CHIT CHAT in VOLTVILLE

[BWhare]

Tail, your symptoms remind me of something but for the life of me I can't recall what it was - it wasn't deadly is all I can offer at the moment (but when I first read it, I was stuck by the similarity - but I'm suffering from CRS big time I guess).

Last year, I finally went to visit my parents for the first time in over a decade and this is one of my spring shots:

Oh, it's not that I don't like my folks, I just moved a long way away and it was the first time I'd had a chance to visit. I'm thinking of going back sometime in the next month or two....

 

[Renolizzie]

So pretty, Bwhare

 

[Konstantine]

Damn, cannot sleep, trying for about 3 hours and nothing. just got up again

 

[Tail11]

No, I never heard of it. I sure wish I was out there enjoying the warmth today. Tail, when you feel better, you'll have to go there and take pictures for us all. When I lived out in CA, there was so much to see that I never got to. It's amazing to me how, when I live in a certain area, I keep meaning to visit certain places and then never get to them, keep putting them off, and later, I move away and wish I had seen them. However, I did get to see one thing on my list, and that was the giant redwood you can drive a car through. When I was a kid, I saw a picture of that and was so impressed that seeing it and actually driving a car through it remained a dream, even into adulthood.

Hopefully I'll make a ride there this year. Whisper isn't allowed, so she'll have to sit that one out. I love the redwoods and have driven through that tree too. Those trees are amazing!

When I lived in DC, I rarely visited the monuments and the museums. The last couple of years I lived in the area, I spent a lot of time visiting them after years of driving by them. I'm glad I did, because I doubt that I'll be in that area ever again.

California has so much to offer. I doubt that even a life long resident can see and experience everything this state has to offer!

 

[Tail11]

Hi Kon. Been there many times my friend.

 

[Tail11]

Tail, your symptoms remind me of something but for the life of me I can't recall what it was - it wasn't deadly is all I can offer at the moment (but when I first read it, I was stuck by the similarity - but I'm suffering from CRS big time I guess).

Last year, I finally went to visit my parents for the first time in over a decade and this is one of my spring shots:

Oh, it's not that I don't like my folks, I just moved a long way away and it was the first time I'd had a chance to visit. I'm thinking of going back sometime in the next month or two....

Kidney stones have done this to me before. I pray it's not.

Very pretty picture! I love back yards like that!

 

[SandySu]

Tail, your symptoms remind me of something but for the life of me I can't recall what it was - it wasn't deadly is all I can offer at the moment (but when I first read it, I was stuck by the similarity - but I'm suffering from CRS big time I guess).

Last year, I finally went to visit my parents for the first time in over a decade and this is one of my spring shots:

Oh, it's not that I don't like my folks, I just moved a long way away and it was the first time I'd had a chance to visit. I'm thinking of going back sometime in the next month or two....

That's gorgeous. Where do your parents live? You should go visit them. It's interesting to travel, and I'm sure they'd love to see you more often.

 

[Renolizzie]

Kidney stones have done this to me before. I pray it's not.

Very pretty picture! I love back yards like that!

I certainly hope it isn't kidney stones, Tail.

 

[SandySu]

Damn, cannot sleep, trying for about 3 hours and nothing. just got up again

I had trouble sleeping at one point in my life. Back then, I was freelancing, and I had money troubles, which would keep me awake, worrying about how I was going to pay the bills. So I said to myself, Well, if I can't sleep because I'm worried about money, I can get up and work. That's at least headed toward solving the problem. As soon as I'd think this, I'd get drowsy and never did get up. My advice is, if you can't sleep, don't lie there fretting. Get up and do something useful. Sometimes the mere thought of working in the middle of the night is enough to make you sleepy. If it's not, at least you got something done.

 

[Konstantine]

I'm not in the mood to do anything.

 

[SandySu]

I'm not in the mood to do anything.

That's the point! It'll make you tired just thinking about working when you should be sleeping. Even if you're not in the mood to do something, sometimes you have to make yourself do it anyway, right? So, lie in bed and think about getting up and doing some obnoxious job that has to be done. Tell yourself if you can't sleep, you have to get up and do it. Either that'll make you sleepy, or you'll get some obnoxious job out of the way.

Speaking of procrastinating about obnoxious jobs, today, I amassed my tax info. That's a yearly job I hate. I hate math, and sorting out all the receipts, etc., is tedious. I did it, though. You, too, can drag yourself off to do an obnoxious job. Be firm with yourself: obnoxious job or bed. Which is it?

 

[BWhare]

That's gorgeous. Where do your parents live? You should go visit them. It's interesting to travel, and I'm sure they'd love to see you more often.

My parents live in Huntsville Ontario - they've still got four feet of snow outside the house (or they did when I called at the end of last month). I'll be calling again next week and maybe set up a date for me to visit, hopefully in April. I could use a break and they could use a bit of help, maybe, (sometimes I think they need help but they're so independent that they won't ask so lately, I just push it and see if they'll mind some nudging from the south)...

I find it a bit odd, that folk, who are in their late 80's, won't bother to ask for some help when their computers don't do what they were intended to do. (yup, my folks are totally digital).

