Daily Ooos: Wednesday, January 19

[faerywings]

GooOd mOrning, O-Fam! How are you doing today?

I think I am doing good. Still not awake enough to give a proper assessment.
I think I had a good day yesterday, although not really sure about that either. hahaha!

It was so cold, I had the car warming up then drove it to the supermarket and home without turning it off once. 45 minutes later, there were still chunks of ice under the hood along the windshield. Every time I had to take the dogs out, my hands turned blue.
(yes, it is the time of year when every day I complain about the cold. Don't worry, this will pass once the weather warms up and thankfully, I don't complain about the heat, so you will get at least a few months break from this )

I talked to my mom for a while and I am really worried about my dad. His non-replaced hip has been bothering him to the point where he is having trouble walking. He had two cousins die this past week. He got news of cousin #2 while he was at cousin #1 service. He is depressed and irritable and I don't know how to help. He pretends everything is fine when I talk to him. They were supposed to be coming here on Friday for bagels and to celebrate my mom's b-day but he made an appt with his orthopedist at that time. I am hoping he will be able to come up for lunch instead. The kids always make him laugh and I would like to see how he is with my own eyes.
I wish I knew how to help. He is stubborn as all heck though and that aggravates my mom - and you guessed it-- then they bicker and bicker annnnnddd bicker. *eye roll*

I am off cleaning today, was supposed to go tomorrow but we are supposed to get some more snow. (UGH) Easy enough to switch it around. I would like to finish the hat I am crocheting, I am down to the last three or 4 rounds. So far, I am really happy with how it is coming out, I can see a few mistakes but nothing super obvious. I have to decrease stitches in these next rows so I am going to have to pay attention. Not a strong suit of mine

I am also going o see if I can do some more hard drive cleanup. When I got this computer in July, I had copied over all of my scrap supplies/photos and have been making sure everything copied correctly before I delete the old files. I finished the scrap folders over the weekend and now am doing the photos. The folders I have left have 9 years of pics of Scott and LL together, The first one I saw was a bit of a gut punch. They looked so happy. I will never understand how she changed so much and so fast.
Anyway.
I might do some of that today and maybe I can press that delete button with a sense of satisfaction today *evil grin*

Have fun!

 

[faerywings]

@LSlycord Wow that is COLD!!! I know that you aren't used to it, which makes it feel worse!
How are your plants doing?? They must not be happy. Do you cover them or bring them inside if there is frost?

@taxed4ever Sorry about the rain but yes at least it is not snow. Jason must be a hero to his neighbors!! Gary attempted the snowblower the other day her and the snow was too wet and heavy. Jason must have been tired. I am glad that Heater didn't get as much, it has to make it so much harder for her to get around. The puppy must have been so happy in the snow.

@BrightEyes Seems like we were on the same page sort of, working on cleaning out the hard drives.

If you haven't heard, you can finally order free at-home Covid Tests. You can get 4 per household. I think I read that next week they are going to make N95s available too. I am glad that you were able to get the masks already since you will need them before then.
Hope you and the family are doing well!

@tanteva Your genealogy research sounds *exactly* like me unraveling this ball of yarn. ROTFMAO!!
I hope that you find out that you are related to your friend (Is this the one that you met with a few months ago?). That is crazy to me to find out that you a related to so many people in your town. It shouldn't be weird, though. My dad's family is mostly concentrated in two towns.
And it is not nerdy-- it's actually very cool! I like history
Look at how cute you are! My guess would be that you are 2-3 years old but I can;t even tell what my own kids ages are in pics

@bcgal00 Sending so many good thoughts for B, I hope that they are able to help her.
Hang in there and have fun with Bella too

@Cherylndesigns Enjoy the walk today, hope the weather stays nice for it
I didn't even bother with the scrap page yesterday, maybe today I can try again

@mom2triplets04 Ugh!!! Sorry that you have night sweats, this is not the time of year to have that happen.
Not that any time of year is good but to wake up all sweaty when it is cold out. Blech


xoxoxo!!

