Replies
-
Happy Thanksgiving! My only excuse for the wrong day yesterday is that I am slipping so far into retirement now that I get the days mixed up? Sheesh! Today will be a late dinner with Connie, Collin, and myself. Collin worked until 2:30 this morning, so we are planning on 4:30 this afternoon. I have a turkey breast and all…
-
Good morning! Frankie woke me a little early this morning. I was also awakened by Collin who gets home from work at 3:00 a.m. I don't know how day 2 at work went yet. Connie, Collin and I will have a turkey meal together tomorrow. No large family gatherings anymore. Bob, that was a good story with the rotor. I still get to…
-
Good morning! Collin is working from 4:00 pm to 2:30 am, so I have not gotten to talk with him. Connie got up at 3:00 when he got home and she talked with him a bit. I asked how it went when she came back to bed. She said he did well. Whew! I am feeling better now. I do have allergies going on (leaf mold), and I have not…
-
Good morning! Frankie let me sleep until almost 6:30. Woot! Yesterday, we only had one sighting of the dog next door. He came out running and barking, but stopped short at his property line. I noted that he was wearing TWO collars as opposed to the one I'm used to seeing. I also heard the neighbor call him in right away. I…
-
Good morning! Done with the stoopid tricks. I took full dose of Zoloft last night and I am feeling much better today. Yesterday was a bit rocky too. I won't be trying that again. I've been on the Zoloft for several years now. I am getting older and so maybe it won't hurt anything to leave well enough alone and just keep…
-
Good morning! Lee, I know that there are pluses to staying out that last year. BUT, there are many pluses to pulling the plug now and moving. You can get great transitional health plans to cover until you are Medicare. That is what I am doing. My health insurance is $317 per month, which to me makes retirement worth it. I…
-
Good morning! Mike, congratulations on the piano. That is exciting! Here in KC, we have a moving and storage company that specializes in moving pianos. We used them to move Connie's baby grand. Hers is a Baldwin. If you call a local piano store, I am sure they have someone that they recommend. Connie and I went out for…
-
Good morning! It is cold now in Kansas. I like the cold, but it takes me a few days to embrace it. I'm just looking for the wind to die down a bit and I can pick up the last of the leaves for the season and so I can burn brush. I am going to try and fix my truck today so that I can get it to the shop and get the brakes…
-
Good morning! We had record rain yesterday which we needed. We had very high winds yesterday which we did not need. Yard cleanup probably tomorrow. Today I still have some house cleaning chores and other odds and ends. I did get Connie signed up for Medicare Part G yesterday. We went with AARP - United Healthcare. Now, I…
-
Good morning! I'm starting to feel better, Connie not so much. Darned Buffalo Bills. The Chiefs just didn't play like they wanted to win yesterday. Kelce was held to 8 yds. Mahomes didn't look like his heart was fully in the game. It is colder and rainy in Kansas today. I'm going to try to get a few things done around the…
-
Good morning! I have been down with a cold/headache/sleepy/carp. I am starting to do better, but I still have a sharp headache going. I will have Tylenol with my second cup of coffee. I have not gotten much done the last couple of days. That's OK. Dave, I hope you did well at the bizarre. You make such nice pieces. Sam,…
-
Good morning! That is sad about the littermate, Lee. My condolences. Bill, that is so exciting about your house selling! Congratulations! I am so happy for you!! I think that I'm coming down with a cold or something. Ugh. Have a great day!
-
Good morning! I'm not sure what is in store for today. Connie says that she has to get out of the house. It is supposed to be sunny and 60 today, so there are a lot of possibilities. Frankie let me sleep until 6:00 this morning. I still don't feel like that is enough sleep. Have a great day!
