 2024 13:56:08 GMT -5
And it takes 2 hours to get out of the parking lot. But alas so worth it to see live and be in the stands! But I'm home (their house), with their crying and crying dog. Obviously her CBD gummies haven't kicked in yet. Does the dog have a harness or weighted blanket that sometimes helps?
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 7, 2024 14:00:50 GMT -5
But I'm home (their house), with their crying and crying dog. Obviously her CBD gummies haven't kicked in yet. Does the dog have a harness or weighted blanket that sometimes helps? No. She's disabled and having a hard day. But her gummies are kicking in, so she's calming down now. Thank goodness.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 7, 2024 16:47:17 GMT -5
And it takes 2 hours to get out of the parking lot. But alas so worth it to see live and be in the stands! But I'm home (their house), with their crying and crying dog. Obviously her CBD gummies haven't kicked in yet. I am confused. CBD gummieds for dogs? That's a thing? I had no idea.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 7, 2024 16:49:40 GMT -5
But I'm home (their house), with their crying and crying dog. Obviously her CBD gummies haven't kicked in yet. I am confused. CBD gummieds for dogs? That's a thing? I had no idea. I think it's actually a paste, not gummy bears.
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