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Cats woke me up at 9:30 my time--which was 10:30 their time, for their morning meal. I gave them each a little nosh, and again at 12:30. By 3:30 they should be back on their 4-hr schedules.
Spent Halloween gassing up the car and trolling for paper products & disinfectants. Target was completely out of Bounty (for which which Amazon is price-gouging: $37 for a 6-roll pack), but I was able to get some of their house brand and the thicker Viva. Amazon is even more outrageous for Kleenex--$18 for a pack of 3 reg. size boxes. But Target was selling 4-packs for $5 ea, so I bought two (the limit). No Lysol or Clorox wipes or spray--but I did get a couple small canisters of alcohol-based wipes, and an off-brand bottle of disinfectant spray with exactly the same ingredients as Lysol. There was a 1-per-customer limit on wipes, disinfectant and paper towels, but the cashier didn't enforce it on anything but the spray.
Bob brought home dinner from the Palm late yesterday afternoon, but we weren't hungry enough to eat anything that early (I'd had a fried egg on avocado toast about noon-ish). By our usual dinnertime, he had already made himself a tuna sandwich, chips & salsa--and I had most of my leftover duck and veg remaining; so I nuked that and had the dregs of the Cherry Fields dolcetto.
Just now (before the Bears game), I reheated 1/3 of the Palm porterhouse, and Coravin-ed a bottle of 2008 Maryhill (Columbia Valley, WA) Serendipity meritage. Still insanely wonderful after all these years.
May have a cappuccino a bit later--after I finish my 2 oz. of wine I must put my retainer back in lest my teeth regress too much.
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Happy Daylight Savings Time and all Saints Day- I hope everyone had a good and safe weekend with various holidays, the time change, etc.
I don't know who these people are but they are for sure invited to my next Halloween party. Enjoy!
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Been tough trying to keep up here! Hail, I can't keep up at home and always on the road. Had to go to town yesterday just for distilled water for our batteries. No time change here, which for me the confusion becomes, ok how many hours different am I now from CA, MI and UT. Is it 2 or is it 3. Is it 1 or are we on the same time.
NM, sorry about your garage door and hoping things remain somewhat calm at work for you. All the driving won't be fun is right, at least it's a pretty drive. But I don't like the 450+ miles it's going to put on my vehicle each time. Yay for negative covid test. LOL on the chocolate milk. I like to keep some of the powdered stuff around, but lately all they have in the store is the huge can. That would last me 5 years or more!
Jazzy, a good first week at work, good for you. Will it be easy work if you have to move home for it? Sorry about your SIL and the "no good news in CA". Cute Halloween dance.
BabyGirl, praying for continued good results in your scans. Did you dose reduce on the Xeloda?
JCS, that car is beautiful. I too like the red interior. I would love to drive around in that!
Sandy, I remember last year when you mentioned how many trick or treaters you get and how much candy you had to buy!
Cami, were things quiet there for Halloween?
Is Bitters an alcohol?
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Mornin ladies, <my keys are sticking so just put up with it please>
Lori I know ur r. has to have rivi to any other hospital, but u' think for that kind of ride omething could be done. On paper I get it, but in person seems harsh.
Illi sending u prayers for ur tests and much luck with ur move. Glad u can take ur time tho with it.
Welcome back Teka u know how I always like ur poop ins.
Hey Miss cool chick, nice wheels, love the red interior.
Oh Kim breaking ur garage door, what a way to start and then all the time u took. U always seem to find people right away to fix things, which is great.Altho it seems better there is always so much confusion with ur job, but at this time I think it's always like that for most places. This is just non stop confusion but u always seem to keep up an take care of sadie with great love. She needs extra rubs again so I'm sending some.
Karen this time change is useless to me, but all the clocks now change themselves so it's more confusing to me. I would expect u and Kim to get this crazy weather not Lori and Jazzy.
Jazzy the first week sounds OK to me and it's going to get better and better.Goo thing ur so smart and just catch on to things the way u do. An u have a great personality to just ease into anything. I woul think think u'd be exhausted tho with all this change but u really don't seem like it. Ah youth what it's worth.
