Daily Ooos: Wednesday, January 3

[faerywings]

Ittttttssssss Hump Day! Does that mean anything to anyone at this point? Especially after the holidays? Not here. It's just another day.

It was nice being home yesterday but I worked my butt off. Who knew that shredding papers was going to be exhausting? LOL I had to take breaks because the shredder was overheating. I also threw away CDs for computers and programs that we haven't had in years. Like Windows 7. it doesn't feel like I put a dent in it but there are two overstuffed Amazon boxes ready to go out for recycling today.
I also spoke to my mom for a long time. Everything I had told my dad and brother in my emails was exactly how she was feeling. I also tried my best to get her to see how her mood was coloring her perceptions and she was perceiving slights that weren't there And again, I encouraged her to get out of the house, volunteer at the library. She said that they used to ask her to do that but they stopped asking because she always turned them down. I strongly suggested that she ask them and I'd put money on it that they would be thrilled to have her. I know, I am saying the same damn things I have been saying for years. None of this is new to you or to her.

I am picking up my groceries this morning and then will be taking Jaida to PT. I am not sure if Gary is going with me. He has been feeling awful and his Lyme-Brain is not good. I'm a little concerned about driving that far with her (it's a little under an hour away) but in NJ you have to have dogs seatbelted. We never got our dogs seatbelts because we usually only take them around the corner to the vet or the park. Hopefully, the trazodone will keep her calm enough in the back seat by herself. Usually, Gary would drive and I'd sit in the back with her.

I started two scrap pages yesterday and want to upload them when I get back.
J is ready to out, BRB!

 

[faerywings]

Super quick personals -- you all know that I do read everything, just not always able to comment ♥

@LSlycord small victories are how it all begins! You got this!! And we are all cheering you on.

@Cherylndesigns How happy it must make you to see Chuck eating and enjoying food.
How is Adrienne feeling today, hope she is better. And you too-- I know that you don't want to pass anything along to him.

(of course she does; she's Ava.)

@vickyday I found papers for banks that don't even exist anymore.
No, thankfully I don't suspect dementia with my mom. She just is harboring a ton of anger and feeling like she doesn't matter to anyone. Some of it is valid, some of it is from decades ago, and some of it is blown out of proportion.
The hike from the other day was led by a Park Ranger so I didn't have to pay attention to any markers.

@BrightEyes That photo of you and Bill and the story to go with broke my heart, gave me chills, and showed the profound love you have for each other. And that's all I can say before I get teary again ♥

@taxed4ever How can you make Pasta fagiole without the pasta? LOL!!!!
TY for the Intsapot recipe thread! Tomorrow is DH's surgery, right? Tell him that the O-Ladies are wishing him good luck and a speedy recovery. For his sake as well as yours
Have fun on your hike!

@bcgal00 I am excited for you for your birding hikes! And yes, same here- I am glad to be eating real food and salads again.

@vickyday TFS those photos. ♥
Happy 44 years of being a mom! DD was a big baby!
If you talk to Betty Jo- tell her that I am thinking of her too. She was such a sweetie here.
Good news that your PT went well too.



HUGS!!!

 

[BrightEyes]

Another night of broken sleep... kept waking up every hour or so. I refused to get up until 5AM although I was awake from 4AM on. Yes, I was having crazy dreams most of the night so that could have caused me to wake up frequently. So ignore my red streaked eyeballs this morning.
Not sure what time DD#3 will be down this afternoon but will get something out of the freezer in a few minutes to fix for our supper. Forecast is for SNOW late this afternoon/night and into tomorrow... oh, joy!!! Just what I didn't want. In the meantime, I need to get bills paid and into the mail. Waiting to hear from my banker about an appointment tomorrow after DD and I see the lawyer. We have several other places to go after that. It will be a long and busy day. And, yes, I am waiting until DD gets here to put the wired keyboard and mouse into place. My back is feeling much better this morning so don't want to cause it to flare up again.

