gm Yes Jacaji I work from home this week. Aw you have a cabin Paulie . I started following tiny homes on instagrams love them some arrent so small I wold love to figure out hw to get one and where I can put one I definitly dont want smake in the woods , I would like to get one already furnished. I like how they furnished them and I am still wondering where the closets are for clothesLB, Yay you work from home this week. That has to be more relaxing.
Sending prayers Jacaji!!! Melatonin get me to sleep but doesnt keep me asleep. I have the 4am ghost hour when I always wake up
Oh no!!! I hope you feel better too!!! Now it's your chance to rest!!!!I do curb side pick up all the time and delivery I love it. OK we are back to normal next week they were able to fix the vpn issue I am in office next week though bt half crewHi LB, Thank you and yep now it's my chance to rest. This fatigue is annoying. I'm not used to low energy. lol I don't have it all of the time but when it hits I definitely feel it. Pain in the butt.
some bounceHi Tig, Wow you've used grocery pick up a long time! I'm sure your knees thank you.
(Paulie)
I've done grocery pick up, every two weeks, since Spring of 2020. My knees thank me... ;D
TTFN
Beautiful Paulie so Jealous I would love to live there full time!!!!Nice and peaceful. My favorite is the front porch!!!!!!!!LB, Darn you couldn't do exercises as much as you wanted but very good your father now understands your struggle. Hopefully you can get more exercise stretches in today. Not sure if your're working from home or in office today.
Theres still pain, I didnt do the exerises/stretches as much as I wanted to I went to see my father I was showing him prices od apartments and he finally gets it with my little tiny raise 3% and how the inflation is affecting me. Rent goes u 6% so right there I am i nthe whole. I finally made progress with hime u
nderstanding the struggle.
I wish you luck with the cabin!!!
1....But it still TASTES GOOD LOLjicaji, YES!! about chocolate. LOL
LB....Sorry you're still having pain. YES, inflation is out of control. I went food shopping yesterday and my total was more than I've ever spent in one week, buying the same things I usually buy, not to mention the price of eggs and beef, chicken. Unbelievable. Just gets worse and worse.
Paulie....Your cabin is beautiful. I wish you and your family many days of joy and happiness in it.
Paulie we do have same mindsetPhyl, Yep!
Phyl, Oops I goofed! I'm so sorry. LB doesn't have a walker. My neighbor friend has one. She has a basket on hers and I was thinking about hers this morning and totally posted wrong. Nice link you found for baskets though! And very thoughtful.
LB, Everything happens for a reason sooooo maybe my goof is a good idea and suggestion to get a walker with a basket. You might not want that right now but it would solve the problem of walking into work with laptop and other things and help with your balance too. What do you think?
SED
Good Morning ...
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Currently 69 F cloudy. High 76F rain storms, Low 68F rain. All day long...
LB #1Oh!!! I missed that! ;D Thanks!
Paulie look closely at the TV---it's a BBC broadcast
Good Morning Beakers
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I don't know if anyone of you knew this Decorah chatter (I know Puff knows her) - sunset dreamer sometimes we just called her sunset was her name, but she is one of the ladies that I stayed at the cabin with last year for ATF. She made alot of things for the auction, too. She passed away on 7/11. I don't know any of the details, but the post on her FB page says, she passed at her home.
RIP Sunset Dreamer...soar high with the eagles you love.
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some bounceTig, Some bounce is better than no bounce. :) Keep resting.
Good ideas all ... and thanx
But, how about a margarita... in honor of Jimmy? 8)
We will hang in there, like Iris
Phyl, Oh geesh to how you heard about the 6 weeks!!
Oh my gosh Phyl! That was nasty!! And having to wait so long to see Dr then wear the cast 8 weeks! You had good reason to not be happy!!Phyl, Oh geesh to how you heard about the 6 weeks!!
I was in my late 20's and stepped off a curb 'wrong' and sat right down on top the the snapped ankle. The doc went on holiday two weeks later for 1 mo. By the time I could get in to see him. I wore the cast nearly 8wks >:(
Very nice Paulie - After the Fledge After Party 2024? Congrats. Has to be a long time dream getting to fruition. ENJOY!Puff, Thank you very much. Heck yeah to After the Fledge After Party 2024 would be awesome. We'd allll have a blast I know that.
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Paulie--like the roll-away kitchen island. Push it to a side wall and let the hoe-down begin! :) ;)Hi eburg!! How are you? All's good I hope.
