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Posted 2/27/2018 9:27 PM (GMT 0)
Every extra thing I have bought in recent months have been linked to gardening. Sad, but true. I just ordered my insecticide concentrates. Now--I only need to get compost and topsoil. And rent a tiller. **snort** They till the spaces at my garden spot, but I want to get deeper. I figured a rental tiller will be worth it in terms of pain avoided. 16 days!!

UC is back in full force. I have exactly four weeks until my doctor's appointment. **sigh**
Posted 2/28/2018 2:08 PM (GMT 0)
Been sick with the flu for a few days. I got a flu shot in the fall, this is a bad one.

Hope things get better Myself...

Hugs to all...

Karen...
Posted 3/1/2018 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
The perfume from the potted hyacinths I bought fills my entire house!!!

The downside is...I'm sneezing like crazy! lol

I went to the garden center yesterday to pick up larger garden stakes. The arch at the back of my lot was leaning precariously under the weight of the honeysuckle and we have a Nor'Easter on the way! My grandson was very helpful with pruning the vine and pounding in the new stakes and then using zip ties to link arch to stakes. Hopefully, with most of the weight off of it and the new supports, it won't go completely over in the storm.

While at the center, I saw my 'buddy'. I told him that I had potted up the canna divisions and the elephant ear from last year. He let me know there were more 'ears' on clearance and he even knocked the price down even more to $1 a piece! I bought 2. One for me, one for my neighbor. If I am successful, I know she'll love it!

I'm not happy to learn my body is cooperating even less now. I was in my pajamas and laying in bed by 5:30! Sigh. Well, at least I was able to get the arch done. Smaller projects from now on I guess. I am also going to have to start taking Aleve at night. Mornings are excruciating for me, especially the day after any 'extra efforts'.

Anyway...one of the canna plants has 2 new shoots coming up and I am soooo excited about it! Most of the amaryllis are showing brighter green now and another has started putting up new leaves!

Once the storm has passed, I will be cleaning out the raised beds, preparing to plant the sugar snap peas on St. Patricks Day. Let the season begin!!!!!!!!
Posted 3/1/2018 4:37 PM (GMT 0)
Karen, I do hope that you were able to get to the dr & get Tamiflu. A couple of people I know said it helped their symptoms a good bit. I am so ready for the flu season to end, its been really bad this year. Take care of yourself.
Posted 3/1/2018 6:35 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Susie! I am feeling better today. A lot started loosening up last night and this morning. At least breathing is easier. I am still tired. Hubby was in the hospital with this and they gave him some kind of a flu pill that he said helped. He had bronchial problems too. So they also gave him antibiotics and steroids in IV form. He is doing better today but I worry about him being outside as it is damp. I got a few things done today. I want a change of bedding and a nice shower.

Hi Pitmom. Wont be long here. I was looking at some bulbs yesterday. I didn't get them. But I am thinking. They were lilies. But it didn't say what kind. So I can imagine. I like orientals.

You sure do keep busy. That is awesome. I bet the flowers are beautiful. We still got snow on the ground, so nothing really popping up yet.

Have a good day you all.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 3/3/2018 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
I always bought my mom a purple hyacinth for Easter
Every day that goes by I miss her more
The relief of not having to take care of her from afar has worn off and the realization of never being able to speak to one another again has set in
The loose ends to tying up her estate is overwhelming.
Reverse mortgage company is playing games
lawyer says don't worry- they will make sure you are always a day late and $1 short and will foreclose. It won't affect my credit but I worry that they will change the locks on the doors (I'm out of state) and everything that has to do with my mom & dad's life is inside! It is all feeling so FINAL I dread having to dispose of their life long household items. It's a real pickle that she didn't sign the title of her car and I need to bring it to another state. I don't know if I have to do it there- or drive it home and do it here
Work continues to be a stressful drama
Home life....everyone else has problems greater then my own-NOT but I feed into it.
I'm so tired
Posted 3/3/2018 6:46 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Weary,

I am sure these things will work out for you. I imagine it is frustrating to say the least though. Changes can become drastic at times. But I think you will be able to roll with it.

I hope that the car thing works out. There is no way she could sign it because she passed. I am sure that the dmv will help you with it.

I hope you can get your mom's stuff out of the house before they lock the doors. Your attorney should be helping you with a lot of this. Pretty soon it will be over and you wont have to worry about it anymore. It is never fun.

Keep hanging in there. I have the flu. It keeps hanging on. So I been in bed a lot and intend to go back.

