12/28/24 - Donuts and a Mess Outside

Yup, a lot of our snow has reduced drastically too and looking to be another nice day. Definitely above normal temperatures but really, what's normal with weather anymore.

My muscles today are very stiff but in a very good way. Yesterday I was in a beach volleyball tournament and ended up playing six games consisting of two sets in each game. By the end of the day I could barely jump up at the net to block a ball because my legs kept seizing up. All in all it was just a great day. Great volleyball, good rallies, good spirits and a good workout to burn off the extra calories consumed over the last days.

Oh yeah I forgot to tell you all the other day. My dog wanted to be let outside in the backyard so I let him out. The only time I ever hear him bark is when there's a squirrel on the fence or if the magpies are trying to get at his bone. However, he was barking and barking and barking and barking. So I open up the sliding doors poked my head outside and said what are you barking at Watson? I looked to my left and saw what he was barking at. There was a big bobcat sitting on the fence. Just watching him. Watson kept his distance but the hair on the back of his neck and all the way down to his tail was just standing up on end. As soon as the Bobcat was aware of my prescense he jumped off the fence and went into the next yard. The bobcat was not bothered by Watson in the slightest.

Tonight I'll be hosting a poker game and having about 10 guys over. Someone will be walking away with a $450 pot and the other $50 goes to the second place.

Also, yesterday, December 27th, my parents celebrated 58 years of marriage. Woot woot!!

Have a good day everyone
 
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Congratulations to your parents, Muzz! And to you for enduring that many hours of volleyball. I can't imagine.... I loved reading about Watson and the bobcat. Just glad Watson wasn't hurt. Is he a big dog? I've seen some pretty large bobcats in the past. My niece has dogs and she's always telling me she can tell what's going on by the way they bark--whether there is an intruder or something less serious.

I'm still in "recovery" mode from my trip to Dallas. I knew that cold wind at the graveside memorial was doing a job on my sinuses and any doubt was erased in the middle of the night, when I woke up with head and face pain. I got up at 5, took another hot shower (had one before going to bed last night), have taken what I can take for pain, and have been sitting bundled up in my chair dozing because it hurts worse to lie down. I'm feeling some better but have a ways to go and probably won't do anything for the rest of the day unless there is a more soothing improvement. The wind continues to blow--today from the north, which can and does change to the south and back frequently. It's in the 50s* and sun is shining, kinda.
 
It was very foggy this morning. It's cloudy and rainy this afternoon. Where or where is the sun?
Colder weather starts Tuesday.

I saw something interesting at Walmart today. They have them at Amazon if anyone wants to
order. It's called a "Warming Blanket" You can buy them cordless and wear around the house.
You have to make sure you get the right kind.

I shopped at Walmart. Hardly anyone there. I wonder why. I put books on the shelves at the
little library and dusted. I can't believe no one has dusted before.

Wilde Woman, I hope the sidewalks weren't too bad for shopping.

Muzzaman, I'm glad Watson didn't try to get the bobcat. Enjoy the poker game later.

OC, I hope you feel better tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a good afternoon and evening.
 
I think most people went out on the day after Christmas, looking to return, exchange, maybe run across a bargain or buy what they did not receive as a gift. LOL. I know our supermarket was very busy , I did not try WaLmart, figured they would be the same.
That has to be some poker game if winner gets all, Muzza, & everyone else gets zero. LOL Have fun.
Just a couple of home have returned from wherever they went.....but interestingly, a bunch of cars arrived this morning at one place (our manager) am guessing his kids are here for the weekend. Am still staying in, cloudyy, muddy, and hasn't got even one degree more than early this a.m. Ha. Truly have a hard time finding something I want to watch on TV. Guess I will be watching one of the recordings on the DVR...that is why they are there. lol
(hate when two things I want to watch are on opposite each other, lol)

and, of course, it's the weekend......sports, and more sports. ....not for me.
 
No idea what made me think of this, so long ago, so don't know if I ever mentioned it here.........but.....I was in the hospital, getting ready to go home after giving birth to our 3rd child. Hubby was coming, all excited, as, after having 2 daughters, we now had a son, one named after him, just as he was named after his father, family tradition.
The nurse brings in the baby, so I can dress him in clothes and diapers from home. It is December so of course it is all warm, including a blanket. As I remove the hospital gown, and diaper, I stop......this is NOT my baby. I call a nurse, and of course they KNOW I am wrong. No, no, I am right, I gave birth to a boy......this is a girl. (I had a cold prior to delivery, so they never brought baby to me)
They naturally had to go double check etc. and corrected their error. (can you imagine the parents of that little girl, if they had come in, and found the staff gave their kid away??) Mind you, the nurse just picked up the baby from the wrong crib, all had I.D. What if that baby had been a boy? I still shudder to think .......that..........since I had never seen my child, I would have accepted it as my son....not knowing the mistake and gone home with him.
Scary.......glad my mom was a nurse at that hospital......Boy, she had seen my baby, held him, knew him.
 
Poirot, that makes my heart sink just thinking about it. Horrifying to know that things like that have actually happened and nobody knew until much later.

Kat, the warming blanket sounds interesting. I'll have to look it up and find out more about it, although I can stay warm enough with regular covers and throws except for around my neck and across my shoulders, upper back. Sometimes I put a winter scarf around my neck even inside the house. I also have a neck warmer that slips over the head to the neck. Sometimes also a warm cap. But I'm pretty intolerant to heavy clothing and layers. Makes me feel like I'm in a straight jacket and before long I'm about to have a meltdown and start ditching all of it. Even turtlenecks bother me. I like mock necks if they aren't tight around the neck but seems like most of what I see has the neck cut out more--even low necks for winter tops!
 
The warming blanket stays warm for 4 hours so you can use to warm up and turn it off maybe. I know
Poirot, says she is cold in the mornings and I thought an option to get warm.

Poirot, that's a scary story. I'm glad things worked out before you went home.
 
Poirot, your story reminded me of the birth of my daughter. I had wanted a natural birth, but the staff knocked me out just prior to delivery. So, I was unconscious for a while. When I came out of the anesthesia, a nurse told me I had a lovely little boy. I said no, I had a girl. She got rather concerned that I appeared to be rejecting my baby. Kept saying I had a boy, and I kept saying I had a girl. Finally she checked the chart. "Oh, you're right. You had a girl." I was already furious with them for knocking me out. Then they tried to mix up my baby!!!! I was not a happy customer.
 
EEK, Lil0, good thing you and Poirot were so persistent in what you knew to be true! I didn't have a baby mix up but I had something similar to you concerning the birth. I'd been knocked out for my first two babies so I wanted a natural birth for the 3rd. I was doing okay but toward the end the nurses got impatient and decided to give me a shot of Demerol "to relax me and make the delivery come faster." I tried to tell them Demerol does a strange thing to me. It immobilizes me so that I can't move or speak, though I can hear. They said they'd just give me a small dose. Sure enough, it was like I was glued to the gurney. I couldn't even move a finger. They kept asking me questions and I couldn't even groan, let alone speak. The nurses were saying, "What is wrong with her?" Anyway, I guess my internals were working and I at least was aware of the delivery.
 
Boy,I thought if you refuse medication, that is YOUR right. (and also your responsibility if you suffer any consequences. They are lucky at that hospital they were not sued after. (I think hospitals are more conscientious (sp?) and careful nowadays.
 
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