Daily Ooo's: Monday, June 18

[faerywings]

Yippee! Another beautiful day ahead! Yes, it is going to get hot but that is all right with me. Gary, not so much. Scott- probably about the same since he will be working from 9-5 outside. Poor guy got home from work covered in sweat and dirt where he didn't even want to sit down on the floor without showering.


Did everyone have a nice weekend? I did, my mood is so much better when the weather is nice and I am outside talking to the bugs and plants.
Breakfast was nice except that my mom is really upset about some things with my brother and SIL. I told her that she needs to address the things that affect her (SIL signed Christopher up for summer piano lessons, she does the driving/waiting/etc which will take up the majority of the day) without asking her. My brother is telling my mom that she shouldn't bring it up, which is unreasonable. Then I had to tell her that things out of her control/perview-- like their work schedules- let that go. SIL works non-stop, travels a lot for work and then volunteers in a crazy amount of activities. That negatively affects my brother and Christopher-- but that is up to him to work out. My dad gets cranky with her, but she needs to get this off of her chest or it eats at her.

Makes things fun! LOL


I was outside clearing out weeds and leaves for 2 hours. It actually wasn't that hot since I was in the shade for the most part. I love seeing the yard looking better. It is still a "wild," natural looking yard, no groomed gardens for me, but I like it. A guy walking on the street said that it looked good too.


Then Caitlyn came home from a hike and ice cream with Brendan and realized that she had left her purse at the place. She had to run back there in hopes that they would find it. She has a tendency to carry too much cash with her and I was worried about that. A little bit after they headed back out, a woman whom I do not anything about but will forever be in my heart- stopped at the house with the purse. Said she saw it and brought it here. Not a darn thing was taken out-- and it turned out that all of Cait's work/grad money was in there waiting to go into the bank. $2000. I have never seen this woman, no idea if she lives in my town but I cannot thank her enough. Cait was practically in tears and wants to know what she can do to find her.



After all of the bad news, this woman and the one who got Gary the insulin have restored much of my faith in humanity. I know it sounds corny, but it is true. I am typically a very optimistic, look for the good in everyone/thing person and this past year has tested that. Oh man, I am getting all choked up again.



So today-- I have a bunch of things that I need to do around the house, plus get the food shopping list/party menu/coupon searching taken care of. If I can bribe myself with getting everything done early, maybe I can get outside in the yard again. Oh. I need to get my July Challenge prep started soon too.



Enjoy your day may dears!

 

[faerywings]

Trudy- how was the Father's Day lunch? How many people were in your group? Don't let the ILs get to you about not being at the service. You can only do what you can do. It seems insane that I was bundled in sweats a few days ago. too. Mother Nature can't seem to make up her mind.


Nancy- Oh no, Poor Luther! Hope that the tick comes back with no diseases. Do you give him the Lyme vaccine? (note to self: make appt for Ray, she is due for her booster soon) And yup, I hear ca-change too! We think W is getting a cavity. :hurt:
Stay cool today!


Rae- what a nice breakfast that you made for Darrell. Hope he was able to relax most of the day. I saw some of your photos -- gorgeous as always. What in the world did Ttaz do when the bird hit him in the head? LOL

Does B like physical contact? I hope that you are to sit with her, hold her hand while you watch movies. GREAT news about the meds!!!!!!! I hope that the Hep B test is clear and she can get started ASAP.



Felis- how nice that you have a quiet weekend! You don't celebrate Father's Day at all? I guess that makes sense since your culture seems to have very traditional male/female roles. That is awesome to get your face cream on sale. It is the little things that make the days good.
I wouldn't read that book either, especially if it makes you feel crummy. The book that I was listening too was not doing it for me either- cheating, murders, no likable characters. So I stopped.
Right now, The USA has a very strict anti-immigration/anti-asylum seeking policy. They are separating parents from their children- as young as 4 months old- and putting the children in detention centers. It is barbaric. The ACLU- American Civil Liberties Union- is an organization of lawyers and experts that are trying to help these families. as a parent, I cannot imagine traveling from the gang violence in Central America, coming to the US in hopes of finding safety and having my child taken from me and not knowing where they are. For months. It is unconscionable.

Anyway- these children and parents need more than I do.



