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  1. Well done on the cake i'd say. That little guy looks like he is about to devour that cake in one bite. Oh boy i bet he was so happy. My innards are coming around now. Tweaked my diet a bit and got a little exercise. I really want a 3musketeers bar right now but they arent good for me. When i feel weak I imagine walking in to the doctor's office. And that ends that. Its been in the 40s at night a few nights so to be safe i brought my plants in and the jasmine really makes the apt smell good. Its going to be near Spring now. I can spend some time on the balcony. Theres no plug outside but i can run an extension cord from inside and work on my laptop and play the ballgame on the radio. There's no way for me to watch Baseball that i know of without buying something. And I want to keep bills low as possible. Thats pretty sad to me so I still have the radio. How are Kodie and Panther doing? i was going to ask if you ever buy them dog and cat toys but Panther can probably hunt down his own toys. I'm such a big spender. Got a new baseball cap, a Cub's cap. I also have Dad's old Rangers cap. And i bought a couple tshirts. From the numbers i'm crunching I should be in good shape for a long time. But then prices will go way up so no telling how bad that planning will be ruined. At this point if I make $1000 a month im fine and then some. i dont see being able to get a great paying job in the time I have left. Im hoping you folks get a warming trend that brings Spring and ends the snow. i guess i didnt ask the weatherman the proper way last time. My old neighbors, the wife had surgery for her nerves in her back. They channels were getting closed up with calcium deposits and it made it hard for her to walk and was painful. So they went in and cored it out. Two days later she's walking without help and no painkillers. One of her nurses told her the surgeon is the best in the region for this kind of procedure, very thorough. Expecting her to recover and be much better walking. Going to the grocery store this weekend. Going to avoid sugar and baked goods. maximize green stuff and nuts and get some more chicken. And popcorn. I think thats supposed to be safe as long as you dont add butter and all. And more pickles. When my Mom was a little girl she and her best friend would spend Saturdays at the movies and each had a big pickle and a coke. Dinner lately has been beef or chicken and a nice salad and a couple small pickles. Isnt my life exciting lol. Oh well, i'll take this peace and quiet though. So how are you feeling, how are all the aches and pains? Does it get better once winter is over and no more shoveling and maintaining firewood? take good care and stay warm.
  2. Yes, my brother is a narcissist. he always thinks he knows best even though his advice is always wrong. I used to give it an ear and research it just to see but with his tracj record I just let it go. Like spending 10-15k on a bootcamp for UX...waste of money for many reasons it doesnt work for me. Maybe if I was a young man, sure. It's like the corporate loonies at Target and Walgreens when i worked at those places. 'We have the perfect plan, you cant fail. If you succeed its because we have the perfect plan, if you fail its because you didnt follow the plan properly.' anyway, I have more pressing issues. Been battling constipation off and on since surgery. Lately been a real issue and now im afraid its got me. I just dont get enough exercise I guess. Im trying some mineral oil and fiber capsules. The last thing I want is to go to the doctor, who may or may not see me and will use it as an excuse to do alot of the things they do to us old guys. Bought some plants yesterday and boy are they ever expensive now, lol. I still want a few more. I got a jasmine, in bloom. Two tropical ferns and a rosebush in bloom. Jasmine I planted at my old house years back and the rosebush is in memory of my folks. I want a few hanging baskets and a couple long planters for flowers and pumpkin. Give up coffee? I used to joke about never giving it up but I have temporarily. You have to have a few things to enjoy in life. Four feet of snow, wow. I bet Arlie was awesome. One of those guys who just got things done and didnt complain. These days alot of guys wouldnt even try. One thing I appreciate about my part of Tx is we dont normally get alot of snow. Id like to get some to be pretty to look at but not thst much. You do so well taking care of things with your snow. Microsoft sets Windows to do alot of things for us. Im sure theyd love to make it do everything, no matter what we want. I dont trust them at all. I think perhaps Kodie is a blessing for you. He's looking out for you and keeping you company. Panther has the life. A cozy place to sleep and a nice meal and gets to go roam around at night. I wonder if he hunts the yard and keeps the vermin away. Some people are still on older Windows like 8 or even 7. The bad thing is they no longer do security updates, so if the bad guys find a way to exploit 7 it wont be fixed. Im still on 10 simpy because everytime I upgrade everything makes a mess. I dont trust easily. This from a friend of mine upon me describing that something good is missing from life 'Def understand and feel it as well. The difference is now we are the elders and now realize that as adults we were always the ones who make it what it is. Everything is up to us to choose when or how life moments are special. As children we were the fortunate ones who had good parents who made it possible and did their best to make it happen and keep it that way. That is what we are missing - love. Now it is up to us. It is time for us to love our selves. '....I miss my folks, I miss the good days and they are gone. When i have a chance and the days get warm i'll take a pic of my plants to show. I dont expect theyll get real big but the jasmine I can smell thru my bedroom window if i open it. make me want to get another one. My balcony faces east so it gets the morning and noon light and then shade during the heat of day. If they need more shade I can move them close to the apt. Do you ever crave foods you shouldnt have? I resisted the 3musketeers craving at the store but got a frozen pizza. Ate one slice and tossed it, gross. I liked the mini tacos that come frozen when I was a kid. hadnt had em for years so one day tried em again, gross and greasy. You cant go back. My dad always had trouble liking food. It either wasnt made right or didnt taste right. I thought it was his sense of taste going away. but maybe it was also that they dont make it the same or as well anymore. Are you folks at the point the snow is letting up? When does it start to warm up? Hoping our week ahead is nice and quiet. take good care.
