In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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That's awesome SIX! I feel ya on the "minimalist lifestyle" too. I was contemplating life as an elderly person ... I think I could be content with one small bedroom, bath and kitchen facilities.
BRENDA, sorry to hear about your left ear. All I can say is that hearing loss, for whatever reason, is a normal part of aging; so I hope that's all that it is.
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Well, we finally got dear daughter's walls and ceiling cleaned with TSP, wiped down with clear water, and sealed. So the next thing is to buy some sample paints and try dear daughter's color scheme on the shortest wall that she has so she can get an idea of what it'll look like. Paint purchase tomorrow.
I sure don't have the energy you do, SIX. I feel my age at the end of the day, and I'm glad that Wednesday and Friday are no-project days because of other commitments!
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Hey... as long as we do what we can with the energy we do have.
I promise you, you get your situation sorted out to where you know where everything is and you have easy access to what you need, you're sorting yourself out big time too.
I'm still not there, but getting closer all the time. What is slowing me down is that while there are some things that I either know I'm never going to get to or I no longer have any interest in getting to can easily just be gotten rid of, there have been quite a few things that have popped up along the way that absolutely needed to be dealt with. Some of these things take up most of my day for 2 or 3 days at a time, and at the end of that time spent I'm only getting rid of say half of something that didn't take up all that much room in the first place. But when that's done, I've consolidated what had real value and made it easy to carry around and purged the ballast.
Who knows? Maybe this house itself wasn't the albatross around my neck I've been saying it is for years. Maybe it was just all of the shit I'd accumulated inside of it.
I'm not close to done yet, but yanno what? When I need a pair of pliers or a screwdriver or a flashlight, I know exactly where to go to get them and I put them back when I'm done (I found 6 flashlights so far, btw, all of which I could never find when I needed one, and none of them in the same place). Hell... I've found 3 nail clippers, which was also something I could never find when I needed them, which is a problem for somebody who doesn't have teeth that can do the job anymore.
I've still got a few milestones to reach before I'm officially done, and a lot of work to go before I can really give everything a great scrubdown, but in the mean time the organization that has been done is working wonders on de-addling my brain.
I'm not even living the minimalist lifestyle yet, but I can't wait to get there. I think it might even be better than my decision to go gluten free.
I wish you luck getting it down to whatever level is comfortable and acceptable to you. Take your time making the decisions, but also be firm with yourself too. If you're really on the fence about something, chances are you really don't need it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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SIX, I can only hope that I reach your level of organization some time before I die!
BRENDA, I too sleep with two pillows! Are you taking any meds for your conditions? I get that gerd rears its ugly head when you're under stress, but -trust me - omeprazole (once per day), zantac (at bedtime) and Rolaids or equivalent (as needed) work wonders, stress or not.
As far as allergies, I understand why you might not want to take oral antihistamines because they might intefere with your neurological status, but have you tried local treatments like nasal decongestant spray, nose strips, nasal steroid spray, nose washes and mouth inserts like ZQuiet? You might not need them every day but they might really come in handy for those days that you do.
Anyway, it sounds like you have a bead on your sleep quality which is a good thing. Everyone needs a good night's sleep!
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I just want to caveat that consistent use of Zantac has been linked to dementia that may or may not be reversible after discontinuing it. So I'd use Zantac only as needed, when your other efforts have failed and you need quick relief.
Zantac works directly on the cells lining the stomach, expect to see it working within 20-40 minutes. But of course it also enters the bloodstream, where it may have a bad effect on the brain.
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It's so nice not having all that crap in my living room and kitchen. I actually had the kitchen table cleared off so my niece could use the marker set I bought her for Christmas on it while I was showing my bro all the stuff I was giving him.
Going to have to get about 5 more boxes for packing. Might not use all of them, but I do have some things to pack now that aren't going back up to the attic and out of my way until they're securely packed away.
I've got a really busy next 4 days now too, so no more work around the house in the near future. I'm hoping that I can spend some time the second half of Wednesday and early Thursday to get more stuff into cans for garbage day. I've got a can about halfway full, but it would be a shame to waste a garbage day when I've been doing so good putting stuff out there every week. I've finally got an opportunity to do more without having to wait on them to pick it up and I'm really hoping that it's not more or less squandered.
I'm going to try to get the age and the make of that antique bedroom set I've got. I've decided that I want to keep the other one since it's more functional and not as "girly" looking, even though I'm sure the value of it is just a fraction of the antique set. Now that the garage is going to be cleared out, it might be worthwhile wrap them up and put them out there until I can find a local buyer. If it's only worth $1,000 or so on ebay though, it's probably not worth the effort or the amount of time I'd have to store it in the garage before I found somebody. I really just want it out of my life at this point.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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BRENDA, I too sleep with two pillows! Are you taking any meds for your conditions? I get that gerd rears its ugly head when you're under stress, but -trust me - omeprazole (once per day), zantac (at bedtime) and Rolaids or equivalent (as needed) work wonders, stress or not.
