Even though I try to write everyday, somehow it is three days past the last post. Today is Friday. I just can't seem to wake up early, and KR is up just about before 6 every day. He went surfing and I did laundry and cooked burgers for the. Unique the new caregiver came today, and was there from 9 - 2. She is only 19, and I think her dad is in prison, or was killed in prison and she is going to Cal State Long Beach.
I took Gracie up to Diane's for a swim. Well, she loved it and Percy chased her around and swam with us. I barely got to swim, as the dogs just want to climb on top of me, and I just sat on the shallow end. Seth and Jordan were there too, and Seth is going to USC in the fall. TUITION free, ow can you not say hurray?
I got home and paid Unique and then went to visit the cleaning lady, Mee Chin, even though they spell it Mee Qin.
She had a massive stroke on February 11, and was not expected to survive.
Friday, April 21, 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Lasagna making
So as we are retired, I try to get KR to do more cooking. Yesterday he says he would make lasagna. Off we go to Costco to buy meat, cheese, the whole works for lasagna. We walk the dog at the beach, and afterward, he goes to see Bob Vargas, who is at Sunnyside rehab on Vermont in Torrance, with some kinds of urinary aliment. Claudia and Steve are getting a divorce and he says Steve has not been there for over a week. I go buy onions and garlic at the 99 cent store and proceeded to clean the pantry. There is food everywhere and I needed to sort and put all the similar kinds together. So now the veges are all together, and the fruits are together, etc. There is a lot more space now that the "junk" stuff is pulled out and we found three packs of gum, the stuff KR wanted.
It took HOURS for KR to make lasagna. Had to make the meat sauce, and the cheese sauce and the noodles. He made two huge pans, but we suspect they would disappear way too soon. Joyce is the new caregiver, and needs to improve her cleaning skills. She left poop on the bathroom floors yesterday, and threw away all my recycling. I think her English is not that good. Maybe she is Jamaican or something. I tried finding it in the dumpster, but the gardners had dumped so much leaves on top, I just could not dig under. SIGH.
I spent a couple of hours at moms as Joyce left at 1 30 every afternoon. I asked Amada to pay me for the sick days, and I don't know if they are going to. I am going to pick up the paycheck and find out. I went over to the Y and gave Eddie some lasagna. He is always cooking stuff for us. I saw Brad Dennis at the office yesterday around four. KR had walked mom and dad all around the club house, and she was so happy to have him there. What a wonderful husband.
It took HOURS for KR to make lasagna. Had to make the meat sauce, and the cheese sauce and the noodles. He made two huge pans, but we suspect they would disappear way too soon. Joyce is the new caregiver, and needs to improve her cleaning skills. She left poop on the bathroom floors yesterday, and threw away all my recycling. I think her English is not that good. Maybe she is Jamaican or something. I tried finding it in the dumpster, but the gardners had dumped so much leaves on top, I just could not dig under. SIGH.
I spent a couple of hours at moms as Joyce left at 1 30 every afternoon. I asked Amada to pay me for the sick days, and I don't know if they are going to. I am going to pick up the paycheck and find out. I went over to the Y and gave Eddie some lasagna. He is always cooking stuff for us. I saw Brad Dennis at the office yesterday around four. KR had walked mom and dad all around the club house, and she was so happy to have him there. What a wonderful husband.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
A Day of Work and Sorrow
Diane's new chicken is missing and presume dead. I am sad that three days after she gets her tame chicken, it goes away and is presumed eaten. She named her Moa, after the Easter Island statues. She seems so tame. The only reason I gave her away is because she is also dark black and brown, like Goldie. I didn't know she was pretty tame. Only after she arrives, Diane realized that she will let her pick it up, and that is tame. She asked if I wanted the chicken back, and KR said no. I guess if he had said yes, I would have gone and gave her Psycho Chicken, as it is still pretty Psycho, and got Moa back.
I had to work today seeing Claudia Vargas and deliver Mike's crown, which fit like a glove. He is leaving for China tomorrow. Claudia is so sad that she and Steve are splitting up. And she told me that he has been on methadone since 2004. That is way too long to be on drugs. Bob is in the rehab, at Sunnyside, a pretty nice place on Vermont. I need to go see the cleaning lady tomorrow. We have a new caregiver, Joyce who left poop on the floor and did not clean dad's nut (he has only one) well enough. Sigh. Can't get good help.
I tried getting stuff to the Salvation Army today. AND forgot half of it in the back seat. So I gotta go back tomorrow.
Bryan M came over for dinner tonight. He has some large sores in his mouth from chemo and radiation. Oh, my. Very painful.
