Wednesday
 

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'Saw these for sale outside a shop a while back.
We had a new moon last night.

M

Cute video
 

Cat Plays Whack-A-Finger


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmRJa8NbAdI



M

The picture is beautiful.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Beautiful flowers!

Thank you for the cat video! :)
I can see my husband doing something like that, but not putting quite so much work into it. When ever we get big boxes, he likes to keep them around for a little while. He cuts windows and such into them and puts the cats inside. He's big into the laser pointer, catnip, and toys, and watches more cats videos than he'll admit to.

oh I liked seeing the orchid this morning! thank you for sharing this.:)
kay I liked how your husband plays with the cat. What is your cats name, i forget.
bizi

That is so funny. :D :D :D


M

Rocky Balboa (10), Buddy Light (9), and Dottie Doo (8).

I know I often mention the harsher side of my husband, but he has a soft side and can be very lovable, too. When I was in the psych ward last time, he took videos of himself playing with the cats with the long cat toys, and them rolling in catnip, and sent them to me to make me feel better :)

kay again thank you for sharing.
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

Work colleague's wife again.
 

My Workfriend's widow asked me on facebook to come to her son's 18 birthday July in Pennsylvania.


(After my friend died after a sad illness, hubby and I would meet the wife and kid twice a year for lunch. The kid is a weird kid who has many traits
that hubby has so they get along. I felt like hubby and I helped the kid.)
I miss her husband --- think about him a lot when I am thinking about work things.




(She is the one I helped pack up to move about two years ago.
I spent a lot of time that day with her son while hubby spent time with her.
I helped the son be o.k with moving across the country,
helped him with his stuff, helped him pack up his father's enormous vinyl collection, helped him be o.k.
with being in a long car ride with his mom that he told me he does not like. . . . . took into consideration the needs of the deaf and blind dog while we were boxing up/ moving stuff.. . . . . . .
Dealing with the items in the house was kind of a goodbye to my work-friend AGAIN. A few years before, I had cleaned out his work office and boxed up stuff.
And there were two memorial services in town (one work, one family).


++++++++++
==========

NO. I cannot take a plane trip to a b-day party.

My first time on a plane in fourteen (14) years was to see one of my brothers last summer.
I HAVE NOT BEEN OK SINCE THAT TRIP IN JULY, 2015.
It was toooooooooooo much for me.




M

I might decide to ignore her for a while, send her a short note, and forget sbout her.
My sis says she never "got" me.

Perhaps she is not handling things very well - I dunno, but I canot be a friend to her.

I think it is important to set your boundaries, know your limits.
bizi

I'm sorry you miss your friend. You must have been very close. :hug:

It seems like you and your husband have already gone out of you way to be kind to his family and maintain a connection. I think asking someone to get on a plane to attend an 18 year old non-relative's birthday party is a heck of a lot to ask. I agree with Bizi… you have to draw the line somewhere.

Kay,

Right, I feel like Hubby and I were helping them temporarily. But I also thought I was done when they moved across the country.
For now, I am ignoring FB. 'Maybe get back to her Sat with a gentle "no."


M

Hubby's high fat diet plan
 

Hubby is doing well eating low carb and high-ish fat.
We do not have a glucose monitor and we are not tracking carbs (because he
won't do it) and I certainly do not want to make this plan a big hassle for him,
so he weighs once a week as a way to know the plan is probably working.
After his initial water loss, he settled down to losing one pound a week for the past 5 or 6 weeks.


One of his new foods is coffee and half and half (or regular whipping cream) in the Nutribullet
I never drink coffee but he drinks it and this version seems to help him not crave the fruits and sweet snacks he used to eat.
Sometimes he adds Raw Organic Cacao Nibs to the half and half coffee.

This is what the manufacturer sent me in an email today for a recommendation
about the Cacao Nibs :
That sounds delicious.


M

So glad that hubby is doing well.
Glad that he is letting you help him.
I love goat cheese!
bizi

I didn't think there was anything that could make coffee better, but maybe I should try cacao nibs in my coffee…

Dave Barry on DST
 

"You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason
why we observe daylight saving time." ~ ~ Dave Barry




M

It is bizarre and we're the only country who does it… I wonder how does the rest of the world deal with us? I think it becomes more controversial every year.

Lots of countries used to do it and then stopped.



Countries that still do it include these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylig...ime_by_country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylig...ntries_Map.png


Canada,
Mexico
Bahamas
Paraguay
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Haiti
Cuba
Brazil

Most of Europe


Namibia
Western Sahara

Israel
Iran
Lebanon
Turkey
Syria
Ukraine
Palastine
Lebonon

Mongolia
Parts of Australia
New Zealand
Samoa
Fiji



M

I wonder if we'll ever stop doing it?

