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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 23, 2024 15:41:02 GMT -5
soup and stew, I can't even imagine. We were poor when I was a kid and didn't have a lot but dad had a garden and we canned so we ate something. Mom and us would fish, she had rabbit traps too. Dad would go frog giggin' and we had squirrel too, mom made it all taste wonderful. We also had hocks and beans and sometimes we had chickens or my aunt and uncle did. Dad butchered a few hogs himself, sugar cured the hams and bacon. We had a lot ground into sausage and canned it and anything else we could can. We eventually got a freezer and would get half a beef, so he kept doing better. But until and even after I was in high school it was rough.
I feel so sorry for kids that went through that, I can't imagine going without food for days.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 23, 2024 15:32:39 GMT -5
Wow, our county is getting more investment. This time a $400 million 930MW natural gas power generation facility along with all the solar power. this one says it will create 300 jobs during construction, I don't doubt that and up to 25 long term jobs. Each one of these places is adding jobs and the ones they add are generally well paid. It also says $100 million in property taxes, that will sure help the schools. Our little county seems to be in the middle of all this growth for electric. Near here used to be called the crossroads of America, it may be again.
It's called Sycamore Riverside,Invenergy.com. Supposed to be finished in 2028. We had a power plant manager rent our new house for years we built and then sold it for good dollars, so could happen again. I'm hopeful.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 23, 2024 13:56:30 GMT -5
I liked math but was forever in trouble for not using the same method they did. I could not understand if I got the same answer why it mattered so I buckled down. I was on the honor roll all through high school so did ok. I really enjoyed school though I let it stress me. I talked to little guy and he was all excited telling me he had math, English, reading, writing, and I think history, he said he really likes school. I hope so if he does, will likely excel. He is a bright little kid so hope he does. I WANT A CUP OF COFFEE BUT HATE TO HAVE TO DRIVE TO MCD"S TO GET SOME>
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 23, 2024 13:49:52 GMT -5
We were the same daisylu, dad was a boilermaker and it was feast or famine. He either had a good paying job or unemployment, so we did the same. We always had food back and I have carried that into my adulthood and now. I wasn't hungry but never wanted to be either. But there were some very thin times.
Hubs and I have never been so poor we worried about food and yet I always have to much. The worst was during covid of course, there were shortages of everything. And you never knew what it was going to be.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 23, 2024 13:44:41 GMT -5
I went to some cock fights when I was a kid. Our neighbor had birds and he and dad had them on a piece of property down the road from us, it was dads land. They are game roosters and they tape big long metal spurs on their legs. I watched a few and that was enough. You haven't seen cruel till one of those spurs goes through a roosters head and its still alive. I wasn't all that old and I walked back home.
There were so many cars out there lined down the gravel roads the cops got wind. I'm sure one of the religious neighbors turned them in. They were warned they would be arrested if they continued and yes a lot of money was changing hands. Needless to say it ended. And as a kid back then, you kept your mouth shut, you said nothing about what your parents were doing. For kids of my era you were to be seen but not heard.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 23, 2024 13:39:15 GMT -5
Me too, but like I said if trump gets in I will likely turn hoarder quickly as who knows what kind of mess he will create. He is talking about slamming tariffs on everything, we all know where that leads, and all kinds soft punitive stuff. If he doesn't, better remember we import almost everything now. Even if you wanted factories here PDQ can't happen, Joe is working on that now, but will still be out there in time before he can.
I wish I could put back one scrip extra of the ones I really need, but the insurance companies keep that really tight.
I took a nap and am still tired, so far all I've done is a load of clothes, made up the bed, loaded the dishwasher and cleaned the kitchen stove. You can sure tell that stove is well used, not going to add to the kitchen value. I will clean and shine it up the best I can, but if you look it over you can tell it has cooked a lot.
The bookcase is gone and the boxes too. Not really good stuff in them this time. Even the old collars and leashes for BJ.
It's 66 out I need to try and pull more weeds, but as the old saying goes, "I'm dragging ass, today". I'm actually glad I'm not leaving till next Friday, would really rather go this summer. Son keeps saying when you come up mom I won't be here. He is in the field the next month trying to get a lot done. This week he said he has to entertain a lot of higher ups and is not looking forward to it. But that is part of the job he has to do ever so often. He did in Korea and always managed to impress, don't know if it is the same here.
