marshhawk

@kazu

Good Thursday Morning Dailyites! Being a bit north of Sandi, we are at 60 and Sunny! I seem to have misplaced a cat. Tigger wanted breakfast a few minutes too early, and when I did go open the cans, and he usually flies onto the counter...there was no Tigger. I have wandered the house, and no Tigger. There was a mosquito in the water bowl, but no Tigger. This is weird. I went to feed Munchkin and the oudoorians, and I was met by Collard, and I gave him food, and I put Munchkins special food on the porch, and then I heard bad coughing, Butter, Munchkin's bestie is rather ill I am afraid, and I don't want him near her or the kittens. So the plastic wrap will go up around the porch again. I was going to do that anyway, as the temps will drop to 50 by Sunday. DH really wanted to get Munchkin to the vets to have the kittens aborted, but now that they are born, he is a most attentive Grandpa Cat. When I told him I had a name for one of them, he asked, which two are you keeping? I have to think about this, I guess the two that are not adopted. I do want to keep the fuzzy gray first born, but I also think Kittens should be taken in twos. We don't have to worry about it for 12 more weeks anyway. I heard from my CTG "big boss" I start training on this year's campaign next Thursday, but start work two weeks later, I start training on the Opera on Monday the 22nd, and start working on the 22nd. With the big cruise next year, and a week with friends on the upper Gulf coast this October, lets face it, I need to work. DH is not very good at noticing when he is getting low on his pain meds, and he ran out, called his doc to get the prescription refilled, and the pharmacy doesn't have them. Since Jessie takes the same meds, he called him to get two pills, one for last night, and one for this morning, and hopefully the pharmacy will have the drups today. If they cant get the drugs, he needs to call the doc to get back on the old meds, since they have them in stock at the pharmacy. Anyway, I drove him over to Jessie and Penny's and it turns out I don't have to worry about baby sitting their dog and cats, her son and his partner will do it. Yay! Too much on my plate right now.

@Cruzin Terri's DH Jim, @StLouisCruisers's DH Lisa and @sailingdutchy's DW Martha

I took a nap, most of me feels much better. I think over all I just pulled some muscles more than they should have been pulled. The sky is dark, and the air is silent. We are expecting rain. My first ex had a 1980 Mustang. He met up with me and one of my friends at a local restaurant, and the owner(Ludlow Porch) took a picture of all the cars in the parking lot on opening night, and hung them on the wall. They hung there for 40 years. And for 40 years I had to look at a picture of that car. Argh! But the restaurant closed last month, and I sort of wish I knew they were closing so I could have the picture. I dont miss him, but I miss the friend that we had dinner with that night. Long story very short,they ended up having a fling together. I still miss her. I was not into American Muscle cars. I like Triumph, and MG, and MGBGT's, and Ferrari's, an old bathtub" Porches.and my favorite racing after F1 is Antique Auto racing. (I know, I'm weird for a girl). My adopted family either snuck into America via Canada, or they came on the Mayflower. My mom's Dad was from Saskatchewan, and her mom's mom was from Eastern Canada.

