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Post by catcats on Sept 23, 2023 20:43:47 GMT -5
bree---So glad that boycat is eating well now ! Diane-getting fancy stamps sounds like fun ! TML---Good for you---getting solar ! Hope it saves you lots of money !! Irish cabbage soup !! lennon ---Thank you again for starting this thread ! I have done the dailies and I made a big pot of chicken rice soup today. I have some in fridge and some in freezer, and I had a bowl for supper. Ophelia T.S. did bring a bunch of rain and some wind , but less than I expected. There is supposed to be more later tonight, but I don't know. I only lost power so far in a single one-second blip. My very best to all ! catcats
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Post by bree on Sept 24, 2023 8:07:08 GMT -5
Happy Sunday! Diane the skunk smell is to me very chemical and very unpleasant. Can you smell marijuana smell? A little bit like that too.... I did not realize boycat was sprayed right away because the overall smell was so overpowering that I had no idea what it was at first so yes he was in many places. I will continue to spray and toss! catcats thanks! reve 11 hours wow...I once had 29 hours in a row! it was during a crisis and I was with a loved one at the hospital and I pulled two all nighters. when I went home I went to bed and woke up 29 hours later in the early evening. I had no idea if it was a rising or setting sun at first. I was much younger don't think I could do again (pull two all nighters) yesterday I took puppy for another walk just before sunset folded and put away laundry finished cleaning the bathroom dealt with trash and recycling today is game day and church day! It is cool enough here today that I may make a casserole (I never use oven on hot days) also need to deal with finances and dining table clean up and do a load of whites I have a marrow bone set aside for puppy so I can cheer my team on!
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Post by desposito on Sept 24, 2023 8:14:22 GMT -5
Good morning!
Another not good night last night. At least today will be cooler, a high of 73.
My main goal today should be finishing the cleaning out of my fridge, but I'm already thinking of various other things to do to avoid the fridge...
I hope everyone has a good Sunday! Bree, enjoy your game!
Diane
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Post by TML on Sept 24, 2023 9:58:43 GMT -5
Hi Everyone!!! Diane - I can tell skunk smell from far off. We have a skunk around here and in the mornings when fog is covering everywhere - his smell gets mixed in with the fog sometimes and it is skunky fog.
I need to work in ones today - I am having difficulties with motivation - I did do some things yesterday but not as much as i had hoped - mostly kitty care and taking care of mom issues. Mom gets bored and just tries to stir up trouble with a stick and then dumps it on my lap to fix it.
Working in ones:
List: 4. Self care
3. Trash run in house
2. Get trash can back in garage - got trash can back in garage, got mail 1. Checking out the washer and dryer to see where I am with clothes. - laundry started in washer
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Post by desposito on Sept 24, 2023 10:52:22 GMT -5
Good morning TML!
skunky fog
tries to stir up trouble with a stick
TML, sometimes your posts make me laugh even on a day when I'm dragging, like today.
The dog finally wanted to go out, she needed to go out late last night so wanted to sleep in this morning. Even though the temp is cooler the sun is hot right now. I finally went to the back part of the yard and broke the little pumpkin off the vine, it looks perfect and I was afraid someone would eat it or it would start rotting or something. It's almost 6 inches across, bright orange, it's so cute! I'm going to wash it off and put it somewhere where I can see it for a while. The lambs quarters plants back there are so tall and thick I had to push my way through to get the pumpkin.
TO DO:
Call decluttering client 10 minutes on paper Put phone on charger Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by TML on Sept 24, 2023 11:34:06 GMT -5
Hi Diane . I have a lack of motivation too today and am dragging around. Thus I am working in ones. Just do one darn thing at a time and then worry about the next one. Very cool to have a pumpkin already for the Fall season
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Post by desposito on Sept 24, 2023 11:38:02 GMT -5
TML, the cool thing about the pumpkin is that it is from a volunteer plant that just appeared in my yard. So a gift from the wildlife.
Next I am going to force myself to spend just 10 minutes on the fridge. That's all.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Sept 24, 2023 11:59:53 GMT -5
Okay, 10 minutes was barely a dent.
I have to go feed the dog and bring some things down to the basement, but I will come back and work on the fridge 10 minutes more. TML, what are you doing next?
Diane
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Post by desposito on Sept 24, 2023 13:01:36 GMT -5
I did 10 more minutes, and now I'm stopping for lunch.
Diane
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Post by oust on Sept 24, 2023 13:01:53 GMT -5
I need to look at the fridge too The kitchen needs to be cleared and decluttered on the counters I washed the dishes already I am sure i will find a whole bunch of things that i should do today.
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Post by danny15 on Sept 24, 2023 13:07:42 GMT -5
bree SO sorry to hear about the skunk!!! My only experiences with them have been when I smell their scent on a country road. Yuck.
