This was doctor day for the Dickows
Well, actually for Jackie. We went to see her MS specialist. It was a pretty normal visit. He said the disease is progressive, and hers is slowly progressing. He also said exercises would help.
That's the problem.
We do exercises for a week, and then stop. Part of the reason is timing. We can never find a time on which both of us agree. At night she is too tired, in the morning I am too tired. In the afternoon one of us is too occupied.
We plan to ask our caregiver to come a couple of times a week and do the exercises. She will not take no for an excuse.
We also had blood tests this morning.
I love to eat. We have to fast for the tests.....12 hours without food.
So I stopped eating anything at about 8 p.m. That means at 8 a.m. I should be ready for the test. Because it takes so long for her to get going, we did our tests at almost 11.
I was starving.
At least I did not faint when they drew the blood. I did not even get dizzy. No matter how many times I have had blood drawn, I still hate it.
I guess that's the price of a poor lifestyle.
Peace and Love, but especially Peace
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020
How much?
We live in different worlds
A group of youngsters did a smash and grab at a Louis Vitton store on Michigan Avenue tonight.
One of the items they grabbed was a $50,000 purse. A purse. $50,000.
Now, what they did was wrong. They will be caught, because there are too many cameras watching us these days.
What do you do with a $50,000 purse? Give it to your mother? Or girl? Keep it for yourself?
I can't imagine owning a purse that costs more than a car or two, a teacher's first year of teaching salary, or a small house.
I know, I am jealous of opportunity and success knocking on someone else's door. I am jealous of people with million dollar salaries and 10 million dollar homes.
I think that's why I like a progressive tax, where the people who own $50,000 purses pay more in taxes proportionally than the people working in the store making minimum wage pay. Not stated very well, is it?
And I am not advocating stealing from the rich simply because they are rich.
I just think that sometimes our society is out of whack. Sometimes.
I just hope those thieves don't use the purse to carry tuna fish sandwiches to school. That too would be a crime.
Peace and Love
A group of youngsters did a smash and grab at a Louis Vitton store on Michigan Avenue tonight.
One of the items they grabbed was a $50,000 purse. A purse. $50,000.
Now, what they did was wrong. They will be caught, because there are too many cameras watching us these days.
What do you do with a $50,000 purse? Give it to your mother? Or girl? Keep it for yourself?
I can't imagine owning a purse that costs more than a car or two, a teacher's first year of teaching salary, or a small house.
I know, I am jealous of opportunity and success knocking on someone else's door. I am jealous of people with million dollar salaries and 10 million dollar homes.
I think that's why I like a progressive tax, where the people who own $50,000 purses pay more in taxes proportionally than the people working in the store making minimum wage pay. Not stated very well, is it?
And I am not advocating stealing from the rich simply because they are rich.
I just think that sometimes our society is out of whack. Sometimes.
I just hope those thieves don't use the purse to carry tuna fish sandwiches to school. That too would be a crime.
Peace and Love
Sunday, January 5, 2020
done....
There were a lot of dones today
Hamilton finished a three year run in Chicago. The show grossed over 400 million! According to the Trib, it cost about $700,000 a week to put on the show.
It is not the longest running show in Chicago's past, Wicked actually ran three months longer, but did not gross as much.
A side benefit was all the tax revenue generated for the city by people staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, parking their cars and attending the show as well as the money local businesses earned by people going to the show and then shopping.
Also done today, Drew and the Saints. That team and that QB has all the wrong breaks in the playoffs. Two of the Greatest of All Time will be watching the playoffs from their homes.
Also done, taking down the tree and packing up Christmas. I have one more box to fill and then it's on to the next holiday.
Done also is Christmas.....Epiphany is the 12th day and I do believe that means the holiday and season are over.
I am also done...tired, sore, and happy to note that pitchers and catchers report in about 5 weeks.
We still have not had winter. So I know we are not done with that.
Peace and Love
Hamilton finished a three year run in Chicago. The show grossed over 400 million! According to the Trib, it cost about $700,000 a week to put on the show.
It is not the longest running show in Chicago's past, Wicked actually ran three months longer, but did not gross as much.
