Quarantine and chill and kindness chatty clubhouse: Jump in and join the conversation! All is welcome!

[PollyannaMom]

@Snowysmom, I completely understand about the water fears!

Sorry about the suspected kitty allergies. I agree there is some outdoor stuff going on as well.

I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing trip!

 

[PollyannaMom]

DS went back to work yesterday I'm so glad he is feeling better!

I have a doctor's appointment myself today for a minor but annoying thing. Please send good thoughts!

And I'm sending my own out to you and your family, @Pea-n-Me

 

[bobbiwoz]

It felt chilly this morning when I fed the birds. It’s 61°! DS & DDiL got in during the night from Boston and will help with gardening chores today/tomorrow. We are very thankful for this help.

I sincerely hope your basement is dry, Snowysmom.

 

[tazdev3225]

Good morning.

I know some of you are in the path of Lee, at least the effects of the storm anyway, so I pray you stay safe and have no issues.

I saw my dad very briefly yesterday as they were doing some tests. One of the kidney lines was leaking. He still has a long road ahead of him and rehab mentioned a nursing home. Mom said NO!!! Dad will go home. I agree 100%. My dad is not pushing himself as hard as he could but I think being in the hospital all this time is depressing him. Plus mom and I have talked about him coming home. I told her I will do her shopping for her if she needs help with that, and my brothers will help. As she told them I am 15 minutes away, 10 with no red light, 5 if I drive fast. I have made it down there in 5 once in an emergency, I try to stick to the 10 minutes normally. My one brother is 30 seconds from the, he lives around the corner and my other brother is about 30 minutes away with traffic. We will all pitch in and help. We all agree if they send dad to a nursing home he will be dead in less than a month. I know the reality is that he may not survive all this, and he does look really frail, but I know going home and mom having people visit him will give him some fight back.

To take my mind off this I am heading down the shore today. I haven't been down at all this year because of my knee and I need to sit on the beach, or stand, and take some time to just feel the relaxing and spiritual vibes I get down there. Crystal is going to take the ride down with me. We also hope to get some good surf pictures. I plan on going to Cape May and work my way up the coast a bit. I need to stop at my favorite fudge place for fudge obviously but my one luxury, and most people think I'm a little weird, but I love chocolate covered bacon. I'll pick up some fudge for my mom too. She could use a little treat. @bobbiwoz - I'll wave as I drive through the town. Maybe one day we can meet when I head down.

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

 

[footballmouse]

Happy Friday!

Stopped at Home Depot yesterday after work and grabbed some new retractable window screens. I found some that has a metal vent on the one side so I bought 3 of these and put them in my bedroom and kitchen. Hopefully Chili won't be able to get through these . I bought a couple of the regular ones for the bathroom and spare bedroom, she doesn't go in those rooms so I should be okay. After I was done there I stopped at TJMaxx to check on the Mickey cookie jar (didn't have it ) and I bought some fall kitchen towels. Grabbed some Chipotle and headed home.

Got the litter boxes and the backyard cleaned up and the garbage cans out to the curb. I thought the Reds game was on at 8:00 so I was all settled in ready for the game and then realized it started at 9:00.

Jacob is still working in Kansas, not coming home this weekend. I think I might ask his girlfriend, Livia, if she wants to go to Okterberfest downtown. Cincinnati has the 2nd largest Okterberfest celebration outside of Munich, Germany. I work in the morning so we won't stay late and I won't be drinking much.

Running early this morning, I should have thrown in a load of laundry, didn't think of it until I got to work. Dang, that would have helped out.

I went out in the backyard yesterday and see Carly running around, I look around for Boomer and he's next door with their dog . He jumped the fence to go play with his friend. I looked at him and he looked at me and then made a mad dash for the fence to get back in his yard. I explained to him that he has to stay in his own yard and I'm pretty sure Boss didn't invite him over b/c he didn't look too thrilled Boomer was in his yard.

Have a great day and a great weekend!

 

[Judique]

@flyingdumbo127 Glad you saw the doctor and now have some help to ease your pain. Oofos are very expensive. I wear Asiscs Gel Contend shoes and love them. They have good arch and foot support and are in the mid priced range. Sometimes they are on sale on shoes.com, Amazon has a good price, and Kohls occasionally has sales. I hope the pain cream helps.

