Cate's Diary

Thank you, Llama :grouphug:
 
It's lovely what an uplifting practice your giving away hearts is! You feel good, and the people you give them to feel good, and now his granddaughter will have your keepsake, too. It's so magical! Google "blood pressure spreadsheet template free" and click on the image tab. You'll get free, printable templates you can use for your chart. Does the doctor want you to include notes like exercise to the chart, too? I wonder if the recent stress with R affected your readings? I hope it's just that, and everything's fine now. Anyway, how you have a more relaxing day today!
 
Oh boy a 2 hour wait for a 15 minute visit! But sounds like you made very good use of the time. So lovely you could connect with K in such a deep and meaningful way. I do love your heart practice of being able to offer something tangible to represent your care.
And excellent to hear your heart sounds in good shape--with all that laughter and golfing I am not surprised!
 
Marsia said:
It's lovely what an uplifting practice your giving away hearts is! You feel good, and the people you give them to feel good, and now his granddaughter will have your keepsake, too. It's so magical!
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Thanks, M. I wondered how to give him a heart without making him think I was a weirdo, but it worked well. I must make some more today. I think I need to buy some more precut hearts. I can't cut felt vaguely neatly. I might ask my SIL if she could cut some for me as she would have a machine that could do it. I have some nice felt squares.
Marsia said:
Google "blood pressure spreadsheet template free" and click on the image tab. You'll get free, printable templates you can use for your chart. Does the doctor want you to include notes like exercise to the chart, too? I wonder if the recent stress with R affected your readings? I hope it's just that, and everything's fine now. Anyway, how you have a more relaxing day today!
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I did that & printed some up. He just asked for a BP reading twice a week, after telling me how he wanted me to take it. My BP always goes up when I have it taken at the doctor's as it always hurts & I feel stressed knowing that. Waiting 2 hours doesn't do it much good either. I'll start taking it today maybe & leave the monitor on my desk where it will annoy me.
I'm not going anywhere again today. We have had wild storms & I am expecting the power to go out again. There had been an accident on the highway last night when G was coming home late & a car was on its side. I made sure to have a shower & wash my hair early, did the dishes & have everything charged up. We have had hail & lots of thunder & lightning! Poor Arch.
liza3 said:
Oh boy a 2 hour wait for a 15 minute visit! But sounds like you made very good use of the time. So lovely you could connect with K in such a deep and meaningful way. I do love your heart practice of being able to offer something tangible to represent your care.
And excellent to hear your heart sounds in good shape--with all that laughter and golfing I am not surprised!
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It was only a 15-minute visit because I decided not to prolong it by asking questions. Once I knew I would be seeing him again in 3 months I thought the questions could wait. Another woman was waiting after me & she was a teacher & had wished she had brought her laptop as she had assignments she had to mark that night. I think it was her first visit & she would have waited about 1.25 hours after her ap't time.
Making the hearts has been one of the best things I have ever done. I must make some more today! Liberty print ones seem the most popular.
It seems to have settled down outside now. I raced around doing housework & did some garage tidying thinking the power would go out but I'm starting to think it won't now. 🤞 It's bucketing done again *sigh*
 
Cate said:
My BP always goes up when I have it taken at the doctor's as it always hurts & I feel stressed knowing that.
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My mom has the same issue. I think our old GP called it white coat syndrome. Measuring at home regularly could help a lot to get med dosage right.
 
Thanks, MsBubbles & LLama. I haven't taken my BP today, but I'll start tomorrow. I have pottered around today & not done much at all. I did more garage tidying, made 4 hearts, cleaned golf shoes, did dishes etc and not much more. I haven't even got an unread library book! I chased Arch around the snooker table for a while. He loves that game. I chase him one way & then pretend to sneak up on him & then run around the other way. I do it until I'm puffed & he loves it. It's not much, but better than nothing.
The thunder & lightning has stopped at least & we're just getting showers now. I'm actually a bit bored. That doesn't happen often. It should have been ladies' golf day. The woman I played with on Sunday asked to play with me next Saturday, but I think it's meant to be similar to today. She usually works on a Wednesday & lives in town.
 
Cate said:
I chased Arch around the snooker table for a while. He loves that game. I chase him one way & then pretend to sneak up on him & then run around the other way. I do it until I'm puffed & he loves it. It's not much, but better than nothing.
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That's adorable: like a toddler!
 
That's so happy that you and Archie play. I miss that with my cats a lot. I hope you can get out to the library soon for more books. I always forget to tell the nurse that my bp is usually quite low, so if I get stressed from the nurse squeezing too hard, it comes out normal, but I forget to tell them that isn't good. Is Tasmania out of the woods as far as the drought from last year? I hope there are no more thunder and lightening storms so Archie can relax!
 