I have been having more problems with the new (15 months old) furnaces and AC units. The company is just a mess, all 1 star reviews on Yelp and Better Business Bureau. I have been with them for over 41 years. They used to be good which is why I went with them last year for the new equipment. And when I can get specific techs they can be good (or not). There isn't much other choice around here for home heating oil and equipment installation as this company has been buying up all the smaller ones in the area. I am trying to keep a positive attitude and will try again this week to get some issues resolved.
The brick retaining wall alongside the outside basement stairs has developed a big crack and the bricks are shifting towards the stairwell. A masonry company is coming this week to check it and give me an estimate on repairs. I am getting worn out with all the expensive house repairs. But I am extremely grateful that I can get them done.
Very weird thing has been happening today. I have not been hooked up to a landline phone for many years. We had 2 phones lines and those old-fashioned phones like in a business office where you can see 5 possible phone lines and a hold button (at one point we had three phone numbers to accommodate the ex's business). I cancelled the landlines years ago but all the equipment is still in and on the walls. The phones are some kind that cannot be disconnected by pulling a little plug thing; they are wired in solid. Today one line started ringing. SO weird almost like a ghost phone. I picked it up and the sound was like a fax machine trying to go thru. It would not disconnect and when I hung up the first phone line kept blinking like I had someone on hold. After a while and messing with things it would disconnect. Then it would happen again. All I could do was pray that it would resolve. The alternative would be to have the phone company come in, go in the attic and pull all the phone wires out and pull out the phones in the master bedroom, kitchen and basement rec room where the phones are locked into the walls.
The worst of the coastal storm that hit us has moved out. VERY grateful it did not cause any damage around here! Although maybe that is why the ghost phones are ringing?
This weekend I am chipping away at whatever looks like it needs the most attention. Following my schedule wasn't working. The shift is getting things done, tiny bits at a time. And that is much better than nothing.
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Post by mylittlescholar on Sept 24, 2023 15:11:05 GMT -5
good afternoon everypony!
we had big fun at the Renaissanse Faire yesterday. I took cold medicine and masked up. Slept in this morning. Don't feel like doing anything. Will take it easy.
DONE: posted some pics
checked online balance transferred $ checked email & calendar
ASPIRATIONS: unpack dishes duds dinner
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Post by catcats on Sept 24, 2023 15:35:25 GMT -5
Diane--I didn't sleep well either last night. I ended up watching scary documentaries on The Weather Channel ! Actually was able to sleep after that. I was tired this morning. danny15--- Weird about the long silent phone ringing with ghost calls ! Hope the furnace issues get straightened out to your satisfaction. I hate it when house things keep happening ! I showered, went to the attic to bring down a fleece throw to take to church for donation, and then went to Mass. Came home and a cat ---not sure who it was---had been sick to his stomach and there were 8 piles to clean off of carpet in the LR and DR. Hard to bend down to do that, but it had to be done. Took the trash and recycling out .When I went downstairs to clean the cat pans, there was another pile of kitty vomit to clean up and I threw in a load of laundry too. After I had a bowl of my chicken rice soup, it was a treat to finally sit down and rest a bit. Other than making myself some supper later, I am finished for the day. It is chilly and rainy here today, but at least Ophelia did not give me a power outage. I am thankful for that. My best to all. catcats
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Post by desposito on Sept 24, 2023 15:38:22 GMT -5
Good afternoon oust, danny and scholar! Danny, that is SO weird about the phone--I would feel like I was in a horror movie or something! I remember the phones wired into the wall, we had that in the house I grew up in.
My senior client called me and talked for a long time, she hasn't called in a while so it was okay. She mostly wanted to complain about her cell phone, her old phone needed a new battery so she went to the Verizon store and they told her her phone was too old for a new battery and she should buy this new phone they showed her. So she bought it and later someone told her to go to the Apple store and they changed the battery in her old phone for her. She says she went back to the Verizon store and got the same clerk and told him the Apple store put a new battery in and he told her he never said that the phone was too old for a battery. It's very possible she misunderstood, but from other comments I've heard about these phone stores I think they're almost as bad as Comcast as far as lying right to your face.
I did a little more cleaning in the fridge and although there is more to go, I got all the spoiling things out so I can combine them and put them into compost. I will have a lot of dishes to do tomorrow.
Next:
Wash some dishes Write out a birthday card Restock water in fridge Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on Sept 24, 2023 15:40:20 GMT -5
there were 8 piles to clean off of carpet in the LR and DR.
Oh dear, catcats! Yes, they always run to vomit on the carpet, don't they?
I'm glad the storm wasn't too bad by you.
Diane
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