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  2. Kappy, you have been really busy it sounds like. Hope they can get the right answer to your hand and fix it. Necie, you have also been really busy with making soaps, lotions and crocheting and such. I am working in the house again today. Need to run up to store for onions. I thought I had some but was out. Been raining all day so far. So, no work outside again. Not doing a lot for Easter this year. Can't drive to my DD's house with my knee. Yep, it is the right one. GD left this morning to go to DD's house and will be back early afternoon. Her DH didn't want to go as they are looking to buy a house and he wanted to go house shopping. They looked at one yesterday but already had 2 contracts on it and they said they won't getting into a price war. So still looking. Boxing up a lot of stuff to get rid of and putting it all by the front door. Going to call Salvation Army as I think they will pick it all up. Much easier than me trying to load up the car. I got my taxes done but I am paying this year again but a lot more. Got all that taken care of. I didn't realize SS still did not take out taxes as well as my retirement that I had to take out extra money on. So, all that is now taken care of. Next year should be much better. I don't have to take extra money out for at least a couple of years and this time I will be all over my financial planner if he doesn't do what I ask. this time. He has been giving me bad advice lately and I really need to find a new one or just go over his head and call the main office. I pay him to do a job and I expect him to do it. Other than the front garden bed I am planning on with the shelving and such. I am not going to do a garden this year. I will spend time getting things set up with the raised beds and take it from there. Then I will have everything set up and ready to go for next year. I think that will take a lot off of my shoulders with trying to do too much this year. GS got a call from his recruiter. The want to make sure that he doesn't have any more kidney stones and going to do labs again for that and check for stones. He passed that one, but I think it is because he is so young to have that issue. After that they will send him to Mepps in VA Beach to retake the test and then from there he will be put on a plane and off to New Jersey. He has to pack his bags of only the necessities he will need. From boot camp he will be put on plane and off to CA for school for 4 months then to wherever they send him after that. His car will be parked in my driveway for a long while, but I don't care as it will seem like someone is always home. Just have to get that wood off of driveway so he can pull it up all the way to the edge of it out of the way. He plans on buying a truck and selling the car later.
  3. Today
  4. Last minute packing, with charged electronics, this morning. No purse. Was given a suitcase with two nesting carry-ons that fit inside it. Laptop won't fit into the smallest carryon, so the middle-sized one is my free-wheeler and the little one is getting stuffed with everything else I'm packing, and then is getting stuffed into the big one for cargo. The "everything else" mostly includes my medication (apart from my one-week supply), tax software, and various documents I picked up last time I was in the US. I will pick up more documents in the US and actually do the work next week while I'm there. After lunch, H is swinging back by with Mr. H, who will drive us to the local airport, a few hours to the west on the other side of the mountains in a town called Catamayo. This is a hot, dry area and has a reputation as a high-crime town. I keep looking around corners for Clint Eastwood in a poncho. Mr. H would not think of having H and me go alone. We will most likely have a light supper there. At 5:30 I will (I hope) take the last plane to Quito in the far north of the country, arriving around 6:30 p.m. I have since been informed that taking the last flight is risky, as it might be canceled if not enough tickets are sold. This weighs on me, but the other flights of the day are already sold out, so it's not likely to be under-populated. My plane from Quito leaves right before 11 p.m. tonight, giving me plenty of time to get through the processes with one nearly-empty suitcase and one roller-carryon, even if I get selected for extra inspection. Do you have anything to declare? Yes, I have two tribal baby bracelets and half a pound of Amazonian chocolate. I will probably eat again as table rent at Johnny Rocket, one of the cafes in the airport, as it's pretty quiet and pretty comfortable there. I should get to Atlanta with I think a little less than three and a half hours before my final leg. Given the fact this is the Atlanta airport, that's basically a reasonably comfortable time to get across the airport to the vicinity of the next gate, get through the bathroom line, and get something to eat so I can have my medication. Unfortunately, the good breakfast places won't be open when I land, so I'll take cookies or something from Catamayo for the pills and if the line isn't awful maybe get an egg and biscuit once the breakfast places do open, although I'd have to rush through my bag of food if I do. I should get on home around 9:30 tomorrow, and be sitting down to brunch before 10:30.
