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Got the Chevy body almost ready for paint. (y) Been going at it like a mad man, burning the midnight oil and therefore had to get the brother to help with the body prep as I've been putting in the disc brakes and a power rack and pinion steering setup.
Motor and transmission are waiting to go in too.
 

Spent four hours in immediate care at Kaiser. Y'all realize that I'll never get those four hours back, right?

Anyway, not carpal tunnel, arthritis or anything life threatening. "Inflammation of unknown cause." Gave me a brace with instructions to wear it at work, when working around the house or in the yard. This to keep muscles/tendons from rubbing against bone so that it'll go away. When the inflammation has cleared up, only need to wear it if/when it comes back. Yay.

Also gave me a scrip for a pain killer. The line at the pharmacy was so long that I didn't get it filled. That would have been another hour. I'll stick with Tylenol.

Doc thanked me for not waiting until the weekend or until next Wednesday night to come in :LOL:

It's cold here, kids. Didn't get to 50F again.

We haven't heard from @Aneeda72 yet? Hope she's okay.
 
Trila said:
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🔥We had our first fire of the year today. It's warm and toasty in here...almost too warm! 😂

I spent the whole morning fighting with my Amazon Photos account. After much frustration, I realized that the sight was down. I wasted my whole morning!!!
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Now it is time for me to start getting something productive done....whatever that is!
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@hollydolly You are welcome to spend the day here, with me. Right now, the living room is 85.5°F (29.7°C). 😓
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well thankyou kind lady..:cool::love:.. you know what the Irony is?.. We had record temps all summer, and we have no AC in this house.. so I was sleeping nights where the temps were 90 something deg.. or more to the point not sleeping because of the heat . I wished the summer away desperate for winter to come.. and whaddya know, the Ukrainian/Russian war has caused our fuel prices to rise so high barely anyone can afford to put the heating on..:(. so now I wish it was summer again...
 

Georgiagranny said:
Spent four hours in immediate care at Kaiser. Y'all realize that I'll never get those four hours back, right?

Anyway, not carpal tunnel, arthritis or anything life threatening. "Inflammation of unknown cause." Gave me a brace with instructions to wear it at work, when working around the house or in the yard. This to keep muscles/tendons from rubbing against bone so that it'll go away. When the inflammation has cleared up, only need to wear it if/when it comes back. Yay.

Also gave me a scrip for a pain killer. The line at the pharmacy was so long that I didn't get it filled. That would have been another hour. I'll stick with Tylenol.

Doc thanked me for not waiting until the weekend or until next Wednesday night to come in :LOL:

It's cold here, kids. Didn't get to 50F again.

We haven't heard from @Aneeda72 yet? Hope she's okay.
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Get that pain med filled, you might need them. They will not fill it after 7 days. Just drop it off and then you can pick it up the next day.
 
Today I sold a bunch of Treasury bonds on the secondary market. Never did it before so I was very anxious about making a mistake, but it appears to have worked as described by people on the internet (i.e., "press 'Sell' button"). Now I'm just waiting for some others to mature early next week and for today's to settle, then I should have enough money for closing on the condo I am buying - but just barely, I've added the numbers up dozens of times I'm so nervous I'm going to mess up. I think I'd enjoy financial planning with someone else's money, but it is nerve-racking with my own.

The condo's retirement community has a free newspaper and there is an ad in it that one of the restaurants is doing a Thanksgiving dinner, so I called and reserved a spot for that. I hope they seat all the single old people together and that I don't find myself all alone at a table. It would be nice to have a traditional meal with other people (in the past I would never have said that, but now being retired and alone all the time I am starting to appreciate the existence of others a little bit).

I'm having so much fun play-shopping, looking at estate sale items on Facebook Marketplace, browsing Amazon and putting things into my cart then moving the items to 'save for later', even hiked a couple blocks to a Salvation Army store and browsed through dishes, there was such a beautiful fancy delicate Japanese tea and soup china set - totally impractical but fun to daydream over. Realistically my home design is going to have to start out as an air mattress and cardboard box 'tables'.
 
HoneyNut said:
Today I sold a bunch of Treasury bonds on the secondary market. Never did it before so I was very anxious about making a mistake, but it appears to have worked as described by people on the internet (i.e., "press 'Sell' button"). Now I'm just waiting for some others to mature early next week and for today's to settle, then I should have enough money for closing on the condo I am buying - but just barely, I've added the numbers up dozens of times I'm so nervous I'm going to mess up. I think I'd enjoy financial planning with someone else's money, but it is nerve-racking with my own.

The condo's retirement community has a free newspaper and there is an ad in it that one of the restaurants is doing a Thanksgiving dinner, so I called and reserved a spot for that. I hope they seat all the single old people together and that I don't find myself all alone at a table. It would be nice to have a traditional meal with other people (in the past I would never have said that, but now being retired and alone all the time I am starting to appreciate the existence of others a little bit).

