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Waiting for GD to bring GGD to me and then she will go home to disinfect her house and wash sheets and things. Her DH may have the flu though he went to work this morning. I have sprayed my house with Lysol this morning and did some things as GS may have a cold but not sure. He is more tired than anything and his sinuses are dry to the point of some nose bleeds if he blows his nose to hard. I gave him a saline solution to use and that seems to be helping him. But still spraying everything down really good. I don't want to take chances.

I hope I am never in that situation. But it does give us all some food for thought. How to protect yourself from this type of issue is a good question. N95 masks and safety glasses are a good start.

GS left for work a while ago. I am just worn out for some reason. Maybe weather. Cloudy and raining off and on. Just dreary outside. I am ready for a nap but trying to fight it. Did get kitchen cleaned up again. GS came in 3 times during the night and made a mess. It really is getting old, and the Coast Guard needs to hurry up and get him in. This has drug on for too long. I think he is getting frustrated about it now.

I guess next time I encounter someone pushing me out of the way while checking out and putting his groceries on top of mine, I will have to use that look and push his stuff back down out of my way. But the cashier knew just how to handle it by moving my things to other side of register and then stopping the belt before his stuff could get down toward the register. Then she took her sweet time bagging up my groceries and then slowly rang him out. So, I did get a good laugh out of it. Didn't go to church today as I got up and knee was killing me. I could hardly walk without pain. So heating pad and Advil this morning. It is the right knee so didn't want to drive with it like that. It's better now but still sore to bend it. Going to be working on some things in a bit. I really need to finish up in my bedroom closet. Organization takes too long to figure out what to put where and what to get rid of. But it is something that has to be done.

If this was disease X or any other disease that could be contagious. All those passengers were exposed. Now they are scattered to who knows where. This is how pandemics get spread all over the world. So, I am guessing we will never know what this man died from. It will be hushed up like so many other things they don't want us to know. Pandemics with the proper info going out to the people could also help to stop the spread from going too far. But again, we may never know till it is too late.

Maybe your landlord will get the picture and start replacing those stoves. Hopefully with a wood burning one. Sometimes they become more costly to repair them than to replace them.

That would be a good idea to quarantine them till they know what it was that killed him.

I also keep garlic in fridge and on counter. I use a lot of it in many dishes. I have the tomato bullion as well. I I do have a long list of spices, but GS is supposed to help me get them organized after I unpacked them and just set them all on shelf in closet. I order the racks that GS said I needed to set them up much like they do at his work. I put it all on the back burner, but GS said we need to get it done before they call him in to Coast Guard. He saw recruiter the other day and took the physical copies of his lab to them. So, he is now on the waiting list to be called in. Hopefully not too much longer.

I agree. Just another reason to not go skiing. That is funny though.

Midnightmom, my neighbor's dog will come to her, but she didn't know she had left the yard. Her punishment is having to wear her shock collar for 2 days. Mommato3boys, I am so sorry about your friend's son. Things like that are happening way too often. Hope you don't get more than an inch of snow. I hate snow. Try to get some rest and have lots of energy tomorrow. I am winding down now myself. finally got a chance to talk with my next-door neighbor. She seems to be doing ok. Still having to do a lot of paperwork. And going through things but she's getting there. I do remember the paperwork and phone calls I had to make when my DH passed. Seemed like it would never end. Her DH had a DNR and the same hospital my DH was in, incubated him anyway. He also went into total renal failure. But the rest was a multitude of health issues. She had to force them to remove it. He started aspirating because of it. So, the hospital is still not very good at taking proper care of the patients.

Went shopping this morning. T.J. Max had a Clearance on baby clothes and toys. I went to find a basket or something to store baby toys when the baby wasn't here. But I did good. Instead of a basket I found a much-needed ottoman. It is a smaller one, but the lid opens, and it locks so it can't fall down on you. So that will be the baby's toy box and I get a foot stool out of it. Then when GD and her DH get transferred somewhere else, then I can use it for my throws. It will go with any furniture I buy. So that will be great. Got play pen put together so everything is now set up for starting baby sitting on Monday. Enough toys to keep baby entertained till past age 2. By then they will probably be living in Florida next when they get transferred. 73* today and started raining a little while ago. Was hoping when I got home and got things put away and a few other things done I could start stacking wood again. Nope not now. Miki, I agree with you on the snow. I to will take my 73* weather any day other than snow. Jeepers, and Mt. Rider, I didn't need to give that guy a nasty look. I pushed his stuff back out of my way. But then he took that space and started to put stuff on top of my stuff. But it got taken care of.