Got some scripts called in for DD, so she will have plenty of meds, need to check mine.
I'm thinking of getting a wheelchair this time at the airport, it really hurts me to walk through there anymore but I'm embarrassed to do so. It is all I can do to keep up with the guys or gals pushing DD.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 23, 2024 13:19:19 GMT -5
On SS you will get little after the raise. They will raise the premiums for part B that will likely eat up most of it. Several years I had my net go down, as between the raises in b and the supplement were greater than the increase.
I felt bad having to quit and only get a little SS. Then I found my friend who is divorced and worked 10 to 15 years more just gets a bit more than I do. That sure doesn't sound right.
We are going to pretty much be on fixed income going forward, it will sure change our life style but we will make it. I can live very frugal if need be as can hubs. But many people retired for lots of years and made very little are really struggling. And we could be before the end of inflation keeps up. We just need a year or two under our belt after selling everything and less money coming in how it will go. I think we should be ok with no debts.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 23, 2024 10:24:00 GMT -5
I have washed walls and woodwork many times growing up. We also cleaned wallpaper with wallpaper cleaner. The coal stove would leave them dirty. Sometimes sulphur in the coal would kind of explode and make dust. Some mines were noted for having more sulphur content then others, they tried not to buy coal from those.
My heart doc nurse called, my tests look really good, no changes in the 5 years since the last tests. So the premarin and Nextlizet must be doing a good job. I still have an appointment on Thursday so I will get clarified if any changes. I never really knew if they are very bad or what. I even called hubs, so needless to say I'm very happy with this news. Makes what you have to spend for drugs worthwhile, knowing they are working. I guess I'm just getting tired because I'm old, LOL!
I'm hoping it warms up some today so I can clean my car and hubs truck. I also want to get the old food from the basement. There isn't that much down there as we have been working to use it, but there is still some, I do want to finish that. I can only carry stuff up so many times, my feet get to hurting to bad, again will just do what I can. I will worry with so little food in the house, but then I'm sure we could eat for a month or more out of what we have and if we ate just bread, likely several months as I have wheat to grind. Some cans of the meat that is supposed to last 10 years or more are suspect. They have some rust on the bottom and we keep the humidity controlled down there. I would hate to have bought all those big cans of survival foods, I would bet most of that stuff is crap. I bought one and tried it, it was awful, threw it away.
I changed my flight till next Friday, I have been coughing and having some chest issues so don't want to go up and get any of them sick and I don't want to be sick. Will see how it goes and may go to doc to make sure I'm ok. Don't feel 100% today, but I think I just overdid it a bit. I may take a nap.
We have some pretty redbirds and a woodpecker in the yard. I like watching them.
I have eaten a big breakfast today, I kind of keep track of calories and knowing I won't eat lunch, this will carry me to dinner so can eat a bit more for this meal today. I had 6 sausage links and some hash browns, I like those. Was thinking of 2 eggs and toast but I'm pretty full, so may save those for another meal. Need to rewrap the meat I bought and freeze it.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 22, 2024 22:37:15 GMT -5
We had Subway tonight, DD had a raspberry cookie and an apple Danish. I had a Danish with my sandwich. Had enough energy to work outside. Have to eat a bit more when doing heavy work.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 22, 2024 22:29:06 GMT -5
That's why we like living in the country, just not so far from town for me. We have 4 acres, no houses around us and never will be its all farmland. No neighbor problems, one of the reason we left our lovely last house. We came up to help MIL but the impetus was the shitty neighbor behind us.
Also why son likes having a couple of acres where he lives, it just makes for better neighbors. We have very few stray animals here too because we are not close to other homes, one comes around very rarely.
I was hurting tonight. Had to lay for the tests for an hour or two and could hardly get up I was so stiff. And I overdid it this afternoon. I vacced my car out, but need to wipe the surfaces down inside tomorrow. I vacced the garage out, not that bad here at the house.
