Reflections of My Life

It got up to 68 degrees today!! Maybe spring has sprung..........but I will wait and see. NY state can be funny about that.

My delivery of LMNT electrolytes came today and after just one today I feel so much better. Not that I fell terrible or anything like that. I actually feel pretty good.
 
It was 55 when I got up this morning.......so maybe spring? If so, I want to unblock my windows so I can get more light in here. I am afraid if I do, it will start snowing again. Or freezing. Severe thunderstorms are in my forecast for today and it rained overnight. Sonny only lives 25 miles away and he was having heavy rain yesterday afternoon while I was talking to him. Not here at that time.

The hammering on the new hotel and restaurant started around seven this morning. I suppose it will be a fancy restaurant and not the type for the people who live in this downtown area. The parking lot is being torn up and redone for that hotel. There are a lot of people who use that parking lot to go or work in the stores along Broad Street which is the main street of Norwich. I hope it remains a city parking lot where people can park for free. I don't think we have any parking lots with meters or that you have to pay to use.

Today having my 2nd cup of coffee with some electrolytes in it. I had ordered a box of chocolate salt (electrolytes) in the LMNT order and I put half a package in a cup of coffee and add my cream. Very good! I have missed that. I had used this product for a long time then stopped for awhile because I was not sure I need electrolytes anymore. When you are eating this way (keto or low carbs) you need more salt not less. So this gives me potassium, sodium & magnesium. You adjust how much to use individually. Your body knows what you need.
 
As soon as I got up I took the vacuum cleaner out. In the middle of the room. You know what that means I am doing today........

Yesterday before I could post my good night on here or FB I had a thunder and lightning storm. So turned off the computer and unplugged everything. It went on for about two hours. By that time I was not getting back on the computer. I used to be so scared of them but not so much living here. It is different in the middle of a forest with trees getting hit and falling down with a loud bang. I feel safer here.

I am going to make hard boiled eggs today in the Instant Pot. Going to try making some bacon grease mayonnaise. I have never made it before but it is quite popular in the keto/carnivore world. Looks really good. So I will see. Healthier than regular mayo which uses soybean or canola oils....yuck!

I will be working on a paper pile today whenever I sit down here. Instead of on the computer, I think.
 
katlupe said:
As soon as I got up I took the vacuum cleaner out. In the middle of the room. You know what that means I am doing today........

Yesterday before I could post my good night on here or FB I had a thunder and lightning storm. So turned off the computer and unplugged everything. It went on for about two hours. By that time I was not getting back on the computer. I used to be so scared of them but not so much living here. It is different in the middle of a forest with trees getting hit and falling down with a loud bang. I feel safer here.

I am going to make hard boiled eggs today in the Instant Pot. Going to try making some bacon grease mayonnaise. I have never made it before but it is quite popular in the keto/carnivore world. Looks really good. So I will see. Healthier than regular mayo which uses soybean or canola oils....yuck!

I will be working on a paper pile today whenever I sit down here. Instead of on the computer, I think.
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We had all kinds of weather warnings here in Poughkeepsie last night. Tornadoes, high winds and downpours. We got nothing here and I am thankful for that.
 
we're expecting severe weather today and friday. friday there's a higher chance of a tornadic event. friday's high will be 80. the low will be 38. the major temp changes back and forth is messing with the air and creating problems.

my vacuum on the highest setting hugs the carpet so hard i've been having to use both hands to vacuum.
 
MarciKS said:
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my vacuum on the highest setting hugs the carpet so hard i've been having to use both hands to vacuum.
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:) I'm in the market for a new vac, and motor power is one of my main questions. And weight is important to me too. Also many vacuum cleaners don't supply a furniture brush. And belts! I hate changing belts every five minutes. So Geez Louise!😮 I can't seem to find a vacuum cleaner. But the good news is that you seem to have a good one, Marci.
 
gruntlabor said:
:) I'm in the market for a new vac, and motor power is one of my main questions. And weight is important to me too. Also many vacuum cleaners don't supply a furniture brush. And belts! I hate changing belts every five minutes. So Geez Louise!😮 I can't seem to find a vacuum cleaner. But the good news is that you seem to have a good one, Marci.
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It's a hoover upright. The only thing that's gone out on it is the light. Had it at least 10 yes. I'm surprised it doesn't suck the shag off the carpet. It's hard as heck to push with one hand anymore.
 
MarciKS said:
It's a hoover upright. The only thing that's gone out on it is the light. Had it at least 10 yes. I'm surprised it doesn't suck the shag off the carpet. It's hard as heck to push with one hand anymore.
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I just ordered a new one. Going to donate my old one to the maintenance man and he can put a new electric cord on it and it will work as good as new. It is about 7 years old. I like the Bissell. They last for me. So ordered a newer model and it sounds like it is lightweight which for me is important. Supposed to be here tomorrow I think.
 
The food bank truck is here today so pretty busy in the building. Everyone going down to the community room to get their boxes of food. I always think they should deliver it in the middle of the month rather than right around the time everyone gets their SS checks and food stamps. The middle of the month is when people are needing more food or money because they already spent theirs.