It was nice being home yesterday but I worked my butt off. Who knew that shredding papers was going to be exhausting? LOL I had to take breaks because the shredder was overheating. I also threw away CDs for computers and programs that we haven't had in years. Like Windows 7. it doesn't feel like I put a dent in it but there are two overstuffed Amazon boxes ready to go out for recycling today.I also spoke to my mom for a long time. Everything I had told my dad and brother in my emails was exactly how she was feeling. I also tried my best to get her to see how her mood was coloring her perceptions and she was perceiving slights that weren't there And again, I encouraged her to get out of the house, volunteer at the library. She said that they used to ask her to do that but they stopped asking because she always turned them down. I strongly suggested that she ask them and I'd put money on it that they would be thrilled to have her. I know, I am saying the same damn things I have been saying for years. None of this is new to you or to her. I am picking up my groceries this morning and then will be taking Jaida to PT. I am not sure if Gary is going with me. He has been feeling awful and his Lyme-Brain is not good. I'm a little concerned about driving that far with her (it's a little under an hour away) but in NJ you have to have dogs seatbelted. We never got our dogs seatbelts because we usually only take them around the corner to the vet or the park. Hopefully, the trazodone will keep her calm enough in the back seat by herself. Usually, Gary would drive and I'd sit in the back with her.I started two scrap pages yesterday and want to upload them when I get back.J is ready to out, BRB!

Wow, Chris... you were really busy yesterday. Yeah, shredding can be exhausting. I burnt out a shredder a couple of years ago when I was moving into DH's office. Had files/papers of Mom's (she died in 2014) and DH had tons of old papers and computer programs/books from back in 2001! Glad you got most of the stuff done. Hope Gary can go with you to hold J on the trip over to the PT.

@BrightEyes That photo of you and Bill and the story to go with broke my heart, gave me chills, and showed the profound love you have for each other. And that's all I can say before I get teary again ♥

Yes, that photo does all the above... but at the same time gives me comfort to see it. Must admit that the holidays and through early January is a rough time emotionally for me but I have learned to get through them by recalling the good times Bill and I shared.

@taxed4ever Adding my thanks to Chris' for the Intsapot recipes. I don't have one.... yet.... but DD#1 swears by hers. Of course, she is cooking for 6 so it makes sense she bought one. And, I have to echo Chris again.... "How can you make Pasta fagiole without the pasta? LOL!!!!"

@vickyday Love seeing the photo of both of your hubbies (one at a time). It is wonderful that you knew the 2nd one. And were young enough to remarry. Oh, your sweet DD as a baby and grown up.. love those photos, too.

@Cherylndesigns It is so good to hear that your DH enjoyed the real food meal you fixed for him. Sounds like he is coming along on the road to recovery.

Sending good thoughts for a much better New Year than 2023 for all of us. BBL

 

[vickyday]

Ittttttssssss Hump Day! Does that mean anything to anyone at this point? Especially after the holidays? Not here. It's just another day.

It was nice being home yesterday but I worked my butt off. Who knew that shredding papers was going to be exhausting? LOL I had to take breaks because the shredder was overheating. I also threw away CDs for computers and programs that we haven't had in years. Like Windows 7. it doesn't feel like I put a dent in it but there are two overstuffed Amazon boxes ready to go out for recycling today.
I also spoke to my mom for a long time. Everything I had told my dad and brother in my emails was exactly how she was feeling. I also tried my best to get her to see how her mood was coloring her perceptions and she was perceiving slights that weren't there And again, I encouraged her to get out of the house, volunteer at the library. She said that they used to ask her to do that but they stopped asking because she always turned them down. I strongly suggested that she ask them and I'd put money on it that they would be thrilled to have her. I know, I am saying the same damn things I have been saying for years. None of this is new to you or to her.

I am picking up my groceries this morning and then will be taking Jaida to PT. I am not sure if Gary is going with me. He has been feeling awful and his Lyme-Brain is not good. I'm a little concerned about driving that far with her (it's a little under an hour away) but in NJ you have to have dogs seatbelted. We never got our dogs seatbelts because we usually only take them around the corner to the vet or the park. Hopefully, the trazodone will keep her calm enough in the back seat by herself. Usually, Gary would drive and I'd sit in the back with her.

