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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. Got some news from my cousin last night. Aunt Mary(Qanon Nutter) has been in hospice, and they are taking her off life support. :frowning:

: makes French Toast in solidarity :

Let me guess. Grandma Cookie came to America on the Titanic and your parents met on a European cruise on the Andrea Doria

Moooooommm!, I’d love to go on a Fairychat cruise. I’ll bring the rum and the boat pennant:
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Hope Ripple heals quick, sari. But it should help him at the dogpark, because chicks dig scars. :wink:

Amnesia from having a plate smashed over your head in the brawl?

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Still home full-time, must start getting applications out. Yeah, I prefer to be a homemaker, but it’s getting to be time to alter that, sayeth the bank account.

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Oh, how I always hated this little task. It seemed no matter how careful we were, one little bit of something would get under the laminate, leaving a bump. Ah, memories… :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

I have - they don’t like it. But I expect their kidneys are fine, judging by their litter box. :open_mouth:

Guess I was tired - FCD woke me about 3 minutes before my alarm, thinking I was going to oversleep. I would have, too, since my daughter failed to mention when I dropped Toby off that she needed me to watch him today. So much for a day off. At least she texted me before bedtime.

We’re meeting with her tomorrow to talk about the trek across the Bay - we’ve got to figure out the logistics so I’m not driving back and forth too many times. It’s a bit over 2 hours from here to there, and that’s if traffic is light. So we’ll see how it all plays out.

I do have to launder a load of unders today. So I have that to look forward to. rah.

Happy Firday.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 47 Amurrkin out and mostly clear (partly murky?) with a predicted high of 71 and N.O.S. for the day. Since all the things got done yestiddy, today is devoted to sloth and uselessness. Sounds like a plan to me! I think I might even make some bizkits and do some snausages to break the fast. That’ll rouse OYKW real quick. Sup shall be burgers 'n fixin’s with fries.

sari glad Ripple is relatively OK.

Now I need more caffeine and will contemplate when to fill da cave with wake up aromas. Then, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Firday Y’all!

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Morning, mumpers! It’s a balmy 16C/61F outside, lovely and sunny today. I’ve been to the gym for a BodyPump class (remembered to be sensible and not use the crazy amount of weights that injured my shoulder last time) and am home with a restorative cup of tea.

sari I’m glad to hear Ripple is kind of ok.

shoe Snow? I may have to make French Toast in sympathy now!

Right…back to do whatever it is I allegedly get paid for!

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Quiet morning so far. Toby snarfed down a bottle, then fell asleep. I loaded the dishwasher, cleaned the cat box, and the load of unders has been transferred to the dryer.

Oooops - I cursed it - I just heard the babby fussing. Back on duty, I guess!

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I’m sorry to hear about your Aunt Mary (qanon nutter or not) doggio. Hugs to you.

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted, a load of towels / sheets ready for the dryer and a load of jeans on deck. I’ll do the usual Friday housework and grocery shopping today and when that’s done, if it’s halfway decent outside, I’ll take Nelson to the dog park again. We stopped in yesterday after irk, but didn’t stay too long, given the wind.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Morning all. No rain but only 47F outside so no rush to go out. Do need to do a bit of banking before/after the swimmin’ and get things organized for soccer tomorrow. Outside of that not much on the agenda.

doggio, sorry about your aunt, Qanon or not.

Unknown, glad GG has enough sense to know how to react to get turkey treats. My families dogs cannot be trusted near a counter with food close to the edge.

VanGo, don’t know what they are paying you for this work, but it probably ain’t enough…

OK, need to decide on foodstuff to stuff myself with, then onward into the day. All y’all take care.

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Good morning everyone.

It’s currently 41 degrees with an expected high of 57 and mostly cloudy skies.

I’m sorry to read about your aunt, Doggio. Hugs to you.

I hope the pup heals quickly, sari.

I was up at 3:45 and decided to go back to bed until 5:00. I just cannot properly sleep in, damn it.

Anyway, I don’t have plans other than cleaning up the kitchen. I may, or may not pull some weeds in the backyard. I may go to lunch with an old work buddy. She got to retire last year (lucky her!), and I haven’t really seen her much since I left the workplace from hell three years ago. I’m reaching out to her today to see if she has the time. I know she’s fairly busy with her dogs and grandkids.

