Coffee Klatch

Sorry I was out of the loop, I was prepping the yard and house in case the hurricane hit here. It looks like it may, but I think it will be more of a water event for us since we are already saturated and our daily storms are flooding yards.

I am about 20 directly west of Cape Canaveral, so I am keeping an eye on this one.

TB I know you said your MIL cooks still but one thing I started doing several yrs ago for my grandmother, (yes I still have her and she is 102!) is when I make dinner for my family I make her frozen plates, like tv dinners. She doesnt eat much and sometimes leftovers will make two plates.

It started a few years ago when her arthritis in her back got really bad and she cant do much of anything for any period of time. We were sitting and she told me that everything is such a chore because to cook dinner, she will get to the kitchen and peel potatoes and have to sit. Then she will go back to them and wash and cut them and turn them on to boil and then sit, you get the picture. Making dinner was a half day event for her but she likes to eat a full meal at dinner.

That year I made the frozen meals for her starting in September and kept them in my freezer until Christmas. That is what I gave her as a Christmas gift because I always struggle with what to get her, after all aside from a walmart giftcard, what does a 100+ lady really need???

Well she called me and told me how much she loved that gift. I thought she was just being kind but then my aunt and uncle both called me over the next few weeks and told me how granny just kept talking about that being such a help and best gift to her. Now she gets them for Christmas and her birthday, plus whenever I go up to see her. Maybe if you did that she wouldnt need as much stuff. Just load the freezer with precooked meals that just need heating. Our pharmacies now deliver for free since the covid outbreak so you should look into that too. That way you could just go see her for company and not have to get to so many stores.

My grand daughter is starting kindergarten as well, but she is a size 5-6 so holy moly your grand daughter IS tall!

I'm better today. I'm sorry if I worried you. I had been in a weird place for a few days.

She used to be a crafter, back in the day. Not anymore. She's been watching her old movies on Turner Classic and puzzles. I've been scouring the stores that we go to to find new ones for her. I found a cool bird one at the birdseed store yesterday.

She still cooks and takes care of herself. She was falling awhile ago, but the doctors adjusted her meds and she is better.

I thought about doing delivery, but talking to my daughter and some other friends, they haven't had the best of luck with it. If it gets really bad, I don't know what we'll do. Cross that bridge when we get there.

I finally got a referral to a nephrologist. I'll have to call my pcm on Monday to get that started. My kidneys seem to be ok. I just wish I could get my sugar numbers back down to normal. They were until about 6 months ago. Don't know what changed. He's going to do another A1c when we go back in September and then we'll adjust.

I guess that's it for now. So far the kids are all good. Anyway, thanks for the hugs. I'll take whatever I can get! LOL

The hurricane was a non event. It broke up pretty much and we got very little rain and a cool breeze most of the day. I would say I got more wind from my ceiling fan.


What I did get is a beautiful neighborhood because everyone always mows the yard right before a storm so we dont get lawn ruts from soggy soil

Amazingly, we've been able to get in and out of the stores with little trouble. They haven't been too busy. There are a couple of small mom and pop's we've just gone through the parking lot, though. Not standing in line outside with the summer people! Of course, it always seem to be raining when we need to do a store run. LOL That might have something to do with it!


We went to Home Depot today to get another metal wire shelf. I ran out of room for my canned goods. They'll be ok on the inside wall of the garage. Then I'll have a better picture of the holes in my preps. I did finally get some canned green beans yesterday. I'm wondering if the stores are rotating which ones get stocked. Our Meier was bare shelved for a bunch of things for months. Now they have some. The shelves weren't packed, like they used to be, but they had enough for now.

I am so glad I was able to replace my old,broken appliances, too. The frig wasn't that old. I guess I bought a lemon. It was the cheapest, at the time. All we could afford. The washer and dryer were rebuilt and they weren't gonna get another fix. I just wish I'd have ordered a bigger freezer last winter. It is big enough for the 2 of us under normal circumstances, but not now. I have both packed and I bought a bigger frig just to have more freezer space.

I guess that's it for now. Trying to get laundry done, so I can move cases of cans around. Not EVEN doing them at the same time! LOL

I had to work outside the house all day yesterday and boy oh boy.

I needed to shop for stuff in home depot and lowes and NOTHING is available.

I do this all the time in my business and every appliance they have is not in stock and delivery dates are 2-5 weeks out. What does someone who just had a frig run die on them do??

It prompted me to buy new parts for my well and other items that typically need to be replaced often like breakers for elec panel.

China is not shipping and whatever is made in the USA is not enough, I see big problems with this moving forward.