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hollydolly said:
Today I spent the afternoon with my DD and my beloved grandfurkids... only took them to the doggie park, I was as delighted to see all of them as they were me...🥰

Just had some dinner... and watched a little bit of TV... .
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So glad your daughter is on the mend. I’m sure she was ready to see something besides her own 4 walls!
 

I spent about 4 hours today re-staining the upper rails and flooring on our front deck. Luckily, the morning/early afternoon temperature was fairly mild with a nice gentle breeze. I will probably still take an Aleve pill after supper so I don't wake up at 3AM with the hips and knees talking to me after all this bending and kneeling.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
So glad your daughter is on the mend. I’m sure she was ready to see something besides her own 4 walls!
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yes because she works from home also.. I mean not the way many people who are using covid 'work from home''..meaning that they'll take their laptop to the beach and the pub and call it working from home..my DD really works hard from home, barely ever has time to even break for lunch and like last night still working at 10pm from 7.30am..full on. which is just too much for her.

She did have friends visit her last weekend who'd also moved back to the Uk from Spain but live further east... .. but of course because she works so hard , on the w/ends she has to dedicate to chores, and shopping, and and of course the grooming and good exercising of her 3 dogs.. so this job affords her precious little time for her friends or hobbies of which she has many.

In her home Gym she has a rowing machine, treadmill and punch bag as well as her outdoor mountain bike... so she tries to get some exercise in even a few minutes every day if possible... and thanks CS for remembering and asking after her health...🧡
 
Worked a bit more in the den - boxing up old papers for shredding, filling a donation box with odds and ends, etc. Spent a while watching drone videos on You Tube. I love those with the relaxing music. I was annoyed that an ad or two interrupted every little bit. I was told to subscribe to You Tube Premium and there would be NO ads at all. Wasn't sure I believed that but I found a deal of three months for free so I thought free is good so subscribed using that. And, it's true, NO ads. Love it.
 
hollydolly said:
@moviequeen1 ..sorry to hear about the loss of your friend's husband, she must be heartbroken, and you and all of her friends...

@jujube .. you sound like my daughter..regardless of how far or how tired she is when she returns from a trip she immediately gets unpacked and gets the washing done..
Horrible upsetting sight to see on your way home.. I hope the people survived
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Holly, thanks for comment about Fred,he died in April after some health issues.I talked to him briefly on the phone a couple weeks before he left us.He knew it was me
It was a nice memorial service,their 3 kids{who don't live here} spoke briefly about their dad.Val has a great group of friends including 'church family' to help her through this Sue
 
I've worked out this morning on my treadmill and with my little dumbbells...

I've climbed a ladder outside in the garden to reach the trellis and plant pots to brush the spider webs off which appear every night..

I baked one baguette which I'd made myself previously in a batch and had frozen .. and altho' I shouldn't eat bread I had one hot for brunch with butter...

Vacc'd all through downstairs...

I watched a little bit of Sunday Politics on tv....
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This morning I went to the local flea market as usual.

When I left the flea market my power steering failed.

So I've been reading up on the reasons, repairs, etc...

I need to go down and start the car to see if the problem has healed itself. I've never heard of this but according to many sources the power steering can fail and restore itself when the car restarts and resets various sensors. I'll also check the fluid. If all else fails I'll call the garage and have them look at it this week.
 
I typically give myself a "day off" to do nothing much on Sundays. I watched CBS Sunday Morning and had breakfast. Looked around some more on You Tube Premium to see what more that service offers and watched a few music videos of the Young At Heart chorus that were featured on todays Sunday Morning program. Thinking about baking some cookies but probably will not - maybe tomorrow.
 
