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Post by desposito on Jan 16, 2023 10:26:19 GMT -5
Good morning everyone, wow, lots of posts already today.
CP, there aren't any rules for the work-a-long threads, you don't even have to post about working! We talk about everything here.
Catcats, you are so wonderful to adopt senior cats, they so often get overlooked. In fact, when I was working for the shelter we would have people come in and look at a cat that was 3 years old and say "oh, that's too old..." And your cats are long haired--long hair makes a 20 pound cat look even bigger! I'll bet they're gorgeous.
TT, I wish you were able to distance yourself from your toxic relative--for your own mental health. It's not mean to do that, what's mean is the rest of your family letting the toxic relative get away with making other people miserable. Picture an invisible shield around you and when she says something hateful, picture it dripping off your shield onto the floor, then give her the kind of smile that says you pity her and walk away.
Bree, enjoy your day off, and cando, I hope you're off today too.
It started raining shortly after I took the dog out this morning, and it's supposed to continue on and off all day long, so a perfect day for a homebody. Now, I just hope this homebody can get things done. The downstairs is almost all decluttered, one room to go.
Diane
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Post by bree on Jan 16, 2023 10:41:09 GMT -5
TwinkleToes did you decide about the party? I can relate! I have some very hard to take peeps. I just watched a video Now I got going and started a load of laundry Brunch is in the microwave While laundry going will do some work on finances
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Post by desposito on Jan 16, 2023 10:45:34 GMT -5
TO DO:
10 minutes PEEPing Restock water in fridge Clean out purse Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by bree on Jan 16, 2023 10:58:08 GMT -5
Diane when I adopted girlcat and boycat2 (current boycat is boycat3), they were 8 months and 1.5 years. They had been turned in together and were very close. The shelter thanked me so much for adopting 2 and for taking older cats! There was an older cat there whose owner went onto a nursing home. I was so sad for her but she had to go to a home w no children. I hope some sweet catcats took her home. Boycat2 was a wonderful cat who fought a brain tumor. My dear boy 💔 I saw that you had mentioned that you probably had your last animal w your dog. I was wondering if I am on my last crew. I love puppy but I cannot imagine ever having another dog!!! But I thought old cats. But girlcat is 19 in two months! So I don’t think I’d risk a cat younger than 15 years old at this point, as I near retirement
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Post by desposito on Jan 16, 2023 11:44:00 GMT -5
Oh bree, "older cats"--that is so sad. Everyone wants a tiny adorable kitten, until they either realize how destructive they are, or until they grow up and are adults and then they're "too old". Yes, if I had a car and a back-up system, I would just want to take all the old animals--but not being able to get to an emergency clinic on my own is dangerous. Plus, my animal loving friends that might take an animal if I die are all back in my old neighborhood or actually moved to a different state. I know shelters take animals back if the owner dies but I would rather see mine euthanized than having to deal with the stress of a shelter, and then going to a home that I have no control over. So yes, my adopting days are probably over, which makes me so sad. If I could foster without being unable to return the foster animal that would be an option, but that's not possible for me, any animal without a home becomes "mine" within a few hours of having them in my house and it would break my heart to let them go even if they were going to an approved new home.
Next:
10 minutes on first floor 10 minutes on downstairs desk and file cabinet Sweep downstairs bedroom and bathroom Water living room plants
Diane
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Post by peaceseeker on Jan 16, 2023 11:54:23 GMT -5
the house is a big mess as I moved holiday boxes for the attic to make a pathway for K's rollator. glad I could provide her with a shower but DVD took me to a bakery for a thank you breakfast and lox and bagels are my favorite but high in histamines. brain fog is so frustrating! I can imagine how hard chemo fog must be, peaceseeker .
Funny brain fog story. I got in the wrong lane going 1 mile to the pharmacy. I have lived here 20 years! I had to turn on the toll road, pass where I wanted to go until the next exit and pay for the mistake!