  3. Spent the last day and a half trying to fix this laptop with limited success. I had thought it was just the browser and switched away from Chrome. It had become very slow and wouldnt load pages, right after an update. But still having 'some' performance issues on the new browser. I scan every night with malwarebytes and its always clean. Ill try scanning with a different one to be safe. hate to get a new laptop as this one should be fine. Still sleep issues. I wake up at 6-7 usually and have trouble falling back. but mainly i just toss and turn all night. I always have but never this bad. i wake up halfway and fall asleep again. After being awake a few hours I feel ok but after i first wakeup i feel like crud. Wow, you got alot of snow. i vaguely remember as a kid outside Chicago we got alot but not as much as you have. I cant understand people anymore. Its like suddenly they dont know how to behave, theyre so selfish and thoughtless. Someone should be coming over to shovel that for you not making it worse. headed to the grocery store tomorrow if it kills me. It did rain all afternoon but still. I do love a good rain, the clouds and the cool weather, love it. Unless its real windy i should be able to sit on my balcony and watch the rain. The neighbors will think im crazy lol. Pardon me if any of this Ive told before. talked to a girl at the tax atty office. My Dad's tax guy too retirement finally, great guy. This was a junior partner. i love how everyone gives me the junior partner, because im old and because they dont remember me. She was very nice but didnt seem to know much, had to run sk some questions. But in the end told me no need to file taxes this year. next year i will tho. Finally got my refund from the mortgage company. Our Bluejays were bullies, hogging the birdbath and sitting in the trees screaming at everyone. I will miss the birds. When i was studying IT i took an old laptop apart. never do that again. Some say its easy and some say its the biggest pain in IT. I side with the latter. The space is too small and packed and its not made to work on. I think they push too much to make them small and thin. make them easy to work on and upgrade. but we live in a disposable world. easier to make em disposable i guess. Waste of money for consumers though. this laptop was about $650 and I can try and wipe it and reinstall windows and chrome or just buy a new one. I also like how Windows is pushing me again to go to Win 11... :(...it keeps downloading things for an update during the time its not supposed to. You know i never considered you might get so much snow that you couldnt get food. They need a system to help. Hope it lets up and you get to go. Maybe I can send a package of food. Or can you order from Amazon? Sorry you missed your friend's memorial. You can say some words. I try to remind myself to celebrate their life and the love they gave and the good times. its hard at times. I feel sorry for kids these days. When they get to be our age who will have told them how to understand life. We could but they wouldnt listen. I think each successive generation understands less about life and this one seems lost. Sometimes i feel that i failed miserably. But so far...im here and my brother has his money. Still have a couple things to do before its all done but the main things are. Sadly, i dont hear from my brother anymore, not even email. Thats probably for the best. But I think i've understood a few things. Guess we will see. Yes your DIL is nuts as can be. She sounds very self absorbed to the point of using people. Why doesnt she come down and shovel your driveway one time. Lol Thank you for the videos, i'll watch them tonight. I think I may never come to peace with my Life and maybe the secret is just accepting that. It is what it is and time to move on. Hope you get some nice warmer weather, get some groceries and a rest from shoveling. Take good care of yourself and Kodie and Panther.