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Oh, boy, so I’m actually “team lead” today for the 1st time. It’s a rather new position, and seems a bit nebulous so far. (Manager told me, basically, “Do whatever needs to be done, and keep the others on track.” Oooookaaaayyyyy.)

I have over an hour to get myself ready - may have to slap on some fluttery eyelashes for the occasion. Have nuked a chicken pot pie for brunch.

Nikki is still limping - worse than before, I think - and just seems generally out of sorts. The vet gave me some liquid painkillers for her (meloxydil/meloxicam) but it doesn’t seem to be helping.

Ah, life.

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Sounds like the perfect opportunity to create the schedule and Post it A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME.

Job one of ‘whatever needs to be done’.

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Happy Firday!

Chilly 41 degrees at the park this morning. I should have dressed warmer.
Ripple was feeling good this morning.
All but one person of our morning group showed up, so six people and eight dogs.
Unfortunately, the drama is back, because Barky showed up. Everybody but me left because of her. One person wants me to tell Barky mom that nobody likes her (but me) and nobody wants her there.
What is worse, hurting her feelings by telling her how everybody else feels, or letting her go on thinking everybody is okay with her? I like her the person, but I wish she wouldn’t come anymore.
We can’t talk over the barking, and some of the dogs get upset by it.

Ripple won’t take his pill this morning. Hiding it in pill pockets doesn’t irk, he’s onto that trick.

I talked with my mother last night. The doctors told her she has about 6 months if she doesn’t do anything. They advise chemo and radiation to shrink the tumor, and then surgery to remove it. They can’t remove it now because 1) there are too many blood vessels in the area, and 2) they think she would not survive the surgery. She has to have a PET scan to see if there are any more tumors.
She is going to go with chemo and radiation, but if it is too hard on her, she will stop treatment.

I don’t like the idea of radiation. I had a friend who had lung cancer. Her doctor told her to leave it alone as it was a slow growing cancer. He told her to quit smoking and put her on oxygen. Her son (my bf of the time) and daughter didn’t like that advice and found a doctor who said he could cure her. They convinced her to go for it, and I know the radiation killed her faster than the cancer would have. She suffered so much; she was in horrible pain from the burns. Watching her die, crying and begging and praying for God to take her, because she couldn’t take the pain anymore was the worst.
That was 33 years ago though, I’m sure radiation treatments have improved since then.

I told my mother my feelings about radiation, but I also said, she is a grown woman and can make her own choices.
And then she said it, I knew it was coming.
She said maybe it would be better if she died, then we would get our money. I knew talking to her about the will would bring this on.

I’m sorry about your aunt Doggio

Sorry, I laughed too, Cookie

Now onto the shit I need to do today.

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Great thinking!

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Sorry about your aunt, doggio. Your post made me realize I have no more aunts or uncles alive. My mom and a couple of her cousins are the only ones of that generation remaining. FCD has 2 aunts and 1 uncle - one aunt is in her mid-90s with dementia, the other is in her late 70s, and her husband has Parkinson’s pretty bad. It’s weird to realize that we’re pretty much the oldest generation of our families now.

Laundry is done. Babby has been changed and fed and played with - I’ve put him in his swing with Baby Einstein to give myself a break. Plus it’s almost my lunch time. The sun has finally broken thru, but it’s too chilly to load the kidlet into the stroller. I won’t take him out if it’s not at least 60°. Wonder if it’ll warm that much in the next 3 hours?

Anyway, time for my lunch, since I breakfast so early. On to the kitchen!!

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Sari, radiation has definitely come a long way in the years since what you describe. That said, it’s not exactly pleasant, and it’s not the right choice for everyone. Chemo is not for everyone; doing nothing is not for everyone.
It’s wise of you to realize that your mother has agency over her own fate. Keep respecting her choices, but also try to push back against the defeatist attitude. Good luck to you both.

The tiger population at our zoo has been dwindling for years, and it’s finally happened: we have none left. Our directors have been talking with the AZA (Association of Zoos & Aquariums, which ultimately determines which animals go where) for quite a while, but no action has been taken yet. Of course, the ultimate goal is keeping the species healthy as a whole, but people love tigers, and I hope we’re able to let our guests see them again soon.

