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Pedro & Co. came and pruned all the Crepe Myrtles ... they are so big you can't see the blooms unless they are cut back in the winter.

Hub is eyeing the brush pile, now that Pedro and his brother threw all the cut branches on top of what was already there. I do smell a flame thrower event coming...lol.

Cleaning up, getting ready for the kids to come on Wednesday for a few days. We have fun. They work very hard and always relax so well down here with us. Its frigid up north so any warmer weather is really appreciated by them this time of year.
 

Today I've been on the case of all things official.. what a faff trying to get the .Gov.uk site to open on the land registry page, must have taken 1/2 an hour at least ... :cautious:... been checking up on some legalities..DD sent me some info which on the face of it sounded like it would be of benefit to me in some forthcoming legal dealings, but like many things on the internet , once I researched it, it turned out not to be true, so that was a bit of a disappointing start to the day.

However a better start, was a mail in the post from my old employer telling me that I'd been underpaid for occasionally doing the work of different managerial positions other than my own, and also not being paid for bank holidays, and lunch breaks... .. and they will be rectifying that very soon with payment into my account...sooo whooo-hoo for that.. (y), that was a great surprise, 4 years after leaving... Only drawback is that they're having to pay it on emergency tax, so I'll have to apply for a tax refund before the end of the financial year
 
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hollydolly said:
Today I've been on the case of all things official.. what a faff trying to get the .Gov.uk site to open on the land registry page, must have taken 1/2 an hour at least ... :cautious:... been checking up on some legalities..DD sent me some info which on the face of it sounded like it would be of benefit to me in some forthcoming legal dealings, but like many things on the internet , once I researched it, it turned out not to be true, so that was a bit of a disappointing start to the day.

However a better start, was a mail in the post from my old employer telling me that I'd been underpaid for occasionally doing the work of different managerial positions other than my own, and also not being paid for bank holidays, and lunch breaks... .. and they will be rectifying that very soon with payment into my account...sooo whooo-hoo for that.. (y), that was a great surprise, 4 years after leaving... Only drawback is that they're having to pay it on emergency tax, so I'll have to apply for a tax refund before the end of the financial year
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@hollydolly .. That's great about the retroactive monies from your former employer! 🤑
 
Mammogram and then out to lunch. Before that I have to grit my teeth to deal with our big Telco company. What a mess. They have such a complicated system that it‘s hard to sort through. This will be the third go with them.
 
I've just come back from town after making a collection from the store of something I ordered online.

There's a piece of Madness going on in there.. one queue is for collections/returns/customer service/..and cash purchases only ( one person serving).. the other queue is for Card payments only, and all self service tills... not one cashier at all

So I buy a couple of more things, and I stand in the queue to collect my online purchase.. it's very long queue given only one person serving and doing lots of returns.. and the other self service queue is even longer...

I get to my turn and ask can I pay for my other goods there too, which we've always been able to do in the past ... only to be told a firm NO.. I must go and stand in the self service queue only, if I'm paying by card..

Well I had already stood in the first queue for 15 minutes I wasn't about to stand in another queue in the same store for another long time to pay .. so I turned on my heel and walked out and left the basket , with £45 worth of stuff in it.

Their loss, and I'm sure I can't be the only one to do it!!
 
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I noticed a little water leak around one of the toilets yesterday, so I shut it off, and bought a set of gaskets while I was out yesterday. I tackled that project today. It took me a couple of hours....with frequent breaks...to take it all apart, clean up all the old wax, etc., and put it all back together. I'll watch it closely for the next couple of days, but so far, it looks like I did it right. Now, some relax time....that toilet was heavy...then, a good shower. I think I'll buy another kit next time I'm at the store, since if one began to fail, the others might not be far behind, after 19+ years. I can just imagine what a plumber would have charged.
 
