Thanks, Double R. AS aggravating as cats can be sometimes, they got me through some tough times. I've had severe depression in the past and knowing my kitties needed me was one of the things that kept me from killing myself. Burying my face against a cat and listening to the purr is very soothing. I had some back pain and abdomonal pain-- positioned cats on both spots and got them to stay-- worked like heating pads.
@UrbanHunter I hope your wife enjoys her trip to the fabric store. I hope she will recover quickly. A lot of places aren't wheelchair friendly still. It can be frustrating.
@Meerkat, Wow! That was fast. Mine took about an hour to pull and they had to break it up into pieces. It had extra roots & didn't want to come out. If it doesn't stop bleeding within 24hrs put a teabag in the socket and hold it in until the bleeding stops. You'll need a lot of gauze- has to be changed frequently. It bleeds quite a bit the first few hours. No straws. No acid (citrus). No swishing stuff around in your mouth. No poking at it (that was the hardest part for me- I wanted to poke my tongue in to feel the changes- after 24hrs it developed something that felt like jelly to my tongue and gradually the hole got smaller). Rice can get stuck in the socket. You still need to make sure to drink plenty of water and have the water sit over the socket so it won't dry out. When I had mine pulled they wrote me a scrip for narcotics & were worried I'd be in pain. Maybe it's because I get migraines or maybe the pain from the toothache was so bad that it desensitized me to the soreness, but I didn't need painkillers afterward. I had to use the teabag after 24hrs- probably bc I broke the "no heavy lifting" rule & had to lift several cases of water bc it was the day before we got hit with a hurricane. I think it bled for about 30hrs. I used a breakfast tea bag that tasted good to stop the bleeding.
@Spikedriver Yikes. I hope the pacemaker works for your father. That can be frightening for children to witness.
Mo, that reminds me I need to do more laundry.
@ben glad the kids are enjoying exploring the corners. I remember as a kid I wanted to explore the attic but it wasn't safe. So I ended up exploring under the house. Found some old dishes. Some random weird stuff. Found a live wire that zapped me a little-- Dad took care of that quickly. It was so much fun when I was young, small, and spry. Now I huff and puff like the big bad wolf and flop around like a beached whale if I try to crawl under there. LOL.
Went to the post office bc I forgot it was MLK day. Will have to go back tomorrow to submit the box renewal slip. Went to Samsclub with my brother. Got several cases of water & some other frozen foods. Popped in to check on our favorite Chinese place. Owner wasn't there. Only saw 2 employees. One was greeting people and taking payments, the other was serving drinks, cleaning tables, sweeping the floor, etc all by himself. He was busting his hump. Found out he speaks a tiny bit of Japanese he learned from cartoons. Nice guy. Dropped off a baby yoda blanket at friend's house & headed home. Currently sitting under cats.
Almost forgot I got stopped at a random checkpoint (nowhere near the border so I don't know what the purpose was). I got out license, registration, & insurance card. Put my mask on, rolled the window all the way down, showed the cop (he asked for license and insurance). I held all 3 things up. He glanced at them very briefly, said "Looks good to me!" and waved me on. An ambulance got stuck behind that mess. Wonder what they were looking for. I suspect they were trying to sniff for weed and hoping to find people without insurance. They didn't have masks on.
I'm about to get up and feed the kitties again and pop some laundry in the washing machine.
My husband and I were wondering what was going to happen to him in all this craziness. Mike Lindell has done a great deal of charitable works with the success of his company, and his company employs a lot of people - charities and people who are already suffering with lockdowns from covid - now this. Grrrr!
Ok that’s only partly true 
Am really inspired by members here decluttering so I’m keeping at it. Sure feels good when done but not so much when I see all I still got to go through. Hard to get rid of stuff right now since replacing things is more of a challenge these days but I’m keeping at it anyways.
Ya like the fact she didn’t fill everything out. We went with her because of the strict lockdowns and the ability to send her everything and get them done still. Finding a new person this year no matter what. So pushing on and getting them done early. Changing our calving season has been a change this year. Usually we’re calving during tax season so we don’t file till later in the year.
I’ve wanted this for so long! Every time I bought stuff at the store I feel like I’m doing wrong by not making our own and preserving it. Looking to get the Ball Blue Book but not paying $26 for a $10 book so the hunt continues.
