Otis time

I have been monitoring my BP lately 

    BP as in blood pressure, not the gasoline.  Although I have been watching that the last few days too...... going up.

    I bought a digital BP reader a few years ago.  

    I had a heart doc appointment today, and 2 weeks ago I started recording my readings.

    They were all over the place!

    Highs in the 170s, lows in the 100 area.

    So I took my digital PB monitor  with me.

    After  the nurse took my pressure, I used mine to double check.

    My reader was 20 points higher than the one in the office!

    Nice nurse suggested getting a new reader.  She said that they don't last a long time and I have had this one maybe 3 years.

    So there.

    Stopped for chicken in Sycamore.  Got chips instead of fries.

    I should have asked them to put the chips separate from the chicken, because by the time we ate the chips were all soggy.

    So I put hem in the air fryer, set it on maximum crisp, and within 5 minutes had actually turned the chips dark, dark, dark brown.  A sensible person would have tossed them....but I am not a sensible person. 

    We got new sheets.  Came in a nice package, compact, neat.

    Then I washed them.

    I wish the local community college offered a class in fitted sheet folding.

    Damn, that is a pain.

Peace and Love

How we received them

After washing, how did they fit in that package?

If you know, you know

gassed

 Hold on to your wallets!!!!

    I was down to a quarter tank of gas, so I figured to fill up today.  (Be advised, I am talking about the van.  Not me.)

    Now, the van holds like 16 gallons or so.  

     I have a 10 cent per gallon reward to use at Casey's gas stations.  I drove past Benmy's Mobile and noticed it was $2.89.

    Benny's is always high.  Sometimes 20 cents a gallon.

    I drove to Casey's and surprise!   $3.19.  Huh.

    I stopped at Ace, which is right across the street from Benny's.  I bought grass seed  spending about 3 minutes in the store.

    Benny's was now at $2.99...10 cents more.

    I headed to Murphy's, the Walmart gas, and assumed it was going to be lower than Benny's but no!  The was $3.19 a gallon.

    So back to Benny's, where I filled up at $2.99 a gallon.

    To be honest,  it's not the money, it's the concept of getting a deal.  I hate giving the oil companies even more money, but what to do?

    I have a feeling gas prices will peak this summer, plus there will be shortages.  Don't be surprised if there is some sort of rationing, unless you are a member of the billionair's club, then you won't have any problem getting gas or jet fuel.

    Thank you Sleepy Joe!

    Jackie and I have doctor appointments in a couple of weeks.  They sent us a screening form for each of us to fill out.

    It was funny.

    For example, to the question:  Do you ever feel anxious?  Jackie put no and I put down every single friggin day.

    Are you ever depressed or sad?  Jackie said. no, I said, what?  There is an option?

    The generic form had a space for sex.  I had to squeeze in "not since my prostate  was removed."  I don't think that is what they meant, but it is what it is.  And yes, that is a TMI offering.

    I mean it's not like I spend the day  helping Jackie, or sitting in the den in front of the computer playing solitaire, checking Facebook, playing solitaire while listening to the Beatles on my outdated CD player.

    Oh..... wait minute!

    And is going to the store a form of exercise?

    I think so.

    I am not a medical professional, but I do watch Good Medicine on TV.

Peace and Love

                but especially Peace 

yikes

 I got some ticker shock today

    I had the oil changed in the van.  I had it changed last May and I realize although I had about 5,000 miles, oil has a tendency to break down over time.  To be safe, I acted.

    Afterwards I stopped at Office Depot to price printers.

    Several weeks ago I had a paper jam in my printer.  I pulled the paper out.  In pieces.

    Since then it has printed, but it makes a noise that sounds like paper is jammed.

    There is a filament that the paper slides over and that seems to be very loose.

    The printer I looked at was about $350.  

    I asked how much the cartridges were.

    Hold on to your wallet!

    Since it is a color printer it takes 4 cartridges.  Each one is about $90,  They sell a bundle of 4 for a little over $300.

    The printer does come with a starter set that is about 50 percent of a regular cartridge.

    I have fairly new cartridges.  The ink level is good.  But I know they were nowhere near that price when I bought them.

    I need to see if my cartridges will fit the new printer.  If they do, then fine.

    Meanwhile I will continue to use this one until it no longer prints correctly.

    That will be the night I need to print off a  document to keep me in the country.

    My next shock was looking at desk chairs.

    The $300 one was not veery sturdy.  The $700 one was nice.

    That is why I am still using Julia's chair.

    And no, I can't order one on line.  I have to sit in it to be sure I like it.

    While I didn't spend any money, I got a good idea on what things cost.

    Wonder if the tariffs have anything to do with that?

Peace and Love

        But especially Peace

eh

 Not much to say about today

Pretty routine.  Hum drum.

So.....

Actually feeling a little down.  My mind just keeps giving me problems.

