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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 5, 2024 15:17:20 GMT -5
to clarify, it's for the pups. there was a crazy sale and I got this piece for like $4 a couple weeks ago. I just don't want to totally kill it and choke one of them, is really what it is. or, leave it half raw....which I know their systems can handle some stuff raw, but par-cooking allows for bacterial growth and they aren't eating the whole thing in one shot. I think I'm gonna just slice it and throw it in the big pan, like wvu said. I'm already filling the dishwasher tonight with my tacos and black beans 'n rice, so if I can do two things in one pan, that's a win. That makes sense. You could also grind it if you have a grinder.
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Post by greenthumb59 on May 5, 2024 15:18:33 GMT -5
Okay caught up! Y'all are busy people!
So my story - a family member, who is very ill with cancer, was rescued from a hoarding situation by a different family member. The hoarder in family member's life also came along because they cannot live alone. This person is also ill, but not dying like the family member. This person (called Hoarder from here on out) is oxygen dependent due to some lung issues.
Family member is now safe in another family member's home. Hospice will be there this week to evaluate and get family member set up with their services.
But the Hoarder can't stay with the ill family member. Hoarder was not welcome to stay and was told they would have to leave after a few days. Hoarder had no plans for what they would do when family member did die, and just assumed "we" would take care of them. Oh hell no.
Hoarder has family in another city in our state, so we - me, DH, and DS2 - agreed to take Hoarder back to the hoard house to find things like guns, paperwork. Pick up their dogs who were being boarded in another town 20 miles away. Pick up their other vehicle. And then take Hoarder, dogs, and vehicle to an apartment in a city about 80 miles from the hoard house.
We found some local furniture and a small refrigerator that Hoarder could have. We rented a Uhaul filled with this stuff and off we went. Hoarder rode with me. DH and DS2 drove the Uhaul.
I knew Hoarder was "extra" but I didn't realize how bad they were. Hoarder never stopped talking. The whole time.
A four hour drive to the hoard house. OMG!!!! I really can't describe the nastiness. Just the smell! Son vomited several times. Infested with rats, mice and God knows what else. Piled with beer cans, water bottles, trash, pizza boxes. Bottles filled with urine. Cause the house had no water, so no toilet! The outside smelled like sh** for sure.
All in the pouring rain.
We spent about three hours at the hoard house. I had to leave to get the dogs in another town while DS2 and DH looked for stuff as directed by Hoarder. When I came back I said we are leaving now. Hoarder wanted to stay longer - it had stopped raining thank goodness - but it was already 3 pm.
So we left the hoard house, drove them to the apartment. DS2 drove their vehicle. One of Hoarder's family members came by to help unload. Then we got the hell out.
Got home about 10 pm Friday night, exhausted. I spent yesterday cleaning up my vehicle because some of that nasty shit from the hoard house had been in my vehicle, along with the Hoarder's dogs. We threw out the shoes and gloves we wore at the hoard house.
Hoarder has been texting some, asking if we had found this or that. So far we are answering but we are not helping Hoarder anymore. We are done.
