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Post by weltz on Jun 22, 2024 19:55:53 GMT -5
Simon is so, so stubborn. He's horribly constipated. The pharmacist gave him something to drink, but he won't drink it because it's 'nasty'. Melody tried giving him an enema, but his butt cheeks slam shut like a bear trap at her approach. Many people have given him advice about the importance a healthy diet, but he lives on hot dogs at the car shows. I told him he wouldn't live very long, and he came up with a very mature retort. "Take it back!" What kind of adult thinks that yelling "Take it back", nullifies the point being made? Ridiculous. He doesn't want to listen to anybody. He won't live long, and I won't take it back. Everyone must eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. He doesn't eat five servings in a year. He had a banana back in February, I think. I didn't raise him like that. I'm so sorry, weltz . My BIL is currently reaping the harvest of all of his poor eating habits for many, many years. Like he's literally in and out of the hospital every month. I wish I knew your DS so I could try to talk some sense into him, but I know there's just no talking to some men, until they reach the point that even good medical care can't help them. If even warning him that dying is a poor option, you just can't reach them, and they have to own their own life choices. Just a quick thought, but does he like drinking water, just plain water? That can make a difference when it comes to constipation. Beats the heck out of surgery if he gets "stopped up". He drinks water, but even he admits he doesn't drink enough of it. The crap he eats plays a much more significant role in this. The fiber and roughage in food moves things along, as it were. The stuff he eats, like just pizza and hot dogs, just sits in the gut like a leaden lump and doesn't go anywhere. It just becomes more and more toxic. He won't even take the Fiber Gummies. It's breaking my heart. I'm 74 and I'll probably live longer than him. I don't know how or why he became like this. I was never the Food Gestapo when he was growing up, as in "You're not leaving the table until you eat all you peas, Mister." If he didn't like something, I always gave him choices. Even so, he would throw the apples I packed for his school lunches down the sewer on his way to school, so I wouldn't find them. At this point, it's become a battle of wills, and he's determined to 'Win". Death isn't winning.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 22, 2024 20:05:39 GMT -5
Leaving here is hard for hubs, I feel so sorry for him. Has to sell most all of his things. No area where he can wonder around and do things. Houses to our front and side up there, no view really. I told him, don't know if we can make ourselves happy there. But we both agree its time to change. I mean yesterday over 45 miles to the doctor, one way. Today over 12 miles, 24 miles round trip, to just get some items and money. I almost ran out of gas today. I thought I had a quarter of a tank last night and on the way to town today, it was so low, just said low range miles. I slowed down and made it but I think it was on vapors. I left my car out last night, hubs said someone could have siphoned it. If they did, they didn't get much. Oh well, its full now and in his garage.
I had something happen to my bad foot, there is a bone oh the inside of my foot sticking out. Something in it has let go or torn I suppose, oddly it hurts on the outside of my foot, not the inside. That foot is going to cause me not to be able to walk one day. The bone is sticking out pretty good. This is not the time for that to happen. I'm going to look for my foot brace tomorrow.
Hubs was in the garage and fell today, he said he was dazed for a minute, he hit his head hard enough to do that. Sure glad he didn't break anything. He is in bed as he is leaving in the morning. He said he was ok, didn't knock him out. For some reason the last few days we are finding ourselves, yes, both of us searching for words and having issues like that. Hubs is worried, we know what problems his family has had. But I could have issues also. Getting old is not an adventure, its pretty awful.
Ok, bath time.
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Post by notagain on Jun 22, 2024 20:18:27 GMT -5
Cg if hubs hit his head hard enough to be dazed i don't think he should be traveling especially if he's driving
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 22, 2024 20:56:38 GMT -5
I bought fresh corn on the cob, the first of the season here. Hubs was tired, nibbled around and went to bed, said he was to hot to have much of an appetite, mean either, but I will manage some corn on the cob for sure. DD said nope, she ate a Subway. But I'm eating it, can't wait.
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Post by busymom on Jun 22, 2024 21:07:55 GMT -5
If he hit his head countrygirl2, please check his pupils to make sure they look the same. Watch for other signs, please, like confusion, vomiting, etc. Also, in case, God forbid, he got a concussion, he shouldn't be driving by himself. (Can you tell I used to do medical charts?)
