Mt_Rider

I did more laundry and more sorting.     I found different swimwear stuff that I'd completely forgotten.  When we took mom out to VA, I stayed out there for a week to help her get unpacked/adjusted.  We spent July 4 on Bro's boat.  Thus the swim suit.  Kinda.  (how do you tell a "sports bra" from a bra you wear under sporting clothes?  )  This one is black and green...whole halter top.  Have a polyester tank to go over it.  Swim shorts.  And a colorful sleeveless "dress" that goes over it all.  Probably a better arrangement than the decades-older versions I'd been looking at.  We'll see. 

So I got normal laundry plus more of the clothes-dug-out-of-back-of closet.  Still sorting.  Nap...needed it.  I'm up late again.  Talked to mom today and she said she was at the doctor's yesterday.     Mebbe?  She gets days all mixed up.  I GET DAYS ALL MIXED UP.  But she doesn't remember if I forget to call.  Two days ago she told me she doesn't have a watch - "someone took it".  Then today she says the watch band is pinching her.  Uh, when did you get that?  Hmm....  She also came up with a great idea to eat more.  Put milk in chocolate Ensure to thin down the thick texture and strong/sweet taste.  Brilliant!  ....course I've been telling her that since last November when I was out there.....    I've told my brother that too!  (if I had to gain weight, I'd use ice cream and turn it into a shake....but that's me.)   

Okay....I'm getting sleepy.  Y'all take good care. 

MtRider   

Love Crocs since they are light and spacious on my feet.  I wear my shoes large for some reason.  Wore out a pair and used shoe goo to fix it.  Still wearing them.  Find all of them at thrift stores.  Got a pair to take to Maui.  Might wear them on the plane. 

Always barefoot in Iowa childhood.  And Maui too.  We had a church gathering at a member's house one night.  Grande house on the golf course.  But the folks were precious.  However Harriette did wonder who walked off barefoot without their shoes.    Me.  On these Rocky Mts...I wear shoes!  The crumbling granite is so very sharp.  And all there is ...all granite.  No lawn.  No mowing.  Not barefoot but Crocs are the next best thing.....cuz you don't have to bend over to put them on or take them off. 

I do have compression socks and I'd thot of that.  I've been having a weird thing with my legs when I stand too long - like a shower.  The legs turn a bright pink - not dark but bright!  And the veins are very dark purple.  I've scheduled a yearly wellness exam with my primary after we get back.  I'd like to know if that's something I need to be concerned about....esp with flying??  I've never had any trouble.   

It takes and hour and half at least to get to the airport.  Flight leaves at 5am.  Plane change in Phoenix....and a 5 hour layover.     THEN we go to Maui - about 5 hrs flying.  Arrive at around 3 in the afternoon.  I think those numbers are right.  So we'll be heading over to the city early in the afternoon.  After dropping dog at the boarder's house.  We'll get a hotel/motel ? and go eat early supper with my friend who lives there.  Then try to sleep before getting up at 3am.  ****can you tell how we got cheap tickets? ****   Oye.  But we'd have to leave soooo early in the morning, we would not get any sleep.  And I am a Nervous Nellie about getting to airport and THRU THE BLASTED SECURITY ...and to the gate well ahead of time.  I'm early boarding with wheelchair.  {I'm wringing my hands just thinking about airport! } Once I'm at the gate on time....then it's THEIR responsibility to get the plane there.  (which they didn't when I flew last Nov.  4 boarding tickets and I never got out of the airport until the next morning. )  Just checked...13.5 hr travel time - includes the layover.  Yeah well that's better.   

MtRider   

   for Jeepers and your Four Dollar Rebate.     And the insurance company paying their part of the house stuff was pretty neat too.    So glad for you.  This has been an incredibly difficult era for you.  It doesn't need to be overly expensive out of your pocket too!     

AND..... I realllly accomplished things today.  {oye, I'll likely pay tomorrow}  Oh well, I'm pleased today.  Had the Bible study this morning - which wears me out.  A lot more sensory overload than I'm used to.  But after lunch I began to sort thru clothes - all over.  Dug out from back and top of closet.  In boxes.  All of it.  Cuz I need to see what I've got that's appropriate for our Maui trip. 

