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Empyreal · Senior Member

RE: Wicked Wednesday

Empyreal · Senior Member

Blankie wrote:
I'm home sick today. Glad my body finally said "uncle" and stopped me.
Good to just sit and do nothing.
Enjoy the day everyone.

What is it? Cold? Flu? Exhaustion?

Hope you get feeling better..

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

My lunch today is a creamy chicken & mushroom pot pie with broccoli & carrots. Sounds pretty goo right? Not so much. All I can taste is carrots. I like cooked carrots alright in soup, pot pie whatever but I don't want them to be the dominant flavor especially when I'm expecting chicken. So sad. I may have to toss it & heat up a can of Chef Boyardee.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I went back to bed and slept till 12. Then took a shower, got dressed and have now eaten something.

I still feel like poop. This weather changing has things blooming and budding up every 3-5 days and my allergies have turned into a sinus infection.

Blankie, let your body heal.

Omelets taste better because the egg is allowed to cook differently, to a different level of done.

Computer calls drive me insane. Or close to it. I hate them.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lexxy wrote:
My lunch today is a creamy chicken & mushroom pot pie with broccoli & carrots. Sounds pretty goo right? Not so much. All I can taste is carrots. I like cooked carrots alright in soup, pot pie whatever but I don't want them to be the dominant flavor especially when I'm expecting chicken. So sad. I may have to toss it & heat up a can of Chef Boyardee.

Yep. Sounds pretty goo.

I don't like that overwhelming carrot taste either.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Ha Lily! I guess the center is goo.

FNW · Guru

I don't like cooked carrots, unless they are diced in soup. They should be more of a background taste, IMO. Sorry it didn't work out.

Blankie · Guru

Empyreal wrote:
Blankie wrote:
I'm home sick today. Glad my body finally said "uncle" and stopped me.
Good to just sit and do nothing.
Enjoy the day everyone.
What is it? Cold? Flu? Exhaustion?
Hope you get feeling better..

Bad cold and exhaustion. My life is more than I can handle right now. So today I'm resting a lot, and reckoning with what I can say "no" to in my life. Something has to go, there's not enough of me to do it all - working full time, taking care of elderly parents some days, babysitting my grandson.

Babysitting Little Man is staying on the list, though. He's the light of my life. No way would I ever give that up.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I tossed it. I decided better to waste $4 than to waste 430 calories on something I'm choking down.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Blankie wrote:
Empyreal wrote:
Blankie wrote:
I'm home sick today. Glad my body finally said "uncle" and stopped me.
Good to just sit and do nothing.
Enjoy the day everyone.
What is it? Cold? Flu? Exhaustion?
Hope you get feeling better..
Bad cold and exhaustion. My life is more than I can handle right now. So today I'm resting a lot, and reckoning with what I can say "no" to in my life. Something has to go, there's not enough of me to do it all - working full time, taking care of elderly parents some days, babysitting my grandson.
Babysitting Little Man is staying on the list, though. He's the light of my life. No way would I ever give that up.

You are absolutely right!

flan

Blankie · Guru

Lexxy wrote:
Ha Lily! I guess the center is goo.

Goo can be good. Depends. Has to be good goo.

Starting to sound like baby talk. Ga ga goo goo! smile

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Hello all. Food sounds good. I need to figure out dinner tonight. I agreed to take all three dogs to the groomer this afternoon. Not sure if this is a good idea!

Blankie · Guru

Lexxy wrote:
I tossed it. I decided better to waste $4 than to waste 430 calories on something I'm choking down.

Good choice Lexxy. Going for the Chef Boy R Dee?

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Blankie wrote:
Empyreal wrote:
Blankie wrote:
I'm home sick today. Glad my body finally said "uncle" and stopped me.
Good to just sit and do nothing.
Enjoy the day everyone.
What is it? Cold? Flu? Exhaustion?
Hope you get feeling better..
Bad cold and exhaustion. My life is more than I can handle right now. So today I'm resting a lot, and reckoning with what I can say "no" to in my life. Something has to go, there's not enough of me to do it all - working full time, taking care of elderly parents some days, babysitting my grandson.
Babysitting Little Man is staying on the list, though. He's the light of my life. No way would I ever give that up.