I hope I never live through anything like this again.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on May 5, 2024 15:21:02 GMT -5
Coffee is indeed mostly water, and if you want to further parse, it is fruit water because it is made from the fruit of coffee trees.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on May 5, 2024 15:23:37 GMT -5
Okay caught up! Y'all are busy people! So my story - a family member, who is very ill with cancer, was rescued from a hoarding situation by a different family member. The hoarder in family member's life also came along because they cannot live alone. This person is also ill, but not dying like the family member. This person (called Hoarder from here on out) is oxygen dependent due to some lung issues. Family member is now safe in another family member's home. Hospice will be there this week to evaluate and get family member set up with their services. But the Hoarder can't stay with the ill family member. Hoarder was not welcome to stay and was told they would have to leave after a few days. Hoarder had no plans for what they would do when family member did die, and just assumed "we" would take care of them. Oh hell no. Hoarder has family in another city in our state, so we - me, DH, and DS2 - agreed to take Hoarder back to the hoard house to find things like guns, paperwork. Pick up their dogs who were being boarded in another town 20 miles away. Pick up their other vehicle. And then take Hoarder, dogs, and vehicle to an apartment in a city about 80 miles from the hoard house. We found some local furniture and a small refrigerator that Hoarder could have. We rented a Uhaul filled with this stuff and off we went. Hoarder rode with me. DH and DS2 drove the Uhaul. I knew Hoarder was "extra" but I didn't realize how bad they were. Hoarder never stopped talking. The whole time. A four hour drive to the hoard house. OMG!!!! I really can't describe the nastiness. Just the smell! Son vomited several times. Infested with rats, mice and God knows what else. Piled with beer cans, water bottles, trash, pizza boxes. Bottles filled with urine. Cause the house had no water, so no toilet! The outside smelled like sh** for sure. All in the pouring rain. We spent about three hours at the hoard house. I had to leave to get the dogs in another town while DS2 and DH looked for stuff as directed by Hoarder. When I came back I said we are leaving now. Hoarder wanted to stay longer - it had stopped raining thank goodness - but it was already 3 pm. So we left the hoard house, drove them to the apartment. DS2 drove their vehicle. One of Hoarder's family members came by to help unload. Then we got the hell out. Got home about 10 pm Friday night, exhausted. I spent yesterday cleaning up my vehicle because some of that nasty shit from the hoard house had been in my vehicle, along with the Hoarder's dogs. We threw out the shoes and gloves we wore at the hoard house. Hoarder has been texting some, asking if we had found this or that. So far we are answering but we are not helping Hoarder anymore. We are done. I hope I never live through anything like this again.
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Post by NastyWoman on May 5, 2024 15:30:34 GMT -5
Coffee is indeed mostly water, and if you want to further parse, it is fruit water because it is made from the fruit of coffee trees. I was going to say coffee is colored water but fruit water sounds healthier so we'll go with that Meanwhile it stopped raining here sometime during the night and the sun is out. Now if someone would just reset the thermostat and get the temperature up to the mid-70s instead of the current 62° that would be nice. I had already packed away my winter clothes but I had to vet a sweater and my fuzzy slipper socks out.* I know I COULD turn on the heat for a bit and be perfectly fine but it is May so I REFUSE to do so!
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Post by chiver78 on May 5, 2024 15:36:28 GMT -5
to clarify, it's for the pups. there was a crazy sale and I got this piece for like $4 a couple weeks ago. I just don't want to totally kill it and choke one of them, is really what it is. or, leave it half raw....which I know their systems can handle some stuff raw, but par-cooking allows for bacterial growth and they aren't eating the whole thing in one shot. I think I'm gonna just slice it and throw it in the big pan, like wvu said. I'm already filling the dishwasher tonight with my tacos and black beans 'n rice, so if I can do two things in one pan, that's a win. That makes sense. You could also grind it if you have a grinder. no grinder. the slices look like they are cooking okay. but woof. 🤢 I had to turn on the hood vent and open the window right next to the stove. oh, and I lit a scented candle. this doesn't smell at all appetizing to me. I hope these spoiled pups appreciate much sacrifice here! 🤣😘
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Post by daisylu on May 5, 2024 15:55:00 GMT -5
That makes sense. You could also grind it if you have a grinder. no grinder. the slices look like they are cooking okay. but woof. 🤢 I had to turn on the hood vent and open the window right next to the stove. oh, and I lit a scented candle. this doesn't smell at all appetizing to me. I hope these spoiled pups appreciate much sacrifice here! 🤣😘 I have a Ninja blender/food processor that I use for grinding meat.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on May 5, 2024 16:07:56 GMT -5
Went to look at 3 more houses today including a fairly newish one. None of them will work so we’ll just keep looking. I liked one house but it had a long crack in the basement wall so that one is out.
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Post by soupandstew on May 5, 2024 16:52:40 GMT -5
greenthumb59 I'm sorry you and your family are having to deal with this. Hoarding is a terrible disorder that hurts not only the hoarder, but many around them. It sounds like you and yours are together in addressing this, and strong in setting good boundaries.
