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  1. Meh… at least he was a MD. First thing I noticed, people coming in, “blood work or an appointment?” I was the only one with an appointment….out of a room full of people. He didn’t do an EKG. Said it wouldn’t do any good. ‘Go to a specialist’. That said, he began to drill me for 20+ blood tests, thyroid, cholesterol, liver, kidneys, colon, on and on, and pap… that’s when I stopped him… “…total hysterectomy…”. ‘Oh, well, then you don’t need that one.’ When, I declined all his tests, he asked me, “….then why do you care about your heart?” Then, said we were done and left the room. I honestly miss my old Dr. who retired. The cardiologist, is very nice, concerned and truly seems like he cares. I was unable to schedule an appointment for the same day as DH’s appointment on that Friday, instead it would be the following Monday. As we’re leaving, I said, ‘see you Monday’, he asked why, I told him I couldn’t get an appointment today. He said “Nonsense, I can make time and see you right now. “. Wow! So now I’m scheduled for tests…. DH had his follow up, virtual, so he didn’t have to drive an hour, one way, his two leaking valves are healing, and he doesn’t need to go again until January. He does need to get checked for a hiatal hernia….JIC. I got a couple more bags of Hatch long green chili, in TX. Spent Monday, roasting, peeling, removing the seeds, packaging and freezing them. Today I will finish packaging the extra meat I was able to get. We have had light rain, off and on, from that hurricane. Nothing like the forecast predicted. Yesterday evening we were hit with vicious winds, a few sprinkles, then, clear skies. Typical, for our area. Time to get back to work….. I hope everyone has a lovely day…
  2. Momo, I can relate. MIL has the TV on 99% of her waking hours, because she lives alone. Background noise and humor, from all the different shows she likes….then, there’s ‘her’ TV news….. I am not impressed…. Nuf said…. Terrible reporting…. Get the newest booster shot for covid, or you will die…and a lot more…. DH is having serious heart issues..DR said his two leaking valves are healing… however the “stat” blood lab work wasn’t sent to the Dr…he had done 2 weeks ago!!! We ragged them today, I was so close to ask if they were trying to kill him… but didn’t…DH called later, because they said they would call back…and didn’t…. So frustrating… congestive heart failure! And they don’t care….. I really dislike our medical system…… You seriously do NOT want to hear how my visit went…….
  3. ETA: As for the “forecast”. They have no idea what they are talking about. Period. They said we were going to get flooded. Signs on the road said rain, deep water and limited visibility. I missed 3 small dust storms. Not a drop of rain… lol, I thought I was finally hitting rain, but it was a hive of honey bees, then, dust…. Very grateful I didn’t need to use the windshield wipers…mud, honey…yikes what a mess that makes….BTDT! DH secured our house, said we got a few sprinkles…and wind. BTW, anyone know how @Mt_Rider is doing? Haven’t seen anything from her since Hilary ruined Maui.
  4. You all have been busy bees. Me? Went to TX. MIL wanted to eat out, specifically at a couple of restaurants, ‘sit down’. One, was advertised on TV, we went, she was excited. However, I couldn’t even push my fork through the crust or meat and we couldn’t even cut it with a knife! She asked about another flavor, because it was “all you can eat”. We were told he had to finish the first huge first plate before they could bring more. ( Yes, I did send a nasty review/report to their corporate office! It was horrible.) I had to cut the hard coating off mine, it was terrible . Over cooked, hard as a rock and hardly any ‘sauce’. For boneless hot wings, and I couldn’t taste the sauce!!?? I even asked for more sauce & was told “No”. You have to eat everything on the first plate before you can try another flavor, and they refuse to let you have any extra sauce . Really??? ( 3-5 business days, IF they reply. ) Of the 12 boneless wings they brought Mom, she ate 3. The ad suggests a variety plate, with extra dipping sauces, that is not what we got. DH suggested I leave a review on Yelp…but I thought I would scold their corporate office first. Then, I might go to Yelp. People have to pay so much, now days, to eat out, and if you can’t even eat the food, there is a problem. Got her to do list done and watched; Let’s make a deal, the price is right, the Andy Griffith show, for hours, then, everybody loves Raymond marathon, then murder mystery marathon….”Monk” Marathon, then Golden Girls…which, going there every month, I think I’ve seen all those shows a dozen times, at least. I am sick of the repetitive commercials….no I do NOT want to see a girl shaving her bikini line, I don’t want to see females in bras and underwear, or men running around in a towel, I do not want to see where you put your deodorant and how to apply it, I don’t want to see horror movie commercials…. Or a thousand commercials about medicines….. I am very glad we don’t watch TV at home. Can you understand STRESSED? Home safe, PTL!!!!!