Pauli, lovely cabin/getaway! Hope you can find the other pictures and post them! Do you have a wildlife cam up sp you can see who comes to call when you are away? Think you mentioned a bear. Kitchen will allow you to cook anything! Incan just imagine a Thanksgiving dinner for the family! Awesome aromas mixed with the woods! Thanks for posting!Hi Karen! Are you sitting on your stool with sides that I got us and others too for Cheers? :) Oh! And I got us a step stool tool Lol
Love your cabin Paulie, so jealous keep the photoscoming. How far away are you from me (the cabin) I feel a long weekend trip coming LOL ;)Hey LB, Thank you and okay to continuing pics if I not too big. lol Hmmmm how far are you and I from the cabin. I think from me at home and you in NJ is about a 4 hour drive .. to the cabin add 2 1/2 hours and you'll be there! We'd have a blast for sure!! ;D
AC was not fixed and I have myh doubts for tomorrow. It is suppose to rain and the AC is outside in s little storage shed on the porch. maybe the balcony from upstairs will keeep them a little dry. I am working from home tomorrow and I will be calling them in the AM. My throat has been sore since my AC broke. Maybe the dryness>
PT. WOW My knee caps are sore. 95% of my exercise bending my knee in oe way or another is involved!!! It's sore but feels more flexible. (sounds weird)
Paaulie, I didnt get both flu and covid shots at same time. but you can. at least at CVS you can when you make an appointment for 1 it will ask you if you want both (and other choices ) my sister heard some people had bad reactions getting both shots at sae time. I am getting my covid shot sept 30. I changed it. I wanted to make sure the new one was out (which will be available this weekend. But I want a couplemore weeks inbetween the 2.
Copper isnt scratching as much today but I am still giving hi a bath this weekend at my dads he has a house and Ijust got the shampoo.
I had over 300 missives and such in my mail once I finally go the mess fixed. Been catching up >:(Hi Phyl! Good to see you back and your pc up and running again.
Paulie that's some 'cabin' in the woods! Possibly a 'retirement' home later? I think LB and I are driving up in the spring. ;D
Just roll that kitchen island to the side and let the party b-e-g-i-n!!!!!
Oh yeah! More photos...
LB I just don't know what to say! Or what to suggest! There must be more 'creative' ways to express your needs. For your throat boil some water to add moisture for your sinuses and other mucus tissues. Gargle tepid water may also help. Nope. None of what you say is 'wierd'. That 'fluid' around the knee is
getting moved about and will lubricate the joint. Be gentle with your self.
So glad Copper is doing better. The PT folks are getting you all 'tuned-up'. ;)
Hi jicaji happy t hear that your back is doing miuch better and all. Take care. Don't want you hurt ---pack your bags and ride up to Paulie's with LB and Me! ;)
Sending a "Good Evening' with SEDs to Everyone !
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Very nice Paulie - After the Fledge After Party 2024? Congrats. Has to be a long time dream getting to fruition. ENJOY!Puff, Thank you very much. Heck yeah to After the Fledge After Party 2024 would be awesome. We'd allll have a blast I know that.
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Yes to a long time dream getting to fruition for sure. We've owned the land for over 20 years and from the time we bought it we, along with our children, had dreams of a cabin some day. But with four children still growing up and then three grandchildren there was always things needing to be done. Raising four children $ .. college $ .. weddings $ and whatever. No problem though because family comes first. God blessed my husband and me a year ago and we were able to fulfill the cabin dream.
About 20 years ago I came across a cabin photo that I cut and had hanging on my home kitchen refrigerator with cabin dream we all had. Even when a refrigerator broke down it was hung back onto the door of the new one.
I took a picture of it hanging now on the cabin fridge door. I'll try to post it for you all to see.
Paulie very nice! And a very modern kitchen. How many bedrooms upstairs? Any plans for a garage or carport? Thanks for sharingPhyl, Thank you about kitchen. There's 4 bedrooms. 2 main floor and 2 upstairs with half bath upstairs too.
Puff, Awww thank you about your emotions about the "someday" pic on frig. :-* :)Very nice Paulie - After the Fledge After Party 2024? Congrats. Has to be a long time dream getting to fruition. ENJOY!Puff, Thank you very much. Heck yeah to After the Fledge After Party 2024 would be awesome. We'd allll have a blast I know that.
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Yes to a long time dream getting to fruition for sure. We've owned the land for over 20 years and from the time we bought it we, along with our children, had dreams of a cabin some day. But with four children still growing up and then three grandchildren there was always things needing to be done. Raising four children $ .. college $ .. weddings $ and whatever. No problem though because family comes first. God blessed my husband and me a year ago and we were able to fulfill the cabin dream.