Is it financially possible to hire a nurse of home healthcare person to help with your parents? That is the only place I see where you can cut back unless you can afford to go to part time working, if that's even an option with your employer.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Blankie wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
I tossed it. I decided better to waste $4 than to waste 430 calories on something I'm choking down.
Good choice Lexxy. Going for the Chef Boy R Dee?

Yep beefaroni. There was a time in my 20s where the money was more important than the calories, now just the opposite.

Blankie · Guru

Lexxy wrote:
Blankie wrote:
Empyreal wrote:
Blankie wrote:
I'm home sick today. Glad my body finally said "uncle" and stopped me.
Good to just sit and do nothing.
Enjoy the day everyone.
What is it? Cold? Flu? Exhaustion?
Hope you get feeling better..
Bad cold and exhaustion. My life is more than I can handle right now. So today I'm resting a lot, and reckoning with what I can say "no" to in my life. Something has to go, there's not enough of me to do it all - working full time, taking care of elderly parents some days, babysitting my grandson.
Babysitting Little Man is staying on the list, though. He's the light of my life. No way would I ever give that up.
Is it financially possible to hire a nurse of home healthcare person to help with your parents? That is the only place I see where you can cut back unless you can afford to go to part time working, if that's even an option with your employer.

I'm barking up two trees with this. One is that I need to take some Family Medical Leave Act time at work - at least just some intermittent hours each week, to help care for my parents. It's a process to get it approved and I contacted HR about it last week to get the ball rolling.

My father already has home health aides coming in every day for several hours. But that's not nearly enough. My brother already burned out caring for him for two years, and now my sister is his primary caregiver, and she is quickly burning out as she has some health issues of her own. The rest of us work full-time and do part-time caregiving, 10-15 hours per week. But it's not enough. There are 168 hours in a week to cover.

I have been loudly saying for months that my parents need to hire more professional caregivers. They have the money, but my mother is cheap. I have encouraged my primary caregiver sister to firmly tell my mother that she can't do this many hours any more. She needs to give my mother a choice: hire more professional in-home caregivers, or go to a nursing home. Until she does that, my mother will just continue to take advantage.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Blankie wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
Blankie wrote:
Empyreal wrote:
Blankie wrote:
I'm home sick today. Glad my body finally said "uncle" and stopped me.
Good to just sit and do nothing.
Enjoy the day everyone.
What is it? Cold? Flu? Exhaustion?
Hope you get feeling better..
Bad cold and exhaustion. My life is more than I can handle right now. So today I'm resting a lot, and reckoning with what I can say "no" to in my life. Something has to go, there's not enough of me to do it all - working full time, taking care of elderly parents some days, babysitting my grandson.
Babysitting Little Man is staying on the list, though. He's the light of my life. No way would I ever give that up.
Is it financially possible to hire a nurse of home healthcare person to help with your parents? That is the only place I see where you can cut back unless you can afford to go to part time working, if that's even an option with your employer.
I'm barking up two trees with this. One is that I need to take some Family Medical Leave Act time at work - at least just some intermittent hours each week, to help care for my parents. It's a process to get it approved and I contacted HR about it last week to get the ball rolling.
My father already has home health aides coming in every day for several hours. But that's not nearly enough. My brother already burned out caring for him for two years, and now my sister is his primary caregiver, and she is quickly burning out as she has some health issues of her own. The rest of us work full-time and do part-time caregiving, 10-15 hours per week. But it's not enough. There are 168 hours in a week to cover.
I have been loudly saying for months that my parents need to hire more professional caregivers. They have the money, but my mother is cheap. I have encouraged my primary caregiver sister to firmly tell my mother that she can't do this many hours any more. She needs to give my mother a choice: hire more professional in-home caregivers, or go to a nursing home. Until she does that, my mother will just continue to take advantage.

