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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 28, 2024 22:56:08 GMT -5
I only wanted a couple pair of socks that are thin, one in black and one in white. I found gold toes, wasn't sure they still make them. But I had to order 6 pair, I don't need all those. Then I forgot I ordered those and ordered some from Temu, I need to send some back. I couldn't even find a single pair at Walmart, I don't want to have to buy multiples of things, but sometimes all you can find. I have plenty of heavy socks which I wear with my bigger, heavier shoes, but I have been needing some thin ones for lighter weight shoes for a long time.
I wish department stores were back and we had stores here like we used to where you could actually buy what you want and need. You either can't find what you need or have to buy quantities. It is a horrible clothing dessert here, they are going to push people more and more to online shopping which is going to cause more stores to close down. I am so tired of the changes since COVID that have changed our way of life.
I had read long COVID was making people ill, but no I haven't read how bad it is. I need to read about that, not sure why I haven't.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 28, 2024 19:22:38 GMT -5
I'm watching my silly cat Tiger. I push the twin mattresses apart on the bed platform when I make them up, so there is a big gap between. Tigger thinks that is the neatest thing to get in between them and play. He is pretty chunky so a sight to see. He found a silicone toe separator I use between them earlier. He has been carrying and chasing that thing all over the house. Anytime he can find one he has a ball with them. Hubs side is made up, I really need to do mine, but he is having so much fun thought I would leave him be for a bit. I like watching cats play.
Need to get a shower, I'm cold after the ice cream, brrr. It was so sunny and bright out today, looked warm but once again it was not. Hubs naps off and on and then works too. He put out around 100 pounds of fertilizer today. The lawn needed it, it hasn't been done since the last time I did it several years ago. He said don't mow till it rains so it will soak down and not get thrown around and end up uneven.
There is a nice house in Olympia for sale, a friend of son's is relocating. The best part is it has a huge garage, has had a nice workshop added on. It's $539k, really sad that we are not ready to sell ours yet. It also has a beautiful kitchen, on only .30's of an acre, would really serve our needs. But we need to sell first so we know how much we have to spend, don't want to get in over our heads. I have to be patient and take a step at a time. But hard to see something like that and have to pass it.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 28, 2024 19:11:06 GMT -5
I cooked a roast last night, so tonight I fixed potatoes and carrots with it. We also had another side of corn. It was so good, some of our amish meat. That stuff is to die for, yum.
I will use the rest of the meat to make vegetable soup on Saturday. We are going out for steak tomorrow night for my Bday and our Anniversary dinner. Since they are in the same week we kill 2 birds with one stone.
Now we are having a bowl of ice cream each, me with Strawberry topping, hubs and DD butterscotch topping.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 28, 2024 14:05:41 GMT -5
I have Bank of America and we get 5% back on everything that goes on it. Hubs will use it when Menards has the 11% off, we always send those in for the rebate and than also get the 5%. Has saved us some money.
Seems like we used the last amount we had on the card to help pay off his $1200 set of tires for his truck. A good use.
Hubs has a round trip ticket to go to Washington to use before June 11 or lose it, so he is looking at going up before I do in April. He needs to fix the kitchen sink drain and I asked him to please look at replacing the sink if he can, I want a deep one. The faucets and fittings on the water lines are all new, so he can reuse those. The shower has a drip and he wanted to replace it before but wasn't there long enough, as he said its not going to get any better. To fix it he is going to have to take out the water heater. It's in the wall where the faucets go, so as he said, bet he just needs to go ahead and replace it too as most of the time the elements are corroded and the heaters have sediment in them. He replaced the other faucet and all the sinks have new ones. He may have to replace one toilet, we think something may be stopped up in it. I need to discuss that with him. I may suggest he puts in one of those on demand units instead of one sitting there heating all the time. He was afraid to turn it off as in a modular they are in sort of an outside compartment, this one is also, and he was afraid it could freeze. I'm sure that cost us on utilities. So he said he has work to keep him busy. We think he will be ok. Other than being tired he has no other of the side effects he could have had so that is good. I so hope this clears it for him. He has treatments till April 17th I believe is the last one, so he is getting there. Then I made reservations for DD and I to go from April 29th to June 11. DIL and grandson are leaving the Friday school is out so should give them 3 weeks where we won't be there so they can get ready. Don't want to be hanging around while they are trying to get ready to leave. It just costs so darn much to board the kitties we are taking turns so far. I may go up while DIL is gone without DD so I can paint the building and fence I scraped all off if it still isn't done. I don't think the poor guy has time to do it. They have one maintenance guy for the whole park. He put up a new fence where the storm took it down. He said that was temporary as they are going to replace it all around ours, that will be nice. Our place gets extra care because that is where the well house for the park is. You don't hear anything, and it just looks like a small storage building is all. But he also mows most of our lawn.That part I will not paint, just the section inside and our storage building. We want to make it nice for while we live there and when we sell. I just remembered, need a new light fixture in the front entrance, a bulb is broke in it and the cover is broke, might as well replace it with something newer and pretty that gives out light. We really need to take the AC out of the wall too in the living room and patch that hole, but don't think he will have time.
