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Good morning.
Another work week has begun. Yay (not!).
Saturday I went out for breakfast, got the grocery shopping done, got gas, and got the laundry done and the house picked up. I splurged and bought a coconut cream pie, so we enjoyed that too. I've had two pieces and that's it for me. Dad can have the rest.
Sunday I cooked a pot roast with onions, carrots, potatoes, celery and brussel sprouts. Yummy. The roast was huge, so I split it and froze half for later. I also roasted off some turkey for the week.
Feeling kind of sore today. Clumsy me took a fall in the bathroom again. I didn't wind up bruising my tailbone again, but my legs and my right arm are sore.
Cisco took his first ride in Dad's new car yesterday morning. They went to the dog park. He get's so excited when he gets to go somewhere.
Sheryl, I checked out your pics/videos of the ditch and the flooding. What a mess! Now I get why you've been so upset over it.
Isabella, what fun to meet with old friends! I've got one of those not-so-nice neighbors too. My birthday is next Tuesday, March 8th.
Debora, I hope you enjoyed your retreat! A surprise poopy diaper. Yuck!
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Hello and good late evening all, our weather has been real nice for about the last week with it getting cooler in the mornings and warming up during the day. Our humidity has been nice and low too so we were able to get some painting done. Hubby got all the drawers and door made for the coffee bar this weekend so we started on the painting. I did decide on using the homemade chalk paint using calcium carbonate and I love the flat finish it gives it. The paint brush marks are looking okay until we paint on the polycrylic protective coat because it brings out the brush marks and it gives a shiny look to the paint. It's a semi gloss not matt because I can't get matt unless I order it.
We decided to go ahead and finish all the painting on both the coffee bar and the kitchen island and using the polycrylic protective coat. Chalk paint does show paint brush marks and I knew that, I just didn't expect them to be seen quite as well when I added the protective coat on it. We can order some matt if it just isn't what we like in the end and I sure want to get this stuff done, lol. Once the coffee bar is done I can get the coffee pot and the tea stuff off the 48" counter and put it in/on the coffee bar. This will open the counter up for holding everything from the kitchen island so we can paint it too. It will be nice to have the pieces matching but the tops will just be temporary until we can order the butcher block tops. Once all that is done we can start on the shelves that go above the coffee bar. Yay, we are in the home stretch on this project and the best part is the 48" counter will be "ALL MINE" when it's complete!
The bio cleaner is doing a great job on the shower surround in our bathroom. I have about 3/4 of the space done and it's so nice to have a smooth surface under my fingers, it shines like new.
And finally, I was able to score 6 of those Pyrex 100 year anniversary red polka dot bowls for $2.48 each at my local store today. Yay, I was happy when I saw those on the shelf. I'm ready for next year at Christmas, I'll just make some sort of dessert and deliver it to people, lol. No more cookie marathons.
Sannferris-What a mess with the ditch out there, I sure hope you get some resolution to that problem quick. I also say to go to the news if they don't take care of this issue, isn't there a consumer protection department at your local news that checks into things like that? I do understand not wanting to rock the boat, but I also think you have been patient enough. Your animals don't deserve to be treated that way by those people who don't seem to care about flooding them out of their own land. There should be a regular maintenance schedule to keep that ditch open and operating properly. Your animals health deserves those peoples attention.
Isyvanek-Aren't neighbors fun? You know our neighbors, the ones who cause us such grief? Well when were were on talking terms before I got so fed up with their antics the husband wanted mine to rebuild the fence between our houses because it needs it. Oh and he would pay us when we were done, yeah right, lol. We told him we would give him a list of materials (and did so) that he needed for his portion, and when he bought them we would buy ours and hubby would rebuild the fence. You can bet that hasn't happened yet and it was three years ago. Hubby did replace four of the 4x4's since they were rotted and falling down but that is as far as we have gone with it. He liked our gates hubby built and wanted the same hardware we used, so I gave him that information too. He has done nothing to fix his issues at no surprise to me. He has since rid his yard of the dead cars though so I guess we have some success. I hope it all works out on the fence issue for you.
Mygnsac-I hope you are feeling better from your fall. Your dad has a nice new car and your weekend sounds productive.
Arobed53-Sounds like a nice retreat and I hope you all had a great time there.
Jlhawki-I hope you are feeling better today than you were a few days ago.
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Hello again, headed out to vote, have a few seats around here to take care of and of course the presidential primary, so lots of voting to do. Then we'll head out for dinner tonight with some friends. I was going through my grocery receipt today and realized I only paid $1.12 each for the red polka dot bowls yesterday. Yay, what a deal!
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Hi everyone, well, the meeting with Alan and Katie was intense. It's back to Ralph not working which legally he can do. It just wasn't he intent with which Ralph did all he did. Ralph and I met with the pastor today and talked about what we need to do for our next meeting on Friday. We are making some concessions to keep peace n the family. It's complicated.
From the meeting, I finished packing and four of us headed for the retreat - we used mapquest which was not right but twisted our minds so we were about an hour later than planned but we got supper and had a good evening. I roomed with one friend and we were up past 12:30 talking. She said I fell asleep on her. The next day was two more sessions with our speaker, a craft time (I held a baby), dinner and it was done about 2. The food was good (not for dieters)but I enjoyed it. There was a good group there - about 75 women and 16 nursing babies. We looked around some more at the camp and headed home about 3. Ralph wanted to go to a meeting and I agreed but while there I wasn't feeling so good so we came home. I think I was just overtired cause I was better Sunday morning.
Sunday our message was on sort of based on the shootings in Hesston and how we have God in control. It was a good message. We all went to MacDonald's and ate then and then went and watched Jeremiah play volleyball. Then we had a missionary speak at church in the evening. So it was a full day.
