I mentioned that I was really pissed at the Beast for giving away my canning set without asking me first. I am NOT angry with the Princess AT ALL. She had no idea that I was NOT ready to do that since he also gave her some of the canning jars, too. She probably couldn't take all of them at the time because there are still a few unopened boxes of them left. I'm sure she didn't think he would do that kind of thing without me knowing about it and it being okay with me. After all, *I* gave her all my Christmas decorations so she had to think that I might be getting rid of things I had no use for any more. I lay the blame entirely on the Beast who has thrown out a lot of things that I only used on occasion because HE thought I wasn't using them at all. He never paid attention to many of the things that I had. He just thought he was *straightening up* some of the *clutter*. I just discovered that all three of my casserole dishes are gone, too. *Sigh* Serves me right for being too ill to do a lot of cooking the past two years. Major surgery was involved on both legs and then there was the appendicitis and the dead section of colon....but do you think he ever considered that? No. To him, I was just too lazy. Too bad I didn't think that when he was recovering from his strokes and started throwing out all his tools.
I wish he would have kept his nose out of MY kitchen stuff and tried cleaning up his work bench and tool area. He's got a bunch of cabinets totally crapped up and I avoid even looking in them because I KNOW they are in a real mess. I'm thinking, however, that I may just go out there one day and start throwing away a lot of the stuff in them and telling him, *Well, you never use them any more!* Wonder how he will feel about that? And he keeps on buying stuff. Stuff that are duplicates of things he's already bought because his short term memory sucks. He also buys a lot of stuff that we really don't need because the advertising catches his fancy or some such thing. He makes me nuts with that stuff.
At least he's not giving me a problem with my going up to Chicago at the end of June. I'm waiting for Cee to recover from her ear infection before setting a date for us to drive up there. Then I can check with my son and with my ex-sister-in-law to make sure it's not inconvenient for them to have us and let them know when we will be there. He said to me, *We can't both be gone at the same time any more between Baron and the chickens.* Actually, Baron could go with us to most places and the Beast wouldn't go if he wasn't allowed to be with him. That's just the way things are. He hates the idea of kenneling Baron, even if the quarters are great. To him, that's like sending Baron to a prison since it's not as good as being with us.
To me? Well, I understand how he feels about Baron because I really wouldn't want to board him at the vets for any length of time. He's a good dog and, now that he's getting older, he's not as active as he once was. I suspect he might actually be getting a bit of arthritis now after watching him when he tries walking up and down the stairs. He's especially careful coming up the stairs for some reason. It looks like it's painful for him.
Today was the Beast's wash day (tomorrow is mine). It's also bed stripping day and fresh sheets and pillowcases. I may run over to Cee's and bring her some of the ham and noodle casserole I made yesterday. I ate it for lunch today and it really is good. She's been so miserable for over a week with the ear infection because the fact that the antibiotics she was prescribed just wasn't doing anything for her. So she went in today and the doctor did a lavage of her ears so that she could see the ear drum area. Cee was shocked at how much wax came out. It DID help to relieve some of the pressure pain she was feeling and she got a new antibiotic prescription PLUS some ear drops because the inside was so irritated. I laughed and told her it was probably the power lavage they did that irritated it. I'm hoping she sleeps better now that some of the pressure has been relieved and also that she doesn't get the sharp pains she was suffering.
The chickens are growing by leaps and bounds now and eating like crazy. They are also drinking a LOT of water. I told the Beast he might have to build them a water trough instead of the gallon size container that is being used right now. He agreed with me.
Time to head for bed. It's almost 1am and, although I did take a good nap after dinner, I am tired. I want to be up early tomorrow to get the wash done and still be able to go see Cee. I called her son and let him know what was going on (per her wish) since he and his wife were both concerned. Michael has been a bit under the weather himself but now seems to be getting over it. His feet and hands are no longer swollen and he's not sleeping as much. I know Lucia has to be happy about that. She was very worried since he's borderline hypertensive and has a family history (father's side) of heart problems. Plus my dad had a heart attack, too, but he did well after recovering. Mike is overweight, so that's another factor that isn't good and worries us all when he is ill.
Love you all. Remember that kindness costs us nothing...$0.00...and yet is priceless. Be good. Stay warm and dry. Drive carefully if you have snow on the ground...or, worse yet, ice! This means YOU especially Sheldon! ***Hugs***
I do believe since we got the Cruiser that Sheldon is being more careful. :)
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