24 Nov .

[Mick]

hi all how are we doing today then? hope we are all doing ok.Snow has all gone....however we are still in storm Bert ...the garden is waterlogged ,the field is flooded and its like a river running down the hill.Quite a few of the roads are flooded .Glad we never went away. We are going to see if we can get a vets appointment this week ...I think Argyl is struggling ...where he shuffles around his fur has gone ..and when he goes to the toilet I have to wash him to stop urine burns ..I cant think of an alternative but we shall see hopefully not ,
hope everyone is having a decent weekend

[Slo]

Aw, sorry you are there again with another beloved pet, Mick. I’m still haunted by Boyd. But the vet really felt it was time. Your vet may feel the same about Argyl as well.

Yeah, the problem with early snowfalls is all the runoff when they melt.

I just tried my new (used) indoor exercise bike. It was better than my last one, but still ended up really bothering the baby toe on the left and bothering the knee replacement on the right after 12 minutes, so that is the limit. And the need to rest afterwards. Pathetic! But better than nothing.

My sister & I went out for brunch together. That got me out a little. I had wanted to go up and see the grandchildren, but Mabel has a bad viral rash.

I am on day 2 of skipping my antidepressant Lexapro, in order to get a more accurate brain wave reading on Tuesday. So it’s probably best that I lay low. I suppose the brain zaps will start tomorrow. I will resume on Tuesday, but want to start titrating off over 7 months, by reducing down by 1 tablet per week each month.

Got my potatoes today, for my contribution of mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving!

Hope all is well in Lav-land, and well for PQ’s computer-free weekend.

[Lavande]

`Greetings all,

I actually forgot to post here yesterday even though I thought about it a few times, hmm. I admit I am easily distracted these days. Temp around 50 degrees today, mostly sunny. We ran out to Walmart for a few things this afternoon but otherwise have been home all weekend. No decision has been made about Thanksgiving yet. Tomorrow (25th) is my son’s birthday so I will text him & just ask directly about the holiday. I know it’s my DIL causing all this grief, it’s not his fault. So, who knows what’s to happen?

Mick, sorry to hear about Argyl. It’s sad watching them lose their ability to do normal things with ease. We went thru months of that with YB’s cat until she passed not too long ago. See what the vet has to say, never know. Staying in this weekend sounds good.

Slo, good luck with your brain scan. I hope the Lexapro withdrawal stays away. I was on it many years ago too. Took it for two years, felt numb the entire time & it never decreased my desire to drink. Waste of. Time for me I guess. I’ve done so much better on the St Johns wort, quit drinking nearly 16 years ago & had no desire to start up again. That’s my story anyway. Weaning off slowly is always best. Are you peeling the entire bag of potatoes? Haha, I hate that part.

Hello to PQ, Cyn, Pie & everyone.
Have a nice night all!

Lav

[Mick]

mae all ..how are we doing? hope all is good...I am just about to wash n dry the little fella and then take my camera out ...Storm has subsided and its supposed to be sunny???not sure what that word is ..Julie phoning the vet today ...

hiya Slo how are you? hope the weekend went well..Yes Ive peeled a few ton of spuds in my time ..just like the comics ..restriction of privileges in the army!!!

hiya Lav how are you doing? hope all is good .yep I get the forgetting mode too...hence I now list everything ...and then I forget where the list is ..!!hope you get the thanksgiving resolved,,, strange we don't have thanksgiving,,,,and yet look at this ...The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation

big hello to everyone else

[porqoui]

MAE ALL…checking in while the going’s good. We are in the deep freeze, -20C/-4F worse with the windchill. We got clobbered with snow on Saturday, it was like a blizzard all day. No snow on Sunday but it is very cold. Didn’t get up to much on the weekend, no work calls!

Mick…sorry Argyle is having issues again. Hope it can get sorted out. At this point I think I’d rather have the snow, as long as I don’t have to go anywhere.

