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No ashlynne i hear you! im just not in a position right now to leave here but hopefully will be soon then we will have to talk about mums future?

No i dont intend to be any kind of a martyr if mum was easy to be around things would be different BUT shes so negative and hard to please always was so i cant do anything to make her happy and yes it will be a home by the end of the year as she cannot live alone. I was away today shopping when i came home she had the shower running so waters been running for about 6 hours??
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When i was expecting my first child over 45 years ago i was hospitalized for a month because of high B/P. I was in a ward with 7 other prenatal women. they advised me to tuck my bed covers in tightly at night because bugs came in and would climb up the covers and into bed. to this end they also closed all windows despite my protests because smoking was still allowed and I hated it. Next morning no insects and everyone happy. That night I saw the bugs in the early am and recognised numerous cockroaches. So we complaine to the Sister (Charge nurse) and she sent a porter in with a can of insecticide and we all fled caaying our plants because rumor had it the spray killed your plants. Spraying did not do a thing so early the nect moring when they were scurring everywhere I went to the bathroom and hijacked one of the conical glasses we were required to pee in each morning and scooped up half a glass of writhing roaches and come 8am i was stand in Sister's office glass in hand. I put the writhing mass down on her desk and politely requested she do something apart from sit there with her mouth open. Later that morning a proper exterminator arrived and from that day forward we never saw another roach. Unfortunately I still had to endure the smoking! In due time I gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
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I'm sitting here laughing at Cap's epic spider battle. So much for philosophy...DIE YOU LITTLE SH*T...DIE! LOL

I was cleaning the wee little apartment I had when my young daughter and I were living alone for a while, and was in the bathroom sweeping and such. I stopped for a moment, and in the silence, I heard, "scritch...scritch....scritch...tappity...tappity"

I'm thinking, "What the heck is that??" - so I start investigating. Nothing behind the door. No water dripping in the sink or behind the toilet or in the bowl. So I pull aside the shower curtain, and there in the bottom of the tub is the biggest freaking spider I've ever seen in my life. This thing was about 2 steps down from a tarantula as far as circumference of the legs, and pretty darn hefty in the body, too. I'm *not* a spider fan, and having a small child in the house, I was NOT letting this thing out of the tub where it might end up biting her (or me!). So, being armed with only my cleaning supplies, I grab the nearest thing I had available - my Pledge furniture polish spray. I sprayed....he ran....I sprayed....he ran again - up over the side of the tub and onto the floor...now I REALLY sprayed him, because he was headed my way, trailing lemon-scented foam behind him, running blindly in my direction because he was covered in the stuff. I emptied the entire can on his nasty butt, and still he kept coming.

He finally stopped at the bathroom door, having successfully backed me out of my own bathroom and into the kitchen, where I was looking for a big knife to use to end his pursuit. When I looked around the corner again, he had finally collapsed, legs splayed out, body flattened, and no sign of life whatsoever.

He fought the good fight until the last....when he went to spider heaven, smelling lemony-fresh and very, very shiny.
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Happy travels, captain...you need to start a thread about your adventures with those spiders. I don't want to miss an episode!!! rip big spider
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goin to see my aunt.
vilhelm grimm 2014 .
its a slow century b*tches , cut me some slack ..
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so i was back in the bathroom this am. you cant make this s*it up .
little spider has been assigned the task of wrapping up a good sized water bug . big spider is working a web that extends to the crapper and my bare azz . he got too close to suit me , i knocked out a couple of his lines . he fell to the floor and took off up the side of the toilet with confrontation in mind . he was moving quickly and i much appeared to be the target . big spider is dead , little spider has plenty to eat for a while . im not sure what all the lessons are yet . big spider and i were allies against the hated house fly . im a trust but verify type of person . he breached our alliance . little spider ; choose your battles wisely or just dont eff with beard clip guy . whatever you want to take from it .
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im sitting in the crapper this am , me and the spiders meanmugging each other when i saw an adult spider run what i percieved to be his / her own single offspring out of the adults web and back into the kids own smaller one . there was some furious arm waving from the big one for a few moments . the smaller one retreated to his web and the big one cruised the block wall working on the bigger picture . what a trip . im taking parenting 101 here from a d*mn spider . i felt like a third grimm brother only with much less material to work with .
it did remind me of me and my youngest son . if i let you destroy me ive failed as a parent . back up into the world a little bit till you can play by some fair rules . bluntman is doing great . hes really a h*ll of a good young man ..
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i make s sexist jab every now and then based on generalizations or bad experiences so wth ? of course women can take a swing too .
later in life one has to think about whether a partner is a liability or an asset . i think all relationships , even friends , is based on what each has to offer in a " trade pact " for lack of a better term .
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Ash- my elderly neigh or told me same thing about elderly men.
many years ago...they only want someone to take care of them LOL!!

