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[toomuchreality]

Oct 27, 2024 16:40:04 GMT -5 busymom said:

Good Afternoon Kids!  It's been a long day, with church, a congregational meeting after church, and then I had to pick up DS, but he's back home now, so all is well.     I need to catch up on his laundry, which I will do, but I'm gonna sleep well tonight.  

I'm glad he's home safe.

[busymom]

Oct 27, 2024 16:54:03 GMT -5 toomuchreality said:

Oct 27, 2024 16:40:04 GMT -5 busymom said:

Good Afternoon Kids!  It's been a long day, with church, a congregational meeting after church, and then I had to pick up DS, but he's back home now, so all is well.     I need to catch up on his laundry, which I will do, but I'm gonna sleep well tonight.  

I'm glad he's home safe.

      Me too.  

[snapdragon]

Hi y'all!

Having coffee before I decide what I am going to pick at today. There have been multiple guests this month and I am attempting to re-charge the batteries before hosting Coffee next month. Thankfully coffee is only for a few hours and everyone goes home. 

[busymom]

Good Afternoon Kids!  Is it really not yet 3 pm?!?  It's been a busy day & I still have a list I'm working on.  Yup, it's Monday.

[NancysSummerSip]

Happy (?) Monday peeps! Only a week left of election emails, texts and calls. Cannot end soon enough. I don't even watch TV anymore.

Got my documents in for the concealed carry permit and met a friend for lunch. The fingerprint tech at the state office did not like my fingerprints. Like I can do anything to fix my fingers right now.

[NastyWoman]

So how was his weekend off for your son busymom. Did he have a good time?

[soupandstew]

Oct 28, 2024 17:40:14 GMT -5 NancysSummerSip said:

Happy (?) Monday peeps! Only a week left of election emails, texts and calls. Cannot end soon enough. I don't even watch TV anymore.

Got my documents in for the concealed carry permit and met a friend for lunch. The fingerprint tech at the state office did not like my fingerprints. Like I can do anything to fix my fingers right now.

DH had this problem with his last renewal.  He is of an age where his fingerprints have basically worn off.  They made multiple tries, both electronic and the old-fashioned ink pad way, but the prints were illegible.  We filed an appeal through our state representative and, since he had originally obtained his permit years ago and could otherwise prove he was the same person, they granted the renewal.  This time around he just didn't bother with renewal. 

[TheOtherMe]

A friend of mine had a skin condition when she came to work at the IRS and they couldn't get finger prints from her the old fashioned way that were legible.  She was a new college graduate.  

I have no idea of what has happened over her life with finger prints.  

[busymom]

Oct 28, 2024 17:54:42 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

So how was his weekend off for your son busymom . Did he have a good time?

     He DID have a good time.  They plan activities and quiet time too (they can watch movies or do other things during their down time).  They feed them well too, the kind of food that young adults like.    

[seriousthistime]

That's great to hear, busymom. I hope he looks forward to future respite weekends. 

[Opti]

Woke up an hour ago possibly because of the toilet. Had to turn off the water to the toilet as I think the float is broken. Now I can't sleep. I don't want creepy maintenance guy here but this needs fixing ASAP. And on Wednesday, tomorrow, our water gets turned off from 8AM to 5PM because of some town plumbing thing. Or so they say.

[jerseygirl]

Are you back full time to work opti? How’s your knee

[toomuchreality]

OMG! I HATE mornings and having to get up, before I'm ready! I always have, but today it feels especially bad.
(I have an early dr appt, for my shoulder.)


I hope you got some sleep, Opti.

[busymom]

Good Morning Kids!  I had the brilliant idea to go get groceries last night after DH got home from work.  Unfortunately, Target was out of a lot of things, so I need to shop again today for about 1/2 of the things on my list that I couldn't get last night.  Oh well...

[toomuchreality]

Oct 29, 2024 8:39:24 GMT -5 busymom said:

Good Morning Kids!  I had the brilliant idea to go get groceries last night after DH got home from work.  Unfortunately, Target was out of a lot of things, so I need to shop again today for about 1/2 of the things on my list that I couldn't get last night.  Oh well...

Ugh. At least, you're half done!
I hope you get what you need.

We got snow, last night. But mostly in the mountains. It's just rainy and wet, in the valley. But it's still cold.

[TheOtherMe]

It's already 79 degrees in very late October.  This is much too warm.  It's supposed to rain tomorrow.  We definitely need rain.

[busymom]

It is 67 degrees here right now with a light breeze.  Practically perfect outside.  


My arms are sore, as I was digging through a pumpkin bin to try & work around the ones beginning to rot to find one for DS.  I finally found one, but my back it telling me I'm an idiot.  


I got most of my groceries, but it's weird what the stores are out of.  Vanilla yogurt.  Really?!?  


Oh, and Wally World is putting out their Christmas candy.  I went ahead & bought the kids some gummi bears.  

[ken a.k.a OMK]

We haven't gotten rain this month and are in a burn ban. 65° now and close to freezing at night.

[toomuchreality]

I bought Kraft caramels today, in honor of fall.
I don't know why I associate them with fall, but I do.

My dr appt went well. It was the 1st time a dr has referred to me as being stable. Haha!

[toomuchreality]

41° and rainy today. Snow in the higher elevations (mountains).

My apt office said, my reasonable accommodation for parking will be installed today. Yay!

[TheOtherMe]

It's 77, sunny and very window at the moment.  The house is hot inside so I just turned the a/c back on for the cleaner and my comfort.  

We also have a burn ban.

We are to get heavy rain tomorrow.  I don't like that either.  I will never feel I can trust my basement again.

[busymom]

Oct 29, 2024 12:36:40 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

We haven't gotten rain this month and are in a burn ban. 65° now and close to freezing at night.

