Indian Hills Signs – Vince, the Sign Guy
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I did medical transcription and bookkeeping for 8 years at a clinic with 8 busy general surgeons. I had my hands full, not knowing medical terminology and never having done online bookkeeping, but I did it. After about 9 months, I was working 12 to 14 hours daily trying to keep up with the workload.
I asked for a raise and for them to hire a person to help ease my workload. My supervisor said they would discuss it. I was returning charts to the nurses’ area and overheard them saying, “Well, all she has to do is type what we say.”
I grinned and did just that for the rest of that day and the following. Here are some samples –
“She certainly is not just a typical internal hemorrhoid.”
“This gentleman recently was remarried and has no significant complaints to his rectum.”
“She will return in a week, next Tuesday, and she won’t be a week until this Friday, which is the day after tomorrow, no, three days from now, before the lesions on her chest could be, sutures on her chest could be removed.
“I don’t have any trouble with that, but I really believe that this, perhaps, doesn’t state something that I think is an undercurrent that we need to understand.”
At the end of this, my docs called me in, begging me to PLEASE stop typing what they said; wanting me to type what they SHOULD have said, or MEANT to say as I had been doing.
I got my raise, and I got an assistant to ease the workload.
When I resigned after 8 years, I gave each doc a copy of the ‘bloopers’ I had gathered – with what was dictated and who said each. My last day was spent joyfully listening to the laughing up and down the halls from the docs’ offices as they read. :0)
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I think we can all use a good, strong hug these days as we face challenges personally and world-wide. Here is mine to you.
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I’ve been having a busy, happy time in my art room. I’m going to add personalizable, hand-wood-burned, hand-painted bookmarks to HandmadeHavenbyLinda on Etsy at the beginning of next year. I’m trying all kinds of different techniques, grinning as I enjoy listening to music and experiment. Here’s a sample –
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I’m working on getting our Christmas cards ready to mail in the coming week. My husband had no interest in dictating a Christmas letter this year, but he wants me to write a note in each.
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We’re still in a drought situation here, so I’m happy that we might get some much-needed relief here this afternoon. We’re supposed to get “light rain” from about 10 this morning until around 5 this afternoon. Hope the forecasters are right!
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We’ll watch the KC Chiefs game this evening. Every game so far has been a nail-biter, not knowing who will win until the final moments. I LOVE it when teams are evenly matched. I wouldn’t even THINK of ever attending a game live. I tend to switch allegiances over and over during a game, rooting for the underdog so the game will be close again. I’m sure die-hard fans would squash me like an odious bug. :0)
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Enjoy your Sunday. Make it a fun one!
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Feeling somber today with thoughts of the 83rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day. Makes me realize that my worries and concerns are silly in comparison.
My husband was a U.S. Marine for 4 years – 1965-1969. They were on a ship, offshore everywhere in crisis during that time. The most dangerous, I guess, was when he was offshore Cuba. He trained hard and was proud of his service – earned a medal for marksmanship, among others, but was frustrated that he never faced combat. He really wanted to know if he was ‘any good,’ if he could survive. I, being a selfish type in love with him, was relieved he never had to find out.
When we were in California years later at a conference, we took the time to drive down Highway 101 along the CA coast down to San Diego to see the Marine Base there. I think he was disappointed that there were no signs saying, “H. Lewis trained here” and there were no ‘jarheads’ exercising in the heat while we were there.
He’s still embarrassed when someone thanks him for his service. I wanted to purchase a stone plaque in the square in Greenwood to honor his service, but he said an adamant ‘no!’ He feels that he doesn’t belong with those who faced combat, were wounded, or died. The plaques are for all who have served. We have agreed to disagree on this.
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“On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The assault killed or wounded more than 3,500 American troops and civilians; severely damaged the fleet; and shocked the nation.”
My father wanted to serve when this happened in 1941. The services wouldn’t accept him because he broke his left arm in several places falling off a horse when he was 3 and that arm wasn’t set correctly, resulting in that arm being much shorter than the right and his hand unusable. He never got over not being able to ‘do his duty,’ when his country needed him. He was quite a man, though, and my personal hero.
We honor those who died in Pearl Harbor that day and their families.
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Dalice Limited – Clip Art – Etsy
Alice and Dan Asker are offering commercial use of their designs for you to download. You get several images when you purchase. Fun idea for crafters!
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If you’ve been reading my blog, you know that I whine from time to time that my efforts to lose the lard and get stronger are frustrated.
