July 12, 2019

Now Resuming Regular Broadcast Blogging

I haven't been posting because, well, no reason except being busy. So many things have happened in the last month and I think, "I need to blog about that" and then I get home and just don't do it. Day before yesterday, Hubby had eardrum surgery and we were trying to think exactly when his problems began - three years at least. If it had been my surgery, and my problem, there is a good chance I would have blogged about it and thus been able to find out when it started. So now, while he is recovering, I have a little free time on my hands and thought I'd catch up on some blogging.

At the end of June, I went to St. Augustine, Florida with my girlfriends. I had been dreading the heat, but it wasn't much different than here though one man said that week was exceptional. It had been in the 100's the week before and was only mid to upper 90's while we were there. The next week it jumped back into the 100's. I had my own little adventure at the airport during the first check-in, and we had some unwelcome visitors at the Vrbo house we rented, but we saw a few sights and ate a ton of great food.

My latest lab report shows that I am not in remission. I'm not surprised, I thought something wasn't right with the last one. I am a little annoyed with my doctor though. At my appointment Tuesday, she talked to me like I was the one who said I was in remission. I am in a couple of online support groups and I think I find out more from them than I do from her. She isn't open to any new research published by other hospitals or foundations and that is frustrating.

Right before going to Florida, I found out that I have a squamous cell carcinoma on my hand and had it cut out when I got back. I can't wait to get this bandage off my hand and hope the crater fills in by itself pretty soon. Wear that sunscreen folks!

I'm still putting together kitchen cabinets and unpacking. The unpacking isn't as thrilling as I thought it might be. I'm discovering that we packed a lot of junk when we moved. Maybe it wasn't junk to us then, but after living without it for three years, a lot is really unneeded and unwanted now. We've also got all of my mother-in-law's junk boxed up and in the way. Even though we have sworn that we will never have another garage sale, we both see that we are going to have to do that to get rid of all this.

After storing our refrigerator and freezer for three years, along with our larger furniture, we finally got them here only to find out that the refrigerator no longer worked. The people who bought our house asked if they could buy the set AFTER we had paid movers to put them in storage. So no, we didn't sell them. So we put the freezer in the space we had recessed into the wall for the set, and the noise it made kept me awake at night. So instead of buying just a new refrigerator to go with the old freezer, we put the freezer in the garage and bought a side by side. Now we have room for another cabinet, as soon as we fill in the recessed wall there. Hubby won't be doing any building until he gets the okay in about five weeks.

Besides the refrigerator not working, we found that someone who rented an adjacent unit had put moth balls in theirs and all of our furniture reeked of mothballs. Reeked. I read that leaving things out in the hot sun will get rid of the smell and it did pretty well, but there were some things we didn't want to leave outside, so we shut them in the house and turned on the heater. What kind of nut turns on the heater in Texas in May? Us. We're nuts. It worked though, the smell came out of my leather furniture and the mattresses. I thought we might have to replace them. The lesson we learned from this is that it would have been cheaper to buy all new furniture and appliances than pay to store them for three years.

There's probably more to update, but Hubby needs to have his bandage replaced so this is Nurse Marti, signing off.

8 comments:

  1. Marti: Good to have a post from you, I am one that if a doc does not listen to me I get a second opinion, yes there are many new and I mean new programs and procedures out there, I wish your doctor would reconsider.
    I will keep you in my daily prayers.
    I know what you mean about keeping things that you do not use for a long period of time, we have been decluttering now for a while, it feels good to be free of them.
    I have never heard of the warm and sun getting rid of the moth ball smell, thank-you for the tip.
    Have a beautiful week.

    Catherine

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  2. Marti - glad to see a post from you. After your last post, I was starting to worry … I think most of us have a packing/storage/unpacking "what were we thinking" story. Every time I see another storage unit place being built, I think "everyone in the world just has too much "stuff"'!!! I am sure hubby's recovery will be quick under the care of Nurse Marti.

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    1. I always think that too. Then I think "maybe we should build a storage facility and cash in on these hoarders." lol

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  3. Lots going on. Hope Your Guy is healing up well and that your hand is healing up OK too. Sorry about the furniture and appliances. Not fun surprises to deal with on either account. But I'm not sure it would be easier to buy new furniture. We've been trying to replace our 20 plus year old couch and ended up having to order one cause we couldn't find the style we wanted with fabric we could live with. Stay cool!

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    1. We're really picky too when it comes to sofa and chairs. And I want them to last, which means they have to be made well. But I do regret storing that refrigerator and freezer.

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  4. It is good to hear from you. Some of your "adventures" have certainly not been good, but I am glad you had a good time in Florida!

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  5. Oh my! No wonder you haven't had the time to blog. It hurts to hear how difficult life has been but you seem to be brave. Take care of yourself and hubby, that is the priority; blogging is supposed to be fun, not a burden.

    I appreciate you sharing your opinion about storing furniture. We have thought about it in the past but I wondered if it would be worth it. You confirmed my suspensions.

    Jeannie@GetMeToTheCountry

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