I'm sorry. That sucks. You are right, your sis needs to give her an ultimatum. No point in all of you burning out when she has the money to hire professionals.

ed11563 · Guru

Blankie wrote:
I'm barking up two trees with this. One is that I need to take some Family Medical Leave Act time at work - at least just some intermittent hours each week, to help care for my parents. It's a process to get it approved and I contacted HR about it last week to get the ball rolling.
My father already has home health aides coming in every day for several hours. But that's not nearly enough. My brother already burned out caring for him for two years, and now my sister is his primary caregiver, and she is quickly burning out as she has some health issues of her own. The rest of us work full-time and do part-time caregiving, 10-15 hours per week. But it's not enough. There are 168 hours in a week to cover.
I have been loudly saying for months that my parents need to hire more professional caregivers. They have the money, but my mother is cheap. I have encouraged my primary caregiver sister to firmly tell my mother that she can't do this many hours any more. She needs to give my mother a choice: hire more professional in-home caregivers, or go to a nursing home. Until she does that, my mother will just continue to take advantage.

People will push and push, demand and demand, until someone pushes back.

You and your sister HAVE to push back. Say "NO" and make it stick. You're all adults. You have to make decisions and act on them.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

My mawmaw didn't want pawpaw to go to the nursing home. But she couldn't take care of him at home and her kids made her understand they couldn't either.

It wasn't easy. They had to get very frank with mawmaw. Spell out how much it would take and how hard it would be. How it would hurt pawpaw more to keep him at home. When she realized it was better for pawpaw she was ok with it.

The nursing home even set up a bed in the room for her. She could stay with him over night if she wanted.

It also helped that it was the home my mom is in administration at. Mom could pop in all day.

Blankie · Guru

ed11563 wrote:
Blankie wrote:
I'm barking up two trees with this. One is that I need to take some Family Medical Leave Act time at work - at least just some intermittent hours each week, to help care for my parents. It's a process to get it approved and I contacted HR about it last week to get the ball rolling.
My father already has home health aides coming in every day for several hours. But that's not nearly enough. My brother already burned out caring for him for two years, and now my sister is his primary caregiver, and she is quickly burning out as she has some health issues of her own. The rest of us work full-time and do part-time caregiving, 10-15 hours per week. But it's not enough. There are 168 hours in a week to cover.
I have been loudly saying for months that my parents need to hire more professional caregivers. They have the money, but my mother is cheap. I have encouraged my primary caregiver sister to firmly tell my mother that she can't do this many hours any more. She needs to give my mother a choice: hire more professional in-home caregivers, or go to a nursing home. Until she does that, my mother will just continue to take advantage.
People will push and push, demand and demand, until someone pushes back.
You and your sister HAVE to push back. Say "NO" and make it stick. You're all adults. You have to make decisions and act on them.

You're right ed. I've told my mother plenty of times. But until my sister, her primary caregiver, stands up and says NO, my mother will just keep the status quo. So my piece of work right now is repeatedly encouraging my sister to speak up. She had chronic fatigue syndrome before and she cannot afford to compromise her health.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
My lunch today is a creamy chicken & mushroom pot pie with broccoli & carrots. Sounds pretty goo right? Not so much. All I can taste is carrots. I like cooked carrots alright in soup, pot pie whatever but I don't want them to be the dominant flavor especially when I'm expecting chicken. So sad. I may have to toss it & heat up a can of Chef Boyardee.
Yep. Sounds pretty goo.
I don't like that overwhelming carrot taste either.

Lol :)

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Flan the clowns are not scary.

It's mostly artwork we have all seen. I promise.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I'm not looking at the clowns, either.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Really.

I know we have all seen at least a couple of them.

there are sailor clowns, kid clowns and clowns in different make up.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

Only the very first picture had a scary clown

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

VetteGirl wrote:
Only the very first picture had a scary clown

Okay, I'm trusting you guys...

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

The very first picture is the picture of three Halloween masks.

the first in the count is a picture of a clown in an older clown costume with a pointed hat. It's called the ghostly clown due to the type of painting it is. Not cause it is a ghost.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

He isn't scary.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Then the title is really misleading.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

DS1 heads back up to Chicago tonight. It seems like I didn't spend much time with him at all.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

And that is the ghostly clown.

See? Not scary. Not creepy.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Just spent the past 3 hours trimming my front bushes. Here is the before picture.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Here is the after. I'm sweaty and tired. wink

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

NICE house FWM. I like the architecture. We don't really have any like that here. With the way your door has the build out around it.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

We had some visitors today. Here is one of them.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Nice FWM! DD trimmed our bushes and now they are almost gone...

