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Post by toomuchreality on May 27, 2023 18:08:22 GMT -5
I ended up with just DGS2 this afternoon DGS1 got to go out on the tractor with Daddy for the afternoon. Best part of it is I get dinner out of the deal. DD wanted everyone in her family to meet at my place this evening so they could go to mass tonight, so she told DSIL to bring the dinner she had ready for tonight over here. There will be pork loin, a pasta salad, baked beans, and she asked me to contribute some corn from the freezer, which I will willingly do. It will be nice to have a real meal with sides, not something I have been doing lately. Nice! Enjoy!
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Post by toomuchreality on May 28, 2023 3:23:00 GMT -5
Yay! The barrel chairs I got from DD2 are finally clean and they look SO much better! Plus I got my PC hooked back up, so I'm pretty happy. Once I get our family photo and a few things hung up, things will be done, for the most part. I have a bunch of various holiday decorations in my front room, bedroom and kitchen. But I don't want to put them back in my garage to store them, because I've seen roaches out there recently. YUCK! In the 19+ years I've lived here, I've never had a problem with roaches, until now. They creep me out. Thank goodness they're not in my apt! I couldn't deal with that.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 28, 2023 9:56:33 GMT -5
19 years is a long time to live at the same place.
I will have lived here for 14 years in July. Longest I have lived anywhere since I left home.
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Post by Sharon on May 28, 2023 10:23:37 GMT -5
I lived at my last place just shy of 28 years. It was so close to being paid off and I don't miss the hose or neighbors one bit. Yes I cried as I walked through the empty house for the last time but after that I haven't had a single regret. Other times after moving I have had some regret and questioned if it was the right decision. There are many days I question whether I'm in the right house when it becomes overwhelming to try and keep this property maintained but I don't regret the move over here one bit. I do wish the house was closer to being paid off
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Post by Opti on May 28, 2023 10:29:38 GMT -5
19 years is a long time to live at the same place. I will have lived here for 14 years in July. Longest I have lived anywhere since I left home. I will be at 15 years here in July as well. I wish my longest somewhere had been one of my homes instead of a one-bedroom apartment, but not dead yet, so still a chance!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on May 28, 2023 10:48:00 GMT -5
Hotter out today than yesterday. Hope everyone is in a pick-and-choose mindset for brunch today.
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Post by busymom on May 28, 2023 11:02:39 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! I made it to church this morning, and my company should begin to arrive in about an hour. Wish me luck, as insomnia hit hard again last night, so most likely I'll be hurting by the end of the day.
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Post by busymom on May 28, 2023 15:52:00 GMT -5
Well, the entertaining part of the day started off a bit rough. DH went to pick up one of our guests, who wasn't feeling well. Not sick enough to go to the hospital, but not feeling good enough to visit, so DH picked up some lunch & dropped it off for them (after asking if they wanted to be taken to urgent care-nope). In the meantime, I got the grill going, and got about 1/2 the food cooked before DH returned. Then, just as we're finishing our plates, DH got called in to work. You just can't win. At least we'll have enough leftovers for days...
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Post by NancysSummerSip on May 29, 2023 12:27:20 GMT -5
Peeps, a good Monday to all of you. Got back from the race, and on a caffeine-fueled rant, posted on my blog (and the race director's FB page) about what a cheapskate jerk he is. Four hundred medals short, when they knew they had over 1,000 runners preregistered. He made me mad, and I saw kids cry. And yes, I did call him and his company out by name in the blog. I think I am on iced tea #5 or so. Had breakfast with a friend, so don't need food until dinner. Beans are baking in the oven, and decided to do laundry rather than leave the stinky running clothes in the washing machine to fester.
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Post by Sharon on May 29, 2023 15:39:12 GMT -5
I'm grateful today that I haven't been able to find an eye doctor and get real glasses. I'm still wearing readers even though I have really need prescription glasses. Today while working in the yard they fell off my head and I stomped on them good. They are now very flat.
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Post by Sharon on May 29, 2023 20:15:43 GMT -5
The kids ended up coming over this afternoon and we got the pool opened up. DSIL got all the hoses hooked up to the filtering system etc. There is still more to do before it is ready for swimming but at least it is now uncovered and everything is hooked up.
