Reflections of My Life

bingo said:
we are having fun over here ....keep this diary going ...if you can...nothing else compares
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I will. I wasn't considering getting rid of it. Just one negative member who always says something to attack someone. Not here and not to me. Just sometimes you need to eliminate the negativity. I don't even care to see it.
 

So far today, I have made coleslaw, two batches of Keto Chow (salted caramel and eggnog) for tomorrow and the following day and now have yogurt in the Instant Pot. Sounds like a lot but it really is easy. I like to have it all done before I want it. My kitchen is a wreck but I got the dishes all washed while I was doing it. Now I have 8 hours to go on the yogurt. So going to clean my bunny boy's cage.

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I had to get up at 1:00 AM to pour the yogurt into the strainer. It tasted great! I will leave it in the strainer pretty much all day. At least until I am sure it has strained out enough of the whey to be the consistency I want. I will be using it for sour cream and to make salad dressings as well as eating it like it is. I want to have perfected this Greek yogurt so when I have the rest of my teeth extracted I will have something easy to eat (along with the Keto Chow and bone broth).

Tomorrow I go back to my therapist at the Lymphedema clinic. I asked them if I could get a wheelchair transport when I get there to get to their office. It is a LONG way down the building, which is hospital, all the way to the basement. Last time I could not walk for next few days afterwards. I know walking is good for me, but something about those hard floors is hard on me. In Walmart it is too but I try to get in and out as fast as possible.
 
We had a major snowstorm here yesterday. So had to cancel my appointment at the Lymphedema clinic. Of course. That is why I hate to make appointments. Sonny could not get his car out of his driveway and I did not want to go anywhere on these roads.

So I stayed home and did laundry instead. The snow kept coming down. Pretty much all day.

Much better today though it was cold in the morning. I think it was in the fifties when Sonny came to pick me up today. He wasn't wearing a jacket so that was my clue! lol

Went to Walmart and got some groceries. This time they had plenty of jumbo eggs but we did get the last 4 packages of bacon (2 for me 2 for Sonny). There was only 1 gallon of distilled water left. At least now I do not have to bother loading up those gallons of drinking water since I now have it delivered. Really happy I did that!
 
It is funny how life changes constantly. You get used to things and then there is a small change and usually, at least in my experience, that change as tiny as it may be, will cause a major shift in other parts of your life. I can't think of all the changes I have gone through in the past four years of living here and on my own but there has been many. There is a saying that if you want to change your life then change one thing you do every day. That really works one change at a time. The reason, I think, is that one change compared to many at the same time is too overwhelming.

Today I wake up to a major snowstorm and the last two days was like spring. That is NY weather for you. I always expect snow and cold temperatures in March and April too. Not having a car makes it easy to deal with. The car owners in my building have to move their cars at a certain time so the plow can do the parking lot. I love not having to worry about that. Back in 1992, I lived in an apartment complex that had a big carport behind the buildings for tenants' cars. So when it snowed they were covered and didn't have to move them around.

I am planning on making a pork roast in the Instant Pot today. But letting it cook like a crock pot using the manual button. I never use the slow cook button on it. I like this method best. That will be good for supper today.

It is strange how the apartments in this building are designed. I am on the backside of the building and have big windows that I can see outside and brings in light all day long. Across the hall those apartments are on the front side of the building and face the street. Their windows, at least the apartment I have been in, are higher up and not easy to see out if you are standing in front of them. Upstairs on the 3rd floor, those apartments get a lot of light but you can't see out of them at all standing in front of them. Too high up. Especially if you are short.

I hope whoever reads this today has a wonderful day!
 
I have been working on organizing my dressers and vanity drawers. I need to make my storage more efficient and better organized. I realized I was wasting space and in a studio apartment that is not wise. I do not use the vanity to do make up anymore since I do that in the bathroom. The lighting is much better. I can use the vanity drawers for stuff other than make up and jewelry. Instead of storing things, if I don't use something I get rid of it.

One big problem I have and always have had is the electric wires for various things. I have plenty of outlets. Six through out the main part of the apartment not counting the kitchen and bathroom. On the center part of the vanity I have a power strip with the equipment for my internet plugged in and a lamp. I had one of my air purifiers on the vanity and plugged in there as well. I recently watched videos on where is the best place to put a air purifier and it is in the center of a room??? How can you do that when it has a cord and has to be plugged in? Even if I did not have a pet to worry about, it is a big hazard having a cord running across your floor. So I took the air purifier down from the vanity and it is setting in a corner of the bathroom for right now.

My goal is to have all my things put away in places where I always know where they are. I could get something in the dark and not have to turn a light on to find it. That is why I always put things away after I am done using them. Trouble I have is putting things away in the kitchen cupboards since I can't reach past the bottom shelf. I have to stand on a stool, a small one, but still even getting up on that is an act of bravery for me. That is why I have so many things on my counter. I would rather it was bare. My plates and bowls are on it where I can easily reach them.

