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Anne-Marie - so crazy that you are getting your first frost and we are frying! I can never get used to the flipped seasons.

Ane - sounds as though you had a nice relaxing day.

Karen - Looking forward to seeing your scrapped pictures and I am so glad you are back around.

Sherri - I am still thinking about you and your family. You are dealing with so much.

LilyAnn - glad you had a great time. So sorry about your dad - that is stressful.

Elizabeth - the lake sounds so relaxing. I hope you scrap your fireflies.

Rae - So sorry about Noel. Both our pets are getting up there. Belle is getting up there. She is not doing well, unfortunately. She is only 11, and Beagles average 12-15 years, but she has some liver and kidney issues. Our cat we got in 2009 and he was between 4 and 7 years old at the time. That makes him 15 at the youngest. He is slowing down also. This will be it for pets for us, although we will happily babysit our grandpets whenever needed :)
 
Son Steven called first thing this morning and asked if I could go over and spend the day. Grandson Bruce is sick and Steven and Nessa both got very little sleep. Naturally, I dropped everything and went over. I missed church, second Sunday, unfortunately. Even though I am still attending only online, I miss it very much when I don't 'go.' Somehow, experiencing it later on the recording is not the same as knowing it is live. I don't know why, but there is a community feeling knowing so many others are watching at the same time.

Anyway, Bruce and Steven were way more important. Steven is struggling a little with things right now and the added strain of fatigue is a little much for him. So I spent the day. Bruce had a fever up above 102 and was fussy. We had trouble getting him to sleep, unfortunately. Steven gave him a cool bath after Bruce's short nape and we had the air on for him, but still.... Poor lamb. Steven took a nap, which was good for him, he was worn out. Before Nessa came home from work, daughter Karen and I picked up, vacuumed, did dishes, cleaned kitchen, etc. so the place was sparkling when she arrived. Both she and Steven needed that.

By the time I got home, I was worn to the bone. It is not as easy as it used to be, taking care of a fussy baby.
 
I have been burning through pages of my Pisa scrapbook in the last 2-3 days because I am so very frustrated with ALL the other things going on in my life. 12 pages left, then I've finished it all off.

I am pretty torn about what to do next. Either I do the stuff from last summer, or from this spring when my best friend came- and then covid started. So it's one of those "I'd like to do it so that she can have these memories too, but it's ALSO all of that hot mess of *******

Rae - Moving is the worst, and I do not envy you.

Lynnie - We have noticed during our Zadankai that in spite of it only requiring people join a call vs. get up and physically GO somewhere, it's been a lot harder to get people with us. There's kind of a global exhaustion, I think, and the little things that pick you up make a big, big difference, though.
 
Got some CT work done today and got outside for a few bird photos. The baby birds are so cute to watch. Tried a new recipe, baked oatmeal (trim healthy mama) that was a hit with the family. Watching the Supergirl finale and then heading to bed. Bfn
 
Lynnie, my day has gone well. Went to my Friday day for volunteer work and I had a few customers which helped the day go quicker. Then tonight I have just finished my 9th challenge for the month. That is possibly a record for me especially with it being only a third way through the month.
I am still not able to return to my volunteer work in aged care which I really miss. They are still being very careful with their residents safety from this virus.
 
Days are flying by and no time for crafty time, sigh...

Sherri, Words are beyond me with the sadness I feel for you and Alexis. I did see some pics you posted on FB of your gorgeous daughter and the fireworks and happy to see that cheered you up. Take care!

LiliAnn, Glad to hear you had a fun holiday. Hope your father's situation improves. Hugs!

Elaynnia, Nice to getaway to nature, we did the same thing last week. Cabin, fishing and lots of family time. I love fireworks but none heere this year :(.

Rae, so sorry about Noel. We just lost our granddog too. Hugs! Good luck with your move.

Lynnie, I will get some LO's done soon, I hope. Hoping Bruce is well now and parents are now rested. You are so kind and caring to help out...and I bet the baby hugs helped!

A-M, Sorry you are not able to retrun to your volunteer work in aged care, I am sure they miss you too!

Hoping things are improving with the Covid where you all are...keep safe!
 