Loaded up some various foods I had and put in the blessing box. Put the bookcase and some stuff in front of the house. It's not great after I looked it over and was heavy, that did not help my back.
I threw some half empty cans of stuff in the garbage, and dumped out a bunch of old water bottles.
Then went to the basement and sorted through the store bought canned goods over half of it was staledated. I will bring the good stuff upstairs to use. Think I will open the old stuff and put in a bucket and it out at the edge of the yard for varmints, they need to eat too. Found a big bag of rice the mice had chewed a hole in. If we were starving would keep it, but since we are not it will have to go. I have buckets of wheat but its sealed in very heavy containers inside boxes so doubt its been bothered. I didn't realize mice had gotten in that end till I started really looking, should have known better.
I dumped the trash from the wagon and threw 2 broken flower containers in the ditch, hubs is trying to fill it. One was concrete and I shouldn't have picked it up either, but I did. I set free stuff in the front of the yard. There is lots of stuff out in my garage and yard shed and the store rooms. Going to try a yard sale when I come back. I donated a commercial mop bucket and 2 mops to the old college. I asked if they wanted them and they did. Probably should have kept it but they will use it more I'm sure.
So tomorrow if its warm enough, pull the rest of the weeds, wipe down the inside of my car and wash the windows. Vac hubs truck out and clean it too. And do more in the basement if not exhausted.
I definitely overdid it, could hardly get up out of my recliner so for the 1st time ever took 2 pain pills for my back and foot. I'm ok for now, but need to be more careful. It's almost 11:30, so need to think about bed. I have been listening to music and just now turned on the news.
Think I know why Johnson is now pushing this bill with money for Ukraine and Israel. His son has been accepted to the Naval Academy, might look really bad and be hard on the kid if he stopped money from going to something like that. I'm sure it influenced it somehow.
I could work around here like this for 2 or 3 months, there is so much to do. Never letting a place gets too much stuff like this again.
And I was up at midnight with the beeping freezer. Finally realized it wasn't saying 6 and 0 degrees, it was flashing b and 0, that means the battery was dead. After I had unplugged, went down and flipped breakers. Hubs had just put a new one in but must have been old and died, so now is ok. But this battery is from the same package so bought a new one today..
I'm kicking back and relaxing for awhile, its pretty nice. Will be saying goodnight though, that is coming soon.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 22, 2024 14:49:27 GMT -5
No, I don't, just assumed that is what it is. Can you tell by looking at it if is acrylic, I have nothing that says one way or another. But I know I need gloves with that stuff now. I'm sure it does a great job.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 22, 2024 14:31:08 GMT -5
I have been doing better about spending the last several weeks, something I should have done years ago. But I guess better late than never. After seeing all the stuff I have to get rid of well, its very sobering. On all the days we have been to the city I have just drove on by, any of the stores. Also buying less food. The items I got today we will eat. We also are all eating a ton less food. I'm going to try and keep basics stocked but in lesser quantities, unless a certain party gets in and then I hope I don't panic again. It could all go so bad with supply.
Hubs today is saving us money, he is fixing the shower faucets in our bathroom shower in Washington he did the other shower too. All the other faucets and supply lines had been replaced so they are good. He also hopes to have time to replace DD's commode. It is the only thing not flushing right, all the other drains are fine, so we are hoping something is just wrong with it. He said once he replaced it, if it still doesn't flush right, then it is in that pipe and that could be bigger issues. But since nothing else is having drain problems seems like it should be, here's hoping. He is still able to do things like that he wants to do. And he has saved us a small fortune over the years because he can do it. I don't know how all of you are able to spend big dollars on repairs and still save.
I'm going back to more frugal living while here. I will save all I can so I can enjoy time with the kids. DIL likes to go out to eat, son likes to eat at home so I can do both. And we like to go to festivals, movies, and things, so then we can. I really don't need anything else for up there this trip. Hubs still has not noticed the new kitchen stove, that I can't believe.
The reason we don't mind helping son is he in his whole life asked us for very little money. His dad was the same way, if they couldn't earn it, they just didn't spend it. And then for years in Korea, they had a bar which helped support them so he could save, they did well with it. So because he is frugal, we hope to leave him something. No guarantees at all, depends on how long we live and our needs, but we will try.