I started two scrap pages yesterday and want to upload them when I get back.
J is ready to out, BRB!

I hope your mom takes your advice and calls the library! Hope the trip to the doggie pt is uneventful!

 

[vickyday]

Super quick personals -- you all know that I do read everything, just not always able to comment ♥

@LSlycord small victories are how it all begins! You got this!! And we are all cheering you on.

@Cherylndesigns How happy it must make you to see Chuck eating and enjoying food.
How is Adrienne feeling today, hope she is better. And you too-- I know that you don't want to pass anything along to him.



@vickyday I found papers for banks that don't even exist anymore.
No, thankfully I don't suspect dementia with my mom. She just is harboring a ton of anger and feeling like she doesn't matter to anyone. Some of it is valid, some of it is from decades ago, and some of it is blown out of proportion.
The hike from the other day was led by a Park Ranger so I didn't have to pay attention to any markers.

@BrightEyes That photo of you and Bill and the story to go with broke my heart, gave me chills, and showed the profound love you have for each other. And that's all I can say before I get teary again ♥

@taxed4ever How can you make Pasta fagiole without the pasta? LOL!!!!
TY for the Intsapot recipe thread! Tomorrow is DH's surgery, right? Tell him that the O-Ladies are wishing him good luck and a speedy recovery. For his sake as well as yours
Have fun on your hike!

@bcgal00 I am excited for you for your birding hikes! And yes, same here- I am glad to be eating real food and salads again.

@vickyday TFS those photos. ♥
Happy 44 years of being a mom! DD was a big baby!
If you talk to Betty Jo- tell her that I am thinking of her too. She was such a sweetie here.
Good news that your PT went well too.



HUGS!!!

Well, I'm glad there is no dementia!
I misunderstood. I thought that was your first hike you were leading, but now I realize it was your first hike for yourself of the year! Gotcha!

 

[vickyday]

Another night of broken sleep... kept waking up every hour or so. I refused to get up until 5AM although I was awake from 4AM on. Yes, I was having crazy dreams most of the night so that could have caused me to wake up frequently. So ignore my red streaked eyeballs this morning.
Not sure what time DD#3 will be down this afternoon but will get something out of the freezer in a few minutes to fix for our supper. Forecast is for SNOW late this afternoon/night and into tomorrow... oh, joy!!! Just what I didn't want. In the meantime, I need to get bills paid and into the mail. Waiting to hear from my banker about an appointment tomorrow after DD and I see the lawyer. We have several other places to go after that. It will be a long and busy day. And, yes, I am waiting until DD gets here to put the wired keyboard and mouse into place. My back is feeling much better this morning so don't want to cause it to flare up again.



Wow, Chris... you were really busy yesterday. Yeah, shredding can be exhausting. I burnt out a shredder a couple of years ago when I was moving into DH's office. Had files/papers of Mom's (she died in 2014) and DH had tons of old papers and computer programs/books from back in 2001! Glad you got most of the stuff done. Hope Gary can go with you to hold J on the trip over to the PT.


Yes, that photo does all the above... but at the same time gives me comfort to see it. Must admit that the holidays and through early January is a rough time emotionally for me but I have learned to get through them by recalling the good times Bill and I shared.

@taxed4ever Adding my thanks to Chris' for the Intsapot recipes. I don't have one.... yet.... but DD#1 swears by hers. Of course, she is cooking for 6 so it makes sense she bought one. And, I have to echo Chris again.... "How can you make Pasta fagiole without the pasta? LOL!!!!"

@vickyday Love seeing the photo of both of your hubbies (one at a time). It is wonderful that you knew the 2nd one. And were young enough to remarry. Oh, your sweet DD as a baby and grown up.. love those photos, too.

@Cherylndesigns It is so good to hear that your DH enjoyed the real food meal you fixed for him. Sounds like he is coming along on the road to recovery.

