I will be getting my first ever smart phone soon. I'm not looking forward to it. But, it must be done. I'm glad you're having a good time with yours. Maybe there's hope for me yet.
I got my first smartphone in 2020. I was dreading it too. So much stuff to learn. But I did one small thing then another. After a while I found some fun things I liked. I didn't think I'd be doing all these things. Some of the apps really did change my life for the better.
I hope your upstairs friend isn't using cooking appliances that need to be turned off. That could be a bigger problem. Sorry you had to deal with that and I bet she feels terrible.~Went down to the laundry room and washed light colored clothes, bath linens and Deja’s cute porpoise bed (in a separate machine). I dried the bed down there since I felt it may be too big to dry properly in my dryer. I put it in a garbage bag and tied it shut but I’m glad I thought to check it later. Turns out it was still slightly damp (hardly detectable), so I took it out and set it on my desk so it could dry thoroughly. Once I hand wash the scratching post, my son can take them and the food she no longer wants to the shelter.
~I put away most of the laundry, finished putting away the items I bought over the weekend and Deja’s Chewy order that came in yesterday. Of course it involved rearranging stock.
~Called Optum RX to find out why they canceled my medication order per an email I received. The pharmacist, who was very nice, said my credit card was declined. I said it's the one I use all the time so I didn't know why. She reordered the meds, ran the card again and it went through. She thought there may have been a glitch in their system due to their system upgrade which occurred the day my card was declined.
~Balanced my checkbooks which took less time than expected. I hadn’t reconciled my main account since the beginning of March.
~Just as my son got the pan ready to make himself a grilled cheese sandwich, water started coming out of the vent over the stove. When he went upstairs, my neighbor over me said nothing was leaking in her kitchen. A couple of minutes after he came in, she called and apologized saying she didn’t know she had left her faucet running.She’s 87 now and maybe she’s getting forgetful, but this has happened a few times over the years. I consider her a friend so I handled it nicely, but asked that she please be more careful because it causes quite a hassle for us.
When she called to apologize again and asked if anything was damaged, I told her that remains to be seen (one of my NuWave cooktops got water in it) and said jokingly that if it happens again she’ll have to come down and help us clean up. I quick grabbed a bucket when my son went upstairs but water had already gotten on the stove, the microwave, the counter and a little on the floor. We both were just glad we were at home otherwise we'd have come home to a flood.
Thank you Hearlady
Yes, her forgetfulness is a concern. Regarding the incident yesterday, I'm glad she was home. She is still active, mostly with church activities. Had she left the faucet running and gone out, it really would have been a mess. I'm sure she does feel bad. I'll try the cooktop that was affected today and if it works, I'll send my son up when he gets home to let her know everything is working. I would call her but she has this ridiculous, long a*s message that I just do not have the patience to listen to. 
Good for you for taking advantage of a lovely day. Bet you were smiling most of the way through it!
Thank you. Yes I was smiling and singing It was a glorious day. Now I’m inside painting my bathroom baseboards clean white. It’s looking good. Today’s cloudy and cool. I scheduled the duties according to the weather forecast and lucky for me it was right. How is your day?
Thanks for asking.
Wow! Your corner of Texas is sure warming up. It's typical spring weather here - AKA June gloom. Cool moist air rolls in from the ocean overnight and gradually burns off during the day. Some warm days, but rarely in the 80s or above.
Is TGS the grandson?Thanks for asking.
We requested TGS today - love having him for a day during the week and an overnight over the weekend. He's feeling the displacement of having a new baby brother, though he doesn't know how to express it.
At our house he gets full attention all the time and relishes it. Our DD went through this when her twin brothers were born. She was almost the same age as TGS, so his occasional acting out is familiar to us. He'll adjust over time, but it's been less than 2 months so he's still working it out. Being abruptly displaced from the center of your parents' universe to the older child whose needs are less immediately addressed can be a tough nut to swallow. Especially for a 2 year old.
When he's going to be here we rarely schedule anything bigger than a grocery store run because he takes a 2 hour nap smack dab in the middle of the day.
Oh MQ....best of blessings with your move and all it entails. I'm sure you'll let us know about your new place.
TGS = toddler grandson. He's not yet 2-1/2.
Close enough for me. I figured he was young if he needed looking after.