I cleaned our bathroom and the cleaner did great, then I read on it, don't use on fiberglass, well I did so better rinse it again just to help make sure there is no residue. But it sure looks great, shiny and clean, and smells good. It is Fuller Brush Dissolve. It shouldn't bother the Corian, din't say anything about it.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 22, 2024 13:08:26 GMT -5
I am home. Got my 2 tests done, 1 to see if my heart valve is leaking more, 2 was to see if my carotid arteries are more clogged. I hope not but with me being more tired and getting fatigued very possibly could be. At least I will know Thursday. Heart doc said it had been 5 years since I was tested. The gal was great and did both tests so it got me out earlier than I expected. The valet parking is now free so used it, so didn't have to walk forever and I didn't have to wait even 5 minutes this morning. I got up early to get DD's hair fixed, for us to go then she decided not to go, sigh.
Got my car washed, went to Kroger, great prices. Bacon $3.99, I use it mainly in green beans and bean soup and sometimes with breakfast. Same with the little sausages, $3.50 a package. I got a package of ground pork for $6.54. 3 bell peppers for $.99 on the ugly produce stand, they had lots of stuff today. also a can of spinach and one of beans and rice. A small package of frozen cod, and some hash browns about $50 worth of stuff. I'm going to divide the stuff up and freeze in small packages.
Then got DD and I lunch at Subway, went to the bank and got some cash out for next week. Went to the pharmacy and picked up a ton of scripts for DD, and 1 for hubs and I. I still need one more for DD. I phoned it in this morning.
Dropped off 4 bags of books at Goodwill and a box of fabric, spreading the glory around town.
Picked up 4 loaves of Aunt Millys potato bread for the freezer. Hubs will have luncheon meat, a couple of pizzas. He has some tamales and he can get the rest of the things he likes to eat himself while I am gone.
I'm pooped out again, but intend to clean my car out. I have some food to drop off at the blessing boxes, do want to do that first. I had enough coupons at CVS to get Tigger a bed. He sleeps on top of the kitty pedestal, found him a bigger one for $19.99 and cost me $7.26, so good deal. He is so big, I think its getting difficult for him. Smokey has one he sleeps in instead of the top or the little cubbies.
I think I'm also going to clean out an old bookcase in there, its very solid and belonged to my aunt. But it has a fair sized chip off the veneer at the bottom, that would be tough to repair, so worth very little and not the time to fix it, so by the road its going to go. I have a newer one I got at the furniture store I'm keeping, its in great condition.
If I find other items that can go they will. I finished lunch and right now kicking back for about a half hour or so, before I get busy. It is 64 today so better.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 21, 2024 18:17:44 GMT -5
It could help offset the cost of living in Washington. I never heard anything back about the Indiana assistance and haven't pursued it.
I have heard the caregivers have been cut off. There are people here that have to have attendants to stay alive. Sounds like when they reviewed the program that made more eligible during covid they didn't have a separate count or some issue so they started cutting people off. I have heard of some in dire need. So I never went any further, those people need the programs and money to live, we don't.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 21, 2024 16:28:22 GMT -5
I am exhausted. I didn't eat much today. I took all the old foods out and put in the dumpster and the trash in the garage. I'm so proud of my pantry. The top 2 shelves are empty, could never reach anything up there anyway as they were too high even for me.
I decided to go ahead and do some weeding. I tried to stay in the sun, did the west side of the house, across the front of the garage, around the little shed, and my one round flower bed. Even in the sun if the wind blew it was freezing. I quit. Filled over half the trailer with debris. The worst is yet to do, the corner and across the front but hopefully I can get it one day this week.
I'm making DD and I a Chef Boy Ar Dee pizza. Has sauce mushrooms, mozzarella, and parmesan would have put ham on it but don't have any. Hubs don't like these either. He will eat and old frozen pizza before eating one of these. I don't know about that man.