Oh Halloween was sad really we got about 5 kids that we knew. Joey was by his friends an he said no one went there. So these kids got cheated this yr.
I talked to 3 of my friends and of course my sister this weekend, we're all in the same boat an it's tough not seeing one another for this length of time. My sister's SIL and some GC got covi in the last couple of weeks, but they're doing OK but no one is going to her house now. So I know she really feels it. Everyone lives so close but no one can really go there. Thank God none of them needed the hospital but most are the young ones and Sandy ur right they all go downtown on the weekends and they are stupid thinking oh it won't get us. They honestly don't realize the damage they can do by doing this and they r all in their 20's so again stupid. Sandy it seems like the teens are using more common sense then they are right now. U have ur schedule pretty well worked out and that's great.
I was talking to Bob the other night and strange story <I'll make it short> One of the men that work for Dan is the grandson of the man who introduced me to my ex, what a small world. So I knew him years ago <kind of a love/hate thing now> but he's a good guy. Just funny to me :As the world turns, I guess.
Hey to anyone I missed hope ur week starts out well and just gets better.
LUBS U ALL
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Cami,
I couldn't resist posting this after reading your post......
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Good Mornin DahhhLinks,
NM, no I didnt know they switched up the CBD. I'll have to check it out, thanks!
I've been feeling OK, but my left shoulder is really killing me. Thank goodness I have heating pads in several places in my house. Helps ALOT!
Lowwee, I'm hoping all ok with you and Dennis. I pray for you two everyday
Mese hubs is sick this morning, very nausia (I kno I spelled it wrong, wtf!
Lubslubslubslubs!!!
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Moved up my DDS appt tomorrow from 3:15pm to 1pm. That way I'll make it home before dark (and--I hope--any demonstrations in the Loop).
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My PT appointment tomorrow is at 3 pm but it is only 20 minutes from home. Hoping for peace, not violence.
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Downtown business owners are boarding up their windows in preparation for any riots post election. There has never been an election like this before - no matter what side of the coin you're on!
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karen, I gather from the evening news that the boarding up is going on around the country. Breaks my heart, elections used to be an exciting event, not a cause for violence.
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Cami - appreciated your comment about the clocks. Unfortunately only one out of my NINE clocks &/or watches changes itself. I have to do all the others.
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For some weird reason my car, with GPS which changes the time automatically when we travel across time zones, requires a manual change to turn daylight savings time on or off!
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All our clocks per se--except Bob's wristwatch & old-school bedside LED alarm--reset automatically. But the "clocks" on our stove, microwave and Keurig need to be reset manually. And our cordless house phones took an extra hour to kick over. The digital clock on my car's dash reset itself.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Election Day! I'm going to vote on my way home from work, my usual thing. Last election I was the only voter in the room! Probably more people voting today, but maybe not, either way, there is rarely a line so I'm not worried. What is worrying is getting up to see almost an inch of snow on the ground! I knew it was going to snow overnight, but I thought it would melt off like it did yesterday. Oh well, it is November after all. The weather guesser just said the temps are getting up in to the 60's this weekend. Welcome to winter in Maine!
Got called into work early yesterday to cover for a call out. Worked until noon as charge nurse. Got bossed around by an obnoxious Agency nurse. Found out one of the really good nurses gave notice and was done with us as of last weekend. Stayed on past the 8 hour mark as I had an appointment with a staff member for CPR recertification, staff member didn't show up. Sigh.
Sadie is not impressed with the snow this morning. She stepped out into it, turned and looked at me as if to say "WTF?" She sure was nice to cuddle up to last night, though, while listening to the wind howling around!
Maine's covid positivity rate has doubled in the last week or so. 24 hours before bars and tasting rooms could re-open the restrictions are rolled back and they can't open. Back down to 50 people at indoor gatherings, 100 outdoors with distancing. A favorite local bakery is closed due to a covid positive employee. Schools going all remote all over the state. Looks like Maine will be going into the Holiday season on nearly full shut down.
Karen-- I don't like it either. And I really don't see any reason for it anymore.
Beaver--Same here, it gets dark early enough without the time change help in the winter!
