Daily Ooos: Friday, June 17

[faerywings]

And back to TGIF!! This week went by pretty quickly for me. I don't think I was any busier than last week- maybe I was? Either way, it goes faster when there is less stress in the house and last week was a bad one.

Did you send Patient DD Vibes to me? I think I got them because I only wanted to pull my hair out a few times. At one point my parents were competing over their surgery experiences. Whose BP was worse, whose vitals were wonkier. Yes, seriously.
But it was all good once they got it out of their system. I only wanted to pull my hair out a few other times, once when my dad wanted a water bottle and instead of asking me to get it or to use his gosh darn cane, gets up and shuffles into the kitchen. Told him I was going to beat him over the head with his cane if that's what it took to get it into this skull. The other time was with my mom who has acid reflux, has been prescribed Pepcid by several of her Drs, finally bought a bottle *weeks* ago, and... still hasn't taken one. yet complains that she isn't sleeping because of acid reflux. *face palm*

I was supposed to go to my BFF's today, she has the day off and we were going to sit by her pool and vent about sick parents. Unfortunately, she had to cancel because something is up with her mom and now she needs to go and take care of that.
One of these days we are going to make up some pitchers of pina coladas and float in her pool and vent vent vent. LOL She has way more to vent than I do. I love her mom but hoo-boy she is not easy.

I think the sun is supposed to come out so I am sure I will end up in the yard. I have a bunch of marigold seedlings to plant around the yard and I should try to find a safe sort for the hostas. I have been putting it off but I need to figure out what I can do to save my lilies. They are just getting eaten to death by the beetles. The larvae need to get picked off by hand and they are so disgusting.

Have a wonderful day, may it be less squishy than mine will be

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Good morning. I'm up - UGH - not awake yet, but up

Chris, I'm sure you were sent a lot of 'patience vibes" - we're good like that. I had a visual of you bonking your dad with his cane. Hahaha Those two must be something else. I've got it hand it to you for not saying much to them. I know it's hard not to. I can just hear them now, arguing over who's BP was the highest.

Ava drove all the kids about an hour away yesterday to a Tie Dye shop. They could pick out what they wanted to tie dye and then they did it right there. Asher had so much fun with "The Cousins". They got some really cute pictures. There's a giant butterfly painted on the outside of the building and they all group posed and individually posed in front of it. Adrienne and Roger brought dinner here instead of us going there. They went to the Rib Crib and brought a feast. It was SO good and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't love meat most of the time, but this was amazing - they bought several different kinds and boy did we mow down on it. Braden's gf, Hayden went with them to do the t-shirts and then came over for dinner. Asher has had a crush on her for a while now and really wanted to spend time with her, so that worked out well. I don't think they're going to make it to the water park, because Ava had planned on taking him today, but she really wasn't feeling well yesterday and just pushed herself to go to the tie dye store. She's had a cold for a few days, but thought she felt better. She called last night and said she just couldn't do it. So, I'm going to take him to Game Stop today and let him play in their game stations for an hour. It's only 5 dollars for an hour, so I'm taking my Kindle and sitting on the couch. And he leaves tomorrow.

I'm going to get off of here now - I think I'm caught up on my challenge for the bd party. Boy, was I busy yesterday!! The forum was full when I got up! I'm getting a head start today.

Hugs to all.

 

[faerywings]

@BrightEyes The house looks lovely! Everything looks so clean and bright, the landscapers did a fantastic job.
Shame on you -- doing all of that walking to get photos. (But you know that would have 100% done the same thing. LOL) Hope that resting your leg helped yesterday.

@taxed4ever More rain stinks, but hopefully, this means you would have water restrictions later in the summer. *fingers crossed*
That sounds like a really good idea to possibly rent a bus to go to that far away hike. Even if the money is close to what your gas would be, it will be nice to sit back and relax instead of having to drive home after the hike.
I have done nothing for Farther's Day cards. I realized yesterday that I never even got my brother's ab-day gift, just made him a card. I am a terrible family member :/
Good luck with getting the house and food ready for Sunday.
Oh no no-- the double-headed ax was at my friend's house, the one I clean for- he collects weaponry and it is not the first - nor last- time that I have knocked a knife or sword off of the wall If it were at my house I would have made Gary keep it in his area of the house he is responsible for cleaning (not that he does)
Hahah! I see you feel the same way about ketchup on spaghetti ROTFLMAO

And what is never-ending card?

