Jenny, does Bob have any restrictions about taking 325mgBayer?  When I knew I was going to be stressed or "pushed" in thought or deed, one would take the edge off for me & my heart didn't fly off.  Many years ago the doctor gave me digitalis for a speedy heart... over 200 times a min... but after being on for a month I was charged up & eyes glowed so had to take myself off, little by little a week less at a time. But kept my heart from going wild until that A-fib 45 years later (that I didn't realize what it was, just that they had been watching the valve for years without telling me what it meant.) Can't you see me parked in front of the cardio doctor, "let's talk about this....."    I know you have better advice than mine from your family, but if a simple ole Bayer will take the edge off, can it do any harm?  I rest my case. <smile> The boys are packed up & will leave early in the morning, were down at the lodge eating & waiting for the rain to stop. 

Then & now about Mt.Princeton Hot Springs Lodge

https://mtprinceton.com/the-history-of-the-first-arrivals-to-the-hot-springs/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqE1t2GVP1g

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Then & now. The boys & I have camped about a mile up the mountain from the Lodge since they were 12 & 14 years old, they are now 59 & 61 & still love it.

Hello Everyfriend!  It's been a busy day again.  Cindy got her work done, Jim put something together that Ali uses at the market for her flowers, I did a little cleaning and we all cooked and looked after the doggies.  And Cindy and I got in a little knitting time and she put in a days work on the computer. 

Tomorrow, we're all going to the Farmer's Market.  I'm eager for that.  We have one of the best back home and I'm ready to make a comparison.  We're hoping to get some corn to cut off the cobs and put in Cindy's freezer.  It's that time!

The Hot Springs pics brought back some memories for me!  We were in them on a couple of our Girl Scout trips west back in the 70s and 80s.  Not the only time in my life but one of the best.  We did hot springs in Europe also.  I can still feel them!

I better get this finished and get myself off to bed because we have a very early start tomorrow.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us every one!  And may He look after all who need his care for ANY illness!

Good morning..

Lovely start to the day here, 56° with clear skies. Another day to get outside work done before it hit 90°.

we are going to take in a bake and yard sale at the church this morning then home to work.Once laundry is started I am going to plant beans in the boxes Kyle made. In the one at the front I put some wave petunias but will put beans in the other 4.

Jane, I would love to go to that market with you. Hope you can take some photos along the way.

Jenny, thankfully we didnt have to use the generator. Hope they find out the cause of Bob's AFib.

Shirley,  that joke was funny..

Callie 102°     that is not nice!! Do you get the humidity with this or is it a dry heat?

Better get ready to meet the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good morning everyone. I have read the last postings since I was here.
There were a lot of feral cats here when I moved in. The Maintenance mans wife volunteered  at the pound and got them to captured them  and fixed them and returned them when they healed. Do not see anymore now.

For several years doctors  prescribed those baby aspirin for seniors to help their hearts. I took them for 5 years and one day my doctor called me and said to stop taking them because they did nothing.  Maybe in a year or so they will  tell us to take  them again.

My son will be here soon and am not dressed yet. Oh well when he leaves I just might have an early nap-that could last till 5pm.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good Morning,

Amy, yes, unfortunately, we do get humidity with the heat.  Oklahoma is divided into two climate zones.  The eastern part has more "mountains", timber, rivers, etc. and is more humid.  The western part leads into the High Plains and is flatter and drier.  I basically live on the dividing line so this area isn't quite as humid as where Jane is visiting but neither is it as dry as closer to the Texas Panhandle.

Jane, do you remember when I was on a tour of New England in 2003 and we spent a couple of nights in Hershey, PA? 
Toni Aikens gathered a group from SeniorNet and picked me up to go eat lunch at a "special place".  I was expecting something Amish but it was a Texas Road House which had just opened as the first one in that area!  (I felt right at home.  )
The picture I have shows Toni, Jean ?, HannaJo ?, Alice ?, Pat Scott and you.  I remember that Pat's husband was also there (probably took the picture) and gave me a ring he made out of a folded dollar bill. 

We had also spent a night in Guelph, Ontario where Pat Scott and Judy McKenna came to the restaurant where we were having dinner and visited a while.
Friends on the tour were amazed that all these people so far from Oklahoma and I were acquainted but had never met.

I need to do a couple of errands before the peak heat sets in.

Hope each of you has a Satisfying Saturday  .

