I’m fighting some sort of sinus thing that, for all intents and purposes, is just like a cold. It started yesterday and it continues today. Both Don and I woke up congested yesterday and we’re sneezing a lot. Anyway…tired and a wee bit cranky.
Our visit to Don’s eye doctor was a saga. He was in there much longer than usual, I was waiting in the car. The parking lot is very small and I have never been there when there weren’t cars jockeying for a parking space. So, you just can’t park and relax. You have to pull off to the side and wait for any sign of someone returning to their car. I found myself donning my mask to step outside the car and help direct someone trying to back out in the midst of the mess. Eventually, I scored a space.
And I used a bathroom other than my own for the first time since all this started back in March. Don asked the nurses if it was okay. I was nervous doing it, but the doctor’s office cleans every surface as soon as someone uses it, whether it’s a chair or the bathroom. In the waiting room, several chairs are roped off so there’s social distancing, there’s some sort of mist constantly going to disinfect the air, there is hand sanitizer everywhere – so I guess if I had to use someone else’s facilities, this was the place to go. As soon as I got back in the car, I was cleaning my hands with sanitizer. Anyway, it took a long time and we disinfected ourselves when we got home; we threw our clothes in the washer and took showers.
The doctor said that Don’s eye is doing better – he’ll always have to have the shots, but there is improvement. By the way, these shots cost over $2000 a pop. What would we do without Medicare and supplemental insurance? What would people who have macular degeneration do without the ACA? They’d go blind. Damn everyone who would try to take away the ACA from millions of Americans. (I’m not mincing words anymore, so you may see a few more swear words than usual.)
Change of subject: One positive thing – I received a miniature in the mail that I had ordered from Victoria Fasken, who lives in England. She hand paints miniatures, all of them pewter.
When I opened it and unwrapped each individual piece, I couldn’t believe how small it was!
Please excuse the wax that you can see on some portions of the cruet. The egg cups are so small that I knew I had to attach them right away or I would lose one. I’ll clean it up later today.
Do you believe this? It’s sitting on the miniature table I made the other day. An egg cup cruet. Believe me, this is so tiny that you really can’t see the flowers clearly unless you take a photo!
I was stunned. Don was stunned. I even measured the cups to make sure they weren’t 1:24 (a smaller scale) instead of 1:12. But, after doing some calculating in my head, I realized they are 1:12. I don’t know how she does it, but my goodness, these are beautiful.
I took a photo of them in the palm of my hand so you can see how small they are:
I couldn’t resist egg cups, of course, and they’re the perfect thing for Dove Cottage aka the English Cottage.
I think it’s time to buy a good magnifying glass, don’t you?
Stay safe.
Happy Tuesday.
I don’t understand how these Christians can call themselves pro life and approve of judges that will destroy the ACA!
What am I missing?
We are in the middle of a pandemic!
They sure as hell aren’t Christians, Linda. They are the antithesis of Christians.
It makes me so angry!
Stay safe, Linda.
Or how can they vote for Trump after a death toll of nearly 220,000 people?? And he still is doing NOTHING. How, in the name of all that is holy, is this situation looked at as ok to those who proclaim to be pro-life?? I guess pro life is only screamed about regarding before being born. After being born, it is apparantly a free-for-all crap shoot. And that must be fine in their very distorted Christian mindset.
Pro Life only involves the unborn for these people. And, of course, controlling women’s bodies. They are hypocrites of the highest order.
Stay safe, Chris.
They are only Pro Birth.
Exactly.
Thanks, Carolyn.
The ACA is beyond important to people in this country. It’s at times, a life & death issue. What is wrong with people? I hate to think that we just don’t have empathy for one another. Such a sad commentary on us Americans. Not all of us, but for those who display such poor displays of kindness, shame on them.
On a happier note, love your miniatures!! So cute! Glad to hear your hubby’s eye treatment is good today.
Be well.
If there’s one thing I cannot abide, it’s hypocrisy. And these people are hypocrites.
Stay safe, Priscilla.