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Post by busymom on May 29, 2023 21:32:23 GMT -5
Good Evening Kids! It's been a long day, and a full weekend. We went to the garden center & bought most of our plants for the vegetable garden (this weekend is traditionally the time to put your plants into the ground for this part of the country). DH did most of the "dirty work". I still need to find a couple more things. He put the seeds into the dirt too. It's already getting very dry, too early in the season, so I've got a hunch we'll be spending more money than usual on water this Summer. But, who knows? We've also got "hit & miss" showers that are supposed to arrive 4 of the next 7 days. Each growing season is a mystery. I'm not happy about how expensive vegetable plants are now. Years ago you could buy 6 packs, then they got reduced to 4 packs, then 3 packs. Now individual small vegetable plants (think tomatoes & peppers) run about $5 apiece. It's enough to make me seriously consider getting my own greenhouse. Not that I'd save money overall, I just hate the feeling that I'm "wasting" money buying plants. Sharon, I'm sorry to hear about the broken glasses. Be glad it didn't happen to prescription glasses. The last time I peeked at the full price of my prescription glasses, it was $800 before the insurance kicked in. NancysSummerSip, the poor planning on that race is simply unbelievable! A novice could've done better.
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Post by toomuchreality on May 29, 2023 21:49:50 GMT -5
19 years is a long time to live at the same place. I will have lived here for 14 years in July. Longest I have lived anywhere since I left home. Most places I've lived over 10 years. It was 19 here, in Feb 2023. If I don't have a POS manager/landlord, I usually stay.
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Post by toomuchreality on May 29, 2023 22:06:46 GMT -5
I'm grateful today that I haven't been able to find an eye doctor and get real glasses. I'm still wearing readers even though I have really need prescription glasses. Today while working in the yard they fell off my head and I stomped on them good. They are now very flat. Oops! I buy my readers at All a $1, or whatever it's called now. There's one about 2-3 miles from my place. I got my last 2 pair from my sister's house, after she died, about 17 years ago. I broke a pair this last winter. 🙄 busymomI agree, the cost of plants has become crazy high. But home grown taste SO much better! Was your DH able to come back to your BBQ/get together? I hope you enjoyed it. I slept until 3pm today and had a hard time waking up. Ugh.
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Post by busymom on May 29, 2023 23:45:10 GMT -5
Afraid not, toomuchreality. He got stuck working until the end of the day. I used to hate "no shows" at work on holiday weekends... I'm glad if you're catching up on your sleep.
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Post by busymom on May 30, 2023 11:57:50 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! This could be an interesting week. DS & I went to run a quick errand, and the police had blocked off a perimeter of about 3-4 blocks, and some were out of their vehicles looking for someone. Needless to say, we left the area as quickly as we could.
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Post by toomuchreality on May 30, 2023 22:57:43 GMT -5
Good Morning Kids! This could be an interesting week. DS & I went to run a quick errand, and the police had blocked off a perimeter of about 3-4 blocks, and some were out of their vehicles looking for someone. Needless to say, we left the area as quickly as we could. I'm glad they weren't looking for either of you! And that you are safe.
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Post by busymom on May 31, 2023 14:20:54 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! I never did find out who the police were looking for yesterday. Oh well, it'll be public news eventually.
I've had a busy day so far, as I took my car in early so the dealership could deal with a recall. At least it was something minor. And, they wanted to buy it back from me, but I said no thanks. Maybe I should've asked what they'd pay me for it, but you hate to get rid of a reliable runner.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 31, 2023 15:34:47 GMT -5
My car just celebrated it's 2nd anniversary with me. It doesn't even have 15,000 miles on it. The dealership called to see if I would sell it to them and I told them only if they can put me in an equivalent car for no money. They can't.
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Post by busymom on Jun 1, 2023 16:13:55 GMT -5
DS & I ran some errands this afternoon, & got home just before a rainstorm arrived. We got a heavy downpour, and it sounds like a second one might be on the way. I'm ok with it, since our garden is in, and it's been so hot, I'm hoping the rain will help the plants, as long as we don't get any hail.
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Post by Opti on Jun 1, 2023 16:39:13 GMT -5
My car just celebrated it's 2nd anniversary with me. It doesn't even have 15,000 miles on it. The dealership called to see if I would sell it to them and I told them only if they can put me in an equivalent car for no money. They can't. I guess they are looking for sales and to beef up their used cars? With the interest rates up I would think both car and home buying has slowed down.