I came back to the house, the power must have been off for the half hour to an hour I was outside. The freezer was beeping. I need to go check, it was down from 0 to 6 degrees, that could not be in that short of time, so now worrying that the freezer is dying. The stove didn't want to work, I reset the clock and then it did. We have a Strike Guard on the house supplied by the utility company as I lost some appliances shortly after we moved in. I have to pay $2.99 a month to keep their surges from destroying my appliances, in my opinion, should be part of the service. We wanted to make sure it didn't screw up our geothermal system. Hubs said if it did die, put ice out there and get a new one tomorrow. I hope it didn't die.
Dinner is almost ready, need to check my freezer.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 21, 2024 14:37:28 GMT -5
I painted my nails purple, I just realized the color matches those old age blood bump spots on my arms, LOL! Some color coordinating. I'm enjoying having fingernails for a change, the vitamins must be helping, but I'm enjoying them, while I have them, very rare for me.
I was pooped and sat down for awhile, I need to finish my closet cleaning. Sitting down is always a mistake, been here an hour. Will do that first and fix DD and I something to eat.
I sorted my closet better, condiments together, canned ready to eat foods together. items in boxes together, might be easier to find things so they don't go bad.
Need to bring up items from the basement, its cleared out and not much canned goods down there anymore. I kept some 2023 foods but need to use them soon.
Ok, back at it.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 21, 2024 13:03:01 GMT -5
Hubs is at a trampoline park with little guy, he said he is having a ball. They do have to sign a waiver if he gets hurt, but he said the trampolnes are all level and have cushioning over the springs and edges to help keep the kids from getting hurt. Little guy has been there before and hubs said he is all over the place, he said its full of kids I told him don't lose him. He never had time to do stuff like that with his son and really there wasn't anything around like that.
This will give his dad and mom a break and hubs enjoys spending time with him. They are going out for lunch afterward. I'm sure he spent the night last night too. He will have to go home tonight with school tomorrow, but hubs will see him everyday after school. I wish he could or would have stayed longer.
DIL has been complaining about their patio door, you could hardly get it open. Hubs told son let take the door out and look, he said he did. Well, he said lets do it again, he said all it was, was 2 screws that needed to be adjusted and now it works fine. Son can fix a lot, but he still has a lot to learn. This is only his 4th or 5th year as a homeowner. He has fixed stuff on his truck and he just fixed the wiring on his old mower, it was his grandpas. And he is getting a wiring harness to fix DIL's lock system on her hatch lid. So electronics he is very good at. But if we are up there he will learn more from hubs. And hubs has a wealth of information, I'm always amazed at the knowledge he has acquired.
I'm cleaning out my kitchen pantry, its been awhile. I cleared out a bunch of old staledated stuff. I also need to take out my normal trash, so need to get the mower and trailer out to take to the dumpster.
I wanted to clean the landscaping and its 50 out, just durn cold, I hope it warms up more this week so I can do it.
I will just have to wait till I get to Washington and go to one of the offices to find out what we need to do for DD to get Medicaid. Sure happy we hadn't already moved and had no coverage that would have been terrible. I likely am too careful but has served us well. I am not going to let it stress me, we can continue traveling back and forth for years. Just have to take our kitties with us in the winter.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 21, 2024 12:46:22 GMT -5
We purposely do not take her as a dependent so that our income is not included with hers. It's going to be so much lower I don't think it would matter when we are up there. Of course last years would with sale of the houses, thank goodness that is done. I just felt that when she started getting part of hubs SS we weren't going to take her, before she was getting very little. For years she got $300 a month and I had no idea she could get more. A lady with the state finally told me how we needed to report it. Nobody tells you anything to help.
Our CPA agreed with not taking her as a dependent, she said it likely would muddy the waters for no more benefit we would get.
I will just have to talk to someone there as it appears to me we are trying to get welfare or other services that we don't need for her. All we need is healthcare coverage.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 23:12:21 GMT -5
I think I misread it last night, it says enter the answers under income section for those you are applying for, I didn't even see that sentence last night, will see where this leads me. But it still goes on to all money in the home. I'm not sure they gave me the right place to go. This asks about all kinds of help except Medicaid. I will talk to a rep when I get up there. I'm not so sure this is the form I need to go, but will find out. I think this is for people needing all kinds of help, like food, heating, cash help, housing, and other stuff.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 22:59:19 GMT -5
DD's trust doesn't go into effect until we die. And our trust only kicks in when one of us or both of us die also. No effect while alive.
