INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Teka

*Good Morning Owlettes*

Holeinone

Hello Newbies ! Hop on and enjoy the ride.

I am headed to the "big city" in a few hours. I have my Dr. appt. Tomorrow with the shoulder surgeon. I am not real confident that I have stretched it enough. I certainly have used it. Painting, cleaning & moving. Oy.....

Jazzy, sounds like a great evening. I love to get out & see live entertainment, of all kinds.

Teka, thanks for the Joe...

Miss Chevster, been exploring the neighborhood lately? Has Eddie house sold? I cannot belive the housing market where you are.

Spookiers, looks like another beautiful day in paradise. Speaking of good weather. Right now, no wind, we had lots of rain, everything is GREEN. I am going to try to post aphoto of my beloved spruce trees that I am leaving in 2 short weeks....

Holeinone

dutchiris

Welcome to the newbies

I have been busy with projects and work. Holeinone asked me if I finished the mirror frame. It's not finished yet because I was finishing the frame I made for this photo of my neice. I'm happy with it.

sas-schatzi

Hi Owlette's been off mostly with computer problems. Mistakenly signed up for a google account. It's created access problems. Lot's of swearing gong on. There's no way to delete or uninstall. Google is taking over the world!

HI1, I'm with you. I still miss my old house and it's been since 1992. This house is fine, but will never replace that old treasure. One thing is I didn't do what you are doing. Taking pictures. I only had two specifically of the house. Take lots.

Teka Hello you've been gone awhile. Thanks for the coffee

KSusan(?) sorry I haven't answered before this---haven't been here much. I live near Kennedy Space Center. Spookie's a next door neighbor to you. There are a number of folks that way. join us here or keep in contact with Spookie. WE love doing lunch 

sas-schatzi

Welcome Marinab  Plop yourself down and stay awhile

Welcome PatRn10-----we have several Rn's here--LMG, Rosevalley, me. What kind of nursing? Me a little bit of everything except for peds, dialysis, and oncology. Hit most of everything else since 1969.

Spookie is tat a pic of your feet or Spookie? Just kidding I know it's Spookie.

Chevy Cute cartoon This just about sums up my life, add a glass or two of wine and it's complete.

In Regard to Sheri. At least she's talking. She probably realizes whatever you said was on mark. She was scared and in denial before.

Loveroflife

Dutch, so talented.

Jazzy, oh how I wish I can go to the farmer's market. I have been a hermit since surgery. Hoping to have the two drains removed in a few days.

Ms. Chevy, I can't sleep because of the drains ( can't shower with them either). Being OCD, that affects me at different levels. I can't function when I am not clean. I am starting to stink. Feel sorry for my PS when he has to see me next week. Well, not really because he told me NO shower until drains are removed. If I have to put up with no shower, he hasto put up with me stinky self.

Ms. Sass, you are still having computer problem? Perhaps you should consider getting one like this..

sas-schatzi

Nice Dutchy, I noticed your tools when you showed the pics of the other frame. All the right stuff. I figured you must be seriously into it. Back in the 80's I used to frame. There was a shop in Fairlawn (Akron), Ohio. The shop had about 4-6 tables divided into four. Each corner had a miter vise. The table tops were covered in felt(?). Customers would pick their frame, glass and mats. The owners would cut the materials. Customers would then do the assembling. The first time there, they would teach how to do the joining of the frame, placement of mat to picture, glass cleaning, then finally assembly. Final step, we'd get to sign a little sticker that said  "custom framed by_____". Fun and it saved oodles of money. It was a very busy place. Always thought it would become a big thing b/c of the cost of framing. Disappointed that I couldn't find a shop here.

I checked in with Mel. She's been busy with family and nursing a cantankerous shoulder that is aggravated by computer time. She's been on BCO, but posting in less areas. She asked after you all

Blondie where are you going in Florida. Spookie and I have been known to travel to see folks

Spookiesmom

YES!!!!!

I'm in the mood for a road trip and lunch. Blonde, where you going????!