A side benefit was all the tax revenue generated for the city by people staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, parking their cars and attending the show as well as the money local businesses earned by people going to the show and then shopping.
Also done today, Drew and the Saints. That team and that QB has all the wrong breaks in the playoffs. Two of the Greatest of All Time will be watching the playoffs from their homes.
Also done, taking down the tree and packing up Christmas. I have one more box to fill and then it's on to the next holiday.
Done also is Christmas.....Epiphany is the 12th day and I do believe that means the holiday and season are over.
I am also done...tired, sore, and happy to note that pitchers and catchers report in about 5 weeks.
We still have not had winter. So I know we are not done with that.
Peace and Love
Saturday, January 4, 2020
disaster
Our Dickens' Village was hit by a tornado today
All the houses were blown into boxes and then into a plastic tub.
Well, it seemed like a tornado. The village comes down faster than it goes up. Thank heavens.
I will miss the little set up. It takes hours to put it in the right location, but not so much to take it down.
I do seem to be missing one box for light cords. I have the sleeve, not the box. I probably put it somewhere where I could easily find it.
And a weird bit.....I know about 4 people who are afflicted with vertigo. I always get suspicious, is it really vertigo or is there some kind of bug going around that mimics vertigo.
Granted, we are all older, not ancient, but in the Boomer group. Just seems strange.
Personally, my right ear is "popping" tonight. Feels like air pressure hitting it. Hope that is not a sign of something haywire in my noggin.
Oh well, gotta roll with it.
Great night out with friends and Mexican food. Thanks Renee and Wendy for joining us. I even learned the difference between a margarita and a daiquiri. (I think they are both spelled correctly.) How come I never knew? Or did I know, and forgot? Hmmmm..........
Peace and Love
All the houses were blown into boxes and then into a plastic tub.
Well, it seemed like a tornado. The village comes down faster than it goes up. Thank heavens.
I will miss the little set up. It takes hours to put it in the right location, but not so much to take it down.
I do seem to be missing one box for light cords. I have the sleeve, not the box. I probably put it somewhere where I could easily find it.
And a weird bit.....I know about 4 people who are afflicted with vertigo. I always get suspicious, is it really vertigo or is there some kind of bug going around that mimics vertigo.
Granted, we are all older, not ancient, but in the Boomer group. Just seems strange.
Personally, my right ear is "popping" tonight. Feels like air pressure hitting it. Hope that is not a sign of something haywire in my noggin.
Oh well, gotta roll with it.
Great night out with friends and Mexican food. Thanks Renee and Wendy for joining us. I even learned the difference between a margarita and a daiquiri. (I think they are both spelled correctly.) How come I never knew? Or did I know, and forgot? Hmmmm..........
Peace and Love
Friday, January 3, 2020
too much FB
I think I spend too much time on Facebook
And things are really starting to bother me.
One guy posts a lot of furniture and labels them occasional chairs. Really? So sometimes it is a chair and sometimes it isn't? Or is he using occasional in a different way?
Another poster had a video game set on the floor and took a picture. His foot is prominent in the photo. He said the set came complete, even with cod. I wondered why cod and not salmon? Or perch? One poster asked him how much the foot was. I should have answered 12 inches.
Another poster sells bikes, 85 dollor seems to be a common price. I am not sure how a dollor compared to a dollar, but I am guessing it is pretty close. And this is not a one time mistake....every post is filled with errors and the term dollor.
I am a critical person. If you are trying to sell something, take a good picture, write an accurate description, and make it look good. Don't take the picture of the item in a room with a dirty carpet and clothes laying all over the place...makes people wonder.
And do the $1 items get sold? I often wonder about that.
I know some people are selling things because they need the cash. I do feel sorry for them.
I just hope they make the money they need.
I guess I got my grumpy on tonight.
Peace and Love
And things are really starting to bother me.
One guy posts a lot of furniture and labels them occasional chairs. Really? So sometimes it is a chair and sometimes it isn't? Or is he using occasional in a different way?
Another poster had a video game set on the floor and took a picture. His foot is prominent in the photo. He said the set came complete, even with cod. I wondered why cod and not salmon? Or perch? One poster asked him how much the foot was. I should have answered 12 inches.
