Just Made Me Happy

 “I want to skip to the end of the Trump movie where it fades out and captions tell us how long they each got in prison,” by @OwensDamien.

just made me happy to think...

I've now sold off over half of 

what I acquired

over the past 40 some years.

 Yet no one would say my

home is spare. Not by 

a long shot.

Still work to be done.

I have some "craft" items I'll 

be showing you soon.

I'm looking for good homes for them,
as I've loved them well

Vintage flashcards (lots)

Stones for jewelry making - jar after jar
Piles of chain for jewelry

Netty Le Croix pattern packs (wonderful primitives)

Email me if anything interests you

and I'll try to get photos out to you quickly.

That's all for this morning.

I'm just treading water with a 

lap around the life pool now and then.

Trying to be calm and serene.

Z

A Miserable Failure

You would think that 

fitting a cpap to a face 

would not be very difficult,

as it's done many many times a day.

Leave it to this ole broad to have issues.

After three different types all failing to "seal" 

properly we settled on a full face model

 that was so tight to my face that 3 hours

 after removal I was still showing

 the divots in my face.

To sum up quickly:

I failed miserably.

I made it till the last hour required

after multiple times being

awakened by staff to change masks,

adjust monitors etc. 

Still only slept a total of 2 1/2 hours.

Around 4 am I started to cough,

 and then more severely

until I could not catch my breath. 

Suddenly realized I could not

sit up enough to clear my throat

and I could not remove the mask

and I 

could 

NOT breathe.

Frantically clawing at the damn thing,

the tech ran in from down

the hall and yanked it off me and we both 

were holding onto each other 

saying damn that was bad.

Both techs were wonderful and kind

this time but it was still a total failure.

Will see if the Dr reviewing record will say

he has enough to order machine

but I'm not sure I can stand to sleep 

with the dang thing.

So I signed the paper saying I quit the test.

I'm discouraged and defeated.

I'm going on hiatus from everything for a bit.

At least fall is here

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It turns out that I indeed do have sleep apnea,

and a c-pap machine is needed.

I will be going back for another night

at the same center and that worry has caused 

 even more sleep issues.

I spoke to the Supervisor, told her my story

and she scheduled me on a day 

when my former tech

is not on duty. That was very kind.

Still the experience itself was unpleasant 

not just the tech, so trepidation is

the current condition.

Seeing as how I stop breathing 78 times an hour,

which is "not the worst she's seen, but up there",

I have no choice but to go.

It's now been a year since I hobbled

onto this merry go round.

The thrill is gone, looooong gone.

The only comfort I find is that fall

is coming and this confining heat is 

nearly over. Still I live where

natural disasters are infrequent so I 

count my blessings there.

All the more reason to vote in folks

 who actually understand the urgency for 

change worldwide to protect the planet and reduce,

if we still can, effects causing such climate calamities.

Being able to breathe and exist on the planet

trumps all other issues combined.

pun intended

though I hate using anything other than #45

Making a conscious effort to create often

like I used to, a friend and I are going

to be stuffing pumpkins at the end of the week.

Fall will heal me once more,

I'm counting on it.

Z

btw- my new room design is 

working perfectly. It almost feels 

like all the extra room is helping my breathing.

Clear away the clutter gals

where ever it may be.

So This Became That and This Moved There, Or The Dominoes Have Fallen

I was just going to "try something."

There used to be a two piece very large cabinet 

right there on that wall. 

The top part of the cabinet

is on the floor far right.

Chairs moved out of the way.

The bottom I was going to use for tv in FR

as I'm selling large cabinet behind it.

Could this top go there?

Maybe so, and what if I did hang artwork there?

Loaded the shelves

After sending progress shots to my girl,

we agreed on this.

The room looks wider, fresher

and I am one less piece of furniture

and I now have fewer collectibles.

Score!

Then I began moving some things off of the porch

Ended up swapping out items from cabinet in LR.

Keeping favorites only,

always with the mindset to downsize.

That affected this display

Morphed into this

Which resulted in piles more purged items.

This is one of two tables waiting for pricing.

Oh, and I made cards with friend Sue

last weekend.

Fun day!