  5. Kappydell, that’s nuts! Yup, we got a few unhinged people around here, and we live in the ‘historic’ part of town. Several people wanted to make our block an HOA…that didn’t go well with most of our residents. At.All.! People around here have goats, chickens, pea fouls, peacocks, and, some have sheep, a block away have cattle & horses, yet another block away are cotton fields, alfalfa, sorghum and corn…. Yup, not gonna happen.. They moved here recently, and want to change everything! Lol, they moved… to the new construction development, a mile away. That’s the reason DH is considering moving into the mountains, in northern AZ. The PTB are trying to build an expressway to Phoenix and Tucson, less than a couple blocks from our house. Yikes! We’ve been here since 1982, when we got the opportunity to buy my grandparents house. I’ve been here since the 1950’s. It’s a heartfelt ache. All the neighbors now, think we are the “old people” on the block. We’ve watched the older generation pass, sell their houses, watched younger ‘kids’ move in, which we watched grow up, and now we are the ‘old people’ on the block. SIGH….. luckily, some of the long term people, feel the same…. They don’t want the crappy ideas the ‘young’ people have..
  6. Lahaina is gone… Live feed on YouTube
  7. Mt_Rider, is your family safe? https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4145562-hawaii-national-guard-activated-wildfires/ https://nypost.com/2023/08/09/maui-residents-jump-into-ocean-to-escape-raging-hawaiian-wildfire/?utm_source=url_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site buttons&utm_campaign=site buttons
  8. DH had issues! I couldn’t get a pulse. Two short quick beats & nothing! Used the BP cuff… 40 bpm! Not consistent AT ALL! EMS sent him by ambulance to the hospital. I gathered his stuff, into my briefcase, and headed up to the hospital. Our choices are a local, (10 miles away, that has proved to be negligent, or going 60 miles to the one that has saved his life.) A typical ‘no brainer’. Plus they have all his records, so, for me, checking in, was basically, unlock the ER doors & go to the room. EKG was attached, his heart was still beating, two short and stopping, over and over… basically, this is normal for most people……….beat……beat……beat……beat……etc. His was…. Beat..beat..stop………..…beat..beat..stop…….……beat…..etc. Doc did a bunch of tests…. Finally came in and watched the monitor going crazy, eyebrows raised, as he watched the monitor…left the room ordered an x-ray of his chest. Came back 2 hours later and said, ‘..the start of congestive heart failure.. ‘. Get to your cardio, ASAP. Got home around 2 am. I was beat! I usually crash 8p. I slept until 7a, I’m usually up around 4a. He ragged and chided me for not having my heart issues checked….I keep telling him, it’s just my back & arthritis! Nooo… that night he insisted adamantly, I make an apt for me. Called his cardio Dr, got an apt for him at 4 p. yesterday. I made my apt., Monday, closest they could do. Got there, he talked with the Doc…. Several ‘stat’ tests were ordered. Doc is very concerned. As we were leaving, I commented, “..see you Monday morning “…. He asked why? I told him they couldn’t get me in. He says, ‘ I can always make time…’. Now, I’m scheduled for an iodine cat scan in Sept., because DH wouldn’t shut up about some of my symptoms…. Like, …how long has this been going on? DH says “…years…” doc looked at me with raised eyebrows…. I had to agree…. Dangit! I’m tired of all this….it’s just my spinal column…. It’s messed up,from the ground up, has been since I was 11 years old and crushed it in a car accident….I know what it does…. DH just doesn’t believe me…. As I was posting this, he came in and told me, ‘a hiatal hernia can cause the same symptoms he is having…’ after he did an internet search… doc, also mentioned checking his stomach…. Several years ago, they put a balloon down his throat, to open his esophagus above his stomach, because food was getting stuck above his stomach, when he swallowed, not getting into his stomach. Very painful and, for me, stressful to watch him suffer. So, now we wait, do the tests, and wait…. Mother, I seriously don’t know how to make this story humorous…. I wish I could…. Jeepers, maybe you could help…..
