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.
When there is a will , there is away. And we all have to do what makes are life easier, and forgo looks , or what will the neighbors think.
This is a true whine; that driveway is steep and that trash can is heavy. And I appreciate him for all the years he has done it so I didn’t have to. But he can’t understand the steps anymore and honestly, he isn’t as strong as I am. : (
We retired out of state and am adjusting to that. Caregiving for a loved one is something you never forget no matter the changes in life afterward. I care for my husband now with his heart condition. Sending my love and prayers to all you caregivers out there, Katie22.
You'll have to oil your skeleton ala the tin man in the Wizard of Oz.
Obsolete? What's obsolete? I'm probably obsolete. lol I doubt youngsters use anything like that. No rewinding - just throw it way! Then R will come along and find it, and make something useful out of it, I'm rambling now...
nacy - wow - went through the washer and the dryer and still works That's amazing.
Golden by the way, the other day I grabbed my sheets off the bed, put them all in the washer, then dryer, and turned the dryer on, kept hearing clunk clunk clunk, the bedroom TV remote! Dryer it out in rice, so far it's working
’Rewind’ - such a good word! But I think it’s obsolete. Does anything rewind anymore? What word do the youngsters use instead? I think my thinking processes are being affected by too much sugar….
Which leads me to my Whine - Reese’s Peanut Butter Skulls. Did you know they can actually call you from another room?
I ordered new cutting boards for the kitchen and IT arrived today. I had to laugh when I saw it. There as only one and I had ordered a set of two - and it was dinky and not the size I ordered - like 6"x10" vs 13" x 10" My current ones are 15.5" x 11" and I have been having trouble finding a set of two the same size that I like. To return it, I have to take it to the nearest store and I suspect they will not refund shipping charges, which were more than half the price - hardly worth it. May as well just have gone there and bought something I liked. Back to square one. I saw stainless steel ones advertised but they must be very hard on your knives. Apparently chefs use rubber ones.
Further correspondence regarding my grocery order total basically said yes your groceries subtotalled $xxx and we charged you $yyy so "What's your problem? Refer back to your original receipt." My problem is not the receipt but that the subtotal they had online was $yyy. When I learned arithmetic the subtotal was the figure arrived at by adding the list. The figure they quoted as a subtotal was not that, it was several $ more. Maybe there are legitimate extra charges for something. I just want to know what they are. That seems reasonable to me.
Then R brought me my coffee and said "Here's a new swimming pool for your mouse" LOL.
Incidentally that mouse has been working fine except I dropped it in the bedroom and the battery cover came off and refuses to be found. Bonus, I got the floors done, R lifted the furniture and all. I borrowed a battery cover from a similar mouse and it is doing fine. Where DO these thing go??? It's got to turn up somewhere sometime.
I knew I was in trouble when a few years ago I saw my first QR code displayed on a restaurant table instead of a menu! Rude! It takes so much away from the ‘nice dinner out’ experience for everyone to gather around a table and become hypnotized by screen-glow.
Then again, I grew up in the days when restaurants had ashtrays on the tables.
I am jealous of your cruise - you’re going to have a blast! And a wedding in Ireland sounds magical! Congratulations mom-of-the-groom! I hope your husband goes; it sounds like a once in a lifetime opportunity and sharing it with him would make it extra special.
My son worked at McDonald’s part time when he was in high school . He said all fast food places , the employees get told to prioritize the drive thru . Just do that .
He said he saw customers go thru the drive thru , get their order , then park and bring the food in and sit down to eat . It was faster .
The kiosk forces you to use a credit card . That stinks .
And I just don't think it's wise to have your whole life on your phone the way so many do today, I like to build redundancies into my life so if something happens to one thing I've got a backup somewhere else.
I feel your pain.
I really do good, just trying to deal with the changes, and go with the flow. But....... It's all getting to much.
I couldnt get anyone to wait on me at Wendy's the other day because I didn't want to use the , thing-a-ma-gig. Kiosk? Maybe
Last week I colored my hair, went to rinse it off, and because of the road work, we had no water pressure. So I'm trying to get it out with dribbling water. Prefect time🥴
Yes, we are just trying to travel, believe it or not, May was my first time ever on an airplane, we went to New Orleans, it was a bit stressful, a few glitches but traveling all new to both of us.
Then some friends we play boccie with , asked us to go on a cruise with them. Hubby said sure , I'm like , eeeekkkk , another adventure, when I didn't even come down from New Orleans adventure. Yes it's a southern cruise, first time ever
And are friends know how we are, we actually both might be dyslexic, because neither of us have any sence of direction. And are friends help us do all the booking stuff.
Then I have to go to Ireland in September 25. For my son's wedding, hubby said he isn't going, now he is changing his mind. 😂. 🤯🤯🤯 My minds blowing up.
Nacy, are you cruising on warm seas or cold seas in January? I’ve never been on a cruise. Not sure if I would enjoy it…maybe a US river cruise would be fun - I’d like to see the Mississippi……
I bought those stick things, 😆, they look a tad unattractive, but the work, and now that the road work has filled the hole back up. What a summer, they started in May, I think I must live where all the water pipes met, they have been on my corner on and off all summer. It feels like years now. 😂. It was may we had a small earthquake and all of us neighbors thought it was the road work.
Now it's just a matter of waiting for the dust to settle and the cleaning to begin. 😐
Are your ears ringing now that all the road construction noise has stopped?
Golden, I was skimming posts to try to catch up and also thought for a minute you were talking about a real mouse!
I am mouse sensitive - since moving here mice have built a nest my behind my glove compartment, gnawed through my AC cable and chewed my windshield wiper hose in half so now it squirts wiper fluid onto my front tire. I honestly don’t know what I did to offend the fauna around here.
Way, those texts have got to break your heart. I’m sorry. Your nephew is lucky to have you.
Golden, I actually got one of them the other day, that said, do not reply, then under a box that said reply. That's interesting anyways. 😂
Way, so sorry, that's got to be so hard!!
way - that's heart breaking! It must be awful to be receiving those pleas from your sis, but you are 100% right. She needs placement. I am so sorry for both you and your nephew. There is no easy way through this illness. I'm glad nephew knows his limits and so do you. ((((hugs))))
re problems with grocery store -I got a "no reply" email that I have been assigned a new case number. The origin of the email is nothing like I have seen before. It says it is "no reply" but there is a reply link at the bottom of the email so I am gathering more info to sent to them just in case it does work and to give them a little more to go on. Wish I had am IRL calculator. I do better with those than the app on the computer. I probably should be house cleaning rather than totalling figures, but I need a little fun.
Sister is texting , begging me to come get her . I feel bad but she can’t be home alone when nephew at work , plus her sundowning is bad . Nephew was losing sleep . I’m tired of telling family members they can’t go home .
And I feel bad for my nephew , I know what it’s like in his shoes .
There not all that expensive either 😃