u/Bastilleinstructor

My birthday is today!! My husband ordered the Raytech TV10 for my birthday!! I had talked about the Rebel 17, but we decided the TV10 might be a better thing now since I have so much brusing on my quartz and I have some softer stones I want to do.

Anyhow where can I find great directions on using this?

What tips do you have for this type of tumbler?

Anything helpful from initial set-up to tricks of the trade are welcome!!

My sister sent me some PNW beach rocks recently and with few exceptions, they are all nice and rounded.

Do I need to do a stage 1 at all, or can I go straight to 2?

I am working on a special project for my family for Christmas. My dad is going to have to sell his house to pay for his care and I would like to tumble rocks from his property to give to family for Christmas.

I told dad about it today and he teared up and said it was a beautiful idea because there was so much happiness in that place.

I have a koolstone tumbler and two harbor freight tumblers. I am, at the suggestion of my husband, looking for a large tumbler so I can do larger stones and be able to get the rocks tumbled that I need for Christmas.

At dads there is quartz, garnet and some weird quartz-like rock thats made of tiny bits of quartz (pegimite?). The quartz is mostly milky with some clearish or smokyish thats opaque and full of inclusions. Many of the stones also have redish/pinkish inclusions that remain even after a round with iron out. Also loads of mica inclusions.

Its not jewelry quality stuff, by any stretch of the imagination, but all of it is from dads house and that's the part that matters.

I want to be sure I have time to get these rocks tumbled. Some are too big for my other tumblers, and I will have to run a small stone batch in my smaller tumblers.

Anyhow, Im thinking a larger tumbler would ensure I would have what I need for Christmas. There are a number of nieces and nephews and great neices, I have 2 sisters, and of course Id want some.

What would be a larger hobby tumbler that maybe could accommodate stones as large as a plum or hen egg sized? I have some much larger, but they arent on the list to tumble.

I would love some suggestions.

My dad went from the hospital to a nursing facility for rehabilitation last week. The goal is to be strong enough to return to assisted living.

He and I picked a place that was nearish to me since Im the one doing all of the visiting, etc.

One place was available and it turns out to be horrible. Dad has to use the bed pan until he is strong enough to do assisted transfers to the toilet. He also has IBS.

He has, on several occasions, been left to lay in his own mess for hours. I have complained to the supervisor. She assured me it wouldnt happen again. And it did. Complained again. Assured again. Happened again, albeit 40 minutes rather than 3 hours.

I complained to the Director of Nursing and she assured me it wouldnt happen again, but that they had other patients and sometimes dad would "just have to wait". We understand the wait, but to wait an hour for the bed pan, then mess himself, then wait an hour (or more) to be cleaned up isnt acceptable.

He wants out. I want him in a better rehab facility. I have no idea how to make this happen.

The actual PT and OT there is great, per dad, but the care otherwise is crap.

The DON swore they arent understaffed, yet the CNAs have told dad they are. Some have gone as far as to refuse to go in his room because they dont want to clean him up, and some have removed their name tags so he cant report them for turning off his call light and leaving without helping him. Ive witnessed this first hand.

All of this has been reported. He is terrified of retaliation.

Ive dug into this facility and discovered they have been cited many times for under staffing. So I am inclined to believe the guy who told dad he was one to 60 the night dad was left to lay in his mess for hours. The staff is mostly a third party agency

How do I facilitate a move for dad and keep his medicare paying for the care? It sounded like I cant move him without proof of neglect or harm. Moving him several years ago from a similar situation was initiated by that facility for a similar issue, he was left on the bedpan for hours. He ended up with health issues from it because they gave him immodium so much it caused a blockage.

I need to move some of my Irises to a different place in my yard. When can I move them?

This is a long vent. Me mostly screaming into the void....

Dad had cellulitis (again) a couple weeks ago and had to go from assisted living to ths hospital. He was released to a nursing/rehab facility a couple of days ago for therapy because he gets so weak when he is sick.

The list of places wasnt great. Two were hours away. Some in my town, some in his (an hour from my house). We eliminated the ones we keep seeing on the news for crazy stuff and the ones that we had visited years ago that were straight trash. He eliminated the ones in "bad neighborhoods" where he didnt feel it was safe for us to visit. (His words).