Her money isn't the problem, right now her account has $500 in it and she has no other assets. The form they give you to see if you are qualified asks about household money. You can see the form under WashingtonConnection.com, not sure why that is necessary for just Medicaid. There are offices all around so I will go to one and try to speak with a rep. I get the feeling they are checking to see if you qualify for various different programs, they list quite a few. I'm going to go through it again. It doesn't go anywhere unless you choose to submit it, but it does show some you are qualified for and some you are not. But I'm going to continue under the one about disabled and see if I can find out more.
Oh, and they fixed my buffering on TV, first time I have been able to watch telly for a week or more, it kept getting worse.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 20:22:10 GMT -5
I started to fry the fish, well the grease wasn't hot so luckily didn't drop any in, damn. The plug part was disconnected.
I have very little eyebrows, I color what is there and draw in the rest, since I wear glasses looks ok. I used to buy all Merle Norman cosmetics but it kept raising in price. So I buy their creme and foundation, plus powder. The blush is Elf as is the brow pencils or Maybelline. I got a really easy to put on this time for $1 each. The ones with MN were almost $20 and would crumble easily, I'm not paying good money for crap. I still use their lipstick as I can't find any that does a good job but none of it stays on for long. I use various moisturizers maybe Estee Lauder or MN, they seem to be the best. I started using a different brand of eye lash color and it does not cause my eyes to water. Only $6, hadn't been able to use any for years. I also use the makeup remover sheets or eyelid cleaner to make sure it doesn't get in my eyes and I don't get acne from left on makeup. I had a tough time with acne in my teens.
I do wear makeup when I go to town. Today was a rare day I didn't, but only went to the grocer inside a store. I was lucky and only saw one person I know.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 20:07:52 GMT -5
But not putting them when they ask, would that not be considered lying or trying to hide assets? I didn't understand that either. No Indiana has never asked us what we have in checking or savings.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 18:50:06 GMT -5
I think he was likely responsible for many more deaths than a million. I know I lost 2 cousins, hard core Trumpers I'm sure. Both died of COVID, how stupid can you get? We lost quite a few in our small communities. And I'm betting they all voted, so that should help next time.
I thought only 144,000 would be the chosen ones, are there supposed to be more? That sure isn't many.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 18:37:22 GMT -5
About ready to fix dinner, as I said before DD wants fish again, I'm happy, love good fish. Will add mac salad, and cole slaw with it instead of a salad.
I didn't count but got all my purses well, except 8 in one of the slightly smaller size totes, will put the 8 in with the shoes in a big tote. I can get purses out of there so no issue, wanted to make sure I could. I could likely fit in the rest on the ends and may later when we actually get ready to move. I checked all for ink pens, candy or anything that could melt and ruin them or leak. I'm guessing 30 or more, will count them one day. I found 3 that I had never used, whoops! I need to recheck and see if I want to get rid of any. But a year ago I purged a bunch and kept the leather ones. There are maybe 4 that are not, so these are the good ones. One of the big containers will hold all my shoes. They are see through so I can tell what is in them, though I may label them anyway.
I quit for today, I did good. I started washing throw rugs so I can clean the floors, may finish washing those tonight. If it had not been so cold I would have gotten my wringer washer out to use.
