nursej22

I get flagged if I use too many punctuation marks. Perhaps spammers like to string together exclamation points or dashes with a "greater than" sign. Did a big shop today for the trip, and dropped off some old garden chemicals and gas cans at the toxic waste site. Then home to clean the kitchen, off to a meeting, now home to watch the news. dh will be back in an hour or so and we'll make the fajita kit I picked up at Costco. I gave up my check register along time ago. I used to balance it to the penny, but once debit cards came into use, the other person on my account neglected to write them in or tell me about them. This was a huge area of conflict. Our incomes finally reached the point that I could keep a comfy balance and not have to worry about bouncing checks every month, so I let it go. That is probably naive of me, but the stress wasn't worth it. Youngest ds has been having an issue with insurance. He got his CPAP while he was with Kaiser and had to go to a certain respiratory company. His heating element went out, but the company won't fix it because he's not covered by Kaiser anymore. But they won't transfer his prescription to another company without info from Kaiser. And guess who doesn't want to give up info on someone no longer covered? He is going to have to have visit with the provider to get a new prescription for a new CPAP. How stupid is that?

Hi. Routine Wednesday--> volunteered at demo garden, then lunch at the grocery store. I buy a premade salad, dh get a wrap and chips. I regretted my salad choice. It was labeled citrus garden salad and consisted of mixed greens, a few blueberries, sliced almonds feta cheese and an orange juice based dressing. It was disappointing. I came home and fell asleep so the day was mostly shot. I need to make a shopping list for our camp trip. I plan to make some food ahead as there is limited room to prepare food and a tiny sink to wash up. I am going to make spaghetti sauce and brine and precook some chicken breasts for teriyaki chicken and alfredo. We'll like eat out a few times because we'll be near the coast and dh likes fresh seafood. Maybe because we are in a rural area, most providers take most insurance, so neither dh had to consider switching providers. Pharmacies are challenging. We try to avoid the big chains and go to local pharms, but sometimes they just can't get the meds. My dad didn't want a funeral, but we had a big get-together, which he would have loved. He and mom had plots already, so that part was simple.

Good morning folks. I haven't been doing anything exciting, so I haven't had much to post about. The weather has been pleasant. It was windy yesterday which blew the smoke away. I can see it building over the mountains east of us though. We had Zoom meeting with a gardening education committee last night and I was so irritated that I nearly signed off. There was a new member and we were introducing ourselves to her. The one member who uses these meetings as an opportunity to air her grievances started complaining how we never help her. And then she threw another gardener (who wasn't present) under the bus about an uncompleted project. Nice intro. Anyway, the new person has a background in graphic arts and I'm hoping she can help with informational signage in the demo garden. I have been slowly reading a book called Finding the Mother Tree. It's good, but dense with info about how fungi help trees grow. Condolences for your mother, Tweety. Dianah, my aunt always said buying a car was like digging a whole and tossing money in. But it is nice to be able to just pack up a place to sleep and go where you like. We will be leaving again on Sunday for a week in Oregon.

Hmm, I am seeing mostly items about the disappointing jobs report, the primaries, and Fauci.

Whatever. I don't follow basketball or football, so I will have to take your word for it. I have long said, I don't think government has a role involving gender issues in sport. I don't understand why you would bring this up in a political forum, especially one entitled "47".

Or maybe they don't draft him or offer him a contract? Isn't that what happened to Colin Kapernick? Well, he could ask for congressional approval, as the ruling says. He still has a majority in both houses.

Good morning. The smoke is much better today, and the heat has eased. I have been sleeping poorly, so as many of you know, leads to low energy and feelings of blah. I did pull myself together yesterday and did a deep cleaning of the dishwasher. There was a disgusting build up of greasy crud on the seals around and on the bottom of the door. Perhaps because of the stainless steel interior and black seals I didn't notice like I would have on the old machine that was white. But I actually gagged little. Afterwards, I ran a cycle with a cup of vinegar. It definitely smells better. Next battle: fruit flies! I need to gather some food stuffs for the food bank. We are on program where the Kiwanis comes by once a month to pick up a shopping bag full of non-perishables. We will set that on the front porch steps in the morning, along with our plastic grocery bags that they gladly take. Not much else planned, except pulling a few weeds.

I am worn out from being out in the heat/humidity/smoke all day. The air quality indicator was up to 150 (unhealthy for sensitive individuals) now back down to 100. My throat got rather scratchy for a while. But my heat is nothing like what Tweety, Waffles, and Annie are dealing with. I hope the AC gets dealt with pronto. Dianah, I can sympathize with plumbing the depths of cabinets. I did that last week when I changed out the faucet, and discarded and consolidated many cleaning products under the kitchen sink. Tomorrow I need to clean out the dishwasher as it has a really funky smell. Best wishes to your mum, Tweety.

