Wednesday May 28th 2025

Tweety, BSN, RN · 2025-05-28T12:17:17Z

Good morning!

Joe, hope you have another good day today.

J22, glad you were able to get an ortho you wanted.

I don't need much but it working for an organization that has it's own doctors in all specialities, I decided to pretty much stick with them, although it was awkward to have a former co-worker be my nurse at my colonoscopy, and the GI is someone I see on the floor very frequently as he's on call often. When I see him I think "he's seen my butt and maybe more". LOL. Anyway, I got a letter from them that my polyp was not cancer but one that grows into a cancer possibly if unchecked so I have to go back in five years. Bummer because I was going to be belligerent and make this one my last one.

But I do like having the docs on my "MyChart" app on my phone. I also pay the copays using the app and my health savings account. It shows my followup appointment with GI, and I was able to make a few clicks to get my sleeping pill renewed and refilled.

All seems to be good with my refrigerator. It's started to make ice. It's nice to have cold things again, although I did have a small dorm-sized one in my Florida room that really helped but was really small and it didn't fit everything and I lost some stuff. Plus I had to give the roommate some room for his food.

I was going to call the IRS to see if I can straighten out an issue but at the end of the day I just wasn't in the mood today to wait.

Off today. Stuff to do. Going to yoga this morning in a few. I was good and went to the gym Monday and Tuesday. I kept it simple and made vegan spaghetti with some Impossible beef that I had gotten on sale a while back. Will make a tofu dish and relax some.

Nothing much else going on.

No Stars In My Eyes · 2025-05-28T17:38:14Z

Gonna have a quiet, Nannie-free afternoon, 😋 about which I am ecstatic. Having my 2nd cup of coffee, after which I am going to go up to the 'formal' living-room and dining room to reorganize (neaten up) the various piles of things that still need to be taken care of. Hoping it will then be easier to knock them off one-by-one over time. I don't know if step-dgt will EVER come get the things she had specified as wanting (of her dads 'leftovers') but I am going to corral that stuff in a corner of the dining-room, and there it will stay, until.......whenever! And, of course I DO have to wash some more dishes. After that, I dunno. Just satisfied to have this quiet, by-myself-time. If only I didn't have to go get Nannie in 3 + 1/2 hours; Yeah, well..... oh well, huh?

Thought of the song from ? West Side Story: "Something's coming, something good...." Am I waiting with bated breath? Kinda/sorta. I mean I AM due for something GOOD for a change! ("Come on, de-liv-er, to meeeeee!") Do I detect a smidge of hopefulness inside this brain, peeking out from under the oppression of daily-living events? To be ready, willing, and able...... and prepared.....yeah, that is a little hopeful. It would make it easier if I won a honkin' wad of prize money, so I can get my Will redone, my hearing aides re-booted, and my teeth taken care of.....that is estimated, by me, to be around more than $3,000 to $5,000 so that is a little high for my current financial means. If I add on the body work my KIA needs, well, it'll have to be a more bigly win. I'd be happy to get the first two things accomplished, even without a money-win. The Will absolutely needs changing so that everything doesn't go to step-dgt., and it would be nice to be able to hear more clearly.....

But I don't want to load up my list of needs and end up talking myself out of hoping for some nice relief, and the hope of SOMETHING GOOD about to arrive in my life. All in due time, I guess.

Time to go putter around upstairs....

No Stars In My Eyes · 2025-05-28T19:01:23Z

One hour later, almost all done in the LR and Dr.....just have to vacuum, and then it'll stay that way until the next 'purge' happens. 😊 There's a bunch of stuff I don't particularly want, and I have to let the other folks go through that and see if they want them, or if it'll be donations, or trash time.

Still itchy, but no pain in the joints. Haven't heard back from doc's office.

Next task will be the kitchen.

Editorial Team / Admin · 2025-05-28T19:25:07Z

Hello all!

Tweety, I was encouraged by YOUR fridge hunt, that when it comes time for us to replace ours, we have the option to choose a SIMPLE version, rather than one with all the bells and whistles (that will break down). I am so glad you finally have a working fridge, and I hope it lasts a LONG time!

No Stars, so glad you have some time without Nannie around! You are making good use of that time, too, an inspiration for me to get some things done around here!

Joe, I hope you don't have to get out into the rain much today.

