We often choose it, and it's one of the worst fish. It contains a lot of heavy metals (msn.com)
I went to bed at 10:30 on Friday night because my stomach hurt. Now, it is middle of night and I am sitting up after a med to help stomach. I read the article about Tilapia. I don't have my glasses on, so I cannot see if this is typed correctly.
New cleaner coming tomorrow, so I need to sleep!
Do you eat tilapia?
Mower came today. Before he went into the back yard, I told him about the tree and asked him to tell me exactly what is going on. He said the tree is bent and bending the clothesline pole. NOT good. He can only trim a few feet, that a tree trimmer will have to get the rest. It is not several limbs, just one limb that is at least 24" diameter. Good Grief! He has to dodge to get under part of it to mow. The rest he uses the weed eater underneath to get the grass.
Now, the mower can barely mitigate the situation. So, we have to deal with the backyard neighbor. We can be civil about the situation. However, any problem I had with the myriad neighbors in the tacky rental house were always very hostile. A paid tree trimmer is only option here.
I have choices. 1) speak to them civilly. Leave if they get cranky. 2) have it done, pay for it, and take bill to them. 3) let/expect them to get the tree person and hope it all turns out okay, 4) Expect the people to pay when we have it done.
The tree is a monster with the huge branch bending from about 40' above the ground. So, this is not something for a person with a chainsaw. I want someone licensed and bonded to do the work. This is not my first rodeo with a tree. This will ruin Tommy's fence if the huge limb falls on it.
We drove by the house behind here and the yard is immaculate front and back. Not a blade of grass out of place. They have two grills out back on a patio along with furniture. There is no way they have not seen this problem. So, I suspect they will not want to pay for this removal. I have never seen anyone outside, so who knows whether they are old or young or what. I have to lean forward to see out of the dirty kitchen window and through a screen and through a dirty storm window.
This makes me anxious. I will get a quote first.
Mower raised the blades another inch for four-inch cut. The St Augustine will keep weeds from sprouting. Plus, it looks lush, like it should. It will also survive better any bit of drought or heat this summer. I have tried to get Tommy to let it grow higher instead of scalping the lawn, exposing dirt where weeds thrive. Maybe he will let me get a tree or three planted next--crape myrtles.
Tommy has heard my plan for his lack of noticing his condition before he passes out. I will be at his appointment with Endocrinologist. I will have his monitor info on my phone even if he has a monitor in his pocket. Before this, he has said he does not need me to help monitor. If I don't, his diabetes will land him in hospital with head injury or broken bones, OR in the morgue.
I made a list from the Publix ad and Tommy went in. Tomorrow.
We have been watching Elkhorn. Anyone else? I love it.
Things like this tree bending my T-pole to hold my clothesline are what disturb my sleep at night.
What would you do about the tree branch leaning? This is a branch that is tree sized and very wide.
Tommy's eye is barely discolored. I thought for sure he would have a real shiner. He is not hurting anywhere after the fall. I had trouble sleeping after all the excitement. I slept two hours, awoke and could not sleep. I went out at 7 am and put the car back into the carport, so that the predicted rain would not get it spotty. Then, I watched TV for a bit and went back to bed for another two hours' sleep. Then, I stayed awake for two hours, lay back down and slept three hours. So, my sleep was in three sessions.
Thankfully, we had plenty of cooked food for dinner--chicken breasts, potatoes, carrots, squash, onions. Yep, we had that last night, too.
The mower did not come as he said today. He got something in his eye and had to go to eye doctor after work. He usually comes on Thursday, anyway. That way, he can pull the trash to the road for Tommy. So, he will be here on the right day.
At the very back of the yard are many limbs of the tree behind us, hanging down to the ground on our side. I wonder if the mower cuts them, will it be okay to toss them over the fence or are we supposed to carry them to the road in front of my house? I cannot get back to the fence to talk with them and do not want to annoy them by cutting their branches.
When I was eight, somehow I became the owner of an buffalo nickel. When my grandson was eight, I gave it to him along with a coin book. I really, really, REALLY wish I had another buffalo nickel. But, I don't regret giving mine to grandson.
I have been wanting Tommy to go to an endocrinologist when I go to one so he can better manage his diabetes. He always yells. Today, I was on the phone telling a friend the plan. He did not say a word during my conversation or afterwards. So, finally, maybe we will find answers and get a Dexcom monitor to stick on him.
Today, I read an interesting article about coins, lost and found.
Americans Throw Away Up to $68 Million in Coins a Year. Here Is Where It All Ends Up. (msn.com)
Do you have a coin collection, large or small?
Do you pick up pennies?
About 9:30 on Monday night, Tommy came into the living room, was looking around and saying, "Where did you...where is it...what did you do with...on and on, over and over. I was wondering what he wanted, so I kept asking him and he said, 'nothing' or 'never mind' or just went back to the kitchen. Then, he would come back, wander around and not answer me. He was ill with me. Finally, after about 15 minutes of this, I heard the biggest crash ever in this house. I rushed into the kitchen. Remember, this chair is slow lifting and then I have to make an extreme effort to get out. So, rushing into the kitchen takes a long time.
