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My daughter's 2004 Honda CRV needs a new water system -- for the water that comes out to wash the windshield. This is a big safety issue because of all the salt on the roads (a ton of it!) when it snows. The whiteouts usually caused just by heavy snowing are always caused by the salt on the road.

The parts are hard to find, but I found them on Amazon. Haven't ordered them because I have to talk to the mechanic, in case he has a source he'd rather use. I don't like buying things I don't know anything about! And the mechanic is honest and he charges about half what the car dealers charge.
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This is my concern for my MOT at the end of the month.

In the Uk all cars over 3 years old have to have an annual mechanical inspection, and have to get a pass certificate otherwise it's illegal to be on the road. The inspection checks many things..

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everything has to be in good condition, and if not then they will repair it for you with your consent, but it all depends now if they can get the parts... then once they've repaired it they will supply a Certificate making it legal to drive the car on public roads...

if the car fails on anything it has to be repaired or taken completely off the road, not allowed to be parked on a public road at all... so everyone prays their cars will pass the MOT every year.. it can even fail on some small thing like lights facing slightly off centre .. but it's also the place where they will ppick up something major that may be wrong.. particularly the exhaust system or tyres , and steering rack for example...so if there's something wrong with mine this year that needs a part that isn't available, it will be a big problem
 

Today, I am doing things 30 minutes at a time. Chores/reading/chores/watching one episode of my show on TV.

I can't believe I am hooked on Virgin River on Netflix. It is so relaxing to sit on the couch and watch it. Last night, I watched until 12:30 pm. It wasn't as relaxing because Aidan barked and growled for 1.5 hours, going from one window to the next. I lit up the yard and looked out there, and couldn't see anything alarming. I worried for about 5 minutes that a prowler was out there, and went and got my phone in case I had to call 911. 100% of the time Aidan barks, he is either barking at nothing (except what he can hear, but I can't) or barking at animals or people or the garbage truck and the mail carrier.

Last night, I audibly gasped at something on my show, and he came and stood on his hind legs in front of me, barking and growling. I had a time trying to convey to him that nothing was wrong. I tell him "it's okay, Aidan", but he doesn't offen agree. This time, he finally stopped protecting me long enough to eventually listen. When I went to bed, he slept on my legs from the knees down. I fell asleep before I could remedy that, and when I awakened, I couldn't move to get out of bed. I remedied that at once. He's never done that before. He usually sleeps against my back, or takes up most of the bed, or sleeps beside me with his head on an extra pillow.

I took the pot roast my daughter made out of the freezer. There sure looks like a lot of it. I'm going to eat it for lunch and dinner until it is gone, and put some on Aidan's food (carrots and meat). No one has ever made me a pot roast before this, and my daughter's are delicious.

Even though I haven't lived alone since I was 25 years old, and then only for a few years with daily visitors, I am so happy being alone while my daughter is on vacation. I am probably going to do something wicked (ie, not organic, not healthy, etc) like make chocolate pudding. Out of a mix -- Cook 'n Serve Jello brand -- one of my favorite foods. Now that I've eaten the Cheetos she bought me for a surprise, we have nothing to eat in the house that will sustain me through a few rare rounds of eating junk. (This is not all my daughter's fault - her making sure I eat food that is good for me. I've never eaten much junk food; my mom didn't buy it or allow it.)
 
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hollydolly said:
In the Uk all cars over 3 years old have to have an annual mechanical inspection, and have to get a pass certificate otherwise it's illegal to be on the road. The inspection checks many things..

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Yeah, that would be a big problem.

We have to get our cars inspected every year. I was surprised when I had to get my brand new car inspected. Mine just passed it's annual inspection and regular maintenance was done on it last week, but I would expect that because it only has 13,000 miles on it and is 2.5 years old.

I've never had a car fail inspection, so I don't know what happens here. I think it is odd that my daughter's car passed its last two inspections even though the windshield washer system doesn't work and that is a safety hazard in the winter due to copious amounts of salt on the road.
 

WheatenLover said:
Today, I am doing things 30 minutes at a time. Chores/reading/chores/watching one episode of my show on TV.