Chi--I didn't think stores were putting limits on items like that anymore! Maybe it's a regional thing? Who knows.
Jazzy--they are funny, aren't they?
Goldie--I'm not crazy about the garage door thing, either. I'm even less impressed with not yet hearing from the guy with the quote. He said he'd call the next day, which would have been last Friday, haven't heard yet. Time to look for another company, I guess. Bitters are alcohol flavored with bitter tasting ingredients. Adds bite and offsets the sweetness of other mixed drink ingredients.
Cammy Cat--Non-stop confusion is a good description of working in health care these days. I'm just shaking my head and carefully tracking my hours. It's the younger people who are catching covid most often this wave, maybe as more of them see their friends and family members get sick they'll smarted up. We can hope, at least. Sadie says "thank you" for the belly rubs!
Teka--LOL!!!! At least she waited until the day after Halloween!
Mema--Good Morning, to you, too!Sympathy to the hubby. Heating pads are wonderful things, aren't they?
Chi--good luck avoiding any demonstrations!
Beaver--peace would be better. But probably too much to hope for.
Karen--that is one very sad sign of the times.
Minus--how long does it take you to change all those clocks and watches?
Chi-- with the frequent power outages we've been having, I've given up on keeping the microwave clock set to the correct time.
Swing State Spritz
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Dry Vermouth
- 5 oz Q Mixers Tonic
- 3 oz Sparkling Wine
- Garnish – mint sprig & lemon wheel
Method:
- Build drink in a large wine glass over ice.
Running Mate Mule – Red
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Vodka
- 0.5 oz Cointreau
- 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
- 5 oz Q Mixers Hibiscus Ginger Beer
- Garnish – 1 half lemon wheel
Method:
- Build drink in mule mug – stir gently, garnish & serve.
Running Mate Mule – Blue
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Vodka
- 0.5 oz Blue Curacao
- 0.5 oz Lemon juice
- 5 oz Q Mixers Ginger Beer
- Garnish – 1 half lemon wheel
Method:
Build drink in mule mug – stir gently, garnish & serve.
From <https://foodsided.com/2020/10/29/election-night-election-themed-cocktails/>
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Cami, so sorry to hear about the Covid cases in your family, but glad they seem to be doing well. Do they know how they got it?
LDB, do tell. Who might this Dennis be that I am with....LOL. I know, you meant Darrell! Do you know why your shoulder is hurting so bad? Sorry about Randall being sick. Is he dieing? (like most men, when they're sick).
Beaver, safe travels for you today, and yes, NO VIOLENCE!
Karen, I just can't believe what is going on over this election. Even a fence around the white house. I'm embarrases to be an American!
NM ha ha, I beat you with the snow. Like I posted before, about 10" here last week. It's all gone now and temps during the day are in the mid 70's. Your Covid cases are rising, just like everywhere else, but from what I can see online, you are second from the bottom with cases. You seem to have the same problem as we do, finding reliable help. I guess that's the price to pay when living rural. Thanks for explaining the bitters!
My post on FB, which most of you saw already: Well, I won't be starting my new treatment Thursday, insurance denied me. Time to jump through hoops. It will happen, through the drug manufacture, I just have to fill out the paperwork and send it in and wait! Oh and the sweetest part of this.....my "adopted" grand daughter wanted to start a go fund me page to help so I could get my treatments and she was going to ask at her school! Nana Lori loves you Gracie
Second, my DH is about to drive me nuts! I know he's been through alot. The current situation is him running to the bathroom several times an hour (#2), but not really anything there. Doctor said he could be impacted. Also he is so cold, but yet sweating porfusely, soaking sheets and pillows twice last night. No fever, I'm keeping an eye on that. Then there's all the moaning and groaning, and heavy breathing and crying constantly and about everything, and the moping around, and he can't sleep. He has stopped most of his meds except the regular ones for high bp and RA.
On with my day!
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his is that sweetie that calls me Nana Lori.
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Goldie,
Sweetie looks very focused on task at hand.
NM,
Husband and I did in person early voting last week.
Thankfully, no dragging out for me on Election Day!
