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I've had a fairly eclectic day..

Started off early this morning and cut all the lawns front & back... and cut down some over tall shrubs, and also cut back the roses which grow up the wall and over the front porch.. as most of you know, I garden several days a week, I have a large garden with mature trees and shrubs and there's always work needing doing every few days to keep on top of it all .. soon there will be no mowing for a few months, I'm looking forward to that part... :D

Had a chat with a couple of separate neighbours in the time I was out in the front lawn and we put the world to rights.....

Later in the day for the first time ever I changed my own watch battery.. bit of a faff, and took me quite a while to get the back off my watch but I was chuffed that I did it myself... :D

I took delivery of 3 separate orders today .throughout the day

I made dinner.. and sat down to watch it in front of the TV, and I couldn't get a picture... I had sound but no picture just a load of vertical lines ,
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( that's not a mark on the top frame of the tv it's a refection)

...I didn't know the reason why..so I rebooted the TV.. which usually fixes everything, but this time it didn't.. so I got down on my hands and knees, unplugged everything from the back of the tv and the satelite boxes.., .. and tried again.. and this time it worked and it's all fine again....

..however by the time I'd done all that my Battered Cod was cold, so was I only ate half of it....

I watched F1 Italian Grand prix this evening which took place in Italy today.. and what a race.. Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen...the 2 lead drivers ... smashed into each other which took them both out of the running .. meaning Daniel Ricciardo won much to his delight of course, .. with Lando Norris second.. what a race.. Ha!!
I do like a bit of action in F! ,... and no-one was hurt.. which is always good... but it was a nasty crash.. ended up with Verstaapens car on top of Hamiltons' head at one point..:eek:...so it could easily have been fatal

Now it's racing ( excuse the pun) towards 9.30pm... I've shut the house up... and catching up with things online before I go and watch my fave Sunday night TV show.. and have a little something for supper
 

Today should be a busy day even though I am wishing it wasn't. I have phone calls to make. Groceries to put away that are on my counter where I unpacked them yesterday after shopping. I put the cold stuff away and left the rest on the counter. Laundry, Rabbit's cage, making a pot of chicken noodle soup and vacuum packing some meat I bought yesterday. Otherwise, an uneventful day planned.
 
I went on my early walk around 6:20,wearing my yellow reflector vest since it was still a bit dark outside.I didn't have to water the plants in garden,it rained early this morning
I have a dentist appt at 9am this morning,this will be my long walk of the day 6 blocks to/fro.When I come home,I'll call Canopy of Neighbors members.When I talked to them last Weds,mentioned I wouldn't be calling at usual Mon time
The rest of my day if weather is decent, try to take a short walk in afternoon,read NYT,my book
 

Got a firewood delivery yesterday, need to get it sorted (stove ready size from those i'll need to split) and under cover, tho no rain predicted for next couple of days--but need to make a start since i can't just work till i'm done as i did when younger. Some important email and phone queries to make as well.
 
I think I'll send my spotted bananas over to Pam, and if she don't want them I'll get up early tomorrow and make some muffins too.

Just finished a phone call with the doc's receptionist. She told me last week if I could find a doc to do some minor surgery on my hand she would send in a referral.....how's that for getting me to do her work. I found someone I think, I hope. This nonsense with my hand has gone on long enough.
 
I made a decision today that I will no longer buy anything. After being married over 50yrs and handling all purchases my perfect husband has complained that I never buy the right thing. Just the other day he wanted me to order him new socks. So I showed him 3 different-length socks. He picked out the color and size and height of the sock so I bought him 6 pairs. They came Saturday and he said they weren't the ones he wanted. Then today he said I bought the wrong size sheets for our bed. So now I officially give him the right to do all the shopping. Amen!
 
hollydolly said:
I've had a fairly eclectic day..

Started off early this morning and cut all the lawns front & back... and cut down some over tall shrubs, and also cut back the roses which grow up the wall and over the front porch.. as most of you know, I garden several days a week, I have a large garden with mature trees and shrubs and there's always work needing doing every few days to keep on top of it all .. soon there will be no mowing for a few months, I'm looking forward to that part... :D

Had a chat with a couple of separate neighbours in the time I was out in the front lawn and we put the world to rights.....

Later in the day for the first time ever I changed my own watch battery.. bit of a faff, and took me quite a while to get the back off my watch but I was chuffed that I did it myself... :D

I took delivery of 3 separate orders today .throughout the day

I made dinner.. and sat down to watch it in front of the TV, and I couldn't get a picture... I had sound but no picture just a load of vertical lines ,
IMG-1436.jpg
( that's not a mark on the top frame of the tv it's a refection)

...I didn't know the reason why..so I rebooted the TV.. which usually fixes everything, but this time it didn't.. so I got down on my hands and knees, unplugged everything from the back of the tv and the satelite boxes.., .. and tried again.. and this time it worked and it's all fine again....

..however by the time I'd done all that my Battered Cod was cold, so was I only ate half of it....

I watched F1 Italian Grand prix this evening which took place in Italy today.. and what a race.. Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen...the 2 lead drivers ... smashed into each other which took them both out of the running .. meaning Daniel Ricciardo won much to his delight of course, .. with Lando Norris second.. what a race.. Ha!!
I do like a bit of action in F! ,... and no-one was hurt.. which is always good... but it was a nasty crash.. ended up with Verstaapens car on top of Hamiltons' head at one point..:eek:...so it could easily have been fatal

Now it's racing ( excuse the pun) towards 9.30pm... I've shut the house up... and catching up with things online before I go and watch my fave Sunday night TV show.. and have a little something for supper
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im always facinated what people in different countries have words that mean the same thing. like faff and chuffed.i found out the other day what we call french fries they call them chips.
 