  9. Sitting in ER. His heart rate was 40. Two fast beats, stop, fast beats, stop… waiting.,,
  10. Well….. Yesterday & today were interesting. You remember the Gas company replaced all their lines, broke the waterline, flooded our yard, broke the sewer at the neighbors house….they had to have all their plumbing replaced and because of asbestos, 90% of their walls…? The fiber optic company, first, while starting their project, broke the main water line, by our ‘new’ water system, when I was in TX. Now, they are finally getting our street done. Yesterday, a truck pulling a machine… using a pressure water sprayer & a suction tube. They dug at the new gas line markers. (The city, BOLDLY, spray painted their lines, the day before. Lol, I don’t blame them.). The workers, began doing their thing with the machine, finishing up out on our main street, then went around the block, up the alley/easement towards our house. All good & well…they got their holes dug, and put orange cones over the holes…. You can clearly see the gas line! Yeah, we went out, removed the cone to get that picture… Then, the driver, pulling the machine, that lets them dig the holes, continued down the easement…. Apparently not paying attention to the utility pole next to our yard! There’s a brick wall on the other side, which, Pete, the owner of the house, spent months, building a berm next to the wall, ‘to keep people from hitting it’. before he passed. Here’s a picture I took of the easement, after the left, you can see “Pete’s” berm. (We’ve seen people hit that pole, so many times…. Take a picture, for insurance, JIC…) He tried to back up the ‘trailer’ and failed….several times…ending up against our fence, trying to get it out…. It wasn’t going to happen, with his backup skills…. The driver un-hitched it and drove away….they ran into my fence many times trying to get it past the pole, which wasn’t going to happen, with the way he was driving. The back hoe operator came, gently lifted it up, moved it and then cleared the pole. Today, we were anticipating, they would break the water line, again, but, they were very efficient in running the fiber optic sheathing down the easement. Filled the holes, smoothed it out, and went down the street to do the next section. Seriously, I want the job, the last guy had. He was pressure spraying the street, to remove the excess dirt. He looked like he really liked his job… in the 100+° day we were having, I can imagine.
  11. Miki, better than I expected. I kind of, overcooked the first batch of wings, using the preset setting. The second batch, I took out earlier, and only cooked the tater tots for half the time. Here’s the one he got me… https://www.emerilairfryer360.com/frenchdoor So far, it seems easier to clean, but, the back did get slightly hot, by the time I was done cooking the wings and tater tots. Still cooler than trying to use the oven. Today, I made garlic toast in it, using the preset setting…just a bit crispier than we like…so next time, I will turn it off a little earlier. Seriously, for the price, I think it was worth it.
  12. “Brylcreem….. a little dab will do you.” Remember that commercial? Gosh, Jeepers, that’s nuts! I’ve glued my fingers together… yes, acetone helps a LOT.
  13. Good grief, Jeepers, that sucks! In a big way. Nuf said about how I would have reacted! To say the least! Time to contact your lawyer. Even at a percentage of the final payout, you will get your home fixed, right, and recoup, your “pain & suffering” from having to endure the crap you’ve had to deal with in the hotel ! Some lawyers are really good at adapting your circumstances to get everything you need and giving you all the funds you need to finish your job and, get their portion, without cutting into what absolutely needs to be done. BTDT……nuf said
  14. Quick update.. I will try to catch up on posts tomorrow…. Busy day… We got a flyer from Sam’s, an Ereml Lagasse air fryer was $140., delivered. I looked online, most places ask $300! Mine was a cheap WM brand, $50., the plastic outer casing was cracked in several places and the door didn’t fit right. And it leaked oil, a lot, no matter how much I tried to clean it. But, I’ve had it for 5+ years…. So, tonight I am trying out the new one with hot wings and tater tots. We shall see how it works…
  15. Happy belated birthday, dear Lady!
  16. Yes indeed….over 100° by 10 am…. In the shade! My vehicle said 118°. Meh, anything over 105° basically feels the same….HOT!!! Lol. Typical summer in AZ.
  17. I’m in TX. Text message said, water was out for our whole town, at home, around 10 am. DH sleeps until 1-2 pm…. He woke up from the text message, phone call & messages the city sent, and UPS/FedEx…’bark, bark, bark’ Storm just can’t contain himself when he hears those trucks. DH said there was enough ‘trickle’ to fill their water bowls and a bucket to flush with. Text message said the water was restored by 4pm. Yeah, Jeepers, NO water…. Don’t you wish….. Just joking, Sweetheart….. So, I got a large bag of grass seed, to fix MIL’s front yard. Neighbor used weed killer that killed a large area in the middle of her yard. Spread the seed and began to water the area, to ‘set’ the seed. A big black dog, thin, came to the wall by her yard, looking at me, but went on down the street. Didn’t think much of it, then. Until, I was getting ready to water the area, this evening. Saw it again…poor puppy…thirsty, looking lost….by the time I was able to get outside, (mom locks the doors & security doors & I had to put my shoes on), it had wondered up the street. I set a water dish by the road, hoping it will find it later. Broke my heart.
  18. Annarchy

    Rain

    Just for that, we might flood!
  19. Annarchy

    Rain

    Jeepers, since you are in Noah’s boat, could you send me some rain? It’s been officially 4 months, since we’ve had some. Just kidding….monsoon season is coming and the cicadas say 2 more weeks before we start to got hammered….
  20. Home is 118°, here in TX 112°. A bit cooler. for my friend, she’s from the east and dealing with this heat, with only a swamp cooler….
  21. (((((((snapshotmiki)))))))) Heading to TX today…………. Take care….
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