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[viva923]

update mini one on my daughter's family

DD is back at work, the kids are back in school

son in law still in hospital. he is posting pictures of his hospital room on facebook that is about all i know for now

[rnmom]

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@just bee wrote:

In local news this week...

Our state is facing a critical nursing shortage. Hospitals have 450 beds available statewide but not enough staff to cover them.

Doctors say New Mexico hospitals are at a breaking point. Seven are operating under crisis standards of care.

It's the story of the pandemic. Hospitals are at capacity being filled with COVID-19 patients, but the New Mexico Hospital Association says the medical staffing shortage is even more worrisome.

"Our hospitals are simply overrun serving the patients who need care," says Tim Johnsen from Presbyterian Healthcare. "Our nurses are a very precious resource, and they are in the most fragile state I've ever seen them in my career."

Johnsen says the nursing shortage is a big reason the state is running out of hospital beds fast. "Twenty-one percent of nurses say they plan to leave the job within the next six months. Half of those said it was because work was negatively affecting their health and well-being."

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@just bee - So many thoughts on this but like usual, I just have to keep my mouth shut lest I get my hand slapped for saying something that offends someone. 

[aprilskies]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

I ignored Black Friday and now I'm avoiding Cyber Monday.

I've decided to wait until 2022 to shop.

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@just bee, so smart.  I pulled the plug on myself yesterday.  The only thing I will allow myself are shoes and a decent coffee grinder.  I do need them.  Otherwise, no.  And I won’t be looking hard either for them either.  I might just wait until 2022. 

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@aprilskies 

@just bee 

I've already done more damage this month than I had intended, so I'm giving myself today for a purchase or two because of the sales, then I'm done too.  

Then I'm going to try a whole year without buying anything but what I need and use, basics.  I keep making buying exceptions for myself and half of those end up being regretted, as usual.

Add to that, not only is everything going up in price, but it's getting cheaper in quality and I'm sick of it.  I'm wasting my precious resources for junk and disappointment.  And worst of all, I'm doing it to myself.  I know better.  I know what's going on and yet I participate anyway.  That's insane.

Especially since none of it is necessary or makes me any happier.  Now that's even more insane.

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@geezerette Yup, exactly.

The quality of things is sickening. 

 I am also ready to stop shopping frivolously.  

[aprilskies]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@rnmom wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@aprilskies - I am right there with you as far as HEP goes. I spent all of 2020 losing weight and I think I've spent all of 2021 gaining it all back. Okay so maybe not all, but probably at least half. I don't know for sure because I have been afraid to step on the scale in nonths, but I can feel it. 

I don't see any point in even starting to try to diet now, I have my birthday next month, Christmas, etc. But I will be trying to get back on track after the first of the year again, so I will join you then. 

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@rnmom, I agree, no point in a diet until after Christmas.  But I have started cutting back on the amounts I am consuming.  I already feel better.  I always seem to do okay for a few days and then take off again but this time I will try and hang in there. 

Time is going by so quickly and if I have to go back into the office physically next year, I am going to be in trouble.  I refuse to buy a whole new wardrobe.  I will need some tops and shoes but other than that, no. 

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@aprilskies 

@rnmom 

I'm with you two.  Eating right is another thing I've let slide.  More excuses.

I know at this point in my life I'm not going to be as slim as I used to be, nor are my measurements going to get much smaller, even with exercise.  It's just a factor of aging.  But I've been so lax for so long my clothes are getting uncomfortable too.  Mostly pants.  I also refuse to start buying bigger sizes.  Once I do that, I'll never get my act together.

Besides, with all the shortages that are bound to continue, and higher prices, which are also here to stay, I need to get used to eating to live, not living to eat.  I can't find some food items that I have enjoyed eating.  They're either just not available or don't taste the same.  So I'm going to have to accept that and quit running my head off looking for what is no longer there.

Actually, that's true for a lot of my life.  Things have changed for many reasons and won't change back.  And I can't do anything about that.  But I can do something about how I deal with it.

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@geezerette, once again you are speaking my mind.  The key thing here, is how we deal with things and that needs to change.  What will be the replacement for the triggers?  

[aprilskies]

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@rnmom wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

In local news this week...

Our state is facing a critical nursing shortage. Hospitals have 450 beds available statewide but not enough staff to cover them.

