Thursday September 19, 2024

[Marilynsgrammy]

Aaarrrrgggghhh me matey's. Happy National Talk Like A Pirate Day.

It's going to be a great day today. looks like it might just rain, it barely rained last night. Glad I had already brought the flag in.

Not sure what dad's plans are today. I have a mobile home that we put here in 1991. It has a pieced siding so there are spaces between the sheets that need to have the cracks filled so it can be good and sealed for winter. But first, you have to climb a ladder and clean out the old caulking to replace it with the new. He's handling the caulking part.

While dad is on the ladder my stepmom sits and plays solitaire on her phone. Telling me I'm pretty, I say thank you, she says I should thank you, you're the pretty one, then she will say I love you. this happens maybe every 10 minutes. Then she gets up to go see what dad is doing. She asks him, can I help you with anything, I can hold things. Well dad doesn't wear his hearing aids and says Huh? She repeats it and this goes on the entire time they are here. And from these interactions I have concluded that my parents are Laurel and Hardy.

My grandson gained a little weight at yesterday's appointment. I don't know how much weight he gained, but even an ounce would help my kids exhale. Not sure yet about the jaundice. i'm trying to not ask too many questions since they are already on high anxiety and so worried. I did mention to my son that babies in third world countries thrive and don't have near the nutrients that our baby has. I also told my DIL about some things that I did when my son was a baby so she could see she isn't screwing up and they do turn out ok. Thanks for the prayers. If you'd add one or two more I'd appreciate it. The baby will do better when the stress level goes down, and the stress level will go down if he gains more weight, it's a tail chaser.

Lori, my dad pushes buttons on his phone and calls me from time to time, then he can't hear me say hello so I holler, hello and my step mom finally hears me and tells him, Chrissy is talking to you, he says huh? then says Oh S**t, I didn't mean to call you. My step mom used to call often, but pretty much just sits and plays solitaire. She does walk around the block once in a while. I am not going to tell my dad about your offer to come there. Mainly because you'd have one dad calling you constantly and the other wouldn't have his hearing aids in and would say huh constantly. Or he would nod and not hear what you said, but his nod would seem like he agrees.

I just may take a trip into Home Depot this morning and buy some blinds for my kitchen windows. I'll take the exising mini blinds with me and get the same size. Also need a stop at the post office. Those are my big outings, the rest of the time will be cleaning out my spre room. I have a file cabinet to move and then can consider adding a bed to that room.

You girls have a marvy day,
Chriss

[WeeOne]

Good morning from Vernon, Texas. Looks like a nice day to travel home.

Chriss, Babies are very tuned to our emotions. My Stacey rolled down some steps when she was 6 months or so. She was crying, I was crying and called my big sister. My sister said, "Stop your balling right now! Your upsetting her! Make yourself a drink." I stopped crying and Stacey stopped crying. Stacey was fine. I didn't make the drink, lol, it was 7 a.m. and I had to go to work. My sister was right, I was upsetting Stacey, so she thought she should cry too.

We are stopping by a friend's house on our way home today. Sam and Jody are special friends. Sadly Jody passed away July 24th. We want to give Sam a big hug. They were married 63 years. Good friends that we met years ago at our coast campground. We played a lot of Marbles and Jokers, and drank a lot of wine together.

Hope all y'all have a good day.
Lyn

[grammiequilts]