Thanks, Marsia, Liza & Llama.Archie & I have some fun games. If I make a sudden start towards him he puts his bottom up in the air & drops down at the front & wags his tail then off he goes. Sometimes he growls at me as he wants something & I scurry my fingers along like a mouse & he jumps at me & pretends to snap at me. We have lots of games. He has a lot of puppy in him still.
I'll go to the library tomorrow, Marsia & get lots of books. We had one of the driest Summers on record & I think climate change means that we will have less rainfall from now on. The dams are still not full with all this rain but more is due. It seems harder & harder to predict future rainfall. There's no thunder or lightning around today thank goodness & I'll Take Archie for a walk. Tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment & G will walk him in town while I'm at the doctor's & then we'll do a tag where we alternate shopping/dog walking.
The sun just came out. Yay!
 
Cate said:
I ended up talking to K when it was just us. He seemed a little lonely. It turned out he was a widower & he showed me some photos of his wife & kids from years ago that he had only been given that day. We shared a fair bit of our lives & talked about the state of the world. I said I try to concentrate on what I can do in my little part of the world & told him about my hearts. I asked him which one his wife would have liked & he chose one. I then asked him if he had a granddaughter. He said he had the best granddaughter in the world. I said, "Give it to her from Cate".
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Oh Cate, what a beautiful exchange you have described here. Those hearts are simply wonderful. What a kind lady you are.
 
Here I don't think average rainfall over 5 years has been affected much but it tends to come in clumps rather than semi regularly. Which tends to be annoying for humans and awful for wildlife no matter which way the pendulum swings.
 
Your drought situation last summer seemed similar to what Northern CA went through with all the forest fires and horrible drought a few years ago. I hope the reservoirs fill up where you are, and that hopefully your area doesn't get any more of that! It's lovely having a pet who still has that spunk. My kitty even near the end of her life had a great sense of humor. Where we stayed last summer, there was a kid's tractor that she loved to sit on because it was just her size. She'd sit on the seat like a human and smile at us proudly. She also loved to maneuver so that there was a lock of my hair cascading down her forehead. You could see it made her eyes twinkle. Tag team dog walking sounds like it will be a lovely day out for Archie!
 
Cate said:
I'll go to the library tomorrow, Marsia & get lots of books.
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I hope you find a lot of great ones. Just reading that makes me miss the days when I used to love to read. What a treasure to go to a library and load up on some promising reads.
 
Thanks, Llama, Marsia, Liza & Em. I have never lost my love of reading. I sometimes wish I could read a bit slower but I can also skim-read but still get the gist of boring bits.
I love that Archie has some little devil in him & loves to play. Playing with the grandkids when they were little used to be fun. I am so attached to Archie. We're taking him to a different kennel next week as we're going in a different direction & it's very convenient. I hope he's ok with it. The woman sounded very nice on the phone. She actually said he might sleep in her sunroom, rather than the kennels.
I made more hearts yesterday & made one that I thought my sister would love. I told her so in a message & she agreed it sounded like one she'd love. It's a rich burgundy on one side & dark green on the other with lighter green stitching. I feel that ones I make for someone in particular that I have to be extra neat so I don't end up sending them. I need to get some felt cut into hearts as I can't do it by hand. They turn out very wonky. My SIL will most probably have a machine that can do it. I'll ask her when I see her next week on the ship. We're going to Victoria for G's 2nd cousin's 100th birthday & his 2 sisters are on the ship the same night. I am getting anxious about the trip & wish we weren't going.
I woke at 5 this morning & couldn't get back to sleep. After tossing down my pills this morning I realised that I had just taken the ones I am meant to take at night. Hmm. So I will get sleepy during the day as one of them is a sedating anti-histamine. I usually take them at 9 pm but I didn't go back into the kitchen & didn't see them sitting out on the bench where you can't miss them. *sigh*
 
Glad you found a nice kennel for Archie. I really look forward to having pets again, too. They are like little kids in so many ways! K used to complain to me that the cats took her toy or wouldn't share her bed, and the cats would look at me like they didn't want to share with K either! I wonder if you need something like carpet scissors or just heavy duty scissors for the felt? I got some heavy duty scissors at the hardware store, and really love them. I hope with the trip with your SIL, you can plan to slip away if she gets bossy or something, like maybe go read or "fall asleep" conveniently. I hope you have a good day despite taking sleepy medicine!
 
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