What's everybody doing today?

[Meerkat]

@Meerkat That sounds awful. Maybe the dogs were right and should have stayed home

LadyL the dogs were gung hoe to go ,it was this trip from hell that made them now hate the word Bye Bye. I'm not always clea typing what I'm saying,sorry. We visit family several times a year and at daughters house they stay in AC mother in law suite , at hubbys brothers place they stay in outside pen or in this case 'storms' in our van. I don't reemeber a storm that bad, and they are already afraid of storms.There was 27 tornados crusing around Georgia last Satruday.

 

[The Lazy L]

Today was scheduled to tear down two heavy used firearms to determine why their trigger pull are less then a pound

Wife decided this morning she had time for me to copy pictures from her phone to the Cloud. Downloading went smooth. She supervised to make sure I didn't miss any, then got bored and left. What took time was uploading to the Cloud. Family has access to the Cloud stored pictures. When finished it was lunch time. Fixed me a Turkey and Cheese sandwich, a few crackers washed down with some cold green tea.

This afternoon disassembled one of the firearms. All screws were tight. Springs appeared OK but ordered replacements anyway. To my untrained eye it looks like the notch on the hammer has worn. $100 each for new hammers. I'll wait for the new springs to arrived and are installed, then order new hammers if the springs didn't resolve the light trigger pull.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Sitting with right knee above heart, rolling up the last 6 balls of yarn for this last blanket.
When this blanket is finished will have just 3 more to do for Christmas 2020.
Already finished one blanket for Christmas 2020.

 

[Bacpacker]

Thank you everybody for the suggestions.
I have been trying the steam some
Wife does use a diffuser and has been using rosemary and peppermint, eculyptus.
I will get some of the herb's mentioned and try the tea's.

 

[LadyLocust]

Sitting with right knee above heart, rolling up the last 6 balls of yarn for this last blanket.
When this blanket is finished will have just 3 more to do for Christmas 2020.
Already finished one blanket for Christmas 2020.

If you are at all like me, you'll have to put the name on it so you remember who it's for then put it somewhere you can remember

 

[Patchouli]

That's great, @Bacpacker ...ya Get to the point where you'll try anything sometimes. That's how I ended in herbs and oils.
@snappy1 suggested pineapple juice too and I had forgotten about that.
Also, @Peanut mentioned boneset and elderberry in the flu thread. You'd need the elderberry, hope the sambucol works for ya.
Wal-Mart carries the gypsy cold care tea.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

If you are at all like me, you'll have to put the name on it so you remember who it's for then put it somewhere you can remember

I place it in box, wrapped, labeled and into the hall closet it goes.

 

[Meerkat]

If you are at all like me, you'll have to put the name on it so you remember who it's for then put it somewhere you can remember

LadyL it is getting that way, 'now what we discussing'?

 

[Spikedriver]

It's 10 til 1AM and I'm sitting here like an idiot, not sleeping. Serves me right for taking a nap this afternoon...

Took my daughter to her orthodontist to get her new braces adjusted a bit this morning. It was a 110 mile round trip. Not sure why my ex chose an orthodontist so far away. I was a little irritated with driving an hour there, spending 3 minutes in the office while they trimmed off a wire that was poking her cheek, and then driving her an hour back to school. Such is life, I guess. I suppose that little visit will cost me $250...

 

[Patchouli]

I can't sleep either, @Spikedriver and you're not an idiot.
That trim of the wire shouldn't cost anything, by the way.

 

[Amish Heart]

Yep, Spike. We've had a couple in braces. Maintenance and regular appts are included in the overall price.

 

[Bacpacker]

That's great, @Bacpacker ...ya Get to the point where you'll try anything sometimes. That's how I ended in herbs and oils.
@snappy1 suggested pineapple juice too and I had forgotten about that.
Also, @Peanut mentioned boneset and elderberry in the flu thread. You'd need the elderberry, hope the sambucol works for ya.
Wal-Mart carries the gypsy cold care tea.

I saw in Peanuts post about Boneset. Never heard of it before. I've got some research to do.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Well, I'm still doing the same silly stuff I have been doing for the last week and a half.

Waiting on a call now from my Michigan Senate Rep, to set up an appt. to meet before the county B of C meeting next Tuesday.

We have 2 House Reps and 1 Senate Rep that live in the county, I have extended an invitation for them to join us, I'm in high hopes they will.