Monday I babysat for Maggie till noon and then went to the dentist to start a deep cleaning. I came home and got my list done and then Ralph and I went to Lori's and we addressed wedding invitations.
Today I had some morning at home which was nice. Then we met with the pastor and this afternoon was Good News Club. We're home for the evening. Tomorrow I get to walk again and then have an appointment which shouldn't last too long and church in the evening. Lots of going this week.
Sheryl, sounds like the tree trimming was a success in more than one way. Will be interesting to hear what happens on the ditch. I'm glad you're not giving up. How much more time does Simon have at Norma's house? Has it been good for the relationship?
Isabella, glad the fence process is moving along and you don't have to work with the neighbor. What fun to get together with friends you haven't seen in a long time.
Marcie, hey, tomorrow your work week will be halfway over. Hope the project is going well. Yummy on the roast. I enjoy having already cooked ready to use in the freezer. I'm have a bunch of ham I put in from a week ago. Had some with baked sweet potatoes at noon.
Anew, how exciting on the coffee bar and kitchen stuff. Is the push to get it done before your friends come? And you're making huge progress with the bio cleaner. Cool on finding the dishes. Have fun voting. We just have a caucus around here and I'm not even sure who can go. I don't like that as well but what do you do.
Neighbor was just here to talk with Ralph - there's a lot of concern with Alan. We all love the guy.
I need to get started on supper. I plan to cook up some onion and peppers and throw in some eggs. Simple but I enjoy it. Enjoy your evening.
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Good Morning. I'm feeling so disappointed. I still haven't gotten any result from last Friday's meeting. I emailed Cary this morning to ask for a report. Yesterday, there were trucks in the cul-de-sac, but I think they just parked there to work on the house they are building further north, lot 6. (Lot 10 is directly behind us).
I talked to Norma Monday during her break (10:45 am) and Simon had texted her and finally left about 10:30am. He was going to leave when she left for work (7:30), but he said he wasn't feeling well and was going to go back to bed. She didn't know if he would leave at all. Anyway, he did go and it's about a 2 hour drive, but later, during her lunch time, she called again and said she got a text and he was still an hour away from home. He stops constantly because he's "tired" and takes a nap in the car, and eats. He texted her a photo of his lunch and it was not healthy. She is just about at the end of her patience regarding his talk of how he's going to get healthy, eat right and exercise, but there's no action being taken. The last 18 days have been a real eye-opener. He was sneaking food at night just like her husband did and she can't go through that again. She has plans with girlfriends next weekend and will tell him that he can not come back for a visit. However, he will be returning the following week for a doctor's appointment. She'll see if anything has changed in two weeks, he should be recovered from the surgery by then. He joined a gym that has locations in all the cities that he frequents, but he hasn't gone at all yet. Now that the kidney stones have passed, and he's recovering, we'll see if he ever makes it to the gym. The bigger issue is if he will ever get the CPAP machine, then he won't constantly fall asleep.
Debora, I pray that things get resolved with Alan and Ralph. I sure do understand how hard it is for Ralph to relinquish his farm. I see it with John too, he desperately wants to hang on to his control and possessions. He talks of fixing up the trucks and we both know that he is no longer capable, but he won't give up. Hope you are not put in the middle, it's hard for everyone.
Christina's going to accept palliative care now. She needs to be kept as comfortable as possible since there's no hope for her getting better. That's got to be so difficult for everyone involved. I hope they are a comfort for Jason as well. Norma said the staff she dealt with for Dad was wonderful for the whole family.
It's getting light out now, so I'll go feed the birds and refill my mug.0 -
Good Morning, still no news about out back, I guess I have to come up with a new game plan. I'm so tired.
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Good very early am, it's about 2:35 and I am wide awake. It's been warming up the last couple of days and I can feel the humidity rising and mosquitos have included themselves early into the mix because we have had a lot of rain. Mosquitos love to eat me alive and I can't get away from them, even inside the house because they follow hubby in when he comes and goes. This will be a very long season because the mosquitos will be here until November, ugh!
I haven't really been doing much except putting the last coat of clear coat on the door and drawer fronts for the island and the coffee bar. Next is getting the coffee bar painted so I can start on the island. The push to get it done arobed is so we can get moving onto the next project, and the humidity makes it difficult to do any kind of woodwork because it is so uncomfortable doing it while the body overheats and sweats, lol. Not to mention those pesky mosquitos too.
Hubby has a huge amount of vacation time on the books he needs to use or he will lose it and I keep asking him to just take 1 week off so he can concentrate on the house projects to get them done. He thinks taking time off to work at home is not what he wants to do so I asked him, "which is easier, working overtime everyday and then coming home and working, or taking the time off and getting to determine how much time you are actually working?" I don't think he gets me in this area at all, lol. All I know is if he doesn't use up that time he will lose it, so seems to me he should at least use it for something he enjoys, he won't be bored at home that is for sure. He has something like 6 weeks on the books, aye aye aye.
I made the spinach soup and those really good sandwiches for dinner again tonight. It is such an easy meal to make other than remembering to roast the garlic in the oven while baking something else, lol. I baked the bacon so it was perfect for roasting the garlic too. I also made a new batch of those cornmeal muffins with bacon and green onions to toss in the freezer. We'll have them tomorrow night with the turkey chili I am making for dinner.
I found a meat company in big town where I can buy chicken that hasn't been dipped in anything and it hasn't been injected with any broth. He says the chicken has received antibiotics for the first 6 months of it's life but this is the closest I will get to getting organic chicken because there isn't any within 300 miles from me. They are open 7 days a week so the next time I am in big town I am stopping by their place. I can also get grass fed and grain fed beef for reasonable prices so I look forward to taking a look at what they have. He said none of their beef is treated with anything to preserve it, no gassing to keep it red. He said it's just like the old days so I look forward to trying some of it. I don't eat much beef but his ground beef just for comparison is $3.99 lb for 90/10 and I pay $4.98 lb for 93/7 at the regular grocery store. I do believe that the regular grocery store meat is treated, so it will be great to compare it to the other guy. Who knows maybe I'll like beef again.
