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  1. When I do get the time to make it, it will be the first time doing it. Hope it will come out as good as yours MidNightMom.
  2. Jeepers, that is a lot of appointments to deal with. But at least you will have that out of the way before the move permanently to Indy. I loaned GS the money to fill his tank. He is short on money this week and doesn't get paid till Thursday. Gas prices has been going up almost weekly and I didn't want him to wait to get gas and it goes up again before he gets paid. He is always good at paying me back. That is one thing I have never had an issue with. We also have taxes on our gas but don't know what is now. If I remember right, I think they lowered it 2 or 3 years ago but can't remember for sure. The gutter guys didn't show up till after 11am. They got the siding all replaced and tomorrow they will be back to install the gutters. Then that job will be done. Then I will take a break on repairs and replacing things to let my savings build back up again. Trying to do a little at a time and pay cash for it as I go. Once I get savings built up to where I want it again, I need to decide replacing the patio door and the 2 storm doors or all the outside light fixtures. I will need to check prices before making the decision. Hoping I can do both at the same time. But depends on how the prices are with this inflation we are in. The baby was doing really good today till she woke up from her nap. It was a don't give me that bottle I want boob. So, she screamed for a while. Daddy came to pick her up and she still didn't stop crying. He couldn't get her to take the bottle either. So, he gave her back to me. We got her packed up and he got her in the car seat which she also hates. But as soon as that little rascal got home, she got her boob and was a happy camper. So, I did some research on babies that refuse a bottle when they are mostly breast fed and I hope the one I bought will work. It states it is for babies like her that refuse anything other than the boob. I hate seeing her crying for food and I can't help her because of refusing the bottle. Not that she would have missed meal colic. She is one chubby baby.
  3. Glad it missed you Jeepers. You can keep the snow though. I was so far lucky again this year. No snow. My driveway is huge, and I bear to shovel.
  4. Miki, we must have been typing at the same time. Enjoy your family when they get there tomorrow. I am sure you will all have some fun time.
  5. Mt. Rider, sorry to hear about your neighbor's house fire. But glad it was not too bad. But then any fire is bad when it comes to your house. Prayers that she will do fine in this weather and be able to get the repairs done easily. Hope all is well with your appointment. Necie, you have been really busy getting the soaps and lotions ready for the flea market. Hope it all sells out for you. The Biden administration has been selling off the oil from the refineries on the East Coast causing the gas prices to go up. I keep hearing rumors that the prices are going way up this time around. Makes me wonder if my 36 gals. I have is going to help much as I at some point will have to refill the cans. The gutter guys will be here around 9am. this morning. So just waiting on them and then the baby will be here at 1pm. washing clothes right now so that job will be done before the baby comes. Need to make a couple of phone calls this morning but they don't open till 9am. So will wait till after the gutter guys are here so I can answer any questions they might have and then come in and make my calls. My bank and I are about to have it out. I have my dental insurance on auto pay. They didn't pay it in January, put paid in February and now it is past due for March because the bank didn't pay it again. Might have to do something different for payment. So will talk to the dental insurance people first to see what happened this time and then will be going to the bank as soon as I get some free time. Baby goes home at 4pm today so will go right after they leave if the gutter guys are gone by then. Euphrosyne, Happy Anniversary to the both of you. I know you are having a great time.
  6. OOTO, I am in process of building up a collection of books for the baby. So will check into those books you mention above also. All the books I had for both my DD and 5 Grandchildren got pretty worn out. So, went into a yard sale. So now starting over again for Greatgrandchildren. Gas has gone up here to 3.49. It is jumping at 10 to 15 cents at a time now. GS has gone to bed so now have the house to myself. He has been tired the last couple of days. I hope he's not coming down with this mess also. I have been spraying everything down with Lysol and cleaning. So, hoping that will keep him from getting it and he is just tired from working. He had to go to his other grandparents' house to fix their TV. All they did was push a wrong button and knocked it off the stations. So, nothing serious. They both have dementia, and it is getting worse. When he got back home, he said they were in bad shape. GS said his grandfather asked him if he would just bill him. Sort of caught him off guard. He said no charge it's free. He thought grandson was a repair man. That disease is so sad.
  7. Hoping she missed that one. Jeepers, let us know how you faired on that one. It looks really bad.
  8. Got dinner finished and kitchen cleaned up. They come tomorrow to put the new gutters in and set up the rain barrels. GS helped me get those into place and the hoses and things hooked up. So will be good to go on the next rains. They hold 50 gallons each. So enough to water pots and things on each end of the house. Also babysitting tomorrow but she won't be here till 1pm and then her DH will pick her up at 4pm. so short day tomorrow for babysitting. GD said the baby is not in a good mood. Between teething and a growing spirt she's not a happy camper. I will just keep her interested in her books and toys. That usually quiets her down. Yeah, we have a bumble ball, and she loves it as well as a walking turtle that plays music and has lights. Those toys will entertain her for hours. Going to be a busy day tomorrow. But at least my energy is coming back. Didn't take the chance of going to church this morning as the whole church either has the flu, upper raspatory infection, or covid. Don't think my immune system is back up to par to fight off all that right now.