 

[LSlycord]

Good morning ladies. Quick one from me this morning. Still cold here but better. It's in the 40's and will hit 70 and lots of sunshine so hard to complain too much.

I need to get Andie to the groomer for a bath. Andie is 95 pounds and strong. Andie doesn't necessarily like going to the groomer for a bath. Therefore, I am dreading the bath day. But 95 pounds is not fun in the tub or shower at home. Hayden went to the groomer for a bath yesterday and she didn't like it either. But Hayden is 55 pounds and I can handle her much easier than Andie. So that's my big excitement for the day!

Oh, and my Christmas present arrives. We are having a storm door added to the front of the house. Back home, all houses have screen doors. Here, not so much. I don't know why. We wanted the kind that the glass rolls up into the door and hides when the screen is on and vice versa. However, our door is 9 foot so that was a special (and what that really means is expensive) order so we (and what that really means is I) pouted and decided against the storm door. Until Brian pointed out that we don't have a need for the glass. Here we can always have the screen in. This is going to create some really nice cross ventilation when it gets nice (really means later this week).

Anyway, I'll be back in later for personals. Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... I can't believe how dark it still is at 7:30 in the morning! Sure would be nice to get up and have some sunlight coming in the windows! Today I am meeting a good friend from my hiking group for coffee. She lives in Lake Cowichan and needs to come here to Duncan for some sort of appointment. She txt me yesterday and asked if I would join her for coffee before she goes to her appt. It was funny because I was thinking about her all morning, before she txt me. She said isn't it funny when friends just know when its time to connect again. I guess its true! So that is my excitement for the day! I hope to go to Winners afterward and see what they have in the way of spring form baking pans. I would like to me a cheesecake for my Gary's birthday. He normally would ask for Chocolate Cake with Green Peppermint Icing, but he is not allowed to have that on Keto. He was telling me last night that he is really enjoying this Keto way of Eating and has lost a couple more pounds. Says his knees are not bothering him as much and he has a bit more energy too! Hooray!! Oh and he said his pants fit him better too LOL. I am hopeful that the grands have all gotten back to school today. Mostly for the sake of some sanity for the parents . I need to hit the gallery today and do some commenting and perhaps get a page started or get my siggie changed. Yesterday I happily played in my craft room making a few cards. I should have been making birthday ones, but ended up going in a totally different direction. That is the fun of crafting right? Well not much else happening here today, so I suppose I should empty the dishwasher and then grab another coffee and get to commenting. Have a lovely Wednesday everyone!

 

[taxed4ever]

@faerywings - I am sorry that your Dad seems to not be doing very well and is pretending that all is fine! Boy do I know what that is like!! MEN, how can they be so damn stubborn about their health?? Hopefully he can join you for lunch and the kids will put him in a better mood! Good luck with your cleaning today, hopefully the snow stays away and you can get there! That must have been a shocker to see all those photos of Scott and LL so happy. I can see your evil grin when you push the delete button LOL.

@LSlycord - No wonder you take the dogs to a groomer, that would be a lot of dog to try to handle in the tub!! How nice to have the new storm door and so nice that you don't need to have the glass! It will be great for a cross ventilation when the really warm days come back! Hopefully that will be very soon!

@Cherylndesigns - I do that all the time, walk away from my computer to do something else and stay signed in at the O all day/all night! Yes I think we are all done with hearing only bad news all of the time! Good plan to stay away from the television and to only listen to the positive! Good for you! I am glad that I have been able to finally get out for a few walks, now that the snow is all gone and the sidewalk etc. are no longer so icy! I hope you can get out in the fresh air too!

 

[bcgal00]

A short hello today. I am beyond devastated and sad. Bailey is missing. The nurse at the hospital screwed up and let her leave in the middle of a trigger, last night. We've alerted the news media, the police, the transit. There is an alert out for her. Everyone is looking and we figure we have about 48 hours before it becomes dire b/c of the meds/diabetes and seizure activity. I'm going to work, maybe scrap a bit, don't feel like chatting with anyone, just want to keep busy, kind of block out my thoughts right now as I try to pull myself together.

