Thread: Everyday Chatting & Waffling {2020} Let's get to know each other!

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Thank you everyone for your condolances, prayers, and good wishes regarding my MIL. It is very appreciated and felt.
 
Saturday today and feeling a bit off my game. I have been getting up at 5:45 every day to go walking and I think I really wanted to sleep in today. By the time I realized that, it was too late to call my walking buddy, Pam. In the meantime, I have so much to do around the house and I'm feeling a little too lazy to do it. Now I am retired, there is always tomorrow haha.
 
Not much has changed for us here. The shelter in place order was extended to May 31st and school was called off a couple of weeks ago. Eren is still doing school at home and my son, Nate, is still searching for a job. The TV is on most of the day, which makes me crazy a bit, since I didn't used to watch it during the day. So I'm feeling a little frustrated with things, though I still love my family and enjoy having time with them. Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

Susan, my condolences to you and your family. That has got to be so hard. I'm glad you'll be able to have a service when all this is over. I pray that's sooner rather than later.
 
Good morning everyone. Today is the first day I feel like I have my head above water :) With Survivor and then all the added CT duties for iNSD kept me really busy which was so much fun but I'm looking forward to a bit of quiet time after the wkend. I am scrapping today for some of the challenges which will be fun and am going to bake a few loaves of pumpkin/banana bread this afternoon. We binge watched "Nurses" last night and we all like it. Tonight we'll finish catching up with that and then watch the newest episode of How To Get Away With Murder and Transplant. So it'll be a nice evening of scrapping and tv watching.

Lynnie - yay for joining the CT team! I'm so glad you and Jill both got in.

Susan - hugs. I can't imagine how hard this time is for you and your family.

Sylfie - wow, such a big job, you are so organized!

It's time to get out and feed the birds, so I'd better get off the computer for now. BFN
 
Rae - Because I travel much more extensively than anyone else in my family, I always take a LOT of pictures... and then I "have to" scrap the aftermath lol. I am probably several years behind scrapping everything, but I try to handle one project at a time. There's a lot of projects waiting still.

I managed to escape work on time today. It's going to be pancakes for dinner tonight, though, because I don't have the energy for anything more complicated.
 
Good morning ladies. I am just finishing up a book that I had to skim thru b/c it was dragging on too long but felt I had to get to the end to know how it finishes. Today is CT work and desk work. Hubs went off to work for the morning which probably feels really weird for him after 6 wks at home. He'll start going out a bit for work for a week and then will be off for a week on holiday time (they were told to use up some of their holidays during COVID). It's a little scary b/c he services hospitals and carehomes but he knows what measures to take to try to keep the germs away. A big carehome lied to one of his coworkers a few days ago, they knew they had COVID tested positive in their facility and they requested servicing anyway. It all came out the next day and now the coworker is on lockdown for 2 wks, hopefully he won't get sick. That really makes me sad that they care more about getting some cleaning supplies/dishwasher servicing than they care about someone's safety.

I've got lots of chores and work today, so I'm getting to work now and hopefully can stay on top of it all today so I can sit down and relax tonight. I still need to load stuff into my new computer so will work on that later too.

Sylfie - I've been craving pancakes too (low carb for me and my daughter and a mix for my hubs). Maybe we'll have pancakes this wk.

I'd better get out of here BFN
 
iNSD has kept me busy with CT work. The weekend was pretty much the same here. I did get some cute pictures of granddaughter.

We ate breakfast in a restaurant yesterday morning. Our regular breakfast place. Tables well spaced. IF a table had an 'X' on it, no sitting there. We were one of 3 couples in the plus plus the owner and 2 servers, and a chef. Never saw him. It was wonderful!
One of our favorite servers there had a baby May 1. I need fabric for the baby blanket I am making!

Both hubby and I had a massage today. It felt great!!!!!! The only reason it was allowed is she is attached to a chiropractor's office and since a medical visit [due to pain], it was ok.
I feel so much better. The pinched nerve isn't totally cured but better.

