Reflections of My Life

Lately people (in my apartment building) have been complaining about someone stealing things. Like one woman was doing her laundry in the laundry room and left her detergent on the washing machine she was using. When she came back it was gone.

Some people have been putting puzzles together in the community room. They leave the puzzle on the table and various people come in and work on it. Sometimes together. Sometimes not. Well, someone took some of the puzzles that are in boxes that are stored on the shelves in there. The funny thing is they didn't take the puzzle for themselves..........they donated them to the local thrift store up the street!

One of the women that works on the puzzles bought them back from the thrift store. There are a couple women on my floor who do puzzles too but they do them in their own apartments and buy their own. I didn't realize puzzles was such a big thing around here till all this was happening. At every get together we have had, even the meeting in the manager's office, this one woman goes on and on about these puzzles. Geez, just keep them in your own apartment! She goes downstairs and works on them even after midnight. I never leave my apartment once it gets dark. Maybe she can't sleep.

When I do my laundry I always bring my basket and laundry detergent back upstairs. And I keep the detergent in a large glass mayo jar, mainly because lugging the bottle of detergent is too heavy for me. I am always careful of my belongings and surroundings. Not taking any chances if I can help it. As it is, I worry about packages being delivered to our building and being left outside the main door to the lobby. I try to get down there as soon as I see on amazon that it has been delivered.
 

Puzzles seem to be a good way to pass the time.
When my father & step mother moved back from Florida I was surprised at all the boxes of puzzles.
Even more surprised that they had glued? them together & hung them about the house.

Fast forward to when my father went in care home,, there were puzzles on the wall there too!
I never thought of doing that.

There is a jigsaw web site where you put puzzles together.
Helps me pass the long nights.
 
I have never been able to do puzzles, not even as a child. I just don’t “see” how the shapes go together.
 

katlupe said:
Sonny was here today because his car needed a new battery and he took it in to get that done. Then he surprised me by bringing Rabbit a package of Spring Mix and blackberries.

My friend from upstairs came down to talk to me. It seems that she cannot get in her bathtub. She is having trouble stepping over the side to get in the tub. She was recently diagnosed with Parkinson and has had 2 strokes in the past few months. She asked the manager about having one of those cut out things put in her tub. One of my neighbors had it done and the apartment management paid for it. Now this manager said she can't have it done because when she moved in she did not say she was disabled. That was thirteen years ago.......no, she was not disabled back then.

Not sure what she can do about it. I think since our apartments are financed through HUD, they may have some type of regulation about that. I found what is called the "Reasonable Accommodation" law but don't know if that means she has to pay for it or the apartment complex owners. I told her to call office for the aging and see if they can help her. I feel sorry for her. It is nice to be able to take a shower. Her doctor wrote out a paper saying she is disabled and needs this. But the manager said she can't help her.
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kat,

I’m not sure if one of these shower transfer seats would work in your friends situation. They come in a wide range of styles and prices. I’m not sure if Medicare would pay a portion of the cost under durable medical equipment.1635254003004.jpeg
 
Sliverfox said:
Puzzles seem to be a good way to pass the time.
When my father & step mother moved back from Florida I was surprised at all the boxes of puzzles.
Even more surprised that they had glued? them together & hung them about the house.

Fast forward to when my father went in care home,, there were puzzles on the wall there too!
I never thought of doing that.

There is a jigsaw web site where you put puzzles together.
Helps me pass the long nights.
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I have seen people glued them to put them on the wall.
 
Aneeda72 said:
I have never been able to do puzzles, not even as a child. I just don’t “see” how the shapes go together.
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The only time I did puzzles was when my son was growing up. The school had suggested I do puzzles and games with him because he was in special ed and needed to work on those skills. They were fun when I was doing them with my little boy but I don't really do games except Bingo (downstairs here, social thing really). As for puzzles, no I don't do them either. I would rather be on the computer.
 
I have been working on making my apartment easy for me to go from one end to the other with my rollin' walker. It is very small at 338 sq. ft., but it feels spacious to me. Since my kitchen is completely separate with the open floor plan, I like the layout better then some of the other studio apartments. I think what happened is that a former tenant had destroyed it and it had to be completely remodeled. Thank you, former tenant! (really, I mean that)

My two large dressers actually form the wall to my bedroom. So the bed can't even be seen when you come inside or sit inside at my table or what I call, my living room. Even when the new manager was here once, she asked me if this was a one bedroom apartment. lol Maybe she was thinking she could raise my rent! lol

It is good it is like this for Rabbit. House rabbits need spots all over your home for privacy. There is space between the dressers so he can zip through there real fast to his cage or go under the bed. Rabbits will sleep for eight hours or more during the day which makes them a good pet for people who work. They are also good for a senior citizen if you can clean the cage. Some people do not have a cage like I do so that makes it comparable to a cat's litter box. They will use cat litter boxes set up with hay and some sort of bedding that will absorb the urine.