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jun 22, 2024 21:40:35 GMT -5
We ordered pizza to be delivered tonight. I’m sitting outside, and when I saw headlights in the cove, I called Mister and told him to go to the front door, because I thought the pizza had arrived. It was a shorter walk for him to go to the front door, than for me to intercept the delivery, even though I’m outside.
A minute or so later, Mister came outside where I am, and said that nobody was at the front door. I said somebody was definitely in the cove, because I saw the headlights.
He went back inside and came right back out, our pizza had been sat down near the front porch. The delivery person didn’t even ring the doorbell, just put the pizza on the ground beside the front porch and left. Actually, in the fucking flowerbed near the front porch! I looked at the cameras, the front porch camera and the doorbell camera recorded him, but he did not ring the doorbell, which would have been a separate notification and “event” from the cameras.
Apparently, when Mister went to the door after I called him, the driver had not gotten out of his car yet, and he put the pizza on the ground during the time Mister left the front door and came to me, and when he went back to the front door.
Maybe I am being prissy, but I am really pissed off that he just sat our food on the ground (in the fucking flower bed!) without even ringing the doorbell to let us know he was here with our food. We order meals to be delivered way more often than we should, and no one has ever done that.
I have only ever once used the function in delivery apps to rate my experience, and that one time was to give a good rating. But I used it again tonight, to express my dissatisfaction. Because WTF?! Don’t just sit my fucking food on the ground in a damn flower bed because you can’t be bothered to ring the doorbell and see if we will answer. How long would it have been sitting out there if I hadn’t been outside and figured the headlights I saw were probably from the person making the delivery? And even if we somehow missed the doorbell ringing, we most definitely wouldn’t have thought our food might be in the fucking flowerbed. And how many bugs would’ve crawled on it before we found it?!
That really made me mad, so now I gotta try to calm my nerves down.
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Post by lurkyloo on Jun 22, 2024 21:42:07 GMT -5
Turns out four pounds of strawberries was not in fact enough. Going back for more in the morning. Man. They were the size of small apples, some of them. I have pics of my honorary niece double fisting giant strawberries The boys were just impossible today. Maybe the heat? We kept the baking/kitchen stuff to two large and three small pies, and some dinner duty, in favor of quality pool time. Probably for the best although I’m a little sad we didn’t get to try a sweet cherry version of the fraiser cake.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 22, 2024 22:44:10 GMT -5
Noone wanted the sweet corn I bought today but me. The first batch of the year is always the best.
I ate 4 ears of corn, can't believe I did that but I sure did. Rolled it in Irish butter and salted, to die for. I am so tired I keep drifting off, so think I will go to bed.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 22, 2024 23:42:26 GMT -5
Just looked at the 14 day forecast, going to be high 80's and 90's, maybe a shower or two. That's bad, everything will burn up. Terrible heat.
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Post by weltz on Jun 23, 2024 1:31:29 GMT -5
Turns out four pounds of strawberries was not in fact enough. Going back for more in the morning. Man. They were the size of small apples, some of them. I have pics of my honorary niece double fisting giant strawberries The boys were just impossible today. Maybe the heat? We kept the baking/kitchen stuff to two large and three small pies, and some dinner duty, in favor of quality pool time. Probably for the best although I’m a little sad we didn’t get to try a sweet cherry version of the fraiser cake.Then it would no longer be fraisier cake, but cerisier cake. Fraises is the French word for strawberries. Cerises are cherries.
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Post by finnime on Jun 23, 2024 3:16:53 GMT -5
Good morning, you (invisible) beautiful people of Y Ma'am, preparing for your futures. Welcome to Sunday. I hope this day answers your efforts with a resounding YES for everything good, including relief from heat and flooding. I hope you can enjoy a Sunday sundae. I'm tired. The trip to the island yesterday was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed painting again after all these years. Fortunately it was overcast or I would have burnt up into a sad shell of a woman. We decided we'll definitely be going back. It's a pretty island and the ferry trip is only an hour each way. Fun to see the harbor and well beyond from a totally different vantage point. I like boat rides anyway. I need to replace my 45 yo tabletop easel with something more utilitarian. Mine is wood and lost the clamp at the top that would secure the painting, which made using it difficult. It was very foggy early yesterday when Franklin the Dog and I went down to the beach. I caught sight of a sailboat slipping out of the mist:
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jun 23, 2024 5:49:57 GMT -5
Good morning, you (invisible) beautiful people of Y Ma'am, preparing for your futures. Welcome to Sunday. I hope this day answers your efforts with a resounding YES for everything good, including relief from heat and flooding. I hope you can enjoy a Sunday sundae. I'm tired. The trip to the island yesterday was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed painting again after all these years. Fortunately it was overcast or I would have burnt up into a sad shell of a woman. We decided we'll definitely be going back. It's a pretty island and the ferry trip is only an hour each way. Fun to see the harbor and well beyond from a totally different vantage point. I like boat rides anyway. I need to replace my 45 yo tabletop easel with something more utilitarian. Mine is wood and lost the clamp at the top that would secure the painting, which made using it difficult. It was very foggy early yesterday when Franklin the Dog and I went down to the beach. I caught sight of a sailboat slipping out of the mist: I love taking ferry’s when available! Like you said, different look! Sounds like you had a really good day.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 23, 2024 9:28:58 GMT -5
I love the bay window and the deck in the front. Because of water in my basement, all the carpet in the basement makes me nervous. I hope you get the one you made an offer on.