Yesterday I made my version of chicken cordon Bleu. Today is left overs with corn on the cob and broccoli.
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Oh and the old guys who want to get near us just want a cook cleaner and housekeeper - money would be nice too they don`have any.. Older women are just viewed by old men as a nurse with a purse.
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Kazz you may loathe me for saying this, but mama has to go to AL or a NH, asap no ifs ands or buts! For anyone taking on care giving it only gets worse. You give up your home, your job, your life and go into a numb 24é7 h*ll. All I can say it stop it!!! The person you care for will be far better off in AL or a NH. Be a martyr if you like but the stress and burnout will kill you very quickly.

You seem to have a little `sunshine`for another poster here (as he seems to have for you ... yay!) and power both of you!. It is your choice,however who`s going to take care of Mommie Dearest while you go visit in another countryÉ

.Time to put her in a NH and get a life, if that;`s even possible;e at our age,.
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kaz , having your life sidetracked is mindbending -- makes one feel worthless ..
you wish you were free , then you feel like your wishing your parent dead . its horrible but there really is a future . of course you cant visualize it , too much brain fog ..
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i like mice when theyre hit by the mousetrap bail right about behind the ears . im not a morbid character but they always have such an amusing final expression on their faces .
i had a real lunch at NH today , cold chicken sandwich this evening and im choking down a glass of ice water . i need to get strong and healthy to spite my enemies , real or percieved ..
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Cant get motivated into losing weight i put on a few pounds in spain! i had tuna salad sandwich then all h*ll broke lose and i had 2 choco flakes,half a packet of biscuits AND a magnum icecream and i dont even like icecream its just comfort eating im depressed been home and all i want to do is eat crap!!
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I was on holiday in Fiji and had a shower with a cockroache!!!! i thought it was a big blob of water from the shower but no a huge thing in my hair! but they are harmless just disgusting there are worse things like MICE ugh! i hate mice i will and have been known to pack up and leave the house if there are mice!
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Kazz I can't do breakfast either. Can't eat until I've been awake fort 2 or 3 hours but I must have coffee ... there is no life before coffee!

Book although I cook from scratch I'm not bothered about food and just shovel it down because I need to eat. I'll cook a batch of something and it it for days.
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I knew that guess that is why I had to read it three times! But then you see those PBS shows that show some cultures actually eat them. Nighty night, again.
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Glad! That is soooo Gross!!! I would never ever eat cockroaches! Not even if they spiced it up and made it into a bug jerky. Not even if they were willing to pay me a million dollars. Eewwww!!!
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Book, still opening my eyes, guess I better close them again. Had to read your post three times I kept reading spicy bug jerky while thinking no wonder the bug problem there! LOL. Nighty night.
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Cap, when I was a teenager, I used to read all kinds of books - autobiographies, bios, UFO, romance, westerns, and sci-fi. I was never into food. It was just something that I needed to eat or else my stomach would hurt. When I ate food, it was a struggle to finish it. I would prefer to just enough spoonfuls to Satisfy my stomach and that's it. So, in order to finish my food, I would bring a book to the dinner table, and while reading, I was automatically shoving the food in my mouth. That was the only way for me to finish my food.