  4. I 'think' the exemption is federal. I suggested my brother ask his taxguy to look in his records and make sure the 1099-s was voided, as the Title company couldnt print it out. Wow, thats WAY too much snow. Ive always loved snow since a kid outside Chicago, but thats just too much. You do fantastic for anyone, regardless of age. Hoping thats the last big snow of winter for you. Taxes are such a big 'IF'. If theyre filled out right, if the irs accepts them, if the check doesnt get lost in the mail. Hope yours turn out well. I talked to an acct at my tax office and she says no need to file this year. next year will have to tho cause thats what the house sale is on. Amazon...yep, Ive started ordering big myself. Why have to keep getting something you use all the time. One big order and you'll always have em. Slowly doing the same with my pantry. Goingto the store is dangerous because I impulse shop. Then at home I realise I dont want to spend alot of time cooking. Ive gotten lazy i guess. Bluejays must think theyre in charge. Ours were the same way. I hope the new owners appreciate birds and set up a feeder and birdbath. The almanac has been right for us, a warmer winter. Supposed to be wet but a bit off there. Cali got a cold cold front they say. Im guessing you're getting lots of snow as part of whatever caused that. I just hope summer isnt too hot. Elec will go thru the roof. Im kind of surprised my folks never got a wood burning stove. I guess since they had the fireplace they didnt need it. I struggle to remember better times and not the end and to forgive myself. Eh, sorry to sound sad but its a struggle. Sounds like your laptop is ok. I would think if it was going to go bas it would have done so right away. Ive heard for cellphones if you drop them in water put them in a container of salt, pulls off the moisture. never tried it tho. I think i'd cry if I dropped brownies fresh from the oven. At least no one got cut or glass. One of the ladies at work one time brought brownies and no one wanted any. I loved em and she gave me the entire pan. I was a happy guy lol. Im going to ask the weatherman to please give you folks a break. Maybe a week or two with no snow, maybe some warm weather too. I was going to close dad's old bank acct but decided to wait and see if the mortgage company can get a check to me this time. If not im going to ask them to just wire it back into that acct. I never like checks in the mail, they get lost or stolen. I have 'informed delivery' where usps scans all my letters and they never scanned a check. I doubt ill ever see that money but will try. If it takes too long ill close the acct. Everything that was coming out of it is cancelled but I dont want someone to make a mistake and do it anyway. Panther must be fine where he goes or he wouldnt go there. Hoping you get some better weather and some peace and quiet. Take good care of yourself and stay warm.
  5. The reason i set up the house the way i did and i hope my brother appreciates it. I owned it and sold it. So the tax burden is on me. but...if you live in the home as primary residence 2 of the last 5 years before the sale you get a 250,000 dollar allowance on capital gains. There was an increase in value but way below 250,000...so there will be no taxing the money from the sale of the house. The half I sent my brother was a gift, no tax for either of us. I talked to a nice lady at our tax attys office today and she verified this and checked and i dont need to file this year. But I will for next year. Kodie knows he has a good mom who loves and spoils him. Lol. He needs some treats because he misses his friend. And its winter so he doesnt play as much? I wonder where Panther goes. he must have a place thats warm. maybe a small crack that lets a bit of heat out. he'd love the dryer vent. The dryer vent on the old house...there was a vent hose opening in the wall behind that was filled up. the dryer vented into the garage. they put pantyhose over the opening in the garage to catch all the lint. The new owners had a hose run up throughthe roof. Apparently they had a ton of work done, so they must have some money. nice people I think. Im sorry for all the abuse you went through. That man must have been crazy. But you survived and found peace. For all the troubles you've had in life you turned out to be a really good person. Doctors..I agree, before they drop someone they should send notice. my GI doc got a order for a colonoscopy for me from my PCP right in the middle of the house sale. I ignored it all and it made me mad. The GI office sent a couple letters asking me to make an appt but i ignored it. The third letter said 'last chance'. I wasnt told about it, I didnt ask for it. That was the PCPs fault and not mine. But im probably not welcome there anymore and thats fine. I really like that doctor. But when my other PCO thought my test results were gall bladder sludge the guy just ignored it. then later he wanted to do an ultrasound. I didnt see the point when he ignored it in the first place. I'll need my PCO eventually and if they wont see me i'll file a conplaint and find a new doctor. I understand the preventative medicine idea but after 7 years of bad things i just want to be left alone. I also notice they are only concerned about what they care about and not what i am concerned about. my last blood tests my old PCP said i should be concerned about my sugars and something else. But then didnt explain nor talk about how to make anything better. maybe because when she asked if i ate fish twice a week i said i was a fishstick kind of guy. Anyway, I cant trust them. At least you started cleaning, established that momentum. That year will pass before you know it and you'll be done. Im the opposite of my folks, i dont keep alot. I have many boxes now but when I think its safe to do so alot of records are being shredded. We're cold tomorrow with a chance of rain. i think i'll stay in and make some chili or tacos. Im trying to avoid cheese but i have some Pimiento to put on my tacos. Mom grew up eating Pimiento cheese sammiches. i never reallygave em a change until a year ago. i really like em. Wish i had figured that out while she was here. Tragic how I wish i could go back and do things over the right way. But theres no do overs in life. I think you have one advantage over alot of people here. If you lose electricity you still have heat. Many folks here would be very cold. There's at least a couple dove here and some crows. i hear them sometimes. At the old house there were alot of both. Then a couple hawks started flying the neighborhood and the doves hid. The people across the street had a huge tree where alot of crows lived. The folks next to them complained its roots might be ruining their foundation. It wasnt even close to the property line. Then mysteriously that tree died and was cut down. Alot of crows had to move. What kinds of birds do you get up there? Take good care, stay warm and hopefully a nice quiet end of the week.
