Pappy
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Not much today. Days are still to warm to do any outside work. Therapist is coming to work with Thelma on her ankle. She has developed arthritis on her left side. I’ve got her using a cane which helps….when she uses it
What are you doing today?
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Sliverfox
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Got some weed whacking done.
Also a lecture about how I'm using it, from hubby.
Hey, I like the short cords on it so I can 'edge' around the stones & flowers.
Also a lecture about how I'm using it, from hubby.
Hey, I like the short cords on it so I can 'edge' around the stones & flowers.
What are you doing today?
Well, nothing really, I'm recovering from a dream last night, which I'm sure you don't want to hear about..... oh, alright then, I'll tell you about it.
It was cold and so dark, and I was wracked in excruciating pain, which seemed to get worse by the second, then somehow, the pain subsided and I started to feel OK again..... that's when I woke up on the toilet.
Trila
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I'm looking forward to being able to watch that one....maybe soon. Enjoy!
Trila
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Thanks...I truly needed a good laugh!What are you doing today?
Well, nothing really, I'm recovering from a dream last night, which I'm sure you don't want to hear about..... oh, alright then, I'll tell you about it.
It was cold and so dark, and I was wracked in excruciating pain, which seemed to get worse by the second, then somehow, the pain subsided and I started to feel OK again..... that's when I woke up on the toilet.
i never ever answer the door for people who just show up.I had a visitor this morning.. I hate when people just call round, especially when I've not long got up, and I'm not properly dressed and my hair is a birds' nest etc.. and I've barely had a cuppa tea.. but it's doubly worse when you haven't seen them for 30 years, and they just drop by..... arrgggh... so of course I'm apologising for looking like something the cats' dragged in.. very uncomfortable.. ask them to take a seat while I get dressed etc.. and of course they're saying '' don't be silly you look fine''.. and of course I don't and then in the meantime I've got to make them coffee.. and so on while dashing around making sure everything is presentable..... jeeezus.. god help me from long lost friends who knock because they were passing.. how about a text at the very least !!
Trila
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Yea! I'm glad you got there ok, and I'm looking forward to hearing about your exploits!
Trila
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Oh, that looks good! I'd love to try it!
Trila
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Since you obviously didn't hear this at the time, I'll say it now....Got some weed whacking done.
Also a lecture about how I'm using it, from hubby.
Hey, I like the short cords on it so I can 'edge' around the stones & flowers.
"Great job, Honey! Thank you for taking care of that!"
It's supposed to rain. It almost never rains here, and when so for just a few minutes. I know it's a Holiday, but we really need rain.
Today is our family favorite cat's BD, born 1986. We picked him up to take home only 2 weeks later. I was wearing a jacket. He was inside my jacket with his face peeking out. It was quite cool, not cold. The weather sure is different these days.
Today is our family favorite cat's BD, born 1986. We picked him up to take home only 2 weeks later. I was wearing a jacket. He was inside my jacket with his face peeking out. It was quite cool, not cold. The weather sure is different these days.
hollydolly
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I took my friend to his medical appointment an hour away... and then had a look around the shops while waiting him to come out.. took about an hour, so I just wandered without buying anything... ..
Dropped him off at his home, then go home to mine to find the Postman had tried to deliver a parcel , so I took the notification card as we always do, and proof of ID, and drove a few miles to the Post Office sorting office to collect it, only to find that after decades of being open 8am to 5pm.. they've now reduced their hours to just 2 hours per day.. 8am-10am... which in essence means they close even before the Postman does his deliveries.. ( he does his round here in my neighbourhood at between 10am-11am.. ..so I had to come home, and go online and choose a designated delivery day
Earlier my passenger noticed a tiny chip in my windscreen, so after I did the PO thing, I called my Insurance company, because I have windscreen cover in my policy. Always in the past, we just call them, they ask how big it is compared to a £1 coin.. then they send someone out the same day...
Nope, that's changed too. I got asked a zillion questions by Customer services including ''is it smaller than a £1 coin''.., and then she told me to take the car to a garage 50 miles away... nope I said..I'm not going to do that..explained that I have an injury and it's difficult to drive.. so she says ok.. Thursday is the earliest.. you'll get a text the day before..etc...
1/2 hour after I put the phone down.. I get a call from the windscreen people.. I have to go out, measure the Chip... take 2 full size photos of it.. including one with a £1 coin for comparison.. and send both to them... Well have you ever held a coin on a sloping windscreen, while trying to take a photo..?
