Devonne, I know those medical issues of Gary’s sound scary, but try not to worry too much. Bill had an abdominal aortic aneurysm, the doctor said it only needed monitored with yearly sonagrams but didn’t need surgery unless it grew a lot. Mom had carotid surgery but only after the blockage was quite a lot higher than 50% (I don’t remember exactly what it was). She was at least 75 when she had the surgery and did well.

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New fridge is installed and cooling. Yay! The phone call said between 9-1, the driver called at 8:15 and said they’d be here by 9. 

Another hot and humid one.

Today is clean house day. I bought a Swiffer power mop to clean the bathroom floors. I'll let y'all know how I like it! I'll also use it on the kitchen and dining room floors.

Holly, Gary's appt. with the cardiologist is the 21st. He gets more scans for the thyroid cyst on the 12th. 

Marylou, thanks! Emily sent me a text, "32 years together isn't enough. Am I going to lose him?" I told her to stay positive, as we don't have all the answers yet from his doctors. When Billy had his carotid artery surgery, it was at 75%. His vascular doctor said they don't do surgery until they're at  75%.

I went and visited with Gary yesterday. I stopped at the store on the way home to get milk and a young lady gave me this rose. They were giving out roses to the elderly.


 

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Janet, I had a hard time convincing Ralph to have a colonoscopy because working in the ER, they saw all the admissions for perforated colons from colonoscopies. My friend Carol’s mom died from that too. It’s scary. 

As for senior discounts, we might as well embrace them.

Looks like grilled cheese for dinner. 

Darn it, lost the post!!

DEVONNE I know you are worried about Gary, and sounds like Emily is scared too ((((hugs))))) sending love and my best wishes to you all, My mum had an aortic aneurysm, way back then they didn't even know how to find it let alone treat it, the surgery is done quite a bit now! Her case was studied by medical teams all over - they found a new way to check, the old scans wouldn't even pick it up, they found out after she died, since then we know of so many people who have had the condition, AND the surgery, all doing well. I have no idea what freon is, what is it for? Good luck on the car! Maybe have a look at Mazda if you like, we both like ours, and I'd get another. I'm sending you best wishes for your sinus problems, I do wish they could find a solution, I am currently using Nasonex every day, my nose runs down the back of my throat otherwise, and I end up coughing 

INDY thanks for telling about the book, I will look her up, not sure if I have read anything by her. So good you had a nice visit, sounds like our bigger parties, the men tend to group together after a while, the women also LOL I suspect the crab chunks might be similar to seafood extenders here??? I like them actually, they put them into seafood salad, no idea what they are, flavoured fish chunks I expect LOL
I will be the sole woman in a few dinners when we are away, then the opposite when we got to the UK, W is one of 3  men this time LOL

SANDRA so good of you to share, they must have been drooling waiting for their food, your Rubbermaid sounds like my LocknLock containers, turn them upside down and they won't leak. Good luck at Bingo!

MARYLOU how are you doing? You have experience with the blockages too, seems to be more prevalent these days. I wonder if process foods have a lot to do with it. 

Funny about the seniors menu JANET , we have them here too, and I would probably get asked, I don't care though LOL a saving is a saving!! As long as it's good though, sometimes they are offering lesser serves, which is fine for me, but not the Mr LOL

HOLLY have a great time with the family, I think hoagies are kind of sandwich rolls?? You will no doubt take lots of pics, and make lots of memories, congrats on the fridge, you will get lots of years from it!!

Yesterday I spent quite a chunk of day getting strips sewn onto my QAYG blocks, I figured I could join them, sew a little on each end and then join them across as well, I could even add the binding then I could take it all away and do the hand sewing while I am "watching " the bowling LOL 

OR I could stay in the apartment and do it as well while watching some Netflix LOL Either way it will be easy to transport. And I might have a finished quilt to bring home.

I am still so very tired after covid, met up with Catherine who probably gave it to me, and she is the same, said she just can't seem to get over the tiredness, I am going to start taking a Berocca daily to give me some energy

Cold here again, but it will be quite warm when we get to Queensland. So we need to take something less warm to wear after our overnight stop. I have packed some food things, so we will need to buy some fresh things only when we get there. Hopefully I get to see my sis tomorrow, waiting to hear back from her, she'll be at work.

Trish, hoagies are on a long roll, filled with a variety of cold cuts, cheese, shredded lettuce, thin sliced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and we add mayonnaise. I ordered a variety of Italian, turkey, ham, and American hoagies on the tray. People in other areas call them submarines, or subs. Ralph likes them more than I do, I can take them or leave them. 
 In the hospital we referred to them as Triple A- abdominal aortic  aneurysm. 

Linda, congratulations on becoming a great grandparent. What did they name him?