Sylfie- Pancakes sound great! Haven't had them in forever.

Lynnie and Jill -excited y'all will join us on site CT.

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Walked this morning, then have not done much else! It is a little warm here and after breakfast, Rand and I did some meal planning and he went shopping. He brought home loads of great food and we put it away. That is it for the day. Well, I did walk 5 miles - so that is an achievement. I have to catch up on my Bible Study today. We meet tomorrow and I have not been doing my homework.
 
I don't even know what is going on around here weather wise. We have three absolutely beautiful days and then there was today. Quite chilly and damp and didn't feel like May in Kentucky at all.

Still quite in a funk. I really want to be able to get out and do something but I don't want to do it one person from a household at a time. Had to go to Walmart over the weekend and didn't enjoy it at all. People were being foolish and customer service people didn't seem to want to help at all. I won't be going back again unless I absolutely have to.

Also been delivering hungry people some food to keep us going and to pay for Sweet Pea's vet bills. It seems like people are really hungry and really generous with tips this week so that is a good thing.
 
@dorann we had snow on the weekend, weather is crazy. Didn’t stay long, but still. Steep changes in weather like that give me migraines.

Alberta is phasing in reopenings starting this past Saturday. It’s concerning, so many think that if it’s reopening the virus must be gone.

Austin got a 70 on his midterm in science, so proud of him.

I watched Stephen King tonight on Steven Colbert tonight. That man has an imagination like no one else I think. He gave me the chills just listening to him. After grocery shopping he imagines germs the size of wagon wheels climbing up his arms, he says it makes him sure he washes well. Great visual.
 
OMG! Rae, that's terrible that they would lie to him! That's so sad. I'm sorry for him and his family. Hopefully, he's fine because he took the same precautions as you husband does. I just can't believe some people.

Sylfie!!! Now I want pancakes!!!

Michelle, I'm just so jealous of all y'all that can do some of those things again. Our stupid governor has us still shut down and shut in until May 18th. Truthfully, I think if he could have his way, he'd have us shut in until summer. I was actually impressed with the way he was handling things in the beginning, but these people seem to have forgotten that we were flattening the curve to prevent overwhelming the hospitals NOT preventing everyone from "getting" the virus!!! Chances are really good that most people are still going to get it and the longer we're away from each other, the more we weaken our own, otherwise strong immune systems and lower the chances of herd immunity! Boggles the mind!

Sorry! Off my soapbox now.

BTW, Susan, I've been meaning to tell you forever!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your new profile pic! Just gorgeous!

How's Sweat Pea doing, Dorann?

Our spring weather has been really odd too, Sherri! I guess not terribly weird for MN, but weird nonetheless. We had gorgeous high 60s, almost 70 last week and weekend and we've barely made 60 this week and it doesn't look any better coming up. We need some rain, but I'm not looking forward to it.

Nothing new around here. Working hard, hardly working. Trying to build up my little, very little garden, outside my kitchen bay window. I can't do much with my bad knees anymore so I'm doing low maintenance perennials and a good friend is helping me with cuttings from her beautiful garden. I just love being able to look out over my left shoulder and there are my greens and flowers, such as they are.

Anyway. That is all.

Stay safe. God Bless!
 
Well, this week she is boarding at the vet for open wound healing so I haven't seen her since Monday but called to check on her today. They said that she is tolerating treatments well and her leg is responding well to them. What I really wonder is how well she is reacting to being confined in a cage, I dont think there is anything that a farm dog would hate more.
 
Hope everyone is doing well. I have been crazy busy. Just going to bed, but thought I would check in with everyone!
 