Momo, hopefully they will get your chair fixed soon. I know that is hard being stuck in the house. Can you use door dash. My GS is hooked on that a bit too much. But it's nice to have it once in a while. I start babysitting on Monday. So will be setting up the playpen this weekend. I have toys and books to read to her as well. GD will be working from here instead of at home since she is still nursing. So, works out great. Seems this child loves to be entertained. So, I will only be doing things around here when she naps. Jeepers, you will get it all done. It just takes time. For me it will take forever as I keep having interruptions. But the next interruption is going to be a lot of fun. Babysitting GGD. Hard to believe she is now 4 months old. She's growing up too fast. I washed 2 loads of clothes this evening and have the last one in dryer. So that will be out of the way. I have been sitting here cancelling all my recurring payments for things like Disney plus and such. I never watch anything on there anymore since I cancelled the cable. So got all that done and out of the way.

Euphrosyne, that is just too funny. But if it keeps her quiet and out of trouble that is a good thing. She is a cutie. Went to Kroger and returned that cough Syrup. Then walked around the store for a bit. So was trying to get some walking in again today. But made the mistake of taking a small shopping cart. Picked up a few sale items. Some baby clothes for GGD. She is growing like a weed. She is 4 months old today. Picked up a few sale items that I was either out of or very low on but not much of anything. Got to the checkout line and a guy came up behind me and started putting his groceries on top of mine. I pushed his stuff back so I could finish getting my things out of basket and then had to move my stuff to other side of register for her to ring me out. What was up with that. She stopped the conveyor belt on him to stop his groceries from getting mixed in with mine. All I could say is what a jerk. Going to put in a load of laundry in a few minutes. Won't get it all finished but at least it's a start.

Went through a few things this morning and now just debating heading out to Kroger to return that cough syrup. Then back home to work on bedroom closet some more. Want to totally empty the closet and debate painting it or not. Really not in the mood to paint. But will see what happens there. Going to look into closet organizers as soon as I figure out a few things. It is a walk-in closet so just need to figure out the best way to utilize it. It has 2 shelves that go all the way around the closet. So does have good storage space if I can utilize it the right way. Miki, we must have been typing at the same time. Yes, I can't wait for them to call him into boot camp. Just hope his parents come here to send him off. I don't like the idea of where I may have to drop him off at a bus station. Not the safest place to be. I know he will do well once he gets settled in there. I think they will give him a 2 or 3 week leave after boot camp and then off to CA for 3 months of school. Unless he changes his mind on what he wants to do in there. Then he would be shipped off elsewhere. Told him to live on base that would be free for him, and he can get those bills paid off quicker that way. Wish I had 70* weather today. I want to finish stacking the wood. I need to get the rest of it off my driveway.

Haven't had that issue here yet but sure it's going to trickle down the pipes soon enough. I forgot about my Kroger trip to return that cough syrup that was recalled. So might do that tomorrow. Might go by back to take out a bit of cash as I don't use a credit card for food either. Though I am now taking more precautions after the old e-mail and my credit card issue. GS has lost his ever-loving pea picking mind. He just ordered Suchi at the cost of $60. Glad he thinks money grows on trees. He best learn to make it at home.

That is great Mommato3boys. I am still debating a part time job just for something to do. Not that I don't have enough to keep me busy but that is all at home stuff. Part time job would at least get me out of the house for a bit. Won't do it though until they call GS into Coast Guard. He saw his recruiting officer today. They wanted the physical copy of his labs so had to in to see the recruiter. So now it will be a wait and see. Recruiter has to send it to the asmac place in Petersburg. From there I think they will call him to go there to take the test and get the physical. Right now, he is nerve wrecked about the traffic issues. People speeding, running red lights, you name it. Said he was almost hit twice. He's not a happy camper right now. But now he knows why I want to move out of this area. That is just one of a couple of reasons. I forgot to mention eggs are already going up in price. As to how fast they will keep going up I don't know. But since the price of eggs are going up and we don't know for how long. I got an e-mail for the oval easy eggs from Plesant Hill Grain. So ordered to cans with a promo code Eggs25. I will pull out the oldest of those and put these back for another time when they arrive. Will use those depending on how bad the egg situation gets. Just trying to keep ahead of inflation.