Sending good thoughts for a much better New Year than 2023 for all of us. BBL

Thanks, Kay. Like you, the photo of my late DH and my current DH makes me teary eyed, but is comforting at the same time! Life changes happen and we must move on and be glad for the precious memories! I always said I would probably not marry again. But the Lord had other plans! Mark was one of the guys who went up to WV to help move Tim and I down to NC. Funny how things work out sometimes! Mark said he didn't realize he was moving a future wife! No one did, except the Lord!

 

[vickyday]

Super quick personals -- you all know that I do read everything, just not always able to comment ♥

@LSlycord small victories are how it all begins! You got this!! And we are all cheering you on.

@Cherylndesigns How happy it must make you to see Chuck eating and enjoying food.
How is Adrienne feeling today, hope she is better. And you too-- I know that you don't want to pass anything along to him.



@vickyday I found papers for banks that don't even exist anymore.
No, thankfully I don't suspect dementia with my mom. She just is harboring a ton of anger and feeling like she doesn't matter to anyone. Some of it is valid, some of it is from decades ago, and some of it is blown out of proportion.
The hike from the other day was led by a Park Ranger so I didn't have to pay attention to any markers.

@BrightEyes That photo of you and Bill and the story to go with broke my heart, gave me chills, and showed the profound love you have for each other. And that's all I can say before I get teary again ♥

@taxed4ever How can you make Pasta fagiole without the pasta? LOL!!!!
TY for the Intsapot recipe thread! Tomorrow is DH's surgery, right? Tell him that the O-Ladies are wishing him good luck and a speedy recovery. For his sake as well as yours
Have fun on your hike!

@bcgal00 I am excited for you for your birding hikes! And yes, same here- I am glad to be eating real food and salads again.

@vickyday TFS those photos. ♥
Happy 44 years of being a mom! DD was a big baby!
If you talk to Betty Jo- tell her that I am thinking of her too. She was such a sweetie here.
Good news that your PT went well too.



HUGS!!!

If I hear from Betty Jo I will give her your message!
Yes, all of my babies were close to 10 or 10 and over! I had the first 3 natural and the last one was with epidural so they could tie my tubes right afterwards.

 

[vickyday]

Good Morning to All,
Well, the first of Ilene's great grand babies for 2024 has arrived. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as he is in ICU with breathing problems. Ended up having to take him C-section.

Ilene is feeling better. Never did hear from Carolyn. And nothing from Betty Jo yet. But I haven't checked my email yet this morning.

Today is nice and sunshiny, but still below freezing!

Today is laundry day and scrapping.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning everyone! It is a dark and very cloudy morning! No rain forecasted for today, just a lot of grey skies. Our hike is not too far away and always a good one, although I am not sure how much of the views we will be able to see. I really need to get on this hike today, I am becoming way too sedentary and my body is letting me know it LOL. I am thinking of doing the wall pilates challenge that I keep seeing out there on Social Media, anyone else tried it?? Anyway just popping in to say good morning and then I have to get my backpack ready to go. This hike will be a bit tougher than the last ones we have done, so I will take my big pack with the water bladder so I have plenty to drink and extra room to through in my rain coat if I happen to need it. DH's surgery is scheduled for 11am, please send lots of fast healing thoughts his way!

@faerywings - Ha, Ha yes I make pasta e fagioli soup without adding in the ditalani pasta, sacrilege I know . Believe me it is still delicious!! I think that I might pack some of it in my bag today for our lunch on the hike. I will try to get a few more recipes for the instapot for you soon too. I make bratwurst in the pot with bone broth and it only takes about 5 mins I have that and scrambled eggs for my brunch quite often. Sounds like you did a huge purge of a bunch of old stuff yesterday, good for you and yes I have burned out a couple of shredding machines doing the same. The grands loved it when I would get them to help me shred stuff, they thought it was great fun using the shredder until it burned out LOL. Hope you manage to keep J quiet in the back seat for your trip to PT! I also hope that your Mom takes your advice and calls the library about volunteering, it would be great for her I am sure!

