SHEs Organized

Ah LadyM, same here. I describe it as hip pain but it's the gluteal muscles radiating to the hip flexors.

My best tip was filling up the car every week as part of an errand run. It meant I wasn't leaving home late to get somewhere and realizing I had to stop for gas - this was in the days of carting children to appointments et al and it sure made a difference in my sanity to be proactive.

Dcleaning lady has done her magic downstairs. Somehow, I'm in the mood to straighten, declutter, tame paper stacks etc. I hadn't scanned all the medicare/social security letters into Evernote so found I couldn't put a finger on them quickly yesterday. (Felt like a pop quiz - the dude should have had us have all that info together, dh had already given him our medicare numbers but I don't know how many times I repeated that, address, phone and email back to him.) Anyway, I worked on my box of papers downstairs this a.m. until dcleaning lady was working on the floor and kitchen so I'm upstairs now.

Yesterday I cleaned up my stamping desk. I'm filing some cardstock (that I'll probably never use!?) and actually dusting the desk today, and flitting back to my genealogy desk where I'm doing the same.

Workout still later. Dh went to Costco and volunteered to take a box of papers to be shredded to his office to add to shred that's picked up there.

LOL, bw2. You are doing so much for your mom!

I'm bored.
I've limited myself to 49 steps so far.
I don't know what to do with myself.
I watched YTube Inside the Forgotten Aftermath of Hurricane Helene about recovery happening in Western North Carolina.

oh my goodness - mom is going on about how the helper does everything for her and she will only listen to her -

I asked her if she wanted to go to the bathroom before she rests - "why don't you just shut up!" "always asking me if I want to go to the bathroom"

We hit the bewitching hour when she is tired. I got her ready for a rest and mom got made at me for asking her to move her foot forward on the Sara steady - - what a pistol. We got her to stand and then the helper asked mom if she wanted to go to the bathroom - mom said "what ever you want" as sweet as can be.
(reminds me of my childhood! who says you can't go back.)

oh my gosh dd younger heard it and said - ah "mom's name" she sure does love you ( and us)" We know mom - have to find humor it it I was proud that I didn't react or get frustrated.

it's the dementia/alzheimers - we are trying to get her into a neurologist

sorry you are bored!!! sending you a spark of joy and imagination your way d lady

I have just ran a few errands.
Rx place had a snag in the one I was to pick up and they worked it out Dr. office forgot something.
15 min. later was done by the time I had got my items.

Tip: I put a reward on my groc. list pink sparkly eye glasses case.
I wanted pink glasses but did not find any that fit right so this will do!

Saw a gold one I"LL get for later as a diff. reward.

Art Date:
Win for the day at the thrift shop found a charcuterie tray with Christmas theme I'd been wanting one
I may make it more neutral for any holiday! Grey with black handles. Also got a looks new small basket
for spa nite. I dreamed of spa nite. Too big jeans for a project might be a skirt or ? Suggestions welcome.
Also got a weeder thing like a chop off weeds in the field! Plus a mini casarole for like one person maybe two,
with lid and has a blue heart and blue paisley shapes I'm very pleased.

Reminds me: I journaled about a jean quilt back in the truck driving days LH gave it to an accident
victim in case of shop they had to use camper plywood for a back board. I was fine with that decision he was concerned I'd be mad.

I watered under the tree in front in the shade.
Watered in back also the beds.
Laundry to fold. X
Scrubbing hard water & lime off porcelain now fun but one room nearly done yea!
Had to take a break.
Picked a good day for errands rain in our forecast tomorrow.

Back from workout. Stretched, did upper body strength exercises (tricep curls, chest press, rowing machine and bicep curls) by doing ten at a moderate to heavy weight, then dropping the weight by half and doing twenty more. Then four minutes on treadmill, second and fourth minutes at 12% incline slower speed than usual. First and third minutes were at the slower speed. Then repeated all that except for stretching. Whew.

On the way home I dropped off donation stuff at a local thrift shop that benefits that neighborhood, then dropped off three HOA reimbursement checks.

I have another HOA check I need to write now. And as always seems to happen, the teen who cleans up the pool area just sent me his time sheet. Probably will go ahead and pay him and then don't have anything I have to do on the HOA next week.

Was going to go to bank to deposit ck for cemetery and also go to the post office to ck HOA box, but bank is closed. I could still get to the post office box but the two are so close together it seems silly to do one and not the other. So they go on the list for tomorrow.

I got a few errands done today and did a DPC when I was parked at one of the places I went to.

It has been very gusty here today. Our compost bin blew across the road and ended up in the ditch on that side. When I was putting it away I also had to pick up both empty garbage cans and put their lids behind them out of the wind. I also have a couple of used wheelbarrow tires that I use to hold down the lids when needed. Those are currently holding something else down in the same area.

Dh ordered pizza for supper.

If memory serves me correctly, was there a SHE that used to have a Pepsi with her pizza every Friday night? I had a Sprite tonight. I'm finding soda with caramel colouring in it seems too sweet.

LadyM how do you freeze your strawberries or other berries from your garden?

my weeds have had weed babies and they had babies - I have become a great grandmother to my weeds children
waving to everyone.

hi d harriet - yay on orderng groceries - fresh cucumbers - great!
I have never tried black eyed peas - one day I will try them.

waving at you d twins, d cathy too and d Nancy!