Getting ready to head back out to finish up on my errands. Going in two different directions so passing house on the way to State Farm and pulled into my driveway just in time to see my neighbor's dog made an escape. Yep, she got and now she is in her I'm mode. No goodies and will be back in her collar again. They have an electric fence for her, but she doesn't always put her collar on. She is usually good about staying in the yard but not today. Caught her down the street. But at least she comes to me when called.

Jeepers it's the weights that are starting to go bad now. I keep gluing them together but that only holds for about 4 or 5 uses and I have to redo it. Those are the jogglers as well. It's only the 10lb ones as those are the ones, I use the most. They still work but those canners are really old. I have my eye on one from For Jars, but they are out right now. So just waiting till they get those in. They are much lighter than the ones I have now. I am also short and getting older so lighter is better. Just have to watch the height for between burner and range hood. I need to do inventory of everything I have. So been trying to get very organized. I am not the best organizer, but I am getting there. Also trying to get everything solar charged up and ready. I have several of the small solar chargers I use2 of them all the time for my cell phone. I listen to news and such on it all day while working on stuff. Guess because I can move it from room to room. This house became a mess when I started the remodel. I was bad enough when I had to move some furniture around for DH. Wheelchair and porta potty and such. So had gotten that all back together just in time to mess it all up again. I packed up so much and stuffed stuff here and there. In one of the sheds and closets. Got 2 closets cleaned out and now working on my bedroom closet. Garage is on hold till better weather. It's too cold to work out there right now. And I still have to finish stacking wood. I was going to get GS to help on his day off, but he caught a cold and is down in the dumps right now. He really doesn't have much in the line of energy so just letting him rest on his days off this week. To cold out there right now anyway.

I have seen them using Dremel tools to make things using those designs. Really neat to watch. Saw it on U-Tube a while back.

I have the old Mirror canners. Can't get parts anymore. So, looking into a new one other than Mirror. They hold 9 pints and 8 quarts. They still work really well. But I worry about having to get parts at some point so need to get something soon. My water bath canner won't fit in my canners. But do have a way to take care of that issue. I have some errands to run tomorrow, and Friday I am going to start canning soups. I've put that off long enough and I am very low on my soups. Then I will start canning the dry beans That I have. I would rather have some navy bean soups and things already made up and canned than spending forever soaking beans and using a lot of water at a time if water becomes an issue. I'm not using my quart jars as much now that it is just me. So, starting to can water again using the quart jars. I have a cart load of jars. But might need to buy more widemouthed pints. I use those mostly for canning meat. I now have chicken, turkey, beef, and now pork. So, lots of choices.

Yes, we all need to watch our bank accounts, what we order on Amazon or other places on the internet much closer than we used to. They got me not long after I had talked to the bank about my card constantly being blocked. I am glad they are keeping an eye on the cards, but they sure didn't block the one from the Dermatologist in Ohio. But they took it off and sending me a new card also. We are under Cyber-attacks all the time now. Very hard to keep up now. Got 13 pints of Boston Butt pork, and since I used the other canner for 4 jars, I just added 4 quarts of water with it to can. It is one of the ways I store water for bad weather in case of losing our city water. I would have to put extra jars in there to keep those 4 from falling over and possibility of breaking, I just can water in with it. Left message for Step granddaughter to call me but have not heard back yet. She is in cyber security and runs her own business now. She watches a lot of things going through for many people and some government, I think. It happens so much all over the US that it keeps her very busy. So, hoping she is ok and will get back with me as soon as she can. Thinking about making my soups that I never got around to. Canners are out and the jars are out as well. So might do that Friday, as tomorrow I have run some errands. But will have the meat out of freezer and in fridge to thaw.

Jeepers, got to take care of those fish. They are part of the family. Hope you get the back order in before they get really sick. Card company keeps messing up my charge card. Every time I go to use it, they decline it. It has a 0 bal. Tried again to rent a movie I wanted to watch. Nope, not happening. They again declined it. But this time when I talked to them someone did try to use it. A dermatologist out of Ohio. Glad that didn't go through. So now that account is closed, and they are issuing a new card. What in the world is going on. Maybe I should go back to renting from Red Box instead of through my prime card.

Jeepers, I didn't think about blanks. I best do the same thing. I do still have some but not many of them. I have all the original CD's and 2 copies. Plus, on my computer as well. I just hope I am covered. I don't like all this streaming stuff either.

My DH did the same thing, so I have 2 copies of those and others as DH made copies for both my car and his truck. And now I am down to just my car. So, I have backups for the backups.

I saw that this morning. He will be very much missed. Loved his songs. I have some of his CDs. I love his songs. They are some of the best.