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Went for coffee date this morning with a former supervisor of NYSP. We spent 1 1/2 hours catching up. You all should have seen the looks we got coming into the restaurant! My friends there will be sure to ask me if there was TROUBLE as he was in uniform and a sgt.o_O
Then this afternoon I video chatted with another very close friend before he leaves for his holiday. What great friends I have!

I also made a batch of pumpkin muffins as it's cold today. Smelled so good baking, so now I have a treat for visitors (and me).
Tonight it's relaxation time for this lady.
 

JimBob1952 said:
Be patient and careful filling out forms. Is there an office you can go to for help? Remember the goal: Get that to which you are entitled.
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Thank you. Remembering the goal is wise advice. This evening I'll open a CRA online account. (Or try to anyway.) Then tomorrow the next step. Little by little....

I don't know about any office that offers help. Anyway, it's Christmas, so bad timing.
 
Today……
Full recycle bin to the curb…..amazing how much is recyclable, easier on the land fill sites…..broke down a lot of saved cardboard…..took apart some things that didn’t work…..split up between garbage and recycle.
Going for a haircut this morning.

WOW……this past Saturday and Sunday, got a break from snow, very cold but didn’t sNOw, sun was out in full force……my sNOw shovel and I are tired of each other…..have had lite snow yesterday and will today for a while.

Today, being December 21st…….have NOT received an invite for Christmas from my foster daughter, who lives 10 blocks away. 🙁.
 
hollydolly said:
This is where my friend and I went for a drink and some tapas this afternoon.. it was already dark at 4pm.. we came out about 5.30pm

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Hope you enjoyed it. The ambience certainly is very nice.
 
Today I have to go pick up another prescription from the "new" pharmacy and return the one I couldn't use; I didn't even open the bag which was stapled shut with the receipt on it. When I leave there I'll have to walk over to the Amazon Hub to pick up Deja's orders otherwise they'll be sent back. I wanted to do it yesterday morning but I didn't feel up to it. I was tired and had little energy so I ate and took a nap. But in the afternoon I did wind up going to the post office to pick up my meds which inadvertently wound up being shipped to the P.O. box I closed in October. I was surprised because the last RX order was mailed to my house as it should have been. I found out what the problem was and corrected it. Blessedly the medication wasn't returned to Optum and the young lady found the package. I also stopped at the UPS store to return the screen protectors for my tablet that I ordered from Amazon (they were cracked). I am going to finally put away the bath linen and light clothes that I did days ago. I'm tired of digging through the basket looking for stuff. :LOL: I also need to sort clothes for my next double load, which hopefully I'll get done tomorrow (in the middle of the night).
 
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Dried down the inside of the Barn again this morning.. the freezer is getting the worst of the damp because I have most other things covered up with Sail cloth and Tarp..

Not feeling the greatest today , don't know why...:confused:

...but anyway.. I ordered a big bag of Calcium Chloride the other day Suggested by @NorthernLight , and the delivery date was for the 30th of the month, however it arrived today, which is good news ..so now I can get some of that into the barn as soon as I find out how best to use it ..

Sorted through the larder freezer this morning and rearranged foods to maximize space.. trying to work on using the food that's in the freezers before I go shopping for more , which probably won't be until after Christmas now..

Got the laundry done today.. it's in the dryer now.. People tell dire warnings about using the dryer now that our Electricity prices have risen sky high.. there's all sorts of advice about drying clothes indoors on racks etc, rather than use the dryer.. but I feel that using my dryer means that not only does it dry the clothes it also means that I don't have to iron them either.. which I would have to do using any alternate drying system.
 
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At Carson City Nevada pleasant clean motel I got a super discount at $67/night, after skiing yesterday at Heavenly Resort and in another 90 minutes will drive the 33 miles back for more, then repeat Thursday before driving the 5 hours home. Today's first day of winter weather here will be balmy in the upper 30Fs at 9000 feet at slopes with mixed clouds sun. So don't need to bundle up in warmer clothing like last week that does adversely affect flexibility. Best Tahoe region December snow conditions in over a decade.
 