Good Morning Everyfriend!  We've been to the Farmer's Market, helped Ali get all set up and then did some shopping.  We came home with a bushel of corn to clean and freeze.  We also picked up some blackberries, Cinnamon buns, home made bread, peas, cookies something else, I forgot!  AMY, I didn't take any pictures but I will when we go over next week.  Ali does her flowers every week and I plan to be a regular.  We have to go back to help her close up but I'm pretty sure it won't be worth pics at that time.

CALLIE, I remember that visit with you when you made your trip.  Alice was there because she happened to be visiting me that week and was willing to travel a bit more.  I remember the rings made from dollar bills.  I got one, too!  That was a nice visit. 

I have to go get started on the things "to-do" before we go back to pick up Ali and her stuff because Cindy says we're going to do some shopping on the way home.  She needs plastic bags to freeze the corn.  Boy is she going to have some good eats this winter!

I hope you all have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Only have time for one brief warning to Jenny and her Bob.  If the doctor prescribed Eliquis for the A-Fib, do NOT take aspirin, too.  He can take Tylenol for pain and maybe it will help calm the A-Fib but both aspirin and Eliquis are blood thinners and taking both could cause a hemorrhage. My cardiologist was very emphatic about that since I take Eliquis for A-Fib.

Also, many things can cause A-Fib.  If Bob tends to stress about things easily he should TRY to keep himself calm.  Stress and worry make heart problems worse, generally.  I am the world's #1 worrier so I speak from some experience.   

Take care, All.

Good morning; gray and smoky out there at our low of 56. Yesterday I had to close the door at eleven because it was beginning to smell like a campfire by a lake. Alaska is currently tracking 346 fires in Alaska (active, smoldering, or in the process of being demobilized). If you look on the fire map, you can barely see the F in our name for the fire markers. Every time we have a little summer heat, this happens. There are also fires again in Europe; all indications are that this will only get more constant and severe.

"I knew exactly where it was. I just couldn't find it."  Football player, Tim Berra, following in the famous footsteps of his famous senior moment's father, baseball great Yogi Berra.


Attorney: Do you have any children or anything of that kind? Actual court transcript.


"Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet."   Journalist Kin Hubbard.

For the truly absentminded;  Warning label on a regular bar of soap: "Use like regular soap."

"Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory."  Author James Stephens, Irish Fairy Tales

"Don't remember what you can infer."   Author Harry Tennant

Glad you brought that up, Phyllis.... I tried Plavix and another that started with a "B" but had such bad reactions I could not have lived taking them so had to find the best way to keep my blood thin and keep calm. My valve was the reason for A-Fib & once that healed A-Fib was gone (and they wanted to replace the valve again).    In the Eliquis commercial they qualify "for A-Fib not caused by a valve" and again "not for anyone with an artificial valve". Mine is a pig valve.

My daughter sent me a link to recent research showing "after all trials, etc. studied, aspirin proved to be as effective as the stronger blood thinners"..... Cas had a fall on a Wednesday evening that had blood spurting from his forehead, shoulder, arm, hip, leg, everywhere his body touched the wall as he went down. He was 58 when he had triple by-passes and put on Plavix & later switched to Warfin. He was 80 when he had the fall & died, a lot of years of thinning blood.

He refused to let me take him to ER OR let me call them since he had an appointment the next morning for blood test "because of the thinners he was on". Test was not good so was called back in for another on Friday. I called the doctor to have him look at Cas' many places. I had left over sterile pads the size of my chest incision & used them to cover 3 or 4 of those big spots & he had some about 4x5" so the lady doing the blood draw didn't see the damage.

On Friday when he went back they made an appointment with the cardiologist for Monday... and I drove him to that one. From the start of his heart problems he insisted he take care of HIM, I am just as independent so he didn't try to tell me what to do or not (and I'm sure he had to bite his tongue many times). They had the man from his pacemaker/ defib there & he could tell the time of the fall & every movement, which Cas had not been aware they could do. My fear was he was bleeding internally as much as we could see on the outside. Cas died that night during his sleep, at home in his own bed the way he wanted.

No question the blood thinners played a role in his death and that's my reason for looking for the least invasive way to do what is necessary and hope others know their body limits. All too often I suggest something that might be harmful without considering the person might not thoroughly check out side effects. Cas & I totally disagreed about taking pills. He never had side effects & the old pharmacist that took care of me was my watch dog! As it stands, I'm allergic to both medicines used to save people from severe side effects of meds (Prednisone & Benadryl), nothing left to help me.

Oh, Jane & Amy, I forgot this is Sat and meant to go to the Farmer's Market! Too late, ours closed at noon. The corn at the store has been very good so will get more. Also had a yummy watermelon that I shared with my daughter-in-law. She was going to take care of their grands & thought having a big bowl already cut up would be a treat for them. The boys will be home tonight.