Arobed53-I sure hope things can get worked out between Ralph and Alan, I don't understand what is happening but it sounds like a real bear to work out.
Sannferris-I hope you have heard something since your last post this morning regarding the ditch back there at the fence line. So sorry to hear about Christina, I hope they can make her comfortable.
Well, I am going to get moving on doing some dishes since I am wide awake and hubby says I don't bother him while he sleeps. Goodnight all.
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John got up early and I never got over here this morning. We are having more trouble communicating. Had a long conversation yesterday and John said that I NEED to make all the decisions from now on, he can't rely on his memory or his judgment. Wow, that's a lot of responsibility that I thought we'd always share. Plus, when the time comes for a big decision and he doesn't agree, I don't know if I'll be able to convince him to go my way.
We just saw a cement truck drive up to the cul-de-sac, so John went out to see what's going on. I assume they are pouring another foundation for another house.
I still haven't heard back from Cary, but, before going on to another step, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming he's out of the office all week. After next Monday, I'll try something else.
Monday, I have a blood test scheduled and will meet Carol for lunch after my appointment. I look forward to that.0 -
Good Morning. Frustrating news for Christina, after a seemingly good meeting regarding palliative care and being told she would be on a strong, longer lasting morphine for pain relief and they could keep her comfortable until she dies, she received a phone call that told her she is not a candidate for this care and they won't help her. She is devastated and depressed and hurting. I don't know the reasons, I don't know if Christina knows why either. What she is going through is inhumane. I can't even imagine.
I kept forgetting to tell you about John and the shower situation. It's so much better now. He complained to me about dry skin and I told him after every shower, I'll give him a massage with coconut oil and that will help with the dry skin. He is loving the massages. I am trying to figure out more about essential oils and mixed lavender oil in with the coconut oil, it's suppose to help with depression and dementia, but I really don't see too much difference yet. I have also been diffusing the lavender for aroma therapy at night in the bedroom, but again, I haven't noticed any difference in our moods or behavior.
I've got the tv schedule all marked up with the basketball games highlighted for John. It's forecast to rain, so he will stay inside, but I hope basketball keeps his attention for most the day. It's definitely March MADNESS around here.
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Hi all, not much going on today. Dan and I got the "cob web cleaner" tool out and cleaned all the ceilings and wall edges of cob webs. Then we dusted all the pictures and vacuumed. I now have a load of laundry going. For dinner I am going to make chicken adobo which is a Filipino dish made with chicken thighs, low sodium soy sauce, and vinegar. I also like to add onion. You cook it down for about an hour and the chicken is fall off the bone moist and tender. I will serve it with rice and stir fry cabbage. The house across the street is 200 sq ft bigger than ours and is for sale for $648,000. I doubt they'll get that much for it but it will be very interesting to see what it sells for. I am continuing my decluttering and people are happy to get some helpful stuff. Some stuff is just going to Goodwill. I decided to make corned beef and cabbage on St. Paddy's day and invited a friend over for dinner. Trader Joe's had uncured corned beef for $5.99 per lb which isn't bad but I want to wait and see what Costco is selling it for and what the sodium content is. Tomorrow I am going to Jami's house so we can color our hair and hang out. I always look forward to that.
Anew, very cool to get the bowls for such a low price. Great idea to use them for the gifts next year. Too funny about your difficult neighbor and the fence rebuilding. It is mandatory with our homeowners association to replace those fences so it was even more frustrating that our neighbor did not want to discuss it. I'm pretty sure part of it is that he can't afford it. We are OK with paying for it. Sounds like your kitchen project is going well. It is always nice when there is light at the end of the tunnel. You'll have to let us know how the chicken and beef are from the new guy.
Debora, sounds like your retreat went well. It is always nice to get away and spend that time with a bunch of women. What is the date for the wedding? You all seem to be right on track.
Marcie, your b-day is very close. Will you at least go out for dinner?
Sheryl, So sorry to hear about Christina. Has she tried contacting a patient advocate or anything like that? It is not sounding good for Simon and Norma. It is very difficult to teach an old dog new tricks! Also sorry to hear about John not wanting to participate in decision making. Perhaps you can still discuss issues with him and see how it goes. Very happy that you will be having lunch with Carol. Give her my love. Dan and I use lavender oil before we go to bed each night. I spray it on our pillows and I also dab some under my nose. It really seems to help us relax and get to sleep. Can you believe tomorrow is the last Downton Abbey?!
Dan and I are going to go thru withdrawals!!
Well, I'm going to go finish dusting and start dinner. Have a great evening everyone!0 -
Week has sped by. Had my appointment on Wednesday - only about 5 minutes long so I was glad I had a couple of errands to do too. Then church in the evening but I actually had some time at home. Thursday was an interesting day. I took Ava to speech and the 4th graders were in the hall so I saw my great niece and some of the girls waved as Ava and I left. I took her home and stopped by my house to get my crockpot. Had no trouble until I turned into the church parking lot and the crockpot tipped over. I was able to save most of it but I had a mess to clean up in the car. I had brought the egg cartons and plastic eggs so we got started on the resurrection egg cartons. I laid the cartons out in the kitchen on the counters. 120 egg cartons is quite a sight especially as we added the eggs. I didn't get to hear the speakers much since I was in the kitchen but so it goes. I had not gotten enough eggs . The potluck dinner was very good and a nice break. There was plenty of food. We had other projects we worked on too. I got home about 4 so had a little time at home before Bible study. Always enjoy the time with the ladies. And when I got home I remembered my plastic eggs so found enough to finish up the cartons and put them away.
