Oh and Sparky’s homemade wine. He’s taken up winemaking as a hobby.
Me 52, H53 Bomb drop 9/29/2014 Divorce from XH final 12/17/2014 Marriage #2 12/31/2019 5 adult (step)daughters (3 from XH's first marriage, 2 from current H's previous relationships) 6 grandkids
Andrew chicks are great doing well spoiled rotten they got a toy xylophone for Christmas whicch they are not doing too much with yet but I have also given them some home made scratch grains and made them spaghetti squash over the weekend
Will probably make them some treat for Christmas. They always make me happy.
Im going to maybe make some Christmas fudge and send it to various people In my circle
M 20+ T25+ S ~15.5 (BD) BD 4/6/15 D 12/23/16
"Someone I loved once gave me A box full of darkness. It took me years to understand, That this too, was a gift." ~ Mary Oliver
Tonight I meet halfway with my son (who lives an hour and a half away) in a grocery store parking lot to swap bags of presents. We will open them via zoom on Xmas morning. It will be only the second time since the pandemic started that I have seen him in person. It's hard but it's what we have to do, I'm grateful he's being careful. Thank god for Facetime and the internet.
My last day in the office then a nice week and a half off. I haven't taken a vacation all year so this is much needed. Oddly what I am excited to do is organizing in my home. Being home so long, and not having the cleaning ladies coming every two weeks to force me to pick everything up, has led to a bit more clutter than I like and has demonstrated all the problem areas in the house in terms of organization to me.
A Christmas miracle is also happening in my house. I have two orchids that were given to me, on last year in October after my mom passed, on a Xmas present last year from a patient. I am bad with houseplants and usually kill orchids. Somehow, these kept blooming and blooming until just a few months ago. Now I noticed that both are putting out new flower shoots again! I have NEVER gotten an orchid to rebloom! I haven't even fed them. I only water them once a week and they must like the indirect light on my living room entry table where they live. The only other difference - which might be major - is that I started a few months ago using the filtered water from the fridge to water them, rather than the tap water.
The only other difference - which might be major - is that I started a few months ago using the filtered water from the fridge to water them, rather than the tap water.
Chlorine? I know that our business selling hydrofluorosilicic acid has dropped off quite a bit in recent years as more and more communities stop fluoridation. I have a stack of the kegs we used to package this in at the back of the warehouse somewhere. So perhaps your filter is taking out the flourine as well? We don't do much with chlorine based chemistry - nasty nasty stuff - chlorine is a very active oxidizer and can get released fairly easily. We do a bit of ferric chloride but that's mostly because we use it ourselves to treat our waste water.
There's a number of sulphates used in water treatment as well that your filter may be removing - if you need some - I know a guy
Oddly I have a habanero - one of the extra spicy varieties as a house-plant in the upstairs bathroom and it's been blooming quite a lot lately. A bit surprising given how cold the house is. And also the fact that it's now nearly 3 years old. I never expected it to live out a season like it's brethern that I grew outside. It doesn't seem to want to set fruit though and they are supposed to be self-pollinating. Ah well - it looks nice.
On BD H52, W50 T27, M26 S21, D23 BD-9-Mar-16 D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18 I am a storyteller. The story may do you no good. But a story is never for the listener. It is always for the one who tells
Had a nice Xmas despite all the limitations. My middle son changed his mind and decided to come down for a couple hours on Xmas eve - we were all masked, 6 feet apart with windows open, he ate in the backyard separate from us, so we think it was as safe as we could possibly make it. Everyone loved their presents (even though several are still in transit!) and it was great to see my son for only the second time since the pandemic.
I’m glad to have the next week off and have lots of things I plan to get organized. Actually started on my bathroom yesterday but then took a long nap yesterday afternoon; will finish that today.
Just heard some sad news about my ex-MIL. (She was a WAW when my ex was a teenager, after we were married I was instrumental in bringing about a reconciliation between my ex and her. I don't agree with how she went about leaving her marriage but her husband would have been difficult to live with.) Anyway, my son tells me she had knee replacement surgery last week, got an abscess from the spinal anesthesia and is now having neurosurgery. She has Parkinsons and is in her early 80's now I think. This does not sound good at all.
When she first left, none of the three boys in the family had any contact with her (the girls stayed in touch). My ex reconciled with her in his twenties, one brother waited until his 40's, and one brother in his 60's still has never spoken to her to the best of my knowledge. Very sad.
My office is closed between Xmas and New Years, my partner and I each go in once during the break to handle refill faces. Today was my turn, and I got two calls today from patients with new cases of Covid (one confirmed, one just suspected but very likely. ) Be safe out there everybody.
I'm hearing lots of stories here too. A good friend's 89 year old mom is in ICU ... she's thankfully responding well to treatment. Another friend's EMT son has it. She was helping a friend with her mom and now can't go home because she's high risk and her husband and daughter have been exposed. Another friend's elderly neighbors both caught it from a relative who was a caregiver of theirs and both passed.
My brother from another mother has long haul syndrome and trust me, you do not want that.
I have to go to the grocery store this morning and I feel like I'm suiting up for a battle.
Be mindful and Stay safe is my motto. xoxoxo
M 20+ T25+ S ~15.5 (BD) BD 4/6/15 D 12/23/16
"Someone I loved once gave me A box full of darkness. It took me years to understand, That this too, was a gift." ~ Mary Oliver