Anyway I did it and sent them.. but what a palaver.. What if I wasn't computer savvy, or had any kind of phone or camera capable of taking photos?
Dropped him off at his home, then go home to mine to find the Postman had tried to deliver a parcel , so I took the notification card as we always do, and proof of ID, and drove a few miles to the Post Office sorting office to collect it, only to find that after decades of being open 8am to 5pm.. they've now reduced their hours to just 2 hours per day.. 8am-10am... which in essence means they close even before the Postman does his deliveries.. ( he does his round here in my neighbourhood at between 10am-11am.. ..so I had to come home, and go online and choose a designated delivery day
Earlier my passenger noticed a tiny chip in my windscreen, so after I did the PO thing, I called my Insurance company, because I have windscreen cover in my policy. Always in the past, we just call them, they ask how big it is compared to a £1 coin.. then they send someone out the same day...
Nope, that's changed too. I got asked a zillion questions by Customer services including ''is it smaller than a £1 coin''.., and then she told me to take the car to a garage 50 miles away... nope I said..I'm not going to do that..explained that I have an injury and it's difficult to drive.. so she says ok.. Thursday is the earliest.. you'll get a text the day before..etc...
1/2 hour after I put the phone down.. I get a call from the windscreen people.. I have to go out, measure the Chip... take 2 full size photos of it.. including one with a £1 coin for comparison.. and send both to them... Well have you ever held a coin on a sloping windscreen, while trying to take a photo..?
Anyway I did it and sent them.. but what a palaver.. What if I wasn't computer savvy, or had any kind of phone or camera capable of taking photos?
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Jules
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@hollydolly, do they replace the screen or fill it so it doesn’t spread.
hollydolly
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when it's a tiny chip like this one they fill it..otherwise they replace the screen...
Nathan
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I was going to start a "what are you supposed to be doing today?" thread, to explore the ways people deal with the nagging "I should be doing..." thing that pops into our minds. Then I saw this "What are you doing today?" thread so I figured a new thread would be redundant.
OK, so I got up early after an unrewarding night's sleep, am on my 3rd cup of coffee. 
Four hours in to the day, and I've done NOTHING constructive. In a half hour I'll go to the gym for our Active Aging class....then eat lunch around noon. Later figure out what to make for dinner. Still later- get on the treadmill and/or elliptical for 45 minutes while watching Netflix.
Cocktail hour 5pm
OK, so I got up early after an unrewarding night's sleep, am on my 3rd cup of coffee.
Four hours in to the day, and I've done NOTHING constructive. In a half hour I'll go to the gym for our Active Aging class....then eat lunch around noon. Later figure out what to make for dinner. Still later- get on the treadmill and/or elliptical for 45 minutes while watching Netflix.Cocktail hour 5pm
Coffee done. Morning walk done. Not working today so just hibernating from the heat for the rest of the day I have already done my cleaning and laundry over the weekend so really doing nothing at the moment but I'll find something fun to do. I rarely get bored. Heatwave is suppose to end around Wednesday so hopefully next weekend I can enjoy some outdoor time. "What I am supposed to do today" would probably be doing some work on PC and cleaning up some documents that need to be edited but not really in the mood for that today
Leann
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It's raining here today, not just light sprinkles but a downpour. Sounds great but the problem is the earth is so dry that some of the water is just running off rather than being absorbed. A slower rain might be better but having gone through such a long stretch of heat and humidity without much precipitation, we'll take what we can get.
I mentioned to S/O yesterday that I had a hankering for spaghetti and meatballs. It's odd because I don't eat much meat but once in a while I just crave it. He came by today with all of the ingredients to make the meatballs including sauce and now there is a pot of meatballs simmering on the stove.
Because of the rain, there won't be any gardening today but I hope to do some tomorrow or Wednesday.
I mentioned to S/O yesterday that I had a hankering for spaghetti and meatballs. It's odd because I don't eat much meat but once in a while I just crave it. He came by today with all of the ingredients to make the meatballs including sauce and now there is a pot of meatballs simmering on the stove.
Because of the rain, there won't be any gardening today but I hope to do some tomorrow or Wednesday.