They sure are. You stay safe also
xo
The ACA affects my family personally. We have been on it in the past, and my son was on ACA insurance until last month because he had to wait a full year to be covered on an employee plan. That’s the reality for many jobs today. And it isn’t only health care they want to take away, of course. This headline from the Washington Post yesterday was good news: “Federal judge strikes down Trump plan to slash food stamps for 700,000 unemployed Americans.” The article describes the judge’s “scathing” rebuke. Yes, it is so sad that many people show no empathy or kindness. I can’t understand it either.
They also want to take away Social Security and Medicare. Everything we’ve paid into.
Stay safe, Emily!
I love these egg cups. We share a love for egg cups anyway and these miniatures are true works of art. Hope you and Don both feel better. Tiger was sick and he got a covid test just to make sure and he was negative. So relieved. I’m working so hard to keep Mom and I safe. Hugs!
So glad Tiger is okay, Linda!
Stay safe.
I love your egg cups. They are so beautiful. It is hard to believe the detail on them.
I hope and pray that you and Don feel better soon.
HUGS
Thank you, Kimberly!
Stay safe!
I’m so glad to hear that Don’s eyes are showing some improvement…that must be such a relief.
Yes…it’s very ‘Christian’ to remove people’s health insurance (ACA) during a pandemic. (Major sarcasm) I just don’t get it! How is that pro-life? I really don’t understand this thinking…and the justification for it. As a Christian, aren’t we supposed to be helping people, not hurting them? Or have I got this all wrong for all these years??
Subject change…that miniature is exquisite…such detail.
We are cleaning off the deck…plants, putting chairs away. So sad. I fear it’s going to be a long, long winter.
Hope you feel better. Stay safe! ;)
Calling the whole thing pro-life is a joke. And it also implies that any other view is anti-life. When your support for life involves only the unborn, not the born, you’ve got a problem.
We aren’t putting anything away until sometime in late November! I know it’s hard for you to see everything stowed away.
Stay safe, Donna.
My mother gets shots for macular degeneration. She would be blind if not for Medicare. She also has to see an ENT every couple of months for what we call “maintenance”. She would be completely deaf if not for Medicare. I do not understand some people, and want to scream, “What’s wrong with you?” It doesn’t seem to matter that people like my mother would be just existing, or probably would have died before their time.
Your dollhouses are so interesting. A friend and I were always going to start decorating dollhouses someday. Your hobby seems like a lot of fun!
It is a lot of fun. Sometimes frustrating, sometimes expensive, but a lot of fun!
Stay safe, Debby.
I thank God for Medicare every day of my life, Claudia. It has made my life so much easier to get out from under the often-choking hold of a HMO and its subsequent limitations. I’m monitored a couple of times per year for glaucoma (I’m continuing at ‘borderline’; my mom had it and it’s hereditary) and without future medication for glaucoma, I could indeed go blind. I had a dog go blind from glaucoma despite every medical intervention with the veterinarian (back in the day, it wasn’t as exact of a science as with humans).
We pay that chunk of other medical-supplemental at the first of every month (along with our mortgage payment) and only then do we eat. So grateful for medical insurance in general. None of my grandparents had it and I know it’s why they died well before their time, because they had health problems that didn’t get attention with early care. They didn’t go to the doctor for proactive, preventative matters of health. There just was no money and there was no insurance. (None of them had Social Security benefits either. Nor a pension.) One grandfather took ‘a heart pill’ but it was only when the chest pain got too bad.
Teeniest little egg cups; how darling! What a find!
We wouldn’t be able to exist without our Social Security.
Stay safe, Vicki.
Yep, neither could we. It was always meant to be supplemental to other income but, without it, the other income just is not enough for us, and we don’t live lavishly. My youngest car is now age 22. Can’t recall when I last bought clothes although I got a bathrobe on sale for my husband for Christmas.
It just takes so much to live for the basic stuff; like, right now, I cannot BELIEVE the cost of groceries; everything just keeps going up-up-up. I don’t know how younger people feed their families; they must really have to take the time to shop the bargains, shop the weekly ads; use coupons to stretch the budget. But can you imagine having a growing teenage boy? My brother was a big, tall guy even when he was age 14 (not fat, just big) and he ate like a horse. Couldn’t fill him up.