  9. The sauerkraut looks really good. When I get more time, I will need to start doing that. I do have a couple of gal. jars I can use. I have never made it before because we never really ate it that much. But would like to make at least one gal. of it.
  10. We are in the high 70's today. Really nice and sunny today. Heading back out to finish the last water barrel soon. Needed GS's help on that but didn't want to disturb him while doing his taxes. He uses Turbo tax.
  11. Feeling much better today and my energy is starting to come back. Got everything together for taxes to be done. Finally got the last thing in on Sat. after I threatened them with the IRS and BBB. Seemed to have worked but took forever. Went to store this morning to pick up a few things I was out of and for things for GS for fast heat up meals for when he gets home from work. I didn't make up anything for him for this week with not feeling well. He has been craving orange juice lately. So got two big bottles of orange juice also. Figure the vit. C will be good for him. Working on the rain barrels as the guys will be here tomorrow to put in the new gutters. They are way past due to be replaced. Cooking steak tonight with fried potatoes and salad. GS wants mashed potatoes and gravy and fried potatoes. Not so sure about that. But then I can't get him to eat a salad.
  12. Mt. Rider, I agree. I don't like tornados either. We have been very fortunate around here as we only had one that came near us and took out the pumping station and city water in some areas. That has been years ago, and we haven't had any more near here. That one did a lot of damage though. We will be having hurricane season coming up later in the year. Not looking forward to that either as so far, we have been very fortunate around here, but it only takes one. Necie and jeepers, glad you are both safe from that. I really feel for those people that was in that camp site. Looked like nothing was left.
  13. Temps are warming up now. In the low 60's. Not much in rain just some sprinkles during the night as my GS was saying. Don't think we will get the bad weather everyone else is getting. Mt. Rider glad you still have electricity. Hope it stays that way.
  14. Annarchy, that picture is beautiful. You did a great job. You definitely have good talent. Mt. Rider, time for a move to Maui, that snow is getting to be too much for the both of you. I haven't done much of anything other than resting. Usually, I work through it, but this cold got me down. Took Benadryl last night and it knocked me on my feet. I slept in till about 11am. That is not like me. But the Benadryl did help a lot. I don't have congestion in my head any longer but still have it in my throat. Cough is not as deep. So will take another Benadryl tonight then stop taking it. I need to get an allergy pill that doesn't make you sleepy during the daytime. I have a list of yardwork I need to get started on also. No thinks to my yard man who came and cut the grass and we talked about the mulch and trimming back the bushes on one side of the house, and he didn't show up to do it again. So, going to talk to the girl across the street from me. She has a friend that does her parents' house which is also right across the street from me. But I don't want any weed killer used unless it is a natural one. I think I have a recipe for making a natural one somewhere. All I can remember about it is white vinegar. Will have to look it up. I don't want Round up or anything like it in my flower beds. So, hoping next week I will be able to get back to working on yard again. GS and I was looking for the best place to put the raised beds. We both have ideas on that. So, need to put our plans together and get started on it real soon.
  15. Good buy Midnightmom, I have only checked out one store so far and it is on sale for 49 cent a head. I was going to the store today but just didn't feel like it. But the sale is through Tuesday. Need to check out a couple of other stores. I am wanting some corned beef and cabbage.
  16. We may just get rain but haven't seen how cold it will get yet. Draining the well pump might have not been necessary but better safe than sorry. Really hoping some of it goes around us.
  17. Thank you everyone for the well wishes. Tonight, I am feeling a bit better after taken a steam shower. Still very tired though. GS has done well. He was off today and worked on the wood pile when he got home from getting his hair cut. He did well with cleaning up the kitchen because his mother dared him not to clean it. It's about time she backed me up on things with him. I missed not being able to keep the baby but didn't want to take a chance of her getting reinfected. I am supposed to babysit again on Monday so praying I will be over this mess. My Sunday school teacher called me this morning and I could barely talk. But I am doing better on that issue. I laid on the couch most of the day just streaming movies and such. And I did sleep quite a bit as well. GS said I will need to buy at least 4 to 5 more log holders. I think this guy gave me way more than 2 cords of wood plus a little over. He has already stacked another cord and still have a long way to go. I will need to get better tarps also. I am making a list and checking it twice. My Lowe's trip is getting longer and longer. When I pulled the rain barrels out of the boxes and was looking at the instructions the other day. It has the tubes to connect several rain barrels side by side for one down spout. So, one barrel will fill the one next to it and so on. It would be easy to connect more than one. Maybe somewhere down the line but it's not on my list to do it. But a great option. We were in the high 70's today and then this evening it started to springle but no hard rain yet. I did go outside and took care of the well and drained it. Just in case we get the freezing cold and snow. Might not have been necessary but I am not taking any chances with the pump. And that hand pump is all some. It puts out a good hard steady flow of water.