Everything is okey dokey here. I started a new pain medication last week and it has helped a little, but I am not at the full dosage yet, so I am hopeful. Eren has been depressed the past couple of days, and I am sympathetic, but in this household, 1 depressed person tends to drag the rest of us down too. DS is working a lot, which is good, but it's nice when he has a day off, like today. DH is back at work this week. They are keeping masks on and social distancing, which I appreciate.
 
Yesterday our governor signed a 30 day mask mandate because things here aren't getting any better, in fact they are getting worse. Today was the 2nd highest number of new cases in one day and so many of them were children, including a 1 month old and a 3 month old. So sad. What makes things so much worse is that there are a lot of people that are trying to over ride the mask mandate, even going so far as to sue the governor over it. I think it is ridiculous.

A friend of mine is a teacher and she posted something yesterday. You know the majority of cases to date have come from long term care facilities to date. However, she says that if they force kids to go back to school in a month, then daily they will be reporting the number of staff members from schools and the number of students like they are currently reporting the number of staff and residents at those facilities.

Me, I've been masking for quite a while. I am doing it not so much for myself, but rather for those people that I come in contact with. My mom and my pregnant sister most specifically. I won't lie and say that it is comfortable because it isn't but I am willing to sacrifice for others just like I put on a bra for other people.
 
Karen - Looking forward to seeing your layouts.

Ane - Hopefully the pain medication helps. I have some experience with a child with depression and it is so hard to know what to say. I am aching for you.

Dorann - I am the same about masking. Our cases are soaring in California and our village has a mask mandate. The state has, but ours is even more strict. We have to use it if we step outside the door. We have to use it in the car if we are with someone outside of our household. One of the village bus drivers came down with it and the cases have been jumping in the village. We were at zero for a long time, then it was weeks before we saw increases, now we are seeing two or three a day. Since it is an elderly community, there is some concern that it will take off. We are staying away from people at present, with the exception of my daughter, son and grandson. Even there, we don't get too close, except for baby Bruce.
 
Things have opened up pretty much here in NY. We went on an overnight trip to Conneticut to pick up a new bike we promised our son, Philip, for is graduation. Our experience... roads were great and pretty empty. Most stores were opened although some closed earlier than usual. A few placed we went into to eat were REALLY empty. We were the only ones in Denny's. Tables were spaced and marked every other one taped off. Old Navy was only allowing 40 people in the store at a time. Jeff and the kids went in and I had to wait until the next person came out of the store. The hotel was empty. Pool had limited hours. The kids went down while we rested. They only allowed 8 people in the pool area at a time. Went into Walmart to get elastic for mask making. They were spraying the carts down with a big canister of sanitizer. Everyone was wearing masks everywhere. We felt safe.
The only fun thing we did on this trip was stop at the Pez Factory on the way home. A small little place. Everyone was wearing masks. We were the first ones there and went through everything before it started getting busy. The busiest place we went to was Cracker Barrel. We put our name on the list, went back to the car for the 35 minute wait (always worth it) and when we were called inside there were few tables spaced out plenty. Someone was always walking around sanitizing tables. Again I felt safe.
Yes, I'm still afraid of Covid-19 but where we live in NY and Conneticut, we are opening safely (well, at least for now). It felt good to get away even if it was only a day. My BIL came over to help my father getting out of bed. (Surprised he said yes otherwise I wouldn't have gone.)
 
Sunday - I am heading up to son Steven's soon to spend the day with him and grandson Bruce. It is blazing hot out there, but they do have good air conditioning.
 