As far as allergies, I understand why you might not want to take oral antihistamines because they might intefere with your neurological status, but have you tried local treatments like nasal decongestant spray, nose strips, nasal steroid spray, nose washes and mouth inserts like ZQuiet? You might not need them every day but they might really come in handy for those days that you do.
Anyway, it sounds like you have a bead on your sleep quality which is a good thing. Everyone needs a good night's sleep!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
SIG, I don't take anything for the acid-reflux as the problem is pretty well gone now that I've moved.
As for my allergies, I can't really take anything in tablet form because they don't mix with my seizure meds or my thyroid meds. But I do keep something on hand for when nothing else works. Other than that I use a nasal rinse and eye drops for them. Also I can use a nasal spray too but I don't have any on hand right now.
I do work on my sleep situation all the time.
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Quote:That's good! But if the problem ever comes back, I hope that you'll do something positive instead of just suffer thru it.
BRENDA, I too sleep with two pillows! Are you taking any meds for your conditions? I get that gerd rears its ugly head when you're under stress, but -trust me - omeprazole (once per day), zantac (at bedtime) and Rolaids or equivalent (as needed) work wonders, stress or not.
As far as allergies, I understand why you might not want to take oral antihistamines because they might intefere with your neurological status, but have you tried local treatments like nasal decongestant spray, nose strips, nasal steroid spray, nose washes and mouth inserts like ZQuiet? You might not need them every day but they might really come in handy for those days that you do.
Anyway, it sounds like you have a bead on your sleep quality which is a good thing. Everyone needs a good night's sleep!- SIGNY
SIG, I don't take anything for the acid-reflux as the problem is pretty well gone now that I've moved.-BRENDA
Quote:Yes, I know, which is why I posted I understand why you might not want to take oral antihistamines because they might intefere with your neurological status, but have you tried local treatments ...
As for my allergies, I can't really take anything in tablet form because they don't mix with my seizure meds or my thyroid meds.
Quote:Sounds like you have a plan, then. :thumbsup:
But I do keep something on hand for when nothing else works. Other than that I use a nasal rinse and eye drops for them. Also I can use a nasal spray too but I don't have any on hand right now. I do work on my sleep situation all the time. :smile
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I still get acid reflux today, but it's very rare. I attribute that to the fact that even though I've changed most of my poor habits I do still drink a lot of coffee. But given how much I drink and the fact that it is a trigger in some people, I consider myself pretty lucky. I know it's not fun. When I first started getting episodes in my early 20's I had no idea it was heartburn and I thought my lungs were in pain from my smoking.
During the height of my poor diet and binge drinking, it was so frequent that I'd have to snag a bottle of tums off the counter while working overnights. It wasn't until a few years later that I discovered that eating a piece of bread with nothing on it would also make it go away (milk doesn't work... it would just give temporary relief). My acid reflux was so bad that simply the act of drinking a cup of water when I woke up could trigger it.
Bread is out the window now with the gluten free diet, but it's also because of the gluten free diet that I think my acid reflux is all but gone. I can't say for sure though. I ate a lot of bad crap back then, and it wasn't necessarily the gluten that was the culprit. And unless I go out to eat on rare occasions, these days I've pretty much limited myself to about a dozen different foods in my diet. If I were interested in expanding that diet now, I'd probably take some time after adding something to see what changes it might make before adding something else.
Maybe you should try to pinpoint what the trigger is Brenda? There might just be a particular food you eat, or a combination of them that cause it?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:That's good! But if the problem ever comes back, I hope that you'll do something positive instead of just suffer thru it.
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Quote:Yes, I know, which is why I posted I understand why you might not want to take oral antihistamines because they might intefere with your neurological status, but have you tried local treatments ...
I'll think about it. But hopefully I think I got a handle on the stress for right now.
Sorry, I did understand that.
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Sounds like you have a plan, then. :thumbsup:
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND
America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .
My doctor recommended the nasal rinse years ago and it does work but it's rough on my throat though.
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Jack, I have basically narrowed it down to stress. It started back when I was looking after my mother before she died and I was really stressed out then. It went away after she died and I moved. It came back when I was living in the place before this because every time I turned around my landlady was in face.
I keep an eye on how much caffeine I drink coffee or other. I stop eating after 11pm for sleep reasons.
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