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[easyas123]

We have a Harriet Tubman museum in CM, too!

I didn't know that, I'll have to check that out!

planting a tall Weeping Willow for him to sleep under on warm days like today

How lovely, I'm sorry for the loss of your pup.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

@easyas123 We visited the museum of the Underground Railroad in Buffalo, NY, when DS was playing baseball out there. We had a hard time finding it but once we did, we thought it was really amazing to see. Slaves used to cross the water into Canada from the US at the Niagara River (yeah, that one, not far from Niagara Falls) near the point where Lake Eire and Lake Ontario meet (if I recall correctly) which is not an easy feat. The water was of course very rough, and there was a rope that stretched the width of the river that they had to hang onto, sometimes with babies on their backs and children in their arms. Many were lost when taking the risk. It was very moving to see.

Well, to cut to the chase, I have food poisoning. Which explains why I’ve been so sick. Got a call from the hospital last night (strange, as it was my future DIL that called me from the ER, and DS answered her phone when I first returned her call, I though maybe I was losing it!) that my stool sample culture came back with a bacterial infection, so they started me on antibiotics. It’s a serious food-borne illness and reportable, so the DPH called me this morning. Ugh. That means the restaurant will be getting a visit from them to see if there’s anything not being stored or cooked properly, and they’ll also see if anyone else comes down with the same illness. DH had it too, but he was able to shake it off. With me, it got worse because my immunity is low.

I thought I’d be feeling better on the antibiotics but I had a horrible today. I’m at the point of almost screaming when I “go” it’s so uncomfortable. (5X today!) Hopefully things start to get better soon. But tomorrow I see my PCP as follow up from the ER, and the pharmacist that follows me took me off the oral chemo until after I finish the antibiotics, saying I’ve got enough going on in my GI system as it is, which I was thankful for. Now I’m afraid to eat, not just because I don’t want to have to “go”, but because I feel that these germs are probably more common than we know but most people’s immunity is strong and they’re able to fight it off. I have to accept that I’m now one of those “immunocompromised”. I’m not sure what this means for me eating out in the future. There can be some complications from this germ and I’m praying I don’t get them. Thank you for your good thoughts for me. I still am in disbelief.

 

[lynxstch]

@easyas123 We visited the museum of the Underground Railroad in Buffalo, NY, when DS was playing baseball out there. We had a hard time finding it but once we did, we thought it was really amazing to see. Slaves used to cross the water into Canada from the US at the Niagara River (yeah, that one, not far from Niagara Falls) near the point where Lake Eire and Lake Ontario meet (if I recall correctly) which is not an easy feat. The water was of course very rough, and there was a rope that stretched the width of the river that they had to hang onto, sometimes with babies on their backs and children in their arms. Many were lost when taking the risk. It was very moving to see.

Well, to cut to the chase, I have food poisoning. Which explains why I’ve been so sick. Got a call from the hospital last night (strange, as it was my future DIL that called me from the ER, and DS answered her phone when I first returned her call, I though maybe I was losing it!) that my stool sample culture came back with a bacterial infection, so they started me on antibiotics. It’s a serious food-borne illness and reportable, so the DPH called me this morning. Ugh. That means the restaurant will be getting a visit from them to see if there’s anything not being stored or cooked properly, and they’ll also see if anyone else comes down with the same illness. DH had it too, but he was able to shake it off. With me, it got worse because my immunity is low.

I thought I’d be feeling better on the antibiotics but I had a horrible today. I’m at the point of almost screaming when I “go” it’s so uncomfortable. (5X today!) Hopefully things start to get better soon. But tomorrow I see my PCP as follow up from the ER, and the pharmacist that follows me took me off the oral chemo until after I finish the antibiotics, saying I’ve got enough going on in my GI system as it is, which I was thankful for. Now I’m afraid to eat, not just because I don’t want to have to “go”, but because I feel that these germs are probably more common than we know but most people’s immunity is strong and they’re able to fight it off. I have to accept that I’m now one of those “immunocompromised”. I’m not sure what this means for me eating out in the future. There can be some complications from this germ and I’m praying I don’t get them. Thank you for your good thoughts for me. I still am in disbelief.

