Daily Ooos: Thursday, May 18

[faerywings]

Greetings from Alaska. What, I don't live in Alaska? Sure feels like it this morning. 34*F which is colder than it was yesterday. Cold temps bring bad news for baby bunnies. Gary called me yesterday when I was cleaning for our friend. He hadn't seen all of the bunnies, only two of the six, so he had peeked into their nest. He was able to rescue those two and brought them immediately to the wildlife rescue where we had brought the baby mice. Caitlyn didn't know what had happened and when she got home from work, she went to the nest to see them before she came inside. Thank goodness that she did! There was one more (#7!!) in the nest that was alive. She and Gary ran him over to the rescue as fast as they could and the woman was able to get him right into the incubator and fed him liquid glucose. I was heartbroken about the 4 but very grateful that were able to save the three. The wildlife rescue woman suspects that something happened to their mama because they were underweight as well as hypothermic. They never would have survived the frost last night. Poor sweet things. I hate nature...

Even before the sad news, I wasn't feeling all that good, I was exhausted and "off."

The day was wrapping up at 5.30 with me starting to cook dinner/Whisky throwing up her dinner all over the DR/Cait coming home and discovering the bunny/Gary who took over cooking for me while I was cleaning up the DR and his blood sugar dropped into the 40s/trying to do logistics with him to get dinner and the bunny settled which- when your blood sugar is in the 40s- is quite a feat/finally having dinner at 6.45.
What. A. Day.

Well- today is a new day. Here's to making it a good (better) one!

 

[vickyday]

Greetings from Alaska. What, I don't live in Alaska? Sure feels like it this morning. 34*F which is colder than it was yesterday. Cold temps bring bad news for baby bunnies. Gary called me yesterday when I was cleaning for our friend. He hadn't seen all of the bunnies, only two of the six, so he had peeked into their nest. He was able to rescue those two and brought them immediately to the wildlife rescue where we had brought the baby mice. Caitlyn didn't know what had happened and when she got home from work, she went to the nest to see them before she came inside. Thank goodness that she did! There was one more (#7!!) in the nest that was alive. She and Gary ran him over to the rescue as fast as they could and the woman was able to get him right into the incubator and fed him liquid glucose. I was heartbroken about the 4 but very grateful that were able to save the three. The wildlife rescue woman suspects that something happened to their mama because they were underweight as well as hypothermic. They never would have survived the frost last night. Poor sweet things. I hate nature...

Even before the sad news, I wasn't feeling all that good, I was exhausted and "off."

The day was wrapping up at 5.30 with me starting to cook dinner/Whisky throwing up her dinner all over the DR/Cait coming home and discovering the bunny/Gary who took over cooking for me while I was cleaning up the DR and his blood sugar dropped into the 40s/trying to do logistics with him to get dinner and the bunny settled which- when your blood sugar is in the 40s- is quite a feat/finally having dinner at 6.45.
What. A. Day.

Well- today is a new day. Here's to making it a good (better) one!

Praying you have a better day today!
So glad you all were able to rescue 3 of the baby bunnies.

 

[faerywings]

@vickyday yay for scrapping, I got a page done yesterday too. I'll have to ask Cait tomorrow to get a picture of me on the yoga mat
I don't eat sugar-free candy or chocolate but Gary has in the past and said that too much would wreck his stomach. I hope that you weren't in too much pain for long.
Affect and effect are ok with me. There was a word combo that I can't keep track of that I googled last week, don't remember what it was. I never know when you use like or as and Grammarly flags me on that all of the time
I am sorry to hear about Mark's friend. 63 is way too young.
Helloooo, Mr. Frog! Cute pic!

@taxed4ever How was the hike? Hope you didn't have to breathe too much smoky air.