Friday I walked and then did my errands which again didn't take very long. I got home and put things away and fixed dinner. Then we had our meeting. The outcome work wise was sad for Ralph as he has to stay away from the farm but they'll be here for dinner tomorrow. And as I've thought about it, some things make sense to me. It's too complicated to explain but thanks for all your caring. I don't know if Ralph will see it but we were looking at things differently. And so it goes. Then at 6 Julie, Matthew and I met with the wedding coordinator and then back here. They brought pizza which they wrapped in to towels and after an hour and a half it was perfect to eat. We add the inserts to the invites and sorted out the ones for church.
This morning we headed out for the DAV book sale (3 books for $1). We got three boxes full. Then we went to Dillons to get grapes (on sale) and stamps (for the invites). On do El Dorado for out caucus. We did not expect the long line - great turnout which is good and I did have time to vote before meeting Julie to go to the next wedding dress fitting. The dress looks really good on her. There's still more cleavage then I or her father will like but she'll still be a beautiful bride. She brought me home and I've been doing things here since. Ralph got the books boxed up - we have like 9 boxes to take and 1 box we home to fill with the bookstores we stop at. We finished off the pizza from last night so meals were easy too. I just finished listening to end of the girls BB game which they lost by 3 points. I'll listen to some of the boys too and see if they get to go to state. They have like 23 wins in a row but any game can change that.
Tomorrow is Sunday so church, dinner here and then I think just the rest of the day at home. Hope you have a good one.
Sheryl, sorry you haven't gotten feedback from Cary yet. Hopefully, Monday. Sorry it looks like things aren't for Norma and Simon but better now than later.
I feel so bad for Christina. I don't understand why she can't get the care. It does not make sense to me. Constant pain has to be so tiring.
Not easy to be told to make all the decisions. Will he feel that way tomorrow. But it's also good that he trusts you. Cool on the massages making John want to shower. You are a smart woman. Is he enjoying the basketball games?
Anew, progress on the projects is good. Sorry the weather makes it hard to work on. But I know you're doing all you can. Interesting that your hubby doesn't want to take his time. I'd be willing too. Yummy food at your house. Cool on finding meat that you like.
Isabella, no cobwebs - WTG. That will be good for you to see how the house across the street will sell. Your supper sounds good. Only an hour and that tender. Yum. And fun with a friend. Makes for a good weekend.
Wedding is April 23 so not too far away. Seems like things are getting done but I'm sure it will get busier as it gets closer.
Didn't realize this week was the last for Downton Abby. Sad but not much we can do.
Boys' game is just getting started now. So will keep my ear tuned.
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Good Morning.
I have invited John to come with me to the blood work (only takes about 10 minutes) and then lunch and run errands. Yesterday, he said he'd come with me unless it's raining. Well, it's raining, so he'll use that excuse to stay home. I can speak more openly with Carol if John's not there, but I really want to get him out of the house and out of his rut. Plus, I have so much to tell her about Norma and Simon, we probably won't have time to talk about John anyway. If you remember, I only know Carol because of Norma, they went to college together, so Carol is very interested in what's happening to Norma.
Yes, last night was the end of Downton Abbey, but I am so happy that it all ended on a happy note. Just the way I wanted it. It was wonderful.
Debora, that's one of the big problems...John doesn't remember our conversations and tomorrow he may have a different point of view. It's so hard for me to tell him that he no longer has a say in any of our matters, I just can't do it. Although, he does trust me with his finances and that's huge, I'm so honored that he gave me power of attorney and put everything in my hands. It's mainly these stupid trucks and parts that he keeps changing his mind. First, he'll say sell it all and then he talks about buying more parts to fix them up, then he gets frustrated about trying to get parts (right now, it's some brake parts and wheel cylinders that are needed), but I know, even if we find and buy parts, he can't work on them and get them fixed.
Wow, April 23rd will be here before you know it, but, it sounds like everything is being managed very well. I imagine the dress and invitations are the biggest part. Although, I guess flowers and food are very big too. Looking forward to hearing about more details as all the plans are finalized. Do you have your dress yet?
Anew, I am with you, I think it would be great for your husband to take his vacation and work on the projects. You don't HAVE to go out of town for vacation, lots of satisfaction in getting projects completed.
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Good morning all, just popping in real quick to wish Marcie a happy happy birthday and many more! Hope you have a very special day Marcie!
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Happy Birthday To You!
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Happy Birthday Dear Marcie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday To You!!!!!!
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Good Morning,
Happy Birthday, Marcie, hope your day is very special.
I had a wonderful visit with Carol yesterday. (It wasn't raining...but John didn't go with me anyway). It was so great to just get away from the house and enjoy good food and good company. We talked over everything and if we could be in charge, our lives would be ecstatic. I feel for Carol, her daughter-in-law is going to remarry again, in June, and move to Florida. Carol will miss those grandkids tremendously, but it's also so hard for Carol to see Kara with anyone other than her son, so in that way, the move is good, Carol won't see them as a family with her son missing. Just wish it wasn't so far. The grandkids are now 15 and 13, so at least they are old enough to have their memories of grandma and grandpa, but Carol will still miss making so many new teenage memories.
I got my errands taken care of and feel I accomplished a lot in one day. When I finally got to the computer last night, to send Carol info on Blue Apron, I saw that I received an email from Cary. He apologized for the delay, he threw his back out and had to cancel that on-site meeting and was out of his office all last week. He will let me know when the meeting gets rescheduled.
I see more cement trucks coming up the back road this morning, so there is more concrete being poured. I'll look into the cul-de-sac when I go out to feed the llamas. Our barn blocks the view of the cul-de-sac from my kitchen window, I can see who drives in and out, but not the activity directly behind us unless I walk out there.