  6. I had a Qol drug my surgeon prescribed me and he stopped refilling it and nothing from them as to why. No, 'well talk to your pcp'. Thought about that tonight and i wonder if ive been ignored from the network and I wont be able to get medical care. Which makes me very angry because ive been lied to, sent things I didnt know about, set up for tests i didnt know about. I feel like i cant get medical help now. I'll have to see about changing providers but I 'think' theyre all in the same network so if teyve blacklisted me id have to change my provider. Talked to my escrow agent at the Title company today, very unhappy with them. They totally dropped the ball with negligence on several points. Mom and Dad were on the house Deed. When Mom passed Dad said he didnt need to do anything. But we couldnt make a ladybird Deed to pass the house to me with Mom on it, she couldnt sign it. So we went to court and did a muniment of title. That effectively probated the Will for the house only and took her off the deed. Then Dad and I set up the ladybird deed. Escrow agent admitted that in any case they shouldnt have sent bro a 1099-s form and she said she voided it...I dont trust her. So when we sold the house, from what she said, they didnt see the muniment of title records online so they approached it as Mom and Dad were co owners and the muniment served only to pass to me dads share. So bro got Moms share and hence why, supposedly, they sent him a 1099-s. yet they sent mine for the entire payout on the house and him for his half. I explained that you cant do a ladybird w/out doing the muniment of title. The opening sentence even says that the named is sole owner. They never asked me or mentioned the issue. She admitted today the issue was they didnt have the muniment of title. Its a matter of court record. And if they had we never would have had problems. i was not told of any of these issues. they just dropped the ball and tripped over it. This 'should' mean my bro doesnt have to include his share as income because it was my house and my income and what he got was a gift from me. Anyway, thats next years taxes so will worry then. But very dissapointed with them. They couldnt even admit they screwed up. I trust no one anymore and in the future will explain things in excrutiating detail so it doesnt happen again, take nothing for granted. Talked to the apt mgr and am allowed to do plants, planters, hanging baskets. Yeay. Ive read this many reputable places online but will verify with taxguy. That because i lived in the home for at least 2 of the last 5 years as primary residence i get 250,000 dollar exemption from capital gains, meaning id owe no taxes on sale. But thats next years taxes. 2023 is my social security and the estate auction income, which I should only need to pay taxes on capital gains and the auction company said i didnt have any, everything sold at a loss. But I need to talk to taxguy to make sure I dont need to file forms and will ask about my brother's form for next year. I hope he's still working. if not they have several others. The house was indeed in my name so showing all the proceeds on mine was correct. I visited my old neighbors yesterday and they are well. I peeked over the fence and they really have been working. Theyve cleaned out all the ivy groundcover, a big grill and furniture on the pation and in the corner where I had cleared it out they have two chairs and a small table. Theyre really going to enjoy the yard. The power pole in the corner of the back yard had been leaning for years. The power company had come and put a new pole in, but havent taken the old one out yet. The new one is alot taller, so the lines are high above the trees. because they chopped all the trees waaay back from the lines and way down. My old neighbors said they almost cried. theres a huge tree in their corner that got chopped but it needed it. My old neighbors on the other side i also talked with. they are very sweet and are starting to have issues. they have one son and some grandkids in town who say they'll help but are always too busy. I may run over when it warms up and help them plant some flowers. They always would want to pay when id help but nah, I dont do it for money and never will. Those two couple should get together sometime, but both have bad mobility so its hard to do. Would be fun to get everyone together and go out to lunch. It was 70s or 80 today, real nice. 54 tomorrow and then back to normal. I know when summer hits we're supposed to have a hot one so my elec bill will go way up. Honestly, im always amazed at how tough you are, all the work you do, alot of it out in the cold. I figure you dont have any choice and have to do what you have to do. yes you must be in good shape for all that. i just wish it werent so tough sometimes. I guess i dont have doctors anymore. I always thought a doctor was there when ya needed help, got sick. But seems like im here to serve them and jumpo at their beck and call and if i dont they get mad and send me letters saying 'last chance'. It shouldnt be that way. they shouldnt just ghost me without saying anything. if they now refuse to help me they should sned a letter so when I need help i can have a new doctor set up. I just really feel cutoff and alone now. I just hope and pray i dont ever have issues. Went to close my dads old bank acct. There was a long wait so i left. Banks dont seem to serve us either, we live to give them our money. Chase, Ill get the acct closed then will never use them again. Ill send prayers your way for decent weather, no outages and nothing crazy. maybe a few days of peace and quiet and rest. Panther is a survivor and it sounds like he has found ways to stay alive/warm. Take good care of yourself. Toss kodie a treat for me.