David777 said:
At Carson City Nevada pleasant clean motel I got a super discount at $67/night, after skiing yesterday at Heavenly Resort and in another 90 minutes will drive the 33 miles back for more, then repeat Thursday before driving the 5 hours home. Today's first day of winter weather here will be balmy in the upper 30Fs at 9000 feet at slopes with mixed clouds sun. So don't need to bundle up in warmer clothing like last week that does adversely affect flexibility. Best Tahoe region December snow conditions in over a decade.
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how fab!! Here am I, currently and for the last year and a half been basically looking out at my neighbours' house across the road, and thinking this is such a dull life.. and there's people like you out there reminding me that life is for getting out and enjoying !! (y)..now we have to convince the rail workers, the airport workers, the ambulance drivers, bus drivers.. nurses, the Postal workers.. and everyone else who is currently on strike in the Uk, to get back to work so the rest of us can get on with leading our lives..
 
Yeah, surface snow has significantly metamorphosized versus last week when I skied 3 days right after it snowed multi feet of cold dry snow. Especially in areas with sun or wind exposures. But as skiers ski and snowboard each day, their edges dig up that good loose snow below.
 
Made salmon spread (to send home with my "soul" daughter tomorrow when she and daughter come to open their presents and have lunch). Also made baked beans and making deviled eggs in a few minutes.

Got the presents wrapped, all that needs to be done is a bit of sweeping. Hub getting BBQ, sausage and turkey from the local good BBQ place for lunch tomorrow.
 
hollydolly said:
Dried down the inside of the Barn again this morning.. the freezer is getting the worst of the damp because I have most other things covered up with Sail cloth and Tarp..

Not feeling the greatest today , don't know why...:confused:

...but anyway.. I ordered a big bag of Calcium Chloride the other day Suggested by @NorthernLight , and the delivery date was for the 30th of the month, however it arrived today, which is good news ..so now I can get some of that into the barn as soon as I find out how best to use it ..

Sorted through the larder freezer this morning and rearranged foods to maximize space.. trying to work on using the food that's in the freezers before I go shopping for more , which probably won't be until after Christmas now..

Got the laundry done today.. it's in the dryer now.. People tell dire warnings about using the dryer now that our Electricity prices have risen sky high.. there's all sorts of advice about drying clothes indoors on racks etc, rather than use the dryer.. but I feel that using my dryer means that not only does it dry the clothes it also means that I don't have to iron them either.. which I would have to do using any alternate drying system.
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I hope you'll be feeling better soon HD. I'm like you. I do not like line dried clothes. They are hard and require way more ironing than just taking them out of the dryer right away and I don't like ironing. I've had an electric dryer for decades. First I had a Whirlpool and a few years ago replaced it with a Kenmore that is made just like the Whirlpool. Truthfully, I never noticed an appreciable rise in my electric bill from using my dryer.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I hope you'll be feeling better soon HD. I'm like you. I do not like line dried clothes. They are hard and require way more ironing than just taking them out of the dryer right away and I don't like ironing. I've had an electric dryer for decades. First I had a Whirlpool and a few years ago replaced it with a Kenmore that is made just like the Whirlpool. Truthfully, I never noticed an appreciable rise in my electric bill from using my dryer.
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No I agree.. I've never noticed a huge increase when using my dryer and I've been using mine summer and winter for 30 years ... it's just that with the energy prices having risen well over 100 % this year, the media are saying that anything that heats up..like washers, dryers and fires.. are all to be avoided as much as possible.. and the numero Uno guilty party is the Tumble dryer.. ..but I agree , like you I think it's an even match between drying them indoors on a heating rack in winter, and then having to iron them.. and more work into the bargain..
 
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100 % this year, the media are saying that anything that heats up..like washers, dryers and fires.. are all to be avoided as much as possible.. and the numero Uno guilty party is the Tumble dryer.. ..but I agree , like you I think it's an even match between drying them indoors on a heating rack in winter, and then having to iron them.. and more work into the bargain
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If you have to iron something, that iron uses a lot of energy. I sometimes just put the clothes in for 5 - 10 minutes and then put the items on hangers or let them finish over a drying rack.
 
Babysat early this AM. Then home for lunch and to town for some needed errands. One of which was to find out from the local physical therapy office if I could donate a portable Saunders brand lumbar traction unit. It looks like they will take it; now I just have to get my son to load it in the car
 

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