How is your day Today, plans and achievements 2024....

[hearlady]

We're in our third & final day with DW's relatives, in Edmonton. It's been a good visit. Had supper together in an Asian-fusion restaurant yesterday. Good food. Everyone was in a good mood.

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Another get-together for a meal, this time in the home of our niece and her husband. Tomorrow we hit the road, taking shorter daily drives (so three days till we're back home).

Our friend Claire has been looking after our place while we've been away. She email-attached this pic taken from the porch, a view of the side garden, retired for now util spring. Barely visible in the feed downhill is the hexagonal house of one of our neighbors... down near that row of trees.
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What a lovely side garden!

 

[hollydolly]

We're in our third & final day with DW's relatives, in Edmonton. It's been a good visit. Had supper together in an Asian-fusion restaurant yesterday. Good food. Everyone was in a good mood.

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Another get-together for a meal, this time in the home of our niece and her husband. Tomorrow we hit the road, taking shorter daily drives (so three days till we're back home).

Our friend Claire has been looking after our place while we've been away. She email-attached this pic taken from the porch, a view of the side garden, retired for now util spring. Barely visible in the feed downhill is the hexagonal house of one of our neighbors... down near that row of trees.
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Glorious side garden

 

[RadishRose]

We're in our third & final day with DW's relatives, in Edmonton. It's been a good visit. Had supper together in an Asian-fusion restaurant yesterday. Good food. Everyone was in a good mood.

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Another get-together for a meal, this time in the home of our niece and her husband. Tomorrow we hit the road, taking shorter daily drives (so three days till we're back home).

Our friend Claire has been looking after our place while we've been away. She email-attached this pic taken from the porch, a view of the side garden, retired for now util spring. Barely visible in the feed downhill is the hexagonal house of one of our neighbors... down near that row of trees.
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What a great place and pic! Have fun on the road and be safe.

 

[Trila]

I'm back! Boy, this has been such a busy morning!!

After walking and feeding Goob, it was time to take the window air conditioner out for the year. Of course, all kinds of cleaning is involved with that job....but it's done!

I'm taking a break, enjoying a cuppa and a piece of rolled pumpkin cake! Yummy, yummy, yummy!

After my break, I need to go on the PC. We keep on getting notifications, from various companies that keep medical records, that our personal information "might" have been hacked. These companies always offer free credit monitoring (some for 12 months, some for 24 months), I just need to sign up.

Well the problem is that I need to sign up with an email address, and I can not over lap with an address that is currently being used for monitoring. These "possible" breaches of information keep happening....and I'm running out of email addresses!!!! So this afternoon, I will sign Dio up, using the email that I started for my Mom. (she needed it so that I could get her an Amazon account, but she doesn't know how to use a computer, so it's just an extra email address.)

Next, I will have to create a new email address, then use that to sign myself up for credit monitoring from the latest "possible" breach.

In the meantime, Dio has been applying a "credit freeze" on our accounts. No one will be able to try to take out a loan by using our info. It needs to be done separately for each of our names. It's all such a pain!!!!

 

[RadishRose]

As always, we do our voting early, and I'll drop off our ballots personally at the mailbox of the Registrar of Voters. We are both immigrants and naturalized citizens; my second wife being from Asia and I am from Europe. America has rewarded us richly with both of us having obtained advanced degrees from California universities. We are trying to be citizens par excellence.

PL, I appreciate your post. I hadn't realized (or forgot) you are both nationalized citizens. Let me say I, and I'm sure many others, feel grateful to have you!

As always I enjoyed your pics.... especially the one of the flowers in the fog. Very beautiful. I remember being in SF and driving over the GG bridge into Marin and the fog rolling over, just tumbling in motion..... what a sight!

 

[Georgiagranny]

@hollydolly About our watering can solar lights in the garden...mine is about two years old and not keeping a charge as well as it used to. I tried to replace the battery, but those little screws are in so tight that they won't budge. I even tried putting WD40 on them. Do you know a way?

We went to Walmart, a trip I loathe and despise, but lots of stuff on the list has been crossed off now so next week's trip can be a short one. Yay.

Also had to buy a larger litter box for Maggiecat because she's so...ahem...portly? that she can hardly fit in the one I had. Mind you, I'm not fat shaming her, just commenting.

I used my Kaiser food card at Walmart so DD paid for the balance not covered (it only pays for healthy stuff like produce and no or light salt or sugar)* and also paid for the litter box. My excursion today didn't cost anything.

*ETA: Used my food card because we share meals when she or DGD cook and also split the fruit and fresh veggies...

 

[David777]

So yet another outdoor art/food/music street festival next weekend that will be my 12th in the last few months. Given its German settler foundation, this time an Oktoberfest, one I can walk to. Looking at schedules, rock music starts early next Saturday morning then again late in the afternoon. Sunday another 2 rock bands. But until then, 5 days at home in relative quiet.

 

[StarSong]

Took DH for cataract surgery in both eyes this morning. Took less than 1-1/4 hours from the time we arrived in the waiting room until I drove him home. Drops every few hours and a couple of follow up appointments, but otherwise he should soon be singing "I Can See Clearly Now..."

 

[Georgiagranny]

@StarSong My final follow-up appointment after cataract surgery will be on Wednesday. So far, so good. I don't think I'll need glasses except for the +2.5 readers from the dollar store that were recommended. In any case, according to the Kaiser website, if glasses are needed, the first pair (standard frames but no explanation of "standard") is free. I'm fine with free.

I'm still not used to not reaching for my glasses when I wake up in the morning after more than 40 years of putting them on before getting out of bed.