  7. I read there was a wide cell outage, may have affected the internet as well. Feds are looking into it and no comment yet. But many are saying providers got hacked. Things have been bad for about 7 years and i thought it would end, things going wrong. I got my 1099 for the sale of the house. It listed the entire selling price of the house, which is proper. My brother called tonight and said he got one for half the sale of the house. The house was in my name only, I sold it. When the Title company asked how i wanted it disbursed i asked for half to be sent to my brother for convenience. Otherwise i would have had it all paid to me and I send half to him as a gift so he pays no taxes. Ill need to call my escrow officer because i have no idea what is going on or why. If theyre sending 1099s based on who had money sent to them then why did I get one for the entire amount instead of just half. We are being 1099'd for 1.5 times the sale price of the house and that cant be right. So tired of this and need it to end. I shouldnt be paying any taxes on the capital gains from the house but im afraid my bro will have to pay taxes on that income. *sigh* the way i had it figured out he would pay nothing and I would pay nothing, no one talked to me about tax implications of paying out that way. This is why I dont spend money and am holding off doing anything. Stuff always happens, always. Panther...I guess they dont have cheese in the wild, he just never picked up a taste for human food maybe? Maybe better for him. Jack-I think these fellas are fewer and fewer. My dad was that way as well as my uncles. And my helpful neighbor is in his 80s and works every dy on the house or yard. I think he really appreciates your friendship. Crazy crazy weather, we're supposed to hit 96 today...96? Where does that come from. Tomorrow the high is 54 and it seesaws tween 50s and 70s for a couple weeks. I wish I could send some warm air your way. Hope this doesnt mean a hot summer, i'd like to order a mild one. No nights below the mid 40s and im tempted to start getting some plants. but Grandma always said (and Mom) there would be one more freeze after Easter. How is the snow progressing? Hopefully not too much. How did things go with Jazzy. You're very nice to help with her. Was thinking about your computer. One thing I see in mine that drives me crazy...when Windows needs an update it starts prepping. Doesnt matter if its during the time I set for tht it does what it wants. And it uses all my disk and I cant do anything else. If its trying to do too much it can mean you cant do anything else. Next time it gets that busy try looking at the Task Manager...if you havent done this before I go Ctrl Alt Delete keys at the same time. If you tend to leave the computer on for many days at a time you may want to restart it every couple days. And of course be sure to scan for viruses and have protection running 24/7. And if you know this and do this my apologies and never mind :). Windchill sounds very dangerous. Ive seen strips you can get on amazon that are good for window corners and clear film for the panes of glass. Hope the snow and cold isnt too bad, stay inside and stay safe.
  8. Yikes more snow. I hate to say it but we hit 80 yesterday and today. Would like some rain but i think we're out of luck. Hopefully your snow is mild. Now i need to get some brats. I never thought of cooking em in beef bouillon, will have to try that. There is a bbq grill or two here but dont really care to sit by it for a few hours. Ill try boiling it then browning it, chop it up and make some soup or something. Toss in onions and some beans or veges. My brother... Everytime we talk he always tries to toss a wrench into my ideas, but it doesnt work. I already know he doesnt understand the value of money and his solution to things is just spend spend spend. He suggested I get a book by some money guru. I watched a few youtube videos and what hes talking abput either doesnt apply to my situation or im already doing it. Tell ya what Jack is one tough man. I bet it was driving him crazy tat he couldnt get out and work on things. Sounds like he's healing well though. I hope he finds happiness. I think he really deserves it. I decided at one point that i just wasnt going to be a success and have money. It seemed that single women my age either needed someone rich to take care of them or had tons of money and wanted to travel and party. I knew that i would never have anything to offer either one. My initial plan was to pursue animation and be free of attachments so i could find a job anywhere. Well, nothing ever worked out anyway. The time in my life for relationships is past and i guess thats ok. I took care of my parents. And although its being difficult to transition to the next phase I want to spend the next few years pursuing dreams of creativity before i start losing my faculties and health. Flowers...I thought a couple tall tropicals for the corners and a couple long planters for flowers and maybe a couple round ones for pumpkins. Maybe a watermelon. Tomorrow theyre coming to spray for bugs, no idea why, or if a neighbor has bugs, or if they just do it every month. How sad is my life lol. Next week i'll get errands done and go visit the neighbors. They said the electric company put in a new pole cause the old one leaned. they cut all the trees waaaaay back from the lines. Sounds crazy but it needed it. take good care of yourself, scratch Kodie behind the ears for me and toss Panther a cat treat. Stay warm.
