Recent content by Teacher Terry

I have a double bed in my guest room and the mattress and boxspring are 15 years old. I decided that I wanted to buy a new twin bed as that would give more room and if I had a couple spend the night, I would give them my room. So I put the mattress, boxspring, topper, sheets, and comforter all...

I don’t like ham so I never buy it. Since it’s only three of us here for Christmas now we always go to a nice restaurant instead of buying gifts.

Since you can afford it, I would install all new windows. It doesn’t make sense to have your house, cold and drafty or pay a ton to heat the place.

It’s definitely not inevitable that you will need care. Most of the people in my family lived alone until they either died or shortly before. In my condo building right now we have many people in their 80s living alone and a woman that is 93.

Actually new research shows that any alcohol is poison and contributes to many cancers, heart disease, liver disease and other illnesses. I no longer drink it because I’m trying to stay as healthy as possible in my senior years. Welcome to the forum!!

A few years ago we lost our power for 5 days because of snow and falling tree branches taking down power lines. It really sucked.

I got my first dog as an adult 21 years ago and became totally hooked. Within a few years, I started to take old Maltese when I heard that either their owner died or went to a nursing home. For many years, I had four dogs. Then sadly, I had four dogs that were all around the same age, and they...

There is an Amazon warehouse right in my town so if I buy something that they have there, I’ll usually get it within a day or two. However, what I bought is coming from the East Coast.

I’m guessing that he doesn’t have prime and neither do I. In the states if you order $35 of merchandise, you get free shipping, but it doesn’t come that fast. Today I ordered all the bedding for the twin bed that I’m going to buy and most of it comes on Sunday, but some is not coming till next...

My guestroom is small and has a double bed in it and I never have two people at once as guests anymore except for my youngest son and his girlfriend. I had been wanting to put a twin bed in there and so I decided that when they come to visit, I will give them my bedroom and sleep in the guest...

When we retired, we bought a motorhome because we had four dogs and wanted to take them when we traveled. We went all over the United States, including many national parks. In 2019 we were down to two dogs so decided we no longer needed the motorhome and sold it. Then we started to travel by...

I retired at age 58 and my husband and I bought a house that needed major work and fixed it up for four months and then sold the other house and moved into it. Then I was quickly bored. I’ve tried the typical thing such as taking exercise classes and volunteering. I didn’t find any of it very...

My guess would be that he’s gambling at a casino and they comp people that spend a lot of money at the casino.

I was lucky enough to have all four of my grandparents living in the same town until the first one died when I was age 17. I knew a lot about all of them. My kids are aged 45–52 and they know a lot about their grandparents and some about my grandparents. I don’t have any grandchildren so I can’t...

China is using this technology to control and punish people. Frankly, I find it terrifying.