Trish, freon is the coolant that keeps your a/c cool, not just in your car but your house as well. It's probably called "refrigerant" where you live. I always called it "freon" or "R134," lol.  After Emily got Covid, she hasn't been able to drink Cokes. She can drink Sprite, but nothing that is dark. She said the taste is horrible. I told her that's a good thing, lol! 

I went outside when it was getting dark with the dogs and I was so surprised to see this plant blooming so much and a pink rose bush. I think this is a phlox plant, not sure?





Sandra, I hope you won at bingo tonight. 

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Good Morning, it is a beautiful day here, though no sun that I can see.  It is very bright so the sun must be hidden with some light clouds.  Took Frank his coffee, Rhonda will be here early to do some grocery shopping, I may go with her, if she allows!!  The air is not moving at all.  Very still  outside.

I forgot who mentioned what, but I certainly enjoyed reading everything.  My windows look so nice now that they're all clean and bright.  The cleaner was a nice young man, gave him a $10 tip.  Hope that was enough!

The flowers on all the bushes are dying or mostly dead and falling off.  Will certainly miss the beautiful color.  But hanging right outside my window here is a beautiful basket of lavender and purple flowers.  Just love it!!

Well, I have nothing to say this morning, so will just send all my love to everyone and hope you all have a wonderful day, BJ.

Good evening all,

Linda, congrats on the new baby.  Always such a blessing for sure.

It was a weird weather day here today, mixture of dreary showers and then bright sun.  Off and on most of the afternoon like this, but at least the high humidity is gone and now a nice breeze is blowing.

Well, the planting of a dahlia plant goes awry again.  I bought a new one and planted it beside our driveway right in front of the postal mailbox.  Wind rages down the road all the time.  I then decided to google the care of dahlias.  It says to protect them from the wind!!  I glanced out the window and sure enough, that poor plant is withered and leaning way over   I will have to move it in the morning for sure. I am not a gardner. 

Holly, we had grilled cheese for supper yesterday.  It is always easy when I do not know what to fix and Aaron and the kids decide to stay for supper.  We also make "pizza" ones.  We put pepperoni, cheese green peppers and pizza sauce on them and grill as usual.  I actually like them better than regular cheese ones.  Today it was salads topped with grilled chicken breast bits.  

Sandra, my daughter in law always sends food home with us in cool whip containers.  Such a good use for them and they are not in the landfill.  I have several Rubbermaid ones and Dean is always trying to toss them out.  He thinks I have too many but I do not.  We always eat our left overs and we use the containers often.

School has only been out for a week and the kids are already bored.  They do not live close enough to their school friends and we do not have any family here.  They are always happy to visit Columbus to visit the cousins but that is a rare event.  The cousins will be here on Sunday for their birthdays so we are all looking forward to that.

I did have my root canal done on May 29th.  I get my permanent crown on June 17th.  It was way less painful than my last filling!  The doc was great and fast.

Nothing else to say, so will sign off. Later ladies!!

HOLLY......THAT'S WHY YOU NEVER RINSE PASTA FOR SAUCE.  YOU WANT THE SAUCE TO STICK TO THE PASTA.

CHERYL......I ALSO SAVE COTTAGE CHEESE CONTAINERS TO SHARE VEGGIES, POTATO OR MACARONI SALAD, WHIPPED CREAM, CRACKERS, COOKIES AND SO FORTH.  THEY COME IN DARN HANDY AND I DO NOT TOSS PLASTIC OUT TO NEVER DECOMPOSE IN THE LANDFILLS.

TRISH.......I HOPE YOU ARE FEELING MUCH BETTER AFTER YOUR COVID EXPERIENCE.  REST IS SOMETIMES A GREAT FACTOR IN HEALING.

LINDA......IS THAT GREAT GRAND BABY GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION HE DESERVES?  I KNOW HE'S WELL DRESSED FROM ALL THE SHOPPING YOU'VE BEEN DOING LATELY.  
I HOPE THIS IS ONE OF YOUR GOOD DAYS.

ITS A LOVELY DAY HERE AGAIN BUT RAIN SHOWERS EXPECTED.  ITS FINE WITH ME.
I JUST BOILED SOME POTATOES FOR POTATO SALAD AND THEY ARE CHILLING IN THE FRIDGE.  I MADE MILD CHILI LAST NITE.  AND TODAY IT WILL BE LEFTOVERS AND ALSO BURGERS FOR THE DAY.  AS YOU CAN TELL, I AM WELL FED.  AND THEN THERE'S ALSO CHIPS, RICE CAKES, CHEEZ-ITS, CHEDDAR CHEESE AND MY CHOCOLATE WALNUTS AS FILLERS.  NO WONDER I CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD DAY FRIENDS.  HUGS, QB S 

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