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Post by Opti on Jun 1, 2023 16:49:21 GMT -5
Have not finished my saga with AAA, but this week will probably be my last week of half days back at work. I'm not really that much better, but the worst of allergy season should be over soon, so maybe I can hold my own working 5 1/2 days a week. Its been a learning experience being carless and making NJ minimum wage. Last job, the bus did not go near my job, which was up a very steep hill and on a major highway. My current job is in town and while on a main road, its not up a big ass hill and posted speed limit is reasonable. Need to find out how to get a bus pass instead of buying rolls of quarters like crazy. Being 63 has it perks, bus is cheaper for anyone 62 or older, so that is helpful. Without the bus pass though, I can't afford to stop along the way much to do things. Today I walked from a bus stop to a lab place to get my bloodwork done. I will not recount the check-in nightmare much except to say I wish I had remembered the paperwork the doctor's office gave me had a scan code thing at the top. Because of the major temp change from outside (high 80s) from work (A/C) I could not get my license out from my wallet to scan. I arrived in the last hour they were officially open so I was not amused after about twenty minutes. In the end it ended well, but I wasn't sure I was going to make the bus in time and having not eaten lunch yet was not looking forward to being even later to lunch as the buses run more or less every hour only.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 1, 2023 18:28:07 GMT -5
Hot here, too. Our storm lasted about 5 minutes, so it didn't do any good.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 1, 2023 20:16:27 GMT -5
I need to get dressed and take my garbage out. I don't want to.
My maintenance man adjusted the float in my toilet, to save water, about a month ago. Now I have to flush it twice. So much for saving water! I keep trying to adjust it back to where it was, but no luck, so far. Dang it! Don't fix it, if it ain't broken!
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Post by busymom on Jun 1, 2023 20:34:15 GMT -5
I'm sorry the drama with the car is still going on, Opti. I hope it comes to a fair resolution too. I wish you had the same deal available at DD's job, where her employer can get discounted transit passes for their employees. I went & bought out Sam's Club tonight. I would've bought more, but I'm out of freezer space for now. At least we've got some good dinner options again.
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Post by Sharon on Jun 1, 2023 21:43:19 GMT -5
Things were crazy today. I had to go to the pharmacy for some prescriptions. The only pharmacy that my insurance would cover is a 40 min drive away and is located in Washington state. Usually when I go to that city I take time to go to some stores that we don't have in our area. I originally had planned to go to Home Goods just to look around because I enjoy that store. I also wanted to go Fred Meyer which was in the opposite direction of Home Goods and closer to the pharmacy. So Freddies won out.
I get back over the bridge and into Oregon and on the hwy back to my house when traffic slows. There is a John Deere tractor upside down, off a trailer, in the hwy. A short distance up from that the state police have someone stopped in a business on the other side of the road. The two incidents were close enough that they could have been related but I don't know. I get past that and suddenly a rock hits my windshield and pits it. At least it didn't run with a long crack. I get home and about 20 minutes later find out that bridge was now closed headed into Oregon because of an accident. I was really glad then that I hadn't gone to Home Goods, otherwise I could possibly have been in the middle of the accident or at a minimum held up sitting on the hwy. I think I will just hide out a home for the next few days.
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Post by Opti on Jun 1, 2023 21:45:32 GMT -5
I'm sorry the drama with the car is still going on, Opti . I hope it comes to a fair resolution too. I wish you had the same deal available at DD's job, where her employer can get discounted transit passes for their employees. I went & bought out Sam's Club tonight. I would've bought more, but I'm out of freezer space for now. At least we've got some good dinner options again. Thanks Busy, my current employer is smaller than even my old location so no surprise they do not have a deal although our location and headquarters might both be on the bus line. I don't think though the other branches are. I hope to finish my AAA stuff this weekend at least submission wise. I wish I was further along, but someone in RL pointed out I have to protect my job first, and vehicle resolution is second. Learning a lot about bus culture for my micro area, but am going to keep it all in mind as I look for a small second job once I am closer to full strength.
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Post by busymom on Jun 2, 2023 12:23:55 GMT -5
Good Afternoon Kids! It was a full morning here. I'm trying to catch up on laundry. And, the one thing that was missing from my vegetable garden I had to order from Amazon, and it arrived today: GMO-free seed potatoes. So, they'll go into the ground this weekend. We've got a full garden this year, since prices have gotten so high. The garden may actually pay for itself this year. I also ordered more dog food online for Speedy. Both of our dogs have sensitive stomachs, but eat different food, so it's tricky but doable.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 2, 2023 16:12:36 GMT -5
Back from the vet with Maddow. I don't know who is more traumatized--him or me. We are both exhausted.
He has a UTI. Got the same meds as last time. I also had them trim his nails and give him his vaccines while he was there because he hates the car ride.
DN3 is coming over Sunday to set up the feeders so Maddow can start eating the correct food and Amelia can't get to it. They will each wear collars that give them access to their foods.
The food he needs is so expensive that I can't afford to feed it to both of them.
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