I kept saying things like, "It's 8 o'clock now, so is the real time 7 or 6?" My husband kept saying, "This is the real time now!" I used to get crossed up during daylight's savings before, but with the cognitive issues I really can't get my mind around it now. I think I understand it, but then it's gone…. I had my husband change the clocks that needed it. It's not worth thinking about.

I'm on eastern time, period. I just always stay that way.

Otherwise I'd be really messed up. Since half of Indiana seems
to change either central or eastern.

Donna :hug::hug::grouphug:

Kay,

Your husband saying it is the real time now --- lol.

It was nice driving home in the daylight instead of the dark after Monday's long work day.


M

How are you doing Mari?
bizi

missing you....
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

I have been waking up around 6 for some reason, whether I got enough sleep or not.
Today I went outside to see the full moon before it starts waning.
It was beautiful to see it in the Western sky.
I do not think I have
ever seen the "setting" moon.


Tomorrow is an employee recognition barbecue set up outside on a field.
I am reserved to the point of being shy and this kind of unstructured but
structured event feels like torture.
Both hubby and I are getting "recognized" because our time falls on years in
multiples of fives: 10, 15, 20, 25.

It does not seem fair.
I have to go. Yet, I could easily screw up because the two big big bosses will be
there. Also so called colleagues.

M

I've been getting up around 6 am for months now and I hate it. I should walk outside to see the moon. What a wonderful way to start the day!

I think I understand what you mean by an "unstructured but structured event" being torture. Those kind of things can be so uncomfortable. I never know what to do with myself in those situations aside from gluing myself to one person for safety if possible (I have a tendency to do that in all social situations). Having the bosses there is obviously more stressful.

I'm sorry you have to go… I hope everything goes alright. And congratulations for your mystery achievement! :)

It is only about how many years I have been there.

All employees who did not arrive 5/10/15/20/25/30 years ago are also invited/ encouraged to attend.
Maybe I will find someone to talk to that I have not seen much --someone
who is not in an unfavored political camp and who does not annoy me.

(Feeling grumpy)

M

Lol, I'm sorry I missed the "achievement" in the original post Mari.

I've been out of the workforce for so long, I forgot about the political implications of the workplace. I know some places are worse than others. Anywhere where there's a union has the potential to be absolutely unbearable. My last job was at the VA… No, I don't miss the politics.

I hope you find someone to talk to that is agreeable.:)
bizi
Who did not sleep well last night.
yawn

taxes -- finally
 

Hubby's social security was used by someone else last year when we were supposed to get a refund.

It was a big mes.
For the last 10 months hubby has been dealing with the IRS himself via
phone calls and two days ago spent over an hour at an appt after driving
to the IRS regional office to make sure we had everything right to file.
(New procedures were put in place for people in our category & things became
confusing.)

We are paying the IRS a little this year and will work it out that way in the future (prevents criminals from getting a hold of our refund).


Hubby mailed the completed forms Saturday a.m.

feeling relieved, M

hooray! that is great to get that part over with.

Wow, that is a big mess, Mari! I can't imagine the stress that put him under...

I'm glad that this year's forms are finished and on their way to the IRS. I'm sure it is a big relief after last year's fiasco.

It does not help that hubby naturally distrusts other people.
For example he decided that someone in the office of the accountant
we had been using stole his social security.


I am so very happy that it was hubby's number and not mine.
Otherwise, he would have blamed me (or the accountant).
---
On the other hand, he keeps track of all the mail.
And he pays attention to details. And helps me keep track of myself.



M

team work! :)
bizi

Staying up late on purpose
 

Two nights in a row I watched live feeds of Guns and Roses from the T Mobile Arena in Vegas.

Several fans were "broadcasting" using Periscope


Tonight's show was even better than last night somehow.:):)
The guys were on fire.


M

glad that you enjoyed the performances!
bizi

you know how to live when you know how to live!
bobby

I would LOVE to see Guns and Roses in concert!!! I'm going to try to catch them online.

I love that Axel Rose is sitting in a throne because he broke his foot! It's the same one that Dave Grohl sat in when he toured with the Foo Fighters after he broke his leg. I would be a little disappointed if I saw G&R and didn't get to see Axel do the crab dance though…

Kay,

Some folks said that his singing was better because he was not running around
on the stage.
But, then, some songs would have been better if he could have stood for them.

I remember that about Dave Grohl breaking his leg while he was performing.
It is pretty cool that Axl is using the same "throne."

M

I just think it's awesome they're touring together! It's a minor miracle!

Axel looks so weird… at least the second round of bad plastic surgery. There's a rumor that he's going to tour with AC/DC because their frontman can't tour anymore, but I don't know how he would pull that off if he's already touring with G&R.