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RadishRose said:
I don't blame you for pouring this out @MickaC ! It's pretty rough what this visit was like. Make yourself a nice cup of coffee and Go "window shopping" on the Internet. šŸŒ¹
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A long time ago, I ran into a same problem. I actually smelled an awful odor before I entered the home. Very similar thing as what you went through. We actually offered to pick up and clean, do the dishes, etc. Got the house clean, and laundry put away. But to no avail! It all wound up back the way it was. I don't know what happens to people who choose to live like that, and the influence it has on the kids. But, some are just like that. Sad, very sad. These people lived on welfare and other aid, but I just don't know what to think.
 

Speaking of complaining

My arm seems to be less swollen so hopefully that means that clout is dissolving. Leg still extremely swollen and still hurts a bunch. I did not do all my walking yesterday and I donā€™t think Iā€™ll walk much, if at all, today. I just donā€™t feel well.

Told husband once again that I am not taking the trash out and I am not doing the dishes.

Oh, and on the way home from the doctor we were making a right turn. Had to stop cause a car came on fast, and we let it past. Our car is blocking the walking lane in the street because we had almost completed the turn. So no one coming, he takes his foot of the break, and a stupid teenager jumps/runs in front of the car.

Yup, contact.

I donā€™t know if the kid bumped Into us or we bumped into him. šŸ˜³. Anyway, the kid stopped, called us a few choice names, and runs off. Despite my gesturing he should go back on the sidewalk. We pull into the parking lot. And the argument begins. He wants to just leave.
I tell him we have to call the cops. I win.

We call. Explain the situation. Get put on hold cause the person who answers doesnā€™t know what to do. šŸ™„šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø. Comes back on, takes a report, and says wait where we are and they will send a car out. Cop arrives, takes our information, written statement, and pictures of the front of the car and license plate. Says he will drive through the neighborhood and try and find the kid. Apparently he didnā€™t cause we didnā€™t get a phone call.

Then he says itā€™s a hit and run. šŸ˜®. But we called and you are supposed to pull out of traffic. No, he says. The kid is not our ā€œvictimā€. Because he left the accident he could be arrested. Heā€™s the hit and run guy. šŸ˜®.

Anyway, the cop also remarked that the front of our car didnā€™t even have handprints on it. Yup, because it was barely a bump/push. He also said obviously the kid wasnā€™t hurt because he ran off. Well, he couldnā€™t have been hurt because my husband foot was barely off the brake.

Anyway, had we not called the cops. We could have been arrested for hit and run when/if the kid told his parents. So just a reminder, if there is ever any contact between your car and anything make a report.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Speaking of complaining

My arm seems to be less swollen so hopefully that means that clout is dissolving. Leg still extremely swollen and still hurts a bunch. I did not do all my walking yesterday and I donā€™t think Iā€™ll walk much, if at all, today. I just donā€™t feel well.

Told husband once again that I am not taking the trash out and I am not doing the dishes.

Oh, and on the way home from the doctor we were making a right turn. Had to stop cause a car came on fast, and we let it past. Our car is blocking the walking lane in the street because we had almost completed the turn. So no one coming, he takes his foot of the break, and a stupid teenager jumps/runs in front of the car.

Yup, contact.

I donā€™t know if the kid bumped Into us or we bumped into him. šŸ˜³. Anyway, the kid stopped, called us a few choice names, and runs off. Despite my gesturing he should go back on the sidewalk. We pull into the parking lot. And the argument begins. He wants to just leave.
I tell him we have to call the cops. I win.

We call. Explain the situation. Get put on hold cause the person who answers doesnā€™t know what to do. šŸ™„šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø. Comes back on, takes a report, and says wait where we are and they will send a car out. Cop arrives, takes our information, written statement, and pictures of the front of the car and license plate. Says he will drive through the neighborhood and try and find the kid. Apparently he didnā€™t cause we didnā€™t get a phone call.

Then he says itā€™s a hit and run. šŸ˜®. But we called and you are supposed to pull out of traffic. No, he says. The kid is not our ā€œvictimā€. Because he left the accident he could be arrested. Heā€™s the hit and run guy. šŸ˜®.

Anyway, the cop also remarked that the front of our car didnā€™t even have handprints on it. Yup, because it was barely a bump/push. He also said obviously the kid wasnā€™t hurt because he ran off. Well, he couldnā€™t have been hurt because my husband foot was barely off the brake.

Anyway, had we not called the cops. We could have been arrested for hit and run when/if the kid told his parents. So just a reminder, if there is ever any contact between your car and anything make a report.
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Wow! Didn't know that, thanks for sharing. My goodness, what a incident!!!
 
I accomplished so much yesterday! Nothing grand, but a lot of little things. Like reinflating my BOSU, which was getting flabby.