Son has a lot of traveling to do, he was in Boise this week, need to check where he is going next. He said he has a lot of catching up to do plus more traveling than normal this year. This time was at an air base. We want to try to have hubs go when son is home as he likely could use a pair of hands extra.
Today is our 56th wedding anniversary, we are going out for dinner tomorrow night as I already have good food for tonight. DD is excited to go too. We don't go out in the evening much.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 28, 2024 12:41:44 GMT -5
Here is the latest I read, the guy running for governor of Utah is blaming the bridge collapse on diversity, yep, diversity. He says the port commissioner is a black lady, but fails to say there are 5 other commissioners, that would have to share that blame? I doubt if he even knows there are more than just her which shouldn't matter anyway. I just cannot believe some of this sh** these people, why, why say something like that?
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 28, 2024 12:31:07 GMT -5
I'm washing bed clothes today, reading and falling asleep in between. I went in the living room and DD hubs is asleep. Thankfully we are not noisy so he can rest.
It took me some reading the first couple of times to figure out ozempic, then it became routine. DD likes her shots in her stomach but they sometimes give me a sideache there, so I give them in the fatty part of my upper arms. You can also give them in the upper thigh. We never went beyond .50; I'm sure that is different or could be for him. I hope he does well on it. He could have some unpleasantness with it but I wouldn't give up to quick.
you can detach the keyboard on this computer and one pops up on the screen, but i don't like it some functions aren't there and makes it awkward. I will never buy another like this one. It's a Lenovo and probably won't die because I don't like it.
I cooked the arm roast last night in the Ninja cooker. I tasted a couple of bites was to die for, made myself quit before I ate to much. Going to heat it and take the broth and put potatoes and carrots in it in the oven and bake the meat maybe 15 or 20 minutes more. I told hubs we need to take our big freezer and load it full and take it to Washington for us and the kids. That was the thing I missed the most in Texas was the good meat and sweet corn from here. Hubs said we can't do that forever, I says well we could for a couple of trips so would last us a year or two. Used to be you could get meat like that in the grocery here but not anymore. They were even getting meat from Australia and places for a while and was labeled so. You can tell labeled or not, yuck.
Cattle should be raised like the farmer down the road from us. does. He has grassy pasture, I would say 50 acres of more fenced off. He transfers from one to the other so it never gets the grass killed but stays good pasture. There are also streams and trees. You go by and see the cows laying in it or strolling around, they are clean with shiny coats and you can tell just healthy. He sure takes care of his stock. Same further down the road, he raises goats, he has one of those great Pyrennes in with them that watches them. That dog is always out there with them. We don't have a lot of cattle here like we used to but the ones we do have take good care of their stock and horses too. I suppose there are pigs but not where you can see them, few raise them anymore. I'm sure they raise all this in Amish country where he buys his livestock for butchering.
If you want to see something sickening, drive through west Texas where all the feed lots are. The poor cattle are covered in poop, standing on piles of it in the pens, the smell is unbelievable. They must use tractors to scrape it up so the pens are devoid of any vegetation. After seeing and smelling that, I couldn't eat meat for the longest time. And if nothing else, the poor animals lack any dignity in their lives. That may sound silly to some, but I think any living thing needs to be treated well if if the end result is for food. It bothered me so much when I would go west in the motorhome, I would drive further north and go out to miss it. There should be laws against that in my opinion. No wonder they have salmonella in meat at times.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 27, 2024 15:50:02 GMT -5
Men's clothes have always been better made. I used to buy men's Lands End sweaters and other brands because they are nicer. Doesn't seem right does it. Lately, I'm not so sure theirs are like they used to be. Many are now also poorly made. It's mainly the cheap crappy fabric, its awful.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 27, 2024 14:07:23 GMT -5
It is really sunny out today and looks so nice, wrong. It is cold out there 46, brrrr.