   The swim suit trial was....interesting.  I haven't had those on for...30 years.  Oye.  I ended up with a couple possibilities...with a cover shirt.  Since we'll be stark white with no tan, I bought a long sleeve shirt - polyester or something "silky" that I can wear over the swim suit.  2-piece only but not even near bikini.  LOL  So I've got some options that fit comfortably.  I want to actually be ON the water in a kayak or something but...  {excited to see the ocean again....after I see the o'hana, of course!}     

Anyway, I sorted out clothes from everywhere.  I was trying things on for hours.  Have things for thrift store donation; things for winter put elsewhere; pile of probably pack for Maui; things that now fit into the drawers.....  I have not, however, tackled the hanging clothes in the closet...nor the footwear.  That's the next thing.  But I'm thrilled to get so much cleared.  Course I'm putting a lot into the laundry - ran 2 loads and a blanket today.  PROGRESS ...on packing and on Clutter Clearing.   

.....might be a bit off tomorrow tho.  I'm sure that was a load of adrenaline to get that much accomplished when I was gone this morning too.     Oh well.  I have to keep pushing this.  It's been SO long since we went back, got to think in a whole different way than our mountain existence.  And then there's the 15 hrs of plane flight to survive.     Need to get really creative with that too. 

MtRider      

3 hours ago, Becca_Anne said:

So I will just not engage and recognize there is more going on under the surface/healing that needs to happen than it first appeared. 

   Sorry you've run into this, BeccaAnne.  My parents were/are in their 90's but my dad had ever-increasing dementia/paranoia.  It was not fun.  Mom is more even tempered so when she gets hissy.... it's quite a shock.  She's been coming up with odd stories and reactions to things for the past several years.  It's more and more frequent, but most of the time her errors are merely getting the time of day mixed up.  { IT'S STILL HARD}  The emotions switching up like that is disconcerting - to say the least!!    Huh, what?   

You'll have to be very adaptable...flexible....and you've already noted that.  I think my brother is still trying to figure out when to duck&cover and when to relax cuz 'Mom's here in the now today'.  Not that "other woman" who can't be satisfied or made happy.    But it makes the good times more precious. 

My mom was MIA tonite when I called.  Twice.  It was early so she shouldn't have been asleep at 7pm East Coast time.  For the past 30 yrs, she and I talked from 10pm til ....up to midnight sometimes.  Until she changed time zones to east coast.  2 hrs difference.  It's a pain to remember now that the sun sets so much later with the change of season.  I've had to set an alarm clock to remind me.  Hope she's ok.  She wouldn't have had her meds by that time so someone will be in for that....and will see if she's okay.  But this is hard to rely on staff when we can't reach her as normal.   

MtRider  ....not exactly enjoying this aspect of this season of life.   

   HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIDNIGHT!!  

Isn't it nice that everyone can eat cake on line..... 

MtRider  don't mind if I do!     

On 4/29/2024 at 1:39 PM, Littlesister said:

My feet hurt, my shoulder hurts and my hands hurt. Not going to stack wood today.

  Gooood choice!  

Oye, trying to raise up the next couple generations!  I think you're on the right track with GrSon, Little Sister.  He has improved and seems to be responsible at his current work.  But it's "immediately do this or that and then go home to do what you want".  Delayed gratification doesn't seem worthwhile to him?  No patience to do something now for benefit later?  Lots of folks with that....but they don't do well until they learn it IS worthwhile.  Praying ...  

We had to get up early again (and again tomorrooooow!  )  Had to go in to go thru all the procedures to get the little card that authorizes a person to carry little metal bits in their pockets/purses/hip packs/or wherever.  And I don't mean coins.  I made sure my finger tips were nice and moist.  This was are second time around so I knew mine don't "impress" well.  Old, dried up person now.    With all that's happened in the last couple years, this item lapsed and had to start over.    But we're official now again.  

But we had to get up so EARLY!  I hate mornings!  I could hardly function and tomorrow is the last Women's Bible Study which is even EARLIER!  So I'm gonna get off here and get Hawaiian done quick and get to bed! 

MtRider  ..stay alert folks 

On 4/24/2024 at 7:08 PM, Mother said:

And with goat’s, the milking needs to be seriously extra sanitary.

Agreed!  I had to add an extra filter to my system and then.....as DH said, surprised, " It tastes like milk!"  Yep. 

I've had some goat cheese that I did not like at all.  But I made yogurt and a soft cheese from my Nigies!  (missss them but I couldn't find a breeder)  

MtRider  ....soooo cute, Euphrasyne!  The girl too. 

That one tornado looked to be miles WIDE!    

MtRider     

Great day, Becca Anne.............           ....until you got to the moccasin!   Glad he didn't want to get up close and personal!