-
Good morning! Well, the leaf pick up is done for another year. I might still need to mow/mulch it one more time, but I won't need to pick up anything for another year. I have a very large pile of leaves in my garden. Perhaps I will try to grind them so that I can plow them into the garden in the spring. That won't happen…
-
Good morning! I spent the day picking up leaves yesterday. It is a very big project. I got the toughest parts of the yard done, so today will be easier. I have a John Deere lawn tractor and I pull a lawn sweeper behind it. I have to empty it every several feet where the leaves are the heaviest. It had been so dry and our…
-
Good morning! Sounds good, Lee. Get to feeling better soon! Thank you to all of you veterans in our group. I sincerely appreciate your sacrifice and service. Today is chore day and then start picking up leaves. I have a ton of leaves. It has been too wet recently to get them picked up, but now it is sunny and warm. Ugh. I…
-
Good morning! I have osteoarthritis. Most notably in my left hip. Yesterday, I was helping Connie repot a 7+ foot rubber tree. It is the only holdover plant from the kid's funeral 14 years ago. It was having some root rot issues so we took it out on the deck, and pulled it from the pot. The we washed all the old soil off…
-
Good morning! Lee, good luck at the trials. I know that your girls will do great! We had overnight rain from what started as a snow storm in Colorado. Not much to report today, especially since I have a cat on my lap who does not like me typing. I think that today is mostly going to be inside projects as it is wet outside.…
-
Good morning! I missed yesterday's roll call all together. That is frustrating Lee about the meds. Shipping can be a real pain in the tail section at times. Our neighbor has a male dog that is roughly 60 pounds. That dog will bark non-stop at anything near his yard. The problem is that the neighbors just let him out. He…
-
Good morning! Mike, I hear you about the computer. I started playing this game called Forge of Empires about five years ago. I can spend hours on it a day, and not get things done that I'd really like to do, such as spend time outside. I could use better time management with that. It all comes down to choices, and so far…
-
Good morning! I stayed up too late watching the game, and got up too early with Frankie. But, the Chiefs pulled it out again in yucky weather. We might see some sun today. It has been good getting rain the last several days. Connie and I voted last week. We will just be watching returns this evening. Bill, safe travels.…
-
Good morning! Wow! Mike is getting piano gigs! It is so cool to see how you have come along with piano tuning and playing. It is not frosty cold here this morning. 62 degrees, our average high, not the low. Fall is really having a hard time getting started this year. I think that we've had maybe one hard freeze so far this…
-
Good morning! So much for the extra hour of sleep. At 4:30 Connie got up to use the bathroom, and Collin was stirring around going to bed (another story). Frankie was convinced it was time to get up. Sigh.... She didn't want to go out yesterday evening because of the rain. This morning, she didn't want to go out because of…
-
Good morning! It it exciting to read about you guys that are moving! In some ways, I am envious. We have lived in this house since 1996, and as long as Connie is alive, we won't move. This house has too strong of a physical connection to Jacob. The house is paid for, and it is a nice house. I don't really mind if we could…
-
Good morning! I plan on voting early today. Connie voted yesterday. She said that she was the only one there at the time. No lines, no waiting. I like the cooler temps that we have now. I just have to get outside and enjoy them now. How often do you guys take naps? Because I get up early with the dog, I don't sleep in. I…
-
Good morning! We don't do Halloween here. We are not against it, but with our boys grown, and a quiet street with few children, we just keep our light off tonight. We had wild storms last night, but no damage. This ushers in real Fall weather, so I'm happy. The high temps are going to be in the 50s and 60s for at least the…
-
Good morning! Wow! Nice looking house, Lee! I also like the solar. Have you had solar before? What's the elevation there? Bill, I am so happy for you and Heather. Bob, Happy belated birthday to your DW. Our average high right now is supposed to be 62. Our low last night was 72. We are headed to mid to upper 80s today…
-
Good morning! Well! We have a bunch of happy movers. Lee, congratulations on closing! I hope that your plans shape up smoothly. Bill, congratulations on making it to Oregon! I pray that your house in CA sells quickly. I got half the windows in the house washed yesterday, the other half today. It was in the 80s yesterday…
-
Good morning! The Chiefs did it again. Lee, for your fantasy team, Travis had a great game yesterday. Bill, I am very happy that you and Heather are now in Oregon. Woot! Mike, sometimes great sounding books are not so much. I have two books I checked out from the library, and I only made it about 100 pages into one of…
-
Good morning! Dave, praying for your eye. Praying that Bill and Heather have a safe move to Oregon. Connie and I had an awesome afternoon yesterday. We went and saw the movie Conclave. If any of you have a chance to see it, I very highly recommend it. This was a very well done movie. After the movie, we went to Chili's and…