Morning from the freezing snowy morning in CO!!!
Looks like the early bird got the worm up there!!!!
We had a herd of bull elk meandering through this morning. Majestic!!!
Good morning from Atlanta where it’s bright and slightly chilly. We expect much needed rain in the evening. We have many leaves covering our yard which I need to mow and mulch.
It has gotten up to 63° so it is perfect for mowing. It is taking much longer than usual with all the leaves on the ground.
Regarding the apartment fire several weeks ago, a young lady said she is an artist and has lost every puece of her work that she’d had since age twelve and all of the family recipes, some a hundred years old. Still feeling badly for all those people and remembering the fires out west and all the losses.
Speaking of red tape: husband looked on line to see if the medical transport people transport to voc rehab. Sure enough, the drop down selections included vocational rehabilitation but he would have to call to set it up. He called and made his request. The lady said “denied”. Um, why? We don’t provide that service. Why does your website say you do? So we can deny it. Real conversation.
Continuation with a different child: seventeen has speech therapy so transport can take him to Lewiston but they have to be contacted each week as he is under eighteen. So husband contacted them last week, made the arrangements, got the confirmation text. Son was ready to head out, same time as usual but we had not yet heard from the local driver. He looked it up, it was pending assigning a driver. So even with all his advance work and confirmation, and the fact we have used these folk for several years, husband will set his plans for the day aside and take son to speech. Crazy.
Twenty two is throwing out all the food we gave her yesterday because she wants to eat healthy. Fresh spinach, peppers, fish, mushrooms, olives? All things she loves. I suggested donating them to the food bank in town.
Glad to be a reminder, dj! I had to sit for a few minutes and take in the yard clrared of leaves and notice all the leaves on the neighbor’s yard. Leaves from her tree were the leaves I had just removed from my yard.
I’m trying to work but have yet another mosquito dive-bombing me — repellant keeps it from landing and biting me but it’s just the worst nuisance.
And this one is especially aggressive: I almost knocked the laptop off the desk and my cheap drugstore reading glasses off my face, my hands and arms flailing frantically trying to smash the insect while yelling ‘GO A-WAY!’ ARRRgh!
Mumsee, I wish you could have more reliable service on the rides. That is so frustrating.
I am having a feeling lately that people are wanting their friends to be near to clones of themselves. It’s like there is a failure to understand that given individual personality differences and life experiences that we would have different preferences and choices. This seems in my situation to be from people on both sides of the political arena. Maybe as people age they just get more this way?
OK, remember email joke threads? I have a friend who will still send those out.
Today’s:
~ The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded that the squirrels were predestined to be there, and they should not interfere with God’s divine will.
At the Baptist church, the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a water-slide on the baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and, unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim, so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week.
The Lutheran church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God’s creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist church. Two weeks later, the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water-slide.
The Episcopalians tried a much more unique path by setting out pans of whiskey around their church in an effort to kill the squirrels with alcohol poisoning. They sadly learned how much damage a band of drunk squirrels can do.
But the Catholic church came up with a more creative strategy! They baptized all the squirrels and made them members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter.
Not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue. They took the first squirrel and circumcised him. They haven’t seen a squirrel since…. ~
Dj you need a Bug-a-Salt! Husband has one and kills our flies and it even works on mosquitoes! Now that you have had your vision fixed you could be a real sharp shooter!! (It is hilarious watching him go after the flies with his bright yellow salt gun😂)
I have appointments set up for my cataracts to be removed. I was thinking it would be after the holidays, but it will be before. This is bound to interfere with the shopping I need to do and there is even a follow up appointment during our family Christmas. OTOH, it will be nice to have it over with before the worst travel time weather-wise.
Dj, did they offer you the lenses that are tweaked by ultraviolet light? Those are not covered by Medicare or insurance, but mean no glasses needed later for sure. They cost 3,500 for each eye. They also mean several visits to tweak to your own desires. Those sound a little too new for me. I am used to wearing glasses but do think it would be nice to not have to do so. There is no changing to those, so the decision is one I have to make now.
Of course, I just realized I had lab appointments for both me and my husband on the day of the first surgery. 😦 I hate having to change appointments.
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Good morning from beautiful sunshine n Idaho, at about twenty six degrees.
mumsee
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Morning from the freezing snowy morning in CO!!!
Looks like the early bird got the worm up there!!!!
We had a herd of bull elk meandering through this morning. Majestic!!!