I also redid the winter twinkle lights, as the bright light from the parking lot drowned them out. Now one of the light strings came loose, and I think the other one still can't be seen from the street. So I'm going to take them down, maybe give them away. Whenever I do anything remotely seasonal or holiday-ish, I always regret it.

So today ... take down the lights. Do a bit of online paperwork. I'll see how I feel after that.

Definitely not going out. Still very cold out today. It's supposed to warm up (relatively speaking šŸ¤£) over the next few days. So I can go out on Saturday.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
A long time ago, I ran into a same problem. I actually smelled an awful odor before I entered the home. Very similar thing as what you went through. We actually offered to pick up and clean, do the dishes, etc. Got the house clean, and laundry put away. But to no avail! It all wound up back the way it was. I don't know what happens to people who choose to live like that, and the influence it has on the kids. But, some are just like that. Sad, very sad. These people lived on welfare and other aid, but I just don't know what to think.
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The adults are gone to heaven now, and surprisingly, the kids live better than the parents. They work for a living and I am proud of them.
 
NorthernLight said:
I accomplished so much yesterday! Nothing grand, but a lot of little things. Like reinflating my BOSU, which was getting flabby.

I also redid the winter twinkle lights, as the bright light from the parking lot drowned them out. Now one of the light strings came loose, and I think the other one still can't be seen from the street. So I'm going to take them down, maybe give them away. Whenever I do anything remotely seasonal or holiday-ish, I always regret it.

So today ... take down the lights. Do a bit of online paperwork. I'll see how I feel after that.

Definitely not going out. Still very cold out today. It's supposed to warm up (relatively speaking šŸ¤£) over the next few days. So I can go out on Saturday.
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When I get flustered, I go do something else, kinda like you, then come back and see what I chose to do. Yes, we don't like the cold either, but we get out and get together to play cards or dominoes, it just does something when you see each other and share.
 
NorthernLight said:
I accomplished so much yesterday! Nothing grand, but a lot of little things. Like reinflating my BOSU, which was getting flabby.

I also redid the winter twinkle lights, as the bright light from the parking lot drowned them out. Now one of the light strings came loose, and I think the other one still can't be seen from the street. So I'm going to take them down, maybe give them away. Whenever I do anything remotely seasonal or holiday-ish, I always regret it.

So today ... take down the lights. Do a bit of online paperwork. I'll see how I feel after that.

Definitely not going out. Still very cold out today. It's supposed to warm up (relatively speaking šŸ¤£) over the next few days. So I can go out on Saturday.
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Sorry your lights didn't work out. Maybe you can string them inside somewhere.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
Me too! I grew up in a clean environment and therefore choose to keep a clean house.
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When I was a child we were very poor we didn't have carpets on the floors, and some of the rooms had only bare boards and not even lino.. or oil cloth as it was called then .. we had little in the way of any kind of bedding, and little food what there was of it .. but the place was clean..
Mother would make sure there was a clean floor, and then tie rags to we kids feet after she'd polished the lino'd floors with lavender polish on her hands and knees and we got to skate on the floors to make the shine..

We didn't even have a Vacuum cleaner.. or a sweeper.. the sweeper was the broom.. and one of us..

From the age of 7 years old it was my job to wash up dishes every night for 6 people.. and one or other of my siblings would dry...

As a child I went into homes of friends whose houses smelled to high heaven.. because people smoked, and didn't open windows, and didn't clean... Our house smelled of smoke, because both parents smoked cigarettes but it didn't smell of dirt and sweat like some others..
 
What Iā€™m doing todayā€¦ā€¦going to be in the complaining mode.

Getting back to foster daughterā€¦..a couch I had in my room on the farmā€¦..when i left, I left it there, had it about 12 years, took care of it, still was like new.
My X took it with him when he moved to town, sat in his basement getting dusty, he wouldnā€™t think of covering it.
This past spring he gave it to foster daughterā€¦ā€¦I had a 1/2 board under the seat cushions to firm it ā€¦ā€¦the board got broken within 2 or 3 weeksā€¦..the couch springs broke a month laterā€¦..another thing trashed.
I gave her 3 storage ottomans on casters the summerā€¦ā€¦.they had some small mouse chew holes in them, so I felt I couldnā€™t sell them.
I saw on Tuesdayā€¦ā€¦.the casters are broke off on all of themā€¦ā€¦covered in food and drink mess and markers.
2 swivel bar stools they got not long ago, are coated with marker on the seats, the one I gave them after those ones, is trashed.šŸ˜ŸšŸ˜ŸšŸ˜Ÿ.
 
Jules said:
The most exciting plan for today is my Covid booster. Since the pharmacy weā€™re going to is close to DT, weā€™ll walk around town and then go out for dinner. The DT sidewalks should be cleared. šŸ¤ž
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I had my booster last week... it was the worst one of them all.. the previous ones didn't cuause as much discomfort for several days afterwards as this one did, so hopefully you won't feel that, but if you do then at least you're warned..
 
