What are you doing today?

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Leann said:
Do you have an agenda for your time in Ohio or just taking it day by day?
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There doesn't seem to be anything in Columbus, OH to make an agenda for, ha ha. I've been to the zoo and the movies and am now at a loss. It looks like there are some caverns but I'm not sure how many stairs or whether the stairs all have railings, so still undecided on going to see those. I will probably go to a few parks but since this hotel has a fitness room and the weather has been very hot, I'm not as motivated to go out.

It is boring here, but it has given me some time to work on learning about investing the money from selling my house. I've put portions of it into secondary Treasury Bills and Treasury Notes with various upcoming maturity dates (all new and exciting stuff for me), but the remainder has to support me for the rest of my life. So I've been spending a lot of time reading threads on the F.I.R.E. forums, and I did my very first ever "limit order" which was exciting. It was a very new experience for me to be hoping a stock price would drop.
 

Sassycakes said:
I told her I don't have any advice to give her and truthfully it is none of my business..Did I do the right thing?
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Perhaps, only you know your relationship with your friend. Just listening may be the best thing you could do. I assume you did what you thought best at the time.
Pepper said:
Too bad she can't kill him
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I thought you were against the death penalty! So there are exceptions. Probably best Sassy didn't advise this...
 
Early this morning around 6:30,walked downstairs to water some plants/ flowers in our garden ,walked 2 X around garden circle,then walked back up 3 flights to my apt
I walked to/from my church for our 10:30 service, not many there,total was 40. After worship,my church friend,Earl&I walked to his new condo which is located 2 blocks from church. He moves in on July 11th,gave him the plaque I bought him couple days ago.I continued on my walk home
After lunch and a short nap, took afternoon walk to Panera's{3 blocks} bought chicken cesar salad which lasts me 2 days. I've read local paper, Bflo News ho,hum talked with my brother John,he&family are at their place in Etna, NH
Tonight I'll either be reading my book or watch Smithsonian Channel's 'Aerial America' marathon.I like this channel some of their programs, this is one of them
 
Alligatorob said:
Didn't mean to, said in jest. I like Pepper and her posts, and hope she is better soon.

I am new to this online thing, I guess not being able to see someone's face makes it harder to see the intent. I try not to pick on anyone, no reason to.
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Oh I know you weren't being offensive, and Pepper can more than hold her own..... I was just making you aware that for now, she's really not in the best of health .. she has Covid on top of her usual health probs.. so in a lot of pain...
 
Sassycakes said:
So far I have been up since 6 am when I got a phone call from an old friend of mine. I got scared when I realized who was calling so early. She was crying and I really got upset. She said she needed advice from me. she proceeded to tell me that 20yrs ago her husband of 40yrs had an affair, she said they worked it out and stayed together. She said last night she found out he was still seeing the woman and they had a child together that was in his teens. She said obviously she should have divorced him years ago, but she never realized how much he loved the other woman. She asked me what she should do since I've been married for over 50yrs. I told her I don't have any advice to give her and truthfully it is none of my business..Did I do the right thing?
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In my opinion, you did not.
 
Remy said:
You absolutely do whatever you want with the stuff when the time comes and have absolutely no guilt about it. What a burden that kind of comment can be. But don't let it. Ignore it.
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Thanks.....I'm ok with with with my Mom saying that. I know that it will not affect what I do when she is gone.

What really is bothering me is that I have started to see myself doing these same things....I don't want to be that person! Lucky, I have become aware, and I'm doing something about it! Today was very productive, I have cleaned out a bunch of stuff. On Tue, when I go into town, I will drop off a trunk load of stuff for the Salvation Army.

I know that it's only a drop in the ocean, but I'm happy that I'm doing something to move in the right direction! 😃
 
Em in Ohio said:
Okay, I'm taking this as a personal wake-up call - I'll start decluttering NOW! Admittedly, having been working-poor for much of my life, I tended to save just about everything because I might need it someday. It's a hard pattern to break. One of my big issues was, and still is, hanging onto paperwork. What if I need it someday? Well, heck - now, just about everything that ever was that is potentially important has been digitized. It's time to let go!
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Yes!!!! You and I can clean out together!!! We got this!
 
Went out for a short drive...had to go pick up some meds the rehab ordered for me. They ordered ALL my meds. I wish I knew they were doing that...I have so many at home already. But, I went through yhe drive through. Pnly paid $9.
Thig is, I had a supply of all my meds at home, and they sent me home with meds. I guess I will just get rid of the older ones and move on.
 
