Daily Ooo's: Wednesday, January 25

[faerywings]

GooOd morning/afternoon/evening to all!
How is your day? I hope it is a great one so far. I am ok, feeling a bit out of sorts. It is my peak day of Tindamax, so there is that. Add in that I have to call the food pantry to see if I can pick up a couple of bags of food and the utter stress I am feeling about losing my healthcare.
I know that this is a politics-free area, and *please* tell me if I am bringing too much of it in here, but my goodness, it is really consuming my life ATM. I am trying to find some sort of balance- between being optimistic (it will all work out), funny (telling BFFATS that I don't want to know for sure that she voted for DT because that will be one less house to egg when I lose my insurance), activism (I spent so much time yesterday emailing my Senators RE: the ACA), and utter despair. I am not doing so well with it, but I am trying

We ended up with about 4" of snow and ice yesterday- messy heavy stuff.
But the sun is out today and I think it should be in the 40's to melt a bunch of it. We did a good job of clearing the driveway so it wouldn't freeze into huge blocks of ice.

We still don't have Caitlyn's car back so she has to go in early with Scott and we have to pick her up this afternoon. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will be ready to pick up at that time since we have to drive right past the shop on the way home from her school.

I painted the trim in my bathroom yesterday and I think I will do the kids' today as long as I have all of the supplies out. It is a good idea to do something like that when I am in this kind of mood. One thing about me and stress-- my house never looks so good. :rofl:

Hoping everyone has a wonderful day full of love and peace! And if anyone has a little extra of that vibe going around, pass it along to me.

 

[faerywings]

Nancy- seriously, the things we do for our dogs! haha! Poor Luther not wanting to go out, the winds must have been much worse by you since you are close to the coastline. Hope that the sun helps dry up your yard.
Did the Devils come out angry and fighting last night? They better have.
Caitlyn's friend is seriously such a nice guy. when he picked her up, she had a waffle for him. She gets in the car, gives it to him, and he has a coffee for her. So nice. I should tell his mom what a fab job she has done.

Trudy- how fantastic to get in a good walk, as well as extra laps in the pool, you go!!!! keep sending the sun and warmth to us!

Rae- I love hearing how happy Taz was at the park until the gunshot happened, poor Taz!!!
No worries about ACDSee making me nuts, I already am! :madgrin: One of the links that is broken was how to set up your Categories to start tagging and that would have been really helpful.

I cannot get over how many people still have that awful cold/virus/cough. My SIL has had it for weeks now too.

*waving hi and handing a cup of coffee to everyone who stops by*
:cof1:

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[nancyr]

good morning - the rain and wind had stopped in the morning so Luther and I got in a good walk. But darn if the wind and rain did not come back in the afternoon so no afternoon walk. Then I left for hockey game. The game was the pits. The Devils forgot the game started and then gave up 2 goals in the first 2 min of the game and ended the first losing 3-0. Lost in the end 3-1. My son is still sick so he just left for the doctor. He really sounds bad. But at least tonight will be fun and non hockey as I am going out to dinner with my girlfriends.

Chris I am so sorry about the health care problems. I feel it too now that I have to do medicare. Who knows what the changes there will be. Cait's friend sounds really really nice. Sure hope her car is fixed so you can stop being her Uber. We did not get any snow!

Trudy congrats on all the exercise! Way to go. And it must have worked as I see the sun! And temps to 50!

Rae glad Taz had fun for a while. In my area every Wed for a while in deer season in a local park. Necessary but not where I will want to walk.

Have a great day all!

 

[scrapinmom]

It is a scary time for sure. I don't know what to think about the whole thing. Today I need to get a layout done with a mini O kit. Hope everyone has a good day/evening.

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning O-zies!! Just popping in to say hey and then I need to get ready for my hike, sounds like it will turn into a bird watching day too. I hope to take some good pics with my heavy camera. I love the pictures that it takes but I sure don't like to lug it around. My old iPhone is so full that I doubt it will be able to take any photos at all. Looking forward to when my contract is up with Telus so I can get a new one with much more storage space!

Chris - Ugh on the Tindamax and also the Health Care woes!! It seems like it will never end for you! Heather is also having issues with her Disability from the gov't. Three years ago she applied for and got extra $$ from the gov't and now they are telling her that they overpaid and that she owes them $300 ?? Seriously?? :rant: It took them 3 years to figure that out? I was livid!! Poor kid if she didn't have bad luck she wouldn't have any at all!! So I told her that I would pay it, but she insisted on doing it herself, she said that she could pay it back a little at a time, so she is going to make sure it takes a long time to pay for it and will give them very little each payment! Good thing they will not penalize her for interest. It was their mistake, I swear everyone who works for the Ontario Govt is STUPID!!!
So that put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day yesterday!! :sorry: for the rant LOL

Nancy - Glad that wind stopped at least for half of your day! Nice to hear that your temps are up and the sun is shining today! Sorry about your Devils forgetting to play hockey! We actually witnessed a win last night with the Bruins, something that has not been happening very often for them. Have fun with your girlfriends tonight!

Sharon - Hope you manage to get your layout done with the miniO kit! Have fun!

Ok I better get my backpack all loaded up for the days hike. Get some breakfast in my tummy and get dressed. Have a fun day everyone! Do something great today!! :wave:

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning, ladies. Got caught up in my book this morning and lingered a bit, reading and drinking coffee. I am enjoying my last few days before my work schedule increases again. The month is flying by. I am slowly getting things done around here. Did some tax work yesterday, spent a long time on the phone while the techs remotely worked on my email problems but hopefully it is all working now. I am slowly reloading things back into my computer and setting up folders and installing software. I am loving how fast this new HD is. I do need to start looking around for a new monitor soon though. I really like my HP monitor so hopefully will find something similar.

Today I'm off to the park with Taz, will check in with Bailey and see if she wants to go out for a photo walk tomorrow.

Chris - fingers crossed that your health care works out ok. I agree that it is scary, not knowing what DT will do. Be positive, try not to stress and hopefully it'll be alright. (I know, easier said than done.) Hope Cait's car will be ready today. Yes, it does sound like she has a really nice friend.

Trudy - that is awful about the gov't screwing up. Poor girl. After dealing with the furnace issue, she doesnt' need this too. Very frustrating. I know you worry about her but get out there today and enjoy that hike. Should be a gorgeous day out.

Nancy - sorry to hear they played badly. Enjoy the non-hockey evening and have fun with your friends.

Sharon - It is so nice to have you here! Looking forward to see your LO. Hope you are settling in nicely here.

I'm going back to working on the computer again for a few hours, need to figure out why one of my software programs isn't accepting the license key...ugh. Might have to email the company about it. Have a great day, everyone.