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Post by desposito on May 7, 2024 10:33:08 GMT -5
Bree, I'm glad you took a vacation day, and I will hope for good news for puppy!
Diane
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Post by ohblondie on May 7, 2024 10:54:08 GMT -5
Diane - I believe we are getting your thunderstorm tomorrow! I am trying to get gardens and such in order to benefit from the rain
bree - Good luck today with puppy. I think our two puppies would get along famously!
I have 5 bags of clothes at my mom's for her friend to pick up. I am hoping to get more to her by thursday.
I took my mom to visit my dad this morning.
The lawn waste was picked up today and I have already filled up one can with the leaves I raked out of the side garden along the driveway. DS will mow the lawn today and will fill up the other can. My goal, by the end of the weekend, is to NOT have my front yard look like a catchall. Next week I will focus my efforts on the back yard. I will finish up painting the chairs, toss more of the crap and get it all set up.
time to dump in a load of laundry!
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Post by desposito on May 7, 2024 11:44:07 GMT -5
Ohblondie, it sounds like you're really getting things out of the house!
My eyes are starting to cross from looking at these to-do lists, I'm making a lot of progress, though. I'm going to stop and do a couple of lists before lunch.
TO DO:
10 minutes on seedlings Go outside and check on the transplants Put yard waste can out
Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 7, 2024 12:32:10 GMT -5
All the tiny transplants are fine! And the other transplants too. There is another possible storm this afternoon so I'm afraid to plant any more until I know what that one will be like. I moved the 17 waiting plants back onto the back porch for now.
Next:
Start dishes soaking Make some book notes Check library site and adjust holds Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 7, 2024 14:42:34 GMT -5
Okay, I spoke too soon. This second storm is no joke, we just had many minutes of really hard hail--like someone throwing handfuls of pebbles against all my windows. And very, very hard rain. I'm pretty sure the little plants can't withstand this, and I'm worried about my roof too. From the radar it looks like several more minutes before this phase of it's over. Ugh, poor little plants!
Diane
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Post by ohblondie on May 7, 2024 15:43:10 GMT -5
Oh dear Diane! I saw thunderstorm tomorrow on the radar.....I will be prepared!
Hopefully I got enough done outside that I can focus on inside tomorrow - if it rains!
I have a meeting tonight. I have showered and dressed. Time to brush my teeth and walk out the door
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Post by desposito on May 7, 2024 17:50:56 GMT -5
So, I was too afraid to go out and look at the plants until a little while ago--I'm shocked, so many of the seedlings are okay. A few are flat on the ground but when the mud dries up a bit I'll try to lift them back up. A few of the other plants were kind of lying down too, I propped them up by pushing the soil around the stem. I'm so relieved, I was so sure at least the small ones would be smashed to a pulp. The hail we had was normal size, but I heard reports from the area of 2-3 inch hail.
When the roofers come tomorrow I'll have to ask them to check to see if there's any damage that wasn't there when they did their inspection.
I've been working on my to-do list program on and off all day, I'm very encouraged, I think it will help make it even better than it was before.
It's almost time for dinner now.
Diane
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Post by bree on May 7, 2024 21:39:39 GMT -5
oh Diane I hope you aren't in tornado country! praying for storms to stop.
Puppy is doing well! I think it is good that vet is so proactive and thorough but she is young and I think she needs to work on dealing with pet parents. She goes to the extreme in possible outcomes. So puppy was sedated - she was so sweet and fuzzy - and the vet did the exam and said she thinks the little growth is smaller and that it is most likely scar tissue not a rare type of cancer. She wants to check again in a month to be sure. So I was feeling reassured and I said scar tissue won't be a problem right - and keep in mind puppy is having no issues. And she went into this scenario that the scar tissue could possibly irritate the gland, and then the gland would need to be removed, and then there is the likelihood nerve damage and then of fecal incontinence...yikes!! but that means so many bad steps have to take place. and they are all unlikely ... so I think she has to find the right balance between realism and avoiding catastrophizing it.
after puppy came home, she took a nap. I did some errands -- returned bottles, filled the gas tank, deposited a check at the ATM, went to Aldis, and then to posh grocery. it was an expensive run as I needed toiletries and cleaning stuff and detergent.
