Daily Ooos: Thursday, August 4

[faerywings]

#sleeping
I am still feeling half asleep this morning. It is the second night in a row that W woke me up because J was sleeping in "her" spot. She lies on the floor and grumbles. I pat the bed to get her to come up. Still, the grumbling continues. Get out of bed and try to take her outside. Rolls around on her back while grumbling. Finally, she jumps on the bed and pushes at J who eventually moves. They both go back to sleep and I am wide awake. *eye roll*
Unfortunately, I am trying to cut down on coffee. The coffee prices -- even for store brand- are so expensive that I can't buy as much as we drink. If I have to cut down on coffee, the best time of year to do it is now. As soon as it gets colder and my SAD kicks in, it won't be possible.

I am feeling kinda down today. Money naturally stresses me out and my friend canceled me to clean today. Then as I was talking to Caitlyn yesterday I asked her if she heard anything from the job interview. And she had not. She is really disappointed and I am for her. I guess I really expected that she would at least get a 2nd interview. On paper, she met all of the requirements and I know that she comes across as intelligent and sincere. I guess that the other applicants have more experience. She was having a rough day and that always rubs off me. I just hugged her, not much that I could say otherwise.

Scott was able to take his break at dinner and that at least cheered me up. Neither kid is working today, so I am making Mozzarella Stick Grilled Cheese for dinner and then we are going to watch WWDITS together. yay! We have so many heat and air quality advisories up today that I am not sure if I will go outside. There is so little that needs to be done other than a little bit of watering. Can't do much more than a little.

I am almost finished with a LO for a challenge, I can't seem to get it "right" but I am not giving up. At least, not yet haha

Wishing you a wonderful day!

 

[faerywings]

@LSlycord it is so hard parenting sometimes. So proud of them for growing up and becoming amazing adults yet it hurts your heart at times. I wonder if it gets easier as they get older and have families of their own? I am going to guess -- BIG FAT NO! hahahahaha!!!
Keep on snuggling Syd, you both need it!

@Betty Jo aren't the rats so cute with their little pancakes? All of her rats have been so spoiled LOL I bought strawberries and I am 100% certain that Caitlyn already shared them with the girls. Rats love berries. Oh crud, I forgot I bought some dried cranberries home for them when I went to lunch with my mom the other day! They also loooove dried cranberries. They can only have them once in a while because they get addicted to the sugar.
Thanks again for the ♥ tip!

@BrightEyes Hope that you are staying cool! Caitlyn and I prefer brown rice over white so I will keep that in mind next time I cook some, I can make extra to freeze. I can imagine that dumplings would break down in the freezer. I appreciate the freezer tips very much. I always hate throwing out food so if I can get better about freezing stuff that will surely help the budget.

@tanteva I get that-- feeling sad and happy at the same time makes me feel off-balance. The work rules sound confusing and I hope that it doesn't mean you can't work at the library. I am in a sort of similar situation- because we are low-income, I get health insurance from the state. If I got a job, I would have to pay for health insurance and most PT jobs wouldn't cover that amount. I would basically be working to pay for health insurance. Sometimes laws are helpful, sometimes they really are not, and then.. what can you do? :/

Anyway, don't tell the girls that are after my presidency, but I've done some house work today. Cleaning & laundry & ironing. I need to rest for the rest of the day now. My body is in shock. LOL

Hope you feel better soon! hahaha!!

@bcgal00 I am crossing my fingers for rain for your area too! How did you like the new hairdresser? I am always anxious when I have to find a new one. Bet the dogs were so happy to run around, even for just a short time

@Cherylndesigns Did your sage dry up nice? Too funny about the cat getting into your herbs when you hang them to dry.
gary's chipped tooth was his own fault- teenaged boys - Hmmp. LOL He was blowing into a soda bottle and his dog jumped up at the sound and knocked the soda bottle into his tooth. he is lucky that it only chipped a tooth. W is like that, always goes for the face, she will have me pinned on the ground and her tongue is up my nose.

@Lynn Grieveson *everyone* needs pictures of rats eating pancakes
Sounds like you and Dh have it worked out to "combine and consolidate" when he travels. Very smart!!

