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Monday, December 16, 2024
Spam-a-lot
Tis the season for SPAM. Or so it seems. At least from my personal perspective.
I have two email addresses and both have begun making me delete everything from the innocuous, to the gross in nature. Many warn me of impending doom because my Netflix payment has been denied.
Trouble with that warning is I don't have an account in my name.
Literally I have been deleting over 20 spam a day.
Another irritant: it's also porch pirate season.
You would think that given the fact of almost everyone has a ring product, this would have become a non-issue. Unfortunately, it hasn't eased up around our little area of suburbia.
It's a good thing I am home most of the time. Probably also a good thing that we don't order much on-line wise.
Most of our purchases tend to be of the fur baby needs type. Since we did hear someone had a baby gift swiped, I suppose those same thieves wouldn't care that they have taken prescription dog food from a sick pup.
Remember when hearing "Spam-a-lot" meant a fun evening at the theater?
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Sunday, November 24, 2024
Thankful for Issues
It's Thanksgiving. It was also both Bruce's and my birthday s this past week. Bryce is now 9! I am 67. More than ever I'm seeing my mom's face in the mirror.
Luckily, for me, she was a very attractive woman. Still, wrinkles abound. Not just on my face either. Definitely time to ditch the haltertops. Sigh.
I thought I would share what I'm thankful for this year: All have had their own experiences to both overcome and revel in.
My kids and grandkids are all doing well.
My husband is healthy and here.
Our two senior deaf and half blind pups. They bring me so much joy. Worth every bit of challenges they've been having throughout this year.
While I have also had added things to work on, I am thankful for great doctors and physical/occupational therapists.
May you all have more joys than sorrows during this upcoming season.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Really??
If you've read my musings at all, you know that we have 2 precious senior pups. Like us, they have come to have their frailties.
While one has kidney disease, the other has something going on with her liver. They both have spinal issues just like their mom. Plus, one is as deaf as a brick and cannot see very well. The other has trouble seeing and her hearing isn't too great either. One pesters me constantly for food. The other is on very expensive prescription diet food mixed in with smoked chicken and rice and many a time shakes her head and walks away.
Her new thing is to only eat from my hand. Believe me, I know I am the problem.
It would be a huge understatement to say we love them dearly.
This past weekend was perfect until 3 p.m. Sunday.
Younger dog started walking hunched, wobbly legs, wouldn't eat or drink and threw up. Of course! Sunday before a holiday!
She just wanted to be held. So we did. Left an urgent message for our "other family doctor" and did a lot of holding and praying that they were open on Veteran's Day.
Thank goodness they were. There was both good and bad news.
Thanks to whatever food and meds I have been able to get into her-kidneys and phosphorus levels are better. But she had some kind of infection and inflammation in her spine.
Three hours and $300 later we picked her up. Older dog was sniffing, licking and wagging her tail when her sister came in.
We got her to eat and drink a bit-including meds. All of us slept as well as we could expect. Woke up and found a puddle of puke.
Thankfully, she went out on her own power, no wobbling and the pain hunch is much better.
Praying for a quiet day, no puking, meds ingested and food/drink enjoyed-as well as kept down.
With that, I hope everyone had a good Veteran's Day. Endless gratitude to all who have served and are serving.
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Sunday, October 27, 2024
Pet Peeves
No, not another blog on my beloved baby girls.
Lately, for me, it's the lack of pronunciation skills from people. Eliding of important letters and the obnoxious use of a certain word drive me crazy!
First, why not say a letter? Is it to save time? Do you think you sound cool? For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, the word is IMPORTANT.
Now that I have written it, does it ring a bell?
I've noticed that even newscasters say "impor'ant". That "T" isn't silent. Pronounce the freaking letter!!
The next word I am talking about is "LIKE".
Oh my God, when you speak please don't include the word in between every other one!
The other night we were listening to an interview. The woman was highly intelligent. Yet, in the five minute segment, this woman said "like" somewhere around 25 times!
No one needs to use the word unless more definition is legitimately needed.
Obviously, there are more speech issues that drive me a bit batty, but these are the ones irritating me most at this moment.
Have any of you noticed any unfortunate lapses in speech that annoy you to distraction?
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Friday, October 18, 2024
Infrastructure Work, Not Really
We have potholes.
This is an ongoing problem here in the outskirts of Phoenix. Not just in our streets but our highways.
We're talking BIG holes that can take out your transmission and give you serious whiplash.
We know where they are and have trained ourselves to avoid that lane at all times. Even going slow is a danger.
According to TV ads, a certain proposition has been working on it and needs to be voted back in to continue their efforts.
Of course, it's not supposed to up our taxes in any way - until you read the ubiquitous fine print.
We've lived here 12 years now. In that time, our neighborhood has only been resurfaced once. It was a really bad job. Crossing the street feels as if you're walking on boulders.
Our main streets? Not even once! The half mile to the freeway entrance has had the same two "holes" literally all dozen years!
The same can be said for the first 3 miles of the freeway.
This is wrong.
Steve has been delayed for up to an hour on the areas they have worked on. The detour is ridiculous.
Once the repair has been done they have to go back and paint the lines. That could take over a month!
The road may look better, but the potholes are still there! Not as deep, but still need to be avoided.
Our tax dollars at work? Not really. What about where you live?
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Saturday, September 28, 2024
Part 4 Kitchen Now
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Part 3 Before Kitchen
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Can't Believe It, Pt. 2
Guest bath after:
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Can't Believe It
Sorry about this but I just can't seem to get more than one photo at a time. Before and after on our latest efforts. I also can't get my phone to turn the before guest bathroom photo.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
Up, Down and All Around
Since my last post, things have been, well, quite something. Our emotions have run the gamut from happy/thrilled to indifference and sadness.
Thrilled for Dylan! He's begun to navigate through his senior year and what's coming next. Watching Aidan grow as he realizes working is actually work. Jackson is doing better than ever now that he's fully healed! Bryce is back to cheerleading. She's also starting singing lessons.
Sarah, Adam and Sam are doing great! Also quite busy.
Of course there's also the flip side. Sigh.
Lucky, our 12-ish 6 pound 4-legged boss child, has been quite under the weather. This is probably way too much information and I'm sorry.
Poor baby ruptured her anal glands. Outside of when she hurt her back, she's never been in so much pain. We just finished her antibiotics and gabapentin.
At least with Lucky it's easy to get the meds into her. Wednesday, I take both dogs in for re-checks and blood work.
Tuesday I meet my 5th new primary in 3 years. Here's my indifferent part. I have little hope of her staying long enough to form a medical relationship.
Then to wrap up -Steve's mom passed away. Almost 95, very fragile and bent over, she fell and broke 6 ribs, wound up with both congestive heart failure and pneumonia. The hospital ER doctor bordered on elder abuse.
Another topic, possibly, for a different time.
They got her to rehab where she immediately tested positive for covid.
Steve literally got there within 30 minutes of her passing.
Tomorrow we will be up at 4 a.m.. Drive to Los Angeles (8 hours, if we're in God's good graces), have the funeral, reverse the former and hopefully be home by midnight.
Sam, younger grands and all the pets will stay at home. I don't envy Sam! Sunshine is a difficult eater. Plus, she still has hard feelings about Daisy.
With all this said, I wish everyone peace and good health.
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