That left three. Of the three one had a bed. He hates it. They dont answer his call immediately so he calls me to phone the facility to get him what he wants/needs. He wanted me to call 9-1-1 last night because it was 930 and he didnt have his night meds yet.

I have been going to see him nearly every night after work and I am exhausted. Older sibling is out of the country on a trip (but lives a couple hours away anyway) and youngest sibling refuses to do much(lives closer than anyone to him, like 5 minutes from his AL). Dads girlfriend was there yesterday and raised hell until they moved him to a different room because the AC wasnt working in his. The new room has a broken TV and they told him that was just tough, they wont fix it. Youngest sister is supposed to bring one from his house, when she thinks she "might" have time.

The place sucks, but he cant go back to AL until he is strong enough to transfer (with some assistance) to the toilet.

Last night he had me calling the facility because they didnt magically appear when he hit the call button. Then wanted us to call 9-1-1 when his meds werent administered when he thought they should be. (It was after 930) we refused and told him he needed to call the facility not us, and we were not calling 9-1-1 for his meds. (He did get his meds around 945)

I have been physically sick with whats going on and I am struggling with all that I have going on. He is a bit unreasonable on a good day, but is pissed he cant go to the really good rehab facility because he is so weak. He just sits around the AL place in his wheelchair and doesn't do much for therapy, except chat with the staff. He just doesnt even try, so when he gets sick he is bad off so fast.

There is no one to see to his affairs and care except me and my husband due to circumstances. My mental health is not great with all of this, and my physical health is taking a hit. I gain weight when Im stressed even if I am barely eating. Last time we went through this I reached out to younger sibling for help and got told to "take meds and seek therapy " then was cussed out by their spouse via text. This time I was told they weren't "his care taker" and they had a job and family. (Uh I have a job and husband.) Apparently since Im a teacher my sibling said I didnt need my evenings or weekends since I have "summers off". Which is silly because my annual appointments for my health issues are usually in summer and dads are too that I take him to. Plus unpaid training I have to attend for work. We cant even take a vacation, but youngest sibling goes on a cruise and to Disney annually.

Yall I am tired.

I know the smaller rocks make a good filler, but I have a bunch that are the size of a quarter or a little smaller that I think would be cool to tumble all on their own.

Do I just throw all those little guys into my tumbler and tumble normally or is there anything else I need to do?

Dad called me on my way to church to tell me he wasnt feeling well. He is in assisted living due to mobility issues. I told him to see about an ambulance and he said after he went to the potty he would. I assumed he wasnt all that bad off since he wanted to wait until after he went potty.

We got to the ER after church ended and he had been checked in and we could go back. Looks like cellulitis again. One leg is significantly swollen and red and oh my gosh hot. We left for home (an hour away) after he was assigned a room, and his girlfriend made sure he was settled. We spent 8 hours up there and never saw a doctor.

The nurse said another day and he would have been septic.

Here's the thing: He blew off his girlfriend when she told him a week ago his leg was swollen. He tells the PCTs at the facility he is fine. But he doesnt feel pain normally. It never hurts, nothing does really. He just doesnt realize how bad it is. Plus he is in stage 4 kidney failure. He doesnt think anything is that big of a deal, until it is.

My older sibling is out of the country for a month (they usually help out with dad. But is taking a last minute trip with their terminally ill spouse, I can not fault them for this trip) Youngest sibling is in town and does close to zero. Always has a reason not to help says they have health issues, etc. I dont know if the health issues are real, but I have several chronic issues that can incapacitate me so I give the benefit of the doubt. When I told that sibling my specialist appointment is this Friday 4 hours away at the medical university, the response was "I am taking my kid to a concert". I just wanted to make sure if dad is still in the hospital, someone is available if something happens. Stress and lack of sleep make my autoimmune disorder worse, plus the menieres flair. Im not looking forward to whats in store for me over the next several weeks.

Im so tired. Im on point 100% of the time for dad. I guess I just wanted to vent. Dad doesnt see the problem with blowing off everything. The last time this happened it made his CKD worse amd scooted him from stage 3 to 4 from the damage the infection did, per his kidney doctor.

So here we are. I will be going back up after work, an hour away to check in on him every day. Maybe I can get the doctor to explain to him again how important it is to get ahead of this infection.

Im sorry. Im just venting. Im tired and scared for him and pissed at younger sibling and all of the things