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Good night Miss Karen. Play with little sweet Dutchess! You get some good sleep and a peaceful night. Love you, Huggies and good night.
Thank you, dear Debbie. I hope you sleep good too. Talk to you tomorrow. ‘Nite, love. 😍🤗
🥰♥️♥️
Here is what I saw
Congress will vote on limiting Hegseth’s travel budget unless he releases unedited video of boat strikes.
There is bipartisan support to release the full video of the controversial strikes that day.
CNN logoUpdated: 3:36 PM EST Dec 8, 2025
So maybe it means that he needs to release the videos to the public and in the future make sure they’re unedited. I don’t know. 🤔
At least unedited to Congress.
Hopefully.
So they saw an edited version. Thanks for finding that.
It just popped up, Debbie. I don’t know why. I was looking for stuff about Ardyth’s fingers, and it came on. Like magic!
I have things that pop up to.
I get them just out of nowhere. I wonder if it’s a special algorithm, or just things that are sent to everyone.
I have some news things I actually subscribed to that pop up with mostly short things.
That’s a good thing then. 🙂
Sometimes but sometimes it is more like click bait.
Oh yes, it is out there. Just have to treat them like commercials as much as possible. What did Casey have for supper tonight?
Rice with veggies, kale, Mac n cheese, spaghetti squash with marinara sauce. 😁
Oh my, that sounds really good. Better than my leftover pizza and pot pie. 😂
Yours sound really good to me.
😄 Too greasy and salty. I don’t usually eat that way, but that’s all I have tonight without cooking.
I like greasy and salty sometimes especially pizza. I don’t care much for some greasy things.
I used to like them, a lot! And then, I got very used to not having them. Pizza does look good though, and I can tolerate it when necessary. I’m kind of into plain pork chops and chicken, with maybe a little bit of pepper and other spices. Pork has salt in it. But I don’t eat it that often.
Do you restrict salt?
Oh yes!!! I even make my own mayonnaise sometimes, because of the salt.
Pizza and pot pies have lots of salt.
Yes they do.
Debbie: you had low sodium?
Yep more than once but I only was hospitalized once.
Do you recall if you had symptoms from the low sodium?
Very weak, fatigue and fell in the floor and couldn’t get up. Had to call EMT. I didn’t go to the hospital, maybe the EMTs helped me into Jo’s van. I don’t remember. But at the hospital they brought a wheelchair to get me in. I think I stayed several days.
I actually fell several times.
That’s terrible, Debbie! I trip every now and then, but it’s because my legs are so heavy from water that I cannot lift my feet high enough sometimes. I have really weird problems. 🥺 Did you hurt yourself when you fell?
I don’t think I ever really did any damage. Do you take Lasix?
I do take Lasix. And another one that I can’t remember right now. I’ll let you know tomorrow. They never work. Every time I have surgery I have this problem. Then it’s almost gone, and I have to have another surgery. I’m glad you didn’t get hurt. I don’t think I have either. I almost lost this post also. Something weird happened and it bounced around and it came back.
Are you on your phone? I think chat jumps when one of us posts. It seems I am more in danger of loosing what I type on my phone than on my iPad. Probably the same for you. I have switched back to my iPad.
I was just thinking that. It seems like when somebody posts, the lines move and sometimes the chat goes away. I don’t want to go upstairs and get on the computer. I usually just use my phone in the kitchen.
Do you sit in the kitchen to chat?
I do. Sometimes I stand though.
I would get tired really quick. I’m in my soft recliner with my feet up!
That does sound cozy!!!
It is and when I go to bed I have an adjustable bed. My iPad is about 12.25 inches so bigger than the old iPads or any other tablet I’ve seen. It is pretty easy to carry.
I think I would feel like royalty.
Your big computer sounds like royalty!
Except for it is not very convenient. I can’t move it wherever I want to. I do have everything I might need on it, though. Even an old drive for floppy discs! I have hundreds that I never converted.
I never did have many true floppy discs but I had the smaller discs, they still called them floppy. I asked once why they called them floppies since they are hard on the outside and was told because they are floppy on the inside.
What did you do with all those floppies? I never had many of the little square ones either.
I always wondered about that too. I guess that is a pretty good answer. My drive is for the small hard floppies. I didn’t have a computer at home when we used the old floppy disks. Thank goodness! I would probably still have them too!
Do you have plans for tomorrow?
