What's everybody doing today?

[Bacpacker]

Thats a good report Terri. Glad it wasn't worse than it was.

 

[Amish Heart]

That's terrible! How is she doing now?

 

[Terri9630]

That's terrible! How is she doing now?

She's ok. We're just waiting for the discharge paperwork now.

 

[Amish Heart]

Good!

 

[Haertig]

We're just waiting for the discharge paperwork now.

Glad to hear things are OK medically.

And I hope your next 24 hours, waiting for the paperwork, will pass quickly. I've never understood what we have to wait on in the ER. But we usually have to wait quite a long while around here. Hopefully things move a tad faster where you live!

 

[Amish Heart]

Hanging blinds and pictures in the new bedroom today. Bringing homemade dark chocolate cream pies to cousin's house for dinner tonight because it's Pi day. Hopefully getting some more organizing done in the addition, too, my sister is coming in Wednesday from Florida. And all the local ladies are coming to our place early Friday morning for breakfast and a tour (I was told yesterday ha ha). Was also told I only need to set out the tables and have the table settings and do the coffee. I suspect some men will be coming, too, to visit with my husband. It's called Amish coffee break. Goes from 9am to noon, but people arrive before 9. We have eggs for days, so I'll probably do those, too. Alot of cleaning has to happen before coffee break.

 

[UrbanHunter]

Visit to the dentist to get impressions for the healing dentures. They tried to do a digital scan but they had hardware problems. Dentist wanted the digital scan because my teeth move around too much.

Plan B was to get an analog impression. The tech had to stuff wax between my teeth to keep them from moving. That went OK until the last impression of my bite. I jumped as the tech tried to remove the impression because it almost pulled one of my teeth out.

I talked to the dentist about all of the bone grafts and asked he could prescribe something to knock me out for 3-5 days. He assured me he will give me enough opiates to keep me groggy for days.

Surgery may happen in 2-3 weeks.

I know too much info but that was my day.

Ben

Hi @Neb (Ben) I had the bone graph this year (Actually November of 2020), doing the graft was a little unpleasant, but they failed to warn me about not eating or drinking high acid foods like citrus or juice. I drank some grapefruit juice and it dissolved the thin membrane cover over the graft, which spooked me a bit. Then the other thing I want to warn you about is that about a week or 2 after the graft I got the worst bad breath, I mean it smelled like I had eaten a rotten skunk and got it's stinker stuck between my teeth, that lasted for 2 weeks... I wish someone had warned me that something like that can happen, because it scared the crap out of me.... but it did go away and heal over nicely. I go back in the week after this to have them drill the jaw and insert the anchor...

I did have something like pain for 3 weeks, but it was more like an annoying discomfort than true pain, definitely not a I thought my thumb was a nail type of pain.

Not trying to scare you, things are going well for me now and I do not regret my choice, but I wish I had been better informed.

Your friend,

Urban

 

[UrbanHunter]

Son came home for a visit Friday night, he found mold at the bottom of a book case in his room in the basement, carpet was wet... not good. The bookcase had soaked up most of the water and is a lost cause.... spent part of yesterday trying to clean up that mess. We had corned beef and cabbage for dinner, he won't be back for Easter or St. Patties Day, so he and his mom are celebrating them this weekend. I was hoping to be able to start moving plants out doors, but the weather man say's no for at least 2 more weeks. I had a lot of plants in small 1" square peat starter trays so I had to transplant them, will post that in the 2021 garden thread...

Wife is having more difficulty, she used to be able to spend a couple (3-4) hours up or moving around before having to get back on the oxygen, but over the last two weeks she can't function if she is off the oxygen for 15 minutes. She has had several accidents where she drops things or forgets things and I have to keep the TV and radio off so I can hear her if she gets stuck (she walks to the kitchen, then she can't get back to her chair without help). She is beyond frustrated and finds it difficult when I ask her to just let things sit until I can move them for her (I'm being too controlling)...

 

[Terri9630]

Glad to hear things are OK medically.

And I hope your next 24 hours, waiting for the paperwork, will pass quickly. I've never understood what we have to wait on in the ER. But we usually have to wait quite a long while around here. Hopefully things move a tad faster where you live!

We were out 20 minutes after the Doc gave his ok. We already had an apt with our primary and the kids cardiologist Mon morning. They were the reason we were driving down the mtn.

 

[Neb]

Hi @Neb (Ben) I had the bone graph this year (Actually November of 2020), doing the graft was a little unpleasant, but they failed to warn me about not eating or drinking high acid foods like citrus or juice. I drank some grapefruit juice and it dissolved the thin membrane cover over the graft, which spooked me a bit. Then the other thing I want to warn you about is that about a week or 2 after the graft I got the worst bad breath, I mean it smelled like I had eaten a rotten skunk and got it's stinker stuck between my teeth, that lasted for 2 weeks... I wish someone had warned me that something like that can happen, because it scared the crap out of me.... but it did go away and heal over nicely. I go back in the week after this to have them drill the jaw and insert the anchor...

