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Post by busymom on Aug 22, 2022 20:15:07 GMT -5
It seems with each relative of mine who passes on, the wait gets longer for the nearest military cemetery. I'm not offended by the wait, but it just makes it more likely that we'll see more cremations in the future. Putting someone in storage gets expensive. Transferring a deceased person to another state without cremation is REALLY expensive.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 23, 2022 2:06:44 GMT -5
I went to the Justice Court today and paid for. My speeding ticket. $130.00. I also paid an additional $25.00, so I can attend traffic School, which will cost additional $25 - $55, depending on which class I take. Plus there was a $5.00 fee for paying with my debit card. This is adding up, very quickly! If I get another citation, of any kind, in the next 6 months, the points are added back, as if I never attended traffic school. Traffic school is a 2 hr course. I'd better not screw this up!
DD2s whole family was sick today, with a stomach bug. Initially she told me not to come over, as they didn't want me to get sick. But after going to the Justice Court, I contacted them, to see if they needed anything. I then went shopping for them. When I went to drop the stuff off, I ended up staying and helping out, for a few hours. They all seemed to be at about the end of their ropes. Including the kids.
I had picked up a few toys and things, to entertain the kids, quietly, if they were up to it. It worked well. The kids got distracted, so their mom and dad weren't having to entertain, or fight with them. They got to take a break.
Since I've been home, I've been cleaning off my desk and dressers and dusting them. They were bad! I wonder how much dust it takes, before it's considered dirt?! LOL
I'm glad these things are done! It's now, just after 1am and I'm about to heat up some food, for dinner. Tomato soup and a roll with butter.
Good enough!
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Post by busymom on Aug 23, 2022 9:49:48 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! The weather is practically perfect here this morning. The sun is out, and it's not quite 70 degrees just yet. If only Summer were like this every day...
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 23, 2022 10:20:03 GMT -5
IMO, more cremations are a good thing. It's not even close in cost to what a traditional funeral costs.
The prepaid package I purchased says in the contract if I die out of state, my body will be cremated in that state and the cremains returned here. For what I paid, they would definitely lose money if they had to fly a body back here.
My cremains will be buried beside my parents and I have my own headstone.
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Post by busymom on Aug 24, 2022 9:43:36 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! DS has an ortho appointment, so I've got to get moving...
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Post by busymom on Aug 24, 2022 11:15:49 GMT -5
We just got back home & I have to share something funny. One of the plants in their waiting room looks a whole lot like a "Mary Jane" plant.
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Post by skeeter on Aug 24, 2022 15:24:54 GMT -5
We just got back home & I have to share something funny. One of the plants in their waiting room looks a whole lot like a "Mary Jane" plant. By chance, did you happen to ask anyone what type of plant it was?
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Post by busymom on Aug 24, 2022 15:31:58 GMT -5
We just got back home & I have to share something funny. One of the plants in their waiting room looks a whole lot like a "Mary Jane" plant. By chance, did you happen to ask anyone what type of plant it was? Nope. I was afraid I'd start laughing.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 24, 2022 15:43:09 GMT -5
By chance, did you happen to ask anyone what type of plant it was? Nope. I was afraid I'd start laughing. Or possibly giggling I would have had to "pinch" a bit of the plant and bring home for further investigation just for scientific purposes.
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Post by busymom on Aug 25, 2022 11:54:48 GMT -5
Nope. I was afraid I'd start laughing. Or possibly giggling I would have had to "pinch" a bit of the plant and bring home for further investigation just for scientific purposes. For research, of course...
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Post by busymom on Aug 25, 2022 11:55:59 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! I got through my scan this morning, but won't have results until either tomorrow or early next week. Of course, the day I'm getting this done, I feel better. Whatever.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 25, 2022 13:05:15 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! I got through my scan this morning, but won't have results until either tomorrow or early next week. Of course, the day I'm getting this done, I feel better. Whatever. I'm glad you're feeling better!
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Post by Sharon on Aug 25, 2022 14:17:00 GMT -5
Just wanted to check in, life has been busy lately. We have late summer canning, this week I'm making sweet pickles and zucchini relish. There may be enough ripe tomatoes to make some sauce. Thankfully the relish is now done and in jars, they just need to be washed, labeled and put away. The sweet pickles will be ready for canning this Sunday. Last night I unexpectedly ended up replacing my mailbox. It had been rickity since I moved in but finally just bit the dust last night. I was working away on the project when a neighbor girl saw me and she stopped and between the two of us we got the new one installed. That was not a fun project in upper 90's heat but it is done. My new chair that I ordered four months ago was finally delivered and I'm so disappointed. I picked what I thought was a nice tan fabric and in the light from my house it looks gray. Because it was a custom order it can't be returned, unfortunately. I even went and picked up a fabric swatch at the store to verify that what I got is what I ordered. Today I will see a new dentist. That has been the worst part of moving over here, trying to set up new doctors. I don't know anyone to ask, who's good and who isn't etc.
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Post by busymom on Aug 25, 2022 14:28:17 GMT -5
This must be "mailbox week". DD had to replace her mailbox because someone hit it. At least the post supporting it was still good enough to keep using.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 25, 2022 15:59:28 GMT -5
SharonI'm glad you had help with your mailbox. Especially in that heat. It was nice of your neighbor to come help, when she could have stayed home in her a/c. So sorry, you're not happy with your custom chair. That's so disappointing!
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 25, 2022 16:27:59 GMT -5
I'm considering taking my 2hr online traffic school class now.
