Reflections of My Life

I had ordered the Kahlua mocha gourmet coffee and Jordan's Skinny Syrup in the Maple Bourbon Pecan flavor (sugar-free, of course). They came today and as soon as I unpacked them I was making coffee! Ohhh, that coffee smelled so good as soon as I opened the bag. So I made two cups and put it in a big cup I have. Added 2 tbsp. of the syrup and then whipped up some heavy cream to top it with. It tasted as good or better than the specialty coffees everyone is always talking about. Very good! I wouldn't be having it every day since the coffee is kind of expensive for me but I paid for it out of my food budget.

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So I had a conversation with the elevator repairman. He is from the company they have a contract with not Otis. Otis is the one who fixed it. He said that he told them what was wrong with it months ago. The board inside it needed to be repaired but the parts were not available. He said he needed to remove the board and repair it in the shop. Try to rebuild it with parts that were available. The management here, Conifer, said no, it cannot be disabled for that long. They wanted to keep it running till March when the sale of the building goes through. So they don't have to pay for it to be repaired or put up with us tenants with no elevator.

So when the Otis repairman came here to fix it, he already knew what was wrong and had the parts he needed to put in the board. The inside of it was open and he didn't have to take it apart, just work on it and put the parts in. Because Otis is a much bigger and older company, they had the parts to replace it with. Up until the news came here, they didn't make an effort to get it fixed. They were waiting for the sale to go through.
 

Gosh! That is quite an explanation, for that elongated terrible situation. Their plan didn't work out well for either the tenants or the management. And only getting the news involved, shifted that plan! Thankfully for you and the others who need to use it.
Thanks for sharing about that, and for sharing about all the things yu share about, too!:)
 
katlupe said:
So I had a conversation with the elevator repairman. He is from the company they have a contract with not Otis. Otis is the one who fixed it. He said that he told them what was wrong with it months ago. The board inside it needed to be repaired but the parts were not available. He said he needed to remove the board and repair it in the shop. Try to rebuild it with parts that were available. The management here, Conifer, said no, it cannot be disabled for that long. They wanted to keep it running till March when the sale of the building goes through. So they don't have to pay for it to be repaired or put up with us tenants with no elevator.

So when the Otis repairman came here to fix it, he already knew what was wrong and had the parts he needed to put in the board. The inside of it was open and he didn't have to take it apart, just work on it and put the parts in. Because Otis is a much bigger and older company, they had the parts to replace it with. Up until the news came here, they didn't make an effort to get it fixed. They were waiting for the sale to go through.
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Well thank goodness for an honest repairman, now you're more fully in the picture Kat...
 
I learned something new today! I have been having horrible pain in my shoulder. Now I am thinking it actually started when I started walking in my hallway every morning. Had to be caused by holding onto the walker for such a long time without stopping. I looked at some YouTube videos about the walker I have and on Bob & Brad's video they showed the way to tell if you had it at the right height. I am short. It was up way too high for me. In fact, I wish it would go down one more notch but there is not a hole there. If I just left it that way it would not be sturdy. So I have it on the lowest hole. It is much better. I hope that was the cause of this shoulder pain. So happy when I can fix something without asking for help.
 
No matter where you are in life. Age, health or financial, you have to plan ahead. Now I can easily see all the mistakes I made in my life. Yet I feel it is too late to do anything about them. I can just go on and try to get by the best I can.
hollydolly said:
Kat I just looked at your avatar of when you were a young mum... very cute picture... 🤗
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Thank you! I miss that little boy.
 
katlupe said:
No matter where you are in life. Age, health or financial, you have to plan ahead. Now I can easily see all the mistakes I made in my life. Yet I feel it is too late to do anything about them. I can just go on and try to get by the best I can.

Thank you! I miss that little boy.
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I know your beloved son has problems now as an adult, and I'm sad for you and for him for that... but even I miss my daughter when she was young.. sometimes I wish we could have a Do Over.. ! 🥰
 
Today I spent most of the day cleaning. Well, vacuuming, thoroughly. I vacuum a few times a week but don't always move the chairs out and vacuum them real good too. Most of the time I just do it quickly because there is hay all over. Rabbit is so appreciative of me cleaning.......he really is. He comes and checks it all out and is not afraid of the vacuum at all. Well, rabbits are very clean animals. I am exhausted tonight.
 
hollydolly said:
I know your beloved son has problems now as an adult, and I'm sad for you and for him for that... but even I miss my daughter when she was young.. sometimes I wish we could have a Do Over.. ! 🥰
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I am not sure I could do anything different concerning Jeff. He was born the way he was. But there are a lot of things I would change about my own life.
 