@bcgal00 Sorry that you are getting that smoke too. Hope that you and Remi had a nice time out together

@Cherylndesigns The same thing here- If I took a nap mid-day, my family would *freak out*! LOL!
How fun to see all of the goodies in the basket, they sound like they are all picked out special for you.
Aly is a peanut. I don't know what would be worse, starving yourself on your own or being pushed into it by your mother. Hmph. Definitely b/c of the mother. Mothers are supposed to *protect* their children. Not abuse them. At least when I starved myself, I had *my* reasons for doing it. My mom, once she knew about it, did what she could to help me. It was often the wrong thing to do (have another bite or you to look too thin always backfired) but she wanted to help. I am so sad for Aly yet grateful that she has you all.
That's awesome that Asher is going to be closer!! Yippeeeee!!!
Awww Bart is too cute, look at his long legs!

HAGD my loves!

 

[vickyday]

Good Morning!
Went to bed at Midnight so I'm up early again today! I generally can only sleep 6 hours, if that, and am good to go for the day as long as my mind keeps active, LOL!
Ilene is with her son this week so Carolyn and I are going to get together today and go to lunch and then play games this afternoon, probably.
Mark and I went for a bike ride after we got back from the funeral, so I have more fodder for scrapbooking! We went to supper while out.
That's about it for me! Short and sweet.
Have a great day!

 

[vickyday]

@vickyday yay for scrapping, I got a page done yesterday too. I'll have to ask Cait tomorrow to get a picture of me on the yoga mat
I don't eat sugar-free candy or chocolate but Gary has in the past and said that too much would wreck his stomach. I hope that you weren't in too much pain for long.
Affect and effect are ok with me. There was a word combo that I can't keep track of that I googled last week, don't remember what it was. I never know when you use like or as and Grammarly flags me on that all of the time
I am sorry to hear about Mark's friend. 63 is way too young.
Helloooo, Mr. Frog! Cute pic!

@taxed4ever How was the hike? Hope you didn't have to breathe too much smoky air.

@bcgal00 Sorry that you are getting that smoke too. Hope that you and Remi had a nice time out together

@Cherylndesigns The same thing here- If I took a nap mid-day, my family would *freak out*! LOL!
How fun to see all of the goodies in the basket, they sound like they are all picked out special for you.
Aly is a peanut. I don't know what would be worse, starving yourself on your own or being pushed into it by your mother. Hmph. Definitely b/c of the mother. Mothers are supposed to *protect* their children. Not abuse them. At least when I starved myself, I had *my* reasons for doing it. My mom, once she knew about it, did what she could to help me. It was often the wrong thing to do (have another bite or you to look too thin always backfired) but she wanted to help. I am so sad for Aly yet grateful that she has you all.
That's awesome that Asher is going to be closer!! Yippeeeee!!!
Awww Bart is too cute, look at his long legs!

HAGD my loves!

Good! Can't wait to see your yoga page! Post it here so we don't miss it!

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Good monring. I'm up early. It's 70 currently and beautiful outside. I'm planning on getting outside today - I need to get my new plants in the ground. I have them in containers on the porch and have been watering them, but I need to get them in their permanent homes.

Chris @faerywings I'm so happy that some of the bunnies are ok - hope that little one does a turn around. Are you going to take them all to the rescue? That cold weather you're having doesn't sound good for them. So, you were anorexic? I did't ask when you said if I had any questions to let you know - thought maybe it was Cait. It must be a terrible thing - is it like you're almost afraid to eat? Yes, Aly is a peanut - I kid her about being shorter than me. LOL Now I'm not the shortest one. Yes, I'm super excited about Steph and Asher being so much closer! She has a really good job opportunity there already - one of Brandon's (her ex) best friends is a medical recruiter in the area they're moving to, and Steph would be perfect for that job and it's remote which means she could come and stay for as long as she wanted to and still work from here.

Vicky @vickyday I'm so sorry about Mark's friend. Sending hugs to both of you. Girls I read a "rule" about effect and affect a long time ago. "Affect" is more of a medical or psychological term, like "seasonal AFFECTIVE Disorder". There are other examples too, mostly to do with behavior. "Effect" is "normally" correct. HTH

I'm going to go off of here but I may pop back on later. Got lots to do today - also Braden's graduation is tomorrow evening, then we're all going to Adrienne and Roger's afterward. There will be about 25 people there. We're going to be busy.

