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Everybody in the garden that needed it, got a little drink, not too much because we're supposed to get rain again, and it's not gonna be quite as hot and sunny today.

And I dug up more monkey grass that decided to sprout where it shouldn't be. I swear that if I wanted it in that spot, it wouldn't grow:mad:. I'm already cogitating like Bugs Bunny about what's gonna go where next spring. My daddy would say I'm hatching a plot.

The second load of laundry is laundering. The first load is in the dryer. And now...ugh...I really am going to start that list of passwords and stuff. Once it's all done, I'm gonna create a document and print it. Yup. Gonna actually print it🖨️.
 

WheatenLover said:
To stop any arguments with my sister, I told my mother that she would have first dibs on my mother's personal property. My sister took it all! Okay, no worries, it really didn't bother me. But she took all the slides and photos from our babyhood onward, and from my mother's entire life in Germany. She was going to do something with them and send me copies. She didn't do that. She also decided she was the gatekeeper for all of my mother's personal papers, so if I want information from them, she won't give it to me.

The worst part is that she told me what my mother had told her about my not letting her see my kids for 3 years. My mother lied to her! I told her the truth and she told me I was lying!

Then she accused me of stealing a scarf from my mother's possessions. She was really mad about that. Only problem is that I didn't take it. A scarf? These scarves that are decorative -- people wear them around their necks; most were silk. I *hate* wearing scarves. They and ruffles make me feel ridiculous. There is no way I want a scarf. She accused me of lying again!

In the end, I just stopped talking to her. I don't see that changing. I do not like being accused of things I did not do. I do not like her gatekeeper stance. In my immediate family, heck, in my extended family on both sides, I have more education than anyone (attorney, accountant). I have the only children -- triplets and a daughter who was born 1.5 years after them. I am not a dumb woman, nor am I a woman who has lazed around all her life. I haven't actually lazed around at all until I got cancer, and then I had no choice.

You would think I was the black sheep of the family. I honestly think I am, and I don't know why. Maybe it's because when we were in high school, I went out with my friends. She had male eggheads over for evenings of chess. Maybe we are too different. But I will say this, just because I like to have fun and joke around, doesn't mean I am stupid. It means I have a personality and am myself.

She actually hired an attorney to draft my mother's will. The attorney took the will I drafted and copied it, word for word! Except for the executor. My sister talked my mother into making her the executor (on her death bed) because she was more qualified with her bachelor's degree in hotel management.

Oh man, I really am ranting now! Sorry, not sorry.
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clearly..you need to get it out.. to people who are not invested.......

I have no idea why some people are like this other than perhaps they feel a sense of control ..
 
I am just back from my daily morning walk.

When I give my "big old guy Ross" medication, including for pain, before 5 a.m.; then he joins us for our morning walk. But if I do it just 1/2 hour before we go, then he won't get up. But he still comes along for our daily evening walks.

With "Ross," I walk only 1/2 an hour because of his age. Without him, I hike with my two younger Boxers for one hour in the open and wild "coyote country" as I call it, unless I am dog sitting my grandson's Beagle pup like today. Then I only walk around for one hour in our small town with no sidewalks. I am perhaps the only one who is actually "walking" on the streets, and only because of my dogs and because it's healthy.

PS, I obtained most of my free "advertising shirts" at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas 25 years ago. Some of them are really funny.

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Just back from a 2-1/4 hour round trip to the airport (rush hour). Grand niece is going home after staying with us for a week. We so enjoy her annual visit, and she loves just chilling at our house. The pool is a big draw for her, too. She decompresses from an ordinarily very busy life.

Will get to some laundry and other household chores today, but nothing too strenuous.

Hope you all make today a great day. July 31st already. Wow - where does the time go?
 
hollydolly said:
I understand your feeling about this.... I have a similar sitution with one of my sisters.

My father not longe before he died, divided up family photos and just handed then out Willy Nilly to various family members, not caring who got what..

My sister has the ony photos of me as a Baby.. and refuses to give them to me.. or even copy them and send them to me by email... and equally , she has some photos taken of MY daughter as a toddler at another sister's wedding that were taken by another family member...... and blankly refuses to give me them as well..

I cannot stand her..I despised her when we were children, and I despise her to this day...
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Some salads just get too much vinegar in them. Some things we just can't fix. ... :coffee: ...
 
WheatenLover said:
To stop any arguments with my sister, I told my mother that she would have first dibs on my mother's personal property. My sister took it all! Okay, no worries, it really didn't bother me. But she took all the slides and photos from our babyhood onward, and from my mother's entire life in Germany. She was going to do something with them and send me copies. She didn't do that. She also decided she was the gatekeeper for all of my mother's personal papers, so if I want information from them, she won't give it to me.

The worst part is that she told me what my mother had told her about my not letting her see my kids for 3 years. My mother lied to her! I told her the truth and she told me I was lying!

Then she accused me of stealing a scarf from my mother's possessions. She was really mad about that. Only problem is that I didn't take it. A scarf? These scarves that are decorative -- people wear them around their necks; most were silk. I *hate* wearing scarves. They and ruffles make me feel ridiculous. There is no way I want a scarf. She accused me of lying again!

In the end, I just stopped talking to her. I don't see that changing. I do not like being accused of things I did not do. I do not like her gatekeeper stance. In my immediate family, heck, in my extended family on both sides, I have more education than anyone (attorney, accountant). I have the only children -- triplets and a daughter who was born 1.5 years after them. I am not a dumb woman, nor am I a woman who has lazed around all her life. I haven't actually lazed around at all until I got cancer, and then I had no choice.