Slo…why are you getting your brain zapped? Do I remember you doing that before? Good luck with weaning off the antidepressant. Glad you were able to get out for lunch yesterday.

Lav…I think that’s funny you forgot to post yesterday; same thing happens to me. I think about it off and on and then poof it’s out of my thoughts. I stuck pretty close to home this weekend as well.

Not much more going on. Have a good night all…PPQP

[Lavande]

Good evening all,

See? I remembered to post today Lol. Grateful when my brain is actually working right
Today my son’s 44th birthday, how did he get so old? Haha. He’s decided to keep his dysfunctional wife home on Thanksgiving. I’ll miss seeing the boys but will catch up with. Them eventually. My daughter invited us to their place for a Thanksgiving turkey meatloaf Lol. We will be going there in the rain I guess. So my 12 lb turkey can remain in the freezer a while longer & that’s OK with me. Went to the grocery store, Walmart, gas station & mushroom store this afternoon - such excitement. Rain is due here tomorrow as well. Grateful for it, we have a lot of catching up to do. Meanwhile the Amish continue to burn whatever they want, ho hum.

Mick, keeping my fingers crossed for you & Argyl & your FIL too.
I think you guys should have a Thanksgiving day too like the rest of us.

PQ, I think Slo was referring to brain zaps which can happen after a quickly stopping an antidepressant. She was scheduled for a scan today. Sorry to hear about your cold. Snowy conditions. Be careful out there! Have you gotten reading about all the nutrients we need to build new bone yet? Calcium is only one, we also need magnesium, K2, boron & D3. It’s not easy to get all that in your food, especially when you want to keep your diet more alkaline. I’ve been taking a supplement with all that & the calcium is plant based not made out of rocks. Keep reading & learning, you won’t be sorry. Stay safe, please.

Hello to Slo, Cyn, Pie & everyone.
Have a good night all.

Lav

[Slo]

Good evening, Friends!

Glad you have Thanksgiving sorted, Lav; and that you don’t have to host! Yes, I’m peeling the 8 pounds of potatoes. But, I found out Young Daughter will be here, so maybe she will help!
True that it was English citizens who started our Thanksgiving tradition! So, privilege restriction in the army really does mean peeling potatoes?!

I’m not feeling great obviously with the antidepressant cessation, but no actual brain zaps yet. Close though. Tomorrow at 2:30 is my appointment for repeat brain wave mapping. I don’t think I’ll continue with cold turkey cessation. It’s a bit brutal.

I’m trying to go through my old shit so I don’t leave it behind for others to have to go through when I die. Currently perusing two diaries that I kept in my late childhood/early teen years, before I toss them. I would get them (the blank ones) for Christmas presents. It must have been a thing then, and my mother worked in the stationery area of a retail store where they sold them. So, that’s painful too -to be thrown back to those middle school teen angst years!

PQ, sounds like the kind of weather where it’s best to just stay inside.
You deserve some sun, Mick!

[Lavande]

Good evening friends,

It was partly sunny here & nearly 60 degrees today. Next week we’ll be having high temps in the 30’s, haha! Keeping myself busy & out of trouble for the most part (no one is perfect).
I heard from Mick today, he’s having a bad day. Poor little Argyle had to be put down & they have had to respond to 2 falls by the FIL. Not a great situation to say the least. Let’s keep Mick & Julie in our thoughts tonight.

Slo, I hope your testing went well & you can resume your med. I wish they could handle these things differently & leave us on our current meds.
Glad to hear yo will have some potato peeling help. It’s such a mind numbing job to me, who needs that? I was given a diary for Christmas when I was in about 7th grade. I stopped writing in it when I realized my mom was reading it, duh. That was one of the few times I ever got really mad at her too. I haven’t kept any journals since then, I don’t trust anyone to leave them alone. Good luck with your clearing out, I’ve been doing the same in my workshop area the past few days. Stuff just pile up so quickly.