Doctors say New Mexico hospitals are at a breaking point. Seven are operating under crisis standards of care.

It's the story of the pandemic. Hospitals are at capacity being filled with COVID-19 patients, but the New Mexico Hospital Association says the medical staffing shortage is even more worrisome.

"Our hospitals are simply overrun serving the patients who need care," says Tim Johnsen from Presbyterian Healthcare. "Our nurses are a very precious resource, and they are in the most fragile state I've ever seen them in my career."

Johnsen says the nursing shortage is a big reason the state is running out of hospital beds fast. "Twenty-one percent of nurses say they plan to leave the job within the next six months. Half of those said it was because work was negatively affecting their health and well-being."

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@just bee - So many thoughts on this but like usual, I just have to keep my mouth shut lest I get my hand slapped for saying something that offends someone. 

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@rnmom, me too!!!  I am not in the field so don’t know first hand so just have my “opinion,” which I keep to myself these days - well mostly anyway. 

[geezerette]

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

I ignored Black Friday and now I'm avoiding Cyber Monday.

I've decided to wait until 2022 to shop.

---

@just bee, so smart.  I pulled the plug on myself yesterday.  The only thing I will allow myself are shoes and a decent coffee grinder.  I do need them.  Otherwise, no.  And I won’t be looking hard either for them either.  I might just wait until 2022. 

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@aprilskies 

@just bee 

I've already done more damage this month than I had intended, so I'm giving myself today for a purchase or two because of the sales, then I'm done too.  

Then I'm going to try a whole year without buying anything but what I need and use, basics.  I keep making buying exceptions for myself and half of those end up being regretted, as usual.

Add to that, not only is everything going up in price, but it's getting cheaper in quality and I'm sick of it.  I'm wasting my precious resources for junk and disappointment.  And worst of all, I'm doing it to myself.  I know better.  I know what's going on and yet I participate anyway.  That's insane.

Especially since none of it is necessary or makes me any happier.  Now that's even more insane.

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@geezerette Yup, exactly.

The quality of things is sickening. 

 I am also ready to stop shopping frivolously.  

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@aprilskies 

If we're so darn smart that we know all this stuff, why do we keep doing it?🤨

[geezerette]

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@rnmom wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@aprilskies - I am right there with you as far as HEP goes. I spent all of 2020 losing weight and I think I've spent all of 2021 gaining it all back. Okay so maybe not all, but probably at least half. I don't know for sure because I have been afraid to step on the scale in nonths, but I can feel it. 

I don't see any point in even starting to try to diet now, I have my birthday next month, Christmas, etc. But I will be trying to get back on track after the first of the year again, so I will join you then. 

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@rnmom, I agree, no point in a diet until after Christmas.  But I have started cutting back on the amounts I am consuming.  I already feel better.  I always seem to do okay for a few days and then take off again but this time I will try and hang in there. 

Time is going by so quickly and if I have to go back into the office physically next year, I am going to be in trouble.  I refuse to buy a whole new wardrobe.  I will need some tops and shoes but other than that, no. 

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@aprilskies 

@rnmom 

I'm with you two.  Eating right is another thing I've let slide.  More excuses.

I know at this point in my life I'm not going to be as slim as I used to be, nor are my measurements going to get much smaller, even with exercise.  It's just a factor of aging.  But I've been so lax for so long my clothes are getting uncomfortable too.  Mostly pants.  I also refuse to start buying bigger sizes.  Once I do that, I'll never get my act together.

Besides, with all the shortages that are bound to continue, and higher prices, which are also here to stay, I need to get used to eating to live, not living to eat.  I can't find some food items that I have enjoyed eating.  They're either just not available or don't taste the same.  So I'm going to have to accept that and quit running my head off looking for what is no longer there.

Actually, that's true for a lot of my life.  Things have changed for many reasons and won't change back.  And I can't do anything about that.  But I can do something about how I deal with it.

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@geezerette, once again you are speaking my mind.  The key thing here, is how we deal with things and that needs to change.  What will be the replacement for the triggers?  

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@aprilskies 

Ah, that has also occurred to me.  And I think it's key.  I've always looked for 'replacements' for things that I can't or shouldn't do any longer.  And then I either end up having a different 'addiction' or just go back to the original attraction.

So, for me, I have to think in terms of not replacing with anything.  Doing without.  Or at least not replacing one "thing" with another "thing".  