MtRider  Yiiish!  I abhor snakes!  {toes curled up} 

Well....it snowed hard all day.  Pouring straight down.  Sun is trying to peek out now.  Heavy wet stuff.  Slides off the car easy!  NOT sliding off the 15 steps easy with 8" before I swept the first time.  I did the stairs and car.  DH went down to let birds out of the duckhouse but not on the pond today.  Snowing so hard you had to sweep your way up or down the steps.   Had to move part of my Maui sorting pile so we could start the pellet stove.  Felt cold/chill and that warms things up. 

A nap would have been a good idea but the sleepy didn't hit until now....and that's a bit late ...would set back sleeping tonite.   

So I'll keep struggling til closer to a bedtime and hope to sleep as I normally do.  Not sure what was wrong last nite.  We did have to drive a long distance for the horse ride.  But if I'd get that stiff/sore on that....what's a whole day/night hanging out with airplanes and airports gonna do.  Oye. 

Wow, Little Sister!  Seems like you got a lot of wood hauling/stacking done with your knee/shoulder problem.  Go carefully .....but if the swelling can go down,, you'll move better.   

Jeepers:  Amazon link.  Made in China  They make the tiny wood burning ones too but we have grills for outside cooking.  We needed something for inside - nasty days like today if we lose power for heating water/etc.  Heated up a small pan of water quickly.  Remember anyone:  Alcohol is okay for INDOORS because it burns clean.  HOWEVER that also means that it's hard to SEE THE FLAME!  Make sure it's snuffed out with an included tool for doing that.  Then there is the regular screw-on leak-proof cap too. 

Ha!  Finally found the link to what we bought:  boils water in 8 min

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GRMMKKM?m=A1V3FYXGEOXN6V&tag=tomtopb-20

This is informative ...even shows very homemade stoves....which I've been meaning to make; saved a few cans; never got it done.  Plus I wanted the sturdy stand cuz I'm just a wee bit hyper about pot tipping/fire-in-unwanted-places/& all that!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pexDNx5LtdM

As you'll see on Amazon, there are a zillion different types of wood and/or alcohol stoves - tiny for backpacking.   Wood won't work inside, of course.  Then there are the option of Sterno cans and their structures to set the pans over the Sterno containers.  That also looks like a safe idea.  Sterno has been around forever and uses the solidified alcohol.  No spill.  Might be good for shaky hands?  Anyway     DH is quite pleased to be assured of hot coffee - even if it's instant - during outages. 

MtRider    (mine is tea or cocoa)

Ugh.  Due to the weather forecast, we traveled a ways to get a horse ride for me yesterday.  Unfortunately, I had muscle spasms all night.  ???  The horse was fine; Not a wide horse....a bit strong in the motion she put me in but that's usually a good thing????    I tried Flexeril and added Nuprin in the night.  Eventually put some arnica gel on R hip.....slept a bit more.  Was overly hot then chilly then hot.  That's been happening but it sure doesn't help the sleep.  Woke up shivering under all the blankets and gave up.  Looked outside -  

Forecast on this 27th day of April said : snow.  Well yeah but.....it's POURING down snow!  Trees are heavy.  Always on alert to lose electric in the heavy snow. 

Yesterday one more bit of preparedness arrived.  DH had no idea why I wanted an alcohol stove until he got to fiddling with it last nite.  He's the one who didn't have any HOT water for coffee last May during our 3 day blackout.  So he got really excited about the solution to that problem.  I'm sure a few more alcohol bottles will be arriving shortly.     We made hot water rather quickly.  This one folds down to 2 flat things and the actual container of alcohol.  Yep....taking care of the last thing we needed for INSIDE heating of water, at least.  Have camping food that needs hot water poured into the packaging to make a 2 person meal.  That's WAY head of the game last year.     

And today is one of those days where power outage is imminent.  But not a done deal.    Whatever, we're set better now.

  ....may have to nap today.  Achy and Sore...which is unusual enough to wonder if I'm getting sick or something?  No time for that!!    No time for that!  I've got sorting and organizing to do!!!!!! 

MtRider  ...   

Annarchy, this isn't an Apple problem.  I've got regular PC laptop.   I got the white screen last evening, tho I tried a few times.  Getting on today normally just now.

     is it over...whatever problem?  Hard to tell.  Y'all in the midwest are in for some realllly bad stormy weather in the next few days.  Stay safe!

We....in the higher elevations of the West....are pouring down snow this day.  Were warned it was coming so we traveled yesterday to the much larger town to do my horse ride there.  The weather was warm and sunny...then cloudy and threatening rain...then sunny...  Yeah, Colorado in Springtime.  But it was a good ride. 