I did have something like pain for 3 weeks, but it was more like an annoying discomfort than true pain, definitely not a I thought my thumb was a nail type of pain.

Not trying to scare you, things are going well for me now and I do not regret my choice, but I wish I had been better informed.

Your friend,

Urban

Thanks @UrbanHunter .

I will be sedated for two bone grafts and removal of 20 or so teeth. Then asked for good pain killers for the next couple of days.

Ben

 

[SheepDog]

Get more-feen (morphine), if they didn't want you to ask for more they wouldn't call it more-feen!

 

[Weedygarden]

@Terri9630 , so glad it wasn't worse. Anything like this is scary. I've been a passenger when someone slid out in gravel. Nothing serious happened, but it was scary.

 

[Meerkat]

My husband has medical issues and wakes me up a couple of times a night. Last night was only once, so that wasn't too bad. Insist that you stick to a sleep schedule, just allow more time for it. Maybe allow ten hours instead of eight hours, so that means go to bed no later than 10 pm. And get up no later than 8 am.
I'm one of those who does not do well without a sleep schedule. I refuse to nap on purpose, because it will really mess with your schedule, and it will become your schedule. My mom's schedule is crazy. She lives in her own apartment in assisted living and she stays up half the night watching junk on tv, sleeps a couple times a day, eats junk, and refuses to socialize with those around her. I never want to be that. She is missing out on life. And it's not healthy. I've noticed that little granddaughter's good for nothing mom and the twins mom have always been up all night, sleep all day. They don't work, they drink and use drugs. I turn my phone off at night because mom may call or the kid's moms might start texting. That's another thing....turn your phone off, tv off, computers off. Do not keep cats, dogs in your bed that will wake you up to be walked or fed.

Nap trick is not to nap but rest. I won't nap for more than an hour,usually 45 minutes before 1pm since we go to bed between 11 and 12am.. I feel refreshed after that.

 

[Meerkat]

My father said;

"Xxxxx don't pump iron. We dig dirt."

Ben

Told daughters same thing,but it didn't work for me. I had gravel dumped on driveway about 25 yr ago. Ask for their help, they had to go to gym!! While hubby was at work I finally got it all spread in a week. Came in from Horticulture class spread a little here and there studied and got it done.All for nothing since we sold and moved to Florida.

 

[zannej]

Terri, sorry about your wreck but glad you and your kid are OK. Waiting in the ER sucks. The ones in my area are so bad that I'd pretty much have to be unconscious to consent to go.

Woke up sweating like crazy. Thermostat said it was 74°. I think m room was warmer than that.

Been researching solar panel kits, inverters, gate opener buttons, etc.

Trying to talk best friend out of buying a truck that a "friend" told him is in perfect condition but that owner forfeited bc they couldn't afford the custom paint job they got. He's been screwed over by "friends" so many times. I don't trust it. I mean, he bought an S10 from his own uncle and the tie rod came loose. That was the second S10 with that problem. First one nearly killed him. Second time, he got out of the truck and walked home. Called someone to come haul the truck off- I'd warned him not to get another S10. One he 's looking at now is a 2017 GMC Sierra Denali. The price on it is a little too good to be true, IMO. Claims to have only 50k miles on it but wants less than $10k for it. Doesn't seem right to me.

I'm planning to do some cleaning later on but I'm still tired.

 

[rusty]

Autistic son's gaming computer died. $1700. later, good to go.

 

[Amish Heart]

The sweetest thing: A young man came to the door (driven here by his mom) to ask my husband's permission to ask our granddaughter to the junior Prom in April. She is a few months shy of 16, so almost said no, but we do know his grandpa. Yes to the dance and yes to the after party board games and treats. No to spending the night at her friend's house afterwards.
After all, we're just old, not stupid.

 

[LadyLocust]

AH that is adorable - and probably in earnest if his mom drove him there. A good quality.

I couldn't handle it - I mowed today. The yard was just looking shaggy and neglected. It's amazing how mowing cleans it up.

 

[Bacpacker]

Assembled 1 one my raised beds. I need a 20 yo to do this grunt work. Lol

 

[Meerkat]

Thanks @UrbanHunter .

I will be sedated for two bone grafts and removal of 20 or so teeth. Then asked for good pain killers for the next couple of days.

Ben

Hope you heal fast. I just had one tooth pulled Monday, Take care.

 

[Meerkat]

Assembled 1 one my raised beds. I need a 20 yo to do this grunt work. Lol

Tell me about it ,lol. I have to keep reminding myself to slow down. I'll be going at it then stop and realize I just almost killed myself!Why don't I feel that way before it comes to that?

 

[phideaux]

@Meerkat , if I do that to myself , I end up in ER.
Took me a while to learn that , and pace myself by resting every 5 minutes .

Jim

 

[Meerkat]

@Meerkat , if I do that to myself , I end up in ER.
Took me a while to learn that , and pace myself by resting every 5 minutes .

