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Unpacking boxes. It's my 3rd day doing this and I still have about 37 boxes left to go. Hooke up my TV, amplifier, DVD player, tape deck and VHS player. Nice people here with young and old mixed in. Glad I left that 55 Plus joint. It was too boring and too depressing for a fun loving country boy like me.

Folks here sure are friendly. My kind of people. I live in a pretty big apartment with 3 towers. On my first day here I came up to the wrong tower and a nice couple took me to "my tower." Yesterday, I took a cardboard box full of cardboards. A nice young lady took me to the recycle containers and even helped me throw all those used cardboards away. Like I said, there sure are nice people living here. A "breath of fresh air" from that old, rather stale, place. I'm sure glad that I moved while I still can. Some folks wait too long and then they are trapped. Not good!

Retirement should be doing things, having new experiences, meeting new people and having fun. Retirement should not be sitting around waiting for that ambulance to come and get you & take you to "you know where."
 
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~Had phone conversations with my BFF and sister.
~Thoroughly cleaned my fountain and added filtered water so our kitten Deja could drink from it if she chooses to only to find out the fountain stopped working! It worked last night.
~Gave Deja a manicure. Clipped her nails and gently used emery board as was suggest at the vets. She likes to climb me and that hurts.
~As usual spent some time playing with her. I also let her "help" me play Words With Friends. She loves to see the letters hop around when shuffling and she puts her little paws on the screen like she can do something :D Well she does..she usually closes the windows.
~Put away most of the items my son brought from Costco.
~Deja and I took a nap.
One thing I'm glad I didn't have to do is bring the large tote that's on my patio into the house when the men started working on installing a new patio. It's large enough to put a body in it..so I made sure to put a lock on it. :LOL: The workman moved it to back patio wall and it seemed to have come in handy for them to lay tools on.
 
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~Had phone conversations with my BFF and sister.
~Thoroughly cleaned my fountain nd added filtered water so our kitten could drink from it if she chose to only to find out the fountain stopped working! It worked last night.
~Gave our kitten, Deja, a manicure. Clipped her nails and gently used emery board as was suggest at the vets. She likes to climb me and that hurts.
~As usual spent some time playing with her. I also let her "help" me play Words With Friends. She loves to see the letters hop around when shuffling and she puts her little paws on the screen like she can do something :D Well she does..she usually closes the windows.
~Put away most of the items my son brought from Costco.
~Deja and I took a nap.
One thing I'm glad I didn't have to do is bring the large tote that's on my patio into the house when the men started working on putting a new patio. It's large enough to put a body in it..so I made sure to put a lock on it. :LOL: The workman moved it to back wall of the patio and it seemed to have come in handy for them to lay tools on.
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Isn't she just a little joy!! A living thing that relies on you for cuddles, kisses, play, food and warm loving person to snuggle when she is worn out after life's daily adventures. It is so heartwarming that we make such a difference to another of God's creations that he made to give us comfort and happiness!! All of mine need a nail trim and all of them don't like it. Just like are human children we must tackle the tasks of keeping them healthy and safe.
 
Usual walks and trips to a couple of stores. The department store had a huge area of Christmas items. The staff will be so sick of looking at those Christmas trees by the time January rolls around.

Finished up the final episode of Norwegian series on NF.

One of the bloggers enclosed a jigsaw puzzle of her face. Not sure why I spent 25 minutes doing it. I should have gone to bed instead. Now I‘ll do that.
 
Going to the theatre today to see "The Rothienorman picture show". This is a comedy sketch and music show performed by a local theatrical group. Previous shows have had titles such as "Desperate fishwives" and "Dreich encounter". During one performance of "How to look good glaikit" (Scottish for 'stupid') some of the audience left because they thought it was Gok Wan's show, "How to look good naked".
 
Today, we are going to an Apple Fest. Supposedly, they have the best apple pies in the world. Hence my interest. I'm not going to pick apples -- been there, done that. Hopefully, I won't go nuts and buy bushels of apples, because there is nowhere to keep them, and I have enough to do as it is.

This is also going to be a dog grooming day. My dog gets the clippers, and Cousin's get brushed out.

Currently, I call the dogs, collectively, the tornado. They often come inside, a whirling dervish of dogs, and then do fun stuff, like knocking over Cousin's lava lamp. Thank goodness that isn't a prized possession of his.

Then, more unpacking. My son and I have got to get this done because looking through boxes to find grooming tools was not fun.

The high yesterday was 57; it is getting chilly. Barn coat weather.
 
Today I am going to shop for a White Noise Machine ( discussed in another thread ).
I am a very light sleeper and the least noise wakes me. I can fall asleep easily but staying asleep is another matter.

Prescription pills are not always the answer as one can develop a tolerance to them so I don't use too often.
The other problem I have is tinnitus and it seems to get worse as I get older. Some of the sounds are indeed quite scary.
I used to have a small table fan which made just the right sound for me and helped block the sounds from my noisy neighbour above but it has finally died so thought I might try one of these machines.
I know I can buy on line but I want to hear the sounds before I buy.

Oh and I might pick up some food too:LOL:....depends on how tired I get

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Watching Queen Elizabeth's funeral 😢
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I watched it as well. It was a great funeral, the variety of military and military uniforms were amazing. The quietness of the crowds impressive and the flowers, tons of flowers. Lovely. She certainly got the funeral she wanted.

But, at what cost to the people of Britain? -who, as hollydolly (I think commented), have to chose between eating and heating this winter. A choice the royals won’t have to make.

I had a conversation with a young woman at our apartment complex who was being evicted. Why? Her mother, who she lived with, had died. She paid for her funeral and now she could not afford to pay rent. 😢. Her, and her baby, had to go. Where? A shelter probably.

I don’t believe in funerals. I believe in burials, you got to bury the dead.

Having said that, like most of the people of the world I adored Queen Elizabeth. Her funeral was great. But, in the end, she was buried. It costs millions of dollars and the final costs are not yet in. Businesses were closed and the final costs of their losses is not yet in.
 
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Today didn’t start out great. I ordered curtains from BB&B on Sept 4th. They were to be delivered by FedEx yesterday and never came. I basically stayed home all day waiting. When I looked at the tracking, they were being returned to the shipper because one of the house numbers was supposedly missing. Grrr. I don’t believe that. They made no effort to call me. After finishing trying to communicate with a computer, I finally got to talk to helpful person and I had to leave because of a doctor’s appt - the doctor who had decided to go on vacation and mailed out notifications of the cancellation. Duh, who has never heard of a phone.

Tried to go to three restaurants that were closed. Guess with lack of staff they’re taking more time off; I don’t blame them, just disappointed.

Came home and tried to communicate with FedEx again and then finally got through to BB&B. A very nice fellow and he will try to expedite my order. My husband was listening to the speakerphone. He was fit to be tied; says we will never ever ship with FedEx. I filled out the satisfaction survey. Grrr.

Went for a walk to burn off my frustration. Quite a lovely fall day.
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I am waiting for a new walker. It didn’t come and Amazon said it would today. Nope, now its 7 days out. 😡
 
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