@Pea-n-Me Thinking of you and your family.

Good morning. It is cool here today 53, and going only into the mid 60s. Hurricane Lee is supposed to be passing by later today and into tomorrow morning. Hopefully we don't get alot of rain and wind. I am going over to the condo so the painters can come in and take care of a small area near the front door that has black marks that won't wash off. I am also going to check the basement. I always say a prayer before going down there! I know the rain we have had is not usual for our area so I guess finding a small damp area is not the end of the world but I am so against any water in the basement. Some people a few towns northwest of us had such bad flooding in their homes. One woman came home to 6 feet of water in her basement. She said she never had water in the basement before. Roads were flooded out and there is a sinkhole in the town.

I am getting ready for my trip on Sunday. I am anxious of course as I have no idea how this is going to go. I have no expectations and will take it as it comes. I hope to be able to clear my mind, make no decisions other than when to get a mickey bar or when to eat, and no listening to the news for sure. When I come back I have some decisions to make so I want to have a clear mind and be able to think. Right now decisions are a challenge for me. My allergies are raging and I am coughing and have the usual post nasal drip. I just hope people don't think I have covid as I don't. I also think I may be allergic to the cat. I felt better when I was in the office yesterday and when I came back to Kenny's my allergies got worse. He does have alot of goldenrod growing in the back yard area. That could be it too.

Have a good day.

I am extremely sensitive to goldenrod. This is the time of year when it is the worst.

Enjoy your trip! Mine starts the end of the month and I've been looking to change it up a bit. Of course there is little to no availability, but I could always just stay offsite or at Swan/Dolphin for a few of my nights. I want to move to the mid week and the following weekend.

 

[Judique]

Good morning.

I know some of you are in the path of Lee, at least the effects of the storm anyway, so I pray you stay safe and have no issues.

I saw my dad very briefly yesterday as they were doing some tests. One of the kidney lines was leaking. He still has a long road ahead of him and rehab mentioned a nursing home. Mom said NO!!! Dad will go home. I agree 100%. My dad is not pushing himself as hard as he could but I think being in the hospital all this time is depressing him. Plus mom and I have talked about him coming home. I told her I will do her shopping for her if she needs help with that, and my brothers will help. As she told them I am 15 minutes away, 10 with no red light, 5 if I drive fast. I have made it down there in 5 once in an emergency, I try to stick to the 10 minutes normally. My one brother is 30 seconds from the, he lives around the corner and my other brother is about 30 minutes away with traffic. We will all pitch in and help. We all agree if they send dad to a nursing home he will be dead in less than a month. I know the reality is that he may not survive all this, and he does look really frail, but I know going home and mom having people visit him will give him some fight back.

To take my mind off this I am heading down the shore today. I haven't been down at all this year because of my knee and I need to sit on the beach, or stand, and take some time to just feel the relaxing and spiritual vibes I get down there. Crystal is going to take the ride down with me. We also hope to get some good surf pictures. I plan on going to Cape May and work my way up the coast a bit. I need to stop at my favorite fudge place for fudge obviously but my one luxury, and most people think I'm a little weird, but I love chocolate covered bacon. I'll pick up some fudge for my mom too. She could use a little treat. @bobbiwoz - I'll wave as I drive through the town. Maybe one day we can meet when I head down.

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

So wonderful of you and your family to insist on bringing your Dad home. Somehow I feel you are right in this decision, even if the worst happens. Here's to hoping that everything works out and he has more years to enjoy his family and home. Not everyone has family that want to be there.

 

[lynxstch]

Good fall like morning. It was actually chilly when I woke up, 48 degrees. I have leggings on for now until it warms up. Going to be about 75

@PollyannaMom --So happy to hear your son went back to work! Good vibes for your appt

@Snowysmom I hope your basement is dry. I'm sure you will have a great trip. Just relax and go with the flow!

@TazDev More prayers for your Dad. Have a great relaxing time at the shore.

@footballmouse Your comment about Boomer had me laughing out loud. Smart dog to make a run for home when he got busted.

@flyingdumbo127 Mona, glad that you are getting your foot problem looked at, along with your dental one

My new toy came just before dinner, but I'm waiting until this weekend to plug it in and give it a whirl. We have the cable co coming this afternoon to change the tivo to streaming boxes, and one learning curve a day is more than enough for me. My old brain can't handle learning 2 new tech toys at one time, lol.

