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harshedbuzz

Good morning. Damp and gray here today and much cooler than yesterday.

Happy to have you on the porch @mommafour

The next week looks busy. Between the appointments deferred to make space for my TKR and PT and mom's hospital follow-ups I am busy. I had to cancel PT to take mom to see cardiology today. Monday, she has her every 8-week eye injections. Tuesday, I take her to see PCP after PT. Wednesday, I have a 2-month follow-up with my ortho. Thursday, I have an ultrasound follow-up on an incidental finding from my abdominal u/s 7 months ago after my PT session. Pulmo will likely schedule us next week or recommend seeing him at her already scheduled appointment on the 16th— still waiting on a callback. That week she also has appointments with her dentist and psychiatrist. By that time, she'll likely be making noises about getting her hair cut. I'm feeling very whiney.

I hope you porchlings have a pleasant and safe day.
HB

BethL

Good morning Friends! Hello mommafour. Tell us a bit about yourself if you like.

I'm Beth, a retired RN and I live in Iowa. I grew up in a small town (pop. 400) where I joyfully led the "horsey life." That is, caring for, loving and showing registered Quarter Horses. After college I married; it'll be 50 years this fall. I worked many places as a nurse; I was kind of a job hopper. I retired at age 55 when my job was eliminated - I tried two other jobs afterwards but I detested them both so called it a day. I now live in a town of about 10,000 (and growing rapidly). Prior to living here, I was in a nearby town of 14,000. I had a huge flower garden and I hated leaving it when we moved. We moved as we wanted to live in a one story house as we aged, and DH is disabled after falling 10 feet off a ladder in '23. We also wanted to be closer to our son and his family so moved to his town. We have 2 kids and 8 grandkids. I spend my days exercising (exercise classes for seniors at the library, gym, dumbbells, walking and jumping at home), working in my yard/garden and reading. Before we bought our home the previous owners had quite a fancy (expensive) home gym. It still has the rubberized flooring but they took the equipment with them. Photo below. I like to travel too.

Lorita, I really like Hesperides grapefruit fragrance - smells citrusy. I currently have Orange Blossom by Jo Malone. It's what Princess Catherine wears. Formerly I wore several different fragrances, most notably Charlie during my teen years, and then Pleasures and Pleasures Intense by Estee Lauder. I hope you can find your fragrance - I bet you could find it on eBay.

Have a good day and weekend!

Hostas at my old place

The home gym belonging to previous owners of our house

jfkoc

Rain…allergy…asthma…sinus problemlaundry basket full….need med refill (old Dr left, have not seen new one) no gas in car.

That is enough complaining for at least a week…lol

Iris…I will google the bird sanctuary. Thank you for another trip!

Lorita

Morning, we have had a couple of showers this morning So hopefully those will lessen our fire danger since we have strong north winds. I worry when it in from the north because of the uncut meadow. Ray had been plowing South of us so not much worry there.

I feel pretty well and will finish that awful tasting Flagyl today. Iris, my calves (not babies) kind of ache so I need to get up and walk, more than just to the kitchen. Maybe the bike might help. If I open doors I can walk in a circle in the house. I don't remember just mostly laying around this much except when I had the flu when I was in my forties. Iris, I hope your legs don't hurt today on your trip. Beth, the plant picture is beautiful. Do you plan to get new gym equipment?

Ron and Carl, hope.you both feel better today.

Sandy also hope you are feeling better. Feeling bad is the pits!

Beth, I did find some L'Origan somewhere online but very expensive and am afraid it might be old. I may call Coty to see if.they have a similar fragrance.

I need to finish taxes. It is compiled but need to et info written. My appt is Monday so hope I feel like going.

Enjoy your Friday!

Mint

Good afternoon

know i have been MIA but my days have been running out of hours

BethL

Mint, when you have a spare moment, let us know what's happening in your life. We miss hearing from you!

Lorita

For sure, Mint! How's your mother?

jfkoc

Beth…did you take any hostas with you?

BethL

https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/268942#Comment_268942

Judith, we took a few flowers but no hostas…we did purchase & plant some here, but we are limited on shady areas…no large trees here!

Carl46

Good afternoon. We had a light rain here and expect an extended rain from about Tuesday through Easter. Kids will hunt Easter eggs in the rain if permitted to do so, but it will be a mess!

I feel great after finishing the meds I got from Urgent Care. Went to the pistol range with S and punched holes in paper for a while. Then we drank coffee, ate Mrs. S homemade poppyseed cake, and solved the problems of the world for a couple of hours. The three dogs of the S household lined up to be petted as well. Not the worst way to spend an afternoon.

For supper, I microwaved a Factor meal consisting of a chicken breast, creamed corn, and rice & beans. I hadn't had BBQ sauce recently so I threw away the cilantro sauce cup that came with the meal and put a dollop of KC Masterpiece on the chicken before I nuked it. Yum!

Lorita

Sounds like you had a good day, Carl. I think you said you get to select meals you prefer. Glad you've started getting those meals.

It had been cloudy, cold and windy here with a Couple of showers. I hope we do get rain they promised for next week.

They moved the girls today, across the road. He does that so they will clean it up so his crab grass will grow to bale. Always seems lonesome when they're gone. Guess Billy went unless.he's at the MH in the storage building where he Likes to stay. Maybe it's better for him to be with them. Going to be five herds over there for about a month. I finish the Flagyl tonight -will be good to get rid of the metallic taste and gradually get back to normal food.

Hope you all are well and have a good night's sleep.

GothicGremlin

HB - you're so busy. I don't know how you manage to squeeze everything in.

Beth - I'd forgotten all about Charlie! I used to wear that too. The other one I liked had a lemon scent and the song used in the commercial was "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" by Donovan. I can't remember what the fragrance was called though.

That is one fancy home gym! It's cool that the flooring is still there - useful.

Your garden was amazing.

Lorita - I hate it when our favorite products are discontinued. I was so disappointed when Illamasqua stopped making my favorite nail polish - Cameo. It was kind of a bright periwinkle blue. I absolutely loved it, but poof, it's gone. Here's what it looks like.

I hope you continue to improve.

Carl - That's great! I'm glad you're feeling so much better.

Last night I was up until almost 2am backing up the photos on my phone and then installing the latest security patch on it. I was unamused. I was especially unhappy because I didn't want the "liquid glass" look on my phone (no way to get rid of it), and knew I was going to hate the largeness of the time display and other displays. But, I also know that there's a new iPhone attack, so I wanted to make sure my phone was patched. Ugh.

Today I made spaghetti sauce today (cooked for six hours) and we poured it over farro, which works surprisingly well. It's not pasta, but it has a nice flavor and texture.

I made sure to get to the gym for some cardio and abs.

Other than that, it's been fairly quiet.