The smoke is moving in from the eastern side of the state. Yuck, although it's not bad now. I made a peach cake for dh. And cleaned the bathrooms. Such excitement. I was going to volunteer at a food bank garden, but the organizer was not there. I took some photos to write an article about it for the newsletter. Tomorrow is Senior Day at the park where are demo garden is, and I signed up to lead a couple of garden tours. Most people want to know about the historic house on site, so I have brushed up on the history of that.

It's not news. A significant number Americans admire him for it. They think this is how successful businessmen operate. He has brayed about it for years and appeared on a reality show that portrayed him as successful. He caught on that many Americans were ready to blame their woes on people of color like Obama and Mexicans and played that into the White House. He promised things he had no intention and no means of delivering on, and yet the gullible bought into it, hook, line and sinker. And now they refuse to believe they were duped.

Hi all. I wish I had exciting things to post, but, not really. Youngest ds and I went to a concert in Seattle on Saturday night. It was ED Sheeran and he put on a great show: good music along with some fireworks and lasers. It was raining when we left our house, but sunny with puffy white clouds in Seattle, and we were outside in the football stadium and the weather was perfect. Yesterday I slept in until 8, because we didn't get home until 1:30 am. We went to the local minor league baseball game in the afternoon and it was bad. There were multiple errors that even I recognized, like bad base running, poor throws, blown calls by the umpire. Then I came home and had a nap. Today I took MiL to her chiropractic appointment and I took some dahlias from our garden to the receptionist. Then home to pull some weeds. I just finished a message to send out to fellow gardeners to ask for volunteers to work in the food bank garden. I am going to stop by there tomorrow and meet with the garden manager and see if it's something I might volunteer for. I need to make appointments for routine checks and vaccines for the doggos. I already made appointments for myself for an echo and see the cardiologist. Ugh, I am scheduled to see someone I don't know and I dread it. I am just uncomfortable with strangers. But, otherwise I would have to wait until December. Maybe I'll call back because I'm not having any issues. Joe congrats on the new kitty! We used to have an orange tabby with different colored eyes. He was a sweetheart named Bruno.

Hey, Stars, if you have access to Netflix now, did you know Outlander is on there? It seems like you were a fan of those books? My other recommendations for Netflix include Call the Midwife, and Poldark, The Crown, and Victoria. I guess you could say I'm an Anglophile. Right now, I'm watching Department Q. Its a gritty crime drama, set in Scotland.

I am beat. We volunteered at the demo garden, and we spread mulch that I have been asking for since April. Between 5 of us, we spread 2 cubic yards around the rose garden that I maintain there. I came home coated in sweat and mulch dust. After a quick shower, I am ready for a nap! But youngest ds met me at the door requesting my help to fold and pack an abundance of clothes that he wants to donate. He is finally cleaning up his room and gaming area and I don't want to break his momentum. But first, a nap! Stars, that sounds like what I had to go through to get my and dh's Medicare set up. Because I was doing his stuff, I need to prove who I was and that we were married. But this was during the pandemic and everything took longer and cost more. After I paid for a certified copy of our marriage certificate, it looked like just like the one I had. Joe, I hope you get your new kitty soon. Tweety, we haven't done anything as detailed as you have. Our kids are named as equal beneficiaries of our retirement accounts. The house is the only other thing of value we have. I suppose the kids would just sell it and split the money. We've never lived in an air-conditioned house, even in Idaho, where it could reach 100 in the Summer. Everyone there just lived in their basement for the Summer. These days we just use lots of fans, and escape to the mall or a movie theater when it gets to be too much for the few days of the year when it gets to 90. All of the places I worked around here had air conditioning, but it was so uneven that some spaces were icy cold and some were roasting hot, and nothing was comfortable.

Sure, I'd like everyone to get access to affordable healthcare, but as long as it is for profit, dominated by health insurance companies, it's not going to get better. Americans will not pay for healthcare that they don't think others deserve. I would like to hear more about Senator Andy Kim's idea of Medi-Kids. https://www.kim.senate.gov/press_release/senator-kim-introduces-landmark-medikids-legislation-to-guarantee-healthcare-for-all-children/ All children would receive coverage from birth to age 26. It's certainly better than the GOP plan of "don't get sick, and if you do, die quickly."

Where did the weekend go? I did some volunteer work at the demo garden on Saturday. I came home for a PB&J sandwich on multigrain bread, which was scrumptious after restricting seeds and nuts for a week. I have a massive bruise and possibly chemical phlebitis at my IV site. It really burned when the anesthetist pushed the propofol. I picked up Dh from the farmers market, navigating through tons of traffic: cars, bikes and scooters and oblivious pedestrians. Came home to do a little in our yard. Dh grilled steaks and I went to bed early Sunday was rainy and warm, which is unusual for this time of year. We went to a matinee of the Odyssey. It was good, but very long. I need to refresh my self on the story. I was a little lost during the movie, partly because that director skips around in time during the movie. I took MiL to her chiropractor today, cleaned out a cupboard and got a facial. It's warm and humid.