@Cherylndesigns Asher is going to miss being with you, I am sure of it. Egg and cheese sandwiches are very yummy, Gary makes them for us on occasion. I can never flip the egg without breaking the yolk and he makes them just the perfect amount of runny.
Nope, I could never be vegan either. *G*

@bcgal00 yuck about the bad sleep the night before, hope you were able to catch up last night. How exciting to watch the baby birds, I have an image of you wearing one of the camouflage "grass" outfits, hunkered down with a camera instead of a sniper rifle LOL!!!
I had to go and search --

(FBI, I am innocent! I was talking about birds!)
I am really glad that D is getting good health care, was a little worried about that after the issues you had with it.


THAT'S IT!!!!!!!!
@tanteva I hereby revoke Italian status!
#angry2

JK!! I can't do that to you. But maybe my ancestors can.

Good Fellas

• faerywings
• Sep 4, 2012
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Kit: Black Market by Danielle Young...

 

[BrightEyes]

I am up early again today. Guess my internal alarm clock is set to wake me by 6 AM now. I like that it is cool enough to open the house up and let the breeze blow through it for an hour or so. I ended up having to run a few errands yesterday... books due at the library, check to deposit at the bank and a stop at the grocery store to pick up fresh veggies, fruit, milk and creamer. Was glad to get home before the heat got really bad. This is how I spent most of the afternoon... lazing the afternoon away when it to up to 103* outside!!! So glad I have ceiling fans to move the air around. The A/C came on earlier than usual...3 PM... due to the heat. I have it set at 80* but set it down to 78* for a couple of hours to get it cool enough before It is bedtime. Yep, that is my heavy-duty knee brace. Will be wearing it for awhile longer.


There was rain in the state yesterday afternoon!!! We may be getting it here at the house late this afternoon.... with the possibility of rain off and on over the next week! The monsoon season is finally here. Praying that it will help with the fires all over the state.

Chris, you sure have the patience of Job to deal with your parents bickering over how had the worse time during their surgeries!!! You really do need a relaxing time with your BFF floating in the pool. Hope it works out so you can do that soon. Oh, I love that LO with your ancestors, The Good Fellas!!!

Cheryl, I know you will miss Asher. You really gave him a wonderful vacation... so many activities and fun things to do. Enjoy this last day with him. Sorry that Ava is not feeling well.

I am so sorry that I missed several days of the Birthday Bash this week but RL happened to interfere. Hope to be able to spend more time on the computer next week if the knee will allow. Hope you all have a good weekend.

 

[tanteva]

Found this blog post:

https://theswedelifeintoronto.com/2013/02/22/swedish-foods-needing-that-acquired-taste/

TBH I seldom use ketchup on pasta these days, but it is very common in Sweden. When I was a teen I used to eat just pasta with ketchup & black pepper, and thought it was the best ever. LOL

Been looking ALL OVER the place to find my black jeans today. (I wanted to wear them tomorrow at the funeral, I'm not in the mood for any fancy clothes, but I thought I'd at least wear black). Took a while, but I finally found them. *sigh* I've gained too much weight, they're not fitting me anymore. Now I'm sitting here, feeling like Jabba the Hutt. Have no idea what to wear ...

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. I am heading out for a short walk in a minute. I'll be back later for personals.

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning everyone! It is actually sunny today Hooray!!! It's not supposed to be sunny according to the weather app. (what do they know anyway?). Today I will be busy getting my grocery list done and hopefully doing some scrapping. I should get out for a nice long walk today while the sun is actually shining. I need to get out to trim my rose bushes today too, they are starting to bloom but they are really getting overgrown and hanging all over the back fence. I managed to finish FIL's card and had lots of fun making it. I will post photos later. I would really like to get another one done but not sure that I have the time. I am getting my cheese cake made today so had to get everything out of the fridge and on the counter so it is all at room temperature. Apparently that makes all the difference in the world as to how your cake turns out.