I've had food poisoning and it's no joke. With your illness, I'm sorry it's hitting you so hard. I hope the antibiotics do their job and get you feeling better quickly.

 

[Judique]

Caught up on my likes, meaning I've read all recent messages. Getting ready to get up and feed my cats, have my coffee and put stuff to the curb for today's collection. I never put anything out early as sometimes it gets messed with by deer, cats or whatever else is roaming, including people with their fast food wrappers. (They toss and miss.) Rude.

Yesterday I did a surround for my new weeping willow using panels I've had from Costco, mostly from the last couple of years when I was using them to keep my veggies from being eaten by Mr. Groundhog. I don't know if the deer will eat the tree but after reading the tree guarantee, it doesn't include animal damage. It took 24 of the panels to go all the way around but I'd picked up a bunch that were marked down so had plenty.

I've also started some tomatoes and have them on my deck and I was preparing a spot for cucumber along my fence. Today I've got more projects.

Big orange cat is meowing loudly for me to get up. Not till 5am! Otherwise they will have me roaming 24/7. The other two cats have tiny voices but this guy is really loud!

No word yet as to whether my car has been fixed. Maybe I'll visit some dealers on Saturday.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Wheeeeee!

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[bobbiwoz]

Good morning!

We’ll be traveling to WDW today. Nancy and Garry will head out to NJ.

Yesterday we went to Jarvis Creek Park, where Nancy and Garry saw quite a few alligators the other day. We saw one huge one at a distance. It’s a beautiful park and it was busy. People were walking dogs, I was surprised at that, and would be afraid to walk my dog where I knew there were alligators.

@Pea-n-Me, I never had food poisoning, and I am so sad to read how terrible it’s making you feel. Praying the antibiotics work and you are better soon!

 

[lynxstch]

Good morning. Sunny, breezy and 51 now heading for 71. Temps start climbing tomorrow. I'm trying to dig out the rose bush that died. I need to bring it back to Lowes with my receipt to get another one, or get my money back. The roots on that thing are fighting me and I don't know if my arms are going to last long enough to dig it out. My neighbor is gone for the weekend and I want to get the new one planted before we get to 95 degrees.
Then I need to mow the lawn.

Summer's court case turned out to be pre trial and she has a date in June to go back.

Have a nice day

 

[Snowysmom]

Judique So sorry about your beloved dog. It is so hard but you know it was the right thing to do for him. I love Pea-n-me's poem.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Well, to cut to the chase, I have food poisoning. Which explains why I’ve been so sick.

Oh, I'm sorry! You really don't need more piled on right now.
I hope the antibiotics do the trick!

 

[Judique]

Oh, I'm sorry! You really don't need more piled on right now.
I hope the antibiotics do the trick!

@Pea-n-Me repeating wise words, may your days improve and light and happiness shine on you.

 

[tazdev3225]

@Pea-n-Me - My son had food poisoning when he was about 9 months old and lost about a quarter of his body weight in 3 days, we had just started him on table foods and I gave him tiny bites of a hot dog from a food cart while we were out. Then I caught it from him and possibly the same hot dog. I remember the Public Health contacting us after I took him to the ER at Children's Hospital. He actually didn't need to be hospitalized because I just kept giving him fluids constantly. It was enough to keep him from dehydrating which they said was the biggest risk with babies. It really is a horrible thing to go through. Hope you are feeling better soon.

Good morning not sure what this goofy weather is going to be like this weekend although I think when we need to get the furniture tomorrow it is supposed to be in the 80's. all week then plummet into the 50's later this week. I don't want to put the AC on but may have to as the house can get quite warm quickly and I don't sleep well in the heat. I'm hoping Jay can start the one spare room next weekend. My daughters' old room just needs a new window and some paint then the flooring. I think he is taking the one wall down with the window to insulate it. I think I am just ready for this all to be done. It has been 5 years of slow renovations.