Life is strange, just like the song says. All the things you work your whole life to have or buy, do not matter in the end. All the young people excited to be buying the newest things. Spending lots of money on them…..in the end, does it or that item even matter? Even if you enjoy it and have fun with it, does it even matter? Or did it ever? Even the day you got it.

I saw a couple at Christmas time in the self-check-out next to me at Walmart. They were so excited to be buying a huge screen television. You could see it on their face. Maybe it was a gift for someone with bad eyesight or maybe for themselves. I remember seeing excitement like that on my mother's face once when she woke up and realized I was there to visit her. I thought to myself, "how could I excite her that much?"

Now the things that matter most to me is being able to carry my garbage out to the dumpster. Or to be able to stand at my sink to wash a few supper dishes. When or IF I go somewhere I am sitting there watching the clock eagerly to when it is getting time to leave and go home? I have become like my Grandma, taking my keys out of my purse miles before home! Now I understand why she did that. How sad she must have been when she realized she could not live at home alone any longer! She loved her old house. She didn’t see the flaws her children saw. It was her home. She could do things her way and be alone without them constantly talking and making her go places. How awful that must have been. Yet she could have sold her house and land (100 acres) and lived somewhere in the city or a town, or even in an apartment like I live in now.
 
Yesterday was not a good day. My friend and I went for our morning walk around the hall. Still 8 laps is the best I can do. I figure any amount I do counts so at least I can do it. After our walk she came in my apartment, which has been our usual routine. I pushed my walker out of the way into the kitchen so had my back to her. She was giving Rabbit some treats. All of a sudden........BAM!

I turned around and she was down on the floor face first!!! I was in a panic that first second. I said her name and she answered me. I knew I could not get her up so told her I was going to get her husband. He came with me and she was sitting up. Then we were able to get her up onto the chair. She did not know what happened. I think Rabbit was probably around her feet and she avoided stepping on him and tripped herself.

I felt terrible that she fell in my apartment and doubly terrible that Rabbit probably caused it to happen. I know to be careful around him and of course, I usually have my walker to hold on to. I have never fallen myself and am very careful. So sad that happened but she said not to worry or think about it. She said it is over.
 
katlupe said:
Life is strange, just like the song says. All the things you work your whole life to have or buy, do not matter in the end. All the young people excited to be buying the newest things. Spending lots of money on them…..in the end, does it or that item even matter? Even if you enjoy it and have fun with it, does it even matter? Or did it ever? Even the day you got it.

I saw a couple at Christmas time in the self-check-out next to me at Walmart. They were so excited to be buying a huge screen television. You could see it on their face. Maybe it was a gift for someone with bad eyesight or maybe for themselves.
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:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
Pepper said:
Kat, when I had to spend days in the hospital, my private (!) room had 75 inch TVs! I would absolutely love to have one in my home!
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There was a time in my life when I could have afforded one. In fact, I bought one of those 43" ones that came out in the early nineties. I think back to those times of freely spending on really trivial items. That is why I am here now. I should have learned about finances, in fact, I worked in accounting offices! Instead I learned about credit cards and debt.

The fact is, how many of those big screens are replaced every so many years? If you ever took garbage to a land fill you would know what I mean. Piles of them! And the manufacturers are smiling at every sale to replace the last thing with a bigger thing. Nope, not for me. I am content with what I have. Oh yeah.........my old television that I bought all those years ago........landfill after about 5 years.
 
katlupe said:
Yesterday was not a good day. My friend and I went for our morning walk around the hall. Still 8 laps is the best I can do. I figure any amount I do counts so at least I can do it. After our walk she came in my apartment, which has been our usual routine. I pushed my walker out of the way into the kitchen so had my back to her. She was giving Rabbit some treats. All of a sudden........BAM!

I turned around and she was down on the floor face first!!! I was in a panic that first second. I said her name and she answered me. I knew I could not get her up so told her I was going to get her husband. He came with me and she was sitting up. Then we were able to get her up onto the chair. She did not know what happened. I think Rabbit was probably around her feet and she avoided stepping on him and tripped herself.

I felt terrible that she fell in my apartment and doubly terrible that Rabbit probably caused it to happen. I know to be careful around him and of course, I usually have my walker to hold on to. I have never fallen myself and am very careful. So sad that happened but she said not to worry or think about it. She said it is over.
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Your poor friend! It might be that she lost consciousness or had some kind of stroke. Maybe it wasn't Rabbit. She should get checked out.

Have a better day! :)
 
RadishRose said:
Your poor friend! It might be that she lost consciousness or had some kind of stroke. Maybe it wasn't Rabbit. She should get checked out.

Have a better day! :)
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She didn't lose consciousness or anything like that. I believe it was Rabbit who got around her feet. My friend and I walked this morning and she could have gone more laps than me. I still felt bad about it but she said she is fine. Didn't even get a headache. I felt better after seeing her this morning.
 
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