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hollydolly said:
You're correct Star.. it was horrible last few years of his life, desperate for every breath.... and yet he really thought he would get better, even tho' I knew he wouldn't.... it was just heartbreaking. thank you for the thoughts... I really am very sad he's died...
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@hollydolly, please accept my heartfelt condolences. I'm sending you a hug across the miles.
 
KSav said:
Sounds like he may have a substance abuse issue (?). I speak from experience in missing deadlines. I nearly derailed my career. I had to spend a couple of years scrubbing toilets and mopping floors at a local factory as I painstakingly resurrected it.
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No I know for sure he doesn't.. what happens is he gets caught up with his brother who works doing a similar job, and then his brother needs help on a job, and my gardener just calls and puts me off or another day.. it's really irritating.. he smokes cigarettes but I'm sure he doesn't even drink alcohol much less take drugs..
 
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hearlady said:
Yes. I knew which one. I remember you saying he had cancer and at one time didn't you do care visits to him?
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yes I did , right up until recently.. in fact one of the last times he was able to get out he came here... and I took a picture of him in my livingroom.. he was looking through the photo albums of our early life and DD's chidhood... it seems like he was just here.. but it was a few months ago.. and now he's gone, .

I've just been thinking altho' we were only married 11 years.. we went through a lot together.. and because he was in the Navy we moved to various married quarters around the country whenever he was transferred from one ship to another....or to a shorebase.

DD's first home was a Naval MQ as was her next 3 homes, before we went on to buy this house...

What is more poignant for me.. is that he was the only one aside from my siblings, still alive who was a first hand witness to the abuse my father meted out to me.. ..
 
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I just had a unique experience, went to look out back door and just as I did a
Red Fox came out from under the porch!!!! wow, he was aftter water, which had
frozen. so I refilled the water dish...also notice he has a bit of mange on his tail,
so guess I better order some mange meds and hot dogs again LOL...time for
the Fox Whisperer again hahahah :cool: 🦊
 
Today ended up being quite a good one. I met my deadline and then met a friend for coffee, and we chatted 'way too long, but it was so good to catch up.

Then I finally braced myself and did my taxes. After a few years of stupid mistakes, sloppy record-keeping, and underestimating my income, which fluctuates from year to year, I was extremely concerned I would owe money yet again. But last year I was vastly more conservative in my estimates, and meticulous in my records, and I finally got a refund. I seriously almost cried. I can get an overdue eye exam and pay off some of my credit card debt (some of which is, ironically, due to past tax bills).

I know that the goal is to basically break even, but I don't care. I'm just so relieved.

Tomorrow is the monthly online/Zoom meeting of the (London-based) Ocean Liner Society. I'm looking forward to the topic: "Leisure and Labour on the Early-Modern Cruise Ship (1880-1960)." (April's meeting is with Bill Miller. I'm been wildly excited. Yes, I'm a geek, ha ha.)

And Wednesday is my next Fab Four Master Class with my publishing crush (as opposed to a celebrity crush), Ken Womack. :)

@hawkdon, when you mentioned a fox, I was worried you were going to say it was rabid! I'm glad it wasn't.

Good night, everyone. I got so het up about the taxes that I'm exhausted. 🥱
 
It's a little after 6 a.m. and already I've:
~Put away some of Deja's Chewy order
~Scooped her litter box
~Gone down and washed clothes
~Fixed and ate breakfast and took my meds
~Made Wudu (ritual washing) and offered two prayers
~Put the first half of the clothes in the dryer

I've posted pictures of my mini washer and spinner and even of the machines in the laundry room, but I never posted a picture of my dryer. It was sold under the Sears brand, but I believe it was made by Kenmore because it looks just like the Kenmore dryer I had before. It is considered an apartment sized dryer, but it holds quite a bit.

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Good morning Peeps of SF.. 🌺

I had a terrible night' sleep last night... nightmare filled... :(

It's dry today 12 deg c... I was supposed to go out today...but I can't, my stomach is upset... that always happens to me when I'm upset or stressed... so I have to stay home.