Thanks for posting and sharing.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 3/5/2018 2:27 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Karen. Hope the flu clears soon. It is rough when these bugs linger. Sending warm thoughts.

Nerd
Posted 3/5/2018 9:36 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Nerd. I hope it clears soon too. It has sure been lingering.

I hope you have a good day today.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 3/5/2018 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Kids--feel better Karen and Pitmom. As the days warm up, it is no fun feeling bad. RA--I hear you about the estate settling. We still have a lot to do--mostly with furniture and belongings. We had brought back my Aunt's belongings and put them in storage, thinking to get them appraised. Mom got sick ten days later. Now, we have all of her furniture to deal with! Trust the lawyer--it is their job to deal with these issues and they really do know best. The lawyer dealing with things in Massachusetts has been great.

Cold here. I have tutoring later--right now filling out paperwork for part-time job #5. I have read commentary recently about the modern "gig economy." It is a term for people like me who have lots of jobs instead of just one. Who knew I was trendy?

I am really starting to feel low energy now with this diarrhea. My doctor appointment is the 23, so three weeks. I will run out of ambien by then (boo). Honestly, not sure what to do except call and try to get an earlier appointment.
Posted 3/5/2018 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Ugh. They are working next door and have a generator running to provide electricity. Constant noise since about 8 am. Trying to find lots of errands to keep me out of the house today!
Posted 3/6/2018 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
Soon to snow here--grey and raw.

Seedlings growing happily. They are in a light box so they are getting a lot of light. The eggplants still haven't come up in great numbers--it may be that they have not been warm enough.

I am edgy today. I wanted to go to the gym to work some of the angst out, but my bowel has other ideas.

Be well, all
Posted 3/7/2018 1:36 PM (GMT 0)
We are having another Nor'easter. Hopefully we won't get much snow here along the coast.

March is definitely coming in like a lion!

I want to crawl back into bed. I'm supposed to see my g.p. at 10:00 today, but that's when the snow is supposed to start. I really don't want to go out in the cold and the rain today. I think I'll call and see if I can reschedule, depending on if I have enough meds to get through to another appointment.

Hope everyone is having a peaceful day...stay safe, wherever you are!
Posted 3/9/2018 4:51 PM (GMT 0)
Let's see... today is Friday. Woke up Tuesday morning with my lower back "out"... couldn't move my left leg without using my hands. Great fun. Wednesday morning added a nice case of vertigo to the fun. With chiropractic help, slowly getting back to normal, at least physically.

Emotionally, very upset and depressed. I guess I now fall into the "fragile" category.... because I did NOTHING to throw my back out. Nothing, unless waking across the kitchen is now a dangerous activity. I try very hard to eat well, to get appropriate moderate exercise to keep all systems strong, healthy, and functioning. Yet things keep happening well beyond my control. I feel like I might was well give up and eat ice cream while lying in bed all day.
Posted 3/10/2018 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
HI Everyone,

I have come out of my cave, hibernating for a bit, not good.

Weary, I will keep you my thoughts, you are going through a rough time. Try to remember you have friends here, that care. Just have to reach out and post.

Karen I am so glad to see you are feeling a bit better, it may linger, as long as you take care and it stays loose you are winning. I was over a pot of hot water and a towel last night. Doctor gave me Tessalin {sp} last week that knocked the cough on it's butt! Now it is trying to sneak back. Nothing doing.

Today is Friday, I hope all have good weekend.

Peace and Strength.
Trina
Posted 3/10/2018 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
I see Joyce is still way, so I attempt to post some interesting facts in her stead.


Arachnoleptic fit: the frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked
through a spider web!


Pemmican aka PIMI; Cree root word for fat or grease

Was a staple food for European Northern Explorers. they would trade with the Native Americans.

It became a survival food for Polar Explorers, such as Schackelton; Scott; Cherry Garrard; Ross and Worsely to name a few.

The Pimi was made of dried meat and fat, giving it a long stable shelf life. Water would be boiled and spoon fulls would be dropped in for a soup. Oh Yum.

Peace All.
Trina
Posted 3/10/2018 2:48 PM (GMT 0)
Yummy Trina... Well to them it was.

Thanks for sharing.

I am feeling better but it is lingering.

Waiting for spring...

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 3/11/2018 8:21 AM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone.
Posted 3/11/2018 3:20 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Jamie,

Nice to see you post...

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 3/11/2018 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
Hello Jamie and all.

I was flipping through my mindful note book. I have saved, this and that from multiple sources, but the items in plastic sleeves. So when I need inspiration into worthiness it never to far away.