I had to work today seeing Claudia Vargas and deliver Mike's crown, which fit like a glove. He is leaving for China tomorrow. Claudia is so sad that she and Steve are splitting up. And she told me that he has been on methadone since 2004. That is way too long to be on drugs. Bob is in the rehab, at Sunnyside, a pretty nice place on Vermont. I need to go see the cleaning lady tomorrow. We have a new caregiver, Joyce who left poop on the floor and did not clean dad's nut (he has only one) well enough. Sigh. Can't get good help.
I tried getting stuff to the Salvation Army today. AND forgot half of it in the back seat. So I gotta go back tomorrow.
Bryan M came over for dinner tonight. He has some large sores in his mouth from chemo and radiation. Oh, my. Very painful.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Easter 2017
Didn't even finish the Back from Australia post and it is two months later. Today is Saturday, and we went to the Good Friday service last night at 5. Pastor Mike was there, I guess I should explain who Pastor Mike is. Mike Dsane, pronounced Johnny, no D sound at all. I think his dad is from Ghana, or some African country. The search team finally picked him, even though Jason had also applied, and he would have been so so good. Back to more news. KR just called, and he and Kurt are coming back from PV somewhere, and we will go to the Farmer's Market. On 2/18, we went to Cindy's retirement party. Cindy and Tony are in our small group. It was cold and rainy at the Red Onion in PV by the mall. I am still working at South Bay Children's Dental Center every other week on Wednesdays. KR and I did a bunch of screening at the Lawndale schools and Redondo schools. It was nice to go to these things with KR.
We didn't go to Plebe parent weekend, and Will wasn't that interested in us coming, he has a new girlfriend name Emma and he went to spend time with her. She is a student at some cooking school and cooks well and wants to be a chef. I caught the mother of all flu after my birthday. The birthday was on the 8th, Wednesday. Aaron came to visit on Friday. Mimi left him for a yoga instructor name Adam, and he was just beyond unbelieve. He spent a night with Violet, who is also aghast and so is our father.
So Saturday we went to Farmer's Market with mom and dad and Kurt and Aaron. Aaron goes to see his friends in Santa Monica and I promptly become ill. First is the temperature, 102.2 or something like that, then the chills and fever, which is followed by up chucking, four times. CANNOT keep water down for almost a day. Sunday comes around and I finally can keep some water down. Feel terrible. Sunday I spend mostly in bed. By Monday my back was so sore that I tried to stretch my back out, and PROMPTLY pinch a nerve in my back. Now I am both recovering from being sick and my back hurts. I had no energy for a whole week. I would go from the chair to the bed to the chair to the bed. I go see Jenny Sakamoto, Wednesday the 15 March, and was suppose to work at SBCDC but they said stay home. Thursday is Journey of Faith, 4-8. I managed to hunch around for two hours and the back was too painful so I sat in the car til KR was done.
Today is Easter Sunday and we went to the Sunrise Service at Veteran's Park in Redondo Beach. Pastor Mike was the speaker, and he was the speaker at the Good Friday service. Monday was passover and we went to the Kaplans. Last Tuesday, the 11th of April, KR and Kurt went camping at Jalama. They were thinking of taking Jesse but the Royal Family rule says that there has to be THREE other adults from the Klub or else no go. They stopped at Dare2dream chicken/ranch farm for me and bought me a couple of hens. Oh, I forgot, last week the bees went crazy because I turned the compost bin and they attacked my girls, and killed Blackie, the sweetest chicken I ever had. It was so bad. I got stung about a dozen times all over, because I didn't quite zip the suit, as I was trying to get out there to save the girls. Vulchi got stung too but she survived. She will be five on May 4th, or is it she will be 6? That was Tuesday, and on Wednesday, we drove to Huntington Park on Alameda and Florence, we found John's pet shop and bought two Dutch bantams. THEY are so sweet and will eat from my hand.
So KR got me an Easter Egger, I had him get one for Diane. She named hers Moa, an Easter Island statue, and I named my Bunny, but decided to change to Psycho chicken as she is a bit nutty. KR also bought me a Golden Laced Wyandotte, and I named her Goldie. She is very sweet, lets you pick her up but once you got her, she flaps her wings alot. Last night the two bantams and the two new hens went into the little coop and Vulchi and Buffy, went into the large coop. I am so glad I have SIX hens. Ethel/Lucy is laying a very tiny egg, while Buffy is still laying, but the new hens have not. I drove up to Diane's on Thursday and gave her the hen. She is so sweet will let her pet.
Kurt has been smoking weed here and last week I found him smoking in the garage and I was so mad i told him he needs to go elsewhere and no more of this. He is always late going to Grandma's and also to work and to school. We told him we love him but we don't t think he is going to change enough to make it to school. We certainly hope he will figure this out on his own, and one day, get through with school and get a job that pays a little more than minimum wage. But hey, it is his life.