Good morning Wow Chriss you are up early and have a long list to do...I was up at 530a laid in bed and talked to my partner in crime about stupid stuff...you wouldnt believe the conversations we have,,,if they were recorded and played back we would'nt believe them either, this morning was "could one person transfer energy ( good or bad) to others...it was deep and kind a funny . but then it stared to get light ,he had to go to the rink and I had a list to do.
I need to make a label for one more quilt. It goes to my friend that fixed my Red Wing jacket and she told me it was done...so her gift quilt needs a label too...she has no idea. She is a good friend and has already offered to come to the rehab center and visit me and bring me what ever I need...Ken also might be there more than he needs also...but I am blessed to have folks in my life who will do for me. I am feeling better about the whole thing and I think all your prayers have something to do with it all///its gonna hurt but I am ready to take it on.
this morning i have 2 loads of laundry done and 2 loaves of banana nut bread in the oven...I made 2 last week but still needed to use up bananas that go too ripe...these 2 will be gift loaves for my neighbors who are always wanting to help us too..they are in their 80s and he has had both knees done and a hip and she has had a hip and a knee done...always asking if they can do anything for us "younguns" since we are 8 yrs younger than them...I will be 78 on friday and I have to tell you when I was working I had folks at 78 that were is terrible shape///so I feel blessed to be in as good a shape as I am...nd Ken too...
Funny story I dont really like to celebrate my birthday that much as I have said...Ken on the other hand called all the kids and told them to be sure and come by friday evening to celebrate their mother birthday,,,so last night I was sitting at the table reading and the phone chirped so I picked it up and it was a text message from my son asking all his sibling if they wanted to bring dinner or just cake and ice cream on friday for moms birthday,' LOL surprise mom...I had picked up Kens phone accidently...so I guess we are celebrating my birthday.....youngest son even said he is bringing Ryker and River to visit too....
Well I need to switch load wash a pair of tennis shoes and Thank you for the suggestion I ordered the elastic shoe laces for these shoes to take with me...they will be here today or tomotrrow from Amazon...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[womster]

Good morning!

Yet another drive-by. Have a call with the cardiologist in ten minutes.

Chriss - prayers for your little family. Sounds like he's doing just fine.

Lyn - please give Sam a big hug from me as well. My step-mom is still crying so much. It's hard to lose someone.

Yesterday at the EP's office we decided to go for another ablation in December. Hopefully there will be far less drama. After my phone call, I have to leave to go get my field vision test. Have a glorious day! xoxo Sharona

[purrfect-lady]

Good morning,

Chriss, Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! Yo Ho Ho and pass me the rum!! Sounds like caulking the siding of your home will be a big job. I wonder if digging out the old caulking is something your Mom could handle since she wants to be helpful.... Sorry your kids are so stressed. Almost all babies lose about 10% of their birthweight right after birth. They regain it quickly. Is he eating OK? And many babies are jaundiced, too. If it were a serious case of jaundice, they would put the baby in the hospital for a few days under bili-lights. Tell them to move his bassinet near a window and let the sun shine on him. Jaundice is a build up of bilirubin, a by-product of breakdown of red blood cells. A nurse discovered many years ago that the babies on the far side of the room had less jaundice than the babies near the windows. Hence the invention of bili-lights used in hospital nurseries for babies that had jaundice. In the hospital the lights are much stronger than natural daylight so the babies' eyes are protected by a tiny blindfold, but that's not necessary with natural light.

Lori - you are very popular with your menfolk! They miss you!

Joan - so nice to see you back "in the fold" (fold of fabric - get it?) My hubby, Bill, remembers meeting you years ago at Houston Quiltfest. I was so saddened to hear you lost your son. A hug to you. That has to be the hardest loss of all. Your smart knee intrigues me. Seems everyone I know is having, or has had, joint replacements lately, including my sister and one of our best local friends, as well as Judi here on the forum. Your info sounds comforting.

Tina - glad Dad is feeling better. If only he can stay well, now. My dad used to toss things like used hankies and tissues all over. I put a wastebasket near his chair for trash and a basket for his used hankies and told him to USE THEM. He did and that helped me a lot.

Jana - I bet next time that employee is warned to get off the crane he does it pronto!! I hope you get your fireplace fixed quickly. Sounds like winter is coming! From all I hear, and the signs I see at home, it's coming early this year and going to be colder and wetter which equals s--w in "some areas".

VAL - you are sounding more relaxed. Hope the family visit goes well. I saw you were worried about where the littles will sleep. When our grandboys were little they loved sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. They didn't need mattresses or pads or anything. Kids are easy!

