Friday December 6th 2024

Good morning!

Getting up late kind of ruins the day but also I secretly like getting the extra sleep.

Went to the bank, the organic/health food store (and bought chips among other healthier items), the regular grocery store and got some gas.  Decided to cheat and bought a ready made chicken parmesan and pasta for a late lunch.  Will have a lighter dinner later.  It's warm in the low. 70's but no sunshine.  

Looks like I got a start date on my roof, Dec. 27th.   

Will take the rest of the day off and do some cooking and watch YouTube while I cook.

It got down to 19 degrees last night; today's high will be all of 42 degrees. And, as Nannie observed, "It is BRIGHT out there!". But sunshine does not equal warmth today! Brrrr!

Nannie has been washed, dressed, fed and medicated. Her eyes got heavy and she started to lean while dozing off, so I stuck the baby-pillow behind her neck and draped a blanket over her, and she is happy. And *I* am happy because this indicates a nice nap for her and some peace and quiet for me.

I may or may not do anything besides Nannie's laundry, which is ready to go into the dryer now. I suppose I will probably do the dishes, too, at some point during the day.

It feels like Saturday to me. But, then again, Friday's always feels like Saturday; don't know why. I just know I have to frequently check my cell phone to see the day and date.

Found one of Nannie's Seroquel pills on the den floor; it's not from this morning, though. I don't know when it got away! Oh well, water under the bridge by now.

SiL said she got a shot in her spine yesterday. Don't know results yet. The doc said it might give her a few hours or days of relief but her problem will still require "hardware and fusion" as per the doc. Not sure when that might be. 

SiL also told me that although Nannie's primary doc filled out and sent back the application for a (different) daycare place....the daycare nurse called her to go over the meds and it turns out that the form was filled out incorrectly, saying she had diabetes and was an epileptic! No such thing! So SiL is going to make sure the correct info is on Nannie's *new* application and get it signed by the doc and take it over to the daycare place. She said it probably won't start until January, so we will still have Chatty CG through December. I hope she doesn't have any more family problems to keep her from coming. Yesterday she said she has "Gout-Foot_" but not bad enough to keep her from doing her usual errands and chores, etc. She said she went to that "$3 Tuesday" at a thrift shop and she FILLED the shopping cart to the brim! She sure likes to shop! I think some of it she sells on eBay, but I'm not sure. But, YIKES!  One of these daze when I have a little extra money (maybe by 2027?) I would like to go poke around that store on $3/Tuesdays. However, new tires, the dentist, and new shoes are among the first few things on the "to-do" list. There's more on the list, but I can't .... or don't want to.... remember them right now!

Going to try to take it easy today as the cold weather has my knees and hips aching, and although I took my meds several hours ago, the relief isn't as profound as it usually is. I hope it isn't going to like this all Winter....if we have a Winter, that is. Last two years we've had no snow, and I don't recall too many freezing cold days from last year, but lately my memory hasn't been the most accurate about some things. So, OH WELL!

I think the gluten-free pizza with cheesy crust sounds good. Might have to give it a try and see if the guys would tolerate it. 

I'm droopy today, must be the margarita I had with dinner last night. We played a game at the party similar to Family Feud and one of the questions was, "If you live to be 100, what will you be doing on a Friday night?" I leaned over to Hubs and said, "Taking care of my mother-in-law." He laughed, which is good since he could have been mad. 

I sent Twin B to take Turbo kitty to the vet to try the antibiotic/steroid injections she'd been getting for her mouth ulcers. Her left cheek area looks really swollen and she seems more lethargic than usual. I might ask them for a specific quote regarding the cost of extracting all her teeth. Hubs would almost certainly object -- his solution is to end her life.

With the boys gone most of tomorrow and Sunday I plan to do some holiday baking. It looks as if they should have clear skies for their stargazing adventure.

Gazing up at the stars on a very cold, dark night gives me the loneliest feeling .... like being in a place absent of any warmth and having the sensation of being so lost. It is a genuinely, truly awful feeling. I try to get inside somewhere as fast as I can, so I can shake off the creeps I get when that happens, and it has been happening since I was a very young girl.

In fact I don't think I've ever mentioned it to anyone before.

I can't believe I used to hang out with and even dated an amateur astronomer years ago and attended Star-Watch nights with that bunch of folks.

It still makes me shudder to think of the cold night skies, and just walking down the driveway to check the mailbox after dark, I can feel it slithering up my upper arms. UGH!

I remember getting that sensation watching a version of A Christmas Carol as Scrooge walks home in cold, dark London to a cold, dark house. You wouldn't be able to just flip a switch and have light everywhere, much less warmth. But Scrooge was wealthy -- wouldn't he have had servants who would have the fires and lamps burning?

Also, I get that creepy and depressed feeling looking out over large cities at night. Something about all those people (but none I know), all that required artificial light and the infrastructure to go with it. It is overwhelming. I'm afraid I wouldn't do well as a city dweller.

Hi. Another frosty morning, maybe 30, then up to 50. Gray. I went to the gym, then walked the dogs. And started hanging ornaments on the tree. This seems to take forever, as many of them are Hallmark ornaments in the original boxes. The oldest is from the year we got married, 1976. I caught the little dog, Jozee, chewing on a piece of plastic that turned out to be ds's credit card. Of course, all the blame will be on me, because I wasn't watching her close enough. 

dh and youngest son are going to a big mall close to Seattle tomorrow. Im not sure I want to go because I find the crowds overwhelming. And I dislike riding in the pickup, which has a very stiff suspension that makes my back ache. Sigh. 

j22~ Wondering WHERE your dh's credit card was, that the dog could get a hold of it to chew on?

No Stars In My Eyes said:

j22~ Wondering WHERE your dh's credit card was, that the dog could get a hold of it to chew on?

He left it on his computer desk. It was his old one that was no longer active. Why did he leave out? And I quote, "I dunno ".