Reflections of My Life

This morning I drove "Jazzy" (mobility chair) to the Grand Union. Rabbit was low on greens. Took the garbage to the dumpster and then went to the store. It was a very nice ride. On the way to my apartment, I picked up my mail and Amazon deliveries that were waiting for me.

Later when I was getting ready to go to my neighbor's for our afternoon coffee time I saw the elevator buttons were both lit up. I thought I could hear the elevator moving but didn't really think anything of it. At coffee, one friend who lives upstairs said she had to walk down the stairs to get there. She normally uses a walker. We have had several people get trapped in it for a bit. It had started lurching when the doors would close on my floor. Everyone mentioned it to the maintenance man but whenever he rode it nothing happened. I guess nobody can take our word for it. What do we know? A bunch of old people.........

Well, now the elevator repair guy has been here for a couple of hours working on it. The button lights are off and I don't hear a sound coming from it. I pray he can fix it. I know we REALLY need a new one. But I hate the thought of being trapped in here while it is worked on. That might take awhile.


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Elevator is fixed (for now). There are too many expensive repairs needed here for them to do even one (it seems). New elevator is needed as well as a new roof, new washing machines and dryers and repaving our driveway and parking lot. Conifer, the company that owns our building has many properties and they keep accumulating new ones. Which means they completely remodel those to rent out for "affordable housing", as they like to say. I just wish they would put some of that money into our building to do the repairs that are badly needed.

The potholes in the parking lot are a danger to anyone walking out to their car or the dumpster. If you are blind or have trouble walking it is easy to trip over them. I am very careful but I do use a walker which not everyone does. The washing machines will stop on the spin cycle and you have to push the washer to rock it to get it going again. Frustrated when I come downstairs to get my laundry and it is just sitting there locked in the washer.

For the most part I love living here but it could be so much better. Even our maintenance man complains about them not doing the repairs needed. Two apartments had to be redone due to the roof leaking into their apartments. One had to have extensive work done. Good thing her mother lived downstairs and she had a place to stay while it was done.

Yesterday we had a great time at our coffee hour! It sounded like a party going on when I left my apartment to go across the hall. We were laughing and sharing our stories of our families and past lives. Just four of us. In a couple of weeks I will have it at my apartment. Anything bigger than the four of us does not have that intimate feel to it. Being able to share our problems, sorrows and happy times is such a good thing. I never had this since I grew up. As a teenager I had a group of girls I was best friends with and it reminds of them.
 
Just got home a little while ago from playing Bingo downstairs. There were seven of us playing today plus one guy calls the numbers. It was fun and a nice way to spend the afternoon with friends. Made Mocha ice cream (Keto Chow) and having that right now. I eat it before I even think about supper. One guy that joined us today has never played Bingo with us before. He would come in on his scooter and watch but would not play. Today he got off his scooter and sat with us to play. I was pleased to see him do that. It is good for him to join in.

I took a walk earlier this morning when I went out to the dumpster. So many times I have gone that far and not taken that walk. Now I try to do it if I can walk. Yesterday I used my mobility chair because I was going to the store. So today I made a point of walking. Just keeping myself moving as much as possible. Today there were people out. People working in the flower beds. One man was checking all the trees and looking them over very closely. Mothers with little children on the playground. One mother was rocking a baby in a carriage. Of course, several people walking their dogs.

We do have homeless people here and there has been discussion lately about doing something about making a place for them to live. It gets cold here in the winter so I hope they do it soon. I see a lot of them when I go out and they are pleasant and always say hello or good morning. Anybody could end up that way, not necessarily due to drugs or drinking like most people say or think. It has to do with money and being able to afford rent. So I am nice to them but I do not give them money nor do they ask. I never have cash on me so nothing to give to anyone.

I worry that if I die before my son, he could end up that way. He does not handle money well and I pay his rent with his money. In the beginning, I gave him cash for his rent and then his landlord wrote on the receipt that he owed $100. more the next month because he was short. So I started getting money orders for his rent. It is very hard to watch out for a grown up child who is maybe mentally ill. I can't make him go to a doctor and I can't make him take any kind of drug. So for the most part he is a good son and person. Yeah, Adult Protective services would take over his money and bills and do all that. But they are not his mother. And nobody will love him after I am gone.
 
I caught Rabbit napping this morning. He does not flop down flat like a lot of pet rabbits. This is the closest he comes to that. He is always on alert though as you can tell by his ears. I suspect when sleeps someone completely hidden like behind my bed he might lay flat down. He's not saying.

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katlupe said:
I caught Rabbit napping this morning. He does not flop down flat like a lot of pet rabbits. This is the closest he comes to that. He is always on alert though as you can tell by his ears. I suspect when sleeps someone completely hidden like behind my bed he might lay flat down. He's not saying.

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It is too hot for Ms. Ghia to be outside today so she is napping like Bunny only her head is propped by her water bowl. We bought a small cooling pad for me but the box said it could be used for pets also. Sadly, I can't let Ms. Ghia use it because she would chew it up and it is filled some kind of get.
 