About 20 years ago I came across a cabin photo that I cut and had hanging on my home kitchen refrigerator with cabin dream we all had. Even when a refrigerator broke down it was hung back onto the door of the new one.
I took a picture of it hanging now on the cabin fridge door. I'll try to post it for you all to see.
Tears in my eyes after seeing the "someday" pic on the new frig in your new hang out.
:-* ;D
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Love lov love, I love the floors and kitchen!!! I love everything but I love the front porch the most!!!! I would spend my day thereLB, YAY!! You've got your AC again! And I'm sooo happy for you enjoying PT so much and more importantly how much it's helping you.
Pauli, great job thur out! I do not know how uou found that special shoeer curtain! It looks like it was made to. Order! Thanks for sharing!karen, Thank you and you're welcome. About the shower curtain would you believe Amazon?! Yep! Good 'ol Amazon. ;D
Phyl, I just now read your post from the other day.
Good Morning Everyone...
This last Wednesday, 9-6-23, Jim had his annual with all the usual blood work. On the 9th he got a
call from his doc's office saying there was an 'anomaly' in his blood test results. And, that
Doc want Jim back in his office for a 're-do'. Jim did that right after work Monday afternoon.
We are waiting for results.
I know about blood an anomalies having one myself with the ITP. And, my Dad dying from two separate blood cancers---Multiple Myeloma and (Pre) Leukemia .
Back in the '80s treatment was very different with blood transfusions as a stand out.
The blood cancers are my greatest concern. I saw how my dad suffered especially in the end with bone pain so intense that he couldn't stand being touched or even laying in bed medicated with morphine. And the emotional roller coaster/stress my mother hid from the world and him---hearing her sob as she prayed before bed every night.
At any rate Jim said doc's office will call---we'll hear tomorrow sometime. If they call during Jim's working hours, he'll call them. But, as they know he can't take calls at Publix. I'm sure we'll hear late afternoon. :-\
Paulie ;D and :'( AgainPuff, I agree!
It just feels good to see happy days for those who finally get a dream.
Come all - lets try making ourselves feel good/ feel better. Make happy
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Happy Friday everyone.
Paulie,,,Have a great weekend.
Puff, we were in Alaska years ago. White water rafting, panning for gold, through Denali, Jim took a helicopter to a glacier and walked on the glacier.... so many great memories....Oh and, of course, beautiful wildlife...bears.
LB, taking Rizzo to the groomer Tuesday, Hopefully all with go well for Copper and you.
Phyl...Hi, love your last post pic.
Happy Friday everyone.
Paulie,,,Have a great weekend.
Puff, we were in Alaska years ago. White water rafting, panning for gold, through Denali, Jim took a helicopter to a glacier and walked on the glacier.... so many great memories....Oh and, of course, beautiful wildlife...bears.
LB, taking Rizzo to the groomer Tuesday, Hopefully all will go well for Copper and you.
Phyl...Hi, love your last post pic.
Lori love thed puppy Surgery is November 7 PhylThanks LB.
Good morning got a late start LOL started work early biut now I am doneLB, Wow! You started work early and were done at the time you posted here. Are you still working from home?
Hi, I apologize for not returning today to post elk pics my son sent to me. I will read previous posts tomorrow. I promise.
Long story short .. I hope. Yeah right it's me telling another story. ::) Busy afternoon then I got a phone call about a dispute within the family. Mom need help. Okay. I listened patiently until after a long while of my being polite and trying to mediate it came down to this, You each will now be quiet. There's two sides or more to every story. The past is in the past. Let it go. Look forward. Move forward. Talk it out. It was. So okay now we're done and again let it go!! Family loves each other. We're done.
I'm worn out and I even kept my story short. I debated whether to post this but decided we're all friends here and my guess is at least one other person or maybe more reading this can relate. My heavens life can be exhausting sometimes. :P :)
I wish you each a good nights sleep if not already Zzzzz.
I'll be back tomorrow and fingers crossed the elk pics will post.
Take care. SED
I download a pic (that I send from my phone to my email) to my Chromebook and then I use the free program Squoosh. I find it easy to use. Just open Squoosh and select the file to upload it to Squoosh, then on the panel on the right I choose Resize, then I select Browser medium quality. Then when it is finished resizing, look at the bar near the bottom to see the size listed. Click on the bar to the left or right to get to a size that is about 800 or 900 K... anything less than 1 MB.Tig, Oh my gosh! Lol My head is spinning after reading these instructions! ;D I'll reach out if I need help posting pics for sure. Thank you.
