Good rainy morning...

It's raining.. again.. and still...

Working on the house today. Looks like I'll be starting inside.

Oh look.. its still raining!

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I'm On the Eraser Diet

When I stepped on the scale at my doctor’s office, I was surprised to see that I weighed 144 pounds.

“Why don’t you just take off that last four?” I joked to the nurse’s aide as she made a notation on my chart.

A few moments later, my doctor came in and flipped through the chart.

“I see you’ve lost weight,” he said. “You’re down to... 14 pounds???”

Have a great day folks!

It’s been an eventful couple of weeks. After stabilization and an emergency surgery from the medical emergency my wife was placed in the ICU where she’s been for the last two weeks. She had a breathing tube placed down her throat so she was moderately sedated. Earlier in the week the doctor thought she was breathing well enough on her own that they could remove the tube. After a few hours she had a panic attack and asked for the tube back. She was still able to breathe on her own with minimal assistance. The kids and I decided to consent to a tracheotomy, which was done yesterday, in case she needed breathing assistance, but so far she’s doing good breathing on her own.
That the Medical update.

For most of this time she’s been able to answer yes or no questions by nodding her head, although somewhat groggily because of the sedation needed to suppress the gag reflex. Yesterday she was able to “talk” but is not much more than a silent whisper, is is extremely frustrating for everyone. But she has her sense of humor still. Sometimes while suctioning her mouth she will bite the tube and play tug of war. If you ask if she’s being silly she will grin.

Yesterday I was naming the people that have been praying for her. I told her that my friends on the Fishing Stage were sending her love and prayers, and she nodded. She knows we all have our Stage names so I told her that the Stage gave her her own Stage name. At that point she gave me “That Look” Guys, you know the one-eyes half closed that say “Okay. I’m waiting…” My handle is Chief, so her Stage name is MissChief and she smiled. It fits. She’s gotten into enough of it over the years.

So things look encouraging. The doctors sound hopeful that she may be able to be moved to the intermediate care ward soon. I (we) do appreciate the support from all of you. I believe in telepathy, because I can feel the hugs you are sending. Thank you all.

Me? I’m okay. I’ve been okay throughout this whole ordeal, however it turns out. Either she stays here and b*thes about her pain, or she is relieved of her pain and rests. Either way, I’m okay.

Thanks for the support, my friends. More to come at some point. Cheers!

I took a bit of time for myself before visiting hours Wednesday. There is a small stream 5 minutes up the road that is supposed to have native Brookies in it. So I grabbed a pole out of the closet, pulled a few worms out of the garden, put my boots on, and headed up. The pole had a small jig with a 2” plastic grub, I forgot the bobbers, but I figured if the excursion ended up just a a walk in the woods, well, nothing wrong with that either. My boots are calf high and I wondered if they were high enough (spoiler alert-they weren’t 🥴)

In the 40 years I’ve lived here, I’ve fished this brook but never really seriously “fished” it before. I fished a few brooks in the area that look enticing, and didn’t get anything, but we live on the edge where the water gets just a tad too warm to support Brook Trout, so I never really put in the time to do it justice. You always go where the pickings are easier. But a friend who grew up in the area said a worm and a bobber would get you dinner. So I’ve wanted to give it a proper try.

A very pleasant and quiet morning it was. High thin clouds, warm enough for just a light jacket, but chill enough to keep the bugs at bay. Walking upstream were the signs of Spring: Woodpeckers peckering, a pair of ducks silently winging their way through the trees ang and the new generation of flora showing in areas recently covered by water. The pictures will narrate the rest of the trip. All in all, it was a good outing.

Good morning and TGIF.

I don't really want to say it, but it's gonna RAIN again today.. Geezzz..
Its been impossible to accomplish anything outside this Spring.

58° now and a soggy high of 70°

I'll finish up some interior work today on a 3 unit install and then possibly a few service calls.

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Mom's Trick

"Oh, I'm so happy to see you," the little boy said to his grandmother on his dad's side. "Now maybe mom will do the trick she has been promising us."

The grandmother was curious. "What trick is that?" she asked.

"I heard her tell daddy," the little boy answered, "that she would climb the walls if you came to visit us again.

Have a great day!!

I forgot all the points lol sorry as far as Georgia goes it was very funny how much of a lead he had until they shut the counting down because of a water main break that turned out to be a leaking toilet and a few stayed behind and was pulling b****ts out from under the table there’s just way way way to many coincidences from a state that’s always v**ed red and v**ed red across the board governor and all and v**e for Biden makes zero sense at all do you know anyone else that v**es all republicans and just in one category v**ed democrat and the dumbest one in history for that matter lol I don’t or they are to chicken to admit it if they did

Ya we could argue about them all really he did say he grabbed her by the puss but it wasn’t out in public and we’ve all said things we shouldn’t in private and thank goodness no one was secretly recording everything we’ve said the other junk ain’t worth arguing about cause I see a lot of it differently a lot of people I honestly don’t know if anyone was raped how or why they’d wait 50 years to come out about it while he’s president and never had brought it up before crazy coincidence I guess and as far as the C***D stuff I believe it was funded by our tax dollars and fauchi had a lot to do with it and it was invited for crowd control and if it came down to it I’d take a shot of bleach before I would their goofy shot since the beginning of time they’ve never had a cure for a v***s just treat the symptoms so I’m not about to try a miracle cure someone invites overnight and I’m dang glad me and mine didn’t cause I’ve seen with my own eyes a whole lot of problems they have caused and heard many many more horror stories from them