@katlupe, regarding the elevator, potholes, etc. ; perhaps Conifer needs to know their insurance company might drop them or raise their rates if repairs are not made properly.

Wouldn't it be funny if someone asked the manager:
"What insurance company covers Liability and/or Property Damage for this building?"

Manager: "What do you want to know for?"

Tenant: "I fell in one of those huge pot holes out there and need to go to the ER. My lawyer wants to know the name."

Now, if your low-rent housing is Federally subsidized, I do not know how that goes.
 
RadishRose said:
@katlupe, regarding the elevator, potholes, etc. ; perhaps Conifer needs to know their insurance company might drop them or raise their rates if repairs are not made properly.

Wouldn't it be funny if someone asked the manager:
"What insurance company covers Liability and/or Property Damage for this building?"

Manager: "What do you want to know for?"

Tenant: "I fell in one of those huge pot holes out there and need to go to the ER. My lawyer wants to know the name."

Now, if your low-rent housing is Federally subsidized, I do not know how that goes.
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I would be afraid to say that because I would not want to be evicted for some silly reason because they were afraid of me causing them trouble. I am not brave enough to take chances.

It is federally subsidized. So they have a lot of loop holes.
 
Happy Heart said:
It is too hot for Ms. Ghia to be outside today so she is napping like Bunny only her head is propped by her water bowl. We bought a small cooling pad for me but the box said it could be used for pets also. Sadly, I can't let Ms. Ghia use it because she would chew it up and it is filled some kind of get.
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Rabbit has been on his little blue rug a lot lately and it is right near the air conditioner. So I think he stays cool there.
 
katlupe said:
This morning I drove "Jazzy" (mobility chair) to the Grand Union. Rabbit was low on greens. Took the garbage to the dumpster and then went to the store. It was a very nice ride. On the way to my apartment, I picked up my mail and Amazon deliveries that were waiting for me.

Later when I was getting ready to go to my neighbor's for our afternoon coffee time I saw the elevator buttons were both lit up. I thought I could hear the elevator moving but didn't really think anything of it. At coffee, one friend who lives upstairs said she had to walk down the stairs to get there. She normally uses a walker. We have had several people get trapped in it for a bit. It had started lurching when the doors would close on my floor. Everyone mentioned it to the maintenance man but whenever he rode it nothing happened. I guess nobody can take our word for it. What do we know? A bunch of old people.........

Well, now the elevator repair guy has been here for a couple of hours working on it. The button lights are off and I don't hear a sound coming from it. I pray he can fix it. I know we REALLY need a new one. But I hate the thought of being trapped in here while it is worked on. That might take awhile.


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A malfunctioning elevator would be too much!
 
katlupe said:
I would be afraid to say that because I would not want to be evicted for some silly reason because they were afraid of me causing them trouble. I am not brave enough to take chances.

It is federally subsidized. So they have a lot of loop holes.
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Yes, I would be afraid also! Dang, there must be some way to motivate them before someone gets hurt. Well, that would be a real long shot anyway.

Anyway, I'm glad you're having so much fun with your neighbors. I love hearing about your visits with them! Rabbit looked so peaceful napping on his mat.
 
This morning I had to take a package to be shipped to the UPS pick-up store. I decided to walk instead of taking Jazzy. It is a goal of mine to try to walk somewhere besides the dumpster almost every day. I believe the old saying use it or lose it. So I try to keep increasing how far I walk. The UPS store, which is really the copy/office supply store is not that far. I probably walk farther when I go to the parks. That brown door is where I had to go. They have a front door but this door is easier if you are using a walker. I don't think I could have gotten in there with Jazzy.

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From what I could see Amazon must have done pretty good the last couple of days on Prime day. Did they just invent that day to get people to buy like crazy over a two day period? I did not buy anything special during that time. Sonny bought a ice maker machine but he was buying it anyway not because of the prime day. From what I saw on YouTube and in my keto groups they must have had lots of sales. The Presto Stuffler and the Ninja Creami were the two big sellers in the keto groups. I already had bought mine. My creami I bought refurbished on Woot and that is owned by Amazon but I got it cheaper there then it sold for on prime day.

Today is my water delivery day so need to stay close to home. Maybe I will do my laundry. Depends on how busy the laundry room is. With only 4 washers, it limits how many people can do their laundry at the same time. I never use more than 2 at a time. Most times I only use one and come back to take my wash out of that one and put another load in the same washer. That is because I didn't know if I could handle two washers at the same time. I carry them wet upstairs to hang in my shower to dry. Lately though, I have much more energy and could probably handle it all at one time.

Another thing I want to do today is to experiment with the Presto Stuffler. Going to make keto cornbread stuffles. Maybe make some taco ground meat for the stuffing. I just got the cornbread flavoring which seems to work good for recipes you used to love and can't make anymore due to being high carbs......cornbread or muffins. I don't have any hot dogs or would have tried the corn dogs recipe.

