Daily Ooo's: Monday, May 14

[faerywings]

Do you all mind if I :blah: about the weird weather (again)? Freezing cold yesterday. Supposed to be warmer today, hot tomorrow and back in the 60's the rest of the week. I would prefer that it stayed in the 60*s instead of this bouncing around. That makes my body hurt. I was feeling that a lot yesterday.


Our breakfast was nice if a bit overwhelming. It was actually a lot overwhelming but that is what my family is all about. My parents brought me a flat of impatiens and ILs gave me a dahlia. I have to do some research on where to plant that since I have never gotten one of them before. begonias and azaleas, sure, but never a dahlia.

I was kind of bummed. Scott got back home around 10.30 but had to leave at 11.30 for work. I heard him come in after 9 and I was already half asleep. I know rationally that this is part of being an adult. I even told him that work was more important than Mother's Day. And I know that he loves me. That is never the issue. But I felt a bit of him missing from the day. When I was talking to my parents after he left, I counted in my head that I had only seen him for a couple of hours since Wed.


Gary made pizza for dinner and he has the technique down pat. He struggled a bit initially but they get better and better every time.


Today, I am going to try and look for recipe ideas that can be quickly tailored and changed to who will be here or not. Maybe some pasta recipes that I can cook chicken to be added on top for Scott, Gary and I? If any of you have ideas on how to do that I would love it. There was a cookbook that I got from the library years ago when Cait became 100% vegetarian that had recipes that were flexible like that but darn it if I can remember anything else about it. Flexitarian? Was that the word? I will google that later.
(see, this is one more example why it is good for me- bad for you- haha! that I ramble on here every day!)



I am going to co-pilot with Caitlyn this afternoon. She has to bring the girl that she babysits to the dentist and it is about an hour from here. She asked if I would go with her since she never drove there before. So I get to spend the afternoon with my girl. She hasn't been feeling well at all and maybe some time together will cheer her up.


Much love to all of you today too!

 

[faerywings]

Nancy- great to hear that you are back to being your amazing self! Ugh about the refs! I hope that they get better for the next games. So cool to hear about how many birds you are seeing and the variety of them. I have never even *heard* of a bobolink. :grin: The lights/Bluetooth speakers are so freaking cool!!! I had to check out the link. Gary would love something like that. I did take a picture of the vases and I think that the moms liked them and I know that they loved the cards that Caitlyn made.
Rae- It must have been such a hard day for Jen and for you. You are so strong. That is great news about B getting transferred to the neuro ward. All good thoughts that she responds to their care better to her. Sending hugs to all of you. Belly rubs to Taz!

Felis- that b-day GIF is perfect for Jean! Hope that your day was relaxing and fun!

Jean- how was your dinner? You and your DH sound like a perfect team. Love it!!
I ended up wearing the new t-shirt even though it had that new t-shirt email. Everyone laughed at it. And I was comfy enough in that and leggings since my pj pants never made it into the wash. No time for make-up since everyone got here right after I got out of the shower. At least I was clean LOL

Felis- I understand the cold and rainy weather, last night I had to put two blankets on me while I was watching TV with Gary. Hope that it is warmer today. I am feeling the same with my challenge LOs still. Just a struggle at this point. Hope that your weekly pages are easier to do soon.


xoxo!

 

[nancyr]

good morning - it rained heavily all night long. But I was going to sleep so it was nice to hear. Now the sun is trying to break through the low hanging clouds so it can get into the 70s. Even Luther is not full of energy. He had a long walk with my DH so now today he can rest LOL. Mother's Day was so fun. The dinner with all the families was so fun. My son can really cook. He made burgers, corn on the cob (which he removes from the cob since none of us like to eat it off the cob), spicy veggies and of course hot dogs. There was pasta salad too. We were stuffed. And we had just fun conversation. Bodes well for the Alaska trip of which we are all excited. Then came home to hockey. OMgosh I almost lost it but then I settled down - again the refs are just terrible. The Caps scored 38 secs into the game and then the refs did not call a hooking penalty on the Lightning which caused the Caps player to hit the goalie and he got the penalty. Lightning scored. Then a puck went into the air and landed on the Lightning player's face and the Cap player was called for a high stick. The 4 officials got together and still called the penalty. What a joke. Lightning scored. So at the end of 1 period it was 2-1. But then the Lightning forgot how or when to shoot the puck and at the end of 2nd with was 4-2 and end of the game was 6-2. It was just amazing. So Tampa lost both games at home. No one ever saw that coming. Teams taking Caps for granted as they have always folded in the past but not this year! Tonight is Golden Knights vs the Jets. Another good game. I am happy.

Chris glad you had such a good day if a bit overwhelming. I know the vases were loved and the cards. It is hard when the kids are no longer around as much. They are growing we have to be proud. I bet the pizza was delish!

Rae so sorry for Jen but so glad she has you for support! Always a wonder to me how a good cry can really help. That is wonderful that Bailey has been moved to the neuro department she must get better help there.