      We've had a burn ban for quite awhile.  It's been a crazy growing season.  So wet in the Spring that your feet would sink into the ground, and now it's bone dry this Fall.  To add to the crazy, our roller coaster temperatures.  Our high is in the mid-70's today, and we have a chance of s-n-o-w over Halloween.  You just can't make this stuff up!  

[Opti]

Please pray for me. Something went south with my toilet last night. The column the float sits on seems to have broken or decoupled somehow. Maintenance closed the ticket without actually fixing the issue. I walked in the door to hear the toilet running and running. Decided to turn the valve and shut the water off because I can't tolerate it anymore.

I don't know why we have to have a sucky maintenance guy now. Why can't they get someone good that pays attention? I am so worried I will need to get a plumber to fix this, because I have no faith in this guy at all. Wish the helper would address it instead. In the past my toilet got fixed when I put in a ticket. This guy just makes it worse or does nothing. I want to scream!

[toomuchreality]

Oct 29, 2024 17:45:46 GMT -5 Opti said:

Please pray for me. Something went south with my toilet last night. The column the float sits on seems to have broken or decoupled somehow. Maintenance closed the ticket without actually fixing the issue. I walked in the door to hear the toilet running and running. Decided to turn the valve and shut the water off because I can't tolerate it anymore.

I don't know why we have to have a sucky maintenance guy now. Why can't they get someone good that pays attention? I am so worried I will need to get a plumber to fix this, because I have no faith in this guy at all. Wish the helper would address it instead. In the past my toilet got fixed when I put in a ticket. This guy just makes it worse or does nothing. I want to scream!

Frustrating!
Good luck!

[toomuchreality]

My maintenance guy came and installed my reserved parking space today. Yay!
Just in time, before the snow hits, in the valley, here.
I was getting nervous!

I talked to the office about what to do in an emergency (re: using the elevator, or the stairs).
They couldn't tell me anything, so said they will call me back.
But that was half an hour ago.

[Opti]

Oct 29, 2024 18:48:56 GMT -5 toomuchreality said:

Oct 29, 2024 17:45:46 GMT -5 Opti said:

Please pray for me. Something went south with my toilet last night. The column the float sits on seems to have broken or decoupled somehow. Maintenance closed the ticket without actually fixing the issue. I walked in the door to hear the toilet running and running. Decided to turn the valve and shut the water off because I can't tolerate it anymore.

I don't know why we have to have a sucky maintenance guy now. Why can't they get someone good that pays attention? I am so worried I will need to get a plumber to fix this, because I have no faith in this guy at all. Wish the helper would address it instead. In the past my toilet got fixed when I put in a ticket. This guy just makes it worse or does nothing. I want to scream!

Frustrating!
Good luck!

I'm concerned the guy does not know how to fix toilets. Last time I put in a ticket because it refilled roughly every two hours or less. His "fix" was sticking a piece a black piece of plastic in the toilet making it run constantly. I pulled it out and decided to live with every couple hours thing since I witnessed him doing other stupid stuff that day.

But I can't wait on this. It needs fixing, not dumbass games. He removed the stopper, turned the water back on and apparently just left doing absolutely nothing and then closing the damn ticket. I can't think of anything this guy has actually fixed for me now he's in charge. My kitchen drain sucks, but apparently maintenance does nothing about that at all anymore. It drains very slowly, and with this custom dishwasher, water has to be turned off and the dishwasher moved somehow to get at the clog, so I can't even remove the catch myself and see what's up. I wonder if he does anything except paint after people move and swap appliances in and out.


These are old toilets and they have to have parts. 

[toomuchreality]

Oct 29, 2024 19:39:05 GMT -5 Opti said:

Oct 29, 2024 18:48:56 GMT -5 toomuchreality said:

Frustrating!
Good luck!

I'm concerned the guy does not know how to fix toilets. Last time I put in a ticket because it refilled roughly every two hours or less. His "fix" was sticking a piece a black piece of plastic in the toilet making it run constantly. I pulled it out and decided to live with every couple hours thing since I witnessed him doing other stupid stuff that day.

But I can't wait on this. It needs fixing, not dumbass games. He removed the stopper, turned the water back on and apparently just left doing absolutely nothing and then closing the damn ticket. I can't think of anything this guy has actually fixed for me now he's in charge. My kitchen drain sucks, but apparently maintenance does nothing about that at all anymore. It drains very slowly, and with this custom dishwasher, water has to be turned off and the dishwasher moved somehow to get at the clog, so I can't even remove the catch myself and see what's up. I wonder if he does anything except paint after people move and swap appliances in and out.


These are old toilets and they have to have parts. 

Sounds like you need to talk to management, not him.
It's their property and their responsibility.

You can always contact the health dept and have an inspector come out. That will get their attention. - But you also need a place to live.

Not easy.

[NancysSummerSip]

Happy midweek, peeps!

Good weather here, so far. My right foot is taped, due to tendonitis, but I can get around. No pool until Saturday morning, though.

[toomuchreality]

Oct 30, 2024 10:13:33 GMT -5 NancysSummerSip said:

Happy midweek, peeps!

Good weather here, so far. My right foot is taped, due to tendonitis, but I can get around. No pool until Saturday morning, though.

Take care.

[NancysSummerSip]

Oct 30, 2024 12:08:27 GMT -5 toomuchreality said:

Oct 30, 2024 10:13:33 GMT -5 NancysSummerSip said:

Happy midweek, peeps!

Good weather here, so far. My right foot is taped, due to tendonitis, but I can get around. No pool until Saturday morning, though.

Take care.

I have good meds for the next month, and a f/u appt Monday.