 
Yesterday my neighbor (who recently died)'s family came to clean out her apartment. Don't know how much stuff they actually took. I didn't see them loading things into their vehicles. Maybe her stuff has to be sanitized or something. I know the maintenance man said her apartment has to be gutted due to that infection she had. She was leaking fluid from her legs all over. I kept mentioning it but nobody pays attention to me. At the hospital her family could not even be with her because she was in a special infection control area. Anyway, that apartment will take awhile.

The other apartment which is right next to mine had the carpeting and liner under the carpeting taken out yesterday by the flooring & carpet company. They worked here all day. Kind of noisy but not bad. Rabbit was listening but after he went to sleep he slept undisturbed the whole day. Rabbits sleep most of the day.

Yesterday, I walked down the street for a couple of blocks and back. Then I started my dumbbell arm exercise routine. I will do my best to stick to that. I designed my own routine but am careful on the ones for the shoulders. Just doing one for that for now. I had noticed my wrists are weak and want to increase the strength in them. I used to lift heavy things and want to get back to that condition. Not that I will be lifting heavy things but just that I could if I needed to. And not drop things like I do lately.

Putting an extra charge on Jazzy right now so I can take a ride to the Grand Union. Rabbit needs berries and spring mix. I wish they would not keep putting so much spinach in it. They don't always do that but lately have. He does not like spinach so much and will eat everything else in the mix but leave the spinach leaves.

Have a nice day everyone!
 
Well I did not want to put anything on my credit cards but really needed to replace the batteries in my mobility chair. If I do not do it now, I won't be comfortable driving it very far. One of the things I have come to love during the nice weather is taking rides on Jazzy. So I purchased the batteries yesterday. I had been thinking about it for a number of months and it is already July. I ordered it and took the option on my credit card to pay for it over a six month period. It is a special deal so if I pay it up in that amount of time it will have zero interest.

Some of you who have been reading this diary may remember I was having my nails done regularly. Gel nails and I really loved them. When the quarantine happened my salon had closed and I had to pry those darn things off. It was not easy and it hurt. Then they opened again and I got them back on. Plus they raised the price because of having to do all that sanitizing and changing stuff in the salon. Closed again. Again I had to get those nails off. Hurt! Finally opened and I was happy to go back and pay whatever to have pretty nails again.

Then the salon had a fire and burned down! Right next to Burger King.....a big fire! All those chemicals. They never opened up again. So I had to take those gel nails off for the 3rd and last time. About that time I got really into the keto lifestyle and have found that my nails responded to it......to what I was eating or not eating. Now I do my own manicures but just keep them clear so I don't have to mess with colors. I have never had such healthy nails in my whole life. I used to bite them and what helped me was having most of my teeth extracted (can't bite your nails with no teeth) and wearing a mask. By the time the mask came off, I no longer wanted to bite them. Horrible habit!

I am not sure if the keto food is what changed the health of my nails or just not biting them did. I had noticed it has made my hair much healthier and thicker, though I have always had thick hair. I have it colored about every six weeks or so. Hardly any gray now and it is very shiny and healthy looking. Now if only my skin would improve. I am still dehydrated and have been making a concentrated effort to drink more water and get my electrolytes every day. I think I will look through Dr. Ken Berry's YouTube videos and see what he says about skin care. Everything he says usually comes out to be true.
 
Those gel nails are pretty. I have had them a few times when I had a special occasion coming up. My nails are fine and I can grow them long, the gel nails just kept the color better and kept them from breaking. I did learn that if I needed to remove them just but acetone nail polish remover, soak the nails in that and then wrap the nail in foil to let it soak in and getting them off without damage and paing is much easier.

Now, I just leave my nails alone, rub lotion into them, I don't even paint them. Keep them filed in a square shape, they don't break as often or catch on clothing.
 
Blessed said:
Those gel nails are pretty. I have had them a few times when I had a special occasion coming up. My nails are fine and I can grow them long, the gel nails just kept the color better and kept them from breaking. I did learn that if I needed to remove them just but acetone nail polish remover, soak the nails in that and then wrap the nail in foil to let it soak in and getting them off without damage and paing is much easier.

Now, I just leave my nails alone, rub lotion into them, I don't even paint them. Keep them filed in a square shape, they don't break as often or catch on clothing.
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The money I was spending on them I now spend at the hair salon. I like to keep my hair colored and I used to do it myself but just cannot stand that long or keep my arms up to do the color. I would get exhausted. I'd rather have my hair done instead of the nails now.
 
Blessed said:
Those gel nails are pretty. I have had them a few times when I had a special occasion coming up. My nails are fine and I can grow them long, the gel nails just kept the color better and kept them from breaking. I did learn that if I needed to remove them just but acetone nail polish remover, soak the nails in that and then wrap the nail in foil to let it soak in and getting them off without damage and paing is much easier.

Now, I just leave my nails alone, rub lotion into them, I don't even paint them. Keep them filed in a square shape, they don't break as often or catch on clothing.
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you can buy specific gel nail remover now...
 
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