Has anyone ever taken one?
Do you think there will be a questionnaire/test? Should I not consume adult beverages while I take the class? Doing it online seems REALLY boring. Really, really boring. 2 hrs?! UGH!
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 25, 2022 16:52:26 GMT -5
Never mind. I checked for info online and decided that cocktails during the class is probably not a bright idea. Bummer. But if I'm going to bother with taking this course, I want to pass!
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Post by busymom on Aug 25, 2022 17:50:38 GMT -5
I'm considering taking my 2hr online traffic school class now. Has anyone ever taken one? Do you think there will be a questionnaire/test? Should I not consume adult beverages while I take the class? Doing it online seems REALLY boring. Really, really boring. 2 hrs?! UGH! Are you talking about the test you take after a certain age <ahem> to keep your insurance rates lower? Yes, I've taken it. Drink caffeine. And yes, there were questions after each section of lessons. But, I like getting cheaper insurance, so it was worth the trouble.
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Post by toomuchreality on Aug 25, 2022 19:18:57 GMT -5
I'm considering taking my 2hr online traffic school class now. Has anyone ever taken one? Do you think there will be a questionnaire/test? Should I not consume adult beverages while I take the class? Doing it online seems REALLY boring. Really, really boring. 2 hrs?! UGH! Are you talking about the test you take after a certain age <ahem> to keep your insurance rates lower? Yes, I've taken it. Drink caffeine. And yes, there were questions after each section of lessons. But, I like getting cheaper insurance, so it was worth the trouble. Yes. I'm taking it to get cheaper insurance too. I'd rather be taking the class in person, but the price is more than double, so I'm pushing through the online class. It's taking me forever! But I'm making a LOT of notes. I don't want to have to do it over again! Gosh, I haven't done anything like this in over 35 yrs, I bet. It has been a VERY LONG time! LOL
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Post by busymom on Aug 26, 2022 11:54:12 GMT -5
I'm heading out to have lunch with an old school friend I haven't seen in years. Only one of my kids have met them, so the kids are coming along too.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 26, 2022 19:01:04 GMT -5
Peeps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a week! Forget the whole "Live, Love, Laugh" shtick. More like "Aim, Fire, Reload!" I mean, the whole world (or maybe just my lazy pinhead coworkers) are getting worse. Good to be with y'all.
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Post by Sharon on Aug 27, 2022 9:37:40 GMT -5
I ended up at DD's for several hours yesterday helping her. She is having a little play date birthday party for DGD today and was trying to get the house cleaned up, plus she had a box of peaches that was rotting by the hour that needed canning. I did the peaches while she worked on the rest of the house. Their house is so small that with 3 small children it becomes a mess very easily. When she asked me to help she said she would pay me with dinner and eggs. We had homemade turkey pot pie for dinner that she had stashed in her freezer and I came home with a dozen farm fresh eggs. Today I have to get the lawn mowed, it has been two weeks. I had hoped to do some spraying but we are having high winds so that won't happen. Also on the agenda is to make a little pillow case to put on the pillow that DGS1 will be taking to pre-school. He picked out some brown fabric with John Deere tractors all over it. Tonight it will be back over to DD's for dinner and birthday celebration. We will be celebrating both DD's and DGD's birthdays. I figure that's great. I can work all day and late afternoon when I'm tired I can just drive over to her house and have some pizza dinner. That's a win in my book.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 27, 2022 11:59:49 GMT -5
A nice day today, peeps, though I wish we could get some rain. I just squeezed a bunch of lemons to make a lemon cake shortly. I will have about a cup of lemon juice left over, so I will freeze that in cubes for lemonade. Did my last trail run for practice for next week's race, since the pool was closed today. Will likely bike tomorrow.
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Post by busymom on Aug 27, 2022 15:51:01 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! I've had a busy day, much of it writing sympathy thank you notes for cards received on my relative's passing. Of course more cards arrived today, but I'll get to them another day.
It's cloudy & gloomy here. It's "tried" to rain a couple of times, but it's not really turned into anything steady.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 27, 2022 15:51:55 GMT -5
House smells lemony -- in a good way. I need to let the cake cool before I ice it, but it will be a good breakfast treat with coffee tomorrow. DH will have chicken, baked potato and peas tonight; I still have some leftover pasta and will toss peas and chicken into that.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 27, 2022 16:35:44 GMT -5
Need to feed two cats who have slept most of the day after keeping me awake last night.
I have a new toy for them that I will give them after they eat. Hopefully, it will tire them out.
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Post by skeeter on Aug 27, 2022 19:32:00 GMT -5
Need to feed two cats who have slept most of the day after keeping me awake last night. I have a new toy for them that I will give them after they eat. Hopefully, it will tire them out.What did you get them?
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Post by busymom on Aug 27, 2022 19:36:40 GMT -5
House smells lemony -- in a good way. I need to let the cake cool before I ice it, but it will be a good breakfast treat with coffee tomorrow. DH will have chicken, baked potato and peas tonight; I still have some leftover pasta and will toss peas and chicken into that.
What time is breakfast? I may need to fly down to try that cake. It sounds delish!
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 27, 2022 20:18:52 GMT -5
Need to feed two cats who have slept most of the day after keeping me awake last night. I have a new toy for them that I will give them after they eat. Hopefully, it will tire them out.What did you get them? A ripple rug. They gave it a go for about 10 minutes. Maddow sat on it for about an hour. No interest now. Cats.
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