Will be back June the 11th. The renter is going to try and be out in July, I gave him his deposit back to help him this month. He is a decent guy. We don't mind helping people who are trying to help themselves. He has to pay for moving the mobile, so that is really going to cost him. I will sign it over to him before it is moved, we do not want any liability for that.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 17:37:36 GMT -5
I have to find out if DD will qualify for medicaid. They look at family assets I guess. Our income is going way down because of sale of the rentals. 5% of $100k is nothing like the rent income we had from that investment, that is going to hurt. So we will be paying more for everything with less income. We do have money in savings but a lot of it is in 401k's and IRA's so what we see is not what we are going to end up with after taxes. They just ask for gross? it just says savings no distinction in what it is. I dropped figures in the questionaire and of course it said hubs nor I qualify for anything, we were not applying and the way the form was structured it was obvious only for DD. Also it asked who they lived with and none of the categories were parents?? Only adult-other,so I am wondering if she will qualify for health care. It says she would not qualify for cash help or food help, that's fine, we don't need that. It has a category for disabled I need to look at and see if it explains more. Even if she has to pay something for her health care, that's ok too, long as it doesn't eat up all her funds. She needs money for hair cuts, clothing, shoes, dental work, glasses, incontinent needs, those are not cheap, and anything else she needs, we charge her rent and then use the money for her needs. Have to, to keep her assets under $2k. I just ordered her a wheelchair/walker so she can go places with us where she has to walk. She has only been to the theater at Capital Mall because its all she can do to get there. She almost passed out at the ballet just waiting for DIL to park the car and come back. I want her to be able to go with us. We jump through hoop after hoop, each year here she has to be recertified for her medicaid coverage.
Hubs and my health care premiums are over $1000 a month now with scrips on top of that, we have to pay a lot out of pocket. now in Indiana DD had to start paying a premium for her meds insurance on medicaid, not much, but I expect it to get more each year. Yes, we have money, but its getting eaten up believe me. The cost of living is not going down, its going up. We likely should not have sold our rentals yet, but once he was diagnosed with cancer I think we both kind of panicked.
Well it is what it is, we know that we can get coverage up there for us, now I have to find out about DD, I will when I'm up there. If we can't, obviously we cannot move, we will just have to stay here and do what we can to take care of ourselves.And we can afford to live here. I have already cut expenses and once we sell his folks house, we can cut more. We will keep the place up there and hope we can keep traveling back and forth for the foreseeable future. But I'm continuing to declutter anyway, stuff needs cleared out no matter where we live.
I just cleared out the 3rd bedroom closet except for a big container of paper, pencils, and supplies.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 16:13:51 GMT -5
My Smokey is a fun cat. He has been running up and down the stairs to the basement when I go up and down. And when I'm pulling books he is flopped on the shelf above purring. I was sorting fabric in other cabinets and he was on an empty shelf above doing the same thing, talking to me and purring. He does the same with hubs when he is working on something. We both get a kick out of him. Tigger doesn't do that, but he is still friendly.
I can call Smoke and he 99.5% of the time like a dog will come running. Hubs was looking for him the other evening and had picked him up, I didn't know it and was calling him. Hubs said he was trying like crazy to get down, but he already had him so managed to get him in. I know I'm always saying he doesn't care for them but he gets them in feeds the, and empties litter boxes when I'm gone. Maybe just because I love them so much, but I don't think so, LOL!
His friend down the road that gave them to us bought him a Tshirt, that says, real men love cats. Yep, he wears it, LOL!
The internet repair guy is coming tomorrow afternoon, I finally had to call to get the buffering fixed, it's something outside. It's driving me crazy buffering like that.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 16:05:53 GMT -5
DD decided she didn't want to go out tonight to eat, doesn't matter to me. We ate lunch while in town. The grocery had their cookout today, ribeye steak sandwiches, but DD wanted McD's, yuck. That was good. But she wants fish again tonight, she said those were so good. I looked for the stringy strips of onions but they didn't have those just regular onion rings. I did see some onion petals breaded but they were $10.49 for a small box, uhhh, no, that's crazy. I bought some breaded mushrooms from the hot foods section so may heat those with it. Also bought cukes we both said salad is good. I dress it with avocado oil, garlic salt, and rice vinegar, low cal and so good.
Likely won't fix it till about 6 or 7, we don't get hungry early.
Going to wash more stuff almost have 2 cabinets of fabric emptied, have 2 more and lots of other on shelving. The town is going to get inundated with fabric, LOL! I may try to sell some of it when I have a yard sale, will see. I'm going to sell 2 book cases, a shredder, maybe an exercycle, if hubs can get it upstairs, canning jars, odds and ends of all kinds of stuff. Some big canning kettles and items, Xmas decorations, stuff in the garage. I have a big cabinet in the 3rd bedroom I may try to sell. Would like to sell this big solid wood desk, I paid $1300 for it years ago. The top of the desk needs refinished, sure I could get more if I did from it. I may, it came from the furniture store in Houston about 20 years ago, likely be lucky to get $200 out of it. Really it and the couch needs to go to the furniture store to sell. There are also little cabinets, magazine racks and stuff. A lot more stuff I can't think of right now.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 14:38:51 GMT -5
Very pretty color on those cabinets. I have redone a lot of them in houses, so much work, but so nice when you are done. Just freshens up everything.
