My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer

@cookie54 Same same , everything you said, exactly 👍 I so relate to all in. Your comment. I’m glad you got out to meet a friend. I love good neighbors.😊

Irish What's going on down in Florida lol? You have your own wildlife reserve it seems. It's because your so sweet to all the animals and the word is out on the street! Can't wait to hear what this one is!

Hey Mara, thinking of you hoping your feeling a little better today. Will check on ya later.

Shana - Like Cookie, I'm just so glad you are comfy and relaxing - especially at this time of year, and with the dreary weather you described. Always so nice to hear how you are doing.

Cookie - I've never heard of sinuses indicating a weather change before, but I sure believe it could. I get all sorts of aches and pains and even chills sometimes and I know a front of some kind is coming in, but my sinuses have never "foretold" anything. I'm going to pay attention to that one.

Irish - Yes, it sounds like you live in a wildlife preserve - so nice. I just read that there are some sort of "not normal" monkeys on the loose at various locations in Florida right now and that residents are being asked not to feed them, etc. I don't know if it's your area or not. I totally agree with the old, "It's always something!" thing. It's sure that way for me.

Mara - So glad to hear that you seem to be on the mend. So often when we get what seems to be a cold, it can turn into something worse, but yours does indeed seem like an "just" an annoying, but passing cold. Here's to ongoing improvement and a pleasant day!

Have a wonderful day everyone. Always thinking of you when I come here, Mel. Hope you are having more peaceful days and enjoying some holiday time with quiet reflection.

I am going out tonight so needed a quick supper. Just put some beefless ground, shredded cheese, mixed those by hand and then added a good amount of garlic spread, heated for 4 mins 30 seconds in the wee microwave. Letting it cool off for a few minutes and will eat. Going to change afterward and take 3 bags of garbage out. Tossing over the side of the stairs and picking up as I can do it. Would be nice if a neighbour showed up to help me but need to rely on myself too.

Mae, congrats on you anniversary!

I started out wearing the midsole cleats but took them off when I got home. I almost pitched forward due to one of the cleats sliding off my foot, luckily I got hold of myself and no fall happened. I did get all the garbage bags out which makes me happy. I also used a lot of ice salt on the front step as it looked icy to me but I have two more bags of the ice salt that I can use though.

Illimae - Congratulations on good scans and your anniversary! How nice to be able to go out and celebrate all, while you're there in Houston. Have a great dinner!

Mara - Sounds like you continue to get better - yay!

Intolight - So nice to hear that PT has been helping. Also glad you are updating us, because the idea of cancer specific PT is very interesting to me.

Shana - So you're another one whose sinuses tell you about the weather. That's really interesting to me, as I've always had the joints thing, and then I can get chills as a weather system comes in too, but never noticed the sinus stuff. I am going to be on alert for that one.

I did wind up going out for a drive and checked out a new grocery store, it is a lower cost store across the street from the hospital, when weather is decent and I have a hospital appointment, figure I can go pick stuff up that I need after the appointment and book the return trip home. SIL thought I could just call from the grocery store but I told her I would have to book a ride home separately since the hospital and return trip from the hospital are considered a complete trip.

We did go and drive up and down parts of town that have the most lights to see, that was really nice to do and of course really enjoyable. I did get more than I thought I would but that is OK too. More meat pie and cheese.

I have laundry on the go, got regular cloths and will be washing a blanket as well once first load is gone, regular chores, floor dusting and mopping. My cat Tigger eats enough but he is skinny so looked up how to get a cat to gain weight and it turns out kitten food can help with that so he will get kitten food and Ava who is a bit chunky will get the regular food. I am also planning to pull out the step bench I used to use in the tub under the washer which does not hold it in place and start using it for a gentle workout, mainly to assist in going down steps, increase the confidence I have in doing that.

