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.
glad, same here... must be the moon or even the date... she's been a firecracker all day and lookin like all night. Never heard of those medications? I agree... their brain can shut out almost any medication when they're on a roll they are on a roll.
i dont need a car but if i ever decided i did , i have a 63 falcon futura sitting out back that could be made to run like new for probably 5 k . it is one year too old to require seat belts and in fact never had any in it even when it was new . back then if i wanted to hit a tree and fly thru my windshield , by god , it was my face and my windshield .
all this high tech crap is beginning to annoy people . cleveland motorcycle works has begun building replicas of ancient american motorcycles with no electronic gadgetry and british enfield is doing the same thing . when i drive thru a mudhole i expect the ignition to drown out and the old drum brakes to work like crap for the next 30 minutes -- just like the old days . when the carb pisses down my leg , its my god given right to have fire dammit !!
Those are the moments that makes this easier.
Mom did feel up to going to the funeral, so that was good - it was important for her to be there, since this was her sister's husband that passed. She didn't feel up to going to the meal, though, so we just went home after the funeral. It was COLD out there today, wind chills in the single digits and sometimes dipping below zero, so it's better that we just came home. She slept most of the rest of the day away. Stuff like this just wears her out anymore.
It sure is getting cold...And cold weather makes me crave something spicy and so I am thinking I may just order out tonight. I deserve it today...Mama is pretty non responsive today and it has been hard. My right shoulder almost feels separated and it is almost impossible to change Mama using my left side...I know it will not but right now it feels like it is killing me..can't lift an arm, can move, can't do anything but just lie there and stare that sad sad look back...that is when it is hard....she's back tonight to not seeming to know who I am .....what a day....but to quote Mama, this too shall pass......
dee... isn't it amazing how small this giant world really is? Is your birth month in November? LOL, I'd probably fall over if it was! My 2nd oldest just turned 57 and then there's that other one, he's 52.
So, apparently the Governor of Oregon resigned and the local news is ALL over it. Mom used to be a news junkie, way back when... she's listening to it and started telling the dog to "shut up, just shut up and listen to me you stupid SOB"! LOL!
I think kitchen appliances have way too many bells and whistles now, and are too expensive, and aren't made to last. I can't believe how high-tech refrigerators are now! I just need something to keep my food cold.
One more comment about cars...freqflyer, you are so right about the kids in back nowadays. I used to love to look out the window when going shopping with Mom or visiting etc., that I could tell you pretty much where a certain house was in the neighborhood or even across town when I saw a picture of it. I have to wonder if kids today will even be able to find their way to the corner store or home from there when they do get their driver's license because they never look out the car windows anymore as they are watching DVDs or on an Ipad! I guess that is what GPS is for nowadays....sure glad I had to use my brain as a kid! What if the power grid ever goes down someday?!!
Dee, I agree, give me a vehicle with a simple dashboard... I don't need GPS because I can read a map.... I don't need Bluethooth because I refuse to use a cell type phone while driving.... I don't need Pandora music or whatever that is, I am not in the vehicle long enough to listen to more than 2 or 3 songs.... forget the moon or sun roof, those tend to break down, nothing like having the roof open and you can't close it [that's happened to me] :P
If the auto markers want to give me something fancy, give me a self-cleaning car !!
I really wish we could purchase new autos that are "stripped down" without all that crap in it! I just need it to get me from point A to point B and back again.
planes, trains and automobiles... gads, it's always something that needs immediate attention isn't it? I suppose the sooner we get them back on the road again the sooner we can move onto the next catastrophe. Hey FF... I'm pretty sure some of those fancy limo's have microwaves in them and therefore you can make popcorn!! LOL!!
Sally, that is such a touching story... I've been trying to think of something that mom will enjoy and bring a smile to her face and her eyes sparkle. I KNOW what would do it but I doubt I get cooperation. Valentine's Day is also my oldest brothers birthday. He turns 60. A few years ago I would have made him a cake, scrumptious dinner and had a fun li'l party for him... mom enjoyed their teasing and playing with her. Ah well.... times do change.
I remember if one wanted music in the car you had either AM radio or you had to sing yourself. You wanted a window opened, you use the hand crank, good exercise :) You needed something out of the trunk, you had to go to the back of the car and put in the key to open the trunk.... and to shut the trunk you had to reach up and pull it down yourself, again good exercise :)
As a kid I use to look out the window and soak in the environment... today kids are either watching a movie in the car, or have their necks bent down to use their iPads or Smartphones. Will today's child know the difference between a cow or a deer since they rarely look out the windows of the vehicles?
And long ago you were able to tell one brand of car from the other. Sorry, auto markers, all your sedans and SUV's all look alike now a days.
Thanks Captain...I think you're right...I fear the car engine is definitely toast...My car is by no means a newer model...but new enough that way too much stuff is operated with the digital crapola that once it starts going it is nuts....I have decided I am going to handle all this vehicle stuff on my own...same way I have had to handle everything else around here. I guess he meant well, but I think back to my brother having my car for over a YEAR and now a little over a year later, this happens...why the heck didn't he just put a reman. engine in then??? Lord knows it would have costs less in the long run than this...but it is this way with anything he does for me...cheapest way he can do it possible...now, as for HIS home...it looks like he got some high end contractor to do their repairs and rennovations..he does excellent work...as long as it is not for me...beats all I've ever seen...masking tape all around the windows that has left so much cruddy residue even that gorrila goo gone stuff won't work...it is like everything he does CREATES more work for me..that is why I don't want him to do anything...same with the car....and yet he tells me just run the defroster or ac wide open (IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER) and that will keep it from overheating for a while...he didn't even consider apparently there could be other issues going on...but since he initially told me not to go far in that car I am guessing he already knew this was coming and he was not going to pay for it....so be it. Like everything else, I am going to get it done the right way. I am waiting for the tow truck to take my little work truck and have made the arrangements with the place I get my stuff fixed right...I know them well now and they were very VERY fair on their price..they have given me the names of two places who do rebuilds at a fair rate, so once I get my truck up and going I will take my car to one of them and get it fixed RIGHT...good grief..this is why I would always prefer to just do it myself..I have never in my life had anyone do anything for me that didn't end up costing more in the long run...when I do it I know it is done right....that is all.
restored classics are still the best buy imo . most have been rebuilt and babied by auto enthusiasts and are only being sold because the owner ran into more serious obligations -- like buying a home or starting a family . i like old straight 6 cylinder fords and chevy's . they are virtually indestructable
in the future find a shop that does oil and filter changes cheaply . they can do it cheaper than you can do it yourself because of the great price they get on 55 gallon barrels of motor oil .
no partial repair will save the engine . the metal shavings have been pumped thruout the engine and worn the cam lobes and bearings among other things .
good used engines are reasonable enough but the installation can really be costly and is very seldom done neatly and thoroughly .
if i needed to buy a car id borrow about 10 k from a bank and buy a restored classic . these are usually sporting new engines and sell cheaper than youd think .
these late model electronic nightmares are meant to be disposable -- usually more expensive to diagnose and repair than theyre worth when all that electronic crap starts breaking down .