I'm having so much fun play-shopping, looking at estate sale items on Facebook Marketplace, browsing Amazon and putting things into my cart then moving the items to 'save for later', even hiked a couple blocks to a Salvation Army store and browsed through dishes, there was such a beautiful fancy delicate Japanese tea and soup china set - totally impractical but fun to daydream over. Realistically my home design is going to have to start out as an air mattress and cardboard box 'tables'.
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Now you just go to that dinner, look around and see what looks like a fun table. March yourself over, introduce yourself and sit down. You will have new friends before you even move in!!
 
hollydolly said:
well thankyou kind lady..:cool::love:.. you know what the Irony is?.. We had record temps all summer, and we have no AC in this house.. so I was sleeping nights where the temps were 90 something deg.. or more to the point not sleeping because of the heat . I wished the summer away desperate for winter to come.. and whaddya know, the Ukrainian/Russian war has caused our fuel prices to rise so high barely anyone can afford to put the heating on..:(. so now I wish it was summer again...
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It's always like that! I think it's in a song, something like "you don't know what you're got, 'til it's gone"!

Do you have an electric heating pad? If you do, you can put it between your clothes and a blanket when you are sitting around watching tv.

Hang in there...it'll be too hot again before you know it!
 
Trila said:
It's always like that! I think it's in a song, something like "you don't know what you're got, 'til it's gone"!

Do you have an electric heating pad? If you do, you can put it between your clothes and a blanket when you are sitting around watching tv.

Hang in there...it'll be too hot again before you know it!
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Can't do that because it's electric and that would cost money to heat, and our Energy prices are sky high... I've got fleece blankets, and gloves I can wear indoors.. and layers..(y)
 
I am being on the crabby side with the holidays coming soon and living alone. Yes I have doggie and birdie but some human company would be appreciated.

I heard that many of my family members will be meeting in Texas for Thanksgiving. Once in a blue moon I will get a call on a holiday but I won't hold my breath.

Sometimes I just wish we could skip all the holiday hoopla. What I mean is the big media build up to the holidays. Some are lonesome on the holidays too. Maybe they should get people to go out and spend some time with those alone. That would be charitable.

I've been without human contact on the holidays for about 6 years now. Sometimes I'm alright with it and sometimes wish I had some people to be with.

Just my little lonesome rant. 😩 Ugh.
 
Another wet and miserable day forecast here. We haven't been affected by flooding in this area, but some roads are in a bad way.
Mrs. L made a Christmas cake yesterday and will bake it today. Not sure what I'm doing. There's plenty to be done, but this persistent bad weather gets me down.

A helicopter has just flown over - doubtless on its way to an oilfield. They're noisy beasts and we seem to be on the flight path.
Time for the first coffee of the day.
 
Today is what is known as "The Gift" day in my town. It is heartwarming to see. At 12 noon trucks go down every street picking up food donations. Volunteers run to every porch and people are generous. You give what you want. Twice a year this happens,

I love watching the merry faces and it shows that it really is better to give rather than receive. But to those receiving I hope that next time they will have different circumstances and be able to give.
 
Ruthanne said:
I am being on the crabby side with the holidays coming soon and living alone. Yes I have doggie and birdie but some human company would be appreciated.

I heard that many of my family members will be meeting in Texas for Thanksgiving. Once in a blue moon I will get a call on a holiday but I won't hold my breath.

Sometimes I just wish we could skip all the holiday hoopla. What I mean is the big media build up to the holidays. Some are lonesome on the holidays too. Maybe they should get people to go out and spend some time with those alone. That would be charitable.

I've been without human contact on the holidays for about 6 years now. Sometimes I'm alright with it and sometimes wish I had some people to be with.

Just my little lonesome rant. 😩 Ugh.
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same here Ruthanne.. I'll be alone at Christmas... this will be my first Christmas alone in 25 years
 
win231 said:
The tile guy came to start tiling the remodeled bathroom. Some plumbing things also arrived.
I trimmed some tall brush with that pole trimmer (that's getting heavier each year).
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I have to use the Tall Pole Trimmer on the hedges because they're so high now.. something I always asked my husband to ensure didn't happen... but anyway, now I'm stuck with using the heavy Tall trimmer... and I can only use it for a few minutes at a time because of the weight..
 
My routine duty again, today……shovel snow.
High winds and snow all day yesterday again. Kept the deck cleared and the paths open for the guys. Did their paths at 9 last nite, blew in over nite…..shovelled the driveway, getting rid of the big banks in front of my big garage door.
The wind blew the bank back in…..have to shovel to get out, and clear the dog paths.
Will do the grocery thing this morning……sadly the few things I need aren’t on sale…..will be a bit pricey….will fill up my vehicle, down to 1/4 tank.
Will do some sorting, I try to do some everyday, no matter how small……have my piles for……garbage, recycle, giveaway, sell, right now, not much for selling.
Not predicted to sNOw today……so far.
Thought I would be organized, by now, to have some sewing ready to do…..but I don’t yet……want to make up some patterns first.
That’s it for my exciting life for today. 😉.
 

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