Well, that is probably more than you wanted to know, but that is what I am doing today and this week. It will keep me busy and not wanting to go outside or anywhere else. I imagine snow clean up will be going on today. So I just turn up the music........
 
bingo said:
we also occupy a small space...downsized a lot...i am always thinking of how to maximize storage space and make it accessible...
my husband's a little pack ratty...but finally comes around to my plan...ha!
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When I moved in here in 2018 I got rid of a lot of things I had. Since that time I have gotten rid of even more. I hate to have clutter and in a studio apartment it is all open so I see it all the time. I have been trying to make it easy to clean, which it is pretty much. Next spot to hit is my storage locker downstairs and mostly Christmas stuff and photos. I have no one to leave any of my stuff to. So trying to organize now.

Something I took note of is that every year they do a inspection of the apartments. Whatever needs fixing is written down and then a few weeks or months later the maintenance man comes and takes care of it. Another thing that is checked during the inspection is the condition of your apartment as far as being clean or cluttered. And they mean overly cluttered or as they mentioned in the notice "hoarding situations". A couple of tenants had to throw their boxes of things out whether they wanted to or not.

So I make sure not to have anything under my bed or piled up in my closets. They are neat and orderly. It looks better that way.
 
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This morning I have been reading previous posts on this diary and see several members who seem to be gone. Missing them as they posted on here in the beginning quite a bit. It is funny but when you only know people online and then don't hear from them again, you feel sad about them not posting ever again. Not knowing what happened to them or why they left. In person, you can know people very well and they go out of your life and you figure they are just busy or moved or something like that. And maybe you bump into them in the store or somewhere.
 
This afternoon, six of us, five from this floor and one from the 3rd floor had coffee at one of our apartments. It was fun. We laughed a lot. No discussing management or other tenants. We are past that now. When the husband walked in from the grocery store, he was surprised to see all of us sitting there drinking coffee. He just said, "guess we are having a party."

I just made chicken wings in the Nuwave oven. I did not coat them with anything other than Redmond's seasoned salt. Just a package of six which is enough for me. I just wanted to see if I could make them in the Nuwave and how they would come out. Sometimes I really want them but they are so overpriced. I don't like to fry anything in oil because it is so messy. This will do for me. I will see how I can improve them next time.
 
Yesterday, as I mentioned in the above post, I made chicken wings in the Nuwave oven. They came out pretty good. I was lazy and didn't make the wing sauce or blue cheese dressing to go with them. Next time. Here is a picture of how they looked and I might add that they were as good as they looked even without sauce.

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I bought a set of three boxes that are made to hold all your wires connected to the electric outlets or to put a power strip inside it. I just hate the way a bunch of wires look and have been searching for a solution to this ugly problem for some time now. This is the biggest one that I didn't put the power strip in since I fastened it (actually two separate strips next to each other) to the file cabinet. But I was able to put the largest external hard drive inside it with the wires running to the power strips on the file cabinets.

Inside the box:
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As you can see, wires still show. It is difficult to place things so they don't show at all. I am waiting for a "sleeve" that I am hoping will help as the wires are encased in this sleeve thing.

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katlupe said:
I bought a set of three boxes that are made to hold all your wires connected to the electric outlets or to put a power strip inside it. I just hate the way a bunch of wires look and have been searching for a solution to this ugly problem for some time now. This is the biggest one that I didn't put the power strip in since I fastened it (actually two separate strips next to each other) to the file cabinet. But I was able to put the largest external hard drive inside it with the wires running to the power strips on the file cabinets.

Inside the box:
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As you can see, wires still show. It is difficult to place things so they don't show at all. I am waiting for a "sleeve" that I am hoping will help as the wires are encased in this sleeve thing.

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I've looked at those boxes over the last year , really to put my external gang sockets in which I hide under the side tables.. but tbh, I think the box looks like a box on the floor if you get my meaning..In my house, people would be thinking why is there a box on the floor..
 
katlupe said:
This morning I have been reading previous posts on this diary and see several members who seem to be gone. Missing them as they posted on here in the beginning quite a bit. It is funny but when you only know people online and then don't hear from them again, you feel sad about them not posting ever again. Not knowing what happened to them or why they left. In person, you can know people very well and they go out of your life and you figure they are just busy or moved or something like that. And maybe you bump into them in the store or somewhere.
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This is why we have this thread. If someone has been missing a considerable amount of time, and has been a regular poster, we put a call out on here..

https://www.seniorforums.com/threads/sf-members-silver-alert-missing-in-action.67662/page-4
 
hollydolly said:
This is why we have this thread. If someone has been missing a considerable amount of time, and has been a regular poster, we put a call out on here..

https://www.seniorforums.com/threads/sf-members-silver-alert-missing-in-action.67662/page-4
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I know it is there but was not wanting to be attacked by someone on that thread. That is why I put that someone on ignore now. Don't feel like putting up with those nasty comments. I try to stay away from those situations.
 
hollydolly said:
I've looked at those boxes over the last year , really to put my external gang sockets in which I hide under the side tables.. but tbh, I think the box looks like a box on the floor if you get my meaning..In my house, people would be thinking why is there a box on the floor..
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You could put something on top of it like a planter or a decor item.
 
katlupe said:
I know it is there but was not wanting to be attacked by someone on that thread. That is why I put that someone on ignore now. Don't feel like putting up with those nasty comments. I try to stay away from those situations.
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yes but if you have that person on ignore you won't see their posts on any thread not just this one... :)
 

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