Off to do a little window cleaning, kitty nose prints again.

Have a great Friday!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good Morning friends!

First and foremost, please stay safe everyone especially those of you in the storm's path. Extra

Snowysmom may your trip absolutely bring you much peace and fun, too, dear friend Thank you for the shoe recommendation. I wrote it down

TazI completely agree with Judique! Continuing healing prayers for all of you indeed.

Bobbiwoz, so thankful you are getting gardening help! Enjoy your visit my friend with your family. I sure hope you and Taz get to meet one day soon

Lynnand healing prayers always continuing for Summer. How is she doing? Thank you dear friend, always for all your love and care!

PollyannaMomextra with much cheer and prayer, extra praise to God! I sincerely hope all goes very well today!

Footballmouse, prayers you do find a cookie jar. That sounds so cute.

Thank you all of course so much for all your prayers. Sadly, the foot cream may have made things worse.... definitely did not provide the instant relief I had hoped I applied a very little of the Voltaren. First time a teeny tiny bit. Tried a dash more, that now has caused my feet to hurt more. Didn't do anything helpful for me Right now, my left foot especially is twinging with discomfort Right foot for the second seems happier in comparison. Disappointed. I'll be calling the podiatrist this morning. God willing my feet feel a little better and I can possibly try one of the exercises. I had hoped, of course, that the cream would have made doing that much more possible!

Have a good Friday friends. I'll post more later

 

[PollyannaMom]

I know some of you are in the path of Lee, at least the effects of the storm anyway, so I pray you stay safe and have no issues.

First and foremost, please stay safe everyone especially those of you in the storm's path. Extra

I'm not in line for a direct hit, but I can definitely feel the wind has picked up a lot here!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

extra PollyannaMom and everyone!

 

[Snowysmom]

Taz How nice that you and your family insist on bringing your father home and not to rehab. That will mean the world to him to have his family taking care of him.

The hurricane looks to be shying away from my area. I am inland in MA out past 495. I used to be nearer to the coast and did live on the coast as a kid. We weathered many storms and a couple of hurricanes. I hope this one loses alot of strength and moves quickly so it causes as little trouble as possible. Jetblue has said that if you are flying in or out of Boston Fri-Sun you can reschedule with no cost. I am hoping that does not mean flights are canceled. The weather is supposed to get better later in the day Saturday. And Sunday early is supposed to be sunny. I figure the planes would be coming in over land tomorrow if the winds are not too bad. I am waiting to see.

Have a good evening.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Safe traveldear Snowysmom

I did call Dr, Y's office. They really are very kind. The receptionist said to give the Voltaren one more try over the weekend, definitely limited amount as I had thought. Perhaps that in conjunction with a few of the exercises may help. Otherwise, she said to call Monday morning. Dr. Y would try to recommend something different. Makes sense!

 

[Judique]

Safe traveldear Snowysmom

I did call Dr, Y's office. They really are very kind. The receptionist said to give the Voltaren one more try over the weekend, definitely limited amount as I had thought. Perhaps that in conjunction with a few of the exercises may help. Otherwise, she said to call Monday morning. Dr. Y would try to recommend something different. Makes sense!

I slathered it on and used it at least twice a day. It's not exactly instant since it's job is to reduce and eliminate inflammation. Everything takes time. I'm hoping that several more applications will help with your pain. I also used a qtip to apply it as I didn't figure my hand/fingers needed treatment. Squeezed out a medium grape sized dab each time. Also, not sure if I'm remembering correctly but I think I used it for about a week.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

dear Judique. I also used a Q Tip! I was hoping for more instant relief! I will try more tomorrow.

A familiar perhaps but with always love to all of you

 

[Snowysmom]

@flyingdumbo127 I hope the medicine helps your foot as well as the exercises.

