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Euphrasyne, I get it about titles. We call second cousins our cousin etc. My G-son calls a few people his aunt and uncle because he doesn't have any blood related ones. I think they are really DIL's cousins or something or someone married in. It's all good. Also, with them, it's more of a respect thing. They don't like for him calling adults by their first name unless he says mister or miss and then their first name. His neighbors were Mister Dennis and Miss Kelly. I'm sorry you lost your aunt that you loved so much. Of course you are sad.

Went to the doctor today. Mostly just a blood pressure check. I complained about my BP and dizziness. I told him when I check my blood pressure my heart rate is always too high. I told him I'm sure I have POTS. He said he can't say for sure without proper testing, but he is pretty certain too. So, another med that should help with BP and rapid heart rate. It's one I was on a long long time ago so I know I can take it. A very low dose to start with. Metoprolol or something like that. Autocorect is not helping. Wonder if the pharmacy can get it. I also complained about sleep issues. He finally prescribed my ambien! It is a controlled substance evidently and I had to sign a form saying I don't take any opioids, and that I would only get them from his practice and no other pharmacy than the one I use and he asked if I used Marijuana.... I had to give a blood test and a urine test. I'm totally clean. Fortunately I only need to take it occasionally. All of that was the easy part. I had to use a mouse to sign electronically. I couldn't do it. You have to hold the mouse down and move it around while signing your name. Mouse was on a slippery desk. I know it took me over 10 trys to get something scrawled on there. All the while he was trying to make it work. I was so embarrassed. Finally something showed up on the screen and he said, "Good enough." He also gave me a number for a cardiologist referral if I want to see one. Suppose it will determine how long out an appointment is.

I've had a couple of busy days. Ran errands yesterday. Went to Costco to check on my membership. I wasn't sure when it expired and DIL uses it. I have until the end of June. Went over to Best Buy for a laptop. Not sure why since my internet is out. But there it is. My energy was fading fast but I went on in to Hobby Lobby. I just wanted a little plant thingy for the bathroom insert. I had checked out Walmart and Meijers and all they has were big ones. I got a small fern thing on sale for $5.00 and a set of three tiny square bowls to put a bath bomb in for $3.50. They are probably meant for a dipping sauce? With those, the hall bathroom is complete. They were cheap but made the room look...sellable. I didn't have much energy left and was having a lot of dizziness issues. But I needed to find a clip thing to keep a screen window in place. Lowes sent me on a wild goose chase and Home Depot had no idea what I was talking about. Guess I'll have to Amazon them. By the time I got back toward home I thought I had enough umph to run in Meijers. I needed more dimmable light bulbs and a few other things. Mainly white glue. No Elmer's glue was to be found. Not even an empty place for it. Suppose I'll have to go back to Walmart for it. I need it for wallpaper repair. I did pick up some fruit. Our Meijers has the best fruit/veg around. Of course we don't have a lot of options. While out driving I noticed our Save A Lot closed down.

Oreo... Is the beef and noodles something you made, bought, froze or canned? Because that is something I would love!

I get it. I learned to pick my battles a long time ago. Preferably ones I can win. Important ones. Worked with son too. It saved a lot of aggravation.