Oh, just kidding - Chris @faerywings what was that birdsong identifier that Jeanne told you about? I hope it was Merlin. I downloaded it last night and can't wait to use it.

Now, XOXO

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... it is another sunny warm day ! Sorry @faerywings I will be glad to send you some of this heat your way! Heather says she is getting the cold temps too and is looking forward to some warmer weather by the weekend! We are in desperate need of some rain, it is amazing how quickly everything dries out! Yesterdays hike was amazing and half of it was walking along the oceanside, we did almost 11km and so by the time I got home, my legs were mighty tired!! The first part of the hike was in the woods with lots of climbing, but oh so pretty and cool in the shade. Then the beach part was lovely as the cool breeze off the water kept our temps down. We had to make sure we got back to our starting point before the tide changed and by the time we returned we were quickly running out of beach . Then we all went to a little pub and grabbed a little something to eat and by the time I got home it was 3pm. It was a long day of sunshine and exercise and thank goodness I brought my sunscreen along, however I still got a bit of a burn, that sun is very strong!! Today I will get the resin coat on my turtle painting and after a couple of days I will be able to get it to its new owner. Other than that not much going on here, so I will attempt to get another layout done for one of the challenges.

@faerywings - Awww poor little bunnies!! We have many of them here, but every once in awhile they get scooped up by the eagles or the hawks yes Nature can be cruel!! Glad that you got them to the rescue place! Sounds like you did not have a very good day yesterday! I hope that today is much, much better!! Sending lots of good vibes your way!

@Cherylndesigns - What wonderful news about Steph and Asher, you must be over the moon happy!! Yes Aly is just a little bitty thing, hope she starts to eat again soon! It is so awful that she was on food rations while she was dancing and now it has stuck with her as an adult, so not right!! I hope that your day is filled with sunshine and good news!

@bcgal00 - The smoke haze is not so bad this morning and the wind must have switched direction by the time our hike started as we did not have any smoke at all for the remainder of the day. I hope its not too bad for you today! Are you starting to feel better? You must have had that same strain of Covid as I did, it sure knocked my socks off and took a long time to get back to normal.

@vickyday - so sorry to hear about Marks friend!! I have never had bad effects from eating sugar free candy, its the the candy with all the sugar that bothers me LOL. I put on 5lbs just thinking about it .

Ok I am outta here, its time for another coffee and then I need to get my table set up so I can pour the resin on my painting. Have a great day everyone!

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. I have my hair appt today. Now that it is short, I need to get it styled every 5-6 weeks. Had a great time driving through the small towns yesterday, stopping for Remi to explore and take bird photos. I found a lake and there is a path all around to walk, which a family said would take about 1.5 hrs. When I have more stamina back then Jen and I will have to bring the dogs there for the hike. When we got there, Remi ran right in, she was so happy to splash around and they had good sticks too which is her second fave thing next to the water. We were gone about 7 hrs.

This morning D will take the car in to get the snow tires off and oil change. If he's not back by lunchtime then I can use Jen's car for my hair appt.

The Alberta fire smoke is worse today, visibility is poor and the air is thick.

@faerywings Yesterday sounds terrible. I hope today is a happier, calmer day. It's sad to lose some of the bunnies but you did save some, that is the thing to focus on.

@vickyday I can eat a bit of the maltitol type of sweetened candy but not much, only a little bit.

I need to do some chores and get out to move the sprinkler in the yard. I'd better get at it. HAGD everyone.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Hi Trudy @taxed4ever yes, I'm over the moon about Steph and Asher - as you can imagine. We've stayed in daily touch via FT, phone calls and lots of texts throughout the day, but it's not a substitute for having them close, is it??? If Steph can get this job, she'll be coming ahead of the rest of them. Her ex has a house to sell and they're expecting a baby at the end of this month, so they'll be following her. Brandon's sister and her family are also moving with them. They've just all had it with the massive influx of people to Florida and the beyond - horrible traffic. We're all originally Mid Westerners and they want to get back to "real folks". Florida has just blown up - it was a different place just since we left. The cost of living is outrageous there, too. Every time they've come back out here, they've been more drawn to move back.