Leann
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Geeesh! Nothing is easy sometimes. Sorry about all of these challenges, my friend. Might not be much of a consolation but I admire how resilient and resourceful you are and how you always work things out in the end.I took my friend to his medical appointment an hour away... and then had a look around the shops while waiting him to come out.. took about an hour, so I just wandered without buying anything... ..
Dropped him off at his home, then go home to mine to find the Postman had tried to deliver a parcel , so I took the notification card as we always do, and proof of ID, and drove a few miles to the Post Office sorting office to collect it, only to find that after decades of being open 8am to 5pm.. they've now reduced their hours to just 2 hours per day.. 8am-10am... which in essence means they close even before the Postman does his deliveries.. ( he does his round here in my neighbourhood at between 10am-11am.. ..so I had to come home, and go online and choose a designated delivery day
Earlier my passenger noticed a tiny chip in my windscreen, so after I did the PO thing, I called my Insurance company, because I have windscreen cover in my policy. Always in the past, we just call them, they ask how big it is compared to a £1 coin.. then they send someone out the same day...
Nope, that's changed too. I got asked a zillion questions by Customer services including ''is it smaller than a £1 coin''.., and then she told me to take the car to a garage 50 miles away... nope I said..I'm not going to do that..explained that I have an injury and it's difficult to drive.. so she says ok.. Thursday is the earliest.. you'll get a text the day before..etc...
1/2 hour after I put the phone down.. I get a call from the windscreen people.. I have to go out, measure the Chip... take 2 full size photos of it.. including one with a £1 coin for comparison.. and send both to them... Well have you ever held a coin on a sloping windscreen, while trying to take a photo..?
Anyway I did it and sent them.. but what a palaver.. What if I wasn't computer savvy, or had any kind of phone or camera capable of taking photos?
Georgiagranny
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Don't pay the ransom; I'm alive and well!
It's just that I've been so beat when I get home from work that I just loll around doing nothing. And it's been raining cats and dogs for days...I can tell because the street is full of poodles. Hee hee.
The flower garden is about to drown. When the rain lets up so that I can sit outside for a few minutes, I have to get the chair cushion out of the storage box on the patio, then put it back when the rain starts back up. What a nuisance.
Tomorrow is a day off at last. It doesn't look like the part-timer who works in floral but wants full time is going to settle in with us in the bakery. The last time she worked in the bakery was last Thursday. That means it's supervisor and me against the world
There was an employee who stopped to talk to supervisor this morning. Maybe he'll ask to work in the bakery. Or not. Actually, it's physically demanding and a hard job to learn so people aren't exactly standing in line for it. It's not that nobody wants to work; it's that nobody wants to work so hard! LOL It's also one of the jobs that really needs someone willing to be at work as early as 4 am (because I was there first and specifically requested starting at 6 am). There aren't a whole lot of people who want to be anywhere at 4 am, a nearly obscene hour to be anywhere except home in bed.
OK. Now I gotta go back and read about what y'all have been doing since the last time I posted.
It's just that I've been so beat when I get home from work that I just loll around doing nothing. And it's been raining cats and dogs for days...I can tell because the street is full of poodles. Hee hee.
The flower garden is about to drown. When the rain lets up so that I can sit outside for a few minutes, I have to get the chair cushion out of the storage box on the patio, then put it back when the rain starts back up. What a nuisance.
Tomorrow is a day off at last. It doesn't look like the part-timer who works in floral but wants full time is going to settle in with us in the bakery. The last time she worked in the bakery was last Thursday. That means it's supervisor and me against the world
There was an employee who stopped to talk to supervisor this morning. Maybe he'll ask to work in the bakery. Or not. Actually, it's physically demanding and a hard job to learn so people aren't exactly standing in line for it. It's not that nobody wants to work; it's that nobody wants to work so hard! LOL It's also one of the jobs that really needs someone willing to be at work as early as 4 am (because I was there first and specifically requested starting at 6 am). There aren't a whole lot of people who want to be anywhere at 4 am, a nearly obscene hour to be anywhere except home in bed.OK. Now I gotta go back and read about what y'all have been doing since the last time I posted.
fatboy
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i would be getting a little miffed by now,you have a lot of patienceI took my friend to his medical appointment an hour away... and then had a look around the shops while waiting him to come out.. took about an hour, so I just wandered without buying anything... ..