Tommy was lying on the floor with blood on hand and head. Briefly tried to talk with him, but he was barely conscious. He made no sense when he muttered. I called 911 immediately. Ambulance and firetruck came screaming.
They treated Tommy where he lay. I asked the two women with him if one of them could turn off the eye where food was burning. His blood pressure was very high. His blood sugar was 32...32! They immediately put in an IV of sugar. Their words not mine.
The guys asked if he had high blood pressure. Since the doctor prescribed high bp med before he had high bp, I never know how to answer, so I said he did take bp med. I showed it to them and gave them water and they served it to him. My bp was sky high at that point!
He landed on his stomach but managed to turn to his back before anyone came. He could not tell me if he was hurt. I gasped at the blood on his hand. I came back and there was blood on the other hand and the outer corner of his eye. He was in the narrowest place in this house by far, right as he was still in kitchen and heading to door to living room. I could not get close. I could not step over him and keep my balance. Besides, I wondered if he would trip me thinking I was stepping on him.
I heard squeaking from where he and four EMTs were standing as I sat in my chair. One guy came in here, and I asked him what was the squeaking. I feared it was Tommy. One of the women had laryngitis. Fifteen minutes later when Tommy was recovering, he asked what was squeaking. He said he was really troubled, thinking something was wrong with him still that he could not hear things right.
So, once they got Tommy up, they sat him on his walker. Then, they helped him up and wanted him to push his walker to living room. They commented about his pb by chair and said he needed that in a pbj sandwich, asking him if he had bread. He started making a pb sandwich. He refuses to eat jelly on it. After the people left, I got him a warm real Coke. I told him it was warm and to drink it anyway. He did.
I was exhausted from the drama and worry for Tommy. I finished the burger I had half cooked. I gave him that on a bun and heated a bowl with all the leftovers of potato, broccoli, and green beans. There was little of each.
The reason his blood sugar was dropping was that we wanted to watch Antique Road Show. I know he should manage his own health, but obviously, he won't. And, he just now told me F*** Off!
I had to wake him at 2 am to take meds and his insulin because he did not even take meds! He is so exhausting. And rude. This is why I didn't do anything to help him when he was wandering around just before he fell. I knew abuse would follow. I would have done more if I actually thought he would fall. He tells me he knows what he is doing and does not need help! He is too big to manhandle as if he were three.
It is 3 am, and I cannot sleep!
Do you have experience with someone with diabetes who will not listen? He will get the little dexcon thing to wear, but will not allow it on my phone because he "can do it himself" because he "knows what he is doing."
He had a boarder about 20 years ago who found him unconscious in the living room. She called an ambulance and he was taken to the hospital. He complained that all she needed to do was put food in his mouth. He did not know about the tubes of gel to squeeze in a person's mouth and said he did not need to keep those around because food would work, too. Seee? If I do try to force anything on him, he will hurt me because he is strong. Remember?
Tuesday now. So, he lived through the night. I always worry about that.
Between the two of us, we cooked three packages of sliced chicken and sliced turkey breast, potatoes, carrots, squash and onions. I did put garlic powder and onion powder on all.
We ate late, too late. I had Tommy eat pb that he put on crackers. He did not argue as he usually does. I suppose his cut eye still hurts. The cut is right on his brow, right on the bone. I bled lots and then quit. He has a few other small bruises, but I forgot where. He was not hurt so it affected his walking.
I have the name of a new Endocrinologist and will get an appointment for Tommy, too.
Do you or have you dealt with a diabetic in trouble who does not know it?
I have not cleaned out my car since 2019. No, the car is not filthy. There was less in the back seat, so I had Tommy bring that in when he went out for the mail. Mainly, there was an Eastport backpack in a disintegrating garbage bag. There were lots of good and useful things in it. Some things had been destroyed by 5 years closed in a car that had full sun from noon to sunset.
There were two good umbrellas and an ice scraper. One umbrella had a sticky handle that I hope can be cleaned. Also, there was a windup radio and a windup flashlight that were tossed. Fire starters made in a cardboard egg carton were tossed. A makeup pouch holds two sets of utensils. I hate eating a nice meal with flimsy plastic utensils. Two duffle bags were folded and new, keeping those. Now that I am here, I use bags to keep like items together since I have less storage pieces and shelves. There was a red man's bag for shaving and stuff.
I have a cheap pair of binoculars that I found in the bag and will keep by my chair to watch flowers and hummingbirds right outside the door. Speaking of which, there was a beautiful yellow butterfly trying to land on a swaying basket of pink petunias today.
The last two things I found was a planter that is a figurine. Then, gloriously, I found my Notary Public stamp. I wondered where it was. Now, I won't have to buy another.