I can't believe I am hooked on Virgin River on Netflix. It is so relaxing to sit on the couch and watch it. Last night, I watched until 12:30 pm. It wasn't as relaxing because Aidan barked and growled for 1.5 hours, going from one window to the next. I lit up the yard and looked out there, and couldn't see anything alarming. I worried for about 5 minutes that a prowler was out there, and went and got my phone in case I had to call 911. 100% of the time Aidan barks, he is either barking at nothing (except what he can hear, but I can't) or barking at animals or people or the garbage truck and the mail carrier.

Last night, I audibly gasped at something on my show, and he came and stood on his hind legs in front of me, barking and growling. I had a time trying to convey to him that nothing was wrong. I tell him "it's okay, Aidan", but he doesn't offen agree. This time, he finally stopped protecting me long enough to eventually listen. When I went to bed, he slept on my legs from the knees down. I fell asleep before I could remedy that, and when I awakened, I couldn't move to get out of bed. I remedied that at once. He's never done that before. He usually sleeps against my back, or takes up most of the bed, or sleeps beside me with his head on an extra pillow.

I took the pot roast my daughter made out of the freezer. There sure looks like a lot of it. I'm going to eat it for lunch and dinner until it is gone, and put some on Aidan's food (carrots and meat). No one has ever made me a pot roast before this, and my daughter's are delicious.

Even though I haven't lived alone since I was 25 years old, and then only for a few years with daily visitors, I am so happy being alone while my daughter is on vacation. I am probably going to do something wicked (ie, not organic, not healthy, etc) like make chocolate pudding. Out of a mix -- Cook 'n Serve Jello brand -- one of my favorite foods. Now that I've eaten the Cheetos she bought me for a surprise, we have nothing to eat in the house that will sustain me through a few rare rounds of eating junk. (This is not all my daughter's fault - her making sure I eat food that is good for me. I've never eaten much junk food; my mom didn't buy it or allow it.)
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I like your 30 minute idea...I think I'll try that. Maybe I'll actually get something done! 😁
 
Today I made cornmeal griddle cakes. I planned to for a long time, it had been years since I had any. They were okay but not the amazing experience I was expecting. Probably all my own fault because I was too lazy to look for my mother's recipe and I googled a recipe instead. The ones I made were like cornbread, I remember my mom's as being more pancake-y. Oh well. No idea what to do with the remaining cornmeal, I suppose it will sit in the cupboard for a year and then I'll throw it out.
I took vacation for yesterday and today. Thought I'd get so much done, but I don't even have my holiday cards written.
 
Joey got moved into the new home. His room is much smaller and it was a bit of a squeeze. It a split level but he’s on the top level of only one set of stairs. He’s on the second floor and there is a really large window that I worry he might fall out of 😮, but otherwise it will be great.

His new 3 roommates are all very tall six foot guys and tower over him as he is 4’8. They are also higher functioning which will help Joey but may drive them a little crazy. The group home manager is new, and male, and Joey loves having a male instead of a female.

Joey had no food so we had to rush over to the grocery store and pick him up food for three days till his freezer can be used. The director agreed to buy another fridge for the home, as one is not big enough for four guys. Joey”s freezer will be used for the entire house and next year I might buy a bigger freezer for the place. All the guys were excited about getting another fridge.

Anyway, Joey seemed happier than he’s been in a long time. He doesn’t have cable in his room, but they showed him, how to get it on his computer and the other guys can help him with his computer. Joey has a million dvds for his tv, so this new home should be great.

The pharmacy got my med in and I will get it Thursday as it showed last night, a lot, amd supposed to snow, a lot today, so not going out unless they clear the roads.
 
Picking up son at the airport this afternoon. He's coming to stay for a few days. DIL is ill. Has been for a couple weeks and she was sad not to be able to come. Doctor thinks its ulcers, but the meds he's given her aren't helping much. She's just not getting any better and the thought of flying made her more nausea prone.

She's a pip and we will really miss her. She's getting an endoscope so sure hope they find out what's wrong.
 
Oh, look! There's @Trila's OG:)

I've been a busy little bee🐝 what with work and mowing the lawn and wrapping stuff to ship and what all else. Right now I'm making a "lasagna" casserole using frozen ravioli...found it on Taste of Home website. It only uses five ingredients. My kind of "cooking" these days.