Hello to PQ, Pie, Cyn & everyone. We haven’t heard from Det & Sam for quite a while but I think about them.
Have a nice night all!

Lav

[porqoui]

MAE ALL...another quiet day but I gotta say it makes feel strange when I'm not going 50 mph with deadlines. I keep feeling I'm missing something but when I check my to do lists I'm good. LOL

Lav...I've signed up and downloaded the free book but haven't had a chance to read anything yet, but I'll get on it. I'm interested in what supplement you're taking that has everything you mentioned. Is it something I could order on line? Thanks for the update with Mick, was thinking it wasn't good news and then to have to deal with his FIL on top of it. We were a little warmer today -4C/24F, nowhere near your 60 but I'll take it. It will be short lived as another cold front is on it's way down tonight.

Slo...were 8 kids in my family so my mother peeled a 10lb bag of potatoes almost every other night. We were a big meat & potatoes family. Good luck with your appointment tomorrow, hopefully you can resume your meds and wean off them slowly.

Mick...you and Julie are in my thoughts and prayers. So sorry to hear about Argyle and I hope Julie's Dad is ok. A lot to deal with all at the same time. Sending you a warm hug.

Shout out to the rest of the gang. Have a good night all...PPQP

[Slo]

Good evening,

Aw, that’s a lot for Mick all at once. Little fella is gone now, and FIL is declining. I wonder how Bonnie will be without Argyl too.

Women with large families sure peeled a lot of potatoes in their day! I imagine you & your many siblings helped peel the potatoes too, PQ?
I am aware that 8 pounds isn’t all that much. I read a tip to plan 1/2 pound of potatoes per person for mashed potatoes, so that’s where I think I’ll only need to peel 8 of the 10 pounds. But maybe I’ll do all of them.

I resumed half of my daily pill. Will take half of it per day for a month as I titrate on down. The SE’s of withdrawal were feeling bad today, as all of the half-life of the previous doses were cleared out by today, and I had none in my system. Feeling better at a half dose.

Lav, yes, same time frame: this diary is from 7th grade into 8th grade. My mother wasn’t much of a reader, wasn’t much interested in me, and she was very busy with the little kids (I was the oldest of 6) -so no worries of her reading mine! And my old eyes can only read that tiny handwriting with a magnifying glass now. At least you learned early on not to keep private journals!
If we need to write stuff out, then write-and-toss is a better way, I think.

PQ, you’re getting a bit of a breather at work! You’re due for some down time.

[Lavande]

Greetings everyone,

I have to say I spent the day in the kitchen putting together 2 side dishes & a dessert to take to my daughter’s tomorrow & I am worn out LOL
I think my days of putting on these big holiday dinners myself are officially over - just getting too old for all the nonsense. Of course while I was busy in the kitchen Dave the cat decided to pull my little kitchen tree over, scared me half to death haha.

PQ, a rare quiet day at work is a true blessing. Hope those days continue for a while.
I do take a combination supplement with all those things I mentioned. It’s called True Osteo from a FL company called Nature City. It’s expensive but I think it’s helped me tremendously. The directions say to take 4 capsules/day but I found that raised my D3 level TOO high so I only take 2/day. Take a look at that or see if you can find a comparable. We are expecting rain tonight & tomorrow morning then the colder air arrives just in time for Thanksgiving.

Slo, I learned to peel potatoes at an early age being the only girl in the family haha. Someone had to help my Mom so it was me.
Like you, I don't want anyone reading my private thoughts after I pass so I refrain from writing them down. They wouldn’t understand my thoughts & probably take offense so why bother?

Mick, thinking of you & Julie today.

Hello to Cyn & PIe & everyone.
Have a nice night all.

Lav

[porqoui]

MAE ALL...had a milder day yesterday but today we're back to the deepfreeze with a wind chill of -21C/-6F It's our Annual General Meeting tonight so I'm sticking around work till it gets started and then I'll head out. Not going to stay for the whole thing and the pizza/drinks afterwards.

