Daily Check in thread for all!!! #146

Hello all!!!

Partly cloudy here today, breezy and warm. Not too hot though.

Walked this morning with Jasmine. It was nice. My flowers are blooming across the yard. I don't have many and they are scattered, but pretty none the less. Not a lot going on, just relaxing on the weekend.

I hope you all are having a good day!

Hugs, Karen...

Derwood, glad you are feeling better. That is always a day to remember!

Myself, You sound very busy. I don't know how you do it all. I hope that the garden is drying out.

Joyce, if you are around, we miss you. I hope that quitting cigarettes is a success!

Been a crazy couple of days. My partner had a gas leak in the pipe coming from the street, through the yard, to the house. The gas company was in the neighborhood, replacing meters and noticed the line of dead grass in the lawn. Apparently, the leaking pipe was causing it and they knew just by looking! They brought the truck with the 'sniffer' apparatus on it and sure enough, the whole pipe needed to be replaced, not just the meter!

So, one of the workers goes up in the attic and his feet find the narrow 10 inch spot where there is no plywood for floor! Right through the living room ceiling! 3 ft x 4 ft hole!

I spent 2 days replacing the drywall and spackling, but it's been rainy here and the spackle was taking longer to dry. I'll have to go back up next weekend to finish it all. Of course, once I was there doing the repair, they (my partner and her mom) showed me other spots of ceilings in other rooms that needed some attention! I'm happy to help.

The garden is doing really well since we've had rain at least one day each week. We've been enjoying the sugar snap peas and I have tomatoes forming and cucumbers already about 4 inches long!

The flowers are wonderful this year! Tons of day lilies that my neighbors are eager to get divisions of next spring (or maybe this fall). Now that I know the trumpet vine blooms at the tips of the new growth and have stopped pruning it at the wrong time, it is simply covered with blossoms! My battle with the wild and cultivated morning glories continues, but I am so happy with everything this year, it's not such a downer to have to hunt them out and pull them off of the other plants! Some of the sunflowers are 8 ft tall! The mimosa tree is perfuming the whole end of the block! Some of my neighbors come by every day to see what else has started blooming. One even calls it the local 'botanical gardens'! I am pleased.

Sorry this is so long...I've been so busy lately. Hope everyone is doing well!

Yay Jamie!!!

I hope you get the most comfortable mattress!!!

Hugs to all!!!

Karen...

Never quit quitting! I have a habit of keeping track of all the cigarettes I smoke to keep me under a pack a day. I visited with a friend yesterday and of course smoked more. But when I am more in control of it, I do okay I guess. It is a hard habit to stop. I grew up around it. Everybody smoked.

When I go out in my truck though, I don't smoke in it. If I am shopping or something, I barely smoke and don't even think of a cigarette. But as soon as I get home, I am back at it. But those days I do smoke less.

I use to play little mind games with it. Often it would help. I quit for four years once. Dread the day I started again. But it is what it is I guess. I try not to beat myself up over it.

I hope your eye is better. I went strawberry picking a couple weeks ago or so. I pulled a muscle in my leg and couldn't put much weight on it for two days. But eye problems are the worst when you can't see.

I hope you have a good day. I hope all of you have a good day and Jamie, a good night.

Hugs, Karen...

Good Morn, all

Gorgeous here. Pitmom-your garden sounds delightful. I hear the joy it gives you.

Good luck to all you smokers. It's hard to find the key to unlock non-smoking. I tried multiple times before I quit.

Jamie- a new mattress is a lovely thing. I hope it goes through. Are you considering the peer work? I was disappointed with Sunday's stage....No substantial movement from Movistar due to Sky's dominance in pace-making.

Go hang somewhere, Derwood.

Heading out to garden after I clean up the kitchen. Sunny day. I had a nice bike ride yesterday, and spent the evening in recovery.

4 Wellbutrin out of 10 LOL
I guess I wont bother renting "Finding Dory"!
I hereby grant F27 three gold stars for creating a system we can understand. Outstanding work!

PS- I dont give out THREE gold stars very often.

I'll just let myself out now...

Good morning everybody. Muggy and warm here, looks like a possible thunderstorm day. We'll see.

Pitmom, I am sorry you had a tough day. I hope you feel better now.

Take care all!!! Keep on keeping on.

Hugs, Karen...

yargh, slack stage. I got bored with it. went to see my regular therapist, it is a car ride away, quite a distance as he has moved, and even though I made the last apt there at the last session my ph said today, but he said tomorrow. what a goose. how I stuffed that up I do not know. violent wet winds here. sis is fed up with mum, I did not tell her he was not there, she dropped me off and went to her friends for an hour, whilst I stood under a church roof waiting for time to go by. been to the chemist, internet woeful, just gone down as I type. it started pissing it down as I reached the door. I am doin' alright, although severe winds and I could not sleep.

Hi all

Not been around for a while, have had lots of ups and downs but managed to have a few good days recently. Still battling to see a darn psychiatrist, don't know why it's so hard just to see a doctor, they have me jumping through so many hoops.

Hope everyone has a nice day

STUFF YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW.....

Butter someone up - (To impress someone with flattery)

This was a customary in ancient India. The devout would throw butter balls at the statues of their gods to seek favor and forgiveness.

me awhile too. internet down, bad cord and violent weather. seen the financial dept, told to get two quotes, so I shall. got clothes off and on the line, took some rubbish out and swept and did my dishes. bed time soon. be good everyone. hey joyce, and formerly known as.....!!!! I am in a blur, so I will respond another time.

Random interesting things about me:

1) My family has two vehicles.
2) We give our vehicles names.
3) One is named "Cheetah".
4) The other is named "Thirsty".

Which one do you think is an SUV?

On an unrelated note, I've decided that in spite of all the health benefits, I just really like the way kombucha tastes.

Have a fun weekend urvrybody!

It was cooler here in Michigan Joyce. We have needed a break from the heat as everybody else does. I have had the air conditioner going for awhile. Can't sleep when it is hot.

I am sorry for the loss you have suffered, I know it was hard. I am glad you are still posting to us Joyce. I think it helps us all.

Good on the flea meds. Jasmine takes stuff for heart worm. But I didn't get the oral flea and tick meds. With all that she had to have done, it was so expensive. But it is nice to have so you don't have to worry about that.

A fawn... Lovely... I saw deer tracks near us the other day. But haven't seen a deer yet. I would love to see a fawn. Did you get any pictures?

I hope you have a nice evening. Take care and keep posting...

Hugs, Karen...