Jean did you have a Mexican dessert for your birthday. I love the fried ice cream they have in AZ. A fun place to spend your birthday!

Felis hope the rain stops and the sun comes out to give you lots of warm temps!

Wave hi Trudy - hope the day was special!

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Good Monday Morning everyone! I was MIA here for a couple of days, it was a busy weekend and not all of it was good. My sister Wendy's husband was rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night having had a big heart attack, they took him to Victoria Hospital for a stint, but discovered that he will be needing open heart surgery very soon, not good! Sister says it was not a surprise, he has been having a lot of chest pain lately and refused to go to the Dr. He is a heavy smoker and drinker and frankly I am not a big fan of his as he has never treated my sister very well. I still don't understand why my sister is with him as he has been very abusive in the past. Probably too much information but sheesh I need to share with someone!! At least my sister has her daughter with her and they are going back and forth to hospital while they wait for the surgery to be performed. So dealing with that most of Saturday along with running errands and grocery shopping and getting my flower pots planted. Sunday we had a nice quiet coffee on the deck and then got things ready to leave for SIL's and lunch with both SIL's and MIL/FIL. A really nice day and great time with good food and MIL loved her gifts of Dahlia tubers and a pretty bag to keep them all in. SIL Linda had her back deck all re-done and new planter boxes made with lots of pretty new plants and colourful flowers it was so nice to be out in the sunshine for a bit and then we all went to the shaded area of her deck as it got to be very warm. Phone calls from my kids ended the day nicely and we all wished we could have been together!

Chris - I hope that your weather has improved, sorry for stealing all the sunshine and warmth, I will send it out to you today for sure! Nice that you will be able to spend the day with your lovely daughter! I hope that it helps her to feel better! Yes it is sad that you have not seen your son much lately! Believe me I know the feeling! But it always brightens my day when I hear his voice on the phone or I get to see him on facetime. Your Mother's day brunch sounds like it was fun and how nice to get the flowers for your garden! I think that Dahlia's need to have lots of sunshine and warmth and don't really bloom until later in the summer. I know that MIL removes hers from the garden every year and keeps them in the shop for the winter months, but she lost many of the tubers this winter for some reason. I am sure that Scott can probably give you some good advice about them. How thoughtful of your fur babies to get you the T-shirt , they are really smart little dogs! Having your Gary making pizza was nice for you too :hungry: I bet it was delicious!

Jean - I am so sorry that I am late in wishing you a :HapBirth: it sounds like you had a very nice day with your special MG! I hope your dinner at the Mexican Restaurant was yummy! Hopefully you are back to sunshine today! I hope you are able to get out and enjoy the day!

Nancy - Sounds like another horribly officiated game last night! What the heck is going on with all the refs?? At least you had a lovely time with all of your family and got to enjoy all that good food too! When is your trip to Alaska? You must be getting excited to go! Hope that the rain has ended in your area and the sun comes out again soon! Enjoy your evening of more hockey, we will most likely be watching also. Just not as much fun anymore with the Bruins not being a part of the finals, but I guess you know that feeling. Here's hoping they both do better next season!

Felis - A funny miscommunication with my son as I thought they were coming down on this friday, but no it will be the friday after. Also discovered that the little winery where they wanted to have brunch will not be open, they are only open on the weekends LOL. So now perhaps plans will change :noidea: anyway I hope that your weather has also improved, it seems we have stolen all the sunshine and warmth out here on the West Coast, so I will try to send some of it out to you also. I too loved that Birthday Gif. that you gave to Jean, so pretty! Sure hope everything works out with the new jobs for your family!

Rae - A little bit of good news that "B" has been moved to the neuro ward, sure wish it was in a better hospital though! However take every bit of good that you can! So wonderful that Jen has you for support, she needs to let all that sadness out and good advice to her! Sending love to you all! :hug:

Time to go as Heather and Hunter are calling! Have a great day everyone! :wave:

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning, ladies. We got thru yesterday. It was really hard. Jen called and said that B was really miserable and wanted Jen out of the room, not to come back, was getting more and more agitated, so I told her to go out, clear her head, give us 15 min with B and them come back to see how it goes. When we walked into the room the curtain was pulled and B was behind it, sitting in the chair with tears streaming down her face. We had a long talk about her wanting to die, how she is so unhappy, that this is not a life she wants to live. I tried to soothe her, nothing worked and I had to eventually stop looking at the tears streaming down her face and just start quietly talking about my day, about Taz, about taking photos. Eventually I said "hey, guess what? I brought 2 desserts today" and she smiled. So after that things were better. She signed a moms day card for Jen and we had a good visit. At the end, when it was time to go, I was being silly, pretending my latex glove was a puppet, I had pulled it half off and was shaking it around, talking in a silly voice. Then I started laughing hysterically at my silliness and so did she and soon we were both giggling and crying together at how silly i was. What a great way to end our visit.