I am thawing out an arm roast, going to cook it with potatoes and carrots. But DD and I may eat some of it or go out for dinner. Hubs is going to a political dinner for workers at the election. I am invited too but I don't want to go. We can have the roast later and than make veggie soup.
Hubs is having fatigue. He took a nap today, then went out and picked up some limbs. He is now watching telly so in for the day. I'm just happy he is not experiencing a lot more symptoms than he is. This is getting him badly enough.
DD went to the city with her behavior therapist today for a bit of shopping and lunch so she is a happy camper.
Son's flowers are bloomed out and I added some to the bunch. The florist didn't send anything but stems of sunflowers. I know they are expensive and they are skipping on them anymore. But they are very pretty.
I cleaned some more items out to go. But I have slowed way down today, I took a nap too.
I keep saying I need to keep busy and I do, should be daily, not do some then quit. Never will get this stuff thinned out.
We are all in a good mood today and pretty happy, looking forward to warm weather.
Hubs is wanting DD and I to get ready to go to Washington for about a month. I hate to leave before we find out his PSA this time. His last treatment is the 17th of April and he has labs the 15th of May. He meets with his doctor on the 22nd of May. I can get the info from the patient portal but I hate to be gone. We do this to divide up taking care of the cats, its so expensive to board them, that is why we don't go together. He would honestly like for me to get rid of them, I just can't do that. He said he will go up with the boat after I get home. We are also hoping he is less fatigued then, so there is another reason. I would not have gotten them if I thought we were going to travel like this as we never went anywhere. And its just not right to get rid of animals once you get them, they are a part of the family. We will work around the babies. We will both move eventually anyway, so it will work out.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 26, 2024 19:41:58 GMT -5
It's almost a 1000 ft long and 157 ft wide. The thing is huge.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 26, 2024 19:22:26 GMT -5
Went to the new heart doc, I like him. Easy to talk too and been around for a bit I think, so experienced. He went over everything and is going to do a Doppler and an echo too. He said I had blockage in my left artery in my neck and more in the right from several years ago so wants to see how it is now. Also wants to check my leaky heart valve and see if it is any worse. Apparently 5 years since it was last done. Did an EKG today but he didn't say anything about it.
Son and DIL sent me flowers, they came today. They sent sunflowers and they aren't bloomed out yet. I stopped at Kroger and got some flowers on sale to intermingle with them, looks pretty.
We aren't eating right either and haven't for a while. I'm also tired of cooking and just don't know what to fix. So we just have this or that, not balanced meals and I feel bad. I will be excited to cook for some time, then just crash and not give a flip. Not fair to the family, but it gets to be a real drag and stressful for me trying to think of something when hubs doesn't like so much. I've been in one of those slumps for quite a while now.
Did some shopping for food today, bought lettuce, couple of tomatoes, 2 baking potatoes, 2 avocados, some strawberries on sale and the cakes for hubs. Some brussel sprouts, I like fresh ones, cauliflower, and some link sausage, like those too. I don't buy much vegetables at t time anymore, seems like it goes bad fast, so just small quantities. Filled my gas tank, was $54, ouch, just for my car.