My blood sugar has been really weird. Like today, two hours after I eat, I measure, it was 84. I drink two Danimal which has 10g of sugar each and go for a walk. At the end of the walk/run, my sugar was 80 and I am starved. Where did that 20g of sugar go? About every week, I have an attack of hypoglycemaia. So KR and I had appt wih Dr Lee and I asked for another referral. He has given me one before, Dr. Ro but her appt was the end of June, so I am seeing Dr Diane Cheung end of May instead. My sinus has been really bad, coughing all the time, I have an appt with Nelman Low, ENT in mid-May. My knee is slowly getting better, but still could hardly run. I ran about 2 miles today. THAT IS ALL !!!!
We didn't go to Plebe parent weekend, and Will wasn't that interested in us coming, he has a new girlfriend name Emma and he went to spend time with her. She is a student at some cooking school and cooks well and wants to be a chef. I caught the mother of all flu after my birthday. The birthday was on the 8th, Wednesday. Aaron came to visit on Friday. Mimi left him for a yoga instructor name Adam, and he was just beyond unbelieve. He spent a night with Violet, who is also aghast and so is our father.
So Saturday we went to Farmer's Market with mom and dad and Kurt and Aaron. Aaron goes to see his friends in Santa Monica and I promptly become ill. First is the temperature, 102.2 or something like that, then the chills and fever, which is followed by up chucking, four times. CANNOT keep water down for almost a day. Sunday comes around and I finally can keep some water down. Feel terrible. Sunday I spend mostly in bed. By Monday my back was so sore that I tried to stretch my back out, and PROMPTLY pinch a nerve in my back. Now I am both recovering from being sick and my back hurts. I had no energy for a whole week. I would go from the chair to the bed to the chair to the bed. I go see Jenny Sakamoto, Wednesday the 15 March, and was suppose to work at SBCDC but they said stay home. Thursday is Journey of Faith, 4-8. I managed to hunch around for two hours and the back was too painful so I sat in the car til KR was done.
Today is Easter Sunday and we went to the Sunrise Service at Veteran's Park in Redondo Beach. Pastor Mike was the speaker, and he was the speaker at the Good Friday service. Monday was passover and we went to the Kaplans. Last Tuesday, the 11th of April, KR and Kurt went camping at Jalama. They were thinking of taking Jesse but the Royal Family rule says that there has to be THREE other adults from the Klub or else no go. They stopped at Dare2dream chicken/ranch farm for me and bought me a couple of hens. Oh, I forgot, last week the bees went crazy because I turned the compost bin and they attacked my girls, and killed Blackie, the sweetest chicken I ever had. It was so bad. I got stung about a dozen times all over, because I didn't quite zip the suit, as I was trying to get out there to save the girls. Vulchi got stung too but she survived. She will be five on May 4th, or is it she will be 6? That was Tuesday, and on Wednesday, we drove to Huntington Park on Alameda and Florence, we found John's pet shop and bought two Dutch bantams. THEY are so sweet and will eat from my hand.
So KR got me an Easter Egger, I had him get one for Diane. She named hers Moa, an Easter Island statue, and I named my Bunny, but decided to change to Psycho chicken as she is a bit nutty. KR also bought me a Golden Laced Wyandotte, and I named her Goldie. She is very sweet, lets you pick her up but once you got her, she flaps her wings alot. Last night the two bantams and the two new hens went into the little coop and Vulchi and Buffy, went into the large coop. I am so glad I have SIX hens. Ethel/Lucy is laying a very tiny egg, while Buffy is still laying, but the new hens have not. I drove up to Diane's on Thursday and gave her the hen. She is so sweet will let her pet.
Kurt has been smoking weed here and last week I found him smoking in the garage and I was so mad i told him he needs to go elsewhere and no more of this. He is always late going to Grandma's and also to work and to school. We told him we love him but we don't t think he is going to change enough to make it to school. We certainly hope he will figure this out on his own, and one day, get through with school and get a job that pays a little more than minimum wage. But hey, it is his life.
My blood sugar has been really weird. Like today, two hours after I eat, I measure, it was 84. I drink two Danimal which has 10g of sugar each and go for a walk. At the end of the walk/run, my sugar was 80 and I am starved. Where did that 20g of sugar go? About every week, I have an attack of hypoglycemaia. So KR and I had appt wih Dr Lee and I asked for another referral. He has given me one before, Dr. Ro but her appt was the end of June, so I am seeing Dr Diane Cheung end of May instead. My sinus has been really bad, coughing all the time, I have an appt with Nelman Low, ENT in mid-May. My knee is slowly getting better, but still could hardly run. I ran about 2 miles today. THAT IS ALL !!!!
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