That's my story! ::grouphug

 

[nancyr]

good morning - it is going to be a scorcher here today with highs in mid 90s with humidity feel like temps will be near 100. Yesterday it was 91. A cold front came through and the evening temp was very comfortable. So my DH and I both took Luther for morning walks and now he is in the basement where it is cooler. We have the AC set to come on but it is not that hot yet. So today will now be just take it easy and watch soccer. They vet said they can determine what kind of tick but not if the tick was carrying any diseases. That you have to test the dog which we will do in

Chris that is so amazing and heart warming that a complete stranger returned the purse and asked for nothing. I can imagine the panic that Cait felt. Hopefully this is a great lesson. It does make you realize that those in power in the US and always in the news are not the real Americans. I loved what you did for the ACLU. Have fun outside!

Trudy hope the Fathers day lunch went well.

Rae I saw the photos from your walk with Taz. Not sure I would have been so calm seeing a coyote and knowing he was tracking and with his pack. Glad that Taz did not see. Luther I think would have smelled them and been hunting them LOL. Great news about B and the meds! And sounds like you are seeing some fun movies.

Felis so glad that you had a relaxing weekend. And I would not finish that book either. Congrats on the sale of the cream that is a great price.

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... It will be another very warm day here also, but no complaints, it is so nice to have the beautiful summer weather! Yesterday was very nice, even though MIL thought that we should be at the funeral, she actually got over it and understood. SIL Linda is a bit pissed at us because she doesn't think that she will have much patience with her Mom and Dad while they are away. LOL she gets very upset with some of the things that they do and say, but hey they are in their 80's so they aren't going to change. She was hoping we would be there to help her cope. I really need to get some sympathy cards today and also get on the phone to Aunt Betty and talk to her about things, she is MIL older sister and is totally opposite of MIL, she is very active and is always there when family needs her. I think in lieu of us being there at the funeral I will get some flowers sent to the family home, but will see if the family would prefer us to send a donation to a charity or something else first. Anyway I will be busy on the phone a lot today.

Chris - OMG how wonderful that there was a kind woman to return Cait's purse!! I would have been having a panic attack if I lost my purse with that much money in it!! Yes it really does restore your faith in humanity! However maybe it is Karma for Cait, because she is always so kind to others she got paid back with this kindness from a stranger? Our lunch for Fathers Day was a lot of fun and very delicious as usual. There were 9 of us for lunch. Or were you wondering how many for the Wine Tour?? There were 18 of us for that. I am going to try to get a page done today about the Wine Tour. Wish me luck, because I have a couple of other on the go that I am stuck on right now. :gaah: I want to be a inspired scrapper again!! I hope that you get outside to enjoy your very warm weather today, you will soon have your yard looking even better, how nice to get a compliment from a passerby!

Nancy - Oh poor Luther! I hope that there is nothing from the tick that makes him sick! We used to find ticks on our dogs all the time and they never got anything from them. Nice that you were able to be out for your walk before the heat settles in! I bet Luther loves being in the cool basement! Enjoy your heat wave, at least you have air conditioning to keep you comfortable if it gets to be too warm.

Rae - It is so good to hear some good news about "B"! I watched "A Wrinkle in Time" the other day and really enjoyed it also. I hope that your DH enjoys his Fathers Day on Tuesday with the girls, he will be with all his ladies that he loves the most, what more could he want? That is pretty scary about the coyotes, good thing that Taz did not realize that they were there, but I would have panicked and not been so calm as you I think! One thing I am thankful for is that we don't have bears in our area, the dogs behind us would go insane as they bark forever at a squirrel that runs along our back fence every day. :mmph: Nice ot hear that you are enjoying introducing new veggies to your diet. I have never tried Taro before, anything new that I add to my diet seems to immediately make me gain weight, yikes what will happen when I go to Paris and most likely will have way too many extra carbs LOL.

Felis - Is it your whole country that does not celebrate Fathers Day? Or is it just your family that does not? Congrats on the great shopping karma!! That is an awesome price for a nice face cream! Sorry you did not enjoy your latest book, I would have probably not continued to read it also. I am hoping that perhaps they will have a video live feed at the service where those who can't attend in person can at least be there online. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Well Heather is calling me so I best get off of here for a bit! I hope you all have a wonderful Monday! :wave:

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning, ladies. Hope all is well. I'm popping in quickly to say hello and then must get to work. I have a ton of files waiting for me as my boss did a bunch of work over the weekend.

