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Dear Lord,

Thank you for standing by me so far today.
With your help. I haven't been grumpy, judgmental, or even lost my temper.

But I will be getting out of bed soon, and I'll really be needing your help even more.

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Cwillie,
Congratulations! Good deal.
We are addressing the grocery expense this month.

After getting the oil changed in my car, checking mileage...
found that I wayyy overpaid car insurance for the last two years.
Stayed home a lot!

Instead of just under 10,000 miles per year, it was less than 4,150.
Still wondering if I made a mistake on the calculations. When I figure this out, I may call the insurance company for a possible refund. Slipped my mind.

Oh dear. It could be only 1,040 miles in 2021.
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I'm pretty sure I've grumbled here before about the 2 grocery stores in my small town being ridiculously expensive since it's one of my major peeves. The other day I made the trip to the next town to shop at the discount supermarket there and when I got home I went through my receipt and checked the prices against what I would have paid if I had bought the same items online from my local supermarket (which coincidentally is part of the same grocery family, Loblaw).
my cost - $40.24
total at local store - $88.98.
100% worth the drive.
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I am on my Feb staycation that I take every year to burn down some PTO, and so far it has been nice. Just piddling around the house, some cleaning out and trips to Goodwill, etc. Tomorrow Hubs and I are taking a day trip to Luray Caverns.. just because,, Hey its a vacation! We opted for a day trip because of the animals, and I am actually looking forward to it! Have not been there in many years, and they say it is an easy self guided walk of about 1.5 miles. Planning to go slow and take pictures. Today DD had off so she spent the day with us and we did Valentines day dinner of steak and scallops,, yummy! And a friend stopped by. Thursday another BF is coming over with her grand daughter they are taking care of temporarily,, she is already tired out after 3 days, so the GD can run around here and play with the dog and cats and we can catch up. I told her there is a reason we ladies in our 60s don;t have babies... LOL we are too tired!
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Amazed.
Just amazing.
I don't think that as we age, we can ever get too old to be surprised!

It is my fault the sunflower seeds in Dh's snack cupboard were so old, my fault, yep, all my fault. 🕯
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The house air gets very dry in winter, causing dry throats, dry nose membranes, dry skin, and coughing, and itching.
I read that keeping the humidity higher can help ease that, prevent colds/flu, clean the air, decrease the dust. And I will look younger maybe!
Humidity reading over 30% has helped, as it dropped to 16%. The actual recommended readings for better comfort and health are online.

Spring brings a load of regular maintenance of the home to mind....some things are spring cleaning; changing batteries in fire alarms, motion activated lights, sorting through food storage, and other things you might mention.

I have a list of things to do in the spring, continued from 5 years ago....no problem, some of those things never got done. 🤗

So far, we did take down and put away the Christmas lights.
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Good news. Just yesterday, my dH and I sorted through the food supply, and I hid the expired foods in a trash bag under my bed, so I can remove it when he is not home.

Bad news. Just today, those good looking sunflower seeds were sitting in a jar on the counter, dH just had some. They were so expired, rancid, tasted toxic like a chemical, I had to spit them out. Putting them down the garbage disposal, he objects. Don't do that! Another disagreement. I hate this.
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A friend of mine is flying to Monkton NB later this week to visit a daughter she hasn't been able to see for a couple of years so in light of the big storm heading up the coast I thought I would check the weather forecast for that area. I was puzzled when neither the Weather Network or AccuWeather were able to supply anything for Monckton, and they couldn't find St John or Frederickton either. And then when I tried a general search of New Brunswick they couldn't supply that, it's like the whole province doesn't exist. WTF
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Oh my! People are being good to me. My snow angel came by this evening to do the driveway and sidewalk, and I went out to take the trash to the curb as I forgot it last week. Normally I wouldn't go when he is here, but it came to mind and I didn't want to forget it again. He offered to take the 2 bins to the curb for me. It's not a big thing but it counts. The trash bin was heavy for me this week with the stuff from the basement flood and the driveway is slippery and I don't need another tumble. I will be so glad when I don't have to do this anymore.