  18. Jeepers, now I will have to make that trip to Walmart to see what they have done. I also need to pick up an allergy med that won't make me sleepy during the day. It's time. Allergy season is either kicking my Butt or it was whatever the baby and GD had. I am really not feeling well today. I lost all of my energy, and I am sputting yellow at times. Just laying around today. My energy is gone. With Thyroid issues I think it makes the energy levels worse or something. Going back and lay down for a while.
  19. I also have been watching this. We were 80* today and will be again tomorrow. This storm is heading our way, and we could get snow. I presume it will be next week. But either way, I have drained the well pump just in case we get below freezing. That was the only thing I did today. But I don't need a new well pump to freeze up on me. Jeepers, I like Ryan Hall. That is where I found out about the weather coming our way. But I think it is still too far out to be sure of what we could get. Though we also have had our worst snows in March. So, we will see what happens.
  20. Virginia was supposed to have voted on it and get rid of it. It got turned down again so still doing the time change. I hate it.
  21. Woke up this morning with a nasty cold. Sneezing, coughing, stuffy nose the whole nine yards. But no fever. Caught what the baby had. So didn't babysit today. the baby is getting over it and I didn't want to reinfect her. Mom made it through work though. Miki, I am so sorry about Oreo, but it was for the best with the biting issue. I know it was hard but best for Oreo. Jeepers, sounds like you have had a busy day. I hope your son does ok with his test. Keeping him in prayer. I didn't get anything done today. Slept on and off today for the most part. Trying now to get a sore throat. Sinus drainage starting up. Need to take something before going to bed to nip that one in the bud fast. DGD's DH is off work tomorrow so he will keep the baby while she works tomorrow. Jeepers, my fish antibiotics also came yesterday. So good to go on that now.
  22. Martinchick, it seems like when you own a home there is always something that needs to be fixed. Hope you can get it taken care of soon. Miki, so sorry about Oreo. I do agree with Mt. Rider, whoever mistreated that poor dog should be put under the jail. And that goes for any animal that someone mistreats. Mt. Rider, I will let you keep the snow and cold weather. High 70's here today and still very warm outside. Turned the heat off already. Baby played hard today and no nap. New type of bottle and she won't take more than an ounce of milk but thinks the nipple on this one is a teething ring.
  23. Momo, I know what you mean about putting things off. I did the same thing when my DH took sick and passed. It was not easy and still isn't but getting a bit better. I am managing to get some things done around the house now. Still have a couple of doctors I need to Resch. my appts. with. Eye doctor has been over 3 years for me. I really hope the scooter does really well for you and you will be able to get out in the yard with it also.
  24. Couldn't get on the site early this morning. Said it was down or something. But up and running ok now. Mother, sorry to hear about you losing an aunt also. I no longer have any aunts, uncles, the last of them passed in 2020, over half my cousins and my sister. Just a few cousins left and that's it. The gutter guy came this morning to make sure he had the right color for the gutters. And said to just get the rain barrels in place where I want them so they can be sure to cut the downspouts to the right length. Babysitting around 1pm today. So short day and GSIL will pick her up. So maybe 2 or 3 hours. Picked up in kitchen as GS didn't make his usual mess. It was cold early this morning but warming up nicely. Will try to get some things done outside today. Necie, the flowers are looking nice. The only thing here so far are daffodils. And my rosemary has some really pretty purple blooms on them. So far that is all the flowers that have come up. Need to work on trimming bushes and weeding out the flower beds again. Talked with my yard man and said something about him not coming back last year to put down the mulch and trimming the bushes. Well, where is he now? He cut grass and did the edging and no show for the rest. So will be getting someone else for the yard work. I'm over it. Or I might just order the mulch from Lowe's and do it myself. I think I can handle the bags and if not, my GS will do it. One thing about him is he has done yard work for people before and loves it. I would get another riding lawn mower and let him do all the yard work but then when he leaves for Coast Guard, I will be stuck with a lawn mower I can't use. I am a bit up on a hill. I don't do hills. Dug through the freezers also early this morning and I really need to get the soup made and canned. Just need a bit of free time so I don't have several things going at once. I really feel a need to finish getting the freezers emptied.
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