Tuesday with a clearer picture

[Elizabeth]

Good morning everyone! I was thinking that our title meant someone is washing windows today!

Yesterday, I was starting a migraine AGAIN, so I went and stuffed myself at a restaurant (they are often blood sugar related for me). The problem is that now my stomach is off. It seems I have a choice of eating in a way that does not produce stomach problems but produces migraines OR eat to prevent migraines and have stomach miseries. It stinks big to have competing medical problems for which the solution to one is an aggravating condition for the other. If I just didn't have to eat life would be so much better.

After dinner, I finished painting the trim around the door I painted. Tonight, I should be able to reattach the door. Laundry room doors also need to be painted BUT they are a pain in the tailbone - always falling off, getting out of alignment, etc. I probably should replace instead.

I have made a list of things I need to do tonight. The biggest thing is to write the animal org minutes and send them out. Shouldn't take long.

I am surprised Mr. DeeClutter wants to replace a 4 yo car. It's not even broken in yet.

Congratulations to cats on the new grandchildren.

[LadyMaverick]

((((Harmony))))))

I have had 3 cataracts surgeries but my memory is fuzzy. I did a search in OneNote and found what I had wrote about my cataracts experience -

April 5, 2007 
 ** Day after eye surgery to remove the cataract (right eye).  I am scared and dismayed.  I can't see to read now without the patch over my eye.  The patch has little pin-holes in it and I can focus on a pin-hole and see about 75% as well as before the surgery.  But if I try to see without the patch it is just a big blur.  What am I going to do about work?  I can't work if I can't see.

and then....
2012_04_11
Cataract surgery (left eye). At hospital 6am, home by 9am, laid around the rest of the day. Boring!
2012_04_12
Went to Dr W for a post-op checkup. All good! Doing 9 eye drops a day - no lifting - no bending, etc.
2012_04_17
Today is the last day of hard restrictions after cataract surgery. The no bending no lifting 20 lbs has been hard to follow. I have tried my best to not do it. I'm looking forward to using the physical abilities The Lord has given me!

and then....
2016_04_19
I'm home from eye doctor appointment. I'm a bit bummed out. I'm scheduled for another eye surgery next month. This surgery is for secondary cataract. Because of previous RK surgeries, my corneas are unstable. The corneas change shapes throughout the day so corrective glasses isn't a solution.
A secondary cataract occurs when the capsule/sack becomes cloudy. This capsule is what holds the replacement lens after the cataract is removed. Eye doc said secondary cataract surgery was a simple operation that will be done as outpatient. The down side is I will have double risks of a detached retina and something else (I can't remember what she said). I don't really have a choice with the surgery if I want to see. My right eye cataract surgery was done in 2007 and that eye is fine. The left eye cataract was removed in 2012 and it is the one that has developed a secondary cataract. Doc said it is 3x worse than it was a year ago


exiting my trip down memory lane. Time for me to come back to the present

[LadyMaverick]

cats - CONGRATULATIONS! Twin grandchildren! I am thrilled for you and family.

Today has progressed fairly smoothly.

DD worked a 12 hour shift getting off work at 5am this morning. She laid down to sleep a little before coming to get DGD7 ready for school.....oops! DD was about 30 minutes late arriving here but it worked out okay. I had DGD7 fed and dressed when DD arrived so only the hair remained to be done.

I have implemented a new life lesson for DS10. He has to have his AM cards done and ready for homeschool at 8am. If/When he is late then that many minutes is subtracted from his bedtime. He chose to turn his alarm off and go back to sleep. The consequence of that decision is his bedtime is now 7:23pm. I told him we would start fresh each Monday. My purpose is to teach DS10 to be self-managed. Most of his life will require him to show up somewhere on time.....with a clean body, etc.

It stinks big to have competing medical problems for which the solution to one is an aggravating condition for the other. If I just didn't have to eat life would be so much better.