Dropped him off at his home, then go home to mine to find the Postman had tried to deliver a parcel , so I took the notification card as we always do, and proof of ID, and drove a few miles to the Post Office sorting office to collect it, only to find that after decades of being open 8am to 5pm.. they've now reduced their hours to just 2 hours per day.. 8am-10am... which in essence means they close even before the Postman does his deliveries.. ( he does his round here in my neighbourhood at between 10am-11am.. ..so I had to come home, and go online and choose a designated delivery day
Earlier my passenger noticed a tiny chip in my windscreen, so after I did the PO thing, I called my Insurance company, because I have windscreen cover in my policy. Always in the past, we just call them, they ask how big it is compared to a £1 coin.. then they send someone out the same day...
Nope, that's changed too. I got asked a zillion questions by Customer services including ''is it smaller than a £1 coin''.., and then she told me to take the car to a garage 50 miles away... nope I said..I'm not going to do that..explained that I have an injury and it's difficult to drive.. so she says ok.. Thursday is the earliest.. you'll get a text the day before..etc...
1/2 hour after I put the phone down.. I get a call from the windscreen people.. I have to go out, measure the Chip... take 2 full size photos of it.. including one with a £1 coin for comparison.. and send both to them... Well have you ever held a coin on a sloping windscreen, while trying to take a photo..?
Anyway I did it and sent them.. but what a palaver.. What if I wasn't computer savvy, or had any kind of phone or camera capable of taking photos?
Son called and woke me up about noon. Back to the upside down schedule. Went to bed at 6am. Anyway, he wanted to let me know he was coming to do the yard work. No rain for two months, yard was dead. Then we get all this rain and the whole thing is back to green and growing like crazy. I let the dogs out for a potty.
For the second time this week,I see a mad dash back to the house by one of the littles. The other day it was the girl with a baby squirrel in her mouth. Today it was the little boy with the squirrel which he promptly took to his bed in the den. You want to talk about lock jaw, both of them had to be pried from the jaws of death. The first one was still alive. I wrapped in a towel and went to find a shoe box to place in hoping the mama would come find it. Alas, when I returned with a proper made nest, it had died. The one today must have died when it fell from the nest.
Breaks my heart, I love my squirrels. I found the nest high up in one of the trees. I had a squirrel tree once a upon a time. Wood peckers had drilled in and made nests, the squirrels took over the tree. The massive tree fell in a bad storm a few years ago. They didn't leave but started building nests of leaves and twigs which are not safe. I hope if there are anymore up there they don't fall.
For the second time this week,I see a mad dash back to the house by one of the littles. The other day it was the girl with a baby squirrel in her mouth. Today it was the little boy with the squirrel which he promptly took to his bed in the den. You want to talk about lock jaw, both of them had to be pried from the jaws of death. The first one was still alive. I wrapped in a towel and went to find a shoe box to place in hoping the mama would come find it. Alas, when I returned with a proper made nest, it had died. The one today must have died when it fell from the nest.
Breaks my heart, I love my squirrels. I found the nest high up in one of the trees. I had a squirrel tree once a upon a time. Wood peckers had drilled in and made nests, the squirrels took over the tree. The massive tree fell in a bad storm a few years ago. They didn't leave but started building nests of leaves and twigs which are not safe. I hope if there are anymore up there they don't fall.
Trila
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Something has been digging around the chicken yard, during the night. We have had raccoons kill our chickens before, and we are always on the look out. Dio set up the live trap, to see what he could get. The next morning, low and behold, the trap was sprung. Was it a raccoon? Nope! Just an opossum! So, he let it go and reset the trap. The next morning it wad sprung again! Raccoon? Nope...it was the same opossum!!! This time Dio took the trap far away from the chicken yard, before letting him go. I guess he just couldn't resist the bacon grease that was used for bait!
Who wouldn't go for the smell of bacon over cat food? I keep a jar of bacon grease in the frig for cooking!Something has been digging around the chicken yard, during the night. We have had raccoons kill our chickens before, and we are always on the look out. Dio set up the live trap, to see what he could get. The next morning, low and behold, the trap was sprung. Was it a raccoon? Nope! Just an opossum! So, he let it go and reset the trap. The next morning it wad sprung again! Raccoon? Nope...it was the same opossum!!! This time Dio took the trap far away from the chicken yard, before letting him go. I guess he just couldn't resist the bacon grease that was used for bait!
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Purwell
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This was postponed last week, starts today now.
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