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Doggio sorry to hear about Aunt Mary. {{{hug}}}

Sari I’m glad Ripple was a good dog for you at the vet. I’m sorry he got hurt.

Wheelie I remember the terrible incident at the zoo years back with the tiger. There were several tigers then, including breeding females. Do you know if the AZA decided to move the animals elsewhere? I agree, people like to see them. I would think that there are some out there that could be on display, even if the zoo doesn’t participate in breeding programs anymore.

I’m sure there are things that I should do, but maybe they’ll occur to me in a bit.

Happy Friday everyone.

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Sunny, as far as I know, no tigers were moved as a result of that incident (which happened before I worked there). We had breeding pairs for a long time, and their offspring were routinely transferred around the country.
As our breeders began to die off, they were never replaced.

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We don’t have a lot of rules in our home but stealing food is a big no-no. We have always trained our kitties that if they steal they get nothing but scoldings, if they wait like good kitties (or whiny kitties we don’t care), they get some of what they are wanting. We started working on GG as soon as he came through the door because we didn’t want to have to chase him down after a stolen turkey!

sari I’m sorry you and your mom are dealing with this Cancer sucks. Your mom’s journey is not just her’s, it’s yours as well. Remember to do small nice things for BOTH of you, you both deserve it.

Did the vet have any idea what the issue is? It’s always worrisome when one of our critters is sick or hurt, if only they could actually TELL us what the problem is.

You are so clever!

That is so sad, tigers are beautiful creatures and so endangered. Out of Africa (a privately owned wild animal park in central Arizona) were breeding tigers and lions before the world ended but I haven’t heard of any cubs since then. We’ve had a serious issue with vets out thisaway I’d guess that if one doesn’t have a tiger knowledgeable vet they wouldn’t want to let their tigresses get preggers.

Mom has been sending me small amounts of her needlework stash. I keep telling her to not bother sorting, but to just box it up and let me deal with it and she says she doesn’t want to do that because she doesn’t want to send me things I won’t use. I’m going to get it all at once later or bit by bit now. I’d rather get it bit by bit…

Yesterday I went to surplus produce and got a big bag of large, lumpy, juicy, sweet lemons. We also got lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, grapefruit and assorted food bank leftovers which included a large “take and bake” pepperoni pizza which is in the freezer for later consumption.

GG likes to see what we are doing, so he has a chair by the kitchen island. He acted really interested when I was slicing a lemon so I put a small piece on his mat. He wasn’t sure if it was food or toy so I put it out in the catio and GG has been out there with it for the last hour. I’m not sure if I want to know what’s going on or not.

Our mobility ramp desperately needs a coat of paint, so hubs is trimming the bushes around it and I will wash it down well today. Hopefully the weather will stay nice and we can paint tomorrow. I’m not changing colors or anything, we just don’t want to lose it to the sun.

Laundry is calling, have a great day everyone.

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{{{sari}}}, I am so, so very sorry you guys are going through this. Radiation has indeed come a long way and they are so much better at getting ahead of the side effects of chemo, and even using newer therapies that cause fewer side effects. But you are definitely right that it’s up to your mom - it’s just so hard to sit back and let the people we love make these types of decisions. There is no good answer, but there’s also no wrong one.

I’m sorry to hear about your aunt, doggio.

And don’t worry, unknown, I’ll probably be unconscious on the side of the pool before the workout ends, which is probably best for all of us.

The Dope seems to need a solid break - thank goodness it’s Friday. I wish I could give you all a beverage of your choice to get your respective weekends started early.

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I was just about to walk out the door to get my 2-miles-and-something walk in, when the phone rang. It’s the Credit Reporting Agency calling me about the upload issue I’ve been having the last couple of days. So now instead of walking, I’m spending my lunch on the issue. (Currently on hold.)

Speaking of this, I called a guy at the company yesterday. Turned out to be a manager, and he was a bit upset that my contact at the company copied me on an internal email that had his phone number in it. She got her hand slapped. Sorry about that. But the other Credit Reporting Agency at least puts me into a hold queue instead of going straight to voicemail.