Another clothing brand I wonder about is Tommy Hilfiger, I have been picking up items of theirs from TJ Maxx and even Burlington Coat Factory. They seem well made too or the ones I have been buying. I could never wear them before so they are new to me. Need to look up about them also.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 26, 2024 10:11:47 GMT -5
I am not sure what is going on with my sleep the last few nights. One night nightmares, than the rest, I'm working at something half the night, though I'm asleep, that leaves me tired. I don't remember what it is. I told hubs, not taking any new pills or anything so kind of odd. Not sure what is causing it. Going to review all meds and see what side effects they may cause. Sleeping but not getting good rest. Last night was up to late again should have not been.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 26, 2024 10:01:45 GMT -5
The article was on Dive Brief and was in 2015 about JNY. I wish I could copy it but I haven't figured out how to copy and paste on this computer yet, for some reason its different and absolutely no info came with it. But that is where I found some of the information. I too have found some pieces at TJ Maxx but not many.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 25, 2024 22:05:28 GMT -5
Jones of NY is no longer made apparently. I read that any that's left will be sold off. It used to be in Maceys, Bloomingdale's and in its own stores. Must have been something that appealed to older women I guess. I think I bought those in Maceys in Texas last time I visited.
Yet I just saw it advertised at Dillards and Nordstrum, maybe they are selling the rest of the stock?
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 25, 2024 21:52:01 GMT -5
I have 2 nice pair of jeans and matching blouses of Jones, they are 16's but I'm keeping them. They are to nice and fabric to good to get rid of. I can wear the long sleeve blouses with a top underneath so use them as a kind of jacket. I could work the jeans over but that is quite a chore and I would rather not. I have pale blue and berry color, they are very pretty.
I need to see who sells that brand too. So many good brands down the tubes anymore, it's really sad what we lost during COVID. I thought things would eventually bounce back, now I doubt it.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 25, 2024 21:45:47 GMT -5
Now I'm waiting on the tax verdict. I won't be disappointed as I don't expect it to be good. I sure wish we could be pleasantly surprised but I don't think so.
Oh hubs did buy me a lottery ticket for my birthday, LOL!
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 25, 2024 21:39:05 GMT -5
I went downstairs and brought up more clothing to go through. These items are more dressy. Like a suit I purchased for funerals but didn't need and when I did its too big. It's an 18 and I now wear a 12. I tried the jacket on and the buttons can be set over enough to wear. It is gathered at the waist in the back so think it will fit ok. I'm guessing the pants will have to be cut down and remade. The top is lined, I'm not sure if the pants are, have to check. I washed a bunch of those on the gentle cycle and will see how they come out. They have hung down there quite awhile. Some of those items weren't covered up and have dust on them from when we put the hard wood floors in, it sifted into that room. There are quite a few in cleaner bags. The good curtains are going to be kept. They are 84 inches and very nice ones, that I can use or perhaps DIL can. Some of this stuff is going, the suit I will keep and look over and decide. I'm into really nice things now and it will be hard, but I don't want to make all this stuff over, so I will soldier on, sigh. And DD and I need to go through the summer shorts and tops and see if we can still wear these. Hubs said we need to take more to Washington when we go. I guess, we will see. I just looked at the pants to the suit, they are simply made, yes, lined but easily restructured. It's great fabric, no wrinkles or anything, Jones of NY is one, a dress is Emma James, Clairborne, its lined too, but again really good fabric, so you know they are older. I just realized that is the only dress I have anymore. There may be another down there and I have a skirt and top. But its a simple sheath dress, very versatile and both are black that can be dressed up. I likely can just take up the sides on it. I can probably replace them in Washington at Nordstroms or Macey or some other nice stores up there. They are in Capital Mall close to the house.
Wow, the wind is 27 mph and getting stronger, it's supposed to. The lights just blinked for a second. It's staying pretty consistently high.
Once I'm done with the clothing, what next? Need to call the lady with the resale shop that contains all kinds of items to sell if she will take all the dolls. That will help. I think she takes items on consignment which would be good. I could probably include a few pieces of furniture too.
Time to check on the dryer and get those items out so they don't wrinkle.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 25, 2024 16:13:33 GMT -5
DD and I went out to lunch for Mexican, she said I will buy mom. And my sweetie did, she is a pretty good kid, though kid she is not. She tries to be so sweet. Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, and I love the kitty cake. One like that would be so cute.
We bought DQ ice cream for tonight, hubs said we could go out but I will wait till our anniversary. In the middle of this on the 27th, my dear dad got killed in an industrial accident, it has always put a cloud over the good parts. It's been 45 years ago now but you never forget.
