Hello, Lori. Sooooo beautiful. Love the colors.
My sweet neighbor knocked on my door yesterday and worked on my patio for an hour or so cleaning up dirt mounds from all the last couple weeks flooding, the growing seeds from my birds, and things that can become projectiles. She won't accept any payment! She wants to help, as a neighbor. How dear. This has helped us get to know each other better and given her an outlet to help, given me an opportunity to be appreciative and accept help. Love it. I plan to give her a plant, as she mentioned her patio is barren, wishes it was full like mine! So, I'll get her started...
Bird feeders have a tough time during our rainy season. I did about a half hour cleaning and refilling, half-way. It gets clumpy, moldy, and yucky, and a mess. I put them out with WD 40 on the tops and hangers. Fun and sad to see the squirrels slide down as they work so hard to get that food. Eventually, they've made it to all of them one way or another. I have to get some baffles and someone to put them higher and out on the limbs a bit so they can't stretch from a limb to get the food. I'm determined, but also realize they may beat me!
Rob has an eye infection, took him to Crucial Care again. We're getting to be friends, the staff and us. I'm so thankful for them. They have emergency room ability, CAT scan, X-ray, labs, etc. So helpful to keep us out of the hospital ED, and very competent. just don't want to include in extended family!
PCP today for both of us. Tomorrow, I'll be a Mayo all day for nephrology tests and consult with infectious disease re UTI I'm fighting now and infections this last year. Good thing, but full day. Resting now and tomorrow.
Thank you and all for the support you give me and others. It means so much.
You know, I'm impressed by each of you. You have very challenging and serious health issues and deal with them beautifully, with difficulty as do we all, but with determination and positive outlook. Impressive, my friends.
Bless you all.
elizabetn
@ess77 Hi Elizabeth! You have no idea what a day brightener this has been with the news of your young neighbor coming over to help!! To think of all the time you felt you needed to fly solo when there was another angel living right next door all along!
Sometimes we just have to allow others to help us! It’s not easy when we strive to be independent and do everything ourselves. But, crikey, it gets exhausting carrying the entire load on your shoulders! I’m so happy you reached out to her and her husband. And i know you are too!
A plant would be the perfect thank you gift for their help if they won’t take payment. We have neighbors like that too and we reciprocate when we can with ways to help them. That’s what great neighbors do for each other. But sometimes if they go above and beyond and we feel the need acknowledge their kindness with a little more… we’ve been known to surprise them with a gift certificate for dinner out, gift card to a home store, etc. Aw, this just makes me happy that you’re getting help!
Poor Rob, he can’t seem to catch a break. Are you both still getting home care? I hope he continues on the upswing though. Heh, I really got a chuckle out of not wanting to make the team at your medical facility part of your extended family. Oh man, I can so relate to that! I had no idea 2 years ago that some of my closest friends would now be my chemo nurses from my months in our hospital back home. A couple of us got to be really good friends socially…and my husband and I joke about adopting one of the nurses. She really could be family. LOL
Good luck tomorrow with all your tests, m’ dear. I know all about those full days at Mayo. We call it being Mayo-naised. I get my turn Monday in Rochester. My day starts at 6:30 and last appt is at 4…
You’re always so cheery and sunny in spite of everything…very inspirational. It’s time for blessings to be returned to you! ☺️