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63F already! Headed down to the Loop for my dental appt. Not gonna jinx things by chilling any bubbly--we have an icemaker so 20 min. in an ice bucket would do as well as the fridge anyway. I suspect, though, it'll be at least a few days if not weeks till we know.
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We have had a bit cooler weather here. Lower humidity is nice for a change, everybody's hair is laying down instead of frizzing and sticking up. My oldest son was taking flying lessons and just did his solo flight on October 22. I am glad I did not know until it was done, he was the kid that had a lot of car accidents growing up, not sure putting him in the sky was a good thing. But it is good to live your dream. My dad is out of rehab and is home. The insurance would not cover him staying any longer. He did get a lot better being there, he really needed to be there longer. They did get him up walking and eating better, but he can not stand up on his own. My sister who is retired goes and helps my mother every morning cleaning him up. They have had OT and PT come and that is good. Hopefully, he will get where he can stand up himself and get to the bathroom.
One of my co-workers has been out sick and we are all wondering what she has, she was going to get a Covid test last Wed or Thur. I don't know how long it takes to get results, we haven't heard anything from her. She is a new employee so I really don't know too much about her. I am praying it is not the virus. I have to help my mom a lot with my dad because I live close to her, and she calls me if she needs help.
JC - I love, love, love the car and the red interior.
ilimae - I am thinking of you and sending these mentally good vibes zooming to you. I hope you can feel it.
Hello to all.
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Mistyeyes, I think I do feel it, thanks. I’m having a pretty good day today, just relaxing and enjoying the cabin. Weather is 66, 26% humidity, slight breeze, clear air and this view.
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Oh Mae - absolutely gorgeous.
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Mae - gorgeous view! Remind me where this is. glad that you are enjoying yourself and relaxing
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Karen, we’re out in west Texas roughly between EL Paso and Mexico. Enjoying the isolation.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Hump Day! There was a regular traffic jam at the polls last night. 2 people came out just before I went in, 1 other person marking his vote while I was inside, 3 people going in as I was coming out. From the looks of the check marks on the voter registry list about half the town had voted by the time I got there around 5 peeyem. It's looking like the President/Vice President race may be a closer one than I was thinking it would be. It will be kind of interesting to watch how that plays out.
It's going to be a short day at work today, only need a couple of hours to get my 24 forthe week. Yesterday I worked as a C.N.A. most of the day. The Director of Nurses was working as charge nurse, the Assistant DON was the med tech. Must have had a run of call outs.
Sadie says Woof, and offers to curl up in anyone's bed to warm it up in return for belly rubs!
Goldie--Yup, you win on the snow! I'm hoping to not see a 10 inch storm for a while. I hope the covid rate stops rising soon, if the county goes yellow I'll have to be covid tested every 2 weeks at work, and managing the testing of all the staff is a PIA. Hopefully we'll avoid that, at least for a while. What I have noticed is that there is another announcement of a restaurant worker with Hepatitis A is out. It seems like this is the 3rd or 4th in the last couple of months. This news doesn't create the news noise it used to. Trouble finding reliable help is a generalized health care thing, but a bit worse in rural regions. I saw your post about the new treatment hold up. So not right, so not fair. To have to jump through hoops like that just infuriates me. Your granddaughter is such a sweetie! Sorry your DH is driving you nuts. I imagine he feels pretty miserable and men just don't seem to do well with that. Hoping he starts feeling better soon.
Teka--I'm glad I didn't get THAT much snow! But it looks very pretty.
Chi--good luck! Hope you got to chill and open the bubbly!
Misty--Congrats to oldest son on his solo flight! It is good to live a dream. Glad to hear your Dad is home, even if he could have used more time in rehab. Hopefully the home therapists will keep him moving forward. I hope the new co-worker isn't sick with covid but something "normal" and that you find out which soon.
Illi--that is one fantastic view!
Berry Glad You Voted
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Vegas Baby Vodka
.5 oz. Lemon juice
Muddled blueberries
Muddled raspberries
Muddled basil
Splash of club soda
Directions:
Muddle the blueberries, raspberries, and basil. Add to shaker with ice, vodka, and lemon juice. Shake. Strain into a highball glass and top with club soda. Garnish with skewered berries.