Good Wednesday Morning Dailyites! It is currently 73 and going up to 84. I am very grateful I ended up not going down head first instead of butt land. The left leg is sore, from toes to butt, and the only pain pill I had in the house was a baby aspirin. DH wrapped my ankle with an ice pack, and I went to bed. The more I lay there, the more areas of pain I found. but nothing is broken. Yippee. But I kept waking up, so awake at 1:30, awake at 4 something and came back on the catch up with the night owls, and was amazed that at 4 something the powers to be had shut off comments for yesterday. Hobbled back to bed, and slept til 6:30, thought to myself, nope, not ready to get up, and then slept until 9:30. Made coffee, fed cats, checked in on momma Munchkin and the babies.( Ok, the babies. One is white and black, one is gray, and two are mostly black. So total of 4.) Then sat down, slurped some coffee read the posts from this morning, got dressed, drove over to the house next door, and walked the dog. Drove back up the driveway, grabbed more coffee and came back to the daily. Welcome @Gsel and @TAW1963. @superoma Wishing Laine Alanna a wonderful life! And I agree how great to let Mom stay at the hospital with her. @ger_77Welcome home. Sorry about your weather, but I do see that Canada is sick of winter, so it's sending it south this weekend. I am sorry about the loss of your friends. To me there are 4 loss times, our grandparents, our parents, our friends, and then well, us. I do have a zillion things to do, but think I will just crash in the guest room and watch TV this afternoon, or get that nap I didn't get yesterday. @kazuI am so sorry that you are depressed over this foot business. I too have no idea how you injured yourself, but I hope that your doc can find you an instant cure. If there is something that medically needs to be addressed daily, then perhaps your doc will let you go, and you can visit the medical care center everyday to have their doc care for you. Costly, but if necessary would keep you on the cruise. However, if this if life threatening, then you need to take care of you right now. Hugs being sent your way. Well, this is all my brain, and body can handle right now.

Well @kochleffel, I just got you beat. I fell taking the large trash can down the driveway, landed on my butt, with my left leg behind me and my ankle under me...since it is swelling I'm suspecting sprain. But the leg hurts more. The pavement still had a lot of sand on it since the lower half of the hill was what was paved. I just slipped and still managed to hang on to the trash can. Not as good as being out in the wilderness, but I still had to finish taking the trash to the bottom, and then take the neighbors dog out for her nighttime tinkle. I love cats.

I'm still trying to figure out of there are 3 Kittens or 4. I went out and sat with Munchkin for a few minutes while she was taking a well deserved break from the hungry hippo kitten's. I told her that they were very beautiful, and that two had been spoken for, and she glared at me, and went back into the bed and started nursing them again. I have not told her that when the time came, she was getting spayed. Butter comes by every evening since her being porched, and sleeps as close as he can to the screen. I dont know if he has noticed that not one of the kittens look like him. Well since DH is working, Mark called and said that boss # 1 found out his plans and told him that he would not allow me to work that many hours for the opera once CTG starts back up. I told him that was fine, but I still got bills to pay until the end of May. So training starts on Monday. Whether I get the full 20, or just 10, I have a seat at the table. Errands are run, Dinner is left overs, all I have to do is put food out for the birds and squirrels and I am going to take a nap. Yay!!!

@smitty34877They have announced on the Today show, that it is Pajama day. Tana has the right idea. I often refer to myself as a pet vegetable. Not a couch potato. More like steamed asparagus.

Out of Skagway, we made it as far as Carcross (the abbreviated name for Caribou Crossing). It was September 9th (our anniversary) and the very nice people at the visitors center stamped our Passports. Since we didnt make it all the way to Whitehorse, I'll just show a few pictures, and not waste your time.

Good Tuesday Morning Dailyites! Computer says its 62 and cloudy. Its so cloudy it's dark. Our back yard has a lot of trees, so no sun? It's like predawn. I have opened one of the windows in the den, the birds are in the feeder and Furnando is in the window watching the "Morning Show".. We are supposed to have temps in the mid 80s this week, until Canada sends us another cold front! Thank you Canada. I took down some of the plastic from the porch, and now I have to find more dollar tree shower curtains to put back up. Dh wants mom cat to have the heater on, but I wont heat if there is no "walls" to hold it in. I pay the electric bill. Still no news on the job, perhaps Mark spoke out before he should have. Oh well, I got offered a kritter care job for a week. They didnt mention payment and to tell you the truth it has me juggling far too many critter cares. Still trying to figure it all out. @Mr. BostonI hope that all of your reflections fill you with joy and peace. @grapau27Tell Pauline-thanks for the poem. Made me cry. @0106I know your river cruise poem was about a bigger river, but it reminded me of the many times we canoed down the Delaware. And how fast life goes by. Chores for today- feed the outdoor cats, make sure Munchkin is comfortable and well today, get to the Pet store and get her Mom and Kitten food, paper litter, and toys for Tigger and the "boys". Tazi heard me open a bag of kitty crunchies yesterday and she ran from her hiding area jumped on the stove and was eating out of the container. Oh my! Or was it the sound of the kittens crying that got her attention.

