Thank you! I wouldn’t have thought of that.
Next year I’m gonna double up on my seasonal caramel purchases and store them somewhere cool and dry.
Finally home - Daughter had a minor crisis at work so she didn’t get out of there till almost 5. I was close to selling the kids to the nearest passing circus…
MIL apparently was getting too much blood thinner. FCD is blaming himself. They’re still at the hospital, waiting on test results. No telling how long they’ll be. He’s exhausted, as one might expect. Hope it won’t be too much longer.
I’ve made a pseudo-omelet for supper. It’s pseudo because for some reason, I can’t seem to make an omelet. What I have is more like scrambled eggs with mushrooms and onions. Maybe I should watch some videos and figure out what I do wrong. Later. Not now. My brain is fried.
Once I finish eating, I’m going plop down in the recliner with my latest trashy novel.
Oh no! I hope she’ll be alright. Keep us posted if you will.
Pulley, so sorry about your pup. I hate that they don’t get to be with us longer.
I you can stand a bit of dark chocolate on your caramels, Costco has dark chocolate sea salt caramels year round. Also Kroger, Safeway and BiMart have good versions. (The Kroger and Safeway versions are bigger.) Most evenings our after dinner desert is a single caramel (each).
ETA: I see MIL is gonna be okay. That’s good.
I’ll be quiet now.
Fortunately it is usually an easy fix with meds, usually not hard to reverse.
The hard part will keeping her from ‘adjusting’ her blood thinner meds from here on out to prevent it happening again.
BBBoo - not sure if she’s adjusting, or she just forgets that she took her meds so she took them again. She needs adult supervision.
Most pharmacies can package meds in a calendar pack with the day and date so she can tell whether she’s taken them or not. May cost a few dollars a month extra but it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than a $3,000 four hour trip to the ER.
Maybe get the doctor to tell her that she has to have the pharmacy do it for her. You know, the doctor she hasn’t yet had a chance to meet since she moved.
I’ve seen automated pill dispensers on Amazon with an alarm to tell the patient it’s time to take their pills and that will only dispense at that time.
And who better to set it up correctly than two engineers!
I have to be physically restrained from buying them. They’re absolutely addictive, and a really bad idea for a diabetic.
I am so very sorry. I am shedding sympathy tears as I type.
You have always been the better person. Do what you need to do to protect yourself and your son’s money.
I could break into your bitchy sister’s house and sew raw fish into the hems on her curtains.
FCM, I am so happy this is something that is manageable. I hope it can be managed.
Glad that your MIL should be OK Moooooom.
Sitting here with a heat pack on my jaw. I’m so ready for this !@#$ to be over.
I’ve been giving it a lot of thought, and belatedly come to the conclusion that I should have said billets-doux.
That is all.
Not sure how this got cut off but to finish:
We did a whole lot of slothing and then thought we would like to have a Taco Tuesday and Margarita supper so headed off to the Creekside Inn but they had a sign on the door that they were closed due to an emergency. (There was a hard freeze last night, frozen pipes can happen.) So, we went to the diner for street tacos and beers. They were also closed with no sign on the door.
By this time, we weren’t going to be happy with anything except Mexican, so we went to the closest sit-down Mexican restaurant. Hubs got the Tres Amigos as usual and I had a poblano chili stuffed with shrimp and cheese sauce. I always feel sorry for the cook when I order that because cooks are usually pretty proud of how their food looks and there is no way to make that dish look like anything but a mess.
The people at the table next to us waited for the waitress to come out with a heavy tray of food so they could make her stand there holding it while they joined hands and loudly prayed.
Hubs noticed a man wearing a Korea Vet hat and his wife come in right after us, so he asked for their check and told the waitress to not say who had done it but to thank the man for his service. We didn’t linger over our drinks so we could get out of there before they asked for their bill.
The restaurant had a really fun “gift” shop which was mostly brightly painted decorating items. They did have some nice serving bowls and trays which might be good for a Secret Santa, so I’ll try to remember it if/when the time comes.
Evening all. Went to the gym around 5:15pm, and the parking lot literally did not have a single space open, and I looked around for a good 5-6 minutes, along with a dozen other drivers. So came home and fixed dinner, planning to go around 7pm, but the new Night Court came on then so I had to watch it (so-so, I don’t thing the cast meshes as well together as the earlier version). So by then it was 7:30 and I just could work up enough gumption to head over there.
At least my new laptop is working, AT&T had me do the same things I had done 48 hours ago, but either I had a mis-spelling or had done something right in the meantime, because it’s working just fine now. Will play with it some more during the week. And the new space heater works just fine.
FCM, other folks here can advise better than I about the pill taking (I take one pill a day), but sounds like it needs to be worked out. Her poor eyesight probably doesn’t help matters. Glad it got caught in time, but I suspect it won’t be the last crisis.
swampy, sounds like this priest thing has it’s own market research company, so enjoy the planning stages.
JtC, sounds like when you’re determined about food, then nothing else will do…and bravo for treating the Vet. As for:
My brother and sis-in-law always get the food on the table when we eat out before doing their prayers…which is the only fair way to do it; sounds like these folks answer the Jeopardy question “What is a self-entitled Jerk?”
OK, need to do a couple clean-ups since I’m not at the gym and keep myself entertained until bed-time. All y’all take care.
They probably pray quietly and briefly as well.
Hubs and I were moving our plates around on our table to make room so the poor waitress could rest the edge of the tray on our table by the time they finally got done. It was just so over the top rude that we weren’t the only ones staring.