Well, I decided to brave the pre super bowl shoppers and do some grocery shopping. Needed quite a bit. Anyway, here is where my Senior Moment kicked in big time. I was looking around as I was shopping and saw all these men with flowers and candy. I then wondered to myself "Why are all these guys buying flowers and candy for the Super Bowl?" Took me a full 10 minutes to realize why. LOL ❤️❤️🧡🧡💛💛💙💙
 
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Well, I decided to brave the pre super bowl shoppers and do some grocery shopping. Needed quite a bit. Anyway, here is where my Senior Moment kicked in big time. I was looking around as I was shopping and saw all these men with flowers and candy. I then wondered to myself "Why are all these guys buying flowers and candy for the Super Bowl?" Took me a full 10 minutes to realize why. LOL ❤️❤️🧡🧡💛💛💙💙
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I was trying to avoid looking at the Valentine stuff today.... this will be my first Valentine day alone for over 30 years... :(
 
We have been out to the county town of Dorset, namely, Dorchester. There we visited the proprietress of CW Hats.

The lady, her name is Cheryl, has made my wife a new hat, the purpose of the visit was for a fitting. But that little spending imp that sometimes sits on my shoulder had me buying a new dark green hat to go with my new faux camouflage shirt, Cheryl is going to make a camouflage hat band from an off cut of the shirt. Cheryl also replaced the leather sweat band with Petersham facing in one of my hats, I have left a couple of others for her to do something similar.
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Do you want a sneak preview of my wife's new hat? I wasn't allowed to photograph her, besides, she won't see her hat again until she unwraps it on her birthday. But I can show the hat that inspired our milliner. She saw it when watching one of the Indiana Jones movies.
Here is actress Alison Doody, in the role of: Elsa Schneider, wearing that hat.
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Got great news last Thursday-Joey came off oxygen. His levels still drop to 84 when he walks but since he is pretty inactive his doctor took him off the oxygen. I am not sure I agreed with the decision but Joey is very happy about it. Although he says he is tired. As his lungs heal more, things should improve.

I promised him a new pair of shoes which we buy at a speciality store and cost over 100 dollars. Today we went and got the shoes. He got a pair of bright red ones. 😳. Efforts to find a yellow brick road for hI’m to walk on-failed. 😂

I want to thank everyone who prayed for Joey. He is doing well and I am sure the prayers helped.

My other son is over omicron, just had a slight cold while others in his group home had to be hospitalized. Go figure.

Stella got over being spayed. It has been warm lately-in the 30’s and 40’s so we are taking long walks outside which we both love.

I am not going to be on the forum very often for a while. Don’t know how long. I seem to be sad and don’t feel like ”talking much”.
 
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Your wife might need to practice that facial expression, which seems a must, to go with her new hat! :giggle: 👒


You take care, @Aneeda72 ...of yourself. Thank you for letting us know that Joey and your other son are doing better, and Stella, too, and that you have managed to walk with her. 🐶
:)Be gentle and kind to yourself.
 
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Got great news last Thursday-Joey came off oxygen. His levels still drop to 84 when he walks but since he is pretty inactive his doctor took him off the oxygen. I am not sure I agreed with the decision but Joey is very happy about it. Although he says he is tired. As his lungs heal more, things should improve.

I promised him a new pair of shoes which we buy at a speciality store and cost over 100 dollars. Today we went and got the shoes. He got a pair of bright red ones. 😳. Efforts to find a yellow brick road for hI’m to walk on-failed. 😂

I want to thank everyone who prayed for Joey. He is doing well and I am sure the prayers helped.

My other son is over omicron, just had a slight cold while others in his group home had to be hospitalized. Go figure.

Stella got over being spayed. It has been warm lately-in the 30’s and 40’s so we are taking long walks outside which we both love.

I am not going to be on the forum very often for a while. Don’t know how long. I seem to be sad and don’t feel like ”talking much”.
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@Aneeda72 .. I was thinking of you earlier today. Just take care of yourself .. you certainly are taking care of everyone else. Glad to hear Joey is feeling better, and happy with his new shoes. Bless his heart. Will need to see a photo of Stella sometime. She must have grown a bit.
 
Hubby I spend couple of hours in an old mill that has been turned into antique store.
I bought a book, small bell & paperweight for my self.

Hubby bought a small coke cola truck.
Once he got it home saw it was missing a tire & needed the grill put back on it.

We ate at Cousin Bail's.
He had hot pot roast sandwich with mashed potatoes.
I got a meatball sandwich,, haven't had one in ages.
It was large & very good.
Could only eat half of it, the rest came home with me.
 
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