I’m into a routine now.
I’m eating low carb and monitoring what I’m eating and drinking on MyFitnessPal.com. This is a wonderful site with a free part that allows you to (1) set your goals (2) plan what you’re going to eat and drink ahead of time BEFORE you mess up, and (3) chart your progress with exercising, measurements and weight logs.
In-between posts on the blog to you, I’m doing short sessions of exercises with 3-pound weights, several reps of lots of different moves – some to the beat of music videos of ladies doing ‘drumming exercises’- and then I go back and write another post. This takes the ‘curse’ off of things for me. I have the weights on my computer counter right next to me, so it’s easy to stop, do a session, and then get back to what I was doing. I end up doing 4 to 5 sessions daily.
I try to get in a session of “old-lady-yoga-stretches” – 30 to 45 minutes – every afternoon. I do NOT fold myself up into a paper airplane shape and sail across the room. I’m concentrating on relaxing, stretching my poor, aching body as far as I can into each position and breathing into it. I’m making progress because I’m stretching farther and able to relax into it better than I could when I started. I’m getting more flexible, looser, and my balance is improving. I can relax – unless Monster Cat decides to jump onto my feet and bite them.
If the weather permits, I try to take at least a couple of walks around our yard daily. At one point, I decided I would walk down and get our mail every day. Doesn’t sound like much, does it.
Well, we live on top of a ridge line in Arkansas. Our driveway is 650+ feet from the house down to the road that runs in front of our property. It is graveled and STEEP. I tried to do this, but almost fell on my head several times trying to walk down, and then, even stopping several times to bend over and try to catch my breath, it felt like Mt. Everest to this old lady. Once was enough.
Now I walk out to our shop, around it, past our old veggie garden area, back to the house, around it, and do the round again. If the weather is nice, I put my gardening gloves on and carry my pruning shears so I can stop and cut something down while I’m out. (The woods are continually trying to recapture the land we took when we built our home 37 years ago now.)
Finally, just for giggles, my husband helped me get our old Wii Fit to work again after several years. I stopped using it years ago due to my general laziness and it’s predilection for snark when I got on to measure my weight and when I tried to do the activities. I’m ignoring that and talking back to it now. :0)
I whine because even with watching what I eat like a hawk and pushing myself to move the lard daily, I’m having trouble meeting my current interim goal. I just bobble with 2 to 3 pounds over and over rather than actually meeting my goal and being able to set a new one. It’s aggravating, to say the least.
I guess it’s also character-building, because I AM sticking to my eating and exercise plan and I WILL – EVENTUALLY – reach this interim goal of 45 pounds off from my heaviest. Right now the result is 44 pounds down and almost 44 inches less. I. AM. DETERMINED.
We’re having a sunny, cool day today. (22 degrees F. this morning) We’ll do errands in a few minutes, bundling up. This sudden cold will take some getting-used-to!
We had a nice chat with our son yesterday. There is 12 hours time difference between us, so usually we just leave messages, pictures, questions, etc. knowing the other will check each day. To actually see his face, seeing his smile and trying to make him laugh lifts my spirits for days afterward.
If you’re thinking about custom Christmas cards this year, this is a reminder that December 10th is the last day to order. Here is a link to my Christmas section on Etsy. (There are 5 choices)
We’re having a normal day. I’ve learned that ‘normal’ is a truly wonderful word. I hope YOU can use it, too. :0)
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Phyllis Harris Designs – Etsy
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Josh Gluckstein uses recycled materials, such as cardboard, to create these wonderful pieces. An article on Josh’s work was written by Hidreley from BoredPanda.com
I hope you’re doing well this morning. It’s cold and a bit windy here today, making it feel a lot colder than the 38 degrees F. that is showing on the thermometer, particularly after the much warmer temperatures we’ve gotten used to lately. 60s yesterday, 44 for a high today. A good wake-up call that winter is coming.
I’m going to add wood-burned and hand-painted bookmarks to Etsy starting next year. This is a sample of one I’ve made for the site –
This one will be an offering for a ‘custom bookmark,’ with a name on one side and initials on the other, with decorations around them on front and back. I’m working on 3 more other designs now, and having SUCH a good time!
I’m super glad we aren’t dealing with this. I can’t imagine this much snow, much less having to dig my way out. My heart goes out to the people who are in the middle of this.
I hope the weather where you are is good and that you’re able to make this a great day.