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Post by chiver78 on May 5, 2024 16:53:04 GMT -5
woo hoo! there's enough chopped LB that I don't need to cook the ground beef and kale tonight. I'll happily wash that pan twice to not have to cook any more than just my own dinner over the rest of tonight. lol...
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 5, 2024 17:55:26 GMT -5
greenthumb59 on hoarder Hopefully they are gone from your life. I know it's a mental illness, but still.
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Post by azucena on May 5, 2024 18:26:23 GMT -5
Green - that's quite a story. Thx for sharing and good karma coming your way for sure.
Getting ready to watch Moulin Rouge at the Fox. I really like the movie so hope it holds up.
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 5, 2024 18:38:45 GMT -5
Moulin Rouge was amazing when I saw it in December. I voted for it in our subscriber survey before we finally got it. 100% worth the wait.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on May 5, 2024 18:40:53 GMT -5
o.m.g. The more I try to fix it, the more emails I have. Now I have a most 28k. Is it because you never clean out your email? Like the is years’ worth of emails? Do you need to read them? Can you press “select all” and then delete them all at once? I realize now that previous attempts to delete some of them have failed. I tried “select all” to delete everything in one email account. They also all came back and had had babies.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on May 5, 2024 18:46:02 GMT -5
greenthumb59 that sounds horrible. I don’t know that I would’ve been able to do that. It was kind of you and your family to do what you did, and totally understandable that you are done.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on May 5, 2024 19:03:54 GMT -5
Whoever it was that mentioned FairPlay Life here (I think it was giramomma and azucena), thank you. I listened to the first few episodes of the podcast today and it gave me some good food for thought. I told Mister a few days before I left for Pittsburgh that we were going to deal with some things when I got back. I reminded him the day before I left and he said “I hope that doesn’t mean you’re coming back with the shit” in a half joking tone, but imo he was serious. I just said “I am” and went about my business. In addition to the podcast today, a couple days ago, I read a conversation on FB talking about how some men that say they want a peaceful SO/spouse, really mean they want someone that doesn’t call them on their shit and “keeps the peace” by not speaking up for themselves and their needs. That was an interesting conversation to me, because that’s been pretty much what I’ve been doing with Mister these past couple of years after all that stuff started with his parents and I’m sure it works for him. It very clearly didn’t and doesn’t work for me, because it made me crazy (ier) and made my body rebel in ways I couldn’t ignore. I’m pretty sure I’m about to start wrecking his nerves and disturbing his peace. I think I already kind of got in his nerves because I told him I expected that Christmas tree to be put away when I got back. It was. And when I got home, I saw that Boy had threw up in the living room in 2 places while I was gone, and I told Mister he needed to clean it up this weekend. He did it while I was at work today. There is more to come.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 5, 2024 19:23:52 GMT -5
Sometimes doing genealogy is sobering and heart breaking. I just discovered a couple who got married the day before he was to ship out for World War I. 6 weeks later he was killed in a battle in France. His body was returned to the US 2 years later. It breaks my heart for both of them.
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Post by MarionTh230 on May 5, 2024 19:32:26 GMT -5
Whoever it was that mentioned FairPlay Life here (I think it was giramomma and azucena ), thank you. I listened to the first few episodes of the podcast today and it gave me some good food for thought. I told Mister a few days before I left for Pittsburgh that we were going to deal with some things when I got back. I reminded him the day before I left and he said “I hope that doesn’t mean you’re coming back with the shit” in a half joking tone, but imo he was serious. I just said “I am” and went about my business. In addition to the podcast today, a couple days ago, I read a conversation on FB talking about how some men that say they want a peaceful SO/spouse, really mean they want someone that doesn’t call them on their shit and “keeps the peace” by not speaking up for themselves and their needs. That was an interesting conversation to me, because that’s been pretty much what I’ve been doing with Mister these past couple of years after all that stuff started with his parents and I’m sure it works for him. It very clearly didn’t and doesn’t work for me, because it made me crazy (ier) and made my body rebel in ways I couldn’t ignore. I’m pretty sure I’m about to start wrecking his nerves and disturbing his peace. I think I already kind of got in his nerves because I told him I expected that Christmas tree to be put away when I got back. It was. And when I got home, I saw that Boy had threw up in the living room in 2 places while I was gone, and I told Mister he needed to clean it up this weekend. He did it while I was at work today. There is more to come. Stop not speaking up, please. I'm over here teaching a 7yo to speak up when people mistreat her. Longer story about a couple of boys being very mean to her in class. But, I digress. As an adult, life can get very messy and uncomfortable when we don't speak up for our own needs. As a general PSA, I don't know who here needs to hear this, but all of you - each and every one of you - are worth speaking up for. You all have worth. Don't hide your needs because you think it may make life uncomfortable for someone else.
