Ceramic Christmas trees

I do not usually shop at Aldi.  For some unknown reason recently, an 'Aldi Isle of Shame Community' popped up on my Facebook feed.  Why, I have no idea.  However, I decided to follow it and saw folks posting about the Christmas things that Aldi was selling this year and one of the most sought after items seem to be the retro-looking ceramic Christmas trees.

I remember these  from years gone by but was never a fan of them and never bought one, despite being the Christmas lover that I am.

People posted photos of them and said how fast they were going off the shelves.

Our localish town has an Aldi and has just built a bigger store just across the road from it, which had it's grand opening today.  I was in said town yesterday for a hospital appointment and to pick up a few groceries so thought I would drive by and see the new store and noticed it was actually open.  Curiosity got the better of me and I went in.

There on the 'Isle of shame', (not sure why they call it that!) sat some of the Christmas trees.  Three traditional green ones, three pastel pink ones and one pastel blue one.

The girly girl in me wanted a pink one so desperately, the practical girl in me said 'don't be daft it won't go in our house'.  The practical girl won out and a green one was placed in the shopping trolley.  I was just about to move on and I spotted a mini pink one.  Well, the girly me grabbed it so quickly and it went into the trolley too.  It was the last mini pink one.

So, here they are in all their glory.  I have decided to leave them out until after Christmas to enjoy them.  At our age we have no idea how many Christmases we have left so I will enjoy them for as long as possible.  They have a timer switch on them and use batteries, so no need to find an electrical outlet to plug them in. The green one is about 15" tall.  

They really are delightful.

It doesn't take much to make me happy!

I think the treatment is worse than the darned Covid

My doctor did prescribe Paxlovid for me and I started taking it Monday afternoon.  From the offset, I felt weird.  Good job I got home before the effects really kicked in.  It upset my stomach and I almost passed out.  I didn't take the second dose.  Yesterday I took both doses and today I have taken one so far and my stomach is still upset, it leaves a horrible taste in your mouth and the nausea comes in waves but it is not as bad as it first was.  I will persevere because I want to get this virus out of my system and I don't want Long Covid.

We have our son coming in on Sunday for my husband's 80th birthday next week.  He is fully vaccinated and just recently had a booster so he feels he should be OK.  He has also had Covid so has some natural immunity too.  

To make things worse our Microwave gave up the goat yesterday. Thank goodness for Amazon, a new one is currently in transit. You don't realise how much you use one until one is not available!

My husband is doing OK, the steroids have kicked in.  It is only a short regimen though so only a few more days of taking them for him.

So we are just plodding on here the best we can until we test negative.

Onwards and upwards!

It has been quite the month!

 My husband has atrial fib, he goes in and out of it and his last episode was quite severe so they took him in and gave him cardioversion.  They shocked his heart three times and it made no difference so home we came.  Whether it was delayed reaction or he just went out of it, we don't know but he came out of it and so far so good.  He does, however, have to go back in for ablation surgery again on his heart next month. They will keep him in overnight to monitor him; if all is well, he can come home.

But!, that flipping word again!

He contacted Covid, we assume from when he was in the hospital for the cardioversion.  Last week he became quite poorly and after being told by his primary care physician, I took him to the ER on Thursday evening.  We didn't even think it might be Covid but he tested positive and had pneumonia.  Because of all his problems they admitted him and gave him Remdesivir infusions and steroids.  I stayed with him Thursday evening in the room but I came home because if I stayed I couldn't leave the room and I was beginning to feel a bit rough.  Joy oh joy, I tested positive with a home testing kit on Saturday.

On Sunday they said he could go home so I had to drive three and a half hours to pick him up and three and a half more to get home.  I was on adrenaline. We got home safe and sound and crashed for the night.

I called my doctor this morning and she has prescribed some Paxlovid so I am now waiting for the pharmacy to call and tell me it is ready.  Hope they can bring it out to the vehicle.  I do not want to infect anyone by going into the store.  I can open the back of the vehicle and they can throw the pills in there.