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As we age, we find that it’s more difficult to do things we used to do without even having to think about it. Some things we have had to hire out, and other things we’re still struggling with, since our funds are limited.
My fantasy is that
SO – all I need to do is wait for my fantasy to be fulfilled…
I joined BlueSky Social a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve found some very talented people there. As you know, I love to share things I find wonderful with you. Today I want to share some of the photography of Bryn Perrett.
I’m not only in awe of his obvious talent. He is a generous person, as well, giving time in his posts to other people in his field, sharing their photos with his followers.
He lives in Norway, and I’m loving his sharing of beautiful places there.
I look forward to his posts. I hope you’ll check him out.
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Do you realize that Christmas will be here before we know it? As I age, the time whizzes past my head faster and faster. I barely begin the day and it’s gone. Same for the week, month, and year!
I’m spending a lot of time in my art room. I’m having a blast, working on orders from my Etsy site, gathering finished things for orders to mail, making presents for my friends, working on new things to list on my Etsy site, and more. It feels as if I just get started up there and then it’s time to come down and fix lunch, dinner, do errands, etc. I love this time of the year, but I’m a bit concerned that the time is passing SOOOO fast!
I was looking at some pictures of lake-effect snow that is happening in some parts of our country now. I’m very thankful I’m not in the middle of that. We would NEVER be able to get down our steep driveway. We would just have to ‘survive’ (hopefully) until the spring thaw…
When we first adopted “Monster Cat,” (aka Jet) I got out a woven ‘bread basket’ and put it on the counter to the left side of my computer monitors so that we could hang out together and she could be comfortable while I worked.
As you can see from the 2nd cat photo above, she sleeps when and wherever she wants to, regardless of my ‘plans.’ I was going to add something to my desk calendar a minute ago, and found her sprawled across the whole thing. I’ve now made my note on a sticky and will transfer it to my calendar when the cat has decided to move on…
Today it may get into the 60s! To celebrate that, I may spend some time this afternoon working in the yard, trying to neaten some things up for the coming winter.
Enjoy your day!
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Sent to me by my friend, Marsha
I DO love the color and design under the roof edge. :0)
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I’m feeling ‘animal happy’ this morning. We had another deer in the driveway this morning. I went out on the deck and saw a road runner streaking across the yard, and then a rabbit!
Amber came and threw my arm up with her nose while I was trying to type. We looked at each other a minute. I finally said, “What do you want?” “Do you want to go OUT?” She grinned at me and barked, so she’s out now. (It’s cold enough, she just barked to get back IN.)
Monster Cat stole one of my husband’s knot-tying ropes out of the canister on his shelf and was playing with it. It is now becoming HER toy. I threw her pom pom ball and she bounded after it – but didn’t bring it back, of course. Suddenly, she was on the floor behind me, with her pom pom ball! I threw it again. Do you think I might have a cat who likes to play, “Fetch?” ‘Rich in animals,’ for sure.
We have a few errands this morning, but mostly will stay in. I’m spending a lot of time in my art room, having a blast, playing with painting with alcohol ink.
I hope you’re having a fun Tuesday, staying out of trouble, and embracing the new month!
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I love my life.
Sure, there are challenges – I have to remind my husband that I have the tractor guy on ‘speed dial,’ ready to dig a hole for me to throw him in when he is being particularly ornery, for example, but mostly all is good.
I usually spend the morning writing posts for this blog and doing exercises with weights in-between posts. This way I don’t have to have a particular time designated for working out with the weights, and it doesn’t seem so bad when I can then enjoy writing another post.
I truly love spending time finding things I find wonderful to share with you. I’ve become friends with some of the readers of this blog – a thing I wouldn’t have had the opportunity for, otherwise. What a gift that is!
I escape from my ‘challenges’ by –
My husband and I are reasonably healthy at this point, even though we’re older than dirt. He is still grumbling about turning 81 last month. “80 had panache” he said, but 81 is ‘just old.’ I’m trying to watch what he’s eating, though he thwarts my efforts when he can. He refuses to exercise, but that’s just him being ornery. He’s excited about his new welding table, but doesn’t have a new project yet.
He did say he was proud of me recently about my efforts to lose the lard and make what is left stronger. I’m still happy about his compliment.
So, I’m a happy, spoiled lady, and I love my life now. I’m hoping that Dr. Seuss’ words are true for a good, long time.
I just love this lady’s artwork. She makes me smile from the inside out.
