Ado Annie

While Tweety is glad he can eat carbs without guilt, I was thinking this weekend how it is nice to eat bacon-wrapped jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese -- without guilt! Doesn't mean I don't crave cookies, cake, and brownies, though. I tried a low-carb "brownies" recipe that used avocado for the fat and ... it was really, really bad. Let us know what you think of the long movie, Stars. I'd like to see that one in the theater but not sure I can talk anyone into going with me. Ah, yes, I do remember Hawkeye Pierce singing about Lydia the Tattooed Lady -- wasn't Hawkeye always doing Groucho imitations? J22, the beach sounds lovely. Even with cooler weather. Glad it was a good trip. The laundry can be worked through ... hopefully with no rush. dianah, sorry about the computer woes. How annoying.

Hubs' ex-wife (mother of my stepkids) died yesterday. I think I had told y'all that she had stage 4 lung cancer. Only 63. Depending on what the kids and her husband decide about her service, either Hubs will fly up there for that or we will plan to go spend time with the kids and grands later this year. We have made a lot of funeral trips back to Indiana. Today is overcast though so far no rain. The clouds have kept the temp down but we're still expected to get up to 102 by late afternoon. The church was opening a cooling center because there was a heat warning but since that has been lifted the decision was made to shut it down for today. My weekend plans involve continuing the work on Twin A's room. I've been working through the laundry we collected from it last week and both guys seriously need to weed out things they can't or won't wear. I also hope to finish the book I'm reading which was recommended by a friend. It is The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett, who wrote The Help. This author is really good at conveying a sense of injustice (enough to justify a poop pie, I guess 💩) so we'll see where this goes. I learned that apparently the clinic where we've all gone for years does not respond to requests from the pharmacy for refills. That explains a lot but why we didn't know this before now I don't understand. Sometimes I do think about switching to a provider closer to home (this clinic is 18 miles away -- was very close to the place we were renting before my mother died and we moved here to take care of Dad).

I think it's only fair to extend the same kind of wariness to the health care provider as they do to you, Stars. dianah, I agree with you about computers! I got an email alert from Capital One that I expect is legitimate telling me that my email address is found on "the dark web" and I should, at the least, change my password. I did that on the laptop, then went to reset the saved password on my phone and got it wrong. A series of errors led to my account being locked with no way to retrieve it except call AOL and -- here's the kicker -- PAY them for a support contract, essentially. I think it's pure extortion. I can cancel this little "support plan" at any time and, believe me, I will. I would just dump AOL after all these years and use another email service (there are still free ones, right?) except that there are some important things that are tied to that email address and making that change would be a lengthy and difficult process. How old did you say Bleu is, Joe? Past the stage where his appetite could just be a growth spurt?

Joe, I'm glad work is back to normal at least for now. Your weather sounds more pleasant than ours (pretty sure the bank said 111 when I drove past it; my phone says 108). 🥵 Glad you had a good trip, dianah. Stars, I am just beside myself that your life is being disrupted again. I'm making plans for my trip to Phoenix in early October (risk management conference). Have not been willing to maintain the low-carb thing lately even though I do think it was having some positive effects. I'll try again tomorrow.

Rain! Actually water falling from the sky! It was brief but at least measurable. I realize that our family and friends in Indiana might not see it as the miracle we do right now. 😟 The high temp for tomorrow is forecast to be only 97 but the next day the temps go back over 100 and stay there.

Got a lot of trash out of Twin A's bedroom. It was really bad. He promises it won't get like this again and I told him that will be a condition of living here. Not that I would really throw him out without really good reason, but he does need to accept some responsibility. This house never seemed so small when we would all visit my parents here but it sure feels that way trying to accommodate 4 adults all the time. And of course for the past 5 years it was FIVE adults. Stars, your BIL sounds a bit like my dad was before my mother got sick. He didn't wander so much but he would not remember where they were.

I've agreed to "help" Twin A clean his room this weekend. Yes, he is a 31-year-old man. But I want that room clean and somewhat organized before he starts another semester of school. And I really want it painted but I need Hubs to organize that and he is still occupied with my cousin's car. Enjoy your travels, J22!

Looking back at that post, maybe it was the reference to "boat people" -- by which I meant people who own sailboats and keep them at that lake.

I got that with my last post, too. No idea what triggered it. But it was very quickly cleared and posted.

Solved one mystery at work and was relieved it was as easy to fix as it was. Hubs brought the boat back from the lake today after reading comments from other boat people that the water level was so low they were unable to use the ramp to get their boats in/out of the lake. He didn't have a problem but I guess decided that since there is no relief in sight for the low water level that it was time. He replaced the shower head in our bathroom over the weekend but grumbled that the bracket that holds the hand-held shower head wasn't included so we'd have to use the old, broken one until he could go find one to buy. This morning, while hunting for shoes to wear to work, I found said bracket in its little plastic package under the bed. He must have dropped it and not realized it. Is it time to worry about Hubs' brain? Just kidding, I think!! I started on more cleaning and organizing in my office yesterday. For some reason that always creates a bigger mess before anything gets better.

We enjoyed watching The Orville. I had forgotten about it, though. These days Twin B has us watching "Rascal Does Not Dream..." when we all get together to watch something. I was sure we would get a reasonable amount of rain Friday (all the signs were there) but nope, only a few drops.

I'm sorry for your loss, Tweety. Glad you were able to be there and that she had hospice care. I was able to submit a reply with my phone!

At least fruit flies are not too hard to get rid of. Congrats on getting the deep-clean done. Hope dianah's cat gets over the vomiting with no long-term problems. It appears we are finally going to get some rain. There is thunder. There are dark clouds. The temp has dropped from 99 to 85. I forced myself to get through a task at work that has been plaguing me. The other night we all went to see the latest Spiderman movie. I liked it. No plans for the weekend other than a leadership meeting after church Sunday. Hubs should go check on the boat again since we have it at Lake Hefner. The docks are not floating docks so when the water level drops you've got to keep an eye on things so the boat doesn't end up hanging from its moorings. Twin B is on vacation this weekend with no plans but to have a break from the job. I get it.

All of the hospital A/C units are working as of today, so there's that!

"Tired and annoyed" sounds like me on most days lately! 😆 I was mildly confused reading about Tinker yesterday, but figured I was wrong in thinking she was a girl. I'm sure she enjoys the added warmth of her outfit, and doesn't care about the color or ruffles. But I definitely understand why it isn't your first choice. I hope Tweety and Waffles can be comfortable until the A/C is fixed, and that the wait won't be long. Not a lot to talk about here. And that's OK.