Thursday, September 19, 2024

Postcard update, the ears have it

I'm halfway through my target amount of postcards, and beginning to see light at the end of this boring tunnel. 

I'm at the point of snarling you better damn vote after I've done all this work!  And I note that the instructions for mailing point out that you must not rubber band the pack for posting. I guess people may not realize the post office won't separate them.

Years ago I experienced this when I found in my mailbox, after a few days away, a banded bunch of calls to artists, all separately addressed and stamped.  Mine, beginning of the alphabet, was on top, so they all came to me. 

I called the venue, a prized one for regional artists, explained, promised to remail the invitations separately, right away.   They said they wondered why they'd had no acceptances yet!  Very unusual. I'm guessing they had a word with the person in charge of mailing. But you can't count on someone realizing all this and resending.

I'm going to separate my cards and mail them in different boxes, to spread the load and make sure they don't stick together.

The audiologist appointment went well, she's very happy I had no complaints. So I'm boosted to 90% now, and adjusting again. I learned how to maintain the aids, clever design, easy to replace the end bit and the filter. Everything sounded loud going home.  

The door saga continues. We got a ruling from the HOA board which didn't surprise me. Owner responsibility. No help on where to buy them. My  neighbors are annoyed and upset, but I'm oh well. This too shall pass!

And I find that my mail rx people, after taking months and many requests, to process the smaller dose of one medication, have now apparently removed the larger dose of the same medication. I'm guessing their program doesn't allow for two different strengths, both taken daily, which add up to the right amount. Sooo I'm once again trying to get them to get it right. Sigh. 

And I have to call about the car recall. I've waited a few days in case they had a rush after the mailing arrived.

Meanwhile my bone doctor is very happy that I now no longer have osteoporosis in my hip, much increased bone density, and my spine is now totally normal, no bone loss at all. So this is good.  The medicine works. 

She diagnosed the dodgy hip as bursitis and gave me instructions on taking care of it.

Someone suggested that you not worry about something that won't matter in five years. At my age, that's just about everything😂. So there's that.

And you can catch a flower break 


These blue flowers are quietly increasing their territory. I'm hopeful for next year.






It's all relative.

Happy day, everyone! I'm thinking about fall activities now.  So's Gary. 

He came over to say he has a large bag of bulbs for fall planting,  red and white striped tulips.  

He was going to MEASURE for 6" apart. I suggested he just strew them and plant wherever they landed. Another neighbor came bustling over to add her opinion, that you place them here and there, no measuring, no strewing. So we'll see. I bet he still measures.






34 comments:

  1. Such good news about your osteoporosis concerns! Happy for you!

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    1. It's great. I had to wait two years to find out, worth the wait

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  2. Hurray for medications that work! Better living through chemistry, eh?
    Our summer flowers are all just about done, looking sad and weary. Or dead.
    Oh Gary. Well, get out your ruler and plant those bulbs! Meanwhile, I don't even look up recommended spacing for my seeds anymore. I just aim not to plant them on top of each other.

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    1. Great health news, yes. Nature doesn't plant in straight lines, wise people don't either.

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  3. Good news on the health fronts for you.
    I guess Gary will do what he's happiest with.

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    1. That is totally true, complete with measuring tape!

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  4. That's exciting news about your osteo. Happy Dance for sure. Glad you've made headway with the aids. Nice to see pretty flowers, all of mine are spent and turning ugly brown. Wasn't a good year weather wise. I vote for tossing the bulbs and planting where they lay, will look more natural. Love the meme's. Enjoy!

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    1. I'm happy in my bones! And yes, strewing and tossing for the win. We still have a couple more weeks of blossoming, bees still busy.

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  5. The blue flowers....I don't know what they are but I do know they are invasive. They have overtaken an entire flower bed here.
    Very good news on your bone density. That's a big plus. My money is on Gary measuring!

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    1. They're some sort of forgetmenot, and I hope they'll be invasive. I love them, never got them going before.

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  6. Forget-me-nots are very persistent here and pop up in different places every year. Which I love! And I'm also a fan of the bulb-strewing method. (Not that I've planted any bulbs in recent years.)

    I would think a pack of postcards mailed with a single postcard stamp would arrive postage-due. Or maybe the post office doesn't do that anymore?

    I certainly hope that blue wave cartoon is accurate!

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    1. We're eye to eye on gardening.

      I can't imagine anyone failing to stamp every card, after the many waves of info we received, starting with buying stamps online, local post office not keeping them in quantity.
      The precaution was, after writing and stamping, then banding to get them all safely into the mail, to remember to take off the band.
      The bunch I received were, as I noted, all addressed and stamped. The sender forgot to remove the band.

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  7. Good news about the bone density. I didn't know the PO wouldn't separate things that are banded together.

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    1. I think it may depend on who handles the item first!

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  8. We have mysterious blue flowers too. They appeared suddenly and reap more attention than they warrant. LOL.

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    1. Sneaky little things. I love that color and I just saw another, in a different part of the patio.

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  9. If those blue flowers are anything like our version of forget-me-nots, they will seed very well indeed. Ours have been doing it for 40+ years.

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    1. I'll settle for fewer years, but I hope they'll persist.

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  10. Great news about the bone density! You are doing well with the post cards!

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    1. I'm very pleased with the bone report. And I'll keep on with the cards.

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  11. Great news on the osteoporosis. Well done. I had bursitis in my shoulder. They gave me a cortisone shot and it worked. It’s been about two and a half years and it’s only just coming back.
    I love just throwing bulbs and planting where they land.

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    1. When I had the shoulder problem, I was scheduled for a cortisone shot. Earliest date was three weeks. By then it had improved to the point I cancelled the shot.

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  12. Of course Gary will measure. He's not a strewer or a random placer kinda fellow.

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  13. That is super bone density news. I'll pass it on to a friend who will be going in soon for her two year evaluation. There is hope!

    More super hearing aid news. Your postcard progress is inspiring. And your blooms and bouquet! I agree with everyone - Gary will be out there with his measuring tape. He's Gary.

    Chris from Boise

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    1. That two years wait is a bit trying, especially if your previous tests were worrying. I hope your friend gets similar good news. It's encouraging in older age to get all kinds of good health news. The stuff I can hear now -- quite a revelation! We were very encouraging to Gary about his plans, however he goes about them!

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  14. I want to receive the postcard with the hand-written note, “You better damn vote after I've done all this work!” Incredible news about the osteoporosis. Too bad about the bursitis but I’ve learned ways to manage it well over the years (have had it since my early 30s). So exciting about your hearing improvement. I love seeing the flowers.

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    1. Yes, voter intimidation!! I didn't know bursitis was such a long running issue -- it's good of you to be kind to someone who just developed it and is already moaning! Better hearing is really a revelation. So many clicks and squeaks in my environment.

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    2. All I did was moan for the first couple of years. It was hell. Doing certain exercises and stretches made all the difference for me (well, and NOT doing other exercises and stretches; who knew?)

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  15. I had a bone density test. The verdict - I have bones like a racehorse! Does it get any better than that?

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  16. Yay for a reversal of the osteo situation and another one for the hearing improvements. We know we're doing well when the yay's outnumber the boo's.
    Reading your story about the post office just gives me more reason to believe that they're decidedly lazy (not all, of course, but one wonders). We have grown accustomed to never getting mail delivery on Fridays in the summer (often Mondays too). Guess they like long weekends. Now they're threatening to go to 3x/week delivery AND they're putting the cost for postage up again. They claim the reduction in service is due to the lower volume of mail. Granted, the internet has something to do with it, but if only they'd realize that keeping the prices lower would encourage more people to use their services.

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