Your day yesterday sounds lovely, even though you got a bit of sunburn and your legs are weak today. HAGD

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Rae @bcgal00 I hope you're planning to stay indoors if the air quality is bad. Those fires put off a lot of smoke, even if they're not terribly close. They used to do "controlled burns" in FL and we could see flames "licking" from our back yard and they looked so close, but they really weren't that close but they sure messed with the air quality.

 

[Nonni F]

Good evening, everyone. @faerywings Chris was not kidding about the cold. Holy menopausal Mother Nature. Seriously! It did turn into a beautiful afternoon though. I was supposed to see the orthopedic surgeon this morning but they called and cancelled last minute. I spent it outside in the gardens instead of work and I'm happily exhausted.

Those poor baby bunnies. So kind of you all to make sure they were taken care of. Nature, with all it's beauty certainly can be very cruel. I typically have a bunch of bunnies.... this spring I have not seen a single one. Wonder what's up with that. What I do have though is a brown rat and I'm not happy about it. He's adorable and my husband keeps telling me they're no different than squirrels or chippies but I beg to differ. There are chickens two houses over... I don't know if he's visiting them from there or just passing through but he needs to move along... like... NOW! Bob said he'd put the have a heart trap out tonight and relocate him. I told him that might freak me out more... he takes one away and next thing I know there's another... NOPE. just let me think it's just that ONE. (ssshhhh... don't ruin this for me)

I hope you all have a wonderful evening. I'm off to scrap.

PEACE

 

[vickyday]

Morning ladies... it is another sunny warm day ! Sorry @faerywings I will be glad to send you some of this heat your way! Heather says she is getting the cold temps too and is looking forward to some warmer weather by the weekend! We are in desperate need of some rain, it is amazing how quickly everything dries out! Yesterdays hike was amazing and half of it was walking along the oceanside, we did almost 11km and so by the time I got home, my legs were mighty tired!! The first part of the hike was in the woods with lots of climbing, but oh so pretty and cool in the shade. Then the beach part was lovely as the cool breeze off the water kept our temps down. We had to make sure we got back to our starting point before the tide changed and by the time we returned we were quickly running out of beach . Then we all went to a little pub and grabbed a little something to eat and by the time I got home it was 3pm. It was a long day of sunshine and exercise and thank goodness I brought my sunscreen along, however I still got a bit of a burn, that sun is very strong!! Today I will get the resin coat on my turtle painting and after a couple of days I will be able to get it to its new owner. Other than that not much going on here, so I will attempt to get another layout done for one of the challenges.

@faerywings - Awww poor little bunnies!! We have many of them here, but every once in awhile they get scooped up by the eagles or the hawks yes Nature can be cruel!! Glad that you got them to the rescue place! Sounds like you did not have a very good day yesterday! I hope that today is much, much better!! Sending lots of good vibes your way!

@Cherylndesigns - What wonderful news about Steph and Asher, you must be over the moon happy!! Yes Aly is just a little bitty thing, hope she starts to eat again soon! It is so awful that she was on food rations while she was dancing and now it has stuck with her as an adult, so not right!! I hope that your day is filled with sunshine and good news!

@bcgal00 - The smoke haze is not so bad this morning and the wind must have switched direction by the time our hike started as we did not have any smoke at all for the remainder of the day. I hope its not too bad for you today! Are you starting to feel better? You must have had that same strain of Covid as I did, it sure knocked my socks off and took a long time to get back to normal.

@vickyday - so sorry to hear about Marks friend!! I have never had bad effects from eating sugar free candy, its the the candy with all the sugar that bothers me LOL. I put on 5lbs just thinking about it .

Ok I am outta here, its time for another coffee and then I need to get my table set up so I can pour the resin on my painting. Have a great day everyone!

Glad the wind changed so you could enjoy your hike! I know what you mean about putting on weight just thinking about candy! Same here! I think I lost weight with eating the sugar free candy, if you know what I mean!

