IT all started with an INVITATION and a PHOTO on Instagram!

I needed a reason to start LIVING again.

I needed a reason to set a pretty table and cook a bit.

My reason for doing this was to meet a few of my INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS!

I found myself doing a real MIX of CHINA!

I found myself welcoming THREE LOVELY LADIES from different parts of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

I wanted to keep the group small so everyone could chat.

Conversation was good and it can be AMAZING how small the world can be!

SAY HELLO TO RACHEL, MARCI and FABIENNE.

FABIENNE is an ARTIST~PHOTOGRAPHER

YOU can see her work here………https://www.fabartgallery.com

Our lunch started with a Butternut Squash soup then two salads.

A chicken salad served on a bed of lettuce and arugula and a Broccoli salad with sunflower seeds and dried cranberries.

Dessert was home made oatmeal cookies that I made two days prior while I was wired up!

With The ITALIAN’s coffee.

IT WAS EASY TO PUT TOGETHER IN TWO DAYS TIME.I URGE YOU PEOPLE TO INVITE OTHERS TO YOUR HOME AND COPY ME!THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SHARING THAT FEEDS THE SOUL!

The beginning of the wires…….ALL 23 ON THE HEAD and 2 on the chest.

THIS IS FOR AN EEG IN MY HOME………..to see my BRAIN ACTIVITY.

If there is ANY!

MEASURING MY HEAD FOR THE PROCEDURE.

X MARKS THE SPOT……….I THINK I END UP WITH THREE OF THEM!

NO ASSOCIATION WITH TWITTER HEADQUARTERS!

YES!

I SEE THREE MARKS ON MY FOREHEAD!

My in house NURSE was an EMT before taking on this job.

SHE LOVED BETTY!

Betty loved her as she would toss the ball!

LOVELY PHOTOS…………..HO HUM!

YOU CANNOT SAY I EDIT OR HIDE ANYTHING FROM YOU PEOPLE!

I will get a total of 23 electrodes on my head which will be filmed as a camera is set up in the kitchen and my bedroom!I was to stay in front of those cameras all day and all night or I would get a phone call saying.”WHERE ARE YOU WE CAN’T SEE YOU?!”

HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE PLACEMENT OF EACH………A LOT OF MEASURING AND RUBBER BANDS TAKES PLACE!

A TOTAL OF ABOUT THREE HOURS TO DO THIS!

SHE USED A HEAVY DUTY GLUE TO GET THE ELECTRODES TO STICK.

JUST LOVELY!

I have to wear this for THREE DAYS and not lose a wire or she has to come back…….just a little bit of STRESS!Meanwhile they call twice a day from HEADQUARTERS in TEXAS to make sure THE LAPTOP is collecting the INFO!

NEEDLESS, TO SAY I DIDNOT LEAVE THE HOUSE…………..ONE DAY I WENT TO THE MAILBOX AND OF COURSE A NEIGHBOR SAW ME!

I LAUGHED TO MYSELF AND THOUGHT I WONDER HOW FAST THAT RUMOR WILL FLY THROUGH THE HOOD!

IT IS A VERY SCARY LOOK; EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW ITS NOT AN ACCIDENT NOR BRAIN SURGERY WHAT THIS IMAGE DID TO ME MENTALLY WAS NOT GOOD!Just catching yourself in a mirror reminded me of what they are looking for…………

I MADE IT THROUGH NOW WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF THE TEST!

THIS TEST IS FOR THE FOACL SEIZURES/EPILEPSY DIAGNOSIS THREE YEARS AGO.

I had 12 MORE SEIZURES in 2023 than I did in 2022………….I WANT TO KNOW WHY!

I TOOK THIS PHOTO THINKING I SHOULD WAIT AS IT WILL ONLY GET BETTER!

GLAD I DID AS THE RAIN CAME LATER THAT NIGHT AND TOOK ALL THE BLOSSOMS AWAY!

ONE DAY OF THIS BEAUTY.

JUST ONE DAY!

I WAIT ALL YEAR FOR THIS SHOW!

THE DAY THE WIRES COME OFF!