I ordered Christmas cards and they are supposed to come tomorrow so I’ll need to work on them. I think I need to cook something to eat.
Are you going to cook now?!
Oh no! I’m about to think about bed. Wash my plate and glass. That is about all. Brush teeth! I would never cook at night. I usually cook in the afternoon and have to put it into the fridge for supper later.
I thought about that after I asked the question. 😄 I cook whenever I need to. Sometimes I need to cook after midnight when I get a craving that will not go away. Not a three-course meal or anything, but something small. Like maybe warming up a piece of chicken, or something like that.
Never me. I’m in bed by 11 CT.
I know. But I can get up even after going to bed. If I wake up at 2:00 in the morning and have to have something to eat, I will go down and make something. I can’t get back to sleep otherwise. I will lie there and think about it all night. 🤣
😁. No wonder you fall asleep at the table. But kidding aside, you aren’t falling asleep in a normal way if you are hitting your head.
No, you mean you are going to cook tomorrow.
Those are pretty bad symptoms. How long ago was that hospitalization? I wonder if I’m having a prelude to that. I hope not. I am pretty weak though. Tomorrow I will go look at my history of routine blood tests during the last year, and see if there have been any sodium tests.
Crap I was about done with my reply, the chat jumped and I lost it.
I think I was hospitalized in 2022. Im sure you have had many sodium tests. It is part of a metabolic test which is done just about every time anyone has lab work done. That ands a CBC.
Yes, I have had sodium tests then. I know I have had metabolic profiles and CBCs. I will probably end up having some kind of x-ray.
That happens to me a lot, Debbie. I will be almost done with a lengthy response, and the chat jumps and goes away. I have to reload..
I think it is when I’m on my phone not as bad on my iPad.
Stronger signal, maybe. Same provider for both?
Yes but both work off of WIFI at home.
Same thing here, and same problem.
You would probably have fewer problems with your laptop.
I have an actual big computer, attached to a printer and a couple of other things. I love it for most of the stuff I do, but it’s not good for me with chatting. I can’t type very fast any more, and I don’t have a microphone on it. I actually lost my last message as your message posted. How weird! I’m okay, usually. The signal must get weaker at night time.
I love my tablet. Just big enough. I think more people are on the internet at night and the signal is weaker.
I was thinking just the opposite. I was thinking that somehow the signal was turned down at night because of money. Probably archaic thinking, though. I believe I would love a tablet also. As long as I can talk into it. And as long as I have a good power source.
The battery on my iPad last fairly well. I even watch tv on it.
How often do you have to charge it?
A couple times a day but that is because I usually leave it on even when I’m up doing things!
I can understand leaving it on. I probably would also.
I am going to go play with Dutchess in a minute. She has been staring at me for about 3 hours now, toy in her mouth. 🤗
I’ll say good night at the top.
Okie dokie. I don’t mean to cut you off. I don’t have to go right now.
I need to, and you need to play with your baby. I’m running late already, about 20 minutes late!
I sometimes pop up, too, -here.🤓good morning. Pills.
Yes you do. Makes me happy.
😘😍.
Goodnight Ardyth, hope your finger starts to heal up a bit
Aw .. good night Ardyth. I really hope you feel better. 🙏
Good night Ardy. Sleep well, get well. 🥰♥️
Hey, I heard that Congress is holding up the Pentagon’s budget until they are allowed to see that 2nd attack video. Sneaky.
Really? I thought they had already seen it. They interviewed some of them recently, not today, and the republicans and democrats “saw” different things.
I don’t know, I just saw it on the headlines.
I know, I saw that too. I have a possible explanation above.
Thank you.
You are welcome. 😘
Good!
Julie: Have 6 inches of snow coming tonight
oh dear
I know.
She might not be coming home
She really has a burden I think but she won’t say that. She must be very conflicted and a feeling of no control.
That is sad, Debbie. Have you talked to her on the phone?
About 1 or 2. We never talk long. She has to go outside to get phone reception most of the time and it is cold.
I remember you saying it was cold outside. I wish she could talk longer.
I imagine she has things to do anyway.
I thought of that. 😢
Just what they need or want.