  5. If stretching your neck like a turtle (or a ballerina) several times a day for several days doesn't make a difference, it is likely not your neck. Around here, the egg yolk is "the gold" of it, and a double yolk is "a double gold." I bet the people are as every bit as grateful as they seem.
  6. Hi ladies from Chainsaw Mart & Crooked Kappy! We have been working along, in between pop-up (surprise!) rainstorms, doctors appointments, vet visits, and the like, to get our garden going, WE HAVE BABY DUCKS! 5 of them. Just because they are so dadgum adorable. Our friend from Germany is already looking forward to duck eggs... We have been delivering chicken eggs to the food pantry for the last month now...10 to 12 dozen at a crack. 'You'd have thought we brought them gold. They save them for families with children which suits us fine. We are starting to discuss getting more chickens so we can increase our deliveries. Our tax preparer says we can deduct fair market value for the eggs plus our delivery mileage, so I am keeping careful notes. Delivered kale to my doctor too. We moved out the winter kale to prepare garden beds. I'm dehydrating oodles of it too. The healthy foods are getting expensive faster than the junk food! Canned up 2 canner loads of chicken in broth for chicken sandwiches. Mary loves them. We had put quite a dent in our supply so I had to do more, I suggested we try canning up meatballs in tomato juice, so I will be doing a taste-test load this week. If they are tasty (I see no reason they wont be, though I have not done them in years) I will do a couple dozen jars for our emergency pantry as well. The who knows...sloppy Joe fillng? Spaghetti sauce? Beanie Weenies? Hmmmm.... I don't know if I mentioned it before but with our tax return, we got another small freezer. With prices going crazy we are trying to plan ahead. I am no longer going to PT. We are saving those allowed hours for the nest round of surgeries...to fix my hand so I can use it again. Scheduled for X-rays on my shoulder, and hand, so the docs can put their heads together to figure out the cause fo0r loss of function. Is it in the neck? My old shoulder separation? Car[pal tunnel phase two? Arthritis? I just hope it is fixable. Working one- handed is so frustrating! And there is so much I just cant do at all anymore. I'm still trying to adjust to the changes. We are getting ready for Easter. We have a very busy week in the choir. Thurs will be 2 hours of singing in English, Latin and Greek. Friday will be long, too, then Saturday night when we do all the adult baptisms, blessing of sacred candles & holy Water...and that gets long too. Easter winds it up. Its no wonder choir members do not volunteer very often.. its a fair amount of work. (I love it though.) Mary & I were just talking today about how we didnt mind turning 40, 50, 60...but 70 is kind of daunting. We cant say we are middle aged anymore. Like I said...daunting. Maybe its time to get cracking on our bucket lists, LOL. Or maybe just go fishing.
  7. I use both essential oils and fragrance oils. The peppermint soap and lavender lotion are both with essential oils. The Apple Cinnamon soap is a fragrance oil. I prefer fragrance oils... essential oils give me a headache. 🤕 But doesn’t matter what I like or not... gotta make what sells. Crocheted this morning. Made a double batch of Oatmeal Milk & Honey soap and a batch of Lilac lotion. Canned 10 qts of venison and 4 qts of northern beans.