Not much else going on around here just a lot of dr.'s appointments over the next couple of weeks for my husband. We are hoping the diabetes dr. gives the ok for the surgery so we can get it done. His toe will never heal until this procedure is done. Diabetes is a cruel disease.

Hope you all have a good weekend

 

[Snowysmom]

Pea-n-me So sorry you have food poisoning. I hope the antibiotics kick in soon. You really don't need this with everything else going on.

 

[lynxstch]

Good morning. I've actually been up since 6 but haven't stopped till now. Fed the cats, stripped and remade the bed, put the sheets in the washer.

Got all of my potting supplies out of the shed so I can put my flowers in bigger pots. Got out all of my solar decorations, changed the batteries in a couple, and got those in the rose garden and along the shed. Brought all the flowers and tomato plants from the front porch to the back deck. After I take a break, I'll get to the planting.

Have a good day

 

[tazdev3225]

I got ambitious and one bedroom is cleaned out with 7 bags going to the trash depot. The other bedroom is almost done but all the dust has my head pounding. That room is mostly cleared out just need to find somewhere to store the decorations and a few books I am keeping. I'm just having trouble finding paint colors. I don't want gray. I do want something with a hint of pink for the one room and a hint of blue for the other two rooms. So far the samples I bring home are way to bright. I did find ceiling fans I like so I will get them next week. The stores are too crowded with the nicer weather hitting us. My only other thing is I need to replace the light fixture in the bathroom. I need to find something not metallic as what I have now, while I loved it when I bought it, is now tarnished and rusted. I'm trying to find something similar but that may last longer than 3 years.

QOTD - Have you replaced or gotten rid of your land line and do you regret it? - I am not paying $40 a month to Comcast for a phone I haven't used in 6 months. I really only use the number for people I don't want to have my cell phone number. I have a sentimental attachment to the landline though as we have had that number for almost 43 years since we bought the house. I guess I could get rid of the landline but still give that number out on the rare occasion I don't want it used but it is connected to a couple of things I do still use. One more thing to stress over.

 

[Snowysmom]

Pea-n-me Hope you are feeling better today.

Bobbiwoz Have fun in Disney.

Good morning. It is a sunny day here with temps in the low 70s. I ended up coming back a day early. Our puffin cruise was canceled due to the weather, 7 foot seas were forecast for out in the ocean. Glad they canceled! Since it was rainy we decided to come back yesterday. Glad we did. We had a nice time. Our motel was adequate but definitely not what was advertised online. I think they were undergoing a mgmt change and the new people had no idea what they were doing. The room was clean and everything worked, and it was centrally located but that is all. It is a nice area but we don't need to go back. We saw the Botanical gardens which were lovely and so serene. They have 5 large wooden trolls scattered about the property. We saw 4, one was way off in the distance. There were field of daffodils and tulips as well as trees beginning to bud. We went to the Maine Maritime museum which was very interesting. It is near the Bath Ironworks where they build alot of ships for the Navy. We watched a short film about how they build and out together the ships. I learned alot. We found a couple of cute little breakfast places and nice lunch places on the Harbor area. There were some cute hops to look in but not alot. It is not as big as Bar Harbor. It is a one and done. Today I did grocery shopping, laundries, and other chores. Walked already. Tomorrow I see Ellie and Luke in their school play. Plan to watch more Britbox today.

QOTD: I do have a land line but not the same number as I had in my old house. I miss that number that we had for decades. I don't even really know the number for this line but I have it just for emergencies. It is getting up there in cost, now $30 a month, and I am thinking about ditching it. I just get scam calls or calls for the person who must have had this number before me.

Have a good Saturday.

 

[lynxstch]

QOTD Got rid of landline about 5 years ago. Cost kept going up and we mostly used our cell phones. I don't miss it at all.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Thank you for all the well wishes and nice sentiments. I am finally feeling a little better on the antibiotics. Yesterday I was out and had to run home after doctor’s appt, didn’t dare stop into the supermarket or even fruit stand to pick up a few things, had to get to in the comfort of my own home. Same problem today but this time trying to leave the house! I’m sure by Monday I’ll be feeling better but I cancelled my PT appt so I can sleep in and not deal with that.