I better get back out there to clean up a mess I made earlier this morning. As I was carrying my scoop of cracked corn out to the backyard, I bumped my arm and spilled some on the floor, right at the door. I didn't feel like getting the broom and dust pan at 7 am, but I'll go do it now.
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Hi everyone.
Thanks for the Happy Birthday's everyone, and thanks for the song Debora! I'm not sure if we'll go out for dinner tonight. It just depends on how we feel when I get home. I have a Birthday coupon for Sizzler, so if we go out it will probably be there. It doesn't expire until March 15th, so we don't have to use it today.
I got to work yesterday morning to find ITD had deployed my new PC. I wished I had been given a little heads up. I wound up spending most of the day yesterday trying to figure out where everything is. It's a Windows 2007/Microsoft Office 2010. Other than being lost, the only technical issue I'm having is my printer is not working. ITD is working on the issue. They also gave me a nifty new ergonomic keyboard. My old keyboard must have been at least 15 years old.
We've gotten some nice rain over the last couple days. It's sunny today, but it's supposed to be rainy the rest of the week.
I stopped watching Mercy Street. Just got to where I had too many recordings. So I deleted that series and some of the movies I recorded a while ago.
Sheryl, thanks for sharing the news about Christina. I just hate that she is suffering so much.
Sheryl, yay on the shower situation with John! Have you heard from Cary yet?
Isabella, nice job on the cleaning. I need to knock down cob webs and vacuum too. It will be interesting to see what that house actually sells for.
Debora, I'm so sorry to hear about Ralph. It will just take time to get used to the new normal. The wedding day is getting really close now!
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Another riddle. Can you figure out how to make this equation work by moving just one match stiick?
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Good Morning, I got it too. Thanks for the brain teaser to wake me up.
Not much new today. Just had to pop in to say good morning, maybe I'll be back later.
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You guys are smart. I had to look up the answer!
I'm semi-splurging on lunch today (calorie-wise) and having a BBQ meatball sandwich with a side of roasted veggies from the office's grill. Yummy. I discarded half the bread, so not too bad.
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I can't get it, lol.
Good afternoon, we have been storming alot since yesterday. Today many tornado and flash flood warnings, but we've been lucky here because it's just been rain, lighting and thunder. I am so happy we have that rain gutter up on the back side of the house. It has sure made things much better when it rains and I don't worry the house will flood because it doesn't get too high on the back patio anymore. The winds have been high for the last couple of days and it even took out my husbands huge whirly gig in the backyard. It sent the top flying and it landed stuck into the grass with the metal support pole broken. I had a few buckets from the garden thrown around and my small green house (which is empty) was also on the ground.
My bathroom shower is all clean now, it is so nice to have a clean shower to look at, lol. Now I don't feel icky while taking a shower because it felt like I was showering with the people that lived here before us, lol. Kind of like the kitchen sink issue, I don't feel bad about setting dishes in the sink anymore since it is finally clean. I had a very long post I wrote the other day and I can't find it. I must have forgotten to actually click the post button. I usually use my last post as my gauge for where to begin again.
The coffee bar cabinet is finished and we need to build the shelf that goes above it for the coffee mug rack I bought last year. Hubby has found everything we need to build it in our scrap pile so there shouldn't be any extra cost to make it. I only get one shelf, it doesn't look like there is enough room for two shelves without making it look too cluttered. That's ok, I can roll with it and make some changes. It will be a shelf with a shelf attached if that makes sense, the coffee mug shelf I bought is designed to be attached to the bottom of an upper wall cabinet. So a shelf with a shelf, lol. It just might not have my decorative glass jars on the shelf. We'll see what I can do with it.
I still need to order the cute coffee cup clock I wanted to hang above everything. I am amazed at how much this little cabinet holds and hubby built it to my specs. I had him put the lower drawer/shelf in and we put all the tall stuff in it, this gave him the knowledge of where to put the next upper drawer/shelf. That then left room to make my topmost upper drawer very deep. So deep that I can put the tea/coffee cup saucers upright on their side instead of laying them in the drawer. This is perfect, I can load that drawer up with tall coffee and tea boxes, etc. For now it holds all six coffee/tea cups and saucers, all 6 huge latte cups, various tea steepers and my Downton Abbey ceramic spoons(still in their box) and other things. It's amazing how much this drawer holds.
We still need to stain the top for the little island and paint the outside and inside of it. Remember when we discovered the door was not a solid wood door, but was hollow in most areas? Well hubby used 2x4's cut to fit into those hollows to make it solid so he would have a place to put the screws. He said there is plenty of solid structure for me to add a towel bar on the side and toward the top.
Mygnsac-Happy Birthday! I hope you have a nice dinner at Sizzler.
Sannferris-Glad you had a good time with Carole, it sounds nice to get away from things at home giving you a mental break and maybe a nice exhale once in a while. So sorry Christina won't get the help she needs, and I agree, it's inhumane treatment.
Arobed53-Wow, that is alot of eggs, what a feat. It sounds like a cookie marathon. You have some very competitive kids in your family, I bet that is fun to watch the games. The bride and the wedding sounds beautiful.
Isyvanek-The chicken Adobo sounds really good and all the cobweb removal and dusting sounds like hard work. For me I can't raise my arms above my head for very long so hubby has to take to that task for me so it doesn't get done as often as I would like since he is already so busy with other things. This house doesn't seem to be as bad for some reason so that is a nice thing. It will be interesting to know how much the house across the street sells for.