Waiting to hear the final word on financing for the condo.
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Things are slow to navigate. But not only on this website.
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Margaret - I know, right?
Re: the quilts - I belong to a church group that makes quilts for the homeless and other charities, that's all well and good when the materials are donated but when they end up buying fabric, batt and thread I can't help but think they could have got more bang for the buck buying blankets from Walmart. Same goes for all the people knitting mittens, for goodness sake I can buy better, waterproof insulated mittens at the dollar store.
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Cwillie, when we were young, crafts were a way to save money. Gardening for vegetables and a few flowers for the house, knitting for pullovers, crochet for little mats you couldn’t afford to buy, etc etc. We unraveled jumpers to re-use the wool. Now crafts are a way to spend money, not to save it. I was shocked to find from a friend that making a quilt cost her several hundred dollars for materials, as well as hours of her time.

Try going back to the old ways. Walk around the block, find something that seems to grow easily where you are, go in and ask if you could take a cutting. You might even meet some nice people! Collect your own seeds. Use all that plastic packaging to make seed trays. Make your own compost to turn into potting mix. Find a gardening club with like minded tight wads like me!
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I've never had the time or the space to plant everything I lusted after in magazines and catalogues GA, seems when I had plenty of one I never had enough of the other. And the prices are just ridiculous, gardening used to be an inexpensive hobby but now everything from the seeds, pots, soil to fertilizers are becoming more than I'm willing to pay.
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CWillie, I've experienced a slow loading (more like an annoying delay) in loading, other than signing in and out.  This has occurred for at least a week.   I began to open two browsers and switch back and forth, giving this site time to load.  However, usually I just give up and leave.   I'm getting garden catalogues, and I'd rather spend my time deciding how much money to spend on dozens of new varieties of bulbs and seeds.  So far, I've identified at least enough to compromise 1/2 of my monthly SS allotment.  And that's only from 3 catalogues.
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Still slow to open Questions and Discussions. Oh well, I remember way back when the internet was so slow, that one could go outside to wash the car, while the computer was downloading :)
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Yes, the internet is slow here, too. Guess people are shopping with their gift cards :)
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yes - very slow. And slow to get on website.
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Anyone else finding the threads are slow to load today? I hope this isn't the prelude to another problem.
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Angie - you need to protect yourself. You are not obliged to take temper tantrums from your sis or anyone else. Sounds like you need to back off from the relationship a bit. You have nothing to feel guilty about, Take some space - emotional distance - reduce contact so you are not so affected by your sister's moods. You don't have to take care of her any more. Show her that if she wants your company she has to behave properly. Walk away/hang up the phone when she misbehaves.

ff - glad you are OK. I rarely leave the house too these days. Masks are still mandatory indoors here and I am OK with that. I have no doubt that your vaccinations protected you from worse illness.
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Couple weeks ago I had a possible break-thru covid. Woke up one morning stuffy, coughing, sneezing, very tired, my temp was just slightly above normal. I thought it was a regular 2 week cold.

Well the next morning, woke up and had none of those symptoms. In 24 hours it was totally gone. So it must have been a covid break-thru as I had my shots/booster. Had the same 24 hour side affect when I got my booster.

I rarely leave the house, always been a homebody. But I ran out of holiday cards so I went to Target, hardly anyone there. One didn't need to wear a mask if fully vaccinated, and since my glasses were fogging up big time, I took my mask off. Apparently since it was the only store I had been in, I caught it some how. My sig-other kept his mask on, he was fine.

Yes, one can get a case of covid even when vaccinated/booster, but it won't make you sick enough where you would need to go into the hospital, unless you have a serious underlining condition.

Just food for thought.
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Hi I am 75 and doing ok, my sister is 63. I don't know if others have this situation but growing up I was in charge of helping to take care of her, you can see there is 12 yrs between us. I took her many places and was like a second mother - when she turned 17 she became very bossy with me. for the past 45 years i have tried hard to keep the peace between us but she is very jealous. I am tired and don't want to deal with her anger and moods all the time. She lashes out at me, not my brothers - i do speak up and it becomes a shouting match. I as the older sister feel guilty after wards. have no idea what to do and don't want to spend the rest of whatever life i have left dealing with her childish behavior. Yes, i have told her but of course she thinks everything is my fault and gets mouthy. Help
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Thank you my "3 G's",, glad you understand! And may we all stay safe and healthy
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Pam, I'm sorry to learn of the frustration that's being created by people who have no justification at all to criticize front line workers who are putting their own lives on the line to care for others who won't take care of themselves.

