u/Nice-Replacement-391

This morning my mum was in her recliner, leaning over to pat my dog. She then said to me: "I think Dog might have peed in her bed or something - she smells pissy". I was getting my tea, so wasn't quite caffinated and at 100% brain function myself, and I laughed and said "It's not Dog"

Oops...

What did I mean? Did I mean that *she* smells pissy? She doesn't smell pissy! She regularly showers! She smells FINE!

*side note - she mostly does smell fine - the recliner, does not.

My mum has mild urinary incontinence. She really should be wearing Depends most of the time, but she claims she gets UTIs from them (I believe it), so I don't nag her to wear them. I only suggest it when we are going out. At home she *usually* makes it to the toilet in time, but there are frequent drips along the way. We have tile floors, so it cleans up easily. It's not a battle worth having. But... her recliner REALLY smells of pee. She gets drops on it, she gets drops on her clothing and then sits on it. I clean it with my little steam cleaner and oxyclean weekly, and it is mostly kept to a minimum.

When my mum leaned down to pat the dog, she got closer to the chair and really got a whiff of it, and OF COURSE, it couldn't be her - had to be the dog! She has always hated how her parent's house smelled towards their end, and is super sensitive about it.

She's been stomping around all morning (as much as a 95 year old with a rollator can stomp), she's being short and curt with me, and super grouchy. I get that she's embarrassed and doesn't know how to deal with it, but man... This is going to be one of those things I will laugh about later. Actually, I'm already laughing about it now, so all is good. She'll get over it, untill the next pee-pocalypse

I'm in Florida, and I have something heavy I'm selling on ebay that is going to Colorado. Ebay wants $140 to ship with UPS Ground, but Pirate Ship wants $70. Does that make sense? Is there something I'm missing?

I've used Pirate Ship before, mostly for stuff I sell on Marketplace, but I never bothered to compare it to Ebay shipping.

I bought a set of bedside tables to keep at Goodwill - they matched our dressers and were a super great deal. I'll sell the old ones and come out ahead. Great.

So far, so good...

Hubby was taking them apart to clean them, and he found a box of super $$$ bullets taped inside! WTF!

I looked them up, and it is legal for me to have and sell them, so why not!? I'm selling them to my uncle, so no problems with what they'll be used for - he will use them at a shooting range.

Sigh... Florida...

My mum is 95, and is still doing good *at the moment*. But at her age, things can turn on a dime - a fall, a stroke, a cold... Any of those can be the beginning of the end. So I'm getting some ducks lined up and have begun reading about hospice, so I have the info *before* I need it. It seems pretty straightforward on the medicare site, but I also know that there are a lot of things that aren't covered.

We are in Florida. If possible, we would do it in the home. She has an advanced health care directive. Power of attorney is being organized.

I know a lot of people here have experience with hospice - what advice do you have for a newbie?

I made $185 for the month of May. Not a fortune, but not bad, considering that this is death pile stuff. I still made a profit on everything.

I'll watch what sells there for another month, and adjust my sourcing to take it into account and I'll keep bringing stuff in. Not a lot of work for me, and I figure it'll earn me more when I have more stuff for them!

Usually I sell niche items on ebay, but I came across a great pair of Nike Air Max, so I am flipping my first pair. Normally I have 2 or 3 views and maybe 1 watcher. Most of my stuff sells to people specifically looking for it.

My Nikes have 31 views and 8 watchers. Is this typical?

I get 60% - so not too bad. I've been using it to unload my death pile, and it's working. It's a bit of a pain, in that I have to call the night before specific days, and they have a recording that says what and how many things they will accept the following morning *only*. So I can't bring whatever, whenever.

I started near end of last month and got $40 on some clothes that would have gotten me maybe $50 on Poshmark had they sold. But they weren't selling. This month so far, I have $25, and it's just been a few days. So not a big mover and shaker, but at the end of this month I might have made a few hundred from the death pile. I'm happy!

I know it happens - but in 3 years of going to the bins, it's the first time it has happened to me! I've been lucky! Hubby saw her and went over and grabbed it back out of her hands (an adapter), and cursed her up a blue streak.

Usually I cover my cart with a crappy looking piece of clothing, but this one time I forgot. Won't forget again!

For those that don't know, you have to stop tirzeptide a week before any general anesthesia - due to delayed stomach emptying, the risk of vomiting and inhalation is elevated.

So. I skipped my dose beforehand but still didn't feel hungry. I've been on it for almost a year, so I guess my brain is used to it. HOWEVER... The delayed gastric emptying made it a real bitch to get the prep and all the required water down. When it came time for dose #2 of the prep solution, I chugged it down and promptly vomited it back up. That was not fun.

I gave the doc a heads up that I vomited the solution, but had had nothing since midnight. She was ok with that (said she can rinse me out if necessary).

Afterward, I was pretty hungry, but I am so used to eating a small amount that I filled up fast. No food noise today. Tomorrow I will take my overdue shot and go back to normal.