Today, I was mowing the yard, when I noticed a small SUV stuck in the ditch on our gravel road. A young couple had apparently drifted too far to the right, and got stuck. I drove the mower down there, and it looked like they were in trouble, and needed a tow. I looked it over and offered to try to pull them out with my tractor. This SUV didn't have any trailer hitch, and looking underneath, there was no exposed frame, etc., to hook up to. So, I got my tractor, and a tow strap, and the guy crawled around under the vehicle looking for someplace to hook up. About the Only piece of sturdy metal was the rear suspension arms. He wrapped the strap, and I began a slow pull. It was a bit dicey trying to get traction on the gravel road, but I was able to move the SUV...inch by inch...and finally I got the thing up onto the roadway. They were relieved, and the young guy was pretty dirty from crawling around on the dirt, We had the road pretty well blocked for almost a half hour, and there was quite an "audience" when they finally drove off. Hopefully, he will take his vehicle to a garage to have the suspension inspected for damage.
 
I woke up around 6,walked outside around 6:25 to water the plants/flowers in community garden.I walked around the garden circle 2 times for exercise. It was refreshingly cool 62
Its my usual Monday morning calling Canopy of Neighbors members to see how they are.I'll continue to call from home.Our office is opened only 2 days/wk Tues&Weds,don't know when it will go back to M-F
Afterwards,my friend,Mary&I are going on weekly 'road trip' to one of my favorite stores,Target. I need to get couple items The rest of my day an afternoon walk,may sit out in garden with other residents enjoy the sunny day
 
Well it's a dull very breezy cool day nothing like August at all...but it suits me at the moment for the weather to be like this..

I've spent almost all morning clearing out my dressing table drawers and my cupboards in the bedroom... re-arranged everything and threw a lot out

threw out 11 OPI shades of red nail polishes, because since retiring I only ever wear pale pinks...

Found a bottle of Avoplex cuticle treatment which I'd forgotten I had so later I'll be giving my nails a sorting out....

Mowed both the lawns and then came in washed up and had a hot sausage sandwich for lunch ..and now sitting here for a rest...:p
 
I woke up at 4am. I talked to my daughter at 8am. My granddaughter got on the phone to tell me she loves me and threw me a kiss. Then I went into the kitchen and smelled gas. My husband walked in and he smelled it too he called the gas company and they were here in less than 10 minutes. They checked everything was ok except the flex pipe behind the gas range. they shut the gas down and we are having someone come over this afternoon to fix it.
 
Sassycakes said:
I woke up at 4am. I talked to my daughter at 8am. My granddaughter got on the phone to tell me she loves me and threw me a kiss. Then I went into the kitchen and smelled gas. My husband walked in and he smelled it too he called the gas company and they were here in less than 10 minutes. They checked everything was ok except the flex pipe behind the gas range. they shut the gas down and we are having someone come over this afternoon to fix it.
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I walked by a neighbors house once, smelled gas, called. Her main pipe into the house was leaking because a tree next to the house had pushed against the pipe and disconnected it. The whole neighborhood could have gone.

Glad you called. Can not mess around with gas leaks.
 
I am going to try to buy a new cell phone today, mine is very outdated. Putting my drugs in the safety deposit box while on vacation, plus a few others things. Better safe than sorry. With this in mind got a larger box the other day and gave son access in case we have issues.
 
Today, I'm spending 7-count'em -7 hours in the doctor's office.

I'm taking part in a clinical trial. Today, I'm getting blood pressure taken four times, got an EKG, getting blood drawn five times, and drank the first slug of a mixture I'll have to drink twice a day for the next 14 months (and it is yukky to the max).

I got the MRI and biopsy last month. I'll get at least one more of each before the trial is over.

Now I just have to sit here for four more hours to make sure I don't die on the way home. LOL.
 
A pest control company was supposed to come out today to get rid of the bees nest I have under my deck. Some of them have swarmed in and I got stung and it's taken forever for the HOA to arrange for someone to come out. It was supposed to be today but I just called them and they said they rescheduled me for tomorrow. ugh

About a week ago I saw a guy out here spraying something he wasn't wearing a mask though and the bees seemed to have gone away but now I found out that he was just spreading some kind of fertilizer.
 

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