Well all, I am going to get off here, I have been having a problem with a rash all over my body, the doc doesn't know what it is and I have been slathering on the benadryl cream to get some relief. I also discovered I can swallow the small benadryl pills so started taking those. I have looked online everywhere but I can't find pics of what I have. I think it is some kind of hive and wonder if I am allergic to something. It has helped taking the benadryl pills but it's also putting me to sleep for very long slumbers, the nice kind as in I don't feel like my airway is closing down like all the meds I was taking did to me. I can sleep and breathe at the same time, lol. Today I was in bed at 6 am and just woke up at 4:30 pm. Yeah, that is a long time sleeping but I've had lots of weather warnings in-between from my phone. So some awake time, lol.
I'll come back later if I can. Night all.
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OH MY GOSH! It's BEDBUGS!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!
I kept telling my husband it had to be bed bugs, but he isn't getting any bites. He or I haven't been seeing any bugs until about 2 o'clock this morning. He yelled at me to come in the room while he was just laying down and trying to get to sleep, there were two on the bed. He said he felt it crawling on him. OH MY GOSH! The last time he was on a business trip around February 18th was about one week later I started getting these welts on my body. He brought them home from the DAMN F'ING HOTEL. Gosh I am so mad. We have just spent three hours pulling everything apart, vacuuming and bagging everything. Oh MY GOSH and he stores his damn suitcase in my closet, oh I am so pissed off.
I have guests coming on the 24th, well I did, but I don't think that is going to happen now. I have to get all sorts of treatment and covers and everything else done. I am so PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!
There is nothing in the guest room, we already turned everything over and there is no problem. The mattress and box spring were in boxes all sealed up tight until we took them out of their boxes a couple weeks ago and neither of us have slept on it. I found one bed bug on my husbands ottoman but there is nothing in the living room otherwise, well at least we don't see anything. We turned everything over except our bed frame. It has to be taken apart and he was too tired to do that but he vacuumed it really well. Thank GOD it's only in our bedroom. Nothing on our dining chair seats. Nothing in the lamps in our bedroom. Nothing on any of the furniture other than the bed. We vacuumed thoroughly and tied all the bags up and threw away the contents of the vacuum cleaner. I put everything in bags and tied them off. I found lots of bed bugs on the bed covers and sheets. We inspected everything before I put it in a bag. It all has to be washed again and dried, all on high heat. They say to give it a second dryer run on each load too. I washed all that bedding the other day, we checked the mattress and box spring really well and found nothing then. I had removed everything from the bed, the mattress pad and all the sheets. There was nothing we could find on that bed. Aye Aye Aye!
My poor husband hasn't had an ounce of sleep since his nap he took when he got home from work yesterday and he has to go to work again today. He is in the shower now, I feel so bad for him. I am now online looking for all the bed covers and treatments necessary to get rid of this beast. We have Terminex, but online forums say they charge between $600-$1,000 and only guarantee for 30 days, they come back once during that time. If you purchase the bed covers and things like that they give 90 days. I can buy everything I need for about $500-$600 (Thanks for credit cards) from Do my own pest control and have enough to do the bedrooms twice plus have all the mattress, box spring and pillow covers needed to kill these things. I'll be buying the luggage liners and laundry bags too. Anything to stop bed bugs when he travels.
I tell him every single time he goes to a hotel to take that bed apart at night and look under the mattress. He says he does but obviously it didn't work for us. Just like looking and looking at our bed didn't do anything for the last few weeks that I have been eaten alive. It only was discovered early this am because he felt one crawling on him. Oh My Gosh! I have asked him to start using one of those plastic containers we purchased for our trip to California to avoid bed bugs. They seal tightly, they are water tight so he could put him clothes and things in that instead of using a suitcase. He can keep it all locked down in the car and just get what he needs for each day from the truck and put his dirty clothes in the bed bug proof bag I am buying him. I hope he takes heed and does that, I don't ever want to deal with this again. Oh My Gosh, it's the most horrible thing I have ever been through!
Well here is the website(s) for getting all your needs for any kind of bugs you have. I just suggest you take a look around for better deals and free shipping wherever you can to save on all this stuff.
pestcontrol.domyownpestcontrol.com/search?w=bed%20bugs&view=grid
This one has things cheaper than the other site and also have the mattress and box spring bundle set for cheaper. They also have the pillow protectors for cheaper. So I am buying from both places to get this job done. I see a huge amount of vacuuming and pulling the bed apart in my life for the next 6 months or so.
store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/checkout/cart/
Here are the instructions with the proper steps on how to get rid of bed bugs.
https://domyownpestcontrol.com/msds/how_to_get_rid_of_bed_bugs.pdf
These are pro strength products and we already have the body suit, shoe protectors, pro masks, green gloves, and the one gallon sprayer. Please make sure you purchase those items if you don't already have them. I don't want anyone to get themselves hurt when doing their own pest control. The only reason I got a Terminex contract was we were having wasp problems in our yard and I wanted them to handle that. They were chasing my husband. I think we had 10 wasp (I don't remember how many) nests of various sizes in our yard they took care of. They came back to take care of more about every one to two weeks. It's about time for that to start again so I'll be happy to let them take care of it. They have also been dealing with the red ants all over the yard too. We put bait down on those nests but they come back over and over again.
Well hubby just left without any sleep, I offered to drive him to work and he said no, so I asked him to call me to pick him up if he is too tired to drive later. Aye Aye Aye.
I'm keeping the bedroom door closed with the lights off in there and I walk back in about every ten minutes and shine a flash light. I found one adult bed bug walking on the carpet so he got smashed pretty quick. We vacuumed everything, but it's obvious why those things are so prevalent in this world. Ugh!
Well, I have probably run my welcome out on this rant so I will get off here. Thanks for listening, er reading!
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Oh my Anew. What a nightmare! Glad you now know the reason for the rash, but sorry what you have to go through now to get rid of those things.