I took the clothes to the free store and they saw the bolts of fabric. I said oh, I know you don't take that so is going to Goodwill. The guy said wait a minute let me ask someone. A woman came up and said we will take it all. I told her I put it on Facebook and no takers. She said the old ladies aren't on Facebook and that will be gone in the morning soon as I put it on the table, so they took it all. I was very happy about that as I don't give much of anything to Goodwill anymore. I wanted to say this old lady is on Facebook but I didn't, its ok. So now I know where it will go. I pulled the one piece out for DIL, now we have to haul that up there. Don't know how to keep her from seeing stuff I'm getting rid of, LOL! She is going to pester me to death about keeping this and that. She had said before don't get rid of things unless I see them. She has no room for anything either, so I'm sorry, going to have to happen. No matter what we will not have a house this big when we move. Besides would cost more than its worth to haul all this up there. I will continue and post on local sales sites only.
Well, Walk, you would be proud of me. I went to Walmart and bought nothing. If I do get something new, something else needs to leave the house. I am trying to turn a new leaf over. That and going to bed earlier. But I'm still sleeping as late?? Not sure how to cut that down unless I go to bed at 10 and I don't want to. That's my time to watch what I want and kick back too.
I think hubs is doing better today, he told the doc and he told him to exercise, because he is tired?? He is walking a mile a day now on the treadmill in the morning. The doc told him in the afternoon, hubs said I'm not sure I could do that twice a day.
I went to the dental office in town, they are not taking new patients. She said they are the only dentists in the whole county!! There are 2 brothers in the practice or a father and son not sure which, and ours retired. Now that will be a long drive somewhere as I think my bridge is leaking and has decay under one end.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 25, 2024 11:50:18 GMT -5
Well I don't know why it never comes up but today I'm 78, can't believe it. Hubs bought me a flower, already got my computer I needed so a nice present. He said we can go out to dinner tonight, but I want to wait as the 28th is our 56th wedding anniversary so we will go the 27th. We are going to a steak house in the city. DD and all of us will enjoy that.
Hubs had to go to the city today, so DD and I will go out to lunch while in town and bring home dinner for tonight. I would cook steaks on the grill but the wind is blowing to hard and is to get worse.
Got to get busy, later all.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 25, 2024 11:43:36 GMT -5
Mine are out. I have no idea why but one time went across the road the first couple of times we let them out. Hubs went and got them and never happened again. They are strictly on our 4 acres. I have no idea how they know, but they seem to. Normally they are in the landscaping in the front of the house around the foundation catching their mice, shrews, or little garden snakes. I guess there are enough there they don't need to venture out. They spend the most time with hubs in the garages or here in mine with me. They also spend time on the screened in porch. They are pretty happy I hate to move them. We have a nice sized yard in Washington but I'm not sure I'm comfortable with them being outside there. Tigger may indeed got to sons. they are on acreage and have woods at the houses near them. I don't know if they would let him out or not. And I hate to put him with 2 dogs, he isn't used to. They raised them with Kitty until they had to put her down about a year ago, but they tormented her. Had to even feed her on a shelf so she wouldn't get it. They found her somewhere and she was declawed. Mine have their claws and I'm sure would gladly use them. But that is to be seen yet.
We have high wind warnings out for the next 24 hours. Supposed to be from 6 tonight but already have had 24 mph winds, it would get bad.
Ok, we are off to take off clothing and the bolts of fabric are going to Goodwill. The other place only takes clothing. DD wants to go to Walmart and I'm taking her to lunch. We all may go out to a steak house in the city Wednesday night for our 56th wedding anniversary, though its the 28th.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 24, 2024 21:41:13 GMT -5
My kitties are indoor ones but they catch mice and shrews outside all the time. They are well fed and still get them. I don't know if that would work for you, just regular house kitties?
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 24, 2024 21:20:28 GMT -5
No, I did not know that about people that got COVID, first time I ever heard that. I do feel sorry about that for sure.
The only thing I'm getting is some shoes of color, have clamped down on everything else. Nothing else has been coming in, its difficult believe me, I have to admit I'm struggling. I have ordered cat food and laundry detergent and have to get more food for them, whoops the liner for the griddle, hubs wanted. it and the glue on tank gauges.