I put my name on the list this time so that I can give the food to Sonny. His SS check was cut by several hundred dollars in January because of a mistake the Medicaid worker made. Now SS is paying that money back but not in one lump sum like they took it out. So he can been short for buying food. When you have to cut your budget to pay other bills it is always the food budget that is cut first.

I worked on my budget sheet this morning and set up the calendar. I like to get everything paid as soon as I can. Then I have no worries for the rest of the month.
 
Today is my errand day. So will be doing that this afternoon. Today, I am actually looking forward to it. I will not be able to pay the rent though as our manager is in the hospital. Doesn't surprise me. That job makes everyone end up in the hospital. One person cannot manager 3 buildings in 3 different towns by herself. Plus they hire managers who already have health conditions and that smoke.

Sonny got stopped by a cop that night before last. He was talking to me on the phone and driving home from a fair meeting about 10 miles from his house. He told me it was really foggy and he could barely see the road so was driving real slow. This is a country road not a busy highway. Pretty soon he passes a cop and then sees the cop turn around and start following him. Then tells me he will call me when he gets home because the cop is pulling him over.

The cop ask him where is coming from and where he is going. Then why is he driving so slow? He tells him because it is foggy as ****. Looks at his license and registration. Then he asks if he was drinking. No and Sonny opens his mouth and breathes in his face. Sonny tells him he is blind in one eye and has to be careful driving in the fog. He shines his flashlight in Sonny's eyes and says that one eye doesn't even change. Sonny says nope I told you it is dead. That he didn't even see the light in that eye. He just happened to have his eye doctor papers in the car and showed it to him. So he let him go.
 
katlupe said:
I just ordered a new one. Going to donate my old one to the maintenance man and he can put a new electric cord on it and it will work as good as new. It is about 7 years old. I like the Bissell. They last for me. So ordered a newer model and it sounds like it is lightweight which for me is important. Supposed to be here tomorrow I think.
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i miss my canister vac.
 
I set up my transportation to my therapy appointment for Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Now to see if they show up. Using Medicaid Transportation. So talking to my friend downstairs and she told me she never used it because the lady on the 3rd floor said they did not show up for her once. And another time they forgot to pick her up for the return trip back. Just because someone had a problem with their trip does not mean I will. I am trying it and will see how it works out.

I have learned you cannot go by another person's experience. It is the same with reviews of products or services. What works for me may not for someone else. A review is just how the product applied to the person writing it. I do read them before I buy and judge whether I want to take a chance on it or not.

This morning I have one package of beefsteaks to vacuum pack. Everything else I put in the freezer in its package. If I need to divide the package that is when I vacuum pack it. Today I am going through the products I order routinely from Amazon and going to set them up as subscribe and save. If you don't need them when they are due to be sent you can always pause it or change the date you want them. It does save money except that you can't use SNAP to pay for those. Not sure why so I don't put food on that list.
 
I wish I could order food like that but since I'm not home all the time I can't do it. Maybe if I actually do get to retire. Maybe.

I used the OCCK transportation that I had to sign up for when I got out of the hospital and needed rides to respiratory therapy. It didn't go well. They kept not having any rides available and I ended up fending for myself anyway so I was pretty disappointed. I do hope the service works for you. I know how important these appts are for you.
 
Just as I am making myself dispense with fear, I am making myself give more patience to my son. He has been causing me to become stressed due to him not having a key to get into the building. Constantly ringing the intercom in my apartment for me to open the door. It is VERY LOUD!! Even if I am expecting it to ring, it makes me jump every time. I hate it! So this morning after listening to my pastor's sermon from 2014 on patience and fear, I wrote myself a note about it.

I need to let it go. I know it is not his fault that his disability has gotten worse as he got older. I am all he has. I know people think he is strange and laugh at him but they do not know what his life is really like. I need to be more patient with him. So this week I will get a key for him somehow. I have a bunch of keys the old manager gave me and I need to try all of them and see if I can come up with one for him. Then get more keys made next time I can get to Lowes. Maybe that would be a good bus trip for me.

Yesterday, the basket I have hanging by my door (it is for things people need to give me when I am not home) had a pair of bright pink brand new flip-flops in it. I didn't know where they came from. The tags were still on them. I do not wear them especially the kind that go between your toes. Since my feet swell thin soled flip-flops are not on my radar. Then I saw the other apartments had Easter baskets on the floor next to their doors. There were flip-flops in their baskets too! So I put my pair in the basket of my neighbor. So she got two.

Raining this morning so not going to be doing too much today. Going through a paper pile for now.
 
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Went to my therapy appointment this morning. All went well with the transportation. Right on time to go there and the return trip also. The therapist showed me how to wrap my legs. She did it this time and I have to keep them wrapped till Wednesday when I go to my appointment. I can feel the difference from compression stockings to the wraps. A very different feeling. I think this is going to help me.
 
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