I would like to announce to you all, that you are now "Cat" grand aunts and uncles as Munchkin ( no longer a stray) gave birth this afternoon to- we are not too sure how many kittens. But we know there are at least two of them. One solid black (like Chumley) and one black and white like her. I think she may have had a third, but I told DH to let her be, and stop turning on the lights on the porch. I did go out and tell her what a good girl she was, and she seemed to appreciate it. We will know more in the light of day. If there is a third, it might be Tiggers, so i understand why she hisses at him through the window. She is on the porch, and the little family all seem to be fine. I thought we all needed some good news today.

I love Big Macs. Cant help it. Either it reminds me of a HoJo from the 60's, or it's the secret sauce....but I know that they are a no no. Several years ago McD's offered a small, regular and Large Big Mac. It was at the same time that my dietician hooked me up to a meter (thin needle in tummy area, that monitored my sugars all the time.) But I had to make a list of every thing I ate. Every meal;, snack or nibble 24/7 for a whole week. One busy day I stopped at McD's, and got a small big mac...now remember I wasn't knowing the results of what I ate, that would come at the end of the week, when they took the needle out, and told me the results. What did I eat on for lunch on Wednesday? she asked. I looked through my notes and told her. A small big Mac. She left the room, and came back with 3 other people's diabetes results. All four of us had healthy readings after eating the small Big Mac. And then McD's discontinued them from the menu. They were not making enough money off them. Seems to me that if our results had been tested and sent in, there may have been a baby big mac. Baby Mac. And after talking with a woman who's husband lost his ear through the same type of cancer that DH has, and they have spent months at a time at the Hope House (run by Emory) I think donating to the Ronald House or the Hope House is an excellent idea. They drive up from south Georgia, 4-5 hours to get the best medical help they can get. I cannot complain about our 1 hour drive through suburbs again. @Mr. BostonI was very sad to read about your friends death. My condolences to you, her friend, and her friends and family. @kochleffelyou will have to borrow the full body bubble wrap that Jacqui needed last year, and some of this year. Sorry about the sprained ankle. Did it happen while you were finding serenity in the woods? @LambKnucklesI hope all went well with the doc today. I'm wondering if you don't have or did have RSV, and I'm not even sure there is a test for that. But after reading all I see in the googly news, that is apparently what I had on our last cruise, but because I have COPD it became more serious, and so I was suffering from that, bronchitis and COPD all at once, and I could not breathe. I am hoping they find you a cure! @StLouisCruiserstell your sister to rest while she can, because as @Nickelpennypointed out, the PT is a (bad word). I tore both rotator cuffs in a fall at work. My boss told me that the surgery did not help her. I went to see a surgeon and got MRSA in his office. I ended up having surgery on my leg that had the MRSA. I did the physical therapy instead of surgery. My arms were better, until I fell and broke my elbow in 2020. After another round of physical therapy, my left arm is at 90%. The elbow has 4 screws in it. My right shoulder has enough movement for me to exist in a pretty normal life. Well my normal life, I tote the 30 pounds of bird seed, and I pick up cats to snuggle with, I cant run a farm. Just a cat house...LOL.

Good Monday Morning Dailyites! Safe travels to all for today, and may the docs stop practicing medicine and get it right today!

@LAFFNVEGASFood porn! You know I love food porn! Thanks. So glad I ate earlier. made reubens. I used a french sauerkraut, that was organic....and expensive. DH said it was good. I have left overs.

@Denise Twhy wait for retirement ?, and while I am from a Vermont family, I think the idea of NH is actually a bit better. Lower taxes, closer to the ocean, closer to Boston, and Maine. Since you are working from home, it doesnt matter where home is, does it? and if you want warmer? North Alabama is often referred to as the Vermont of the South to us lost yankees.