You would think I was the black sheep of the family. I honestly think I am, and I don't know why. Maybe it's because when we were in high school, I went out with my friends. She had male eggheads over for evenings of chess. Maybe we are too different. But I will say this, just because I like to have fun and joke around, doesn't mean I am stupid. It means I have a personality and am myself.

She actually hired an attorney to draft my mother's will. The attorney took the will I drafted and copied it, word for word! Except for the executor. My sister talked my mother into making her the executor (on her death bed) because she was more qualified with her bachelor's degree in hotel management.

Oh man, I really am ranting now! Sorry, not sorry.
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Some stuff one has to just put in a deep dark well / trunk.
 
Busy day today. Drove down to the south of the county for a photo job. Photographing all the traders and stalls on an indoor market for advertising etc. Just emailed the link to just over 100 shots. Tomorrow a taxi is picking us up ay 8am for the local railway station. 4 days away in London visiting our eldest in Muswell Hill. We've got an Air BnB near Archway for 8 of us - should be a nice break - we all need it.
 
Welcomed some rain today,, & cooler temps.

Yesterday was spend seeing doctor,, hubby getting blood work done.
Picked up meds $$ ,, went to Walmart $$.

Took the food home & back on the road .
Headed to the Amish market for peaches, sweet corn, & a zucchini.

Today was going to have pancakes & bacon for lunch.
I could not find the new bottle maple syrup............???
I know I had a new bottle out last time we had pancakes.

All I can think of is I thew the new bottle out. :rolleyes: :mad:o_O🙃
 
Georgiagranny said:
@moviequeen1 You haven't mentioned seeing/playing with "your" dog, Tage, lately. He's probably suffering from separation anxiety, poor pup!🐶

I'm up. We were promised rain last night, but it didn't happen. As soon as I get the first load of laundry started, I have to water the garden.

oooo! That'll make two things on my list of three. Goody. And I'm gonna take the bull by the horns today and do something I've promised myself for months. I scribble down passwords, password changes, etc., and need to make a readable list of what they are. That'll be my challenge for the day. And it'll keep me outta the heat. Yay.

Speaking of heat, if the weatherturdsnerds can be trusted, it's gonna cool off by Saturday...in the 70s. I'm here for it!

Carry on. BBL
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HI, I haven't been able to dog sit 'Tage' since Marcia's husband, Dave retired at the end of June
She told me last Sun, she may need me to sit with him on Fri Aug 8th, for a couple of hr Yes I do miss him Sue
 
How small is my hometown? A featured front-page article is "Civic Center to Get New Icemaking Machine." News :D

So I was all set to print the new password list. Um. No matter what I try to do, I get co-pilot telling me it's here to help. Dammit! I don't want co-pilot to "help" me. I just want to print the list. I tried to tell it to leave me alone. Nope. It's gonna "help" me whether I want help or not:mad:

Can't we just opt out of the latest and greatest? I'm gonna go back to a quill pen and parchment. Remember those little recipe boxes? Gonna get me one and write out my recipes on 3x5 cards. Gonna get me an 8 1/2 x 11 spiral-bound notebook with lined paper. Okay, maybe not a quill pen and parchment, but a pen and above-mentioned notebook.

Let us all hope that @Matrix doesn't decide to move us into the 22nd century before we (I) figure out the 21st.
 
IKE said:
Went and had the basal cell removed from my forehead yesterday afternoon (six stitches) so that's out of the way.

My left knee got to bothering me and and after xrays of both knees I had to get a steroid injection in my knee and am feeling better and will begin walking again tomorrow after not for ten days.

When viewing the xrays the ortho doc mentioned that both arteries in my legs showed to have calcification / blockage present and suggested, because calcification builds up in all arteries not just the legs, that I go see my cardiologist as soon as could get in and I've got a appointment with him at 11:45 this morning.

Don't get me wrong I'm tickled to death to be upright but it just seems like if it ain't one dam thing it's another.
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OMG Ike...you've had quite a time, medically. But it's good that these ailments were caught and addressed before they cause you serious harm. Wishing you improved health going forward.

@-Oy- I'm am glad you are feeling better.
 
I went down to the laundry room at 4:30 a.m. It's the first time I've gone down in the middle of the night in several months. Friends, including one here on the forum, expressed concern at me doing that. So I asked my son to survey the parking lot when he left for work at 3:45 and make sure the walk in gate to the parking lot was closed.

That gate is weighted, so closes on it's own and one must have a building key to open it. Owners need key fobs to get in and out of the parking lot. When he called and said the coast is clear, I got changed and went down. Outside is well lit anyway, so I've never felt unsafe going down before sunrise. Here's a photo from last year. Laundry room steps are on the left.

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For the first time ever, I started drying the clothes as soon as I came back upstairs, so as to get ahead off the heat. I put away half of them, then ate and took a nice nap. Talked with my BFF, ran the dishwasher and wound up napping again until about 7:30 p.m. So, as usual, I'll be up in the middle of the night.
 
Since it’s too hot to do anything in the afternoon, I spent it prepping a variety of items for company. It’s a long weekend - BC Day is Monday. Smoke is starting to filter into the valleys. Friends who just sold their house were fortunate. Their former home was in one of the evacuation areas.
 
Good morning ..it's sunny morning.. I'm sitting by the open window so a little cool breeze is coming in...66 deg...

I could just have those temps all the time, Id be very comfortable.

Just waiting now for the Distirct nurse to arrive.. to change all my dressings... and check everything is healing as it should..
 

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