  8. Yesterday
  9. Littlesister, it could be true. When I was living in the hotel I went to the clinic that was right down the street from me. It is in my medical system and certainly not free but I didn't have to have an appointment. It was just walk in if you didn't want an appointment. It was so fast and easy. I went there for bronchitis and UTI's. And then there was that incident with the perforated eardrum. I ran errands today. I had forgotten that I had my eyes tested last year at Wal-Mart so I ran in there to get the receipt for my taxes. It's only $80.00 but I'm going to need all the help I can get this year. H R Block is still making appointments for me that I didn't approve. That's about 6 now. Now I'm waiting for another week just because I can. That'll learn em. it's becoming irritating. I'm going to have to pay out the wazoo this year so I'm in no hurry. I couldn't believe how busy the stores were. I went to Costco to get DIL a gift card and couldn't hardly get in the door. The plan is for her to use it for food. Then to Target to get G-son a gift card. It was a mad house. I won't shop Target but he loves it so.... Then to Wal-Mart. It was packed too. I didn't get it. Then I figured out it must be because of Easter? I forgot to take my phone. I don't care about missed calls but my shopping list was in it. I remembered everything except pickled beets. Not bad considering my memory. But I walked every aisle searching. I hate to say anything because I'm not sure but, I think the new blood pressure pill is working. Not sure yet but the last two times I was able to do all of my shopping without sitting down and feeling like I'm going to pass out. I was even able to carry everything in from the Jeep at one time today. All that carrying in and putting everything away and my BP was 150/90. I was huffing and puffing but that's a huge difference for me. Maybe there is hope yet. I did a little stocking up. The solar eclipse will be right over my house. I'm not concerned so much with that but they have warned us about a lot of extra people coming in from all over to view it. I don't plan to be out and about next weekend+. My town doesn't have any hotels so it probably won't be too bad around here but I'm just erring on the side of caution. I donated a big TV and a sound bar to the Salvation Army today. I was glad to get them out of here. I don't want a TV here and I already bought one for the other house. I can't think of the name if it but it has a bunch of channels already built in. I got a Super Box for it so I'm not getting cable out there. All I want to order is Brit Box for $100.00 a year. Guilty pleasure. You might want to stock up on sugar. The prices have been going sky high lately. Then that accident with the Key bridge. One of the major sugar refineries is located there so there could be a backlog in shipping. I bought 40 pounds today BUT I only had a couple of pounds here at the house and I plan to can pie filling and pickled beets this summer so I'll use it. And I just bought a sweet tea maker. I wanted to go to JoAnn fabrics but it was too far out of my way. I need something to make some curtain tie backs. Some sort of ribbon stuff I guess. Maybe tomorrow. I'm tard.
  10. Hope you're having a most marvelous Birthday!
  11. Mt. Rider, hoping your DH's back will straighten out so he can work easier. Miki, GS has a new girlfriend that he got off of snap chat. (Don't ask). He has yet to have met her but stays on phone with her during all his waking hours. I have seen her on his phone as they do that seeing each other on the phones. If I get near where he is sitting, she can see me also. His demeaner has changed with this girl. Drinking a lot to the point of vomiting. If he doesn't get into the Coast Guard within the next couple of months, I am packing him up and moving him out. I need to sit him down and have a talk with him again, but he has to get off the phone with this girl for me to do that. I was going to get GS to spray paint the older small wood rack, but it started raining. I didn't think it was going to rain today, just be colder. Been working on my bedroom closet all day. Trying to be careful not to turn my knee the wrong way. Did that last night and the pain was not good. Just taking it slow and trying to be careful with the knee. GS just got up about 40 minutes ago and said he had a doctors appt. I asked what time, and he said there is no time to just go in and sign in. It's the free clinic so I don't know how that works. Don't know if that is the truth or not as with the new girlfriend, he started back lying to me again about things. I need to nip this in the bud and fast. He was drunk last night and came in to go to bathroom and woke me up twice. He was loud to a point I was ready to throw him out on his butt. This has gone on now for 3 days. But on the other hand, I have emptied several boxes from closet and going through a lot of stuff. Refilling the boxes for Goodwill. Then I need to go through all my clothes that are hanging in the closet. Getting rid of well over half of them. That should clear the closet out to almost empty. I would love to put in one of those closet organizers but don't think I could do it. Would have to hire someone for that.
  12. I wish your GS would do what he needs to, for your sake @Littlesister! I hope your DH's back straightens out soon, @Mt_Rider! Already walked. Took kids to local dollar type store. Next will work on ebay books. Walk Aninja. Take GS to train station. Call VA for DH. Relaxing day!