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Post by teen persuasion on May 5, 2024 19:46:23 GMT -5
Laughing at GD playing musical hats with grandpa. She’s obsessed with hats. And selfies with grandpa, comparing hats. Too cute!
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Post by giramomma on May 5, 2024 19:53:14 GMT -5
Spitting bullets.
The kids' school went to uniforms.
Which sounds good.
Until you stop and think about how that excludes kids with clothing sensitivities.
And of course, NONE of these clothes are just sitting in the stores. Who is going to order the clothes, fight with the peanut, and then return everything? Will the parents who thought this was a good idea offer to do that for me? The principal?
Not to mention the extra expense. Because now the peanut cannot wear her hand-me down bottoms from her older siblings.
Maybe I'll just go in the back yard and shake that magical money tree that I have.
And, no, giving me links to walmart doesn't make it any better. it's still money I have to find from somewhere.
Mostly i'm pissed off that the school is moving towards upper middle class/elite ideals.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on May 5, 2024 20:17:54 GMT -5
Whoever it was that mentioned FairPlay Life here (I think it was giramomma and azucena ), thank you. I listened to the first few episodes of the podcast today and it gave me some good food for thought. I told Mister a few days before I left for Pittsburgh that we were going to deal with some things when I got back. I reminded him the day before I left and he said “I hope that doesn’t mean you’re coming back with the shit” in a half joking tone, but imo he was serious. I just said “I am” and went about my business. In addition to the podcast today, a couple days ago, I read a conversation on FB talking about how some men that say they want a peaceful SO/spouse, really mean they want someone that doesn’t call them on their shit and “keeps the peace” by not speaking up for themselves and their needs. That was an interesting conversation to me, because that’s been pretty much what I’ve been doing with Mister these past couple of years after all that stuff started with his parents and I’m sure it works for him. It very clearly didn’t and doesn’t work for me, because it made me crazy (ier) and made my body rebel in ways I couldn’t ignore. I’m pretty sure I’m about to start wrecking his nerves and disturbing his peace. I think I already kind of got in his nerves because I told him I expected that Christmas tree to be put away when I got back. It was. And when I got home, I saw that Boy had threw up in the living room in 2 places while I was gone, and I told Mister he needed to clean it up this weekend. He did it while I was at work today. There is more to come. Stop not speaking up, please. I'm over here teaching a 7yo to speak up when people mistreat her. Longer story about a couple of boys being very mean to her in class. But, I digress. As an adult, life can get very messy and uncomfortable when we don't speak up for our own needs. As a general PSA, I don't know who here needs to hear this, but all of you - each and every one of you - are worth speaking up for. You all have worth. Don't hide your needs because you think it may make life uncomfortable for someone else. Trust me, I have learned my lesson. All the bs I went through with my stomach was an eye opener when I learned that it was due to stress. When I started working on my mental health, my stomach started getting better. It could not have been any more clear than that. I’ve realized that I started losing myself and my voice soon after we moved here, because of all the fighting with his daughters. Then I lost even more of both, trying to be kind and compassionate when he was going through all of that stuff with his parents. But now, I’m BACKKKKKK! While I was in Pittsburgh, I ate everything and anything I wanted, 3 meals/day. I consumed more alcohol than I will admit to. And I had zero issues with my stomach. Not even a twinge. Mister had cooked dinner when he picked me up from the airport Thursday. After just a few bites, I started feeling like I was going to throw up and didn’t eat anymore. So, yeah. Change has been happening inside of me lately. I’m not the same person I was just a few months ago. And I am glad for it. There has been a major shift inside me, that I haven’t found the words for yet, but it’s there. The things I am starting to address with Mister are for ME, whether it salvages the relationship or completely wrecks what’s left of it, is not my primary concern. I mean, I still love him, and I love him a lot, but I love myself enough that imma always choose me if I have to make a choice. It might take a while when it’s IRT someone I really love, but I always eventually get there. The first clue that I was on that path was when I stopped even trying to talk to him about stuff. He probably saw that as a good thing. It was not. So now, he can either get right or get left. And honestly, the only reason that is even still an option is because my housing situation was/is complicated. Otherwise, I really think I would’ve left last year. But now that I am working more regularly and building my war chest, I will have more options to figure that out too. I was thriving and happily single when I met