Well... my news isn't great.
The arraignment didn't go well. We've been doing a lot of crying (and some screaming) the last 48 hours. Apparently our attorney gave her some rather poor advice and now it's going to be strung out a bit longer because he did not ask her a very important prep question that he should have wanted to know for HIS information and the prosecution used that against her. The "victim" was ready to let go of the no contact and protection order and be done and so was the judge, but when the judge asked the "state", they said no because Anne had not shown any interest in "getting better" by going to therapy, blah, blah, blah... and because she was not allowed to speak and it was a zoom meeting, so she wasn't IN THE ROOM with her attorney!!! she wasn't able to SLAP HIM IN THE FACE and say, "HEY A**H***, I AM IN THERAPY, BUT YOU NEVER ASKED ME ABOUT IT!!!" So now we may have to go to court. However..... she has a friend, who is an attorney and they happened to run into each other several days ago and when she called him yesterday, he said, "OH NO, NO, NO! We'll try to see if we can't fix this." So he's going to try to help. PLEASE PRAY!!!
And the worst part?!? She had to sit through two arraignments before hers where the charges were reduced to basically "nothing, keep your nose clean for a year and it goes away"!!! She had to listen to that and think, "HEY! I want that... I can do that. I can keep my nose clean for a year. I didn't DO anything this time! I can NOT do anything for a year!" But no! Because this idiot didn't make sure he knew everything about her... And then HE tried to "blame" her! "Well, you didn't TELL me that." Well, how was she supposed to know that taking herself to therapy to get over a HORRIBLE breakup would HELP her in court?!? Yes, maybe a rational, 40-year-old might think of that, but a distraught, 27-year-old? I don't think so. She answered him, "Geez, didn't know you needed to know everything about my personal life. I'm a Scorpio too. Does that help my case?!?"
Again...... if you're the praying kind, PLEASE PRAY. I really don't know how much more any of us can take.
 
Hello Everyone... I haven't stopped in here in awhile. I had a pretty good Saturday. My daughter came up for a visit. We had lunch and she and her boyfriend helped me gets some shelves up, that I could do by myself. And we had a great visit catching up. We might be in lock down again tomorrow, so she wanted to see me just in case its awhile before they can come back. I am so ready for all this covid 19 and riots are all over. The world is a scary place now and I worry about what it's going to be like in a few years for the grandchildren. My heart breaks for the world and I keep praying that things get better, but I know God has a plan and it will all be his will.
So glad to have scrapbooking to take me away and relax some. I hope your all safe where ever you are. I have been working on some challenges and hope to get my ten in before the end of the month. I love the collabs they put together for us, keeps me busy. This is my favorite forum and even tho I am not as active at times, as long as I am able I will be back. My favorite designers are all here, and I appreciate what you all do to make this a fun place to be.
The weather here has been HOT HOT HOT here, we have had heat advisories the past week, but we had a little relief this weekend. I can handle being out in the heat like I use too. Well I hope you are all healthy and safe. I will try and stop in again soon... Have a wonderful Week!
 
Carla, I will remember you all in my prayers.

Alta, nice of you to pop in here and share what is happening in your life right now. Yes, the world does seem a little crazy and we all no doubt are wondering when and if it all gets back to normal.
 
I want to draw everyone's attention to the Art Journal challenge I have started to host as there is some very inspiring artwork being shared. Today a fairly new member ( Katy - Knye2001) as I notice she has 43 posts, shared a page that is what I have been hoping would be shared.... pop over to the challenge thread HERE and also scroll back to see what others are also creating.
 
Carla - the case does get worse and worse, doesn't it! It is just not fair. Best of wishes and heartfelt prayers!

Alta - how lovely to see you. I was just thinking about you the other day.

Don't despair about the world. These times will pass. Folks probably felt that way during the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, both World Wars... and so many other times in history. I think about today, sitting in my little place, having to wear a mask out and staying 6ft away from people, then avoiding places where there is any protest or rioting going on and I think about my mother and grandmother. At 11 years old, my mother was taken from her family and put with strangers because she lived in a place that was bombed daily. They lived on rationed food and she had to carry a gas mask everywhere. Her brother died, her father was away at war and she was lonely for her family every day. Her house was bombed and she lost everything she owned. They both survived and were strong women. My mother is still surviving and is amazing. She still suffers from rationing though, she has to have excess butter on every piece of toast she eats :)

Anne-Marie - THANK YOU for the challenge and the reminders. We should all support you in this and comment on the layouts in the gallery. Thank you, too, for the reminder about Katy. She scraps beautifully.

And thank you for the challenge. I love it! I can't wait for next month's challenge.
 
Hi everyone. Got my daughter all moved in this past wkend. Her other apartment is now vacated and everything is here and in storage. It'll be days/weeks of sorting and getting it all put away but now there's no rush, just do a little each day. What a hectic month this is.

Carla - my heart goes out to you and your family. Hope that fellow can do something to help her case.

Anne-Marie - hope you are having fun with the AJ stuff.

I'm getting back to work now. Mondays are always super busy for me. BFN.
 