  9. Mmmmm, you hooked me when you aid Bratwurst. Love them. I would boil them in water and beer with chopped up onions until they turn white. then roll in bbq sauce and grill. Those days are gone unless i want to make a mess of my stovetop or over. But i could carefully brown em in the pan then toss em in with vegetables. I wonder if i can get away with hooks and hang flower baskets on the balcony. Id just hate it if the watering drained and stained or hit the balcony below. But definitely a couple big ones in the corners and some planter boxes with floers along the bottom of the railing. Those flowers have really nice colors. I love how the darker outlines the petals, looks really delicate. Some people dont appreciate flowers but nature does an amazing job. The cable company sent the refund to me, on a giftcard in Dads name. Even tho I told them he passed. its only $5 so i threw it away. Guess that was their joke because I left. Told em ATT was the only one we can use but I guess they dont need me in the future. My bro called today. he had some heart flutters or something. Went to the clinic and they didnt find anything but he's doing more testing. Asked me if my money was holding out. Like im going to go spend it all. Im really not spending much at all. Theyre painting the complex on the outside. Pretty good job. They painted our doors and need to do the doorframes. Its an odd feeling going from a house to here and hearing all the cars come and go and the painters on ladders just outside my windows. Guess i'll get used to it. This will make you sick, we're supposed to be in the upper 60s and 70s for next couple weeks. I'll take it and i hope winter is passing for us. Im ready for spring. Hope you're not covered in snow again, crossing my fingers you get a break. Take good care and stay warm.
  10. Kodie is an angel. he understands you and he is very very special. Glad you didnt get snow altho slush isnt fun. Ours didnt show up either. this weekend is getting down near freezing. Ill be glad when Spring comes. I hope its still quiet so i can open the windows. The balcony has big glass sliding doors and inside are vertical shades. I guess they work fine, never had em in any of my apts. I dont think id want them open so people could see in. Some people here put Christmas lights as a border around their windows and it looked nice. Ive never lived in an apt where there werent a bunch of college kids or partying tradesmen. So far this is really nice. Agreed on the repairs and one of the things my bro never undersood. i often considered he did understand things but didnt want to admit it. I still think he wanted me to live in the house so that when i passed it could go to his wife.The old neighbors met the new owner, the husband. The guy told my old neigbor he loves the house and to let him know if he sees him doing anything stupid. They'll get along well and my old neighbor can show him how to do things like he helped me. Thanks for the recipe, ill try it next time I go to the store. Am slowly working on stocking the pantry. I do need to make more hpomemade soup, beef stews, chicken stews, etc. Esp with cooler weather. Hope you can get some better sleep. I seem to enjoy tossing all night. I wanted to ask, what kind of plants, probably tropicl, do you think might be good for the balcony? Take good care
  11. Well i'd say you are blessed by panther as well as kodie. And they by you. I bet Panther eats better than he ever has. And he has that entire patio to scratch too. A dream life for a cat. I should make some vegetable soup as well. Have some beef i was saving so i'll thaw that out. Im trying to fix my bad habits. Stress makes me want carb comforts like cookie or pretzel but I cant be doing that. I was eating pears but i need to switch out for peaches and cantelope. My problem is that many good things are more expensive and many i just cant stand, like cauliflower. unless its breaded and fried. But I can add more broccoli and do something like oriental steak and broccoli. I enjoy the stirfry vegetables. Can do those with chicken or turkey too. Been eating wrong and its messed up my system. Hope i can fix it because the last thing I need is to go see the doctor. They will take advantage of that to run me thru everything they can think of. So i have to fix my nutrition and get back on an exercise program, wish me luck. Your DIL seems to think way too much of herself. I know you cant say what you want to say to her. But I'm glad you dont put up with her guff. Some people are just nuts. Does she still have her mom around? If so i wonder how she treats her. if not i wonder if thats why she is lik she is. IF I can invest this winfall properly and it holds up over the years I wont need to wrk much or make alot. I dont know why my brother thinks i have to make a ton of money, i dont. I'm 66 and no telling how much time I have left. So i think my need after making sure i can survive, is to do those things i want to do. Its now or never. And if all im doing is desperately working to survive then whats the point. I just need to fix my bad habits. I think he just wants to get me all flustered and going crazy. Thats not life at all. Sometimes, I read or see or think of something, and my first thought is to call mom and Dad and tell them. And then i realize i cant. In a way they are always with me. But its not the same. I guess that will never change. Its better now that I dont live in the house. I do miss it, esp that yard. And this apt isnt home. There are people who have lived her for 5 years and more. So maybe its ok. Im trying to figure out how to grow plants on my balcony. i dont want the water to flow off the side when i water plants. Ill set them in a round tray to catch the runoff but it may overflow. I think I want some tropicals and try to do pumpkins and some mexican petunias and redcaps. Its way too soon though. Grandma used to say we'd have one more freeze after easter. Ill see how i feel tomorrow na dmay go run errands. I need to buy some new tires for the car too. Im saving every penny i can. But I did order a couple nice shirts.I had promised myself i would once this was done. How did the snow do? Reasonable or did everything get covered? Take good care of yourself and enjoy the soup.