Today I'll be doing errands, laundry and trying to fix my coat rack that collapsed yesterday (hmmm....maybe that means I have too many coats LOL). If not, I'll be checking Craigs List for another one. I refuse to pay full price for one so will only replace with a secondhand one. I'm sure I'll eventually find one.

Chris - we have dahlias and our bush is in the corner of our garden with diffuse light coming thru the elm tree behind it that provides shade. I don't do anything to it other than pruning (not this yr though) every spring and it seems to flourish. It's such a hardy bush. I know how challenging it is to make meals including different dietary needs/preferences. I make the protein first and then build around that. So veggies/starches can be added as pleased, or use only sauce or cheese with veggies/starches and have other proteins available like eggs, cheese and nuts. What a good mom you are, going with C to the appointment. Have a nice drive there with her.

Trudy - sorry to hear the news of your BIL. Glad your sister and her daughter have each other to lean on at this time. I know how frustrating it must be to understand and accept the relationship of him with your sister. Hope you had a wonderful chat with H and H.

Jean - not sure I had said happy birthday but if not.....sure hope you had a wonderful day.

Nancy - I love a good BBQ. I don't eat all the foods anymore but I sure used to love corn on the cob and pasta salad, and especially hot dogs. My doctor has banned those in my diet but I splurge and have a smokie every now and then. Good game, good food, good company....sounds like a wonderful day.

Felis - hope the next book you get into is more enjoyable. I hate when I get part way into a book and then realize I don't really like it. I end up skimming thru it to know how it ends but just can't spend the time reading it all once I'm disappointed in it.

Gotta go to the pet store now and get some groceries before getting back to work. Hope you all have a great day.

 

[scrap-genie]

I had a nice day and lovely dinner for my birthday. Also had a fairly unusual visit of Pine Siskins to the feeder. Had them on my birthday three years ago too. How fun they know when to come! LOL

Felis, congrats on getting week 18 scrapped. You did it well. Sorry it was so difficult. Hope things are better now.

Chris, hope you had a good trip with Cait today and are somewhat recovered from the weekend.

Nancy, the hockey has seemed a bit surprising but I hope you are enjoying it. Your day Sunday sounds so nice.

Trudy, sorry about BIL and more so about your sister. Nice to have had a good day with the ILs and that nice weather.

Rae, desserts and silliness were just what B needed it seems. Hurray for you being able to provide them. Wishing you all the strength you need and the humor to pave the way.

 

[felis]

Hello girls,
It's difficult to believe that before week we prepared to wear short shorts, and now I added denim jacket above my sweater. Gray outside and inside.
I saved you this info through the weekend because don't wanted to make you sad on the holiday, but I need to share. My tom cat Macho missed somewhere. He is outdoor cat so usual is something around, but comes when I call him. And comes inside for the night. But he is not come back from Thursday. I ask the neighbors, but no one was saw him. I received several complaints from cats, only one of which is actually mine :roll: . But no one was saw concrete this tom cat. He is one of my oldest cats. After Artois not wake up anymore one day at end of previous year, and he was younger than this one, I'm worried about my adult group. So please send me good vibes and hopes! I need a happy end.

Chris, the flowers for planting are always better gift than bouquet and great gift! Umm, we make many meals in which after that to put additional cooked meat, rice with tomatoes, peas or green beans stew, (I'm not sure for the english word for this) potatoes Jardinier, or something?! What you mean that It is not feeling well, mentally or physically?! I remember she was worried about the lime, but then her results was clear. Maybe is because of the weather changes, many people here are with flu. Hope she will feel better soon! Definitely is good idea to to accompany her in unfamiliar area.

Nancy, your Mother's Day description sounds so lovely! I'm happy for you. The trip plans are always exciting, of course!

Trudy, I'm so close with my sister, so I can't even imagine how hard is for you to stay and watch how yours is treated unfair. But of course love is blind and she can even to not realize this. I hope that her husband will recovery fast and this disease will make him see how much he needs from her. Who knows maybe is for good! Some people become better after realized their own weaknesses. Aww, how bad that the plans are failed because of misunderstood of the date, but at least you can fast make new. At some point it's even better, because now you had enough time for your IL's and next weekend will be fun again, instead of only one overwhelmed weekend.

Jean, I'm so happy to hear about your lovely b-day and these birds! When I see a rare kind I always thought it's a good sign of the fate.
Thanks for the nice words for my weekly page! I finished with using template and inspired from your idea for the metaphor with the short life of the flowers. But I'm not completely sure do this tulips looks fade enough. I just needed quickly to finished it and moving forward.

Rae, it's heartbreaking how your 'wild bird' suffering! I was hoping that the memory loss is deleted the bad episodes which makes her feels so desperate! How smart from your side to distract her with humor and sweets.
This maybe is totally unappropriate question, sorry if it is rude to ask you, but do you have some information for her boyfriend?! I know he is dangerous and toxic for her, but he is someone son's too and probably she is saw something good in him so now she miss and worry about him.

OK, girls, that's it from me for now. Hope the day turns good and my fur baby finally came home!
And hope you all have great and sunny day!