Another poster sells bikes, 85 dollor seems to be a common price. I am not sure how a dollor compared to a dollar, but I am guessing it is pretty close. And this is not a one time mistake....every post is filled with errors and the term dollor.
I am a critical person. If you are trying to sell something, take a good picture, write an accurate description, and make it look good. Don't take the picture of the item in a room with a dirty carpet and clothes laying all over the place...makes people wonder.
And do the $1 items get sold? I often wonder about that.
I know some people are selling things because they need the cash. I do feel sorry for them.
I just hope they make the money they need.
I guess I got my grumpy on tonight.
Peace and Love
Thursday, January 2, 2020
going, going
I took lights down today
It is strangely dark on the porch tonight. I am used to seeing the lights, but they were put away until n ext year.
Great Household Debate on garland on the porch. I like it, someone else does not.
Weighing in on her side are the four strands of garland that lost their lights this year. We only have seven strands. I had to go out and wind lights onto the dark garland to bring it back to life.
I also had three strands of lights go bad. My first thought was to buy new boxes and put the dead ones in the new boxes and return them. I did not do it, but I am sure people do because they get pissed at buying these lights and having them go bad the next year.
The box says long life....but I think my definition does not match theirs.
Of course, I could return them with the original package and receipt. Mailing them back to China is probably not practical. And they know that.
Hope I can sleep....the drums of war seem to be beating louder tonight.
Peace and Love
It is strangely dark on the porch tonight. I am used to seeing the lights, but they were put away until n ext year.
Great Household Debate on garland on the porch. I like it, someone else does not.
Weighing in on her side are the four strands of garland that lost their lights this year. We only have seven strands. I had to go out and wind lights onto the dark garland to bring it back to life.
I also had three strands of lights go bad. My first thought was to buy new boxes and put the dead ones in the new boxes and return them. I did not do it, but I am sure people do because they get pissed at buying these lights and having them go bad the next year.
The box says long life....but I think my definition does not match theirs.
Of course, I could return them with the original package and receipt. Mailing them back to China is probably not practical. And they know that.
Hope I can sleep....the drums of war seem to be beating louder tonight.
Peace and Love
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
No!! No!! No!!!
Now is the time of year I dread
It's not because of the cold. Or the 8 pounds I seem to have gained since Halloween.
It is because Epiphany is approaching, and that is the end of Christmas. The 12th day, with the drummers drumming, pipers piping, maids a milking and all the other folks and critters in that songall going away for almost a year.
Generally, Christmas is put away that day and the next in our household. It just doesn't seem right.
I only put up the lights five weeks ago, the tree about the same time and the Dickens Village less then that.
Now, it all goes away.
I was thinking the other day that we could leave it up longer....like late January or early February, but Jackie did not think that was a good idea.
Tomorrow the temperature will be near 50. Then it drops. I guess taking down the lights when it is 50 is better than taking them down when it is 17 and they are frozen.
So......tomorrow it starts. If you are free, come buy and help me and I will offer you some cookies and hot tea.
But be prepared to boost my spirits, because it really is a sad time for me.
Peace and Love and Christmas year round
It's not because of the cold. Or the 8 pounds I seem to have gained since Halloween.
It is because Epiphany is approaching, and that is the end of Christmas. The 12th day, with the drummers drumming, pipers piping, maids a milking and all the other folks and critters in that songall going away for almost a year.
Generally, Christmas is put away that day and the next in our household. It just doesn't seem right.
I only put up the lights five weeks ago, the tree about the same time and the Dickens Village less then that.
Now, it all goes away.
I was thinking the other day that we could leave it up longer....like late January or early February, but Jackie did not think that was a good idea.
Tomorrow the temperature will be near 50. Then it drops. I guess taking down the lights when it is 50 is better than taking them down when it is 17 and they are frozen.
So......tomorrow it starts. If you are free, come buy and help me and I will offer you some cookies and hot tea.
But be prepared to boost my spirits, because it really is a sad time for me.
Peace and Love and Christmas year round
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