1. I think YouTube was eavesdropping, but that's okay
This past Friday night I was sitting quietly on my couch reading, when the text alert sounded on my phone. I jumped to grab it, and do you see that yellow cup with juice on the right? That's where a cup of hot coffee was, and I knocked it over, splattering the carpet below.
I had a 12" round, dark brown coffee stain on my carpet. I blotted up as much as I could with paper towels, sprayed it with Resolve Carpet Cleaner, scrubbed it... went to bed.
When I got up Saturday morning, there was a 12" round rust colored stain on the rug. Oh no! I googled "large coffee stain on carpet" and AI suggested I make a baking soda paste, smear it on the stain, spray it with vinegar & water. I did all this, the stain remained.
I decided to take a break from that damn spot and watch some tv. I clicked on the YouTube channel. The FIRST thing I saw was "How professionals remove rug stains". How did they know?? A man demonstrated spraying a stain with 3% Hydrogen Peroxide, placing a wet kitchen hand towel over the affected carpet and "ironing it away" with a steam iron set on High. I did that and look above. My stain is gone. Thank you YouTube, you saved my carpet and I never even asked.
2. I'll tumble for ya
After I finished admiring my rug, I jumped in the shower. I dropped the soap, and when I bent down to pick it up, felt my left foot slide forward and did a literal flip in the tub, smashing the guard on the side of my tub and literally flying out of it. My head smacked into the side of my toilet, knocking it over, water gushed everywhere. I landed on my back on the floor with a really loud SLAP, face up, heart racing, out of breath.
And aside from a slight scratch on one leg, I am fine. (I righted the toilet, Steiner is coming to inspect the "o" ring and replace the water guard.)
It was such a hard fall, I could've easily gotten a concussion, deep laceration, broken a limb or even my back. I just got up and walked away.
3. Curse you Xfinity! Thank you Xfinity!
On Friday I saw a commercial for a couple of movies premiering on Peacock this week, and wondered if I should sign up. I'm already a regular subscriber to HBO Max & Paramount Plus, I don't want to pay for a third streaming service.
I jumped on my Xfinity account (it's how I get my internet) and saw I had a couple messages alerting me I was a "Platinum" member now, I should check out my perks. Yes Xfinity, I know all about your so called perks, I'll pass. Unable to find any deals for Peacock, I clicked on the "Your Perks" message out of curiosity and saw a mobile phone discount, yawn--and an offer for Peacock Premium, for free. I contacted Customer Service. For real? Yep!
4. The folks at Falk Pharmacy are life savers
Last Saturday there was a fat yellow envelope in my mailbox from Falk Pharmacy in downtown Pittsburgh. (Since Rite-Aid closed in my neighborhood, I get my prescriptions delivered thru the mail now, from Falk.) I opened the envelope, it's a refill of the Amlodipine I take for high blood pressure.
Why'd they send these? I didn't request a refill, I've got plenty of pills upstairs. I call them up, the pharmacist said that according to his records I was down to 5 pills and with a big winter storm on the way, I may not have mail delivery anytime soon. I said thank you, hung up and chuckled to myself. Worry warts, when did we ever go without mail? I check my old bottle, oops--only 5 pills in there. He was right. And later that night, a foot of snow.
And because of our city's snowplow shortage, we didn't have mail delivery for a week. Falk, you are one awesome pharmacy.
5. Speaking of good folks...
I somehow managed to find some great people online to look at my blog and read my latest post, and you are one of them. Thank you.
What a frightening fall! Please get grab bars and traction strips installed in your tub - a person who lives alone needs to be able to catch themselves before they dislodge the toilet falling. Yikes! And your pharmacy indeed sounds wonderful, maybe time for a letter to the editor of your local paper? It would make a great human interest story about how people rode out the storm.
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Ceci
Haha thanks Ceci. Traction strips...YES. I am so afraid of falling like that again. As for the pharmacy, our newspaper is shutting down but I did contact my insurer last week and told them how my pharmacist went above and beyond the Call of Duty. That seriously impressed me!
DeletePerhaps my prayers for you are "paying off." LOL Yes. good pharmacies look out for the people. although we are with a big chain (CVS), I am amazed at how well they keep track of meds and vaccines.
ReplyDeleteOur small, neighborhood pharmacy had to close up years ago due to all the pushback from big pharma. I miss seeing our dear sweet pharmacist every time I go to pick up drugs. She and I do keep in touch on Facebook and she is always concerned about Terry when she sees pics of him in the mulberry tree, pruning last year's limbs.
Thank you dkzody (and thank you for those prayers too, I mean it). That was such a nice read about your former pharmacist, they used to do so much more before (like you said) "Big Pharma" took over. How nice she still remembers to ask about Terry.
DeleteHi Dug! I'm really glad to hear your fall didn't do any major damage. I held my breath when I started reading about it. I slipped and fell in the tub one time when I was about 20 years old and really hurt my lower back. It got better quickly, because 20 years old...but I shudder to think what would happen today when I'm 50!
ReplyDeleteJennifer, thank you very much, I'm sorry you had your own tumble and back injury but you're EXACTLY right--a fall at 20 is one thing, at our ages, scary. I felt blessed on Saturday, I really did.
DeleteWhat, you don't have a rubber mat in your shower tub? You were lucky -- this time --but should put some safe guards in place pronto! Kudos to Falk Pharmacy! ❤️❤️🦉
ReplyDeleteThanks Florence! Y'know what, a few years ago I DID have a rubber mat in there but it kept getting mildewy, and I got rid of it. But I am going to get something else now. Saturday was a big wake-up call, I don't want to go thru that again. And yes to Falk Pharmacy, they really looked out for me. :^)
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