I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
This bitter south west wind is weird and unusual, fortunately it means we aren't getting any lake effect squalls here but I see that Buffalo is getting hammered.
ali - sounds like you have it
I need to dress up and brave it for a grocery run soon.
My nail gal has used the Bulldog shop and deliver service. She is a single mum bringing up 2 kids, so if she can afford it, I guess I can. It's hard to change from one's old school ways. But I am cold inside the house even if the temp inside is good. I even got a blast of cool air from opening a kitchen cupboard. As you age you definitely do not withstand it as well.
Brrrr, I'm making myself feel cold!
On the other hand, my plants have their tongues hanging out for water more often than usual as the air is so dry with the thermostat set higher than normal. I turned up the humidifier on the furnace the other day but haven't noticed an improvement. My mini-jungles are suffering. 🌿 🌴 🍃
Alot of people are sick too,my Uncle told me,some bug going around and this cold,cold weather is probably causing it,I'll bet.
You can all start throwing your boots and mittens and scarfs and thermal underwear at your computer screens now. They won't hit me but might make you feel better.
The sun peeks out occasionally here but it's distracting especially when people pour out of their homes and offices trying to figure out what that yellow orb in the sky is.
I took a trip to Northern California on MLK holiday to visit my cousin and aunt. Cousin's visit went fine but my aunt was so self absorbed (94 years old) that it was hard to put up with her. I'm glad our visit only lasted 36 hours. Darn, I don't want to be a cranky old lady!
These last 3 days have been spent helping my ex-husband fix up his house. It's a pity to watch a house fall apart because a person suffers from depression. He has no drive to do anything (never did), and it's all he can do just to feed himself and his cats.They have ruined his house.
I called for a plumber and got a new faucet and disposal put on the kitchen sink. It
took the plumber 5 hours to unplug it! (Ex was washing dishes in the bathroom!).
I called a hauling company to clear out the ruined upholstered furniture and non working electrical appliances and trash. Why can't HE schedule these things?
I've got the hall bathroom back in shape and have been cleaning like a crazy person but it's barely making a dent. Today is my last day. I'll sort through some books and trinkets I'd like to take, scrub the kitchen floor, load the car, go back to my girlfriends house for the night and leave for home tomorrow am.
I told him to now keep it up. He said he was no housekeeper. I told him I didn't do all this in vain-did I?
THIS is why we're not married anymore. 😞
Sorry for the rant.
He will not keep it up. Been there. It was one of those things I just had to let go. Too much added stress while caring for my mom. There ended up a fire which was a gift. I don't know how I would have been able to deal with the cleaning out. Then he passed two months later. He was an alcoholic, developed osteomyelitis, then became sepsis, septic shock then GONE.
Just a few big items left to move, one couch, 2 beds, that's it, now to pack up the kitchen, take a few personal belongings to my sisters where we will be living in her MIL apartment until we find a Condo to purchase.
It's been a long drawn out process, but my husband is a Trooper, and our boys (3 in their 30's) have all been here several times to help move the big items into storage.
I thought that I would be feeling sentimental about leaving this home of 28 years, but now I just want to be done with it, and move on into this next chapter of our lives. It's very exciting, sorting and downsizing So Much, though not enough I am sure to fit into a much smaller Condo, we will have to give/sell quite a bit more I am certain, but it is really hard to justify offloading things you have spent a pretty penny for, or that have senimental value.
The house is echoeing now that it is nearly empty, it's a strange feeling, but so incredibly freeing too. I imagine feelings of loss will catch up to me as this is where we raised our kids and went through some pretty big life changing moments in our lives! It's all for the best rhough, change is good I Hope!
It's about 50 degrees here today, and no rain, we've been so lucky during this move with the recent weather! Hope everyone is surviving the freezing weather in your parts of the world, Take Care All!
gutters began overflowing hitting the doorway so I tried to clear them before leaving for work
then I decided
standing in the rain in my bathrobe and a metal pole in my hands wasn’t a good idea during a lightning ⛈ storm
It finally quieted down with the butter factory here...only 1-2 nights a week, and ear plugs and thick drapes have helped with that.
Everybody stay warm and safe, and I am hoping for a good day for everyone. It is a new month and I always look at this as a new little beginning.
MsMadge, I am still chuckling picturing you cleaning gutters in storm.
My Auntie is doing well and happy in her rehab. My whine is that
I caught her cold and have been sick since settling her in. Today
I finally braved the cold and went to walk-in clinic. They put me in ER for bloodwork and xrays., then IV antibiotics and prednisone. My hubby went to ER sometime recently with a friend, as I slept. I could look at it as a good thing Rose is being cared for, but
I'd hoped for some respite time.
Hope I didn't just jinx myself.
I use vaseline on my lips at night and when I put it on the Viking's lips👄
I always tell her the boys don't like chapped lips
Wonder about butter.... Carmex that comes in the little tub for lips?