And I stopped at this burger/ice cream place with really good food, not healthy but tasty, and bought a bowl of ice cream!!
I also did some dusting and swept. cleaned the litter. did some recycling.
took puppy for a walk tonight, she was getting more alert and her old self but I drove us to the best part of our walk, so she did not waste her energy on getting there. kept the walk a little shorter.
my debit card is still AWOL! still no activity. I used it Saturday night at a restaurant. I carried it out in my hand and I hope I did not drop it. I tried to call the restaurant 2x but no answer. On Sunday I was home until I went to college town where I realized i did not have it. I gave DD a care box of treats and asked her to check in there but nope. I looked around in likely places here at home - dining room, kitchen, purse, bag, coat pockets, the car.
I firmly believe when I call to report it missing and they cancel it .... it will show up!
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Post by desposito on May 8, 2024 7:43:47 GMT -5
Good morning!
The roofers just started, they said the repairs would take about an hour. I will be very relieved to have this done.
I slept pretty well last night again, today should be for planting, but it's going to be 80 degrees and sunny so I might wait until late afternoon to plant anything. And tomorrow will be pretty chilly--I guess there's no perfect string of days to plant, I just need to do it and have faith that the plants will adapt. When the roofers are done I will go out and check the little seedlings.
Bree, I'm sure puppy will be fine. One time, many years ago, I ended up going to a vet appointment with a young employee of the shelter I worked at, he had taken in a stray cat that he wanted to keep. The cat had a lump on her leg, and the very young vet that examined her said it felt like cancer, and cancer on a leg is bad because it's probably in the bone and the prognosis was very bad. The poor employee was practically in tears over the cat, and the vet took the cat into the back to do something. Fifteen minutes later a much older vet came into the room with the cat and said--the lump was an abscess, they had drained it with a needle, cleaned it and were prescribing antibiotics. The cat was perfectly fine. So, yes, young vets sometimes are overly zealous to list every possible thing they learned in school. Even if an anal gland has to be removed, there are rarely serious complications.
I hope you find your debit card. I have heard about credit cards that you yourself can put a temporary hold on if you lose it and think it's just somewhere in your house--I don't know if they make debit cards that are the same, I think it's a great idea.
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 8, 2024 8:49:35 GMT -5
The roofers are done, yay! Big relief to have that done, and so early in the day, too.
I went out just to look at the plants--the little seedlings have perked up already, all of them will be fine. The plant that bore the biggest brunt of the hail was the mystery salvia, because its leaves are completely horizontal and thin--there are a few little tears in the leaves, but otherwise it's okay. Another relief!
It already feels so hot outside, so today will mostly be inside work.
TO DO:
Call decluttering client 10 minutes on seedlings Balance checkbook and pay a bill Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 8, 2024 10:24:54 GMT -5
Next:
10 minutes on paper Bring yard waste can back to yard Wash some dishes Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 8, 2024 11:23:55 GMT -5
Next:
10 minutes PEEPing 10 minutes on to-do-list updating Look through a book magazine to recycle Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by ohblondie on May 8, 2024 11:36:16 GMT -5
My meeting went soooo late last night. I am off kilter now.
Woke up to the severe thunderstorm - it seems to have passed, and it looks like the sun might be coming out.
So far I have a load in the washer and I ran to aldi to get some groceries
I have most of them put away - I need to deal with the freezer now. I had to eat something first
And I need to run to the bank
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Post by desposito on May 8, 2024 12:36:04 GMT -5
Good afternoon ohblondie!
I felt like I should at least try to do something in the yard so I took my lopper to the back part where there are some things I wanted to cut down but every time I'm back there and remember them I don't have the lopper with me. And that was all I could do because the sun is so hot and it's also icky humid out there. Mid-day is just not the time to work there on days like this.
Time for a lunch and reading break.
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 8, 2024 15:31:32 GMT -5
I went out again for a short time to water the small seedlings, everything looks okay.
Next:
10 minutes PEEPing 10 minutes on ToDo list Check charge card sites for accuracy and budget Delete 50 emails
Diane
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