Mary Q - we weren't looking for COOLER weather! It was only 63 deg on the coast. We were hoping for warmer and now we've got 75 deg. Yay! And no rain! But it's busy here. We did, however, meet a new couple here at the Arctic Fox Gathering when we went to the Meet'n'Greet last night. She is a former NICU nurse! I meet a lot of nurses, but never before another NICU nurse. Good to have someone to swap work lies with.

Lyn - You are so right - our kids take their cues from our actions. When we fell down as kids, Mom would smile big and say brightly, "Bingo!" And we all laughed! I'm sorry for your friend who lost his wife. It's tough to lose your mate. I forgot you were going to TX. Brilliant idea! How long will you stay at your house before going to CO?

SHARONA - Well, let us know when you go for that ablation. I'll want to spend a little time on my prayerbones for you!

JUDI - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW! I want to make sure I don't miss it and internet here isn't much better than our last campground. I don't care for much fuss on my birthdays either. My parents never had parties for us either, but we still felt special with cake and presents. But I always had about 5 or 6 neighborhood kids in for my kids' birthdays and made it a little party. We even had a birthday party for our cat, Larry, once and all the little kids in the neighborhood LOVED that! We played pin the tail on the cat, I made a mouse shaped cake, we had Goldfish crackers, and we sent home baggies of kitty treats for the guest kids' cats.

Becca - how are you feeling now? I haven't caught a post from you for a few days. You know how we worry about our friends!

Lois - did you get everything cut out yesterday? Did you make a practice block before cutting ALL. Boy, I learned that the hard way - once I cut everything out and when I started sewing realized I cut just one piece of every single block wrong. I had to go shopping and buy more fabric and start all over. It was a hard and expensive lesson.

It was a 6 hour drive here yesterday from the other campground. We are south and east of where we were, just across the Columbia River from The Dalles, OR. Much warmer here but not too hot, which is nice. Today Bill is helping our friend, Marc, take his truck 14 miles north to Goldendale to have brakes looked at. Then our group - about 30 people (most we don't know) - will go wine tasting at Maryhill Winery which is a couple miles away. There is also an exact replica of Stonehenge only a mile down the road that is free and always fun to visit. This evening is a social gathering and we all take appetizers. I'm taking BBQ'd meatballs in a crockpot. Saturday is a pot luck and I'm taking ham, also done in the crockpot. I hope to get my Sew Ezi table set up today and have a little time to work on my wall hanging. I bought it in Alaska and it's a mixture of piecing and applique. I have the applique pieces all traced, fused, and cut out - ready to go.

I'm being paged - got to go. Still have poor internet, but at least I'm able to use computer here. Have a happy day!

mary z

[auntjana]

Good morning!

Beautiful outside and cold! The white stuff 8is still there on the mountain tops. Today in a little while, I take Mr G to PT. It's a twice a week thing for a few weeks. Hope it helps.

Yesterday was a pain, you know where! Started out nicely, we were watching a BYU devotional, then poof the power went out. It was downhill from there. Mr G decided since we had no power, which also knocked out the internet, we should go out and drive around the neighborhood and see what idiot contractors did what. He knows where the feeder lines come for power to our house. So we managed to manually open and roll up the garage door, shut it and started to drive off. Poof, power was back, but we went anyway. Yup, found the crew and they were just finishing up. Planned outages by law have to notify customers affected, they didn't. So since we were out, Mr G decided to start researching a generator to run things for just such future occasions. Finally came home and turned on the TV to finish the devotional. It was saved on our DVR and when the power went out, it surged and poof the hard drive of our satellite box broke and wiped out everything we had saved. So then I spent time on the phone with the satellite tech to make sure, nothing worked to reset, so we are now waiting for a new satellite receiver to be shipped here. So I went to use our internet and the power surge affected the tower that provider uses, caused it to break and we had no internet either. Mr G fussed around here, testing all the router components to make sure it wasn't on our end, before we called for service. It wasn't us. At almost was dinnertime when the internet was restored. Then at bedtime, I went to turn on the TV in there and that mini satellite receiver broke too! Not my day yesterday! Mr G did check all of our electronics and made sure they all work - they do. Especially my sewing machine! We do have a whole house surge protector on the breaker box, but it allowed some to get through. Daniel's house was affected, but not Sarah's.