KSusan, we have lots of Starbucks around.

sas-schatzi

Loverly, That is so true. What this frustrating time has taught me though is I spend way too much time on the computer reading and writing. It's hard though to do other things. Reading and more directly learning, has been my lifelong major love over everything else. With all the negative chemicals affecting my brain between 2009 until end of 2014 where the thyroid meds were starting to come to a decent level, reading was very frustrating. In 2009, I could not maintain comprehension of a single paragraph. It(brain) steadily improved over time. But not like it used to be though. Used to be if I read something that  was in my ADD area of focus, it was mine for life. Not now. Good for a short time only. But I will certainly take what my memories doing now versus what it was doing from 2009--2014. 

Jazzygirl

Nice sunny day today and quick trip to the farmers market. Usually May markets only feature greens and a few root vegetables, so not as much there as there will be going forward, but came away with some kale, argula, swiss chard, bok choy (LUV), and 2 kinds of radishes. Then I stopped at the health food store on the way back and finished the rest of my grocery shopping. I am in a cooking mood and today will bake some marinated pork chops with portobello mushrooms and serve it on some lightly sauteed boy choy.

There is a Nigerian fellow at this farmers market I call my "kale guy" and actually was able to visit with him today and learn his name (Andy). I always buy my greens from him, except for the bok choy. Never even seen the bok choy there before! Andy said in a few more weeks, he will have some cherries, they are ripening now. All this rain we have had is good for the farms here.

Lover- maybe when you get those ports out, you can go with a family friend and get some things at your local growers market. Bring a big bag and let them carry it for you. I love growers markets and want to support the local farms here.

Time to get into the kitchen and start making my Sunday meal!

magdalene51

Ok it's not morning any more but I think Sunday morning lasts lots longer than noon. Welcome, Marlana!

Loveroflife

Hmmm...pork chops with mushroom and green. Yummy! Would you entertain me with pic? I have been eating mostly chicken soup/broth.

Jazzygirl

Loverly- It is almost done. Will post my creation here soon!

I did not feel like cooking for years. So I understand eating easy stuff, I did so for a long time too. So start from where ever you are. Even a piece of grilled fish on a pre-made salad is a good way to being.

Jazzygirl

Okay, here is my sunday creation! It was delicious and only a handful of ingredients and easy prep!

sas-schatzi

omd---I just spent time reviewing my credit information on credit karma, Equifax, Experian and Transunion. Credit Karma said someone tried to take a mortgage out in my name in 2014 and TransUnion had an unknown  address in my bio info. The only way to determine what was up was to file a dispute through TransUnion. What a computer PITA. 

creditkarma.com is a free secure site that you can get a look at your credit score and all the info kept by the other three.  I never knew that I could check all the info b/c I never clicked on all the tabs. Basically, I was interested in credit score.

Hope everyone's had a nice weekend without toil or trouble 

Jazzygirl

It is good to check your credit at least once a year, but I do more often. Especially with all these god awful data breaches going around. I check mine 3-4 times a year and put a freeze on my credit a few years back after a computer got stolen out of my car. No issues occurred, but did so as a precaution to a known theft of info. I have known people who have had their credit stolen and found out way too late and what a freakin' nightmare.

Two things to watch for on this front, the new scam is to file your tax info before you do and get any refund coming. There is no way to check on this, you just find out if it happens when you go to file, and then may have a mess. This has happened to people I know.

The other thing we learned a few years back during an estate settlement for our mom is that if someone in your family passes, whomever is responsible for settling the estate needs to write letters to each of the three credit agencies with a copy of the death cert to be sure they note "deceased" on the person's files. They will have no way to know if the person has passed unless someone tells them, no trigger from anything like Social Security, the banks, etc. This will keep people who can steal your loved one's SSN and take out credit in their name and so you can avoid problems with trying to settle the estate. If someone gets credit in your loved ones name, they will try to get that money from the estate. Once the file is marked with the person as deceased, that is that. I told 2-3 friends settling their parents estates since my mom passed and tell everyone I can about this. Now it's your turn!

Our SSN's should have never been tied to our credit ratings, a huge fiscal failure for our nation to do this.

sas-schatzi

jazzy, I can't remember if I did this for my dear Greg. Thanks

Loveroflife

Ms. Sass, my younger sister, who is very bright, has very good memory also. When we were younger, she would memorize all the poems I tried to learn before I did from just listening to me reciting them. I was in First grade and she was not even in Kindergarten yet! Good for her, but so frustrating for me. I can kind of understand how frustrating it must have been for you.