I was reading posts, and kind of a mixed bag day really. I am so worried about Julie and her Dad, like you all are. Such a scary time for her. I am praying he will be okay. I wish he could have been seeing a doctor. 😔 And I feel so bad for lonely little Jade. Julie has to be feeling awful about that . Oh and I saw your finger, Ardyth. Made me cringe, just to see it so red and swollen. Almost like it has a splinter in it. How long has this been going on? There… Read more »
Okay I got all that typed without the program crashing on me. This is a good thing. Lynn, you sound like you were busy as ever. I don’t know how you do it. I was worn out just being so busy for 2 or 3 days this past week. 🤣 I managed to get out of bed at 10:00 this morning, and it has been rough trying to stay awake. I managed for a couple of hours, and then found my head pasted to the table. Felt like I was in the Twilight zone again. Anyway, my day is going… Read more »
Hi Karen I wish there was something to be done about you falling asleep at the table.
That is concerning too about falling asleep at the table.
I didn’t think it would be a continual thing, but . . . Something must be wrong somewhere. I will probably have to have tests done ☹️
Glad you’re going to tell the Dr next time; that really is odd.
It really is odd, Pam. I have no idea it’s going to happen until I wake up. And I don’t even feel it. It has to hurt, though. Bump on my head today. 🫤
Sounds like some kind of narcolepsy
Oh no! I don’t want that!
just tell your doctor and do what he says.
I think I will have to. I thought it would pass.
It has been some time now.
I don’t even remember how long, Debbie. I was thinking maybe a couple of months?
I thought it was going on soon after your surgery.
😘low sodium?
I didn’t do that when I was hospitalized for low sodium.
I hadn’t thought of low sodium. Have you had it before? I stay away from salt because of my blood pressure and diabetes and kidneys, etc
I know. I will mention it next month to my doctor.
I hope so. He/she needs to know.
Yeah. 🫣
I believe it is Osteoarthritis (Heberden’s & Bouchard’s Nodes): Bony bumps on the finger joints (tip for Heberden’s, middle for Bouchard’s) due to cartilage wear, causing pain and stiffness
It flares up and hurts every now and then
Maybe caused by all those years cutting hair?
More than likely…I used my left hand to spray the hair with a water bottle unless they had a shampoo but not many got shampoos .
This is my guess after googling more than once
That is a bothersome looking diagram. It vacuums getting old. I don’t remember any of my elders having these problems. They must have hidden them from us kids.
I have never heard of that. I just looked it up. Very painful. Do you do heat and cool therapies? Will you consider steroid injections?
My Dr didnt even know what it was…gave me a cream for it…..I googled it, dont know what can be done for it
I would think the heat and cooling would work some. And then maybe the steroid injections could be a big help. What do you think about those?
I saw different information in the Google page I went to, I think. I just noticed that. What you saw didn’t include the steroid injections.
How are Heberden’s nodes treated?Follow your healthcare provider’s instructions for treating osteoarthritis. Treatment aims to reduce pain and help you move again. Your healthcare provider may recommend: Non-drug therapies: Rest your hand. Wear a splint or orthotic device (orthosis) to help support your finger joints. Use heat, such as paraffin wax or warm compresses on your hand. You can alternate heat therapy with cold therapy to ease pain, or use heat before activity and ice after activity. See a hand therapist, who can teach you exercises to keep your hand mobile while protecting your joints. Continuing to use your hand… Read more »
How long has this been going on and how long does a flare-up last.
For a couple years or so…..lasts a few days
Maybe you can figure out a trigger and do preventive care. As long as it is red ice is best.
I had thought of heberdens, when i saw the pic of your finger.
I had that years ago, it went away on its own after a while and very very rarely comes back.
Cooling, finger exercises, healthy diet, …i hope it will get better soon.
Sure is a pretty little thing. Just saw her as I came on.
Hi Karen ♥
Hey Pam. ❤️. Have you been busy using your new Wi-Fi most of the day? I would be so excited!
It’s just so Quick! a single click gets me where i need to be 🤸♀️🤸♀️🤸♀️
Exciting.
i’m so easily pleased 😘
Having good internet and tv is a big deal!
especially since it’s our only entertainment
Exactly! I understand 100%. And with me, my social life.
Amen. YouTube videos are great! What were you using before? Cable?
i still have DirecTV and it’s been fine — it’s just the Internet that was so slow
Oh, okay. I got it, I think.
I get that way more and more everyday.
Amazing! What were you doing before?
sometimes double clicking, sometimes just waiting and waiting
A real buffering nightmare.
Exactly😔
NOW REJOICE!