Know that for all the complainers, there are probably 2 - 3+ more people who ARE grateful, but aren't necessarily expressing it directly to the hospital staff, not for any negative reason but perhaps b/c they're focused on their own recoveries.

I think some levels of people blame others for various reasons:  they're not capable of assessing their own participation or lack thereof; they're not mature or intelligent enough to make valid assessments, and/or they just don't want to take care of themselves - i.e., let someone else do it.  

These people aren't worth your valuable time and consideration, and know that their whining and complaining reflects on THEM, their inability to respect, to analyze their own behavior, and perhaps even their inability or unwillingness to change and take care of themselves.  Some people are just irresponsible.

Hang in there, and know that there still are good, reliable and intelligent people who appreciate and support your work, and your sacrifices.
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Quote from nbc chicago -" Health experts have said that a majority of hospitalizations and deaths associated with the delta variant in recent months have largely been in unvaccinated individuals. The CDC has said the risk of infection is 8x higher in the unvaccinated than the vaccinated, and the risk of hospitalization or death is 25x higher."

Everything I have read about vaccines and omicron suggests that while some vaccinated people are getting infected by it, vaccination does appear to lessen the severity of the infection. More data needs to be collected to come to firm conclusions. As gershun pointed out, it is early in the game.
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Per the CDC, as of yesterday Tuesday Dec 28, the CDC is investigating 86 cruise ships with COVID outbreaks. Virtually everyone on board the ships has been vaccinated.
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(((((((pamz))))) thank you for a dose of reality and well done for hanging in there. It can't be easy. You certainly have my support.
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Pam, I think most nurses do a wonderful job. I'm sorry you are having to go through the "no visitors" fiasco again in your state. I can't believe we've come full circle again. Hugs to you!
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Willie, you are right. I'm not playing in the snow although Queen Elizabeth park would be pretty with the snow covered trees right now. :) It's only minus 5 today but that's 5 degrees warmer than it was yesterday.

As for the endless covid debates. Picture someone with their hands over their ears saying "I can't hear you!" That's me right now. The truth of the matter is even the CDC and the politicians, the infectious disease specialists etc. are in the dark about covid so opinions are a dime a dozen. I've lost count of the number of times I've heard a so-called expert on t.v. saying "we haven't reached a conclusion yet about this" when discussing covid. I'm fully vaccinated so I've done what I thought was best for me. End of story.
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OK, its late here and I have been depressed all day. My huge hospital has just gone to code red for visitors , that means one visitor a pt a day, and is expected to go to code purple next week ,, no visitors, I am depressed because I know how hard this for both the patients and families,, I was there a year ago with my Mom with CHF. And I am REALLY sick of comments about how it is the overworked staffs fault! we are busting our butts to keep people safe. No we DO NOT want to intubate ( vent) every patient, in fact we try very hard to NOT intubate people.. we try every trick in our bag to NOT do this! We were all "healthcare heros" a year ago, and now we seem to be the enemy to some people. No the hospital does not get a payout for intubations,, yes we are losing staff due to this. But not because of fear of the shot. Those of us who are hanging in there need your support, not your constant complaints about our work . I do agree it is everyones choice to vax or not.. And it is my choice to take care of you whatever you chose, no matter what I try to take care of you all the same.
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sp19690- yours is a voice of reasons and logic. I appreciate your comments.

Per CDC study, More than 70% of those who contracted Omicron are fully vaccinated.

Per CDC, vaccinated people can and do transmit virus to others.

Vaccinated people still get COVID and die.

Being vaccinated does not make someone else safer.

Being unvaccinated does not make anyone else less safe.

ONLY being sick with COVID puts someone else at risk.
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