I have 5 items left in the 3rd bedroom closet to try on and see if they fit, I pooped out. I'm trying to get all the clothes I want to save in my side of the closet and my dresser drawers and that will be quite an accomplishment from where I was 2 years ago. It's going really well so far. I went through half the purses and I don't want to get rid of any of those so far. Will go through the other half tomorrow and review the first half to see if some can go. Some folks are getting some really nice stuff at the free store. Like hubs said you can't sell the stuff for enough to mess with it.
Hubs is starting to have some issues. He was out mowing today and got light headed, so he came in. His blood pressure was 90/60. I checked to make sure his glucose reading was ok. He had eaten 2 hours before so was 144 which was ok. It might be his a fib causing it. I told him be sure to address this with his heart doctor when he goes in. He said yesterday his oxygen level went to 86. I told him its considered bad if below 94%, he had not told me that. I think he is trying to hide any negative reactions from me. I know he was asleep in the recliner when I got up this morning and slept for quite a while. I made him breakfast of Belgium waffles this morning.
So this afternoon, he only ate about half his food, he said he just wasn't hungry, never seen him do that before, ever. And next thing I know he's in bed, this is about 7:30. He said I'm just so tired. So I figure the radiation treatments are starting to affect him. He watched the news for a bit and was asleep about 8:30. I don't know how to help him, I wish I could.
My hubs is a good guy, we talked it over, he wants to give the renter the mobile home. He said we will only get about $5k out of it. It's in great shape. He said otherwise the guy is never going to own anything. It doesn't matter to me, I said the only thing is I insist it not be signed over to him until he is actually set up to move it, at that time we will. Also signed over to him BEFORE its hooked up so we have no liability for it. Otherwise we may never get him to move and we don't want him on the acre. That would make the house less valuable with another person living on it.. There is a mobile home park in town, about 12 miles away and I think they have openings. Don't know if he can afford to move it or not, so we will see. Best chance he has of ever owning anything. Maybe later he can find some land to move it on somewhere.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 24, 2024 20:24:16 GMT -5
Tonight cheeseburger for hubs and DD. Hamburger for me no bread just pickle. Fried potatoes and corn. One of our favorite meals. I think the radiation is starting to effect hubs, he only ate about half his dinner. I asked him what was wrong, he just said I'm not hungry, that is a first for him.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 24, 2024 16:39:34 GMT -5
I went though my closest again, tried all my pants on, I hate trying on those clothes, got rid of more, some to small a few too big. But kept the ones 1 size up. I rearranged it all, coats together, long sleeves shirts, short sleeved shirts, jeans, and shorts. I didn't try on the shorts. And with the items I washed filled up another bag. That's 2, I'm working on number 3. I have coats in the other bedroom that are going to go and suit type jackets in the basement that are too big. I'm not getting them cleaned, they are likely just dusty, so will run them through the dryer on air. This will be my final purge of clothes in our closet. I got into some cabinets and get rid of all kinds of styling products, cleaned out a cabinet. It will go as freebies beside the road tomorrow with some other things. Also went through a couple of little cabinets, could let one of the cabinets go now.
Next is purses, going to go through them and clean them out and get rid of a bunch. I did about a year ago and have only added a couple, which in all honesty I did not need. I really have to look at NEED and not WANT. Clothes has always been my weakness, growing up didn't have much stylish until my senior year. It sure plays heck with your self confidence, most of my friends were fashion plates. A lot of mine were home made or cheaper clothes. I didn't complain because I knew mom couldn't do better. Though in later years I come to realize the money they spent on beer could have made our lives better. Nothing you can do about it as a kid. I lived in the country so couldn't go work anywhere, had no way to go. I realize I have overcompensated by making sure my kids dressed really nice and me too. Hubs wouldn't wear most of it if you bought it for him, he looked ok though and still does. I think I still overcompensate, if I don't look nice I feel less than others, its just one of the hurts you carry through life I guess. Growing up I never felt I was as good as others. Then having DD too people looked down on us. I have done better through the years and it doesn't bother me as much as it used to. But I still buy to many clothes. At 77, I'm still a work in progress, this year and the last couple have been my biggest push years to finally get rid of "stuff".
I have to go out and find my kitty, hubs thinks he might have shut him in a garage since we haven't seen him for awhile. I don't know if I will get into purses to sort tonight or not.