@faerywings - Oh I can just hear your Mom and Dad trying to outdo each other on their surgery experiences LOL. Sure wish your Mom would take her pepcid and enjoy some better sleep without acid reflux!! Tell her that the acid will burn a hole in her esophagus if she doesn't start taking her meds!! Sheesh!! Oh I just love that layout of your relatives!! They really do look like a bunch of Goodfellas!! Hope that you get to float around in your BFF's pool and drink some Pina Coladas it would be so good for you!! Oh thank goodness that double headed axe is not in your house LOL. Guess I should have read your post better!

@tanteva - Hope you have found something that you can wear to the funeral! No fun feeling like Jabba the Hut! do you have a little black dress??

@Cherylndesigns - How great that Asher is having such a wonderful visit! The tie dye T-shirts sound like they would be fun to do! Hope you enjoy every second with him today! You will certainly miss him when he is gone! My grandma heart is breaking for you!
@BrightEyes - Hope that you will finally get the rain that you need so badly today! Nice to open the house up in the morning and get some fresh air! Sounds like you were not able to keep resting your knee yesterday, you had lots of running around to do! I am far behind with the birthday stuff too, darn Life gets in the way it seems almost every day for me. Seems something is always keeping me from being here for too long. Rest that knee and enjoy the day!

@bcgal00 - I should be getting out there for a walk soon too, before the weather decides to change to rain again. Ugh!!

Ok Heather is calling and so I need to sign off of here ...CYL!

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Morning everyone! It is actually sunny today Hooray!!! It's not supposed to be sunny according to the weather app. (what do they know anyway?). Today I will be busy getting my grocery list done and hopefully doing some scrapping. I should get out for a nice long walk today while the sun is actually shining. I need to get out to trim my rose bushes today too, they are starting to bloom but they are really getting overgrown and hanging all over the back fence. I managed to finish FIL's card and had lots of fun making it. I will post photos later. I would really like to get another one done but not sure that I have the time. I am getting my cheese cake made today so had to get everything out of the fridge and on the counter so it is all at room temperature. Apparently that makes all the difference in the world as to how your cake turns out.

@faerywings - Oh I can just hear your Mom and Dad trying to outdo each other on their surgery experiences LOL. Sure wish your Mom would take her pepcid and enjoy some better sleep without acid reflux!! Tell her that the acid will burn a hole in her esophagus if she doesn't start taking her meds!! Sheesh!! Oh I just love that layout of your relatives!! They really do look like a bunch of Goodfellas!! Hope that you get to float around in your BFF's pool and drink some Pina Coladas it would be so good for you!! Oh thank goodness that double headed axe is not in your house LOL. Guess I should have read your post better!

@tanteva - Hope you have found something that you can wear to the funeral! No fun feeling like Jabba the Hut! do you have a little black dress??

@Cherylndesigns - How great that Asher is having such a wonderful visit! The tie dye T-shirts sound like they would be fun to do! Hope you enjoy every second with him today! You will certainly miss him when he is gone! My grandma heart is breaking for you!
@BrightEyes - Hope that you will finally get the rain that you need so badly today! Nice to open the house up in the morning and get some fresh air! Sounds like you were not able to keep resting your knee yesterday, you had lots of running around to do! I am far behind with the birthday stuff too, darn Life gets in the way it seems almost every day for me. Seems something is always keeping me from being here for too long. Rest that knee and enjoy the day!

@bcgal00 - I should be getting out there for a walk soon too, before the weather decides to change to rain again. Ugh!!

Ok Heather is calling and so I need to sign off of here ...CYL!

Thanks so much, Trudy! I'm pretty emotional today - I could break into tears with not much provocation, but I'm holding it together. Tomorrow is going to be rough!

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Quick on and off. I was up VERY early this morning - before 6 am. Then later, my eyes got heavy and I laid back down and went to sleep. I got a little sleep, at least.

It's been crazy up super early then back to bed now up again. Got lots of cobwebs in my head.