Taste Like Chicken Memorial Monday 5/27

Well, quite a week for you gals.


Kathy - bears and gators OH MY!   How is the heat?  It was terribly hot when it got to the upper 80s in Kitty Hawk.  The dogs couldn't handle the heat on the sand or the deck.  I worry about insurance for Gary and I once we are able to retire.  I don't see that happening anytime soon unfortunately and that scares me as well.  How's the decluttering project doing?  I only ask as I need to do the same some century in my house.  


Linda - you've had some crazy weather again but thank goodness none of us live in Oklahoma!  Those storms and the flooding out in that area are just horrendous!  You've been a busy lady as usual with all that gardening and work around the house.  I hope the doggies find someone to foster them, that's not easy to do.  Yikes on both you and Micki with the allergy itchies!  I did fairly well down the shore with my allergies but they became much worse as we came further north.


Chele - how are you feeling after doing all that dragging of the patio furniture?  Happy that things seem to be going well for Iggy with the new job and is it tomorrow he goes out of town?  OH MY on that pie you mentioned!  The beginning of summertime in the city; should be interesting with all the crazies on the loose and the mayor thinking he can run for President!  You did well at the farmer's with your haul of fruits and veggies.

Becky - that is some crazy stuff with your shots and that wacko doctor's office!  I surely do hope you're able to get things straightened out and also get some relief.  Living with chronic pain is immensely tiring and difficult.  I'm glad that Scooter seems to be doing better with her ears and tummy.  I have used the Purina probiotic for Wally and it did well for him.  Both dogs get probiotic every day but I use a different brand for the daily doses.  I hope the knee is not hurting you too badly.  I would agree with the ladies that any movement you do that causes pain you need to avoid.  I learned that from my physical therapist as well.  Zoe and Wally both are affected by the heat as well as their appetites so not too surprising with Scooter.

Karen -  oh  those feets and the disintegrating shoes/insoles.  You definitely need to pamper those poor feets still as I would imagine they are still healing.  Those Osteo days will happen as you know and if the massage helps that's great.  I need to find an ortho and get a second opinion on the right knee.  I may stop the PT after this coming week until I have found and seen one.  The darn left leg with the ulcer is incredibly painful sometimes and I am fairly certain it has become a bit infected.  If it's not one thing it's 3 others.(sigh).  Glad that Dale was able to enjoy his outing and hope that Arya allowed you to sleep in.  I was up every day at 5:30am or earlier with the pups and seldom able to go back to bed.  I did catch a couple short naps in the afternoon while reading out on the deck.  Beautiful avatar!

I hope you all have a safe and good Monday~  Ciao for now dear ladies~~

Karen, my Publix emails just kicked in and they sent a $2 coupon for produce. Thanks for the tip!

Liz, it's great to have you back. You were missed. I'm prouding of you for shutting of the phone after 3 days but wish it had happened sooner. I have experienced what Kathy mentioned about nothing really changing much during my vacations. I hope it will be the same for you. Our poor pups are so used to their routines that they don't adapt well to schedule and locale changes. I trust Wally had no "accidents" while you were gone. Sorry the ankle has worsened and I hope waiting til Friday to see the vascular doc will be soon enough if your suspicions are correct and there is some infection. I'm glad you had most of the week with lower crowds. The traffic is terrific with all the folks coming for the mountains and Dale said it was a zoo even early this morning when he left for his race. I wish you could get into a less stressful environment. St. Crazy sounds toxic. I heard Hiz Honor was throwing his hat in the ring for president. Why not? Everyone else is. The feet aren't doing too badly. Pinky toes still don't bend all the way but they're getting there. I will give the problem shoes from last week one more shot and if they ooze tomorrow, they're history. I'm looking forward to being able to get back into the Five Fingers but until all the toes bend normally, that's not an option. Are you like me and once you get up you can't go back to bed? I guess for you sleeping until 5:30 is still better than usual.

Good luck with your phone campaign starting tomorrow, Becky. Does Humana have an online doc finder like United Healthcare does that allows you to figure out your options for an ortho? I agree with Linda about the benefits of PT, despite what that idiot doctor told you. Probably too lazy to write the script for a designated number of PT sessions. What did you and Kenneth do for the holiday?

Kathy, I'm happy you have a nice coupon from Publix. I would love to get one of those, but I still appreciate the $1 off my order coupons I have been getting. Thanks for the open enrollment info on COBRA and ACA. I hope they will leave their hands off ACA until they have a plan that's better than or equal to. My guess is if what the bank has to offer is reasonable, we'll go with that and probably won't make any changes because they will probably be able to deduct it from our account, so we don't have to deal with it. That's outrageous that the folks across the pond play their music so loudly. I guess if there are any noise ordinances, they aren't enforced. I found a new brand of veggie burgers at Publix on Thursday. It's called Don Lee Farms Chipotle Black Bean Burgers. I can't read the fine print without my glasses, so I didn't realize until I got them home that they have egg whites in them, so not vegan. That ingredient is quite a bit low on the ingredients list, so it's not a huge deal. I plan to have one for dinner so I hope they're good. They are from CA, so they should be available nationwide. I'll let you know how the are.

I have the UHC PPO as well, Linda, and there are some nice perks, but it's not as good as the BCBS I used to have through NC. They switched me off BCBS when I went on Medicare and enrolled me in the PPO. I found out too late that they should have given me a choice to be left on the BCBS but they didn't so I'm still a bit miffed about that. It would have given me more choices for doctors, which I don't have with UHC. Do you keep getting them to try to enroll you in the House Calls program? If I wasn't able to get out and about, it might be an option. But why do I need them to send a nurse to my house if I am very capable of seeing healthcare providers on my own? I think it's a waste of resources for some of us and I don't appreciate having strangers at the house anyway. Nice photo. Besides being a national symbol, eagles are incredible. We have several around here because there is a rehab release area on the lake and often they just hang around the lake after they are released.

Chele, what was on your agenda for today besides making sure Iggy is ready to leave tomorrow? It's apparently very humid in Houston right now. We are watching the Astros game and the broadcast people from Chicago just remarked that, even though they are indoors and it's air conditioned, the humidity is seeping in bigtime. Remind him to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate while he's there.

Dale did his race this morning and placed 3rd in his age group but he thinks it was actually 2nd because they lost his swim time. While he was gone, I was a busy bee. Three loads of laundry, cooked eggs for Arya, finished the soy yogurt I started yesterday, watered the raised beds, put together baked beans for dinner, got the reycling together to drop off tomorrow,  and a few other things I can't remember. Usual Tuesday planned for me--AF and errands.

Hope all of you are enjoying your holiday.