Then I open a post on the Beak, select Attachments and other options, Attach: , Choose File, select your file that is the most recent or shows a (1) at the end of its file name.
If you decide to try it contact me and I could send you a screen shot of what it looks like (to see how easy it is) ;D
Hi LB, Paulie, Jicaji and Cheers family!Hi Lani! I am so glad to see you and you stopped by here. You stop by here any time you want to! Aww I didn't know Karen posted that in the Beak. That's nice.
I hope you're all well and you don't mind me stopping in... ;D
Paulie, I've read your awesome Elk post that was suggested by Karen in the Beak.
What an exciting moment and many more visits from Mr Bull and his family!
You're sharing his territory now, and you'll get to watch him, his harem and family grow.
Enjoy! ;D :-*
I had to come back and read about the elks again ;D I always thought Elks were out west like the Montana area or even Colorado. Glad they are in PA as well. I was surprised when I read you saw the elks. I think I will be visiting you more so now at the cabin ;)LB, You and I have talked about you coming to the cabin before. That would be fun! :)
I returned my heart monitor yesterday. (wednesday) I got it on Monday when I had the EKG so wore on Monday and Tuesday so far nothing posted on portal. I saw my primary dr today she will sin clearnce once she sees ekg and chest xray (I do that Tuesday)
BrokenLug, Oh my heavens to the pic of the shed shelter!! Wow!! I laughed at what Uncle George said!
The sheds of a Bull Elk ~ hard to find and retrieve them whole
Almost all the critters in that neck of the PA woods consume them.
PA Elk apparently and usually shed their antlers about mid-March.
Deep snow there with some healthy rough wooded terrain. Finding.
A recovered shed, properly preserved and mounted PA Bull Elk Rack mounted somewhere at the cabin does just feel so feel right imho.
The caption from Uncle George on this particular shed shelter, was, well kids be careful these tines could poke your eye out.
{{{Paulie}}} Got to thinking about you as I was turning in for the night. And, thought I'd send an early Friday morning greeting your way.Phyl, Awww Thank you about no apology and for thinking about and sending an early Friday morning greeting and wisdom.
No apologies necessary. Every now and then life's troubles seem to over flow. It's those times that having others to chat with helps.
Families are as diverse and nations of the world. Squabbles are bound to happen. And, they are tiresome to the point one is emotionally drained.
But, in the end things work out and everyone loves one another and always will. Keeping you close in prayer and thought.
Good morning Paulie! Just read your story recommended by Karen in the Beak! Very exciting experience - you told your story so well - thank you!! ;DHi Eagles4evr! Good to 'see' you! :) I'm glad you came to Cheers. Aww thank you to you too for saying the story was told so well. It sure was exciting!
(((PAULIE))) Animals in the wild are magnificent for sure. Thanks for the family pics of them ;) What a great plaque your family friend made - perfect :) WOW What a gorgeous, cozy cabin and to realize that dream. You are truly blessed and was meant to be at this time. Question - Who waters the beautiful hanging plants when you are not there? ??? ;) ;DHi tsk!! I'm glad I saw your post before I left. Agreed to animals are magnificent. And awww you're welcome for pics.
paulie go enjoy ..BL, Thanks. I did!
Phyl, The all girl sleep over was fun! I like the pic you posted and the pretty Blue Jay too.
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Paulie wildlife snaps are always the best. Thanks. All 'girl' sleep over. What fun! "A Good Evening' to you gals.
LB and jicaji Send you wishes for a "Good Evening and SEDs"
Good mornignLB, You're working from home this week?
I got home a little while ago seeing the surgeons assistant, One of the assistants will be in the surgery with surgeon. I am actually going to have PT and a nurse aid come to the house for about 2-3 weeks MY insurance covers in house care but I worry because of copper. he is not friendly toward starangers. another thing I am worried about when the nurse and pt comes to visit. I will tell them not to pay attention to him.LB, Very good that you will have a nurse aid come to your house and have PT too and your insurance covers house care.
I just dropped off for scripts that I wll need to take b4 and after surgery 1 a blood thinner and 2nd pain killer (both after surgery) and antibacterila soap and some kind of ointment for nose to take 2-3 days prior to surgery to prevent infections. Not sure what time the surgery is but she said they tend to be early so I can get PT in that afternoon/evening. I will also have PT the next morning before I leave the hosptial . I am not taking laptop but I am going to test signing in from phone and my notepad. when I log off here. I just need to copy user id and password. I will bring those 2 with me since they are small.