  13. Working inside house today. The weather is cold and damp feeling. Pollen is bad and doesn't help my cough. DD texted me and wanted to know if I started my garden. NO! and at the rate I am going there isn't going to be one. I have not had the chance to plant any seedlings nor get the main garden tilled or the raised beds set up. The flower beds need weeding and mulching before I can set up the area for the pots of herbs and tomatoes. My GD is moving here near me giving me even less time to get anything done. GS is not doing what he needs to be doing now to get into the Coast Guard. If he doesn't get in, he's out on the street. He won't save money and is aways wanting me to do door dash. I am not doing that. I'm tired and no one in this family is doing anything to help me but want me to constantly do for them. I am sure I will be babysitting again when they move so they can get the house they are trying to buy set up and then GD's getting another job and I will be back to babysitting 5 days a week. So, I am in a stuck in the middle situation. My DD never ask me if I have started my garden before, so not sure why this year. Unless she is planning on me supplying her with food. I have a bad knee and can't get into orthopedic till end of April. So, I am just going to finish up in the house and use Evens Farm for what I need. I can get enough to can squash, green beans, butter beans, tomatoes and get fresh eggs as well. Not sure of everything they have till I go there. I love my kids, but I am at the age they should be helping me and not me doing for them every time they want something. I know times are hard for all of them right now, but I need their help as well as they need mine. My GD wanted me to help her with a garden at her house, but who is going to help me with my garden. OK I am done with my rant. I just think I am getting tired and overwhelmed from grandchildren and their wants.
  14. Hope your grands find good employment, LittleSister. Necie, do you use essential oils for your soaps - peppermint...apple cinnamon. It snowed again most of today. But it really isn't accumulating. Warmer now. DH came home today very much in pain from back. Next week he's going to split the days he works with client so it's not two days in a row. Better for client - dishes don't stack up as much. One day is always the ride on the disability bus which wrecks his back with such stiff suspension. Fortunately I'm doing pretty well - as opposed to this time last year. So I go down for ducks/goose and walk dog. Everywhere is MUD or Snow. No forest fires in this season. Mom had another adventure..... see in Talked to life-long friend for 2-3 hrs today on the End of Times. Her novacaine from dental work was wearing off so we had to hang up. Pretty good day. MtRider
  15. Necie, sounds like you have had a busy day and tomorrow is going to be just a busy. But everything you are doing sounds like fun, even if it is work.
  16. Crocheted this morning. Made soap— a batch of Peppermint and a batch of Apple Cinnamon. Made a batch of Lavender lotion. Cut up venison. Well, I cut it off the bones/trimmed and DH cut it into chunks/trimmed. Have 2 big bowls full in the garage fridge. Tomorrow will cut soap, make more soap, make another batch of lotion, and can venison.
  17. Mt. Rider, Glad you were able to have a nice chat with your mom. I know that means a lot when the two of you are able to talk even if it is by phone. Jeepers, Glad you had a good time talking with GS. Enjoy those moments together. Kids grow up to fast. Miki, Glad you are having a good time with family. GD came over today for a visit. They are looking for a house to buy. They want to be closer to me, so are looking around in Suffolk. They are going to look at a house this weekend. It looks really nice. The baby is about to have a couple of teeth break through. You can barely see them just under the gum line. She's growing so fast. When she sees my GS, she starts crying because he doesn't talk to anyone when he first wakes up. Yep, she was upset about him not paying attention to her. Plus, she's going through a phase where if it's men she's not sure of them. She does this with her dad's father now. And he sees her a lot. GD is looking for another job. Seems others in the job she got laid off from are also getting laid off now. They did away with her job in that company. So, more people are starting to get laid off now. Hoping this job will also be working from home since she is still nursing. Didn't get much done in closet today but tomorrow is another day. Going to start going through stuff and get rid of it.
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  19. Thanks for sharing Euphrasyne and thank you to Uncle Hubert for your brave service.
  20. Miki, it sounds like you are having a great time with your family too!
  21. I'm so happy you had a good talk with your mom @Mt_Rider! And you had a good talk with your GS @Jeepers! It's been raining so will walk, shortly. Walk Aninja. Call VA. Taking family to lunch at Chinese buffet as GS will be leaving tomorrow.
  22. Happy birthday, Wormie. You really are thought of often.
  23. My Great uncle for the Korean War Hubert L. Lee - Wikipedia
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