Taz it sounds like you’re getting a ton done. Good for you! I can relate we have a lot going on here too. DH painted the kennel fence today, had taken it down and put it up on his sawhorses. Went to show it to me and he saw that the wind had knocked it onto the ground, so he’ll have to touch that up when it’s fully dry and he puts it up again. Haven’t been able to paint the cement stairs yet as the cement DH put on a hole never hardened, so we have to figure that out first. Patience sure required for some of these projects.

Snowysmom glad you had a nice trip! This time of year can be tough and unpredictable weatherwise.

QOTD: We do still have our land line but we don’t use it much. The phones themselves are old and not working right, even putting new batteries in they die after about a minute or less conversation. We only pay $10/month so we keep them for that reason and for emergencies, where it’s tied into the 911 system. However the ONE TIME we went to use it when we got hit by lightening and had 40 ft flames within the first minute, the phone was dead because the lightning blew out the lines. So had to use my cell phone to call 911 after all. No rush to get rid of it and maybe some day I’ll find some replacement phones at a yard sale or something, lol.

 

[Judique]

I got ambitious and one bedroom is cleaned out with 7 bags going to the trash depot. The other bedroom is almost done but all the dust has my head pounding. That room is mostly cleared out just need to find somewhere to store the decorations and a few books I am keeping. I'm just having trouble finding paint colors. I don't want gray. I do want something with a hint of pink for the one room and a hint of blue for the other two rooms. So far the samples I bring home are way to bright. I did find ceiling fans I like so I will get them next week. The stores are too crowded with the nicer weather hitting us. My only other thing is I need to replace the light fixture in the bathroom. I need to find something not metallic as what I have now, while I loved it when I bought it, is now tarnished and rusted. I'm trying to find something similar but that may last longer than 3 years.

QOTD - Have you replaced or gotten rid of your land line and do you regret it? - I am not paying $40 a month to Comcast for a phone I haven't used in 6 months. I really only use the number for people I don't want to have my cell phone number. I have a sentimental attachment to the landline though as we have had that number for almost 43 years since we bought the house. I guess I could get rid of the landline but still give that number out on the rare occasion I don't want it used but it is connected to a couple of things I do still use. One more thing to stress over.

I was paying $80 plus for 2 landlines and a separate bill for 3 cells about 20+ years ago, all to Verizon. They ticked me off when I wanted to get rid of 1 landline and keep my original number. Continuously told me yes and then no. No brick and mortar so all by phone calls. Finally canceled both lines and then moved our cell lines to another carrier. Haven't looked back. They did me a favor and saved me $80 a month plus the higher cell bill by being stupid. So, no, don't miss the landline. No regrets.

 

[lynxstch]

Talk about unpredictable weather. Our sunny, 84 degree, no rain in the forecast, turned into black skies, high winds and rain about 30 min ago. I got all of my flowers planted, including the boxes on the side of the house. I plant petunia's in those, and then put mulch and rabbit netting, otherwise the outdoor cats think that they are litterboxes. I just hurried and got all the pots either under deck chairs or on the front porch, as they're calling for storms any minute now.

I am so tired I could cry. My back hurts, my feet and ankles hurt and I'm just aching all over. But I got what I wanted to get done out of the way. Tomorrow is tomato planting day. I didn't realize I got 5 varieties instead of 4, which means 20 plants, lol. If I put 2 in each big pot I have, I have room for 10. I'll give the rest to my good neighbor. I do need to pick up a couple of pots of assorted flowers for the front steps, but that can wait till later in the week.

Summer called to tell me she's not feeling good. Her BP is sky high, her face is flushed and she's not feeling well. I get it, stress over court, bills, vacation (which I still think she should postpone until the money situation improves, but she won't listen to me). If she keeps going like this, she's going to have a stroke. She went to her PCP's office, because the website said they were open till 1"30. She got there and a sign on the door said only open M-F. So she was going to head to Urgent Care. I told her to let me know what they say, but I don't expect her to. It took her 3 days to get back to me to tell me about the pre trial thing.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Still have landline.