  12. Now when you try and sign up to alot of things they want your phone number so they can text. Email is bad enough but texting is a no, a big no. A company will lose me as a customer over it. Thats a huge intrusion as i will think its important and stop what im doing to check. I resubbed my UX study website for a year. Ive taken a bunch of classes and am partway done on some. Its a pain in the keester to get back in to the classes ive done. For a company thats teaching user Experience design they fail bigtime on some things. And if I can see it why cant they. Panther must like it there or he wouldnt stay. I wonder where he was before and what led him to your door. Whatever it was it worked out well for everyone. maybe put a sign up for fedex. They damage the property ideally they should pay to get it fixed. But in reality thy dont care. none of em care. they talk big about customer service and its all hot air. Going over to the bank this week and close out the old acct Dad and I shared. No longer anything getting paid from it and little in it so will take the death cert over and have it closed. The bank mgr knew Dad and was always very nice to him and rude to me. When we tried getting the notary to do the Living Will. His doctor had signed it and they refused, notary and bankmgr. They told me the doctor had to sign in front of a notary and all doctors offices have a notary. I talked to a lady at the dept at the state capitol and she aid the doc can sign it before or after and his doctor's office said they didnt know of any offices that had a notary. So i will go in one more time and then never again. Im dragging my feet, got to get going. So how are you feeling? How is the snow? hopefully you didnt get too much. Been fairly quiet here except for one guy when he gets home from work. But I just put my headphones on. I rarely see anyone, I think many of them work on the road. havent really met anyone and thats ok. As I had thought I dont hear from my brother. I've sent a couple email, some of my artwork and some on what I'm doing. But he no longer has need of me and ik refuse to play along with his expensive ideas. So I guess i'm useless and thats fine with me. In my studies of UX design and compared to how so many large companies have moved away from human interaction and good customer service...just goes to show ya that as always the focus is on their profit. they still dont get that great customer service brings cutsomers and more business. But it seems they are willing to lose business in order to lower costs. very sad. Well take good care of yourself and Kodie and panther, Stay warm.
  13. I guess the almanac was right for us, a warmer and wetter winter so far. Im kind of excited to get a couple pants for the balcony. I need to see if i can attach something alomg the railings for privacy. then i can set a chair out and enjoy the evening. Seems kinda odd to me to sit out there where everyone could see me. Talked to my old neighbors. The electric company is replacing the pole by the old house. Theyre trimming all the trees back across the entire back. She wanted to cry because they really butchered the trees. They havent looked over the fence into the yard but they said there were so many trash bags coming out of the yard. they must be cutting it all out. they tore out all the ivy ground cover, and with it all the woldflowers my folks got from the hill country and planted, the redcaps my Aunt lena gave them when the house was built. I hope they didnt tear out the mexican petunias and the nandina. Theyve textured and painted the walls, painted the wood cabinets and trim, The den has one wall thats all bookcase. They cut the middle out and painted all the wood. painted the wood kitchen cabinets. I now doubt their sanity. but not my business anymore, so they do what makes em happy. I used to be curious to see it inside when it was done but I wouldnt step foot in there if you paid me. I wish them well but sheesh. Spectrum and most large companies just pretend to care to draw you in. Theyre onderful until something goes wrong and then instead of doing whats right they just try and minimize their losses. My standing prediction seems true. now that business is done bro has no interest in me. Esp since i dont care to blow a large sum on a bootcamp. I still share texts and phonecalls with my old neighbors. But need to go see the ones from the other side. he is having health issues and I think she has trouble taking care of him. really sweet couple. News etc...I honestly couldnt say when or if it was ever real. They are propaganda for the State and create the news themselves. Theyve been caught several times that ive seen. How's the snow doing? Hopefully light. How's Kodie doing? Do you ever get him a nice bone or a big rawhide chewie? I dont know if those are still good for them or not. Been so long since ive had a dog. How's panther doing? is he hiding? I wonder if he likes spring or summer better than this winter. But then his fur is probably a pretty warm coat. How have you been feeling? Is anything healing up? Too bad you dont have a hotspring outside the back door. Have a good quiet peacefull weekend. Take good care.
