Friday February 28th 2025

Tweety, BSN, RN · Feb 28

Good morning!

Joe, enjoy your day off!

J22, hope that you feel better today.

I definitely did not get the fashion gene a lot of gay men seem to have. Jeans, shorts, a few polo shirts and t-shirts and sneakers. Every few years I might go to the outlets and shop for clothes for travel.

I bought a new light fixture for my dining room as I broke a piece of the glass on the old one months ago so I decided to update it. The electrician came yesterday to install it and noticed the package of the new fixture was missing two parts that it said should have been in the box. He could tell the box was opened and taped again something I didn't notice when I bought it, probably a return or something. So now I have a whole in my dining room with no light until the other parts are replaced. Hopefully he can come back today if the part comes in. This is my life. Small annoyances compared to what some people go through.

Have a great day.

No Stars In My Eyes · Feb 28

There's a 'small' annoyance here, Tweety, if you really want to feel put out.....and I'd be glad to share Nannie with you....she is about 5'2"" and 130+ lbs; She will be happy to comment on anything you watch on TV, in a voice so indistinct and .... well, not mellifluous, exactly, but it does just sound like a bunch of somewhat high-pitched unmusical tones. NO? You don't want this particular annoyance? GOSH!

I woke up around 9 AM and was just lolling with my eyes closed and no interest in getting up......then just before 10 AM, I got barked to the ceiling by Momo who was alarmed to see Nannie at the top of the third-floor stairs! She had crept up the stairs and I don't think she said my name, but she did 'say' something that prompted Momo to bark very sharply. I was not very thrilled, to say the least. So, I accompanied her back down to the den, prepared her breakfast tray and gave her the meds crushed in pudding, Told her when she was through, to just put the tray on the small table beside her chair, that I was going back to bed. I am not actually planning on sleeping anymore, but I just want the pleasure of waking up to peace and quiet and my coffee. I prolly could drowse a little bit, but not sure of the wisdom of that right now. A "Creeping Nannie" is not a plant like ivy or any of those other traveling vines. (more's the pity).

It is Friday, right? I never know what day of the week it is, nor the correct date. I will be 'boycotting' any and all purchases, along with much of the country, as a protest against Mump and Trusk, and their steamroller method of governance. Not that anyone would notice my pitiful purchasing power being absent today. It's like an old hippie protest for "stickin' it to The Man" as they'd have said in the 60's and 70's. Feel the power of the people! 🤪

Not sure about any plans for today, that is to say, I don't have anything weighing on my shoulders; I did the dishes yesterday, and the trash is out at the curb. Nannie partially dressed herself in yesterday's tops (jerseys), and put on her shoes, and in a while I will go down and put some slacks on her, over her multiple pads and the pull-up.

I finished the puzzle book I got last week, so I got another one yesterday so I would have something to concentrate on besides Nannie's arranging and rearranging her sleeves! I suppose I should be happy she has SOMETHING to occupy her lack-of-mind, but honestly, after less than 5 minutes of seeing her even in my peripheral vision going at it, I feel like I may scream. So, that's why I sit with my head kind of turned away from her. It is such a little thing, but, like, last night I saw her staring fixedly at the lap-robe that had somehow become , um, UN-arranged around her ankles, so I just had to get up and straighten it out so she would lose the trance she was in.

Fascinating as it is, I will stop my observations of my life here, and I guess I ought to get dressed now. It's supposed to be in the upper 60's or lower 70's? Who knows, and really, it doesn't much matter. It's just another day, and it will be Nannie's bedtime in about 10 or so hours. Hope y'all's day is not as EXCITING as mine!

nursej22, MSN, RN · Feb 28

I feel like a person today, instead of a dripping, sneezing, coughing virus factory. Yesterday was miserable, but the dogs woke me up at 3 am and I realized I was better! I still have occasional cough, but that not so bad.

It's too bad I feel human again, because I too, was going to avoid buying today. I suppose if I get a coffee from the local coffee shop, that is okay. The temp should get up to the high 50s again. I do need to look for some travel clothes.

I looked up chocolate ricotta torte, and I think I will try one in a day or so. I didn't get a birthday cake as we were in Seattle, so I will bake myself a treat. Dh bought some specialty flours at Christmas for some of the cookie recipes he tried, so I'll use some of those up. We've got coconut, chick pea, and almond flour.

No Stars In My Eyes · Feb 28

Speaking of shoes ... Yesterday I got a slip-on canvas pair for all of $14.95 at Walmart. I have been slipping and sliding out of my poor old worn out clogs and they have been feeling a bit dangerous, balance-wise. Anyway, imagine my surprise to see these shoes on the rack, in a 9 + 1/2. However, they are still wider, even with the arch supports added. The left foot needs about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch more height in the arch, as well. AND I have to put some of those stick-on heel-thingies in, that help keep the shoes ON my heels. For those of you unfamiliar with them, look in the Dr. Scholl's section at the pharmacy. Dr Scholl has been my friend for a very long time!

