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    counter space or practical/compact kitchen?

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    I personally wouldn't do a backsplash with quite that many spots for things to get lodged in, though it is very pretty. I would try for something similar with a smoother finish. A microwave shelf where the compact fridge is now might work well for someone sitting on a walker. Or the drawer style dishwasher mentioned up-thread. Could put garbage can below.
    Another vote for rectangular sink.

    ETA: Although that pretty tile as a horizontal accent strip might be super cute.

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    Personal SARS-COV-2 vaccination experiences

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    4 minutes ago, JennyD said:

    I posted a few weeks ago when I got my second Pfizer vaccine -- just the 'usual' side effects of sore arm, feeling cold, etc.  

    A few days later, I got my period at 16 days, which never happens.  Still, I honestly didn't think anything of it, since well, I'm 48.  Time for things to get weird.

    However, in recent days I've seen mention of the vaccine possibly being linked to menstrual weirdness.  I dismissed it until I remembered, oh right, I had this weird thing happen myself.  It still seems entirely possible that it's unrelated, and I haven't read any convincing explanation of a possible casual mechanism between a vaccine and one's menstrual cycle.  Kind of hoping it's connected, though, as I'd much prefer this to have been a one-off thing related to the vaccine as opposed to a new normal.  

     

    https://vajenda.substack.com/p/the-covid-19-vaccine-and-menstrual

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    Covid 3rd wave JAWM

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    9 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said:

    The border between the US and Canada is still closed.  It was just extended to April 21 but I don't know what will happen after that.  (There is some "essential" travel allowed.) 

    I can't remember the exact interval but the closure extensions seem to be a formality. The last impression I had was Biden was hoping to open for July, our Prime Minister said September, and I'm sure with rates the way they are currently no one will press for sooner than that. In fact, I think the US currently has a travel advisory against Canada. For all the good any of that seems to be doing.

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    Covid 3rd wave JAWM

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    11 hours ago, wathe said:

    This is a pure JAWM, please.  Please don't quote.

    We are really struggling with covid here.

    Our third wave is the worst one yet, and is well en route to becoming a true catastrophe.

    Covid hospitalizations and Covid ICU admissions are at an all-time high. Provincial ICU admissions for Covid peaked at 410 last wave. Yesterday's number was 659. Today we are at 725.  It's only going to get worse.  Greater Toronto Area ICUs are full.  They've been shipping patients out to peripheral hospitals for weeks.   The peripheral hospitals are in turn filling up and shipping out further afield.  It's only going to get worse over the next 3 weeks or so.  Paediatric tertiary care hospitals have opened their ICUs to adult patients - this is unprecedented.  The SickKids adult ICU unit filled within days.  There has been a formal request to have HCW sent from other provinces.  True healthcare system collapse is a real possibility, maybe even probable.

    Vaccine supply remains a problem.  Just over 2% in the province are fully vaccinated, and just over 20% have had their first shot.  Eligibility is still restricted to 60+ year-olds and certain high-risk groups.

    Our provincial government is decidedly lacking in backbone.  This wave was entirely predictable (and was predicted by the smart people our government hires to predict such things) and preventable.  They've ignored their own science table's policy recommendations,  and dragged their heels and waffled on decisions.  They like to make announcements announcing that there will be announcements.  Then leak details.  Then make policy based on public reaction to leaked plans.   Then walk-back policy within 24 hours when people complain (in the case linked, complaints are legitimate, I think).  It's exasperating.

    It's been a year - we know how to prevent this.  It's heartbreaking.

    Health care workers are so tired.  It's beyond burnout for many of us at this point.  "Moral Injury" is the term I'm hearing - it's apt.

    Since this is JAWM I cannot respond to the many political points in this point.
    I do want to acknowledge the very real place GTA is at right now, though, and let you know you are seen and heard. This is the nightmare we have been hoping to avoid for 13 months, and I will be thinking of you in the space between vaccination and the virus variants over the next few weeks.

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    Daily Movement - Saturday, April 17

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    Daily 2km walk, bodyweight circuit + 10 minute yoga (25/30). Was vaccinated yesterday, so was prepared to abandon the push-ups if my tender shoulder dictated, but it seemed to make no difference.

    Spent some time checking out DDPY today, the thread on here sounds cool but doesn't look like a fit.

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    Daily Movement - Thursday, April 15

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    Have spent the past 24 hours considering applying for an office job in a nearby community. I could come home and work out, rather than being so tired from my current, rather physical job, that a walk is about the best I can do. But maybe I'm kidding myself.

    Anywho, got my daily walk done, hurrah, lol.

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    Have you tried anything new lately???

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    I try new recipes semi-regularly:
    - Chocolate Orange Cake for Easter
    - Carrot Cake Swirl Cheesecake for ds' birthday back in March
    - Zucchini Oatmeal giant scone/cookies with pumpkin seeds for lunches. That was a winner, for sure.

    I am not a puzzle person, so starting with a 1000-piece difficult one has not been progressing very quickly.

    Trying not to kill my houseplants, does that count?

    DH tries new things with seeds and gardening every year, can't even list all the things he's got on the go right now.

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    Daily Movement - Saturday, April 10

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    1km walk, flatter route. Since it was going to be a leisurely amble, I grabbed some disposable gloves and a trash bag to pick some newly deposited litter I'd noticed on the little access road next door. The dogs enjoyed all the sniffing opportunities and I still felt like I'd accomplished something. Still freaking windy.

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    Cultivated meat may be on the way

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    Quoting Allan Savory, a Zimbabwean ecologist not very popular with vegans:
    "All beef is plant based. Either we let nature continue doing what she does and has done for many billions of years, or we use our new technology to falsely manufacture meat from monocultures of plants in agriculture, which is already the most damaging industry in history ever."

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    Daily Movement - Friday, April 2

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    Dh took me on a hike today, crossed the river in the canoe, then up a steep deer trail. My daily dog walks on the steep trails behind our house were at least somewhat helpful, lol. Beautiful day in an old burn, saw meadowlarks, geese, flicker, eagle, 6 deer. Coming down whatever he said it was - 60 or 70% grade - was challenging, but satisfying for this 50 year old. We used to do this as newlyweds, neat to start up again as empty nesters.

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