I finally got everything out of my car. 2 big bags of clothing, one hanging bag with a nice coat. 2 big boxes of fabric and a sack of fleece material. I just cannot take all this and even if I did, I will never see all this in my lifetime. What I'm keeping is very good pieces. For some reason in the bottom 2 shelves I have found little or no evidence of mice or chipmunks or whatever they are. The seem to have gotten in the top 2. So these pieces I am looking over and just packing them for keeping or giving away. The clothing and fabric went to the free store, the books to Goodwill. I may take some fabric to them also, will see.d
I have 4 more bags of books in the car, have cleaned out the side shelves and 3 shelves of books so far. And working on another shelf of fabric. So I am moving along.
I ordered some moving bags from Temu and they are much better quality than the ones from Amazon. But for glassware and such will need hard boxes. I have lots of towels and things I can pack them with. Hubs and I have been saving our Amazon boxes so have quite a few we can use.
I'm going to see if I can find packing boxes specifically for grandfather clocks and etageres so they won't get broken.
I need to clean my garage out so we can start putting things in it. I am going to try and have a "Maybe we are Moving Sale" some catchy name like that and see if we can sell some bigger stuff.
Partial bottles of cleaning products and things like that I put beside the road to give away. Again lots of that stuff came from former renters that left them, so no loss to me.
This has needed to be done for a long time. I would just get rid of a bit of this and a bit of that and never fully declutter, so I am finally doing that. When we move up there I'm going to go to the library for books again or to used book stores like I used to. Here I just couldn't find the books I wanted to read so I would order them from Amazon. I have spent a ton of money on those.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 14:18:32 GMT -5
Son was in the military for 10 years. When he left and was hired by the DOD he bought that amount of pension and added to his currently. I have no idea what it cost, but he said it was a good deal.
He also wanted to work in Washington state as he got a big raise so more money in the pension fund for later. I think he can retire at 62 or maybe earlier but of course each year he works adds to SS and pension. His dad says he needs to go to 67. He really does, little guy will be nine this year and he will be 19 when his dad is 63, just when he is in college. Son needs to stick those 4 years out to pay for it. I think with his pension, SS, and savings he will be in good financial condition for his retirement.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 20, 2024 11:32:37 GMT -5
The neurologist for DD has tried a lot of things. Botox didn't work, she is getting an IV infusion every 3 months and takes Nurtec daily, seems to be helping her more than other meds did for migraines, there is lots of things they can try now.
Hubs called and he said little guy was up till 2. I said you let him stay up that late? I'm betting he fell asleep and didn't realize it. He said he went in and made him go to bed. I told him don't do that tonight, he told me he bets he falls asleep pretty early tonight. Hubs said he has changed all the TV stuff around and on his iPad. I bet he has, LOL! He was getting ready to get him up and go see what son was doing today. I think if we are up there he and his dad will spend a lot of time together. DIL said son doesn't have many friends up there and none in the neighborhood where they live so will be good for both of them. I'm sure little guy will see grandpa every evening next week too, he really misses him and hubs doesn't get up there often. We need to do it before we are to old to do things with him.
So the 29th I am off to go up there too.
I am pretty much off coffee and I'm still tired from lack of caffeine. today plan to run over and see if the free store is open. I need to get rid of stuff so I can load up more. I haven't done anything this morning. Got dressed to go out and pull weeds, it looked so pretty out. Checked the temp and its 47, nope, not going to happen. So need to get busy in here. It's noon and all we have done is eat breakfast. I did pick up so the robot sweeper could run. All the plug cords it likes to get tangled in.
So will see if we go out to eat or not today, haven't decided yet.
Need to at least do something constructive.
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