In the middle of something I move on to something else, forgetting to finish the first thing.

It's frustrating to me and to Jackie.

I need to do better.

Peace and Love

PS....Pete took the night off.

On the go

 I have no idea how a bidet works

    I mean, I understand the basic concept.  You sit on the pot, do your business, and your personal area gets hit with a stream of either scalding hot or freezing cold water.  

    The idea is to get your hind end cleaner.  Plus, it reduces the use and disposal of toilet paper, so it has some environmental positives.

    Butt (get the pun??) once the water hits you and stops, what happens?  

    Do you pull your pants up onto a wet butt?  Do you use a paper towel to dry off?  Are there warm air driers that turn on?  

    Why are they so popular in other countries but not here?

    Finally, why am I so curious?

    The White Sox signed a Japanese player, Mirataka Murukami.  And I know his name s not spelled correctly.   Spell check must think me insane.

    He was a star in the Japanese league, hitting a lot of home runs but also striking out a  lot.

    In today's ball games, that is no longer a big issue.  Some home run hitters have high strike out numbers, but the homer offsets the K.

    Anyway, Murakkami asked for only 1 thing after he signed his contract.  He wanted a bidet in the clubhouse.  It was not a demand, just a request.

    So the Sox accommodated him, actually installing 5 bidets in the club house.  He should feel right at home. 

    I guess you could say I am bidet curious.  

    I could Google it, butt  (I did it again)  then I would have nothing to write about tonight except the old episodes of Twilight Zone I have been watching.

    Imagination....ain't it a funny thing?

Peace  and Love

that's fishy

I need to pay attention when ordering food 

    Last Friday I had a walleye dinner at Culver's and it was great!

    The order last week was not exactly correct.  I ordered a single butter burger for Jackie and they gave her (and charged me ) for a double.

    No big deal.

    The walleye dinner was great.  The fish was flaky with a wonderful coating.  And I had enough for 2 meals.

    Tonight I went and ordered the same thing:  single butter burger, walleye dinner, Cole slaw with the fish and a small fry.

    I got home and opened the feast and was really disappointed by the walleye.  It did not come close to what I had last week. 

    I bit into it and it did not even taste as good as last week for a reason.

    I looked at the tag and I got a cod dinner, not walleye.

    I know it was noisy in the place.  I asked the kid at the counter if they had a Philly cheese steak sandwich and he said they didn't have filled cheese steaks,  I repeated Philly, but they still did not have it.

    Of course, I did not get a receipt.  So I don't know if I was charged for the walleye or for the cod, or if there is even a difference.

    People I know ordered right after me and the kid said "With your senior discount....."

    Senior discount?  I'm a senior!  I did not get a discount!

    Turns out they asked, I did not.

    Next Friday:  Order walleye, ask for the order to be repeated, get the senior discount, get a printed receipt.

    I took advantage of the beautiful weather today to sand my patio chairs.  I have not treated them for a couple of years and the wood looks terrible.

    I love the furniture when it looks good, but kind of hate it when it doesn't.

   It will look good by the time I put it out in the spring.

Peace and Love

I have never seen a sign like this on a gas pump.  Am I breaking the law when I fill up my gas can for the lawn mower?  It's only 2 gallons.

No Beth, you are not in the way at all.

Can you tell the difference?

What did I do?

 I think I goofed

    Yesterday I was checking my  phone when a screen popped up that asked if I wanted my calls to be screened.  I hit the screen my calls option.

    I thought that meant caller ID, which I thought was strange because I already have caller ID.

    But evidently, based on a conversation I had with a friend tonight, my calls get screened!

    An automated message asks who is calling and what  the purpose is for the call.

    All of this was unknown to me until my friend D called tonight.

    I noticed I had 3 other calls that did not go through.  I did not recognize the numbers.

    So is this a good thing?

    I mean, maybe I have a computer with a virus!  Or a rich uncle who died and left me money! Or there is a really great offer on buying Medicare supplemental insurance or term life insurance for only 39 cents a day!

    I am now missing all. those offers.

    What makes it even more puzzling is I have no idea how to unscreen calls.

    So if you call my  cell, (or mobile, as they say across the pond)  be prepared to have a good reason to call otherwise the call may not go through.

    Since I am such a wiz with technology, I might not even be able to check to see who has called me during the day.

    Speaking of mobiles...... I was doing a crossword the other  and the clue was "able to be moved."

    It started with an m and was 6 letters, so I figured  mobile.

    The word fit the across clue and the down clues off that word were all correct except for one clue which was "wavy mark in Spanish."    

    I had bilde.  It made no sense.

    I checked the answers and the word I needed was motility, not mobility.  Seems to be used in science to tell whether an organism can move or not.  The down word was tilde, that weird accent mark common in Spanish.  (Yes, I Googled it.)

    I learn something new every day. 

    Like amend and emend.  

    Go ahead....check it out!

Peace and Love