 

[Weedygarden]

@Bacpacker couple of suggestions...use a humidifier or vaporizer at night or as soon as you get home to have it running while you are at home. Elderberry is a good suggestion but if you can find these other herbs in tea form or in a tincture to add to the tea, or even in powder form, you can make tea and add tincture or powder to the tea.
I don't get sick much with long term coughs anymore. When I did, I would make tea out of these herbs I'd get at the health food store, etc. or online: red raspberry leaf, mullein, slippery elm, marshmallow root, pleurisy root. It worked, or I wouldn't have suggested it. Drink a lot of it, as warm as you can stand it, with honey, lemon if you like. Usually can only find slippery elm in powder form and it doesn't take much.
Just drinking red raspberry leaf tea by itself is good too, add honey. It actually tastes like regular tea.
Barring all of that crazy herbal hippie talk, most grocery stores carry yogi brand or traditional medicinals brand of teas for coughs, etc. and they work pretty well too. Yogi has Breathe Deep and Traditional Medicinals has Breathe Easy, Echinacea Plus Elderberry, and Gypsy Cold Care.
Does your wife use essential oils and a diffuser? I use these oils mixed together in a diffuser when sick with sinus or respiratory issues: peppermint, geranium, rosemary. Some people put oils in their vaporizers or humidifiers. I think that's a bad idea as the oils are hard to clean from whatever you're using to disperse them into the air. Using a diffuser is better and you may be able to find one at a drug store. Of course, there's always Amazon.

Thank you for the detailed information. I have built up a collection of these medicinal teas. I always check the reduced bins in stores, and if there are any medicinal teas, I buy some. I have a shelf where I keep them. I have had friends tell me about one complaint or another and I have given them some of the teas. They have helped. I really need to do a good inventory and to round out what I have from their collections. Ultimately, I would love to make my own from herbs from my garden, but I am not there yet.

 

[Weedygarden]

I volunteered to add the burials (called memorials) from my home county, too long ago, to Find a Grave. I have decided that I have to get it done, so I am working on them every chance I get. I can go through about 300 records a day, and am on the "K's" now. I started on B on Friday.

When I was looking at records for genealogy starting 20+ years ago, there was little to nothing everywhere. In the past 20 years, the available information has exploded, but it is the less densely populated areas like South Dakota where people are busy that less had been done. Once all of these memorials are up, people can add photos, connect parents, siblings, children, and other family information for future genealogy researchers. I know some of these people and have seen errors in the records or on the existing memorials. One woman keeps insisting one of my cousins is buried in one cemetery, when I know for a fact she is not, because I have been to her grave. I am working on my second request to change the burial and now to remove a second incorrect memorial for the cousin.

 

[Meerkat]

It's 10 til 1AM and I'm sitting here like an idiot, not sleeping. Serves me right for taking a nap this afternoon...

Took my daughter to her orthodontist to get her new braces adjusted a bit this morning. It was a 110 mile round trip. Not sure why my ex chose an orthodontist so far away. I was a little irritated with driving an hour there, spending 3 minutes in the office while they trimmed off a wire that was poking her cheek, and then driving her an hour back to school. Such is life, I guess. I suppose that little visit will cost me $250...

Spike your a good father. We need more like you. :green man:.

 

[Meerkat]

I saw in Peanuts post about Boneset. Never heard of it before. I've got some research to do.

Research is good BacP..

 

[Meerkat]

Thank you for the detailed information. I have built up a collection of these medicinal teas. I always check the reduced bins in stores, and if there are any medicinal teas, I buy some. I have a shelf where I keep them. I have had friends tell me about one complaint or another and I have given them some of the teas. They have helped. I really need to do a good inventory and to round out what I have from their collections. Ultimately, I would love to make my own from herbs from my garden, but I am not there yet.

Weedy we try to have a herb gafen too but end up losing some when other things come up. We try to Food Saver seal them even store bought ones sometimes. Pastfew months not much getting doen till sight is restored.

Today will be steam cleaning van interior and some house work.

 

[squirrelhunter]

Since son is not going to be here to help till who knows when, looks like the parts will just stay in the truck in the boxes . Hubby can't tske much laying on the ground. No way will we pay : inflasioned" price of used vehicle that may give us problems too.

I agree,used vehicles are a gamble but that's what I go for,cheap used vehicles that need some work,as long as the engine and tranny are in decent shape. Even though I have bought some that needed a lot of engine work. Shoot the first 1 I bought on my own needed new heads on the engine,the tranny rebuilt and new bearings in the differential,but it lasted me for years after I was done.

 

[WVDragonlady]

I agree,used vehicles are a gamble but that's what I go for,cheap used vehicles that need some work,as long as the engine and tranny are in decent shape. Even though I have bought some that needed a lot of engine work. Shoot the first 1 I bought on my own needed new heads on the engine,the tranny rebuilt and new bearings in the differential,but it lasted me for years after I was done.

We know a young fella ( age 19) that "flips" vehicles like people flip houses. Makes money at it too. He works down in DC at one of the airports working on all their vehicles. When he comes home to visit his family here in WV he helps hubby with his army vehicles.
Its nice to see a young guy with a go-get-em attitude about work

 

[Spikedriver]

Spike your a good father. We need more like you. :green man:.

Thanks Meer

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Home Health Physical Therapy just left.
I more visit tomorrow then will be discharged from their care.
Bend is still at 95%, which is good I'm told.
Straighten is at 7% which is bad I'm told.
Supposed to be at 0, by this time.
1 day shy of being 2 weeks from surgery.
Right leg is elevated above my heart, with much needed ice pack on it right now.
Been eating crackers and drinking 7 up since she left.
Going to rest for awhile with ice pack, then it will be time for nap.