Prayers are needed. thx.

 

[faerywings]

Rae, I just saw on FB and I am beyond distraught. I shared it too. Cait and I are sending prayers together for you.
I am wrapping you all with love. I wish I could do so much more.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

A short hello today. I am beyond devastated and sad. Bailey is missing. The nurse at the hospital screwed up and let her leave in the middle of a trigger, last night. We've alerted the news media, the police, the transit. There is an alert out for her. Everyone is looking and we figure we have about 48 hours before it becomes dire b/c of the meds/diabetes and seizure activity. I'm going to work, maybe scrap a bit, don't feel like chatting with anyone, just want to keep busy, kind of block out my thoughts right now as I try to pull myself together.

Prayers are needed. thx.

Oh Rae, I'm SO sorry - how in the world did that communication break down??? Unreal - Please keep us posted. Does she have any "favorite places" - though I'm sure you've already checked there if so.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Good afternoon, OOOZZZies,

Chris @faerywings I'm sorry to hear about your dad. The "non operated on" hip is bearing the extra burden of the injured one so that makes sense that it's hurting. Dang - it's always something, isn't it? Two cousins? How sad. You KNOW he's NOT okay - just be there for him - that's my only advice. He probably won't open up to you, though. YOU sound very down, my sweet friend. Can you "play" with Braxton today? Maybe find a new outfit for him to wear. This series of books I'm listening to "The Artists' Way" suggests taking an "art day" and going ANYWHERE that might make your senses heightened. Even, in your case, are there any amazing Yarn Stores that you could visit? Just go and hang out and talk to other knitters/crocheters? I used to go to Barned and Nobles when I got depressed. We had one very close to us and I'd go get me a big ole' coffee find an aisle that had books I was interested in and either plop down on the floor (yes, I could get back up in those days. LOL) or find a big overstuffed chair to read in. I guess that was my "Artists' Day" and I didn't know it. The author says she even goes to a fabric store sometimes and feels the fabric. Haha

Kay @BrightEyes thanks for directing to the post I "skimmed over" - what a wonderful tut.

Trudy @taxed4ever it was very difficult to "unplug" and I've even done it from social media (as much as possible. You see "snippets" of it even if you go on to post a LO, but I'm learning to "move on". Yesterday was a little easier - To fill the quiet, I decided to listen to audio books. I have Scribed and it has pretty much whatever you want to hear. I'm not an audio book "champ" and would rather read, but I catch enough of the book, while I scrap that I get the point. "The Artists' Way" is quite popular, I guess and a lot of therapists even use it - also seminars are based on it. The author is Julia Cameron.

I'm going to go out and check the board. Hope everybody is having a good day.

 

[mom2triplets04]

busy morning, Dropped off Myla to camp and then went food shopping. Still chicken is limited here and very overpriced. $13 to $15 a pack for cutlets. We only get cutlets no bones.

went to the dermatologist all my spots are normal. He did freeze two of them though as they were itchy and now I'm in a bit of pain. One was on my neck and the other in the middle of my back. It's like a burning feeling now. It is hard to drive.

Gotta go get Myla soon.

@faerywings really nice out today. 50 degrees which isn't bad. Myla wants to go outside so luckily the camp has both indoor and outdoor so she's been running in and out. I watch her on the camera. there is no camera on the outside but I see her time and time go in and out. She is so cute you ask her if she wants to go to school and she howls at you and then jumps on the door,. She comes home really tired too which is nice. It's like having a new dog. I got some nice photos today as we sat outside a bit in the morning which I need to scrap.

 

[LSlycord]

@bcgal00 praying since I saw your FB post.

 

[taxed4ever]

Oh Rae I also saw your facebook and have shared of course! Holding you all close to my heart as you search for B!!

 

[tjscraps]

Thinking of you Rae, and praying for Bailey.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Rae, I'm keeping vigil on FB and have shared your posts and asked others to share it, too. Sending prayers and prayers and prayers that Bailey is found soon. 48 hours is a long time, but praying that she's safe and sound somewhere!!!