Think I will cook 3 hamburgers on the grill and have some corn and maybe something else with them. I like stuff cooked on the grill the best.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 24, 2024 16:20:10 GMT -5
I said I only lost weight with meds, could not have done it without them. I say scream because if those folks realized, they could improve there health so much and I'm talking about morbidly obese. I had no idea it would make me able to walk again, I sure hope it would, but didn't know. I had myself convinced, I only needed to lose 20 pounds, said that over and over, so I wasn't facing it either.
As far as the cost, it has gotten down to $100 a month, but I quit spending for other things to afford it, it is that important to me. If it had stayed like it was I was going to have to stop taking it. But I would bet if I stop it would all come back plus more. We are ok with money but being we could live a long time yet and have to pay for assisted living and nursing homes, you never know.
I'm not judging, just saying, they do not realize how badly the weight is hurting them. And I am not trying to make anyone feel bad, I wish I could tell some of them in the docs office that moan about there hips, legs, and backs, that it is the weight and they need to try and move more or do whatever to help. Even a little off would help them. I hear them say, just don't know why I feel so bad. And yes I wish everyone could afford it, though I hear a lot of people say it hasn't helped them or others they know.
I was very active and did not help me so I know and understand why I was overweight and I too tried. Just thankful this stuff is helping, gave me a lease on life even though I have other health issues and old age too on top of it.
If this is taken the wrong way, I will delete it, as I'm not trying to hurt anyone's feelings, I am just grateful daily I can walk again and wish I could help others to do the same.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 24, 2024 12:30:50 GMT -5
The shoes I buy for my awful feet run about $150 a pair, even the sandals that orthotics can be put in are over $100. So finding some fun cheap shoes for summer is great. They won't be worn much, unless like the red ones they are actually comfortable. I still can't believe it. If the pink and blue are ok, I will go back for the green and yellow. They cost a bit more but way, way less than $150. The yellow pair I got are pretty much knit with no real solid heel counter, so not suitable for me.
I can't wear much of anything but lace up shoes. I have 1 or 2 pair of dressy shoes but the right foot is so collapsed and distorted I haven't even found anything dressy that orthotics will even prop up. I got rid of most of the dressier I used to wear, just hung on to those two and they need to go. It's very disappointing to me as I would like to dress up at times. My DIL and her sister have told me they honestly don't even see how I walk at all. Some times it is a big issue believe me. But at least since weight loss I can walk without braces and gigantic shoes and can get around. I was almost ready for a wheelchair, basically for my weight along with the collapsed foot. I would love to scream to the rafters when I see all these huge people in wheelchairs, how they could make life better for them. But they would likely say its just thyroid or something instead of facing we eat way to much. Hubs is looking so much better with me cooking less too. And no one ever said it would be easy, I would have never done it without meds, nor would DD.
I went to bed at 12 but still didn't wake up until 10:30. Hopefully as I get on a schedule I will do better. Hubs says, old people sleep more as they tire, and that could be part of it. I know he falls asleep and he naps often.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 23, 2024 21:59:27 GMT -5
I'm still watching Scorpion, on season 4 I like the show, its somewhat different.
1 hour till my new bedtime, will I make it? I have a load in the dryer and one more to go, but small. This one has the coat. I normally dry on delicate but this time put it higher.
Will say goodnight to all, as I will get off here. Hope all sleep well.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 23, 2024 21:31:20 GMT -5
I just washed the last load of clothes. I have one bag full in the car, this will be the second. I rescued 4 short sleeved shirts, tried them on and they fit so I'm keeping them. There was another it was too big. None of the other stuff in there would fit, too big. Does anyone want a nice LL Bean coat size XL? It hasn't been worn much. I just washed it and getting ready to dry it.,its a warm winter one. I put on Facebook that the bolts and partial bolts of fabric are free, no takers so far. They will go to Goodwill Monday. I will have the back seat full again. I'm really getting rid of stuff. Hopefully each day I can do more. I'm eating pretty lightly right now. I fixed dinner for hubs and DD, but I'm eating some pineapple. I will find something else to nibble on. I really have to watch eating anything to greasy. I love bacon but need to eat it judiciously. Need to get more veggies and fruits back in my diet, leaner meats are fine. I have more tongue to eat, but getting into the really fat part now, won't be able to eat too much of that. I'm getting ready to take a pill to help make me sleepy, like I said going to try and get my days and nights back to where they belong. Having a problem watching telly tonight, its buffering for some reason, only seen it do that once or twice before. There was a bad accident out this way today. I know where it was, we were behind a huge piece of farm equipment there yesterday and hubs was really watching before he passed as there are a couple of hills there. I'm betting it was the same scenario, the lady must have passed or maybe someone else did and hit her, she died and we think the other passenger is in bad shape. You really have to be careful around here/ when the farmers get out. Their equipment will take the whole road they are so big. People get very impatient and want to go so you have to watch. Now they are out with their equipment and huge tanks of fertilizer and weed killer behind, so a massive amount of equipment.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 23, 2024 16:12:54 GMT -5
I can see where Walmart and I imagine Target sells the very same stuff so where do you draw the line?