 

[StarSong]

@StarSong My final follow-up appointment after cataract surgery will be on Wednesday. So far, so good. I don't think I'll need glasses except for the +2.5 readers from the dollar store that were recommended. In any case, according to the Kaiser website, if glasses are needed, the first pair (standard frames but no explanation of "standard") is free. I'm fine with free.

I'm still not used to reaching for my glasses when I wake up in the morning after more than 40 years of putting them on before getting out of bed.

DH is hoping to have the same results, GG.

 

[hollydolly]

@Georgiagranny ..sorry I can't be of any help re the solar watering cans because mine have never lost charge yet....

I tell you what has pissed me off today is that another trellis on top of my fence has been broken by the squirrels... that's 2 now... and I can't repair them myself... so, so annoying...

I used the new Vac today after it charged.. it's obviously better than the Miele because it's cordless, and I was able to just whip off the stem and do the stairs without the heavy head... but i have to say I'm not overly impressed , it seems to have only 2 speeds..one which is not strong enough to clean the rugs, and the other which tries to eat them....so it's very difficult to have the rugs cleaned without battling the machine to stop dragging them off the floor.

the Miele has 5 speeds.. and the 900 speed cleans the rugs without lifting them off the floor ...so it looks like I'm gonna be stuck with 2 vacs, and really not the space to keep them

 

[dusty]

Well, my housekeeper is gone for the remainder of the month so I got to take the trash today and put away the food delivery. I also cleaned the bathroom, visited the office and a friend down the hall. Busy day! Tomorrow seems to be just as busy.

 

[KSav]

A cranky day for me today. I was at my older daughter's all weekend, cleaning their house in preparation for the twins' birth in about 4 weeks. (Although, really: Is it even possible to prepare for a newborn, let alone two?? I don't think so.)

So I'm back home today, tired and sore (and missing my older daughter), and the article I'm working on, which I thought was in good shape, is not. In fact, it's in very rough shape. I've been glued to the darn PC, working, for about 8 hours straight now, and I still missed my deadline for this project, grrrrr.

I feel like I haven't had a chance to take a breath since last Wednesday, at least. I'm just so burned out and irritable right now. Good thing I live alone!

 

[dilettante]

I tried to replace the battery, but those little screws are in so tight that they won't budge. I even tried putting WD40 on them. Do you know a way?

These are usually tiny self-tappers screwed into the plastic, and just to be difficult... often down in a hole.

In any case about all you can do is make sure you have the proper screwdriver and apply pressure:

 

[Pappy]

Went to BJs and picked up our stock up order. Tomorrow, we need to buy a new stove. One of the burners is gone and the elements in the oven quit working. It’s only 20 years old….

 

[KSav]

Went to BJs and picked up our stock up order. Tomorrow, we need to buy a new stove. One of the burners is gone and the elements in the oven quit working. It’s only 20 years old….

I've notice that appliances made in the last 25 or so years simply do not last as long as older models do. They just don't make 'em like they used to, I guess.

 

[hollydolly]

Went to BJs and picked up our stock up order. Tomorrow, we need to buy a new stove. One of the burners is gone and the elements in the oven quit working. It’s only 20 years old….

How much do you expect to pay for a new stove now, Pappy ?

 

[Georgiagranny]

@Pappy Unless your 20-year-old stove has lots of bells and whistles and digital gizmos, replacing burners and oven elements is easy peasy. Ask me how I know .

Well. Yanno all those things that need to be cleaned and you'd be really ticked off if you paid a cleaning fairy to clean and she didn't? Just today I've noticed a whole buncha them. I don't have a cleaning fairy, and I'm not one. I'm a retired cleaning fairy. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

It's gonna be cold tonight, and my Ladies Loungewear is in the laundry. Don't worry about me; I'll be fine. Really.

 

[Trila]

We're in our third & final day with DW's relatives, in Edmonton. It's been a good visit. Had supper together in an Asian-fusion restaurant yesterday. Good food. Everyone was in a good mood.

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Another get-together for a meal, this time in the home of our niece and her husband. Tomorrow we hit the road, taking shorter daily drives (so three days till we're back home).

Our friend Claire has been looking after our place while we've been away. She email-attached this pic taken from the porch, a view of the side garden, retired for now util spring. Barely visible in the feed downhill is the hexagonal house of one of our neighbors... down near that row of trees.
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Beautiful picture!!!!

 

[Muskrat]

Went south to the dentist today to have a tooth pulled and prepped (bone graft) for an implant. That is sure a long, drawn out process. Now I am going to flipping starve to death because i can’t eat dairy for three days. There i was in mexico and couldn’t eat tacos….

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Today was a chill out day. I relaxed and watched TV, also had phone conversations with my BFF, two cousins and my middle grandson. Did a little bit of straightening up and loaded the dishwasher tonight.

 

[Pappy]

much do you expect to pay for a new stove now, Pappy ?

The one we are looking at is about $600. Nothing fancy. My wife likes the glass top one like we have now.

 

[hawkdon]

Morning all....barely awake, 5am, temp 42F, only gets to 60F today, no rain, we are 6 inches behind normal for rainfall right
now....dunno what I will get up to today, UPS picked up the
return yesterday...last eve I was going nuts with a rash flare up,
and about ready to tear skin off....grrrrrrrrr......later gang....

 

[Georgiagranny]

@Pappy Aha...I wouldn't mess around with the burners on a glasstop, either.

It's 40F here. 40! That's a bit too crisp for my liking. Our high temp today is supposed to be 66F.

This is the first day of early voting here. We might do that today

 

[Pepper]

Expecting THC delivery, thank god.