We had the most wonderful meeting with the new attorney last night.
Found out a very interesting, possible reason that he may have wanted to go to trial with this... he had her on a staggered fee agreement which meant that he would get another $4k if they WENT TO TRIAL! How NUCKING FUTZ is that! John (the new attorney) was livid when he saw that. He said it's very old school and very "shady".
Anyway, that's over and done and John believes that, once Anne gets him a couple documents from her therapist, he should be able to re-petition the court to remove the DANCO and possibly even get her back to square one where she could re-plead to guilty with one year probation and no further offense and then it would actually just disappear after that. He really thinks that could be done. So NEW PRAYERS LADIES! That's what we want. But we're all feeling so much better now.
Thanks for your support everyone. You really have no idea how much it means to know you're all there helping me through this.
 
Carla- that's GREAT news!!! I really hope things go the way your new lawyer thinks. :)

It's been a pretty quiet week so far. We were actually able to go to church in our building on Sunday, but with masks, sitting every other pew, no singing, and other provisions. The no singing was weird and it mad me a little sad, but we got to see lots of friends and that was very nice.

Yesterday I spent over $200 on fabric. Eren (who is doing lots better this week) wanted to make a cloak. They found a pattern online and we found it at the fabric store. When I found out the cloak was to be made of velvet and satin (not to mention the huge amount of fabric I'd already guessed we'd need) I knew it was going to be expensive. But here's the reason I did it- for our mental health and so they'd be occupied with sewing instead of video games and Netflix. It will probably take longer to pin and cut everything than it will to actually sew! Oh and we discovered today while cutting that we're short by 2 yards of each fabric. So we'll probably go out tomorrow for that. It was nice to have a problem we could actually solve for once! :)
 
Anyone who likes to play word games I have started two new ones in the Fun and Games section HERE.
They are both named as Word Games 2020 Same Name and Word Games 2020 Change ONE letter. I thought that way they may stand out.
 
Rae - Glad she is finally moved in all the way :)

Carla - that is pretty crazy! Prayers for sure!

Ane - what a fun project! I love projects like that.

I can't imagine church with no singing.

Anne-Marie - Fun Word Games. I will try to participate later.

Me and My Life - I started teaching a new graphics class last Monday - I have a new appreciation for online teaching. It was rough!! Mostly because they had to install their own software. Usually the school does it for them, but this time they had to do it for themselves. It was crazy. (What are zip files? How do you unzip them? Did I have to install the software before class, can we just do it now? Argh! They had instructions way before with INSTALL IT BEFORE CLASS red, caps and bold!

I had an injection in my foot today - owie!

Loads of other stuff, I am just too tired to even talk about :)
 
OK OK, I know this is really self-serving, but I made voting for LOTW again. My page is called The Mothers, and you can see my smiling face on it! If you don't vote for me, please do vote. Vote HERE. Thanks! :)
 
My father finally broke down and spent some money. He had a ramp put in so he can get in and out of the house. The past two times my brother in law took him out we had to call 911 to get him in the house because he couldn't get up the steps even with our help.
He thought that with the ramp he'd be able to get in and out without help. My BIL took him down. Dad wanted to try to get up the ramp himself but he couldn't. He said with the therapy, he'll build up strength to do it. He has a bad (un-operable) rotator cuff in one arm so personally I don't think he'll ever be able to do it himself.
He's stubborn and thinks he can do all sorts of things, including driving, in his condition. He can't even wipe himself after using bathroom. He wants to do everything and wants to be independent but he asks for company almost all the time. But we have our own lives. I also don't think it's right that he wants my son to help him every morning getting out of bed and getting dressed, although my son don't mind and gets thrown some money every couple of days. Dad don't want anyone else but him! What's going to happen comes September when no one is home during the day? I really don't know what to do anymore. I'm at my wits end.
I start back at the library tomorrow and will be working at least 20 hours a week at this point and am looking for a full time clerk-typist position which will be full time. Sorry for the rant. But there's lots more to the story and can't post on FB for obvious reasons.
 
Lily Ann being in the middle of the sandwich generation is hard. Looking. After kids and trying to be the guardian for a frail elder was hard. After mom started wandering and the RCMP got involved the choice was made to have mom in long term care. It’s still hard but nothing like it was. I worry like heck about covid hitting where she is though.

i still have zero creativity right now.