I got in an early morning walk, did my morning chores in the kitchen, changed humming bird feed, checked our bank statements, and now I am trying to decide whether to fix a broken sprinkler head or have someone else do it.

My wife was so embarrassed this morning about getting distracted and running over a sprinkler head alongside our driveway. These things just happen, but sometimes she can be unnecessarily hard on herself.

Frankly, it was originally installed too close anyway. As it turns out, the cost of me doing it is only about $25 less than having someone else do it after I factor in parts and the purchase of a tool that I will need to buy. I am concluding that I will have my regular fellow do it and move that thing over just a bit. I will just continue to kick back, enjoy the day, listen to music, and stay out of the heat.
 
Sassycakes said:
I made a decision today that I will no longer buy anything. After being married over 50yrs and handling all purchases my perfect husband has complained that I never buy the right thing. Just the other day he wanted me to order him new socks. So I showed him 3 different-length socks. He picked out the color and size and height of the sock so I bought him 6 pairs. They came Saturday and he said they weren't the ones he wanted. Then today he said I bought the wrong size sheets for our bed. So now I officially give him the right to do all the shopping. Amen!
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Good for you!
 
Today I've had a another fairly eclectic day. I had to go to the hospital in the next county and get a pre-admission covid test. which means that I now have to isolate until the day of my surgical procedure.. this week.

It's the anniversary of my mothers' death today, I always chat to her on the anniversary asking her what she would think now of the world if she was here.. and I did that as I drove over to the hospital first thing this morning....It's been a long time, she died when I was just 18 years old..but I never forget on her birthday as well

After the hospital covid-test....I did a little shopping at the large retail park nearby to the hospital, and I finally found a waste bin that matches my office room.. since I had it all decorated and refitted a few months ago, I've not been able to find a bin that would match the decor properly, so I'm pleased I looked around the stores.. got a few other things too .. and then home by early afternoon...

Had to deal with some legal stuff in the afternoon ,which took up a chunk of time, , I hadn't had anything to eat since last night by then, so I was starving, so I made a quick dinner of chicken thighs and Pilau rice..🍚🍗 yummy...

Watched a couple of re-runs of Everybody loves Raymond tonight while I had my dressing gown in the washing machine because it's been hanging on the bedroom door hook for about a year, gathering dust I should imagine, and I need it for the hospital .. .. now it's racing towards midnight here...and I've got a cuppa tea and winding down...
 
Got up and started cleaning the house. My handy man came by for an hour and did a few things for me.
Did some laundry, and sweeping. Checked on and watered my newly planted plants. Got the dishwasher all loaded up.

Had a lulu burger, and now I'm pooped! Time to relax and watch TV.
 
I'm fuming. Sunday night when we got home from North Carolina, we had no hot water . Cold showers this morning, which isn't that bad since there's no such thing as "cold" water coming out of the pipes in summer here.

Plumber is called this morning and they come immediately.. Hot water heater shot; new one put in, some pipes switched around, $1100 total.

They leave, we have wonderfully blistering hot water. At 9 pm, I start to wash the dishes. NO HOT WATER. Anywhere in the house. What the hell? Tried turning breaker on and off. Nothing works.

Hot, very hot,, phone call very early tomorrow morning.
 
Monday is laundry day for me so that's done. Unloaded the dishwasher. Recycling will be picked up tomorrow so I broke down what cardboard boxes I had that needed to go in the recycle bin and added some other items. Tomorrow is also regular trash pickup so got the recycling bin and the trash bin out by the street. Found that FedEx had left a package on the front porch that should have been delivered to my neighbor so I called to let her know. Fairly quiet Monday for me.
 
I did the usual including the walking walking walking. My back told me I over did the walking a bit, but I hit a goal and I will try and hit it again. watched Tv, the new series, on Hulu, Y chromosome is really good. Have not worked on the photos for a while, 🤦🏻‍♀️, between walking, all the housework, and tv there is simply no time. 😳

Retirement is such a busy period of life had I knew how much work it was, I would have kept my job. 😊
 
After I have my coffee I will begin my day with a trip to the dumpster. After that I am making a start on the laundry that piled up. Have to move my mobility chair into the far corner of my apartment so Sonny can take the wheels off and let it sit on blocks while he gets the tires put on the wheel part. Might take a few days so I will be using his mobility scooter which is much smaller than my chair. He is coming here to do that today. I want to get him to help me cut Rabbit's nails. While he is working on the tires I will vacuum pack a package of chicken and one of hamburger. Then make us a meal, it is the least I can do for the poor man, he comes here and works on the tires (which he bought too).
 
Tuesday......big day......garbage to the curb.:D
Yesterday set in and leveled 2 smaller raised garden beds.....44"x "16" x 12".
Leveled one of the water troughs, hope to do the other 2 today.....have the stones to fill in the bottoms of them.
Not hard....just diddley....the level and i disagree a lot.:cautious:
 
It's just after 2pm here, it's been raining heavily all day.. I've done very little of any significance, just all the little jobs that need doing regularly indoors .
I made a couple of phone calls this morning to the local authority about road issues, we'll see if anything gets done about those..not holding my breath

Made some lunch of leftover chicken, and Jacket potato... ..

....and that's been my super action day so far!:D
 

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