I counted seven spots he actually sleeps in at various times. I had taken out the box tunnel I made for him. He used it and I know he missed it when it was gone. But I don't want too much stuff taking up all the room or giving it a cluttery look. I wanted to get rid of the rocking chair but didn't because of him. He has always slept under it no matter where I put it. I also removed my vanity stool which was right next to my bed. I don't actually sit at the vanity anymore. If I put make up on (RARELY!) I do it in the bathroom. He used to sit underneath that stool. Oh well, he has enough spots.
 
Sunshine is coming in my windows brightly this morning. I love cool sunny mornings. At my house, I used to take my coffee outside and sit in the garden with it or by the paddock fence so I could talk to my horses. If I could walk easier, I would just take my coffee across the street to the park and drink it there. Never have I done that since I moved here though. I think Rabbit enjoys my coffee time with me so don't want to stop doing it now. Coffee at my computer.

This morning I see that Rabbit's eye is not completely well. Now I think it may be due to his claws. So I will try to work on more of them today. That is one thing I think is wrong with animals and yes, people too. Hooves, claws and nails. All have to be trimmed and sometimes it is hard to do. My aide helped me do his back ones but I don't know if I got them all. So I will try again today by myself. It is just that he acts scared of anything that is done to him. Even though afterwards I think he sees how much better he is. I hope he does.

My neighbors and good friends who live down the hall from me had to put down their little dog, Patches the other day. Tuesday. It was a difficult decision for them. He was old and was chewing himself up. His personality had changed and he could not get comfortable no matter what. The vet asked questions about him and then agreed that it was time. It was a very hard day for them. He was a barker and would bark like crazy if you knocked on their door. He got to know me and when I would see him in the elevator he would come to me. They have decided to not get another pet due to their health issues. Walking a dog every morning and night in the cold winter temperatures is not good for either one of them.
 
I notice with our new dog that his toenails grow fast.
Look like Hubby & I will be trimming them about every 2 weeks.
Most of his nails are white ,,easy to see the quick.

Seems dew claws are no longer removed on dogs?
Those are the ones that get my arms cut up.
He wraps his front feet around my wrist when we are playing.

Time to change our play methods.
 
Sliverfox said:
I notice with our new dog that his toenails grow fast.
Look like Hubby & I will be trimming them about every 2 weeks.
Most of his nails are white ,,easy to see the quick.

Seems dew claws are no longer removed on dogs?
Those are the ones that get my arms cut up.
He wraps his front feet around my wrist when we are playing.

Time to change our play methods.
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No, the dew claws are still mostly removed, but some backyard breeders will not pay for this to be done which is a shame. A lot of dog owners do not realize that the dew claws can grow into the dogs leg and cause a great many problems.

And yes, those dew claws are wicked. It’s just like when a backyard breeder advertises a poodle with a “natural tail” and dew claws; because they are too cheap to have the dogs tail docked and the dew claws removed.
 
Today, I managed to get my copier working. Not from my computer, but on its own. From the printer itself. All I have left on that is to figure out how to get Simple Scan to work. I may have to go into the terminal to do that and I am still nervous about working in there. I just went through a whole tutorial about putting commands in terminal. I am determined to learn this on my own. Besides nobody I know, except my husband (who I have not spoke to in 3 years) knows how to do this stuff.

Getting a new computer set up correctly takes months but once you do it things will be great. This computer was the newest model from Lenovo that was made for gaming. I do not game but I respect their need for a superb computer.

Working on that and my pile of papers is about all I am doing today. It does not sound like much, but it is. So I took a quick break by coming here.
 
One of the differences I see between SF and fakebook is that we talk here. Have conversations and it feels like we get to know each other. On fb even though I know a good share of my friends and all of my family in person, we don't really talk. I try to post something more personal about my day or life and if I put a photo with it, then it gets a lot of comments and reactions. Other than that it is mostly jokes, recipes, memes. Things that don't matter.

When I set up my new phone, I did not add fb to it. Even though I used to want it there to get messages from messenger from my son. Months ago when they changed fb, or maybe it was a year ago or so, he stopped going there. He could not understand it anymore. With his disabilities he could not navigate through the changes.