him, I can be thriving and happily single again, if that’s the choice I end up having to make. As my Grandmother use to say, one monkey don’t stop no show. I’d planned to use my evenings in Pittsburgh to really get my thoughts together about some things. But I didn’t do it, because I wanted to explore and hang out since I was so far from home. I am considering driving to Nashville one Sunday soon, when I get off work, and spending my off days there. It’s close enough to make that doable. I’ve been there enough times already, even though I’m not a fan of the city, so I won’t be tempted to try to be out and about instead of staying in my hotel room and tending to me. For years, after I bought my house, spring has always been a time for serious spring cleaning and decluttering, not just of my house, but also my life. For the first time in a few years, I am having that strong urge again. I sincerely appreciate your encouraging words!
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Post by Pink Cashmere on May 5, 2024 20:23:31 GMT -5
Spitting bullets. The kids' school went to uniforms. Which sounds good. Until you stop and think about how that excludes kids with clothing sensitivities. And of course, NONE of these clothes are just sitting in the stores. Who is going to order the clothes, fight with the peanut, and then return everything? Will the parents who thought this was a good idea offer to do that for me? The principal? Not to mention the extra expense. Because now the peanut cannot wear her hand-me down bottoms from her older siblings. Maybe I'll just go in the back yard and shake that magical money tree that I have. And, no, giving me links to walmart doesn't make it any better. it's still money I have to find from somewhere. Mostly i'm pissed off that the school is moving towards upper middle class/elite ideals. It’s not upper middle class/elite ideals here. The whole public school system started requiring school uniforms when my children were in elementary school, and that was in a poor city. I didn’t like it for several reasons, one of which was that it meant I had to buy 2 wardrobes for my children. A set of clothes and shoes that they could wear to school, plus clothes and shoes for when they weren’t at school.
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Post by toomuchreality on May 5, 2024 20:29:13 GMT -5
Okay caught up! Y'all are busy people! So my story - a family member, who is very ill with cancer, was rescued from a hoarding situation by a different family member. The hoarder in family member's life also came along because they cannot live alone. This person is also ill, but not dying like the family member. This person (called Hoarder from here on out) is oxygen dependent due to some lung issues. Family member is now safe in another family member's home. Hospice will be there this week to evaluate and get family member set up with their services. But the Hoarder can't stay with the ill family member. Hoarder was not welcome to stay and was told they would have to leave after a few days. Hoarder had no plans for what they would do when family member did die, and just assumed "we" would take care of them. Oh hell no. Hoarder has family in another city in our state, so we - me, DH, and DS2 - agreed to take Hoarder back to the hoard house to find things like guns, paperwork. Pick up their dogs who were being boarded in another town 20 miles away. Pick up their other vehicle. And then take Hoarder, dogs, and vehicle to an apartment in a city about 80 miles from the hoard house. We found some local furniture and a small refrigerator that Hoarder could have. We rented a Uhaul filled with this stuff and off we went. Hoarder rode with me. DH and DS2 drove the Uhaul. I knew Hoarder was "extra" but I didn't realize how bad they were. Hoarder never stopped talking. The whole time. A four hour drive to the hoard house. OMG!!!! I really can't describe the nastiness. Just the smell! Son vomited several times. Infested with rats, mice and God knows what else. Piled with beer cans, water bottles, trash, pizza boxes. Bottles filled with urine. Cause the house had no water, so no toilet! The outside smelled like sh** for sure. All in the pouring rain. We spent about three hours at the hoard house. I had to leave to get the dogs in another town while DS2 and DH looked for stuff as directed by Hoarder. When I came back I said we are leaving now. Hoarder wanted to stay longer - it had stopped raining thank goodness - but it was already 3 pm. So we left the hoard house, drove them to the apartment. DS2 drove their vehicle. One of Hoarder's family members came by to help unload. Then we got the hell out. Got home about 10 pm Friday night, exhausted. I spent yesterday cleaning up my vehicle because some of that nasty shit from the hoard house had been in my vehicle, along with the Hoarder's dogs. We threw out the shoes and gloves we wore at the hoard house. Hoarder has been texting some, asking if we had found this or that. So far we are answering but we are not helping Hoarder anymore. We are done. I hope I never live through anything like this again. Holy Moly! I'm glad that's over with. Sorry about your relative. But it had to be good for them to get out. I'm glad you're setting boundaries and aren't continuing to stay involved in their lives. Take care.