It's often recommended that when you start craving some type of food, to get up and exercise in some way.  I'm not quite sure I can go for a two mile walk when I really want to sit down and devour a box of cookies, but I need to either channel my inner Nancy Reagan (just say no), or find something other than food or a sedentary substitute.

Of course realizing all this and actually putting it in practice are two totally different things.

[geezerette]

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@viva923 wrote:

update mini one on my daughter's family

DD is back at work, the kids are back in school

son in law still in hospital. he is posting pictures of his hospital room on facebook that is about all i know for now

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@viva923 

That all sounds like good news! 

[just bee]

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@rnmom wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

In local news this week...

Our state is facing a critical nursing shortage. Hospitals have 450 beds available statewide but not enough staff to cover them.

Doctors say New Mexico hospitals are at a breaking point. Seven are operating under crisis standards of care.

It's the story of the pandemic. Hospitals are at capacity being filled with COVID-19 patients, but the New Mexico Hospital Association says the medical staffing shortage is even more worrisome.

"Our hospitals are simply overrun serving the patients who need care," says Tim Johnsen from Presbyterian Healthcare. "Our nurses are a very precious resource, and they are in the most fragile state I've ever seen them in my career."

Johnsen says the nursing shortage is a big reason the state is running out of hospital beds fast. "Twenty-one percent of nurses say they plan to leave the job within the next six months. Half of those said it was because work was negatively affecting their health and well-being."

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@just bee - So many thoughts on this but like usual, I just have to keep my mouth shut lest I get my hand slapped for saying something that offends someone. 

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@rnmom 

So can I assume you haven't told coworkers that the anagram for Omicron is moronic?

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@rnmom wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@aprilskies - I am right there with you as far as HEP goes. I spent all of 2020 losing weight and I think I've spent all of 2021 gaining it all back. Okay so maybe not all, but probably at least half. I don't know for sure because I have been afraid to step on the scale in nonths, but I can feel it. 

I don't see any point in even starting to try to diet now, I have my birthday next month, Christmas, etc. But I will be trying to get back on track after the first of the year again, so I will join you then. 

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@rnmom, I agree, no point in a diet until after Christmas.  But I have started cutting back on the amounts I am consuming.  I already feel better.  I always seem to do okay for a few days and then take off again but this time I will try and hang in there. 

Time is going by so quickly and if I have to go back into the office physically next year, I am going to be in trouble.  I refuse to buy a whole new wardrobe.  I will need some tops and shoes but other than that, no. 

---

@aprilskies 

@rnmom 

I'm with you two.  Eating right is another thing I've let slide.  More excuses.

I know at this point in my life I'm not going to be as slim as I used to be, nor are my measurements going to get much smaller, even with exercise.  It's just a factor of aging.  But I've been so lax for so long my clothes are getting uncomfortable too.  Mostly pants.  I also refuse to start buying bigger sizes.  Once I do that, I'll never get my act together.

Besides, with all the shortages that are bound to continue, and higher prices, which are also here to stay, I need to get used to eating to live, not living to eat.  I can't find some food items that I have enjoyed eating.  They're either just not available or don't taste the same.  So I'm going to have to accept that and quit running my head off looking for what is no longer there.

Actually, that's true for a lot of my life.  Things have changed for many reasons and won't change back.  And I can't do anything about that.  But I can do something about how I deal with it.

---

@geezerette, once again you are speaking my mind.  The key thing here, is how we deal with things and that needs to change.  What will be the replacement for the triggers?  

---

@aprilskies 

Ah, that has also occurred to me.  And I think it's key.  I've always looked for 'replacements' for things that I can't or shouldn't do any longer.  And then I either end up having a different 'addiction' or just go back to the original attraction.

So, for me, I have to think in terms of not replacing with anything.  Doing without.  Or at least not replacing one "thing" with another "thing".  

It's often recommended that when you start craving some type of food, to get up and exercise in some way.  I'm not quite sure I can go for a two mile walk when I really want to sit down and devour a box of cookies, but I need to either channel my inner Nancy Reagan (just say no), or find something other than food or a sedentary substitute.

Of course realizing all this and actually putting it in practice are two totally different things.

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@geezerette 

Experts say that when we crave something and think we're hungry, we're actually just thirsty and should have something to drink instead.

So I have a glass of wine.

Wouldn't want to argue with the experts.