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Lexxy wrote:
NICE house FWM. I like the architecture. We don't really have any like that here. With the way your door has the build out around it.

Thanks Lexxy. This is pretty typical for Texas. We don't see a lot of frame houses. Mostly brick, down here.

But, you were supposed to be liking my trim job on the bushes. wink

biggrin

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Southern_Belle wrote:
Nice FWM! DD trimmed our bushes and now they are almost gone...

This is why I won't let Wayne touch them. He hacks them to death.

I'm better off to take my time, and do it myself.

(Cute visitor picture, too! ) smile

FNW · Guru

Southern_Belle wrote:
We had some visitors today. Here is one of them.

OMG! What is it?

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
NICE house FWM. I like the architecture. We don't really have any like that here. With the way your door has the build out around it.
Thanks Lexxy. This is pretty typical for Texas. We don't see a lot of frame houses. Mostly brick, down here.
But, you were supposed to be liking my trim job on the bushes.

LOL, sorry I just love looking at other people's houses. You did a good job. Much better than I could do.

Blankie · Guru

Southern_Belle wrote:
We had some visitors today. Here is one of them.

What the heck is that, SB? Creepy. I would freak if those lived near me.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

It looks like an iguana or a relative of.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

It's an iguana! They are everywhere here. The house is on a canal. They love being around the water. There were 5 hanging out earlier.

Blankie · Guru

flan327 wrote:
VetteGirl wrote:
Only the very first picture had a scary clown
Okay, I'm trusting you guys...
flan

Don't do it, flan. They get more creepy as you scroll down.

FNW · Guru

Southern_Belle wrote:
It's an iguana! They are everywhere here. The house is on a canal. They love being around the water. There were 5 hanging out earlier.

It looks big. Like the offspring of an iguana and alligator.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Lexxy wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
NICE house FWM. I like the architecture. We don't really have any like that here. With the way your door has the build out around it.
Thanks Lexxy. This is pretty typical for Texas. We don't see a lot of frame houses. Mostly brick, down here.
But, you were supposed to be liking my trim job on the bushes.

LOL, sorry I just love looking at other people's houses. You did a good job. Much better than I could do.

Thanks Lexxy. I'd rather take a little off, and trim them more often.

Wayne would have hacked them half to death. I learned my lesson. I won't ask him to trim them, ever again.

(Except for the crape myrtle. I'll let him take it back, right after Thanksgiving. He's bigger and stronger than I am. He can prune that puppy back, when the time comes.) wink

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Blankie wrote:
flan327 wrote:
VetteGirl wrote:
Only the very first picture had a scary clown
Okay, I'm trusting you guys...
flan
Don't do it, flan. They get more creepy as you scroll down.

The baby clown was bizarre.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

We have 3 dogs: the oldest is 17. The younger two are Dachshunds, one longhair, one shorthair.

We live in a boring suburban split-level. When I got home tonight, the longhair was on the landing and could not make it up the steps with a LOT of pain. He let me look at him...no obvious blood.

Of the three dogs, he is my heart.

flan

Lindley · Guru

flan327 wrote:
We have 3 dogs: the oldest is 17. The younger two are Dachshunds, one longhair, one shorthair.

We live in a boring suburban split-level. When I got home tonight, the longhair was on the landing and could not make it up the steps with a LOT of pain. He let me look at him...no obvious blood.

Of the three dogs, he is my heart.

flan

Oh poor baby! I hope he gets to feeling better. I love Dachshunds and would love to have one but my dh says no more dogs.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

flan327 wrote:
We have 3 dogs: the oldest is 17. The younger two are Dachshunds, one longhair, one shorthair.

We live in a boring suburban split-level. When I got home tonight, the longhair was on the landing and could not make it up the steps with a LOT of pain. He let me look at him...no obvious blood.

Of the three dogs, he is my heart.

flan

I hope it is nothing major. Maybe he has arthritis? When it got damp over the weekend it was obvious Dez's gimpy hip was giving him trouble. With the weather change he could be being affected.