@BrightEyes - Ugh how awful to have such broken sleep! I can totally relate to all the dreaming and waking up! I wonder if it has anything to do with the weather and not getting enough vitamins from the sun?? Hope you have a great visit with DD#3, sorry that your have snow in the forecast for today though!

@vickyday - Sending all of my good thoughts and prayers to sweet baby and family, hope that he is soon out of ICU!! Enjoy your day of scrapping and .

Well I better get going or I will be trying to dash out the door at the last minute, I hate doing that! Today is DH's last day carrying around his hernia, I tease him and call it his little buddy, for some reason he doesn't think thats very funny . Have a great day everyone! .

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Morning all,

Quick hello and I'll be back in a bit. The Color Play blog post is live and I need to let some people know I used their layouts.

I didn't get up until 9:30 this morning because Chuck didn't wake up until then.

Be back later on.

 

[vickyday]

Morning everyone! It is a dark and very cloudy morning! No rain forecasted for today, just a lot of grey skies. Our hike is not too far away and always a good one, although I am not sure how much of the views we will be able to see. I really need to get on this hike today, I am becoming way too sedentary and my body is letting me know it LOL. I am thinking of doing the wall pilates challenge that I keep seeing out there on Social Media, anyone else tried it?? Anyway just popping in to say good morning and then I have to get my backpack ready to go. This hike will be a bit tougher than the last ones we have done, so I will take my big pack with the water bladder so I have plenty to drink and extra room to through in my rain coat if I happen to need it. DH's surgery is scheduled for 11am, please send lots of fast healing thoughts his way!

@faerywings - Ha, Ha yes I make pasta e fagioli soup without adding in the ditalani pasta, sacrilege I know . Believe me it is still delicious!! I think that I might pack some of it in my bag today for our lunch on the hike. I will try to get a few more recipes for the instapot for you soon too. I make bratwurst in the pot with bone broth and it only takes about 5 mins I have that and scrambled eggs for my brunch quite often. Sounds like you did a huge purge of a bunch of old stuff yesterday, good for you and yes I have burned out a couple of shredding machines doing the same. The grands loved it when I would get them to help me shred stuff, they thought it was great fun using the shredder until it burned out LOL. Hope you manage to keep J quiet in the back seat for your trip to PT! I also hope that your Mom takes your advice and calls the library about volunteering, it would be great for her I am sure!

@BrightEyes - Ugh how awful to have such broken sleep! I can totally relate to all the dreaming and waking up! I wonder if it has anything to do with the weather and not getting enough vitamins from the sun?? Hope you have a great visit with DD#3, sorry that your have snow in the forecast for today though!

@vickyday - Sending all of my good thoughts and prayers to sweet baby and family, hope that he is soon out of ICU!! Enjoy your day of scrapping and .

Well I better get going or I will be trying to dash out the door at the last minute, I hate doing that! Today is DH's last day carrying around his hernia, I tease him and call it his little buddy, for some reason he doesn't think thats very funny . Have a great day everyone! .

Prayers that your DH heals quickly from the surgery!
Thanks for the prayers for the new baby!
Enjoy your hike!

 

[melscrap]

Good morning everyone!

Jess and I went school supply shopping yesterday, even though the school year doesn't start until Feb! She is super motivated for the year woth some great goals she set herself and I'm exploiting her eagerness while it lasts It was good to beat the crowds too!

Today the sun is out, but it's not too hot, and it's a great day to get stuff done.

I'm deep cleaning the bathroom (yuck!) It's been a minute since I went through and chucked old products. Once that's done I'll hang my new towels (yay for fluffy, non-threadbare towels), move an orchid or 2 to the windowsill and add a candle too. Looking forward to my sparkly sanctuary.

Michael is working from home today so it's blahblahblah on the phone all day. Thank goodness for headphones

Jess is holed up in her room like a typical teen, reading her book.

Have a good day everyone!