I will be doing something with lentils and salad this morning. Take the frypan, put cooking oil and some butter and fry up the lentils and put together an actual salad. May also take some beefless ground with the lentils, add taco seasoning and mix a small amount of caesar dressing with sour cream and go with the salad vibe. I will see about that, got plenty of food, did get a couple of frozen pasta as well.

I do hope everyone has a good day and I am in everyone's pocket who needs me as well.

Mara - Out to see the Christmas lights - good for you. That is always so nice. A friend of mine told me that she and another one of her friends tried to do that here the other night, but the weather was just too nasty, so they were half way to a neighborhood known for light displays and turned around and went back. Thought they might try it later. I just enjoy whatever I can see of my neighbors' from my apartment window anymore. It's not as good as getting out, but it does make the holiday a little brighter.

Thank you everyone, I appreciate all the happy congrats 😁

@mara51506 glad Tigger is liking the kitten food and Ava does not push him out of the way to eat it herself. Good experiment with the kitten food. I too have 2 cats, Igor (the tuxedo) is the active skinny one and eats anything and does not gain weight. But Jordan (black with a white belly) is now 26 pounds, and waddles like a giant marshmallow lol.. Hard to feed both boys and keep them from eating each others food.

@illimae Great news. I’m so happy the treatment worked and you’re still stable.

@eleanora Thank you! 💕 Merry Christmas to you as well.

@rlschaller Wow, 26 lbs, probably does not eat overly much. I had a cat Dippy, she did not eat extra food but she was a small calico shaped like a football, I had to give her baths as she could not clean herself. First cat that chose me. She died of breast cancer the irony not lost on me. Cats are like humans with fast or slow metabolisms.

I am in the middle of laundry, will have blankets too, woke up with blood on sheets from a bloody nose, I am guessing the dry weather, not of the belief it is something more nefarious, just lined the inside of my nose with vaseline and will see what happens. Leave the blankets affected to soak a bit first then wash as normal. Never had a bloody nose so that was new. I still have other bigger blankets I want to wash too.

Tigger LOVES the kitten food, giving him that to hopefully help him gain a few pounds. Ava still getting regular food.

Decided I am going to take apart old washer in tub, got drain snakes in case that is where the plugged part of the hose is. I just keep having visions of the washer just gushing out the water in my closet and that will not work for me. In the new year, if I have not fixed it, will get someone to repair it. The cost is similar to have hauled to the junk place to fixing it. I will do what youtube has shown me first and go from there.

Made a frozen stir fry with pasta, warmed in microwave first, while doing that, sprayed pan with cooking oil and turned burner up to high, melted some of a stick of butter in the pan, added the stir fry with pasta and added some beefless ground and cheese. Turned heat to medium and stirred everything some, added some sour cream and onion seasoning and some salt, stirred once again, turn off the heat and am letting it sit, not sure it will need any binder, I will see how it comes out. I do find that when I rub butter on the pan, things taste even better that are heated through. Even lentils are really good when done up that way, gives them taste of beef when seasoned right.

Anyway, not doing a ton of stuff today, laundry will get off to the dryer, I will pick blankets that could use a wash as well. If I do manage to fix up the old washer will make some mesh lint catchers that float in the tub, I usually put zip ties around the net and through the foam top, I did that before and those are still going strong.

I hope everyone has a good day and I am in everyone's pocket who needs me.

With much struggle, got the old washer in the tub, took out 1st section of washer side and ran the drain cleaner through, nothing came through. The pump I bought fit right in the hole and I was able to get most if not all of the water out of the machine, none out the regular drain but it could be used IF I removed and put the little section that comes out on the wash side. I can and will use the machine, really not an issue for me to take the section and pump into a bucket. I am still interested in taking the back off and see where the clog is. I can do that later, will just keep around for smaller loads as needed or if blankets on the go could do other stuff at the same time, pump into a bucket, and dry machine. I want to try spinning stuff tomorrow as well, see what happens now that the machine is dry, it should work.