Thursday, September 22, 2022

The Herding Cats Weekly Link Round-Up

 

I used to herd cats quite well. I did it for a few decades for Target. Recently, I discovered that I'm no longer emotionally equipped for the job.

Due to a scheduling snafu, the woman who normally comes on Friday to give us a hand was here two days later. She has been instrumental in helping me transform this house into a haven that works well for the changing needs of both Denis and me. While the laundry was going, Mary Jo and I became immersed in a major project. Sometimes MJ gets the bit in her teeth and I have a difficult time reining her in. Yesterday was one of those times. 
 
 
Then into the mix came Denis on his motorized wheelchair, wanting a piece of the action. There I was, trying to find out what in the world MJ was doing, and trying to keep an eye on Denis to make sure he wasn't doing anything he shouldn't be. Argh!

As he continues to feel better and become more mobile, keeping an eye on him has become a problem. Last Friday, he waited until I was in the shower before he went out to do something he KNEW he shouldn't be doing solo. Then he was in pain for the rest of the day and night. His getting in the middle of what MJ and I were doing had the same results: pain and needing to rest. 

I've had a chat with him (a second time) about overdoing it and about not wearing his back brace. "Some bit of that hardware in your back is going to slip out of position. Do you want to go through all this all over again?"

Of course, he agrees with me about not overdoing it. Of course, he agrees with me about the back brace. But if twenty years have taught me anything, it's that he can see the truth, agree with me, and still do what he wants to do.

And he wonders why my emotions are rather loosely hinged lately. 
 
My apologies to Facebook friends and family who've already read this. What can I say? Casa Kittling isn't a hotbed of activity, so there aren't a lot of topics for me to talk about. However, I will say this to all of you: Due to this post and the subsequent comments from said friends and family, Denis has been minding his Ps and Qs ever since. Score one for my sanity!
 
Enjoy the links!


►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Book Banning & Censorship◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
 
►I ♥ Lists◄

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!

15 comments:

  1. I am sorry to hear it's all been piling on you like that, Cathy. On the one hand, I'm very glad Denis is making improvement! On the other, it must be so hard that he's at that - is restless the word? - stage where he wants to do more than he should. Ugh! It's not easy for either of you! I hope your weekend is more peaceful. Now, off to that Roman settlement...

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    1. I think Denis realized how he was flirting with disaster, and he's been much more careful the past few days, and he's still helping me out more. What a relief!

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  2. Despite it all, it sounds like you've got things in hand, you and MJ. I wish an MJ was here in my apartment as I look at boxes to be reorganized and sent to Housing Works, a charity for people with HIV/AIDS, as I look at the forlorn linoleum which the landlord won't death with, etc. If one is a doer, it's hard not to pitch in. But good luck.

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    1. The way things are looking, we won't need MJ for much longer. I'm going to miss her-- although I have asked her if she'd help me decorate for a couple of holidays.

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  3. Ian Rankin is one of my favorite writers of mysteries so I was particularly interested to see his list and delighted to find that "The Name of the Rose" is on it. Fascinating book! And Tana French actually has FIVE of my favorites on her list! I always knew we were soul mates.

    You and Denis hang in there. I know you will. Things are getting better even when it is hard to see. Been there, done that, got the tee shirt to prove it.

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  4. I'm glad that Denis continues to improve, and even happier that you've got backup reinforcing his current restrictions/requirements to help that trend continue.

    I'm equally frustrated that the book banning news continues to take up so much space ( and thank you for keeping the focus on it).

    Now I need to check out those lists of books recommended by French and Rankin.

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    1. Surveys have all shown that the vast majority of people do NOT want book bans, yet they're still sprouting up like weeds everywhere. Just goes to show that those people who do not want book bans had better get up off their lazy butts and do something.

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  5. I have the photo on my Desktop that's on the cover of the book about Italian women who were in the anti-Nazi resistance. They were strong
    and still celebrated.

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    1. I just finished reading a fascinating book about Italian women who fought in the Resistance.

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    2. I saw that on your current reading, the book with the Italian women resistance fighters on the cover. I have that photo on my computer's desktop. The Italian resistance was amazing. There are more photos around the Internet of the women in it up in the mountains. I read Lisa Scottoline's novel about the Italian Holocaust, and while it's kind of light reading, I learned a lot and was motivated to read about the Jewish ghetto in Rome, and see memorials at her website. She visited Italy and posted some good videos that relate to her book. Some of her story is factual.

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    3. Yes, I'm familiar with Scottoline's book.

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  6. I'm putting that book on my TBR list.

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    1. My telepathy doesn't work on the weekends-- which book is going on your TBR list?

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    2. The book on women in the Italian resistance. I'm very interested in that topic. I read a lovely book about people in the North of Italy taking in children from the South after the war. They took in children from impoverished and bombed-out areas. Some children stayed in the North, some went back. I forget the name of it.

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