Good morning. It is a dreary start to the day. Hurricane Lee is no longer a hurricane thankfully, more like a nor'easter they say. The coast will be getting rain and some wind along with high surf. By later today it should be by us. I will be heading to Jeff's house later this afternoon to have dinner with them and spend the night before Jeff takes me to the airport at 4:00 am. I am a bit anxious and nervous about this trip. I have never traveled alone so I just need to think of it as an adventure. I asked Chris to help me along. I am glad I went with the car service. They have been texting and emailing me about the time for pickup and payment. Jeff said they were really good. If I go again I may try Mears for going to the resort and the car service for getting back. I have read varying reviews about Mears especially now that they merged with Sunshine Flyer. People have been saying they have not gotten back to the airport in a timely manner and had to rush through security and just catching their planes. One group had the bus breakdown just outside the resort. I know breakdowns can happen but when you are trying to get to the airport that is stressful.

I will probably not be on while I am away. Or maybe I will check in. Just taking it minute by minute. Have a good Saturday and week.

 

[lynxstch]

Good chilly morning. 46 again outside, feels like Fall! Going to mid 70's again today.
Got the new streaming boxes in yesterday and I don't like all the changes. Different channel lineup (same channels, just under different #'s.).So many of the features our older tivo had aren't there anymore. The remote's are way too small. They ordered me 3 bigger ones that will be here Tues/Wed. They will look just like our other remotes did. I just can't figure out the 'to do ' list. It used to list what I was recording by day, so I would just check in the morning to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything for that day. Now is just lists them with no day or anything. I set General Hospital for 5 days, and all it shows is that it's in the to do list. That's going to take a lot of getting used to. He was here for almost 2 hours. He checked all the lines and signals first. They changed the modem to a new higher speed one. Then he set up the living room tv, that took about 20 min while waiting for everything to load in. Then he did the bedroom one. They had told me the living room box would be a bit bigger than the bedroom one, they are exactly the same thing. Maybe only 4x4 or 5x5. Why the need to keep making everything smaller and smaller? The work order says one large, one small, so I'm going to call and see if something got mixed up.

Then I took the new laptop out of the box. I attempted to register it online, but it keeps telling me invalid serial #. It's the # on the sticker on the box and the one on the bottom of the laptop. I can't find a phone # for HP support and their website is no help. I'm going to attempt to start it up after I charge it and look where they say I can find it in the computer itself. If not, it's going back. I just wonder, if you buy a laptop, and it doesn't work or you don't like it, how do you clear it off so no one else can use it?

First I have to strip and remake the bed.

@Snowysmom Have a great trip, stop worrying about being alone and just enjoy!

Have a great day, stay dry if you are in Lee's path

 

[lynxstch]

First post from the new laptop, and everything is working as it should!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Snowysmom and many prayers your trip is healing and rejuvenating of spirit, my dear friend.

Lynn, along with prayers!

I want to share with all of dear you that this coming Friday, September 22nd, at 10am, CBS will be re-airing the last Price is Right tapes out here near me from the Bob Barker Studio. On Monday, September 25th, the brand-new season will begin from Glendale at 10am.

all so much for your continuing love and extra foot prayers. I will try a little more of the cream today and pray it helps! If it does, I can then, try some of the stretches, too.

Wishing all of you a super Saturday filled with love! I will check back in later

 

[Judique]

Then I took the new laptop out of the box. I attempted to register it online, but it keeps telling me invalid serial #. It's the # on the sticker on the box and the one on the bottom of the laptop. I can't find a phone # for HP support and their website is no help. I'm going to attempt to start it up after I charge it and look where they say I can find it in the computer itself. If not, it's going back. I just wonder, if you buy a laptop, and it doesn't work or you don't like it, how do you clear it off so no one else can use it?

Let me see if I can give you an idea where to start and find reset.

First of all, what did you buy? I'm guessing you bought a Windows based computer. (At the end, I noted you mentioned HP which is what I use.)

So on my newer one, the bottom to the left has the windows icon (4 panes) which takes you to your apps.

Settings should be pinned and if it isn't just look through til you get to S and settings.

Clicking on that should get you to more choices, one of which should be System.

Clicking on that should bring up Recovery, which I've used to get old computers working again, but it also works when you want to wipe your stuff off the computer. If you were doing this and just wanted to get it going again, you would save your stuff.

After wiping it you would have to reload windows again.

So if you were returning it I would ask for tech help from somewhere especially if I had saved anything sensitive.

Here, I ask my younger DD, because she does this stuff or my son, who could walk me through it. I can muddle through but I'm no expert by a long shot.