Sorry your washer bit the dust. Your criteria for a washer sounds pretty much like what I have. Except mine is white. It's so big I have to scramble to make a load. I can't remember what it is. Probably either a GE or Maytag. I can't remember. I know it isn't LG or Samsung. It will need replaced soon. One good thing about a laundry mat is things get done faster when you can use a couple of washers and dryers. Mt. Rider, the value of the house has risen mostly because of a new furnace, hot water heater, sump pump and water softener and new glass block windows all in the basement. Plus I bought all new kitchen appliances, really nice ones. Everything else is new, like the floors and cabinetry. But because of the insurance company being so cheap, the quality isn't there. I told D-ex that it looks like a cheap flip in my eyes. Having said that, the old carpet was badly stained throughout the house and 3 different colors and the kitchen and bathroom cabinets were very old and brown and chipped. One of the bathroom vanities was lime green. Not in a pretty way. Now they are all white with brushed nickle instead if gold colored. It has a fresh coat of paint even though some of the nail holes from pictures are still there. And the posts on the porch, that were falling apart, are like new. The wood trim on the front of the house, that was peeling down to the bare wood, was painted. Two new bath surround inserts help a lot. The tub was iron and chipping and the shower stall was getting a crack in the floor. All of that is fixed now. The major issues will be a crumbling driveway and really bad windows. I'm not willing to fix those. And no landscaping. I might do that. It would really help the curb appeal. Not sure. I'm thinking I won't have time to get it planted because of the weather before I move. To be honest, this house was in pretty bad shape before. Old ugly fixtures and really stained up. And ahem, hoarded. With most of my stuff out of here, the place looks huge. In hind sight, I can't believe I lived like that. Somewhere along the line I guess I just gave up. I know I'll be okay. All I NEED is $22,000 for the mortgage and maybe $50,000 for the construction company if the insurance doesn't pay up. I will make over twice that much I'm sure. I just hope the interest rates don't rise so people can get loans and that the market stays active. It's been one terrible year+ but I think it might turn out to be one of those blessings in disguise. I hope.

Cinnamon. There are a lot of cinnamon recalls right now due to lead. Wish I could do a link but among other places, it has been recalled from Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Save A Lot. A couple of other places that I'm not familiar with. Just Google cinnamon recalls. The recall is new, within the past day or two. There are six brands.

Very nice camper! I'm trying to not stress over the small stuff. I just want to get as much money out of the place as I can. I'm gonna need it. But you are right! When I list it, it is going "as is" because I'm not going to fix any more stuff. I'm not going to haggle over the price either. If it's within reason, I'm taking it. I want gone.

Boy isn't that the truth! Most of my issues were because of lack of details. Sloppy work. Things like using clear caulk around a sink and leaving the bolts too tall at the bottom of the toilets so the little white caps wouldn't fit on. And power washing a mess the first guy made. Easy fixes but they should have been done as part of the installation process. And the mess they have left is appalling. I wouldn't be as picky if I wasn't going to sell this place. I feel like everything I see, someone else will see too. All I see is money flying out the door. IMO they should hire a woman to go around and check things out at the end of a job. The guy replaced the caulk around the sink. Did a crappy job. I really think I'm going to have to do that myself. He said the first guys used silicone and tried to paint over it. Silicone won't take paint according to him. He did ease my mind a little bit though. He told me to not worry about all of the little imperfections in the walls (nail holes and dings) because kitchens and bathrooms are what will sell the house. Those little things had nothing to do with the reconstruction. Mostly where I had hung pictures etc. I was going to try to repair them myself. I thought I would be in the house a few months earlier so I would have more time to work on things. But it's already March. Whatever I get for the house sale, it will pay off the mortgsge and give me enough to either pay the mortgage down a little at the other house or do a lot of repairs. I'm leaning toward repairs. I want a forever home fixed up so I can forget about a house for awhile and get on with life. I shouldn't complain. Whatever shape the house is in now is 100% better than it was even before the epic flood. I'm just weary and getting cranky-er.

No we really don't know. We are at the mercy of someone else's idea of cleanliness. And hope they are not having a bad day while doing food prep. I wonder if microwaving food makes it a little safer? Do microwaves kill listeria? It seems most recalls involve listeria these days.

Thanks for the baking pan tip Euphrasyne. I saw on Ryan Hall yesterday where the south was supposed to get storms today and tomorrow. Stay safe Miki. Dude came and did the first round of repair on the wall. He also helped me replace a window screen that was taken out. There are two of them but the clips are missing from one of them. I'll bet I have a devil of a time finding replacements. If I do, I think I can get the other one in. If not h3ll with it. I got my dinning room table cleaned. It was FULL of all kinds of dust and debris. Men are pigs. This afternoon I'll do the chairs. I noticed some scuffed up areas of wallpaper in there too. Two places but they are in the corner so not too horrible. I need some glue to help hide the fact. @Midnightmom <--- I learned how to do that. Donkey Shane and Grassy A$$ for the tooteral. You can rest easy. None of my donation bags burst going down the steps. The work men carried them down for me. So I kinda take back my 'men are pigs' statement. They do have good muscles. And they are tall. And some of them even smell pretty good...sometimes.