Then, Nannie was staring at her feet again, and I finally understood why....it would seem that the shoes and socks she had put on did not MATCH the rest of her outfit! In order to soothe her, I went into her room and got out maroon socks and her maroon shoes, to match her maroon top. She said, "Now, THAT'S better!" So she is sitting there looking at her feet and her jersey top, comparing the colors(with satisfaction), Maybe to check to see that nothing has changed since her last look for comparison of the colors. Sad to be so fixated, I mean, she literally has nothing to do....she can't read anymore, and can't do too much of anything to entertain herself. I am not folding laundry so I am not very entertaining. I always tell her I'm going to charge her 50 cents for letting her watch me work. She actually NOTICED and commented yesterday, that I "seem to" do a lot of laundry! No kidding! It amazed me! She is currently sitting with her hands folded in her lap, and her eyes alternate being closed and squinting out the window (because, you KNOW that the sun sure is BRIGHT!). She is also comparing her new nail-color (which SiL had done for her 2 days ago) to her jersey and the shoes and socks. NO! I will not change the colors of her fingernails to match the maroon things she is wearing. A moot point, as we have no nail polish here, thank goodness.

I am very much hoping she dozes off, but just now when I looked up at her, she gave me a BRIGHT smile. Then I looked again, and I don't know why she is frowning and looking around, but I ain't a'gonna ask! Like, I mean, really, WHY ask why?!

Back to the new word-search puzzle-book. I will keep doing those puzzles until I get weary of them and then switch back to crossword puzzles. Got to have SOMETHING to occupy my brain!! Reading anything with a plot is out, because I get interrupted so frequently, it makes me lose track and read the same paragraph 4,297 times.

*SIGH*!

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Feb 28

I hope you've enjoyed your day off, Joe.

Glad you're starting to feel better, J22.

Good Momo! Bad Nannie! A tumble from the top of the stairs would not be a good thing.

dianah, you do a lot of walking when you go to Disney dressed dapper. Stylish and dapper shoes that are good for walking might be hard to find? That is my problem these days with buying shoes. Hubs thinks I have "too many shoes" but I've kept some because even though they're wearing out or I don't like them a lot, they fill a niche in my shoe needs. I spent years wearing heels and with getting older and gaining weight my feet and knees don't tolerate that very well but I can't quite give in to only wearing "orthopedic" shoes. I still want to be young and hip.

Stepson's problems with his food stamps and medical insurance have been resolved. For now. I wish he could be approved for disability and for housing assistance.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Feb 28

No Stars In My Eyes said:

NO? You don't want this particular annoyance? GOSH!

You win has having the most annoyances, but why call me out like that?

I got Slowbro up at 12:00 to go outside and get some air and walk around and he couldn't stand up and was falling to the left repeatedly, and obviously had some sort of event. I made the decision because he's 16, deaf and blind, that he would suffer too much if he couldn't walk either and euthanized. The vet said he might have had a stroke and said I made the right call. He had a good long and spoiled life,

nursej22, MSN, RN · Feb 28

Oh, Tweety, I am so sorry for your loss. You gave SlowBro the best of lives.

toomuchbaloney · Feb 28

Tweety said:

You win has having the most annoyances, but why call me out like that?

I got Slowbro up at 12:00 to go outside and get some air and walk around and he couldn't stand up and was falling to the left repeatedly, and obviously had some sort of event. I made the decision because he's 16, deaf and blind, that he would suffer too much if he couldn't walk either and euthanized. The vet said he might have had a stroke and said I made the right call. He had a good long and spoiled life,

That's raw. I'm sorry life slapped you like that. Be good to yourself.

No Stars In My Eyes · Mar 1

Tweety, So sorry you had to bid Slowbro adieu. It's hard to come to that decision I know,, but you did the right thing by him.

Ozzie was pretty much deaf and almost blind when I had him put down, He would wander around the den, tried to climb in the fireplace a few times, and would also just stand still staring at nothing for 15 minutes at a time, not even moving.

Oh my, we love our fur babies, but have to outlive so many of them. But think of all the love exchanged between you. Very special.

Editorial Team / Admin · Mar 1

Tweety, such a difficult decision to make -- yet not so, doing what we think/hope is the best for our dear pets. Be good to yourself.

Ado, I look for shoes that fit the "look" and that will be comfortable. Usually flats with good arch support. And I always bring a spare pair with me, just in case the pair I'm wearing and walking in, has an "off" day re: comfort.

No Stars, at least Nannie is predictable with her "interests" = My. Clothes. Match!

nursej22, glad you are feeling better. We are enjoying our cake! Belated HB!

Joe, I hope you got to see some birds, and that you were able to get your passport.

So sad to read about Gene Hackman and his wife and dog.

I didn't sleep at all last night, so slept mainly 4 hr in the morning. Made a trip later to the grocery store, then fielded a call from a friend. By the time I was done with my call, it was too late to go for a walk with dh. Tomorrow!

Have a good evening!

No Stars In My Eyes said:

Oh my, we love our fur babies, but have to outlive so many of them. But think of all the love exchanged between you. Very special.

Whenever "that" time comes, dh always reminds us that it's easier for us to make the decision rather than for the pets to suddenly be bereft of our love and care; they wouldn't understand what was happening. I suppose that is true...

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Mar 1

I'm so sorry, Tweety. I have no doubt Slowbro had a good and spoiled life and knew that he was loved.