Our driveway detector went off this morning while I was sitting at the computer. It only made one sound, an indication of an animal, rather than a vehicle coming up. I grabbed my binoculars on the way to see. A white-tailed deer stood regally toward the bottom of the driveway. (Only one that I could see.) We looked at each other for a minute and then she crossed the driveway and jumped into the wooded area to that side. What a beautiful sight!
I’m having a lot of fun spending time in my art room lately, either making things to list on my Etsy site, filling orders from there, or – most recently – making some Christmas presents for my good friends. I lose track of time up there, totally engrossed in the project at hand. I listen to some of my favorite music while I work, grinning happily. Unless life gets in the way today, I’m planning to enjoy time up there this afternoon.
The only things getting us outside today is gathering our trash and driving it down for pickup tomorrow, plus getting our mail. If you’ve been reading my blog, you know our driveway is long and steep (650+feet). We had it worked on recently, both with tractor work and gravel, plus a wonderful guy who cut back trees on either side for us, so it’s about as nice as it gets. I also got some ankle boots with better soles, so I get a bit more traction when I’m trying to drag the humongous trash can from where it lives to where the truck comes to empty it, and then back again the next day. I still have to really concentrate not to slip and fall on my head, but these boots help.
The weather is really changing here the past week or so. We’ve gone from fall to a definite taste of winter. I THINK we’ve done all we can to get ready, but the forecasts are showing that we’ll not only hit freezing, but get down to single digits overnight soon. Then we’ll need to drip water in two of our bathrooms to keep pipes from freezing. (One of those is the cat’s bathroom downstairs. I’m still trying to figure out how to rearrange things in there to leave the cabinet door open under the sink – with an automatic heater in there- and leave water dripping in the sink with the cat in there. We haven’t gone through a winter with her yet, so this may be interesting.)
I hope December is starting off well for you. Things are calm here, and that’s a wonderful thing. Have a fun day.
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I’m always reading at least one book for pleasure – not counting those I’m reading to learn skills, make new recipes, directions, manuals, etc. My husband and I spend some time before we go up to sleep reading. I love to escape to well-loved books or find new authors that grab my attention.
I told you I was in withdrawal yesterday having finished The 5th Doctor by R. G. Ryan – his Jake Moriarity series. We follow each other on X, and I complained to him about his not writing fast enough. (I’m old and I won’t last forever.) He answered, saying that there were 5 more in the pipeline for publication (HOOOOOORAAAAAAAY!) with a prequel to what I’ve read coming out next spring. I’ve written it on my calendar to start checking for it around March.
Meanwhile, I’ve downloaded a spate of poorly-written books on my Kindle. I read a few pages and then delete in disgust. I really enjoy finding new authors, but it’s a bit like kissing frogs.
I decided that I’m going to divide my time between two wonderful favorite authors, reading one book by each – rinse – repeat. SO – I’m re-reading the J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) “In Death” Series and the R.G. Ryan “Jake Moriarity” series. I’ll juggle between the two. Two strong main characters with a group of friends and family I love. A really nice way to spend my reading time. :0)
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The thing I love about Phyllis Harris’ art work – besides her obvious talent – is that they are deceptively simply designs, and yet make you FEEL. They are simply full of emotion that grabs you and makes you REACT.
I IDENTIFY. I feel the hugs. I grin as I look at the girl and her dog gazing at each other in silent communication.
I feel the horse’s muzzle and the love exchanged between the girl and her horse.
This is a real gift. I love her work.
Phyllis Harris Designs – Etsy
I hope that this is a really nice month for you.
Yesterday my wonderful hair stylist, Michael Remillard from Tangles in Greenwood, performed a miracle and I now look more like someone had a plan. My hair is thin and fine. Michael cuts it so that I can wash it and blow it dry in the mornings, just perfect for our lifestyle.
That took up most of the morning, though, so I missed the time I normally do sessions with weights between blog posts. (I didn’t finish my posts for the day until around 3pm.) I did, however, do 45 minutes of yoga stretches in the afternoon and felt good afterwards. An added bonus was that Monster Cat didn’t attack my feet with teeth and claws as I relaxed and stretched. :0)
Today I’m hoping is a more regular day, with no drama, so I can indulge myself in my routine of blog posts and exercises with weights in the morning, get the makings of keto chili in the crock pot after lunch, spend some good time up in my art room (trying to make Christmas presents for friends) and do a good session of yoga before dinner.
I hope that you have a super nice day today and that it’s only the beginning of a stellar month for you.
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