Sunday, September 30, 2018

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


Friday, September 21, 2018

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


Tuesday, September 18, 2018

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.



Sunday, September 2, 2018

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!