Oh no! Only 5% battery and nearly midnight. A sunny day but I went to an appointment at 11am when it was actually booked for 2pm. My mistake and ended up wasting time driving back and forth. Not much achieved so hoping for a better day tomorrow.
Beautiful tea set Lin.

Going before battery dies.
Jackie 🥰

My taxes were simple this year. All my investments are maintained by Edward Jones and they prepare the proper 1099 documents that I can send electronically to my tax preparer. The accounting from my pension and Jake's social security came in January. I fill out some forms for my tax preparer and mail everything to her. After tax season she'll give me her ideas of altering my withholding for filling single next year

🐾Annie keeps finding new playful things to do to challenge me.

🌞Since I don't go anywhere I've had no reason to buy new clothes

🐾😱Annie tries to claim my side of the bed.

A busy day starting with grocery shopping but torrential rain earlier had sent a river of water down our track and under my garage doors! When I got home I left my car out and garage door open so it might dry out but more rain, and even hail, didn’t help my efforts! I have finally planted seeds taken out of Spanish tomatoes purchased earlier and placed the pots in my electric propagator. That should have happened last month but it was too cold.
I’ve heard from Anne that her leg plaster was removed but another x-ray has shown the break hasn’t repaired so she now has a very heavy boot on her foot. Carers are still visiting and some she likes better than others. She has books to read that are so old she doesn’t remember much of the storylines!

Annie is adorable Barbie.

That bee teapot is hilarious Lin.

Sandy, I was nervous about putting air in my tyres but it was quiet so I took my time and actually, because I had earlier Google searched how much the tyres on my car needed, it was easy. My problem is I have to re initiate the settings to stop the warning ping noise and so far it’s not behaving!

Time for bed! Take care

Jackie 🥰

Hello. I hope everyone is okay today.

The wind had been crazy today. I had to rescue my door mat as it flew by, my downspout detached and started across the yard and even my very heavy garden gnome was pushed around. I put a note on my door asking UPS to please ring my doorbell.

They did not do that but I received a notice within minutes that one package had been delivered. Both were there and I struggled them inside. Sigh.

I hope the wind dies down overnight.

Be safe everyone. My sinuses are on the warpath. I think I will put warm wash cloths on my face this evening.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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I went to Costco yesterday. This was one more new solo adventure for me. Since we got Annie, Jake had been going to Costco by himself because he didn't want to leave Annie alone in the car in the Costco parking lot. I finally figured out why. He always parked as close to the entrance as possible so he wouldn't have to walk far and he didn't want to leave her in the car with all the people and cars passing by. I solved that by parking as far out in the parking lot as possible and going into the store the minute they opened. Nobody parked anywhere near my car and Annie was fine. I bought only the five things on my list including TP since I still haven't gotten over the mindset that went with the big TP famine in 2020.

March came in with a day of "fake spring" but rain is predicted for today. My walking friend will be here at 11;00 so I hope it holds off til after our walk. I'll pick up groceries at 8:30. With Costco yesterday and QFC today, I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara who said "With God as my witness, I'll never go hungry again".

Both son and daughter called yesterday. Son called because he thought it was my birthday (it's not) and daughter because she tries to call every week or so.

Barbie

Hello….

Barbie, good for you. I like to stock up as well. As of this afternoon over the last few weeksI have stocked up on Kleenex, toilet paper and paper towels. I used some gift cards to get the paper towels this afternoon. I had found some at another store online but there weren’t any in stock locally. I could have ordered them for delivery but the shipping is $9.99 which sort of ruined the good deal. So, I got the second best deal I could find. As I was leaving the store, I told the cheerful employee, see you in a year when I run out of paper towels and we both chuckled. It felt good to laugh.

And I am glad you found a way to do Costco shopping with Annie in the vehicle. Good thinking! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Sandy, I watched the local weather tonight and when they said snow was in the forecast for two days this coming week I was shocked. Oh, I hope they are wrong. Enjoy the Academy awards. Not something I care to watch. I always find something interesting though.

I am ready to do errands tomorrow. At least no snow is expected tomorrow. That is very good. I have quite a number of stops.

Be safe everyone.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Sandy, When we got Annie, they told us she was crate trained but at bedtime when we tried to put her in the crate, she started barking and fussing and Jake said that he'd like to have her sleep with us so he just put the crate away and didn't use it. I guess he thought she'd be OK just like the poodles and Bessie had been. But time passed and we found out how energetic she was and how she'd play rough with Bessie and chew on things that weren't safe. It was fine when there were two of us but now that I'm alone, every event is a challenge. I continue to put things away and make sure there's nothing she can get into. Now I can walk alone for as long as 40 minutes or leave her in the car while I'm shopping or at an appointment and she's fine. The car will be more of a problem when it gets warm in the summer. The Tesla had a feature called "dog mode" that kept the climate control going while the driver was gone and had a screen visible to anyone looking through the window that said "my driver is gone, but the temperature is set to 70 degrees (or whatever you set). As safe as our neighborhood is, I don't feel safe leaving the dogs alone in the yard for more than a few minutes.

Lin I like having plenty of staple products, but like you, I have to shop often for fresh products. I like curbside pickup at QFC. The ordering is easy, the employees are friendly, and I usually go at a low traffic time like 8:30 Sunday morning.

I've been doing well taking care of business until yesterday when my walking friend had to phone me from the driveway where she had been waiting for 20 minutes for me to come out for our 11 AM walk. I was relaxed with TV, bike, and knitting and completely forgot that we'd scheduled the walk.

We have had warmer weather and I'd love to get out and work in the yard and close up the woodstove for the season, but I know that March and April seem to go back to wintery weather so I don't want to jump the gun.

Barbie

Hello. Got to all of my errands this morning. It took longer than expected. Did some Zoom classes today and contacted the place that has my Roth IRAs to find out the process to move one that is maturing. Then I called the place where I want the money to go and I think I have done as much as I can do at this point. Nothing seems to be easy and people aren’t sure how to accomplish things. Maybe it’s because things change too quickly.

My eyes are very tired once again and I have had a sinus headache all day and I need to get some rest.

Take care everyone. We expect over an inch of rain tomorrow and then a changeover to snow by Wednesday morning, a break on Thursday, then additional snow on Friday.

I will be staying in.

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Jackie, I am sorry that Betty’s condition has deteriorated. Sending hugs and best wishes.

Lin 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Hello and sorry I didn’t post again yesterday. Thank you so much for your kind messages. We’ve all been through it haven’t we so know exactly how each of us feels when faced with this kind of loss. When the vet saw Betty and the way she seemed to have switched off she told me she thought the kindest thing would be to let her go so as sad as I am, I know it was the right decision. I sat with Betty in my lap while a sedative was administered and within minutes she was fast asleep, then before all of the final injection had been given she was gone. I got a big hug from the vet and all her colleagues were kind. One of the nurses I’ve known for years was on duty and carried Betty out to my car because I wanted to bury her under one of my Camelias. George and Betty both came to look at her before she was laid to rest with her favourite squeaky toy and since then I kept myself busy and also messaged the friends that knew her. When it was time to eat I jumped into my car and drove to a store in town for a vegetarian microwave meal, bottle of wine and sticky chocolate dessert. I only had one glass but it helped ease a tense headache that had developed.

I’m trying to cut up the last of a few branches that have been lying on my lawn since Barney tidied a tree because it will probably rain tomorrow and through the weekend.
So dear friends, thank you again. Betty was the funniest, gentle dog and I’m missing her lots but know she is in a far better place.

Hugs all round. Jackie 🤗