....watching those heavily-laden pine trees.  One snap brings down the power lines but we're prepped for that now.

MtRider   

23 hours ago, Necie said:

Our *safe* (last frost) date is May 15... I don’t plant til the very end of May.

    At our altitude, our "safe" date is ......JULY.  That month.  Not. Even. August is safe.     We'll be getting snow over the weekend.  It won't stick but if it's cold enough to snow, no one is leaving any tender baby plants outside overnight.  

MtRider.....we might be getting into springtime when we get back from Maui.  (returning in winter is harsh!) 

You're bad, Necie. 

I've had a fairly awful day.  Not sick but light-headed and blinking...trying to function!  It is SO hard to gauge how much is too much.  After the fact, it's a little bit more clear.  Yet...I'm never quite sure if this or that is too much or I'm just hitting a rough spot.  I think the gathering of a lot of women, talking (taking turns/not all at once like the social brunch meetings) ....  I guess it's still draining me.  

So - cost/benefit analysis!  I'll still go cuz I can't be a hermit forever. 

So much to do and I am encouraged by the progress already made.  AND ITEMS LOCATED!!  I don't think I have anything else on my Find-It list.     But I'll start gathering what's going to Maui, etc.  Already began a LIST, of course. 

MtRider  ...yuck...just not feeling 'well'...  Like I have low blood pressure.  Mebbe I'll have DH check that.  ??

Out here folks use chicken wire on the top of rows, pots, etc for a bit of hail protection.  Deflects some of it so it's not bombing in at 40mph. 

....even the Native American tribes descended from the High Country in CO in the winter.  It's a harsh land for growing up here but it can be done. 

MtRider ...until the voles came   

Well Little Sister, now you've got confirmation of your knee, shoulder.  Hope you can get something to ease the pain and increase the function!   

Do those of you who run low on D3 get any increase if you spend time in the sunshine?  Balance between sunshine for D and not sunburn.  Mine was low but is fine with a gummy per day.  So I'm not experienced with what you're talking about.  

Ugh!  I went to Women's Bible study today.  First tho......I spent time trying to clear my hearing aids and put new filter (?) things in.  Teeny-Tiny Itty-Bitty parts.  And me with hand tremors.  (DH would be worse) So I tend to put it off....until the hearing aid doesn't work.  Well, I was trying to do it quickly before leaving.....and couldn't get L one in the ear.  I had the "tail" on backwards and had forgotten to put on the new flexible, clear plastic thing that covers the very small "bug" in your ear canal.  Got it on the first one and oops- forgot on the second.  Sheeesh....high level of general competence here!    Missing parts are not in the recommended procedure!!!    Finally got out the door and was not quite late but rushed. 

Used the wheelchair this week.  Was worn out by the time I got back up the stairs at home.      Dang...I need more stamina!  Was freezing all afternoon - sign of fatigue or just can't keep up body temp.  ..or I'm sick??????  For the second time recently, I thot I was going to lose lunch.  Got to bathroom but didn't.  Placed buckets JIC....    This is not the time to get sick!!!    Ginger ale and ginger cookies relieve this but...  what is this?

So other than another load of clothes down stairs to laundry and collecting dry clothes to put away, I've been laying down resting/reading/talking to mom.   IS it a virus or is it from all my sorting/arranging?  Pushing too hard?  I really can't tell.  But if that's the case, I'm going to have to carry a barf bag and ginger ale/ginger cookies on the flights to Maui.  Might be a good idea anyway.  Will take us 15 hrs total - including airport wait times to reach Kahului, Maui.  O'hana!     

MtRider ....I definitely need more sleep than last nite.  But I've got a good record for the rest of the week. 

Not sure if I mentioned but I've also been looking for all the books which are recipes, manuals, How-To's, resources of data for a post-hooey situation.  I was missing the big ole book by Dr and Nurse Amy Alton.  Was quite a costly item and   I had no idea where I'd put it.  I thot it was on the bottom shelf...    I found that today...surprise.  So we have 6 reference books of various topics like wild edibles & medicinals, Ball Blue Book, Carla Emory - Country Living, LDS book on Making the Best of Basics.  I've had most of these for years/decades.  But they're all together and would be in the Grab It pile.  Reference material!  Things get lost too easy in this house.  If I reorganize the living room book case - I'll put them over there.  But for now - stay put!  Don't go running off!  Sheeesh!  

