Friday August 26th ~ National Dog Day

[IrishIroamed]

Mornin' ladies~~~
Hope everyone is doing well today and surviving whatever kind of weather you're experiencing.

Currently hanging out in NE Indiana. Eileen & Dave came down for a few days. It was good to catch up with them again, but they headed home yesterday. We did the garden quilt tour one day and then a walk in the state park in another day.

Just hanging out for now, but may head over to the Goshen fairgrounds to say hi to friends and see if I can get move over early for the rally.

That's it from me. Have a good day everyone.

[Shirlv]

Morning Cheryl, just stopping in to say hi. Looking ahead weather wise seems temps will drop to low 80’s after Labor Day and hopefully humidity will also drop. Once school starts the traffic congestion is bearable too. Grocery shopping on line and looking for easy food items that aren’t loaded with sodium is useless. Guess I will make rice pilaf from scratch. Be safe

[OregonLuvr]

Well every day is dog day here, just ask Emma LOL Just finished drinking my breakfast. Strawberry Ensure. Actually was not too bad. I just started with it hoping it will spark my appetite. I cannot afford to lose any more weight.

My problem is nothing ever sounds appetizing, or I am slightly nauseous. I am working on it tho.

[Shirlv]

Karen, your symptoms sound like side effects from a medication too. If only it were that simple. Feel better soon.

[OregonLuvr]

Well I would concur but I dont take any medications.

[Redetotry]

Good Morning, It's going to heat up with high humidity here this week. I'm so ready for fall and I know Shirl and several others are also looking forward to the end of this summer's extreme weather.
Karen when I lost so much weight I found a NutriBullet blender really worked well to make drinks. You can just sip on them all day. I made smoothies and used spinach, celery, bananas, blueberries 1/2 of an apple and milk. You don't taste the spinach. Also a combination of spinach, apple, celery, 1/2 apple, a small about 3-4" of cucumber, and milk was really good. I might have added 1/2 banana but not sure. It would be good with or without.
Cheryl I'm happy you were able to get together with EIleen and Dave.

[Shirlv]

Darn, Karen, can’t believe there isn’t some treatment for your symptoms. Hopefully fatigue will disappear with time but weight loss is concerning.

[BarbaraRose]

Just woke up. Had several really vivid dreams last night that I remember clearly this morning.

It looks breezy outside. The monsoons have moved on for now. They say the temps will be going up this next week or so but the dewpoints will be dropping as well. I am OK with that. Would rather have 112* with dry air than 100* with 76* dewpoint. I am ready for fall too but we don't really get spring and fall, it just goes from summer to winter in about mid October and back to summer in mid April. I had planned to go up to Big Bear this summer for a few days but I really can't afford it right now. Hopefully, I will be able to, maybe in the next month or two, before it gets too chilly up there. Fall would be pretty up there.

I didn't get much done yesterday. Moved Romeow's litter box back to where it was near the bedroom, now that he no longer has diarrhea (was too stinky to have it right outside my bedroom!). It is out of the way and will be less litter tracking where it is now. I set up his fountain and he is ignoring it! He is fascinated with the water coming out of the tub faucet but not this. Maybe he will figure it out eventually. I made tuna salad last night so will have that to eat today and tomorrow. I am out of the little pasta rings I use and can't find them in stores out here so I have to order them in 4 packs on Amazon. Need to make another order. The quality of tuna now days is crap! I usually end up opening two or three cans before I can get one that has tuna without icky things in it (scales, veins, bones, etc). Romeow isn't a fan of tuna so I put the icky stuff in a dish outside for the stray cats. They like it.

Need to get to my list of things to do today. Tomorrow morning I have my mammogram. Been awhile since I have had one done and my doctor has been very insistent on me getting it done ASAP. Another necessary evil .

Have a good day!

[chalet05]

I guess time flies - I thought we just had National Dog Day!

No problems after Covid, Shirl. Thanks for asking. Karen, I am so sorry you are having such a rough time! BJ, maybe it's because I have read the books, but Virgin River was boring to me. The actress who plays Mel doesn't fit what I imagined from the books.

Nothing new here other than high temperatures, occasional wildfire smoke. Suppose to be in the 70s tomorrow and Sunday so I will get out for a ride!

[Bethers]

Karen, Ty agrees with Emma. I agree with BJ about home made protein shakes. I was making one a day but finally suspected they were helping cause my weight gain when I needed to lose. Even though mine was a meal replacement. I usually made mine with veggies (spinach and/or cabbage), fruit (strawberries and bananas usually), a protein powder I like and chocolate powder. Oh, plus some type of milk. I use almond milk. It tasted like a strawberry and chocolate shake and I liked it a lot. I couldn't taste the bananas but they were a great thickener and I like thick shakes. That said, I spent to many years gaining weight and I haven't been making them as often while I'm watching what I eat. And I can happily say I've lost most of what I've gained. Hopefully I'll keep it off this time.

I'm getting tired of the rain here. Time for it to move somewhere else that needs it lol. Usually it's a dry climate but not any more lol. It looks like we might escape from rain for about a week starting Monday. It feels like fall is already upon us. I'm thinking summer will maybe return with the sun for a bit anyway.

Barbie, I wouldn't mind the rain here if the humidity level wasn't so high. So I totally understand what you're saying.

Anita, good to hear from you. Glad things are good with you.

Cheryl it would be great to see you, Eileen and Dave. Miss all of you.

Time to toss a load in the washing machine and retrieve some motel things from the dryers.