Everything in this bag was new except for the planter. It still had the Kress sticker for 49 cents.
The binoculars have a sticker for Nature Valley Nut Clusters, so they were definitely free from somewhere, same with windup radio and windup flashlight. One duffle bag had ad for Marlins, new in plastic. One umbrella was something I won from ABC3340.
Size 12 black velvet, sleeveless dress with sparkles on high bodice, little girl's size. good hanger. Soap in wrapper, pretty well disintegrated--tossed.
Only the umbrella and ice scraper which I did not mention will go back into the car. These items have never been in this house. Now for the trunk!
I am overjoyed to find Notary stamp. I am also overjoyed that the day is sunny and 82F.
By the way, I called Kraft about the orange MW. This was something for which they had an answer. It was a problem with the machine sealing the jar. Apparently, it overheated the seal and caused it to fail. Usually, a company will act surprised and say no one has complained about that.
Now, Tommy is bringing in items from the car trunk. I had 6-pack of Ball, blue, wide-mouth jars, 6 tiny Halloween vases with dead plants and dirt. I bought these for a dime with the dead plants. Now, he says they had ladybugs on them. Unbeknownst to me, he cleaned them out for me. Great.
It is so late, and I am just now cooking burgers to eat with leftover vegetables.
All in all, it was a very good day. I talked to a cousin and found he had his second heart attack. I did not have to wear a coat or sweater out since it was 82F.
There is very little left in the trunk now.
Do you ever find a cache of very good things you thought were lost?
One other thing happened late, but that is for another day.
Sunday was a slow day, with pretty sky that soon became really overcast in one direction. We sat in the park for a bit before we rushed home to watch America's Funniest Videos, always hilarious.
We went out and returned the battery and got core money back on my cc. Then, Tommy took orange-tinged and stinky MW that was spoiled back to Publix. He got one with a date of August. Only car parts store gave us a problem. Tommy went in there, too.
Sometimes, I have looked at the labels of fake hamburgers and such. So far, I have not eaten any fake meat. I did have some in refrigerator accidentally. Tommy ate them. Do you eat fake meat?
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Tommy finished his tax return yesterday. Sunday, he finished mine in 15 minutes since it is much less complicated. I completed two birthday cards, one to grandson and another to son, father of grandson. So, we had six pieces of mail to deposit inside the PO. Only when I have Christmas cards, do we have this many pieces of mail to go out.
Today, I took a good look at my botched haircut. I think what I did was cut one side twice and left the other side alone! Of course, I sat in my chair without a mirror and cut by feel. Why am I surprised I goofed?
Do you eat fake meat?
Are your taxes done? In the mail?
Friday night, I slept 12 hours, maybe more. I have lost another 5 pounds, making it 20 pounds lost. I must get an appointment to see what this is. Plus, my neck hurts and is swollen. I suspect it is my thyroid and cancer from the nodules behind it. But, I hate to borrow trouble.
Friday, I had mower come by here to check on my tire. He came from work since it is much closer than going home and then coming back. He drove my car to tire place that he chose, not a chain. The guy took off tire, dumped it in a tank and found the glue holding tire to rim was not holding, plus tire stem was loose. Now, I know why the tire lost all its air, down to 3.5 pounds. He went right to door and said he watched them to make sure it was done right. It only cost me $12. He saved me money.
He drove it through the scary car wash. I told them I wanted a $10 wash, but woman put it on a $16 wash. Car was still very dirty. It was covered in pollen, so maybe this was as good as it gets.
Overall, he was here for 1.5 hours, and Tommy gave him a check for $35. I hope it was enough. K said if he had the money, he would take the car right now. Hope the woman friend is so positive. The only thing wrong with the car is that driver door will not lock when all the other doors lock. You have to push down the lock. And, I cannot set the clock. We both tried, then both used instructions. That is the last $63 I will spend to sell this car. It sells 'as is.'
Tonight, I cooked hamburger, no bun. We had slaw with it. I think I must have eaten more than a cup, maybe two cups of slaw. I had no breakfast and only chicken sandwich for lunch. I got up for 20 minutes, ate lunch and went to bed again.
I think both of us will get a new car if we can find a new one deeply discounted. Tommy seems okay with it after the exorbitant prices we saw on used cars, high mileage. Of course, we may not.
Tonight, as I was making slaw, I had to open a new jar of Miracle Whip. As I pulled the paper and foil seal off, I saw orange. That is not good. I pulled more. Not only was the seal and orangey-red, so was the Miracle Whip inside and it stunk. The use-by date was May 24. Tommy got out another jar, same date, bought at same time. No orange, no swoosh when the seal was broken, smells great. So, that goes back or I will call Kraft.
What sealed commercial food have you opened that was obviously spoiled? How gross was that?
The jar of MW I finished yesterday had a date of Feb 24. It still tasted and smelled good when I last ate it yesterday.
Have you ever had to repair a car you were selling? I only fixed the tire because it was dangerous.
Now, I am limp again.