 

[vickyday]

Good morning ladies. I have my hair appt today. Now that it is short, I need to get it styled every 5-6 weeks. Had a great time driving through the small towns yesterday, stopping for Remi to explore and take bird photos. I found a lake and there is a path all around to walk, which a family said would take about 1.5 hrs. When I have more stamina back then Jen and I will have to bring the dogs there for the hike. When we got there, Remi ran right in, she was so happy to splash around and they had good sticks too which is her second fave thing next to the water. We were gone about 7 hrs.

This morning D will take the car in to get the snow tires off and oil change. If he's not back by lunchtime then I can use Jen's car for my hair appt.

The Alberta fire smoke is worse today, visibility is poor and the air is thick.

@faerywings Yesterday sounds terrible. I hope today is a happier, calmer day. It's sad to lose some of the bunnies but you did save some, that is the thing to focus on.

@vickyday I can eat a bit of the maltitol type of sweetened candy but not much, only a little bit.

I need to do some chores and get out to move the sprinkler in the yard. I'd better get at it. HAGD everyone.

I hope your air quality is better today!

 

[vickyday]

Good evening, everyone. @faerywings Chris was not kidding about the cold. Holy menopausal Mother Nature. Seriously! It did turn into a beautiful afternoon though. I was supposed to see the orthopedic surgeon this morning but they called and cancelled last minute. I spent it outside in the gardens instead of work and I'm happily exhausted.

Those poor baby bunnies. So kind of you all to make sure they were taken care of. Nature, with all it's beauty certainly can be very cruel. I typically have a bunch of bunnies.... this spring I have not seen a single one. Wonder what's up with that. What I do have though is a brown rat and I'm not happy about it. He's adorable and my husband keeps telling me they're no different than squirrels or chippies but I beg to differ. There are chickens two houses over... I don't know if he's visiting them from there or just passing through but he needs to move along... like... NOW! Bob said he'd put the have a heart trap out tonight and relocate him. I told him that might freak me out more... he takes one away and next thing I know there's another... NOPE. just let me think it's just that ONE. (ssshhhh... don't ruin this for me)

I hope you all have a wonderful evening. I'm off to scrap.

PEACE

I had to laugh at your Mother Nature description!

 

[vickyday]

Good monring. I'm up early. It's 70 currently and beautiful outside. I'm planning on getting outside today - I need to get my new plants in the ground. I have them in containers on the porch and have been watering them, but I need to get them in their permanent homes.

Chris @faerywings I'm so happy that some of the bunnies are ok - hope that little one does a turn around. Are you going to take them all to the rescue? That cold weather you're having doesn't sound good for them. So, you were anorexic? I did't ask when you said if I had any questions to let you know - thought maybe it was Cait. It must be a terrible thing - is it like you're almost afraid to eat? Yes, Aly is a peanut - I kid her about being shorter than me. LOL Now I'm not the shortest one. Yes, I'm super excited about Steph and Asher being so much closer! She has a really good job opportunity there already - one of Brandon's (her ex) best friends is a medical recruiter in the area they're moving to, and Steph would be perfect for that job and it's remote which means she could come and stay for as long as she wanted to and still work from here.

Vicky @vickyday I'm so sorry about Mark's friend. Sending hugs to both of you. Girls I read a "rule" about effect and affect a long time ago. "Affect" is more of a medical or psychological term, like "seasonal AFFECTIVE Disorder". There are other examples too, mostly to do with behavior. "Effect" is "normally" correct. HTH

I'm going to go off of here but I may pop back on later. Got lots to do today - also Braden's graduation is tomorrow evening, then we're all going to Adrienne and Roger's afterward. There will be about 25 people there. We're going to be busy.

Oh, just kidding - Chris @faerywings what was that birdsong identifier that Jeanne told you about? I hope it was Merlin. I downloaded it last night and can't wait to use it.

Now, XOXO

HA! Mark asked me about the use of either affect or effect this morning! I told him we had just been talking about that and he had picked the correct word, LOL!