Been an interesting day here... (in a very relaxed kind of way, haha)

Ed had a dermatologist appointment and didn't get out til 1130 (something about a blue light treatment-- guess that makes him the Blue Light Special for today =P) So I said, "Come on over and I'll fix us some corn chowder for lunch." Well, he got here and I assembled the ingredients... turns out the can of corn chowder I *thought* I bought was a can of New England Clam Chowder. Sigh. Off to Barbaritos.

When we finished, I said, "I need to stop at Walmart for a couple things." It might as well have been Christmas Eve-- lots of predatory parking. After about 10 revolutions around the parking lot and having someone slip ahead of us into the space for which we were waiting, I said, "Forget it, I'm already aggravated; going in the store will just make it worse."

Now I'm having afternoon coffee then will finish off my knitted cap and also listen to some Christmas carols/hymns on YouTube which our choir director plans for us to do for Christmas. One is in Spanish, so that's a double stretch.

Y'all stay warm and be safe
 
Aneeda72 said:
Speaking of complaining

My arm seems to be less swollen so hopefully that means that clout is dissolving. Leg still extremely swollen and still hurts a bunch. I did not do all my walking yesterday and I donā€™t think Iā€™ll walk much, if at all, today. I just donā€™t feel well.

Told husband once again that I am not taking the trash out and I am not doing the dishes.

Oh, and on the way home from the doctor we were making a right turn. Had to stop cause a car came on fast, and we let it past. Our car is blocking the walking lane in the street because we had almost completed the turn. So no one coming, he takes his foot of the break, and a stupid teenager jumps/runs in front of the car.

Yup, contact.

I donā€™t know if the kid bumped Into us or we bumped into him. šŸ˜³. Anyway, the kid stopped, called us a few choice names, and runs off. Despite my gesturing he should go back on the sidewalk. We pull into the parking lot. And the argument begins. He wants to just leave.
I tell him we have to call the cops. I win.

We call. Explain the situation. Get put on hold cause the person who answers doesnā€™t know what to do. šŸ™„šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø. Comes back on, takes a report, and says wait where we are and they will send a car out. Cop arrives, takes our information, written statement, and pictures of the front of the car and license plate. Says he will drive through the neighborhood and try and find the kid. Apparently he didnā€™t cause we didnā€™t get a phone call.

Then he says itā€™s a hit and run. šŸ˜®. But we called and you are supposed to pull out of traffic. No, he says. The kid is not our ā€œvictimā€. Because he left the accident he could be arrested. Heā€™s the hit and run guy. šŸ˜®.

Anyway, the cop also remarked that the front of our car didnā€™t even have handprints on it. Yup, because it was barely a bump/push. He also said obviously the kid wasnā€™t hurt because he ran off. Well, he couldnā€™t have been hurt because my husband foot was barely off the brake.

Anyway, had we not called the cops. We could have been arrested for hit and run when/if the kid told his parents. So just a reminder, if there is ever any contact between your car and anything make a report.
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That all sounds so thoroughly exhausting! Not what we need in our days!:oops::rolleyes:o_O:confused:
 
Well, finally broke down and ordered a watch, a mandolin slicer and a poncho. The watch as my others have croaked and I wanted a new one.

The poncho for walking in rain, or when cooking out the back of van. The slicer for chopping veggies. Yes, I'm actually trying to eat healthy.

Today, just doing my normal thing which is nothing. Read my Bible, and pondered my life. Giant truck (food donations) should be here in 2 hours. That's all for now.
 
MickaC said:
What Iā€™m doing todayā€¦ā€¦going to be in the complaining mode.

Getting back to foster daughterā€¦..a couch I had in my room on the farmā€¦..when i left, I left it there, had it about 12 years, took care of it, still was like new.
My X took it with him when he moved to town, sat in his basement getting dusty, he wouldnā€™t think of covering it.
This past spring he gave it to foster daughterā€¦ā€¦I had a 1/2 board under the seat cushions to firm it ā€¦ā€¦the board got broken within 2 or 3 weeksā€¦..the couch springs broke a month laterā€¦..another thing trashed.
I gave her 3 storage ottomans on casters the summerā€¦ā€¦.they had some small mouse chew holes in them, so I felt I couldnā€™t sell them.
I saw on Tuesdayā€¦ā€¦.the casters are broke off on all of themā€¦ā€¦covered in food and drink mess and markers.
2 swivel bar stools they got not long ago, are coated with marker on the seats, the one I gave them after those ones, is trashed.šŸ˜ŸšŸ˜ŸšŸ˜Ÿ.
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I'm in the mood to kick some a$$ today.
May I start with your foster daughter?
 

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