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  1. ducks4you

    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    STILL processing reddening tomatoes in the dehydrator. It takes about 5 days for them to turn from blushing, then a good 10 hours to dry out, mostly bc they are small and difficult to slice thin. This is what I cut to dry today. I gave 3 jars to middle DD since she has figured out how to use...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Middle DD took Sasha home yesterday. She is nervous and NEEDY, and DD, SIL and GS are All loving on her. Bonus--DD takes long lunchtime walks, which I am Sure that Sasha will enjoy, plus they have a fenced in back yard for playtime. Tegan said after they drove off--"Sasha who?!?" Go figure...
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    Your Weather, 2025

    Snow last Sunday night... high of 74 today Go figure
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    NOW we have had to buy a new Stove--DD is buying it for me--Merry Christmas/Happy Birthday!! DH is now on Hospice. They delivered oxygen, which he Wants, doesn't need...yet. Just cleaned out my bedroom closet to store the tank and delivery aparatus so the puppies can't touch it. He also...
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

    TOO TRUE!!! :lol: Lynx is almost ALWAYS half lidded. Every once in awhile I see her big eyed, like her sisters and every OTHER cat!
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

    Lynx, More fetching.
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    DH is to go on Hospice in the next few days. He doesn't look bad, is starting to get Good drugs, like liquid Morphine. I have convinced him to exit the house on his butt and shimmy down lower to use the walker. Handyman has an east side railing work order, but I left another message to find...
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

    DH and his guard cats, grey is Smudgkins, aka Snookums, aka Bed Cat. The other is Mynx, and they are littermates of Lynx.
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    Your Weather, 2025

    Woke up to take puppies out yesterday night at 4:30 and there was a inch of snow and blowing to beat the band. I had to shovel the steps--good thing I had staged my snow shovel on Saturday--and salt it. Three inches before the storm was over at 9AM, then 1/2 of it melted. We expect more snow...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    WOW! Nightly... Middle DD and I try to prayer M-F, over the phone. She is coming this weekend to help clean up and spend quality time with her dad. I have a new FB cover photo. Here is a Tropicana rose that youngest DD picked while dog walking in the yard. Also, a cup from Wall Drug, where...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    I am comforted by everybody's sentiments. THANK YOU!! :hugs We have had members here who suffer loss drop out for a season. I will probably Not do this. I intend to check in and "Like" or respond to posts, just so you know that I am still here. Palliative care told me that without the 6 weeks...
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    Potato storage, help!

    Have you considered pressure canning potatoes? https://www.sustainablecooks.com/canning-potatoes/
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    Your Weather, 2025

    As an aside, The Farmer's Almanac is shuttering it's publications.
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    DH took a fall Monday night, hit his head, went to PT and therapist told him that he should get a CTScan bc he is on a blood thinner. 2 MRI's later and he has a brain tumor that is fatal. His Neurosurgeon recommends a biopsy and 6 weeks of chemo and radiation treatment. DH saw his sister go...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    I will reply in my thread.
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    DH fell and hit his head, getting up in the middle of the night, sans any light on. Went to PT and therapist told him anybody on blood thinners is highly susceptible to a brain bleed, so get a CT Scan. He did that, then they saw something and wanted an MRI, which didn't happen until 3PM ToDAY...
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    Concerned About Growing Old?

    There have been a few times when I literally rolled on the floor laughing.
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    Your Weather, 2025

    HIgh's higher than average, in the 60's this week, Next week below average, week after That, higher than average. We are playing ping pong.
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Burned weeds.
  20. ducks4you

    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    I've been B.U.S.Y. DH is now in physical therapy. Making progress, BUT, too much sitting and not enough walking, so more work for Duckums!! :hit The list of number of people to whom I would fetch and carry stops at one hand. DH knows that he is Privileged, so I get to make more decisions like...
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