Thanks for the kind words. I never asked my friend. I dont want to put her out. SHe works too. Why cant my sister help. Her job is Part Time and only works to keep her busy she doesnt need to. she lives 20 min away. If I cant rely on family I dont want to put my friend out driving 2 hours or more each way and she needs to work. I know she has vacation days but actually her daughter is giving birth in Novemeber so not dragging her away from a new grandchild.
Oh guess what, so far the people I know who had knee replacemnet surgery had staples. Im not. They will do a desolveble stitiched underneth the skin then some kind of adhesive upbove skin. WOW maybe scar wont be so bad????
Thanks again. oh I got the key made up. and thersday I will get car isnected. I need oils chnage too but that nneeds to wait $$$ I wont driving much after thursday. LOL
I have some washing mach problems gonna be a ways as I have to manually turn water on and off.Phyl, Oh geez!! Sorry about your washing machine issue. You do what you have to do. That comes first for sure. I hope the issue is resolved for you without too much hassle.
I'll return when I am able.
Test from my note pad I am good to go. Soon as I'm conscientious enough I will postGood to both!!
Hi This may be long. I am learning from Paulie ;)Oh my gosh LB! You stinker!! You did good. I taught you well!! ;D LOL ... literally!
Good morning in and out of car is today I hope he did cange the appointment from 3 to 1100 and hopefully that will be before it starts to rain . well I only took 4 adil this morning hopefully not bad.Good Morning,
LB Have your PT go with to see if you can walk Copper. That's a very important functional exercise you need to be able to do. What is the number of degrees your knee can bend? Sounds like you are making steady progress. :)
PUFF goniometer LOL
thanks for info Phyl. Paulie I will start tonight I am catching up on shows I recorded right now. LOL I am finding pretty decnet movis to watch ones I would normal NOT watch LOLLB, Good! Did you watch Virgin River? I didn't get a chance to yet.
Good morning, I am doing ok . From the knee down is still very stiff and hard tol move around. like when I get in shower and putting on my left shoe. They say it will go away I hope soon. I know part of the healing process but I think it doesnt help with bending my kneeLB, Good that you're doing ok but my heavens this is a long process for you.
Karen/Baz/Lisa
It looks like the east coast is going to have major rain/wind storm running from Florida up the coast to Maine this weekend. Check out your local forecast to stay updated...
Phyl, Yep to the rain/wind storm in my area. Same for LB I think with her being more near the coast. Thanks for posting Oldguy's info. A good time to stay inside and hunker in.Karen/Baz/Lisa
It looks like the east coast is going to have major rain/wind storm running from Florida up the coast to Maine this weekend. Check out your local forecast to stay updated...
Oldguy here in Beakroom just posted this today for the gals that live along eastern coast. Maybe, an FYI LB and Paulie
Merry Christmas Cheers members! To Paulie, jicaji, LB, and to Phyl, Lani, all of you! I hope you're enjoying the day with friends and family. Missed coming in last night so thought I'd stop by this morning. Enjoy this song from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, "For Unto Us a Child Is Born". :) Good to "see" you all!
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BounceHi Tig, Merry Christmas to you too!! Okay! I'll set plates out for you and Camper. :) I wish I could! I hope you and Camper are having a pleasant holiday together.
Merry Christmas all!
Paulie... I will be there for that dinner... Yum!
TTFN
good afternoon sounds like a wonderful weekend for you Paulie and agan for the rest of the week and next week. Work is slow real slow I a watching movies most of day check through out day to see if anything comes up. Usually no, Thank god I am home, Maybe I should keep pushing to work from home if it continues to be slow but not sure how I can d that . I have my dentist appointment tomorrow took out the amoxicillan so I remeber to take it 1 hour before my appointment Now I am nervous if something happensLB, No worries about your dental appointment tomorrow. You'll take your amoxicillin and you'll be set. All will go good. ;)
Hi LB, Same to you! I'm spending mine doing laundry and cleaning. LOL
LB, Yep! Lol I just now read this/your post from yesterday. ;D :P ;)Hi LB, Same to you! I'm spending mine doing laundry and cleaning. LOL
That sounds like a relaxing weekend for you :P ;) :D
Paulie, I watch Hallmark channel. I get sucked in, however within the first 10 minutes, I know how it's going to end LOL. But it is always uplifting.