We spent yesterday walking around Disneyland parks. Temperature was warm but not unbearable, and there was a nice breeze. We are viewing, in order, the Star Wars movies. We had never seen the last three, so we started at the beginning (familiar territory, as the first was released in 1977!!). We recently watched the first film of the last trilogy, with new characters (still fighting evil, however, LOL!). When we walked through Batuu (Star Wars Land) yesterday, we recognized a lot more, from the last movie we'd watched. We didn't get to see many of the characters, only saw two Stormtroopers. We were questioned by them, and then released (LOL!). We had a nice meal at the Trattoria (Italian theme) in California Adventure; enjoyed watching the Grizzley River Rapids ride, as the ppl in their rafts come down a long waterfall, then as they round the last bend before the end of the ride, a random geyser appears in front of them and drenches them all AGAIN! Very entertaining, LOL!

Today is rest and practice some music for Sunday's wedding. It is for a friend of a friend, and is a VERY casual thing. Just dh and I will provide music (dh on banjo and possibly mandolin for some songs; me on guitar). Groom is Christian, Bride is Buddhist. So, we are limiting gospel songs, but we have a few love songs we can put in. We are to provide ~45 min of music before the ceremony, then will do Canon in D for the processional. As I understand, only about 20 ppl will be present, so it's not a huge affair, needless to say! But, it's a special time for the couple.

That's it for now. Have a good day and evening!

Tweety, BSN, RN · 2025-05-28T21:02:52Z

Stars, it seems like years you've cleaning out this house. LOL

Dianah, sounds like a good day.

Get this: the refrigerator repair guy came by to fix my now one-day-ago discarded refrigerator. I was leaving yoga when I got a text "per your request, the repair is scheduled for today at......" blah blah blah. It wasn't my request as you know. Here was there when I got home from yoga. The good news is when he came I was able to return the parts. I was kind to him as he's only doing what is told for him to do, but again the incompetence of this company baffles me to no end.

I'm also frustrated with the incompetence that seems to be going on at best friend's condo. He's been homeless now 8 months...8 months and still nothing seems to be happening there with regards to getting his condo ready to move back in but for a few odds and ends. It's his battle but I'm frustrated for him. His insurance stopped paying his storage fees two months as well as his "rent" here and he's now having to pay out of pocket expenses to be homeless, as well has he has never stopped paying his condo association fees. I don't charge him anything to live here but he passed on his insurance money for "rent" to me to cover increases in my bills so I'm not really out of anything. I like having him around (even though he eats and smacks an apple louder than anyone I've ever heard, and that he talks to the news. LOL).

Rant over. Maybe I'll go over the political forums and do some ranting. LOL

Not really, I'm about ready to think I'm not compatible with that forum either.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · 2025-05-28T21:29:09Z

No Stars In My Eyes said:

Gonna have a quiet, Nannie-free afternoon, 😋 about which I am ecstatic. Having my 2nd cup of coffee, after which I am going to go up to the 'formal' living-room and dining room to reorganize (neaten up) the various piles of things that still need to be taken care of. Hoping it will then be easier to knock them off one-by-one over time. I don't know if step-dgt will EVER come get the things she had specified as wanting (of her dads 'leftovers') but I am going to corral that stuff in a corner of the dining-room, and there it will stay, until.......whenever! And, of course I DO have to wash some more dishes. After that, I dunno. Just satisfied to have this quiet, by-myself-time. If only I didn't have to go get Nannie in 3 + 1/2 hours; Yeah, well..... oh well, huh?

Thought of the song from ? West Side Story: "Something's coming, something good...." Am I waiting with bated breath? Kinda/sorta. I mean I AM due for something GOOD for a change! ("Come on, de-liv-er, to meeeeee!") Do I detect a smidge of hopefulness inside this brain, peeking out from under the oppression of daily-living events? To be ready, willing, and able...... and prepared.....yeah, that is a little hopeful. It would make it easier if I won a honkin' wad of prize money, so I can get my Will redone, my hearing aides re-booted, and my teeth taken care of.....that is estimated, by me, to be around more than $3,000 to $5,000 so that is a little high for my current financial means. If I add on the body work my KIA needs, well, it'll have to be a more bigly win. I'd be happy to get the first two things accomplished, even without a money-win. The Will absolutely needs changing so that everything doesn't go to step-dgt., and it would be nice to be able to hear more clearly.....

But I don't want to load up my list of needs and end up talking myself out of hoping for some nice relief, and the hope of SOMETHING GOOD about to arrive in my life. All in due time, I guess.

Time to go putter around upstairs....

Could it be the "Wells Fargo Wagon" song from The Music Man?

Oh the Wells Fargo wagon is a-comin' down the street ...

(bunch of stuff I don't know)...

and it could be. Oh yes it could be something special for me...

Editorial Team / Admin · 2025-05-28T21:44:13Z

Oho, the Wells Fargo wagon is a'comin' down the street, o don't let him pass my door

Oho the Wells fargo wagon is a'comin' down the street, I wish I knew what he was comin' for

(Some things he's brought before)

Oho the Wells Fargo wagon is a'comin' now, I don't know how I can ever wait to see

It could be something for someone who is no relation or it could be --- something special ---- just for me!