 

[Sentry18]

I went to the clinic today for my annual health assessment and discovered that my PA's nurse, who I convinced last year that I attribute my good health to eating keto, got onboard and lost 50# in 6 months. She also said her good cholesterol went up and her bad cholesterol went down. She looked great.

Then I went to the store to pick up some Vitamin D (which I am apparently low on thank to winter) and ran into a guy I went to the high school with. He used to be a pretty boy, now he looks like Grizzly Adams from the TV show. It turns out that we each had a son the same year, about 3 weeks apart, and both are now in the same tech school. Weird how these things happen.

 

[LadyLocust]

@Sentry18 That is awesome you convinced her to go keto! I have become a bit cautious as to who I mention diet to - many folks just want to eat their twinkies and nobody is supposed to notice their weight or illness. Also, good for her for doing it. Bet she feels a ton better too.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Yesterday we started off the morning with the electricians installing the 2 air conditioners one in the lounge room and one in the bedroom which took about 3 hours and then we got ready to go out to a larger town around 50 mins one way.

We went to see the RSL advocate so it turns out we have a lot of different avenues to follow and paperwork to fill out. DH may be able to get compensation from his superannuation that he didn't know about and put in claims for other injuries too so still a long trip ahead of us in getting things accomplished. That was 2 hours we spent at the advocates office and he is requesting all DH's service records including the accident details.

From there we went to lunch and then as DH has lost so much weight we had to get him some new shorts that he isn't tying up on him with the drawstring and hoping they won't fall down or using his belt to hold them up with . We got most of them on good clearance sales and saved quite a bit of money there and used our Wish e-gift card to save a further 5% off those prices. Then to the supermarket where we picked up a few bottles of soft drink on good special and a packet of pens as we are running low in the home also using our gift card to get another 5% off. I think we eat pens in our household so it is good to have a spare packet when the others wear out.

Back home where we just relaxed to be quite honest as we were quite tired after driving back home another 50 minutes. Dinner last night was roast cooked pork defrosted from the freezer and the other half of our coleslaw which we put a bit of mayonnaise on.

 

[hiwall]

Drove to our local small town today. Spiral-cut hams were on sale for 99 cents a pound and bought one of those. Wandered through the thrift store that was open but found nothing interesting. Mostly did nothing.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

After my nap this afternoon.
Stripped the bed, washed, dried and remade the bed with fresh linens.
Had supper, nothing to write home about, but filling.
Have to eat to take two medications otherwise they make me ill.
Laying here in bed watching Nova-Jupiter.
Also crocheting on a blanket.
Hope to have most of Christmas 2020 done by August.
Going to make list of things for new baby layette.
Gender Neutral- Star Wars is the theme.
Resting for now, reading forums, drinking Gatorade.

 

[snappy1]

Picked and pressure canned all my mustard greens this morning. Got a plan made for the kid to help me with shed clean out and yard chores tomorrow. May have to postpone because of weather--will see. No electric in shed. Got everything I've received ready for tax lady and paid a bill.

 

[LadyLocust]

Wah-hoo!!! @Sewingcreations15 Your so cool . That will be nice not to melt. Meanwhile, you could just come visit and cool off. We had a high of about 21* today (that -5* in your language ). The wind began to to blow about sundown and temp is up to 24*.
@MoBookworm1957 Sounds like you're doing pretty well even if range isn't quite what it's supposed to be. Keep working at it. I have faith in ya I'm not ready for next Christmas yet
@Peanut You healed up and chasing nurses yet?
@snappy1 I thought of you today. I'm dealing with insurance. I called to ask if they had paperless option. They said I owed another $420.23. I got my statement from April and tallied my payments. According to my records, I've over paid by $287. Now they say I don't owe them money- Bahaha. No you owe Meeee money. They are looking into it and I should have an answer by Monday. I like my agent - she's just a middle man, but do you know how difficult it is not to just scream Fraud!

 

[Meerkat]

Wah-hoo!!! @Sewingcreations15 Your so cool . That will be nice not to melt. Meanwhile, you could just come visit and cool off. We had a high of about 21* today (that -5* in your language ). The wind began to to blow about sundown and temp is up to 24*.
@MoBookworm1957 Sounds like you're doing pretty well even if range isn't quite what it's supposed to be. Keep working at it. I have faith in ya I'm not ready for next Christmas yet
@Peanut You healed up and chasing nurses yet?
@snappy1 I thought of you today. I'm dealing with insurance. I called to ask if they had paperless option. They said I owed another $420.23. I got my statement from April and tallied my payments. According to my records, I've over paid by $287. Now they say I don't owe them money- Bahaha. No you owe Meeee money. They are looking into it and I should have an answer by Monday. I like my agent - she's just a middle man, but do you know how difficult it is not to just scream Fraud!

Hope you win LadyL.