It is a HOT 96° but feels like 98°.... very humid & windy. These poor little birds on the nests stand up with wings hanging down. The brown thrush parents are constantly going back & forth with mouths full of bugs or worms but can't tell if this 2nd batch of robins has hatched. They take turns sitting on the nest.

Gloria, my father's doctor had him take the 325 aspirin at the start, then came out with the coated ones & downsized to 81mg... but they had already given him stomach problems. My sister lived near them so she insisted he take what the doctor ordered. She takes a drawer full of all kinds of suppliments but only a minimum blood pressure. I'm afraid she is not keeping her strength up since her husband died this past year, her kids are so good to her (6 of them) they do everything for her. She will be 92 Christmas Day & gets around like a kid except when the kids are around & she pulls the same stunt our father did.... goes helpless & the kids rush to let her lean on them!  She was the first girl after 3 boys so has always been treated like she might break, and her husband also doted on her (she is tiny & dainty). Those same 3 brothers raised me & wasn't going to have another sister that tattled on them!  And that's the story of my life!

Phyllis, I really am glad you mentioned about the thinners, when I "offer advice" I usually bring up checking out the person's special problems. My usual, the Epsom salt, I rarely bother with these days, repeated too often. Guess I need to quit playing doctor! I went down Back Bay Blvd the other day & thought of you.  And when I went back to my bro-in-law's funeral this past year, the kids & I stopped at one of the Ottawa turn offs that has a new Arby's .... had the yummiest sandwich EVER of fruit/chicken, will try that again when driving the car, don't think a place to park the RV & too far for me to walk from where I can park. It is the same turn off where the McDonald & Wendy's is, and now a Walmart on the other side of the off ramp. Town is expanding!

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This is for Shirley, Gloria, and anyone else who dislikes summer and favors winter.

I'm ready to hit the haystack.  I'm beat right down to my sox and we have a bushel of corn to take care of and get ready for the freezer tomorrow.  Gonna be another busy day!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

JaneS I righy behinde you. Imtook a easy day again, and fell asleep two times two deffernt movies. leteagain but I wish you all a good night and sweet dreams. hope to see you all tomorow IN good sperits and resnable health.

Lloyd

Good morning...

Another hot one on the way here. Watered my plants in the cool of the evening last night and hope the new seeds I planted soon peek above the soil.

A day of rest here, will pick up a few things at the grocery store later on then coast for the day. Need to start a cancer quilt and have an idea in mind ,now to just get at it.

Phyllis, Kyle is not to have asprin either. He can take Tylenol for pain but that is it. Once he tried Aleve and that earned him a ride in the ambulance.........seems he is allergic to ibprophen .

Jane, you're going to have a corny day! Use your angel food cake pan to cut the corn off the cob, makes the job a bit easier. That will be welcomed come winter to have that corn in the freezer.

Patricia, I snagged your gif..will use it in my emails. Thank you!

Lloyd, when you watch tv like that you miss out on all the darn commercials.

Better get ready to meet the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning AMY and all else that show up after while.It is 73º and cloudy here this morning. Not right now but it has already put lickuid sun down, we have puddles on the slab out front. and it started leaking again as i was typing.  Have a good day. and a better tomorow. I have been eating pickled beeats and it has lowered my blod sugar In a good range. my grand deaughte found that information on the inter net some place. I am off to eat a morning meal and have some more of the pickled beeats. I will try to reamber to get the brand i am using, they taste good to me and are working good.

Lloyd





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Good morning everyone, after a cold and very cool week it is 73° now and to go up to 88 later. Last week I wished I could turn heat on and later I will be turning the AC on. Sure has been a crazy spring and starting as a weird summer already. Maybe Mother Nature is warning us to be careful what we do with this earth God gave us to live on and to live in peace and stop destroying what he gave us to live on.

PHYLLIS  blood thinners is one pill I do not have to take o far.

CALLIE  for the smallest state Rhode Island has a change in temperature from here inland than the less than 50 miles to the southern ocean end of the state, In the winter it can be at least 20 degrees  colder than the southern part and we can get an 18 inch snowfall and they get a dusting and in summer it can get 20 degrees hotter at least  here. The highest point here is 812 feet high, hardly a mountain.

PATRICIA  thanks. sure fits me in the summer months. I have a file with winter/snow photos I run as a slide show  on hot summer days. 

JANE  glad you are enjoying your working vacation. I was like that when I went to San Diego to see Regina and family after the first 2 days when I was about over the jetlag.