 

[BrightEyes]

Morning, gals. Too warm to open the house up today... Afraid that means it will be another scorcher day. I plan on staying in and vegging. DD#3 called yesterday afternoon and invited me to go along to her foot doctor's appt. That was the last of them... he is very pleased at how well she is doing. As she said... I was there from the beginning before her surgery so should be there at the end. He did caution her that she still had about 6 more months before she has recovered completely. I had just got back home from running a couple of errands when she called... so it was a busy day for me. I was happy as I caught a sale on some leggings - a navy blue pair and a red pair and I happen to already have long tops that are in those colors. Won't be wearing them until it cools off in early fall but nice to have a few 'NEW' outfits for then. Picked up the paper supplies for the RH potluck - just need to get a dessert on Monday. I was a bit miffed... when they did the oil change they didn't fill the windshield washer tank. I had to pick up a jug of it yesterday but the hood/engine was too hot to mess with it then. Need to remember to get it filled soon.

@faerywings Sorry your friend cancelled her cleaning. I hear you about needing to stay under the amount you can earn from part-time work to keep your health insurance. Sorry that Cait hasn't got a 2nd interview on the job. YIKES... the coffee prices are outrageous now!!! I decided to try the store brand coffee as it is $5 less than the one I usually buy. It is okay... in fact, I couldn't tell the difference yesterday and today.

@LSlycord Spend as much time with Syd as you can before taking her to college. Saw the FB photos of her stuff in your office... looks like she has all she will be needing.

@Cherylndesigns I cracked up over your cat getting into the hanging herbs... hope your sage dried up okay.

@tanteva Did you find out how much they will be needing you to work??? Crazy rules about how much you can work as a part time employee.

Well, the coffee cup is empty and I need to get dressed. CYL

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. I got out to the dog park in the early evening last night. Remi loved chasing the ball thru her fave park. We could only stay about 20 min b/c she was getting over heated, even with all the water she was gulping down every time she brought the ball back (she brings the ball to the water bowl, drops it in the water, drinks and then picks the wet ball out of the bowl to bring back to me to throw LOL). I'll get out with her again today b/c after that the weather climbs back up to mid 90's.

We got our travel documents for the cruise yesterday. So we are all set except for next Friday morning when we go for a covid test that is necessary to board the ship.

Darrell sits out on the upper deck for hours every day, watching videos on his ipad and watches the birds. He has a small bowl of seed on the deck and the little birds now come and eat every day, just about 6 ft from him. That is his entertainment. A new bird showed up yesterday, sitting on the porch railing for a few minutes, but I missed seeing it. It was one he says we have not seen before. Hope it comes back.

I am enjoying the summer heat here but am looking forward to cooler temps and being able to get out for photo walks next month. Summer here is just too hot to get out much unless its to the water.

BTW, I like the hairdresser I went to yesterday. I'll be happy to continue seeing her. She's going to trim Jen's hair next week too.

@faerywings Sorry you are feeling down today. Hope the day improves. Fingers crossed that C hears about the job but if not, hopefully something else will come along that is a good match for her. Jen's therapist figures she can try to go back to work in about 6-7 months, in the spring. I hope she will be ready, I think it will be good for her, maybe part time. She definitely needs something with no stress. I will be stressing for her, wanting her to be happy and find something that that she enjoys doing. Ugh, we never stop worry about our kids.

@BrightEyes Glad to hear your daughter is recovering so well.

I'm getting more coffee, will go play with the dogs and get outside for a bit. Have a good day everyone.

 

[tanteva]

No news on the work situation. Boss is on vacation this week, and I do hope she's taking her time off. She works too much and all the time. She really suck at being off work. She even visited work today. Tired today, had a hard time falling asleep yesterday. No work tomorrow - will sleep til noon LOL

About coffee prices - CRAZY - but ... it can never be too expensive. I rather go without food than coffee. LOL But I read something today: the sneaky bastards have changed the amount of coffee in the packages. For as long as I can remember, coffee packages in Sweden have been 500 grams of coffee. Now some brands have only 450 grams (even saw one brand that had only 425 grams) BUT they still charge the same amount of money (or more) for a package. This is apparently a thing! Ice creams are smaller, less juice in the bottles and so on. It even has a name: shrinkflation Annoying as #%¤¤

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Good afternoon Lovelies,

Raining and dark here today - we had lots of thunder and lightening last night but just rain today. We're so happy to be getting more rain! It has really perked up our flowers! They were looking pretty sad.