Today is the day the eagle sh!ts so my Rocking Chair Money has been deposited🤑 and this week my paycheck has finally made it online. Yippee. I get paid tomorrow at new job and...the biscuit store? Paycheck for the last two days I worked shows as "pending" and the check is for $150 more than I earned in two days🤑 Their computer must have seen two days' work during the pay period, figured I was still employed, and paid me the rest of the sign-on bonus🤑 Woohoo!

What'll happen with all that🤑? It wasn't easy-come, but it certainly will be easy-go!💸💸💸:LOL:

Okay. Casserole is in the oven. Packages were shipped yesterday and supposed to be delivered today. They're both for DS and his husband; they live in the same city, just miles and miles away. I told them not to cheat and open them before Christmas! Got an email back saying there's "no guarantee" when they'll be opened. Darned kids.

ETA: The packages arrived before noon today. The UPS website said they'd be delivered before 9pm. Yup. That's definitely before 9pm.
 
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Got a phone call from Joey early this morning, he needs cream cheese, popcorn, ham and cheese, peanut butter, drinks, and on and on. Apparently although I spent 60 dollars on groceries last night, it was not enough. Plus he needed paper goods-yes TP as well.

It snowed a foot last night ☹️. It’s 18 degrees. ☹️ 🤦🏻‍♀️

Coat, hat, mittens, boots, oh and husband, off we go to Sams club, and target, then to Joey’s. Take the stuff in. Call the director as I thought she’d be there, nope. She says she is shopping for some stuff Joey and the other boys need. 😳.

Then Joey says “Mom, it’s too bright in here, see, I need curtains for this window.” And some other stuff. 🤦🏻‍♀️ OMGosh. Saturday Joey, Saturday, I am tired of shopping for now. But he is very happy in the new group home.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Oh, look! There's @Trila's OG:)

I've been a busy little bee🐝 what with work and mowing the lawn and wrapping stuff to ship and what all else. Right now I'm making a "lasagna" casserole using frozen ravioli...found it on Taste of Home website. It only uses five ingredients. My kind of "cooking" these days.

Today is the day the eagle sh!ts so my Rocking Chair Money has been deposited🤑 and this week my paycheck has finally made it online. Yippee. I get paid tomorrow at new job and...the biscuit store? Paycheck for the last two days I worked shows as "pending" and the check is for $150 more than I earned in two days🤑 Their computer must have seen two days' work during the pay period, figured I was still employed, and paid me the rest of the sign-on bonus🤑 Woohoo!

What'll happen with all that🤑? It wasn't easy-come, but it certainly will be easy-go!💸💸💸:LOL:

Okay. Casserole is in the oven. Packages were shipped yesterday and supposed to be delivered today. They're both for DS and his husband; they live in the same city, just miles and miles away. I told them not to cheat and open them before Christmas! Got an email back saying there's "no guarantee" when they'll be opened. Darned kids.

ETA: The packages arrived before noon today. The UPS website said they'd be delivered before 9pm. Yup. That's definitely before 9pm.
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Sorry I haven't been by much lately. But since you have all of that 💰 coming in, I thought maybe the drinks were on you....I'm here to help you celebrate! 😁
 
I just watched a video with my dog. We both had popcorn. I make his without any salt or butter since that's bad for him.

He loves popcorn. I can whisper "popcorn" and he'll jump up and start spinning around in excitement. :ROFLMAO:

And now, I'm trying to make some homemade bread. My first attempt at making a loaf of bread. I've made pita bread before in a frying pan, and that came out good, so now I'm getting more advanced.

I made the dough and it's setting next to me so I can keep an eye on it. It needs to set for three hours and by midnight, it should have doubled in size. Then I need to shape it and let it set for another half-hour and then bake it for half-an-hour or so.

It's kind of cool to create something from nothing. :)
 
On my early walk at 6:30,it was 57 with a bit of a breeze
This morning Mary& I are going on our weekly 'road trip', to local grocery store, Tops. I usually go with friend, Thora{lives floor above me} on Fri but she just got out of hospital.Afterwards,we'll head to Target
The rest of my day will try to walk around apt complex,though we have high wind warning for most of the day.My other plans read NYT,my book,after dinner tackle daily NYT crossword puzzle,then see what's on TV tonight
 
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