Slo...I honestly don't remember helping my Mom peel potatoes. I'm sure I did. Did yo do all of them? You can never have too much mashed potatoes. I'm glad work has slowed down. We'll be wrapping things up soon, fall programs ending, a Family Craft Day for the community and then 2 weeks off. Looking forward to it.

Lav...yup, I'm done with the big meals too. Bad kitty! LOL Thanks for the info on your supplement, I'll check it out and let you know how it goes. Hope your Thanksgiving dinner is great.

Mick...I'm also thinking of you and Julie. Big hugs.

An update on our childcare director, she has been released from the hospital. Not that she's improving any but there's nothing more they can do for her. She'll continue to take her meds/needles at home until such time as it becomes too much and she moves to hospice. She still isn't allowing any visitors but we do text back and forth often.

Shout out to everyone else. Have a good night...:PPQP

[Lavande]

Good evening all & Happy Thanksgiving if it applies to you

We had a nice dinner with granddaughter Lily & her parents. Traffic wasn’t too awful, only an hour drive each way. It’s feeling more seasonal here, 43 degrees now going to 37 overnight. Even though I didn’t get to see my son we had a nice text chat so that will have to do.

PQ, it feels like Sunday here because of the holiday but you worked today. Glad things are going a bit easier there.
make sure yo’ve signed up for the email newsletter from SaveOurBones. They’re always filled with good info, recipes, tips, etc.

Hello to Mick, Slo, Cyn, Pie & everyone.
Wishing a good night for all.

Lav

[Slo]

I can’t do the big meals anymore either. I just don’t have it in me anymore. Everything I do wears me out so quickly.
It turns out you can have too many potatoes! Nine pounds of potatoes was way too much. That stupid cooking influencer said to plan 1/2 pound per person…but I realize now that for a big holiday meal where there’s tons of other food, 1/4 pound per person would be plenty! My mother thought I was nuts with that much potatoes. She said 5 pounds for this size crowd would be plenty. Should of ran it by her instead of the influencer.
How did your dishes turn out, Lav?

We had a very nice holiday. Beckett & Mabel, and even Cooper, loved playing with my little sister’s 6-year-old son; and beating up on one of the big brothers too.

I am absolutely freezing! This condo is cold too! But now I see that the temperature has plummeted to 25F, with the wind chill bringing it down to feeling like 5F. Plus it’s damp & cloudy, besides windy.

I went to the YMCA to swim with Young Daughter this AM. She swam for 1 1/2 hours, and I barely managed a slow half hour. The hot tub was delicious. They are charging $20 now for a guest pass. Steep! She is gone now, to her dad’s house.

PQ, is Boss the one who stays for the annual general meeting? Yes, it really won’t be long now until you have your two weeks off!

Hello to Mick as he navigates a tough week.

[porqoui]

MAE ALL...boss kicked me out at 2pm this afternoon. YAY...early start to the weekend. Lasted until about 7pm at the AGM and then couldn't listen to the Civic Affairs Director anymore. Someone's got to tell her what's expected at an AGM! So didn't stay for pizza but there was some set aside for my lunch today. Weather continues to be miserable, can hardly wait till next week when we're above freezing again.

Lav...glad your thanksgiving dinner was nice and that you were able to chat/text with your son. I'm not sure if I signed up for the newsletter or not, I'll have to log in and have a look around again. They're offering big Black Friday Sales for the Reversal Program so I'll have another read about it.

Slo...what! Too many potatoes. LOL I guess you're right about all the other side dishes that come with such a big meal. Sounds like the kids made it a perfect get together. Yes, boss is the one who stays for the AGM, he has to present his annual report and has been tasked with giving the financial report as that position on the board is currently vacant. He was very grateful that I stayed as long as I did. Starting to count down the days to Xmas break.

Mick...hope you and Julie are coping ok. Always thinking of you.

Have a good night all...PPQP