There isn't much left here to buy from, no good department stores. I would have to cut down my old clothes to get quality and I'm getting rid of them. I understand the disposable part everything is anymore. So produce it in America, there are no domestic shoes made here, no sewing machines, I doubt much fabric. The quality stuff is pretty much gone. I haven't bought any clothing from them, just the little things we use. And I cant find shoes in colors in my size. I figure those won't last long but that's ok. My good ones are still Apex, Orthofeet, Brooks, and other ones, but guess where they are made? I see some on Temu almost like them those for around $30, bet if I ordered them they would be the same, the mark up on products is incredible.
I have made 3 trips up and down stairs, I have to sit down and rest between. The donation place wants clothes to be clean, I agree, I wash them before I donate. So I have brought up a big load and 2 or 3 smaller ones and am washing now. I also got the bolts of fabric I had and am going to take a picture. I've had them quite awhile. I used to make DD Halloween costumes and dresses for her dances as she was hard to fit, so there is a bunch left. Also some vinyl stuff. Looks kind of dusty to me so won't try to sell. I have cleaned off a whole rack of clothes downstairs that is going to go. I have my clothes from last summer down there I will try on and eventually bring upstairs.
It's going to be a slow slog of getting rid of stuff. What a lot of things are down there. And I will have to have hubs help me get items upstairs. The big things we will have to hire people to bring up. One more trip down and I'm done for today.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 23, 2024 13:18:19 GMT -5
I'm going to try and get to bed no later than 12 and get myself an established bedtime. I'm going to bed to late even when there is nothing really good on telly or I spend to long reading a book. Doing that may help and even if I have to take pills for a few nights to help, I will. Something has to change. Than maybe I will feel more like getting out. There isn't much to do here, but surely I can get interested in something. All DD and I do anymore is lay around and sleep, part of it is, I think, losing motivation. Afraid it will happen to hubs too since he has no houses to work on. All we both do is watch TV during the day. He plays cards on his I pad, I work crossword puzzles or get on the computer.
Now I'm buying stuff on Temu I can do without. Bought pink and blue shoes. Did get a silicon type pan for the griddle and 2 tank deals that show what is in them. I have been looking for green and orange shoes. But have to sort through because I need lace up and ones with a hard heel frame and many of them are soft. I lucked out and got a nice red pair that fit well and do fine with my bad feet, not so the yellow ones. they were the first I bought for $9 and soft. I'm going to try orthotics in them though and they may be ok, if not they will go. It looks to me like they are making a lot of shoes that were sold under brand names because you can see on the back of the heel where something would be glued. These just say fashion shoes. So likely items they were making, or are making and the brands went out of business. A lot of companies went under during COVID and after. I can pay $30 and get some really nice ones. I read that Amazon is really taking a big hit from Temu and Shein. Never bought anything from the second one. I saw a pair of swim shoes like I have from Walmart, paid around $12, they had the same exact ones for $4. What a markup on this stuff they are getting. Lot of earrings, like Walmart sells for $4 and Temu sells them fr $.88.
Anyway, this is really not something I need to be doing, buying stuff, even if it is very cheap.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Mar 23, 2024 12:46:30 GMT -5
I just bought one at Walmart or Hobby Lobby, just black, but I'm cheap.
Ok MPL, all we ever raised were White Rocks or Rhode Island Reds. We had some for eating and the rest for laying both were good layers. Never tried any other breeds.
Mine is still in the binder it came in, in a drawer.
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