Bummer on the credit history. Hopefully, you won't face any problem trying to clean hat.

Loveroflife

Thanks Jazzy!!! I am drooling over here.

Jazzygirl

My goal is to focus on making more simple dishes with no more than 5-6 ingredients. Simple healthy whole foods! I wish I could have shared it with you, I really do!

blondiex46

Thanks i needed that

Loveroflife

Awwww Jazzy. You ARE a kind soul. I have been trying to cook and eat healthier too, cutting out processed foods and using more whole foods whenever I can. Can't do much now until another 1&1/2 weeks. We have people from church and friends bringing us meals though. This helps greatly. Bless their hearts.

Smaarty

Hi all. Been off for 2 days, 4 pages behind. Caught up. Welcome Marla. Jump in with both feet.

So yesterday started with a bang at 5:30 am when my mom called. She's feeling weak and bleeding. Doesn't say from where. Don't call my sister, can I come over? Sure- no problem. Then I remembered that I don't have my keys, left them with the car dealer because I need new brakes, front and back. Called my sister, picked her up and ended up taking mom to ER, she has UTI. Needed both of us to do this. So got back home, change and go to baby shower that we are late for. Then go back to stay with mom for couple more hours until dinner out and a play with DGD. We saw Cinderalla. Nice musical. Don't remember seeing this version but recognized some of the songs.

Today was sewing with a group to make the next opportunity quilt. There are 8 of us to make 15 blocks. The designs I picked are large. It took most of the day to stitch out 8 designs. When I can I'll post a pic of them.

HI1, those are big trees. No wonder you can't move any.

Lover, dr Lin always says no shower until the first week. If you still have the drains, then he'll water proof them. I had drains for 5 weeks after I got the TEs. Each doc is different. With dr K, she water proofs, I could take a shower after 2 days. How you feeling otherwise? Don't forget to eat plenty of fruit. Don't want to get C. This was dessert tonight after left over Mexican dinner. Zazzygirl, we had cherries here for about a month. Season is short, and then they're gone.

For healthier, try hungry girl.com. Easy recipes and you can sign up for her newsletter. Thanks for the heads up, have to check on my Dad, don't think we did that.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Jazzygirl

Loverly- you are still going through your medical care around this. Let those folks bring you meals, give you comfort food, and you focus on just being taken care of by others. Those markets will be there for you down the line. First things first!

mel147

Hi, all - just got caught up reading pages going back to last week!

As Sas mentioned, my shoulder is really bothering me, especially when I am on the computer. It's frustrating since once I got the muscles stretched out and my range of motion back it seemed fine and the last few months it has gone downhill. Trying to do some exercises and take some breaks at work to stretch it out so I'm not glued to the mouse.

Jazzy - I love the idea of simple dishes with no more than 5 or 6 ingredients! We keep eating the same things and it's BORING. Am also trying to eat more fruits and veggies and less of the processed stuff.

Loveroflife - hope you are feeling better every day!

This week is busy with stuff going on every night except Friday. Argh! Monday will be boring work meeting, Tuesday fun ladies group meeting at church, Wednesday boring HOA meeting, Thursday fun awards ceremony for DD2 who should be getting a few awards. So, at least it is balanced in the boring/fun areas.

Night all!

Wren44

Hugs MammaRay. We got as far as giving the lawyer the money for a divorce once, then took it back and used it for a vacation. Can you see a counselor together? Or a clergy person? We're with you all the way no matter how things turn out.

Loveroflife

Oh MammaRay, I agree with what Wren said. Try counseling first at least for your son's sake. So sorry for the stress ((Hugs))

Teka

HI1, I took many memorable photos of childhood home before being sold years ago.

Jazzy, wish I could've sampled the good eats.

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Sassy, as of May 8th, I've now had 5 yearly mammograms post last TNBC treatment. *NED* A family member and I had a rough Winter with health problems, but feeling better with Spring.

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I'm sure the last 1/2 of May will quickly slip away, but hope Summer goes at a snail's pace.

mel147

MammaRay - so sorry to hear about the tough conversation with your DH. Please take care