tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.comments2024-02-02T02:16:26.359-08:00The RadulaKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02474434988848889088noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-39180045921239174992024-01-16T08:55:13.349-08:002024-01-16T08:55:13.349-08:00I had a cortisone shot a few months ago, before it...I had a cortisone shot a few months ago, before it all got really bad. Unfortunately, while the shots work very well in my hands and hips, they've done nothing for my knees, and they are not recommended for my ankle, because of the tendon damage. <br /><br />I have a few good days when the weather is good, including when I wrote this particular post, but when it's damp, the pain gets Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02474434988848889088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-686283342671241932024-01-15T08:37:01.989-08:002024-01-15T08:37:01.989-08:00I feel your pain! I have been using a walker for ...I feel your pain! I have been using a walker for several months, it is humbling. I did find some relief with a cortisone shot. It did not fix all the pain by any means but it is more bearable. Living with Rheumatoid and Osteo Arthritis isn't for the faint of heart. After what I think was almost a grieving period for my loss of mobility I am on a quest to live life to the fullest! Keep Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-27965929119953713972023-08-20T18:20:15.772-07:002023-08-20T18:20:15.772-07:00I have missed reading your blogs—
I know the feeli...I have missed reading your blogs—<br />I know the feelings you are having, because they are similar to mine. I just have different places where Arthur has come to stay, bad back and knees. <br />I just feel the whole world is going crazy— people have changed, life is more difficult. <br />I will continue to look for your postings on your blog.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-73508999819522291142022-07-05T15:05:50.962-07:002022-07-05T15:05:50.962-07:00Well said.Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-89208654934130626912022-06-21T08:11:35.214-07:002022-06-21T08:11:35.214-07:00I'm jealous of your harvest. I think we've...I'm jealous of your harvest. I think we've given up on getting much of any real food to grow in our yard. But we might be able to grow flowers so if not productive at least the yard could be pretty?<br />I'm really sorry to hear that your surgery didn't go as well as hoped for and more will need to be done. But I hope you are able to make it to the unicorn event - that sounds justAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-24512559429560602762022-05-14T02:45:52.693-07:002022-05-14T02:45:52.693-07:00Excellent,Excellent,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-67421989920242766802022-04-16T07:04:44.846-07:002022-04-16T07:04:44.846-07:00I met someone years ago, a published author and s...I met someone years ago, a published author and speaker, who had business cards with a backside that said, Don't 'Should' on me. She was just brilliant. Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-40189718266826016432022-04-10T02:49:01.813-07:002022-04-10T02:49:01.813-07:00I'm so sorry you couldn't make it to that ...I'm so sorry you couldn't make it to that volunteer gig! It's incredibly frustrating when our bodies refuse to cooperate. That's happened to me too many times and I just hate it.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-15808478869637746922022-04-05T13:18:48.711-07:002022-04-05T13:18:48.711-07:00I really like shopping at Goodwill and other thrif...I really like shopping at Goodwill and other thrift stores for clothes because I just don't have money to buy new clothes. I think I also find more interesting and unusual items than I might otherwise. But most of my struggles with clothing center around the changes to my body over the last 5 years - gaining weight and a larger stomach that didn't used to exist. (Having idiots ask me whenKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-47101253543278161072022-04-05T13:04:08.506-07:002022-04-05T13:04:08.506-07:00Great pics! I think I understand your issue with t...Great pics! I think I understand your issue with the swans. We have Calif. Jays here that are just a lovely blue and they pose on the wall in my yard until the moment I point a lens in their direction. Then, "see ya!" So frustrating!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-16010863270722736032022-03-22T12:38:59.455-07:002022-03-22T12:38:59.455-07:00I don't know if we're going to have baby b... I don't know if we're going to have baby birds. I think the ravens have abandoned the nest site, realizing it's not the best location. I assumed there were baby ravens because of the movement, but I think it was the mate, trying to build the nest. <br /><br />When I walked Cinnamon over the other day, I got a look at the tree and the nest from different angles, and the nest was notKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02474434988848889088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-49638002216380071722022-03-22T10:43:07.074-07:002022-03-22T10:43:07.074-07:00Huzzah for baby birds! And Ravens are fun to watch...Huzzah for baby birds! And Ravens are fun to watch, they have such style. Unfortunately we don't have them where I live, the big birds here are crows. And they are the rudest birdies to grace the skies! They go up on our roof and bang against the vents - I swear they are laughing while they do it! And on trash day they flap-hop from one house to the next, seeing if there's a visible bag Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-42583823078455179932021-12-26T10:11:58.838-08:002021-12-26T10:11:58.838-08:00Very well said and thank you for sharing. Definite...Very well said and thank you for sharing. Definitely helped me and also reminded me of something I'd forgotten to do yesterday!