Chris @faerywings sorry you're having a "down day" - wish I could send "the girls" over to liven the place up. Dang, how Gary's tooth got chipped gave me the chills. I can totally FEEL that! My glasses are just a tad off kilter, but Chuck's an expert of gently straightening them, so maybe I can put off going back to the eye doctor. office.

Chris and Kay @BrightEyes my sage is ALMOST there! I put it back in for one more round. I really think I could get by with it. OMGosh you girls should smell the Rosemary!! It's back in for another round, but talking about smelling like Christmas! I told Chuck that I'm going to save some of the sprigs for our tree. It just smells wonderful! I swear, I hung my herbs to dry everywhere in this house and that cat got to them. I can't even hang them up by the ceiling because there's a space above the upper cabinets and they can get anywhere. We can't shut the utility room door because his food is in there. I don't have doors on my master closet - it's in the bathroom and we decided to hang really pretty brocade drapes instead. My closet is one of his favorite hangouts. They're SO funny!!

I'd better get off here - just wanted to say hey. Adrienne doesn't have a car and she wants me to come up and get her in a few minutes. It looks like it's going to stop, so maybe she'll just walk down.

 

[LSlycord]

Good evening ladies! Can it really be Thursday already? This is crazy! I really do feel kind of off kilter.

I have had two friends die within the past 2 1/2 weeks. The first was 58. She had cancer about 6 or 7 years ago and they thought they had it. It reoccurred about 9 months ago. She had 3 kids...the youngest just graduated from college in the spring. She had the best attitude...never complained...always positive. She went to college with Brian and married one of his good friends. We hadn't seen them in ages but kept up through FB. The second died this morning. She was 51. She too had cancer. Found it about 9 months ago. Jen was one of the healthiest people I knew...no body fat, exercised constantly, ate only healthy foods. She had 3 girls, 18, 20 and 23. We met when Syd and her youngest played soccer together. With both of these deaths, I feel so very far away. And just sad...51 and 58 are both too young to die. Anyway...that's got me feeling a little bit down.

I did have a second interview yesterday. It was 90 minutes and it seemed to go well. I really do have perfect experience for this particular job. But who knows how it will turn out. I feel so bad for Cait...the whole interview process is so hard...and so unpredictable. Have they turned her down formally? Sometimes the HR part of the program gets messed up. Fingers are still crossed!

Brian has started back to real estate. He had applied for lots of jobs but wasn't even getting interviews. So I suggested that he go back to something he does well and likes. It will be hard to get started...after 3 years we still really don't know anyone here. But, at least if he gets the chance to work with people, it will go well.

My great niece turns 1 on September 15th and her birthday party is on September 17th so I'm flying home for that. And, my second great nephew is due in 2 weeks so I'll get to see him at only a month...so I'm excited about that. Should give me something to focus on besides Syd not being here. I'm going to try to get a little more back to normal. Whatever that is!

 

[LSlycord]

Now for some personals...

@faerywings I really am so sorry about Cait. I am stressing about how these kids are supposed to make it in such an expensive world. My children are both obsessed with the price of gas. Glad that the kids all had a good time while camping though. That is something positive. I've been thinking that I need to cut back on coffee too...we both drink way too much. Each time that they have a BOGO sale on coffee, we get several bags. Hope that you had a good family night because that's always what the doctor ordered. And, I have a funny feeling that this parenting thing never gets easier.

@BrightEyes what in the world is wrong with customer service nowadays? Didn't fill your windshield cleaner? That's so annoying. Score on the time spent with DD #3 and on leggings. Sounds like a great day!

@tanteva shrinkflation...what next!! Glad that you aren't stressing over the conversation with the boss.

@Cherylndesigns sounds like we had the same thunderstorms. As long as I'm inside, I don't mind them. Although I guess a house a few doors down got hit by lightning and fried their TVs. Everyone on our FB neighborhood was talking, asking if everyone was ok. Me, I was sound asleep!

@bcgal00 love how Remi drops the ball in the water, takes a drink, then brings the wet ball to you to throw. Sounds like our Hayden. Glad you found a good hair stylist before heading off on your cruise!