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Post by giramomma on May 5, 2024 20:51:36 GMT -5
And, I'm reading through the full travel team DD1 wants to do.
It's her only shot to do it. And, I have no idea how the hell we are going to make it work.
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Post by countrygirl2 on May 5, 2024 21:37:25 GMT -5
Been a good day with little guy and son came by. He said his stress was over, he was up till 2 AM getting everything ready for his trip. He said yesterday he had 250 vehicles to do what with I can only guess, but he was very happy with things.
We agreed I will make him lasagna for Friday. Gong to make it Thursday as it always tastes better the next day. Will have a salad with it. He said it will be good that he gets home and doesn't have to cook? I know he does a lot of the cooking but to have to do it when he flies in from a week away from home? I don't say anything, between son and DIL. He had a choice gumbo or lasagna. I will make him something the end of the next 2 or 3 weeks I'm here too. He does like most home cooking, LOL!
A little girl was at the grocery and she and little guy spoke, she looked older. I said how do you know her, he said she is in a higher grade. Apparently he knows her from English he is going to the 4th and 5th grade room. I asked him why, he said I don't know, I'm the only one that goes. He is in love with his science class, he said he did his paper about tornadoes, he said I already know I will get 100% on it or an A. He is really enjoying school this year, so excited about it. And he likes math a lot. Now he is telling us he is going to Harvard, his mom said well you better get good grades and scholarships to do that, as it really costs. Planning for college in 3rd grade, I guess that's a good thing, as long as he keeps up the enthusiasm and his grades. Who knows? But he is a lot of fun
Tomorrow I have to get a sticker for my plates, it expired in April and I have to find new insurance for the car up here.
Son gave me a house to look at and little guy and I went to the see it. It was 1100 sq ft. The house itself was in great condition, good foundation, outside wood and all. But the inside need all new flooring. One bathroom was ok, the other about the size of a half bath with a shower tucked in. But they would be ok. It had all new appliances, roof, and furnace. I went to look in the garage, iit was about 10 ft deep and was the laundry and mechanical room, apparently it had been converted to a room but the garage door was still there. When we left an older couple was walking their dog. The old guy asked me what they wanted for it. We got to talking, they were super nice and little guy was loving on their tiny dog. He asked if he could pet it first, I'm glad he has learned that. The old guy said I think you could find something better, I told him yes, but son wanted me to look at it, it was only $400k. But I bet it gets in a bidding war, we aren't doing that. But I really like the neighborhood its just off Capitol Blvd. Very pretty, the old guy said they raised their kids there, would be nice for a small family, the school was just a couple of blocks down the street. I also stopped and looked at some new houses just down the street. Would you believe the view in the front was those monstrous electrical lines with the huge towers. Over half were sold and that was the view out the front door, Nooooooo. But I did go see one and the layout was gorgeous, 1700 sq ft, excellent use of the space, just wanted to see it. The prices ran from $525k to $535k. She said they are starting a new development but all would be 2 story, sadly not for me. But I just wanted to see. If we sell ours for decent money and the other 2, I think that price could be doable, especially without having to spend a lot to fix one up.