Necie, I feel your pain. I can't figure out the simplest things on a phone. I'm not much better on a computer. I know just enough to be dangerous. And mess everything up. I have repairmen coming in this morning. Three days in a row they have kept me from getting the rest of my errands run. It would help if the other ones would have told me if they were coming either AM or PM. They usully come PM after I've wasted a day waiting for them. This one will probably be here all day today and tomorrow too. I'm over it. I hate repairmen in my house. I'm here alone and with no furniture to sit on. I never know what to do with myself. I can't work on getting the bedrooms cleared out because he will be up here working.

Starter looks nice and healthy. So glad you took it easy. Girl, I don't get that much done in a week. Littlesister, that is disappointing about your grandson. A year...

I know how tiring starting a new job can be. BTDT. But you are correct, it is a God send. Especially in this economy. I wouldn't have turned it down either.

I don't get the notices.

Take your time. Just glad you and your family are okay. You know how we older ones worry about our own. Give yourself time. You will adjust to your new schedule. Your garden still sounds pretty big. I prefer square foot gardens over rows too.

I know what a waiver is, but what will taking a waiver mean to him personally? And 5 of them? Darn. Maybe they are considering kidney stones could be a reoccurring issue? Regardless, it's disappointing.

Rizo-Lopez has been having major cheese recalls for a couple of weeks now. One of the latest recalls involving Vulto Creamery caused by an employee stiring the cheese curds with his bare arms. Arms that has sores on them. For some reason we don't hear much about that one. Listeria.

This is her job. And a very successful one. It's great to have a job that she loves. And to be so young. The box she held up in the first video looks like the one I bought for G-son if I remember correctly.

The guy came today to power wash the patio. It looked like either paint or spackle was spilled all around a bucket. Turned out it was from the first power washing they did. The area was actually a clean spot where he had placed the bucket of chemicals. The rest of the patio was just dirty around the clean spot. So he washed it and now it's nice. When he saw it when he was here the first time, why didn't he just power wash the patio around the mess he made. ... Both the contractor and project manager and I thought it was either a paint or spackle stain. Glad it was an easy fix. I found a really bad place on one of the walls. It's like it is separating at the corner. You know how they put a metal corner strip where walls join and spackle over it. It looks like about a 6 inch raised scar. It's pretty bad. Anyway, they are coming out at 8:00 in the morning to fix it. Gonna have to set my alarm for that one. Crimony. I have a feeling it will take two trips. One to remove the area and spackle and let it dry. And another day to sand and paint. Not sure. At least this time they called. The owner of the company called me this time. Not sure what they are thinking that I'm thinking about them. Probably not good. But I really don't have an issue with them. They always fix things and quickly. Stuff happens. What ever it is, is better than it was, that's for sure. The plumber and the power washer guys just showed up. I knew they were coming but not when. Just lucky I was home both times. The power wash guy didn't have a hose with him. Come to power wash...no hose. Sigh. Just luckily I had one left in the garage. The company is about 2 hours away. You'd think they would be prepared. Not prepared is a bad thing around here, huh ladies. Every issue has been fixable and very quickly but I'm really really really over this house. I got another bedroom nearly cleared out. All the floor space empty. Just a closet to go through in there and get it packed up. Another bedroom is about the same. By the end of this weekend hopefully 2 of the 4 bedrooms will be done. Hopefully. Then clean the dinning room and hang curtains in there and in the living room and they will be done too. That will make half of the house cleared out except for what I need to live here. Then the dreaded garage and attic. Crimony. At least the weather is warming up so I can get out there without freezing.

It will probably be 2 weeks before son hears back from most of the tests. They have him hooked up to a heart monitor for the next 2 weeks. He isn't a happy camper. Good luck with your GS passing his tests and getting in boot camp. There isn't any chance of him being deployed out of the country is there?

That was freakin' awesome. Domino Art indeed. Video worked for me. A couple of Christmas' ago I bought G-son some colored 'dominoes'. I think we made a curvy line about 3 feet long. That's it. But we were proud of it. I'm going to have to show him this video. Odd how they made a different sound when falling to the left rather than falling to the right.