Today I hope to play in the Batt Cave . After yesterday, I need it! But it's a wait and see what Mr G has planned, he does mess up mine!

Chriss - when Aaron was born, he was the fourth of my children. He was born at hospital that my normal pediatrician didn't work out of, so I used one at that hospital. The Dr gave me a list, 2 pages , double column of things i needed to do, and have, along with instructions. On that list were things like, wake up the baby, every 2 hours to feed him, get a sling to carry the baby on my chest at all times, etc! I had to sign this paper, agreeing to everything or the Dr would not sign the release papers for us to go home. If I had to do everything on that list with a first baby, being a rookie mom, I would have been driven neurotic! Thank goodness he was the fourth! I smiled sweetly, signed the paper, knowing full well that I was ignoring everything as soon as I got out that hospital door! I can understand Elliott's parents, they just need to calm down and see that Elliott will be fine.

Well it's that time,

Hugs and prayers,
Jana

[WeSignificant]

Good morning quilty world! It's 56 right now, mostly cloudy and supposedly will get to 72. By the weekend though right back to the heat. September and October here can really bring on a mix of weather. We did get a sprinkle the other day but that was it.

May go to slow stitch tonight but feeling a bit tired so trying to talk myself out of it. Didn't sleep as well last night as I have been. I think I have a meeting in about an hour and then two people to see. Charting to do and still plugging away at the classes.

As far as sewing, I am putting the squares on the wall for JoJo's quilt. Keep changing my mind about what should go where. Then I have to remind myself he is only going to be 3 and really won't care where the squares are. My Radiance BOM and backing came yesterday so I will get that cut and take it with me to Free Sew on the 25th. Not sure why they sent the backing so soon as it's only the 2nd month. I think this one goes for 8 months. I should have my Windsong BOM by then too. Have not heard from the quilter about my Morning Spin. She usually gets them back within a couple of weeks.

Chriss you really are up early, hope you are sleeping okay. My grandson Elijah (JoJo's dad) was jaundiced at birth too. It happens more than you would think. Yes, Maryz is correct, they had us put him in the sunlight through the window and was okay within a couple of weeks. The nurse came out periodically and drew a biliruben test. He also has what's called a Mongolian Spot. That looks like a bruise so they documented it well so nobody would think we were beating him! Hopefully the doctor explained that if the Mom is nervous and upset during feeding, baby will not eat as well.

Lori hoping things settle down with your Dad. Did you get to look into the caregiver situation?

Maryz my daughters friend just had a knee replacement. She is only in her early 50's. I think I will keep the ones I have for now. I am trying to be more relaxed. If I could just stop this silly night shift stuff now. I did figure out though if I asked for Nov 28th through the 30th off for Thanksgiving and they said no, I would just date my resignation for last day as of the 27th. Either way I will get paid as in California they have to pay your PTO when you leave. So carving a few days off.

Well I best get to getting, I need to go round up my work tablet. It's a zoom meeting so as long as I keep the camera off, I don't need to get dressed. That's what most people do.

Ongoing prayers for those who need them, God knows your difficulties and is working on them.

[maryq]

Good morning Girls

A little late this morning, but I slept a little longer than usual and then decided to shower up so I'd be nice and clean when I came to chat!

Chriss.... Good news that Elliott is gaining a bit. I'll send some extra prayers for Mom and Dad. Those first few weeks are the hardest I swear. When Shawn was just a week or two old he would cry all night long, I remember feeling so inadequate as a mother because I couldn't make him stop and I was so tired! Yup, it's a catch -22! Every day it will get a little better, and we know that now, but it's still tough on Mom.

Lyn.... Isn't it amazing how we survive those first babies---every little bump and bruise can send us over the rails! I remember crying hysterically the first time Shawn fell---rolled over 2 steps in his little walker and split his lip!! You can imagine what a wreck I was when he fell out of the moving car--but that's a long story!