Hopefully all will be better tomorrow, because the forecast is for a heatwave..

In the meantime I've ordered some groceries to be delivered.. the heavy things.....

Have the best St Patricks Day you can folks....
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Morning all, what a difference a day makes,yesterday high was 61, the temps dropped during the day,last night it was snowing& windy. When I woke up looked out my bedrm window, 2 inches of snow on ground, temps will be in the mid 20's today,doubt I'll be going outside
This morning from 11-2 there is a marketing event here,a free lunch is included, people coming are not on the waiting list but are interested in learning more about Canterbury Woods-Gates. I've been asked to participate with 2-3 other residents why we like living here. I did this last yr enjoyed it
The rest of my day read NYT on line {papers were not delivered this morning,no explanation} do daily crossword puzzle, read my book, see what the dinner menu is offering
Everybody have a good day
 
moviequeen1 said:
Morning all, what a difference a day makes,yesterday high was 61, the temps dropped during the day,last night it was snowing& windy. When I woke up looked out my bedrm window, 2 inches of snow on ground, temps will be in the mid 20's today,doubt I'll be going outside
This morning from 11-2 there is a marketing event here,a free lunch is included, people coming are not on the waiting list but are interested in learning more about Canterbury Woods-Gates. I've been asked to participate with 2-3 other residents why we like living here. I did this last yr enjoyed it
The rest of my day read NYT on line {papers were not delivered this morning,no explanation} do daily crossword puzzle, read my book, see what the dinner menu is offering
Everybody have a good day
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Amazing isnt it Sue... You've got snow and 20 degrees.. and we've got sunshine and 53 F..and tomorrow and the rest of the week they're predicting 70 deg f... with sun... ..and yet we're in the Northern hemisphere...
 
I've got a gardener here today.
He is mainly tidying and bagging up stuff to go to the tip, but he came to the back door earlier with a glass jar he'd dug up and inside the jar were 6 half crowns.
This jar must have been buried in the ground before I came to live here.
Anyway, I told Keith to keep them as they might have a value. He was so chuffed. 😊
 
Good morning, everyone. I was up in the middle of the night and then overslept. I did the dreaded "woke up on time, rolled over for '5 more minutes,' then it was 2 hours later" thing.

I popped awake in the middle of the night, thinking for some reason that my dental insurance had lapsed. (Long story, much too boring to share.) I have an appointment in May that I made last May, and I do not want to miss it, especially because I am 3 years (!) overdue. My dental had lapsed, but fortunately I was able to sign up with a new, and better, plan. I did that at 3:00 am, which is why I overslept.

I was worried I'd have to wait until open season in November–December, like you have to do (here in the States) with regular health insurance.

@OneEyedDiva, I think you and I have the exact same clothes dryer. :)

@hollydolly, I hope you start feeling better soon. I'm sure your grief over your ex-husband's death will be with you a while.

Remember how I said I postponed my trip to see my grandchildren because of the forecast? Well, it bore out. I don't think I've ever been so happy to see bad weather in March. If it had been a sunny day I would have been frustrated.

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Hope everyone's day is going well!
 
@KSav, I could easily relate to your great trepidation about doing your taxes. Like many (most?) here, I've had periods of living hand to mouth, including times when I was in a fair amount of debt due to business failures.

I can also relate to your relief when a portion of that dread is relieved by some bits that aren't as bad as feared.

Little by little, you will dig your way out. 🤗
 
I am being moved shortly to a rehab located in manhattan between soho and the west village. I am nervous. I want to go home to my cats but can’t.
Like the location of this place in area where I spent many happy times in my teens and twenties.

Not close to son but at least it’s in manhattan and not Brooklyn where DIL wanted to send me.

Will be missing seeing my family on almost daily basis.

I really need to go home
 
Well it's turned into such a beautiful day, very warm 🌞🌻... but sadly I can't go out. However I'm delighted that the supermarket delivery got here and because it was all very heavy things the guy took it all in for me, and unpacked it all...