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Post by peaceseeker on Jan 16, 2023 12:13:47 GMT -5
check in am meds smoothie water 1:00 Dr appt continue to read Buried in Treasures Ch 3 pm meds calendar charge
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Post by desposito on Jan 16, 2023 12:34:37 GMT -5
Good morning PS!
Next:
Take dog out and feed her 10 minutes on first floor Sweep LR and hallway Measure containers on back porch
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jan 16, 2023 13:21:27 GMT -5
Next I will work on cards--I need to write a birthday card, a note card, and 3 letters/cards to people who've lost their pets. Whenever I see a request like that I can't resist them.
Diane
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jan 16, 2023 13:23:07 GMT -5
Bree… it’s a dinner, and yes, I am going to go. Will likely feign a headache so we can leave early. Ha ha ha. I am definitely going to remember Diane’s “shield” idea.
Done
Folded and put away 25 more pieces of laundry from bedroom floor. I am so close to having that floor to zero. So close! I am sorting as I go. Have some pieces to give my sister and some going into donation. Turned one old tank top into cleaning rags Emptied out and put away a travel bag Load of laundry in washer … should only have one load to do today Put away the rest of the dishes I washed last night Laundry load in dryer Ate brunch Priced 19 items for booth Emptied a bag of stuff from sitting room and put those things away Sent important email Shred some old checks
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on Jan 16, 2023 13:43:31 GMT -5
I cannot believe I (we, but primarily me) pulled this off.
The TA DA list is so long I can't begin to type it out here.
I'll be posting pix.
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on Jan 16, 2023 13:46:01 GMT -5
Good morning everyone, wow, lots of posts already today.
CP, there aren't any rules for the work-a-long threads, you don't even have to post about working! We talk about everything here.
Thank you so much, Diane. For those who saw an unsettling directive I received earlier this month, you might understand why I'm now nervous about doing anything to upset our community. Feel free to PM me if you want details as I invite your thoughts. Thanks to all!
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on Jan 16, 2023 13:57:21 GMT -5
Okay, since there are no posts anywhere during the last 5 hours it wasn't only me that coudn't get into the site! I hope it stays up for the rest of the day. I worked in the basement this morning for as while, I finished my cabinet project and straightened up down there.
Diane
I had a tough, but important day yesterday. I visited a family member who is very ill (I'll write more in members' only blog for discretion), then went to the visitation for one of my best friend's mother who passed away on January 8. It was a lovely gathering. I felt surrounded by wonderful, intelligent, cool, loving friends. But it was very emotional for me at first -- it was in the same room in the same funeral home where my mother was 4 years ago next month. So I cried for my mom. I cried for my other mom (I've known my friend's mom since my friend and I were both in the our h.s. orchestra in 1980-1982). It's hard to fathom that I've been an orphan for an Olympiad. : ( Now listening to ambient selections from the same artist about whom I wrote at 3 am or whenever that was. I feel jet lagged. Life lag?
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on Jan 16, 2023 14:03:00 GMT -5
Funny brain fog story. I got in the wrong lane going 1 mile to the pharmacy. I have lived here 20 years! I had to turn on the toll road, pass where I wanted to go until the next exit and pay for the mistake! I missed my exit off the turnpike last night. I've made the trip literally hundreds of times in the past 20 years. Again, tough, emotional day. And my friend/colleague/infinite helper with dehoarding, amongst other lovely identities. She reported a printing kerfuffle. The research poster we created for our two DSs (co-authors on a brief study about hactivism to support the Ukraine) was horrifyingly messed up by the young guy working in the copying section of the office supplies store. So she had to get back there at 8 this morning to have them print it properly before the symposium began at 9:30 am.
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jan 16, 2023 14:05:04 GMT -5
Climbing, I have found tremendous acceptance here in the Working Along Threads. I hope you do, too. I was made to feel badly about my “long lists” in a different place, and it made me afraid to add to threads for a long time. Then I found these work along threads and now feel like I have found people who are accepting and caring.
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