Hi everyone! I feel like it’s been a while so I thought I would pop in and say hi. This past week was crazy! I was able to participate in some of iNSD but then I was barely online the rest of the week. We had storms last Sunday which knocked our power out till Thursday, luckily that just means we were on generator power. Most of our neighbors weren’t so lucky. Last week was also our first week back at school. We opened up to offer care for the families who needed it. I am currently only working half days to limit how many people I am around. I had one student this week and it looks like she is all I will have till Summer session, then I could pop back up to 10 - really not happy about that so we will see what happens. I spent some time in our garden photographing the flowers in the late afternoons. Now we are at the lake for the weekend. It’s supposed to be a very cold weekend so I will be mainly working in my glass studio. So ready for the warm weather to stop going away! It poured all day yesterday so I took that time to give the lake house a good cleaning. Dad came in after his normal Friday mowing and wasn’t all that happy that half the floors were wet, but at least they are clean! Have a good weekend everyone!
 
It's so funny that since I retired, I am busier than ever!

I have been walking about three hours a day, which is a chunk, doing a lot more cooking and cleaning, then taking on a lot of projects. I have been mask making for folks who need them and things like that.

Yesterday I went through my closet. I did not get rid of enough stuff, but plan on doing it again. I really do like the things I kept, but there really are too many skirts and dresses that I will probably not wear often again. I have to decide what to do with them all. I also have a section of my closet devoted to costumes! I can probably move those to storage. I would sell them, but they are such awesome costumes.
 
Sweet Pea got to come home from her inpatient care today and she doesn't have a brace on any more. Her leg looks really good considering the accident was only two weeks ago. While she was inpatient they were doing laser therapy twice a day and then hydrotherapy once a day. They told me how to do the hydrotherapy at home and said that it was helping her a whole lot. Honestly, I am impressed with how good her leg is looking but anxious for it to fully heal.

Other than that, I think that I'm going through a bit of a midlife crisis. I want to go back to work but I don't know that I want to go back to the job that I had. If this chapter in my life has taught me anything it has been that I really need to think about what I want to do with my life.
 
Hullo ladies.

Have been about half a breath off a panic attack since Thursday night. I haven't been able to do much in terms of being productive. I've gotten the house cleaned, and done the laundry, but am very much in a state of unambitious base existence. I was told by two separate teams that my work was flagged as 'incomplete or incorrect' in spite of following the same exact protocols as I use every month- where they've never been flagged. I know I am overworked and really tired, but I don't think I am tired enough to have screwed everything up in two different departments.

It has been a struggle not to log in to the work network and investigate the situation but I am trying to pull back from a 50+ hour work week.

I have only managed to scrap a handful of pages this month so far, and haven't managed to get into the challenges as much as I'd like.

Sounds like everyone's having a hard week.
 
dorannmwin said:
Sweet Pea got to come home from her inpatient care today and she doesn't have a brace on any more. Her leg looks really good considering the accident was only two weeks ago. While she was inpatient they were doing laser therapy twice a day and then hydrotherapy once a day. They told me how to do the hydrotherapy at home and said that it was helping her a whole lot. Honestly, I am impressed with how good her leg is looking but anxious for it to fully heal.

Other than that, I think that I'm going through a bit of a midlife crisis. I want to go back to work but I don't know that I want to go back to the job that I had. If this chapter in my life has taught me anything it has been that I really need to think about what I want to do with my life.
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I am so glad she is home and doing better, I know she missed you!
 
Sylfie, keep us posted. I think you need to take a day and unwind. You have sounded very stressed...
 
Glad Sweet Pea is home... I am sure she will do much better with her family!

I have had multiple mid-life crises! I ended up going back to what I was doing because the money was too good and I loved the people I work with and the company I work for. If it had not been for the company and the people, though.... I might be doing very different stuff. The problem was, I never found my heart's desire work-wise.
 
Lynnie, I think that might be part of my problem and I will most likely be going back to what I was doing because of the people. I love the people and miss them so much right now. However...I am really liking this working for myself thing right now, you know if I need a day off I will take it. If I've not made enough, I just work longer on the given day, etc. It really is funny how this uncertain time in all of our lives has made me sit back and really think about things in a way that I might have never done otherwise.
 