Did more sorting/organizing of living room space.  There is a little bit of space now.  Not just a walk way.  Still got a lot piled up in front of the pellet stove but ...a little by little.  Got all the small First Aid stuff for human and dog (mostly cleaning her ears occasionally.) All on the small desk but will still undergo more change when I get to that point. 

I did walk the dog tonite.  Hmph...all this bending, contorting to reach things, lifting and moving....  and the walk was short cuz I couldn't really push too far.     I thot I'd be okay cuz I'm moving a lot.  But stamina gave out on me.  Hmph!  Well, I can get that back but I get really exhausted from a day of sorting and such.  Lotta motion but... I do have to sit down a lot. 

MtRider    

20 hours ago, Mother said:

There are no mistakes in gardening only fun little experiments.

And some of us have a loooong history of fun little experiments!     I'd chose to do mine without the help of the dratted burrowing critters.....or elk toes in my carrots....or deer taking big chomps outta my broccoli.  Hmph!

MtRider     can still frost or even snow yet up here.    

         I FOUND the battery bank device!!! 

Oye!  If I hadn't been digging out ALL those spare corners where "STUFF" gets piled in a house with virtually no closets.....  I'd sorted thru EVERY bag and box on one side yesterday.  Began on the other side this morning.  I just found it.  WHY on earth I ever stuck it back in that "hole"...  Probably to get it away from the potent sunshine from the window.  But sheeeesh! 

All wrapped nicely in a safe bag made of air tubes for shipping.  Well, now I've got stuff outta that "hole" and I really am wasting precious space with this arrangement.  Going to be sitting here and walking around over there....and pondering for a while.  HOW can I rearrange to better maximize that portion of this tiny "living room" space. 

Ugh....I forgot to post this when I typed it out 2-3 hrs ago.  Since then I have further reorganized the Living room.  Slid a small child's antique school desk into The Hole.  Cuts off most access to the desk's book shelf under the top.    I can put stuff in there that I don't need often.  (note to self....never gonna remember something is in there - outta sight/outta MY mind!)    Oh well.  It opened up more space to get thru the "living room walkway".  Puts the dog's Water/Food dishes On Top of dog food Tote thing more out of the way.  Everyone will be pleased about that.    Lots of half gallon and gallon stored water now out of the way under that desk.  Took me the longest time to figure out a new configuration but this works.  

MtRider  ...sitting down!  Eating!   

I'm afraid this old cabin doesn't have the heavy integrity it would take to hold the rail and chair and me going up and down.  If I had a permanent place, it would be an idea.  At least we have the pulley system I rigged up when DH had .....   ....oh, the blood clot in lungs.  Sure and for certain that I was not going to be hauling all groceries, etc up those stairs.  So one of us is at the car....a few feet from the stairs.  They hook bags on the hook.  Other has taken a load up to the porch to work the pulley and haul up the bags to the porch.  It's worked out so well for us ...for years and years now.  New rope is needed again soon.  The sun is hard on the ropes and this one is untwisting itself.  Never liked this rope on my hands anyway so good riddance.  You can get rope burn from some more easily than others.  Cotton clothes line is easy on hands but doesn't last as long.  The sun is pretty damaging. 

MtRider         I need a cage to grow a few things inside...cuz of a flood of small squirrel-like critters that eat ANY thing. 

Thanks for the tip on Amazon, Jeepers.  I'm still counting on finding the battery bank I have....somewhere.  It's SUPPOSED to be Front and Center!  In one of the GoBags.  I spent time today clearing the last of the STUFF that piles itself onto the shelf by the door.  Hmph!  Rearranged.  Vacuumed.  Put stuff back and .....it's STILL HARD to fit everything into that space.  And no Battery Bank in any of them!  WHERE O WHERE did I put that???   

I really love organizing.  Love the organized effect too.  Really pushing energy to do all that tho. 

LOVE looking at all those flowers, Necie!  Those don't really grow here...what with our short season of "Springsummer" .  Only July is usually safe from frost. 

Martian...Hope your dh gets over his cold quickly - for both your sakes.  lol 

I'd love to be stable at on location (we've been here decades but always with one foot nearly out the door)  and could plant such things as you are, BeccaAnne.  Not a lot of fruit/nut producing things grow here.  Except currents.  Lots of those - the type with a multitude of stickers! 

Little Sister, your doctor is gonna tell you to stay off the knee.  lol  Like that's gonna happen.  But I'd do the same.  I hope you can slow down and get that thing healed up tho.    It's hard when you've got things-to-do!!