WITH ALL THESE PADS AND GLUE!

I HAVE BEEN UP SINCE 4 AM AND SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS BEING FINISHED!

THE PROCESS OF THE HAIR WAS LIKE BEING AT THE HAIR SALON FOR HOURS……………..

I KNOW YOU ARE COMPLETELY JEALOUS THAT I HAD THIS DONE IN MY HOME AND YOU DIDNOT GET TO EXPERIENCE IT WITH ME!

NEUBULIZING TWICE A DAY FOR THE LUNGS………………………OH JOY!

YOU CAN SEE HERE I GOT CREATIVE AND ADDED A FEW RINGS TO THE EARS AND FINGERS!

I EVEN PUT MAKE UP ON………………THERE IS NOTHING ON MY EYEBROWS.DO I NEED TO DO THEM TOO?I COULD HAVE BLENDED THE EYESHADOW BETTER BUT HELL………..I WAS NOT IN A MOOD TO BE EFFICIENT NOR BEAUTIFUL!

PURELY ENTERTAINMENT……………FOR YOU!

THE TOTAL LOOK WAS WORTH THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE!

(I was thinking do I DARE SHARE this with my READERS?)

SEE THE BAG I HAD TO CARRY WITH ME 24/7 ?

I SLEPT WITH IT THE FIRST NIGHT ON MY CHEST!

It was a tad heavy.

Sometimes, I did the CROSS BODY BAG LOOK WHICH I DISLIKE …………because the bag comes right up under the BOOB!

The bag carries a machine to press a button if I have a seizure or episode as I call them and it keeps the wires as well.

NO TISSUES or CREDIT CARDS!

HERE ARE A FEW WIRES I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF IN THE SHOWER………NOT A REAL FUN PROCESS BUT IT CAN BE DONE IF YOU ARENOT IN A HURRY!

I STILL HAVE GLUE IN MY HAIR FIVE DAYS LATER………….HO HUM.

(This is an old stone sink we brought back from Italy 30 years ago!)

NO NEWS YET ON THE EEG………THEY TOLD ME ABOUT A WEEK.

I AM WEARING THE COMPRESSION SOCKS WHICH DO HELP WITH THE WATER RETENTION.

I AM HUNGRY ALL THE TIME AND WANT TO EAT THE BAD STUFF LIKE CHOCOLATE.WHEN I DO EAT CHOCOLATE I NOW GET PIMPLES ON MY FACE!I NEVER HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE!

AS FOR PEEING, I GO FREQUENTLY,BUT WHAT IS MORE ANNOYING IS THE FACT IT JUST KEEPS ON COMING EVEN WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE DONE!AND IF YOU USE THAT TRICK OF LEANING FORWARD EVEN MORE COMES OUT!I DONOT DRINK A LOT OF WATER.I NEVER HAVE.NOW WITH HEART FAIURE THEY TELL ME NOT TO DRINK MUCH.I THINK AND I WANT TO MEASURE IT FOR MY OWN KNOWLEDGE; I DRINK A GLASS A DAY OF WATER THAT WOULD INCLUDE MY “COCKTAIL” OF CRANBERRY JUICE AND BUBBLE WATER IN A STEMMED WINE GLASS WITH ICE EACH NIGHT BEFORE DINNER.

THE” BUN” ON YOUR LAB WORK MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF UREA NITROGEN IN YOUR BLOOD AND YOUR HYDRATION LEVEL OF YOUR ORGANS; I WAS TOLD BY MY HEART CARE PERSON.SHE SAID TO KEEP DOING WHAT I HAVE BEEN DRINKING AS IT WAS PERFECT!

I FIND THAT SO INTERESTING AS YOU KEEP HEARING DRINK DRINK DRINK 8 GLASSES A DAY!

AS WE SAY GOOD- BYE

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KEEP SCROLLING DOWNWARDS!

THEODORE and BETTY STILL RULE THE KINGDOM HERE

WHICH IS WHY THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR OLAF TO BE FED FIRST!

THIS IS 4:30am in MY CASA!

BE WELL ……….EVERYONE!

XXX