We could really use some prayers for the family right now.
Youngest DD had a bit of a run-in with a domestic issue and we have her and the grands living with us. And believe it or not, (I say with the most ANGRY tone in my voice) it's actually not what you'd expect. SHE was hauled into jail! She's all of 100 lbs, soaking wet and he's a 220 lb weight-lifter, but he called the cops, from his house and made up this amazing story and she was arrested!!! I just "CAN'T EVEN"!!! Don't get me wrong, I know my daughter is hot-headed and can get angry. She yells and screams and is a regular banshee, but she can't physically take on a guy like that and get the better of him. She slapped him on the back of his head.
I'm sorry to unload. I'm just so frustrated and angry and sad.
I'll let you go now.
 
Carla, I had something similar to that happen to me a couple months ago. My sister's boyfriend provoked me and when I got close to him him smacked me and I hit back. He called the cops like three hours later and despite the fact I had Mark's from him I was the one that ended up with the citation simply because he called them.
 
Good morning ladies.
Carla - hugs. It is hard to see our children suffering and in bad relationships. Glad she can stay with you.

I'm working, scrapping, walking Taz and spending lots of time with family. Each day is about the same. We're all healthy and trying to stay away from others and only shopping when necessary.

I've been looking for new recipes to try out, have been cooking more but my daughter is doing more of the cleanup which works for me. She loves to clean....me....not so much lol.

I'm off to get a bit of scrapping done before starting my work day. Just wanted to pop in and say hi.
 
Lots of hugs to you, Carla. Something like that happened in my family about 20 years ago and it didn't end well. I'm hoping your situation works out much better!

Same old, same old here. My son found a job at last and starts tomorrow. He'll be a cashier at a grocery story, so I'm going to double up on my prayers for him. Hubby will be taking the next couple of days off, which will be nice. The last few weeks have been pretty long hours for him and he needs a break. :D
 
Dorann - I'm glad Sweetpea is home and has responded well to treatment! I also think a lot of what's going on right now has helped to push us towards a more concrete self understanding of our wants and needs, or at very least, a more concrete understanding of what's not working for us.


Carla - What a stressful situation! I hope everything cools down rapidly.


Rae - I feel you, we've been baking a lot lately.


Ane - Glad he's able to work, and hope he'll manage to stay safe.


Lynnie - Well, you're not wrong. I am off tomorrow, but I'll be going to work freelance instead of relaxing, and my partner is peeved about it. He would prefer I figure out how to do that work remotely, as well, but doing IT work for people is already hard, without adding what this person would percieve to be "perpetual availability"... at least if I have to physically go somewhere, it's clear that I can't do it all hours of any day. Then I'm slated to work this weekend, but that department has been a lot better off than my usual department.


We've been stalled three days, and I have been told to figure it out within a week. But that's beyond my control, so all I can do is wait. I hate waiting. I hate it and it frustrates the tar out of me.


At very least I have had a little time to scrap.
 
Sylfie - I will keep my fingers crossed that all goes well for you.

Carla - incredible! I hope it is sorted soon. It sounds as though she is better out of that situation. What a jerk!

Ane - it is hard, isn't it, watching your children working and worrying about them being in danger. Just pray he takes sensible precautions and love him through this!

Rae - I wish I baked more. I mean to, but haven't been able to fit it into the day... crazy.
 
Well, last night I applied for a job at a store that is local here. I am hoping to hear something in the near future. I figure that it is time that I need to stay closer to home and not traveling all over the state all the time, especially in light of the pandemic. Besides that, it would be nice to have semi-regular hours and benefits and all the things that I haven't had.

And go figure, one of the bosses from my job called me today and asked if I wanted to come back. I told her that I would but I can always change my mind between now and then, right?
 
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