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Animal House

  Well, the headaches are still with me. I have an appointment for my 6-month check-up in two weeks, and I am hoping they will subside before she orders more tests. My blood pressure is normal again, only high when I am in pain. Someone should have warned me that getting old was not going to be a walk in the park! In the meantime, I am still getting my garden beds ready for winter. I am actually making great progress and have even motivated The Man to help with the yard clean-up. What I thought was butternut squash initially and then let The Man plant a seed of doubt in my head that they were really gourds. They did look a lot like gourds, but you can't tell for sure without cutting them open. They are squash. I was happy either way. We ate one and it is good, with lots of flavor. The only drawback is that they are really big. I usually buy ones that are smaller and split them down the middle and put butter and seasoning in the middle where the seeds were and bake them. That makes ...
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Random Day

Still battling my aching head along with insomnia. I have lost the entire day. After a night of trying to sleep and only accomplishing a few hours before No longer Charming Eddie decided to share my pillow by lying on my head. To his credit, The Man agreed to take the dogs out! Ignoring the urge to go check on what he was actually doing, I caught another 60 minutes of sleep before getting up to feed them at 7:30. I didn't expect to find anything heroic on his "I'll take them out" effort. I was not disappointed in my expectations. Toni Louise was still in her diaper and it was dripping. Bo had relived himself on the floor and he had not opened the door to their yard, so Eddie peed on the porch. I was not too happy, but what am I going to do. I fed them and cleaned up the mess, regretting the good mop job I did yesterday. I made coffee but mostly sat in my recliner reminiscing.  When I woke up, the theme to The Patty Duke show was stuck in my head. You remember the show...
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The Taming of Marble

  I so wish I could post pictures! I hate this computer passionately. Two days ago, I mentioned to The Man that Marble, the homely cat was looking svelte. I was the first to notice her belly get large and sway as she walked. I had noticed her disdain for her three big kittens and told The Man that she was in heat weeks prior to noticing her belly. The Man always thinks I am just guessing about these things, though I can't say why. I am most often right. So, when I said that she had given birth, he did not believe me because he did not actually SEE kittens. We were walking to the truck to grocery shop and there she was, Marbles and her ONE baby. She had placed herself out in the open where she knew I would see her. One tiny kitten was busy nursing away and Marbles did not object when I stroked the baby's fur. Still unwilling to accept any affection for herself, she did not object when I scooped the baby up to cuddle it.  Only when her grown kittens came over to look at her with...
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A Few Of My Favorite Things

  I have been battling headaches for about a month. Tylenol will reduce the pain, but it lingers waiting to attack. Yes, I have made an appointment to see my primary. What would my life be without numerous trips to a medical facility? I am relatively pain free at the moment, but I would not be surprised to be struck with a brand-new headache at any moment. A heat wave has finally come up to our elevation, preventing me from being outside. Fall is more work than Spring for gardeners. Time to get the gardens bedded down for the coming winter. My flower gardens are looking sad and unkempt. My veggie garden is slowly disappearing as I gather the last few fruits of my labor. The fruits of my labor are probably the reason for the fruit flies. I just chopped a tomato and mixed it with olive oil, olives and fresh mozzarella. I had every intention of baking a loaf of bread to tear apart and dip, but the headache of the day hit me and now it is too late to let it rise properly. I decided to ...
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Life Is Not Fair!

  I don't want to name names or anything, but someone bought a crappy computer for me. I think we all know of whom I speak.  As you know, I have been complaining about the fruit flies that resist all my efforts to eliminate them from my life. I was already disenchanted with this laptop and all the functions it will not do but should. I was struggling with the pop-ups again and saying unkind words to the computer. A fruit fly was dive bombing my face and it suddenly landed on the screen!! I slapped it. Maybe I used too much force, but I killed it and smeared it against the screen. I kind of broke the top and it is hanging on .... barely. I could still use it, or so I thought. Whatever I did when I smacked that pesky fly disabled the inner mouse. One would think that the unnamed buyer of this would have marched straight out to purchase another for me. One would be wrong. No name got a new mouse for me! Seriously. This person got a new mower when he wrecked the old one doing a ki...
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How Stupid Can One Man Be?

  Today has been a trying day. The Patient had a follow-up appointment with the primary to see if his numbers from the blood draw have gone back to normal. You might recall that this is the doctor who prescribe 60 pain pills to The Patient ..... There is a reason I always tag along to his appointments. I have to listen to what is being said and be the voice of reason. The Patient was complaining about the pain he was still experiencing. We are old, it takes longer to heal. Add to that the fact that he did not follow up with the re-hab. He had the information but dug his heels in and simply refused to call. He wants me to do it, and I want him to be more responsible about his own health. I dug MY heels in and I refused to call. His numbers were good and the doctor gave ME a post it note with the phone number for re-hab. They are in a conspiracy to make me be the caregiver and I do NOT want the job. As it stands, I already do everything. My ganglion cyst has grown back to its full si...
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Unforgettable

  Not much has changed here. The anti-virus pop-ups still cover one third of my laptop screen. The fruit flies multiply daily despite all my efforts to make them disappear. The Patient is still thwarting any effort to go to rehab. Oh, and the sun is quite hot when I go outside. I have sent a text to my son about the laptop issues. I am hoping that will take care of that. The fruit flies continue to swarm my face and fly up under my glasses and get into my eyes, mouth and nose. I am the (proud?) owner of not one, but 2 ZEVO contraptions. They do catch some on their sticky surface, but my fruit flies seem not to be enchanted with the blue light that is supposed to attract them. In addition to the ZEVOs I have small saucers of vinegar and dish soap all over the place. The Patient saw something that said they are living in our drains. Then he discovered a product that will take care of the drains and eliminate the flies. I have flushed baking soda and vinegar down each drain followed b...
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