Jumping into Monday

[Harmony]

HaHa, bigfoot!

I am cuop, being away from the computer quite a few days. My computer is not portable and I simply didn't feel like traipsing all the way back here...and some days just could not..

Sorry to read of so many challenges in villagers' lives. I guess things never stay calm for very long, do they?

Thursday I spent a few hours making cookies at the church for ministries that were happening over the weekend. Then I went to check on DH doing some volunteer work in a building with the teens...except none of the teens showed up. So I stayed the evening helping him. It was hard demo work, and at one point I fell splat! straight down on my knees, tripping over a board. I was afraid to get up I'd hit so hard, but thankfully nothing was broken.

Ever since then I've been in recovery mode. Sportscreme is a wonderful invention, taking pain away. The first night I couldn't walk very well. Every day it gets a bit better. Sat. I had volunteered for a community outreach thing and hobbled along with 4 others to the veterans nursing home with platters of cookies and a bit of conversation with whoever wanted to chat. DH was out with a crew of his own building a deck with stairs and handicap ramp at a needy woman's house. He worked all day and then we worked all evening on a truck lock and putting all the equipment away.

It was too big a job for one day. He has to go back.

Sunday was small group. Today I went to meet a friend who was complaining she'd soon be going back up north to her 2nd home and we'd not gotten together yet...so we were to do breakfast except I think she forgot. I need to call her, but have waited till my attitude settles.

I guess I will limp out to the kitchen and see what's for dinner. Leftover something for sure. Not standing to cook!

[Elizabeth]

Hi everyone! I survived the weekend. I now have an extremely packed freezer (ran out of containers!) and won't have to cook again for a month! I have not heard back from the doctor about my arm (broken? tendonitis? other?). I have volunteered to take in kittens this spring and still do not have any, which is very surprising. I asked for and got DD11 for the whole weekend next weekend. It will be very packed: church picnic on Saturday, Run for the Zoo (with DD's twin friends) on Sunday. This is the first time I have asked for DD the whole weekend. Usually XDH asks for her for one weekend, then I get her the next. So probably the following weekend will be by myself.

What I need to do in the remainder of the day:
finish cat show volunteer scheduling
pharmacy run
attic work
begin reclaiming sewing room (everything had to be moved for the ceiling and attic work)

What I need to do sometime this week:
get info on Run for the Zoo timing and parking
call twin friends' mom and tell her when I will be picking them up
get map for church picnic
find out if it is time for an oil change

What I will be doing right now: taking the meds I forgot at lunch!

[Twins' Mom]

I'm finally at a point where I can try to erase some of Bigfoot's handiwork. Picked up my Moses - he smells good but was trimmed up a little more than I intended. He will be cooler for summer, however.

Dh thought he had a meeting at six but texted that it's at seven, so he won't be home until after that. I may order a pizza.

Several phone calls and emails later I'm ready to work a little....
-clear kitchen counters
-empty dishwasher and reload
-clear tall breakfast area counter
-straighten up bedroom
-order pizza

[Elizabeth]

Hello again. My arm is not broken. The doctor is going to check for gout next. Seems unlikely to me, but I am not an MD either. Unfortunately, there is not an appointment available where they will do the checking until June 21! I called him back to see if I should continue the current treatment until then, and the nurse volunteered to try to get me in earlier.

After I typed the 3rd sentence, XDH called. His house is being painted and DD11 does not like the fumes, so she is staying with me. I will have to get up early tomorrow to get her to school for Dragon Singers. Wednesday, I will have to get up early to get dFosterCat10 to the vet, so I will need to go to bed early. Gotta run to the pharmacy now. Bye.

[lucylee]

* whew *
I feel like I've been away forever. Posted a little in J&C -- nothing major is going on -- just got started "talking" there & didn't hush.

I need to get things jumping a little bit here... last night I just blew off everything and it shows now. Dishes in the sink, laundry piling up, I don't know when I last s/s the bathrooms... and dgs will be here tomorrow night, I think.

Also have some paperwork that needs doing.

And I'm already ready to go to bed.

I will come back when I have at least 3 ta-da's to post.

[Kathryn-in-Canada]

A sign!!! I was sent a sign!!!!

(Actually, an email asking me to preach at the church where I spent three weeks in February. So they know me and invited me back.)

We had a nice dinner of leftovers and then watched Galaxy Quest (a family favourite.)

[lucylee]

Great news, Kathryn!!!

As promised -- ta-da's:
1. one load of clothes washed, hanging to dry
2. talked to dmom on phone
3. wrote 4 checks to pay dmom's bills
4. filed dmom's papers (receipts, statements, etc)
5. filled out 2nd set of retirement forms for self

[Twins' Mom]

LOL, Lucy, I'm ready to go to bed also. I'm just feeling wrung out. I didn't finish straightening up MBR yet and I still need to walk ddogs.

And before I could post this the rabbi came by to "check on me" so I just now got ddogs walked.

Great news, Kathryn! Where's the "like" button?

[Harriet]

Yes, that seems unlikely, Elizabeth, but we here have certainly chatted a lot about gout and would be able to share some helps.

Happy for you, Kathryn, and of COURSE they wanted to have you again.

((Harmony)) are you badly blue? I would think you might be colorful!

Well, that was nice of him, Twins' Mom.

I've exercised. Evening Daily Card done well.

HRH says the zipper is 100 years old today. Now I have to look that up. It is actually National Zipper Day in the U.S. On April 29, 1913, Swedish-born scientist Gideon Sundback was issued a patent for his "Hookless Fastener." Will wonders never cease.