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-46123995866340192842021-11-13T12:54:20.960-08:002021-11-13T12:54:20.960-08:00It's really hard to give up activities when yo...It's really hard to give up activities when your heart and head are still focused on them but your body is no longer able, I do understand that. After my brain tumor surgery I got to a certain point of recovery and found to to my great surprise (and personal heartbreak) that I wasn't going to be able to go any further. Somehow I'd had it in my head, (and no one had told me otherwise),Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-47058165349367527712021-11-13T09:03:39.311-08:002021-11-13T09:03:39.311-08:00😘😘jayleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924906606539079206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-36135478774154583222021-07-07T13:17:51.289-07:002021-07-07T13:17:51.289-07:00Completely agree. And on those last two sentences ...Completely agree. And on those last two sentences - shout it from the rooftops!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-11815770221508398262021-04-19T16:53:26.363-07:002021-04-19T16:53:26.363-07:00Gotta love those Nextdoor "discussions"....Gotta love those Nextdoor "discussions". Apparently I showed such promise at de-escalating some of those "discussions" that someone nominated me for a Community Reviewer position! Now if I could just get paid for that...hmmmKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-12488568748357510992021-03-29T07:11:35.390-07:002021-03-29T07:11:35.390-07:00Great photos!Great photos!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-6587445421542764672021-02-21T14:57:09.532-08:002021-02-21T14:57:09.532-08:00Hiking? Ooo...I haven't done any since I moved...Hiking? Ooo...I haven't done any since I moved off the island and damn do I miss it. I blew it off the first few years in OC because working seemed so important. Hah! Was I stupid or what? The one thing you can usually do for free and now my body is too effed up to handle anything more than up & down the aisles of the grocery store. And that pretty much knocks me on my ass, requiring a Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-70702275580034543872021-02-17T12:18:36.192-08:002021-02-17T12:18:36.192-08:00Hey if I found a pair of pants for only $12 that a...Hey if I found a pair of pants for only $12 that actually fit <br />and fastened over my fat stomach that would be a major event and worth celebrating! <br />Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-31478670112856485862021-01-27T18:45:09.960-08:002021-01-27T18:45:09.960-08:00I love this! I’m so glad you got to go! Looks like...I love this! I’m so glad you got to go! Looks like a beautiful day. Karin B (Looking for Ballast)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03592528618484082434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-15140360598832539952021-01-10T14:57:06.351-08:002021-01-10T14:57:06.351-08:00Well said. I've been thinking of Asimov's ...Well said. I've been thinking of Asimov's line, "Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact". Some of what early science fiction writers predicted and wrote has come true and we take for granted today. So should we be looking at the writers of dystopian novels of the future? One with themes of the current government crumbling, rules made by states and/or countiesKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-56819596381783154072021-01-10T14:32:30.936-08:002021-01-10T14:32:30.936-08:00You are right, so right. I just find it terribly d...You are right, so right. I just find it terribly difficult to give up on people who have been a part of my life for such a long time. And I know that they love me in their way and it frustrates them so much that I don't see the "truth" for what they believe it to be. Letting them go to live their lives in ignorance makes me sad.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-72484769957237192102020-12-31T13:01:07.036-08:002020-12-31T13:01:07.036-08:00I don't know why, but somehow my anxiety just ...I don't know why, but somehow my anxiety just doesn't focus on covid or the pandemic. It comes out to play for plenty of other reasons but not this one. ( Possibly my brain tumor surgery removed that particular fear from me.) I am doing all the required things - wearing a mask when I go out, keeping my distance, washing my hands, using sanitizer - and I feel okay about it. And because I Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365048268500140128.post-34870209373708780452020-11-30T16:09:59.128-08:002020-11-30T16:09:59.128-08:00Reminds me of giving up my life on Catalina to mov...Reminds me of giving up my life on Catalina to move back overtown. I fought that decision and hung on as long as I could but there was a point I had to accept that as much as I loved that island it was time to go. I had given Avalon everything I had but it was only taking and not giving anything back - financially, emotionally, and years of my life. And if Avalon didn't work out I damn sure Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.com