 

[tanteva]

Heard on the news this evening: up in the northern parts of Sweden they had -43.6 Celsius = -46.48 Fahrenheit last night. Welcome to Sweden every one. LOL

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Well, I'm back. Been a long day. The nurse was here for quite awhile. We never know for sure when they're coming. This was a different nurse, whe called me from her car and of course, had no idea where to go when she got to the top of the property. Everybody new who comes goes through the same thing. I walk out to the hill and start waving and they see me. Then they have to unlock the gate (with the keypad), then they have to negotiate the hard left to find our road. I have to walk up to the end of the road, next to Adrienne's house to flag them down. Somebody's delivering some O2 tonight and I told them good luck because I can't walk down the road in the dark. I need a glow outfit, even if I could see the rocky road in the dark. LOL

Somebody surprised me the other night and they were totally lost. I got her back to The Barn - it's a little gas station convenient store on the road that runs past our property. We had to go to The Barn and meet her. Roger has little lights all along the roads, but still; if you don't know where you're going it's difficult, especially at night. You can't see your hand in front of your face out here.

Welcome, Mel @melscrap - it's good to see your smiling face. I'm afraid I'm hopelessly behind on personals - it would take me all evening to catch up. I want to say to Vicky @vickyday I'm sending prayers and love to the new baby.

Adrienne's better, but now Roger has what she has. Honestly, my tummy doesn't feel great tonight so I'm trying to convince myself that I'm not getting anything. Ava came over this afternoon and left Bailee here. I just let them out and she disappeared - she's jet black so just disappears into the black night here. I had to get my big flashlight and go out front and call her and she finally came back. She normally waits until I come out with the flashlight. LOL

I'll try to do better tomorrow. Love you all, @faerywings @BrightEyes @taxed4ever @tanteva and everybody else that I didn't answer directly. Keep your fingers crossed that my tummy is only indigestion.

XOXO

 

[melscrap]

Heard on the news this evening: up in the northern parts of Sweden they had -43.6 Celsius = -46.48 Fahrenheit last night. Welcome to Sweden every one. LOL

Yikes!

 

[vickyday]

Well, I'm back. Been a long day. The nurse was here for quite awhile. We never know for sure when they're coming. This was a different nurse, whe called me from her car and of course, had no idea where to go when she got to the top of the property. Everybody new who comes goes through the same thing. I walk out to the hill and start waving and they see me. Then they have to unlock the gate (with the keypad), then they have to negotiate the hard left to find our road. I have to walk up to the end of the road, next to Adrienne's house to flag them down. Somebody's delivering some O2 tonight and I told them good luck because I can't walk down the road in the dark. I need a glow outfit, even if I could see the rocky road in the dark. LOL

Somebody surprised me the other night and they were totally lost. I got her back to The Barn - it's a little gas station convenient store on the road that runs past our property. We had to go to The Barn and meet her. Roger has little lights all along the roads, but still; if you don't know where you're going it's difficult, especially at night. You can't see your hand in front of your face out here.

Welcome, Mel @melscrap - it's good to see your smiling face. I'm afraid I'm hopelessly behind on personals - it would take me all evening to catch up. I want to say to Vicky @vickyday I'm sending prayers and love to the new baby.

Adrienne's better, but now Roger has what she has. Honestly, my tummy doesn't feel great tonight so I'm trying to convince myself that I'm not getting anything. Ava came over this afternoon and left Bailee here. I just let them out and she disappeared - she's jet black so just disappears into the black night here. I had to get my big flashlight and go out front and call her and she finally came back. She normally waits until I come out with the flashlight. LOL

I'll try to do better tomorrow. Love you all, @faerywings @BrightEyes @taxed4ever @tanteva and everybody else that I didn't answer directly. Keep your fingers crossed that my tummy is only indigestion.

XOXO

Praying you don't have a tummy virus! Thanks for the prayers for the new baby!

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Praying you don't have a tummy virus! Thanks for the prayers for the new baby!

Thanks, Vicky. I felt pretty rocky earlier, but after I ate some dinner, I felt better. I'm sure fighting it.