AMY  Tylenol does nothing for me and I have none in the house.

LLOYD  I am slow and lazy this morning. Been sitting here 2 hours already but keep looking out at the clear blue sky-that means still low humidity.

Have a good day and stay safe.

well a bad pinnie always returns the say, and here i am with my two cents back. we had the first green beans out of our raise beds, and is there is one head of cabbage and some claflour about ready to pick. the tamattoes have gren tomatoes, almost ready to pick and have fried green tomatoes, they are always a treet. the peppers have small pepers set on several, and dozens of blooms. the peas are done ate some and put some in the freezer. also letic and carrets  already harvesed not a big deal but will cut the grocery bill some. home growen produce out of your gerden or raised beds always taste the best. and at least you know no hars chemicals on them. I have a smal garden tilled up, as soonas it gets dry enough to run the tiller through it again, we are going to plant severil things it it some sweet corn, and a few wattermeloin and pumpikens, squashe'and suskeney's and what ever comes to miend. we are opn to segestons. good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Good morning...

Calling for rain later this evening and it would be nice to have......gets me out of watering.

Need to take garbage away today, then home to make more of Jane's rhubarb juice.

This is the last week of June,hard to believe June is flying by so fast!

Lloyd, nothing taste better than home raised veggies or meat for that matter.

Better get the day started before the heat really hits.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good morning everyone, had thunderstorms in forecast for overnight but I heard nothing and the walks are dry

LLOYD  in all the years we had a garden and planted peas I only cooked them once. All of us would walk out there and passing the  peas if we saw one pod that looked full we would pick it and eat the peas raw, love that flavor. Could not scold the kids because my husband and I did the same and they learned from us.  Even young green beans taste great picked and eaten raw but my favorite is picking a tomato and eat while walking around and tasted so good I would have to go and pick at least one more.

AMY  every thing fresh tastes better even when it comes to meals. since I can no longer cook the foods I have for years-cannot sit to prepare food, everything in these apartments in too high - counters sinks and stove I was 5'1" but now bent over because of my back I am 4 inches shorter. Bought a high stool to sit on in the kitchen but no place to put knees and could not do anything sitting sideway. Both sons have bought me TV dinners but yuck, so many preservatives in some of them and they burn my throat. I used to freeze a lot of what I cooked but knew what was in the food.

Wow only Lloyd and Amy here since I posted yesterday.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Gloria, - Good morning.  I'm in and out every day, but sadly I'm not much of a writer. I grew up with talk when you're talked too, and that seems to have stuck. My life's work (job) didn't require much communicating.  I jump in when I think I have something to say.

Yucky and humid here today - not much incentive to do anything.

Turned off the c/a and opened the doors and windows..beautiful breeze blowing and it is only 64° gotto love that!!

As we were  heading out to take the garbage away I saw movenment across the road........two little bodies were scurring..not red enough for baby fox but perfect for baby coyotes or wolves....just wish I could have gotten a closer look!

Sitting in here is not getting the hostas moved..I did let the dog next door out and gave Callie a tummy rub..

Move it girl..

OK this is going to be a quick "Good Morning Everyfriend"  The kids and their Mom are on the way over and when they get here, I have to close this up and put it our of reach or it will be bamboozled so bad it'll take 4 of us to fix it and there's only three of us here.

Yesterday, we went over there for dinner and Dan did beef on the grill,  we took some stuff and Ali made some other stuff.  Everything was great and the kids were so good and so sweet.  Since I came her Mikey has learned to say "BOO".  Since I had a bad cold and didn't want to pass it on, and I didn't want to scare him by picking him up, I thought it might be a good way to get acquainted.  And it worked!  He knows that I'm "GG"  which stands for Great Grammy.  And he's not afraid of me any more.  I love it!

LLOYD, your veggies sound like my farm-raised Dad's back yard garden or maybe more like his "Victory Garden" during the war.  We all worked in that garden.

And we all ate peas right off the bushes that never made it home!  That's one of the things that made working in the Garden for a 5 to 10 year old work back in those days!

AMY, I already forgot what you wanted me to post a picture of.  There's way too much going on here!  Let me know again and I'll work on it!  Oh! Oh!  here they come!  Gotta shut down!  Have a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Amy, this is the second or third day in a row we've had the same morning low, but it's also been so smoky today and those past days. I woke in the middle of last night and thought something was burning.

 We've had 80 or 81 for highs. Today I have no energy and don't want to think or do anything.

Patricia, that can't be good on your lungs!!