I changed my work schedule which will start in two weeks after the part time client I work for returns to work (she took 2 wks off). I will do her work Mon to Wed so will be busier those 3 days but then Thurs and Friday I won't get anything from her. I think I will like the new schedule as it will lighten my load for the end of the week and sometimes I will get very little work on Friday as my full time client sometimes takes that day off and only does a bit of backlog.

Yesterday was a rough day with B. She got really upset after asking how long she has been in the hospital. I was able to pull her out of the funk before I left to go home but it was heartbreaking. I hope someday she is able to have a happy productive life. I came home and cried yesterday, just let the emotion out, but then went back to praying that we can help her and that she will be able to overcome this eventually. I need to be strong for her and Jen.

Today I will work, take Taz out for a walk later and get some laundry done. That's about it.

I'll pop in later if I can and go thru the personals. Have a great day, everyone.

 

[felis]

Hello ladies,
at Monday I'm always backlog with something, so it was another busy day.

The good part is that Olesya gives me as a gift the Quick pages from her awesome pet kit . Which allows me to scrap one page fast. I love this kit and hope soon to be able to buy more parts from it! Something I had not realized so far is that All money from this collection will going to feeding of street cats and dogs. So cool!

The embarrassing part is that I'm not read carefully the rules for one of the challenges and now will have to replace my page for it. Actually this isn't so bad because now I'll have one more page to scrap. And I appreciate the fact that Ona told me this now, when my page is received already enough attention (and even was chosen for the newsletter), because lets be honest, pages who aren't at the forum don't receive attention. I start a month with 7-10 ideas for pages and try to adapt them to the rules of the challenges. But sometimes it's not so easy. We are like put in box, as fish in aquarium. It's not surprising that so often some of us losing scraping mojo. I just don't see where I can fit my page at the way I'm wanted its to looks like?! But again Ona was kind to give me some time for exposition. I know that Chris always told that we scrap to keep our memories. But that's not me! I scrap when I'm sad or because I want to make art. And when pages don't get attention their idea just lose power. But I'm also part of this problem! It has so many days in which I don't comment even one page at the gallery. I say to myself that I don't have time, but 1 page per days takes only about a minute and can makes someone pleased. So I really have to try to do this my habit!


Oops, sorry! I had to go, and now I'm back for the personal notes.
First for the book, Mark Haddon is great author, just something is wrong with my mood. I'll put this book in a bowl with started and waiting books. I just can't to left unfinished book which I'm started once, it's not in my nature, but I gues it's not necessary to do it right now.
About the Fathers Day, yes, we don't have this kind of day at my country. No one celebrate it. But after kids started to celebrate Halloween and St.Valentine's day, who knows what will future bring.


Rae, hugs dear! I'm on opinion that everyone have to allow yourself to 'cry at the bathroom' as is the saying. There is nothing wrong to allow yourself to be weak for short when nobody can see you. It's such a load to stay positive and encouraging at the whole time, you aren't stone, feelings aren't something wrong! As long as you're able to control them and don't allow they to guide your life.
About B I think Trudy told you this at the best way, and as her I also believe that someday, B will be happy and loved, and amazing as her Heather!
Your new schedule with (almost) free Friday sounds good, hope it's could happened at the best way!

Trudy, sorry that you have to deal with sad things! I can understand your SIL Linda, stress have to be very high for her at this sad moment, but hope she will can handle all complications that her parents will try to create!

Nancy, as Trudy in my area we also don't have problems with infections brings from the tick, so if you aren't in danger area no need to worries. Just wait the tests results. Strange that they can't determine direct if the tick was carrying any diseases or not. What about if it was on a human child, isn't they use the same lab?!

Chris, thank you for explain me your cause! Yes this is really heartbreaking!
OMG, why you allows to Cait to go around with so many cash. Handsome girl with cash in it is a classical victim. What If someone see them till she is open her purse to paid at some place?! This woman is been very nice person! My aunt do this for one girl and she bought her chocolate bombones and wine for thank you gifts. They did not know each other before that, but now they waves every time when meets. Of course my town is probably with the size of one your neighborhood and it's easy to found someone.
Hope today's food shopping is not be too stressful!

Jean, how was the genealogy meeting?