From <https://www.barbizmag.com/recipes-2/seasonal/election-day-recipes/>
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Teka, that picture makes me cold!
Misty, another reason I hate insurances. They don't allow a person to stay where they need to be for as long as they need to be. My mother was always sent home from rehab before she was ready, but that's all Medicare would cover and then she couldn't go back unless she had been out for 3 months. I forget what happened do your dad. How old are your folks? Will you fly with your son?
Just beautiful BabyGirl! Love the mountains.
NM, I'll have to decline Sadie's offer to warm things up in bed. I need something to cool me down. I run a fan all year long next to me on my night stand and can't stand the fleece sheets that I put on for hubby in the fall/winter. Glad you are sticking to your 24 hours. As for the snow, weather out this way can be pretty unpredictable in the spring and fall. Also for Jazzy and Karen in NM and CO.
That was quite a rant there yesterday! Sorry! Better today. I had to run to town (AGAIN) DH having horrible issues on the terlit and doc said he might be compacted. So had to run out and get some magnesium citrate. Well, that certainly opened up the gates! Except now he's in there often, with not much production. Up alot during the night, so still not much sleep. But he is in better spirits. We keep track of all our mileage, in the last 4 weeks, I have driven 4000 miles.
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Mornin ladies,
Reading everything ooohhh.
Lori this ins. thing sickens me everytime I hear about it. Now u have to fool around with all these paper works things. Especilly now, u have so much more stress going on and I'm sure it's not easy taking care of Darrell. He must be miserable too. Oh Lori she's adorable.
Misty just like ur dad, I'm sure he needed more rehab It's rough and it's harder to do this at home. I hope he gets his strength up so he can stand soon. And I'm with u I'd rather know after about certain things But still Congrats for ur son.
Beautiful views Illi and Teka.
Kim everything is still all over the place at work for you. One thing constant tho is Sadie, she's so comforting and that's such a nice feeling.
I can't believe all these boarding up places, this is by far the most riviting election I have .ever seen. And personally I think it's a disgrace to America, this is maddening.
SusyQ I hope ur DH is OK and so sorry about how often u need heating pads, but as long as they help.
Back to covid, I think the young people in my sister's family brought it in. They still go downtown on the weekends and go to bars, they don't wear masks very long and talk to strangers a lot. I think they think nothing of it. Ol enough to drink but not have many brains. So one house everyone got it except my niece and of course a couple of other cousins got it cuz they spend a lot of time together. Let's face it all they needed was one person to catch it and it just traveled fast. No wonder why the whole country started it all over again. Loads of people couldn't stick to rules. Now my sister an her DH are on hold to see everyone again. IDK like I said I think if we keep going like this, this will really be unending. If everyone would really do what is right for even 6 weeks it might burn itself out.
Happy Hump day altho everyday feels the same right now.
I hope everyone's day turns out well.
Hello to everyone.
LUBS U ALL
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Kim - Denver is Red for all metrics. Positivity rate is over 10%. My district is offering free Covid testing every 2 weeks. I went 2 weeks ago and then just went today as I test a student 2 weeks ago. Saliva test. Colorado is close to another stay at home order. 2000 cases/day.
Weather is nice this week. Record high today, 77. Yesterday record high at 79. Storm next week-end
Lori - magnesium sulfate has been a life saver for me post surgery. It's only %0.99 at the Kings Soopers.
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IL had 7500 cases today. Every part of the state is seeing spikes, with the NW counties (bordering WI & IA) as high as 15.7%.
Mag citrate is what I've used as colonoscopy prep. It comes in flavors too. But mostly what gets me going in the morning are swallowing my meds with water, and then having my coffee (& sometimes breakfast). Very, very rarely do I need to take a stool softener at bedtime or a suppository in the morning. (TMI: my sister & I made a pact when our mom was still alive--she'd have been 100 next Tuesday--that if we ever started talking to anyone but our doctors about our bowels, the other would have permission to shoot to kill).
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