You will never guess what I did this morning🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔.
OK, times up.
Sat on my deck this morning and watched a crew take down a big maple tree in my next door neighbours yard….piece by piece.
I’m guessing there were a couple of reason why they had it taken down.
#1……maybe the hydro asked them to, because it had grown all over the hydro lines.
#2……maybe because he wanted more room to put more JUNK in his yard.
Both reasons are quite viable.
Talk about good cheap entertainment…..or I need a life…..or it doesn’t take much to amuse me.
Probably all of the above. 🙄😶🥴🙃😉😵‍💫🤗.
 
hollydolly said:
More painting.. I hadn't planned to do this, because the downstairs doors are already fine, I painted those last year just after o/h left.. but... I painted them using the white paint we had in the shed, and the new paint I've used for the upstairs doors is much more brilliant white.. Having painted all the way down the handrail and the Newel posts top and bottom , I could see the disparity between the shades of white.. so I've painted the downstairs doors and frames as well .....🏡 enough now.. :D

It's sunny and warm, .. with intermittent cloud at nearly 2.30pm.. and I have 2 more fence ornaments to put up... 🐞...so I may do that this afternoon at some point..
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Accomplishing something each day feels good, even if only a load of laundry.
 
Was awake much too early again and made up for it this afternoon. After nearly two hours I was lying in exactly the same position I started out in. Felt great; won’t feel so good when I have insomnia tonight.

We had predictions of hot weather for the next two weeks and once again the forecast is wrong. It was pouring when I was walking this morning and a light rain for tonight’s walk. I find it therapeutic listening to the rain on my umbrella.

I’m glad it’s not hot right now as our AC is shot and we can’t get a repairman for another two weeks. It’ll be worse if they have to order parts or a new unit.
 
Jules said:
Was awake much too early again and made up for it this afternoon. After nearly two hours I was lying in exactly the same position I started out in. Felt great; won’t feel so good when I have insomnia tonight.

We had predictions of hot weather for the next two weeks and once again the forecast is wrong. It was pouring when I was walking this morning and a light rain for tonight’s walk. I find it therapeutic listening to the rain on my umbrella.

I’m glad it’s not hot right now as our AC is shot and we can’t get a repairman for another two weeks. It’ll be worse if they have to order parts or a new unit.
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The weather feels better recently, due to some rain most days. I love rain, but only if there isn't anything scary.
 
Trila said:
@WheatenLover

It drives me nuts when my Mom will say things like "I'm leaving this for you to go through, when I'm gone". Worse yet, she adds instructions like "be sure you sell this (item) for a good price, don't just give it away!"
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My MIL didn't wait until she was gone. She had a huge yard sale before she moved to Florida. The things that didn't sell, she boxed up and sent to me, without telling me. One day, UPS delivered what looked like a ton of boxes. I put them in the basement, and when I finally got around to unpacking them, it was mostly junk. I did save a huge silver platter, which I use to feed ground-feeding birds when it snows. I think it's actually silver-plated. And my husband went through it all, too. I don't remember what he saved, but there were some things he wanted.
 
Today, I am buying moving boxes online, from Walmart. If any of you have had bad experiences with these boxes, please LMK. My sister had problems when she mailed my mom's books to her house. Some of the boxes were nearly destroyed, but I'd blame that on the postal service's handling of them. I can't see the difference between Walmart boxes, Home Depot boxes, and Amazon boxes. They are all just boxes to me.

I have other things to do, too, of course, from my long list of things I must do before moving. Unfortunately, it's not all moving-related.
 
WheatenLover said:
Today, I am buying moving boxes online, from Walmart. If any of you have had bad experiences with these boxes, please LMK. My sister had problems when she mailed my mom's books to her house. Some of the boxes were nearly destroyed, but I'd blame that on the postal service's handling of them. I can't see the difference between Walmart boxes, Home Depot boxes, and Amazon boxes. They are all just boxes to me.

I have other things to do, too, of course, from my long list of things I must do before moving. Unfortunately, it's not all moving-related.
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Have you got a date for the move yet ?
 
The birdies woke me up at 4:30 tried to go back to sleep not much luck
My early walk was outside watering the plants/flowers in our community garden
This morning at 9am walking {3 blocks} to visit with our former church minister,Tom&his family. Tom retired last June after being our senior pastor for 23 yrs. We've been friends from day one, their house was recently put on the market. They plan to move to CT to be closer to their eldest son Ian&his wife, Julie, daughter Eliza. I've been involved with many family outings with them over the yrs. One of the highlights was being invited to Ian&Julie's wedding in 2010. I've stayed in contact with them over the years
This will probably be 'goodbye' which will be bittersweet,hopefully we can stay in contact when they move
The rest of my day,plan to call Canopy of Neighbors members ,read NYT ,my book
 
Just finished cleaning the windows upstairs and down ... .. there's a guy across the road working on his car, and he had his radio on with '' White Flag '' playing , and at one point while I was standing high on the ladder, I thought I was going to fall through the window..and I thought I might need rescuing... :ROFLMAO: I should really get a window cleaner to do the outside windows.. one of these days I'm gonna fall through the window

Got the laundry on now as well... not much to do just bedding and towels... ..
 

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