Like the other house, someone had put white tile around the kitchen countertop with black grout and the grout was very sloppy, they could have cleaned it better, also old cabinets. They had done things like paint, put in new appliances and things to help sell it. And had a nice smaller building out back that would have made a great sewing room and one decent sized shop building but no garage. But it will make someone a nice little home, I think.
Hubs said if I find something really nice for that money we could scrape it together and buy it, but we both agree we need to find out about DD's situation first. The right thing will come along. But I want to get to know the neighborhoods too, to feel comfortable here. They have added 2 circle deals going across I 5 and I bet really eases the congestion there. It's right by Fred Meyers, Costco, and Walmart.
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countrygirl2
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Post by countrygirl2 on May 5, 2024 21:59:11 GMT -5
I took little guy home. I know son told me he needed to get to bed really early tonight as had to fly out super early in the morning. His SIL and BIL were there and he was trying to get his clothes packed. They are very nice and he likes them a lot but I hope they don't keep him up late tonight poor guy.
This week I have a couple of errands, then helping DIL see about getting maintenance done on her car. And I will take them out to eat a couple of evenings too. Don said he really isn't going to be home for the next 3 weeks so I will be glad to help. Her family never had cars so she is only experienced with one over a few years but she will learn.
Today little guy, had a banana, a double cheeseburger, a smoothie, a DQ, and sushi plus some cookies. Likely will go home and eat dinner, he is becoming a little food machine, LOL!
The service light came on on the thermostat on my furnace. I checked the filter and thought it was ok, hubs and I figured that was the 1st item to check. I pulled a new one out and realized how dirty the one in the furnace was. Got to thinking about it and the new heat pump has been in a year and it had not been changed, time flies. So I put the clean one in. With blocking the AC unit and taping off the vent fan in our bathroom, the house Is much warmer and I even turned the furnace down. I'm not sure if I will tape the other off or not. He and I were embarrassed to admit the dirty filter might have been part of the issue. Surely a clean one was put in when the heat pump was.
The place smells a bit musty when you first come in so I ordered a dehumidifier for an 1100 sq ft house. Wow the new ones are small. I just put it on the bathroom counter and plugged the hose in and the drain in the sink for now. It has different colored lights on it, so actually its cute. Was only $89.
So I have been vaccing and mopping. Hubs vacced but didn't mop after the work he did so things needed cleaned, may not do it all tonight but will get most of it.
My stupid d/w won't come on a lot of times. I finally found which breaker it is and flip it off and on and it resets and works, but something is wrong with it. I looked to try and locate the plug for it, but its wired in direct, so have to go to the breaker. I may eventually buy one but hate to, as long as this works its ok. I need to find the manual online and read up on it.
Ok, better finish what cleaning I'm doing, shower, and kick back for the evening.
Been catching up on folks posts, everybody is pretty busy out there.
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countrygirl2
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Post by countrygirl2 on May 5, 2024 23:35:48 GMT -5
I have eaten way too much the last 2 days. I have to stop. I just fried up the sole fillets, I think they are better than the halibut actually and far far cheaper.
I had fish last night, fish for lunch and now fish for dinner. Plus I had a roast beef sandwich from Boars head meat. It was all good, actually too good.
Now I have to quit eating so much.
But the fish here are much better. The only really good ones down home are catfish you can buy fresh.
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finnime
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Post by finnime on May 6, 2024 3:56:53 GMT -5
Good morning, active invisipeeps setting boundaries and enforcing them. Welcome to Monday. I hope your day is rewarding in all ways that matter. I'm running late this morning, slept until 4:00. And the rain stopped unlike the forecast had it. Today I'm going to keep on keeping on and do some work on the web site, housework, and errands. I took this pic of the marina. It was heavily overcast.
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raeoflyte
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Post by raeoflyte on May 6, 2024 5:17:32 GMT -5
4am is my way Finn. Lol. I need to tackle work stuff I procrastinated over the weekend.
Wish me luck.
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toomuchreality
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Post by toomuchreality on May 6, 2024 5:32:47 GMT -5
4am is my way Finn. Lol. I need to tackle work stuff I procrastinated over the weekend. Wish me luck. Good luck!
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