Thank you, Replies, Day Trip, Visitors and Watermelon with the KING

I would like to thank you all

for all the encouraging words when 

I post things about Fibro.

I do not do this for attention or your

sweet words, I do this to try and educated 

people who don't really know how liivng

with a chronic illness is. 

But thank you so much. I will share

with you that a lot of folks I come

in contact with would never be able

to tell I am in pain, even on the days

I hit the 10 plus. 

My friends knows it, 

my family knows it.

But to try and hold onto the last

of my life when I was normal 

(lol, that would be the normal in 

my head), for as long as I can,

however, with each passing year I

find that slipping away.

On that note, thank you Darla for

your sweet words.

 Darla M. Sands - Dreaming of Elysia (darlamsands.blogspot.com)

Darla says, What a fun post! Thank you for

 brightening my evening. :D I know it's no

t all fun and games with chronic pain. ~hugs~ 

That you struggle through makes your stories 

even more precious. Best wishes, my dear.

Thank you Darla. It is nice

to have a cheerleader in my life.

 Laws of Gravity

Liz said in a post of mine about how 

showers affect me with my illness.

I've always showered at night. I'd rather not get 

up early. Then, after I shower, I have the rest

 of the evening to sit and watch TV and not

 contemplate going anywhere after. Worth considering?

I have never been one

to be able to shower at night.

Years ago that shower would

help to wake me. 

But since those years, It sort

of helps to keep the hair looking

good and to wash away the

night sweats I sometimes have. 

I also have sleep apnea and with 

wearing head gear, it flattens my

hair or leaves bumps and stuff 

in the hair. Only way to 

fix that is to shower. 

And although it takes a lot

from me, I still get the 

benefit of the body feeling and 

enjoying the heat, which does

help.

My Friday morning as the 

sun was rising. 

Ann over at

Ann's Snap Edit Scrap (annssnapeditscrap.blogspot.com)

commented on a post with this~

Nice to have such a thoughtful house

 guest. I've been wanting to see the 

movie he was talking about. One streaming

 channel only had the trailor and another

 had it for rent but I'm too cheap to pay for it.

I am the same way, it is not on HBO MAX,

or Prime so it except to purchase and 

I can wait till it comes to streaming.

Had a adventure yesterday. Tim, my house

guest is retired Army and National Guard and 

with that, with his ID he can get on any base. 

He told me he was going to KY

to Fort Campbell and did I want to do to

the PX with him.

I jumped on that!

And it might seem silly to you all

but I was excited. It has been many,

many years since I have been on 

that base. See my dad was retired

Navy, 33 yrs and mom used to go 

the once a month, buy groceries for a 

month and only have to pick

up milk, bread and eggs through that

month. I was prob in my mid teens

the last time I went. 

I remember the PX as being in 

this box like building, like a drug store, older too. 

So, I knew that all these yrs it had

to be a newer one and was I right.

IT WAS BIG.

Bigger than our Super Wally Worlds!!

Name brand clothes, things from 

kitchen ware to pets, to home

keeping, cleaning supplies...

everything. I was 

amazed!

Thanks Tim for the day trip.

Visitors to the house this morning,

a doe and a feral cat.

Hoping the doe comes back, I threw

watermelon rind over the fence for her.

Did not manage to get a shot of 

the other guest this morning,

the ground hog.

Yesterday, it was mama skunk, and

the doe.

Day before, mama skunk and 

five babes, plus both feral cats. 

Of course, the hummingbird and 

array of other birds from a wren,

to two male cardinals and some beautiful

finch. It is 10 am and it is starting to 

warm up out here so 

I am going to finish up this post

and take the party back inside.

Day before yesterday, May 31st,

I figured that somewhere had to have

some rocking watermelon...

you the ones that you taste and 

they are juicy, and sweet, I was

right Aldi has them.

I cut my first watermelon of the 23

season and shared with Tim.

Although cats can have watermelon, 

mine care nothing about it.

Unlike the KING, Dakota that loved

it. We fought over who got the last

bite, I always won!!

I could not locate a pic

of him eating watermelon but

here is one with him eating

my cantaloupe!

My girls bring me smiles and 

laughter, the entertain me and I love

them so much but I miss

my bud.

POST is done, I am getting dressed and 

maybe hit a couple of yardsales

before it gets really bad.

Later...

Pam