I think Sonny's medications are making him sleepy all the time so he is not on it as much as he used to be. So I am not either. I am not unhappy about this though. It gives me more time to do other things I wanted to do. It seems like I would get on fakebook and waste my day. Not so much lately.
 
katlupe said:
In October of 1952, my brother, Mickey, was 2 years and 8 months old and I was 4 months old. Our neighbor's teenage daughter asked my mother if she could take Mickey to the local school's Halloween party. He might seem young to allow him to go, but he was more advanced for his age. The next morning, which was a Saturday, he yelled to my mother. He could not move from the neck down and wanted her to take him out to the living room to watch his favorite show, Howdy Doody. She instantly knew (or suspected) it might be polio because the polio epidemic was going on. My father had gone hunting and there was a brand new car in the garage but she did not know how to drive! She called our doctor and he said to bring him immediately to the emergency room and ask a neighbor to drive her that did not have children. The neighbor's wife stayed at our house with me.

He was admitted to the hospital and my parents requested a private room. She said the ward had beds on both sides of the room with children in all of them Mostly crying for their parents. Their parents would stand in the doorway of the room to talk to them. My parents had to sign a paper that the hospital was not responsible if they caught polio from being in the room with him. Every morning my mother came to the hospital and put the infection control outfit and mask on and sat with my brother. She didn't even leave to eat or go to the bathroom. She said she saw how the other children cried all the time and did not settle down. She was an artist and drew comics for him and told him stories. She made a racetrack on his bed and played with his toy race cars with him. She kept him occupied all day until my father, who always came in to see him too, came to pick her up. My grandmother stayed with me at our house.

Mickey came out of that with a nervous tic sort of thing, that is worse when he is excited, nervous or angry about something. Not really that noticeable. He got better quicker than others and was not paralyzed. He never had a limp or anything of that nature. Having my mother right there with him all day, made him calm and any kind of treatments were not met with resistance. I believed she made the difference. I still have my brother and he is pretty active at his age of 70 now. Still working at a job because he could not stand staying at home all day, even though he had plenty to keep him busy.

I think it is hard for people who are sick and in the hospital to not have a loved one visiting them daily. Scary too.
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You and your family were blessed. Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it.
 
katlupe said:
I decided against setting up the aero garden after all. It is too bright and it takes up the whole top of my bookcase and I have my dolls (from my childhood) there and don't want to move them. My, that was a long sentence!

The last few days I had cut back my time on the computer. Except for working on my family tree and writing my blog. My boyfriend, Sonny has been banned from Facebook for 30 days, so that helps. I decided to try one of those adult coloring books. I watched a video on YouTube about the process of coloring relieves stress and is actually good for you. Especially if you are listening to music at the same time. I played a YouTube video of instrumental acoustic guitar and instrumental Spanish guitar music............and it was VERY soothing and peaceful. Rabbit even seemed to enjoy the music and it put him to sleep. He loves music or even the sound of videos with people talking. Maybe it is too quiet in here. He startles quickly over loud or sudden noises. Especially the sound of bags rattling when you open them. He jumps and shakes his head. I think it may hurt his ears since he hears tiny sounds louder than I do.

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Don't mind his fur, he is still molting. This picture is after I brushed him and you can't even tell that he was brushed. But he is sure soft!
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Why did Sonny get banned from FB?
 
Friday night, one of the bars around the block was so loud that I went to sleep listening to the loud music (I didn't mind) and drunks hooting and hollering (why do they do that when they are feeling good, I wonder). Last night, I felt music vibrating through my floor and when I turned the sound down on my television it was loud. I went out in the hallway and the music and then loud applause was coming from the theater!

As I said before (I think I mentioned it recently) half of the building I live in has offices and other small businesses. Plus the Chenango (our county) Arts Council and they remodeled the old auditorium (this was an old high school built in the late 1800s) and made it into a theater. I went to their website and found the concert that was held last night was, in fact, it was someone I personally know performing (I sold him guitar strings in the past). Anyway I found this on their website and thought I would share it here. It is a tour of that half of the building where the arts council is. If I walk down my hall, I come to double doors and that goes inside that half of the building. They use our elevator for disabled people to go inside to the balcony.

Chenango Arts Council tour
 
Today has been a good day. I have not seen one other person to talk to. Took my garbage out earlier and the whole building was so quiet. Made me wonder if I was the only one left. This afternoon though, the fire engines and police sirens just went on and on.......Halloween stuff in the park I think. Even though it has been raining on and off all day. I like days like this.

So I was able to finish all my filing and now I am on to taking more items out of the trunk. I have a bunch of picture frames and since I am not going to be using them I will see if my aide wants them. Probably will. Since she has been working for me, I don't have to work all day trying to do housework. So I have more time to do the other things.

I used my LegExerciser for 5 minutes. I need to do it slowly due to my knees. Tomorrow I will add 2 more minutes. It is kind of fun to do and doesn't take much effort on my part. It is not the same as aerobic exercise, does not get your heart rate up. It is for movement and swelling in feet, legs and/or knees.

Sonny's grandson helped him with Jazzy's tires. So he ordered tubes for the tires and hopefully he can put them on and I will be back on the road. Batteries are next. Just like a car.
 

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