There was no out of stock or substitutions either which is always good news.

I'm not someone who likes to do grocery shopping online.. but sometimes needs must, and this wasn't anything fresh..except eggs... & cheese.. but it's such a relief to know I don't have to haul those things from the store myself..

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get going out... the forecast is for high temps and lots of sunshine....🌞🌞
 
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Got some good news today…

Roofer came to my house and gave estimate… several thousand less than I was braced for 💰💰💰

This company has done two other houses in my neighborhood and both families have been very pleased with their quality and work. So maybe in a couple weeks that will be “sorted”

@timoc sounds like your gardener found “the pot of gold”. How appropriate for st paddy’s day! Cha-Ching!
 
StarSong said:
@KSav, I could easily relate to your great trepidation about doing your taxes. Like many (most?) here, I've had periods of living hand to mouth, including times when I was in a fair amount of debt due to business failures.

I can also relate to your relief when a portion of that dread is relieved by some bits that aren't as bad as feared.

Little by little, you will dig your way out. 🤗
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Thank you, @StarSong; that means a lot, as do all the other kind reactions. I've been working 7 days a week for the past few years, and growing increasingly dispirited. I still have a long way to go in paying down my debt, but it was a huge relief to see this glimmer of light.

I had to laugh earlier because my eye doctor's office called (again; I've been letting them go to voicemail) to ask if I wanted to schedule an appointment, and I was like, "Yes!!! I can finally commit to an appointment!" 😁

And turns out my old dental plan was still in effect, so I now have two plans. I'm not sure that's permitted. :unsure: I'll have to investigate later.
 
hollydolly said:
I just was fitting some under counter strip lights in the new utility room, when I got a call to tell me my Ex Husband, DD's father, has died. :cry:

I've spoken of him on here before.. he lived alone just 500 yards from me, but he had serious COPD and was recovering from prostate cancer. he was 69 years old.
It's so hard to think of him, the big strong, man that he was when we were married, to the frail thin guy he became as the illness took hold. he was fiercely independant, but eventually he couldn't leave his flat, and I would fetch things for him. ..but there was never more than a couple of weeks when he wasnt rushed into hospital because he couldn't breathe..

He's out of pain now... and I'm so sad he had to suffer like that... .. another part of my life gone... :(
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@hollydolly Are you talking about the ex who left you for a much younger gal, who financially ripped you off, and who caused you so much misery? I am glad that you obviously forgave him. But 69 is awfully young age. I am at 90 no longer in a perfect shape, but I am hanging on.

I was just at the vet to have my two pups weighted. I adopted "Heidi" in 2021 at 1 1/2 years and 43 pounds. Most of the time her weight was 65 pounds, but today it was 69. If she lives as long as my last Boxer girl "Roxy," then she will still with me when I hit 100 y/o. My other pup is "Rex," whom I adopted 6 months ago at 12 m/o and 60 pounds. Today he was 73 pounds, and I expect him to celebrate with me my 100th birthday. At the vet, both were terrified to be separated from me to have their weight taken in the backroom. They are my 24/7 companions and are glued on to me.

Unlike your "ex," I never smoked anything, was always physically active, lived and worked in a relatively pollution-free environment. But most importantly, I have a closely-knit family around me. Certainly not perfect; but the older we get, the smoother it's going. One example: up to 7, my younger daughter wanted to marry me. Then she wanted to become an M.D. to take care of me in old age. At 15 ½, I was the devil personified. At 20 she run away from home and finished college on her own. At 30, she realized that her dad was actually not as dumb as she thought. And after she got married and had a family, we reestablished a close relationship. With iPhone texting, the family is in constant touch with each other.

My ambition is to reach at least 100. So, I am physically active, have no vices, my much younger wife sticks to the Mediterranean diet, and I am taking nutritional supplements in the belief that, in old age, the body needs some help to keep going. I am grateful for what I have, and am thanking God and my mother in heaven every day for it. BTW, participating in the SF is stimulation for my brain, and that is great.

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