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Post by soupandstew on Jun 23, 2024 9:29:35 GMT -5
I agree on potential. They should have invested in getting it commercially cleaned. Floors need to be refinished. Neighborhood looks pretty well maintained. I like that water heater is new and electric updated.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 23, 2024 9:31:46 GMT -5
At some point today, I have to catch Maddow when he is off guard and put a new zip tie on one side of his collar. He managed to break on of the zip ties that holds his micro chip for eating in place. At least the chip is on the collar and I have plenty of zip ties to use as replacements.
This is one of the tasks, like trimming nails, that has to be started when he is half asleep.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 23, 2024 10:14:31 GMT -5
I think it's cute. Second garage, looks like the yard is mostly fenced if not completely. The hardwood needs to be sanded down and refinished, but I think they'd be gorgeous if they were.
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Post by saveinla on Jun 23, 2024 10:20:10 GMT -5
I agree on potential. They should have invested in getting it commercially cleaned. Floors need to be refinished. Neighborhood looks pretty well maintained. I like that water heater is new and electric updated. I think the rooms are not very large, so they have tried to take pictures in an angle. Compare the basement pics to the pictures of the bedroom.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 23, 2024 10:20:16 GMT -5
Started watching the Boys this morning while waiting for my migraine meds to kick in. I've been fighting one since yesterday when I woke up to my house smelling like a septic tank. Knock on wood, the sun is out they humidity broke and not only is there no rain in the forecast for today, but they've removed all the 50-60% that were listed for next week until Friday! It's only 65 degrees so the windows are all open. I think I've wiped out all the stink yesterday, but today should make sure it's gone.
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Post by soupandstew on Jun 23, 2024 10:52:20 GMT -5
After breakfast I mopped the floors and ran a load of laundry, need to run one more load after lunch. I've worked on the weekly menus a bit and hope for inspiration to strike soon.
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Post by lurkyloo on Jun 23, 2024 11:12:58 GMT -5
At some point today, I have to catch Maddow when he is off guard and put a new zip tie on one side of his collar. He managed to break on of the zip ties that holds his micro chip for eating in place. At least the chip is on the collar and I have plenty of zip ties to use as replacements. This is one of the tasks, like trimming nails, that has to be started when he is half asleep. I’m glad you checked in How are you feeling?
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 23, 2024 11:14:39 GMT -5
I'm waiting on a quiche to finish baking, and a load of laundry to finish in the dryer before I hop in the shower. I'll have a house full of people again this afternoon before going to a show downtown near the waterfront. there's a pair of small venues that some of my favorites are hitting instead of downtown Boston in recent years. I'm here for that!!
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Post by Opti on Jun 23, 2024 11:17:13 GMT -5
Up and down day. Bus kept getting delayed and canceled when I wanted to go to the grocery store early this morning because of the heat. So I ended up skipping it and hoping it will be cool enough on the way home tomorrow to get a couple items. Sneakers arrived earlier than expected, so I have lacing and insole trimming to do today. The heat has really dried out the grass. This week should be more moderate although we still have a couple days in the 90s. ETA - yesterday I was really missing Moon Shadow and his squeaks. Miss holding him too. Crestie is too feral at this point for me to want to take him out at all. He's probably missing his live crickets which he used to get once a week.