Judi... I think that's one of the things I do miss about being married... long conversations with a buddy... just chatting about nothing in particular. We should stay up until midnight just talking. How funny you grabbed Ken's phone... You will have to act surprised now when the kids show up!!!

Sharon.... Hope all goes well with the cardiologist and the plans for another ablation. Will add to my list of nighttime prayers. It's a good thing God can listen to many of us all at the same time.

Maryz... good to see you!! Wow, small world, to meet another NICU nurse! Oh the fun stories you can share. It's been so hot here I must have thought that everybody was looking for cool weather not just me!! Your current location sounds perfect, especially the wine tour!

Jana... Seriously you had to sign that paper to take a 4th baby home? And wake a baby every 2 hours???? That's NUTS!!! Never in a million years would I purposely wake a baby that often. With a 4th baby you probably could have written a book of instructions.

Valerie.... Sure sounds like you have a lot a quilts in progress!! It's the same in MN, employers have to pay out for unused vacation. When I retired, I had 5 weeks on the books. That was a nice check!! I spent some of it on my Janome sewing machine. Did you get all the info you needed from Social Security, I can't remember!

Oh Dear I better get butt in gear. My DDIL, Kris just texted me that she will come and help me paint my bathroom tomorrow !! So I have to clear everything out--my tub is a storage area!! The refund I've been waiting for arrived this morning, so hopefully I can get the new floors in the bathroom soon!!!

Wishing you all a truly happy Thursday!

[gershwin64]

Good morning everyone
Maryz, Dad was throwing his trash by his recliner so I had already gotten a trash can for there about a week before the big cleaning, he's using it thankfully. More if I could get him not to fill the sink with trash
Chriss, did they send one of those light blankets home for Elliot? They sent 1 home with Kevin and Maria for Matthew and Elijah. After they weren't jaundice anymore they took it back to the hospital each time.
I'm doing laundry, already watered, need to pay bills, need to clean the bathrooms, vacuum, dust and hopefully do some quilting today.
I'm up to walking just over 1½ miles a day, a huge improvement from when covid knocked me down in February....I can't believe how long it's taken me to still be getting back to my normal....unreal!
I hate to be so short but I need to change the washer and dryer out and get busy.
You all have a great day!
Tina

[zfatcat]

Ahoy ye mateys!

Tina, men do strange things. My dad has a wicker trash can by his chair. He kept throwing food in there and it would leak crap onto the floor. I bought a black plastic can that fit inside to resolve the problem. I'm glad you are feeling better and getting back to your normal routine.

Maryq, I was in my sewing closet and I thought of you. I went in to get the quilt blocks I made for my sisters quilt. I want to get that one finished. While I was in there, I found all kinds of other projects I started and never finished. I pulled them out and will finish them, or get rid of them.

Val, I have the caregiver coming in 3 days a week. He seems okay when the guy leaves, but gets really adamant that he doesn't want that guy back the next day. Then when he shows up he fine. If this continues I'll have to consider a board and care. He called me about 50 times yesterday and DH about 20. I had to turn off the phone.

Jana, not too long before those mountains are covered in the white stuff.

Maryz, glad you are having lovely weather.

Judi, I remembered to put my bananas in the freeze last week. So now I can make bread when I'm ready. I'm not big on celebrating my birthday either, but some people go all out. I like to celebrate every day.

Lyn, sorry about your friend.

Chriss, glad the little man gained some weight. Yes, parent stress is not good for the little guy. He needs his Grandma Chriss. I can't wait until you get to hold him. Hope you found blinds you like. I don't have window covering on the kitchen window or slider. I just don't walk around the kitchen naked.

I had my sew day with friends today. Got the embroidery done on the Halloween quilt. Also did a little hand quilting on my hexie quilt. Now that's it's cooled down I can work on that again.

We had some wonderful rain this morning. We were not expecting it, but always welcome here in SoCal.

I think I'll make burgers on the grill and tater tots for dinner.

Sleep well.