Today, I would like to share some with you: Then I will post a "Joyceism"!

"Seeing is believing, and sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

-Tom Hanks as the conductor in the POLAR EXPRESS

"Cultivating gratitude can boost well-being - and may help you sleep better."

Kate Holcombe, CO-director of Healing Yoga Foundation in San Fransico


Now for some thing completely different----


Mark Twain, did not always wear a white flannel suit as so many people think today, do to publishers and media, using photos from the later years of his life.

December 1906, he arrived at the Library of Congress in a black overcoat. Once removing the overcoat he caused quite a stir when his all white flannel suite was revealed.

This was his goal, he wanted to be talked about, he wanted to cause as big stir as possible. There where lawyers, authors and publishers at the initial gathering. The "extensive press coverage" only helped his cause.

Mark Twain was trying to urge changes on copy right laws, which had become unfair to authors. He saw them as archaic.

Much better than yelling and arguing to no avail.

Peace All
Trina
Posted 3/11/2018 10:01 PM (GMT 0)
Hello all

Not checked in for a few days, which is usually a sign that I'm feeling a bit better. I've had some nicer moments the last week though a bit of a downer day today.

I think the Lyrica has saved me from the very bad depressive episode I had a few weeks ago when I was trying to come off it. It seems to keep me just being "down" rather than sinking to suicidal which is nice while I get the AD sorted. Sexual problems worsened as soon as I increased dose though so I'm pretty sure it's that doing it. Unfortunately I don't see any way I can come off it so looks like I might end up on Viagra. Oh well.

I am on day 10 of Cymbalta so still early days yet. Have had a day or two where I found it a bit easier than usual to concentrate and be motivated at work so that's hopefully a good sign it's going to help. My pain has been a bit easier over the last week as well which is nice. Its either the Cymbalta or the TENS machine I've been using.

Had some good news as well. My girlfriend is coming back to the UK in a couple of months to study for 3 years. I'm happy I'll get to see her all the time again. Hopefully my recovery isn't too rocky. She's been really supportive up to now but I feel bad for people having to put up with me when I'm not doing well. I tend to just retract into my shell in those times as I can only really focus on myself, and some people find it quite distressing seeing me like that. Not much I can do though besides keep trying to get better and cope as best I can.
Posted 3/12/2018 12:38 AM (GMT 0)
That is the best we can do Andy. Things go back and forth but they will level out. Sounds like you have a few things positive. I am glad you will be seeing your girlfriend again.

I hope things continue on an upspin for you. A bump in the road now and then can be expected though. Just a rough patch that you will get through.

Have a good night.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 3/12/2018 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
So, my partner tells me that she 'knows' I don't sleep well and she 'knows' I'm always in pain so I don't need to say anything about it.

Okay. This morning I say NOTHING about either.

She asks, "How did you sleep?" Are you kidding me? So, I answer, "On and off."

Then, she asks, "How's your back?" Are you f'ing kidding me? So, I answer, "The usual."

So, now she says, "Oh, I see. You don't have to be like that." WHAT?????

I KNOW I am unstable this time of year. I've told her. I give up.
Posted 3/12/2018 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
France's greatest playwright in the seventeenth century is largely believed to have been Molière, also known by his real name as Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. A famous actor, he started writing when touring as a young man. When is plays began to be performed, they were a hit and Molière was asked to come to the capital city of Paris, to perform for the king. He performed his social satires in Paris with his own troupe for many years.

Later in life, he became sick with tuberculosis, but continued to write and perform. His final play, The Imaginary Invalid, became known as the play that caused Moliere's death. During a royal performance before King Louis the 14th, Molière began to cough and gasp. The performance was stalled momentarily, but Molière insisted that he continue. He bravely made it through the rest of the play, despite collapsing once more and suffering a hemorrhage.

Hours later, after returning home, Molière's life slipped away. He died as he had lived--saving the best of himself for the stage and the audience.
Posted 3/13/2018 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
So glad of the time change, so I can sleep an hour later before teaching in China. Heavenly. Had a bad day yesterday with the ole colon. We are still two weeks out from my appointment. My seedlings are very happy and in great shape!! The garden area opens on Thursday. I also bought a small greenhouse shelf and have it set up ready to harden off the seedlings when it is time.

I got notification about my bequest from my aunt's estate, so I can begin to seriously look for a new car. I have two on the short list--a mini with automatic, and a Kia Soul with manual. Both have low mileage.
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