Jane, you just reminded me of what happened yesterday. I went out to tell Kyle something , he was talk ing with the neighbour, we all got talking then I looked at Kyle and said I forgot what I was going to tell him. Came back in the house then remembered!!  You know, I think this is God's way of giving us ol folks exercise...
You were to take photos of your market but you can do that next time please.

I haven't seen one of these since 2014. These are in the surrounding villages and towns.

"FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - The Fairbanks North Star Borough has sent out an emergency alert for areas north of the Chatanika River and west of the Murphy Dome Boat Launch. A Level 3 GO evacuation is in effect and persons living in this area are to evacuate now and leave immediately.

All residents and visitors that are west of Shovel Creek along the Chatanika River Valley the level has been changed to a Level 2, SET stance.

There is limited access in to and out of these areas. According to Minto Lakes Fire Incident Command, if there is a drastic change in current and expected direction, residents and visitors need to be prepared to leave at a moment's notice.

Just checking in and then out.  PATRICIA, that announcement is a bit on the scary side.  Am I understanding that it is out now and not a old one?  What do you have to do?

I'm really tired tonight.  I'm not use to having little ones around and playing on the floor with them.  But it's become worth it.  When they were leaving today Mikey made a special trip back to where I was sitting and laid his head in my lap.  My daughter explained after they left, that was his way of hugging me!  I LOVE IT!  I BELONG!

Now I'm going to get my stuff cleaned up and go get ready for bed!  I've been getting tired earlier since I've been here.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

P.S. The weather has been a bit cooler there last couple of days.  I wouldn't mind if it stayed this weay!

Well, I also remembered Jane promised us a photo of the flower stand!  I used to do the art shows & one of my friends tried the Farmer's Market but didn't sell much of anything, people were only interested in the food side. I did a spring & late fall show & loved visiting with everyone.

Amy, I've checked every window all day & no sign of the kittens or Mama. I hear they take them off & leave them so guess that's what happened. Makes me sad but this is the easiest way out for ME... but I am sad about little critters going hungry. Guess Mama will teach them to hunt.

Love Mikey's name.... does he "eat everything" like that commercial? ... "give it to Mikey, he'll eat anything"...

Patricia, we go from floods to fires here as well.  Guess it's always been this way but the news media keeps us better informed (or scared). Will think of them in my prayers, God sure has His hands full.

Been a long day with a short nap that didn't make up for lost sleep when the raccoon showed up at 4:00 am.

Sweet dreams and God Bless all.

Good morning..

Love these cool mornings 49° at the moment. Yesterday was perfect weather.cool with a breeze. Managed to get the part of the garden done and just have a wee bit left to do. Kyle painted the porch, painting he loves to do as you can't put paint where it shouldn't be. Will pick up more paint this morning and more muclh and work about home.

Jane, that is a nice tired..

Gloria, you would have loved our weather yesterday, almost a little too cool but I am not going to complain . When working outside it really was a bonus!

Shirley, momma cat has likley taken off to new places..she may be back alone.

Patricia, hope the air quality is better today.

Better put and egg in my boot and beat it. Hmm should pick something else as eggs are getting to a expensive!

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Been a while since I woke up to 60° but sure feels good. I even had to throw a sweatshirt over my shoulders for now. Have a couple, mother & about 40 year old son, coming to work on the berm, cut out volunteer trees & stuff that's overgrown. I woke up about 2:00 am & remembered I had bought a battery powered small saw to cut down the trees that got too big to cut off with the "loppers" & not big enough to get out a chainsaw.  Couldn't remember where I put it since it never got used. Found it, plugged the battery in to be charged in case they want to use it. Their equipment looks pretty old, what they were using on the yard next door. I have hopes they can do what is needed, nice to talk to. Got a couple more hours sleep but never enough. Better eat, not sure what time they will show up & I have gates to unlock, etc.

Had to smile to myself about "Kyle loves to paint". Cas did, too.  One time I was having a baby shower for the wife of one of the guys Cas worked & played golf with. He came home from work about 5:00, the party was set for 7:00.... and offered the paint the living room before the guests arrived! He was serious & I nearly had a heart attack at the thought! I had spent hours getting everything ready, there wasn't a mark on the wall of that new house and he wanted to push all the furniture to the middle & paint the walls!!!  That was a loooong time ago!

Yesterday was only in the 70s but supposed to start heating back up today. Two more months of HOT and then it can start cooling back down, Gloria. I think Patricia's gif is a jinx to the super hot we had for a while. Better get a move on. "Daylight's burning", as John Wayne said in one old movie.