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Good morning from Atlanta where it’s bright and slightly chilly. We expect much needed rain in the evening. We have many leaves covering our yard which I need to mow and mulch.
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It has gotten up to 63° so it is perfect for mowing. It is taking much longer than usual with all the leaves on the ground.
Regarding the apartment fire several weeks ago, a young lady said she is an artist and has lost every puece of her work that she’d had since age twelve and all of the family recipes, some a hundred years old. Still feeling badly for all those people and remembering the fires out west and all the losses.
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Speaking of red tape: husband looked on line to see if the medical transport people transport to voc rehab. Sure enough, the drop down selections included vocational rehabilitation but he would have to call to set it up. He called and made his request. The lady said “denied”. Um, why? We don’t provide that service. Why does your website say you do? So we can deny it. Real conversation.
mumsee
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Continuation with a different child: seventeen has speech therapy so transport can take him to Lewiston but they have to be contacted each week as he is under eighteen. So husband contacted them last week, made the arrangements, got the confirmation text. Son was ready to head out, same time as usual but we had not yet heard from the local driver. He looked it up, it was pending assigning a driver. So even with all his advance work and confirmation, and the fact we have used these folk for several years, husband will set his plans for the day aside and take son to speech. Crazy.
mumsee
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Oh, thank you, Janice, for mentioning “mowing;” that reminded me that our gardeners are expected today (and it’s also their payday). -dj
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Twenty two is throwing out all the food we gave her yesterday because she wants to eat healthy. Fresh spinach, peppers, fish, mushrooms, olives? All things she loves. I suggested donating them to the food bank in town.
mumsee
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What kind of healthy food does she have in mind?
Glad to be a reminder, dj! I had to sit for a few minutes and take in the yard clrared of leaves and notice all the leaves on the neighbor’s yard. Leaves from her tree were the leaves I had just removed from my yard.
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I’m trying to work but have yet another mosquito dive-bombing me — repellant keeps it from landing and biting me but it’s just the worst nuisance.
And this one is especially aggressive: I almost knocked the laptop off the desk and my cheap drugstore reading glasses off my face, my hands and arms flailing frantically trying to smash the insect while yelling ‘GO A-WAY!’ ARRRgh!
Perhaps I will buy a gun. -dj
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Mumsee, I wish you could have more reliable service on the rides. That is so frustrating.
I am having a feeling lately that people are wanting their friends to be near to clones of themselves. It’s like there is a failure to understand that given individual personality differences and life experiences that we would have different preferences and choices. This seems in my situation to be from people on both sides of the political arena. Maybe as people age they just get more this way?
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OK, remember email joke threads? I have a friend who will still send those out.
Today’s:
~ The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded that the squirrels were predestined to be there, and they should not interfere with God’s divine will.
At the Baptist church, the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a water-slide on the baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and, unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim, so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week.
The Lutheran church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God’s creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist church. Two weeks later, the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water-slide.
The Episcopalians tried a much more unique path by setting out pans of whiskey around their church in an effort to kill the squirrels with alcohol poisoning. They sadly learned how much damage a band of drunk squirrels can do.
But the Catholic church came up with a more creative strategy! They baptized all the squirrels and made them members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter.
Not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue. They took the first squirrel and circumcised him. They haven’t seen a squirrel since…. ~
-dj
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CNN: ~ Biden seemingly confuses Britney Spears and Taylor Swift ~
wince.
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Dj you need a Bug-a-Salt! Husband has one and kills our flies and it even works on mosquitoes! Now that you have had your vision fixed you could be a real sharp shooter!! (It is hilarious watching him go after the flies with his bright yellow salt gun😂)
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I have appointments set up for my cataracts to be removed. I was thinking it would be after the holidays, but it will be before. This is bound to interfere with the shopping I need to do and there is even a follow up appointment during our family Christmas. OTOH, it will be nice to have it over with before the worst travel time weather-wise.
Dj, did they offer you the lenses that are tweaked by ultraviolet light? Those are not covered by Medicare or insurance, but mean no glasses needed later for sure. They cost 3,500 for each eye. They also mean several visits to tweak to your own desires. Those sound a little too new for me. I am used to wearing glasses but do think it would be nice to not have to do so. There is no changing to those, so the decision is one I have to make now.
Of course, I just realized I had lab appointments for both me and my husband on the day of the first surgery. 😦 I hate having to change appointments.
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