Recent content by J-Kat

Born and raised here in east Texas. I have lived in other places but moved back in the early 90’s to take care of my aging mother. We both sold our respective houses and together bought the house I live in currently. My mother unexpectedly died after us living here only about 3 years. I have...

My PT assigned home exercises designed to keep my shiny new working without so much pain/stiffness. I’m 7 weeks out from the surgery and finally, at the six week mark, there has been much improvement. 👍😁

Another thought. If you happen to have a long term care insurance policy, check to see if it has a benefit for in home care. Some do and it will pay daily amounts for aids, nurses, etc.

For those who cannot install traditional grab bars, I discovered this option - link below. Note: I bought mine at Amazon for much less than manufacturer’s price. www.stander.com I recently had a total knee replacement surgery and live alone. Prior to the surgery, I tried to think of every...

I spent hours in the public library as a child. I loved to read then and still do. I know I have read all the Nancy Drew books. I was fascinated with pioneer times and one of my favorites was A Lantern In Her Hand. I still have a paperback edition of that book. Gone With the Wind, To Kill a...

Bought a few items at Aldi, mainly ingredients I need to make some chicken chili. Chili you say when I live in an area where the temps have been in the three digits much of the last month? We have finally had a “cold front” come through and it has been in the balmy 80’s the last few days so...

I’ve been leasing cars for quite a long time. I bought vehicles before I retired but my work took me to rural areas or travel on busy interstates and the miles piled on. I was driving a Toyota 4Runner I bought used with 30000 miles on it when I retired but it was too big, guzzled gas and was...

Had to order some closet end rod supports for the utility closet where I planned to place my new shelving unit (see above). When I got into it I discovered the rod was being held up by only a middle bracket. Both of the rod supports, which were plastic, had pulled loose. The new ones are...

Baseball…so slow and boring. New rule should be a time limit on how long a batter can be in the box. It’s tiring to watch a batter rearrange his “junk” after every pitch. A close second is car racing. Around and around they go while onlookers are hoping for a little excitement- like a big...

Hummmm. I live very near Coffee City. Interesting that I learn about this from a post on an internet site from a poster apparently living in Canada. Not surprised though since our local news stations and the newspaper seldom report anything that might require some investigative effort and...

A three tiered wire storage unit. I plan to put it in a utility room closet which will get my extra rolls of paper towels, soft drink/water cartons, etc. off the floor. Now I just need to get it assembled.

Here in east Texas we have enjoyed a couple of weeks of 100+ temps. Grass in back yard is crispy and brown. Grass in front is holding on since I water it every few days. Strange thing happened yesterday evening. The sky turned dark and there were thunder boomers for an hour or so and then a...

I have subscribed to Sirius for many years. I enjoyed it when I was working and had to travel frequently but mainly listened to news channels and NPR. The music channels were horrible back then and still are it seems. I have Spotify and many playlists that I set up with music I like. I also...

Beginning our third or so week of straight 100+ temperatures with no let up in sight anytime soon. And no rain either. Gave up watering the grass and any container plants I had are long-gone. I have a tree service here today to remove a pecan tree, remove the dead areas of a large crepe...

I was working in my office. My secretary came in bringing some papers I needed and she asked if I was aware that there was an attack at the World Trade Center. I followed her into the large work area where most everyone was gathered around a little b/w tv showing the situation. I watched for...