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m back! Did you miss me? Here’s a long-winded update.
I’ve been reading most of the posts but really needed a break from participating for a while. I can’t even begin to respond individually so …
My deepest sympathies to all who have lost beloved family members, whether human, feline or canine. Best healing wishes to anyone struggling with illness or pain.
Happy belated birthdays to all who completed another trip around the sun while I was off gazing at my navel.
Yay for new family members, whether human, feline or canine.
2022 was an interesting year (not always in a good way) and I just needed some time off to try to get things together and make a big decision, which has now been made and implemented. What was that, you ask? Well, I decided to retire a bit earlier than planned (I turned 63 last month) and retired as of January 1!
Long story made slightly short, I read an article in an AARP publication in mid-May about early retirement. One sentence stopped me cold – “Remember, a lot of people never get the opportunity to retire.” Well, I started thinking about how unhappy I was at my job of 22 years (with no improvement in sight), and some of the friends and family I lost “too young” (my brother at 33 due to suicide, Mike (Ruble) at 61, a 55-year-old friend who just didn’t wake up one day two months after Mike died, a very good coaster club friend, the light of everywhere she went, only 6 months older than me, in January), along with numerous others. The final straw was in early May, when a woman I’d known since second grade, less than a year older than me, died of cancer. We had just gotten back in touch less than a year before that, along with a third grade school friend.
I started doing some research, making lists and running the numbers, and met with my financial planner in August. She told me I could do this, and recommended I get a part-time job to have some structure, keep adding to my IRA, etc. And here I am! I’m still adjusting but I immediately felt more content than I had in a long time, and I’m making plans to get a part-time job next month or in March.
I’m sure I have plenty more to tell you but this will suffice for now. Any questions, fire away! It’s good to be home!
(tackle-hug) Great to see you back!
My life has been pretty constant, except for some medical stuff and being acquired by a second cat, Buddy. He was a community cat in my apartment complex who decided to move in with us last summer. Allie, our senior cat, still does not approve of him, and his inclination to get pouncy, apparently to get her to PLAY with him, isn’t helping. They co-exist, but there’s still a certain amount of hissing and grumbling.
I talked to a friend tonight
I didn’t realize I was still so angry.
She told me I needed a drink.
My sister texted that I wasn’t being very nice.
My niece texted, I haven’t read it yet.
I sent the lawyer an email asking if they have Zoom or some kind of conference call, and it seems there is no meeting tomorrow.
Then I stupidly called Unemployment.
Call 1) All agents are busy, call back at another time, click.
Call 2) All agents are busy, call back at another time, click.
Go to online correspondence.
Tells me my address doesn’t exist.
I modify the address, my street name is two words, sometimes I have to put a space between them, other times I have to take the space out.
Tells me modified address doesn’t exist.
Put address back in the first way, and YAY! now my address exists.
Enter info on page 2
All is good
Get to page 3, I misunderstand the instructions, all is fucked up, I cuss and quit.
Call 3) Tells me I can do a chat over the phone.
Try that. I am 9th in line. Finally have the chat pop up and the website timed out, so I have to pull up the website again.
Chat disappears.
Call 4) Tells me I am calling too often in a too short period of time.
Reconnect to Chat.
Now I am 11th in line, but I have the website up and ready.
The chat pops up and I am ready.
Chat back and forth, can I hold on, they are checking.
Can I hold on some more they are checking.
Now they need proof that I am who I say I am and have sent Action Item to website
I check website no Action Item
Keep refreshing screen
Text there are 0 Action Items
Chat disappears
Action Item appears on website
I complete the Action Item - upload a pic of my son’s learner’s permit
I had to do it three times until it completed
Call 4) All agents are busy, call back at a later time, click
Much cussing
We will try again tomorrow.
Probably more cussing.
I also need to add to the list, have to figure out what is going on with one of my meds.
I get three from the cardiologist and CVS called me to pick up two of them. I asked about the third when I was there and the lady said, no, we only have two. I called my doctor and asked about it and the nurse said she put through the prescription for the third one. It’s still not there.
I googled it, there is a shortage of it.
Well, now I know.
When I got home from dropping my son off, Cerby refused to come into the house.
Ripple and Echo have been staying home, so I have only one dog to deal with.
Anyway, Cerby wouldn’t come in and wouldn’t stop barking and I got so fed up I left him.
He was out there barking for 45 minutes straight. He should be hoarse by now, but he isn’t.
I finally got him in and he knew I was PISSED!
I don’t know what it is going to take to make him stop. He barks just to bark.
He knows better too.
Goofy Ripple started running around my feet and play bowing. I swear he ain’t right in the head.
I know he wanted me to lighten up.
Cerby and Echo will be in daycare tomorrow, and I really need a break from Cerby.
JtC I would love for you to sew some fish or shrimp into her curtains.
I think I am going to block her from my phone. I hate when my nieces include her in the text, but then I know it’s easier if they only have to text it once.
FCM, I hope your MIL is okay and I feel so bad for FCD
He needs a break I’m sure, well I guess you do too.
Red, I hope your jaw feels better soon.
I forgot to say earlier Welcome back Butters
I still have a headache, and I almost never get headaches.
Happy retirement! I’m here to tell you that retirement is magical, you can sleep until you wake up and stay up working on needlepoint until 3 in the morning because you don’t need to get up. It’s wonderful.
Congratulations!