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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... I've found a few soaps and lotions that are helping with my newly discovered eczema. 🍂 ... I made an appointment for my covid jab next week and then I am all done with vaccines ... until next year. 🍂 ... My blood glucose has been remarkably stable - in a good way - since I stopped eating all the foods I'm allergic to. I guess I needed solid data to verify my intuition in order to take action. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  #SunshineSadie was a little jealous when I dropped off my ballot today at the town hall because I got a sticker and she didn't. So I let her wear my sticker to show everyone how fancy she looks. #iVoted #vote

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  I really should get up and wash the six dishes in my sink, but I am so exhausted. I don't really know why, I didn't do that much today ... other than six walks with Sadie, a visit with my pain doctor, some lab work at the medical center, and a weirdly messed up knee. #ChronicIllness

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... the local church bells played Simon & Garfunkel's Cecilia as their 1 pm song - one of my favs. 🍂 ... my pain doctor and I agreed that I don't need any further medication. In fact I could probably think about titrating back a few notches on some of my current pain meds. 🍂 ... in a few minutes I'll take Miss Sadie out for her final walk and instead of staying up reading until 1am, I'll just go right to bed and sleep. #3GoodTh...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... my hairdresser, who apparently is a better diagnostician than my medical primary care provider, suggested I look into whether I might have eczema. Holy moly, it explains a lot. 🍂 ... after some basic cleaning, my housekeeper* helped me to organize one of my very disorganized and messy bookcases. 🍂 ... *I made a great decision when I retired in Massachusetts, rather than one of the other many wonderful states I've lived in. As a disabled el...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... #SunshineSadie has been a little off and unusually anxiousthe past few days so I took her into the vet - I got an appointment the same day I asked for one. The bill was lower than I expected, the senior discount doesn't hurt. 🍂 ... all her vitals are fine, she doesn't appear to be in pain or having any allergic reaction reactions. She has no early lyme symptoms now that the ticks have re-emerged for their fall feasting. 🍂 ... when we m...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... the clear lemon yellow sky after sunset. 🍂 ... the full moon rising over the mountains. 🍂 ... the mysterious rustling in the dry leaves as I walk witb Sadie in the night. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... the silhouettes of trees and mountains against the pre-dawn sky. 🍂 ... the last leaves clinging to the trees outside my window, shivering in the breeze yet holding steady to their tree. 🍂 ... butternut squash soup with rosemary and thyme, so simple and so tasty on this chilly autumn day. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... my housekeeper! She turned my messy and somewhat chaotic apartment into a sparkling clean living space. 🍂 ... the waxing moon rising in the east into a cushion of rose-tinted clouds. 🍂 ... listening to an altercation between the ducks and the geese in the marsh below my apartment. It was perhaps much ado about nothing. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... my optometrist! An old school practitioner of the art. My eyes are holding steady, no need for new glasses or cataract surgery (yet). My eyes are tired because I need to wear my glasses all. the. time. I've only been wearing glasses 61 years, so I'm a slow learner in this case. 🍂 ... no one nearby is burning their woodstove tonight so I can leave my windows open and listen to the geese on the marsh and some other new and rather odd anima...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... an inhaler ~ even 6 months past expiration date it helped me to breathe again. (Now I have the prescription renewal reminder in my calendar because I like breathing.) 🍂 ... authors who craft beautiful, thought-provoking, expansive books ~ even when they're not sure if they'll ever be able to write again. 🍂 ... my willingness to keep on taking the next step ~ even when I can't see further than the end of my toe. #3GoodThings #ThreeG...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🍂 ... meandering through the woods with Sadie, along the river ... 🍂 ... the river waters burbling over rocks and hissing over stones carrying away the spinning autumn leaves ... 🍂 ... autumn leaves falling like snow ~ bronze and copper and bright yellow and deep maroon. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  omg - I just took #SunshineSadie for her final walk of the day and it is 31°F/0°C out! It was chilly today but I wasn't expecting this 🥶 (not complaining, just surprised)

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/117463184695789245 "... So it appears that the “Tommy” who questioned El-Sayed was no ordinary citizen of small-town Caro, Michigan, but a long-serving right-wing operative tied to Josh Hawley, Bobby Jindal, and one of the most influential Christian Nationalists in the country. It appears he went to Caro looking not for real answers from the candidate, but a viral moment—which he got, just not in the way he expected ..." #ElSayed #Ch...