I remember reading one of those futuristic sci-fi space travel stories in which the space travelers would pop up a pill into their mouth - and tada! It was a Whole Meal! I was sooo envious of them. I remember I kept hoping that the scientists at that time would make a real food pill like that. I still think about it, hoping that it will come to fruition one day.
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ya know , a pill for a meal is now a reality and on its way to market . it will be earthshaking for everyone from busy workaholics to people with eating disorders . id use them altho ive always loved preparing foods . i , to this day cant think about breakfast without the stench of army chipped beef gravy in my nostrils / mind . we called it , appropriately, s*it on a shingle . i dont know who was eating that crap but theyve ruined my life . everywhere that breakfast is being prepared im gingerly testing the air for the stench of that stuff .
tried some apple juice with edna yesterday morning . not happ'nin . it was urine colored kerosene .
oh well . hepc meds notoriously wreck ones appetite . on one treatment attempt i got under 150 lbs from near 180 .
i think our bodys are ever evolving for good or bad . i already need a pill to shut my brain off at night . the federal gov is pushing sleep hygiene as an alternative to sleep aids . thats easy for a govt exec with a belly full of booze who just had a romp with a prostitute on a taxpayer travel expense card ..
ill drink some " malk " and ruminate about the army sos for a while i guess , then switch off to how bad that apple juice sucked ..
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My breakfast is usually the Spicy Big Dad beef jerky while driving to work on work days. That's usually enough to stave off the pending headaches. I think I will try the apple and peanut butter. Very simple, no need to stand bouncing with impatience while the toast is in the toaster.

Dinner is last night's leftovers..canned food warmed up in the micro. I would have much preferred my Lean Cuisine chicken fettuccine but I didn't want last night's food to go to waste.
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Use a few canned chipoltes, about half a cup of water, cilantro and roared tomatoes. You can pan roast the tomatoes on the stove top. When cooked enough put all ingredients in a processor and add some salt. Using a couple chipolte with one tomatoes gives enough to decide if you like it ...then adjust
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Does any one have a good recipe for Chipolte sauce? I tried the ones on the internet one with mayo& chili pepers, one with ranch and one with sour cream. My son wants it to taste like the Chipolte sauce at El Pollo Loco. That was dinner last night. Grilled chicken, spanish rice, and red beans with the chip sauce that did not turn out right.
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Dinner tonight is prawn cocktail with salad!! and NO captain the prawns are 100% Irish!!! heatwave starting tomorrow yipee wow 25 degrees! we dont ask for much here! i know it will be in and out of the garden while sun is out! just hope we get some clear blue skies! life is always better when the sun shines!! alot of you guys probably take the sun for granted whereas here we only get a few days a year so its HUGE!!!!!!
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Yes im terrible at breakfast coffee and a ciggy!! i am trying to do these smoothies now but you have to drink on an empty stomach and i always forget! thats how you get fat skipping meals! i usually dont get hungry until late afternoon then your bloods are so low you pig out on crap and sugar!!
Ill come over soon Cap and cook you some healthy meals!! and stop with your "old" wtf 99 is old!!! being old is all in your head not many men i know can push a garbage bin let alone do what you do and it will keep you fit just dont over do it!
Come to Ireland you can look after mum while i go to the PUB!!!!!!!!
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Captain, if the doctor asked if you had diabetes then probably the alarmingly low stat was your blood sugar level. Typically only diabetics have problems with that ... or people who go waaaay too long without eating.

I had a really hard time training myself to have breakfast. But it is like other habits -- if you keep doing it long enough you'll do it more or less automatically. It doesn't have to be limited to "traditional" morning foods. Some protein and some carbohydrates is good, so a glass of milk is fine. So is a bowl of stew. Or a grilled cheese sandwich. Or chicken livers and mashed potatoes. Or apple wedges and peanut butter. In a pinch, the occasional Snickers bar is better than nothing.

I know you want to save money for a big special vacation, but it won't do you any good to have enough money but not enough health to get there.

Take care of you, dear Captain!
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i tried a new concept today . " lunch " it was only some perreroni sandwiches but it kept the headache at bay . " lunch " usedta just be the nickname i gave to good looking old customer gals but im getting old , things are changing .
im trying to outwork 5 young men in hard forestry work . it isnt possible , im a delusional old fool ..
cant wait till we get the cows . im going to walk up and kill one of em with one punch and eat him on the spot ..
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Good you had a break too sallie its depressing coming back to "groundhog day".
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Gosh V i thought drinking more water would help! Ok so ill stay off the fluids now hopefully they will go down tomorrow if not i may see a doc. I dont have HBloodpressure thankgod but i know this happens alot when flying! thanks for advice they feel horrible all squidgy!! didnt drink any alcohol as too hot there! and i never drink on planes too dehydrating! could have been the heat there also but im home 3days now so should be going down!
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