MtRider  ...late again tonite...     But no where to go tomorrow....

    sheeeesh!  It just began pouring down RAIN!   With bits of groupel.  First rain of the season.  THANKFUL I'm not out on the mountain on a horse right now! 

Of COURSE DH left the window down in the car....

MtRider  .....even up here we're trying to change the season...          

I have 2 laundry baskets just like those "strawberry holders"!      It's a great idea - thanks for posting it, Midnight.  Not sure what I can use it for tho fingerling taters might work.  "Dumping out" would be so much easier to "dig up" ...especially in our hard soil with burrowing varmints! 

BTW....used as laundry baskets, I very much recommend them for anyone with bending over back issues.  Even coming up our stairs, I hoist up one or two steps and catch up to it; repeat. 

 MtRider  hmmmmmm

It was SUMMER (nearly) at our house so I dressed warm but not WINTER gear.  I got into the village and began to see FROST on the pine trees - which happens when we have clouds at a certain low temperature.  I had put on the silk long underwear, under jeans.  I had thick wool sox in my larger (Dad's) boots.  I had a knit hat but it doesn't cover my ears and couldn't find the ear band (found later).  But I should have had the down vest along with the jacket and wool shirt/tank top.  Shheeeeeeeeesh it was FREEZING!  Literally but ...    So damp too.  Big issue was my hands.  Wimpy UNlined leather gloves.  Not the usual insulated work gloves.  It was SUMMER at our house, she wailed. 

I hate being cold!!! 

I survived but I was paying more attention to my hands, rubbing them along my jeans so the friction warmed them - thru the thin leather.  Nose was cold so I put on a cloth "the C" mask that I have in back pocket for dust protection on the rides.  No dust but warmer nose.     I've ridden there in ALL kinds of weather but I'm careful of how I dress.  This caught me completely by surprise.  I've never been that cold - even in summer rain/hail storms....(raining little ice cubes).  Took me a long time to get warm when we got home.  Of course by the time we did arrive home, "summer" had fled and the COLD FRONT had moved in on us too.    Oh well.  I hope I got 'the riding effect' I pay to get.  

Tonite I began to tear apart the many bags/knapsacks/etc I have on a ledge near the door.  They are there so we can "throw them over the rail and get them in the car if we EVAC".  They have a variety of B.O. items.  I try to keep my "best-est stuff" in one or two that wouldn't be thrown over the edge.  We also have the pulley set there.   But I'm specifically looking for a small battery pack to recharge a cell phone....what do you call those?  It has 4 small solar panels to recharge itself.  I want to bring to Maui....and WHERE oh WHERE did I put that?     It wasn't cheap!

That pile on the ledge needed some serious clearing!    Oye...it can get messed up every time I'm in a hurry and can't find something.  So ...it's still all over.  There's a walkway to the door.  I found some things, including the ear band.   A few I didn't remember I had.     Sheeesh!  Cleared/trashed an entire drawer of junk and filled it with all my various hats/scarfs/ear wrap - winter head gear.  I have size XL head and so much does not fit me.  Larger than DH!  So I'm still looking for one of those wrap things - a "buff" that can wrap in various ways.  But every time I buy one, it doesn't stretch enough to fit me.    My mom made me one ages ago - even before the Survival show made them popular.  I wore it out.  Even my ear band is a bit too tight - especially with my hearing aids in!  Might have to stitch my own if I could find some stretchy material.  There are zero places to buy just cloth anywhere around here.  

But I am encouraged to be sorting that whole ledge.  I'm only half done but hope to finish tomorrow.  However...I have not found the battery bank in any of the bags.  Rats.  

MtRider   ....still feel a bit chilled so going to bed   where it's WARM! 

Well this was sort of a write-off day.  Couldn't settle.     It also started groupeling.  That small white snowballs that bounce when they land.  Melted right away.  Did get to schedule a horse ride for tomorrow - Friday.  Saturday will be nasty cold rain/snow.  I said yes!  Need ride! 

Trying to figure out how much I'll be willing to push with medical appts this year.  Scheduled yearly exam....didn't last year cuz we were focused on the Is It MS tests. I'll see primary doc after Maui.  Otherwise, don't think there are any issues. 

Hope your heart monitor time will give some useful data, Jeepers. 

You all are so busy with canning and organizing and such.  I'm still trying to dig out of this disarray.  I got some organizing but not much.  Not much energy recently. 

Uh oh.  DH just came in to announce:  Israel just sent bombs over to Iran's nuke facilities.  Usually they sabotage without fingerprints on the job.  Well, did they destroy it?  Dunno. 

MtRider