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  Finally, after [mumble mumble] years I've been very successful with my houseplants. But I feel very rude because I don't know their names or their particular requirements. Can anyone recommend a good resource - book or website (AI slop-free) - so that I can begin to learn them a little better? Thanks! #houseplants

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  A year ago today I (and 14 others) was finally able to move back into my home after living in a hotel for seven months (not ideal). The apartment building sprinkler system pipes burst and flooded two floors in the east wing. Three things that I am grateful for today ... 🍂 ... my cozy home - a lovely one bedroom apartment with a view of the southern Vermont mountains from my windows. 🍂 ... social security and medicare - so much less stress than the preceeding 15 years of freelancing and pa...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today ... 🍂 ... I had a very good visit with my neurologist this afternoon and will be cutting back on some of my pain meds. I don't need to see her again for another six months. 🍂 ... visited with my neighbour who's been in the ICU and is now in a regular room. I hope they keep him long enough so his pneumonia resolves and his mental confusion clears up enough to come back to his apartment and his little dog Rex. 🍂 ... snuggled with #SunshineSadie...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today ... 🍂 ... I had enough spoons (figurative and actual) to cook three decent meals today. 🍂 ... It's been two weeks and I'm noticing real, positive effects from cutting out all the foods I'm allergic to. 🍂 ... a cool, crisp autumn evening, I can breathe. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today ... 🍂 ... feeling well enough to engage a bit more here. 🍂 ... my mom's biopsy was benign. 🍂 ... autumn in all it's glory. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today ... 🍂 ... New England in October is quintessential New England. 🍂 ... #SunshineSadie Is having a grand time with her buddy Jack the whippet. 🍂 ... my friends for taking such good care of Sadie. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today ... 🍂 ... my 12:30 appointment was cancelled so I got to take #SunshineSadie for a nice long walk along the river instead. 🍂 ... it's been a week since I cut out wheat, eggs, dairy (except for cream in my coffee), and soy. I'm actually starting to feel better. 🍂 ... I've been clearing out things that I don't use anymore so today I gave away the air fryer. Yay for less clutter. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🌺 A perfect autumn day with clear blue skies, turning leaves, a chill in the air. 🌺 Chatting outside in the courtyard with a new neighbor while #SunshineSadie kept her focus on the local squirrel population. Realizing we've had a lot of similar life experiences and a lot of very very dissimilar ones, and even so we might be becoming friends. 🌺 I'm starting to get a handle on the potential in this food allergy situation. #3GoodThings #ThreeGo...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🌺 A call and response chorus at dawn this morning between the over-flying geese and the rattled crows. 🌺 I arranged for a new housekeeper who can be here in the afternoons and not early morning. 🌺 A bunch of easy mini-conversations with neighbours who don't make me want to pull my hair out. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🌺 I had my mini split HVAC system cleaned today and wow does it make a difference! 🌺 A neighbor is back home from her four-day stay in the hospital (anemia) and she was finally willing to reach out and ask for a ride to a doctor appointment next Monday. I'm happy to be able to help. 🌺 Bone broth and rice vermicelli. Starting simple and figuring it out as I go. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🌺 My Social Security was deposited today (given the current administration, I wonder every single month) 🌺 Rice and beans 🌺 Neighbours gathering together to hold the local college accountable #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🌺 Right outside my back door, on any day, I might see deer, fox, bobcats, and yes even bears. 🌺 My friends are on their way back from their cross-country trip, just in time for them to take #SunshineSadie overnight while I go in for an early morning medical test next week. 🌺 Learning to be comfortable saying: no, I'm really not up for that today. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🌺 My friend felt safe enough to spend a few hours with me today to grieve and weep and remember the beauty and goodness of her son's life. 🌺 A colorful sunset spreading across the northwest skies 🌺 Ben & Jerry's coffee toffee crunch ice cream #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🌺 My new gastro doctor was very good today, he listened, didn't harass me about my decisions refusing all invasive procedures, and had some good recommendations. We'll talk again after my results come back. 🌺 Even though the phlebotomist couldn't get blood from my usually excellent vein, she did it quickly and easily in the other arm and there are no bruises. She was very kind about my anxiety. 🌺 The almost full moon in a clear twilight s...

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  Three things that I am grateful for today: 🌺 My warm fleece robe on a chilly evening. 🌺 Stating a clear boundary with a neighbor to stop knocking on my door for inane reasons. 🌺 Weekly laundry service from the county elder program. #3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #gratitude