Elizabeth - I agree!
I haven't eaten anything today because I don't want to hurt more. It is just easier to not eat......until not eating causes other problems.

[Kathryn-in-Canada]

I feel like melting into a chair and doing nothing (except maybe sleep.)

While dgsM2 was in bed 11 hours, he wakes or sleep talks a lot so I didn't get long runs of sleep except 2 - 4:30. Dh didn't hear him at 4:30 so thought it went through to 7 which is when dgs finally woke up for the day.

He is such a darling, I love him to bits. But I'm exhausted. Especially at 4:30, I wasn't sure he wasn't going to be up for the day at that point.

He asks dozens of questions an hour but answers a lot of them himself. As dd says, it feels a bit like a reverse Jeopardy game. "What's in the oven?..... Potatoes and Pork!" "What's in the other oven?... Nothing!" I keep the regular oven off while he's here so I can set up the 'learning tower' (a chair he stands on) against the counter and stove. With me beside him, he can't fall off and he's at the right height to cook with me or dh. Last night he watched me prep the pork, and helped dh with the carrots. Quite solemnly he said, "What's first?... Wash the carrots!" when I asked him if he wanted to help dh.

Through the night we hear him with the same question and answer format but we're pretty sure he is still asleep. So he's dreaming in the same format. The recipe for cornbread breaks us up every time, though and we lie there giggling silently (he says it in his sleep every time he's here and when he's having trouble getting to sleep, repeats it over and over.)

He took a short cut this morning, "What's Nana putting away?.... Ingredients!" because I was putting things away too fast for him to list them all.

There was a bully at the toddler time, the first time I've seen that. Given the reaction of the other parents, it was the first time for them too. I thought the first shove was to a sibling and the mother of that child was there, so I expected her to intervene. After she whisked away the victim I realized this monster didn't belong to any parent within range. It is March Break here so it was a huge crowd and he pushed over a sitting child so forcefully that there was domino effect with 3 going down and then he started throwing punches. Four other children were punched before his adult arrived. Thankfully, she was distinctive, so I kept an eye on her for the remainder of the time, making sure she had a hold on him. Still, the crowd was too large for me to do that successfully, and the kid grabbed a music toy out of dgs' hand so quickly I did a double take. Dgs was already holding my hand and against my leg and the move was so smooth and fast, I barely had time to grab it back from the bully before he was out of range.

I don't mind be tough with bullies, hence I snatched the toy back. This kid isn't at a 'redirect and he'll grow out of it' or 'reason with him and he'll hand the toy back' stage; this guy goes off in search of trouble. I've dealt with his kind before and the best results come when I terrorize the kid so they won't pick on my kids. Sorry to be blunt, but it works and saved ds and my daycare son a lot of grief when they were in grade 1. I was around a lot on the school yard doing duty, and used to smile to myself as the bully would make wide berths around my kids. Saw him do that once in Grade 9 as well so he remembered all those years!

Since getting home, I've had my lunch, tidied the kitchen, bedroom and living room (still have the bath toys to put away) and gone over the song set with dh. A couple of them are really rough sounding. We have 3 - 4 more practice opportunities before we perform them.

Not sure what is for dinner tonight. There is leftover pork from last night, so maybe that with lots of extras since it isn't a lot of meat.

[Twins' Mom]

I'm home, I think that takes care of my errand round for today. I went to health food store for l-carnitine which doc suggested last month, then did a wonderful walk through of Lowes garden area. They don't have many annuals out yet, rightly, but just seeing all the happy pansies and perennials and garden furniture did my heart good. I think I saw some tomatoes and basil shivering, however. It's way way too cold yet for them outside. Then grocery, gas, dry cleaners pick up for dh and dropped a letter at post office. Oh, and a stop at the Verizon store. I couldn't get my new phone to connect with my car and there was a step I was missing - deleting the old phone first.

I've unloaded groceries but I'm going back out to clean out the back of my car. DD's stuff is still all over the back of it. Because my car just fits into the garage, I haven't wanted to do it on a rainy day.

