[Mari]

Originally Posted by bizi

I am sorry about the burner. I always check all of the burners after cooking before we sit down to dinner because we sometimes leave the burner on, both of us do this sometimes so I have just made a habit of checking all of the burners before we eat. always.
It just takes getting into the habit.
I hope you are able to relax this weekend.
any ball games on?
bizi

Do any of you ladies watch baseball?

I like it but we have new cable t.v. so I do not know which channels to find
baseball.


M

[bizi]

We don't have cable sorry. .....we get about 10 channels, major net works and pbs.
bizi

[Dmom3005]

When my tv is showing baseball yes. But right now watching golf.
Got tired of SVU

Special Victims unit. Forgot its main name.

Donna

[OhKay]

I read the manual for the air purifier and there was no trouble shooting info on the issue we're supposedly having. But I thought about it… the thing is blowing a lot of air out… how could it be blowing air out if it's not taking air in? I told my husband I'd be willing to go through all the bull**** of trying to get it fixed under the warranty IF he could answer that question for me. I had it off all day Friday and he said it was really smoky when he came home. I don't think it's really broken, and it's not the filters because I've replaced those. I think he's just fixated on it and looking for a problem.

Since switching to the Blue Buffalo sensitive stomach food, I'm cleaning up WAY less cat puke, with the exception of when Rocky eats too fast or Buddy coughs up the occasional hairball (on the bed). I can't stop Rocky from pigging out, even though I've tried a few things in the past, but I bought some "hairball gel" to help Buddy out. It's a chicken flavored paste that you put on their paws (so they have to lick it off) that's supposed to help with hair digestion. I'm giving it to all three cats. I guess it tastes really good because Rocky will lick it off my finger lol. I just started using it, so it's too early to tell if it's working or not.
I was looking at some of my pictures yesterday when I realized the dates of some of Rocky's kitten pictures are from 2005. I got him when he was already about 9 months old so that means he's probably about 13, and that means Buddy is 12, and Dottie is 11. I already knew that they were senior citizens, but that made me sad because I know I probably don't have a lot of time left with them

I used to watch baseball RELIGIOUSLY for many years. I was an absolute FANATIC and never missed a game. My husband wouldn't watch, so I would DVR games and watch them after he went to bed… that was when I didn't sleep at night. Long story short: Because of meds and other things, I had to get on a regular sleep schedule, and had to give up baseball. That stuck and I'm in bed early every night. My husband still won't watch games, so I only caught 2 games last year… I miss it, but I guess I gave it up for a good cause.

Mari, We get Red Sox and Bruins games here on a local sports channel called NESN. I think most markets have channels like that for local teams. But major sports networks like ESPN carry random games most nights. You can try searching for the channel line up for your cable provider online. They usually break up the channels by type, or sometimes they are color coded, so you should be able to get a listing of the sports channels to narrow things down a bit.
When I'm looking, I search for "Comcast channel line up," and when I click on a link I get directed to a page where I enter my zip code to get a list. You should be able to print it out.

[bizi]

I am glad that your kitties are tolerating the food better.
Yes it is sad thinking that you may not have a lot of time left to love your kitties but who knows with the good care that you are giving them they could live to be 20!
bizi

[OhKay]

Our lease ends at the end of July. We're supposed to leave the apartment in "move in condition," and I don't want to get stuck with a huge housekeeping fee. But I've neglected a lot of things around here because I mainly just do the basics because that's all I have the energy to do, but two smokers and 3 cats have been living here for over 7 years, and there is absolutely NO ****ING WAY I'd be able to pack everything and clean this mess up to those standards in a short period of time… So I'm going to have to find a way to keep up with my regular cleaning (much better than I have been) and chip away at and maintain some of the things I've been neglecting so that when we do move, the cleaning will be much easier for me.

The list is long, and I'm not exactly in fighting form, so I'm glad I'm making this realization NOW because it probably WILL take me 3 months to get things up to snuff. I'm going to have to change how I do things. I'm at my best in the early morning, so I should be spending some of that time getting things done around here vs. getting lost online. I have to find some way of holding myself accountable without overdoing it or allowing some of those cleaning projects to become activating. I have no idea how I'll do that tho.

I'm going to need my husband's help with some things like pulling out the furniture and appliances so I can clean behind and around them. I don't anticipate much resistance there, but getting him to do anything else will be much harder/has been much harder… there is an entire room, the one that needs the most work, I can't do anything with until he throws out the furniture and other things that have been festering in there. At home he is ****ING LAZY.

I'm going to do my best to get my apartment up to par this week (minus the minutia). It will be interesting to see what my baseline for physical activity is early in the morning.

[bizi]

This sounds daunting to me.
good luck and don't worry about spending too much time on line here. we understand.
(((((HUGS and love)))))
bizi

[Mari]

Good luck with the tasks, Kay.


Moving the furniture and other things as you say will help.


M

[OhKay]

Things haven't started out well this week. Yesterday I wasn't up to cleaning after running errands, and I'm not holding out much hope for today. I'm not feeling very well and see a very early nap in my future, but may be able to get something done when I wake up?

I haven't been treating my constipation like I should be and it's a big problem. I took 2 bottles of mag. citrate last night and it made me very nauseous, which is a major reason why I don't like to take it. I've been going to the BR, but I will have to go through this at least once more after a day of rest before I can get back on a weekly maintenance routine with it

[bizi]

I am sorry you are not feeling well.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi