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Apr 25, 2020
JIMINYCRICKETS...
I've spent the better part of my entire adult life living in shame that I have not maintained hospital standard cleansiness in my home, and now I'm disinfecting and tidying like an Amish woman hosting church services.
In addition to the love and dedication of front line workers, voluntary quarantiners, and everybody else pulling together to look out for each other during this thing, I am most grateful for the fact that I have finally learned how to use a Clorox wipe.
Happy Saturday, Dearies!
Apr 24, 2020
FRIDAY AGAIN
Buzzy and I are doing our thing in the d-chair, and I just looked up and realized that today is Friday! I swear, this whole not knowing what day it is can sometimes have its advantages with happy little surprises, but sheesh....enough with the time flying by already!
No plans for the weekend, as usual. I do hope to do a little cleaning and scrubbing and laundry-ing and whatnot, but nothing too intense. I have been sending checks to the cleaning company each month to cover future cleanings, so I have that to look forward to when restrictions are lifted, but I do want to try to keep up on things so they aren't overwhelmed the first time back.
This might be a good weekend to spend an hour or two purging the cube room studio and garage. Both have become kind of cluttered with stuff and could use a bit of a clean out. My problem with the garage is that I have all of the contents of CS2 in there that I thought would be used by either my sister or me in a new place, so I am torn as to what to do with some of it like bedroom sets, Christmas trees, Barbies, etc.
Maybe I should just focus on one section at a time and not get overwhelmed by the whole of it, just like I'm trying to do with losing weight.
On that front, I seem to have gotten back into a good groove and have stopped putting so much fluid on between treatments. I came off Wednesday at 110.2 and went on today at 112.9. Not too bad, and much better than the plus 3 I was gaining. My dry weight is 110 at the moment, so the more I can stay close to or under that....the better.
No news on the transplant front. I am below goal weight-wise, and am still active on the list, but nothing new to report kidney wise. I hope to see Dr Goggins again in a few months, but for now...same old same old.
Well...I suppose it's time to finish perusing the internets and then read my book. I think I gave you a wrong title last time I mentioned it...the book I'm reading is The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton. I'm really enjoying it so far, but disappointed that I am not reading more.
Happy Friday, Dearies! I hope you are safe and healthy and happy and looking forward to a weekend full of fun. Come tell me all about it!
Apr 23, 2020
YES OR NO?
THURSDAY AFTERNOON SPINSTER BLISS
New jars for Magoo's treats:
(But I did find out that the vanilla wafers are the lower fat version and only 60 calories for four cookies!)
(And yes...the jar on the far right housing the Snyder'd sourdough hard pretzels is the same jar that used to house Stewey's tiny bones and Snausages, but let's keep that between us chickens, OK?)
I climbed back into the big girl sleigh bed for my video chat with Dr Melfi and took my stitching with:
This could be dangerous....
I have been playing with Baked Alaska today, but keep getting distracted by shiny things on the amazons. Somebody please take my debit card away from me before I spend any money!
I've been so good at only ordering provisions, and my succulents were courtesy of a gift card that I received a while ago, but I keep looking up things like slippers and Tylenol and engagement rings.
"Con? Why the bleepity bleep bleep do you keep driving me nuts? Get back to your stitching and let a guy have a little peace and quiet."
Better get back to stitching and put this silly iPad away for the night, Dearies! Magoo is heading out now for provisions and will then come home to watch the football draft, and I am seriously giving thought to a good old fashioned beauty night with a mani/pedi and some serious eyebrow tweezing.
Hope you had your very own Thursday bliss! Come tell me all about it!
OH WELL...
I really didn't mean to get everybody's skirts blown up by the idea of me getting another dog. It is, most definitely, just a crazy pipe dream for me at the moment, Dearies. The logistics right now just don't work, especially when I get the call to head to Indy for transplant.
As for a cat, I am, unfortunately, allergic.
(Please don't suggest a hairless cat. I'm sure they are lovely pets, but I find them a bit disconcerting...much like decaf coffee.)
Today has started slow and sleepy. Treatment yesterday just knocked me right out, and I ended up going to bed at 7:00 and staying there until 9:00 this morning! Cold gloomy rain isn't helping matters any, but I am cozy in my flannel jammies and going to stay that way.
I do have a video chat with Dr Melfi at 1:00, so I have that to look forward to. Magoo is heading to the grocery for provisions, and then it will be time to contemplate dinner. I am thinking that a nice salad with grilled chicken might be a good idea.
Are you all well and safe and taking good care of yourselves? Please come tell me how you're doing...good or bad....and know that I'm thinking about you!
As for a cat, I am, unfortunately, allergic.
(Please don't suggest a hairless cat. I'm sure they are lovely pets, but I find them a bit disconcerting...much like decaf coffee.)
Today has started slow and sleepy. Treatment yesterday just knocked me right out, and I ended up going to bed at 7:00 and staying there until 9:00 this morning! Cold gloomy rain isn't helping matters any, but I am cozy in my flannel jammies and going to stay that way.
I do have a video chat with Dr Melfi at 1:00, so I have that to look forward to. Magoo is heading to the grocery for provisions, and then it will be time to contemplate dinner. I am thinking that a nice salad with grilled chicken might be a good idea.
Are you all well and safe and taking good care of yourselves? Please come tell me how you're doing...good or bad....and know that I'm thinking about you!
Apr 22, 2020
Apr 21, 2020
OK...LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN
I am also contemplating an order of low-light house plants. I had quite a few plants at Chez Spinster, and really do miss them terribly.
Magoo has put a complete veto on a puppy, since he would be the one to have to walk and care for it, but I'm slowly wearing him down. I am seriously considering getting a small fish tank to demonstrate my ability to care for a living thing. Let's hope for the best.
Time to read the day's papers, fix dinner, finish the laundry, and get to stitching. I managed to clean the bath and kitchen and pay bills and shuffle paperwork, so it has been a lovely and productive little Tuesday!
How was your day, Dearie?
WHAT DAY IS IT?
I know I am not alone in this feeling, but I have absolutely no idea what day of the week it is. Forget about the day of the month....that went by the wayside a while ago. My poor planner has gathered dust, my little weekly routines have completely fallen apart, and I'm lucky if I can remember to don shoes and socks before leaving CS2 for the d-chair.
But....
Isn't this the exact time that we all yearn for? Minus the virus, of course. But unlimited time to sit and just be still is good for us, right? My prayer is that we will all emerge kinder, quieter, smarter, and more comfortable in our own skin.
One of the things that bonds us all in this thing of ours is our happiness to spend time in our own company, I think. Yes, there are retreats and gatherings and guilds and whatnot, but for the most part, stitchers are perfectly happy to sit with themselves and a project for hours in solitude.
Right?
Or is it just me?
(But there is always the contradiction. Rich and I were talking about what constitutes a dream house, and my reply was...a good kitchen, a nice tub to have a soak, a fireplace, and enough bedrooms that everybody could come for holidays. A full house of family has always been my wish, so how I ended up a spinster in a one-bedroom is completely beyond me.)
OK. Enough navel gazing. There is laundry to do, paperwork and bills to shuffle about, and stitching to be enjoyed for the day. The sun is shining here, even if it's a bit windy and cool, but I think Spring is peeping her head out a bit.
Happy Tuesday, Dearies!
But....
Isn't this the exact time that we all yearn for? Minus the virus, of course. But unlimited time to sit and just be still is good for us, right? My prayer is that we will all emerge kinder, quieter, smarter, and more comfortable in our own skin.
One of the things that bonds us all in this thing of ours is our happiness to spend time in our own company, I think. Yes, there are retreats and gatherings and guilds and whatnot, but for the most part, stitchers are perfectly happy to sit with themselves and a project for hours in solitude.
Right?
Or is it just me?
(But there is always the contradiction. Rich and I were talking about what constitutes a dream house, and my reply was...a good kitchen, a nice tub to have a soak, a fireplace, and enough bedrooms that everybody could come for holidays. A full house of family has always been my wish, so how I ended up a spinster in a one-bedroom is completely beyond me.)
OK. Enough navel gazing. There is laundry to do, paperwork and bills to shuffle about, and stitching to be enjoyed for the day. The sun is shining here, even if it's a bit windy and cool, but I think Spring is peeping her head out a bit.
Happy Tuesday, Dearies!
Apr 20, 2020
I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE DAMN CHEESESTEAK
Well, here we are on another Monday morning in the d-chair, Dearies. I apologize for my absence yesterday, but I was sickety sick sick. JB Magoo ordered a box of cheesesteaks from Tony Luc's, and our plan was to eat them for a Saturday night treat.
But noooooo.
I had to be an idiot an opt for Chinese food instead.
I've been craving it so much, but JB Magoo does. not. like. Chinese. food. at. all. So I decided that he could eat his cheesesteaks, and I would do the ubereats thing and splurge a bit. Unfortunately, the food came from a restaurant that was not known to me, and I ordered a dish I had never had before, so it disagreed with me.
That'll teach me.
So my yesterday was spent mostly in the big girl sleigh bed, and then finally in the evening I was able to enjoy some TeeVee watching and stitching:
I can't wait to get home and back to this lovely. I never realized how much I would miss stitching here in the d-chair, but at least it gives me something to look forward to this afternoon, right?
Here's hoping that your week is off to a wonderful start and that you are safe and well with those you love. I get a kick out of people asking me if staying inside bothers me. I usually answer with "I'm an agoraphibic hermit spinster who is terrified of germs anyway. So, no. I'm good with staying in."
I do wish it was under different circumstances, though, and that nobody had to be on the front lines of this thing.
Happy Monday! Do something fun and come tell me all about it!
But noooooo.
I had to be an idiot an opt for Chinese food instead.
I've been craving it so much, but JB Magoo does. not. like. Chinese. food. at. all. So I decided that he could eat his cheesesteaks, and I would do the ubereats thing and splurge a bit. Unfortunately, the food came from a restaurant that was not known to me, and I ordered a dish I had never had before, so it disagreed with me.
That'll teach me.
So my yesterday was spent mostly in the big girl sleigh bed, and then finally in the evening I was able to enjoy some TeeVee watching and stitching:
Here's hoping that your week is off to a wonderful start and that you are safe and well with those you love. I get a kick out of people asking me if staying inside bothers me. I usually answer with "I'm an agoraphibic hermit spinster who is terrified of germs anyway. So, no. I'm good with staying in."
I do wish it was under different circumstances, though, and that nobody had to be on the front lines of this thing.
Happy Monday! Do something fun and come tell me all about it!
Apr 17, 2020
NIGHT NIGHT
I'm home from the procedure with sedatives coursing through my veins, a half cup of damn good consumed, and Buzzy sleeping nicely under his new blanket:
He was a bit of a mess once Dr Harmon got in there, and the amount of angioplasty was pretty extensive....especially in my collar bone area. Ouch.
Kerry was right on with her assessment that I have a stent. I also have several coils and clamps.
What can I say? Buzzy loves his accessories.
Baked Alaska is just so damn yummy I almost can't stand it:
That darker blue is quickly becoming my very favorite color ever. So very very...soothing.
Well, Dearies. I supposed I better go tuck myself in and let this stuff wear off. I hope to get a good snooze and then a nice light lunch and then spend the rest of the day with needle and thread.
How about you? Come tell me all about it!
He was a bit of a mess once Dr Harmon got in there, and the amount of angioplasty was pretty extensive....especially in my collar bone area. Ouch.
What can I say? Buzzy loves his accessories.
Baked Alaska is just so damn yummy I almost can't stand it:
Well, Dearies. I supposed I better go tuck myself in and let this stuff wear off. I hope to get a good snooze and then a nice light lunch and then spend the rest of the day with needle and thread.
How about you? Come tell me all about it!
Apr 16, 2020
DAMN, DRAT, AND PHOOEY
Well, that was a waste of a perfectly good Xanax.
And a hair wash.
And a leg and armpit shave.
I got to the Access Center for my procedure, and when questioned about breakfast, I proudly reported that "I had scrambled eggs and an English muffin at 10am" but that I was NPO (that means nothing to eat or drink) since then.
Uh, duh.
The NPO was supposed to start at 8am...a full six hours before the procedure. Not four.
So I have been re-scheduled for 7:30 tomorrow morning (NPO after midnight), and we can try this again and I can just sit here in the Happy Chair being happy until the Xanax wears off.
And....because I really AM trying to be a good little kidney patient, I grabbed a 6:20am chair time for Saturday, since I am pretty sure my normal chair time tomorrow will be a no-go for Buzzy, and four days between treatments is too much and hard on the heart.
So, just when you thought I had it all together, I go and do something silly like eat breakfast two hours late on a Thursday. Sheesh. Can't take me anywhere!
And a hair wash.
And a leg and armpit shave.
I got to the Access Center for my procedure, and when questioned about breakfast, I proudly reported that "I had scrambled eggs and an English muffin at 10am" but that I was NPO (that means nothing to eat or drink) since then.
Uh, duh.
The NPO was supposed to start at 8am...a full six hours before the procedure. Not four.
So I have been re-scheduled for 7:30 tomorrow morning (NPO after midnight), and we can try this again and I can just sit here in the Happy Chair being happy until the Xanax wears off.
And....because I really AM trying to be a good little kidney patient, I grabbed a 6:20am chair time for Saturday, since I am pretty sure my normal chair time tomorrow will be a no-go for Buzzy, and four days between treatments is too much and hard on the heart.
So, just when you thought I had it all together, I go and do something silly like eat breakfast two hours late on a Thursday. Sheesh. Can't take me anywhere!
THURSDAY
Chello!
Buzzy and I are getting ourselves ready for our fistulagram appointment later this afternoon, and I am doing my level best not to think about it. It's not completely unpleasant....the procedure room techs and nurses are amazing, and I get a little mild sedation to help relax me, but I am dreading having to enter a medical facility under the circumstances.
I do, however, get a turkey sandwich and a juice box when it's all over, so I have that going for me!
(Many of you ask why Buzzy needs to be roto-rootered. It's not at all uncommon for this kind of "pipe" to become narrowed. Apparently, the body sees it as an unnatural construction, so it tries to shut it down and create its own detours. In addition to the pain of the needles, I am also having pain in my collarbone wake me up in the middle of the night, so chances are there is a blockage there.)
(Think of it kinda like an oil change. Sometimes a pain in the neck, but necessary to keep the engine running smoothly.)
Lots of stitching last night after treatment, which completely delights me. I am normally fuzzy-brained and too wiped out to pick up a needle, but last night I did a fair amount:
I'll admit...the silk through the linen is luscious and just. like. butta...and the colors are so very soothing and calming and peaceful and...lovely.
Chances are that I will have a free day tomorrow because Buzzy will be too sore to go to dialysis, so I am hoping to set myself up in the Happy Chair with Plum Pudding on my lap stand and bead the daylights out of her. If I remember correctly, the beading of these pieces goes pretty quickly once you get organized, so maybe there's a Happy Dance in my immediate future?
That does it for me today, Dearies! I hope you have a swell Thursday and that you get to do all of the things. Come tell me what's making your heart sing today!
Buzzy and I are getting ourselves ready for our fistulagram appointment later this afternoon, and I am doing my level best not to think about it. It's not completely unpleasant....the procedure room techs and nurses are amazing, and I get a little mild sedation to help relax me, but I am dreading having to enter a medical facility under the circumstances.
I do, however, get a turkey sandwich and a juice box when it's all over, so I have that going for me!
(Many of you ask why Buzzy needs to be roto-rootered. It's not at all uncommon for this kind of "pipe" to become narrowed. Apparently, the body sees it as an unnatural construction, so it tries to shut it down and create its own detours. In addition to the pain of the needles, I am also having pain in my collarbone wake me up in the middle of the night, so chances are there is a blockage there.)
(Think of it kinda like an oil change. Sometimes a pain in the neck, but necessary to keep the engine running smoothly.)
Lots of stitching last night after treatment, which completely delights me. I am normally fuzzy-brained and too wiped out to pick up a needle, but last night I did a fair amount:
Chances are that I will have a free day tomorrow because Buzzy will be too sore to go to dialysis, so I am hoping to set myself up in the Happy Chair with Plum Pudding on my lap stand and bead the daylights out of her. If I remember correctly, the beading of these pieces goes pretty quickly once you get organized, so maybe there's a Happy Dance in my immediate future?
That does it for me today, Dearies! I hope you have a swell Thursday and that you get to do all of the things. Come tell me what's making your heart sing today!
Apr 15, 2020
IN WHICH WE HAVE A LOVELY BIRTHDAY
Go figure.
(I honestly don't know if the stuff works or not, but if it keeps me from passing out from the pain of getting hooked up....I'm all in.)
Thank you for all of your birthday wishes! I had such a lovely day, starting with flowers, a card, a wonderful quiche and fruit salad for breakfast, lots of stitching, and a lasagne dinner with chocolate cake to top it all off. The day was quiet, peaceful, healthy, and happy, and I felt very very loved.
I gathered and organized and futzed and putzed with three projects:
I did make a fair amount of progress on her while watching Captain America and The Avengers, but alas, I forgot to take a photo. I started in the middle and worked three sections of the lower right quadrant, and am just itching to get home today and continue!
On a whim, I also re-hung my gallery wall with stitching more appropriate for Spring, but I forgot to take a photo of that too. Suffice it to say, there was a lot of strategizing as to how to cover holes and whatnot, so methinks I will be re-painting sooner rather than later!
It's snowing here in Hoosierville today....a lovely white dusting on all of the trees. I don't think it will last very long, but it sure is pretty to view while daydreaming here in the d-chair!
Happy Futzingday! I hope you are warm and safe and well and that, if you celebrated a birthday with me yesterday, it was perfectly wonderful. Fifty-four was a significant one for me, since that is the age my dear mom was when she passed away, so thank you for distracting me with so much happiness and love!
Apr 14, 2020
Apr 13, 2020
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S DYNGUS DAY!!!
Happy Monday, and Happy Dyngus Day, Dearies!
Here in Hoosierville, the Monday after Easter is celebrated according to Polish tradition, with lots of Polish sausage and frolicking and whatnot. It is also the traditional start of the political season, so oftentimes, the frolicking involves politicians politicking, too.
Not being of Polish persuasion, I am still unclear of the particulars, but I think it involves boys throwing water on girls and girls whipping boys about the heads with tree branches (or something to that effect).
All I know for sure is that in my younger days you were often asked if you were going "Dyngusing", but I never did.
Our weekend feasting was swell. Rich thoroughly enjoyed his turkey feast on Saturday, and I enjoyed my ham feast on Sunday:
(The red on the second plate is pickled beets and hard boiled eggs....an Easter staple that I look forward to every year!) There was also peach pie for dessert, but we scarfed it down before I had a chance to take a pic.
On the movie front, it was Shaft on Friday night and Yesterday on Saturday. We also started watching The Outsider on HBO, but I am still unsure if I will make it all the way through, since it is a little too creepy/horror/Steven Kingish for me.
Today is cold and windy, so I will probably snuggle under my blanket and zone out for a bit. We're having a fair bit of trouble with Buzzy, so it looks like I'm going to have to head to the Access Center for a checkup/rotorooter appointment.
On the reading front, I finished Where the Crawdads Sing and thought it very good. Last night, I started The Watchmaker's Daughter, and am so far very intrigued.
Well, I think that about does it for me today. I hope you have a splendid Monday and that you'll come yell me all about it!
Here in Hoosierville, the Monday after Easter is celebrated according to Polish tradition, with lots of Polish sausage and frolicking and whatnot. It is also the traditional start of the political season, so oftentimes, the frolicking involves politicians politicking, too.
Not being of Polish persuasion, I am still unclear of the particulars, but I think it involves boys throwing water on girls and girls whipping boys about the heads with tree branches (or something to that effect).
All I know for sure is that in my younger days you were often asked if you were going "Dyngusing", but I never did.
Our weekend feasting was swell. Rich thoroughly enjoyed his turkey feast on Saturday, and I enjoyed my ham feast on Sunday:
(The red on the second plate is pickled beets and hard boiled eggs....an Easter staple that I look forward to every year!) There was also peach pie for dessert, but we scarfed it down before I had a chance to take a pic.
On the movie front, it was Shaft on Friday night and Yesterday on Saturday. We also started watching The Outsider on HBO, but I am still unsure if I will make it all the way through, since it is a little too creepy/horror/Steven Kingish for me.
Today is cold and windy, so I will probably snuggle under my blanket and zone out for a bit. We're having a fair bit of trouble with Buzzy, so it looks like I'm going to have to head to the Access Center for a checkup/rotorooter appointment.
On the reading front, I finished Where the Crawdads Sing and thought it very good. Last night, I started The Watchmaker's Daughter, and am so far very intrigued.
Well, I think that about does it for me today. I hope you have a splendid Monday and that you'll come yell me all about it!
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