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Post by lurkyloo on Jun 23, 2024 11:24:53 GMT -5
Now I’m wondering what the French term for mansplaining is-not covered in either Rosetta or Duolingo, or my preschool class where I first learned the vocabulary word “fraise.” Je pense, ce dois etre “parler” A fraisier is a specific type of strawberry cake: Genoise sponge cake, custard middle (creme mousseline I think?), specifically arranged fresh strawberries (cut in half and facing outward in the custard middle-you need an acetate collar to build the thing). Unfrosted so you can see how pretty it is, although perhaps a circle of pink marzipan on the top. Cerisier has no such immediate associations so far as I am aware, although you might get asked “pourquoi est-ce que tu fais une arbre dans la cuisine?”
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 23, 2024 11:43:45 GMT -5
At some point today, I have to catch Maddow when he is off guard and put a new zip tie on one side of his collar. He managed to break on of the zip ties that holds his micro chip for eating in place. At least the chip is on the collar and I have plenty of zip ties to use as replacements. This is one of the tasks, like trimming nails, that has to be started when he is half asleep. I’m glad you checked in How are you feeling? Excited that I see the surgeon tomorrow. We will discuss going straight to surgery and what my nose will look like if that is the route I choose. I need this done so I can have some sort of summer. I really don't want to do another round of the topical chemo. Will see what he thinks and I will ask for pictures.
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Post by greenthumb59 on Jun 23, 2024 12:11:13 GMT -5
There is an old cottage across the street that has been vacant for a few years, since the previous owner passed away. DH has mentioned a few times how he would really enjoy buying it and fixing it up so we would have a nice view instead of an eyesore across the street. So today there is an sign that it will be up for auction next month, and we had a long talk about whether he is up for all the work of trying to fix it up and rent it out. We don't have the money to just buy it and hold it, so we would need to rent or resell it after it looks nicer. It is very early yet, but he is going to contact the auctioneer to see if we can get inside of it to take a look around. It has peeling paint and some creative roof patches that we can see from the outside, and it looks like several additions have been cobbled together onto the back side of it. Also at some point the power company came through and removed the electric meter. DH has finished all the really necessary work on our current home, but hasn't started any of the fun upgrades that he has been wanting to do. This has so much potential! It could be adorable!
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jun 23, 2024 12:32:25 GMT -5
After breakfast I mopped the floors and ran a load of laundry, need to run one more load after lunch. I've worked on the weekly menus a bit and hope for inspiration to strike soon. I made farmers market pasta salad today. That will be meals through Tuesday or Wednesday. From the farmers market: shelled peas, raw corn kernels, red onion, cucumber, tomato, carrots. From the pantry: black olives and capers, celery salt, pepper, garlic powder. I wanted paprika also but for some reason we are out. from the fridge: mayo, deli mustard, grilled chicken. I picked up sour cream yesterday, but ended up tossing it. The plastic seal was just not quite fully sealed, and it looked funny. It takes 45 minutes to the store, so returning one item is not an option. I had to thin out the mayo base with milk and it just isn’t as rich. I have mixed greens, pea shoots, and a micro greens mix all from the farmers market to alongside the pasta salad.
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Post by resolution on Jun 23, 2024 12:32:43 GMT -5
There is an old cottage across the street that has been vacant for a few years, since the previous owner passed away. DH has mentioned a few times how he would really enjoy buying it and fixing it up so we would have a nice view instead of an eyesore across the street. So today there is an sign that it will be up for auction next month, and we had a long talk about whether he is up for all the work of trying to fix it up and rent it out. We don't have the money to just buy it and hold it, so we would need to rent or resell it after it looks nicer. It is very early yet, but he is going to contact the auctioneer to see if we can get inside of it to take a look around. It has peeling paint and some creative roof patches that we can see from the outside, and it looks like several additions have been cobbled together onto the back side of it. Also at some point the power company came through and removed the electric meter. DH has finished all the really necessary work on our current home, but hasn't started any of the fun upgrades that he has been wanting to do. This has so much potential! It could be adorable! We love the porch and the gingerbread trim along the roof.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 23, 2024 12:49:39 GMT -5
Was scrolling through the pictures I took of the house work every day and near as I can tell the outlet to the septic was disconnected on June 6th, so 16 days without a pump. I'm actually impressed it went that long without backing up. Especially with the long showers that Carrot takes everyday and all the rain we've been getting. Headache mostly gone, had some pizza for lunch, time to see what parts of my lawn are mow-able.
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