Alexis just had her 20th birthday. She is still getting brushed off and not treated appropriately for her pain.

Austin is writing again which is good.

Funny thing I did. I needed to take Alexis to Department of vehicles (registries office here), before her birthday to renew her license. July is also the month I need to renew my plates. And I wanted to get Austin an official Alberta id. One stop do all three right? I forgot to take id for Austin, found out last year I renewed my plates for two years and didn’t need to this year. At least Alexis got renewed.

Husbands hours keep getting cut as does $.

Take care, be safe.
 
I wish it was that easy. Dad owns the house we live in. I live upstairs from him. He always said I don't want to be put in a home. He felt, although I didn't think it was true, that when he was in rehab for 120 days after his back surgery that they didn't treat him right. But he is so demanding I don't blame them for letting him wait sometimes.
He relies on my son to help him get dressed in the morning. He don't want me doing it. How can I tell him that my son shouldn't be doing it daily and I need to go to work and really can't help. He don't want to "waste" his money on an aide. What's going to happen when school starts, if it does? I'm at my wits end. Any advice?
 
Ane - thanks for the reminder. I wish I could have voted for yours, but I sponsored one and I feel as though I must vote for it. The layout is gorgeous and I am SO glad you are getting lots of nominations lately, they are well-deserved.

LilyAnn - it is hard when our parents get older and don't want help. I am blessed that my mother does permit help and is very grateful for it. I wish I could offer a solution, instead, I can just offer a socially distanced hug and best wishes for an easier future with him.

Sherri - I am so sorry that Alexis is not getting the pain treatment she needs. Are you able to find a pain management specialist? We have them in California and they can be very effective in a combination of strategies for dealing with pain and researching different options for medication.

Well done at the registries office! At least one thing got done :)

My Life

My life is not the best right now, but it is not the worst either!!

I injured my ankle around 2004 and it did not really recover. I re-injured it in 2017 and it has been miserable since. I had a terrible orthopedic surgeon who treated me as though I was whining. I was not!! Anyway, I ended up in rehab twice for it. The second time, it was so painful it reduced my ability to walk and the therapist said she felt I needed an ankle specialist to look at it. There is bone deterioration and edema in the bone marrow. The new ankle doctor is very nice. He suggested I get a cortisone shot. Unfortunately, I ended up with a cortisone flare and it hurts so much yesterday and today that I could cry when I step on it. They said it only lasts a few days. I hope so, because it is SO hard to walk right now.

We are also going through a bit of a family crisis with one of our children. He is VERY depressed and struggling. It had meant 24-7 care and lots of mental support, which can be exhausting. He is in and out of his funky moments, strong, then falling apart. I just need prayers please.

My grandson is in jail in Illinois. It does not look as though he is getting out any time soon. Poor lad needs some help. I talk to hiim 3-4 times every day and have been sending him books. He is going through them so quickly.

I made a to-do list today with about 20 things on it and got 9 of them done. I think that is a huge accomplishment.
 
It's been busy around here with the move. Jen has pretty much settled into her basement space but now I have to organize my storage space in the back half of the basement as our things got piled in there to make room for her taking over half the basement. I will pick at it over the next month and eventually will get everything sorted and purged. I'm finding things I didn't even know I had LOL.

We can start seeing my granddaughter again on Sundays, starting this week. After her last treatment (for her encephalitis/brain damage) we haven't been able to see her for the last month b/c of the increased risk with suppressed immune system from the drugs. So we'll wear masks, completely wipe down the car and we can take her out for a few hrs which will be the first time since the pandemic. We saw her a few times at the beginning of June but only for short visits out on the patio at the carehome. So Jen and I are really looking forward to spending the morning with her going for a hike around a lake. Hubs will stay home, he's not into hiking so it'll be a girls only outing. Can't wait.

Work might be a bit busier for a little bit as the other transcriptionist is gone, not sure if she quit or got fired, but I was asked to take over for now so will be working extra hours until the new girl starts up. Depending on how many hours and for how long, I will treat myself at the end of it, buy myself something with some of the extra money. Not sure what but I'll think of something.

So life is ok with us, just busy. Still binge watching lots of shows together which is a nice quiet family time.

Getting to work now, so BFN.
 
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