My Mom is (was) a master weaver and has her own loom setup that takes an entire (huge) room but it's on another floor and she's pretty much given up doing stairs so it sits idle by itself.

Dad was always a master of everything and it didn't genetically trickle down. Everything I learned to do, he would take credit for and I'd correct him (telling him about how the local library had taught me how to do things - much to his chagrin).

Mom reads a lot (which she's always done) but instead of having to go to the library several times a week, she now has an e-reader that seldom leaves her side (an acquisition from my last visit). Dad has developed serious cataracts and can't see much anymore. He's due for laser surgery soon so maybe he'll be able to get around better. It's hard for him because, among other things, he was a professional photographer and now he can't see anything very clearly (I'm following in his footsteps in that respect). Oh yeah, he was a super smoker and is now tethered to an oxygen tank and there's nothing I can do about that......

There was a time when I could just hop in the car, drive a couple of hours north and visit but now I'm so far south that I can't do that anymore. Last year was the first time in over a decade I'd even managed to leave the country to visit (had to get a new passport and everything). It may be warmer here, but it was better being closer.....

None of this has anything to do with anything, I was just looking at that photo and recalling how warm it was at the time and the smells and the peaceful nature of it all and thought I'd share a bit.....

Way too many dots.......

 

[Renolizzie]

Ah, it's hard when your parents are getting older.

 

[cindycated]

Ah, it's hard when your parents are getting older.

Yeah, tell me about it. I had to take 4 years off to take care of my dad after his major heart attack, and can't seem to get a job now. Been trying for over a year.

 

[abracadebra]

My parents live in Huntsville Ontario - they've still got four feet of snow outside the house (or they did when I called at the end of last month). I'll be calling again next week and maybe set up a date for me to visit, hopefully in April. I could use a break and they could use a bit of help, maybe, (sometimes I think they need help but they're so independent that they won't ask so lately, I just push it and see if they'll mind some nudging from the south)...

I find it a bit odd, that folk, who are in their late 80's, won't bother to ask for some help when their computers don't do what they were intended to do. (yup, my folks are totally digital).

My Mom is (was) a master weaver and has her own loom setup that takes an entire (huge) room but it's on another floor and she's pretty much given up doing stairs so it sits idle by itself.

Dad was always a master of everything and it didn't genetically trickle down. Everything I learned to do, he would take credit for and I'd correct him (telling him about how the local library had taught me how to do things - much to his chagrin).

Mom reads a lot (which she's always done) but instead of having to go to the library several times a week, she now has an e-reader that seldom leaves her side (an acquisition from my last visit). Dad has developed serious cataracts and can't see much anymore. He's due for laser surgery soon so maybe he'll be able to get around better. It's hard for him because, among other things, he was a professional photographer and now he can't see anything very clearly (I'm following in his footsteps in that respect). Oh yeah, he was a super smoker and is now tethered to an oxygen tank and there's nothing I can do about that......

There was a time when I could just hop in the car, drive a couple of hours north and visit but now I'm so far south that I can't do that anymore. Last year was the first time in over a decade I'd even managed to leave the country to visit (had to get a new passport and everything). It may be warmer here, but it was better being closer.....

None of this has anything to do with anything, I was just looking at that photo and recalling how warm it was at the time and the smells and the peaceful nature of it all and thought I'd share a bit.....

Way too many dots.......

never to many dots...........dots are hot....love the picture....neat colours

 

[Konstantine]

Mornin.... I slept an hour.

 

[Konstantine]

Yeah, tell me about it. I had to take 4 years off to take care of my dad after his major heart attack, and can't seem to get a job now. Been trying for over a year.

I thought you found a job? What happened Cindy?

 

[awsum140]

Good morning, Voltville. Coffee is on with the usual selections of creamers. We almost ran out of Bailey's French Vanilla, but the local grocery store had a sale on just in the nick of time!

Another busy day, taking the next tree down and, hopefully getting it cut up and the mess cleaned up. It's supposed to be around 50 with light wind today which will work out well. I still have one more sweet gum in the front yard that going to come down as well, but it's even smaller than the one that's coming down today.

This solar project is also a big learning experience. How to size plumbing pipe based on rise, length, flow rate and flow velocity. Heck, just determining the correct flow rate was a separate calculation. The more I read and research, the more refined this little project is becoming. I sure hope it works out as well as I hope it does.

 

[White Rabbit]

That's the point! It'll make you tired just thinking about working when you should be sleeping. Even if you're not in the mood to do something, sometimes you have to make yourself do it anyway, right? So, lie in bed and think about getting up and doing some obnoxious job that has to be done. Tell yourself if you can't sleep, you have to get up and do it. Either that'll make you sleepy, or you'll get some obnoxious job out of the way.

Yes, and today is one of those for poppop and grandmommie. Got the grand kids up, changed diapers, washed faces, got them dressed and fed, then off to daycare. Thank GOD we only do this once in awhile. Getting toooooooo old for poopy diapers, but in 10 more years they may be my own

 

[Tail11]

Good morning volties! Tail is feeling much better this morning. I slept fairly well. Still trying to get used to the time change. Hope everyone has a great day!