  14. Thx for the recipe, always appreciated. I answered your email. Spectrum was the internet company at the house. They lied to me and charged me for a month they said they wouldnt. Along with a couple other ones. Cant trust any company anymore. You should have painted that box with a big dog or something. In several cities here we have the electrical boxes on some streetcorners. theyve had them painted as famous persons. on one is J Wayne, on another is the beatles, stuff like that. It looks cool. Glad they survived the storm. thats some crazy weather compared to here. For the very cold weather we had energy bills skyrocketed. my neighbors was almost $800. No way thats fair. Granted it was down in the 20s for a week but still. I cant imagine if we were up north. There was so much personal stuff i wanted to do. get back to working out, reading, jump back to 3d artwork and Photoshop. And Ive done so little. Its felt good but now I do have to get going again, plus start studying again. Up until I moved back home i thought I understood some things about Life. And i thought I knew what would come. But I didnt understand a thing.I had no idea that what we think and what we plan means nothing, changes nothing. Life happens and whatever life wants thats what we get. We are so often wrong. And hat distance between what we understand and the truth is our pain and discomfort. I have been humbled by my last 5-10 years and have been shown that I am a fool and know nothing. My only hopes are to live a few more good years and to go quietly in my sleep and not wate away in a hospital. Seeing how Dad was treated in that first hospital really scares me to go in. Good sign that jack is up and about. hopefully he takes care of himself. Will take him some time. Bet he's pretty tought though. How bad has the snow been? We have been getting rain and in the 60s by day and 40s by night. A bit warm for us. But i'll take it. Church sounds like its in transition. hope the new folks are good. Maybe panther has a girlfriend or something. Or is just hiding in the rafters. I have to ask myself what i want to do with this last phase of life. I have to survive. Im fine for a few years but if i can get some income that will stretch even farther. So im looking at doing some safe investing and if interest rates hold that could make up half of my shortfall in bills etc, then if i can work some that would pay my livinge xpenses. I dont need a job making tons of money and depending on what i make dont even need to work fulltime. Still working all that out. Hope the week is nice and quiet without alot of snow. Take good care of yourself and kodie. Hope he doesnt miss his friends too much.
  15. Wow your friend is in emergency conditions. i hope he has family to visit. Compared to yours our winters are nothing. I hope these next snows are mild and everything can get taken care of. Looks like ill have the morning light, half the balconey in shade then slowlt going to all shade. In front of my building are a couple large trees and apparently the shade killd the grass. I suggested they just do gravel but they said it rains and washes downhill. Simple to do a terraced area for that and plant some shade loving plants at the top then gravel or even mulch below. It would be near level so easy to retain. They have a corporate office and im sure they will complicate things and make them ugly. The mortgae compny owes me money for my overpaying property taxes and sent a check on the 9th, supposedly, the escrow papers I got today showed a refund on the 24th, so will give it a week and then file for them to reissue the check. Hows the weather doing, did you gets buried in snow? I wont tell you about ours, warmer than normal w/ rain over the weekend. I cant imagine snow til may, for us its a sometimes thing that usually only lasts a few days. We're lucky in that, just not the hot summers. Panther sounds like he's healing up. At least he knows what he needs to do. Sometimes I think wild animals are smarter than us in some ways. At least they dont overthink. Church-are people quitting because its small and out of the larger towns? George sounds like he was good at everything. I dont know whats good for your climate but i always had success with junipers, honeysuckle, stuff like that. our summers get so hot the yard would be like an oven in the sun afternoons. best thing I ever did was plant for the morning sun and afternoon shade and mulch in well. If it flowers you should post some pics. The bedroom isnt very big, i just dont need much. dad would camp out rt in front of the TV in the living room and crank the volume. So i'm used to camping out in the bedroom and studying. Besides if I did my work in the other room id need more furniture. I wont be having people over and have my home office so thats all i need. Kodie and his toys, he really is so smart and never ceases to amaze me. You ever get the impression he understands every word? Take good care of yourself. Hoping the snow is light and you get a couple quiet days.
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