I just bought more dried peas and dried beans for winter stash; they go a long way. Apples too, as they’re seasonal and plentiful right now in the grocery store. We’re doing some shopping in the morning and I’ll also stock up on carrots and potatoes since they store so well. I find that rice bulks up a meal, too. I’m currently really ‘into’ wild rice from Minnesota. But I like plain, ‘ol sticky white rice, too, although of course brown rice is healthier!
xo
I love when you show us the item with something of “regular” size so I can be even more astonished. Just amazing!!!!
As I said above, I do not understand those words “pro-life” in relation to how I see a certain element of the population refer to it. Embryos must be all that matter to them. Health care for those who are living outside the womb isn’t necessary in their estimation. So F’d up.
These last 13.5 days are going to be simply dreadful. I wish I could just take a long winter’s nap and wake up when it is over…..but what we might find is scary, too. No simple answers, I guess. We just have to somehow get through it.
It’s hypocrisy, Chris. And as I said in a previous comment, I think one of the things that bothers me the most (Don will attest to this) is hypocrisy.
I said to Don this morning that the next two weeks are going to move at a snail’s pace. Today already seems slower than normal. Hang in there, Chris.
Stay safe.
On the fly but quickly — so glad Don’s eye is improving but wow — pricey. Yes, insurance — what would we do without it.
And your new egg cup set is just darling! I can’t think of a better thing for you to add to your cottage! And sweet on the new table! Back later!
Thanks, Jeanie.
Stay safe!
Again today. You have lifted my spirits again today. With egg cups! Teeny tiny egg cups! Thank you!
Take care…
You’re very welcome, Kelly.
Stay safe.
thanks for sharing good news that the shots are helping don’s vision … glad to hear it!
hope you and don are feeling better soon.
glad you had a safer, more proactively cleaner place to go (bathroom at the doctor’s)!
but how busy is that doctor’s office or how small is their parking lot?!
darling little egg cups … they will fit right in with the whole dollhouse. appreciate your second photo to give perspective on their size. incredible!
i am stressed out. i have to somehow fix a problem with zoom tomorrow so i can virtually attend a two-day social work conference on thursday and friday. trying to create an account, i had to enter my birthdate … but i entered 2020 (oops … habit) instead of 1958 and zoom immediately rejected my attempt by saying i am “ineligible for zoom at this time”. several different attempts all rejected. nothing from them like “invalid birth-year” or “seven-month-olds can’t make agreements online”. nothing. no online or phone support is available, so one of their salespeople tried to help. went nowhere. then i had to bug the conference organizer to ask zoom to not lock me out (because she’s the zoom account holder/host). i feel bad about that because she doesn’t need one more thing to do before this big annual event. and i need the continuing education hours and don’t want to lose the $250.00 registration fee! plus i woke up with a sore back (probably because the heat hasn’t been turned on yet and i slept in a tight knot), came home after working late today and saw notice that my landlord will be removing the window air conditioner tomorrow … so i had to move things (some rather heavy) out of his way. bleh … though i am ready to have the a-c out and am glad to have a nice landlord (he provides the a-c, installs it, then stores it all winter). whatever, i am glad to be home.
picking up completed absentee ballots for some of my family and turning them in (along with my own) at our county election office tomorrow after work. excited about that!
and yeah, i also feel like the next two weeks will crawl by. grateful that i have next week off work so i can stay busy doing things around here.
hope you are having an easy night.
stay safe!
kathy in iowa
It’s a very, very busy doctor’s office – most of the patients are dealing with macular degeneration. And it’s a small parking lot in a busy part of a neighboring city.
Stay safe, Kathy.
I don’t understand why anyone could be against ACA. I have friends on it. Maybe the reason why it hasn’t been abolished by a Republican Senate is that they like it too even though they can’t admit it.
That is wonderful news about Don’s eyes.
I don’t either, but the GOP is appointing someone to the Supreme Court who will most likely vote to abolish it.
Stay safe, Kay.