Trying to keep this run of energy going, I made myself a cold brew iced coffee.


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And didn't manage to post this before, but I bet cleaning out my car didn't take 15 min. Of course, it's in bags in the garage now. When dd is over next it gets loaded into her new car. Too bad.

[DeeClutter]

One of the reasons he wants to replace our car, Elizabeth, is just that. It's a CAR. He'd rather go back to a SUV -smaller than our Town 'n Country. He wants more room to carry things back & forth to FL. Me? I'm trying to make the items we take back and forth less and less. Hence my extra work on figuring out what I really need to take to NY and send most of it north with him. My aim is to have nothing to take with me on the plane other than rolling carry-on for under the seat. I've been figuring everything -meds, sleepwear, etc. Some things I will order new for up there -such as slippers. I'm in real need of those anyway. Figure I can send my warm nightgown with him & can muddle through if I should need something. Not likely at this time of year. I have warm pj's here I can wear if I need to. So, speaking of which, think I'll go try sorting some things for packing.

Had to run for my inhaler once more while we were watching an episode of "Sue Thomas FB eye". Hoping this phase doesn't last past today. May try the nebulizer before bed. We'll see how I'm doing. Once this particular type of cough starts (completely unproductive) it won't stop till I do something.

[BookSaver]

OK, my online class was good but ran long.

Harriet ~ The front entry hall was a catch-all for years. I stopped putting anything there a long time ago, although DH continued. It's all dusty and once it's cleared out, the windows, door, and baseboards need to be scrubbed, and I want to replace the carpet with tile. But First, all that stuff needs to be sorted out. I would like to assume that it's all trash since we obviously haven't needed any of it in a very long time. However, I have to go through it to make sure a treasure wasn't included by mistake in a stash & dash.

Must go run errands now. BBL.

[DeeClutter]

Just realized a little bit ago that dh would be running out of his "spiriva" inhalant shortly after he gets up home. So, I've gone on to renew it, hoping it gets back to M edco soon enough for it to be mailed here. Don't want to change the address to our campground yet as I still have to order a couple myself. Hate to do it as it's always so expensive, but a necessary evil.

I have to go through it to make sure a treasure wasn't included by mistake in a stash & dash.

Like that could ever happen, Booksaver If you're like me you'll be saying, "OH! That's where that is!"

[Nancy]

Took Dgd to school she remembered a party thing at school and there was no keeping here here lol! Luckily we had lunch early so it worked out swell.
Getting some great ideas from P. Allen Smith. We did not plant anything but dgd painted a rock. We looked for glue none to be found for slime making.

I put holes in a cap for watering plant with. De-seeded 3 kinds of cherry tomatoes. Worked on getting gardening notes in my bujo. It is raining here today. A bit cold but at least it is not snowing yea! I have the washer twins going. I rescued a pool ladder for the potting shed glad it is no longer out front.

I have wiped off the outdoir kitchen area. Got four hanging pits planted, flower garden mix, sweet basil, leaf lettuce, red cherry tomatos. Yea for progress.

[Donna's Lifestyle]

First I want to Thank you all for the kind words, you all expressed yesterday on the death of my father, you are all so kind.
I had a clear picture for today, but as the day progressed, the picture started to get cloudy, but seems to be clear again.
My 6 month visit with my BP specialist went ok, BP was just under 200, which is not good, she is hoping it is due to the stress I have been
under, she increased one of my meds, wants me to track/email my BP for the next two weeks to her,if it remains high/or fluctuates up and down
I head back to her office.
We had lunch with Dfriends, really needed that. Got home and have started on "Desk Day" I am so behind, I have balanced the Month of February, filed all the reciepts from that month, still have to shred a bag of papers(January/February),, then enter March totals, and check with Dhubby if I have all the papers needed for taxes.
Sometime today I also need to make a shopping list for tomorrow our errand day.
That is about all that has been going on here, hope to be back later.