(Thanks jr. Hi choir)

No Stars In My Eyes · 2025-05-28T21:56:53Z

SO! I did not get the dishes done yet, but did get the stuff in LR and Dr organized for future disposal and dispersal. And I vac'd both rooms plus the kitchen and hallway.

Tweety, it's not so much that I am cleaning out this house, I just only get little things done, and mostly I talk about wanting to get ALL of it done.....a LOT! But here's the thing: When we moved in 9 years ago, and also when hubby passed away, the formal living room and dining room were used for storage..ie, DUMPING GROUNDS for stuff we didn't have any other place to put, and we had collected many empty boxes in which to place stuff, but I have since 'disappeared' the dern empty boxes. Before SiL started working MORE (not less, as she had said she would) 'we' had plans to do some of the sorting and cleaning up together, but that never happened. Also, I am messy and clutter places up even right after I've finished cleaning, AND when I am aggravated about how much I have to do, I ignore a lot of the messes I make, so I have to pick up after myself a LOT.

I have to say, I gave out with a "HAH!" laugh when I read that the fridge guy came to repair the old, already-gone fridge, What a world.

And with regards to the 'something big'......this isn't QUITE what I expected, but SiL told me that from this coming Sunday (6/1) to the following Sunday (6/8).....they will be GONE TO THE BEACH! For an entire WEEK!. Which means that I will be transpo for Nannie to AND from the Senior Center. like 9 AM and again at 5 PM on Mon, Weds, and Fri. SiL also said she made sure that Chatty CG will be here tomorrow and next Thursday......."You know, so you won't be left hanging all by yourself for a week, do you know what I mean?" 😳 Uh, YEAH, I know what you mean. But, actually Chatty CG doesn't do too much of anything for Nannie except sit here with her for 6 hours, and sometimes walk her to the bathroom. If I had the ways and means, I could say, "I'm going to be gone from X-date through X-date, and YOU GUYS can do Nannie 24/7, won't that be FUN?!!" It's just a pipe dream right now, though. They would have a heck of a time, because they've never had Nannie for 24 hours, never mind for a week of bedtimes and over-nights.

Welp Nannie is picking her nose, so I will keep my eyes down and try to ignore her; but she is REALLY going at it! I know it is just dried mucous but I don't want to watch! ( I also hate watching people brush their teeth, but that ain't happening right now, thank goodness).

Plumber's coming tomorrow to finish the drain outside so the washer's water goes out away from the house and doesn't puddle in the bedroom, hallway and bathroom like it had been doing, Haven't heard anything about the walk-in-shower plans for Nannie's bathroom, but it won't be next week, because BiL will have to be here for that, And ya know what I think I'm gonna do this next week? I'm going to call Salvation Army to come pick up the two bed-frames that have been leaning on the wall in the living room for months and months and months!

News in 20 minutes, Supper probably in an hour. Over and out!

PS: It's not the Wells Fargo song. I looked it up and it is from West Side Story. It starts "Could be, who knows....." Won't write down the lyrics because it;s a LONG song.

nursej22, MSN, RN · 2025-05-28T22:04:51Z

We sang "Good Night Ladies" with the pick a little, talk a little part.

Boy, thats a blast from the past.

Very warm day here, in the 80s. dh and I volunteered at the demo gardens. I was like the proverbial one-handed paper hanger. One of the other volunteers helped me to spread some fertilizer, while I fumbled with pulling weeds and trimming spent flowers.

I think I will just rest my arm for a while. Tonight, we are going to tune into a Zoom plant diagnostic clinic. I've submitted pictures of one of our ailing pear trees.

Your friend is lucky to have you, but that is also a drain on you.

Dianah, I don't know much about the last few Star Wars. I sort of gave up after Jar-Jar Binks.

I probable sound petty about avoiding certain doctor offices, but everyone seems so unhappy at those offices. And I dealt with them for contract negotiations and they said not very nice things about the nurses. They are certainly not going to go out of business if I'm not their patient, but I'm not giving them any of my or the insurance company money.

Here is a picture of one of the demo garden roses. IMG_0920.jpg.jpeg.68c0ba96e1b7d04cd2fd7db9ff09cedd.jpeg

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · 2025-05-28T23:13:12Z

Balzac!

LOL. Spellcheck kept wanting to change that to balaclava.

I need to get my packing done and drive to Tulsa for the church conference. Wondering why I wanted to do this. I'm sure it will all be good once I get there. Maybe.

nursej22, MSN, RN · 2025-05-29T00:21:35Z

Ado Annie said:

Balzac!

In a loud, accusatory whisper...