Chalked Up a Pretty Productive Day

@porwest (90912)

United States

November 13, 2023 4:14pm CST

Some days you just really feel like you accomplished something. And today was one of those days for me. I feel like it was pretty productive. Wrote another article for HubPages this morning, which was something I was wanting to get accomplished since last week I intended to, but other things just got in the way of that. Took my mom to her bank as she had some things she wanted to do there and also took her to Aldi so she could get some groceries. It's not that she can't drive, but with the dementia still a factor, she gets confused. She's close to losing the car anyway, although the decision has not been fully made yet. I think she should lose it, but my sister has power of attorney over such matters. The dementia is not advanced yet. I have power of attorney over financials, which seems appropriate considering I have managed her finances for better than 20 years. I also managed to do another mulching of the leaves, and the trees look like they may be done soon, so once I do the law mulch I will overseed both the front of back yards. I could do the back yard since I don't have to mulch back there. But I'd rather just do both at the same time. I put together a spinach lasagna as well and put it in the refrigerator so all I have to do tonight when I am ready to cook it is throw it in the oven. Has your day been productive?

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@LindaOHio (178792)

• United States

14 Nov 23

I'm glad you took your mother on her errands. I'm so sorry she has dementia. My husband had an episode of being confused on the road about a month ago; and it scared me. Spinach lasagna sounds good. Yesterday I had a Focus Group for $$$; so it was pretty productive. Have a great day.

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@LindaOHio (178792)

• United States

14 Nov 23

@porwest Hubs has pulled into the wrong lane twice when I was with him. About a month ago he called me because he couldn't remember how to get to an exit that he's been to dozens of times. That really scared me.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

15 Nov 23

@LindaOHio Yeah. I agree. That's scary. It's funny to me. I am only 50. But night driving is already starting to bother me. Is that a thing with getting old?

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Yeah, mom is beginning to make some alarming mistakes on the road. I mean, we only know about them because she tells us about them. Not that she is direct. Like the other day she said someone was honking like a crazy person at her and my sister started to ask questions and finally got down to she had pulled out of a parking lot on the wrong side of the median and was headed into oncoming traffic, which was why she was being honked at.

Spinach lasagna was delicious.

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@much2say (55616)

• Los Angeles, California

13 Nov 23

Is that one of your .0825 eggs

? Nice you help your mom out that way. My mother in law got out of our driveway and hit our neighbor's car across the street . . . it was then that my sister in law decided she can't be driving anymore - too many little accidents. I'm actually behind today - ended up chatting on the phone with a friend for 2 hours and I NEVER do that - tomorrow I'll make it a super productive day.

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@much2say (55616)

• Los Angeles, California

18 Jan

@porwest Yah, my mother in law now doesn't drive anymore

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

12 Jan

There are some people over the years I have known that simply can't drive. No sooner they get a new car it's dented. I keep a good distance from people like that and NEVER let them park in my driveway. lol

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

18 Jan

@much2say I take it that is a good thing. lol

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Nov 23

It's still early here so I haven't done much at all yet. Spinach lasagna sounds good.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Ever since I had the spinach version I hardly ever have the meat version anymore. Obviously the meat is substituted with the spinach. I use provolone instead of mozzarella, and ricotta instead of cottage cheese. It's delicious. We had poor man's garlic bread on the side.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Nov 23

@porwest I need to be enlightened as to 'poor man's garlic'.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

16 Nov 23

@JudyEv It's just regular buttered toast with garlic powder sprinkled on it. lol

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@lovebuglena (44537)

• Staten Island, New York

13 Nov 23

You had a very productive day. What did you write about on HubPages? Don’t remember the last time I published something there. Been many years.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

I wrote about frugal people who say they are frugal who aren't actually frugal. lol

@lovebuglena (44537)

• Staten Island, New York

17 Nov 23

@porwest Too many frugals in one sentence lol. Maybe they think they are frugal by whatever definition they choose for the term.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

18 Nov 23

@lovebuglena Yep. And in the article I do my best to call them out. lol

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@Deepizzaguy (102889)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

13 Nov 23

I am enjoying my day at home working on surveys as well as sharing some good news stories on this site.

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@Deepizzaguy (102889)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

14 Nov 23

@porwest I face the same challenges having to work with surveys to make money as well even though sometimes I do not want to complete them.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

@Deepizzaguy I know sometimes I am happy when they kick me out and just give me the 2 or 3 cents. lol

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Speaking of surveys I need to work on a couple. I am a bit down this month on doing those. It's a chore for me, though. I hate doing them but can't pass up the money they offer.

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@Bensen32 (27610)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Glad you got somethings done, always feels good to get things done. I on the other hand other and taking some meds for the migraine I woke up with and sleeping, have got nothing done. The upside is the migraine went away so there is that.

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@Bensen32 (27610)

• United States

17 Nov 23

@porwest Yeah, they are not fun at all. Sometimes my migraines are so bad I vomit from the pain. Not what I would call a good time.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

17 Nov 23

@Bensen32 No. Certainly not. lol

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

16 Nov 23

At least it went away. I don't often suffer headaches, and certainly not migraines. But when I do, I just hate them. They start to make me nauseous.

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@kaylachan (69776)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

14 Nov 23

As productive as it can be living in a hospital with my husband I suppose.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Any idea when he can go home?

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@Tina30219 (81931)

• Onaway, Michigan

14 Nov 23

Our day was very productive we went grocery shopping then came home and put everything away and then we relaxed the rest of the night

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

16 Nov 23

I liked days when I can get something done. I mean, not that there is never time to relax, right? But getting something done is always rewarding in one way or another.

@RasmaSandra (79886)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

13 Nov 23

Your spinach lasagna sounds delicious, I have been writing all day. I want to get a bunch of articles ready to post on Vocal Media tomorrow,

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

I love spinach lasagna. It was very good. Happy writing to you and I hope you get it all done.

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@JESSY3236 (19949)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Not really. One website I do some tasks on wasn't working. But I did some other tasks instead. I also worked on my best friend's diamond painting.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Some days are like that. You have good intentions but they don't always pan out the way you would prefer.

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@Dena91 (16636)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Your day was productive. I'm glad you were able to take your Mom to the bank and store. Losing the car wouldn't be a bad thing. When Mike's Dad began forgetting how to get home, Mom began driving them where they needed to go. He fought us on giving up driving but then the DMV took his license when he failed the test to renew his drivers license. They gave him one as a id only. After that he was resigned to not driving again. My day was semi productive. I got the laundry done, and cooked supper. I could have done some housework but wasn't in the mood to.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

12 Jan

I can imagine a car is your last bit of independence. I can't imagine losing it myself, but I am sure there will come a time. It happens to nearly everyone that eventually they just can't drive anymore.

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@NJChicaa (119630)

• United States

13 Nov 23

I showed up to work and did my job. I did an hour of virtual instruction. I washed my comforter since one of the cats puked on it.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

13 Nov 23

Sounds productive in an awful, kinda sorta way.

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@Beestring (14561)

• Hong Kong

14 Nov 23

It's Tuesday afternoon here. I would say I had a productive morning. I went to two banks to sort out something. Also had a haircut.

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@porwest (90912)

• United States

14 Nov 23

Sounds fairly productive to me.

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