I've never really thought about bugs in hotel rooms, but then I haven't spent much time in them.
Hi everyone. I hope you are all having a nice day.
Our weather has been cloudy but mild all morning, but they say the rains will return around rush hour today (of course!) and on through Saturday.
Dad took a nostalgic road trip yesterday up to Shingle Springs where we lived from 1977-1980. It's so pretty up there. He says not much has changed to the landscape. We lived on the edge of a forested canyon in a really pretty house. Lots of hilly roads there. I remember having to walk 1/2 mile up a hill just to get to the bus stop. He says our old house has been taken good care of, with lots of improvements made. Round trip, it was 70 miles. When we lived there my parents had to commute to Sacramento for work. 70 miles a day in heavy traffic must have been tough. The only reason we left was he was offered the chance to manage a TV station in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We lasted a couple years there, but he wasn't happy in the job, and hated the weather, so we returned to CA in 1982.
Just got an assignment so I need to close. Bye all.
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Hello again everyone, I've calmed down a little but have done a few loads of laundry today. No sleep for me. Hubby got home safely and is now resting in the guest bedroom which is now our new room for a few days.
I just spent around $845 today on stuff for this problem and it includes a heat machine that kills bugs with heat. It will even fit that ottoman in it and you can add books, clothing, electronics, shoes, pictures, anything you can't put in the dryer and will fit in it. You can bet this will be used when hubby returns from a business trip. I had some of it overnight shipped so I can get started and the rest will come when I need it since they are for the next steps anyway. The shipping was free on the regular shipping stuff, but the overnight stuff cost an extra $57.00 to ship to us. I should get it tomorrow evening (I sure hope so) and can start on that room if it's not too late.
domyownpestcontrol.com/zappbug-heater-p-8323.html
All in all, after reading the blogs and the fees people are being charged and still not bedbug free I know I am getting a steal on all the stuff I bought. I have 12 pillow encasements of various sizes, two mattress and box spring encasements, luggage and laundry protectors, and all the products I need to combat this problem.
I called my friend and let her know what was going on, I told her we would understand if they didn't want to stay here. I also told her the pest control lady told me if I do all the work I told her I was doing between now and then it would be no problem for us to have guests. She said I shouldn't be getting any more bites either. It is up to her and her husband to decide what they want to do when they come for a visit. I just want to see them.
Mygnsac-I took a look at Shingle Springs since I had never heard of it. Wow, what a beautiful place, it reminds me of home in East San Diego County. I bet your dad really enjoyed memory lane and you did too. The housing really seems very reasonable there.
Okay, well I am tired, I am going to get some fast dinner on and try to get some sleep tonight.
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Well the overnight shipping fee was well worth it, the tracking says my first order will be delivered tomorrow at 10:30 am. YIP-PEEEEEEEEEEE!0 -
Good Morning, Oh No, Anew, bed bugs are awful. I remember the first time I had Granny come out for the NM Walk, we were at a hotel in Escondido and she had a fit when I set my suitcase on the bed. She quickly told me to always put my suitcase (especially because it's soft-sided luggage) on a hard surface, not on the bed, so that I wouldn't take bed bugs home with me. I had never heard of that before. My sister fought bed bugs a few years ago, after having guests come to visit and she had them stay in her master bedroom and bathroom. Fortunately, the bugs stayed in that area and she never had a problem in any other part of the house. She still sprays the mattress, pillows and bedding with essential oils to help keep her bug free. Hope you are able to get a handle on the problem and your friends decide to stay with you.
I finally called Kit yesterday and left a message on voice mail. I hope she calls me back and we can get together soon. I hope Billie is doing better, but I have a feeling she's having more physical problems.
Still no news directly from Cary, but there is so much activity back there while they are building another house. Yesterday, I saw a very large backhoe brought in and thought it was for the house building, much too big for digging out the ditch. Early afternoon, John told me that they were using the backhoe on the ditch and he thinks they will damage the fence, it's way too big. But, I already went out there early this morning and looked for myself and the ditch doesn't look any different and the back hoe is sitting way on the other side of the lot, so I don't know exactly what John thought he saw. Time will tell.
Today should be fairly nice weather until late this afternoon when the rains return. It's time to get more hay, so this morning should be the best time. I told John yesterday that I want to go get hay this morning, but I'm sure he forgot. I'll see how things go when he gets up.
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Hello all, I finally got a few hours sleep and hubby says he feels much better with sleep too. My body aches, but my package was at the door so I'll be getting started on that room soon.
The day looks beautiful outside, it's a little chili, the sun is shining and I like it that way. We have a quiet sinewave 50 amp generator for the rv, it won't produce any electricity, although it will start. Hubby thinks it needs a new inverter, and we tried to get it fixed a couple of years ago but there were no parts available. Apparently there was some kind of lawsuit against the manufacturer. It looks like parts might be available again so I contacted a repair center in San Diego to see if we can get the part. If so, we can hook up the rv and let our friends stay back there.
The generator is really quiet and will run the refrigerator (we have a regular house 14 cubic foot refrigerator in the rv), air conditioning, microwave, tv and lights, all at the same time. The generator will run at max for 8 hours on 1 gallon of regular gas. This would give our friends a place to sleep and us the ability to finish the hanging of the new blinds we have while using air conditioning this summer. That is the only work left to do in the RV, replace the blinds. It's perfect, the humidity is lower right now and the air conditioner wouldn't run constantly. They would probably get 12 hours on one single gallon of gas. Here we go, my brain on overdrive again, lol.
Have a great day everyone!
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Oops, forgot to respond to you Sannferris, I'm learning a lot about these things. The pest control company confirmed what I have been reading and it seems these things are just as bad a cockroaches and they get into everything. Walls, baseboards, electric outlets, electric components, lamps, in the carpet edges, hide behind pictures and get behind loose wallpaper. They also burrow themselves into dressers and under the furniture.