[MandysMom]

Shirl, trust me it's not side effects of medication. What Karen is experiencing, including the lack of appetite, falls with the growing list of CoVid Long Hauler Syndrome and or Vaccine Reaction. Thousands of us are experiencing some combination of the symptoms. Probably actually millions, as the percentage of people complaining seems to go up every time I look it up! and the complaints all seem to fall within a growing long list, covering GI, Cardiac, Respiratory and Neuro plus neuromuscular.
Instead of focusing on all the high sugar items you all are suggesting, it's very important to get protein in, along with what makes it taste good! Adding good fats (not seed oils which increase inflammation) is another way to get more calories in. Adding a hard boiled whole peeled egg to a shake can not not be detected taste wise by most people and adds protein plus healthy fats. Heavy cream can also help. Cruciferous vegetables can cause digestive distress, but experiment. Even a steamed sweet potato can add both calories, fiber and quality nutrition. I despise Ensure for the junk ingredients and taste, but you do what you gotta do to reverse this. There is almost zero nutrition in any nut milk! However, if you don't tolerate dairy, it's the best go to besides coconut water (unsweetened).
As of now there is NO proven treatment /remedy for LHC (long hauler CoVid syndrome). Does no good to whine or complain to or about Drs, because they simply don't know yet proven therapies, so all they can do is try various things or throw up their hands in frustration!
It's kind of interesting on the LHC group, how many different therapies are being tried, both RX and OTC plus supplememts and how any one of them may help a percentage of those with that symptom, yet no where near all. And the combinations of symptoms vary widely.
Barbara, did you keep Romeows regular water dish right next to his new fountain? Hearing the fountain while tasting his familiar water, might lead to him trying the fountain. Even if he plays with it, to begin with, he will come to associate it with a water source.
Beth, it would be appreciated if you would blow some of your rain this direction!
Barbara, never have I ever found scales, bones or "veins" in tuna! What brand are you buying?
Velda

[Cudedog]

Beth, it would be appreciated if you would blow some of your rain this direction!
Barbara, never have I ever found scales, bones or "veins" in tuna! What brand are you buying?
Velda

Beth, I'll second that. OMG, Beth, let me know and I'll come and pack it up in suitcases and bring it home with me.

And Barbie. . . oh yuck. That tuna sounds disgusting.

When I was a child my mother liked to make salmon patties (salmon out of a can, mixed with egg and crackers, molded into a kind of pattie, and fried in a skillet. I liked the salmon, but the problem was that salmon (at least back then, or maybe it was the brand she bought) was not deboned (the small bones would just vanish in the cooking process). Unfortunately, the individual vertebrae of the spine remained intact, and she wouldn't bother removing them as she made the patties. As I inevitably bit into a patty containing one of these vertebrae it would make me gag. Even as a child I found this gross and disgusting, and soon refused to eat salmon patties at all.

Can't eat them to this day.

Barbie, I would also like to know the tuna brand, so that I can avoid it.

Anne

[BarbaraRose]

Taking a break... Been going thru more gourd stuff (found more things out in the porch! ) I am still organizing stuff in categories but also downsizing some things. I decided I don't really need bags of dozens and dozens of sea shells! I picked out a few of the ones I liked that I could use as decorations on a gourd and am donating the rest. The same for glitter, crushed glass, feathers, etc. (I love embellishments!) I can fit a lot more things in my bins when they are in smaller baggies/containers. I ran out of label tape for my label maker so I need to get more of that this weekend. I might need a few more bins but will see what I have left over after I get it all put in bins/drawers I already have.

I got Starkist chunk tuna. I finally tried a can of Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna and that looked much better. Tuna is the only kind of fish I will eat and only if it is mixed in with other stuff. If it tastes or looks too "fishy" I won't eat it.

Yes, I have Romeows other water dish next to the fountain until he figures out the fountain. He is so fascinated with the water coming out of the tub faucet and tries to drink the trickle from that, so I figured he would go for the fountain right away. Guess he isn't getting the connection.

Barbie, I wouldn't mind the rain here if the humidity level wasn't so high.

For me, it is the opposite. I would be more tolerant of the humidity if we got the rain with it.

I think I will make something to eat and then get back to work...

[snowball]

Anne my husband loved salmon patties,,, however I did take out the bones ect.... sounds like I make it similar to what your mom did... however I use red salmon husband said that he didn't like pink I didn't think there was a difference until I tried the pink yep there is a difference... besides cost of a can.... unreal what they ask for canned Salmon..
did make it to the box office and took the pictures of the floor looks good... didn't get anything out in time and forgot that I was thinking of hot dogs... oh well trip to DQ worked out...got an order of chicken tenders and onion rings and we shared
I used to make smoothies haven't done so in a long time.... used to use yogurt instead of milk and one day hope to have a good enough blender that I can put more veggies in it...
good to see you Anita hopefully we will be able to stop on our way to WA when is your cruise?
It's coming up quick need to get my list going so I won't forget a bunch of stuff.. it would help if I knew what was best to take... need to seriously talk to my son or perhaps my daughter in law they do cruises a lot...
Saw a ad on Yahoo I guess talking about how the river cruises are dirt cheap right now.... made me wonder what rivers have cruises on them here in the US... besides the Mississippi and the Missouri?
you all take care
sheila

[Redetotry]

I guess time flies - I thought we just had National Dog Day!

No problems after Covid, Shirl. Thanks for asking. Karen, I am so sorry you are having such a rough time! BJ, maybe it's because I have read the books, but Virgin River was boring to me. The actress who plays Mel doesn't fit what I imagined from the books.

Nothing new here other than high temperatures, occasional wildfire smoke. Suppose to be in the 70s tomorrow and Sunday so I will get out for a ride!

Anita I haven't read the book but I didn't like the last two seasons and doubt I would watch another if they have one.