Jim

That is for sure. This week I did better, today I sopped before it got that bad. Came close other days,so I'm learning.

 

[Neb]

Catching up...

The eldest granddaughter (Olivia) got a new computer desk so my son asked for a rain check so he could assemble her new acquisition.

That left me free to spend a good part of the day resetting the Lego Lounge while listening to the Atlas Shrugged audio book. The Princess was disappointed I stopped it in the middle of Jim Taggert's weeding just before the "Money is Not the root of all evil" speach. We capped of the night competing a BBC miniseries Ivanhoe which was pretty good.

The girls came to visit and Olivia helped put Legos away to earn the right to explore my camping gear and dig through a box of old toys stored in the loft of my shop. She scored a bunch of classic GI Joe stuff including guns deep sea diving helmet and others. What she was really after was trying to find a bazooka for Barbie.

Just for fun I checked the going price on what she found. GI Joe footlocker $500. Deep sea diving gear $200. Of course those prices are for complete sets in the original box. Why did they wait to invent the "original box" thing until after I was an adult?

So Barbie will well armed.

Tomorrow more of the remodel.

Ben

 

[Meerkat]

Catching up...

The eldest granddaughter (Olivia) got a new computer desk so my son asked for a rain check so he could assemble her new acquisition.

That left me free to spend a good part of the day resetting the Lego Lounge while listening to the Atlas Shrugged audio book. The Princess was disappointed I stopped it in the middle of Jim Taggert's weeding just before the "Money is Not the root of all evil" speach. We capped of the night competing a BBC miniseries Ivanhoe which was pretty good.

The girls came to visit and Olivia helped put Legos away to earn the right to explore my camping gear and dig through a box of old toys stored in the loft of my shop. She scored a bunch of classic GI Joe stuff including guns deep sea diving helmet and others. What she was really after was trying to find a bazooka for Barbie.

Just for fun I checked the going price on what she found. GI Joe footlocker $500. Deep sea diving gear $200. Of course those prices are for complete sets in the original box. Why did they wait to invent the "original box" thing until after I was an adult?

So Barbie will well armed.

Tomorrow more of the remodel.

Ben

Thanks for two more movies or series we can watch . Ivanhoe and Atlas Shrugged. I thin I watched Atlas Shrugged a long time ago,but may watch it again.

 

[Neb]

Thanks for two more movies or series we can watch . Ivanhoe and Atlas Shrugged. I thin I watched Atlas Shrugged a long time ago,but may watch it again.

You are welcome.

The first Atlas Shrugged movie was pretty good.

The second one had a completely different cast and they should split into 2 or 3 movies. Guess there wasn't enough made on the first to fund more than one sequel.

Ben

 

[LadyLocust]

Catching up...

The eldest granddaughter (Olivia) got a new computer desk so my son asked for a rain check so he could assemble her new acquisition.

That left me free to spend a good part of the day resetting the Lego Lounge while listening to the Atlas Shrugged audio book. The Princess was disappointed I stopped it in the middle of Jim Taggert's weeding just before the "Money is Not the root of all evil" speach. We capped of the night competing a BBC miniseries Ivanhoe which was pretty good.

The girls came to visit and Olivia helped put Legos away to earn the right to explore my camping gear and dig through a box of old toys stored in the loft of my shop. She scored a bunch of classic GI Joe stuff including guns deep sea diving helmet and others. What she was really after was trying to find a bazooka for Barbie.

Just for fun I checked the going price on what she found. GI Joe footlocker $500. Deep sea diving gear $200. Of course those prices are for complete sets in the original box. Why did they wait to invent the "original box" thing until after I was an adult?

So Barbie will well armed.

Tomorrow more of the remodel.

Ben

Nice score on GI Joes.
Probably the best audio book I’ve ever listened to was Furiously Happy. It’s read by the author and parts are serious but for most of it, I was actually laughing out loud.

 

[Meerkat]

You are welcome.

The first Atlas Shrugged movie was pretty good.

The second one had a completely different cast and they should split into 2 or 3 movies. Guess there wasn't enough made on the first to fund more than one sequel.

Ben

Thanks for the info think I'll watch the first one. Also think I'll watch Lief Ericson instead of Ivanhoe for now.First Euro to visit N.America. First Atlas though.Will watch Ivanhoe when BP is better,

 

[backlash]

I got my tractor out so I could move my trash trailer and air up the tires. Dump run this week.
I saw antifreeze running out of the tractor so now I have to figure out where that's coming from. I know it didn't freeze because it's almost pure antifreeze.
I'm hoping for a hose clamp or just a hose cracked.
It's not high on my priority list because I don't use it much.
I gave the inside of my F150 a good cleaning. Looks like a new truck.

 

[Neb]

Thanks for the info think I'll watch the first one. Also think I'll watch Lief Ericson instead of Ivanhoe for now.First Euro to visit N.America. First Atlas though.Will watch Ivanhoe when BP is better,

Spending my formative years in Duluth Minnesota, he treated as if he was near god-like status.

Ben