This will be one hectic battle but I am not seeing any evidence they have gone anywhere except in/under our bed so I am hoping that is the case. At any rate I have that room closed off, I put the extra kitty litter box in the guest bathroom and we are taking showers in there too. This way the litter box in our bathroom can be cleaned thoroughly (clean and replace the litter each week anyway) and not move any potential bugs into the other parts of the house. Also, kitty is locked out of the room so the potential of her picking up any of those monsters and bringing them around the house is stopped.
Have a great day everyone!
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Another busy week. The kids were here Sunday but no one stayed too long so we had time to go over to a house and go through books she was wanting to donate if we could use them before church in the evening where a missionary spoke. I had a nice visit with here while Ralph went through the books. At 6 Monday morning we headed for Kansas City. We stopped at three places to look through books and ended up being able to pack too more boxes so shipped 14 boxes. They should arrive there the first past of June so they can deal with them before they come home in August. We got home about 7:30 and about the time I got time to get on the computer, the electricity went off. We got out the lantern and I walked cause that was an easy thing to do and we headed to bed about 9. The electricity came on shortly after 10 or so I was told.
Tuesday I walked, worked at home and had Good News Club in the afternoon. Alan called Ralph to come over and grind feed (had to fix a goof up) and has ground several loads of feed this week. We gave out the resurrection egg cartons at Good News Club and the kids were excited about them. Wednesday I babysat for Derek and Lindsey. I just had the two boys to start with and I learned how quickly Deacon lets himself out of the house. He's also talking a lot more which is fun (he's 2 1/2). When the girls game home, we ate. I could tell Aven wasn't feeling well cause she wanted to lay down. So all but one ended up taking naps. I was there until about 4. Lindsey had two great-uncles pass away within three days so one funeral was Wednesday (why I was there) and one was today. From there I went to Lori's and did the dishes, picked up a little, went and got pizza and headed home so we could go to church in the evening.
Thursday morning Ralph went and spent the morning at preschool with Brecken for grandparent's day which he enjoyed and I took Ava to speech. Then in the evening we went to the REC (rural electrical coop)'s annual meeting and meal. The meal for years has been the same but that caterer is closing down so that will be a change for next year. The meeting lasted over an hour, then there was a speaker, some singers from the local college (who were really good) and then the doorprizes. We won a stadium seat through the doorprizes and then in another drawing they had, we won a chainsaw so didn't do too badly.
I walked and went to town this morning. I was able to pick up hog meat that Alan had done at the locker and dropped it off on the way where Ralph was napping in the living room. He was out pretty good cause it was my third trip back out the door before he woke up. Tonight we are going to go watch Cinderella which oldest grandson Thomas is in (no speaking part but will still be fun). So that's what I've been up to and why I've just popped in to read.
Sheryl, glad you had such a good visit with Carol. Both of you have things to talk about and it's so good to have someone you can really tell all. So, in some ways it was nice John stayed home. Thanks for not telling what happened on Downton Abbey. I enjoyed watching it. John may not remember but it's great that you work so well with what he says from day to day. Ralph has been able to grind feed but leaving the rest of the farm alone has not been easy for him and he has gotten some lectures from me. I'm so happy Alan was doing some spraying today cause that's helped with his mood. I have a dress I can use for the wedding. It's a tad long so thinking how I can fix that but unless I find something I love, this will work for that day. It's has 3/4 sleeves which are not my favorite but the price is good (just clean it after wearing).
So glad you heard back from Cary. That makes it a little easier to wait. Glad you have the amount of land you do so you won't get houses too close. Bummer on spilling the corn - but it did wait on you to clean it up.
Marcie, cool on the new computer and keyboard even if you do have to get used to it now. With a big project to work on, you'll have to jump right in with it. You probably stopped watching Mercy Street with about one show to go. It was only 4 or 5 shows long. You end up with yummy meals whether you cook or buy them.
When we went to the REC meeting we took along a guy that Ralph graduated from high school with. He's been a widow for several years. I asked him what he did for food and he cooks whatever he wants - even makes his own pizza from scratch. I think he cooks more than I do.
Anew, glad you shower is all clean but a big bummer on the bedbugs. Yuck that it was causing the rash. Hope it's gone soon now that the bedbugs are too. Glad you are getting it all taken care of. That's one thing we haven't had and hope we never do. You are on top of the situation though - glad you finally got some sleep. A quiet generator - didn't know that was possible. Hope you can get the needed part.
Marcie, fun for your dad to go see where you used to live and see that's it's been well cared for. That's fun to do every once in awhile. One anniversary, we went to all the places I had lived and drove past the schools and stuff - some of it was hard to recognize.
Well, a guy is supposed to be stopping by anytime about an oil well they want to drill on us. With the price of oil so low, we think we'll extend their lease for a year and see if the price goes back up or not.
Haven't done a lot at home but I did straighten things (since this guy is coming) and got the dishes caught up. Trying to work on the counted cross stitch afghan deal - more fun now that I can see the picture coming. So maybe I'll do a bit more on it while I wait. I'll fix our frozen pizza as soon as he leaves so we can eat early and head out. I'll check in later.
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Cinderella was so fun last night. Thomas had a very small part so wasn't on stage a lot (he is a freshman) but it was a well done play - longer than I thought (2 1/2 hours) but it was fun. This morning I'm going to a bridal shower and watching Maggie this evening so Lori can watch without a baby (although we had her the first half of last night). Then I'll be bring Thomas home with me so I can get him to church at 6 tomorrow morning to leave on work project. Julie is coming over have the shower to think though what we still need to do for the wedding and see if we are on track so it will be a full day.0
